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Central suffolk and north ipswich, will be resigning as a tory mp and taking the labour whip until the next election. Labour leader sir keir starmer described the news as fantastic. Described the news as fantastic. Well, the Prime Minister says a recent influx of migrants into ireland shows that tarrant effect of his rwanda plan is working. The comment comes after deputy irish premier Micheal Martin said the uks asylum policy is driving migrants from Northern Ireland into the republic. Northern ireland into the repubuc. The Northern Ireland into the republic. The government wants to send Asylum Seekers on a one way flight to the east african nation. Rishi sunak says the scheme is having an impact because people are worried about coming to the uk. Because people are worried about coming to the uk. Two men have coming to the uk. Two men have been arrested at a pro palestine protest in london. Police say one was holding a placard with a swastika and the other made a racist remark towards counter protesters. The event, which was organised by the palestine solidarity campaign, was calling for an immediate ceasefire in gaza. Part of the march route took it past a fixed pro israeli demonstration on pall mall. Earlier another Demonstration Organised by the campaign against anti semitism was cancelled. Organisers there saying that the safety of jews was at risk. Well up to 50 was at risk. Well up to 50 migrants have been rescued in a dramatic race against the tide after their boat ran aground on after their boat ran aground on a sandbank off the kent coast. Gb news captured this exclusive footage of those migrants arriving. The incident happened this morning on goodwin sands. No one is thought to have been injured and gb news can now reveal that more than 350 migrants have crossed the channel illegally today. In seven small boats. Humza yousaf seven small boats. Humza yousaf is asking leaders of rival parties to find so called Common Ground, with the snp. As his ground, with the snp. As his leadership hangs in the balance, hes inviting them to talks at his official residence to see how they can work with his minority government. The Scottish First minister says he wont resign ahead of a crunch vote on his leadership. Next week comes after the collapse of the snps power sharing deal with the greens last thursday. More than 20 sexual predators have been jailed for exploiting young girls in West Yorkshire involving abuse. Described as abhorrent in the extreme, 24 men have been sent down for a total of 346 years as part of operation torbay by West Yorkshire polices investigation into the rape , sexual abuse and into the rape, sexual abuse and trafficking of eight girls between 1999 and 2012. Four of the men received sentences of more than 20 years. Preparations are underway to establish a floating pier to allow more humanitarian aid into gaza. Footage has been released showing work by the idf and the ministry of defence to receive it. A 67 acre plot has been it. A 67 acre plot has been allocated to allow the passage of large amounts of goods. The pier itself is being built by the United States , and finally, the United States, and finally, a british tourist is in intensive care after being attacked by a shark in the canbbean attacked by a shark in the caribbean yesterday morning. 64 year old said to be stable despite serious injuries to his left arm, left leg and stomach. Left arm, left leg and stomach. The attack happened at turtle beach along great call and bay in trinidad and tobago. Foreign office says its supporting the victims family. For the latest stories, sign up to gb news alerts. How do you do that . Well scan the qr code. Its on your screen right now or go to gb news. Com alerts. Now back to the saturday five. Its saturday night and youre with the saturday five. Im Darren Grimes and i can promise that youre in for a very lively couple of hours. Lets crack on with tonights first debate. Im going to kick us off with something that im sure is concerning everyone. A moroccan bloke slips into hartlepool and decides that its the perfect stage for a total horror show. A local septuagenarian, a bloke in his 70s collecting his pension, becomes the unwitting star of this terrorist tirade. He committed a european tour, complete with rejections from both finland and germany, until he saunters into britain unasked in 2020. And guess what . We in britain like mugs, let him stay. We give him a bed, we give him board, we give him benefits in hartlepool and a north east man lost his life as a consequence. Here we are, his life snuffed out by islamism and the media, frankly, is about as silent as the g in lasagne. And meanwhile another secret sanctuary lands here. And before you know it, hes sporting one of those hamas headbands like its the latest must have from a fashion website. Its a really bleak picture. I think, as as we see the likes of Jacob Rees Mogg being swarmed by pro palestine protesters, the left has taken a really dangerous dalliance with extremism and islamism. While extremism and islamism. While our countrys alarm bells are being utterly censored on this and we simply cant talk about it. So i want to know when the reality check is going to bounce. Chloe when will it bounce . I bounce . I feel like its never going to bounce because it seems like no matter how many of these horrifying stories we get of people who have come here illegally doing horrifying things to people in this country, people dont seem to care and the boats dont seem to stop. It goes on and on. This comes in the same week that weve had the news of the tunisian migrant being found guilty of wearing that headband in support of hamas. How . What kind of culture are we importing into this country . It has to end. And this individual said that they were going to kill thousands more if they had a machine gun, and that he would have stabbed even more people if the knife hadnt cut his hand whilst he was stabbing this pensioner. So it could have been a lot worse than it already is. Ben. Leo, do you think actually that the likes of germany being able to say no, thank you, goodbye. Does it suggest that actually we are an outlier within europe for allowing some of the worst vestiges of humanity to stay here on our taxpayer dime . Taxpayer dime . Very eloquently put, sir. Yeah. Look, i dont know whats going on. I dont think theres the political will to sort this out because not only have the tories allowed insane amounts of legal migration, 700,000 over the course of a couple of years , the course of a couple of years, they also cant stop dinghies crossing the channel just flimsy inflatable dinghies. We used to rule the waves. Rule britannia. We conquered the world with our navy. And now we cant stop some dinghies from the local tesco in calais. Coming over to me, its very, very bizarre. In actual fact, its so incompetent. It does make me wonder sometimes whether its , you know, whether its, you know, intentional in some way. Because if you really wanted to stop the boats, all you have to do is adopt. And ive been saying it for weeks, is adopt the policy of australia, which has turned them back, put them into a very safe lifeboat style vessels. And you can do that. People can say you can do that. People can say you cant do it under the echr you cant do it under the echr you cant do it under the echr you can do it under the united nafions you can do it under the United Nations law of the seas, article 25 youre stopping a boat. A boats innocent passage. If its deemed to be a threat to national security. So you can do it. Theres just not the political will. And as i said, because they havent done it and because they havent done it and because of their behaviour, the governments behaviour with legal migration, it makes me think they dont really care about it. Before i bring in the compassion crazy in that side of the room, i want to go to the conservative in the room. Now 14 years of conservative government and this is just getting worse and this is just getting worse and worse, isnt it . And people are. Thats why people are tearing their hair out. Well, theres been a long standing commitment to bringing immigration down from the hundreds of thousands to the tens of thousands. That is that is that was a