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Quoting series very quoting a series of very important about illegal important numbers about illegal migration, about refugees, and about migration. About legal migration. But theres something more to it, isnt its about culture isnt there . Its about culture andits isnt there . Its about culture and its about way of life. And well a chat about well be having a chat about that. Vaiews gbnews. Com. But right your headlines. Right now its your headlines. Good afternoon. Its 3 01. Im Rhiannon Jones in the gb news room. A 15 year old im Rhiannon Jones in the gb news room. A15 Year Old Girl news room. A 15 Year Old Girl has died after being stabbed in croydon in south london. She was on her way to school. Emergency services were called to wells road. Im really pleased to have been invited by the cross party transport for north to their Board Meeting this morning. We may be mayors from different regions, but we speak with one voice. And when we say we dont want cuts to High Speed Two, we see the benefits of high speed. Two in relation to economic growth, in relation to increasing capacity, increasing connectivity , increasing speed connectivity, increasing speed and it means we can have the same sort of transport links that france has, that spain has, that france has, that spain has, that germany has. Im worried that germany has. Im worried that cutting High Speed Two will cause huge damage to london and the south east sadiq khan , londons mayor, sadiq khan, londons mayor, speaking there after five labour mayors from across the country met in leeds to urge the Prime Minister to stay on track with hs2. They warned that the hs2. They warned that the failure to deliver in full will leave swathes of the north with victorian infrastructure unfit for purpose. As. The uks for purpose. As. The uks largest untapped oil and gas field. Rosebank in scotland has been approved for development. Been approved for development. But thats despite a row over climate damage. Regulators say net zero considerations have been taken into account. Scotlands first minister, minister humza yousaf , says hes minister humza yousaf, says hes disappointed the projects been given the go ahead. The uk government has welcomed the decision, saying it will raise billions of pounds. Decision, saying it will raise billions of pounds. The United Billions of pounds. The united nafions billions of pounds. The United Nations has rejected the home secretarys calls for International Law on refugees to be changed. In a speech in washington, Suella Braverman suggested the un 1951 Refugee Convention even needs updating , Convention Even needs updating, she argues, fearing discrimination for being gay or a woman shouldnt be enough to qualify for International Refugee protection. Lucy frazer , secretary of state for culture, media and sport, says it needs a global solution. It needs a global solution. It is, as the home secretary was saying, a global issue that needs a global solution. The un needs a global solution. The un has stated that since that by the end of 2022 there were 108 Million People all display based. So we as you will know as a government are working very carefully to make sure that we stop the boats coming over here through International Solutions i the uks first drug consumption room, where users can take Illegal Drugs under medical supervision , has been medical supervision, has been approved. The facility is planned for glasgows east end is backed by the Scottish Government as a way to tackle the countrys drugs deaths crisis. The £2. 3 million pilot will allow users to take their own Illegal Drugs in a hygiene sick environment with medical staff on hand. To Domestic Abuse staff on hand. To Domestic Abuse victims may have been exposed to their alleged abusers following several data breaches. Family ses have had to be relocated after several organisations, including law firms, police and a government department, mishandled the victims personal information , lack of staffing information, lack of staffing and relaxed practises are being blamed for the leaks. The blamed for the leaks. The Information Commissioners Office is calling for stronger standards and policies. Yellow standards and policies. Yellow weather warnings are in place for most of the uk today as storm agnes makes landfall. The coastis storm agnes makes landfall. The coast is expected the western coast is expected the western coast to be whipped by winds of up to 75 miles an hour. The Royal National Lifeboat Institution is advising people to keep safe and keep away from water and cliff edges as high waves pose a potential threat to yellow rain. Warnings will also be in place in parts of scotland. And as staying in scotland, whisky thought to be the oldest in the world, will be sold at auction for £10,000 a bottle. The tipple was found hidden behind the doors of blair castle, around 40 bottles are believed to have been distilled almost 200 years ago. Auctioneers say the bottles will likely have a more medicinal taste. If you can bear to open one at that price as 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 over to. Patrick welcome along. Now what kind of country do you want to live in . What kind of society do you want to have . What do you want britain to be . So Ella Braverman mentioned a lot of numbers in her speech yesterday, 780 Million People could be classed as refugees , around 230,000 new as refugees, around 230,000 new School Places will need to be found to accommodate the amount of children by 2026. 1 in 5 children are now born to foreign born mothers. 70 plus of European Union residents want tougher external border control. 50 of americans think their southern border is being invaded. £8 million a day is being spent on migrant hotels. About half of the crime in paris is supposedly attributable to migration. These are numbers , migration. These are numbers, important numbers, but the most important numbers, but the most important thing is culture, culture and identity. If we want culture and identity. If we want to protect our values and way of life, then we have to control mass migration, both legal and illegal. If we want to protect the legacy of our forefathers who went before us to preserve what they fought for, what they suffered to help create it, then we need to control our borders. We need to control our borders. As suella said that a as suella herself said that a country cannot protect its borders if it cant , then it borders if it cant, then it will cease to be a proper country. It is easy to make the financial and structural case of controlling immigration and changing the un definition of refugees. No gp appointments, refugees. No gp appointments, housing crisis, etcetera, etcetera. But the most important point is the one that comes from the heart out. And i think thats what Suella Braverman was trying to make in your heart. Do you want to protect britain as you want to protect britain as you see it, the country you feel it is in your bones, its history, its norms , its culture . History, its norms, its culture . If the answer to that is yes, then we must get a grip of immigration, both legal and illegal. If you believe in National Identity, shared patriotism, shared binding features of nationhood , then you features of nationhood, then you have to want secure borders and a managed approach to societal influx. The un has, despite suella as brave and impassioned plea, rebutted her in the way that perhaps we should have expected any International Global organisation will simply not be able to understand or will be unwilling to understand the passion that citizens feel for the preservation of their own nation. We are on a Tipping Point in so many aspects of society at the moment, but you have to ask yourselves this what kind of country do you want . We have to be proud as brits, but you can only be proud of what you can only be proud of what you know. And increasingly , when you know. And increasingly, when people look around them in this country , they dont recognise it country, they dont recognise it. Its time to get more vocal about how you feel. Gb views about how you feel. Gb views gbnews. Com. Im going to be unpacking a lot of the reaction to Suella Bravermans comments, not least from elton john. Hes steamed in, hasnt he . Old steamed in, hasnt he . Good old elton. Criticising for elton. Hes criticising her for the that she about the comments that she made about whether simply being gay whether or not simply being gay should you as should be able to class. You as an or a refugee. An Asylum Seeker or a refugee. She also said that multiculturalism has failed. Again, going to be talking again, im going to be talking about. What is about that. What is multiculturalism well . A multiculturalism as well . Its a label people out label that people love out there, is it and there, but what really is it and how failed this how has it failed in this country . Are you angered or surprised , perhaps, that the surprised, perhaps, that the United Nations have just come and suella down where do and slapped suella down where do you stand on all of this . But heres a little reminder of what Suella Braverman said about the un Refugee Convention during her speech. Speech yesterday. Any attempt to reform the Refugee Convention will see you smeared as anti refugee. Similar smeared as anti refugee. Similar epithets are hurled at anyone who suggests reform of the echr or its caught in strasbourg. I reject the notion that a country cannot be expected to respect human rights if it is not signed up to an International Human rights organisation. As if the uk doesnt have a proud history of human rights dating back to magna carta and the echr is all thatis magna carta and the echr is all that is holding us back from becoming russia , america, canada becoming russia, america, canada , new zealand and japan seem to manage just fine in strong stuff. I mean , you could eclipse i mean, you could eclipse pretty much every single sentence that she said yesterday. And i know that it went down well with the vast majority of our viewers. And i can tell that from going can tell that from whats going on fight can tell that from whats going on right now, on in the inbox right now, actually. Views gbnews. Com. Actually. Gb views gbnews. Com. Today asking kind today i am asking you what kind of country want britain of country you want britain to be. Is our culture . Tell me be. What is our culture . Tell me that. Be. What is our culture . Tell me that. What is be. What is our culture . Tell me that. What is british be. What is our culture . Tell me that. What is British Culture that. What is British Culture here . Because all too often we just get told we dont have any we or that its changing too rapidly. Me what rapidly. Let me know what you think be really think it is. Id be really fascinated to find in fascinated to find out in your definition that but im definition what that is, but im going to go now to our Political Editor, christopher hope. Christopher, editor, christopher hope. Chris much. , editor, christopher hope. Chris much. What has the very much. What has the political been to political reaction been to Suella Braverman statements yesterday washington . Yesterday in washington . Its been quite predictable. Of course , labour has attacked of course, labour has attacked her for going across to washington to human washington un to discuss human rights. But i washington un to discuss human rights. But i think whats more for me is how it affects the conservative party. Theres many things play here, patrick. Things at play here, patrick. Youve the Prime Minister in youve got the Prime Minister in rishi sunak , who was chosen not rishi sunak, who was chosen not to go to the un general assembly, instead do a speech about rolling back on some net zero targets to 2035. Youve got him sending his home secretary to washington to call for the renegotiation or the resetting of the 1951 Un Convention on human rights, the treaty on human rights, the treaty on human rights. That is a big, big moment for the pm, for rishi sunak. Hes showing his political mettle in a way he hasnt done before until now. Weve had these five targets that some of which hes going to miss, notably on nhs targets. We now idea of politics. Now have this idea of politics. Number ten signed off on that speech. Number ten signed off on that speech. You wont have seen speech. You wont have seen a more dramatic. I certainly have not dramatic speech not seen a more dramatic speech from secretary 20 from the home secretary in my 20 years politics. Was years covering politics. It was it was out there a speech which you might expected to make at the Tory Party Conference to a kind adoring, kind of loving, adoring, faithful , not in a kind of loving, adoring, faithful, not in a think tank in washington. And i think thats fascinating thing. I think that she has got freedom to move and it helps number 10. Number ten were relaxed about the speech. They but equally they like it, but equally i think they recognise that she also shes not not always a team player. I mean, i think the Party Leadership and that will be grabs. Think if, if be up for grabs. I think if, if labour win the as labour do win the election as the polls later next the polls suggest later next year and shes making a naked grab for the right, well , grab for the right, well, absolutely, yes. Some , of course, would argue some, of course, would argue that shes saying what a majority of people who vote for parties that want to control immigration say that they do brexit, etcetera, etcetera, etcetera, what they think. So yeah, maybe shes speaking for most people. But christopher , i most people. But christopher, i wonder whether or not she was trying to make the plea in light of whats going on in the channel light whats channel in light of whats happening seeker happening with the Asylum Seeker crisis that is trying to crisis that britain is trying to do can with an do everything it can with an illegal migration bill and with a. But actually, a rwanda policy. But actually, unless the International Community are hands are Community Acts are hands are tied and trying to take a little bit of pressure there off, frankly, the next election. Frankly, the next election. Well, thats right. I think her language is fascinating, wasnt it, patrick . If you look at there, she talks about the issue of uncontrolled and illegal migration. Now illegal migration is what gb news frequently highlights the issue of boats crossings on the of small boats crossings on the south of this country. But south coast of this country. But uncontrolled migration is legal migration , and that ran up to migration, and that ran up to over 600,000in the year two to june 2022. Thats migration allowed by our politicians , allowed by our politicians, allowed by our politicians, allowed by our politicians, allowed by a tory government allowed by a tory government allowed by a government which is trying to deliver on taking back control of our borders after that brexit vote in 2016. So i think shes having a tilt at her her own governments record and her own governments record and her pms record going back through. Theresa may Boris Johnson and David Cameron. Why were they not controlling migration . SuElla Braverman wants get net migration wants to get net migration thats migration down to thats allowed migration down to tens of thousands. Its a factor of ten is six times that a least six times out at the moment. Thats not good enough and she recognises that. So i think i think shes talking for a lot of people. Mentioned culture at people. You mentioned culture at the patrick. The beginning there, patrick. Thats people that thats because people feel that their where they live is being is and have had no is changing and they have had no no that. And thats no say over that. And thats what for many at the heart what lay for many at the heart of that vote in 2016, give us back control of our country. Do talk quite often you and i do talk quite often as well about the economic side of this. And i wonder as well, when it comes to talking about getting net migration down to the tens of thousands, etcetera , whether or not there are any clamours for Suella Braverman to Start Talking about what that would mean economically and whether british whether or not the british pubuc whether or not the British Public prepared to see lower public are prepared to see lower growth no growth for the sake growth or no growth for the sake of , yeah, growth or no growth for the sake of, yeah, maybe trying to raise the finances per capita in in this country. Yeah well, the battle Suella Braverman has is actually with the treasury and the obr want to see or they are forecasting 240,000 arrivals net thats net legal arrivals over the next ten years to sustain the growth projections they want to give. So the treasury wants more net migration. So whether braverman sees the challenge of that on theissue sees the challenge of that on the issue of culture and how communities are changing, and she says that, doesnt she, in her speech that we need 213,000 more places than we did more School Places than we did in 2020. Thats because of net migration, not really illegal net migration. Its on her net migration. Its on her watch. Her governments watch. And i think thats the tension between the home office trying to control migration and the treasury that wants growth. And thats the debate now. It absolutely is. And its worth noting as well, christopher, i think where labour are at on this. So in fact. Cooper came out yesterday very said i think very strong, said i think i mean, if you forgive me for this possibly quite possibly being quite sensationalist, that sensationalist, saying that suella saying Suella Braverman was saying that, wasnt going that, you know, she wasnt going to stand up for gay people in uganda who facing uganda who were facing persecution. Not really persecution. That is not really what was saying at all. She what she was saying at all. She she make the case that she she did make the case that there very genuine there are very much genuine cases people happen to be cases of people who happen to be a member of the Lgbtq Community or genuine or indeed women who face genuine persecution. An and therefore persecution. An and therefore they be granted asylum. They should be granted asylum. However, we dont want, you know, just by virtue of your sexuality, thats qualifier sexuality, thats a qualifier for for asylum. But the for you for asylum. But the Labour Party Come out labour party have come out swinging havent they . Swinging on it, havent they . And is what is their actual and what is what is their actual policy when it comes to reducing illegal migration . Its cetera. Because, you know, this is what Suella Braverman wants to do. She wants the United Nations to change definition of change their definition of refugee get the illegal refugee to get the illegal migration bill off the ground alongside flights to rwanda. Right. Labour , where are right. So labour, where are they . They want to just the they . They want to just cut the backlog. . Backlog. Do they . They do. They want to tackle that backlog to take migrants out of hotels, £8 million a week. Of course, that cost to us as taxpayers. And then what do they want to talk more to enforcement agencies on the continent work more closely with them. Thats what they say. But really, thats broadly what the governments trying to do. They might think because theyre might think that because theyre more eu focussed as a more kind of eu focussed as a party, maybe they get better relationships, but they are not doing the tory doing much more than the tory party tories have got this party the tories have got this big idea of rwanda. Well learn from supreme that big idea of rwanda. Well learn frongo supreme that big idea of rwanda. Well learn frongo through he that big idea of rwanda. Well learn frongo through in that big idea of rwanda. Well learn frongo through in novemberat big idea of rwanda. Well learn frongo through in november and can go through in november and if next year. It puts if that works next year. It puts labour a position of will labour in a position of will they carry on with rwanda flights not . Nowhere flights or not . Were nowhere near that point. But labours answer is not is not really. Its version its a kind of diluted version of no indeed. Of the tory one. No indeed. Thank you very much, christopher. To great have you right of the show right at the top of the show there. Political editor there. Also Political Editor christopher look, christopher hope. Look, ive been you think been asking you what you think it is it means to be british. What is this culture that we this British Culture that we think defending . Think is so worth defending . Patrick to preserve patrick i want to preserve the safety in society. This is from jack. I safety in society. This is from jack. I want a safe society. And i dont feel like it is at the moment. Hi, patrick. It used to moment. Hi, patrick. It used to mean something if you were british, it commanded respect. If abroad. But sadly if you were abroad. But sadly now it appears to devalued now it appears to be devalued and nothing. How sad, and it means nothing. How sad, says mike. So an idea of respect on the International Stage and anidea on the International Stage and an idea of a safe society. Those are just a couple of the ones. Keep coming what keep those views coming in. What do it means . British do you think it means . British culture . What is that . What is it . Thing youre it . That thing that youre looking views and looking to protect . Gb views and gbnews. Com but of course, look, you can get loads more this you can get loads more on this story website is gb story on our website which is gb news its the fastest news dot com. Its the Fastest Growing news site in growing National News site in the country. All the the country. Its got all the best all the big best analysis, all the big opinion all of the latest opinion and all of the latest breaking of breaking news. But talking of fast news, year old fast moving news, a 15 Year Old Girl died after she was girl has died after she was stabbed in south london this morning. Metropolitan police have year old boy who have said a 17 year old boy who knew the victim been knew the victim has been arrested. We can go now to croydon and speak live to our london reporter, lisa hartel, who has the latest. Lisa hello. Yes, well, as we heard it was 8 30 this morning when a 15 Year Old Girl who was on her way to school was attacked on this busy road. And if i just step out of the way, you can see that forensic teams in the dress there in the blue suits, theyre carrying out their work. Theyve been this morning. Been here since this morning. Theres a cordoned theres this is all a cordoned off see theres off area. You can see theres the bus there, double decker bus. Thats part of the cordoned the bus there, double decker busarea. Ts part of the cordoned the bus there, double decker busarea. Theres of the cordoned the bus there, double decker busarea. Theres the1e cordoned