well done dougie beattie . them. well done dougie beattie.t hour. please talk to as many people as possible and let's get their messages back to us. and a lot of people getting in touch with us @gbnews here today. absolutely inspired by the irish spirit flying their flag , you spirit flying their flag, you know, saying enough is enough. and a lot of you people saying that if this happened in britain, you think the police here would be clamping down. well, there's lots more still to come between now and 5:00. and after a bruising set of local election results next, i'll be joined by reform's mayoral candidate , howard cox. but candidate, howard cox. but first, it's time for your latest news headlines and it's ray addison . addison. >> thanks, martin. good afternoon. it's 430. rishi sunak says he's determined to fight and the general election isn't a foregone conclusion. the prime minister is calling for unity among tory mps, after saying he believes that britain could be heading for a hung parliament. the conservatives lost hundreds of council

dougie , welcome to the beattie dougie, welcome to the show.have a massive stand off over the irish border. what's the latest ? what's the latest? >> well, we do indeed. and this morning, simon harris, the new taoiseach, the irish premier, appeared here at stormont with for talks with the parties here. and first of all, he met the sinn fein first minister, michelle o'neill. and alongside her was the deputy first minister, the dup's emma little—pengelly . after they met, little—pengelly. after they met, they came out to the steps of stormont castle. they only allowed three questions by the media in total and rather unfortunately for simon harris, one of those questions was about what he would do about the deal that was offered to him by rishi sunak. and this is what he had to say. >> well, look, can i just say in relation to, to that issue of, of ireland and rwanda, that's more a satire than news, ireland has its own policy in relation to migration. we have every right to have our own policy. and indeed we will seek to advance migration policy t

and let's speak now to our northern lie—in reporter dougie beattie dougie, welcome to the show.e live in county down. yesterday we were astonished when this was announced during the show. and we just said, as sure as night follows day , surely what will follows day, surely what will happen to northern ireland is what happens to the republic. asylum seekers will pour in there because they won't be fearful of being deported. and the big question is, dougie, what planet are these people on and how have the locals taken it? >> well, two things to that, martin. number one is i have questioned this for quite a while . the protocol went into while. the protocol went into place, and i do believe that judge humphreys is partially right in his reading of this bill, because article two of the protocol says that eu law can supersede uk law , and that was supersede uk law, and that was meant to be just for the movement of goods. but then northern ireland assembly collapsed because unionists didn't like this. it then went to the windsor document or the windsor agreement between ursula von der

we sent our northern ireland reporter , dougie beattie, along reporter, dougie beattie, along to finde country comes to town, everyone must look their best and neighbouring farms joined together for this yearly event. we help each other out whatever machinery is needed. >> it's shared. it helps. needed it shared it at the end of a phone. >> do you ever take advice from him? >> of course. never live longer. see, the most . see, the most. >> agricultural shows such as this aren't just about having a good day out . it gives us a real good day out. it gives us a real chance to take the temperature of the agri food sector. we have farmers, which is the raw material. we have food producers , food suppliers and manufacturers to the industry . manufacturers to the industry. michele shirlow heads up food and i and has noticed a growing interest in northern ireland produce food. >> and i put together the food and drink pavilion at balmoral show. and it's all about promoting local food and drink from northern ireland. this year we see a buoyancy that we haven't noticed for several years, real in

and coming up, we'll be hearing hopefully from dougie beattie.ght loss jab and how it could revolutionise health. heart health is what i'm trying to say. all that and more >> 2024 a battleground year. >> 2024 a battleground year. >> the year the nation decides . >> the year the nation decides. >> the year the nation decides. >> as the parties gear up their campaigns for the next general election. >> who will be left standing when the british people make one of the biggest decisions of their lives? >> who will rise and who will fall? >> let's find out together. >> let's find out together. >> for every moment. the highs, the lows, the twists and turns, we'll be with you for every step of this journey. in 2024. gb news is britain's election channel. >> every saturday, ten till 12 will bring you all of the news that you need to know. we'll also remind you that there is so much to smile about. >> it's my favourite time of the week. i get to relax, enjoy some light—hearted stories and let ellie teach me about fashion too. >> about saturday morning live

