sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code, or go to gbnews.com/advent alerts. >> james matthewson. >> james matthewson nation. i'm joined again by my comedian guests this evening, aiden mcqueen and nick dixon. >> hey guys. so we're going to get some. >> more questions from our audience. our first question is from brian. >> brinn. >> brinn. brian, >> brinn. brian, do >> brinn. brian, do you >> brinn. brian, do you identify as brian? >> wow. >> wow. >> you know, guy. >> you know, guy. >> how appropriate. >> how appropriate. >> for this show. >> for this show. >> should the media take part in immersive role play? should the media call a spade a spade? >> yes, yes. should the media call a spade a spade? yeah. the scottish daily express has been reported to the police scotland. i think it is for targeted harassment of doctor beth orton upton, after the newspaper referred to the transgender medic as a man. the controversy stems from a legal case involving nhs fife and doctor upton, where a nurse, sandy pegi, is suing after her objection to doctor upton's presence in female changing rooms led to her suspensi

james matthewson james matthewson. >> cheers very much. tatiana. my friends, it's saturday night and you're with the saturday five. i'm darren grimes, and i can promise that you're in for a very lively show. we're going to crack on with tonight's first debate. and like alex armstrong, i'm going to abuse my position in the middle chair. now, i want to kick you off by telling you about my second job. i'm in my second week as the agony aunt. that's my official photograph there from my role. i'm dishing out strasbourg wisdom for britain's finest. i couldn't beat him, so i decided to join him for the croissants and the cash. here is this week's legal lunacy. my first one. dear darren, i'm a zimbabwean lass. lied for 20 years, may have faked an anti—government blog to stay, can i? and i replied, you cheeky genius. judges say zimbabwe won't buy your sob story, but stay none the less. taxpayers will absolutely love that kind of creative genius. we could do with more of it. my next one. dear known as scott, was last seen on the 10th of october in 2002 following a night out in north shields, north tyneside, where he'd moved to from scotland a few months earlier. a murder investigation was launched despite no body being found. northumbria police said it's now arrested two men in their 40s and 50, and a woman in her 40s on suspicion of murder. and those are the latest gb news headunes those are the latest gb news headlines for now. more news from me in an hour. for the very latest gb news up to news smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr smartphone, sign up to news alertstor scanning the qr smartphone, sign up to news alertsto gbnews.com/yoursay. or go to gbnews.com/yoursay. >> jamesewson james matthewson. >> cheers very much. tatiana. my friends, it's saturday night and you're with the saturday five. i'm darren grimes, and i can you're in for promise that you're in for a very lively show. we're going to [y w y sly little, i132 {tee-£5 a’ezn you sly little fox, you're a ban in britain now. we'll have a council funded xbox to your bedroom. no questions asked. and my next one. dear darren, i'm a rakib mum won't give me my id to prove my age. so you can't deport me. can i stay? well, of course you can, you silly little blighter. article three says no papers, no plane. you ain't going anywhere. stay. mum's the word. quite literally. dear darren, i'm syrian, i've got ptsd and i groped a girl. but jail might trigger me. can i stay here and free? and i say you are a crafty little man, hassan. ptsd trumps the assault of women in britain, so of course you can stay. women simply have to lock their doors a little tighter here in britain. silly girls. dear darren, this is my

. >> james matthewson. >> james matthewson. >> hello! welcome to. >> hello!elcome to. >> headliners. >> headliners. >> where we give you the best. >> where we give you the best. >> of. >> of. >> tomorrow's newspapers with the. best of today's comedians. but first things first. >> we're going to have. >> we're going to have. >> a look at. >> a look at. >> the. >> the. >> front pages. >> front pages. >> of the guardian. don't be fooled by putin. >> lammy warning. >> lammy warning. >> as ukraine tensions rise, the telegraph trans doctors given clean records. the times starmer to offer youth visa scheme for europe. so more front pages in a few minutes. but first let's go to the guardian. >> hello. >> hello. >> hello. >> hello there. josh, how are you? >> i'm very well. how are you? >> i'm very well. how are you? >> i'm very well. how are you? >> i like that tie. >> i like that tie. >> thank you so much. i like youn >> tie as well. thank you very much. >> what are. we starting with? >> what are. we starting with? >> the guardian. >> the guardian. >> the guardian.

