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And our top story this hour, the Prime Minister has defended his overhaul of alcohol duty, saying it will benefit thousands of businesses across the country. The new system sees a shift from taxing alcoholic dnnks a shift from taxing alcoholic drinks based on their type to taxing according to strength. While duty on certain drinks, such as wine and vodka, will rise. Tax on drought draught rise. Tax on drought draught rather, pints will be cut by around £0. 11. The home Office Around £0. 11. The home office has delayed moving Asylum Seekers to the bibby stockholm barge in dorset after the vessel failed fire safety checks. Thats despite previously saying 50 migrants would move to their new accommodation in portland today. New accommodation in portland today. Further inspections are today. Further inspections are now taking place to ensure it fully complies with regulation sessions. Once up and running the facility will host around 500 men. Food Price Inflation in 500 men. Food Price Inflation in the uk slowed to 13. 4 in july, its lowest level so far this yean its lowest level so far this year, falling prices for staple items such as oils, fish and Breakfast Cereals contributed to the decline overall. Shop prices the decline overall. Shop prices also saw a slowdown from 8. 4 in june to 7. 6 in july. Also saw a slowdown from 8. 4 in june to 7. 6 in july. And uk june to 7. 6 in july. And uk house prices have fallen at their fastest annual rate for 14 years as the Nationwide Building Society found that the average price had fallen by 3. 8 over the last 12 months, the average uk home is now worth. Around uk home is now worth. Around £260,000. You can get more on all of those stories by visiting our website. Gbnews. Com now lets get back to beth and. Lets get back to beth and. Tom a very good morning to you. This is britains newsroom here on gb news with myself , tom here on gb news with myself, tom harwood and bev turner. So alcohol duty will see its biggest increase, single increase in 50 years today as hospitals chiefs warn that £225 million rise could cripple the industry. Industry. So the changes will see dnnks so the changes will see drinks taxed according to the alcohol strength. Prime minister rishi sunak has said that lowering duties on draught beers and ciders would reduce the price of a pint and support pubs i but the wine and spirits trade association, on the other hand, hit back, accusing the government of inflicting inflation misery on customers as well. Lets make sense of this now. Some people happy, some people sad. Whats the truth . People sad. Whats the truth . Were joined with the conservative mp for rayleigh and wickford, Mark Francois , and wickford, Mark Francois, and also chairman of the European Research group of mps. Also chairman of the European Research group of mps. Mark, is Research Group of mps. Mark, is this a brexit benefit . It on one this a brexit benefit . It on one level it is. Good morning, by the way. I mean this is the biggest reform of alcohol taxation for decades and whenever you change Something Like this, there are inevitably winners and losers. Inevitably winners and losers. But i think its worth getting on the record that many in the industry for years, i mean, i remember receiving briefings about this as a as an mp have complained for years about how phenomenally complicated the structure was. So for years those people were arguing for a much simpler and clearer system. And thats what this is. Much simpler and clearer system. And thats what this is. And. And thats what this is. And its based on a very simple principle. All of the stronger principle. All of the stronger the drink, the higher the tax. The drink, the higher the tax. So therefore, the logic behind taxing it is to make us consume less alcohol. All it is consume less alcohol. All it is it is a Public Health project. Well, i mean, there may be an angle to that. I mean , angle to that. I mean, personally, as you know, tom, ive never been a great believer in the nanny state. Well, this is thats my point exactly. But you know, if you want to drink stronger alcohol, youre going to pay a little bit more for it at the other side of the coin is that the government are deliberately this the coin is that the government aretryeliberately this the coin is that the government aretry andrately this the coin is that the government aretry and reduce this the coin is that the government aretry and reduce some this the coin is that the government aretry and reduce some ofthis the coin is that the government aretry and reduce some of the to try and reduce some of the taxation on alcohol sold in pubs what they call the on trade as opposed to alcohol. You buy in the supermarket kit what i think they call the off trade. So part of this because pubs are such an important part of our local communities, i dont think theres many people who would disagree with that statement. Part this is to try and at part of this is to try and at the margin at least make life a little bit easier for pubs. But mark, theres so much more that the government could do if they wanted make life do if they wanted to make life easier pubs. This is just easier for pubs. This is just tinkering around, isnt it . I mean, surely is the one mean, vat surely is the one thing that every time we interview a landlord or publican on say, please on this show, they say, please just vat and that would just reduce vat and that would have a Significant Impact on customers. Well, theres been policies for several years of providing rate rebates for pubs , you know, rate rebates for pubs, you know, below a certain level of turnover. However, i know from turnover. However, i know from some of the pubs in my own constituency that that has been that has been very welcome. Now vat raises a great deal of money, but yes, now that weve left the eu, now that were no longer subject to the infamous sixth vat directive , we do have sixth vat directive, we do have the ability to vary rates of vat in a way that we didnt, you know , that is one option. But as know, that is one option. But as Benjamin Franklin famously said , there are two certainties in life death and taxes. And ive got to say, when i saw the labour spokesman on there a few minutes ago, you know, banging on about taxation on, you know, people forget that famous note from liam byrne when we took overin from liam byrne when we took over in 2010. Sorry theres no money. Good luck. Thats labour Financial Management and at the end of the day, Public Services, the nhs and all the rest of it has to be paid for somehow. I suppose the benefit here though is that the old system where there were 15 different rates of tax , i mean the rates of tax, i mean the different this is my point thats gone down to six different rates of tax now its i mean, perhaps wed prefer zero rates of tax, but, but, but i suppose it is simpler and frankly, were having this discussion now about how our alcohol taxed, whereas when alcohol was taxed, whereas when we eu we wouldnt be we were in the eu we wouldnt be able a member of able to have a member of Parliament Like you show Parliament Like you on the show to say is our alcohol to say how much is our alcohol tax . Because it wouldnt be in your control. Were your control. Well, were talking freedoms talking about brexit freedoms and vat, as i say, is and you know, vat, as i say, is and you know, vat, as i say, is a classic example of where we now have the power to vary it. So rightly say, tom, i so as you rightly say, tom, i mean, i remember as an mp in the run up to the budget, i wont say every single year, but more years than not getting briefings saying the whole system of alcohol taxation is far too complex and we want the government to simplify it , complex and we want the government to simplify it, which is what the government is exactly what the government have and theyve tried to have done. And theyve tried to weight it in a way that at least to some degree , assists the pub to some degree, assists the pub trade. And i think thats thats an important point to make people cried out for us to simplify it. And now that weve done it, now some people are saying, oh, we never done that. It am i right in saying its to going basically raise, as we said the beginning, about said at the beginning, about £225 million in tax. Thats not £225 million in tax. Thats not actually that much considering i mean, were talking billions these days, dont we . It feels like since the pandemic, we might as well stick a couple of numbers on the end of every sentence because we even talking trillions which a word trillions now, which was a word you used to hear before. You never used to hear before. But raises 225 but if it only raises 225 million and yet its going to put a quid a bottle of wine put a quid on a bottle of wine for a family or for, you know, the stressed out mother maybe, like we say, because a like we say, because there is a sense itll £0. 66 off sense of itll take £0. 66 off a bottle prosecco though so bottle of prosecco though so its always swings and roundabouts it. Roundabouts isnt it. Far be it from me to well far be it from me to argue with tom. Whats your tipple of choice, mark . Whats your of mark . Whats your tipple of choice . Down the pub, choice . If you go down the pub, im man. So does im still a bitter man. So does this. Is going to then this. This is going to then reduce the pint of a draught beer or bitter of it. Shouldnt hit, you know, it shouldnt hit, you know, the price of beer in your pub in the price of beer in your pub in the way that its going to hit it hit other drinks. But if you were to buy that and a bottle in a supermarket, it will apply. En w this this nanny what about this this nanny state element, though, that this is about changing behaviour . Is about changing our behaviour . I of want the i just kind of want the government take less of the government to take less of the money i earn and then allow money that i earn and then allow me spend it on whatever me to spend it on whatever bottle of wine i want to spend it on like that. Thats how i think a lot of customers feel at the moment. A lot of voters. Well, im conservative. Well, im a conservative. Well, im a conservative. Believe in principle that i believe in principle that the should take the the government should take the least amount of its money that it needs from individuals in to order Public Services. Order pay for Public Services. And very much hope that if we and i very much hope that if we can get inflation firmly under control and finally, its starting to fall now, that there will be room not just in the next budget for tax cuts, but in the autumn statement. And if you know, i personally would like to see a reduction or even the abolition we can afford it abolition when we can afford it of because of inheritance tax, because i think the death tax is absolutely pernicious. So when we can afford to cut taxes, i and many of my backbench colleagues absolutely want to see that happen. But in the meantime, as i say, youve got to pay for Public Services. And to pay for Public Services. And you know, labour on the one hand and scrap team that they want to spend more money on Public Services and on the other hand scream against any increase in taxation. So, you know, dont taxation. So, you know, dont forget liam byrnes 2010 note. Shall we move on to Something Else now that did hit a number of the papers this morning. The criticism of the Prime Minister yesterday for flying from london to aberdeen should the Prime Minister have taken his private jet as some newspaper uncharitably describing it up to aberdeen, or should he have done the 12 hour train journey . Well , the Prime Ministers well, the Prime Ministers time in running the country is pretty valuable. Pretty valuable. Everyones time is valuable. I didnt say it wasnt, but if it means that the Prime Minister can get somewhere he needs to be quicker and then can get somewhere else to do Something Else quicker. I dont think think most people would would deny him that. I mean, you know, remember blair force one, as it was called , you know, blair was not called, you know, blair was not averse to flying around quite a lot. You know, the president of the United States has got to gigantic, you know , boeing gigantic, you know, boeing airliners at his disposal. Gigantic, you know, boeing airliners at his disposal. And airliners at his disposal. And most other World Leaders fly when they need to. I dont hang when they need to. I dont hang on. I dont see why the british Prime Minister should have to take a train just to virtue signal when most other World Leaders fly. But this is the this is where were in a different position now than when blair, of whom i am not a fan, dont get me wrong, was flying around is that we having green zealotry we are having green zealotry shoved down our throats every single day. We are being told we shouldnt use cars. We shouldnt use our cars. We shouldnt use our cars. We should fly. You know, it feels like were being encouraged to live slightly live a slightly mediaeval existence whilst the Global Leaders jump on their leaders still jump on their private jets. Well , let private jets. Well, let me give you my view on that Global Warming it by definition, its a global problem. Problem. So the United Kingdom is responsive for approximately 1 of total global emissions. China, depending on which analyst you believe is responsible for 30 to 35. So lets call it a third for cash. Yeah then the other two very large emitters are the United States and india. So even if you were to close down the entire british economy and i sometimes think thats what the Just Stop Oil lot would like, you still wouldnt screw match the emissions that china who are opening one new coal fired power station a month are making. So what does that mean that doesnt mean we have no responsibility. Mean we have no responsibility. That doesnt mean we shouldnt do our bit. But it does mean , as do our bit. But it does mean, as the Prime Minister said, we should do it in a proportionate and pragmatic way. We are not going to save the world by closing down every factory and industrial process in britain. When the chinese are opening one coal fired power station every month. Month. Absolutely. Absolutely. We have to apply some common sense to this. I couldnt agree more. But when we are in london and we are being encouraged to leave our cars at home and get on a bike and get on a bus and its partly sadiq khan as much as it is, will that get me going on sadiq khan . Having a good morning. Im having a good morning. Im having a good morning. Know, the messaging but you know, the messaging very is we have to change very much is we have to change our behaviour. And when you say virtue a virtue signalling, if he gets a train up to scotland, well, is virtue signalling, if he gets a trivirtue to scotland, well, is virtue signalling, if he gets a trivirtue signallingd, well, is virtue signalling, if he gets a trivirtue signalling ornell, is virtue signalling, if he gets a trivirtue signalling or isll, is virtue signalling, if he gets a trivirtue signalling or is he s it virtue signalling or is he doing the right thing by his own policies . I think if youre going to you know, were the only country on earth that has legislated to hit net zero by 2050. So dont anyone say were not making an effort. But in order to make this , i think seriously, this work, i think seriously, youve got to go with the grain of Human Behaviour rather than against it. Let give you against it. Let me give you another example. I cant see my constituents rushing to rip out a gas boiler that heats their home to spend £14,000 ripping facing it with a with an air source heat pump that is thermally less efficient. I mean, i went around the new Housing Development in my constituency recently about 100 properties and i said to the guy running it will developing it. What how are they going to be heated . And he said, well, were giving people a choice. Weve designed the buildings so they can have a gas central heating the traditional or an air the traditional way or an air source heat pump. I said, oh, how many people took up on how many people took you up on the said, oh, none of the pump . He said, oh, none of them, because it was more expensive. I think because one, its expensive it its more expensive and two, it doesnt. And three, doesnt work as well. And three, by the way, after a few years they get very noisy, they are noisy and theyre big noisy already and theyre big and need very well and you need a very well insulated house. Right . Right . But could that some so but it could be that some years now, technology will years from now, technology will have point have advanced to such a point that actually make a very that actually they make a very good option. But at Good Alternative option. But at the they dont. I serve the moment they dont. I serve on the public accounts committee. Did big inquiry into net. We did a big inquiry into net zero last year. Had some zero last year. We had some senior servants in. They senior Civil Servants in. They were they proselytising were they were proselytising about value of heat pumps. About the value of heat pumps. So i asked each of them if so i just asked each of them if they at their own home, they had one at their own home, which followed by lot of which was followed by a lot of staring shoes. You take the staring at shoes. You take the point. Ti point. Is always t is always a point. Is always a pleasure to mark is always a pleasure to have thank you so have you in and thank you so much talking through those much for talking through those broad there from broad array of topics there from from beer to air source heat pumps barrelling around. My pleasure. Im trying to think of alliteration there. Exactly. Let us know yeah, exactly. Let us know your thoughts at home, wont you . Vaiews gbnewsuk com. Why cant i get the email address have . Its because youre too patriotic. Bev. You just. You just have to say the name of the country. But no, its. Its a company. Its company. Company. Its a company. Struggles house gbnews. Com struggles to house migrants campaigners migrants on a barge. Campaigners in condemned the in chelmsford have condemned the government the government for approving the acquisition entire luxury acquisition of an entire luxury apartment for asylum apartment complex for Asylum Seekers. Apartment complex for asylum seeyes. Apartment complex for asylum seeyes , in a news exclusive, yes, in a gb news exclusive, our Homeland Security editor mark white uncovers the harsh reality of british families being stuck in substandard accommodation whilst migrants are moved into the plush new apartments. Apartments. Its billed as one of chelmsford words most sought after residential complexes , a after residential complexes, a multi Million Pound conversion of an old office block into luxury apartments. The marketing luxury apartments. The marketing photographs show just how comfortable these flats are, but for now, at least, none of the 98 units here are for local use turned over. Instead to the home office to house Asylum Seekers. Office to house Asylum