the firefighter and trade unionist paul embery is quite well done that having you tonight .at having you tonight. i've been teaching my wife to a very deep curtsy all day long and she hasn't quite got it. yeah. do you ever make from prince harry? look gigs? well, i thought i might , but look gigs? well, i thought i might, but then when he went off to , i thought that was the end to, i thought that was the end of any doppelganger career . and of any doppelganger career. and now i'm starting love your show. it's available. it's there for all good gigs. what is a wedding? is anything, quite frankly at all of our marriage? it is with those alongside him got the former leader of ukip henry and you know the drill good evening good evening good health roy. i think we've got things to talk about. yeah, so i've done my show with malcolm. thank you . you guys know the thank you. you guys know the drill. so it was not just about us three here. it's about you at home as well. what's on your mind tonight? i want to talk to you about striking. where do you stand on it? if you're twitter?

paul, and writer paul embery. paul, i'm just going to ask you some. i'm just going to ask you some. we don't just i asked peter why we don't just talking about trains and posts anymore when emergency services strike people are going to die they don't . well i hope not, but they don't. well i hope not, but obviously we take strike action there is an increased risk in that that's undeniable . but what that that's undeniable. but what i would say laurence he's never underestimate and know i was listening to some of your interviews. we saw fighters at the rally. never underestimate to the rest the fire fighters do with their consciences whenever they take a decision like this. i've been on strike before as a firefighter. i know what it's like an agonising decision . you like an agonising decision. you never enjoy it. you never do it as a first resort. you only do it as a last resort and not genuine you think that you know this a last resort, the fire fighters, this dispute pay in the fire service has been rumbling on now for something like seven months. and you know, whether side of the

paul, and writer paul embery. paul, i'm just going to ask you some. i'm just going to ask you some. we don't just i asked peter why we don't just talking about trains and posts anymore when emergency services strike people are going to die they don't . well i hope not, but they don't. well i hope not, but obviously we take strike action there is an increased risk in that that's undeniable . but what that that's undeniable. but what i would say laurence he's never underestimate and know i was listening to some of your interviews. we saw fighters at the rally. never underestimate to the rest the fire fighters do with their consciences whenever they take a decision like this. i've been on strike before as a firefighter. i know what it's like an agonising decision . you like an agonising decision. you never enjoy it. you never do it as a first resort. you only do it as a last resort and not genuine you think that you know this a last resort, the fire fighters, this dispute pay in the fire service has been rumbling on now for something like seven months. and you know, whether side of the

paul, firefighter paul embery. paul, thank you for joining firefighter paul embery. k you forjoining us. thank you for joining us. i mean, how much of this strike action is actually industrial and how much of it is political ? well, i don't think of it is political. in a truce sense. i mean, the idea that millions workers have suddenly woken up one morning and thought, we're going to take industrial action because we want to bring down the conservative government is obviously not true. i mean, what we've seen is , is a result of we've seen is, is a result of circumstance , a result of the circumstance, a result of the economic landscape that facing millions of workers at the moment , terms of the cost of moment, terms of the cost of living crisis , terms of people living crisis, terms of people struggling to pay their energy bills, mortgages, worried bills, their mortgages, worried about buying that christmas presents . and people , i think, presents. and people, i think, simply have reached the end of that said, the you know, they were told 2008 that they had to pay

very brave, i have to say, paul embery. and you know , drill, don't you?now, drill, don't you? it's not just about ulster on the show tonight. it's about you at home as well. i want all your thoughts tonight. what is on your mind? you can get in touch with me on email. jb at gbnews.uk as usual, or you can tweet me at gb news. don't forget to post strikes. i want to talk politics. i want to talk peace in russia. are we ever going to get that in ukraine? sorry we ever going to get sorry are we ever going to get there. hancock is back there. and matt hancock is back in. do you care? did he win you over when he was the jungle or do you think he to be out on? your thoughts on all of that but first let's get straight into shall we labour's lead i mean you know well i'm just going to go straight to the chase. ultimately this was indeed first byelection since rishi took his premiership up and i have to say they got the tories got an absolute and it doesn't really feel like that is going anywhere that we've run a people's poll here at gb news that found that labour

firefighter and trade unionist paul embery says they've been left with no option. we're being asked to take another significant real terms pay cut. and at a time when fire fighters like everybody else across the country are really struggling to make ends . country are really struggling to make ends. may i've been a firefighter for 25 years, and this is the first time really that i've had colleagues say to me, they can't afford to buy their christmas presents. their kids christmas presents. they're to their they're struggling to pay their mortgage bills, their energy bills etc. it's a decision bills, etc. so it's a decision that none of us want to take. but when you consider the paltry pay but when you consider the paltry pay we've that's pay offer we've been that's that's saved, we've really that's been saved, we've really been with no other option, been left with no other option, frankly . the government set out frankly. the government set out plans to overhaul nhs pension rules in an attempt to retain more senior doctors. the proposals would allow staff to claim