the bus there, double decker busarea. Theres the forensic1ed off area. Theres the forensic tents and a screen thats been put up. So as i said, she was on her way to school that school that she attended was a private School Called the old palace of John Whitgift school. In a statement , they said, are statement, they said, we are deeply shocked senseless deeply shocked by the senseless and of our much and tragic death of our much loved and valued friend and pupil. It loved and valued friend and pupil. It will loved and valued friend and pupil. It will take some time pupil. It will take some time for the School Community to come to terms terrible news to terms with this terrible news and will offer support to our pupils. As now, police and paramedics were called the paramedics were called to the scene, but the girl died less paramedics were called to the scentanwut the girl died less paramedics were called to the scentan houre girl died less paramedics were called to the scentan hour after died less paramedics were called to the scentan hour after shei less paramedics were called to the scentan hour after she wass than an hour after she was attacked. Police gave an update earlier saying they werent looking for any other suspect and suspects and they were joined by representatives the joined by representatives of the community who they were all community who said they were all united in their Council United in their shock. Council leaders that theyre going leaders said that theyre going to do everything they can to support community to do everything they can to su thist community to do everything they can to su this time. Community to do everything they can to su this time. Now, community to do everything they can to su this time. Now, it community to do everything they can to su this time. Now, it was mmunity to do everything they can to su this time. Now, it was just|nity at this time. Now, it was just at this time. Now, it was just at 9 45 am. This morning that a 17 year old was arrested in connection with this incident. Connection with this incident. He was arrested in New Addington. Thats around five miles away from where we are at the moment. A witness has described seeing a bus driver and another woman trying to save that 15 Year Old Girl on the pavement. But trying to save that 15 Year Old Girl on the pavement. But with girl on the pavement. But with performing cpr, thats just before paramedics arrived. And before paramedics arrived. And chief superintendent andy britton of the met has said this is every parents worst nightmare. And i know the nightmare. And i know the officers who responded this morning, along with our Emergency Service colleagues, are devastated the victims are devastated at the victims death. Thoughts are with the death. Our thoughts are with the victims family at this incredibly difficult time. Now, this scene obviously will this crime scene obviously will continue to remain here as officers carry out their extensive inaya investigation. But police are asking anyone who has any information or witnessed the attack to come fonnard and contact them. Contact them. He said, thank you very much. We will keep you up to date, of course, if there are any developments on that. Deeply, deeply distressing story from croydon, year croydon, a 15 year old schoolgirl stabbed to death lisa hartle our london reporter. Look at these emails coming in gbviews gbnews. Com. The overarching thread of this show is going to be in relation to Suella Braverman and British Culture. Patrick British Culture is chaucer, shakespeare, keats, wordsworth. I feel rather embarrassed first, but have a firm love of the country. Its walks , dogs, gardens, its our walks, dogs, gardens, its our proud history. Walks, dogs, gardens, its our proud history. Thats from proud history. Thats from timothy. Theres loads of this coming in and i must say it was really interesting to get an idea of what you think British Culture because all too culture is, because all too often told that we havent often were told that we havent got therefore there got any and therefore there might worth might be nothing worth protecting. That protecting. Do you think that there gb news. Com there is gb views and gbnews. Com now a huge untapped oil field off the coast of scotland has been given the go ahead. One environmental campaigner has described the decision as morally. So im going to morally obscene. So im going to be asking, is it morally obscene to drill for new oil . Patrick christys gb news britains news only want to inform you, but we want to keep you entertained. The Camilla Tominey show. 325 the Camilla Tominey show. 325 youre watching or listening to me Patrick Christys on gb news now our speculation about the future of hs2 rumbles on a string of northern mayors have made the case against scrapping the northern leg rishi sunak as welcomed. The decision to develop the. In other news, the uks biggest untapped oil field. But environmental campaigners are absolutely furious. Yes the Rosebank Oil Field is 80 miles off the coast of shetland and it contains up to 350 Million Barrels of oil. Green Party Mp Caroline Lucas says that todays news is , quote, morally obscene news is, quote, morally obscene. An interesting do you think its morally obscene . Weve got a debate on that in the next houn a debate on that in the next hour. But lets speak now to our economics and Business Editor liam with on the money i well, whats the hoo ha . Well, whats the hoo ha . The hoo ha . Is that the governments given a drilling licence for the largest untapped field that we know of oil and gas field in the north sea. So its pretty big news. Lets have a look at some of the details of this field. Its called rosebank. Roses there rosebank. Not many roses there in seas, 80 in the middle of the seas, 80 miles shetland. It is miles west of shetland. It is the undeveloped the largest Undeveloped Oil and gas the north sea, 380 gas field in the north sea, 380 miles, 80 miles west of shetland. As i said , thats shetland. As i said, thats actually pretty near by north sea standards, even though its a very hostile environment. The a very hostile environment. The money is coming from the nonnegian state run Energy Giant Equinor , and also a british equinor, and also a british private Sector Company called ithaca energy. 350 million ithaca energy. 350 Million Barrels of oil a day , £8 billion barrels of oil a day, £8 billion of investment, 2000 jobs. So a lot of people want this, but quite a lot of green campaigners, as you say , patrick campaigners, as you say, patrick dont as he goes up to the Party Conference in manchester this weekend, rishi sunak , id say on weekend, rishi sunak, id say on balance, going to get more more positive from the tory faithful than the negatives on this , than the negatives on this, though the environmental campaigners within the tory party and there are many often mps that are competing with lib dems rather than labour to keep their seats. They vocal, their seats. They will be vocal, they will be slinging all kinds of brickbats at prime of brickbats at the Prime Minister yeah, fine. Of brickbats at the prime mir i ;ter yeah, fine. Of brickbats at the prime miri mean yeah, fine. Of brickbats at the prime miri mean i yeah, fine. Of brickbats at the prime miri mean i suppose e. Of brickbats at the prime miri mean i suppose the question i mean i suppose the question is whether or not we need to do this now. Well we what the in well we what the war in ukraine has done is highlighted theissue ukraine has done is highlighted the issue of Energy Security. The uk is now net energy the uk is now a Net Energy Importer it been for some importer. It has been for some time and how have we been surviving . Because weve been getting gas the getting a lot of gas across the atlantic from the us liquefied natural a tremendous natural gas. Thats a tremendous carbon footprint. Thats a very carbon footprint. Thats a very carbon intensive way to use energy. You get gas thats energy. You get gas thats drilled in america , you convert drilled in america, you convert it into a liquid which uses a huge amount of energy. You put it in a tanker, 3000 miles of diesel fumes across the atlantic. You regasify it atlantic. Then you regasify it here on the european continent. Here on the european continent. Thatis here on the european continent. That is very expensive and very carbon intensive. And, you know, patrick, even the Climate Change commission, the governments internal watchdog, when it comes to doing the right things for the climate as far as environmental campaigns are concerned, even they acknowledge that in the mid 2030 well still be getting half our energy from oil and gas, even in 2050, if they get their own way and Renewables Come to the fore still a quarter of our gas will be energy will be oil and gas by 2050. So if thats the reality, lets not turn the taps off. Lets actually use our locally sourced stuff which is less carbon intensive because its nearer and you get british prosperity and tax revenues and you get jobs. Yeah. And i thought it was interesting when rishi sunak came and his zero came out and did his net zero speech and wasnt long after speech and it wasnt long after that that Emmanuel Macron over in said something rather in france said something rather similar about rowing back on climate alarmism. And i think climate alarmism. And i think sometimes it takes world sometimes it takes a world leader head above leader to stick their head above the to the parapet just to try to change the course discourse change the course of discourse and hopefully that maybe then the more the world reacts. Maybe more and more waking up this more people waking up to this idea. Now that we do have a bit more left in the as more left in the tank as it were, and that we should were, and that maybe we should be resources. Be using our own resources. Look , this course has look, this course has completely since the war completely changed since the war in ukraine, before the war in ukraine. From me. Even ukraine. Take it from me. Even if broadly supportive ukraine. Take it from me. Even if the broadly supportive ukraine. Take it from me. Even if the move roadly supportive ukraine. Take it from me. Even if the move awayy supportive ukraine. Take it from me. Even if the move away from portive ukraine. Take it from me. Even if the move away from fossil of the move away from fossil fuels to even mention the difficulties to even mention that a lot of people on lower incomes are worried about this, to even mention the heat pumps arent popular among People Living in victorian terraces or in tower blocks to even point to those glaring real world realities with in Polite Society within a lot of the political and media class, you would be dismissed as a crank, as a denier. Now we can actually have denier. Now we can actually have a conversation about the pace at which we get towards net zero. The costs , and particularly the costs, and particularly where the costs fall. And look, where the costs fall. And look, this is indicative rishi sunak appointed recently in his mini reshuffle, a new person to the cabinet, a former aide of his, a young asian woman, Claire Coutinho. I mean , Claire Coutinho. I mean, Claire Coutinho. I mean, Claire Coutinho is very much on the green wing of the conservative party, very much of her own generation. And yet she is now the Energy Security and net zero secretary the ordering of the title is important, and thats Claire Coutinho. This is what she had to say. She had to say. Well, firstly, the gas will be used domestically, as has been set out in terms of the oil. It gets exported initially , it gets exported initially, but overall the uk is a net importer of oil. So much of that makes its way back here. So this i think, is an important thing thats happened today. Its good for Energy Security , its good for Energy Security, its good for Energy Security, its good for and investment in this country. And overall, it means lower emissions. Emissions. Rishi sunak has been Prime Minister for about a year now until very recently. He until very, very recently. He was grappling with events , was just grappling with events, deaung was just grappling with events, dealing what the newspapers dealing with what the newspapers were throwing dealing were throwing at him, dealing with what was happening in the real world. In recent weeks, patrick, ahead of this Party Conference with this pushing back the net zero ban on new back of the net zero ban on new oil and gas , new petrol and oil and gas, new petrol and diesel to 2035 rather than diesel cars to 2035 rather than 2030, in allowing Suella Braverman to crank up the rhetoric a bit on migration in giving new drilling licences across the north sea, both in july and this big symbolic one now in rosebank. Finally, hes now in rosebank. Finally, hes starting to do some politics. Yeah, he absolutely is. Liam, thank you very much. Liam halligan our economics and Business Editor. Yeah, its the tie turning a little bit. We are seeing issues. I thought seeing those issues. I thought liam nail on the head liam hit the nail on the head there actually when he said about a while you about look for a while you couldnt talk about very couldnt talk about the very obvious our obvious things the way the our net zero agenda was going to impact man impact your average man and woman the street their woman on the street in their own home. About home. You couldnt talk about those facts similar, i those glaring facts similar, i think know, those glaring facts similar, i thin couldnt know, those glaring facts similar, i thin couldnt talk know, those glaring facts similar, i thin couldnt talk about know, those glaring facts similar, i thin couldnt talk about way w, you couldnt talk about the way that both legal that mass migration, both legal and illegal, is impacting peoples lives and their culture. Just to reminder to you, i your on what you, i want your emails on what do think British Culture is . Do you think British Culture is . 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We will speak to former mp who says to one former tory mp who says that the has his that the project has ruined his life after he was forced to sell his dream home. But right now its your headlines polly its your headlines with polly middlehurst. Middlehurst. Patrick, thank you. The top stories this hour. A 15 Year Old Girl has died after being stabbed in croydon in south london. She was on her way to school. Emergency services were called to wellesley road at around 830 this morning. One eyewitness describing seeing a bus driver and a passer by trying to resuscitate a teenage girl. Teenage girl. A teenage boy has been arrested. Police say he was known to the victim. The victim. Five five labour mayors from across the country have met in leeds to urge the Prime Minister to stay on track with hs2. They warned that failure to deliver in full will leave swathes of the north with victorian infrastructure , which is unfit infrastructure, which is unfit for purpose. For purpose. 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Boxt boilers proud sponsors of weather on. Gb news. Of weather on. Gb news. Hello again. Welcome to your hello again. Welcome to your latest weather update from the met office. Now storm agnes is set to continue to bring disruptive and potentially damaging winds to parts of the uk today. Now this area of low pressure has moved north eastwards throughout this afternoon and will continue to bnng afternoon and will continue to bring the strongest winds up through the irish sea, affecting northern and Western Areas of the uk. There are Wind Warnings in force throughout this afternoon and overnight as well. The strongest winds over the next few hours are set to come in eastern areas of in and affect eastern areas of Northern Ireland, as well as parts of cumbria, lancashire, southern areas of scotland as well. Some really heavy rain paired with that much of that rain, though, to rain, though, will start to clear overnight. So it will turn clear overnight. So it will turn drier as night continues, clear overnight. So it will turn driethe night continues, clear overnight. So it will turn driethe ni will ontinues, clear overnight. So it will turn driethe ni will remaines, clear overnight. So it will turn driethe ni will remain very but the winds will remain very strong. Now, then through thursday , winds slowly start to thursday, winds slowly start to ease, but it will be a generally quite day. But you can quite breezy day. But you can see its much drier and see its a much drier and brighter plenty hazy brighter day, plenty of hazy sunshine around, though. Rain will arrive across Northern Ireland northwest Scotland Ireland and northwest scotland once again and it will start to cloud the southwest cloud over across the southwest as well ahead of this area of rain which will arrive into thursday evening and friday. But temperatures around average for the time of year and then friday, that rain that was in the southwest, then sat across the southwest, then sat across the south east as some uncertainty as to how quickly that will clear. But by and large, it will be a dry and bnght large, it will be a dry and bright day and that will set us up for a chilly start to saturday. But some decent sunshine before some saturday. But some decent sunshiwindy before some saturday. But some decent sunshiwindy weather re some saturday. But some decent sunshiwindy weather arrives pretty windy weather arrives again on. Sunday again on. Sunday looks like things are heating up. Boxt boilers proud sponsors up. Boxt boilers proud sponsors of weather on. Of weather on. Gb news. Has hs2 ruined your life . Has hs2 ruined your life . Well, five labour mayors gathered in leeds today to form a united front against the Prime Ministers plans to scrap the northern leg of hs2. Rishi sunak is said to be concerned about the projects escalating costs. Hes not the only one, but the mayor has argued that the project delivered in mayor has argued that the projnift delivered in mayor has argued that the projnif the delivered in mayor has argued that the projnif the north delivered in mayor has argued that the projnif the north south red in mayor has argued that the projnif the north south divide full if the north south divide is going to be closed. Is going to be closed. The simple but powerful message coming back from the northern mayors. But also the mayor of london today who is with us to back to westminster and whitehall and its this dont pull the plug on the north of england. Stop. Think that you can treat people here like second class citizens when it comes to transport the message that were sending to the government today is invest in the north and give us the certainty and the commitment that we rely on, that our that we can rely on, that our businesses can on that businesses can rely on and that our need about the our communities need about the investment in infrastructure and hs2 in particular, that we can then develop so we can then develop our economies, our communities and get that economic into the north. Economic growth into the north. Youre right about the connections South Yorkshire connections to South Yorkshire and onto West Yorkshire, and then onto West Yorkshire, because this isnt just about connecting places up north with london. Is also about london. This is also about connecting the great cities connecting up the great cities of sheffield and of the north. Sheffield and leeds, West Yorkshire and South Yorkshire have the opportunity to an economic powerhouse. S to be an economic powerhouse. S but that connectivity. But we need that connectivity. We need infrastructure which allows grow and that is allows us to grow and that is the same right across the north. So we are saying to the government, stop dithering, stop delaying invest the uncertainty. Invest in the north. Our north. If you want our communities live well. Its a strong message. I mean, ive always subscribed to the that why dont you just the view that why dont you just connect right connect the north right to itself east. You itself and to the east. You know, in the midlands. Dont itself and to the east. You knc have the midlands. Dont itself and to the east. You knc have the miconnectivity dont we have better connectivity there . One mp has a very there . But one mp who has a very personal in hs2 is personal interest in hs2 is andrew bridgen. Andrew, great to have you on the thank you have you on the show. Thank you very, much and yeah, very, very much. And so, yeah, just your your personal just explain your your personal situation with then. So situation with hs2 then. So whats going on is saying its kind of ruined life. Whats kind of ruined your life. Whats happening . Well lets lets happening . Well lets just lets just recap. Just recap. Youre right. Absolutely right. Patrick, hs2 had been right. Patrick, if hs2 had been about levelling up midlands about levelling up the midlands and the north, it would have started the midlands and the started in the midlands and the north. Out of out of north. Not. Not out of out of london. And the best thing they could have done was improve east west connectivity between the great cities of the midlands to create it and the north to create it and the north to create Critical Mass and economic growth. But it wasnt at about that. Well, my at all about that. Well, my personally i think im the only mp had to sell his house to hs2. Ive been through the process of how hs2 acquire property. I use how hs2 acquire property. I use consultants because being an mp, i didnt think it was right for me to deal direct with hs2. But me to deal direct with hs2. But the system works that when they are going to buy your property or land or business, they they give you a list of ten authorised valuers. Theyre theyre all pretty much big firms from london, not local at all with any local knowledge. You choose one hs2 chooses one. They both come out to your property and they do a valuation. And if theyre within 10, they split the difference and thats the price youll get. And but if the price youll get. And but if you look at the psychology of that, theyll only ever work on average for a property owner. Once choosing them at once youre choosing them at random, dont know from random, you dont know them from adam, youve no relationship adam, youve got no relationship with them. But clearly, if they put low prices in, theyve got a chance of being picked by hs2 every time. So clearly the psychological pressure on those valuers is to is to lower the pnces valuers is to is to lower the prices so that hs2 picks them every time because theyre going to choose the people who put the low prices in, not the high pnces. Low prices in, not the high prices. And i explained all that prices. And i explained all that to successive ministers in charge of hs2 and they didnt come back to me. I paid to point 1 million for the house in North West Leicestershire. In North West Leicestershire. In 2011. Id paid £100,000 for the stamp duty. Id paid 100 and sorry, 110,000 stamp duty. I paid £100,000 for the fixtures and fittings. Id improved it by and fittings. Id improved it by another £100,000. The property owed me two point over 2. 