>> claire pearsall? >> claire pearsall? >> the political >> she was the young political advisor.in the smoking shelter at the house of commons, and it took me about two years to pluck up the courage to invite her out, which i did at a tory party conference. all right. >> well, listen, we'll get more on love life later on lord taylor's love life later on lord taylor's love life later on but it's great on in the show, but it's great to this married couple to have this married couple chemistry are given these chemistry are given from these two. but listen, keep hands two. but listen, keep your hands to in to yourself. coming up in my take prince harry has take at ten, prince harry has been homeless by the been rendered homeless by the palace he's only got himself palace and he's only got himself to blame last. some tough to blame at last. some tough love from king charles. i'll be deaung love from king charles. i'll be dealing with prince harry in no uncertain terms in 15 minutes time. you won't want to miss it. box office, telly . but next up, box office, telly. but next up, my mar

>> claire pearsall? >> claire pearsall? >> the political >> she was the young political advisor.e in the smoking shelter at the house of commons, and it took me about two years to pluck up the courage to invite her out, which i did at a tory party conference. all right. >> well, listen, we'll get more on love life later on lord taylor's love life later on lord taylor's love life later on but it's great on in the show, but it's great to this married couple to have this married couple chemistry are given these chemistry are given from these two. but listen, keep hands two. but listen, keep your hands to in to yourself. coming up in my take prince harry has take at ten, prince harry has been homeless by the been rendered homeless by the palace he's only got himself palace and he's only got himself to blame last. some tough to blame at last. some tough love from king charles. i'll be deaung love from king charles. i'll be dealing with prince harry in no uncertain terms in 15 minutes time. you won't want to miss it. box office, telly . but next up, box office, telly. but next up, my m

claire pearsall. say that. claire pearsall.g to table interesting point to the table that actually it's so many that actually it's on so many different levels and the decision within the decision making within the government some those government and some of those decisions expose the uk . decisions expose the uk. >> well, that's right. and that is a really valid point that it takes many, many forms. and i think that misinformation actually is one of the biggest forms it takes. and that's what hostile states generally like to do with the with especially with the government in the uk, is to put these sort of misinformation campaigns around . and i do think campaigns around. and i do think that there needs to be a little bit of education of parliamentarian views. but realistically, these security services are extremely good at their job services are extremely good at theirjob and we don't need to their job and we don't need to have every decision, every piece of information given to us. we don't need it. we shouldn't have it. we

claire pearsall political commentator and former conservative special adviser.l, listen, i've got to start straight away with colin because as this excel bullet looks like a lion with a human kind of face and i, i would be absolutely petrified of one of those. surely all dogs should have a licence and that dog should be banned in particular. >> well, we used to have a licence for dogs many years ago and that didn't work because people who, if you wish , have people who, if you wish, have criminal minds or people who ignore the people who are ignore the law, people who are irresponsible and they're the group i refer to who are actually who own these dogs that are aggressive , whether they're are aggressive, whether they're bull breeds or other breeds. um you're supposed to have your dog chip by law, so they're not going to have the dog chip . and going to have the dog chip. and if you don't have the dogs chip, you can't then trace them . so you can't then trace them. so all the people who are honest and all the people who look after the dogs will have the dogs ch

. >> nigel nelson and claire pearsall are with us this morning. and of course , as you morning.ut because your battle it out because your husband wife just in case husband and wife just in case anyone wants to know, i'd love to know what goes on in the green room aftennards. i bet you get off, nigel, get a right telling off, nigel, but we will start with you with something. which is i something. actually which is i think we're agree. agree on think we're all agree. agree on this act. it's in the mail this morning. a 300 year old sycamore for hadrian's wall that has been felled by vandals. basically. >> yeah . i mean, what do you say >> yeah. i mean, what do you say about something like this? it's heartbreaking . it's sort of heartbreaking. it's sort of somebody who wantonly goes around destroying our heritage , around destroying our heritage, age and this tree had been standing there for 300 years. it is probably the most famous tree in britain because a lot of people go and go and visit it a lot of people go there to make films, movies . films, movies. >> that's right. >> that'

>> well, joe phillips and claire pearsall, that is the big debate .o closer to getting any answer on that. but thank you for helping to illuminate and thanks, joe, for sticking dig in the sticking with us. we dig in the end.thank sticking with us. we dig in the end. thank you very much. okay. moving local residents moving on now. local residents near legendary crooked house near the legendary crooked house pub site which burned down, of course , are the bricks course, are locking the bricks salvaged from the building in containers as part of their campaign to rebuild the pub brick brick . they will hold brick by brick. they will hold a locking ceremony and a local mp is expected to attend. well, our midlands reporter will hollis joins us now from dudley, a place i know very well. i've campaigned there extensively in the past. now will this pub has really kind of touched locals . really kind of touched locals. it's really motivated and move them. tell us about this local amazing endeavour. this latest update . yeah well, it's not just update. yeah well

pearsall for this. and let's start with you, claire.key mouse degrees. prime degrees. i mean, the prime minister has kind of minister already has kind of declared those, hasn't minister already has kind of decland those, hasn't minister already has kind of decland now those, hasn't minister already has kind of decland now a those, hasn't minister already has kind of decland now a groups, hasn't minister already has kind of decland now a group ofiasn't minister already has kind of decland now a group of tory: minister already has kind of decland now a group of tory mps he? and now a group of tory mps is saying that don't is saying that if you don't reach certain grades that you shouldn't get a loan from the government because it's not good value the value for money for the taxpayer, because majority taxpayer, because the majority of these people don't go on to earn graduate wages. >> that's and just >> that's right. and i just fundamentally disagree with this. and hear here, i'm with you. it's all very well to say that degrees are mickey

commentator nigel nelson, and also political commentator and former conservative special adviser claire pearsalladlines with tatiana sanchez. >> nana. thank you very much and good afternoon. this is the latest from the newsroom. daniel

james matheson claire pearsall , we're going to to pearsall, we're going to have to leave there and talkingf wedge that brings us wedge issues that brings us neatly our next topic, the neatly on to our next topic, the ultimate wedge, brussels , ultimate wedge, brussels, because the pro european national rejoined march is taking place throughout london today. taking place throughout london today . it starts started 20 today. it starts started 20 minutes ago along with joining the eu. their aim is for the word rejoin to become as mainstream as the word brexit. well in the interests of journalistic integrity and listening to what everybody thinks, that's what gb news does. i'm joined now by gb news reporter ray addison , who's at reporter ray addison, who's at the march. ray what's the mood on the ground and how convinced are the rejoin marchers that they can get us back into brussels ? brussels? >> well, good afternoon, martin. of course , it's been seven years of course, it's been seven years since that brexit vote back in june of 2016. and today's event is designed to try to attempt to put

let's talk to former conservative adviser claire pearsall, friend of the show who joins us now. is fair to say this is a tax which affects a minority of people , affects a minority of people, let's put it that way. even if it is ever growing. but it's not popular, is it? >> no, it isn't . and you're >> no, it isn't. and you're quite right. it affects currently 3% of the population . currently 3% of the population. those are the ones who are going to have to pay it. but as you've just raised house prices are increasing. so you could find that people in the london, the south—east the south—west, especially, where property pnces especially, where property prices are increasing exponentially , that they could exponentially, that they could be dragged into the inherited tax bracket. i think that it's right to certainly have a look at it. i think it is a regressive tax. i think it is fundamentally unfair if you have paid tax all of your life, maybe in some cases twice or three times, why then have it taxed upon your death and you should be able to pass to on your children and grandchi