us, because we did rule the waves. >> rule, britannia , britannia, >> rule, britannia, britannia, rule you go. rule the waves. so there you go. >> i did it, folks. i went there. listen. coming up next in there. listen. coming up next in the big story is net zero to blame for the port talbot steelworks closures. plus, we've been conducting a mark dolan tonight poll . we've tonight people's poll. we've been asking should last night of the proms, axe rule, britannia . the proms, axe rule, britannia. the results are in. shall the results are in. i shall reveal all >> you're listening to gb news radio . well a top cellist wants radio. well a top cellist wants to axe rule , britannia. to axe rule, britannia. >> that's the topic of my big opinion. so many emails on this. uh, how about, uh , david mark, uh, how about, uh, david mark, this cellist should be thankful for all the tuition. he got to be able to play the cello as well as he can. where did he get that? britain , if he wants that? great britain, if he wants to bite the hand that feeds him, he cello somewhere he can play his cello some

britannia against the russians?>> yeah, george, >> well, yeah, george, i mean, this this is the problem. this is this is the problem. we've got a generation that has either got purple hair and pronouns too weak to pronouns and is too weak to fight, or generation fight, uh, or a generation that's grown being hated that's grown up being hated by those and put in those people and being put in the bottom rung of society by those people. we've got anti—white laws, anti—white hiring laws, you know, through diversity, equity and inclusion departments. so i mean , i can't see that mean, i can't see that a population that's just been that's just been, um, you know, pooped on for so long is going to be, you know, wanting to fight for a regime, which is why conscription is a good idea, right? >> they have it. you know, you mentioned sweden, i believe they have it in sweden. they've got a bunch of those countries. they go for a year or two and it sets them life. you know, them up, uh, for life. you know, we have obesity issues

and rishi backing britannia . rishi is backing rule britannia.etty sure this display of patriotism means we're to patriotism means we're going to go war. nicholas go to war. nicholas >> um, yeah. rishi sunak backs rule. britannia at proms. we know proms is a staple of our musical events in london, and every year one of the closing , every year one of the closing, um, acts of this very popular eventis um, acts of this very popular event is rule britannia , event is rule britannia, originally part of the opera alfred, which celebrates , uh, of alfred, which celebrates, uh, of course, the mythical uh , english course, the mythical uh, english or british king. king alfred. and then recently , surprise, and then recently, surprise, surprise, it had become problematic because it's about, uh, love of your nation and your heritage and your your, uh, identity. the bbc tried to backtrack on this . they wanted backtrack on this. they wanted to drop it. there was a backlash in 2020. they put it back, and now, uh, prime minister rishi sunak has been quoted by

let's rule britannia, let's sing rule britannia, britannia! chance we get. britannia!lespeople that used and those salespeople that used to come your sell to come to your house to sell them? we had load of them. and them? we had a load of them. and then ron says, brilliant start . then ron says, brilliant start. loved the song. you clearly loved the sing song. you clearly get wisdom from your mum. get your wisdom from your mum. mum, hear that? mum, did you hear that? rule britannia our national britannia should be our national anthem. it's a celebration of the greatness of the british people. jules says, people. and julie, jules says, does know about the does this boy know about the thousands of sailors who died trying the slave trade? trying to stop the slave trade? well, exactly . that's history well, exactly. that's history for thank you much. keep for you. thank you so much. keep them coming. vaiews@gbnews.com. but now it's time for the great british debate this hour. and i'm for war i'm asking, are we ready for war now? a top nato military official has warned that

so i think. >> yeah, but the words of rule britannia, um , are slightly they britannia, um, are slightlyk? >> i mean, it was written in 1740, so obviously we're judging. we're judging something from then by today's perspective. but do you think in the week when macron in france has is going more towards traditional french values, children were in school uniform. uh singing the national anthem at the start of each day in school. i mean, you know, the french don't seem to have a problem with that. why do we in this country, we always think, well, it's jingoistic, it's too nationalistic. what is wrong with being proud to be british? occasionally we. with being proud to be british? occ but nally we. with being proud to be british? occbut i'my we. with being proud to be british? occbut i'm note. with being proud to be british? occbut i'm not proud of >> but i'm not proud of britain's slaving history. >> no, i'm not talking about slavery. so why would i? that was history. was a history. >> but. was a history. >> but why would i want to sing the to rule britannia? the words to rule britannia? >