4 million. And three years later, four years later, i was given 1. 89 million by hs2. Four years later, i was given 1. 89 million by hs2. So they did 1. 89 million by hs2. So they did me out of £500,000 after tax. Me out of £500,000 after tax. Yeah. Yeah. And ive spoken to ive, ive spoken to, ive spoken to people all along. It runs through the route , it runs through the route, the proposed route thatll never get built for ten years has run through North West Leicestershire from one end of the constituency to the other 20 miles. Its affected thousands of properties and thousands of property owners. No ones got fair value for their properties. Theyve all been dealt with exactly the same way that i was , and its an absolute national scandal. Andrew. Andrew has always been running out of control. Can been running out of control. Can ijust been running out of control. Can i just say yeah, on this, i actually really seriously do think that this is something thats going to rear its head in a big and a lot of people a big way. And a lot of people i think are going to be very glad that up about it that youre talking up about it and actually and that youve actually come out and revealed your your personal bit personal circumstances for a bit of i know personally of context. I know personally that in manchester, that businesses in manchester, for example , were were put under for example, were were put under cpos and theres massive issues there with them. This has affected covid peoples lives big time. And crucially , its big time. And crucially, its cost a lot of people a heck of a lot of money. I just wonder what i mean. Can people sue if this doesnt go ahead. I mean, its like someone has reached into your life and gone right. Were going to were going to take this amount of money off you and then doesnt happen. Then that thing doesnt happen. I mean, its almost theft. I mean, its almost theft. It is. And its caused a lot of grief to a lot of people in my constituency. It was the biggest complaint that people had in my constituency for a decade. Had in my constituency for a decade. It stopped the decade. It stopped the regeneration of measham , one of regeneration of measham, one of my most deprived communities. We would have had the canal brought back to measham and 400 new houses built to fund it in the middle of the of the of the village with a wharf for the barges to turn around shops and cafes that would have been delivered ten years ago if it hadnt been on the route for hs2. It stopped factories being built. It basically sterilised the width of a football field all the way through my constituency and lots of jobs and houses and opportunities have been lost and its caused an immense amount of stress to people who will never have to sell their house. Have sell their house. People have actually graves in actually gone to their graves in my constituency worrying about something which always told something which i always told them , dont worry it, them, dont worry about it, because this actually never, because this is actually never, ever happen and it ever going to happen and it wont be delivered. Its been declared the whole projects been declared undelivered and the try and save the farce is to try and save money on a project thats ballooning from 32 billion to 160 billion in cost. Theyve cut chunks off. Theyve decided they cant go into the centre of london. So its going to stop at old oak common. It cant go into the Centre Birmingham the centre of birmingham because thats so its thats too expensive. So its going to birmingham so going to birmingham airport. So youre a very youre going to have a very expensive line that goes expensive railway line that goes from london nearly from nearly london to nearly birmingham. Do know anybody birmingham. Do you know anybody who go fast from nearly birmingham. Do you know anybody who to go fast from nearly birmingham. Do you know anybody who to nearly fast from nearly birmingham. Do you know anybody who to nearly birmingham . ly birmingham. Do you know anybody who to nearly birmingham . No, london to nearly birmingham . No, of gone to of course it would have gone to and gone nearly and it might have gone to nearly manchester. Yeah. Manchester. Well, yeah. Well, yeah, exactly. Yeah well, in manchester you well, nearly in manchester you get get get dropped off. Yeah. Get dropped in arndale but look dropped off in arndale but look theres a wider point here for me on this and i think it harks back to , if youll forgive me, back to, if youll forgive me, not necessarily including you in this all, but this at all, but, but the calibre politician, right, calibre of politician, right, which suella which is weve had Suella Braverman recently come and braverman recently come out and say the world afraid say that the world is too afraid of racist and of being called racist and illiberal to deal with the absolute disaster that is going to mass migration to be mass migration in the refugee finally had refugee crisis. We finally had a Prime Minister whos just about said a bit about net zero, not gone far enough in many peoples minds, but World Leaders who arent capable of doing that from can gather. The from what i can gather. The second idea of hs2 second that the idea of hs2 reared its head realistically , reared its head realistically, people in the know knew that it wasnt goer, yet weve wasnt a goer, and yet weve ploughed ahead with anyway. Ploughed ahead with it anyway. Whats whats wrong with the politicians . Well i can only politicians . Well i can only speak for myself. I opposed hs2 before the route was announced. Before i found out it was going by my own house. I had already opposed it. I voted against it every time i could. For the last decade. I spoke against it when Boris Johnson carried out his review in 2019, announced it was still going to go ahead. I was the only mp that stood up in the chamber and said, its unloved, its unwanted, its grossly mismanaged. We cant afford it. And its going to be an albatross country. Albatross around the country. And governments and and the governments neck. And i think been vindicated , think ive been vindicated, quite but quite honestly, patrick but i think we should have a class action people whove been action of people whove been forced to sell their properties that never needed. Now, that will never be needed. Now, i will be cancelled i believe it will be cancelled north of birmingham and obviously i think people who were to sell their were forced to sell their property or businesses, they should on should have first refusal on buying back. Buying them back. Yeah, no, i agree. And i really to keep covering really do want to keep covering that with you. Actually because that with you. Actually because thatis that with you. Actually because that is going to massive, that is going to be a massive, massive deal for people and something to going need something that is to going need someone to fight for it. Andrew thank bridgen thank you. Andrew bridgen there, of is one mp. Very of course, who is one mp. Very personal experience there with hs2. Than 11,000 hs2. Now more than 11,000 migrants have landed on the italian island of lampedusa, just over a week ago and the authorities are expecting another wave of boats from north africa to arrive in the next few days. We are getting very concerning reports that a couple of boats today have gone missing. Well live to missing. Well go live to lampedusa very shortly. Patrick christys gb news. Is christys gb news. This is britains news back and relax at 11 am. On sundays on gb news with me, michael portillo. Michael portillo. Welcome back. 348 youre welcome back. 348 youre watching or listening to me Patrick Christys on gb news at four i will ask whether Suella Braverman is right to say that multiculturalism has failed. What multiculture . Oralism . What is multiculture . Oralism . Well be discussing all of that, but at some news to but at some breaking news to bnng but at some breaking news to bring you in last few bring you in the last few minutes. People smugglers have adopted new tactics in their efforts to drop migrants on european beaches and gb news can reveal that six smuggling speedboats were used to drop hundreds of migrants along spains coastline spains andalusian coastline this week. Lets cross now to the scene of another migrant catastrophe in lampedusa and speak to our Home Security editor, mark white, who has all of details on this breaking of the details on this breaking news. Mark well, patrick, it is an indication of a new front thats opening up in the migrant crisis across the mediterranean and a new tactic that is being adopted by the people smugglers. Hopefully weve got some video that we can show you of two of these criminal speedboats that smuggling speedboats that normally use to ferry drugs in across the mediterranean are now being used to take hundreds of migrants across. Now, locals watch out in horror, filming some of the scenes as these boats came to the beach near the city of almera, which is in andalusia in southern spain. Andalusia in southern spain. They watched as the boats came ashore and hundreds of people that were on these boats jumped out onto the beaches and then they just disappeared from the beaches up into local streets. And as far as we know, none of those individuals have been arrested by the authorities. Arrested by the authorities. There was another four similar people smuggling speedboats that landed about eight further down the to the coastline. And again, the to the coastline. And again, people seen disappearing off into the streets , into the local into the streets, into the local area as well. Now, from those other boats, four different speedboats that landed further down the coast, local Police Officials saying that they have arrested 80 illegal immigrants. However hundreds more have disappeared. And were told by disappeared. And were told by our sources , as patrick, that our sources, as patrick, that 5000 people have crossed in this route using this tactic , the route using this tactic, the speedboat tactic, just in the last few months. So as i say, its fast becoming another significant front in this crisis to stop the illegal incursions into southern european countries. And spain, of course , around. And spain, of course, around elmira. But we know, of course, spain is already got a problem with migrants arriving on many of the spanish islands, including , of the spanish islands, including, of of the spanish islands, including , of course, the canary including, of course, the canary islands. Well, this is a new islands. Well, this is a new route. And in addition to that, route. And in addition to that, where i am in lampedusa in italy , this island and other italian islands, and on the italian coast itself, there are migrant landings and then you go further east towards greece. And again, a very significant problem there. So no easy solution to this, but it seems to be increasing in number. There are record numbers that are that have crossed into the European Union this year already. Now look, absolutely. And as well , already. Now look, absolutely. And as well, spain has a couple of enclaves in morocco. Ceuta et cetera. So people just ceuta et cetera. So people just basically have to climb a fence in there into the European Union. Bizarrely, despite still technically being in africa. And the strait of gibraltar as well, you could practically swim across that. So, you know, a similar situation. If youve got a speedboat, you can pack it full of people and unquestionably some will unquestionably some people will get the situation where unquestionably some people will get are the situation where unquestionably some people will get are there. E situation where unquestionably some people will get are there. Mark ation where unquestionably some people will get are there. Mark atinthe here you are there. Mark at the moment, though, i understood there reports of there were some reports of a couple boats potentially couple of boats potentially going the med going missing in the med earlier. That right . Earlier. Is that right . Yeah, thats a local ngo that monitors these migrant boats as they leave the coast of north africa. These were two boats, according to this ngo that left according to this ngo that left a day ago from western libya around a benghazi area. One of these boats was carrying 145 people and the ngo was in contact with some of the passengers on this boat who had reported to the ngo that there was engine issues, engine trouble with that boat. Then it went out of range. Theyve had no contact with the boat since a second boat carrying 90 people has also gone out of range and out of contact. So they have the out of contact. So they have the ngo contacted the Italian Coast Guard with a view to trying to conduct a search for these boats i mark, thank you very much. Mark white. There are Home Security editor in lampedusa , security editor in lampedusa, just filling you in as well on that thats being used to that tactic thats being used to drop more migrants in spain. Drop more migrants off in spain. But a similar suella but on a similar note, Suella Braverman says that multiculturalism failed multiculturalism has failed in europe. Today im going to be europe. So today im going to be asking, is she right . And yes, ive got loads wonderful ive got loads of wonderful emails coming about what you emails coming in about what you think British Culture is. What is this culture that were is it this culture that were trying to protect. Will go to trying to protect. I will go to those when i come back. Patrick christys gb britains christys on gb news, britains news. Channel news. Channel a brighter outlook with boxt solar proud sponsors of weather on. Gb news. On. Gb news. Hello again. Welcome to your latest weather update from the met office. Now storm agnes is met office. Now storm agnes is set to continue to bring disruptive and potentially damaging winds to parts of the uk. Now, this area of low pressure has moved north eastwards throughout this afternoon and will continue to bnng afternoon and will continue to bring the strongest winds up through the irish sea, affecting northern and Western Areas of the uk. There are Wind Warnings in force throughout this afternoon and overnight as well. The strongest winds over the next few hours are set to come in and affect eastern areas of Northern Ireland, as well as parts of cumbria, lancashire as southern scotland as southern areas of scotland as well. Some really heavy rain paired with that. Much of that rain, will start rain, though, will start to clear so it turn clear overnight. So it will turn drier as the night continues. But winds will remain very but the winds will remain very strong. Now then through thursday, winds slowly start to ease, but it will be a generally quite but you can quite breezy day. But you can see its much drier and see its a much drier and brighter plenty of hazy brighter day. Plenty of hazy sunshine around, though. Rain will arrive across Northern Ireland and northwest scotland once again it will start to once again and it will start to cloud over across the south west as ahead this area of as well. Ahead of this area of rain which will arrive into thursday evening and friday. But temperatures around average for the time of year. Temperatures around average for the time of year. And then the time of year. And then friday, that rain that was in the southwest sat across the southwest then sat across the southwest then sat across the south east as some uncertainty as to how quickly that clear. But by and that will clear. But by and large, it will be a dry and bnght large, it will be a dry and bright that will set us bright day and that will set us up for a chilly start to saturday. But some decent sunshine around before some pretty weather arrives pretty windy weather arrives again on. Sunday again on. Sunday a brighter outlook with boxt solar proud sponsors of weather on. When getting a good nights sleep is a struggle, try nytol herbal. Made with natural Plant Extracts that have been used for decades. Owl hoots. Nytol herbal is used to help you drift off gently. For a refreshing, restful nights sleep, say good nytol. Its 4 pm, its Patrick Christys. Its gb news. Now im going to be posing this question. Hows multiculturalism failed . SuElla Braverman certainly seems to think so. What is multiculturalism . Ive been asking what do you asking you all day. What do you think . British culture some think . British culture is some great ill go great emails in there. Ill go to those shortly. Very serious news though, because this news now, though, because this is the latest on fatal is the latest on the fatal stabbing old stabbing of a 15 year old schoolgirl in croydon. We will go to the scene very shortly with our reporter lisa hartle devastating news that. In other news, cant stop oil. No, thats right. New oil fields in the north sea. Is it morally okay for us to drill for new oil . Well be having a debate on that. And one more for you. Yes. Council look, there seems to be going bust left, right and centre poles arent being fixed. Local arent run local services arent being run. Road names are being changed to be inclusive. But you to be all inclusive. But you know introduced a know what . Theyve introduced a series of absolutely crackpot cowboy things cowboy laws, including things like the exact specification of a hedge or whether or not you can wear a bikini in your back garden. Probably good news. I think, for my neighbours. Patrick christys. Gb news wont Patrick Christys. Gb news wont be walking out the bikini anytime soon, but look at your views coming in. Gb views and gbnews. Com yeah. Im asking you what you think British Culture means because when we come back were having a look at whether or not multiculturalism has failed. But right now its your headlines. Were polly middlehurst. Middlehurst. Patrick thank you. We begin this bulletin with some breaking news. I can tell you that gb news this company has suspended its presenter, dan wootton. It comes after comments made by presenter laurence fox during an interview last night. Laurence fox has also been suspended. Mr fox has also been suspended. Mr fox made a series of remarks about ava evans, whos a Political Correspondent for the news website jo. In a statement, gb news said it will be issuing an apology to ms evans. That an apology to ms evans. That breaking news just into us now. In other news today, a 15 Year Old Girl has died after being stabbed in croydon in south london. She was on her way to school. Emergency services were school. Emergency services were called to wellesley road at around 830 this morning. One eyewitness describing seeing a bus driver and a passer by trying to resuscitate a teenage girl. She was a student at the Old Palace School for girls, a 17 year old boy has been arrested. Police say he was known to the victim. In in other known to the victim. In in other news today, five labour mayors from across the country have met in leeds to urge the Prime Minister to stay on track with hs2. They warn that failure to deliver in full will leave swathes of the north with victorian infrastructure , which victorian infrastructure, which is unfit for purpose. Rishi is unfit for purpose. Rishi sunak faces a political backlash over reports hes considering axing the link between birmingham and manchester amid soaring costs. London mayor soaring costs. London mayor sadiq khan says there are huge benefits to hs2. Benefits to hs2. Im really pleased to have been invited by the cross party transport for north to their Board Meeting this morning. We may be mayors from different regions, but we speak with one voice when we say we dont want cuts to high speed. Two. We see the benefits of high speed. Two in relation to economic growth, in relation to economic growth, in relation to increasing capacity, increasing connectivity and increasing speed. Connectivity and increasing speed. And it means we can have speed. And it means we can have the same sort of transport links that france has that spain has, that france has that spain has, that germany has. That france has that spain has, that germany has. Im that france has that spain has, that germany has. Im worried that germany has. Im worried that germany has. Im worried that cutting High Speed Two will cause huge damage to london and the south east the uks largest untapped oil and gas field, rosebank in scotland, has been approved for development. Thats despite a row over climate damage. Row over climate damage. Regulators say net zero consideration actions have been taken into account. Scotland first minister humza yousaf says hes disappointed the projects been given the go ahead. The uk government has welcomed the decision, saying it will raise billions of pounds. Decision, saying it will raise billions of pounds. The United Billions of pounds. The united nafions billions of pounds. The United Nations has rejected the home secretarys calls for International Law on refugees to be changed. In a speech in washington yesterday, Suella Braverman suggested the un 1951 Refugee Convention needed updating. She argued, fearing discrimination for being gay or a woman shouldnt be enough to qualify for International Refugee protection. In lucy refugee protection. In lucy frazer, secretary of state for culture, media and sport, says it does need a global solution. It does need a global solution. This is as the home secretary was saying, a global issue that needs a global solution. The un has stated that since that by the end of 2022 there are 108 Million People displaced. So we, Million People displaced. 