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They have begun a Murder Investigation after we understand a ten Year Old Girl was found dead inside a property in woking in surrey. Officers were called to an address in hammond road in woking at around 3 00 this morning following a tip off for a concern for safety. Thats all the details we have on this at the moment. Well bring you more as it comes to us. Well, our other main story on gb news this evening, the Police Service of Northern Ireland, says dissident republicans claim now to be in possession of officers. Details cells following an industrial scale data leak. The psni mistakenly shared members details 10,000 of them on tuesday , a group set up to tuesday, a group set up to assess the risk to officers caused by the breach has already had 500 referrals. Chief constable simon byrne says he is deeply sorry. Deeply sorry. An early worst Case Scenario that we have been dealing with is that third parties would attempt to get this data to intimidate, corrupt or indeed cause harm to our officers and staff. We are now aware that dissident republicans claim to be in possession of some of this information, often circulating on whatsapp. And as we speak, we are advising officers and staff about how to deal with that and any further risk that they. Face any further risk that they. Face now, 100,000 Illegal Migrants have crossed the English Channel since 2018. That landmark figure was reached today as another 11 dinghies carrying another 550 people were intercepted , people were intercepted, attempting to cross the channel illegally today. In a statement , the Home Office Said the unacceptable number of people making these dangerous crossings is also placing an unprecedented strain on our asylum system and the number of people waiting to start routine hospital treatment in england has reached a new record high. Nhs england found over 7. 5 Million People were waiting to start treatment. Waiting to start treatment. Thats at the end of june and its also the highest number since two thousand and seven. Cutting waiting lists is another of rishi sunak key priorities for 2023. In scotland, Nicola Sturgeon has been defending her governments use of taxpayer money for travel upgrades , as money for travel upgrades, as scotlands former first minister says the spending probably totalled less than just one flight taken by the Prime Minister. £10,000 was spent in three years on vip airport upgrades. In newly released upgrades. In newly released information, her successor, humza yousaf, has ordered a review. The high street chain review. The high street chain wilko has collapsed. Today, the companys appointed administrators, after falling into administration after failing to secure a rescue deal, putting around 12,000 jobs at risk. The chain has 400 stores right across the uk. And lastly right across the uk. And lastly , Virgin Galactic has completed its first Space Tourism flight, sending three passengers to the edge of space. The passenger has enjoyed weightlessness. We understand , for around five understand, for around five minutes of the trip as the vss unity reached 85km above the earth. Richard bransons company earth. Richard bransons Company Joins jeff bezos, blue origin and elon musks spacex in the fledgling Space Tourism business as us gb news across the uk. On your tv, in your car, on your Digital Radio and on your Smart Speaker by saying, play gb news. This is britains rt news. Channel osullivans law states that all organisations that are not explicitly right wing will become left wing. This is embodied by the recent case of the Magistrates Association , the self proclaimed association, the self proclaimed independent voice of the magistracy. This supposedly Apolitical Group has issued an inclusive, language style guide which includes the following use chair instead of chairman. Chair instead of chairman. Police officer instead of policeman spoke person or dreadful word. Instead of spokesman goes on some rather odd examples, such as a person with disability, not a disabled person , a wheelchair user, not person, a wheelchair user, not a person, a wheelchair user, not a person confined to a wheelchair, lives with or has not suffers from a particular condition, died by rather than committed suicide. Someone with mental suicide. Someone with Mental Health. They surely all of us have Mental Health of some degree rather than somebody who is mentally ill. And just when you thought it couldnt get any worse is it advocates limiting the of latin possible, the use of latin where possible, such as replacing ad infinitum with is very odd with endlessly. This is very odd because lots of latin terms have entered language. They entered our language. Do they ban word for example . Ban the word data for example . Anyway, magistrates anyway, the Magistrates Association has responded to this backlash rather boldly, saying that we make no apology for using inclusive language, but language and politics are inextricably linked and interwoven with the diversity and inclusion agenda has been used by the left to promote its worldview, and its not just language, its opinion that flows from the language. And flows from the language. And this was shown by the farage de banking scandal diversity, inclusion was used to enforce a set of metropolitan views. The opinions of nigel on europe, on Climate Change and immigration were questioned because they didnt fit in with the diversity in immigration approved views , in immigration approved views, diversity and inclusion approved views. And its not about equal opportunities, which is what one thought it was about in the beginning. And the ideology which pretends to be above politics isnt it is political because the ideas they express arent above contention. They include things like Critical Race Theory and they become expressions of ethical practise rather than the truth that you want to have equality of peoples opportunity and positioning within the state. And nigel covered in his programme earlier, revealing the agenda pursued by natwest out of racial and gender quotas. This is what it leads to. You set the language and then the policies flow. Even though such policies flow. Even though such policies run in direct contradiction to our traditions of meritocracy , our traditions of meritocracy, they are contentious and they are part of a radical political ideology and this isnt new language. Age has always been at language. Age has always been at the heart of power. After language. Age has always been at the heart of power. After norman conquest, there was a division in language between ruler and ruled. And we see this in the ruled. And we see this in the words we still use today. So beefis words we still use today. So beef is from the french and was what the rulers, the norms were eating while cow is from the anglo saxons. And its what the anglo saxons. And its what the anglo saxons. And its what the anglo saxons peasant was tending. You see that power dynamic beef for the powerful cow for the weak language is an expression of power. And its been used by the left to control the way organisations actions think. Its an effort to wire their ideology into our institutions. Now the Magistrates Association may not be bright enough to realise how political it is being , but it political it is being, but it has become an advocate for a hard left political ideology. Hard left political ideology. Its ideological nature is also exposed by the fact that its ignorant, its shows up as being political because they dont know the history of our language. So in the germanic languages , man means person languages, man means person first and also then means male. First and also