this is against it for your time with you is the leader the sdp. i'm old leader of the sdp.ir first incarnation and on william's watch i'm confident that the next incarnation will be much more successful . dan wootton is more successful. dan wootton is next unmissable telly don't go anywhere . hi there. i'm aidan anywhere. hi there. i'm aidan mcgivern . it's turning mcgivern. it's turning increasingly windy . the north increasingly windy. the north and in the far north the risk of gales during the next 24 hours before later the wind and a lot the showers ease away . what the showers ease away. what we're seeing at the moment is a north contrast with high pressure closer to the south. it's mainly dry. pressure closer to the south. it's mainly dry . a cold front it's mainly dry. a cold front has cleared the cloud but further north tightly i suppose a strong wind blustery showers continuing across scotland northern ireland into northern england during the night and the showers falling snow for the hills and mountains of scotland. but we've also got the gale force wind peaking a

and we also had leader the sdp, william clinton and socialist industrial organiser rob williams.nergy companies. just putting that out there. but please let me know what you think. now, this week gloria piero has sat down gloria de piero has sat down with dave penman, general secretary the first division secretary of the first division association. he is the leader of the service trade union. the civil service trade union. he about the bullying he was asked about the bullying allegations against the deputy prime minister, dominic raab, talking about this point in time, we think more than two dozen civil servants come forward, eight separate complaints, three different government departments over a penod government departments over a period of four years. so all of that has to be investigated. that doesn't mean he's guilty, but it suggests there's something quite substantial here . his conduct that so many civil servants and it's not easy to complain about a government minister . so complain about a government minister. so many civil servants have come forward over such a long per

well we've got william colston , well we've got william colston, leader of the sdp and fresh from an. hitchens an interview with, mr. hitchens in the studio to discuss just that we're not in the studio. i lied, but good to talk to you, william. what's happened to our education system over the last few decades? the reforms that were meant to sort of reduce inequality have actually done exactly opposite , haven't exactly the opposite, haven't made . yeah, i think i think made. yeah, i think i think pensions is largely right. made. yeah, i think i think pensions is largely right . a pensions is largely right. a very good book, by the way, worth buying, reading . not for worth buying, reading. not for the first time. he's right about an issue. yeah. i mean, basically the grammar schools were revolutionary . they created were revolutionary. they created excellence schools. they were available to children merit, which is key and basically they caused competition of the talk. they effectively creates the new class . it was nothing that class. it was nothing that scared an old rovian or an o

well we've got william colston , well we've got william colston, leader of the sdp and fresh from an. hitchens an interview with, mr. hitchens in the studio to discuss just that we're not in the studio. i lied, but good to talk to you, william. what's happened to our education system over the last few decades? the reforms that were meant to sort of reduce inequality have actually done exactly opposite , haven't exactly the opposite, haven't made . yeah, i think i think made. yeah, i think i think pensions is largely right. made. yeah, i think i think pensions is largely right . a pensions is largely right. a very good book, by the way, worth buying, reading . not for worth buying, reading. not for the first time. he's right about an issue. yeah. i mean, basically the grammar schools were revolutionary . they created were revolutionary. they created excellence schools. they were available to children merit, which is key and basically they caused competition of the talk. they effectively creates the new class . it was nothing that class. it was nothing that scared an old rovian or an o

plus more reaction on three years of brexit from the leader of the sdp william clewiston a busy showbrexit next. first the headlines with polly middlehurst middlehurst. mark thank you. good evening to . the top story on gb news tonight , tens of thousands of tonight, tens of thousands of teachers in england and wales have joined uk's largest education union to take part in strikes tomorrow . the national strikes tomorrow. the national education union, 40,000 school staff signed up in a fortnight. tomorrow is the of seven days of strikes by the union in february and march amid a pay dispute. the minister, nick gibb described strikes as disruptive . it is disappointing the any you know has decided to go ahead with these strikes when we are still discussing issues of pay on workers and other issues very constructively even yesterday. we were having those discussions and strikes are disruptive to children's education particularly the two years of disruption during the covid pandemic. and it's disruption disrupting to two parents and families as well . new report by families as well. new

i think every industry is different and if you look at the rmt, a lot of we've members the sdp, i mean on the news virtually people say, well, aslef, you know train, drivers get know , £60,000. a get paid, you know, £60,000. a lot . the rmt workers on the lot of. the rmt workers on the track actually getting paid a high twenties or 30 grand and as i say, every single situation is different . i mean, the teachers, different. i mean, the teachers, for instance, not a pay rise last year, a lot of rmt workers haven't had a rise for three years. i think we must we must be getting near to a solution because it just makes no sense . because it just makes no sense. i mean, as i say, i mean, i think i've always said i think we are anti workers have a of a case here. if you just look at what the situation is and that's why i've tended to back them. but i think it's madness to continue with it because . the continue with it because. the collateral damage, the wider collateral damage, the wider collateral damage, the wider collateral damage to the economy is economy is not going to grow pretty muc