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And in extreme cases they could pursue lives aimed at undermining the stability and threatening the security of our society. We are living with the consequence of that failure today. Today. Yeah, i just thought it was worth noting what the definition of multiculturalism is. So im just going to read it now from britannica. So, you know, its good. Multiculturalism seeks the inclusion of the views and contributors contribute was easy for me to say of diverse members of maintaining of society while maintaining respect their differences respect for their differences and withholding the demand for their assimilation into the dominant culture. Thats the dictionary definition. Literally of multiculturalism throughout the course of this show, so far, ive been asking you to tell me what you think British Culture is because i think that at the altar of multiculturalism for quite a while now, have been quite a while now, we have been told culture told that British Culture doesnt that is doesnt exist or that it is something to actually be ashamed of. Multiculturalism of. But has multiculturalism failed . Now by failed . Im joined now by political matthew political commentator matthew kwasi. Very, kwasi. Mayor, thank you very, very joining great very much forjoining me. Great to the show. Has it failed . Yes. And you actually read the definition. Its quite the definition. Its quite interesting because unfortunately, there are two issues here. Is that a lot issues here. One is that a lot of people involved this of people involved in this debate dont actually know the difference between multiculture , multiracialism. , oralism and multiracialism. And secondly, clearly, theyre going after the messenger rather than the message because Suella Braverman right leaning. Braverman is more right leaning. Just a bit of a reminder to people watching this in 2011, the former Prime Minister, moderate Prime Minister apparently David Cameron made the exact same speech about saying how the multiculture tourism has failed. Just one sentence from it. He said, we have encouraged different cultures to live separate lives apart from each other and apart from the mainstream. We failed to provide a vision, society and everything else. So it was okay when David Cameron said it, but its not okay when Suella Braverman says one issue that braverman says one issue is that obviously messaging , whos obviously the messaging, whos the but secondly, as the messenger . But secondly, as you matters you said, the definition matters because people say, well, what about Suella Braverman, her family or my tusis mother, who was a political refugee from iran . Respond saying , iran . And i respond by saying, well, the fact that Suella Braverman her family or even my mother have actually integrated and living here in a and are living here in a peaceful way, thats actually not success of not the success of multiculturalism, thats the success British Culture, success of British Culture, because theyve united despite different races. Theyve united behind one common culture, the British Culture. Thats all were talking about. This is not about racism. This is about promoting one unifying culture. Yeah, exactly. And she spoke a lot about patriotism and National Identity. And thats important. You can absorb a huge amount of people from Different Countries with different religious into one religious beliefs into one nafion religious beliefs into one nation as long as they have a shared love of that nation. And were not all splintering off and pushing and pulling each other in Different Directions and having fighting factions, often from other countries as we saw leicester, with elements saw in leicester, with elements of community, theyre of a muslim community, theyre fighting a hindu fighting elements of a Hindu Community on the streets of britain. And think, a britain. And that, i think, is a visible symbol of multiculturalism failing in this country at what point do you think that we have to put the onus on the people who do come to britain maybe sit more of to britain to maybe sit more of a national test, for example, or have basic requirements when it comes to language . You know, comes to language . You know, should we be doing a bit more to force integration . Force integration . So thats actually an interesting question because the, for example, the liberal pro eu supporters who are basically attacking suella and they love countries like germany, germany are very strict when it comes to making sure you know how to speak german before you become an economic migrant. So somehow the land of europhiles is actually more strict than us. But actually i dont really think that having certain restrictions or basically tests is the perfect answer. Im not saying dont do it, definitely try it anyway. It, definitely try it anyway. But the best thing to do is actually slow down the pace. You have to make sure at any point in any civilised country, the first generation, the rate of first generation, the rate of first generation, the rate of first generation migrants are lower than second, third and of course the natives right now the rate of first generation is going to high and its not really us being bigoted. Its really us being bigoted. Its simply about the fact that the numbers too high. Its numbers are too high. Its difficult, naturally speaking , difficult, naturally speaking, to dont even to integrate. You dont even allow a time for the newcomers, even if they want to, to actually integrate because theyre to be stuck in theyre going to be stuck in their. Their communities. Yeah, absolutely. SuElla Braverman a huge braverman rattled off a huge amount numbers , very amount of numbers, very important was important numbers when she was speaking speaking about speaking, she was speaking about 780 Million People. Potentially it classed as a it could be classed as a refugee. She was talking about needing along needing something along the lines of 213,000 odd new School Places 2026. 1 in 5 children places by 2026. 1 in 5 children now being born to foreign mothers, 70 plus of European Union residents wanting tougher external border control, 50 of americans thinking that there is an invasion at their southern border. These are all numbers. They are important numbers. But there is something i would argue more important, that is the more important, and that is the thing your heart and in your thing in your heart and in your bones, your culture bones, that is your culture and your pride. What is your national pride. What is worth do you think, worth protecting . Do you think, maya, about about British Culture. Im sorry to put you on the spot a bit there, but its an important question. Yeah. Yeah, it is very its getting difficult to even start with it at this point because theres been from our been a neglect from our education just society been a neglect from our ed general just society been a neglect from our ed general to just society been a neglect from our ed general to even just society been a neglect from our ed general to even ask st society been a neglect from our ed general to even ask people ty in general to even ask people what is definition it, what is the definition of it, a British Culture, how do you defend it . I would simplify it. And that culture and saying that British Culture or is the or the anglo anglosphere is the current successful been current successful has been successful for successful warrior for post roman empire. Yes. Brought the roman empire into it and it matters because the roman empire was the beginning of the civilisation that we have, despite all the ups and downs. And now the anglosphere turned it into this, the rule of law and everything else. But the fact that havent actually fact that we havent actually been promote it properly been able to promote it properly , and then thats , positively, and then thats because we now have a lot of people on the nationalist side, the conservative side trying to go negative by basically criticising migration , rightly criticising migration, rightly so, but because we dont have a positive message anymore , a lot positive message anymore, a lot of people in the middle ground are saying, okay, if were going to be rejecting mass migration, then what are we actually promoting . Youre absolutely promoting . So youre absolutely spot to start spot on. We have to start actually the actually talking about the positivity well. Yeah actually talking about the pos look, well. Yeah actually talking about the pos look, im nell. Yeah actually talking about the pos look, im just yeah actually talking about the pos look, im just going to actually talking about the poslook, im just going to read look, im just going to read an email out and ill come to the emails again shortly, but this is from susan, right . So she British Culture is she says, British Culture is irony its clotted irony and sarcasm. Its clotted cream, scones, fish and cream, jam and scones, fish and chips. Sunday roast, its chips. The sunday roast, its complaining that its hot complaining that its too hot after of hot weather, after two days of hot weather, after two days of hot weather, after months of rain, its finding the humour in a bad situation. Sitting in your gardens a wine or a pimms gardens with a wine or a pimms and friends in the rain, she says, funeral of says, crying at the funeral of our not being ashamed our queen. Not being ashamed of crying at it as well. Its our stiff upper lip combined with our affection for our pets. Its being british and no one else understands what it truly means for us. Its a shout for email of that season. Think of the day that season. I think so. You very, very much so. Thank you very, very much for but may united for that. But may the united nafions for that. But may the United Nations has out and just nations has come out and just swatted Suella Braverman away a load types had load of the media types had already pre empted. He called already pre empted. He called her homophobe racist her a homophobe and a racist before actually given before shed actually given a speech, which i thought was interesting, but interesting, predictable, but interesting, predictable, but interesting is there a wider picture at play here . The cynic in me would say that if you break down any sense of National Identity and you tell people that the personal identity that they then feel as well is something to be ashamed of. And something to be ashamed of. And you even break that down right the way through to maybe you are not even the gender that you were born out. You completely break the individual. Break down the individual. Well, it easy to it makes you very easy to control, doesnt yeah control, doesnt it . Yeah also there is this yes. And also there is this mantra because of times in mantra because a lot of times in the establishment, mantra because a lot of times in the establishment , they say, the establishment, they say, well, we need in national problems, require International Solutions. And usually countries solutions. And usually countries in a more isolated way, including hungary , have decided including hungary, have decided to previously go , okay, were to previously go, okay, were going to look after our own borders or and were not borders or were and were not going listen to the going to listen to the International Community. And they got criticised for the first time. The british first time. We have the british home lets home secretary saying, lets come an International Come up with an international solution. Dont solution. They dont want to listen makes me also listen and again, makes me also think the whole ill not i think then the whole ill not i dont want use the word dont want to use the word agenda, know what agenda, but we know exactly what we mean by the mindset, the globalised mindset is globalised mindset that this is the new generation, the even the millennial generation are now basically grown ups. They are now the political now in the political establishment and corporations. These all have a certain these people all have a certain worldview and they dont want to be questioned. They genuinely be questioned. They genuinely believe that everybody that they see in the cities like london or new york, they liberal, cosmopolitan foreigners essentially , they are they essentially, they are they representative of every foreigner. But in reality youre just hanging out with the middle class, french or middle class, german. Do you really want to go and live in a village in hungary . No, you dont. These people are also hypocrites. Are also hypocrites. We do have to ask basically, we do have to ask ourselves what kind of country we want to live in. I think thats what Suella Braverman was really hammer on really trying to hammer home. On reflection , it was overly reflection, it was always overly ambitious and on a hiding to nothing to expect an International Global organisation like the united nafions organisation like the United Nations suddenly start caring nations to suddenly start caring about the nation state, which is actually what she wanted about the nation state, which is actuaito what she wanted about the nation state, which is actuaito she hat she wanted about the nation state, which is actuaito she hat she them d about the nation state, which is actuaito she hat she them to them to do. She wanted them to say, actually, yes, borders are a that are worth a thing that are worth protecting individual countries a thing that are worth protnprotect. Dividual countries a thing that are worth protnprotect. Yeah, al countries a thing that are worth protn protect. Yeah, youre1tries will protect. Yeah, youre talking called the talking to this thing called the United Nations and their refugees policy, which incorporates whole world. So incorporates the whole world. So on reflection, probably a little bit ambitious to expect bit ambitious for us to expect them do anything about it. Them to do anything about it. But fact they didnt but the fact is they didnt anyway. May i can i ask you a slightly personal question . Because Suella Braverman because i think Suella Braverman is exactly now. Is facing exactly this now. She is facing exactly this now. She is an ethnic she is is an ethnic minority. She is the of immigrants and the daughter of immigrants and she is now facing and has faced and will always face a pushback from people who ethnic minorities themselves , who minorities themselves, who expect to her have to have a certain view on it. And call her very foul names, which i will not repeat racist names as a result of having the views that she does. Why is that . Why does that happen . That happen . Its i believe that obviously there are a few actual toxic people who are ironically actually being racist, left wing racist. But the rest of them, i think psychology, basically people on the so called liberal side who get angry at me , for side who get angry at me, for example, on twitter and called me a race traitor or whatever, i think they just get frustrated and confused that someone who looks me is saying these looks like me is saying these things. And a first things. And ive got a first name, a surname that is not really a anglosphere name. And they get they are confused , they get they are so confused, used frustrated because used and frustrated because theyve taken everything for granted. Everything over the last decades. Comes last few decades. When it comes to the doctrine of what we call liberalism or leftism in the west, it has not been challenged. So they just assume everything is what theyve been told since they were kids from the climate alarmism to these sort of issues, social issues. So now theyre not just being challenged by people who look like tommy robinson. Theyre now being who being challenged by people who look me or priti patel or look like me or priti patel or Suella Braverman. So at best theyre confused at worst, they were always going be nasty were always going to be nasty people. They happened to people. They just happened to become wing rather become more left wing rather than right wing. Man thank very much. Man thank you very much. Really great really fascinating stuff. Great to have you on. Mahyar tousi their political commentator to have you on. Mahyar tousi theiimore. Ical commentator to have you on. Mahyar tousi theiimore emailwmmentator to have you on. Mahyar tousi theiimore email for1entator to have you on. Mahyar tousi theiimore email for youator to have you on. Mahyar tousi theiimore email for you quickly one more email for you quickly here. Part of being here. An important part of being british celebrating british is celebrating christmas, day. Christmas, easter poppy day. They day, whatever they say memorial day, whatever you call it. I suppose you want to call it. I suppose these been significantly these have been significantly played the last few played down over the last few years for fear of upsetting people from other cultures. Yeah, get are unifying yeah, i get those are unifying things nationhood , arent things about nationhood, arent they . Are we losing those . They . And are we losing those . But your views coming but yes, i get your views coming in continually. What in continually. Now about what you culture you think British Culture actually really is in light of the comments doing the rounds at the comments doing the rounds at the about the moment about multiculturalism, failed multiculturalism, having failed anyway , more on this story on anyway, more on this story on our gb news dot com is our website gb news dot com is the Fastest Growing National News the country. News site in the country. All the analysis, opinion the best analysis, big opinion and the latest breaking news. But now much shift but now very much a shift in tone. News tone. Incredibly serious news stories to bring you now. A 15 Year Old Girl has died after she was in south london this was stabbed in south london this morning. Police morning. Metropolitan police have boy who have said a 17 year old boy who knew victim has been knew the victim has been arrested. Were to going go now to croydon, where incident to croydon, where this incident took speak to our took place and speak to our london lisa hartle, london reporter lisa hartle, who has latest. Lisa hello. Has the latest. Lisa hello. Yes, well , as we say, that yes, well, as we say, that that girl lost her life after she was stabbed at half past eight this morning here in croydon by a busy road during rush hour. So if i just step out rush hour. So if i just step out of the way, you can see that the forensic teams are currently examining the area, which is cordoned off. This double decker bus is also in the area. Also being investigated by the forensic teams. So the girl was on her way to school when the attack happened. Police and paramedics were called , but the paramedics were called, but the teenager died at the scene less than an hour later. Shortly after this, at 945 of 17 year old boy was arrested in New Addington , which is just under addington, which is just under five miles away from where we are now. That was in connection with the stabbing. Police say they believe that he may have been known to the victim and police say they arent looking for else in connection for anyone else in connection with this incident. A witness has described seeing a bus driver and another woman trying to save the girl on the pavement, performing cpr before the paramedic arrived this morning. Now, the school that she attended, it was a private School Called old palace of John Whitgift school. In a statement , they said, were deeply shocked by the senseless and tragic of our much loved tragic death of our much loved and friend and pupil. It and valued friend and pupil. It will take some time for the School Community come to school to Community Come to terms with this terrible news and offer support to our and will offer support to our pupils. Really pupils. Now, this has really shocked community, shocked the community, understandably. To two understandably. I spoke to two people live here earlier and people who live here earlier and this is what they had to say. Feel we are in shock. I we feel we are in shock. I feel in shock since i heard the news this morning. I just heard about about an hour after it happened. So about about an hour after it happened. So when i when the news broke that a young girl of 15 was just killed here on her way to school, it was a very shocking thing to all of us. We feel all we are all in shock and in pain. And yeah , okay. In pain. And yeah, okay. For me, life is always sacred and precious. So when there is a loss of a blood , its always a loss of a blood, its always a traumatic experience. So since traumatic experience. So since we had the news, i think about two hours, was it not about 12 hours ago . Yeah. Yeah, it has. It has been shocking. That is it has been shocking. That is why we say let us through and know what is happening to see the impact on the society. Yeah the impact on the society. Yeah chief superintendent andy britton of the met police has said this is every parents worst nightmare. And i know the officers who responded this morning along with our Emergency Service colleagues, are devastated at the victims death. Our thoughts are with the victims at this victims family at this incredible , incredibly difficult incredible, incredibly difficult time. Obviously, the time. Now obviously, the investigation is going to continue forensic continue here with the forensic officers looking more at whats whats going behind us. But whats going on behind us. But the police are urging anyone who had any information witnessed had any information or witnessed what to what happened this morning to contact them. Lisa thank you, lisa hartle. There are london reporter absolutely devastated news. Ive got some breaking news to bring you now, though. The National Crime Agency Officers have arrested a suspected people smuggler as part of an investigation into the death of a female migrant on a beach near calais. The eritrean woman is thought to have slipped and fallen into the water while trying to get into a migrant boat. In trying to get into a migrant boat. In the early hours of yesterday morning, a 21 year old Sudanese National was arrested today in dover on suspicion of illegal entry and facilitating illegal entry and facilitating illegal immigration. Ill just clarify that again for you. One more time, which is that the National Crime Agency Officers have arrested a suspected people smuggler as part of an investigation into the death of a female migrant on a beach near calais. The eritrean woman is thought and thought to have slipped and fallen into water whilst fallen into the water whilst trying on to migrant trying to get on to a migrant boat. Individual arrested is trying to get on to a migrant bn21. Individual arrested is trying to get on to a migrant bn21 year individual arrested is trying to get on to a migrant bn21 year oldiividual arrested is trying to get on to a migrant bn21 year old sudaneseested is trying to get on to a migrant bn21 year old Sudanese National a 21 year old Sudanese National who in and has been who was in dover and has been arrested on suspicion of illegal entry and facilitating illegal immigration. More on that as we get now has starmer get it. Now has keir starmer actually agreed a secret deal with Emmanuel Macron . Hey, look, thats what one labour mp appeared to tell me yesterday on this very show. But hang on, isnt that illegal . Can it really be true . And crucially, is this the full story . I want some answers here. Patrick christys gb news, britains news channel papers. Tonight gb news the peoples. Channel peoples. Channel welcome back. Youre watching or listening to me. Patrick christys on gb news. In just a few moments time, well discuss the news that a huge untapped oil off the of oil field off the coast of scotland has been given the go ahead. Rishi sunak has welcomed the apparently the decision, but apparently some quote , some people think its quote, morally obscene. Having morally obscene. Well be having a but i spoke a chat about that. But i spoke to the labour mp Khalid Mahmood yesterday about Suella Braverman comments both our comments regarding both our border and asylum policy. Now, dunng border and asylum policy. Now, during the interview he claimed that the labour leader, sir keir starmer , had made some starmer, had made some provisional agreements with Emmanuel Macron. Lets take it away. Away. Has been across to france, has struck some deals and is going to work through that. Hes going to work through