day off. It was a David Cameron. That was a David Cameron headline. Its not a comedy show. That was a David Cameron pledge. And look, its absolutely right that we need to control immigration into our country, particularly illegal migration. But the key point is making sure that people, these awful people, particularly that story that youve just talked about, we heard another story. It was abdul ezedi that clapham killer, horrifying events that take place, people that should not be allowed alkaline attack. Not be allowed alkaline attack. Exactly. So. And but people that shouldnt be in this country who are allowed in should not be happening. And that guy was rejected on two accounts, two counts previously , then became a counts previously, then became a born again christian and used that as leverage to get into the country. And sorry, you sound like every time politician over the past ten years you say all the right things, but ultimately its hot air. It doesnt mean anything and all that happens is more people lose their lives. Communities continue getting dismantled and, disenchanted with each other. You know, you say the right things, but youre not trusted anymore. You and your ilk and your party are not trusted. Its been going on for years. And look, john reid was the labour home secretary who said the home office wasnt fit for purpose. Its still clearly hasnt been looked at properly. It still hasnt got its act together. And i dont think i dont think its an endorsement to say that after 14 years of power with a great majority at the moment, that youve done nothing to fix a problem that was highlighted in, i think, 2006. Well, i this government, i can assure you, because i worked in it for a temporary amount of time, that, you know, its done more than any other to try and get immigration under control. The figures are worse than ever. Charlie has done. It has done illegal migration. It has done more than most. And rishi sunak should be credited. Charlie, you done well i some evidence. Some evidence. Well, theyve made sure that people that are bringing in, partners. If you were studying in the uk universities that is being curtailed. There is a point based system now in terms of getting into the to the uk before the election, though, it is it is something, you know, lots of things have been taking place and these are just two examples, charlie, you might have been in the government, but nothings worked. Thats whats evident. You know, i dont accept what darren says. Where he says rather unfairly, this is a failure of the left. The tories are in power and have been for a long time. It was. It was your man who started it. Started . No. Hang on. They were the problem of the boats was not only not happening under the last Labour Government, it was a problem in trucks, which they managed to pretty clearly solve the numbers crashed down for the number of people hiding in things like trucks and lorries and vans by new technology. As David Cameron, the foreign secretary, said earlier this week, one of the reasons that we cant do what ben says, which is to just send them back and france accept that is because we have no agreement with france. When we were in the eu, there was an agreement, so we could turn the boats back. Brexit has caused this problem half a billion. Weve sent half £1 billion to france. We do have an arrangement with france, but that doesnt mean that they have to take all the boats turned back. Explain to me why ireland and eu member is turning round and eu member is turning round and saying its were getting an influx of migration to this country and its britains fault theyre in the eu. Why can they theyre in the eu. Why can they not send them back to france . It was the foreign secretary. Well, first of all, its quite far. I think that might be from ireland. I think thats not that far. I think that might be a bit less practical than the channel which is the busiest area where they have a fairly short distance to go. But the foreign secretary himself said that we gave up that agreement when we left the eu. Thats why it wasnt the scale of the problem before. And the second thing to say is that this fella was here illegally. That was known. And the reason he was still here was because we have this enormous backlog dealing with migration cases, because you havent hired enough people to deal with it. Response to that is to say, come one, come all free and safe routes. It comes. Stop talking about labour blaming labour. The tories have beenin blaming labour. The tories have been in power for 14 years, some of that in a coalition. Stop talking about labour all the time. Im saying labour arent evenin time. Im saying labour arent even in power at the moment. Their solution to the problem . Who cares what their solution is . Well, because they cant form a government, they cant be any worse. I think its pretty important. Cannot be any worse than the conservatives oh please. Ive absolutely can be. Promise you that, charlie. Well, ill tell you what. Well, ill tell you what. The last time, last time labour was in power migration was a third of what it is today. Right. Okay. Whos going to go next then . Well, let me take this up because i think it continues the mounting defence for rishi sunak because despite the breaking news this evening of a conservative mp defecting to the labour party, a small westminster bubble story. This is something that will not deter the conservatives for continuing the conservatives for continuing the fight to go on and win the next general election. This is the comeback for the conservatives. Its a rishi revival, spending 2. 5 of gdp on our defence by 2030. That is something that is tickle the cockles of every conservative support, including myself. Its support, including myself. Its a week where he has got through his flagship bill, his policy to stop the boats through the rwanda policy, a deterrent that will address some of the issues not in total, but will help to stop those boats coming over because it is a deterrent. Thats the point of the policy, and you will just see from next week and the week after next a succession of policies, im sure, and announcements coming from the government, from coming from the government, from coming from rishi sunak to make sure that he is delivering on those priorities that he said he was going to do, thats inflation coming down, thats growing the economy that is dealing with the backlog in the nhs and that is stopping charlie. Thats enough. And that is why the conservatives are still in the fight. So he cant meet. So he cant meet. Do we have actual the dan poulter speaking , to the beeb. Poulter speaking, to the beeb. The party he was elected into valued public services. It valued public services. It valued it had a compassionate view about supporting the more disadvantaged in society, i think the conservative party today is in a very different place. Its focus is not on delivering or supporting high quality public services. Well, ill tell you what. Rat down a drain pipe springs to mind for me, because clearly hes getting on aboard the labour boat before the tory one goes, doolally. And down the plughole , im afraid. Plughole, im afraid. Well, i dont think it will go down, but, i mean, i struggle when i hear dan say that because i think you struggle a lot. Its unden i think you struggle a lot. Its under. Its under this guy. I struggle with you. But i think, look, its under this government that its dealt with some of the backlogs, backlogs in the nhs. Okay. Its a government that has invested more than ever before invested more than ever before in the nhs. Its got another its got another 75 word work workforce plan that announced in november of this year. It is. Do we want this more than any other government to help the nhs. Look, the fact is that there is someone who has given much of his life to the tory party, just like you do, except he actually managed to get a seat and he is saying there that he cant look his constituents in the eyes. I think he says hes a doctor and he knows how bad the nhs has got, and that he cant justify it to himself. And so thats why he switched sides. Do you not think that, do you not think that it tells an incredible story when someone who has given decades of their life to the conservative party and the conservative