this is a point that friend colleague that my friend and colleague paul makes number of paul embery makescasions. you shouldn't just assume that labour are going assume that the labour are going to be the next government because they have a lot of work do in those working class . i do in those working class. i mean, would you agree with that in terms of you shouldn't take it granted that. we're going it for granted that. we're going to have a labour administration at election . yeah, at the next election. yeah, look, think elections always look, i think elections always unpredictable. voters are the most that being in most volatile that being in a long time. i think people it's a guarantee of a labour majority far out are being a little bit too hasty. look balance are probably the moment is probably with at the moment is that will the late labour that it will be the late labour are points ahead in the polls are 20 points ahead in the polls . the by—election one example . the by—election is one example of as say throughout the of how as you say throughout the year done better year labour h

firefighter and trade unionist paul embery says they've been left with no option .re being asked to take .we're being asked to take another significant real terms pay another significant real terms pay cut. and at a time when firefighters like everybody else across , the country are really across, the country are really struggling to make ends meet. i've been a firefighter for 25 years and this is the first time really that i've had colleagues sights. and me, they can't afford to buy their kids christmas presents. they're struggling mortgage struggling to pay their mortgage bills, their energy bills, etc. so it's a decision that none of us to but when you us want to take. but when you consider the paltry offer within that, that's been saved, we've really left with no other really been left with no other option. frankly the government set out plans to overhaul nhs pension rules in an attempt to retain more senior doctors . the retain more senior doctors. the proposals would allow staff claim their pension benefits, but working and contributing to that pension and als

you know i said before that rob williams was my favourite trade unionist, but actually think it's paul embery and trade unionist. thank you very much, paul. what do you make of this? it does seem to me that there a lot jobs now, there are a lot jobs now, particularly public particularly in the public sector, where can be sector, where you can be discriminated because discriminated against because you're . yeah it's you're a white man. yeah it's simply wrong. i mean, i always check these stories when i see the headline just to make sure that the media hasn't exaggerated them and it does seem in this case that the story is genuine. now i start from the point of view of saying, look, there should never a barrier to anybody their background from entering into the public services, whether it's the police force or anything else. but it seems to that what this what this move does is creates a kind of reverse racism. and for me, i don't really see why that is any more acceptable in society than any other form of racism. and i think this ultimately shows where an obsession with think politics ends up.

paul much a risk paul embery, how much of a risk this going to be for the this is going to be for the kate hardcastle says she's got lots of tips on how to have a frugal christmas without being a scrooge. i think it's really important this year all focusing on all christmas traditions and giving your family a lovely day without breaking the bank. well she brought that christmas pudding in the other way. was £25. oh. get over that . so, £25. oh. get over that. so, yeah, it was very close. it was the best one. so, first of all, 25. great for christmas pudding. who likes christmas pudding know at 820 as world cup continues , at 820 as world cup continues, we'll take a look at the worrying rise in gambling. new research reckons that about $35 billion will be wasted on the tournament this year. and we're asking to get in touch on all of the topics of the day. vaiews@gbnews.uk talking about the labour plan to devolve, we'll catch up with sandra. so this is the last thing the uk needs more power to the councils or god forbid they have far too much power now. they should learn from devolution

paul embery and his story giles poll.kes are purely about pay and work conditions and did it reveal an underlying sinister political motivation behind the strikes strikes ? no, behind the strikes strikes? no, i don't think they do . i mean, i don't think they do. i mean, look, the truth is the trade union movement throughout history has always had people within , its leadership who are within, its leadership who are let's much further to the left than , the average citizen or than, the average citizen or even average rank and file trade unionist . so in that sense, you unionist. so in that sense, you know these so—called revolution , as you as you put them, are particularly anything new. what i would say as well is the actually in the 1960s and 1970s, for example, when there a big and strong british communist party, the influence from hardline , if you like, within hardline, if you like, within the trade union movement and also some trotskyists as well was arguably much more significant than it is today. today think that

channel and an excellent commentator, labour and the working classes, firefighters and trade unionist paul embery rank and file worker worker . yeah. i'm asking highly worker. yeah. i'm asking highly it stems from research, as you say, that is being carried out by the fire brigades, which shows that the average salary for a chief fire officer is something in the region of £148,000, which is not far shy, actually, of the prime minister's salary. so i think it's reasonable to ask whether or not chief officers and of course, they're important people, nobody disputes that. but whether they should be on that level of salary, particularly in the context of the ongoing pressure on wages of ordinary firefighters, ordinary firefighters on the front line of seen the real terms wages by something like of seen the real terms wages by something lik e £4,000 over the something like £4,000 over the last decade and why the fire brigades union these pilots seem to strike action at the moment because we've got thousands of firefighters up and down the country really are struggling to make meet. they're worried abo