Seekers. Dozens of migrants have already moved in the refurbished work on the remaining apartments is almost complete. Almost complete. The mode was all up there , the mode was all up there, all around, down the floors along all the pipework and across the ceiling and just running down the walls. It was absolutely disgusting. Tasha burgess moved into this damp and mould infested property in chelmsford five years ago. In chelmsford five years ago. Only last year was the family finally moved out while those problems were fixed out, but not before she and her children developed chronic respiratory ailments. Its very frustrating that that people can come illegally and get the accommodation when youve got people that are homeless. Not my fault that need accommodation as well. And a lot accommodation as well. And a lot of families that are not in suitable accommodation size us ehhen suitable accommodation size us either. And it squashed him flats and stuff waiting on list for months and months or years. For months and months or years. Even the local council says it has only limited grounds for a legal challenge against the home office and does not intend to take court action. One local Campaign Groups say the housing of Asylum Seekers in luxury apartments is grossly unfair. When more than 400 chelmsford families are in temporary accommodation , many of those accommodation, many of those properties in substandard condition. Condition. They are illegally here and yet they are living in absolute luxury and i think thats whats frustrating and annoying so many people is that theyre getting every thing and People Living in some these places we see some of these places that we see last year during the damp and mould, you wouldnt have put a dog in it because it was disgusting. With the bibby stockholm accommodation barge receiving its seekers and its first Asylum Seekers and more arriving at the former wethersfield airbase in essex , wethersfield airbase in essex, the government says its committed to moving away from expensive hotels, but this luxury apartment complex surely cannot be with the home secretary meant by a move to more basic accommodate for Asylum Seekers. Mark white gb Asylum Seekers. Mark white gb news in chelmsford. Well tom and news in chelmsford. Well tom and i were arguing about whether rishi sunak should be taking a private jet. Goodness me. But the arrival of that first set of Asylum Seekers on the bibby stockholm barge in dorset has been delayed due to what are being described as fire and safety concerns. So extraordinarily there are fears that the barge could become whats called as a floating grenfell. An emotional statement that isnt it . Following multiple delays. Well, lets speak to gb news, south west of england. Reporter jeff who joins us live jeff moody now who joins us live from portland. So whats the from portland. So whats the latest from there, jeff . Latest from there, jeff . Hello. Well, as you say, we were expecting the first of the Asylum Seekers today. First of all, we were told there were going to be 50 arriving. Then we were told that 26 had been cleared to come here. Theyre currently staying in hotels , currently staying in hotels, mainly in bournemouth, down the road, and they were due here at 9 00 this morning. There is a Welcome Party thats arrived , Welcome Party thats arrived, which has got some welcome packs to hand out to them that contains maps of the local areas, lists of customs and things that they need to do and places to visit. But no asylum places to visit. But no Asylum Seekers. It was fairly late last seekers. It was fairly late last night that the home office announced that none would be arriving today because of these Fire Safety Concerns. The barge Fire Safety Concerns. The barge hasnt passed the relevant fire safety certification. Apparently there are issues with the sizes of the corridors , which are very of the corridors, which are very narrow compared to the number of people that are in the rooms, because theres going to be 2 to 3 people in each cabin on the actual fire escapes arent adequate either , and theres not adequate either, and theres not enough smoke detectors. So since first light, there have been teams of builders and welders arriving and going on to the bibby stockholm , hoping to try bibby stockholm, hoping to try and sort these problems out as soon as possible. The home office is being a little cagey as to how long that will take, but we are told that by the end of this week, probably even tomorrow, the first of those Asylum Seekers will arrive. What sort of reception they get here is anybodys guess. There have been two camps protesting against the barge. Theres the stand up to racism camp. There the ones that are here today handing out those welcome packs. Their view is, look, refugees are welcome here. Theyre welcome anywhere. We should do welcome anywhere. We should do all that we to can support them and accommodate them to and fast track their application to become british citizens. But they dont agree with the barge itself. They call it a prison barge. Then the other side of the argument, barge. Then the other side of the argument , the no to the the argument, the no to the barge campaign , they say barge campaign, they say portland really isnt the place for this at all. There are the resources down here, the services down here arent adequate for the locals as it is. Ive been talking to so many people that live down here over the last few weeks and months who say they cant get a gp, they cant get a dentist. I spoke to the landlady of a pub yesterday whos lost four teeth because she hasnt been able to get into a dentist and theyre very concerned and angry at the level of support that is going to be available to the people on the barge. Theyre also very concerned about what 500 unaccompanied odd young men are going to do throughout the day in an area that they dont know. So what sort of welcome they get here is anybodys guess. But here is anybodys guess. But they are coming and they could well come tomorrow. It is extra ordinary that the United Kingdom purchased this barge from other european countries. European countries. Its been used by the germans for the same purpose. It had been used by the dutch for the same person, even renovated by the dutch, to add a gym and a games room and soup it up in all sorts of splendid ways. Why is it good enough for the dutch . But but british regulation is somehow saying that its unsafe. This doesnt seem like it adds up. Up. Well , thats right. And a lot well, thats right. And a lot of that is to do with the stringent nature of british fire regulations. Stringent nature of british fire regulations. I think its also i have a feeling its about the numbers as well, isnt it . Thank you, jeff. Well be thank you, jeff. Well be back with you this morning as well. Its a lovely morning. It is a lovely morning. We will be back with jeff, but we do have to go to a very short break. But still to come, well be talking to a pub owner about how the Hospitality Industry be talking to a pub owner about how be Hospitality Industry be talking to a pub owner about how be affectedlity industry be talking to a pub owner about how be affected by industry be talking to a pub owner about how be affected by the ustry be talking to a pub owner about how be affected by the alcohol will be affected by the alcohol duty stick with us. Duty increase. Stick with us. The temperatures rising. The temperatures rising. Boxt solar proud sponsors of weather on. Gb news. Weather on. Gb news. Morning alex deakin here with your latest weather update from the met office for gb news. Overall, a drier day today compared to yesterday. Some of compared to yesterday. Some of us will see a little bit of sunshine soon as well, but it wont be glorious. Every where. Quite a lot of cloud this morning over northwest england, parts of northern ireland, north wales, outbreaks rain wales, further outbreaks of rain here showers in here and some showers in southern , too. In this southern scotland, too. In this zone, will a few showers zone, we will keep a few showers through the day. The one through the day. The odd one further but some brighter further south, but some brighter spells much spells here and across much of central scotland. Central and northern scotland. Well see a bit of sunshine coming through. Still a a coming through. Still a bit of a breeze blowing, overall breeze blowing, but overall probably feeling bit warmer probably feeling a bit warmer than temperatures, than yesterday. Temperatures, though, around or though, still mostly around or below the time of below average for the time of year and down to the south west. Look at this, more wet weather coming going to be coming in. This is going to be on side well as it on the heavy side as well as it spreads in through evening spreads in through this evening across then into across the south west, then into parts of wales. And its an area of pressure will of low pressure that will dominate through dominate our weather through tonight. And most of tomorrow. This rain sweeps this line of rain sweeps northwards kind northwards and then kind of likely to to a halt during likely to grind to a halt during wednesday. Will bring in some wednesday. It will bring in some milder so its not going to milder air. So its not going to be cold night across the be a cold night across the south. North, could south. Further north, we could dip single figures in some dip into single figures in some rural but mostly its rural spots, but mostly its about the wind about the rain and the wind tomorrow quite blustery tomorrow getting quite blustery along coast and along the south coast and seasonably windy. Some heavy showers fairly wet showers here staying fairly wet across of northern across parts of Northern England. Southern scotland, some brighter between the brighter spells between the zones of rain. Again northern scotland, probably not seeing too much rain, but with the winds coming in from the north or east, it not going to or the east, it is not going to be particularly so again, be particularly warm. So again, high 20s at best. High teens, low 20s at best. The temperatures rising , a the temperatures rising, a boxt solar proud sponsors of weather on. Gb news good morning. Its 10 00 good morning. Its10 00 on good morning. Its 10 00 on tuesday, the 1st of august. This is britains newsroom with me, tom harwood and bev turner. Good morning. Thank you very much for joining good morning. Thank you very much forjoining us this much for joining us this morning. Now, today sees the biggest single rise in alcohol duty for 50 the treasury duty for 50 years. The treasury says the new principles are common sense with tax being levied to according a drinks strength. What you make of it . And nigel farage is de banking scandal rumbles on coutts bank has offered to reinstate the gb news presenters accounts, but will that be enough to put nigel to for nigel to put that matter to rest somehow . I doubt it. And a new report suggests that discrimination against overweight employees is rife across british workplaces. Well be speaking to a woman who claims that she was victimised at work due to her weight. At work due to her weight. And of course. Oh, sorry, you and of course. Oh, sorry, you guys. No, no, no, no, no, no. You go no, no, no, no, no, no. You go first. Well, of course we want to know what you think about everything that were talking about today. You been about today. Have you been discriminated work due to discriminated at . Work due to your weight, or do you think that load of nonsense . That thats a load of nonsense . Email gbviews gbnewsuk. That thats a load of nonsense . Email gbviews gbnewsuk. Com. Email in gbviews gbnewsuk. Com. Thats right. And weve got Sally Johnson is going to be talking to us as well this morning. Weve got Joanna Williams nelson doing williams and nigel nelson doing a sick panel debate a fantastic sick panel debate this superb this morning. Some superb stories to stories you dont want to miss those. First all, though, those. First of all, though, here is the very latest news with. Ray with. Ray thank you both. 10 01. Heres the latest in our top story. The Prime Minister has defended his overhaul of alcohol duty, saying it will benefit thousands of businesses across the country. The new system sees a shift from taxing alcoholic drinks based on their type to taxing according to strength , while duty on to strength, while duty on certain drinks , such as wine and certain drinks, such as wine and vodka, will rise , tax on vodka, will rise, tax on draught, pints will be cut by around £0. 11. Roads and local transport minister Richard Holden told us leaving the eu made the changes possible. Youre not going to see the price of a pint going up in your local pub due to our new draught beer duty relief , something that beer duty relief, something that we couldnt have done when we were european union. Were in the european union. Differential now between that differential now between what pay in the supermarket what you pay in the supermarket on terms of tax and what you pay in a pub is now gone up from 5 to 9. 2. So it is a big differential and its a big increase in terms of that that difference in tax level. Well difference in tax level. Well thats the governments view. Pub landlord David Lonsdale says, however, its the worst time to be hitting pubs with an extra cost. I think its fair enough that alcohol is taxed to according strength. I dont have a problem with that, but actually overall the taxes are going up by 10. 6. So although the minister will point out that on draught beer, the taxes remained more or less unchanged on a glass of wine is going up by 20. So overall, all taxes are going up by well above the rate of inflation. 10. 6. The home office has delayed moving Asylum Seekers to the bibby stockholm barge in dorset after the vessel failed fire safety checks. Thats despite previously saying that 50 migrants would move to their new accommodation in portland today say further inspections are now taking place to ensure it fully complies with regulations , runs complies with regulations, runs once up and running the facility will host around 500 men. Former immigration security advisor henry bolton told us evacuation plans are key. Plans are key. Whats quite incredible about this is , is the demonstration this is, is the demonstration that the home office has not done its planning and preparation correctly or thoroughly. You know, the thoroughly. You know, the problem here is one of the fire inspections and the signing off the accommodation as as suitably fireproof. And, you know, to be fair , in a sense, the fair, in a sense, the probability of a fire on there , probability of a fire on there, the fire control on board, the bibby stockholm is adequate. What the problem is , is, is what the problem is, is, is evacuation should there be a fire . Banking giant hsbc has announced strong first half pre tax profits of £169 pre tax profits of £16. 9 billion. Thats an increase of 10. 1 billion compared to the same period last year. The companys revenue also rose by 9. 6 billion, with Interest Rate increases being a key driver. Increases being a key driver. Well, meanwhile, oil giant bp has reported a 69 fall in profits over the over the latest quarter to £2 billion. The decline reflects market stabilisation following last years boost from surging oil and gas prices. It comes after industry rival shell also reported weaker than expected profits as well. Food Price Inflation here in the uk slowed to 13. 4 in july. Its lowest level so far this year. Falling pnces level so far this year. Falling prices for staple items such as oil, fish and Breakfast Cereals contributed to the decline. Overall, shop prices also saw a slowdown from 8. 4 in june to 7. 6 in july. Uk house prices 7. 6 in july. Uk house prices have fallen at their fastest annual rate for 14 years, according to the Nationwide Building Society in july. The average price had fallen by 3. 8 over the last 12 months. The average uk home is now worth around £260,000 as well. The around £260,000 as well. The government says it will provide free legal advice to 38,000 people who are at risk of losing their homes each year. The Legal Support will focus on helping those who face eviction or the repossession of their properties. It aims to address broader issues that people at risk of homelessness may encounter by the end of march. Encounter by the end of march. More than 100,000 households were in temporary accommodation. Thats the highest number in 25 years. Foreign secretary James Cleverly is visiting nigeria. Cleverly is visiting nigeria. Nigeria as part of a four day african tour. During his trip, african tour. During his trip, mr cleverly will meet the nigerian president to discuss boosting trade, attracting investment and strengthening security cooperation. The visit comes in the aftermath of a military takeover in neighbouring nigeria, which resulted in the ousting of its president. And finally a drone president. And finally a Drone Delivery Service has been launched in orkney , helping launched in orkney, helping locals receive their mail. A collaboration between royal mail and skyports, the scheme will transport letters and parcels between the islands. Its expected to significantly improve delivery times to the remote islands. This is gb news remote islands. This is gb news will bring you more news as it happens. Now lets get back to tom and bev with. Tom and bev with. Good morning. Its 1006 tom and bev with. Good morning. Its1006 now. Alcohol duty will see its biggest increase in 50 years from today. And hospitality chiefs warn that the £225 million rise could cripple the industry. Yes , the changes will see yes, the changes will see drinks, tax according to their strength and the Prime Minister , rishi sunak, said that lowering duties on draught beers and ciders would reduce the price of a pint or to support pubs. Lots of ps there. Yes, it is the price of a pint to support pubs , said peter piper, support pubs, said peter piper, a former mep and environmental campaigner. Stanley johnson joins us now. Good morning, Stanley Johnson joins us now. Good morning , stanley. Good morning, stanley. Well, good morning. Well, good morning. What is your tipple of choice and will this affect you . Were you upset by this or not . I imagine i was rather pleased that the Prime Minister said that draught beer would actually go down 11, 11, 11 per pint. Well, that is something. And also its also very good in a sense for the environment because youre going to have far fewer bottles, far many fewer bottles in the waste stream. And that includes cans as well. So that includes cans as well. So that was a good that was a good thing. But does does £0. 11 a pint really affect anyones behaviour . If you think do i go to the pub or not or do i have a drink at home, im going to save £0. 44 if i have four pints, its not going to make a difference is it . 