that. Hes going to work through that. Hes going to put proper resources in to deal with this. Our own border force patrols it along with the special units Immigration Units. To look at this, weve got to put proper resources to deal with what are the what are the deals keir starmer struck you . What are the sorry what are the deals . Sorry what are the deals that keir starmer just hes just spoken. Hes just spoken. Hes just spoken president cameron spoken to president cameron about how deal about looking at how well deal with hes got some good with this and hes got some good response him. What is response from him. And what is he to do when he comes he going to do when he comes into power . He will put those into power . He will put those into place. Hes somebody who understands the law. Hes somebody understands to somebody who understands how to deal issues deal with these issues structurally. Not structurally. And hes not somebody who blusters well i well, im joined now by the barrister and writer Stephen Barrett. Stephen thank you very, very much. What kind of mahmood very much. What kind of mahmood went on to say , which i think went on to say, which i think was probably more relevant actually, was i said to him, have struck a secret deal have you struck a secret deal with macron . And he with Emmanuel Macron . And he said he appeared to say yes. And would that be legal . Well, i think the first thing to say is that this highlights your ability to spot the important bits of the story because you did flag this up. And the minute i heard it, you know, i was very shocked to hear it. He claims that a deal is done now constitutionally, that it is at best extremely curious because as it is the role of the government to negotiate with foreign powers, its not the role of the opposition to negotiate with foreign powers. We have this with the Scottish Government, which also seems to behave quite oddly with foreign powers and steps outside the limits of what it can do. We are limits of what it can do. We are in a period of general confusion over the constitution. I think over the constitution. I think thats becoming clearer and thats becoming clearer and thats why ive got quite so much time on air. Its why im sort of needed because these issues are constantly coming up. But the most important word in the naming of the opposition is that they are his majestys loyal opposition. And it is this loyal opposition. And it is this loyal to go behind the back of a government and to negotiate a deal with the foreign power and thats an absolute fundamental of the constitution. Now, inside the eu, where we very largely give sort of Foreign Policy , we give sort of Foreign Policy, we agree to do it mutually with the eu. So theres going to be more of a discussion and more or less power to a government. So its perfectly natural that the governments might become less used to power and singular control over all of this. But they have or they ought to have total singular control. It is not for the opposition , whether not for the opposition, whether that be a labour opposition or a conservative opposition. The liberal democrats or the green party to wander over and talk to mongolia. It is it is for the mongolia. It is it is for the government of the day to conduct Foreign Policy in his majestys name. And so that it is a very name. And so that it is a very shocking thing. If this has happened and what is extremely cunous happened and what is extremely curious is that it came out in a brand saying its not not merely that they dont know that theyre doing something wrong , theyre doing something wrong, its that theyre proud that theyre doing something wrong and actually, its very similar to Something Else thats happening inside the eu where the Eu Commission president has just seemed shes just picked a side in the polish national election. Now that is that is completely outrageous. And completely outrageous. And again, we need to go back to a system of rules. Othennise system of rules. Othennise everything is going to fall into complete chaos. But his majestys loyal opposition should not be negotiating deals secretly with foreign powers. And i find it amazing saying that that needs to be said. You that that needs to be said. You know, its we fooled ourselves that concepts like treason dont exist. But thats what thats exist. But thats what thats what well get very close to if this sort of nonsense carries on. And there have been very considerable questions about the behaviour of the Civil Service recently and this is a very serious question about the behaviour of the opposition. I think you you would do well as a journalist, depressed labour to respond on this because what has been going on well, what is it now . The in question he did sorry to catch you. No, go on, go finish. Finish your point. Yeah. Well he he did make a well well he he did make a mistake. Well he made a mistake later, he got flustered and later, so he got flustered and he called Emmanuel Macron. He called Emmanuel Macron. President so he. President cameron. Yeah. So he. Its he was just making its possible he was just making mistakes. Its possible it was mistakes. Its possible it was an empty brag by an mp who just wanted to make his boss look more impressive. The end more impressive. But at the end of we dont really need of the day, we dont really need to we need to to focus on that. We need to find foreign governments find out if foreign governments are talking to opposition parties and making secret deals with them. And thats thats a very big theyve not been elected. Theyre not not a government in waiting. They are they are to be his majestys loyal opposition. This is it. It needs to be clarified. This is it. Look, stephen, thank you very much. I just wanted you your legal wanted to get you on your Legal Expertise short and sweet, expertise a bit short and sweet, but its great. Great to have your Legal Expertise your kind of Legal Expertise there Stephen Barrett there on that. Stephen barrett there a barrister, friend there is a barrister, a friend of a friend of the of the show, a friend of the channel we did press labour on this for all the obvious reasons, the labour has reasons, so the labour party has said that theres no such said to us that theres no such deal and theres what sir deal and theres issued what sir keir his official keir starmer his official response his meeting keir starmer his official resp macron. His meeting keir starmer his official resp macron. Right. 1is meeting keir starmer his official resp macron. Right. So meeting keir starmer his official resp macron. Right. So theyve| with macron. Right. So theyve literally no such literally said theres no such deal literally said theres no such deal, despite what Khalid Mahmood said, that he appeared to was a deal. To say that there was a deal. Theyve said, dont theyve said, no, no, dont worry. Theyve reissued worry. And theyve just reissued the they made the statement that they made after macron. We had after meeting macron. We had a very constructive and positive meeting, as can meeting, which, as you can imagine, a wide range of imagine, covered a wide range of issues. A very political issues. We had a very political discussion covering a lot of issues with global issues to do with global politics, but also it was that opportunity to look at future prosperity, future security , prosperity, future security, some of the most pressing issues on my mind, on the president s mind. Interesting stuff. This as mind. Interesting stuff. This as to whether or not they of course they deny it or dont they . But anyway, loads more still to come between now and five environmental campaigners are furious after a huge new oil field was approved for development. To development. Were going to debate its the debate whether or not its the right but right now, right decision. But right now, as headlines with polly. As your headlines with polly. Patrick thank you. A 15 Year Old Girl has died after being stabbed in croydon in south london. She was on her way to school. Emergency services were called to wellesley road at around 830 this morning. One eyewitness described seeing a bus driver and a passer by trying to resuscitate a teenage girl. A teenage boy has been arrested. Teenage boy has been arrested. Police say he was known to the victim in other news today, five labour mayors from across the country have met in leeds to urge the Prime Minister to stay on track with hs2. They warn that failure to deliver in full will leave swathes of the north with victorian infrastructure unfit for purpose. Rishi sunak faces a political backlash over reports hes considering axing the link between birmingham and manchester amid soaring costs. Manchester amid soaring costs. Within the last hour , this within the last hour, this company, gb news, has suspended presenter dan wootton. It comes after comments made by lawrence fox during an interview. Laurence fox has also been suspended. Mr fox had made a series of remarks about the journalist ava evans. Shes a journalist ava evans. Shes a Political Correspondent for the news website jo. In a statement , gb news said it will be issuing an apology to ms evans. Issuing an apology to ms evans. More on all those stories by heading to our website, gbnews. Com. A brighter outlook gbnews. Com. A brighter outlook with boxt solar proud sponsors of weather on. Gb news. Hello again. Welcome to your latest weather update from the met office. Now storm agnes is met office. Now storm agnes is set to continue to bring disruptive and potentially damaging winds to parts of the uk. Now, this area of low pressure has moved north eastwards throughout this afternoon and will continue to bnng afternoon and will continue to bring the strongest winds up through the irish sea, affecting northern and Western Areas of the uk. There are Wind Warnings in force throughout this afternoon and overnight as well. The strongest winds over the next hours are set to come next few hours are set to come in affect eastern areas of in and affect eastern areas of Northern Ireland, as well as parts of cumbria , lancashire as parts of cumbria, lancashire as southern of scotland as southern areas of scotland as well. Some really heavy rain paired with much of that paired with that. Much of that rain, will start to rain, though, will start to clear overnight. Will turn clear overnight. So it will turn drier night continues. Drier as the night continues. But winds will remain very but the winds will remain very strong. Now then through thursday, winds slowly start to ease, but it will be a generally quite breezy day. But you can see its a much drier and brighter plenty of hazy brighter day. Plenty of hazy sunshine though. Rain sunshine around, though. Rain will across northern will arrive across Northern Ireland northwest Scotland Ireland and northwest scotland once again will start to once again and it will start to cloud over across the southwest as well. Ahead of this area of rain which will arrive into thursday evening and friday. But temperatures around average for the time of year and then friday, that rain that was in the southwest then sat across the southwest then sat across the south east as some uncertainty to how quickly uncertainty as to how quickly that will clear. But by and large , it be a dry and large, it will be a dry and bnght large, it will be a dry and bright day and that will set us up for a chilly start to saturday. But some decent sunshine before some sunshine around before some pretty windy weather arrives. Again on sunday. A brighter outlook with boxt solar proud sponsors of weather on. On. On. Gb news. Rishi sunak has welcomed the decision to develop the uks biggest untapped oil field. But environmental campaigners , well, environmental campaigners, well, theyre predictably furious, arent they . The Rosebank Oil Field is 80 miles off the coast of shetland. Its said to contain up to 350 Million Barrels of oil. Green Party Mp Caroline Lucas says todays news is morally obscene and her party has described it as a climate crime. So was has described it as a climate crime. So was giving has described it as a climate crime. So was giving approval to crime. So was giving approval to the rosebank project the right decision . To debate this, i am decision . To debate this, i am joined by senior meteorologist at british weather services, jim dale and the director of the Global Warming policy foundation , benny benny, thank you very much. Both of you. Benny, ill start with you and morally start with you and is it morally obscene . Obscene . Well, i wouldnt use that kind of language in its a its a decision of political realism. Its clear that the uk will need oil and gas for decades to come. Even the Climate Change come. Even the Climate Change committee has acknowledged that much. So the only question is whether we use domestic oil and gas or whether we import it from other parts of the world. And there is a more general rollback of a lot of net zero utopian plants in play. Weve seen in rishi sunak rolling back, delaying a few net zero targets and plans already and this doesnt surprise anyone that was on the cards for some time. So its not really surprising. And as we go into winter and energy pnces as we go into winter and Energy Prices are likely to rise again and people will be asking, why are we not using more of our Domestic Well , exactly, exactly. Domestic well, exactly, exactly. And we talk about things being being morally obscene , being being morally obscene, jim. You know, look, i would argue maybe its morally obscene to just keep importing all of this stuff from overseas and hold the British Public to ransom if theres a if theres a massive emergency in america, we might might be a might be screwed. It might be a problem for us to keep relying on things like saudi oil. Problem for us to keep relying on things like saudi oil. And on things like saudi oil. And obviously, weve seen whats been on in ukraine, is it been going on in ukraine, is it not, actually the morally the right to do, to have our right thing to do, to have our own security by drilling for our own security by drilling for our own yeah i take your own stuff . Yeah i take your point, patrick. Argument and and there is an argument and a be had, which were a debate to be had, which were partly having. Im a meteorologist. Youve me partly having. Im a mesomeogist. Youve me partly having. Im a me someogist. Now ve me partly having. Im a mesomeogist. Now. E me partly having. Im a mesomeogist. Now. You me partly having. Im a mesomeogist. Now. You know1e for some time now. You know where stand this. See, where i stand on this. See, i dont necessarily look at this as a as a from an economic point of view. I know the economy has to be taken into into into factored into the equation , factored into the equation, thats for sure. But i look at other things as a meteorologist talking to climatologists, looking around the world, and even now in the last couple of days, looking at all three major landmasses in the southern hemisphere, breaking breaking heat records, much as much , much heat records, much as much, much the same happened in the summertime in the northern hemisphere. Thats my focus. And what this does, this is another decision by the Prime Minister to roll backwards as far as trying to trying to fix that, if you like, into the future here. So to me, this you like, into the future here. Soto me, this is as a wholly negative move. Its not one that negative move. Its not one that will help with the legally binding net zero commitment that this government has made. And this government has made. And now once again, rowing backwards on it. So, you know , how does on it. So, you know, how does that help this situation . I do that help this situation . I do not know. And when we come to economic versus climate catastrophe , liz, i know which catastrophe, liz, i know which one comes out on top as far as im concerned. Yeah. Yeah. What about you, betty . I mean , what jim is saying there is its a wholly negative decision. I mean, is it wholly negative, do you think, because i would argue some of the positives are that we then be self sufficient . Well, look , there is a huge well, look, there is a huge divide between people who are mainly focussed on the climate issue and people who are focussed on the economic and social stability of countries around the world. If governments really believe that were facing a Climate Emergency, they wouldnt be doing what theyre doing. The british the British Government isnt alone in rolling back net zero and weve seen the same in germany and france, in sweden, in italy , and france, in sweden, in italy, and never mind india and china, who are burning coal as if there is no tomorrow. So the reality is almost all governments in the world are not actually aslef opting or believing that were in a Climate Emergency because theyre not behaving as if were in a Climate Emergency. Its an interesting point that benny, its an interesting point, and will put that to point, and i will put that to you. Know where you are you. Jim, i know where you are on you know, youre a on this. You know, youre a meteorologist and get that. Meteorologist and i get that. But took days, days or maybe but it took days, days or maybe even actually for emmanuel even days actually for Emmanuel Macron start echoing what macron to start echoing what rishi sunak said. It was almost like emmanuel was waiting like Emmanuel Macron was waiting for somebody else to stick their head above parapet. And then head above the parapet. And then all of a sudden World Leaders start going, well, actually, you know, a of climate know, theres a lot of climate alarms there. I mean, alarms out there. I mean, i would say theyd the ones would say theyd be the ones doing alarming, to be honest would say theyd be the ones doingyou. Alarming, to be honest would say theyd be the ones doingyou. Butming, to be honest would say theyd be the ones doingyou. But they|, to be honest would say theyd be the ones doingyou. But they say, be honest would say theyd be the ones doingyou. But they say, oh,ionest with you. But they say, oh, theres a lot of climate alarmism out there. So actually, you this going to you know, this is just going to be common theme, isnt be a common theme, isnt it . Yeah, look, youre talking about politicians and politicians a bit of politicians have to do a bit of this juggling tumbling of our friends on radio. That was going to go in, um, and to me , as i say, i come from and to me, as i say, i come from 1 1 side of the equation and i look at the disasters going fonnard. And to be honest with you, not just myself, deloitte, the city firm , they say that if we city firm, they say that if we dont get hold of the Climate Change situation, the damage that will be done to the economies in the future will be infinitesimal. Can we do both, jim . Jim, just can we do both . Can we simultaneously drill this whopping . Great big oil field at the bottom of the north sea . Right. And also to invest loads in green energy. And so we can in green energy. And so we can be self sufficient and we can also do things like offshore netting and we can use solar and we can invest in wind farms. I mean, does it have to be one or the other . You know what . In the end is a realist in these things . Probably arguably that will be the direction of travel, in the direction of travel, that in somehow therell smudge somehow therell be smudge lines on i just hope and on both sides. I just hope and you know suggest that the if we can ramp up the green energy side that thing those things that weve talked about in the past on many occasions then therell be no need necessarily for these new fields. And i for these new oil fields. And i know one of one of the know one of the one of the Political Parties is saying this will last one, even will be the last one, even though given a green will be the last one, even thougto given a green will be the last one, even thougto this. Given a green will be the last one, even thougto this. Um,yen a green will be the last one, even thougto this. Um, hopefullyn will be the last one, even thougto this. Um, hopefully it light to this. Um, hopefully it will be the last. But i stress will be the last. But i stress the green side of things. I stress the reasons why why that, you know, that it will destroy economies. I get it. Economies. I get it. I get it. I get it. I get it. Final, final word, benny, to you on this. I think its interesting that labours policy, as understand policy, as i understand it, unless changed, no new unless its changed, is no new oil gas. Unless its changed, is no new oil gas. Right. It oil and gas. Right. But it doesnt they reverse this. Doesnt mean they reverse this. So theyd probably be so actually, theyd probably be bang favour. And i think that bang in favour. And i think that is interesting. It reminds me a little about happened little bit about what happened in political in australia when a Political Party turn the boats party decided to turn the boats back condemned it. Back and everyone condemned it. But they came into but then when they came into power, they didnt reverse that policy policy policy because that policy already so was that already existed. So it was that was good thing. Theyll was a good thing. So theyll reap of it. Again, reap the benefits of it. Again, i back to it, know, is i come back to it, you know, is it much of an emergency . It that much of an emergency . No, of course not. And labour will u turn on this if it if push comes to shove and the energy deepens , Labour Energy crisis deepens, labour will throw the sink at it and will throw the sink at it and will of course go probably even for fracking if it has to save the economy. So no, no, there is no party that it will destroy the economy over the climate issue. The economy over the climate issue. Well, it depends. Issue. Well, it depends. It depends. It depends. It depends. You know, if the if the labour party resorts into some kind of marxist mode , you know, kind of marxist mode, you know, you will own nothing and you will be you will be happy, maybe they will be happy for us all who knows . Who knows . Who knows . I am course, only joking. Im i am of course, only joking. Im of course, only joking. Right. Both thank you very much of course, only joking. Right. Blook, thank you very much of course, only joking. Right. Blook, great thank you very much of course, only joking. Right. Blook, great stuff. you very much of course, only joking. Right. Blook, great stuff. Thatsery much of course, only joking. Right. Blook, great stuff. Thats jim nuch. Look, great stuff. Thats jim dale there, senior meteorologist at british services. Jim at british weather services. Jim dale of dale and the director of the Global Foundation dale and the director of the gbernie foundation dale and the director of the gbernie pizer. Foundation dale and the director of the gbernie pizer. Right. Foundation dale and the director of the gbernie pizer. Right. Okayindation dale and the director of the gbernie pizer. Right. Okay now,on , bernie pizer. Right. Okay now, this good story for you. This is a good story for you. Okay bit