and dougie , i dougie beattie. you. >> well, i'm in dublin . there is >> well, i'm in dublin. there is a huge protest. thousands of people have turned out here today to protest about immigration and the lack of infrastructure in the republic of ireland. now this road that is going on between great britain and the republic of ireland, as to whether they're coming here to flee from rwanda or not, has been ongoing for just a few weeks. but of course, we've been covering this for the last two years in the republic of ireland. in fact, it is gathering serious political ground at this minute in time and you can see behind me the parade itself is just about to get underway. and with me is head of the irish freedom party, herman kelly. herman, tell us a little bit about what's happening today. there should be was well over 3000 people here. >> by the time it gets down to the destination of customs house. the last time there was between five and 7000. a very clear message, one that ireland is full, two, that you should host

. >> and we sent our northern ireland reporter, dougie beattie, along to find out how the agricultural on. getting. on. >> when the country comes to town , everyone must look their town, everyone must look their best and neighbouring farms join together for this yearly event . together for this yearly event. >> we help each other out. whatever if machinery is needed, it's shared, it helps need it. it's shared at the end of a phone. >> and do you ever take advice from him? >> of course . never live longer. >> of course. never live longer. see, the most . see, the most. >> agricultural shows such as this aren't just about having a good day out. it gives us a real chance to take the temperature of the agri food sector . chance to take the temperature of the agri food sector. here we have farmers, which is the raw material . we have food material. we have food producers, food suppliers and manufacturers to the industry . manufacturers to the industry. michele shirlow, heads up food ni and has noticed a growing interest in northern ireland produce food and i put together the food and drink

reporter dougie beattie joins us now . dougie beattie joins us now. about, just just remind us of the backstory and why this decision is being made now in 2024. >> well, you're exactly right. those that are too young to remember it, it's been a quarter of a century since the good friday agreement was signed. that ended the troubles in northern ireland. now, of course, there are people that were killed and injured in that beforehand. and over the last 25 years, there's been about £25 billion spent on court cases , billion spent on court cases, people trying to take action against those that were responsible . now, i have always responsible. now, i have always came at a story looking at what could cause, cause and effect and how it comes . but in 1998, and how it comes. but in 1998, the during those talks , there the during those talks, there were letters of comfort and queen's pardons of mercy's handed out to those in the ira. and they, of course , were and they, of course, were involved in the killings in northern ireland. in fact , they northern irel

beattie, who is in dublin. dougie, welcome to the show. you're outside.y steenson office a hugely concerning incident. tell us more . more. >> yes, i'm here just between the north strand and what is known as the east wall. the east wall over the last couple of years has took a very large amount of immigrants into this area, and the locals here are quite rightly concerned about what is going on in this very, very pleasant area. but it is a working class area now . malachy working class area now. malachy steenson is a solicitor. he was reared here. he never forgot the area that he was reared in, and he still runs an independent solicitors right here at this office. now, last night he was out canvassing for the european elections when a phone call came through to him that there was a man trying to force his way into his office. and i caught up with him earlier on and asked him, why did he think that was happening? >> well, i think it's because partly because of my stance on, open borders, partly on my stance of standing up against the political and ngo class

dougie beattie. did in belfast with an african migrant.st not knowing anything about the history of the peace walls or anything around the divisions in northern ireland. and then he said he was caught in the middle of it and it was quite scary for him, actually . yes. him, actually. yes. >> that is, i don't know how they're going to get out of this except that it's got to be done . except that it's got to be done. the bilateral negotiations. >> yes. that's what i was going to ask you . i mean, there is to ask you. i mean, there is this tendency for the uk to say , this tendency for the uk to say, well, here you go. you told us you couldn't work with us on the brexit negotiations, that it had to be through the european union , it's very easy to do that. but presumably the uk will want to try and find a solution as well as ireland. >> well, actually, in fairness, rishi sunak was saying that the day before an election, sure . so day before an election, sure. so he's talking big. yeah. and the irish are talking big because they've got election