7 no, its 7 no, its a . No, its a nice, its a nice psychological, nice psychological, nice psychological thing. Its a good, good boost for publicans. What about the women who dnnk what about the women who drink the wine . So some would say this is a sexist tax, which i realise its a bit sexist to say that women dont drink pints, especially as prosecco is going terms of the tax. Going down in terms of the tax. Are they going to well, what are they going to do . Of avoid the kind of do . Of course, avoid the kind of sherries and know, sherries and you know, the alcohol heavy, heavy ones. And if they actually women are in any would for the any case, would not go for the 14. You know, alcohol, alcohol, wine. Would they . Theyd go for wine. Would they . Theyd go for the lighter. Oh, i dont know. The lighter. Oh, i dont know. Save yourself. I dont do what women it with quite like a strong of wine. Strong glass of wine. Move on to migration shall we move on to migration because we were just hearing at the of hour from from the end of last hour from from from our reporter down in dorset where where, of course , the where where, of course, the bibby stockholm barge has now delayed new migrants from approaching. They were meant to arrive today. Theyre not now arriving today. Whats your view on this story . Strikes a chord with me in so many ways. In in august. No, no, no. In september 1909, my turkish grandmother, who was well, actually, she was she was she was a half swiss half english, but she was married to a turk fleeing the political situation in turkey. Arrived heavily pregnant in bournemouth. You could say she bournemouth. You could say she was an asylum. She wasnt was an asylum. She wasnt classified as a sign of seeker. She unfortunately died having my father in in childbirth , but he father in in childbirth, but he was brought up in dormancy. Im thinking to myself, lets not imagine that this is a place , a imagine that this is a place, a gloomy, awful thing to happen to these Asylum Seekers, to be on a barge in bournemouth. I look at bournemouth, i look at dorset as the most wonderful , wonderful the most wonderful, wonderful county and theyre not going to be imprisoned barge. They be imprisoned on the barge. They can out on a boat, they can can go out on a boat, they can help the harvest. For help with the harvest. For example, can visit thomas example, they can visit Thomas Hardys in a hardys country. So in a nutshell, yes , its unfortunate nutshell, yes, its unfortunate that fire safety issues are risen, but i bet theyll be sorted out and these people will be safely housed in dorset , in be safely housed in dorset, in that lovely town of bournemouth where my grandmother is actually buried. And in due course, their claims will be heard. And if claims will be heard. And if theyre not claims, theyll go back. It doesnt sound like much of a deterrent. Stanley when you spell it out like that, it sounds rather like an attractive houday sounds rather like an attractive holiday camp. Well, im sure that the well, im not sure that the object the exercise this object of the exercise of this thing is to be a deterrent. The deterrent is what is envisaged in you dont have a legal in the if you dont have a legal claim here, youll go to rwanda. And at that part of the deterrent, which a very, very deterrent, which is a very, very key of government policy, key part of government policy, is yet in place. But i dont is not yet in place. But i dont think can see this barge as think you can see this barge as a know, there was a deterrent. You know, there was a deterrent. You know, there was a there was a planet. I remember for irish students, bill hives house on the barge at one stage when he in a previous life i think he was in county cork. Think he was in county cork. Do you think that the way in which we go about regulating these in the united these things in the United Kingdom is perhaps too overzealous . Kingdom is perhaps too overze have. . Kingdom is perhaps too overzehave. . This barge very dutch have used this barge very recently and didnt seem to have these problems with fire safety inspections suddenly inspections that weve suddenly come up with. Well, that to the people well, tell that to the people from towers. You know, from grenfell towers. You know, i mean, was that an overzealous inspectorate . I think itd be hard to say. It had been overzealous. It obviously missed a trick. Well, some might argue that the warm home directive actually made that worse, that the regulation could have made the situation with that cladding even than otherwise. Even worse than than otherwise. The wider issue is actually that the government does have to get its act in order. As far as the immigration issue is concerned. And i go back, of course, youre going to say, oh, youre just a remainer, arent you . But go back and i say, you . But i go back and i say, look, for heavens sake, we had a system where we were within the eu. Was so called the eu. It was so called the dublin, dublin agreement the eu. It was so called the du on], dublin agreement the eu. It was so called the du on and dublin agreement the eu. It was so called the du on and so ublin agreement the eu. It was so called the du on and so forth,agreement the eu. It was so called the du on and so forth, which nent the eu. It was so called the du on and so forth, which had so on and so forth, which had a system for sending Asylum Seekers the country of seekers back to the country of first entry. Although more went back United Kingdom, out back to the United Kingdom, out of under that of the United Kingdom under that under system, its a under that system, its a different, ethnic different, different ethnic which in we have which is coming in now. We have to get it right. I dont think well get it right immediately. But as as this barge is but as far as this barge is concerned , the question is, will concerned, the question is, will they be able to drink low alcohol beer . That is the point. , i would have imagined well, i would have imagined a lot of people on that barge dont drink any beer at all. Would be would be my guess. I mean, goodness me. Well, i suppose one of the one of the annoying things about this all that everyone has to this all is that everyone has to be at the cost of the taxpayer until theyre claim heard, until theyre claim is heard, until theyre claim is heard, until claim heard, they until their claim is heard, they cant work, cant make cant work, they cant make money, cant benefit the money, they cant benefit the local money, they cant benefit the loc. Tom, raised a very, tom, youve raised a very, very point. It is complete very good point. It is complete nonsense ince these asylum nonsense ince that these Asylum Seekers not allowed to work seekers are not allowed to work. Nonsense. I mean, there. It is nonsense. I mean, there we have on the one hand the government crying out for laboun government crying out for labour. They could be picking fruit. Theres lots of fruit. Well theres lots of fruit. Well theres lots of fruit to be picked in dorset. I can tell you masses of it and lots of other things. I mean shes, shes. But again that would act as an incentive, wouldnt it . And i suppose Bigger Picture of suppose if the Bigger Picture of what we want is for to discourage make that discourage people to make that perilous over the perilous crossing over the channel and try and channel illegally and to try and come and game the system, come here and game the system, if , know, they suddenly if, you know, if they suddenly were to get gets home, youd not only will you be given a lovely waterside accommodation , but you waterside accommodation, but you can also go and earn a living when youre there. That makes us an even more attractive proposition than we already are i well, youre weighing things up. Up. Its a well, somebody needs to something up. I would say. Nonetheless, it is better for these people all to have a job, even if it is clear to them all the way along that the fact of that job will not necessarily alter the asylum decision, which i think thats very, very sensible. After all, i think what riles people is the taxpayer money in all of this. But stanley, while youre here, number of papers youre here, a number of papers this have picked up this this morning have picked up this story sunak taking story about rishi sunak taking his helicopter tour up to scotland. Whats your view on this . Well, its perfectly obvious to me that this is a security situation. I do know a tiny bit about the security situation in because obviously im related to boris. But i say obviously, im just saying as a fact, im and there have been times when the Prime Minister, as he then was, as he may yet still be, who can tell as he as he then was, would would want to want to visit the farm on exmoor at and it was perfectly obvious that in for any number of reasons the helicopter was the right thing. Helicopter was the right thing. Now actually, our fields were so soggy that he ended up by landing on minehead golf course. Maybe i shouldnt give that away as maybe. Thats a trade away as a maybe. Thats a trade secret. Point secret. But the point im getting is lets not overdo getting at is lets not overdo this. This thing rishi sunak has to get around. He has to get around safely and securely. And around safely and securely. And this was a way of doing it. Why do you think it is that Boris Johnson taking a helicopter from to london your farm or the neighbouring golf golf course didnt papers in the didnt make the papers in the way sunak is sort of way that rishi sunak is sort of zeroed by his mode of zeroed in upon by his mode of transport. W w transport. G7 leader takes surely any g7 leader takes helicopters everywhere, perfectly helicopters everywhere, per well , helicopters everywhere, perwell , maybe. Maybe the papers well, maybe. Maybe the papers are a story. Maybe are looking for a story. Maybe it was the thin de thin day for news. It is august. It is august. It is august. I can tell you why exactly why is. And it was a little why that is. And it was a little bit the same under your sons leadership, but very much now we bit the same under your sons leaibeing , but very much now we bit the same under your sons leaibeing toldt very much now we bit the same under your sons leaibeing told we ry much now we bit the same under your sons leaibeing told we haverch now we bit the same under your sons leaibeing told we have to now we bit the same under your sons leaibeing told we have to changes are being told we have to change the we live to save the the way we live to save the planet. Yeah, we are repeatedly being that message. If being given that message. If rishi was rishi sunak says the quote was it was a more efficient use of my time to get the to get on a helicopter or a jet to go around the country. I mean, he did a london to southampton journey. London to southampton journey. Its 70 miles in his helicopter, whereas i would say as a mum whos trying to get my kids around, its an efficient use of my time to be allowed to use my car. Stanley johnson not be encouraged to use a cycle lane very sorry. Im not privy to the kind of security information which his people are privy to. And i would say that i will trust them at any point to get the Prime Minister from a to b by the safest and most efficient route. But the safest is also a key point. The thing is, he hasnt mentioned safety. And im sort of with on that. If hed of with you on that. If hed come out and said this is a safety issue that i have, i cant have my security detail with a three train with me on a three hour train journey. It renders me too vulnerable. I think the public would be a little sympathetic to that. And that. But his attitude and the tone voice and im hoping we tone of voice and im hoping we can the clip was very much, can play the clip was very much, well, im busy man. This is an well, im a busy man. This is an efficient use of my time. And thats what i think annoys the public. Time. Public. We all have time. Is, i think public that is, i think the public would understand the would completely understand the security a matter security issue. As a matter of fact, saw that was it mr fact, i saw that was it mr jenrick who actually left his red on train, on the train. This happens, it seems like every we get a new every month we get a new minister Civil Servant minister or Civil Servant leaving vital piece of no, leaving some vital piece of no, im not. Im not, not, im not im not, im not, im not particularly persuaded by the prime arguments Prime Ministers arguments that we dig the oil from we have to dig up the oil from the north sea. Im not particularly persuaded i am persuaded by that, but i am persuaded by that, but i am persuaded should persuaded that he should be master his travel plans. Yeah even if it looks hypocritical to the voting public when we are being told. On. Hang on. Bev, what hang on. Hang on. Bev, what he said yesterday was i am not banning people going on flights. People able off people should be able to fly off to holiday in the same way to a holiday in the same way that i should be able to fly to scotland. And suppose the scotland. And i suppose the government reduce government did actually reduce the internal flights in a the tax on internal flights in a couple of budgets. Im not asking him to let me take a helicopter to see family in manchester. Youre not the Prime Minister. Im asking to be able to use my car in london without a cycle lane that is going to make my journey twice as long. Im a a cyclist. I well, im a a cyclist. I never particularly go in a cyclist lane. If the cyclist cycle lane. If i see the cycle lane there, i might in. Cycle lane there, i might go in. Not big campaigner for cycle not a big campaigner for cycle cycle im a big cycle lanes. Im a big campaigner for cycling in london. I think your point is a good one, but you sometimes say, gosh, isnt this cycle lane taking a lot of space, taking up a lot of space, particularly you dont see particularly when you dont see too many people actually on it on the cycle there. But the on on the cycle there. But the interesting is , is interesting issue here is, is that whether or not these are the right things to do overall, there is a direction of travel. We have to go on the Global Warming Climate Change front. The Prime Minister apparently there is. But Stanley Johnson, its been lovely to meet you and have a chat. Do you come back . Lovely to see you. Right now. I think you and i will always disagree on cycling. Grew up cycling everywhere i grew up cycling everywhere andifs i grew up cycling everywhere and its faster. Its faster. Have to i dont have to do a supermarket shop with loads. Supermarket shop with 15 loads. Know do you know what . Do you know do you know what . Do you know do you know what . If we then pick up the kids on the way back from school . Your is like that. Your life is not like that. Of people who drove in if 15 of people who drove in cars, person in a car that cars, one person in a car that could seat six if they were on a bike instead, thered be less traffic. Youd drive your car faster the snow. Faster in the snow. Going to work anyway. Not going to work anyway. Not going to work anyway. Back to well, lets move back to alcohol and get a on alcohol duty and get a word on this from owner of the dog this from the owner of the dog at wingham pub, mark bridgen. At wingham pub, mark bridgen. Good morning, mark. Hello. Hello. How do you greet the news this morning that alcohol will be priced differently depending on the alcohol strength . Um on the alcohol strength . Um theres so many different ways to look at it. And i suppose most importantly, it gives us a chance to talk about the bigger challenges the industry are facing. Yeah, its great facing. Um, yeah, its great that theres going to no that theres going to be no change on draft beer and that will good news for many pubs. Will is good news for many pubs. Um, ours, you know, um, but for ours, you know, gastropub will very food gastropub will were very food focussed. Increase on wine focussed. The increase on wine is, quite a big hit. Um, and is, is quite a big hit. Um, and ithink is, is quite a big hit. Um, and i think when all we hear is that the government want to control inflation to be putting up the pnces inflation to be putting up the prices on all of these products. I know some are coming down a touch , but it looks like across touch, but it looks like across the board its more of an increase. Its just going to increase. Its just going to i think its mainly going to affect people buying in shops and supermarkets. If theyre buying those products that have gone up. Um, buying those products that have gone up. Um, but buying those products that have gone up. Um, but our buying those products that have gone up. Um, but our pub and gone up. Um, but for our pub and for the Hospitality Industry, it just feels like another Inflationary Pressure on top of, you know, the number of things that ive spoken on here before. You know, the utility crisis is still there for the Hospitality Industry and the general inflation. You know, everything we buy, um, food, drink and Human Resources have gone, you know, double digit increases over the last 12 months. And this is , i think the average this is, i think the average increase here is about 10. Its another double digit increase for our industry. And it is its killing it. Mark, do you think that this will change your purchase patterns as a pub . Will you patterns as a pub . Will you perhaps buy more from smaller breweries that are now getting this extra small brewery tax cut or will you be stocking more low alcohol percentage , wines or alcohol percentage, wines or beers that , of course will be beers that, of course will be taxed less now we ultimately we just have to stop what our guests want to consume. You know , when people come to you know, when people come to the dog at wingham , theyre the dog at wingham, theyre coming a real treat. And, coming for a real treat. And, you know, im not sure how theres a theres some price sensitive there, but theyre coming out and they want to have what they want to have on that visit. And so, you know, yeah, its good news on the sparkling wine because a lot of are wine because a lot of people are celebrating. Um, on the wine celebrating. Um, but on the wine side and the spirits, you know, were famous our bar and were famous for our gin bar and our house. Gin is, is distilled at the copper river distillery. Just up the road. You know, our beeris just up the road. You know, our beer is bought from Shepherd Neame and a number of other local breweries. We have a local breweries. We have a couple of international lagers, but the bulk of the bulk of what we is already local. Thats a we do is already local. Thats a key part of our offering. Key part of our offering. Mark, were running out of time. I just want you just before we go, where is the dog . Before we go, where is the dog . And are you open this weekend and were just outside canterbury in kent and were open seven days a week. And we have rooms. So come and stay with us in this glorious weather were enjoying brilliant. Brilliant. Well, we do whatever we can to support the Hospitality Industry here. I will come and have nice, strong gin and have a nice, strong gin and tonic pub mark brydon tonic in your pub mark brydon there from the dog at wingham pub in kent. There from the dog at wingham