then means male. Interestingly, in anglo saxon from which english is of course in part derived man and woman were male and female. The where were male and female. The where in man is commonly dropped out. The wife has become wo so woman and the suffix man or man in more modern usage does not imply male. So chairman does not imply a man. Policeman does not imply a man. Policeman does not imply a man. Policeman does not imply a man. Once again , inclusion is a man. Once again, inclusion is used as a pretext to try and tell us what to think. And the tell us what to think. And the magistrate magistrate , like all magistrate magistrate, like all our our judicial outlets, ought to be a political and use the language of everyday life. It ought not be a mouthpiece of the ideologue as in the labour party. As always, i want to know your thoughts. Dont forget, let me know what you think. Male margaret gbnews. Com but im now delighted to be joined by the human rights lawyer david hague. David, thank you for joining me. Do you agree with me that language is fundamentally important and cannot be disassociated from politics . Yes, absolutely i do, jacob. And i think, you know, a lot of your viewers may or may not know. The Magistrates Court is incredibly important in the administration of justice. They look after maybe 90 of criminal cases as well family cases. Cases as well as family cases. So this is very important. Cases as well as family cases. So this is very important. Its so this is very important. Its not its not an unimportant issue. And of course we already issue. And of course we already you i think we all want you know, i think we all want a judiciary that doesnt discriminate people against people on the grounds of things like disability or or age. Like disability or sex or age. And of course, we already have legislation helps protect legislation that helps protect that. Legislation that helps protect that. Now, what seen, that. Now, what weve seen, obviously, is now that the magistrates bring Magistrates Association bring trying to bring in new language which youve described very, very well. And you know, from very well. And you know, from a human rights perspective , like human rights perspective, like i said, its very admirable that we stop discrimination in courts and there may well be some, but do to go that extra do we want to go that extra level and put another burden on already overworked Magistrates Courts about whether or courts worrying about whether or not to call someone a chair, a chairperson or a chair woman because i think what you say is so important that we all want to have absolute confidence that our courts are are impartial and that they dont discriminate against anybody. Because as soon as you start discriminating, you may find the innocent guilty. And thats the worst aspect of any form of legal system. If the innocent legal system. If the innocent are found guilty and so what worries me is that this politicises it and brings in something that has become an ideology of the left into something that ought to be apolitical. Well, absolutely. And i think well, absolutely. And i think that thats the key. We already have legislation, as you well know , that actually talks about know, that actually talks about equality and diversity and sets laws which apply to courts as well. For instance, covers things like Mental Health and the need to make reasonable adjustments on the judiciary in cases of Mental Health and other disabilities. So with the magistrates, with the Magistrates Association effectively putting in place additional language and additional language and additional requirements , thats additional requirements, thats over and above whats already there in legislation, i think its unnecessary , its confusing its unnecessary, its confusing and as you say , its political. And as you say, its political. And its certainly confusing because even the Magistrates Association has had to try and clarify what it meant because its pretending that this isnt for magistrates, its just for volunteers within the Magistrates Association, but that seems to me a bit of an ex post facto explanation. Ian well, absolutely. I mean why, why then issue that . Why then issue that . Why make it public . You know, the Magistrates Association needs to look after effectively magistrates as well as, as you mentioned, the supporters. Now, you know, if that was case at the time, that was the case at the time, why not make clear, you why not make that clear, you know, and as people have said why having this why were having this discussion, confusing. And discussion, it is confusing. And like i said, the magistrates are you incredibly important you know, incredibly important in administration of in the administration of justice. Already would justice. Theyre already i would imagine, overworked imagine, very much overworked and somewhat under resourced in terms of the actual Court Buildings and the administration of it. So i think theres a lot more focus that should be had on on administration of on the Actual Administration of the and resources we can the justice and resources we can give magistrates than give to the magistrates than this. This. And isnt it fair to say that this is an unusual mistake by the Magistrates Association, which broadly a good which is broadly a good organisation, try and help organisation, to try and help magistrates better magistrates do their job better and that thats a valuable role and that thats a valuable role and you want an organisation that does Something Like that. That does Something Like that. I think its a very valuable role and you know the magistrates are something i think brits can be very think we as brits can be very proud of, know, particularly proud of, you know, particularly when at, you know, gone when we look at, you know, gone of the days when you see, you know, odd old white know, 70, 70 odd year old white male a magistrate, you have a male as a magistrate, you have a very diverse set of magistrates now country. And now across the country. And thats that we be thats something that we can be very, very of. There are very, very proud of. There are other the judiciary other areas in the judiciary that to be addressed that that needs to be addressed and ifs that that needs to be addressed and its not obviously that that needs to be addressed andthe its not obviously that that needs to be addressed andthe job its not obviously that that needs to be addressed andthe job of s not obviously that that needs to be addressed andthe job of the ot obviously that that needs to be addressed andthe job of the magistrates not the job of the Magistrates Association, but should be association, but we should be focusing on areas in the judiciary that are not representative country, judiciary that are not represen i |tive country, judiciary that are not represeni think country, judiciary that are not represeni think certainly ntry, judiciary that are not represeni think certainly the. Whereas i think certainly the magistrates are and the magistrates are and the magistrates have evolved to become more representative of the country as a whole over the last 20 or 30 years. It didnt happen overnight, but it evolved. And this is perhaps my key point that language should rather language should evolve rather than edict. Than being changed by edict. Absolutely , absolutely. I it absolutely, absolutely. I mean as as the country , you mean as as the country, you know, the makeup of the country and things have changed in laws and things have changed in laws and the magistrates and you know, the magistrates have slowly evolved from have slowly evolved now from when i trained a solicitor, when i trained as a solicitor, some