we're joined now by our reporter dougie beattie, who's at stormont.ment in history. and today the flame is in stormont. tell us more . stormont. tell us more. >> it is martin and it was a huge moment in history. i mean, it came here at 130 today. >> it was greeted by a piper school choir and the speaker of the house, edwin poots. >> alongside him was a veteran of d—day, a very old age now. but of course, in amongst that i spoke to some of the school children and so forth. and as you've said, it was amazing how many of them knew the dates of d—day but don't actually know the significance of d—day. and thatis the significance of d—day. and that is very, very sad because when we look at our educational system, we may have to do history projects and so forth that are all about remembering dates , but very little of cause dates, but very little of cause and effect. and of course, northern ireland, like every other part of britain, lost many, many men on those beaches all those years ago , 80 years all those years ago, 80 years ago. and it really does start

here's what some of them had to say to our reporter dougie beattie. >> i'm here because the governmento the irish people. we're second class citizens in our own country and they need to be out. >> why am i here? because i don't want to see this country go like england. i mean, we've got young children, so we have, you know what i mean? >> and at the end of the day, irish people are on the streets. if we haven't got enough houses to house our own. how we meant to house our own. how we meant to help all of this. >> i have a clear message for taoiseach harris and the rest of our government. this is ireland, our government. this is ireland, our ireland, and we will fight like hell to save her. >> that's the spirit. and now joining me from the liberal, an independent news outlet in ireland is robert long. robert, welcome to the show. so you were at the pro test today. you were filming it on the front line. we also covered it on gb news. we spoke to lots and lots of people there, ordinary ireland islanders who simply had enough . islanders who simply had enough. >> that's right, i mean, you'

let's head to stormont to speak to dougie beattie. who's the outsider dougie?ireland party's geanng dougie? northern ireland party's gearing up for the election . gearing up for the election. >> well, they are, and it's for someone like me. it's quite an exciting election because we have 18 seats here. the dup that backed theresa may's government, if you remember , hold the if you remember, hold the majority of those seats then sinn fein, but they're an abstentionist party, so they do not actually take their seats . not actually take their seats. then the sdlp hold two seats and the alliance party one. but because of what's happened over the protocol and of course we talk about rwanda flights, not being able to take off. there was that court ruling in northern ireland that said that because we are under eu law, that that that wouldn't apply to northern ireland. rishi sunak assured unionists that he would sort that out in the courts. that's back in court next wednesday. and of course, if it's not brought through, then he either has to leave northern ireland behi

northern ireland reporter dougie beattie dougie, always a delight to have you on the show.e were just talking there about that snap election in 2017 and of course the dup became absolutely pivotal. that confidence and supply to the conservative party cost them £1 billion, but it kept them in power. dougie what's the political landscape now? on, on on your side of the sea there in northern ireland? >> well, it's totally fascinating , >> well, it's totally fascinating, martin. i mean, we have 18 seats in northern ireland. eight of those are held by the dup, seven by sinn fein, but they are an abstentionist party. they don't take those seats, then we have two by the sdlp and one by the alliance party. but out of those 18 seats, six of them are very, very slim majorities, including, gavin robinson, the now leader of the dup seat in east belfast. if the tuv do decide to run in there, the chances are the alliance party will take that seat. we have a three way battle shaping up in north down between the sitting mp, the only alliance mp , the, the, an alliance mp, the, the, an inde

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. >> well, here to explain what it is all about, let's go to our northern ireland reporter dougie beattieoversial. dudley >> well, this is about victims of the troubles in northern ireland. and of course, 25 years ago, a quarter of a century ago, we ended the troubles in northern ireland. the good friday agreement came to pass. and of course, from that time there has been endless cases coming through the courts here behind us. and they have had very little results because , as very little results because, as ikeep very little results because, as i keep on saying, and there some people say, why do you keep referring to it? and it is those letters of comfort and queen's pardons and mercy that were given to paramilitaries after the good friday agreement was signed, that have really stopped any further investigations in their tracks because we had the canova report that was looking at security force and paramilitary collusion and running of state agents just a couple of months ago. and it did say, well, there was an awful large amount of that sort of thing going on. and of course , thing goin