his story is don't play, don't play rule britannia at the proms.ince harry and meghan. so the cellist is named sheku kanneh—mason . and his claim to kanneh—mason. and his claim to fame is he was prince harry's jealous that there at their wedding. but and this guy is one of those typical people. he's complaining . he's complaining complaining. he's complaining that it's he's basically anti anti—british and he thinks that rule britannia is what do you call that is, um , it makes them call that is, um, it makes them feel uncomfortable. it didn't say exactly . exactly. i mean, so say exactly. exactly. i mean, so he's 24 years old and he's speaking on desert island disc , speaking on desert island disc, and he's like one of the top cellists in the world. >> oh, doesn't he sound awful? yeah. imagine imagine being that famous at 19, becoming a household for playing the household name for playing the cello royals . and then cello for the royals. and then at 20, what did you say, 25, 24? somebody a microphone in somebody sticks a microphone in your on the b

we britannia, the united states of america and britain are aggressive countries against all of humanity, not against yemen alone or any country seeking liberation from western colonialism. therefore, these two countries have their own old and new colonial projects. britain and america are the ones who established the israeli state in 1949, and therefore they seek to protect this entity by all means and capabilities. whoever stands against this entity, whether groups, people or countries. washington and london will seek to destroy them. going back to history, we remember when in the 1950s, britain, france and israel attacked the arab state of egypt, which was then called the united arab republic. this was attempt to control the sweez canal, had it not been for the circumstances at the time, and the assistance of the soviet union, which was at the height of its power, the arabs would not have been able to deter this tripartite aggression, and before that in 1947, who sponsored the press? declaration and world war ii. all the countries that considered themselves victorious in world war ii

ukraine, a long reaction, a change in reaction, but some media, especially the conservative newspaper britanniaetary of state querida said that we have satellite images, the court asked for them, even the court asked for them to be provided, no, no, under no circumstances, i’m just reminding you of the saltbury story, where it was said, there is no other reasonable explanation, it can only be russia, here you see, there is insufficient information, in fact, this short recording of zelensky late yesterday evening... indicates that in fact the final versions are still didn’t come up with it, that is, how quickly they really threw out this version that it was our doing, it’s so cool how many russian military and russian missiles were destroyed there, but as soon as they found out that it was the ukrainian military, then suddenly all of this swiftness, efficiency has suddenly disappeared, and i say again, i see that the western media have divided into two categories, where they primarily focus on the fact that there were, most likely, ukrainian prisoners and most likely this is ukraine, but we see

rule, britannia!avement . because i know the enslavement. because i know the left hate to hear it, but engush left hate to hear it, but english and british people were enslaved and colonised too. we suffered too, and the song is about then the i've about that. and then the i've forgotten his name. sorry. can you. yes. well, no, but i was too nervous. yeah shake, shake shake you. i'm. he's done himself disservice. just himself a disservice. he just sounds apparently left sounds silly. apparently he left last night of proms last year's night of the proms before hearing it, because he didn't want to hear the song . didn't want to hear the song. who who are these ? >> 7- >> feel 7 >> feel uncomfortable? ? >> feel uncomfortable? all his mates are suspect. and if he felt that uncomfortable about it, shouldn't have played in it, he shouldn't have played in the year. he the proms. this year. does he not understand it's about? the proms. this year. does he not aboutstand it's about? the proms. this year. does

britannia rules the waves.. >> it is powerful and what really depresses me is that we have to take everything so literally just literally that we can't just say, this is a song say, actually, this is a song that written a very that was written at a very different time, celebrating a very different era. we not very different era. we are not saying that we want to go and make the rest of the world slaves, that we want to subjugate our heels. subjugate them under our heels. it's fact that we lose it's the fact that we lose losing all subtlety, losing all nuance, all subtlety, all of tradition, all all sense of tradition, all pride that britain's bravery. >> we don't have a navy any more than it's been saying. >> it's struggle. it's ironic. exactly. two pages further on in the page and the paper , it's the page and the paper, it's penny mordaunt saying the navy hasn't ships, we haven't hasn't got any ships, we haven't got put them. got any sailors to put on them. >> this a time when we're >> and this is a time when

