a group of 15 canbbean reparations. a group of 15 caribbean nations will ask the king and sir keir starmer to pay £200 billion in slavery reparations , reparations. now, reparations, reparations. now, the foreign secretary has spoken very much in support of such a move in the past. will the government cave in this time and bnng government cave in this time and bring back british wood? >> yes. the restoration of lord nelson's warship hms victory has sparked outrage due to its use of french oak. critics are upset that the foreign timber is being used on a symbol of britain's naval power . naval power. >> could we be getting a little bit closer , tom, to actually bit closer, tom, to actually paying bit closer, tom, to actually paying these reparations? other canbbean paying these reparations? other caribbean countries have been calling for huge amounts in reparations , compensation for reparations, compensation for the slave trade, and associated wrongs. 200 billion is the current figure, although there are some estimates

that the uk pays £200 billion in compensation for its role in the transatlantic slave trade. 15 canbbeanantic slave trade. 15 caribbean governments have decided to put slavery reparations on the table at the commonwealth heads of government meeting in samoa later this month. of course, they have. who doesn't like being given pots of money because they believe they've been wronged? un judge patrick robinson even called the 200 billion figure an underestimation of the damage caused by the trade. he said that he was amazed that countries involved in slavery think that they can bury their headsin think that they can bury their heads in the sand on the issue , heads in the sand on the issue, and stated, once a state has committed a wrongful act, it's obuged committed a wrongful act, it's obliged to pay reparations . you obliged to pay reparations. you know what this is, don't you? they've seen how woeful and weak our government is. they've watched foreign secretary david lammy flippantly hand back the chagos islands labour, using their vast majority to get policies through unchallenged. and t

one canbbean reparation for slavery?ne caribbean leader thinks so and is also calling for a summit to work through a reparatory justice system for slavery. a science secretary says labour will handle these calls sensitively, but surely we should just say no. taylor swift gate takes another sinister turn as it's claimed. the attorney general, lord hermer, was drafted to in approve pop star taylor swift's taxpayer funded that's you vip blue light escort in the summer. downing street has previously insisted the decision was solely made by the metropolitan police, but an intervention by a law officer of the crown now makes this a constitutional matter, and is cincinnatus about to make a comeback? >> boris johnson gives his strongest hint yet that he may return to frontline politics, lauding his own record in office and raging at keir starmer over chagos and freebie gate. is it time to bring back boris? state of the nation starts now . of the nation starts now. >> i'll also be joined by my most rambunctious panel author and b

and it then forcibly displaced them another time to another island half the canbbean another island halftan, off the coast of honduras , and the coast of honduras, and the chagos islanders suffered a similar fate in the late 60s and early 70s , where they were early 70s, where they were displaced en masse from where they lived from their homeland in order to make way for a us military base. now, what has happened or what is happening now is the right of return for the people who were expelled from their homeland through no fault of their own whatsoever, in what is under international law, a crime against humanity. following an international ruling by the world's highest court that the decolonisation process was was incomplete. clearly it's incomplete because they were not allowed to return. this land was kept and it's been used as a military outpost by the us. >> so your view then , it's right >> so your view then, it's right for the. >> it doesn't go far enough. of course. of course, of course it is. right that people who were expelled from their homeland can return . of course it is ri

of lull in september where would normally be quite rough weather coming off the warm seas of the canbbeany've suddenly caribbean, but they've suddenly seen this huge, rapid increase in the number of them in the last few weeks and describing it as the weirdest hurricane season they've ever known . is that your they've ever known. is that your experience of it ? experience of it? >> oh, most definitely. i've lived here for about 4 to 5 years now. we've seen a number of hurricanes. i have not seen this many hurricanes at this magnitude, back to back to back. so it's definitely a weird phenomenon going on right now. from what i can see on the news is it's a mixture of the hot water and just rapid movements in the ocean. so it's definitely been a different type of hurricane season for the florida residents . residents. >> so in your apartment, sixth floor, and what precautions do you take? >> i mean, so far we haven't really done very much. we've just brought in all the patio furniture. we pretty much we put a couple of boards on the windows, but there's not very many windows to put boards on.

and that's built up expectations amongst the canbbean expectations amongst the caribbean nations. >>ly. i think the term i was thinking of was hoisted on his own petard, and i think he he probably because i had it, probably forgot that that was evenin probably forgot that that was even in the 2019 manifesto. but you stand on something, you sort of have to stand for it really, or you stand for nothing. i suppose the argument would be. but we've, we've, we've not stood on it on this election. the wording has changed slightly and there isn't going to be an audit. and i think certainly we will see what he's made of this week. and as an ardent trade unionist, he's going to need some good negotiators. negotiators in the room because their argument the other side, their argument the other side, the sort of barbadians, the canbbeans the sort of barbadians, the caribbeans and the africans will say, well, yeah, but you've said all this now, so you can't just go back on things you've said previously. you have to believe in it or you don't. i imagine there will be a folding of sorts. he's either