pub in kent. Right. Moving on that weather does get a bit nicer. Its not being its a brexit. Its not being its a brexit. Disbenefit but it seems that all of europes got all the sun and weve left , right . Dont put and weve left, right . Dont put it past some of the newspapers to say thats why this is very true. Still to come this morning, though, are you too fat to go to work . A new report has suggested that discrimination against those of whom there is a little more to love is widespread across british workplaces. Well well be speaking to a woman who claims she was victimised because of her weight. Stick with us. That warm feeling inside from boxt boilers proud sponsors of weather on gb news morning alex deakin here with your latest weather update from the met office for gb news. Overall, a drier day today compared to yesterday. Some of us will see a little bit of sunshine as well, but it wont be glorious everywhere. Quite a lot of cloud this morning over northwest parts northwest england, parts of northern north wales, northern ireland, north wales, further rain here further outbreaks of rain here and showers in southern and some showers in southern scotland this zone, we scotland, too. In this zone, we will a few showers through will keep a few showers through the day. Odd one further the day. The odd one further south, brighter spells south, but some brighter spells here much central here and across much of central and northern scotland. Well see and northern scotland. Well see a sunshine coming a bit of sunshine coming through. A bit of a breeze through. Still a bit of a breeze blowing, but overall, probably feeling a bit warmer than yesterday. Temperatures, though, still around or below still mostly around or below average of year and average for the time of year and down to the southwest. Look at this, more wet weather coming in. Going to be on the in. This is going to be on the heavy side well as it spreads heavy side as well as it spreads in through this evening across the then into parts the south west then into parts of its an area of of wales. And its an area of low pressure will dominate low pressure that will dominate our through tonight our weather through tonight and most tomorrow. This of most of tomorrow. This line of rain and then rain sweeps northwards and then kind grind a kind of liking to grind to a halt during wednesday. It will halt during wednesday. It will bnng halt during wednesday. It will bring some milder air. So bring in some milder air. So its not going to be a cold night the south. Further night across the south. Further north, into single north, we could dip into single figures rural spots, but figures in some rural spots, but mostly about the rain and mostly its about the rain and the getting quite the wind tomorrow getting quite blustery along the south coast and seasonably some and seasonably windy. Some heavy showers fairly wet showers here staying fairly wet across parts of Northern England , southern scotland, some brighter spells between the zones of rain. Again, northern zones of rain. Again, northern scotland, probably not seeing too much rain, but with the winds in from the north winds coming in from the north or the east, it is not going to be particularly warm. So, again, high 20s at best. High teens, low 20s at best. That warm feeling inside from boxt boilers, proud sponsors of weather on. Gb news. A very good morning to you. Its 1028 and a very good morning to you. Its1028 and this is britains newsroom here on gb news. With me, tom harwood and bev turner. So discrimination against overweight people is rife across british workplaces, according to a major new report looking at weight based prejudice or fascism, as its known. Well the Research Reveals that more than two thirds of employees believe that weight discrimination exists in their place of work, with nearly half of respondents considering it to be a problem. So professor Binna Kandola is calling on more to be done after the weight discrimination at work report findings and sarah brock, the founder of all about obesity, started her organisation after being discriminated at work and both join us now good morning both. Join us now good morning both. Sarah, if i can come to you. How does this sort of discrimination manifest itself in the workplace . I cant hear anything. I cant hear anything. Can you hear us . Sarah well, lets go to lets go to professor Binna Kandola whether you can hear me, professor, how does this sort of discrimination manifest itself in the workplace i the biggest area, actually, is that this is particularly for people who are living with obesity, is actually assumptions being made about their character and their competencies. So and their competencies. So essentially being stereotyped as being lazy , lacking self being lazy, lacking self control, and then making the jump control, and then making the jump from those to being incompetent to be able to do the job. Okay. And so but are people explicit about that then would you say, professor, or is that something that people who are overweight are concluding , by overweight are concluding, by the way, that theyre treated . Because presumably most workplaces now, you cant obviously say outright to somebody. I think there is too much of you in the office, but it might be that it manifests itself in more subtle ways. Itself in more subtle ways. Yeah, actually, the interesting thing about weight discrimination , when you compare discrimination, when you compare it to gender and race and disability, for example , theyre disability, for example, theyre covered by the legislation and we are more careful about those things generally, which is a good thing. But with weight discrimination, often people are more to express more theyre happier to express their opinions and attitudes about and in our in the about this. And in our in the survey and there were over 1400 people responded in our in people who responded in our in our survey , we found that our survey, we found that Something Like 1 in 8 of people who were both living with obesity and underweight had said that they they had experienced physical and verbal abuse. So it was actually quite explicit. Was actually quite explicit. Yeah, its sort of surprising in a way. Sarah, is that what you found in your experience , you found in your experience, that people would actually say things . Things . Us yeah. So i had an us yeah. So i had an experience myself where i worked in sales, so quite obviously people facing role and i had asked for some feedback from a new boss around how he thought i was doing my job. And i literally got this. He basically said back to me, he said, well, actually, sarah looking the way that you do, trying to sell a diabetes drug, he said, i really didnt know how you were going to be very successful doing that. I was a little bit that. And i was a little bit like, okay, not really sure what to with that because it was to do with that because it was very that he was very blatant that he was basically saying that i basically saying the way that i looked going to affect my looked was going to affect my ability my job. And, and ability to do my job. And, and yeah, the time i was very yeah, at the time i was very much kind of because id spent most my life kind of shaming most of my life kind of shaming and feeling like a failure myself because of my weight. And i to respond and i didnt know how to respond and i didnt know how to respond and i kind laughed it off. I just kind of laughed it off. But now that im more but now that im a lot more educated and understand obesity and it would and the complexities, it would be i would absolutely be something i would absolutely challenge at challenge now. But at the at that was a bit like, that time, it was a bit like, oh, no, does sound oh, okay, no, that does sound that does sound tough, but i suppose there are some situations where being overweight is not the same as being a different race or a different sexuality or a different sexuality or a different gender. There are some jobs where being overweight would impede your ability to do that job, whether it be bungee jumping or sports instructing. Sports instructing. That is the case. Yeah, im sure you know. Sorry. Go ahead. Sure you know. Sorry. Go ahead. Sorry go on, sarah. There will always be, i suppose, some jobs where, you know, there will be certain things that will exclude you from being able to do that job. But i dont think that thats just to, you know, just down to, you know, someones body and size. Someones body shape and size. It to lots of it can be down to lots of things, cant it, around other jobs where people might not fit in theyre too short or in because theyre too short or theyre you know, theyre too tall or, you know, theres other factors to so, theres other factors to it. So, yes, you i think youre yes, you know, i think youre right what youre saying. Right and what youre saying. But i think most of the time what we do is put this kind of blame onto someone blame and shame onto someone that a this is a choice, that this is a this is a choice, that this is a this is a choice, that their body shape is a choice and that theyve chosen to like and we to live like this. And what we actually that actually now know is that obesity is not a choice. So actually, what were doing is kind discriminating against kind of discriminating against someone actually lots someone that were actually lots of a of the reasons why theyre in a bigger body. I i we had longer i just i wish we had longer because i think its such a fascinating debate. And i do think its quite disempowering when say that is not when we say that obesity is not a it is complicated and a choice. It is complicated and it difficult. Theres it is difficult. Theres no doubt particularly in doubt about it, particularly in a where we have food a society where we have food adverts us whole adverts thrown at us the whole time. But one very quick time. But just one very quick question professor, question on to you, professor, if before we go. Its if i may, before we go. Its never been more acceptable to be a weve had a lot a bigger size. Weve had a lot about body positivity. We see a lot media. So how is the lot in the media. So how is the discrimination . How is there more than they used to be . More now than they used to be . Well the associations that we make with the stereotypes and the assumptions we make about people who are bigger or who are living with obesity, theyre very negative. And i think its those we need to challenge ourselves. Actually, our own attitudes and our own opinions , including our own opinions, including myself , if were our own opinions, including myself, if were going to make a change there. So deeply ingrained and so entrenched that that the its a constant kind of tension between our own unconscious beliefs in some instances. And these positive instances. And these positive images. But we do instances. And these positive images. But we do need to instances. And these positive images. But we do need to keep images. But we do need to keep on discussing this so we can challenge ourselves. Its really interesting. I wish we could keep on discussing it. Lets have this discussion again but you again another day. But thank you very much. Both i think its a really important issue to raise awareness are late awareness of, but we are late for the news. Here is ray addison with your. News addison with your. News good morning. 10 34. Our top story this houn 10 34. Our top story this hour, the Prime Minister has defended his overhaul of alcohol duty , saying it will benefit duty, saying it will benefit thousands of businesses across the country. The new system sees the country. The new system sees a shift from taxing alcoholic dnnks a shift from taxing alcoholic drinks based on their type to taxation. According to strength duty on certain drinks, such as wine and vodka , will rise tax on wine and vodka, will rise tax on draught pints will be cut by around £0. 11. The home office has delayed moving Asylum Seekers to the bibby stockholm barge in dorset after the vessel failed fire safety checks. Thats despite previously saying that 50 migrants would move to their new accommodation in portland today. 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The first heres a quick snapshot of todays markets. The pound will buy you 1. 2826 and ,1. 1692. Price of gold £1,525. £0. 68 per ounce. And the ftse 100 is. At 7684 points. Direct 100 is. At 7684 points. Direct bullion sponsors. The finance report on gb news investments that matter very good morning to you. Its 1040 and youre with britains newsroom here on gb news with me, tom harwood. And bev turner. So we are delighted to be joined now by gb news senior political commentator nigel nelson and authorjoanna nelson and author Joanna Williams morning. Nelson and authorJoanna Williams morning. Good to williams this morning. Good to see both. Right. Lets talk see you both. Right. Lets talk about farage and coots. Coots about farage and coots. Coots have come out and said well give him back a bank account if he wants one. Should he take it, nigel . Well i mean, its obviously a matter for nigel. Id be tempted to. Not i mean, i think that the way that hes been treated absolutely hes been treated is absolutely appalling, should stick appalling, and he should stick to and say, well, to his guns and say, well, thanks very much, but the way youve me, things youve treated me, the things youve treated me, the things you called me. No, i dont want my account back. Obviously, its a him. He must decide a matter for him. He must decide whether wants to bank, whether he wants to bank, continue there or not. Continue banking there or not. I mean, this extra ordinary u turn theyve done , they obviously theyve done, they obviously realised completely realised theyve completely cocked this one up. But now i think the next stage really is that the government must launch a proper inquiry into the whole Banking System and see what the laws are that govern people like nigel, like other politicians. These politically exposed persons is what that means. These politically exposed persons is what that means. Are persons is what that means. Are they being overzealous . Is the law in the right place . It might be. Some of it comes from eu law. It may be. Thats one of the retained eu laws we ought to get rid of. Yeah, joe is surely its tempting, though, for nigel farage to take up the bank account or to retain the bank account or to retain the bank account simply so that he can sort of wipe the smile off those off the faces that tried to rid him of it. I mean, good and he might. But im very cynical about this story because i think people want i think cootes and natwest, theyd to take the theyd like him to take the account because theyd account back because theyd like this of it. They this to be the end of it. They want to draw a veil over it. They want to say, but thats it. You know, we made a mistake, but now weve resolved it. Discussion i think discussion closed and i think theres few people, it theres quite a few people, it seems, the who are seems, in the media who are quite go down that line quite keen to go down that line as well and just say this is now as well and just say this is now a non starter. Nigel farage has got account back. Got his bank account back. Theres to see here. Got his bank account back. Thereactually to see here. Got his bank account back. Thereactually we see here. Got his bank account back. Thereactually we know|ere. Got his bank account back. There actually we know that there when actually we know that there is know that nigel is because we know that nigel farage actually tip farage was actually just the tip of iceberg. That there are of the iceberg. That there are hundreds of other people whove had accounts as had their accounts closed as well. From this being well. And far from this being the matter, it really the end of the matter, it really needs be the beginning needs to be the beginning and there a proper there needs to be a proper investigation. And i actually dont care whether nigel takes the back or what the account back or not. What im pleased about is that he the account back or not. What im pleto ed about is that he the account back or not. What im pleto be about is that he the account back or not. What im pleto be pursuing hat he the account back or not. What im pleto be pursuing this1e seems to be pursuing this further not going to go further and hes not going to go quietly he takes quietly whether he takes the account not. Account or not. Must have known that this you must have known that this was joe. I some was coming. Joe. I did some houday was coming. Joe. I did some holiday cover oliver on holiday cover for neil oliver on saturday and i did show saturday night, and i did a show that we interviewed you on that we i interviewed you on that, it was your that, and it was about your book, how woke one, which im pleased to say then out pleased to say then sold out within didnt it . So within 24 hours, didnt it . So youre welcome. Me. Drinks on me. Drinks on me. But explain to us why the word woke and everything that we might associate that is might associate that with is relevant this about relevant to this story about nigel. Because woke nigel. Because i think woke values are obsession that values are the obsession that weve with equality, weve got with equality, diversity and inclusivity, which actually often seems to mean the opposite of those words in practise. We talk about being inclusive, inclusive, whilst were excluding people from having bank accounts. You know, these words mean the opposite. We talk about equality. We, we talk about equality. We, whilst actually discriminate ing against certain sections of society city. But these values have been taken on board by the most elite sections of society. The bankers, you know, you dont get i mean, you dont get more exclusive and a bank that puts you need £1 million to actually hold an account. You know, this is an exclusive bank for the elite. And yes , it will dress elite. And yes, it will dress itself up in the rainbow flag and present itself as being incredibly woke whilst at the same time , you know, not having same time, you know, not having any room for ordinary working class people who want bank accounts. Its just green washing, pink washing, brown washing. Nigel thats what this story has made it clear, isnt it, that these banks, as joe says, is very wealthy people who feel better about themselves at dinner parties because they can say bank, theyre say because they bank, theyre well, they bank there, well, because they bank there, but maybe because they run but maybe also because they run the and might be the bank. And so they might be making but as long as making millions. But as long as they adhering to they are adhering to a tokenistic diversity policy, then sleep night. Then they can sleep at night. Well, yeah. Then they can sleep at night. Well. Yeah. Then they can sleep at night. We mean, this is sort of the i mean, this is sort of the esg rules that people talk about and the and that that stands for environment. And i just think that the whole thing has just gone too far. So if you are a bank , i think theres nothing bank, i think theres nothing wrong with looking more kindly on giving a loan to somebody like a wind farm than, say, perhaps a burger chain. Things like that. But but then its gone even further than that. And the politically, politically exposed persons bit, which is separate, which is obviously what nigel came under the chair. He didnt, though. He didnt, though. Well, what they tried to say that he was a politically exposed person because he might be, i dont know, persuaded by pernicious International Entities take money. Entities to take money. But then they had to row back on because was never on that because he was never about no. About that with him. No. I what the problem that i mean, what the problem that they then started they had was that then started criticising political views, they had was that then started criticis isg political views, they had was that then started criticisis not political views, they had was that then started criticisis not partitical views, they had was that then started criticisis not part of al views, they had was that then started criticisis not part of that, ws, they had was that then started criticisis not part of that, that which is not part of that, that homophobe, a xenophobe. Thats homophobe, a xenophobe. Thats right. And that goes that goes way, way further than being a p9p way, way further than being a pep. Yeah. But i mean on the again this is what i mean about the law needs looking at barclays has got fined £74 million in 2015 because they didnt scrutinise people who were peps sufficiently. So there is there is an element here where it goes further than just a bank behaving badly. I think the pep thing is certain, much more pertinent because that is the government saying that bank cannot do business or must make it more expensive for that bank to do business that is in inhibiting the free market. And i suppose its different with natwest as well. 40 the taxpayer well. 40 owned by the taxpayer that has a sort of special onus, i suppose, on that bank. But i wonder with entirely private bank , why should the government bank, why should the government be telling that bank who they can or cannot do business with . Isnt that sort of a private decision for a private entity . Yes. I mean, the only reason, in fact, the government got involved say, are involved is as you say, they are a major shareholder order in that particular bank. So they have right to that have every right to say that they what bank they disapprove of what the bank is doing. Mean, the important is doing. I mean, the important thing now actually find thing now is to actually find out the banks are doing and out what the banks are doing and we all knew these things existed, but until nigel came on board, we had no idea of the extent of it. And its not really for nigel and to gb news run the government. Its their job. Its their job. Say it is up to nigel gb news. The government is entirely what we intend to do. Nigel nelson mind connected, right . Lock harmed half of lock down, harmed half of children. Joe shock, horror. Cant believe its like half. Cant believe its like half. Id say its more than half. Well, i mean, its no shock to anyone, to any parent, to anyone whos followed these news stories over the past few years. We can list the damage that lockdown did in terms of education, in collapsing, in childrens academic performance , the inequalities that were built into that with with children from better off families doing better at school than children from poorer families. But proportion of children who were still out of school even now, the effect its had on childrens physical health, their Mental Health. Health, on their Mental Health. The long term consequences of this. And i think whats really shocking that there hasnt shocking is that there hasnt been reckoning of this. Been a proper reckoning of this. Weve the covid inquiry weve got the covid inquiry going but nobody actually going on, but nobody actually seems to be prioritising children and actually saying lets have a proper reckoning with whats happening in when the lockdowns first began to come to an end, there was some talk about how school could compensate for the time that children had missed. There was talk about introducing a Tuition Program some out of hours clubs at times it was. At one point there was even talk about introducing some holiday schemes to make up for some of the social and create native opportunities and sporting opportunities and sporting opportunities that children missed out on. Now, as far as im aware, as a mother, you know, none of that has happened. Nothing has really happened. Been put in place to compensate even this summer. There could have been huge scheme games and play have been huge scheme games and play schemes and sports camps and summer camps and theres talk and theres statistics now , but nothing ever happens. , but nothing ever happens. Well, the department for education did put forward a fund for tuition , catch up tuition, for tuition, catch up tuition, but they didnt spend all of it. Some of that money has gone into savings for extra pay rises for teachers now. And i do wonder how much of this have been how much of this might have been unions, education unions dragging their in of dragging their feet in terms of extra needs to be done extra work that needs to be done to fill the gaps . To fill in the gaps . Think some of that, but i think some of that, but i think thats the tip of the iceberg in terms of what went on here. I think it just became so bogged down in bureaucracy. That here. I think it just became so boggonedown in bureaucracy. That here. I think it just became so boggone problem ureaucracy. That here. I think it just became so boggone problem that ucracy. That here. I think it just became so boggone problem that there i. That here. I think it just became so boggone problem that there weret was one problem that there were so layers and so many different layers and hoops had to jump hoops that people had to jump through , that people lost the through, that people lost the will the crucial will and thats the crucial thing. Lost will. Thing. People lost the will. If wed actually seen this as a priority, if we saw children as a priority in terms of society, then we would be doing these things. I think. Nigel, i mean, as we know, many issues about lockdown that ihave many issues about lockdown that i have an issue probably we i have an issue with probably we disagree massively time, disagree massively on this time, but , but the fact that children but, but the fact that children were never factored into the Decision Making processes is the one thing that i think is a stain on this country, on the world, actually, because every country that did this, it was so obvious, wasnt it, at the time, to anybody that had young people in their life that the implications of this, the negative going implications of this, the nelastfe going implications of this, the ne last for going implications of this, the ne last for ever. Going implications of this, the ne last for ever. I going implications of this, the ne last for ever. I would going implications of this, the ne last for ever. I would sayjoing implications of this, the ne last for ever. I would say inng to last for ever. I would say in some therell be kids some cases therell be some kids who recover lockdown. Who never recover from lockdown. Yeah, i think its appalling. What happened to children what has happened to children subsequently. What has happened to children subsequen right that what it absolutely right that what it needs need to needs is these children need to be however, we have be supported. However, we have to back it all to go back to how it all happened at the time. And one of the big problems was not that the big problems was not that the themselves would get the kids themselves would get very few. Few did very ill, was very few. Few did , but theyd bring covid back to their parents and grandparents who might get very ill. Now, it seems to me that that decision was a reasonable one taken at the time. Its now up to the the time. Its now up to the covid inquiry to decide was that proportionate . Would it be proportionate . Would it be necessary in future for or is the damage to the children far outweigh by the fact that some people all are probably alive today because the kids werent werent at school . Werent at school . Could there have been more damage if a if a kid loses a parent or a grandparent, that could have a massive impact on their education . I think that first one in march didnt know what march when we didnt know what we dealing with, think we were dealing with, i think a lot parents were all on board lot of parents were all on board with that. And then i think as we moved then into the summer and by the time we and definitely by the time we got to autumn, we knew much got to the autumn, we knew much more infection more about the infection fatality who at fatality rates and who was at risk. It was quite clear that it was disproportionate response. Was a disproportionate response. And, werent and, you know, children werent even covid werent even even in the covid werent even a part the inquiry. They part of the covid inquiry. They were not even one of the terms of references in baroness hallett. What you call hallett. What would you call it on requirements of on her, her the requirements of her of her report. Children did not at until they not focus at all until they asked for their organisation got involved. Thats rung involved. Thats right. And rung some bells and banged some drums the way that covid the whole way that the covid inquiry is structured, inquiry inquiry is structured, i would argue is very much non scientific. Youve got every single turn a group called the covid families victims for justice , families victims for justice, which is which is a Political Organisation , an out for organisation, an out for retribution. Now people might retribution. Now people might think that thats something compensation needed or compensation needed or compensation or whatever for, but i mean, lots of people are victims of covid or know people who are victims of covid that arent necessarily represented by this organisation and this organisation. An turn organisation. An at every turn does quite lot of political does quite a lot of political interference into this inquiry. It like its it seems like its not a dispassionate lets find the truth here. It seems to some extent its lets find someone to blame, which is not the way an inquiry should be but it an inquiry should be run, but it also a bit like backside also feels a bit like a backside covering exercise. Absolutely. Absolutely. I mean, but tom, i mean, you mentioned the of unions mentioned the role of the unions and backing extra and perhaps not backing extra support and schemes for children. Now, i would look at the role of unions actually in lockdown keeping children lockdown and keeping children out for longer than out of school for longer than necessary. See, i think there necessary. See, i think there came a point , necessary. See, i think there came a point, and i really agree with was saying there. With what bev was saying there. There came a point where we knew full that that children full well that that children needed to be in school. They were off being in school were better off being in school and risks of keeping them and the risks of keeping them out of school were outweigh, you know, outweighed the know, massively outweighed the risks the risks of them transmitting the virus at home. And yet it was the unions who. Step after step, the unions who. Step after step, put barriers in the way of getting children back and for them to then turn around now and kind demand pay go on kind of demand pay rises, go on strike, keep children out of school i is school for longer. I think is morally reprehensible. Morally reprehensible. Yeah, i think so. Have we got time to talk about costa coffee yeah, i think so. Have we got time tcontroversialcosta coffee yeah, i think so. Have we got time tcontroversial aboutzoffee yeah, i think so. Have we got time tcontroversial about trans being controversial about trans people . Um, lets lets lets people . Um, lets lets lets touch upon this, nigel. We might come back to it in a little while. Costa coffee image image of a i think were to going show the image, a cartoon of somebody with their breasts removed with stitches holding of stitches holding a cup of coffee. Why well, i find it a surprising way of actually trying to sell coffee. I didnt i dont think its particularly shocking. Its particularly shocking. Youre only appealing after all, to nought point 1 of the population who, in the last census identified as trans and. But i mean, the outrage thats greeted it, i think is also way over the top. Oh youre you are not you are not going to go into a coffee shop and say, could i have two lattes and have my breasts removed to go . No, its the normalisation. No, its the normalisation. Exactly. Nigel, i think exactly. Nigel, i think youve completely missed the point. Im afraid the fact is that this will be seen ten, that this will be seen by ten, 11, 12 old girls all around 11,12 year old girls all around the country and they are getting the country and they are getting the message that having your breasts off a normal breasts chopped off is a normal thing and again , you thing to do. And again, you know, this is a really irresponsible, dangerous message to be sending to young girls. To be sending to young girls. This is an invasive medical procedure. It is not a normal thing to do for Healthy People to have their body parts removed i how lam how many how many young girls would actually see this, would actually see this very small, i guess, a mural or whatever . Well, no, its on social media. Everyone has it. Everyone has it. The biggest thing that has blown up, People Like Us blown this up, People Like Us talking about it isnt the biggest newspapers and Television Channels turning us into row. And actually, costa into a row. And actually, costa has now had more media hits. The has now had more media hits. The name costa coffee has been plastered over the nations media with culture war issues. Theyre allowed to do that and get away with it. And as soon as we challenge, we are accused of starting a culture war and we are going to continue this culture war. After this were going after this break, were going to talking about this. To carry on talking about this. Let you think. In let us know what you think. In the meantime. Gb views gbnews. Com in the next few moments, to be moments, were going to be discussing much your discussing how much your favourite alcoholic will favourite alcoholic drink will increase with gb news increase in price with gb news britains the britains nutrition. The temperatures rising, solar temperatures rising, boxt solar proud weather on. Gb proud sponsors of weather on. Gb news morning alex deakin here with your latest weather update from the met office for gb news overall a drier day today compared to yesterday. Some of us will see a little bit of sunshine as well, but it wont be glorious everywhere. Quite a lot of cloud this morning over northwest england and northern ireland, and parts of northern ireland, nonh and parts of northern ireland, north further outbreaks north wales, further outbreaks of in of rain here and some showers in southern scotland, too. This southern scotland, too. In this zone, will few showers zone, we will keep a few showers through the day. The odd one further south, but brighter further south, but some brighter spells across much of spells here and across much of central and northern scotland. Spells here and across much of centreseeld northern scotland. Spells here and across much of centre see a northern scotland. Spells here and across much of centre see a bitthern scotland. Spells here and across much of centre see a bit ofzrn scotland. Spells here and across much of centresee a bit of sunshine nd. Well see a bit of sunshine coming still a bit of coming through. Still a bit of a breeze overall breeze blowing, but overall probably warmer probably feeling a bit warmer than yesterday. And temperatures, still temperatures, though, still mostly or average mostly around or below average for of year and down to for the time of year and down to the south west. Look at this, more coming this more wet weather coming in. This is going to be on the heavy side as as spreads in through as well as it spreads in through this across the this evening across the south west, then into parts of wales an area of low wales and its an area of low pressure dominate pressure that will dominate our weather through tonight. And most tomorrow. Line of most of tomorrow. This line of rain northwards and then rain sweeps northwards and then kind to grind to a kind of likely to grind to a halt during wednesday. It will halt during wednesday. It will bnngin halt during wednesday. It will bring in some milder air. So its not going to be a cold night across the south. Further north, we could into single north, we could dip into single figures in some rural spots, but mostly rain and mostly its about the rain and the tomorrow getting quite the wind. Tomorrow getting quite blustery south coast blustery along the south coast and seasonably some and seasonably windy. Some heavy showers staying wet showers here staying fairly wet across of northern across parts of Northern England, southern scotland, some brighter spells between the zones of rain. Again, northern scotland, probably not seeing too much rain, but with the winds coming in from the north or it is not going to or the east, it is not going to be particularly warm. So, again, high low 20s at best. High teens, low 20s at best. The temperatures rising , boxt the temperatures rising, boxt solar power sponsors of weather on gb news away. Its 11 am. On tuesday, the 1st of august. How did it get to be august . This is britains newsroom on gb news with bev turner and tom harwood. I wish it felt like august. I wish it felt like august. I wish it felt like august. I know its raining. Well, today sees the biggest single raise duty for 50 raise in alcohol duty for 50 years. Another bad news the Hospitality Industry has warned that it could be devastating for small but the small businesses. But the treasury has defended tax treasury has defended the tax hike as common sense because some prices are coming down. And in a gb news exclusive, we reveal how Asylum Seekers have been offered luxury flats in chelmsford. Its led to anger amongst some local people who have urgent housing needs, plus , do we need to change our attitude to euthanasia . Its a question raised after a british man was convicted , a british man was convicted, opted for manslaughter after killing his seriously ill wife at their paphos. At their paphos. Home looking forward to that debate actually, about assisted dying and euthanasia. So many different stories and such an important issue. I think really compelling arguments on either side as well. Absolutely. Us know what absolutely. Let us know what you vaiews gbnewscom. You think. Vaiews gbnewscom. I know any know we havent got to any emails morning, but emails yet this morning, but there is a pile the desk and there is a pile on the desk and we get to them. First, we will get to them. First, though, here is your very latest news with ray addison. News with ray addison. Thank you both. Good morning. 