cause, sees that party as failing his own, why didnt he . Why didnt he do that years ago . Why now . Months before an election when hes at risk of losing his seat . Theres absolutely zero integrity from that chap. Im sure hes a perfectly nice hang on. But months before an election, you bail, you turn into from a conservative into a socialist labour supporter. That is ridiculous. Labour supporter. That is ridiculous. I dont labour supporter. That is ridiculous. I dont believe you ridiculous. I dont believe you can change mindsets just like that. He is. He is absolutely taking the mickey doing it months before. I think hes following what most people in the country are doing. If he had it, if he had any integrity, he would have gone years and years ago. And by the way, charlie, you sound like comical ali from the iraq war. Everythings fine. The tanks are rolling in behind us. Baghdad is absolutely in ruins. And youre standing there saying everythings fine. The tories are bouncing back, defence, saying everything. Im not saying everything. You are. Im not saying everythings fine. There are clearly huge issues and challenges in the country. Covid was one of those and it was under this Prime Minister who was the chancellor, who locked the country down, who invested more than ever in the nhs to protect peoples lives and livelihoods. Now theres a bill to pay for that. Its £400 billion bill, as you were just saying, that needs to be paid for. Thats why you can you can only pay for that if you have a strong economy. But you also need then we havent got a strong economy. Its growing at 0. 1. Inflation is coming down. Trust. Yes. But you you wouldnt be growing the economy if you didnt take the policies and the approach that rishi sunak has taken. Im sorry charlie, you and your party have consigned this country to five, ten years of labour and its unforgivable with the majority you had in 2019, its just totally incompetent. Sunak has been, busy, running, but im not sure its running, but im not sure its running for election. Morning. How are you . Morning. How are you . Im good. How are you doing . Im good. How are you doing . Very nicely. Im glad youre wearing a long sleeve as well. I got into running. Yeah well, properly, when, i was at graduate school. Yeah, and i took up running because my wife was a big runner. Yeah but we werent together at the time. I thought i was trying to impress her right now. I think thats actually quite a nice video. I think rishi sunak comes across. Well, i, you know, im delighted for him in that sense, but. That sense, but. And for those who dont know, the thing that was the hardest geezer who crossed africa. Yeah, exactly. So has been pretty heroic to lots of people. So hes clearly trying to get that association, which sounds from your neck of the woods. Hes from west sussex. Yeah, he lives in my town. Hes friends with a couple of my friends. Hes a very good chap. I mean, i quite liked that bit of content from rishi sunak. I think that on, on a social media level and the content hes producing, its pretty good. But yeah, i do feel like rishi sunak is putting all his work at the moment into trying to look like a cool guy whos down with the kids when actually people just want someone who is competent. And actually i quite, i quite like rishi sunak. I think he seems like a perfectly decent, capable guy. And in that video, if you watched the extended version, he talks about his hindu faith and something called dharma, which is connected with his faith, and he says that as long as i can look myself in the mirror after a long jeffrey or jeffrey dahmer, oh oh, thats worse than my mental asylum joke , now, do you, do you actually think, though, that rishi sunak should be running a sort of Silicon Valley company as opposed to, you know, probably, i mean, wearing sambas with your suit and, you know, all this kind of social media stuff. Thats probably what hes angung thats probably what hes angling for because he knows his time is up. Im sure hes a perfectly nice guy. He seems like a good family man. But all this stuff, all these great policies, the Defence Policy is great. Everything else, its far too late. You should have listened to your members years ago when they wanted your retention. Instead, you ignored them. You. I was about to say something, how can i phrase this in a his com. But hes not viable way. He threw up the wall. Well, the majority hes not been. He stabbed boris in the back. Hes been Prime Minister for not even two years. And i think he came in at a time where it was obviously very, very difficult. Hes a man that, as you were saying, nobody. I dont think people dislike rishi sunak. I think people would rather have him around their table, their dinner table for a night out than they would. Sir keir starmer. Boring snoring starmer . Id say so. I think its probably believe how much you are defending a guy who can only meet one out of five of his priorities, most of which is supposedly down to the bank of england. This defence stuff that youre saying is a win for sunak. It really is too little, too late. We had a he had a perfect opportunity at the spnng perfect opportunity at the Spring Budget to bring up defence, which everyone was expecting. Didnt say anything, just came up with some fake tax cuts, tried to trick us into think that were going to end up with more money in our pockets. But actually we because of fiscal drag, thats not the case. So it was a rubbish budget. He had a Good Opportunity there to do something good. He didnt. Its only now at the last minute that hes decided to say, oh, actually well put a date on it and say 2030 rather than say when Economic Conditions allow as they did before, which was just ridiculous. Well, i think probably at the time of the budget, you know, it was still maybe being worked out. It wouldnt have been ready in time. Hes someone that isnt going to take a risk with the peoples economy. Hes not going to take a risk with peoples finances. And so i think he was waiting for the perfect time to make that announcement, which was obviously last week with nato, with the nato general secretary, to say that the uk is able to spend that money because of the way in which hes run the economy, our country and society is fragmented like ive never seen before. And a lot of older people say the same thing. And thats down to the tories. And it is unforgivable. Well, it wont be. Well, it wont be pretty well if you think its going to be repaired by voting for the labour party or reform, then you know, thats for the birds. Well, it would just be nice to have the chance to vote. Were all waiting for him to tell us. Okay. 7000 migrants across the channel so far this year, 350 of them across today. Mark white says from gb news. So, you know, that pledge is somewhat snookered. But still to come tonight humza yousaf talking about a man that snookered. Hes taken all the flak. But is it the scottish greens whove really lost the plot . Well find out. Plus are we asking too much of his majesty the king . But next, his legal troubles mount. Joe biden agrees to debate trump and the poles head towards the democrats. Is it all going wrong for President Trump . Youre with for President Trump . Youre with the saturday vie live on gb news. Welcome back to the saturday five. As always. Thank you very much for all of your interactions about tonights topics. Darren. Thats a good name. He writes, although we kind of agree. Why is a moroccan claiming asylum . Its an utter joke. The government are accountable and the family should sue the government. Thats the family of the pensioner that was very sadly killed. Robert says tell your panel to stop taking political sides. Talk about what works for britain and not who said what. And matthew says the conservatives are rotten to the core. The more that cross over core. The more that cross over to labour, the better. Well, now to labour, the better. Well, now its to labour, the better. Well, now wsfime to labour, the better. Well, now its time for our next debate. Whos going next . Well, unfortunately its me , well, unfortunately its me, so were going to talk about the donald. Now, theres one thing that people always take sides on. Speaking of that, viewers email. So this week, a mega poll across the us has found that biden is edging