um, says, don't normally um, john says, i don't normally agree peter hitchens, but agree with peter hitchenshe he's absolutely right. when he talks council talks about building council houses, absolutely the houses, that is absolutely the right high right answer. will says high house become a drag house prices have become a drag on should be on the economy. they should be more to lower the more competition to lower the price houses. says . given price of houses. den says. given the wasted by the billions wasted by government loans government on student loans which be repaid , which will never be repaid, surely then they could fund a scheme pays deposit scheme which pays the deposit element for first time buyers only up to 10. i like your thinking it's radical, but is that the direction we should be going in that we, the taxpayers? because the government has no money, they've got our money, they've only got our money. should we be paying money. um, should we be paying the for people then the deposits for people to then have in their homes? have as assets in their homes? do do like that idea?

are we going to have some pretty robust debate across all of that with aaron bastani and peter hitchensbut before we get stuck in, let's cross live for tonight's latest news headunes. headlines. >> michelle. thank you. good evening. well, there's been another yellow weather warning for heavy rain on its way for tomorrow after storm henk battered parts of the uk last night. the west midlands ambulance service today warned people to take extra care after several people were caught in flooding and had to be rescued from their cars. parts of birmingham, leicester and northampton have been flooded today. one family was left terrified , more than 400ft in terrified, more than 400ft in the air while riding the london eye. strong winds ripped the door off. meanwhile, a 50 year old man was killed by a tree as his , which fell on his car his, which fell on his car whilst he was driving in gloucestershire. there's more rain on the way. people are being warned to expect more travel disruption tomorrow . travel disruption tomorrow. doctors have warned that medical professions may vanish from the nhs

peter hitchens goes on to cite a number experts in new york. number of experts in new york.sychiatrist said of all the people i've diagnosed with a psychotic disorder, i can't think of a single one who wasn't also positive for cannabis . a also positive for cannabis. a leading british psychiatrist, king's college london's professor sir robin murray, changed his mind about cannabis decriminalisation , stating for decriminalisation, stating for cannabis, the risk of psychosis goes up to about six times if one is a long time heavy cannabis smoker, we're now 100% sure that cannabis is one of the causes of a schizophrenia like psychosis. if we could abolish the consumption of skunk , we the consumption of skunk, we would have 30% fewer patients in south london. i don't know the answer to this question, but if we have laws , surely we should we have laws, surely we should enforce them as ever. let me know your views. mail blog at gb news. com well , and know your views. mail blog at gb news. com well, and i'm particularly pleased to be joined by the man i've just quoted, king's co

we covered this, uh, scandal last night uh, horizon scandal last night with peter hitchens aaron withter hitchens and aaron bastani about bastani and was talking about what the consequences be what should the consequences be of that is you're of that? and that is you're absolutely is going absolutely right. that is going to ed davey. he's to overshadow ed davey. he's come and now in come out and said, now in response that letter that response to that letter that alex's , uh, referring he's alex's, uh, referring to, he's basically come and said that basically come out and said that he feels essentially he feels he was essentially misled people, why misled by people, and that's why he down, uh, meeting alan he turned down, uh, meeting alan bates that in time. can bates at that point in time. can can he turn that around that because this horizon thing has gone but now it's gone on for years. but now it's very much on the public conscience, the dramas, the drama week really drama this week is really brought hasn't it? brought it home, hasn't it? >> it's kind of created alan >> and it's ki

chamberlain's policy in 1939, though, and hoover was one of the first to actually make this argument peter hitchens, among others, has also recently made it be tailor made a similar case more than a half century ago was that by extending this guarantee to poland, he effectively ripped up any chance of an agreement between poland and germany. it's a little bit delicate to talk about, particularly because poles are so proud of their history, of defiance and of fighting and they don't like to be remind it did that until roughly january to march of 39. they were effectively allied to nazi germany or at the very least negotiating on a very friendly basis with nazi germany. but in fact, chamberlain's guarantee is a little bit like throwing a, you know, a great big wrench in the works. it not just accelerate hitler's own plans with his own designs on poland. it also and this is the delicate part, convinced the poles that they had a security guarantee from britain, which they didn't really have. if you read the fine print, i actually did a column in this last year when i was talking about what i consider t

on my show tonight, uh, aaron peter hitchens aaron bastani and peter hitchens .hat is east, i'll tell you that is kicking as you've just kicking off as well. you've just had the leader of hezbollah. he's just been a speech. he's just been giving a speech. it's good it's really not a good situation. tony blair, situation. there tony blair, meanwhile, has denied that he's got in the israel—gaza got a role in the israel—gaza conflict. asking , should conflict. i'm asking, should tony blair have any role in tony blair ever have any role in any capacity, in any foreign war? i think my viewers will have strong opinions on that one. i also want to talk as well. this drama that's captivating so many people right now post office now about the post office scandal absolutely horrendous. we're familiar with the story by now, but has anyone actually properly been held account? well, again, a strong opinions on that one. and of course i want to talk about what you would expect labour, what they're up to. are they the party of aspiration. >> well, they're promising to cut taxes

does tom have any chance of dropping the ming vase as i sometimes call it, which i nicked off peter hitchenso not the just has to not drop the ming vase. nothing vase. he's trying to say nothing and all these votes, but and retain all these votes, but he kind of nervous. he he does look kind of nervous. he was on the bbc and there was this little on where this little video on x where there going up. of there was a counter going up. of all to all the times he refused to actually say anything. and he was fairly was he was asked fairly straightforward questions. he couldn't straightforward questions. he couldranything. why he about anything. and so why is he so bad it's like an open so bad when it's like an open goal him? but he still seems goal for him? but he still seems very unconvincing. yeah >> that >> you can see things that are beyond israel, beyond his control, like israel, for the crisis in gaza for example, the crisis in gaza that's alienated so many of his supporters and, you know, you've had labour politicians quitting . had labour politicians quitting. so yeah, who knows what can h

. >> no, i think we've got this this way of peter hitchens wrote a very good article in the mail yesterdayday about we've got this of any one evil as got this view of any one evil as a hitler, and we say it's appeasement. >> he's a fascist. he's a threat to mankind. rarely are they that's not supporting in that's not supporting putin in any a pretty nasty any way. he's a pretty nasty character. overstating character. but overstating the threat. we've continually to do it continue to do it. and i think to our detriment, we're still paying off the debts from the world war. and all the the first world war. and all the other we've foolish other wars. we've been foolish involved in the past two decades. >> indeed, including a war against a certain virus over the last years . emma burnell is last few years. emma burnell is britain now, too, woke to win a world war? >> i find this quite extraordinary, actually. it's very rare for me as the token lefty, to be the most patriotic person in the room. >> but i've always been told, and i've always believed , that and i've always believed, that patrioti

peter hitchens was writing about this at the weekend, and he he wrote a brilliant piece saying that actuallye still sort of labouring under the illusion that we are a big player on the global stage when it comes to these sorts of events, and we need to get our own house in order before we start spending more and more hundreds of billions and also at war. >> were also in the >> we were also involved in the military action against the houthis. i mean, think they houthis. i mean, i think they were the right thing there were doing the right thing there because of free because the principle of free navigation be defended navigation has to be defended and and it's and protected. yeah. and it's british merchant shipping. they're attacking as well. but again, could drag us closer again, it could drag us closer potentially to a conflict with iran who are funding the houthis . that's where the houthis are getting their missiles from. that's absolutely they're not some rag bag load of i mean, they funded of the they are funded by one of the most oppressive countries on the planet. you've got plenty of