to now, theres some time ago to now, theres been changes. And like been a lot of changes. And like i you go and see i said, you go and see a magistrates now up and down the country and they are no longer 60 year old white, white 60 or 70 year old white, white men. Know, you have good men. You know, you have a good representation of sorts of representation of all sorts of people that make britain. And people that make up britain. And thats, said, something thats, like i said, something to of. But that, as you to be proud of. But that, as you say, evolved over time. It say, has evolved over time. It wasnt or wasnt a written note or a memorandum from one association to change overnight. It to change overnight. It and what importance would you attach to the Magistrates Association advocating for diversity and inclusion as a general rule rather than in this specific document . Specific document . And i think its a general rule. Its, you know, its something positive, but its, you know, they should apply the law as it exists and not try and go beyond that. We already have as i mentioned, we already have the equality act, another legislation covers legislation that covers discrimination and how to address people, etcetera. So lets laws rather lets stick to the laws rather than go over and above that until those laws are changed. Now, laws are changed, now, if the laws are changed, then lets follow them. But lets that. And lets not go beyond that. And i think it causes confusion for everyone that. Everyone when you do that. Well, thank you very much, david. The Magistrates Association has issued a statement and it said our style guide is a resource that we like many other organisations, have available to our staff and volunteers to ensure consistent use of the english language. It would be for the Judicial Office and not has been and not us, as has been erroneously suggested in the media formal guidance media to issue formal guidance to magistrates on the topic. Well, thank you to the Magistrates Association for that. Ask them to put that. We did ask them to put forward spokesman forward a spokesman, spokesman but they declined and let me know what you think. Male margaret gbnews. Com coming up, is it time to leave the European Court of human plus get court of human rights plus get about tannoy this is the final call for all Long Distance lovers. Im flying round the world to marry a man that ive never met. How do i know that youre even the person you say you are . Please fasten your seatbelts. Maybe were not actually supposed to be in this relationship. As we expect turbulence ahead. Can you not see my insides breaking . How far would you go for love . Brand new 90 day fiance uk, available to stream only on discovery . Watch at no extra cost. Say, get discovery into your voice remote to activate. Radio. Welcome back. Im still Jacob Rees Mogg, and this is state of the nation. Youve been getting in touch with your thoughts. Steve very pithily. Steve diversity equals division and rob , which sounds the best for rob, which sounds the best for the country to be a or be a diverse definition , unalike diverse definition, unalike people with diverse interests composed of distinct or unlike elements or qualities at odds with each other, or be integration definition. The action or process of successfully joining or mixing with a Different Group of people. Well, when did everything diverse take over from integrating . And i thats integrating . And i think thats really i think really important. Rob i think you hit the nail on the head actually, the success of this nafion actually, the success of this nation has been in integrating people as they have come here and being a whole. I did the piece about West Harptree yesterday and West Harptree is a community. Lee and community is about coming together and its been the success of the melting potidea been the success of the melting pot idea in the united states. So i rather agree with you. Once you put people in groups and blocks, youre deliberately causing division. And i think causing division. And i think the left do that because they think it them a electoral think it gives them a electoral support. A number of reports support. A number of reports over the past 24 hours have suggested that senior politicians and advisers close to the Prime Minister have suggested that campaigning to leave the European Court of human rights at the next election may the only viable election may be the only viable solution to solving the small boats crisis. And you will have boats crisis. And you will have noficed boats crisis. And you will have noticed the news 100,000 have noticed on the news 100,000 have been reached today. Migrants over the last five years since the small boats started coming. The minister , robert the immigration minister, Robert Jenrick, said recently that the government would do whatever it takes the numbers. The takes to tackle the numbers. The usual suspects expressed their confected horror at the thought of a policy. Sort of of such a policy. The sort of people think that without people who think that without the echr we behave in the way our co signatory russia does, which course behaves well which of course behaves so well as in spite of its as a member in spite of its repeated violations. But as weve discussed before on this programme, not only do we get our rights from parliament, from democracy, the echr is a quasi political body with its judges nominated by politicians in the Member States of the council of europe and not all being judges in our understanding of them. Its a deeply flawed institution. Ian in the meantime , were such. Ian in the meantime, were such question to arise for difference between us and the court. The best thing for parliament to do is to use its normal powers to override the court as we did in the case of prisoner voting rights. Well im joined now by an mp and former member of the European Parliament as well, and somerset neighbour and neil parish, neil, do you think the time has come for to us say, look, weve left the eu . It makes no sense to belong to the echr as well, even though theyre distinct bodies. Yes, i mean i think we always need a check and balance, but that done by our own that can be done by our own Supreme Court and so therefore, i think legislation would need to to make that to be passed to make sure that cases werent taken any more to the European Court of human rights. So i think lets do it. But of course we need to put it in the manifesto because it would not go through the house of lords. As you know. Jacob. They would block it. So therefore, if it put in the manifesto the next election, manifesto for the next election, if we to if the if we were to win, if the conservatives that conservatives were to win that election, then they have every chance of putting it forward. It get do you think it would get through the house of commons at the because many our the moment because many of our fellow conservatives be fellow conservatives would be strongly this . Strongly opposed to this . Think it would go i dont think it would go through commons at through the house of commons at the no. But think what the moment, no. But i think what i everybody is upset about i think everybody is upset about is just the numbers of people are coming. Know robert are coming. I know Robert Jenrick the radio jenrick was on the radio yesterday. Were a yesterday. They were doing a deal with turkey, is deal with turkey, which is a great because i think lot great help because i think a lot of and engines are of the boats and engines are made in turkey. And think if made in turkey. And i think if we can actually do agreement. So, mean, the whole so, i mean, i