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>> but first, it's. >> saturday night news with lewis mckenzie. >> good evening. i'm lewis mckenzie in the gb newsroom. the reform mp rupert lowe has been suspended from the party amid allegations he made physical threats against the party chairman, zia yusuf. mr yusuf confirmed the party had also received complaints from two female employees about serious bullying in mr lowe's parliamentary and constituency offices. in a statement, mr lowe said he was disappointed but not surprised to learn of what he says are false allegations. he also said that the allegations of bullying from his office are not about him. pro—palestine activists have vandalised president trump's golf course in scotland. red paint was sprayed over the clubhouse while the message gaza is not for sale was painted on the lawn of the us president's turnberry course. this action is reportedly in

response to his administration's plans to, quote, take over gaza and ethnically cleanse the region. a body has been recovered by police from the river thames, which is being unked river thames, which is being linked to a manhunt for the suspect in the valentine's day pub shooting in kent. 43 year old lisa smith was killed last month after she was shot outside the three horseshoes pub in knockholt. the suspect was known to lisa and later that evening officers found his car abandoned on the queen elizabeth ii bridge in the area. a police investigation is ongoing. three suspects are still at large after 12 people were injured in after 12 people were injured in a shooting at a pub in toronto. authorities say six people suffered bullet wounds and others were hurt by flying glass or shrapnel. all other injuries are not life threatening. the motive for the attack is still unclear. today's international

women's day, the annual celebration, aims to champion women's achievements across all aspects of life. to mark the events, the house of commons have posted this photo of female mps. now. currently, there are 263 female mps serving in the house, making up 40% of the total number of mps today, the highest number in the history of the uk , and finally, four the uk, and finally, four european brown bears at whipsnade zoo have woken up from hibernation the bears manor, mini inaya and of course cinderella have finally gotten out of bed after three months of deep slumber, signalling the start of spring at the uk's largest zoo. thank you very much. i've been lewis mckenzie and those are your news headlines. >> for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code or go to.

gbnews.com/alerts. >> welcome back to the saturday five extra. this is ask the five. anything can happen here. we don't know what your questions are, but i'm keen to see that. let's have a look at this. yes. first up alan has sent us a question in. let's have a little look at that. >> good evening. i wonder what conclusions the panel draw from the government's actions, or lack of actions in supporting the farming community and the wider rural community. thank you. >> yeah, there's lots of debates about the farming community still going on. obviously, we had those protests in westminster just a few days ago. will, what do you take.7 what's your take on the farming protest? and we had this big debate about protesters in there, obviously, that palestine

protest in the westminster palace earlier as well. what's your take on it? >> well, i think the real. >> well, i think the real. >> tragedy of it is it just shows how obstinate and stubborn keir starmer is in that there is a very clear mood here and unfortunately they're not listening and i think it's going to hurt him politically, but i don't think he's going to change. >> i actually think it's deeper than that. i think they don't care about the farming community at all, because they know that in this mad, mad rush to net zero, they want to get rid of me, so they may as well get rid of the farms. the really sad thing is, is that what people don't know is that only 30% of our land in the uk is fit for cows, it's not fit for growing plants and whatever else they want us to eat. so it's a massive mistake and you know, it's a tragedy for the farmers. >> i mean, look, what is it about keir starmer and the labour party? they seem to hate pensioners. they hate farmers. anyone who's done anything good for this country, they seem to want to go. >> there like marisha. their money. yeah. i mean will will says. >> obstinate, i say decisive. he is making he has to. >> make throwing british. >> make throwing british. >> farmers under the bus.

>> farmers under the bus. >> well tractor. >> well tractor. >> it's the policy can be amended and changed in a sensible way while also raising money. >> they're not going to. >> they're not going to. >> oh, they are actually now in talks with a number of the farming organisations to see if there's an adjustment that can be made. is that not unfortunate? unfortunately, i do think that this won't go away, because even if farmers are happy with the deal that they get, those incredibly rich landowners who aren't farmers, who are using this debate for. >> political. >> political. >> well, there we get. >> well, there we get. >> for their own. >> for their own. >> financial gain. there we get. >> financial gain. there we get. >> it's the rich. >> it's the rich. >> farmers, it's. >> farmers, it's. >> the rich farmers. >> the rich farmers. >> and you're not backing british. and we could just get rid of british and import everything. >> that's the problem. the fact. >> that's the problem. the fact. >> is, no, the fact is that you talked earlier on about protesting and protesting the different ways of protesting. well, you're now saying that the farmers protest is actually getting somewhere and getting some change. that's because they've been following the law, protesting every single week. and we all have been backing british. maybe that guy up on big ben should take a note from their books. >> they were literally this close to disrupting our entire

food supply chain. that is not that. >> the labour government, the labour government. >> is. >> is. >> literally walking over them. >> literally walking over them. >> the labour protest. >> the labour protest. >> my problem with, with all of this attack on farmers is quite straightforward really. they make the case for net zero or ed miliband makes the case for net zero in this country as a security barrier for us to say we are, we need to be a sovereign, secure territory if anything happens to britain wouldn't have any energy. as we saw with the war in ukraine between ukraine and russia are energy prices have soared through the roof. so for me, the same argument could be applied for british farmers. we need to support them. if anything, they should be given tax breaks after tax breaks in order to produce as much food as. >> food security. >> food security. >> look at what trump is doing with his farmers. he's telling them that he's going to support them. we want we want them to prosper. we need them to prosper. we need them to prosper. and you know what, kai? let them disrupt our food chain. i'm happy for it. i'll cope. >> there's ways for net zero and the farming community both to be supported. yes they are isn't. there aren't many common sense ways that you can adapt agricultural land in order to

also contribute to net zero targets. >> so typical of the left, isn't it? >> so typical family farms. >> so typical family farms. >> when it suits your political leanings you're happy to endorse these protests. just stop oil. you know the. >> greenpeace, the palestinians. >> greenpeace, the palestinians. >> when it comes to backing british people who are contributing to in society. you guys lose your rag. >> these are totally different things. i mean, i. >> love it. the reality is this tax is going to raise 500 million. that's nothing. we're giving away more to foreign farmers. >> to the chagos. farmers chagos giving off more to chagos. >> what do you say. >> what do you say. >> to that? you're brazenly twisting my words . just because twisting my words. just because i don't twi