darren grimes on gb news., our meghan markle and prince harry being manipulated by the colombian government with a trick next week. we'll have more on that after this a very warm welcome back to the weekend with me, darren grimes. now meghan markle and prince harry are reportedly being used dunng harry are reportedly being used during their royal tour of colombia. now the duke and duchess of sussex are scheduled to visit next week. however, many colombians are actually sceptical about that visit and actually worried that meghan and harry might be exploited as part of a pr strategy by the government. oh dear, oh dear. well joining me to discuss this, i can think of no one better is the royal biographer, angela levin. oh, angela, what a fine mess they've got themselves into again. >> well, they've been in an awful mess for years now, haven't they? for years. but part of the mess i would like to tell you, i think is extraordinary that if you didn't, weren't, weren't getting on with your father, if you weren't get

darren grimes in for nana me. darren grimes in for nana akua on gb news on tv and on digital radio.sh debate. this hour. again for the great british debate. this hour . and i'm debate. this hour. and i'm asking with ed miliband's net zero drive, really bring down bills . ofgems energy price cap bills. ofgems energy price cap is set to increase by 10% from just over £1,500 to more than £1,700 from october 1st, for a typical household in england, scotland and wales. here's what energy secretary ed miliband had to say on this very matter. >> i know this will be really worrying news for lots of families who will face even greater struggles. >> this winter, and it's a direct result of our country's exposure to international gas markets that are controlled by dictators . and that is a legacy dictators. and that is a legacy left to us by the last government. that's why this government. that's why this government has a plan to do something about it. our mission for clean home—grown power that we control in this country, and it's why we've hit the ground running in just seven weeks. consenti

welcome back to the weekend with me , darren grimes. now, the me, darren grimes.ess the republican masses at a rally in montana . the day . well, the montana. the day. well, the republican nominee arrived at bozeman, montana, after his plane was reportedly diverted to a different airport due to a mechanical issue. now, despite that delay, trump still had time to criticise kamala harris once again. >> kamala is grossly incompetent and in my opinion has a very low iq , but we'll find out about her iq, but we'll find out about her iq, but we'll find out about her iq during the debate. okay, let's find out about her right. >> well, well, well , feisty >> well, well, well, feisty stuff indeed. >> i'm sure that will be a debate. well worth watching . debate. well worth watching. let's see what my panel make of this. former editor of labourlist, peter edwards, and former deputy leader of the reform party, ben habib. peter, i'll start with you. kamala harris, to her credit, does seem to have, rebound and galvanise the democratic base. >> yes. i mean, i think we've got to

darren grimes on gb news on tv and on digital radio.ions in the middle east escalated last night. israel says it carried out strikes in southern lebanon in self—defence, while hezbollah fired rockets and drones in the other direction following the assassination of a senior commander . assassination of a senior commander. both sides are said to have not been after a full scale war. well, joining me now is the historian, journalist and ex reserve officer, doctor peter caddick—adams. thank you very much for your company. >> hi, darren. >> hi, darren. >> are you of the view that this will break out into a full scale war? >> no . >> no. >> no. >> and i want to reassure you and our viewers that i don't think that's on the cards. both sides have said they don't want a full scale war, it's certainly not in israel's interests, and hezbollah, even though backed by iran , certainly can't maintain iran, certainly can't maintain a full scale war. and it is at home in the state of lebanon, and they don't want a full scale war either. so all the playe

welcome to the start of day five with me, darren grimes. i'm back in the hot seat after a little break, and i couldn't be happier to be reunited with my favourite sparring partner, mr benjamin butterworth. now, benjamin's our resident environmentalist. he's so committed, in fact, that he travelled all the way to iraq by carbon neutral canoe . or at carbon neutral canoe. or at least i hope he did, because, well, he wouldn't want him adding to that very serious climate emergency he's always bleating on about. >> well, i went to iraq, so i'd be around some more moderate people than you. >> another familiar face returns to gb news contributor alex armstrong , fresh after winning armstrong, fresh after winning favour from tech titan elon musk. how does fame feel? alex >> it's exciting, isn't it? >> it's exciting, isn't it? >> and claire pearsall is making her second debut on the show . her second debut on the show. and actually she's just have to have the recommended therapy to get over a first appearance on this show . and claire pearsall this