what does that look like for those canbbean that look like for those caribbean nations.7 how do we makeork? what's caribbean nations? how do we make that work? what's the dialogue we as a country need to have? part of that discussion then brings the story of reparations back on the table , reparations back on the table, because the truth is that the people who got reparations after slavery were the slave owners . slavery were the slave owners. >> so starmer is at every opportunity to abandon this ridiculous policy, but he's never done so . indeed, what was never done so. indeed, what was one of the first policies he enacted upon becoming prime minister? well, he handed the chagos islands to mauritius, a close ally of china. it really is no wonder that the commonwealth nations are feeling emboldened on the question of reparations. indeed, the aforementioned romanian foreign minister's statement says it all. >> it seems unusual to us because you've got the labour party in power, and this, we thought, was something that the conservative party in the uk would be the progenitor of, and that

there's a lot of people like myself from canbbean people like myself from caribbean extraction won'tnow their identity. and so they're lost and they can have that self—loathing, and they can and it can lead to all sorts of problems. so that's why it's really important. but as i said, it's not just the month . it it's not just the month. it should be all the year round. as i said, with voyage and other initiatives that have been doing similar work. okay, great. >> so both of you look, thank you very, very much. it was a fantastic discussion as leroy logan there. of course, the former chairman of the black police association and councillor ron mackey. so there tory councillor and a teacher as well. great stuff coming up. i'll bring you the very first of tomorrow's newspaper. front page is hot off the press and there appears to be yet more evidence. a two tier policing. so they were warning leader of terrorist organisations. >> your opinion is up to you. that's all that and much more. >> in just a few welcome back to patrick christys tonight. i've got some front pages for you. let's do

continues, sir keir starmer remains clear that we should be facing forward amid mounting pressure from canbbeanamid mounting pressure from caribbean nations. shadow commons leader chris philp says it's wrong to ask for money for very serious sins committed hundreds of years ago. however, the bahamas foreign minister says justice is about more than money. they say it's about addressing the lasting impact of slavery . in other news, two slavery. in other news, two former tory councillors in scotland have defected to reform uk, giving the party its first elected politicians north of the border. the move comes as leader nigel farage issued a call for tory councillors to quit and join his party. reform said the decision by mark findlater and laurie carney , who were both laurie carney, who were both sitting on the aberdeenshire council , sitting on the aberdeenshire council, demonstrated that sitting on the aberdeenshire council , demonstrated that the council, demonstrated that the tory brand is broken across the uk . child serial killer lucy uk. child serial killer lucy letby has lost her high cou

on patrick christys tonight , i'm afraid, as christys tonight, i'm afraid, as canbbean christys tonight, i'm afraid, as caribbean people, we are not going to forget our history. >> we don't just want to hear an apology, we want reparations . apology, we want reparations. >> what? david lammy demanded reparations . and now 15 reparations. and now 15 commonwealth nations want you to pay commonwealth nations want you to pay at least £200 billion. will you pay at least £200 billion. will you pay pay at least £200 billion. will you pay more tax to say sorry for slavery and bop bop bop? >> mother bab al—mandab. you know that is the illegal migrant who made threats to kill and has reportedly now come across the channel and entered britain. >> plus swastikas carved into bunkers at a golf club in a big jewish area . how have police jewish area. how have police still not caught the culprit ? still not caught the culprit? the monarchy, the farewell tour. see the hyper woke australian snub king charles? should he just tell them to get stuffed ? just tell them to get stuffed? >> shortly after our fi

luvvies at the bbc and the guardian tell us, it is, black africans , black is, black africans, black canbbeans is, black africans, black caribbeans and indians that have some of the highest levels of pride in britain's past, with events like the world wars, the industrial revolution and the abolition of the slave trade. our previous topic topping the list. now, joining me to discuss this is the senior research fellow at brightblue, btec stashevsky. i got that right. >> yes that's right. >> yes that's right. >> welcome to the show. and the former political editor, of course, at the sun, trevor kavanagh and gb news senior political editor , nigel nelson. political editor, nigel nelson. gentlemen, welcome to the studio. bartek, let's start with you. we're taught all the time. or at least we hear all the time in the media. we should be ashamed of all of the aforementioned things. we should be ashamed of what britain did in world war ii. actually, we're the nazis now. we should be ashamed of slavery despite the fact we abolished it. and we should be ashamed of our role on the world stage in the emp

. >> so some islands in the canbbean >> so some islands in the caribbean are going to get more money.is were to be approved. and of course, the government doesn't want to approve it. more money than the entire chinese economy. i mean , entire chinese economy. i mean, the uk , uk, gdp. i can't the uk, uk, gdp. i can't emphasise this enough is less than £3 trillion. that's the entire uk economy and they want reparations from us worth 19 trillion. >> how many people of caribbean heritage are living in the uk? it would be their taxes too that would have to pay for this extraordinary sum. i mean, it's just crazy . just crazy. anyway, just crazy. just crazy. anyway, let us know your thoughts gbnews.com/yoursay. can you see a time where we do actually end up spending billions, if not trillions on reparations? i mean, stranger things have happened anyway, lots more coming up on today's show, including a french wood, has been used on the hms victory. there we go. why? why ? there we go. why? why? >> tom. >> tom. >> emily, thank you very much. the top stories. the prime minister says he will do