but rule britannia britannia. britannia or rule britannia.acklash to that types. why that from the usual types. why don't they just go and live somewhere a global somewhere else? plus a global row over the death row breaks out over the death penalty alabama penalty as the state of alabama uses nitrogen gas to kill an inmate right? is uses nitrogen gas to kill an inmate right ? is it now high inmate right? is it now high time the developed world ended the inhumane practice ? the inhumane practice? apparently it took him a heck of a long time to die. coming up, how's sunak victim how's rishi sunak fallen victim to karmic forces ? is this to karmic forces? is this so—called plot to remove him from power? sweet retribution for what he did to boris johnson.i for what he did to boris johnson. i will give you the latest on this plot to remove the prime minister. up next, though, from king charles. the princess of wales and now the duchess york the health of duchess of york. the health of our monarchy has been dominating the will the headlines. my pa

holidays britannia, bike ride with a cute girl. why not give them this phone number? number? kazan wrote. “this is a person who is afraid to look directly into his own eyes, a person who has difficulty understanding himself, he does not know how to express his real feelings, he plays with them the same way he plays with violence, this is a very jealous person and very cruel, this playing with yourself, around yourself . bon bah c'est un gros défaut je crois, mais comme je ne veux pas faire de psychanalyse, je ne pense pas que je guérirai, the question of what i love and what i don’t love about myself? i would probably answer that i probably don’t love myself enough, so we won’t engage in psychoanalysis here, but this is insufficient narcissism, probably this is a big drawback, voir du monde, je viens même, je fais des centaines de kilomètres avec mon argent pour voir du monde parce que je suis très seul, i love it when a lot of people, when i see a lot of people, i traveled hundreds of kilometers to come here, paying for my ticket, i did it because i wanted to see people, and

ukraine, a long reaction, a change in reaction, but some media, especially the conservative newspaper britannia really know all the details yet, that is , they are trying to play along with this version that we still have to establish something there, and surprisingly, kirby says that we need to, we don’t have enough information, yes , you remember how they investigated all the cases, from their satellites, we saw a launch from there, a launch from here, remember mh17, they are still asking, but what about hailey? no, you remember on mh-17 then secretary of state keirida said that we have satellite images, the court asked them. even the court asked to provide them. no, no, in no way, i just remind you of the saltbury story, where it was said, there is no other reasonable explanation, it can only be russia, here, you see, it turns out there is not enough information, in fact, this short recording of zelensky, late yesterday evening, indicates that they really haven’t come up with the final... version yet, that is, how quickly they really threw out this version, that it was our doing, it’s so coo

the beginning of the era of cool britannia, new labour was modern, young, dynamic and represented middletain . the sunday mirror was britain. the sunday mirror was one of the most influential british newspapers in the 1990s. the left leaning paper represented the mood of masses in britain, exposing hundreds of scandals within british government the then political editor of the sunday mirror, nigel nelson, was a key figure in the dissemination of news and the way the blair government was portrayed to the public. and you were in the perfect position to write because you were the political editor of a major labour supporting paper, and therefore you one of the people they always wanted to be in touch with, always wanted to keep informed , and had a keep informed, and had a significant that period. >> well, yes. i mean that the that certainly i was able to interview tony blair at least twice formally , and i twice a year formally, and i would speak to him 4 or would probably speak to him 4 or 5 times, um, on top of that. um, well, i first met him when he was shadow employment secretary, and