think the whole idea im really excited to i idea and im really excited to i know its a bit beyond the remit, but of the trade deal with india, know, finally we with india, you know, finally we are getting these are are getting somewhere. These are this good deal. So i think this is a good deal. So i think we should take advantage and actually, mean, i voted actually, i mean, i voted remain. You voted brexit. But i think the issue for me now is that weve left the eu. Lets that weve left the eu. Lets actually have our own laws. And why do we even i mean, i used to sit in the European Parliament. It used to amuse me, really. I had a very sceptical electorate. But when they, when they lost a case here, they would want to take it to the European Court. And i used to say more or less say to them, well, i thought you didnt believe in the european union, actually sort of dominating our court system. But dominating our court system. But people still did. People still did. On the arguments for staying in the echr, because i think there are still some tory party who are strongly supportive of it. So the first is that we wrote it. Lord kilmuir, the lord chancellor , and the 1960s was chancellor, and the 1960s was the main author of it, a conservative figure. It was conservative figure. It was a product of uk jurisprudence and it was about setting country as a standard that they should aspire to after the horrors of the second world war. Isnt there some nobility in that . There is, but of course, you you alluded to the fact when you introduce this, that the Member States will decide who the judges are that go forward and of course, you know, we can call them difficult liberal judges. We can call them what we like. But there are a very mixed bag of judges. And so therefore , of judges. And so therefore, wouldnt it actually be better to have i mean, i think we have to, in the end, you have to expect a check and balance, dont you . Politics however keen you and i might be on it, it does have to be. There does have to be a judiciary. Does have to be. There does have to be a judiciary. But what to be a judiciary. But what i dont want to see is a judiciary just overruling parliament all of the time because i public out there are really fed up. They want us to help those that genuinely need to seek asylum. But a lot of these are economic migrants that are coming. And i think this is where i think people are getting so upset. And then if the court interferes us, then if the court interferes us, then why should they . I think thats peoples view. I mean, im a great advocate of the dyson concept of parliamentary sovereignty and that if you dont like the parliament, you change it at the next election. But it does make us Unusual Country in us a very Unusual Country in this that the united us a very Unusual Country in this has that the united us a very Unusual Country in this has its|at the united us a very Unusual Country in this has its supreme|ited us a very Unusual Country in this has its Supreme Court states has its Supreme Court almost country has almost every other country has a Supreme Court that can say no. Parliament that you have gone too far. We parliament that you have gone too far. We dont. Do you think we miss something by not having that protection on of certain absolutely basic and fundamental rights . Yeah, i think if you were to leave the echr, then i think youd have to put a structure in place. But youd have to be careful how you put that in because you might create it, dare i say it, another monster. And so when you put a check and balance in place, its got to be reasonable and reasoned. And also actually believe that the parliament of the day, as you quite rightly, should have its way. And then should have its way. And then the electorate after that can decide. And so but of course, if a government does go too far, it might be left as well as right, but then it does have to be there has to be a balance. Dodi himself after the 1911 Parliament Act came to the conclusion that the best check on the house of commons was actually a referendum and that the house of commons should not be able to upend the constitution without getting specific approval from the electorate. Thats something im quite attracted by even after our experience of 2016. Do you think that is an answer so that you embed any constitutional change in democracy rather than in a judiciary . In a judiciary . I think referenda is okay if you can actually dont you dont make the arguments too complex. Make the arguments too complex. And so therefore i dont think you can use it for everything. And so therefore i think you will still need a legal check because i think some things will just very difficult. And also, as you well know, to actually organise a full scale referenda in this country takes some doing andifs in this country takes some doing and its not going to happen on every issue, is it . Every issue, is it . Its quite an effort. But the electorate voted on the alternative vote on the Voting System and that was quite complex. But they cut through the chase on that and realised it was just a scheme to keep the lib dems in power forever. They clearly understood the brexit referendum it that pr and referendum isnt it that pr and the dog, the tail wheels wags the dog, the tail wheels wags the dog. Thats the problem with the whole thing. And i think thats where you know if you are a small party you always want proportional representation. If youre a large party, you dont. You do definitely. But referendums could be part of the solution. It could be. But like i said, wed have to get more. Perhaps the swiss style where you link it to other elections so that you can actually do it at the same time, get the turnout and make its done properly. Make sure its done properly. Otherwise you get low otherwise you get very low turnouts. Would then turnouts. And would you then have that would would have the result that would would it legitimate . It be legitimate . Thank very much, well, thank you very much, neil. Thank you very much for joining me. Oh, coming up, what is are a is a baronet . Plus, are you a fan of smoked scottish herring. Fan of smoked scottish herring. Thank you very much. Thats great pleasure and hello there. Welcome to your latest broadcast for gb news. Im greg dewhurst. Were going to see dewhurst. Were going to see increasing risk of showers as we move towards the weekend , but move towards the weekend, but there will be some sunny spells just turning a little cooler too. We look at the bigger picture. This area of low pressure moves in another area of low for the weekend, of low pressure for the weekend, bringing risk of showers, bringing the risk of showers, though as recent though not as windy as recent weekends for evening. Its weekends for this evening. Its been fine end to the day for many, but we do have this area of rain pushing north and eastwards. Be heavier eastwards. It could be heavier for across northern for a time across Northern Ireland as it crosses into scotland generally, scotland to elsewhere generally, quite a cloudy, warm, muggy night to come. A lot of cloud around, some drizzle over the hills. Temperatures remaining in double figures, 17, 18 degrees is a low for some of us. A bit of a cloudy start to friday. Still rain across scotland. Still some rain across scotland. Heavy times, pushing away heavy at times, pushing away north eastwards and slowly north eastwards and then slowly through it starts through the morning, it starts to up. We see to brighten up. We could see this push into this area of cloud push into southeast though, to southeast england, though, to give rain for give some showery rain for the afternoon elsewhere bright