11 01. Our top story this houn. 11 01. Our top story this hour, the british beer and Pub Association is warning the governments alcohol duty changes will cost the industry an extra £225 million in tax. The Prime Minister however, has defended the overall , saying it defended the overall, saying it will benefit thousands of businesses. The new system sees a shift from taxing alcoholic dnnks a shift from taxing alcoholic drinks based on their type, focusing instead on their strength , duty on certain drinks strength, duty on certain drinks such as wine and vodka, will rise while tax on draught pints will be cut by around £0. 11. Roads and local transport minister Richard Holden says brexit made the changes possible. Youre not going to see the price of a pint going up in your local pub due to our new draft beer duty relief, something that we couldnt have done when we were in the european union. That differential between what differential now between what you pay differential now between what you pay in the supermarket on terms of tax and what you pay in a pub is now has gone up from 5 to 9. 2. So it is a big differential and its a big increase in terms of that that difference in tax level. Difference in tax level. Well, gb news spoke to pub landlord David Lonsdale. He says landlord David Lonsdale. He says its the worst time to be hitting pubs with an extra cost i i i think hm i think its fair enough that alcohol is taxed according to strength. I dont have a problem with that, but actually overall the taxes are going up by 10. 6. So although the minister will point out that on draft beer, the taxes has remained more or less unchanged on a glass of wine is going up by 20. So overall , all taxes are going up overall, all taxes are going up by well above the rate of inflation. 10. 6. The home office has delayed moving Asylum Seekers to the bibby stockholm barge in dorset after concerns over fire safety. Thats despite previous saying that 50 migrants would move to their new accommodation in portland today. Further inspections are now taking place to ensure it fully complies with regulations. Once up to ensure it fully complies with regulations. Once up and running, the facility will host around 500 men. Former immigration security advisor henry bolton told us proper evacuation plans are vital. Evacuation plans are vital. Whats quite incredible about this is the demonstration that the home office has not done its planning and preparation correctly or thoroughly. You correctly or thoroughly. You know, the problem here is one of the fire inspections and the signing off the accommodation as suitably fireproof and, you know, to be fair in a sense, the probability of a fire on there, the fire control on board the bibby stockholm is adequate. What the problem is , is what the problem is, is evacuation should there be a fire . Banking giant hsbc has announced strong first half pre tax profits. Of announced strong first half pre tax profits. Of £169 pre tax profits. Of £16. 9 billion. Thats an increase of 10. 1 billion compared to the same period last year. The companys revenue also rose by 9. 6 billion, with Interest Rate increases, a key driver. Well, increases, a key driver. Well, meanwhile, oil giant bp has reported a 69 fall in profits over the latest quarter to £2 billion. The decline reflects market stabilisation following last years boost from surging oil and gas prices. It comes after industry rival shell also reported weaker than expected profits as food Price Inflation in the uk slowed to 13. 4 in july. Thats its lowest level so far this year. Falling prices for staple items such as oils, fish and Breakfast Cereals contributed to that decline. Overall shop prices also saw a slowdown , down from 8. 4 in june slowdown, down from 8. 4 in june to 7. 6 in july. Uk house prices have fallen at their fastest annual rate for 14 years, according to the Nationwide Building Society. In july , the building society. In july, the average price had fallen by 3. 8. Over the last 12 months. The average uk home is now worth as well. The government £260,000 as well. The government says it will provide free legal advice to 38,000 people who were at risk of losing their homes each year. The support will focus on helping those who face eviction or the repossession of their properties. It aims to address broader issues that people at risk of homelessness may encounter by the end of march. More than 100,000 households were in temporary accommodation, the highest number in 25 years. Foreign secretary foreign secretary James Cleverly is visiting nigeria as part of a four day african tour. During his trip, african tour. During his trip, mr cleverly will meet the nigerian president to discuss boosting trade, attracting investment and strengthening security cooperation. Ocean. The security cooperation. Ocean. The visit comes in the aftermath of a military take over in neighbouring niger , which neighbouring niger, which results in the ousting of its president. And finally, a drone president. And finally, a Drone Delivery Service has been launched in orkney, helping locals to receive their mail, a collaboration between royal mail and skye ports. The scheme will transport letters and parcels between the islands. Its between the islands. Its expected to significant improve delivery times. While the delivery times. While the service will initially operate for three months, it could be continued on a permanent basis. Continued on a permanent basis. This is gb news across the uk on tv in your car, on Digital Radio and on your Smart Speaker by saying play gb news now its back to tom and. Back to tom and. Bev welcome back to brains newsroom with me and tom this morning. Now we were talking earlier about discrimination at work due to obesity and rachel said, in my view, you cant do anything about your sex or your race. You can about your weight. And i think i think that is fair because there were sort of those comparisons saying, oh, this sort discrimination is sort of discrimination is exactly same racism. Exactly the same as racism. Its just not is it . And its just not is it . Ones immutable and one isnt. No, but i suppose , you know, no, but i suppose, you know, we cant look, no one should be mean sometimes these things get a bit complicated. Dont they . And. It is too simple to and. And it is too simple to judge people and say, oh well why separate, quote unquote, fat out of any normal if youre mean to someone we call that bullying. Yeah. Why why does it need its own special categorisation . Well, jeff says im overweight. Throughout my life, overweight. Throughout my life, ive verbally abused , ive been verbally abused, physically assaulted, refused employment and called loser. Employment and called a loser. Im owner of a holiday im now an owner of a holiday estate in north wales, having retired at 50, owner of a houday retired at 50, owner of a holiday estate in north wales, having retired at 56 as a global director of blue chip company. Some loser. Quite right. Jeff. Good jeff absolutely. Good for you. Jeff absolutely. And says, look, in my and robert says, look, in my opinion, as opinion, being overweight as a self inflicted condition like, for instance, type 2 diabetes and tracy backs it up. No, no, sorry. Completely disagrees with that, saying that some people are overweight because of side effects from medication, epilepsy meds can wreck metabolism , for example. Wreck metabolism, for example. So its not always someones fault, although what its interesting now for the first time in human history, there is a drug this year that is an effect of treatment for obesity i and this 5mm and this is when you turn into a weird big pharma robot. Into a weird big pharma robot. Tom harwood. But the reason for everything is papa pill. But there is, but there is this magic drug now that like literally we havent got any sort technologic solution to sort of technologic solution to this now and the nhs has this until now and the nhs has just approved it. Its a fantastic thing. I dont know where to start. We got the time. We we havent got the time. We havent time. Tom we havent got the time. Tom we could about that for hours. Could talk about that for hours. But talking of something that does you a bit fat, but we does make you a bit fat, but we all enjoy it. Alcohol, not all of obviously, some of of us, obviously, but some of us. Duty is set to us. Alcohol duty is set to increase today. Its biggest increase in 50 years. And hospitality saying hospitality chiefs are saying that even though its to going raise million it raise £225 million in tax, it could cripple their industry. Changes are a bit yeah, the changes are a bit complicated and drinks complicated and they see drinks tax according to their strength and said that and the Prime Minister said that lowering beers lowering duties on draught beers and ciders would reduce the price of a pint. Thats despite the price of wine, for example, increasing. Increasing. So lets speak now to labour mp for blackley and broughton Graham Stringer. Good morning, graham. You do . You greet graham. How do you do . You greet this a triumph for this news as a triumph for common sense, a simplification of taxes. Is it going to of alcohol taxes. Is it going to make any difference to peoples behaviour . Behaviour . I think the government get a sort of micro tick for bringing in a rational system of taxation in a rational system of taxation in which we wouldnt have been able to do had we still been in the european union. But i think they get a huge cross because they get a huge cross because the economy is fails. Theyve the economy is fails. Theyve wasted so much money and have been economically incompetent. Been economically incompetent. Were having the largest increase in taxation. Im duty on alcohol really since the Second World War and that is just a measure of failure. It will put people in the Hospitality Industry out of work. So the government is trying to obscure their failure by focusing on a minor benefit. But a genuine benefit and not telling the whole story. Well , can i telling the whole story. Well, can i just press you a little bit when you say that theyve failed with the finances and theyve spent so much money, can you give me an idea of what you mean by that . Oh, yes, very easily. You mean by that . Oh, yes, very easily. During covid, government. Spent covid, the government. Spent £400 billion. They wasted it at least £35 billion on test and trace system. That didnt work. They wasted more than 10 billion by buying personal protective equipment that didnt work, which theyre incinerate , which theyre incinerate, waiting and burying at the present time. It you can take present time. It you can take which estimate you want. There were good things they did during the covid epidemic, but there were some very bad things as well. And i completely agree with you, graham. And what we needed at that time was a strong opposition. We needed labour to push back and question those things. And all keir starmer did was ask for more spending, more lockdowns , more restrictions. Lockdowns, more restrictions. Im afraid thats true. And i im afraid thats true. And i said very similar things to that on the floor of the house of commons, which didnt make me very popular with keir starmer, but i think it as the time has gone on that is being proved to be correct. Be correct. Hold on for a second though, because you claimed that the test and trace system didnt work. The 90 of the spending on work. The 90 of the spending on that of that 35 billion went on tests, which very much did work. We had free lateral flow testing in this country. No other country in the world had the scale and speed of testing that we did in this country. Surely that was money well spent. That was money well spent. The whole purpose of tests to trace the test and trace side of it, not just the personal testing, was so that you could get to the place where the person had been previously and stop the infection spreading in order to do that, then you had to communicate with local Public Health officials, which the government singularly failed to do. And if you doubt the figures , im saying you can go and read a National Audit office report, which is where ive taken those figures from. No, absolutely. No, absolutely. I think i think on the trace side of things, youre right that there wasnt that sort of comprehensive infrastructure. But on the testing side of things, is the vast things, which is the vast majority the spending, young majority of the spending, young people knew people for the majority knew there status that was used there status and that was used didnt work. Didnt work. We dont want to talk but we dont want to talk about havent the time. About we havent got the time. Should we should move on. We should move on. Should move covid cul we should move on. Covid cul de want to about the de sac. I want to talk about the news from today. Lets talk about the bibby stockholm we about the bibby stockholm if we can, a minute. Weve can, graham, for a minute. Weve got the barge there waiting for asylum on and Asylum Seekers to get on it and they cant because we havent done fire risk assessment. Done a fire risk assessment. What you make of that what do you make of that shambles incompetence shambles, moral incompetence from office . From the home office . Many years ago, john reid, when he was home secretary he said home office wasnt fit said the home office wasnt fit for purpose. Its dysfunctional. 15, 16 years later, it is no better. Ive know objection to a boat being used to house Asylum Seekers. Its been used elsewhere in europe, but the government have to be transparent. They have to show that it transparent. They have to show thatitis transparent. They have to show that it is safe , both in terms that it is safe, both in terms of fire and as your previous contributor said, in terms of people being able to escape. If there is a fire. The government havent been transparent. Theyve also rather arrogantly said this is not within the purview of the local authority, so we wont consult you and talk to you about it. So we need to be we need transparency and consultation with local authorities so that there can be authorities so that there can be a sensible discussion about it. But the home office tend to get everything wrong. Hey, graham, lovely to talk to you this morning. Thank you so much. Labour mp for blackley and broughton Graham Stringer there. Now the home office, as we mentioned, is struggling there. Now the home office, as wehouse nentioned, is struggling there. Now the home office, as wehouse these ned, is struggling there. Now the home office, as wehouse these migrantsuggling there. Now the home office, as we house these migrants ongling there. Now the home office, as we house these migrants on this to house these migrants on this barge. Campaigners in chelmsford barge. Campaigners in chelmsford at the currently at the same time are condemning the government the government for approving the acquisition luxury acquisition of entire luxury apartment Asylum Seekers. Well, get seekers. Well, seekers. wen, well, lets get more on this in a gb news exclusive, our Homeland Security editor mark white uncovered the harsh white has uncovered the harsh reality of british families being stuck in substandard accommodation whilst migrants , accommodation whilst migrants, some migrants are moved into these plush new apartments. Its billed as one of chelmsfords most sought after residential complexes, a multi Million Pound conversion of an old office block into luxury apartment is the marketing photograph. Gfs showed marketing photograph. Gfs showed just how comfortable these flats are, but for now at least, none of the 98 units here are for local use turned over instead to the home office to house Asylum Seekers as dozens of migrant s have already moved in the refurbishment work on the remaining apartments is almost complete at the mode was all up there, all around , down the there, all around, down the floors, along all the pipework and across the ceiling and just running down the walls. It was absolutely disgusting i Tasha Burgess moved into this damp and mould infested property in chelmsford five years ago, only last year was the family finally moved out while those properties were fixed, but not before she and her children developed chronic respiratory ailments. Ailments. Its very frustrating that that people can come illegally and get the accommodation when youve got people that are homeless. Not by fault that need accommodation as well. And a lot accommodation as well. And a lot of families that are not in suitable accommodation size ehhen suitable accommodation size either, and its squashed in flats and stuff, waiting on lists for months and months or years even. Years even. The local council says it has only limited grounds for a legal challenge against the home office and does not intend to take court action. Local Campaign Groups say the housing of Asylum Seekers in luxury apartments is grossly unfair when more than 400 chelmsford families are in temporary accommodation , many of those accommodation, many of those properties in substandard condition. Condition. They are illegally here and yet theyre living in absolute luxury. And i think thats whats frustrating and annoying. So many people is that theyre getting everything people getting everything and People Living in some of these places that we see last year during the damp and mould, you wouldnt have put in it because it have put a dog in it because it was disgusting. With the bibby stockholm it with the bibby stockholm accommodation receiving accommodation barge receiving its seekers and its first Asylum Seekers and more arriving at the former wethersfield airbase in essex , wethersfield airbase in essex, the government says its committed to moving away from expensive hotels, but this luxury apartment complex should be cannot be, with the home secretary meant by a move to more basic accommodation for Asylum Seekers. Mark white gb news in chelmsford. News in chelmsford. And so were joined in the studio now by mark white. Mark, this problem, it just feels like a sort of bibby stockholm in the sea, edging further and further away from the shoreline , doesnt away from the shoreline, doesnt it . Its intractable , yeah. It . Its intractable, yeah. I mean its really a symptom of the governments inability to do what rishi sunak said he was going to do, which was stop the boats. Theyre still coming across. Weve got almost 15,000 whove come across this year already. Add to that the almost 46,000 who crossed last year and who are still waiting to be processed. But on top of the 28,000 the year before, it just adds up. So whats the government doing . It looks to hotels now. It looks to the bibby stockholm , it looks to the bibby stockholm, it looks to the whether wethersfield or scampton air bases , as you know, tries to air bases, as you know, tries to acquire apartment blocks. But