>> away. >> away. >> it's nearly time. >> it's nearly time. >> for free speech nation. we've got a packed show for you tonight, anti—semitic abuse in the nhs, and astonishingly, it's the nhs, and astonishingly, it's the staff that are to blame. why are detransitioners being ignored in the latest puberty block to block a trial? should you be allowed to smack your child and has two tier justice finally come to a head? and we've got two great comedians deaung we've got two great comedians dealing with the latest culture war madness from a live studio audience. but first, the news with sophia wenzler. >> george. thank you. good evening. your headlines at 7:00. under—performing civil servants could be incentivised to leave their jobs under government plans to overhaul the service. cabinet office minister pat mcfadden says it's not match fit for what the country needs, promising a shake up where top

officials pay is linked to performance. the government insists it will create a more focused and productive civil service, but unions say it's just a soundbite with no real plan for change. mcfadden is expected to outline the reforms next week, alongside the prime minister's intervention on thursday. now, ministers are facing pressure over reports that an alleged palestinian gunman entered the uk illegally on a small boat. the mail on sunday claims abu wadee, a former militant, has called for the killing of jews and posed in pictures with ak 47 seconds. he is believed to be among the 235 migrants picked up in the channel on thursday. shadow home secretary chris philp says the government must find and remove him immediately. in other news, bereaved families and communities across britain have come together today to reflect on and mark the fifth anniversary of the start of the covid 19 pandemic. families

walked the national covid memorial wall in london, casting flowers from lambeth bridge in memory of those lost. there were emotional scenes in other towns and cities across wales, scotland and northern ireland as those difficult times were remembered. prime minister sir keir starmer said for many there is deep grief and loss that may never be relieved. elsewhere, the bbc pays senior managers who are from diverse backgrounds more than those who are not. that's according to the telegraph newspaper. statistics released in the corporation's annual report reveal that lgbt, ethnic minority, disabled and female senior managers earn larger salaries than those not from those backgrounds. the revelation comes despite the bbc having committed to equal pay the second half of england's six nafions the second half of england's six nations victory over italy was interrupted by a drone hanging a palestinian flag over the top of the stadium. the intrusion happened towards the end of the

round four win over the azzurri. a flying object entered the airspace over twickenham and descended beneath the top of the stands, while the six nations game went ahead just moments later, it further highlighted the growing unrest, including palestinian protesters in recent times. england went on to beat italy 4724 to keep their six nafions italy 4724 to keep their six nations dream alive. and today was the uk's hottest day of the year so far, according to the met office. with parts of the country warmer than spain and italy, crosby and lancashire reached 19.7 degrees today, but the mild spell won't last. temperatures drop from tuesday, with wintry showers returning in the north. some rural areas in scotland could even see lows of minus four degrees as the cold snap sets in. those are the latest gb news headlines. more in an hour. >> 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. >> and. >> and. >> welcome to free speech nation with me josh howie. this is a show where we take a look across the spectrum of culture, current affairs and politics, and we try our very best to make sense of a senseless world. coming up on the show tonight, anti—semitism is on the rise in the nhs, and the biggest culprits are the staff. i'll be discussing this with journalist nicole lampert. who should you decide whether you should smack your child or not? the parents or the state? ashley frawley has a very strong opinion , and our detransitioners opinion, and our detransitioners are being sidelined in an upcoming puberty blocker trial. director of shin bet uk, carrie clark, will be joining us in the studio, and of course, myself and my fantastic panel will be answering questions from our wonderful studio audience. my comedian guests this evening are

paul cox and aideen mcqueen. hello, hello. how are you doing, mate? all right. thanks, josh. how are you, mate? lovely. lovely weather out there today, josh. lovely. absolutely lovely weather. have you enjoying the weather? >> it's been fantastic. >> it's been fantastic. >> now we've got a few. we see we've got the audience in tonight, but these are the core hardcore free speech nation fans. everybody else is an alcoholic drinking somewhere in alcoholic drinking somewhere in a garden out in the pub. so thank you. i'm just going to come out and individually. no, i'm giving everybody i'm giving everybody an individual hug for coming out on this beautiful, beautiful night. not you john. thank you for coming out . later, thank you for coming out. later, john. later. save it for the interview. i'd like to get a little bit more time with you alone. right. we're going to get some questions from our audience. our first question is from anton here. >> should we worry about journalists speaking the truth? >> should we worry about journalists speaking the truth? yes. this is the press regulator. ipso has rejected a complaint from trans footballer blair hamilton. hamilton

complained that the oliver brown's description of hamilton as a biological male in the telegraph was a transphobic dog whistle, and disregarded players. blair's lived experience it has taken six months, but the press watchdog has decided to reject this complaint. so yeah, that's good news, paul. we can call out reality. of course it is. it's just a shame that i was going to say it's a shame that we have to keep discussing it. but if we didn't, josh, you'd have half the job. so i'm glad and i'd have half the job as well. so i'm glad that we do. it'sjust i'm glad that we do. it's just got to the point now where i think maybe, maybe because of what's happened in america with trump, lots of things have gone on with trump. not some, not not so good, some of them. but the fact that dei now is coming under a lot more scrutiny. perhaps we're seeing a little bit of that leaking over to the uk. i'm not sure if that's true or not, but it does feel like the environment in which we now exist is people are much more inclined to be honest about it. well, you would say that, but

the fact that this was even went to ipso that it's incredible that it requires a statutory body to allow journalists to be able to tell the truth. >> yeah. it's a complete waste of money. i mean, it reminds me of money. i mean, it reminds me of the time a few weeks ago, paul referred to me as a natural brunette. how dare you, paul? how dare you? i identify as a blonde, so i'm hoping to go to the. to the bodies that be. yeah. it's ridiculous. i'm glad that it was overturned, but the fact that i had to go there is silly. i mean, we've obviously overcorrected in one direction, and we're going to have to now go back and find the right happy medium for all of these kind of things. >> it's worth pointing out that blair hamilton and it was it was oliver brown, i think the journalist from the telegraph that said he she looked like a biological or is a biological male. okay. and quite obviously blair hamilton is a biological male. and whilst it may come across as unkind to some groups,

we have to. it's not just about facts, okay? facts are really important. it's also about protecting women's sport. what we do this seems to get lost in this. the degradation of women's activities and groups and spaces through men still is perpetuated. and this is just the start i fear. yeah. by different sports bodies allowing biological males to participate in women's sports. absolutely. but at the same time, this i still think that i agree that it is about sports, but to be able to state the truth. and also what was interesting in this ipso finding was it wasn't. that you you can like misnaming someone like trying to hurt someone's feelings or trying to be abusive. that's not the same as being able to state a fact. and those two things have been conflated by trans activists who have basically made it that the same thing, that if you were to state someone's biological reality, then that is a hateful

statement. >> again, it's like when paul brought up my actual age, i was mortified. but again, i can't mortif