matthew stadlen your apologise. matthew stadlen your thoughts .7 thoughts?> yeah, i feel shocked by it. and it it's very unwelcome news. and it it's very unwelcome news. and this is a man on a personal level who was next in line to the throne for many decades, and he was only crowned last summer. i mean, we all got the bunting out. we enjoyed that as a country, as a society . so just country, as a society. so just months on from that brilliant moment to discover this very heavy news and we don't know the exact nature of it, as you've been saying , exact nature of it, as you've been saying, is exact nature of it, as you've been saying , is upsetting exact nature of it, as you've been saying, is upsetting . exact nature of it, as you've been saying, is upsetting. i'm like others very impressed by his candour in sharing this information with us, the public. and i think every single household, every single family up and down this country will immediately be able to relate with what is going through, because there isn't one among us who doesn't know someone who's

and the broadcast journalist stadlen. journalist matthew stadlen.ou think everyone be quite pleased they had be quite pleased if they had prince harry back and that you could extend the royal family again and have more royal duties carried out? >> those who care about the royal family, i'm sure would be, i would would be in i hope, would be. i would be in a very loose but i'm not a very loose sense, but i'm not sure this is really the time to be picking over the bones of that relation ship. and let's hope there is flesh on the bones. my thoughts are actually with the king and with camilla, and also with harry and william, because this is really because this is a really upsetting and difficult time. we all that the diagnosis, the all hope that the diagnosis, the prognosis is good, but, you know, this is a man who has been waiting for that moment to be king for decade after decade . he king for decade after decade. he was doing a lot of useful things. i would argue during that time he's only been king now for a year, and a quarter. he was only crowned

well political commentators matthew stadlen and emma webb are back with us in the studio. >> matthew, was a horror show, but i wasn't surprised. and viewer watching and i dare any viewer watching today to try to sit through that interview. and it's almost endless. we have to ask ourselves , why did effectively a ourselves, why did effectively a dictator who crushes free speech within, within russia, who's illegally invaded a sovereign nafion illegally invaded a sovereign nation in the form of ukraine, who is accused of war crimes on a sort of industrial scale? why did he grant? tucker carlson this interview, but none of the other western journalists who are queuing up to interview him. it's because he thought he would get a soft ride and of course, that's what happened. >> well, the kremlin's spokesperson actually did admit this that carlson was this week that carlson was handpicked because his moscow handpicked because of his moscow friendly position on the conflict. emma, do think conflict. emma, do you think that carlson was that tucker carlson was the right here? did right choice h

, commentator matthew stadlen, gavin ashenden and of course , gavin ashenden and of course, matthew se this guy was granted asylum and i, based on the fact that he said he'd be persecuted if he went back because he converted to christianity. well your invitation to come on the show got me thinking, because it's not. >> it's quite a complicated question . uh, and as i thought question. uh, and as i thought about it, it seemed to me that we have absolutely no reason to give anybody asylum. >> scrap >> i think we should scrap the whole asylum . it was whole concept of asylum. it was built on an entirely different understand the understand of our the relationship between our civilisation , the whole concept civilisation, the whole concept of immigration now means of mass immigration now means that we don't have any asylum to give. the last time i looked at the news, a lady from syria said she wanted to go back to syria because it was safer than london she wanted to go back to syria betermsit was safer than london she wanted to go back to syria beterms ofvas safer than london she wanted t

matthew stadlen and russell quirk, very good morning to you both. matthew.was going to use those very words. actually. it's a case that shocked the nation. and clearly the judge here, mrs. justice, has exercised her discretion name these discretion to name these children, even though are, children, even though they are, as we know, 16 year and as we know, 16 year olds. and i think because she will think that is because she will feel it's in the public interest so are lessons so that if there are lessons that be learned, that awful that can be learned, that awful phrase, then we begin more phrase, then we can begin more effectively to learn them and, you know, there will be families up and down the country who will look at this case and say, are we doing enough as parents to make absolutely as we make absolutely as sure as we can in that our children are never involved in such a horrific killing? i mean it, as you say, it shocked the nation. there are no words to describe what the parents of brianna have gone through and continue to go through . through. >> a

peter and, um, matthew stadlen, he's a political commentator on the left politics, think is left of politicsink is a bit of a secret tory. i think he's been telling me he's still got a membership card to the labour but, uh, we're labour party, but, uh, we're going swap aren't we? going to swap that, aren't we? look, way. look, no way. >> my can't get me to be >> if my wife can't get me to be a there's no way you are a tory, there's no way you are going. >> we'll see about that. look, this show is recorded, this this show is recorded, obviously. might obviously. so, uh, things might for this actually for change when this actually goes on friday evening. but goes out on friday evening. but this seeing some, this week we're seeing some, i think , disturbing scenes in think, disturbing scenes in parliament where, you know, these . are akin for me to see, these. are akin for me to see, to see something in, in south america, in a parliament in south america where votes have been nodded through and, and rules have sort of been changed andifs rules have sort of been changed and it's caused created o

barrister and former tory mp jerry hayes and the broadcaster and journalist matthew stadlen.f the programme. email me mailmogg@gbnews.com . email me mailmogg@gbnews.com. but now it's what you've all been waiting for. the news of the day with polly middlehurst . the day with polly middlehurst. >> jacob, thank you and good evening to you. let's start this bulletin with some breaking news just coming us from the just coming to us from the united . it's actually united states. it's actually from the us national transportation safety board. they have just released some initial findings about. you may remember that boeing flight where the door blew off mid—flight. it was a 737 max nine jet. it was mid—flight. this was january the 5th. and the findings after. there are are key bolts missing from that door which blew off. that's according to this initial

and commentator matthew stadlen.nd gb news, of the saturday gb news, host of the saturday five albie amankona coming up later, i believe. thank you very much for joining later, i believe. thank you very much forjoining me, gentlemen . much forjoining me, gentlemen. what again of what's what do you make again of what's happenedin what do you make again of what's happened in the middle east overnight? going to come to you first on this one, matthew. >> well, what surprised is >> well, what surprised me is iraq's response because a spokesman for the iraqi prime minister said that the strikes by america against iraq or iran, iraq , the strikes by america iraq, the strikes by america against iranian militias or iranian targets within iraq was a violation of iraq's sovereignty. >> now, this gets quite confusing, but there are iranian supported militias within in iraq, and apparently there are two reasons for them being there. one is to try to ensure that baghdad doesn't turn hostile to iran in the way that it did when ther