trump and is now just in the lead on course to win the us election. Hes going to flip the state of pennsylvania, which is the only marginal state that he would need to win. And steve bannon, who is the guy whos behind the maga movement, make America Great again behind breitbart. Hes given donald trump some advice. He says, if you want to win america, then you need to stop talking about your hush money court cases and Start Talking about joe biden. And then today, joe biden said that hes ready to take on donald trump. So its all getting pretty serious in the us now. I dont know what you guys think. I suspect you disagree with me, but i think one, i want joe biden to be a two term us president. And two, i bet i was president. And two, i bet i was going to say my house, i dont own one. I bet my rent that joe biden is going to be re elected. Ben, you you adore donald trump, right . Fake news, fake news polling. Fake news, fake news polling. Dont believe the polls 2016. They said hillary had a 99 chance of winning. Who won . Donald trump 2016, they said remain would win the referendum. Remain would win the referendum. Who won leave 2019 . They said that Boris Johnson wouldnt get a majority. They didnt say that. They didnt say that. What happened . Yes they did. What happened . Yes they did. They really didnt. Boris johnson was expected quite clearly to win that election. I beg my pardon. Theresa may. Theresa may. The polls are fake news. Theyre run by fake news polling companies. Theyre all in bed with the left wing media, trump is going to walk the election. No problem, people. The maga base dont particularly care about trumps court cases. They know theyre frivolous , they know theyre frivolous, they are politically motivated by corrupt democrat das in new york, alvin bragg, so , yeah, york, alvin bragg, so, yeah, nothing to worry about. Its fine. Trump is heading back to the white house baby. Okay. What is your evidence for that argument . Pardon whats your evidence . Whats your evidence that pollings are out . Well, i can give that, but you just put your assertion where where is the indication . Ive just giving you examples of polls being wrong in the past. Polls are always wrong. Name me a poll thats ever been right. The vast majority of polls are absolutely right. Okay. And i would just point out that i think ive just given you some very good examples of the biggest votes in the history of, you know, recent decades. And they were wrong. You havent wrong because i did brexit, trump. The referendum. Because the fact is that that election that base those trump hardcore people, they are nowhere near enough to win the election. Right . Thats how it works in all elections. I mean, works in all elections. I mean, chloe, obviously one of the main things that hes been criticised for is his attitude to women. So hes currently in court because stormy daniels, a adult performer , has said that she was performer, has said that she was paid hush money to not talk about an encounter she had with donald trump and that that broke election rules. How do you feel as a woman on the right . Would you be happy to have donald trump . I would be happy to have donald trump. I think that the metoo culture has gone too far. Now. We will see what happens with this case. Exactly how many rapes can a us. President commit before its too far . Oh, for goodness sake. Oh, for goodness sake. Thats whats thats what hes heavily accused. We live in a world where if a man breathes on a woman, theyre accused of rape, and its just absolutely ridiculous. But, you absolutely ridiculous. But, you know, going back to this idea that theres just, a small, hard core trump of nutters who a hard core trump of nutters who a hard core group of nutters that would vote for trump. I think thats really disingenuous to people to suggest that, you know, just like here we say, oh, those evil tories. Itsjust like here we say, oh, those evil tories. Its just a tiny number. But it is it is quite tiny at the moment , to be fair. The moment, to be fair. But generally speaking, we have this this silent tory people are so scared to say that theyre tory, that then the polls suggest that the tories will lose and theyll always, they always do better than the polls suggest, as as ben has pointed out. Right. So i think to suggest that obviously trump won an election in the past that shows you that there are a significant number of people who support him. I think that he will do better than the polls suggest. If its showing that biden has a tiny majority at the moment, i would think trump would win if it showed that biden was miles and miles ahead, then fine. Ill say, okay, that poll will probably be true. Okay. But let me say two things right. One is that incumbents always are in a worse position at this point. So the chances are is illustrated more in us elections than even uk elections. The incumbent sees a much bigger gain as you get closer to election day than the opposition. That happens quite consistently. So if hes slightly ahead now, thats a better than average sign. The second thing id say, and this is my hypothesis, that you can clip this up and put it on in november when we get to the election. I think the opposite of 2016 is happening. People are under marking joe bidens ability to win. They think its the clever thing to say, oh, trumps the underdog, but hes going to win to make up for the mistakes that Mainstream Media definitely made in 2016. Because biden beat trump by 8 million votes just four years ago. How many . Three and a half years ago. And there is no evidence that theres been a big shift. I mean, among undecided kids. But look, charlie, youve worked in a government that actually had to liaise with donald trump. What did you make of him having seen a bit of it on the inside . Well, i had no liaison at all with donald trump. Not like stormy daniels. Thank you very much. But, you know, i do agree much. But, you know, i do agree with ben. Ben, leo, look, the polls are always going to be difficult. Theyre always going difficult. Theyre always going to narrow, as you were saying, benjamin. I mean, i still cant get over the poll that took place in the i think it was the early 90s, late 2000 where gareth gates didnt win pop idol. I mean, thats still a scandal. Burned brightly in your scandal. Burned brightly in your mind is an absolute william young, will young should have won that, hands down. But to take it back to your series point is that you need to, you work with whoever is the president of the United States. Theyre our biggest ally. Theyre our biggest ally. Theyre our biggest partner. And, you know, the donald is a particular character that did have many achievements on the international stage. He got other people within the nato to commit more defence spending. He commit more defence spending. He was very, very tough on russia, very , very tough on syria, very, very, very tough on syria, very, very, very tough on syria, very, very tough in north korea. So, you know, you cant write him off in totality. And i think , as off in totality. And i think, as chloe was saying, there is a silent majority and i think there are a lot of silent conservatives out there that will come out and vote conservatives. I think there are a lot of silent Trump Supporters that will go and vote for donald trump, because theyre too polite to say that joe bidens beyond his sell by date. Okay, thats the thing. Okay, thats the thing. Thats whats really changed because people like you hold them down and say that theyre racists or fascists, or theyre supporting this big, evil tyrant, and they feel too scared to tell a pollster that actually. Oh, yeah, im going to vote for the big nasty. So why did he lose by 8 million votes three and a half years . He also got the highest that a president has ever received. He also lost by the biggest margin in history. So why did he beat Hillary Clinton . Well, i mean, she got 3 million more votes than him. He was the best thing since sliced bread. You were blessed with that over the past four years. Isjoe bidens age over the past four years. Is joe bidens age has really shown my biggest qualm with joe biden is the fact that he clearly is an elderly man with memory issues, three years older than donald trump. Hes not the one running the country. I