all the time there is no perfect solution because all youre doing is managing an ever growing crisis that is clearly getting people very angry and exercise because they see the ineqtu exercise because they see the inequity of people crossing illegally into the uk, being put in very nice apartments while all, as we heard from that woman , tasha, barges, you know, for years shes been pleading to be put into a proper party that actually doesnt have mould and damp that she and her children can enjoy some kind of quality of life. I suppose youre absolutely right there that this is just a symptom of the failures that are earlier upstream of this of this situation. But the illegal migration bill has now become the illegal migration act. The government now has taken on a raft of new powers, particularly to speed up the processing of migrants because there are tens of thousands of Asylum Seekers in the United Kingdom who are yet to be processed and so have to be put up at the expense of the taxpayer. Are we starting to see any change as a result of the illegal migration act . I dont think so at all. And everybody speed up the everybody says speed up the processing, but what do you do . You speed a process that gets you speed up a process that gets you the end of having you to the end result of having many thousands of people who come from countries like afghanistan and iran and iraq and syria. We dont have a and syria. We dont have a returns agreement with these countries. So if you reject them, where do you put them . You look at your third country, which is rwanda , and thats which is rwanda, and thats stuck the Supreme Court. It stuck in the Supreme Court. It is nowhere fast. So the is going nowhere fast. So the whole model is depending on a third country really to be able to take some of the heavy lifting here. It cant do that. So even if you process them quickly, theyre still going to be in, you know, accommodation around the country. And of course, the government is appealing the court of appeals on rwanda. When appeals ruling on rwanda. When are hearing our next big are we hearing our next big legal moment that saga . Legal moment in that saga . Well, we were told at the time that the court of appeal ruled against the government that maybe october time there would be some time set aside by the Supreme Court. But of course, theyve got to then hear it and the Supreme Court being the Supreme Court , its the Supreme Court, its a reserve judgement. They go off for a month or two to decide. And what actually the legality of the issue is and then come back. I of the issue is and then come back. I dont think anybody is heading to rwanda before the end of this year. Of this year. No. Mark, thank you so much. Youve been getting in touch. I was just reading some of them. Steve has said in my opinion, its clear from marks report that office no that the home office have no regard for people who are already in poverty the already live in poverty in the uk and forgotten. Are uk and have forgotten. There are ones, these the ones, there are these are the ones, there are these are the ones who will vote them out come the next election. Yet another example of of touch, out example of how out of touch, out of government of touch the government is. That issue of its that basic issue of fairness and again. It fairness again and again. It keeps back. It keeps coming back. I think it came in on ulez. It came on came in on ulez. It came in on inherited tax. Its coming in on so different political so many different political issues, but do get in touch. Vaiews gbnewscom is the address vaiews gbnewscom is the addres still were going so still to come, were going to be asking do we need to change our attitude towards assisted or euthanasia . Yes. This comes after a 76 year this comes after a 76 year old was released by old british man was released by a Cypriot Court after killing his seriously wife. That and his seriously ill wife. That and so more to good morning. Its 1125 good morning. Its1125 and youre with britains newsroom here on gb news with me, tom harwood and bev turner. So todays yorkshire day, i knew you were going to do the accent. I knew you were celebrating. I knew you were celebrating. Things will be kicking off in bamburgh as is. This is this is this sort of appropriate . An ill get in trouble. This sort of appropriate . An ill no, in trouble. This sort of appropriate . An ill no, in trou allowed to. Youre no, youre allowed to. Youre totally beningbrough totally allowed in Beningbrough Hall suppliers, hall featuring local suppliers, craftsmanship are craftsmanship and artisans are the awareness day marks the annual awareness day marks the annual awareness day marks the anniversary. No, im not going to do it for of the 1759 battle of minden , which in which battle of minden, which in which the kings own yorkshire light infantry fought with the hanoverians the hessians and the prussians. Prussians. So the woman with the best accent on tv is going to join us now. Yorkshire and humber reporter anna ali. Anna, its lovely to see you. I can do it. Lovely to see you. I can do it. Im from the north, so i can take the mickey. Anna, take the mickey. Right. Anna, whats going on . Love your impression. Is love your impression. Is there a up scene as its yorkshire day . So im here in yorkshire day . So im here in rotherham today. This yorkshire day . So im here in rotherham today. This is yorkshire day . So im here in rotherham today. This is where rotherham today. This is where the official civic celebrations are being held here in south yorkshire. And that means mayors from all across gods own county have come together to meet, to celebrate everything thats great about yorkshire. So weve great about yorkshire. So weve just had a parade of the mayors go down the street, including two mini mayors, because rotherham is the childrens city childrens capital of culture for 2025. So theyve included some children in this parade as well. And theyre just heading down to rotherham minster. Now. Theres to going be an official reading a declaration for yorkshire and the yorkshire flag is going to be passed over and then later this afternoon, the civic leaders, members of the Yorkshire Society are going to meet at a stately home near for here some Delicious Food at Wentworth Hall because, of course, we celebrate food in yorkshire, dont we . Especially early yorkshire puddings. So thats what the day has been all about and thats what weve been covering here on gb news. And earlier i spoke to the chairman of the Yorkshire Society and this is what he had to say. The Yorkshire Society, when it was formed , was set up specifically formed, was set up specifically to a promote the county of yorkshire. But but having been divided into north, south west and east yorkshire, this is the opportune city to remind people about yorkshire, the biggest county in the country, and bring together representatives of all parts of the county on the 1st of august for yorkshire day, theres the coast, the countryside, the people , the industry, the is so people, the industry, the is so much to be proud of in yorkshire , sir Rodney Walker there talking about why we are so proud of this county, this celebration first began back in 1975 as a sort of protest movement against the local government. Yorkshire used to be divided into three ridings, but that was separated. Some land got put into humberside and some across the lancashire as well. But then in 1985 the Yorkshire Society tookit in 1985 the Yorkshire Society took it up as an official celebration. And now every year on the 1st of august we celebrate what is so good about yorkshire, about our heritage and about our people. And about our people. All oh, thank you, anna ryan i love that. Yes i love that. I love how strong and identity yorkshire in particular. I think if you think of counties of england, yorkshire definitely has the strongest identity. Begum it does. And my day is begum it does. And my day is not complete without a few cups of yorkshire tea. Do you know of yorkshire tea. Do you know what . Here in gb news we only have yorkshire tea. Anna riley when youre down here, ill make you a brew. Right. Thanks so much. A lovely day. Right. Much. Have a lovely day. Right. Still , you know how we still to come, you know how we were talking about it was divided three ridings. Divided into three ridings. Know the riding yes. You know the word riding actually comes from birding. Its a corruption of that word. So in the ages, when so back in the middle ages, when counties into thirds, counties were split into thirds, theyd called third ings, theyd be called third ings, third ings. And third riding ings. And thats how word came about. How the word came about. Bit of etymology love a bit of etymology in the tom harwood. Right. The morning. Tom harwood. Right. Still to come, Prime Minister rishi defends use rishi sunak defends his use of private it private jet journeys, dubbing it an efficient use of his time. That and much more to that and so much more to come. With. Gb news fast come. Youre with. Gb news fast approaching 1130 this morning. Im ray addison in the newsroom. And our top story , the newsroom. And our top story, the british beer and Pub Association has warned the governments alcohol duty changes will cost the industry. An extra £225 the industry. An extra £225 million in tax. The Prime Minister, however, has defended the overhaul, saying it will benefit thousands of businesses. The new system sees a shift from taxing alcoholic drinks based on their type, focusing instead on their type, focusing instead on their strength, duty on certain dnnks their strength, duty on certain drinks such as wine and vodka, will rise while tax on draught pints will be cut by around £0. 11. The home office has delayed moving Asylum Seekers to the bibby stockholm barge in dorset over Fire Safety Concerns. Thats despite previously saying that 50 migrants would move to their new accommodation in portland today. Move to their new accommodation in portland today. Further in portland today. Further inspections are now taking place to ensure that it fully complies with regulations once up and running, the facility will host around 500 men. Uk house prices have fallen at their fastest annual rate for 14 years, according to the Nationwide Building Society. In july, the building society. In july, the average price had fallen by 3. 8. Over the last 12 months, the average home is now worth around £260,000. Food Price Inflation here in the uk slowed to 13. 4 in july. Thats its lowest level so far this year. Falling prices for staple items such as oils, fish and Breakfast Cereals contributed to that decline. The contributed to that decline. The overall shop prices also saw a slowdown from 8. 4 in june to 7. 6 in july. You can get more 7. 6 in july. You can get more on all of those stories by visiting our website, gbnews. Com. Direct bullion sponsors. The finance report on gb news for gold and silver investors want. Want. Lets get a quick snapshot of todays markets. The pound will buy you 1. 2814 and ,1. 1675. Price of gold £1,527. 44 per ounce. And the ftse 100 is at 7666 points. Direct bullion sponsors the finance report on gb news for physical investment at the temperatures rising by next. Solar proud sponsors of weather on. Gb news morning, weather on. Gb news morning, alex deakin here with your latest weather update from the met office for gb news. Overall a drier day today compared to yesterday. Some of compared to yesterday. Some of us will see a little bit of sunshine as but it wont sunshine as well, but it wont be everywhere for quite be glorious everywhere for quite a of cloud this morning over a lot of cloud this morning over northwest parts northwest england, parts of northern wales, northern ireland, north wales, further rain here further outbreaks of rain here and some showers in southern scotland, zone, we scotland, too. In this zone, we will a few showers through will keep a few showers through the the one further the day. The odd one further south, some brighter spells south, but some brighter spells here across much of central here and across much of central and northern scotland. Well see and northern scotland. Well see a sunshine coming a bit of sunshine coming through. A bit breeze through. Still a bit of a breeze blowing, probably blowing, but overall probably feeling warmer than feeling a bit warmer than yesterday. Though, yesterday. Temperatures, though, still or below still mostly around or below average the time of year and average for the time of year and down to the southwest. Look at this weather coming in. This more wet weather coming in. This is going to be on the heavy side as well it spreads in side as well as it spreads in through evening across the through this evening across the south west, of south west, then into parts of wales. And an area of low wales. And its an area of low pressure that will dominate our weather and pressure that will dominate our weatiof and pressure that will dominate our weatiof tomorrow. And pressure that will dominate our weatiof tomorrow. Anof most of tomorrow. This line of rain northwards and then rain sweeps northwards and then kind of to grind to a kind of liking to grind to a halt during wednesday. Will halt during wednesday. It will bnng halt during wednesday. It will bring some milder air. So bring in some milder air. So its not going to be cold its not going to be a cold night across south for the night across the south for the north. We could dip into single figures in rural spots, but figures in some rural spots, but mostly the rain and mostly its about the rain and the tomorrow quite the wind. Tomorrow getting quite blustery the south coast blustery along the south coast and seasonably some heavy and seasonably windy. Some heavy showers fairly wet showers here staying fairly wet across of northern across parts of Northern England, some england, southern scotland, some brighter spells between the zones of rain. Again, northern scotland , probably not seeing scotland, probably not seeing too much rain, but with the winds coming in from the north or the east, it is not going to be particularly warm. So, again, high teens, low 20s at best. The temperatures rising , a the temperatures rising, a boxt solar proud sponsors of weather on gb news. Good morning. Its 1137. Good morning. Its1137. Youre with britains newsroom here on gb news. With me , tom here on gb news. With me, tom harwood and bev turner. So a difficult subject now, but i think one thats worth discussing. A british man released by a Cypriot Court after killing his seriously ill wife has said that he cannot find the words to describe how he feels. He feels. Yes, year old david hunter yes, 79 year old david hunter , who assisted his wife janice, who was 74 with her suicide and then spent 19 months in jail awaiting trial. So euthanasia is, of course, illegal in the uk, but some countries, such as canada, have been relaxing their laws further and further recently. So is euthanasia something that we allow in certain that we should allow in certain circumstances is this circumstances or is this a slippery moral slope . So were joined now by catholic chaplain father david palmer and anglican priest and author reverend michael coren. Author reverend michael coren. Thank you both very much for joining us. It is a difficult topic and we are quite a squeamish, arent we, david, if i can come to you around death. But it is something that we need to discuss. Do we have it right in this country or should we be making changes now to. Yeah. So i think i mean, the Catholic Church would teach that direct euthanasia. Thats the direct euthanasia. Thats the intentional taking of life is always morally inadmissible. And thats always been the basic position that society has had in the west on on the whole. And i would say its an absolutely correct, because if you take away that basic assumption , what away that basic assumption, what assumption do you replace it with . And i think thats thats the big issue. Well, maybe if whose lives yeah. If i can bring you in, michael reverend michael coren, maybe the assumption is that we should be more compassionate in an age where we have technology and science, perhaps that would allow somebody to have what might be termed a good death. Yeah , i would say more yeah, i would say more realistic, too. I mean, i wouldnt use the term euthanasia. I understand why you are, but i would call it call it assisted dying. Im sure your my colleague and certainly myself, we see death all the time as clergy. A lot of my time is clergy. A lot of my time is taking funerals, being with people on their death beds , people on their death beds, being with people who live with partners who are dying and in canada, we got it appallingly wrong. We made it so permissive, it became , well, more than it became, well, more than ludicrous. It became repugnant. Ludicrous. It became repugnant. And its been put on hold, actually. But it should be extremely limited and tightly controlled. Someone who is going to die very soon and wants to be surrounded by their loved ones are not alone in the middle of the night, frightened, isolated. Someone who is in such incredible pain. The only way to deal by making them deal with it is by making them constantly comatose , which constantly comatose, which does happen. Is terrified happen. Someone who is terrified of drowning in their own bodily fluid, which again is a fear that some people have now. These are very few cases and in such situations with a great deal of supervision, i think they should be allowed. But it has to be very tightly controlled. And in canada at one point we were saying yes to people who had Mental Health issues quality Mental Health issues or quality of life issues. Well, that simply is not a criteria. But you know, ive been married for 35 and my wife and i and 35 years and my wife and i and god forbid this would ever happen, but if my wife was in such agony, she couldnt go on. I believe the compassionate and loving thing for me to do would be to help her find an easier way into what i think is eternity, not to stand by an ideology that meant that she was in further and constant pain. Father david, what what do you make of this point that this is a more compassionate way forward , perhaps, that theres forward, perhaps, that theres more dignity sometimes in this path than in the Current Situation where we see people in pain or so heavily medicated that they sort of lose any semblance of humanity . Semblance of humanity . Well, the word compassion is interesting in itself, because compassion means to suffer with. And the whole idea of compassion is that we stand with somebody in their suffering, not that we kill them because thats quite the opposite. And i think sometimes its more about the relatives not being able to cope with standing in that difficult situation than it is about the person. And i think its also worth mentioning that Palliative Care come on dramatically in care has come on dramatically in leaps and bounds. And as as, as michael said, you know, increase hinckley, the numbers were actually suffering in the way were talking about is getting less and less. And i would much