afternoon in elsewhere bright afternoon in elsewhere bright afternoon , sunny spells and afternoon, sunny spells and scattered turning breezy scattered showers turning breezy around western coast, making it feel a cooler here. Still feel a little cooler here. Still highs reaching 27 degrees towards east anglia. And then saturday this low approaches us gives spells of rain across the north and the west of the uk as the winds pick up. Best of the dnen the winds pick up. Best of the drier, brighter weather holding on towards the south east. But even here, well see some showers moving in later on in the day. And blustery the day. And quite blustery temperatures a little cooler, too. Continues into too. And that continues into sunday with further sunday and monday with further showers temperatures. Showers and temperatures. A little average. Looks like little below average. Looks like things are heating up. Things are heating up. Boxed boilers proud sponsors of weather on. Radio. Welcome back , man. Jacob welcome back, man. Jacob rees mogg. And youve been getting in touch with your thoughts. Robin says , as we thoughts. Robin says, as we havent got time to put it in any manifesto, we need to deal with people of this with it now. The people of this country are sick death of country are sick to death of this procrastination by the government and want action. Robin disagree, but robin i dont disagree, but theyre just, in my view, isnt a majority the of a majority in the house of commons. There are enough conservative who would vote conservative mps who would vote against stage and against it at this stage and that think you could get that i dont think you could get it through. And you need a mandate from the british people to all answerable. To whom we are all answerable. But nicola says, as i understand it, the government could relatively disappear relatively easily disappear by the relation to the echr in relation to immigration like did immigration policy like it did in case of prisoner voting. In the case of prisoner voting. Is not correct . Yes thats is that not correct . Yes thats my view, actually. I think that you can disapply individual items and then have a discussion on, as we did over prisoner voting rights. Anyway, the voting rights. Anyway, the british system is british peerage system is beautifully complex , but the beautifully complex, but the hierarchy of dukes marquises , hierarchy of dukes marquises, earls, viscounts and barons may be the limit of the nobility, but not of titles created by james. The first in 1611 was the concept of the baronet , the only concept of the baronet, the only hereditary title not be included in the peerage. It is in fact, in the peerage. It is in fact, in effect, an hereditary knighthood, and king james set them up as a means of funding them up as a means of funding the crown. The tariff started off at £1,000 and then got cut because he sold too many. Whilst modern Prime Ministers may be accused cronyism with respect accused of cronyism with respect to peerages, to knighthoods and peerages, this is nothing new. This phenomenon is nothing new. Liberal Prime Minister david lloyd made his party and lloyd george made his party and private office a lot of money by selling peerages, baronetcies and knighthoods for £50,000, £30,000 and £10,000 respectively, prompting the honours prevention of abuses act of 1925. But these constitutional quirks still exist today, and theyre one of the glories of our nation, one of gb news very own most senior and competent producers, became and competent producers, became a lord in the past few years after being given about ten square feet of in orkney. Square feet of land in orkney. So hes clearly hoping that the island united island doesnt leave the United Kingdom anyway. Im joined now by Benjamin Slade , by sir Benjamin Slade, somersets baronet , somersets best known baronet, and sir benjamin definitely didnt buy his baronetcy because it was awarded. Hes the seventh baronet to a distinguished ancestor for his service in the peninsula war. So tell me, what is a baronet . What response ability does it give you and doesit ability does it give you and does it open any doors . Does it open any doors . Its a small baron. Its a small baron. Its a small baron. In other words, youre not a baron, but youre sort of like a sergeant major. I wish i was further up. I wish i was a general, but im not. And so it doesnt give you any responsibility as we get to wear a badge. And thats about it. But it does help with americans americans like they love that sort of thing. Yeah. And as a baronet, youve been a very high profile one, mainly because youve kept on advertising for a wife , because advertising for a wife, because you want to have an heir , youve you want to have an heir, youve got a daughter. Do you think baronetcies should be able to go through line . Another through the female line . Another titles , actually, some scottish titles, actually, some scottish ones actually do go through the female line and i cant remember them, but my daughters illegitimate. Illegitimate. But there might be more on the way and you never know. Im dating at the moment. You still advertise it for a wife. I dont advertise. Ijust wife. I dont advertise. I just put in. I needed a lady of the house and because the last one had run off with the handyman, i was looking for a new handyman and i put that on the website and it went viral around the world. And everybody from africa, india and south america applied. And then i had to limit it to people who could fly. Helicopters had driving didnt driving licences and didnt read the guardian. No guardian readers things that. Readers and things like that. I always got two columns in the guardian for that, you know, so there be gb news viewer, there could be a gb news viewer, because that would be politically more sympathetic. Who would be entirely who would be entirely suitable applications to you suitable. So applications to you in . In somerset . Yes, i think its on the website. Theyve got to be castle trained. They a little bit accountancy, a little bit bit of accountancy, a little bit of a legal work would be helpful. A little of private income. A little bit of private income would be very useful. A large fortune would be more useful. Cuts you know, my ex wife had 17 cats. Two of them were tom cats. And its the only divorce in british legal history where the tom was cited as the tom cat was cited as the co respondent. Luckily judge co respondent. Luckily the judge didnt like cats, right . That was all dealt with. So that was all dealt with. So in your community, in the somerset community, do you feel a sense of responsibility , duty a sense of responsibility, duty to the people in your part of somerset as a baronet, or would that be a responsible that you would have regardless . Would have regardless . I dont think i have any responsible duty in our part of somerset. I just like to have fun and make a few quid , which fun and make a few quid, which are making a few quid as have been avoiding me for the last few years. But im doing my best part of somerset. There are some really interesting developments going on the electric battery on that the electric battery plant is going to happen. Youre not a million miles away from Hinkley Point. Its part of the county thats really doing very well. I have to say that a bridgwater is the epicentre. Not only have the biggest only does it have the Biggest Development the whole of development in the whole of europe, point europe, which is Hinkley Point power still power station, which is still progressing, but also we have this new battery factory which is going be one of the is to going be one of the biggest