oh well britannia, mistress moreya, now she will come out there, deploy her own, which means these imperialre they recruiting the commander of the submarine fleet, according to an advertisement, here, according to an advertisement, it’s even like not so good with the sailors, the next day the offended deputy minister of defense of this very lady mary really comes out, very offendedly explains that in general, well, as if everything is not so, not quite so or not at all so, we are listening to the gentleman, in general, the gentleman. listen, to be absolutely clear, no. there is no truth to the suggestion that we cannot deploy aircraft carriers, i am pleased to confirm that both of our aircraft carriers are in portsmouth, ready and willing to deploy if necessary should the operational decision be that this is the appropriate response, and that this is the case when cartledge is trying to explain and improve something, but it seems to me that it would have been better or would have been if he... then this situation does not exist, and if it does not exist, then what were you doing, how it wou

the beginning of the era of cool britannia, new labour was modern, young, dynamic and represented middletain . the sunday mirror was britain. the sunday mirror was one of the most influential british newspapers in the 1990s. the left leaning paper represented the mood of masses in britain, exposing hundreds of scandals within british government the then political editor of the sunday mirror, nigel nelson, was a key figure in the dissemination of news and the way the blair government was portrayed to the public. and you were in the perfect position to write because you were the political editor of a major labour supporting paper, and therefore you one of the people they always wanted to be in touch with, always wanted to keep informed , and had a keep informed, and had a significant that period. >> well, yes. i mean that the that certainly i was able to interview tony blair at least twice formally , and i twice a year formally, and i would speak to him 4 or would probably speak to him 4 or 5 times, um, on top of that. um, well, i first met him when he was shadow employment secretary, and

and every time we go to a national trust property, be playing rule britannia in our car. radiogram carc >> but we should be realistic about some of the histories of these properties. when i'm standing i to know standing in one, i want to know that came to be able that that how it came to be able that they could buy, that. i want to know the history of the people that there and stories that lived there and the stories behind it. >> you don't want to know it >> but you don't want to know it in a pejorative do you? in a pejorative way, do you? that all bad people that these are all bad people whose have whose pictures should have moustaches drawn on them? >> i think what's >> i think that's what's happening. it? and also it's happening. is it? and also it's we but it's part of we better ask, but it's part of the trust. their remit the national trust. their remit to and perpetuate to maintain and perpetuate a historical accuracy of these properties. that's part of what they're supposed so they're supposed to do. so surely. they're not being surely. but they're not being historically accura

um, in sunday um, what's this in the sunday express rule express charm about rule britannia? yeah.mason, who >> so sheku kanneh—mason, who many will aware of, he many people will be aware of, he was young black cellist who was the young black cellist who performed markle's and performed at meghan markle's and prince wedding, well performed at meghan markle's and prince been wedding, well performed at meghan markle's and prince been alvedding, well performed at meghan markle's and prince been a fixture}, well performed at meghan markle's and prince been a fixture at well performed at meghan markle's and prince been a fixture at the ell as he's been a fixture at the proms and so on. so he's been on desert island discs and he's reignited about desert island discs and he's reignbritannia about desert island discs and he's reignbritannia and about desert island discs and he's reignbritannia and last about desert island discs and he's reignbritannia and last nightt rule britannia and last night at the proms. said that he the proms. so he said that he personally finds it uncomfortable. ac

, busy in the bowels of britannia, but the with people who like that who were people were very, veryed. >> but what's strange here actually is that there are no rumours about admiral nelson at all. he was famously of the time, very heterosexual and very active. >> no, he wasn't famously heterosexual, was no . he was on heterosexual, was no. he was on a boat for months at the time, surrounded by men. there is not a chance in hell he didn't get stuck in renee now is that include everybody in the navy? >> , that's what he does. >> yeah, that's what he does. >> yeah, that's what he does. >> know, it's like when lads >> you know, it's like when lads go to prison, you know, it's not gay - go to prison, you know, it's not gay . it's what go to prison, you know, it's not gay. it's what you do. >> okay? i didn't know that. thank you so much . uh, >> okay? i didn't know that. thank you so much. uh, i >> okay? i didn't know that. thank you so much . uh, i have to thank you so much. uh, i have to say that the museum has somewhat backtracked, and they have said, uh, that , uh, uh, it was uh, that