a very warm welcome, my friends, to the saturday five with me, darren grimes. now a—level results came out this week and i'm thrilled to have benjamin butterworth on the panel. he is, of course, living proof that no matter what you did in school, being gender neutral, woke enough to never need sleep and a labour party activist can still get you on the telly. and then we've got the brain boxes. doctor renee and emma webb , who doctor renee and emma webb, who sadly dash any hope for us. mere mortals but prove you can be smart, stunning and still packed with common sense. and finally, adam cherry adam did a stint working in westminster after bristol university and somehow escaped unscathed and not ending up wetter than an otter's pocket . up wetter than an otter's pocket. surprisingly, he's not somewhere to the left of chairman mao and desperate to join the next special adviser or be a think tank or future mp. unlike someone else on this panel. now, welcome to the world of bananas, adam cherry. now folks, you know the drill. each host outlines their argument about

that's coming up at 3:00 with darren grimes. you don't want to go too far. ank you very much, darren. and at 3:00, don't go too far. now, remember, it's very easy to get involved with me, with darren. let us know your thoughts on all the stories we're discussing today or anything you want to chat about. very simple. just visit gbnews.com/yoursay and join in the conversation now. there is loads more coming up on today's show. motorhomes. yes, the bane of my dad's life. they used to be. well, we used to call them caravans back then. will they be banned from parking in tourist beauty hotspots or that? and much more to come. i'm dawn neesom and it is a bank holiday. hope you're having a wonderful igb ! gb news brit school news hello! welcome back to the weekend with me dawn neesom. now lots of you have been sending in your thoughts and some of them i can even read out, i'm not sure about this one though. andy. hi, andy, i would like a cuddly nigel teddy bear. i'm not sure what's going on there. i'll try and get a bear costume for my next appearance. >> oh, that's

i'm darren grimes and i can promise that you're in for a very lively show. to crack on with tonight's first debate, and i'm going to abuse position of the chair and start us off. i can't stomach folks mps gloating over locking up young lads raised in a system. this has happened online. we've seen mps and police actually reporting this in a gloating fashion. it tells them that they're worthless during the black lives matter riots, the left justified thuggery to highlight injustice. i disagreed with that then, and i do now. but where are those voices today? the working class is ignored, lied to and left struggling . these lads snap and struggling. these lads snap and well , we'll struggling. these lads snap and well, we'll just throw struggling. these lads snap and well , we'll just throw away the well, we'll just throw away the key. i think it's a disgrace. would it have killed a labour government minister? purportedly the party of labour, the working class, to acknowledge the reason for the rage . instead we throw for the rage. instead we throw them in the s

i'm darren grimes, and i can promise that you're in for a very lively show.of people commenting saying welcome, dame andrea, and what a cracking panel it is. so i won't tell benjamin butterworth or he'll, he'll, he'll not sleep the night. we're going to crack on with tonight's first debate. it isindeed with tonight's first debate. it is indeed me abusing the position of the chair. now folks, i want to talk to you about what i've seen happening on our streets. i think it's been, frankly, a total farce. people getting longer sentences than paedophiles for facebook posts, de facto blasphemy laws by the back door and even flying an england flag near a mosque, landing you in the slammer. as bofis landing you in the slammer. as boris johnson points out in his daily mail column today, under this labour government, what's true and provable has become unspeakable. the mainstream media, craven as they are including the bbc channel 4 and sky news or sky news, keeps parroting labour's orwellian nonsense , calling illegal nonsense, calling illegal migration. it's been rena

i'm darren grimes, and i can promise that you're in for a very lively show.to crack on with tonight's first debate. i'm abusing position of the chair as even abusing position of the chair as ever. and i'm going to kick us off now, folks. the riots. right. they may well have fizzled out, but i think it's time we faced the real problem. two tier identity politics is actually what's ripping britain to shreds. you've got white working class communities, especially in the north, feeling completely abandoned, livelihoods decimated , voices livelihoods decimated, voices ignored. and now they're watching as the state gives preferential treatment to everyone else under the guise of diversity and inclusion. and i ask you, my friends, where does that leave us as a society? probably headed toward the same path we've seen before. white communities demanding their own community leaders to act as brokers with the police, because that's exactly what we saw in birmingham. for mobs of muslim men. >> we knew that there was going to be a large amount of people out on that counte

i'm darren grimes and i'm emily carver.iple times outside of a barracks in ireland. police have confirmed the man, in his 50s, has been taken to a hospital in galway, and a teenage boy has been arrested. we'll have the latest. yes and not terminating here. >> the government joy at striking a pay deal with train drivers could be short lived, as it's revealed train drivers on lner are to stage yet more strikes, claiming a breakdown in industrial relations while labour continue to cave under union pressure and have food delivery services become a magnet for illegal migrant workers. >> last month, the home secretary , yvette cooper, said secretary, yvette cooper, said nail salons and car washes will be the target of illegal migration raids. could food delivery riders be . delivery riders be. next? now send your views and post your comments folks, by visiting gbnews.com/yoursay. you have been getting in touch and anna has written in and we were speaking about this during the break. anna says rishi been off the radar is actually