buildings in europe, which is jaguar, tata. This which is jaguar, tata. And this is affecting out of is affecting me. Im out of doing now. The fire doing weddings now. The fire officer down. Ive got officer shut me down. Ive got to a fortune on having all to spend a fortune on having all the bedrooms , have got to have the bedrooms, have got to have fire escapes running out them fire escapes running out of them and like that. And things like that. So its a bit boring. And electricity bit boring. And the electricity company, the got to company, the bill got to 102,000in lockdown and it and it was too much. So theyve cut me off and im running on a generator at the moment. So but i looking to lease the house i am looking to lease the house out to executives. Do we need more House Building provide the houses building to provide the houses for the people who are going to be these areas . Be working in these areas . Because youve got strong because i know youve got strong views house design. Views on house design. I think there should be more beautiful houses is. They beautiful houses as it is. They must release the land. But there is another problem. Theres no access Electric City to access to the Electric City to be able to lock to in the supply of electricity. And we have a big problem at the moment that you cant necessarily do whatever want to do because whatever you want to do because there isnt the power and you cant draw down without it. That and we have a serious problem. And we have a serious problem. But i think point will help with that because it will provide a major power source and particularly if youre nearby, surely itll be possible to get the electricity. And thats one of car battery of the reasons the car battery plant because plant is going there, because its source of guaranteed its a source of guaranteed secure power. Secuie power. Secure power. Eight times more we are eight times more expensive india and china. Expensive than india and china. And however , the government has and however, the government has given them a good slug of money or some huge subsidy to make it viable. But in actual fact, what viable. But in actual fact, what we really do , if were going to we really do, if were going to prosper, is have cheaper electricity. Look, if a local shop up the road is spending £56,000 a year on electricity , £56,000 a year on electricity, its just ridiculous. Well, this has been a constant theme of this programme that we cannot get to net zero by making people cold and poor and you saying cost and you were saying cost £102,000 heat your house. £102,000 to heat your house. They actually fiddled the metres. I actually argued with them and we put in, we changed them and we put in, we changed the metres and we got it down to 62,000. But its still a rather a lot of money. And thats your generator working. Is that an efficient way polluting way way or is that a polluting way of getting power . The generator is probably polluting, running at polluting, but its running at about a year based on about 3 to £4000 a year based on on diesel and which is which is a lot easier at the moment. However, i dont see how businesses can pay all this amount of money. We must consider entrate not so much on Asylum Seekers , which is Asylum Seekers, which is a blind, but weve got to concentrate on people heating their houses. Otherwise every fish chip shop north of fish and chip shop north of watford get fish. They watford cant get any fish. They cant get the oil that comes from the ukraine and we cant heat this vat. Theres all these heat this vat. Theres all these zero taxes on the heating and i think weve got to stop that. Well thank you, benji. We need to end where we started. What happens to your title if one of our viewers doesnt get in touch . Is a suitable person to provide the heir slade baronetcy . Suitable person to provide the heiiunfortunately baronetcy . Suitable person to provide the heiiunfortunately , aronetcy . Suitable person to provide the heiiunfortunately , itonetcy . Suitable person to provide the heiiunfortunately , it alltcy . Suitable person to provide the heiiunfortunately , it all dies unfortunately, it all dies out and desperately need a out and i desperately need a wife to run the peninsula man had 11 sons. Is that all . Died out . Is that all . Died out . Theres no route through. Theyve all died in battle. There is no there is no male heir. So weve got to have male heirs and weve got to get on with it. And also the wife must have some brain cells because i havent any. Wed like havent got any. And wed like to inherit them and they could they could run the empire because austen said, because as jane austen said, anybody a big house and anybody with a big house and ive of them, you must ive got two of them, you must need wife fast. Need a wife fast. Well, benji, thats absolute brilliant. Its very useful to know precisely who a baronet is, what he has to do, but that he doesnt have an enormous amount of responsibilities, but need somebody run his somebody to help him run his house. Coming after the house. Coming up after the break, will be standing break, it will be standing up with welcome back. I continue to identify as Jacob Rees Mogg , and identify as Jacob Rees Mogg, and this is state of the nation. Youve been getting in touch with your mail mugs and having had peter and thomas and some read them , alfred was absolutely read them, alfred was absolutely determined to join in the fun. So alfred and jim says, great show, jacob. Are you enjoying , quote are you enjoying, quote unquote working from home . Well, jim, yes, i am. And well, jim, yes, i am. And ive got a fantastic team whove come down here whove done such a good job, worked very hard to make everything happen. But its been nice to be with my children make everything happen. But its been niweek. 3e with my children make everything happen. But its been niweek. Have h my children make everything happen. But its been niweek. Have we |y children make everything happen. But its been niweek. Have we got1ildren for the week. Have we got another one as well, alfred . Another one as well, alfred . Rachel boycott says dear jacob, big fan of yours, but please stand corrected. We all know the county of yorkshire is gods own county and not somerset. Somerset. Well, my goodness, that is such a compliment. That is lady boycott. Sir geoffrey boycotts wife. I cannot tell you how wife. I cannot tell you how flattered i am that youre watching the programme and im very nervous that i still very nervous to say that i still disagree with you. Somerset is gods own county, though. My mother helen , was. Mother in law, helen, was. Mother be on your side. As mother may be on your side. As i said the break, earlier said before the break, earlier in the week, we had the latest edition of the commercial success as sit with success known as sit down with sitwell. But what we didnt tell you is that earlier we did a bit of standing to you, indeed, some standing in a part of my house, which pretend i use all which i cant pretend i use all that often. The kitchen. Why you may ask . Well, it was a few years ago now when the great Alexander Boris de johnson and i met it after a busy day of brexit leadership campaigning. Actually boris had been indefatigably waving kippers at a hustings meeting in an attempt to remind the public that brexit had all sorts of benefits to help unleash britains latent herring industry. He was of course, as usual, fully vindicated as britains herring industry is now stronger than even industry is now stronger than ever. But this isnt just a fishy tale because id actually eaten boris dinner having spoken for him at an event that he was meant to do but