. >> coming from britannia! rule the waves. britons never >> rule the waves.t refers to the ruling the the idea of britons ruling the waves, leading the slave trade. britain and the children of britain and the children of britain is not an answer. >> britain and the children of britain, an anthem for freedom. >> no no no and the >> no no no no no no and the slaves sold the slave slaves are sold to the slave traders in the countries in which they originate. >> gordon is out in >> when gordon is out in khartoum, why is he there ? he's khartoum, why is he there? he's there to stop sudanese slave trade. >> very interesting. >> very interesting. >> this is a very interesting point. the point that people always say, oh, well, look, africans their people. africans sold their own people. africans sold their own people. you're to have some you're always going to have some collaborators in oppressed you're always going to have some collaboeven; in oppressed you're always going to have some collabo even today, )ressed you're always going to have some collaboeven today, w

and this is an attempt really to have a feel good cosmetic, a bit like a cool britannia moment.t means is content of what it means is really sorely lacking . really sorely lacking. >> say i'm so glad >> let's just say i'm so glad you mentioned the effect on on the the you mentioned the effect on on the covid the you mentioned the effect on on the covid panic the you mentioned the effect on on the covid panic and the actual great covid panic and the actual shutting down of so much of the civil society that sir keir starmer today says he's in favour of. but at that time enthusiastically supported the closing down of. it's a slogan. it's i thought when david cameron came out with the big society, it was a slogan. it was a basically a pr man's or an advertising man's attempt to capture the headline . and i capture the headline. and i think this is true, and i think it should be treated with a great deal of suspicion. >> um, he also said keir starmer, he's basically saying the glue that bridge gaps in the glue that bridge the gaps in a fabnc the glue that bridge the gaps in a fabric

the waves rule, britannia. now we stop britannia.op dinghies the channel, dinghies crossing the channel, and we can't even get aircraft carriers. >> we haven't even got a dozen frigates put to sea. >> i mean, equipped >> yeah, i mean, are we equipped for this? going into this, the big and i think that big question and i think that that's what the chief of defence staff and but particularly the chiefs, because the army is very heavily committed to ukraine, we do a lot more than we're actually declaring behind the scenes training. >> and one of the things let's not run things down. the brits, the brit trainers , are much the brit trainers, are much appreciated. not only by the ukrainian but by the baltics , ukrainian but by the baltics, the poles so on. they like the poles and so on. they like being by, by british being trained by, by, by british soldiers. very important. there's been a lot of a lot of, a lot of commitment there. and actually all praise the discipline, the approach of hms diamond and its crew, it did the job it was req

a top cellist says rule britannia should be axed from last night of the proms.e first labour government and in tonight's mark meets, i'll be joined by the author of a brand new book, all about a century of socialism in britain. and that very first post—war labour administration in the big story is net zero to blame for the port talbot steelworks closures. we'll hear from both sides on that one, and i'm looking forward to this. he's the man of the moment in my take at ten threatening attacks on the biggest bbc star are a disgrace. but be clear gary lineker is no victim

awards go britannia , parliament or sonari britannia, parliament or sonari amari .bannau amari. community tariq bannau nick hewer generation so . nick hewer generation so. i would have thought i've covered a few campaigns in my time. >> i've never heard that before. richard tice i have to say. >> i mean, what that tell >> i mean, what does that tell you about where we're that you about where we're at? that so part of that so the greater part of that election introduction . varne. election introduction. varne. yeah. uh, video by the labour candidate is in a different language. yeah i'm not actually sure what language it is. it doesn't really matter. >> we shouldn't have to know what language that is. >> saying, is it urdu? >> we're saying, is it urdu? i don't know, i don't feel i have with with. >> look, there are lots of wonderful languages out there, but united but this is the united kingdom. our and our language is english. and elections conducted in elections should be conducted in english. it is as simple as that . i think that's very, very i don't know, it's ex