of a bit of light relief. Can st giles are facing a backlash after their a backlash after using their powers people flying powers to ban people flying things like model aeroplanes and wearing a bikini in your own back garden. Sammy just bought one as well. Patrick christys gbd is britains news want to keep you entertained for the Camilla Tominey show sunday mornings from 930 on. Gb news. Gb news. Gb news. Welcome back. Just fast approaching 10 to 5, youre watching or listening to me Patrick Christys on gb news. Now at five, ill get reaction to Suella Braverman that Suella Braverman claim that simply being gay shouldnt mean that youre granted asylum. Guess . Yes, thats right. Guess who . Yes, thats right. Self appointed spokesperson for gay elton john has gay people. Sir elton john has said that her comment risks further legitimising hate and violence. Elton john has steamed violence. Elton john has steamed in. Now, given the state of the country economically and socially, youd think that councils across the uk are focusing on getting vulnerable families to help that they need, but it appears theyve got other priorities. Have priorities. Councils have instead been chalk instead been banning chalk drawings, flying a model aeroplane and would you believe it . In one case, a former model was banned from wearing a bikini in her own garden. Im joined now by the political commentator peter barnes. Peter, im sorry , peter barnes. Peter, im sorry, but what on earth is going on with our councils . You and i will no longer be able to wear a bikini and go out and sunbathe in our own back gardens . Yeah, i mean, i think. I yeah, i mean, i think. I think my neighbours might be rather glad at that one. I wont lie, but this has been an lie, but no, this has been an indicative problem of local councils time. Councils for quite some time. They think filled to the they think theyre filled to the brim little bureaucrats brim of petty little bureaucrats who modicum of who have been given a modicum of power and theyve just run rampant with it. Whats really quite though, is quite insidious though, is actually theyve to actually what theyve used to kind bring in these measures, kind of bring in these measures, and as community and theyre known as Community Protection notifications and notices. Sorry. And the problem of them is theyre completely just done by diktat. There is no kind of right of reply. You dont you dont get to challenge them. Theyre not even done by a court. Theyre done by a faceless bureaucrat within the council. Thats thats the council. And thats thats the bit this find quite bit of this i find quite disturbing. There no time disturbing. There is no time limit them either. And they limit on them either. And they could roll and roll on could just roll on and roll on and very concerned about and im very concerned about particularly policing your behaviour in your home. And behaviour in your own home. And im sorry if you try and tell me what to do. Good luck with that. Yeah, but i mean, it is , to yeah, but i mean, it is, to be honest with you, i think its ridiculous. I can understand if its properly anti social behaviour you youve its properly anti social beh a iour you youve its properly anti social beha neighbour,nu youve its properly anti social beha neighbour,nu know,nuve got a neighbour, you know, deaung got a neighbour, you know, dealing out of their house dealing drugs out of their house or theyre playing music or whatever in the morning, whatever time in the morning, stuff that, okay, stuff like that, fine, okay, cool. If you send cool. But you know, if you send a outside on a nice sunny a child outside on a nice sunny day and they a little bit of day and they do a little bit of a drawing on the pavement, a chalk drawing on the pavement, you know, the Council Turns you know, and the Council Turns up, would ask that up, i would politely ask that council, is council, how much in debt is this at the moment . How this council at the moment . How many polls have you filled in this when was the last this month . When was the last time bins out . You time you took the bins out . You know, of that rubbish that know, all of that rubbish that they should actually doing . They should actually be doing . Shouldnt they be focusing on that . Oh, 100. And lets look at councils across the councils right across the country. Got birmingham country. Weve got birmingham thats bust. Country. Weve got birmingham thats got, bust. Country. Weve got birmingham thats got, i bust. Country. Weve got birmingham thats got, i think bust. Country. Weve got birmingham thats got, i think theres. Weve got, i think theres quite, a few really now, quite, quite a few really now, isnt and the fundamental isnt there . And the fundamental reality the reality is the priority and the focus delivering focus isnt on delivering Quality Services for local people. And until councils get back of back to that basic, that kind of basic foundation, this basic kind of foundation, this this kind of nonsense is going to continue. And find it to continue. And i find it interesting up actual interesting you bring up actual anti social interesting you bring up actual anti scampaigners, i think they many campaigners, i think they call them manifesto club, have really this, have gone on really raised this, have gone on to measures to argue that these measures kind social kind of diminish actual social antisocial behaviour. So, you know, crime on know, actually tackling crime on the people care the streets that people care about when the councils the about when the councils and the police rest of it police and all the rest of it have to get involved in these petty Little Things because people how someones people dont like how someones behaving garden. Behaving in their own garden. I think think its think its i think its ridiculous and its i do think its terrible of time, its a terrible waste of time, effort money. Effort and money. Its a wider attack i think its a wider attack on individualism as well. Now, forgive me, im not just talking forgive me, im notjust talking about, the about, you know, the human beings, to a bikini beings, right, to wear a bikini in back garden here, in their own back garden here, you just little tiny you know, just little tiny little micromanagement of peoples you know, the peoples lives. You know, the exact specification of your hedge. Not hedge. And again, were not talking about, you know, a weeping willow looming, towering over neighbours over your neighbours conservatory over your neighbours conserva darkness. The exact them in darkness. Just the exact specifications of that. All these and that these little rules and laws that creep and creep into peoples lives and stifle the individual. I find it deeply depressing, but its great know, that there great to know, peter, that there are you out there are people like you out there who not have okay. Who will not have it. Okay. Thank you very much. Were going to have going. But peter, to have to get going. But peter, always pleasure. My good man, always a pleasure. My good man, peter barnes, political peter barnes, our political commentator, a friend of the show braverman man show now Suella Braverman man has criticised for saying show now Suella Braverman man has simplyiticised for saying show now Suella Braverman man has simply being] for saying show now Suella Braverman man has simply being gay saying show now Suella Braverman man has simply being gay shouldnt that simply being gay shouldnt grant right to be given grant you the right to be given asylum the she right asylum in the uk. Is she right for do you think, not . For this . Do you think, or not . Shes accused of things shes been accused of things like homophobia. Shes like rampant homophobia. Shes also accused, of of also been accused, of course, of racism. Been of racism. Shes been accused of all simply by standing up all sorts, simply by standing up and shes and speaking out. But shes making broader point making a much broader point here, about society here, isnt she, about society and about culture in general. We and about culture in general. We want be a welcoming country, want to be a welcoming country, dont we are welcoming dont we . We are a welcoming country but are country here in britain. But are we taken for a ride . And we being taken for a ride . And throughout the course of this show, i have been asking you, what do think it means to be what do you think it means to be british british british and what is British Culture . And im just going to have time now to whizz you over now a of the comments now to a couple of the comments that have been made here. Communication be the communication seems to be the main block of humour. Main block and sense of humour. Thats gary, thats from gary. Now, gary, there i think is alluding to the idea we need to have idea that we need to have a shared in order to be shared language in order to be a functional, cohesive society. And that being lost when it and is that being lost when it comes rapid headlong race comes to a rapid headlong race for multiculturalism , etcetera . For multiculturalism, etcetera . I wonder . British people have a i wonder . British people have a certain way of communicating. We have great humour and we used to live safely and safety is something that keeps coming up time and time again. When im asking you what is British Culture . Thats worth protecting for you . Safety seems to be one of the big ones. Thats coming up. Gb views is on gb news dot com Patrick Christys. Gb news. Britains news channel. Britains news channel. The temperatures rising. The temperatures rising. Boxt solar proud sponsors of weather on. Gb news. Weather on. Gb news. Hello again. Welcome to your latest weather update from the met office. Now storm agnes is set to continue to bring disruptive and potentially damaging winds to parts of the uk. Now this area of low uk. Now this area of low pressure has moved north eastwards throughout this afternoon and will continue to bnng afternoon and will continue to bring the strongest winds up through the irish sea, affecting northern and Western Areas of the uk. There are Wind Warnings in force throughout this afternoon and overnight as well. The strongest winds over the next few hours are set to come in and affect eastern areas of Northern Ireland, as well as parts cumbria,lancashire, parts of cumbria, lancashire, southern areas of scotland as well. Some really heavy rain paired with that. Much that paired with that. Much of that rain, though, will start to clear overnight. So will turn clear overnight. So it will turn drier night continues, drier as the night continues, but will remain very but the winds will remain very strong now, then through thursday, start to thursday, winds slowly start to ease, but it will be a generally quite breezy day. But you can see a much drier and see its a much drier and brighter day. Plenty of hazy sunshine around , though. Rain sunshine around, though. Rain will arrive across Northern Ireland and northwest scotland once again and it start to once again and it will start to cloud across the southwest cloud over across the southwest as well. Ahead this area of as well. Ahead of this area of rain which will arrive into thursday evening. And friday. But temperatures around average for the time of year and then friday, that rain that was in the southwest, then sat across the southwest, then sat across the south east as some uncertainty as to how quickly that will clear out. But and that will clear out. But by and large, be a dry and large, it will be a dry and bnght large, it will be a dry and bright day and that will set us up for a chilly start to saturday. But some decent sunshine before sunshine around before some pretty weather arrives pretty windy weather arrives again on. Sunday again on. Sunday the temperatures rising. Boxt the temperatures rising. Boxt solar probe proud sponsors of weather on. Gb news. Its 5 pm. Its Patrick Christys. Its gb news. Now Suella Braverman teed off at the International Community yesterday. Its not gone down that well with everybody and some conservative mps are concerned have concerned that they might have lost votes from the Lgbtq Community. Why . Well, because Suella Braverman said that just simply by being or indeed a simply by being gay or indeed a woman for what . Worth, woman for what . Its worth, doesnt and doesnt automatically and shouldnt automatically qualify. You for asylum. Do you agree with that . Do you think that the tories might have now lost the gay vote . In other news, very gay vote . In other news, very distressing news. This. Yes, thats right. A 15 year old schoolgirl has been fatally stabbed in croydon. Were going to be going to the scene there and finding out the very latest. But were also going to be having a wider conversation about knife crime in general. There a massive there appears to be a massive surge in knife crime, not just in london. Weve got it hugely in london. Weve got it hugely in the West Midlands, massively in the West Midlands, massively in manchester as well. Areas in manchester as well. Areas like liverpool right across the uk. Whats going on and why are people carrying knives from a younger and younger age and whats happening societally to make them want to use them more as well. Finally, were going to as well. Finally, were going to be having a chat about this as well, though. Migrant boats missing in the med. Thats right. So a couple of migrant stories doing the rounds today. Mark for us, mark weiss in lampedusa for us, the island that has taken an absolute battering wake absolute battering in the wake of crisis, of the migrant crisis, supposedly migrant boats are supposedly two migrant boats are missing also in missing there, but also in spain, smugglers spain, people smugglers are using now to get using new tactics. Now to get migrants onto land as quickly as possible. Loads on this hour. Possible. Loads on this hour. Stay tuned Patrick Christys. Gb stay tuned Patrick Christys. Gb news. Yeah, i get those views coming in. Vaiews gbnews. Com today. Ive been asking you in relation what suella relation to what Suella Braverman what do braverman was saying. What do you British Culture really you think British Culture really is . Know, she its is . You know, she thinks its worth protecting, what is worth protecting, but what is it . We British Culture . It . Do we have British Culture . What mean to you . Gb what does it mean to you . Gb views at gb news. Com. But right now its your headlines. We polly middlehurst. Patrick thank you. Well the main stories this afternoon a 15 Year Old Girl has died after being stabbed in croydon in south london. She was on her way to school. Emergency services were called to wellesley road at around 8. 30 this morning. One eyewitness described seeing a bus driver and a passer by trying to resuscitate the teenage girl. She was a student teenage girl. She was a student at the Old Palace School for girls. A 17 year old boy has been arrested. Police say he was known to the victim. In other known to the victim. In other news today, five labour mayors from across the country have met in leeds to urge the Prime Minister to stay on track with hs2. They warn that failure to deliver in full will leave swathes of the north with victorian Rail Infrastructure unfit for purpose. Rishi sunak faces a political backlash over reports hes considering axing the section between birmingham and manchester amid soaring costs. London mayor sadiq khan says there are huge benefits to hs2. Hs2. Im really pleased to have been invited by the cross party for transport north to their Board Meeting this morning. We may be mayors from different regions, but we speak with one voice when we say we dont want cuts to high speed. Two, we see cuts to high speed. Two, we see the benefits of high speed. Two in relation to economic growth, in relation to economic growth, in relation to increasing capacity, increasing connectivity , increasing speed connectivity, increasing speed and it means we can have the same sort of transport links that france has, that spain has, that france has, that spain has, that germany has. Im worried that germany has. Im worried that cutting High Speed Two will cause huge damage to london and the south east sadiq khan well, in the last houn sadiq khan well, in the last hour, this company gb news, has suspended its presenter, dan wootton. It comes after offensive comments were made by laurence fox during an interview on this channel last night. He made a series of derogatory remarks about the journalist ava evans, whos a Political Correspondent for the news website. Joe laurence fox has also been suspended by gb news in a statement, gb news said it will be issuing a formal apology to ms evans. Now, the uks to ms evans. Now, the uks largest untapped oil and gas field , rosebank, in scotland, field, rosebank, in scotland, has been approved for development. Thats despite a row over Climate Change. Regulators say net zero considerations have been taken into account. But scotlands first minister, humza yousaf yousaf, says hes disappointed the projects been given the go ahead. 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SuElla Braverman mentioned a lot of numbers in her speech yesterday. 780 Million People could be classed as refugees , could be classed as refugees, about 213,000 new School Places will need to be found to accommodate the amount of children by 2026. 1 in 5 children by 2026. 1 in 5 children are now born to foreign born mothers. 70 plus of European Union residents want tougher external border controls. 50 of americans think their southern border is being invaded. £8 million a day is being spent on migrant hotels. About half of the crime in paris, she said, was supposedly attributable to migration. Look these are numbers. They are important numbers. Theres no these are numbers. They are imponaboutimbers. Theres no these are numbers. They are imponabout that. � s. Theres no these are numbers. They are imponabout that. Butheres no these are numbers. They are impon about that. But theys no these are numbers. They are impon about that. But the most doubt about that. But the most important thing for me anyway, is culture, is culture and identity. And if we want to identity. And if we want to protect our values and our way of life, then have to control of life, then we have to control mass migration, both legal and illegal. We want to protect illegal. If we want to protect the legacy of our forefathers who went before us to preserve what for, what they what they fought for, what they suffered help create it, then suffered to help create it, then we need control our borders. We need to control our borders. Suella said that suella herself said that a country that cannot protect its borders ceases to be a proper country. Look, its easy to make country. Look, its easy to make the financial and structural case controlling immigration case for controlling immigration and changing the uns definition of refugees. We havent got enough gp appointments. Theres a housing crisis, etcetera, etcetera. But the most important point is one that comes from point is the one that comes from the heart. I think , i think the heart. I think, and i think thats what Suella Braverman was trying make in your heart. Do trying to make in your heart. Do you to protect britain as you want to protect britain as you want to protect britain as you the country you feel you see it, the country you feel it your bones, its it is in your bones, its history, its norms, culture . History, its norms, its culture . If the answer to that is yes, then we must get a grip of immigration, both legal and illegal. If you believe in National Identity , shared National Identity, shared patriotism, shared binding features , then you features of nationhood, then you have to want secure borders. No managed approach to societal influx. The un has despite sir ellas impassioned plea, rebutted her in the way that perhaps we should have expected any International Global organisation will simply not be able to understand or will be unwilling to understand the passion that citizens feel for the preservation of their own nation. We are on a Tipping Point now in so many aspects of society at the moment, but you have to ask yourself this what kind of country is it that you want . We have to be kind of country is it that you want . We have to be proud as brits dont we . But you can only be proud of what you know and increase hinckley when people look around them this look around them in this country, i dont think they recognise us, what they see. And i think time to get more i think its time to get more vocal about how really feel vocal about how you really feel. Yeah, and thats what im asking you today. Gb views gbnews. Com. Heck of a lot to unpack about not just what Suella Braverman said , but the Suella Braverman said, but the fallout on it as well. But if shes going to say things like multiculturalism has failed, i want to know for you what it is culturally be british. What culturally to be british. What is British Culture . Is what is British Culture . Dianes been on . Our culture is 100 different things, such as integrity, art, integrity, dignity, art, theatre, humour , fairness, theatre, humour, fairness, tolerance, good manners. She goes on to country that has goes on to a country that has hundreds of clever people who change their lives for the good. Thats diane warrington. Thats diane in warrington. Diane, much. Diane, thank you very much. Theres this. I want theres a lot like this. I want to know what it means to you. I think all too often we do live in a rapidly changing society. Its a huge melting of its a huge melting pot of a society. Often for the society. Very often for the better, theres no doubt about that. Happens too that. But if it all happens too fast, quickly, then you lose fast, too quickly, then you lose a sense of identity, dont you . And i think if you couple that with being told that, you know, your bad and your National History is bad and wrong everything youve wrong and that everything youve done in some evil done is in some way evil and thats come from, then thats what you come from, then yeah. Really trying yeah. What are we really trying to protect . Vaiews gbnews. Com. What mean what does British Culture mean to but Suella Braverman to you . But Suella Braverman also said yesterday that simply being gay should not be enough for an Asylum Seeker or migrant to get asylum in the uk. I mean, obviously the natural person to pipe p obviously the natural person to pipe up on this is Sir Elton John and he did. Hes weighed into the debate and criticised the home secretary. Heres a little reminder of what our home secretary had say. Secretary had to say. Let me be clear. There are vast swathes of the world where it is extremely difficult to be gay or to be a woman , where gay or to be a woman, where individuals are being persecuted. It is right that we offer sanctuary , but we will not offer sanctuary, but we will not be able to sustain an asylum system if, in effect simply being gay or a woman or fearful of discrimination in your country of origin is sufficient to qualify for