couldnt because he was doing the hustings when he was doing the hustings when he came to my house he realised he came to my house he realised he was a bit peckish. Family were all in somerset for the School Holidays and there wasnt a food around. Well that a lot of food around. Well that was the kippers. So was left were the kippers. So after a rummage the after a rummage through the kitchen the necessary kitchen to find the necessary utena boris did the utena morsels, boris did the honours and fried up those kippers that hed been waving about a few hours earlier. Im not sure how fresh they were because the house stank for a few days afterwards , but i asked few days afterwards, but i asked william how he would do it, how he would cook them, perhaps less smelling in a selfless act smelling and in a selfless act of sitwell of charity. William sitwell taught how to complete this taught me how to complete this Impossible Task. Earlier in the Impossible Task. Earlier in the week. Week. Now, jacob, i know that this is your house, but this is a room you may not have been in. This is a this is a kitchen. Well, come in here occasionally, make the odd cup of coffee or have a bottle of biscuits to keep myself fed. Okay when finish the cup of when you finish the cup of coffee, you it back coffee, do you bring it back here or does it linger in another part of the house . I have a nasty feeling if you went round the house you might find quite coffee cups in quite a few coffee cups in different places away. Different places hidden away. Okay. Know where the okay. Do you know where the dishwasher okay. Do you know where the disi no, ;her okay. Do you know where the disino,;her no, dont. No, no, no, dont. Theres a sink there where you a very useful. You can wash up a very useful. But as i think i may have told you before, as im entering into my anecdotage during boriss leadership campaign, he had some boriss leadership campaign, he had and some some boriss leadership campaign, he had and some great some boriss leadership campaign, he had and some great brexit kippers and some great brexit advantage. Got advantage. Thats why youve got kippers, theyd kippers, not these ones. Theyd have gone bit off by now and we met up because id done an event for he came round to my for him and he came round to my house in carlton street and was a bit peckish hed a bit peckish because hed missed therefore missed his tucker and therefore cooked it cooked these kippers and it seemed to be immeasurably seemed to me to be immeasurably complicated thing. Searched complicated thing. We searched every find something every cupboard to find something to it in and get the right to put it in and get the right equipment and then he fried them up. But you apparently think this is all very easy. Well the art of cooking kippers is quite simple, and ill discuss that in a minute. A minute. Course, the important of course, the important thing kipper, all thing about the kipper, like all food, provenance makes food, is the provenance makes all buy. You know, good fish all you buy. You know, good fish from a source. There should from a good source. There should be fresh, have a good fish souice. Source. You read your absolutely gripping restaurant reviews in all sorts of fancy places you go to. And i think, well, that would give me indigestion just to look at you. Well, some of them i do get indigestion, so i have to be careful. All vegetables, i mean, a pea or a carrot. Does that ever pass your lips . Dont like peas or no. Dont like peas or carrots like runner beans. No. Dont like peas or car|okay. e runner beans. No. Dont like peas or car|okay. Cabbage. Beans. Okay. Cabbage. Okay. Cabbage. Why, yes. Great. Cabbage. Why, yes. Great. With cabbage. So, cavolo nero, maybe you might so, cavolo nero, maybe you migyeah, well translate it for me. Kind of. Its nebraska. Its a type of cabbage, a sprout at christmas, sprouts. Okay. Yes. Yes. Yes. So, listen, when it came to you and boris trying to cook these kippers, what were you looking for as you were going around the kitchen . I mean, things to cook with . Yes. Fine so that was the key thing. So that was the key thing. Where were these cooking implements . Okay. And there must be there. Well, im going explain well, im going to explain how them, but. All how you cook them, but. All right. Did you think you right. How did you think you needed to cook at kipper . What did boris think . Well, i had absolutely no idea he was much more competent than i in many things. But than i am in so many things. But particularly to particularly when it comes to cooking kippers. That cooking kippers. He knew that you more. He looking you needed more. He was looking for pan. You needed more. He was looking for i pan. You needed more. He was looking for i think. An. You needed more. He was looking for i think. Yes. Okay. I think. Yes. Okay. I think. Yes. Okay. And butter. Wanted. Yes and butter. He wanted. Yes and butter. He wanted. Yes yeah. So the key piece of Kitchen Equipment there he was was of course , the frying pan. Was of course, the frying pan. Let me let you into a secret. I actually think the kippers, the best cooked incredibly simply, just in an oven. Best cooked incredibly simply, just in an oven. Shall i show just in an oven. Shall i show you how to do it . Yes. Okay while were doing it, i think theres one. Youve cheated. Youve got a pan already. Well, i found it. We didnt have that. Looked around and that. We had looked around and i found one. I think theres one thing you probably glass of wine. Thats probably glass of wine. Thats probably you probably something i think you probably something i think you probably a bottle. Probably can do in a bottle. I expect you like your whites and your reds. Are you allowed to go overseas in overseas or is it merely in france you take your france that you take your chardonnay from . Well, i think chardonnay from . Well, i think one should always remember the great reason for drinking claret is in the last battle of the hundred , the good hundred years war, the good people bordeaux asked us to people of bordeaux asked us to go and rescue them from the french. And you know why this was . And we lost it. Unfortunately but its because the french were putting tax on their putting a higher tax on their wine than we were. And so they wanted to remain english and therefore to thank them for their loyalty the crown their loyalty to the crown i think one should stick to claret. By and large. Okay, enough. Right okay, fair enough. Right before let me show before we sip that, let me show you what youre showing you. Incredibly difficult this incredibly difficult task. You found pan in task. You found the pan in advance. A pan youd advance. It was a pan youd prepared earlier. Yeah. Ive also done something which of butter. Its which is a lot of butter. Its also turn an oven like butter. Yeah, so. Right. But thats a weeks ration in the war. Well pop a big of butter on each kipper. Okay . Okay. Thats each kipper. Okay . Okay. Thats all do. All right, all you need to do. All right, well, it. Now im going well, thats it. Now im going to. Youre going to do the next part which is you dont part right . Which is you dont need the oven glove. All right . Cold. Need the oven glove. All right . Isnt old. Even i know that. Isnt then even i know that. Thats stupid. Theres an oven here. There he is. Right. Which ive already set to about 180. Right so all i need you to do, jacob, to show the great skill that youve got is to put the kippers in the oven. Would you kippers in the oven. Would you like do that . Right , so like to do that . All right, so id the oven. Id better open the oven. I top or bottom , well and i top or bottom, well put it in the middle. In the middle. And we go. Middle. And there we go. There we go. Close the oven doon there we go. Close the oven door. Yes. And. In ten minutes door. Yes. And. In ten minutes time, we should have a kipper. Chin chin. Are you kipper . Chin chin. Are you kipper . Youre very good. Health well i make that ten minutes jacob. So would you like to do the honours and take out the kippers . 