dont think thats democratic. If we dont actually know whos running the show, because hes just stood there with some notes which tell you, sit down, take a seat, say thank you. You saw him seat, say thank you. You saw him reading off a teleprompter the other day. He said, pause at the bottom of the teleprompter. He read that part out loud because his i mean, donald trump last week referred to barack obama as the incumbent president. I think, frankly, both of them are over the hill and showing serious signs of mental decline. Youve seen so many decline. Youve seen so many examples. Donald trump fell asleep twice during his court hearings, as it was reported. So i think thats a pretty bad sign i well, emma well, they are quite boring here. Okay. I mean, benjamin, i think to suggest that youll be cupped think to suggest that youll be clipped up and shown in november, its a very optimistic way of assuming that this show will, of course, still be on the airwaves , but still ahead as the airwaves, but still ahead as the king returns to public facing duties, do we ask too much of the royal family . Should a man whos enduring cancer really have to come back at this juncture , our ben neil will juncture, our ben neil will discuss. Youre with the saturday five live on gb news. Welcome back to the start of day five. As always, thank you very much for all of your comments about tonights topics. James keepsit about tonights topics. James keeps it short and sweet. He says biden is a hologram of benjamin. Oh, well, you have benjamin. Oh, well, you have aged and bill says darren, you all keep saying the polls say this and that. Im 70 years young and never been asked my opinion by the polls. Amen. Amen. Jim says biden has been on the wrong side of history for 40 years. Not all of the people particularly like trump, but they know that he gets things done and will happily vote for him , well, yes we will. We shall him, well, yes we will. We shall see, of course, because this is going to rattle on and on and on. But now its time for our next debate. Whos going to go next . Its going to be me. Next . Its going to be me. The its going to be me. The scottish greens are causing quite a whirlwind this week. Quite a whirlwind this week. Its all kicking off in scotland with a huge fall out between the greens and humza useless. And you would think that this is because of humza yousaf ditching some of the net zero commitments in scotland. But oh no. The main in scotland. But oh no. The main driver of this fallout is in fact the cass review. Humza useless actually did something useful for once and listened to the cass review and stopped puberty blockers being given to kids at the scottish gender clinic. But the lgbt wing of the greens are absolutely up in arms about this. Youve even had the rainbow greens on twitter , rainbow greens on twitter, calling the cass review a social murder charter. The greens have lost their minds if they think that trans kids which, if you ask me as criminal, is more important than the supposed Climate Emergency that they normally bang on about, benjamin , what do you think . Do you think that these scottish greens have lost their minds and have forgotten what the real cause of their party is . Their party is . I mean, look, im not likely to vote for the green party and i think theyre being quite reckless in their language. I dont think you need to use terms like murder. Thats unacceptable. But i absolutely unacceptable. But i absolutely disagree with this ugly assertion that you can, quote unquote , trans kids. Some people unquote, trans kids. Some people are trans gender or gay or bisexual or other things of that description , and they deserve to description, and they deserve to be supported and respected and trusted with doctors and medical information to be able to grow up to be the most of the person who they are meant to be. Look what happens when you trust the doctors. Its the cass review that said gay kids, gay kids are actually being led to on transgender pathways. But what i dont understand kids , is that all these people kids, is that all these people who criticise, the health care opfions who criticise, the Health Care Options that have been offered in these situations , i dont in these situations, i dont hear any of you saying there should be more therapists. There should be more therapists. There should be more people trained medically in dealing with transgender questions, because the answer is when you have situations where a child has wrongly been put down the path of puberty blockers or of being assumed to be transgender, then thatis assumed to be transgender, then that is because they havent been assessed sufficiently and that the research isnt good enough. But that does not mean that there are not young people who have that kind of identity issue. They know it fundamentally in themselves, in the way that someone like you can never possibly understand, and that our society and our nhs and that our society and our nhs and our schools should respect and our schools should respect and help those children to fulfil their. Sorry. Did you did you even read the cass review or read the news . Storys reporting on it . Yes. And how so . How are you sat there still saying all this stuff about about kids being trapped . Because to listen to experts. When the cass review said that the entire premise of sending children down this medical pathway was built on extremely shaky foundations ultimately leading them to give, to give them puberty blockers, lupron neurology. Lupron is a is a chemical given to sex offenders in the United States. Most of the kids at least 35 by the tavistocks own statistics of the children going to that gender clinic had some sort of autism or mental difficulty, and yet instead of giving them therapy or asking them why theyre unhappy , they were theyre unhappy, they were immediately pumped with puberty blockers or sent down this very bizarre dark pathway. Its an ideology. Its not an ideology. Its not an ideology. And youre talking people 30 or 40 years ago talked about gay people in exactly those terms, doing this to gay children. They are they are getting gay children and saying, youre not 93v children and saying, youre not gay. You fancy, you fancy and are attracted to people of the same sex, but youre not gay. Youre just born in the wrong body. Imagine telling kids, benjamin, there people are born in reinforcement of gender stereotypes. If you like pink or wearing dresses, then you must be in the wrong body. What theyre pushing you accept right that we say kids arent old enough to get a tattoo, for example, and i had tattoos when i was 16, right . I got one done when i was 16, illegally, i admit. Come arrest me. And, arent now ten years on. I had laser surgery to get rid of that. How can a kid that you pumped like theres some pnzed you pumped like theres some prized cow on a farm full of these hormones and all the rest of it , go back these hormones and all the rest of it, go back and these hormones and all the rest of it , go back and reverse these hormones and all the rest of it, go back and reverse and get back their puberty and the lost years and the fact that they have this deep voice , their they have this deep voice, their breasts may well be impacted. Their Brain Development in certain scenarios. And actually w certain scenarios. And actually w pdf certain scenarios. And actually w pdf files that were leaked from the medical journal , the from the medical journal, the medical professionals that are meant to safeguard trans pathways , who actually said that pathways, who actually said that liver cancer was linked to the use of hormones. Where were these kids ever be able to get back the years that you have stripped them off . You are looking at it in a total ideology ahead of safeguards. First of all, safeguards. First of all, puberty blockers delay puberty. They dont. They dont prevent it being possible in most cases. So they often make you infertile. No, im going to answer the question, chloe. Reversible. Reversible. Reversible. Its not irreversible. Thats not true. They delay not just the pause button , but the fact doctors button, but the fact doctors claim the way youre talking is as though none of those people are transgender. Youre talking about their bodies being