protection. To qualify for protection. People have leapt on this. So people in the media clearly had advanced sight of extracts of Suella Braverman speech. So before she even took to the stand in washington yesterday, the types were dishing it the usual types were dishing it out as homophobic. Its anti out as homophobic. Its anti gay. Its all of this. Apparently conservative apparently the conservative party , elements of party themselves, elements of it, genuinely afraid now it, are genuinely afraid now that lost quotes. The that theyve lost quotes. The gay over this, which im gay vote over this, which im not sure i believe the labour party latched to this and party latched on to this and Yvette Cooper said yesterday that what Suella Braverman essentially to do is not essentially wants to do is not offer place of sanctuary offer us a place of sanctuary for she used the example of people in uganda fleeing absolute persecution. I think from what we can gather there from what we can gather there from that clip thats obviously not what Suella Braverman is saying. I think shes just saying. I think shes just saying that simply by virtue of being gay or indeed a woman and wanting a better life than the one that may be on offer for you in your country, she that should not enough to qualify for not be enough to qualify for asylum. Have to face asylum. You have to face genuine, person action. Genuine, real person action. Lets now to the italian lets cross now to the italian island of lampedusa , which is island of lampedusa, which is the first port of call for many migrants who end up in the uk. I want to speak to our Home Security editor, mark white, who joins me now. Mark, what is she really here it really getting at here when it comes to this idea that, well, if youre if youre gay, you can claim asylum . Mean, is it easy claim asylum . I mean, is it easy to if youre to just claim asylum if youre gay a different country . Gay in a different country . Well, its certainly one of the reasons that you can give to officials is that you are are in need of asylum in a certain country is because you are being discriminated against or persecuted for your sexuality. But i think youre right. SuElla Braverman was making a distinction between those who are genuinely being persecuted in the countries where being gay is still illegal, where being gay means you can still be jailed, where being gay can sometimes mean that you are the subject of capital punishment. Subject of capital punishment. Clearly, these people would be in need of sanctuary , would be in need of sanctuary, would be granted asylum. I dont think granted asylum. I dont think Suella Braverman was at all indicating that these were the people that she was referring to. It was those who might come from countries where, yes, the culture and tradition in in that country is perhaps not as open as it is to say, you know, as western countries when it comes to sexuality or indeed sex if youre a woman. But that doesnt necessarily mean that you should be able to qualify for refuge status going fonnard in a period where a Suella Braverman anticipates that there are going to be many, many more people trying to seek a new life in the west to get away from us often a wretched situation at home. But western countries , i think she western countries, i think she is arguing just need to be a bit more clear headed about this. There is only so much that they can do to help people from other countries that may require their help and you know, there needs to be probably stricter criteria i think is what Suella Braverman was really trying to get at some people are pointing out that apparently only around 2 of asylum applications that are accepted are in relation to people who are claiming persecution on the basis of their sexual orientation. Their sexual orientation. So if that is indeed the case, clearly thats quite a low number. Think the concern number. I think the concern would wouldnt that would be, wouldnt it, that people would try to game the system . Would imagine, system . It would be, i imagine, quite difficult to prove that you gay. And i dont you are not gay. And i dont think many people would feel particularly comfortable making somebody would somebody do that. It would be a weird thing. Im not even sure how would go about that, but how you would go about that, but its worth that theres its worth noting that theres a Bigger Picture at play here, which are where you which is why you are where you are. Mark in lampedusa at the moment and what is actually going on in terms the scale going on in terms of the scale of crisis over of the migrant crisis over there. Essentially, why are you there. Essentially, why are you there . There . Well, its a very significant migrant crisis. If you look at migrant crisis. If you look at italy, just as one country, see they have had 133,000 people who have come across the mediterranean and into lampedusa to other italian islands and onto the italian mainland. Now, thatis onto the italian mainland. Now, that is double the number who crossed last year , and they are crossed last year, and they are predicting the Italian Government that 200,000 at least will cross by the end of the yean will cross by the end of the year. Now, thats 200,000 just for one european country. Its not just italy, though. For one european country. Its notjust italy, though. They for one european country. Its not just italy, though. They are also suffering a migrant crisis in greece and in spain. And we brought you a couple of hours back , some news of new tactics back, some news of new tactics and a new front opening up on the andalusian coast around the city of elmira , where these fast city of elmira, where these fast speedboats are coming. Theyre often used, of course, by the drug runners to take hashish over from morocco. And other drugs and to land them on spanish beaches. Now their cargo is people , hundreds of people , is people, hundreds of people, and 5000, in fact, in recent weeks who have come to the coastline of andalusia. And coastline of andalusia. And these speedboats , its these speedboats, its a different tactic now because we are used to seeing, of course , are used to seeing, of course, in the English Channel these inflatables coming across. And thats it. They they get one journey. Thats their journey. Journey. Thats their journey. Absolutely. And the same with the boats that are crossing to lampedusa. These boats , rickety lampedusa. These boats, rickety old just get seized and old boats, just get seized and thats it. Well, these speedboats, rigid inflatables very fast, are just zipping across from morocco in no time at all. Theyre coming from nador in morocco. And in very quick succession , theyre across quick succession, theyre across the med, theyre dropping their occupants on these beaches around almera. And a bit further down the coast. And then they are zipping back to morocco without the authorities in spain being able to get a handle on it and get after them. And get after them. Absolutely. Mark, thank you very, very much. Mark white, their Home Security editor in lampedusa, abreast lampedusa, keeping you abreast of and also some of the situation and also some of the situation and also some of the situation and also some of the facts around how easy or othennise it actually is to claim virtue of claim asylum by virtue simply of being but joining me now is being gay. But joining me now is International Human rights lawyer haig. David thank lawyer david haig. David thank you. Great to have on the you. Great to have you on the show. I mean, it show. Look i mean, is it actually quite to say , im actually quite easy to say, im gay, give me asylum . Gay, give me asylum . Well, i think i think it certainly is. And its the how do you prove that if youre the home office, how do you prove someone is gay or or isnt . And someone is gay or or isnt . And so i think what youre seeing and certainly in the experience that ive had and, you know, i wrote an article this morning in the mail and, you know, the daily mail and, you know, ten years ago, my partner was from the middle east, went through process through the asylum process because genuinely because his life was genuinely at risk. So, you know, ive gone through it from a personal perspective and a professional one. And how do you prove you are gay and what youre finding and certainly im seeing in the home they that home office is they are that worried about or doing worried about saying or doing the wrong thing. That is of quite easy to come into this country with the suggestion that effectively you are gay. Can i ask david, sorry, sorry to interrupt, but i do think thats actually quite an important point want to be too point and i dont want to be too insensitive about this, its insensitive about this, but its worth raising the context of worth raising in the context of this right . This discussion, right . Mean, i present i mean, if i did present myself home office and myself at the home office and say gay and im from a say im gay and im from a country like iran or somewhere and need asylum, mean, what and i need asylum, i mean, what kind do they for . Kind of proof do they ask for . Well i mean, certainly from, again, personal experience in the case when my partner applied for asylum, i was listed as the partner and i didnt even get one phone call to check, not one phone call. Im living in england at and im living in england at the time. So that gives you an idea of my personal experience. And i can speak that. And i can i can speak from that. So know, no one checked so so you know, no one checked so thats obviously a big problem. Yeah. Yeah, yeah. Well, well, its ridiculous isnt ridiculous really, isnt it . I mean, but mean, even the wider mean, but i mean, even the wider point there mean, even if point there is, i mean, even if they had called you or, you know, if i was a single gay man, i mean, do they go about we i mean, how do they go about we cant strap to a lie detector cant strap me to a lie detector test. Give some truths test. Ill give me some truths here. And can they or, you know, whatever else they may they may well, do. Would be well, indeed do. It would be a bit a ridiculous, bit of a ridiculous, a ridiculous thing. Do you think that are gaming the that people are gaming the system mean, is this system then . I mean, is this a bigger issue than than many people believe . People would have us believe . They say, oh, well, only 2 of people apparently are people apparently who are granted it on granted asylum have it on grounds so whats granted asylum have it on gr01point . So whats granted asylum have it on gr01point . Its so whats granted asylum have it on gr01point . Its not so whats granted asylum have it on gr01point . Its not a so whats granted asylum have it on gr01point . Its not a big whats the point . Its not a big problem. Is it a big issue . Yeah, i think, you know, even if 1 or people if youve got 1 or 2 people coming to country that are coming to this country that are gaming system, theyre gaming the system, theyre taking the place of someone that genuinely our help and genuinely needs our help and protection. Theyre delaying that, that that asylum application. Got application. Weve already got a massive absolutely massive backlog. So absolutely its problem. In its a problem. You know, in terms mentioned, terms of the numbers mentioned, whether its 2 less, less or more, you know, a problem. More, you know, it is a problem. And you its that, and you know, its one that, like earlier, that there like i said earlier, that there just not following up and checking on and i imagine with the youve got the backlog that youve got there, likely to less and less do that. So its you know, its a real its a real worry and its taking the protection away from people genuinely from people that genuinely need it. Absolutely. Spot yeah, absolutely. Spot on there, i think is there, david and i think that is a point, which is a really crucial point, which is that you know, for people that look, you know, for people who say, well, you know, this is some kind of anti gay thing, i mean, think by mean, i dont think i mean, by definition, its not supposed to be because trying be anti gay because its trying to arent gay, to expose people who arent gay, who, you know, are taking the place somebody who maybe is place of somebody who maybe is who asylum. So that who would need asylum. So that would that. But would be my take on that. But david, you. Sorry, its david, thank you. Sorry, its a bit short and sweet, but weve got to move on, im afraid. David International David haig there, International Human rights look, he human rights lawyer. 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Com and that overait mean to you to all. What gbviews gbnews. Com and that overait mean to you to be what does it mean to you to be british . What is a British Culture light of the fact culture in light of the fact that Suella Braverman says that multiculturalism failed . Gb multiculturalism has failed . Gb views and gbnews. Com ill go to the inbox shortly, but a speculation around the future of hs2 rumbles on. A string of northern the northern mayors have made the case against scrapping the northern leg. Yes, there join the live desk on gb news. The peoples channel. Britains news channel. Britains news channel. Welcome back. You are watching or listening to me Patrick Christys on gb news now , very shortly i will be discussing after a fatal im sorry after a schoolgirl was fatally stabbed in south london today , a former policeman will today, a former policeman will join me to discuss this. The knife crime epidemic as a whole. But before that, hs2. Its a its a brewing rumbling scandal , isnt it . It appears to have been derailed, but a procession of northern mayors have been getting involved and saying that actually they think that the government should not scrap hs2. Most notably andy burnham. So most notably andy burnham. So theres a simple but powerful message coming back from the northern mayors , but also the northern mayors, but also the mayor of london today whos with us to back to west minster and whitehall. And its this dont pull the plug and its this dont pull the plug on the north of england. Stop thinking you can treat people here like second class citizens when it comes to transport. Yeah , well, there we go. Yeah, well, there we go. Look, ive long subscribed to the view that we should be connecting the north of england and the east, etcetera, to itself better, as opposed to having a direct line that could get people out of there and into london. But Liam Halligan joins us of course, our us now. He is of course, our economics and Business Editor with money dont kill off with on the money dont kill off the north essentially is what you say i think this is an open goal for the likes of andy burnham who to his credit, has been talking about hs2 for years andindeed been talking about hs2 for years and indeed for sadiq khan, the london mayor, getting in on the act and those other labour mayors, of course, look , this is mayors, of course, look, this is a fiasco. This high speed super train. It was meant to cost £30 billion when it was first conceived in 2010. The current estimate is more like 100, 110 billion. The bit from london to birmingham is being constructed. Birmingham to manchester is probably going to be scrapped just as the tories head up to manchester for their annual conservative Party Conference. As the Party Faithful gather, the other part of it from birmingham to leeds through east midlands hub that was scrapped last year. So look, was scrapped last year. So look, hs2 only ever made sense to the expense to the extent that high speed rail makes sense in a geographically small island. And a lot of people would say it doesnt, but it only really makes sense. You only get bang for your and its all for your buck and its all taxpayer if you do that. Taxpayer money if you do that. Birmingham manchester and birmingham to manchester and birmingham to manchester and birmingham to manchester and birmingham to leeds why birmingham to leeds branch. Why why . Because weve already got two railways from london to birmingham, right . Euston to birmingham, right . Euston to birmingham. You know, reasonable birmingham. You know, reasonable time, particularly if theres decent wifi you can work on the train and you can go from marylebone to west of marylebone just to the west of euston snow hill in euston to snow hill in birmingham. Mean through the birmingham. I mean through the chiltern lines, dont need chiltern lines, we dont need another birmingham, another london to birmingham, train line unless it is part of a high speed link all the way up to manchester and also all the way to leeds. Thats why way up to leeds. And thats why these rightly are kicking these mayors rightly are kicking up. Well its a choice that has to be made. Now, do we plough ahead at great expense with a project that actually i think even the people who came up with thought probably wasnt necessarily the best idea to begin with . Or do we it quits . We just call it quits . There is a huge amount look, there is a huge amount of vested interest here. What do i mean by that . I mean the big engineering conglomerates who want very lucrative want these very, very lucrative , you know, nailed on Public Sector contracts. Im talking about large and speculators who have bought a lot of acreage up and these lines, and down these lines, particularly around the proposed stations. They stand make stations. They stand to make huge amounts if hs2 huge amounts of money if hs2 goes ahead. But is it really the right thing for the country . A lot of people would say not. Theres something called the sunk in economics. Sunk cost fallacy in economics. Poker players know it well. Its the idea. Just because youve got a lot of money on on a hand, you dont keep following bad money with good money, you learn when to quit. And if we quit this , were 20 million, 20 this, were 20 million, 20 billion, 20,000 million, 30 billion, 20,000 million, 30 billion gone in the whole. Billion, 20,000 million, 30 billion gone in the whole. Can that work . Thats been done be repurposed for another for Something Else. Im not sure. What i do know is that if you end up just with london to birmingham, that would be the worst of all possible outcomes. So if the government is going to go it simply has to press go ahead, it simply has to press on manchester this to on to manchester for this to make economic make any economic sense whatsoever. Whatsoever. Think theres something i think theres something coming want coming down the track, for want of which is of a better phrase, which is people have sold Properties People who have sold properties or businesses as commercial property, theyre going to be furious that theyre going to be a loss. Theyre going to take the government to court. I mean, come on. If youve been if youve had your house code, you know, and you know the compensation scheme, i follow quite those cases when quite a few of those cases when making documentaries in a previous your house has previous life. If your house has been made compulsory purchase ordered by hs2 , i. E. By the ordered by hs2, i. E. By the government. And then the thing doesnt even happen and your life has been upended, then you may have some legal redress. You will had to signed will have had to have signed a settlement agreement. But still settlement agreement. But still these cases may be reopened. But more than that, patrick, theres Something Else going on here. Theres a sense of loss because if you talk to genuine Rail Industry insiders who arent being paid by hs2 , and there are being paid by hs2, and there are still some of them in the industry, they will say to you for the ten, 20, £30 billion weve already spent, what could weve already spent, what could we have done on the railways . You know , you grew up in you know, you grew up in manchester, right . The castlefield corridor in manchester is a disgrace. Its near deansgate station. You know exactly the bridge. I mean, the whole of the network goes into one line in either direction , one line in either direction, right . It absolutely disrupts trains across the whole of the north west of england, going up to scotland so many times. The department of transport has promised money to widen that castlefield corridor. Theres castlefield corridor. Theres another place near Milton Keynes called ledburn junction, another famous bottleneck. You can famous bottleneck. You can electrify trains in the north, 80 of which arent electrified outrageously well, cumbria, as well as another one. So theyre diesel. So theyre diesel. Theyre they pull theyre slow. They cant pull many carriages. It means theyre infrequent. They cant accelerate theyre accelerate away. Theyre overcrowded. Ask anyone overcrowded. Ask anyone commuting into manchester, liverpool, sheffield or leeds from those northern towns that surround those great cities. Always crowded, often cant get on the train. What could you on the train. What could you have done with 20 or £30 billion . That is the real question. At issue. Here it is. Liam, thank you very, very much. Liam halligan there our economics Business Editor. Economics and Business Editor. Look, to come look, still loads to come between now and 6 00 after a schoolgirl stabbed schoolgirl was fatally stabbed in london today, i will be in south london today, i will be taking a wider look the uk taking a wider look at the uk knife crime epidemic, especially facing the youth. But first, it facing the youth. But first, it is your latest headlines with polly middlehurst. Is your latest headlines with polly middlehurst. And the top polly middlehurst. And the top story is that a 15 Year Old Girl has died after being stabbed in croydon in south london. She was on her way to school. Emergency services have been called to wellesley road at around 830 this morning. One eyewitness describing seeing a bus driver and a passer by trying to resuscitate a teenage girl. A teenage boy has been arrested. Police say he was arrested. Police say he was known to the victim. In other news today, five labour mayors from across the country have been meeting up in leeds to urge the Prime Minister to stay on track with hs2. They warn that failure to deliver in full will leave swathes of the north with victorian Rail Infrastructure unfit for purpose. Rishi sunak faces a political backlash over reports hes been considering axing the link between birmingham and manchester amid soaring costs. And this company, soaring costs. And this company, gb news, has suspended its presenter dan wootton. It comes after offensive comments were made by laurence fox during an interview on this channel last night. He interview on this channel last night. He made a series of derogatory remarks about the journalist eva evans, who is a Political Correspondent for the news website. Joe. Laurence fox has also been suspended. In a statement , gb has also been suspended. In a statement, gb news said it will be issuing a formal apology to ms evans. 