. >> james matthewson. >> james matthewson. >> good morning.come to britain's newsroom, live across the nation. gb news with andrew pierce and me dawn neesom. and we've got a cracking show for you today. >> we certainly have. but before we get stuck into it, yet another extraordinary story about a migrant allowed to stay in this country. last week we had some bloke couldn't possibly go because his son might eat the wrong chicken. chicken nuggets in our begum. >> you know what? i think i'm convinced there are people in a room, right? coming up with the maddest reasons people apply to stay in this country. but not eveni stay in this country. but not even i could come up with chicken nuggets. and that was after i remember the story about the paedophile who had to stay in this country for the sake of his children. >> if only that you wouldn't. you wanted to keep him away from his children. >> certainly away from everybody else's children. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> but no, no, he had family rights. so this one. >> this is a slovakian jailed over a shovel

. >> james matthewson. >> james matthewson. >> keir starmer has been humiliated., the german chancellor has rejected starmer's plans for ukraine. so last night our prime minister said this. >> on ukraine. we are at the very early stage of the process. europe must play its role and i'm prepared to consider committing british forces on the ground alongside others if there is a lasting peace agreement. >> now it's emerged that olaf scholz stormed out of a meeting with european leaders and is refusing to put troops in ukraine. this is exactly why the idea of a european army is a complete joke. it could never work. european leaders can't agree on anything. but just look at how embarrassing this is for starmer. he's been sucking up to the eu for years. he's on record calling for a second referendum. >> it's right that parliament has the first say it's right. the parliament has the first say. but if we need to break the impasse, our options must include campaigning for a public vote and nobody is ruling out remain as an option. >> before the election. starmer went off wi

. >> james matthewson. >> james matthewson. >> thank you, sofia, and hello and welcome to headliners, your first look at the best of tomorrow's newspapers with the best of today's comedians. first things first. let's see what we have in the front pages. the independent leads with zelenskyy calls for european independent leads with zelenskyy calls for of ropean independent leads with zelenskyy calls for of google taking down scathing of google taking down content for russia and china, and seemed to gloss over the fact that google also takes down content for, for the british government and for the european government. >> well, they only don't like google now because they've now taken all the those dates off the calendar. so they've taken like international women's year and all that stuff down. so now google google have gone based apparently. but yeah, this is just another reminder that these massive corporations are not your friends. they will do whatever it takes to maintain power, maintain their profits in all these different countries. so basically, google has cooperated with autocra

. >> james matthewson. >> james matthewson. >> welcome back to state of the nation.pending has to rise, but how can it be paid for? rise, but how can it be paid for.7 i don't want to be one of those people who calls for more money for defence, but won't say how to fund it, because that's basically a dishonesty on the british public. so donald trump has made it clear that the era of blank checks from the united states is over, but the threat from russia remains. this means we must find the cash from an economy that is overtaxed and low growth. there is no room for tax increases, so spending priorities must be changed. choices to be made. defence needs more. and it must come from other budgets. so first for the chop in the firing line is overseas aid at nearly £14 billion a year. at least half of it should be redirected to defence. it's time to stop the absurd overseas aid spending, which includes 5 million on wait for it transforming feminist funding in iraq. 25 million for green urban growth in somalia and 38 million for green growth in nepal. if you've got some gree

. >> james matthewson. >> james matthewson. >> welcome back to state of the nafion >> welcome back tote of the nation with me christopher hope. now, here was vice president jody vance's criticism of europe today. >> i'm not even blaming the europeans. i'm actually saying you follow the lead of joe biden into censorship and mass migration. follow the lead of donald j. trump, and that's free speech, borders and sovereignty. that came after what appears to be a widening rift between the us and europe on the russia ukraine negotiations, he was reform uk nigel farage, appearing to disagree with his good friend donald trump on gb news earlier today. >> you should always take everything donald trump says seriously. you shouldn't always take things that donald trump says absolutely, literally. zelenskyy is not a dictator. but but it's only right and proper that ukrainians have a timeline for elections. >> well, gb news understands that sir keir starmer is now offering to host a downing street summit for european leaders to discuss the european response to donald trump's attempts to end the wa