7. I . I normally defer to a 7 i normally defer to a master chef, but. All right, well have chef, but. All right, well have a go. This seems to be a left handed glove, but perhaps its multi handed. Thats sizzling away. Very splendid. Away. Very splendid. There you have it. There you have it. There you have it. Some fine. And thats all you have to do. Thats all you have to do. Well, there you are. So now whenever guests come round, ill be able to give them kippers. Im not sure how many guests coming around anymore, kippers. Im not sure how many guests cbe ing around anymore, kippers. Im not sure how many guests cbe my around anymore, kippers. Im not sure how many guests cbe my own 1d anymore, kippers. Im not sure how many guests cbe my own work. more, kippers. Im not sure how many guests cbe my own work. Taste but itll be my own work. Taste all better. All the better. Theyre very lucky guests because kipper with because a fine kipper with a glass burgundy who glass of white burgundy who knows . Maybe some scrambled eggs. Getting very technical. Think thats technical. Thinkthats too i think thats far too complicated. Anyway well, the kippers have died in vain. Kippers have not died in vain. Thank for having me in. Thank you for having me in. Your pleasure, as always. Your pleasure, as always. Well, thank you. Thats all from me. Im sorry. Thats been some problem with the sound earlier on. I hope it didnt disrupt the programme too much. Thank you very much. To my able assistant, alfred, who read the mail beautifully and now mail mugs beautifully and now its professor daniel wootton. Whats up on your show whats coming up on your show this evening . Whats coming up on your show thisjacob,ng . Whats coming up on your show thisjacob, i] . Whats coming up on your show thisjacob, i could hear you loud jacob, i could hear you loud and clear. And clear. And i have to say i want a piece of those kippers. Its been a great week, actually, coming from your home, and we are going to miss you the next couple of weeks when youre on your holiday holiday. Couple of weeks when youre on your holiday holiday. But your proper holiday holiday. But lovely the family and lovely to see the family and everything. Show everything. We have a big show on the way tonight. Jacob is it correct for princess dianas bulimia to be dragged into this new Childrens Book . We will debate that. Plus, all the regulars, Kelvin Mackenzie , regulars, Kelvin Mackenzie, Nigel Gardiner and Lady Colin Campbell. Oh, and then welcome to well , that all sounds as to well, that all sounds as excellent as always. Excellent as always. Its coming up after the weather. Its been an absolute pleasure bringing you of pleasure bringing you state of the gods own county the nation from gods own county this week. If youre in the area on saturday, dont forget the cut and flower show the gates open at 1 00. I will be opening it as usual at 2 00. As dale was saying, ill be off for the next couple of weeks. But im Jacob Rees Mogg. This has been state of the nation and as ever, the sun to shine sun continues to shine in somerset and will continue to do so. Im sure. The clutton flower show , which will be at on show, which will all be at on saturday. Thank you and good night. Night. That warm feeling inside from boxt boilers. Proud sponsors of weather on. Gb news. Weather on. Gb news. Hello there. Welcome to your latest broadcast for gb news. Im greg dewhurst. Were going to see increasing risk of showers as we move towards the weekend, but there will be some sunny spells just turning a little cooler too. We look at the bigger picture. This area of low pressure moves another low pressure moves in another area of pressure for the area of low pressure for the weekend, bringing the risk of showers, windy as showers, though not as windy as recent weekends this recent weekends for this evening. Been fine end to evening. Its been fine end to the day for many, but we do have this area of rain pushing north and it could be and eastwards. It could be heavier a across heavier for a time across Northern Ireland as crosses Northern Ireland as it crosses into elsewhere into scotland to elsewhere generally, quite a cloudy, warm, muqqy generally, quite a cloudy, warm, muggy night to come. A lot of cloud around, some drizzle over the hills. Temperatures remaining double figures, 17, remaining in double figures, 17, 18 degrees a low for some of 18 degrees is a low for some of us. A bit of a cloudy start to friday. Still some rain across scotland. Heavy at times, pushing away north eastwards. And through the and then slowly through the morning, it starts to brighten up. See this area of up. We could see this area of cloud into southeast cloud push into southeast england, to give some england, though, to give some showery rain the afternoon showery rain for the afternoon in elsewhere afternoon, in elsewhere bright afternoon, sunny scattered sunny spells and scattered showers breezy around showers turning breezy around western making it feel western coast, making it feel a little cooler here. Still highs reaching 27 degrees towards east anglia. And then saturday this low approaches us give spells of rain across the north and the west of the uk as the winds pick up. Best of the drier, brighter weather holding on towards the south east. But even here, well see tannoy this is the final call for all Long Distance lovers. Im flying round the world to marry a man that ive never met. How do i know that youre even the person you say you are . Please fasten your seatbelts. Maybe were not actually supposed to be in this relationship. As we expect turbulence ahead. Can you not see my insides breaking . How far would you go for love . Brand new 90 day fiance uk, available to stream only on discovery . Watch at no extra cost. Say, get discovery into your voice remote to activate. Gb news, no spin , no bias, no censorship. No spin, no bias, no censorship. Im dan wootton. Tonight im dan wootton. Tonight since 2018, more than 100,000 Illegal Migrants have crossed the English Channel on small boats. A lamentable milestone. Boats. A lamentable milestone. So why are the tory wets rounding on their straight talking colleague lee anderson, branding him a fascist in my digest . Next, ill deem the conservatives collectively mad for going after one of their own instead of the wicked people smugglers. And then my Superstar Panel smugglers. And then my Superstar Panel. And tonight, im joined by Suzanne Evans shaun bailey and amy nicole turner. Plus, after diane abbott attacks lee anderson with this disgusting jibe about migrants dying, should keir starmer publicly denounce since the woman he once shared a labour front bench with and widdecombe and Kelvin Mackenzie offer their unrivalled analysis . Also coming up tonight, prince harry was in tokyo shopping for wife meghan, but will his gifts be well received . Back in montecito, Lady Colin Campbell has exclusive reporting on the pair and shell reveal all alongside phil dampier shortly in the clash. A new book for kids will depict the late princess dianas bulimia. And if youre shocked by that, the author also claims the eating disorder developed after she learned King Charless heart belonged to someone else. Heart belonged to someone else. So should this really be introduced to childrens