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Now this area of low pressure has moved north eastwards throughout this afternoon and will continue to bnng afternoon and will continue to bring the strongest winds up through the irish sea, affecting northern and Western Areas of the uk. There are Wind Warnings in force throughout this afternoon and overnight as well. The strongest winds over the next few hours are set to come in and affect eastern areas of Northern Ireland, as well as parts cumbria,lancashire, parts of cumbria, lancashire, southern areas of scotland as well. Some really heavy rain paired with that. Much that paired with that. Much of that rain, start to rain, though, will start to clear overnight. Will turn clear overnight. So it will turn drier the night continues. Drier as the night continues. But winds will remain very but the winds will remain very strong. Through strong. Now, then through thursday , winds slowly start to thursday, winds slowly start to ease, but it will be a generally quite breezy day. But you can see a much drier and see its a much drier and brighter day. Plenty of hazy sunshine around, though. Rain will arrive across Northern Ireland northwest Scotland Ireland and northwest scotland once again and it will start to cloud the southwest cloud over across the southwest as ahead of this area of as well ahead of this area of rain which will arrive into thursday evening and friday. But temperatures around average for the time of year. Temperatures around average for the time of year. And then the time of year. And then friday, that rain that was in the southwest and then sat across the south east as some uncertainty as to quickly uncertainty as to how quickly that but by and that will clear. But by and large , it will be a dry and large, it will be a dry and bnght large, it will be a dry and bright day and that will set us up a chilly start to up for a chilly start to saturday. But some decent sunshine around before some pretty windy weather arrives. Again on sunday. A brighter outlook with boxt solar proud sponsors of weather on. On. On. Gb news. We heard today the deeply distressing story of how a schoolgirl was fatally stabbed in south london. The 15 year old was attacked during her journey to school in croydon, allegedly. Now Emergency Services, including an air ambulance crew, tried desperately to save her life. Witnesses say that the scene sorry that the knife involved was around a foot long. Police have made one arrest in connection to the attack. It was just last month, though, that the Prime Minister gave Police New Powers to prevent the use of the so called zombie knives , a the so called zombie knives, a move that rishi sunak said would help officers seize and destroy such weapons. I want to take a wider look at knife crime in the uk, not specifically in relation, of course, to this case, which is still very much is up in the air. But a wider look at how now younger people seem to be getting younger by the day, carrying knives and there seems to be more willing to use them as well. And what is going on there . Im joined now by retired met Police Officer Norman Brennan. Norman, i know youve got incredibly strong views, but clearly, especially given your capacity about given your former capacity about knife in general , and it knife crime in general, and it does appear to be getting worse. What do you think is behind that . Because its not just the ability to get hold of a knife. Its the psychology of wanting to wanting to use one as well. To wanting to use one as well. Well, im here under the head of protect the protectors and also knives destroy lives. Two also knives destroy lives. Two very important organisations and National Organisations that give a strong voice right now knives, knives , destroy lives. They knives, destroy lives. They truly do. They maim people. They truly do. They maim people. They disfigure people and they scare communities. Too many parents are planning funerals rather than Bright Futures for their children. Weve got 4000 gangs in britain , 200in london and in britain, 200in london and many of those are carrying knives. We have a ferret element knives. We have a ferret element within britain, not just london, within britain, notjust london, that have no fear. They have no value. They have no fear of anyone. They have no value of anything, including life. That anything, including life. That is why they have no concerns taking someone elses life and sometimes losing their own lives. Its a National Epidemic and an epidemic that is out of control and this this recent thing by rishi sunak , im afraid thing by rishi sunak, im afraid its just froth. Nobody seems to get to the substance. So how bad is knife crime . Ive just is knife crime . Ive just explained if it was a patient, it would be on life support. Nobody seems to have addressed it, nurtured the patient, isnt treated the patient and given it the love, care and attention that it needs. Yeah it really is that it needs. Yeah it really is an epidemic. But it seems to be it seems to be just getting gradually worse and worse and worse and its not just a london thing. Far from it. I mean, manchesters terrible for it. Liverpool well. I mean, no liverpool is as well. I mean, no offence to the people of manchester or liverpool, its just a i the just a fact. I mean the West Midlands awful. Mean midlands is awful. I mean lawless, West Midlands has been a ive seen a headline that ive seen several times and with good reason. Why do think though, reason. Why do you think though, that youngsters are more inclined use these inclined to actually use these knives have always been used, knives have always been used, knives have always been available. Its that easy to just go and take one out your kitchen drawer. But, but we are seeing people who seeing now people who are younger younger younger younger and younger and younger seeming to use them seeming more willing to use them and not just use them in a way of stabbing somebody the leg, of stabbing somebody in the leg, but, going for the but, you know, going for the kill it comes knife kill when it comes to knife crime as what is happening crime as well. What is happening there . There . Well, there are too many people that protect their turfs. You could be standing on the wrong side of the road or be driving cycling , walking through driving cycling, walking through the wrong part of town and to a rival gang that is shown as disrespect. And for that disrespect. And for that disrespect that you could be stabbed and you could lose your life. This afternoon, a 16 year life. This afternoon, a 16 year old was stabbed in birmingham. It probably wont hit the news. The reason why these youngsters carry the knives is for crime is to defend themselves. And its to defend themselves. And its a fashion accessory. Very many fashion accessory. Very many children now put a knife in their pocket as routinely as they do a mobile phone, and nobody over 30 years since ive been a lead campaigner on knife crime has actually got a grasp. You know as well as i do. How many times does gb news cover a story where the home secretary or the government say there will be a crackdown . Well, i am telling you, as an independent lead campaigner on knife crime, there has never been a crackdown on knife crime. Do you know what we need to do . Yeah go on. We need to listen. We need to listen to those parents. In all parts of britain , in london, parts of britain, in london, where i have policed , and i know where i have policed, and i know very well indeed there are parents, predominantly black, that are in mortuaries. There bereft. They throw themselves at family liaison officers. How many times have we heard on the television, please let my child be the last one. Only for 2 or 3 weeks later for the same scenario, different parents. Can i ask nothing on that note . Because i think this is a really kind of vital point that were getting to here, which is that we hear a lot about stop and searches, racist, stop and search is inherently bad. I it would not surprise me at all if a Police Officer who was out on the beat was absolutely terrified of stopping and searching someone for the obvious reasons. But then we have, you know, an extortionate number of people under fortunately from ethnic minority communities involved in knife crime dying from knife crime. The parents of those people you mentioned, theyre crying in mortuaries. So how do we marry up those two things between stop and search being seen as an inherently racist entity and the fact that loads of people from ethnic minority backgrounds are involved in dying from knife involved in or dying from knife crime. Crime. Let me cut to the okay, let me cut to the chase. How how can a Police Officer be racist if theyve dealt with that family in a mortuary and that family has pleaded with them . Well no, pleaded with them . Well no, weve lost norman. Oh, well, look. Okay. Well, oh, well, look. Okay. Well, anyway, will return to normal in anyway, will return to normal in a minute or so. But thats Norman Brennan there. Is he retired Police Retired metropolitan Police Officer. Zoom out officer. I just want to zoom out a little bit really, and have a look at the knife crime epidemic in country. Is absolute in this country. It is absolute astonishing. If you go on google right and type in the right now and you type in the word stabbed knife and word stabbed or knife crime and it just bang, bang, bang, itjust goes bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, and will be local bang, bang, and it will be local areas you a across areas and you pay a map across the country you realise how the country and you realise how utterly severe knife crime really in this country. And really is in this country. And i want try and get to the heart want to try and get to the heart of did life become so cheap of when did life become so cheap in britain, did it actually in britain, when did it actually become cheap . Idea that become so cheap . The idea that you might carry a knife to seem hard mates. But hard in front of your mates. But then one thing to go and then its one thing to go and use that and then its another thing that to going to thing on top of that to going to use that way that you, you use that in a way that you, you know, will be fatal. Aiming for the heart, for example, or the neck i just think neck or whatever. I just think that astonishing that its astonishing really. And and search has and surely stop and search has to wheeled a lot more and to be wheeled out a lot more and Police Officers maybe have to feel protected their feel more protected by their superiors do as superiors in order to do it as well. Gb views a gbnews. Com. Get those views coming in. In those views coming in. But in other keir starmer other news, has keir starmer agreed a secret migration deal with emmanuel that is with Emmanuel Macron . That is what mp appeared to what one labour mp appeared to tell me live on this show yesterday. But hang on, thats illegal, isnt it . And crucially, is this a false story . Yes. Labour say its not, but we will delve into it. Patrick christys. Gb news, britains fonnard from this. Join us here on gb news, the peoples. Channel it is 548. Youre watching or listening to me. Patrick christys on gb news. Now, i spoke to the labour mp Khalid Mahmood yesterday about Suella Bravermans comments regarding both our border and our asylum policy. During the interview , he policy. During the interview, he claimed that the labour leader , claimed that the labour leader, sir keir starmer, had made some provisional agreements with Emmanuel Macron. I asked him whether or not the labour leader has struck a secret deal with the french president. The french president. Has been across to france , has been across to france, has struck some deals and is going to work through that. Hes going to work through that. Hes going to work through that. Hes going to put proper resources in to deal with this , our own to deal with this, our own border force patrolling it along with the special units, Immigration Units to look at this. Were going to put proper resources to deal with what are the what are the deals keir starmer struck . What are the deals . Sorry what are the that keir what are the deals that keir starmer is just hes just spoken. Hes just spoken. Hes just spoken cameron spoken to president cameron about how well deal about looking at how well deal with got some good with this and hes got some good response him and what is he response from him and what is he going do when he comes into going to do when he comes into power . He will put those into place. Somebody who place. Heres somebody who understands the law. Hes somebody who understands how to deal issues deal with these issues structurally. And hes not somebody who just blusters well. Structurally. And hes not some hes who just blusters well. Structurally. And hes not some hes doing jst blusters well. Structurally. And hes not some hes doing is. Blusters well. Structurally. And hes not some hes doing is hessters well. What hes doing is hes negotiated a deal him. Hes negotiated a deal with him. Hes talking him and once gets talking to him and once he gets into power, he will have further discussions. Well, one of the key things is, is looking at joining forces, both with joining border forces, both with the french and our border force to control those to be able to control those people. The National Crime agency more powers to agency having more powers to deal with these boats coming through investigating through and investigating people across into france and into europe and dealing with those people who are trafficking in these people. These people. Joining me now is the french journalist nabila ramdani. Nabila, thank you very much. Great to have you on the show. And do you think its possible that Emmanuel Macron may have struck some kind of secret deal with with keir starmer . If so, its important to say labour labour are now backtracking. Theyre saying theyre denying all of this. But if so, i mean, it would actually be be against the law. So do you think theres any chance that hes done this . Well, i, i was in paris last week. In fact, im still well, i, i was in paris last week. In fact, im still im still im in paris. When keir starmer came to pay a visit to president macron, it has to be said, first of all, that it was an official visit because keir starmer is the leader of the opposition and its actually highly unusual for opposition politicians to get a one on one meeting with the president of france. And it was abundantly clear that brexit was at the top of the agenda during the discussions and therefore immigration and discussions were also certainly brought up , not also certainly brought up, not least of all because france and germany last week floated the idea of a blueprint for the expansion of the eu project. Expansion of the eu project. Now, of course, a significant part of that was getting ukraine into the eu , but there was an into the eu, but there was an awful lot of discussions about the idea of britain becoming some kind of associate member, which of course is the kind of weasel words for getting the uk back into the fold effectively and slowly. Can i just interject on this a bit because i really want to drill down on it because labour labour said we put this to laboun labour said we put this to labour, we said, have you struck a secret deal with Emmanuel Macron . Have you . And they said, they no. So its the they said no. So i mean its the fact that its not legal to fact is that its not legal to do that if youre in opposition. So im not surprised theyve said no. They then just said no. But they then just repeated a regurgitated statement oh, we statement that said, oh, we covered of stuff covered a load of stuff with Emmanuel Macron. Genuinely Emmanuel Macron. Is it genuinely the paris that the view in paris that potentially, potentially there was of secret was some kind of secret deal struck . Struck . Yes , not least of all. Yes, not least of all. Yes, not least of all. Because remember that president macron and keir starmer are very much on the same page when it comes to their view on the eu project. Remember that macron called brexit a crime, for example, and theres clearly, you know, keir starmer, he came out, you know, he was a fervent opponent to brexit. And so theres clearly a meeting of minds between the two men now since brexit, keir starmer has come out in favour of brexit because he clearly knows that he cant win a general election if he pledges to reverse it. But i can assure you that this hasnt stopped Emmanuel Macron, who is a very pragmatic and indeed strategic politician , to spot a strategic politician, to spot a possible city that if ever a keir starmer government was to win a general election next yean win a general election next year, then it would he will use that opportunity to reassert britains position within the eu. Now, of course it will infuriate brexiteers who already view sir keir as macrons poodle , effectively. Now apparently we, the labour party, have said that theres no intention of putting britain back into the single market. But im not too convinced of that. Im quite sure that if labour does come back to power next year, macron , who in some ways sees himself as the de facto leader of the eu, will be waiting gleefully. Nabila this is really interesting stuff. Ill tell you what, this isnt going to be the last time you and i have a conversation about this topic, im sure, and i really look fonnard to that day. Thank you very, very much. Its ramdani. There a its nabila ramdani. There is a french journalist. Hey, got to get from paris this get the views from paris on this already. Right reply already. The labour right reply so yesterday so i obviously yesterday outright a labour mp to outright asked a labour mp to clarify that i thought clarify something that i thought he said, you he said. I said, did are you saying keir starmer has saying that keir starmer has struck a secret deal with emmanuel he said yes, Emmanuel Macron . He said yes, right. So we Emmanuel Macron . He said yes, right. So we put it to Emmanuel Macron . He said yes, right. So we put it to labour. Right. So we put it to labour. The labour says no the labour party says that no such deal has taken place and theyve issued reissued sir Keir Starmers official response to that meeting with macron. We had that meeting with macron. We had a very constructive and positive meeting which you can imagine covered a wide range of issues. We had a very political discussion covering a lot of issues with global issues to do with global politics, also it was an politics, but also it was an opportunity to look at the future prosperity, future security, most security, some of the most pressing on my mind and pressing issues on my mind and the president s mind. Hey, interesting i tell you interesting stuff. I tell you what i mean. Interesting stuff. I tell you whati mean. It interesting stuff. I tell you what i mean. It would be an absolute scandal, wouldnt it . As whether or keir as to whether or not keir starmer and Emmanuel Macron have actually some kind of actually agreed some kind of deal actually agreed some kind of deal, it. Deal, the labour party deny it. Youve from paris there youve heard from paris there that be surprised. Youve heard from paris there that french be surprised. Youve heard from paris there that french journalists surprised. Youve heard from paris there that french journalist look, ised. The french journalist look, thank very much, everybody thank you very much, everybody whos getting involved with whos been getting involved with the show so far. Fascinating emails inbox. Leave you emails in the inbox. I leave you in the very capable hands of Michelle Dewberry be Michelle Dewberry who will be following next hour following on for the next hour with dewbs co. See you tomorrow at three. Looks like things are heating up. Boxt boilers proud sponsors of weather on gb news is. Hello again. Welcome to your latest weather update from the met office. Now storm agnes is set to continue to bring disruptive and potentially damaging winds to parts of the uk. Now, this area of low pressure has moved north eastwards throughout this afternoon and will continue to bnng afternoon and will continue to bring the strongest winds up through the irish sea, affecting northern and Western Areas of the uk. There are Wind Warnings in force throughout this afternoon and overnight as well. The strongest winds over the next are set to come next few hours are set to come in and affect eastern areas of Northern Ireland as well as parts of cumbria, lancashire as southern areas of scotland as well as some really heavy rain paired that. Much that paired with that. Much of that rain, will to rain, though, will start to clear overnight. It will turn clear overnight. So it will turn drier as night continues, drier as the night continues, but will remain very but the winds will remain very strong now, then through thursday, slowly start to thursday, winds slowly start to ease, but it will be a generally quite breezy day. But you can see its a much drier and brighter day, plenty of hazy sunshine though. Rain sunshine around, though. Rain will arrive across Northern Ireland northwest Scotland Ireland and northwest scotland once and it will start to once again and it will start to cloud across the southwest cloud over across the southwest as well ahead of this area of rain will arrive into rain which will arrive into thursday evening and friday. But temperatures around average for the time of year and then friday, that rain that was in the southwest, then sat across the southwest, then sat across the south east as some uncertainty as to how quickly that will clear. But by and large, it will be a and large, it will be a dry and bnght large, it will be a dry and bright day and that will set us up for a chilly start to saturday. But some decent sunshine around some sunshine around before some pretty windy weather arrives again on. Sunday again on. Sunday it looks like things are heating up. Boxt boilers proud sponsors of weather on gb news as indeed hoax . Or is it the start of a slippery slope . And over in greece, they are going to let undocumented migrants work here in this country. Weve got a shedload of vacancies and more and more people off sick. What and more people off sick. What do you reckon then . Should we should we be doing the same in the uk . Getting those migrants to work and help boost the economy, get them out of the hotels, into the workforce . You hotels, into the workforce . You tell me. And Northern Leaders they are not having any of it. Were just not going to lie down and accept the way whitehall has always treated the north of england. We are fighting back. Its fighting back. Talk its fighting back. They talk there scrapping there about scrapping potentially part of potentially the northern part of hs2. What do you think about that . Are they letting the north down . Is it time to scrap the whole what about northern whole thing . What about Northern Powerhouse three . Do powerhouse rail three . Do we need that in the north . Give me all your thoughts. 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