distorted and prevented from that other route that they would have naturally taken. That assumes that that isnt how theyre meant to be. The fact is that not taking action on these trans kids who are taking an extraordinary, difficult experience of the world because they were built in a different way, causes serious lifelong trauma, trauma. Thats why we know that there is an incredibly high suicide and attempted suicide rate among trans youth because they are in the wrong body and should be supported to be in the right one. That is different to saying that the medical advice is good enough. Clearly there have been mistakes, but i dont accept your premise that these people dont exist because i tell you what, trans people have existed in every culture and every country in every period of history. The fact is , you just history. The fact is, you just dont want to know why. But its a 2009 since i left school. Why has there been a it has gone off the scale. The number of kids that say that come forward say theyre experiencing gender dysphoria. Its social contagion. We had it in the dont you dare talk about people as a contagion. Theyre not a virus. Theyre human beings. Its a social contagion. The its a social contagion. The trend of transgender. We had this in the early 2000 when you and i were at school with size zero. Now, i know thats not something you took up, but size zero where kids were starving themselves and going through this trend. Its the same with the trans trend. And you are saying, hang on, let me just finish part of this trend, this fad. No, no, hang on, hang on. If youre mentally ill, kids that need help, if youre calling it a trend, then tell me. I dont know how old your mother is, but shes obviously a generation older, right . How many gay people did she know when she was at school . Compared to how many would you have known now . Or someone thats at school today . Because ill tell you what. Between the 70s and 90s, the number of people saying they were gay shot up probably tenfold, right . Was that a social contagion, or was that just society being more open minded . Minded . Well, thats an issue of sexuality, right . Thats not an issue of why. Why do you think there are there are vastly more gay people today than 40 years ago. Well, there arent i mean, there are certainly speaking there are certainly speaking there have always been gay people that have existed. Oh, youre getting somewhere. Oh, youre getting somewhere. No. What was the difference . The difference was they couldnt be themselves. It hasnt always society changed. Not human beings. I am fed up with the lgb green group with the t. These are very, very different and in many ways contradictory because accepting people as being gay gave them the opportunity to be a man who acts different to your typical stereotypical man, or be a woman who acts different to your stereotype woman. So if youre a guy thats feminine, talks a bit, camp , likes to wear pink or bit, camp, likes to wear pink or whatever it is, and hes here tonight. But now what do you think the Trans Movement says . Give charlie a chance , right . Charlie a chance, right . Still ahead though, well address your questions in bunch of five and speak to an Emmy Award Winning actor about the shocking rise of anti semitism. Next the king has happily returning to public duties. But are we asking too much of the royal family . What do you think should the king actually feel like he has to come back so soon . Youre with the saturday five live gb news. Welcome back to the saturday five. Lets crack on with our final discussion of the hour. Whos last but not least . Me. Darren so having a breather are away from talking about trans and migrants and humza yousaf. Some good news today. The king, whether youre a monarchist or not, the king is due for a public return next tuesday. He and camilla will be tuesday. He and camilla will be going to a cancer centre, its his first Public Engagement since being diagnosed with an issue back in. I think it was february. So my only concern is i kind of feel like the king. Darren has been pressured back to rush back into work too quickly when in actual fact, he still receiving treatment for his condition. And there were some really nice colour in the Times Newspaper today saying that hes been enjoying some downtime in the gardens of sandringham in norfolk. Hes got a healing garden with thousands and thousands of shrub and herbs , which are particularly good for ailing, sorry, healing ailments such as lavender and so on and so on. So i just think he should be let to recover in peace instead of feeling like he needs to rush back to work. Because of course, kate is undergoing her own Cancer Treatment and Prince William probably feels like the weight of the world is on his shoulders. I mean, i do hope hes not using this healing garden to try and treat his cancer. By the way, i do hope well, hes hes very into that kind of stuff. Yes he is and holistic medicine god save the king. But like god, hope hes not doing that kind of nonsense. But i look i think fundamentally we are are basically i think hounding this man saying, whats going on with him . Whats wrong . Lets find out what type of cancerit lets find out what type of cancer it is. Lets see when hell be back to work. Whats going on with the princess of wales . And i think he probably feels because he was the longest serving prince of wales. I think he feels that there is a pressure on him or impetus on him to get back, to do his fulfil his duty as soon as possible. His mother, of course, being the biggest Public Servant that certainly any of us, i think will ever know within our lifetimes. And i think he feels immense pressure and stress over this. So i immense pressure and stress over this. So i feel immensely sorry for him. Actually and i hope he genuinely is in a position where doctors are saying, right, you are responding brilliantly to treatment, not to lavender in the garden and doing really well and you can go back to work. Charlie, look, im not a massive fan of king charles. I think hes far too green minded for my own liking. But that said, i do love the idea of the monarchy and the royal family. I think its a very iconic institution. It needs to be treasured. However, does the king need to be rushing back to work so quickly . Hes still receiving treatment . Can he not just leave it to the good work of queen camilla, for example . Shes been out and about and carrying the flag in a very respectable manner. Well, im hopefully youre more preferred, charlie, than king charles, but sitting here joining you this evening in place of albi, the great tory propaganda you spot, well talk later. But no, i dont propaganda you spot, well talk later. But no, i dont think hes been pressured at all. I dont think he would come back unless he was able to do so. And i think, look, you know, darren was right. This is someone who has been the prince of wales. Hes been the number two in terms of the hierarchy of the monarchy for such a long time. He wants to follow in the footsteps of his mum, the late queen, someone who darren was absolutely right again to say was the embodiment of public service. He wants to go and see the people around the country. He wants to deliver, he wants to take on the role that hes now got and be the king for the people. I am a monarchist, but i think ive always thought the best argument against the monarchy is the fact that they are sort of trapped for life in this gilded cage, with expectations that we do not hold of anybody else. And i just think, you know, heres a man thats in his 70s, hes got cancen thats in his 70s, hes got cancer. I think, you know , hes cancer. I think, you know, hes in Excellent Health generally for a person in his 70s, physical health. He walks extensively. We know that. But i just worry that we kind of put these people on such a pedestal and such a pressure that youve got a man in his 70s with cancer thats returning to do all sorts of events. So, you know, a state visit from japan at the end of june, i believe. Yes. Youve got ascot, youve got all of these events that actually are really exhausting. Most 70 year olds would not want to be doing that kind of work. And are we kind of work. And are we actually, as a country, are we quite unfair for on the royal family . Are we expecting them to behave in a way that we wouldnt expect . I think we are unfair in that. I think, sadly, king charles is going to be under a lot of pressure and stress, regardless of whether he comes back to work or not, because if he comes back to work, hes got the pressure of doing the job. But if he doesnt, everyone is going to speculate. Are we going to lose yet another monarch already, hes not come back to work quick enough. Just like with kate taking time off. She wasnt given privacy, but everyone was even saying, is Kate Middleton dead . And they havent even told dead . And they havent even told us yet. So youre right. It is unfair. We put an unfair amount of pressure on them. Theres an argument for abdication. Yeah. Yes. I i do. I know it probably wont be music to a lot of peoples ears because of course charles has waited so long to take the throne. But yeah, i think i think charles should step aside for william and kate. Wow. I think they are the future. So. Right. Right. Still to come. On the saturday five, we discuss the shocking rise of antisemitism on University Campuses. Find out more on that. Well be back after this break. That warm feeling inside from boxt boilers, sponsors of weather on gb news. Hello heres your latest weather update from the met office for gb news. We hold on to rather unsettled weather across the uk over the next few days, but temperatures will gradually start to climb too. 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Common shirts. Back now to the saturday five. Its saturday night and youre with the saturday five. Im Darren Grimes, and i can promise that youre for in yet another very lively hour. Were going to crack on with our big interview tonight. Were going to speak about the huge concerns over the rise of anti semitism towards jewish students. Its evident in both the uk and the United States. Of course, this United States. Of course, this is since israel responded to the hamas atrocities of 7th of october by invading gaza and to eliminate hamas, multiple jewish students and academics at University College london told the times that a culture of fear had taken hold as the war in gaza unfolded , with students gaza unfolded, with students booedin gaza unfolded, with students booed in lectures for challenging anti israel views. There have been similar issues in america , with anti israel in america, with anti israel protests sweeping universal cities. So here to discuss this. Were very happy to be joined by the jewish activist and Emmy Award Winning actor yuval david. Yuval, thank you very much for your company. You first. You first. Thank you for thank you for having me on to turn your saturday five into a saturday six. Indeed, indeed indeed. I mean you about how bad do you think its got . Because forgive me if im being slightly too, matter of fact, but i think there has always been a strain of anti semitism that has ran through the activist left. Am through the activist left. Am i wrong on that . Sadly, youre not wrong. I have for so long in my adult life as an activist, as an advocate, ive been within the liberal left, progressive, lgbtq communities. Ive raised this red flag warning people, saying that theres this ever increasing rise in anti semitism. And now anti semitism. And now anti semitism isnt rising. Its already risen. We are walking within a cesspool of hatred , i within a cesspool of hatred, i mean, benjamin, youre part of the lgbt q plus alphabet and, i mean, you you are self described. I think, at least zionist. And how concerned are you about the rise . Do you actually think its always existed . And do you identify existed . And do you identify that . Actually, its got a hell of a lot worse since october 7th. Well, first of all, darren, thats the nicest thing youve ever said to me, you know what has really scared me is seeing the way that its taken hold on University Campuses. And i think nancy pelosi , the high profile nancy pelosi, the high profile us politician, ally of joe biden , she said that a lot of these students have good cause for what theyre doing. But she wishes that they would condemn hamas in the same way that they do now. I suppose the question i would put to you, yuval, is, you know, do you think that terrorism is being normalised by the back door during these protests . Is that whats going on . Terrorism is not only being normalised by the back door , normalised by the back door, its the front door. Its everywhere. Were seeing people chant as i was on the George Washington University Campus yesterday, when students and different jewish organisations asked me to come and help them. So i arrived on campus and the first chance i heard were death to america, death to israel, and death to zionists. The vast majority of jewish people are zionists , and i had to redefine zionists, and i had to redefine zionism to these people. Zionism is the movement about the self actualisation of the jewish people, making sure that jews have social and Political Representation with a connection to our indigenous history and our homeland. Thats it. It doesnt negate anybody elses history. It doesnt negate anybody elses rights. It just anybody elses rights. It just ensures that we have our own rights. So when people are saying death to zionists, theyre actually saying death to jews. We are seeing this across more than 200 campuses across the United States. The United States. I mean, do you feel thoroughly let down, yuval, by the political class, do you think actually enough is being done to combat to challenge this . Well, short answer yes to your first question. Short answer no to your next question. I feel politically homeless. I feel politically homeless. Yes, i feel that i dont quite belong within the same parties and movements that i flourished in. I feel this discomfort within my own Lgbtq Movement that has added lets that is focused on inclusion, on acceptance, on tolerance, on self expression, on exploring the full extent of human existence. Yet now were seeing these factions that are not including jewish people. Theyre saying, well, we believe in all these rights, but not when it comes to jews, not when it comes to israel. Let me tell you something else. Ive helped rescue lgbtq people and women internationally from dangerous and life threatening situations in collaboration with numerous governmental and non governmental organisations. I know what which countries respect and support lgbtq rights and the ones that dont. In israel , the way i leave israel, the way i leave a building is by taking the stairs or an elevator. Building is by taking the stairs or an elevator. But in gaza or in the palestinian territories , in the palestinian territories, the way a gay queer person like me would leave a building is by being thrown off of it. So i fight for the values that i believe in and definitely against terrorism. We are seeing against terrorism. We are seeing mind twisting happening from these people who are so misinformed and misguided that they believe that it is acceptable to support terrorist groups like hamas and hezbollah. Groups like hamas and hezbollah. Yuval, good evening. What do you make of comments from, say, the un and joe biden, for example, saying that , and even example, saying that, and even the uk in actual fact that israel in its conflicts with hamas and its ambition to rid gaza of hamas completely, that at some points the bombing has been indiscriminate. Been indiscriminate. We are in an election cycle. Theyre trying to make sure that this vocal group of people are still going to vote for the Democratic Party , so theyre Democratic Party, so theyre trying to give these, you know, little bits of information or little bits of information or little statements that might still bring them to vote for the Democratic Party. The truth is that biden has vocally supported israel and even said that hes a zionist for the vast majority of his political career. Im not a person whos going to tell people who to vote for, when it probably is going to be between trump and biden. Im not going to say who to vote for, but i will say that there are problems for people like me within both the Democratic Party and the republican party. So our politics are trying to figure out what to do as they see this mass chaos happening, not just on