i am in the hot seat tonight because darren grimes is away sunning himself, and you may have noficed himselfd you may have noticed the empty chair up there, which will be explained in due course, he, darren is always calling the government , always calling the government, calling for the government to keep undesirables out of the country . so this could be the country. so this could be the last that we see of him. you may notice, as i say, that we are for the saturday this evening, because ben leo will be joining us asap. he is currently hotfooting it back from aberdeen where he's been doing a very exciting interview with no less than eric trump. and we will have some great clips of that interview later in the show . interview later in the show. thank goodness there is one man that we can count on to be mr reliable. benjamin butterworth is returning to his rightful role as the darling of gb news viewers. >> they keep asking me to leave, but i still turn up. >> also with me is the wonderful gp and author renee hoenderkamp and making her debut on the show, the brilliant political commentator c

i will be back next sunday, up next is the weekend with darren grimes.anquillity and may it rest . easy. and may it rest. easy. >> looks like things are heating up. boxt boilers sponsors of weather on gb news >> hello, welcome to gb news, weather update from the met office. plenty of warm summer sunshine out there today, turning hotter and more humid on monday for some and thunderstorms in the north—west looking at the bigger picture, we've got high pressure situated across us today. low pressure out towards the west, driving south easterly winds bringing up some hot air. so it's been a slow start in the south. quite a lot of cloud around that should gradually lift and break to reveal a good deal of sunshine. maybe just some sea fog across the english channel, but elsewhere , a dry and warm day. elsewhere, a dry and warm day. we'll see temperatures reaching up to 21 degrees in the north and in the south. hotter and more humid with highs of 29 degrees. now, as we go through the evening, plenty of sunshine still on offer to end the day. so across parts of

i am in the hot seat tonight because darren grimes is away sunning himself, and you may have noficed himselfand you may have noticed the empty chair up there, which will be explained in due course, he, darren is always calling the government , always calling the government, calling for the government to keep undesirables out of the country . so this could be the country. so this could be the last that we see of him. you may notice, as i say, that we are for the saturday this evening, because ben leo will be joining us asap. he is currently hotfooting it back from aberdeen where he's been doing a very exciting interview with no less than eric trump. and we will have some great clips of that interview later in the show . interview later in the show. thank goodness there is one man that we can count on to be mr reliable. benjamin butterworth is returning to his rightful role as the darling of gb news viewers. >> they keep asking me to leave, but i still turn up. >> also with me is the wonderful gp and author renee hoenderkamp and making her debut on the show, the brilliant political commentator

i am in the hot seat tonight because darren grimes is away sunning himself, and you may have noficed himselfir up there, which will be explained in due course, he, darren is always calling the government , always calling the government, calling for the government to keep undesirables out of the country . so this could be the country. so this could be the last that we see of him. you may notice, as i say, that we are for the saturday this evening, because ben leo will be joining us asap. he is currently hotfooting it back from aberdeen where he's been doing a very exciting interview with no less than eric trump. and we will have some great clips of that interview later in the show . interview later in the show. thank goodness there is one man that we can count on to be mr reliable. benjamin butterworth is returning to his rightful role as the darling of gb news viewers. >> they keep asking me to leave, but i still turn up. >> also with me is the wonderful gp and author renee hoenderkamp and making her debut on the show, the brilliant political commentator claire pearsall now you all know the

a very warm welcome, my friends, to the saturday five with me, darren grimes.week and i'm thrilled to have benjamin butterworth on the panel. he is, of course, living proof that no matter what you did in school, being gender neutral, woke enough to never need sleep and a labour party activist can still get you on the telly. and then we've got the brain boxes. doctor renee and emma webb , who doctor renee and emma webb, who sadly dash any hope for us. mere mortals but prove you can be smart, stunning and still packed with common sense. and finally, adam cherry adam did a stint working in westminster after bristol university and somehow escaped unscathed and not ending up wetter than an otter's pocket . up wetter than an otter's pocket. surprisingly, he's not somewhere to the left of chairman mao and desperate to join the next special adviser or be a think tank or future mp. unlike someone else on this panel. now, welcome to the world of bananas, adam cherry. now folks, you know the drill. each host outlines their argument about a chosen topic, and then we all pi

welcome to the start of day five with me, darren grimes.ldn't be happier to be reunited with my favourite sparring partner, mr benjamin butterworth. now, benjamin's our resident environmentalist. he's so committed, in fact, that he travelled all the way to iraq by carbon neutral canoe . or at carbon neutral canoe. or at least i hope he did, because, well, he wouldn't want him adding to that very serious climate emergency he's always bleating on about. >> well, i went to iraq, so i'd be around some more moderate people than you. >> another familiar face returns to gb news contributor alex armstrong , fresh after winning armstrong, fresh after winning favour from tech titan elon musk. how does fame feel? alex >> it's exciting, isn't it? >> it's exciting, isn't it? >> and claire pearsall is making her second debut on the show . her second debut on the show. and actually she's just have to have the recommended therapy to get over a first appearance on this show . and claire pearsall this show. and claire pearsall are wonderful to have you. than