rather see much more Research Going into Palliative Care than going into Palliative Care than going down the line that we decide when someones life is of value or not. But i dont know who gets to make that decision. And you could say, well, the person sorry. Yeah, sorry. I think you were going to answer what i was going to say, but what if the person believes its their decision . So to give an okay. Yeah so to give an example, in that situation, if someones about to jump off a bndge someones about to jump off a bridge because have decided bridge because they have decided they their life , on they want to end their life, on they want to end their life, on the we would respect the whole, we would respect those who go and try and persuade them to not rather than the pushes them to the person who pushes them to help them. Help them. And its a its a very should we one back to back we throw that one back to back back to reverend michael . As i suppose, this is because as i suppose, this is a concern that that people might not be fully compos mentis. How not be fully compos mentis. How can we possibly know that this is this is a true desire or perhaps what sort of you describe safeguards, what sort of safeguards could possibly ever be effective . Thats an absolutely valid question. But can i first address what was said . Because with the greatest respect, this is where i get frustrated to use pedantry and to try and go back to an an ancient definition of a word to give a false comparison of someone jumping off a bridge suicide. And good lord, i deal with suicides. Thats a Mental Health issue and its not. Someone kills someone because you dont want to look after them. No, this is not what this them. No, this is not what this is about. If youve sat with someone who is in agony, who is terrified of dying alone, someone you love dearly, who is crying out, please just end it a little sooner than otherwise. Little sooner than otherwise. Thatis little sooner than otherwise. That is compassion and kindness. And i believe also the christian response. Your question is absolutely central. The guides absolutely central. The guides have to be very, very tight and taut. Have to be very, very tight and taut. The person has to request taut. The person has to request it once they lose the ability to , then no, i dont think we can proceed at all. Its not for other people to decide and define quality of life, but it is for the person whose life it is for the person whose life it is now as a christian, i believe in god. I believe god has absolute control. But in these years on earth, i think we are called to love others as ourselves. What would we want to do in such a situation then . Would we want our life to be prolonged, usually by a very short because short period . Simply because that done in the that was what was done in the past . Or would we want to maybe leave just a little earlier in dignity respect. I mean, i dignity with respect. I mean, i saw my grandparents die. My grandfather , whod been through grandfather, whod been through four years of the Second World War, won medals , been wounded, war, won medals, been wounded, and so on. He wanted to go earlier than he did. He was in a very bad state. Nothing could be done. Very bad state. Nothing could be done. But i dont look back at done. But i dont look back at his final days and weeks and think that was a glorious time at all. Father david palmer, can i ask you about this, this specific case then of david hunter, the 76 year old who assisted his his wife, who effectively held a pillow over his face, we heard in the court so that she could die. She had blood cancer and she was in agony. Do you think he should have been released from prison . Have been released from prison . I mean, i dont want to. I think the issue is not about being punitive to one person, because im sure what he did, he believed he was doing out of love and so on and probably was doing it out of love. Im not convinced that his choice was correct, but i think the issue is, is that once start kind is, is that once we start kind of giving exceptions , then it of giving exceptions, then it does become slippery slope. And you talk about the people with Mental Health issues in holland. And not so long ago, a 29 year old woman was assisted to die because she was depressed. And its all very well saying, well, we can put stringent well, she wanted to die. So if we just say its entirely down to the autonomy of the person that the society decided that actually that was wrong, that shouldnt have know, we have happened. But, you know, we cant just be down to individual autonomy because we are members cant just be down to individual au society. Because we are members cant just be down to individual au society. Becyaffectre are members cant just be down to individual au society. Becyaffect each members cant just be down to individual au society. Becyaffect each other bers i these are false arguments because we want a system where the person has to request and then a number of doctors have to say this is acceptable. Weve got to be realistic and deal with peoples pain and issues not to live by an ideology that isnt applicable. Think to the isnt applicable. Think to the human condition. Well, to both of you, thank you so much for this discussion. So many serious and valid points on either side of this. Points on either side of this. Catholic chaplain, David Catholic chaplain, father david palmer and anglican priest and palmer, and anglican priest and author reverend michael coren, thank much joining us. And we just want to say, if you were affected by anything you were affected by anything you heard in that discussion, there organisations can there are organisations that can offer you help. The samaritans, offer you help. The samaritans, of a of course. Are there 365 days a yean of course. Are there 365 days a year, 24 hours a day . You can call them for free on 11612, three or email them. Jo jo at samaritans. Org. Org or visit samaritans. Org. Org or visit samaritans. Org. Org or visit samaritans. Org to find your nearest branch. Now our our panellists are back with us. Joanna williams and nigel nelson. Nigel, if i can come to you first, it is a difficult discussion , but boy, its one we discussion, but boy, its one we have to have. Yes, i do have a feeling on it and i think that that was actually very thought provoking that that both of them were talking about. I do, because i think in principle assisted dying is something that is coming. Having something that is coming. Having said that, it needs remarkable safeguards to make it work. The trouble with safeguards is they never cater for every eventuality that might crop up. Eventuality that might crop up. And the kind of way id like it treated, and i think probably it is treated this way, is for when people come before the courts. People come before the courts. The courts must be compassionate about it. It becomes obvious this is not a murder for it becomes it becomes obvious that it was done out of mercy. I also think that that the system whereby why we do turn a bit of a blind eye to what doctors do in hospitals , that the morphine in hospitals, that the morphine dose might go up. I think it happened to my own mother when i looked at her chart and saw a sudden rise in in her morphine dose. And i cant blame the doctors for doing it if that, because the state that she was in at the time, life was certainly not worth living. So its kind of almost like saying keep things as they are provided. Everyone is sensible about it. Yeah. Joanna do you have a strong feeling on this . Yeah, i do. Im strongly opposed to it. I think we should call it euthanasia because i think we shouldnt implore you formalisms here. I think its possible to have the utmost sympathy for. For mainly for the person whos suffering and also compassion on for the relatives. But at the same time kind of have a moral sense of whats right and wrong here. And to me, fundamentally killing people is wrong. And thats what we would be doing. We would be killing someone. I we would be killing someone. I cant away from the slippery cant get away from the slippery slope arguments because death is not science. Im sure not an exact science. Im sure we all know people whove been suffering with cancer, whove been youve got two months been told, youve got two months to and year later to live, and a year later theyre here. And when do theyre still here. And when do we say, when is two weeks before death . You know, if it can be death . You know, if it can be measured, is that acceptable . Yeah. Well, what about if someones suffering a month beforehand or six months beforehand or six months beforehand . And there are beforehand . And then there are different mental different there are Mental Health might Health Reasons why people might be think rules be suffering. I think the rules and regulations, we can try, but were not dealing exact were not dealing with exact science here. What would you say to someone who might of lose their who might sort of lose their mental faculties . Because mental faculties . Because i think this is if think where i am on this is if i were to sort of have lose control of my body and have that in a sort of way, i, i still would want to be here. But if i lost sort of my mind and who i was in that sense, i think i would, id think, well, why should i continue on this if, if it would become very difficult for me to justify staying on this planet. But that worries me as well, because i worry also about the slippery slope argument in the sense of people not wanting to feel as if theyre being a burden to their relatives. That concerns me greatly because as soon as this is out there and its possible, then the risk is its possible, then the risk is it becomes normal and i certainly wouldnt want to think that was a burden to my that i was a burden to my children. To then people children. But to then people feel pressurised into perhaps having to do this in order to not be even be a burden on the nhs. Thats argument we saw nhs. Thats an argument we saw with know what . With covid. You know what . Rise in is we are having a rise in is suicides amongst elderly men actually , particularly in actually, particularly in america, we always know that the biggest killer of men across the world under 45 is suicide. They still shocks me every time i say that, but actually were seeing it now in older because they it now in older men because they dont want to be a burden on their family. Social care is so expensive. And so if people are taking things into their own hands. Nigel there may be more and more people then there is an argument to well, should argument to say, well, we should accommodate argument to say, well, we should acc yeah, date argument to say, well, we should acc yeah, dithink that that yeah, i think that that sounds like desperation and its the system them and it the system failing them and it shouldnt. Im not support shouldnt. So im not support suicide or ending it because theres no alternative. What im theres no alternative. What im talking about here is where somebody has got their mental faculties about them , that faculties about them, that theyre living in huge pain in that they know theyre coming to the end of their life. And if it then becomes their choice and this is where the tricky bit comes, it must be their choice to end it. Comes, it must be their choice to end it. That comes, it must be their choice to end it. That should be to end it. That should be allowed. Allowed. Mhm. Yeah. I think its, i think its such a, its such an interesting issue but you see i think i would, i would like to have control over my demise. Ultimately i had really great births, i had home births and a lot of people were saying well how can you do that. Its very brave. And i said, but i want to take control of that situation. And amazing births and so and i had amazing births and so i would also have as i would like to also have as good a death as possible. And i think in terms of and think in terms of dignity and autonomy, im but obviously there needs enormous there needs to be enormous safeguards in place. And i think i think its quite right. Canada canada seems to have got perhaps got it wrong. Perhaps switzerland better switzerland is a better is a better situation. We better situation. Should we should move on to should we should we move on to completely change the mood completely and change the mood in the room . I think i think we should mention a low point that there is a recall petition for a parliamentary going on parliamentary seat going on right for Margaret Ferrier, right now for Margaret Ferrier, the former snp mp , the woman who the former snp mp, the woman who travelled up and down the length of the country after knowing that she had covid. No, no, no, no, no, no. Isnt it that she hadnt no, no, no. Isnt it that she hadnt done the test and she then she got off the other end and then she got the positive. Both its both. Both its both. She, she, she even visited sort of shops and a spa and all the rest it. The rest of it. Who knew she like we used to do with the blue light. People always did with the blue. But theres a recall but but theres a recall petition. The results are due today could today by nigel nelson. Could labour seat from the snp . Yes, they could. That Margaret Ferrier had a majority of just over 5000. Its of just over 5000. So its obviously target seat obviously a labour target seat that snp captured it in that the snp captured it in 2015. Labour came back in 20. I think its the other way round in 2017 that labour won in 2017, sorry, labour then got it. Snp won again in 2019, so its one of those swing seats that labour certainly could take and keir starmer has been spending a remarkable time in scotland recently trying to get it back, but she might actually be allowed to keep her seat if this petition goes her way, right. Well, 10 of the constituents of her seat needs to sign up to the petition. So its quite a low bar in terms of forcing that by election. Most people expect the happen. But the by election will happen. But she stand in that she could then stand in that by election. Could win by election. She could win as an independent. Believe were still can you believe were still talking covid penalties talking about covid penalties for one . For women like this one . Cant. On the one well, i cant. On the one hand. You know, think hand. And, you know, i think there should an amnesty. I there should be an amnesty. I think shocking. People, think its shocking. People, students, still students, young people still being of pounds being fined thousands of pounds because they had the temerity to margaret these laws. No, no. No, no. No, no. Exactly. And thats why in this instance completely agree. Ihope this instance completely agree. I hope she gets ditched. Im amazed there hasnt been more outrage about this. Know, all the fuss that you know, all the fuss that was about a slice of was made about a slice of birthday street. Birthday cake in downing street. And woman who, as you and heres a woman who, as you say, travelled the length and breadth of the country. Hope breadth of the country. I hope they her right . They vote her out, right . Joanna nigel nelson, Joanna Williams nigel nelson, its today. Youre its been lovely today. Youre back tomorrow, arent back with me tomorrow, arent you, tom im indeed. Until thursday. Up until thursday. Up until thursday. Is it for britains that is it for britains newsroom today. Well up next, its live desk with mark its the live desk with Mark Longhurst and pip tomson and mark indeed here to tell us mark is indeed here to tell us all about and whats coming all about it and whats coming up on the programme. Mark, whats going on very much. It a Glass Half Full or is it a Glass Half Full or half empty . 19. Wheres my what is what lies in today . Of course, the bitter taste, according to the pubs, saying its to going cost them an extra £225 million. I think weve lost. I think weve lost. I think i think weve had some issues with marks microphone. We will get that sorted out. Him and pit will be here in just a minute. See you tomorrow. Heres the weather. The temperatures rising. A boxt solar proud sponsors of weather on. Gb news morning. Weather on. Gb news morning. Alex deakin here with your latest weather update from the met office for gb news. Overall a drier day today compared to yesterday. Some of us will see a little bit of sunshine as well, but it wont be glorious everywhere. Quite a lot of cloud this morning over northwest england Northern England and parts of northern ireland, wales , further ireland, north wales, further outbreaks rain here and some outbreaks of rain here and some showers in southern scotland, too, zone, we will keep too, in this zone, we will keep a few showers through day. A few showers through the day. The one south, but the odd one further south, but some brighter spells here and across of central and across much of central and northern well northern scotland. Well see a bit of sunshine through. Bit of sunshine coming through. Still a breeze blowing, still a bit of a breeze blowing, but feeling a but overall probably feeling a bit yesterday. Bit warmer than yesterday. Temperatures, still temperatures, though, still mostly or below average mostly around or below average for the time of year and down to the south west. At this, the south west. Look at this, more coming in. This more wet weather coming in. This is going to be on the heavy side as well as spreads in through as well as it spreads in through this across the this evening across the south west, then into parts of wales. Low wales. And its an area of low pressure will our pressure that will dominate our weather through tonight and most of tomorrow. Rain of tomorrow. This line of rain sweeps kind sweeps northwards and then kind of likely to grind to a halt dunng of likely to grind to a halt during wednesday. It will bring in some milder air. So its not going be a cold night across going to be a cold night across the for south the north. We could figures in could dip into single figures in some but mostly some rural spots, but mostly its about the rain and the wind. Tomorrow getting quite blustery south coast blustery along the south coast and windy. Some and seasonably windy. Some heavy showers staying wet showers here staying fairly wet across parts northern across parts of Northern England, scotland , some england, southern scotland, some brighter spells between the zones of rain. Again, northern scotland , probably not seeing scotland, probably not seeing too much rain, but with the winds coming in from the north or it is not going to or the east, it is not going to be particularly so, again, be particularly warm. So, again, high low at best. High teens, low 20s at best. The temperatures rising , a the temperatures rising, a boxt solar proud sponsors of weather on gb news. Good afternoon. It is midday. Youre watching the live desk on gb news. Coming up this tuesday lunchtime, the bitter taste of the chancellors alcohol duty hike. While britains pubs say could cost them an extra £225 million. Rishi sunak says its all something to cheer. 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