. >> james matthewson. >> james matthewson. >> hello! welcome to. >> hello!elcome to. >> headliners. >> headliners. >> where we give you the best. >> where we give you the best. >> of. >> of. >> tomorrow's newspapers with the. best of today's comedians. but first things first. >> we're going to have. >> we're going to have. >> a look at. >> a look at. >> the. >> the. >> front pages. >> front pages. >> of the guardian. don't be fooled by putin. >> lammy warning. >> lammy warning. >> as ukraine tensions rise, the telegraph trans doctors given clean records. the times starmer to offer youth visa scheme for europe. so more front pages in a few minutes. but first let's go to the guardian. >> hello. >> hello. >> hello. >> hello there. josh, how are you? >> i'm very well. how are you? >> i'm very well. how are you? >> i'm very well. how are you? >> i like that tie. >> i like that tie. >> thank you so much. i like youn >> tie as well. thank you very much. >> what are. we starting with? >> what are. we starting with? >> the guardian. >> the guardian. >> the guardian.

. >> james matthewson james matthewson. >> cheers very much. tatiana.friends, it's saturday night and you're with the saturday five. i'm darren grimes, and i can promise that you're in for a very lively show. we're going to crack on with tonight's first debate. and like alex armstrong, i'm going to abuse my position in the middle chair. now, i want to kick you off by telling you about my second job. i'm in my second week as the agony aunt. that's my official photograph there from my role. i'm dishing out strasbourg wisdom for britain's finest. i couldn't beat him, so i decided to join him for the croissants and the cash. here is this week's legal lunacy. my first one. dear darren, i'm a zimbabwean lass. lied for 20 years, may have faked an anti—government blog to stay, can i? and i replied, you cheeky genius. judges say zimbabwe won't buy your sob story, but stay none the less. taxpayers will absolutely love that kind of creative genius. we could do with more of it. my next one. dear darren, egyptian nhs doctor here. i tweeted hamas cheer after october

. >> james matthewson. >> james matthewson. >> hello and welcome britain's newsroom live across the ukgb news with andrew pierce and dawn neesom. >> indeed in for the lovely bev turner. yes, yes, she's off having a lovely half term break with the little'un, so i'm left in charge of, you. >> know it doesn't work. >> know it doesn't work. >> good luck. that it does in my world. >> however, we heard wes streeting talking today about the fall in the 2 million increase in appointments. both you and i are rather sceptical about that. and then we read in the daily telegraph. >> today. >> today. >> what do we see? >> what do we see? >> this is my favourite story. >> this is my favourite story. >> even more money on mad diversity in the nhs. >> yeah, forget the baftas. these are new awards, right? these are new awards, right? these and the awards that make you very angry. nhs hospitals, those are the ones you depend on. signed up to an anti—racism awards scheme that awards them to meet race quotas. and get this these hospitals get a bronze, silver or a gold medal for how many diverse appointmen

. >> james matthewson. >> james matthewson. >> keir starmer has been humiliated., the german chancellor has rejected starmer's plans for ukraine. so last night our prime minister said this. >> on ukraine. we are at the very early stage of the process. europe must play its role and i'm prepared to consider committing british forces on the ground alongside others if there is a lasting peace agreement. >> now it's emerged that olaf scholz stormed out of a meeting with european leaders and is refusing to put troops in ukraine. this is exactly why the idea of a european army is a complete joke. it could never work. european leaders can't agree on anything. but just look at how embarrassing this is for starmer. he's been sucking up to the eu for years. he's on record calling for a second referendum. >> it's right that parliament has the first say it's right. the parliament has the first say. but if we need to break the impasse, our options must include campaigning for a public vote and nobody is ruling out remain as an option. >> before the election. starmer went off wi