a top cellist says rule britannia should be axed from last night of the proms when did it become a badove your country? in my take ten, threatening my take at ten, threatening attacks on the bbc's biggest star are a disgrace. but be clear, gary lineker is no victim and as he stands down as leader of ukip , neil hamilton reflects of ukip, neil hamilton reflects on 60 years in politics and his hopes for the future of british conservatism. we're live at nine. >> welcome back to free speech nation. let's get some more questions from this audience. so our first question comes from angelica . where's angela? hi, angelica. where's angela? hi, angelica. where's angela? hi, angelica . angelica. >> hi. uh, jc rowling is a known transphobe . transphobe. >> blimey, that's a wasps nest. well, this is a twitter account called discussing film . and they called discussing film. and they issued a tweet basically saying that jk rowling was a transfer . that jk rowling was a transfer. but i think we've got the image of the tweet this is what it says. known jk says. known transphobe jk rowling to be an ro

. >> we used to rule, britannia, rule the waves.we don't have we don't have that song anymore. we don't have that song anymore. we don't have jets to send to the red have any jets to send to the red sea. sailors. sea. no sailors. >> yeah. sea. no sailors. >> and|. sea. no sailors. >> and so rishi sunak is going to this statement to make this statement in your show, isn't he? at 1230. >> yeah. we'll be live from the commons, not to missed. >> and also we're going to have a big fat debate on the house of lords. >> uh, because of course, they're throwing up obstacles. >> uh, bishop of >> uh, that bishop of gloucester, they, then >> uh, that bishop of glorlord. er, they, then the lord. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> the first woman bishop. who then the first thing she as then the first thing she said as bishop was, think man. >> well, i think she's probably right about that. >> how does she know? but how do you know i don't? >> probably got a hotline >> she's probably got a hotline to him. >> more than you have. >> more than you have. >> why woul

mordaunt , >> recently, penny mordaunt, there has been some complaints about the language in rule britannia national psyche? >> look , i, as someone that >> look, i, as someone that campaigned for us to retain the uk theme that was slashed by the bbc, these, these things i think are important to our to our history and, and, and i think that we should be celebrating our, our heritage. that's what these things are about. our, our heritage. that's what these things are about . people these things are about. people don't sing them to be offensive. we very tactfully drop verses out of certain, uh, certain tunes on various occasions . tunes on various occasions. let's be pragmatic about this, but i think the public do want to celebrate our cultural history. >> your royal naval reserve list. are you willing to sign up to fight for your country? >> i have signed up to do this in the past . i >> i have signed up to do this in the past. i have to say, chris, if there if they're calling on me at any point, uh, we are really in trouble. but but look , i in all seriousness, but look, i in all seriousnes

, you know, having all these celebs know, uh, celebs and, you know, um, uh, into number 10, cool britanniahink it really actually washes with, um, uh, with, with the electorate . uh, with, with the electorate. it's to of mix with it's great to sort of mix with some these celebs and some of some of these celebs and some of these successful but these successful sportsmen, but actually it's policies that make these successful sportsmen, but actldifference.»licies that make these successful sportsmen, but actldifference. ands that make these successful sportsmen, but actldifference. and it's at make the difference. and it's personalities as well, because let's not forget, you know, the last election, nobody knew we were to have a pandemic. were going to have a pandemic. nobody knew we were going to have ukraine. have the invasion of ukraine. and it's the way that particularly as chancellor, how rishi rich had to that how he helped people both to get through the, the pandemic with the furlough scheme and other assistance and actually following the invasion of ukraine, how we had help with peopl

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of cheap foreign holidays became too much, and in 2011 it had to be bought out of receivership by britannians said it had made the announcement with great sadness and it had come to the difficult decision to close its doors after assessing the future viability of the park. the company apologised for any inconvenience caused. the decision came as a shock to many, including business owner amy phillips, who was due to hold one of her company's family weekenders there in february. she believes the effects will be far reaching. hearing that southport pontins is closing has not only affected businesses like mine that use places like pontins for events, but it's also affected families. because pontins is a bit of an institution, really. it's always been an alternative sort of budget holiday, if you like, and at a time where parents are really struggling, we're hearing this a lot this year across our events, you know, times are tight for families and without places like pontins, there's potentially families that won't get a holiday this year. pontins was voted the worst holiday park provider in the