i'm emily carver and i'm darren grimes. not terminating here.y deal with train drivers could be short lived, as it's revealed train drivers on lner are to stage yet more strikes. they're claiming a breakdown in industrial relations will labour continue to cave under union pressure? yes. >> mick whelan says in solidarity in his email to union members are not with the nation. unfortunately prince harry takes a veiled swipe at elon musk , a veiled swipe at elon musk, suggesting fake news on social media sparked the recent disorder on our streets . what disorder on our streets. what else will he say on this extravagant trip to colombia and have food delivery services become a magnet for illegal migrant workers? >> last month, the home secretary

>> because the waste of money, the amount of quackery, as darren grimes would say, wokery and waste ind waiting this, you know, record waiting this or there was until until recently anyway. >> and they're doing nonsense like this. people want to go to the nhs because they're proud of it, and they can use it, and they can get thin quickly without all this absolute claptrap doing the rounds. >> they want to go into the nhs, they want to get an appointment without all this nonsense going on. >> people want to feel safe as well within the nhs, don't they? they want to feel that that the nhs is, is for them and for everybody . everybody. >> and yeah, there's a paragraph here, radiologist told this newspaper, the sunday telegraph. that men or the measures. sorry, had left men storming out of appointments and women in tears because of invasive fertility questions. they say patients are being asked to fill out pregnancy forms stating their sex at birth, preferred name and pronouns. there we go. full house, and read ridiculous statements about people who are born with variations . born with var

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thank you so much for watching the saturday five and we'll be back next week when i'm sure darren grimes. sponsors of weather on gb news. >> hello. here's your latest weather update from the met office for gb news over the next few days. weather will be turning increasingly unsettled. we will start to see some outbreaks of rain developing, even some thunderstorms in places. that's because high pressure starting to pull away to the northeast of the uk, allowing our south easterly flow to develop and this warm front starting to introduce some cloud from the south. and that's certainly the case as we head for the evening into the overnight period, more in the way of cloud pushing northwards across england and wales. some showers starting to break out. so locally heavy, particularly towards the far south and southeast towards the end of the night where the odd thunderstorms possible. so the clear skies looking towards the northwest across parts of scotland and northern ireland, and here turning quite chilly in some rural spots into mid to upper single figures holding up though in the south.

. >> political commentator darren grimes not going to be able to call anyone pet anymore.'sjust he says it all the time. >> it's just the geordie way. anyway, this is good afternoon britain. we've got lots more coming up on today's show. i think we might get to some of your views actually, on that debate we just had over flags at the proms. it got a little bit a little bit feisty, a little bit confusing. >> yeah. just a bit. >> yeah. just a bit. >> after your . weather. >> after your. weather. >> after your. weather. >> after your. weather. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on gb news . news. >> hello again. here's your latest met office weather update for gb news. lots of wet and windy weather to come as we go through this week, and we have already seen things turning pretty unsettled for some of us already today. there is a system coming in from the west already bringing quite a bit of rain across parts of northern ireland into scotland, and we're going to see more rain affecting parts of northern england, wales and the southwest as we go through

a very warm welcome, my friends, to the saturday five with me, darren grimes.

welcome to the start of day five with me, darren grimes.now, benjamin's our resident environmentalist. he's so committed, in fact, that he travelled all the way to iraq by carbon neutral canoe . or at carbon neutral canoe. or at least i hope he did, because, well, he wouldn't want him adding to that very serious

i'm darren grimes, standing for in nana akua and for the next few hours me and my panel will be takingeadlines right now. >> this show, it's all about opinion. >> mine, theirs, and indeed yours will be debating, discussing and at times disagreeing. joining me for the next three hours are former labour party adviser matthew laza and the political commentator suzanne evans . commentator suzanne evans. >> before we get started, we're going to get the news, though, with tatiana sanchez . with tatiana sanchez. >> darren, thank you very much and good afternoon. the top stories in germany. a 15 year old has been detained in a possible connection to the stabbing spree last night. that left three people dead and several injured. german officials have said they can't rule out a terrorist motive, but that they still don't have a suspect. german police officials also say the attacker targeted victims throats. a major manhunt continues for the unidentified knife attacker in western germany. five of those wounded are in a life threatening condition . after a man said to condition. after a man said t