our college campuses, but in every major city where Jewish Americans feel unsafe. I walk around with all of these jewish stars and medallions around my neck to be demonstratively jewish because im a grandchild of Holocaust Survivors , i refuse of Holocaust Survivors, i refuse to be a jew trembling in the shadows , worried about what shadows, worried about what other people say or think about me. I refuse to let other people take over the narrative of my identity. And we need more jews and more allies to not just support, but to stand up, to speak out, to take action. Yuval. Sorry to interject. Whats your if you could press a button and flick a switch , button and flick a switch, whats your ideal solution to whats your ideal solution to whats going on now in gaza and israel, to the solution is to eradicate hamas. I am completely against terrorism. But for hamas, of the palestinian implemented say that again for the for the future of the palestinian people. Whats where do you see the future between israelis and palestine, where do i see the future . Is hard to say. My hopes for the future is that saudi arabia will come in, or that maybe a uae type of format can happen within the palestinian territories, because its still a tribal system. There are many areas within the palestinian territories where they dont get along, they dont like each other. So how can we expect to have a two state solution . How can the palestinians have one state . I think its probably going to need to be a three state solution. Its definitely a very challenging situation. But until democracy and a democratic government does not control their own people, theyre going to be controlled by terrorist groups. And thats a very dangerous situation for palestinians themselves. That do not have the ability to self actualize because theyre being tormented by organisations like hamas. Like hamas. Now, yuval, what you talk about going on on the campuses in the us is very concerning. And weve got students saying all sorts of horrendous anti semitic chants, but do you think that most of these students saying these horrendous things have a genuine hatred against the jews , or are a lot against the jews, or are a lot of them just ignorant fools who dont understand what theyre saying going along to these protests because theyre cool . And i say that in light of that video, which im sure youll have seen from nyu too, with the students being asked, why are you here . And they say , oh, we you here . And they say, oh, we dont know. Were just from colombia. We dont actually know why were protesting. Do you why were protesting. Do you know . She says to her mate. And the mate says, no, ive got no idea. So do you think theyre just ignorant, or are they genuinely all anti semitic . I think that the vast majority of them are ignorant, that are. Well, heres a statistic for you that is quite disturbing. 97 of people under the age of 45 in north america , the age of 45 in north america, the age of 45 in north america, the United States and canada receive their news from tiktok and instagram. The way the algorithm works is the fact that hashtag free palestine is a very popular hashtag. People are going to get that information. I wish all of you were much stronger, and i know some of you are very strong on social media, but we all need to keep posting and sharing and asking the people who not just follow us, but truly support and agree with us to keep sharing information so we can shift the algorithms. So these students, yeah , most of so these students, yeah, most of them are misguided, useful idiots whove been manipulated by terror groups and islamist organisations. But when students feel that its right to chant out gas, the jews like theyve been doing this week, when they believe that they its acceptable for them to yell in my face, go back to poland, thats anti semitism. And i dont think that theres any argument there. Absolutely. Absolutely. And i mean, you know, the fact that we have people on the streets coming out in support of the houthis or indeed the iranian state, you know, it that just smacks of its insanity, right . Its asking chickens. Right . Its asking chickens. Voting for kfc springs to mind. How could anybody who supports womens rights and lgbtq rights and equal access to education and freedom of religion support terror groups . It is so hard to understand. And it is so hard to understand. And so we say, either theyre idiots, theyre useful idiots , idiots, theyre useful idiots, theyre misinformed, theyre misguided, theyre manipulated , misguided, theyre manipulated, or they just truly hate the west. We are hearing people saying, down with the west, burn it down. I dont know what these people want. What do they want instead of what they have . Nothing good. Thats what i would say to that. But yuval , would say to that. But yuval, thank you very much for your time. Thanks, yuval. Thanks, yuval. Thats the jewish activist. And thank you, Emmy Award Winning actor. There yuval. David, thank you very much. Now, folks, i want to play this clip of Jacob Rees Mogg from yesterday now, benjamin, im sure whereas one on this that thats an unacceptable way to treat anybody. Never mind an elected representative of the people who was there to debate at a university. And do you think, do university. And do you think, do you worry that universities are not breeding grounds for speech and debate and reaching conclusions on ideas, and actually now of hatred and censorship . Yeah. I mean, you know, for radio listeners, that was Jacob Rees Mogg being aggressively harangued by a group of students at cardiff university. And its, you know, politicians of all different stripes have come out and condemned this because you know, in the light of the two mps that have been murdered, you cant imagine how nerve racking that is. You know, i think whats going on is completely deplorable. It is way beyond the normal, healthy levels of discomfort and debate that universities exist to harbour. This is abuse , and this is this is abuse, and this is verging into a pretty obvious racism. You know, sometimes people call me the wokeist man in britain. Right . And so let me say to those other people who are self identifying as woke or whatever, endorsing a group that throws gay people off roofs, that puts women in slavery and murders them, that believes in bringing back the slave trade as the houthis have in yemen, is not progressive. It is insane that they have got themselves into this contortion where they say theyre so outraged by the idea of genocide that they effectively endorse hamas, an organisation with the genocide of the jewish people in its charter, just as the as hezbollah does, and the Iranian Revolutionary guard. And i think revolutionary guard. And i think we are incredibly lost when what is essentially a tiktok trend is gripping our campuses. And what worries me is that so many people that run these universities seem nervous because the scale of outrage well, indeed. But i mean, ben leo, do you have sympathy for that . Because youve been sceptical and critical of the state of israel . Critical of the state of israel . Well, ive not been sceptical of israel. I merely raised the point and echoed the point that joe biden and the un and other countries had raised, which is that maybe they should be a bit more careful with the direction of their bombs. If you listen to yes , they are from hamas, the yes, they are from hamas, the figures from hamas, apparently 30,000 civilians have died, 70 of which are children and kids. That was the only point i raised. I didnt comment on anything else. And actually, the argument gets so tribal where you raise an innocent point like that, and i get called a hamas supporter. That, and i get called a hamas supporter. Im absolutely not, of course, but im not sceptical of course, but im not sceptical of israel. No. Can i just say one thing about those numbers . And its awful. The number thats dead. Theres no you know, its terrible because lots of innocent people are clearly being killed. And thats not a thats not ideal. But the difference is that if hamas had the ability, it would kill every jew in israel. But it cant. I dont dispute. Meanwhile, israel has the ability to wipe out everyone in gazaif ability to wipe out everyone in gaza if it wanted, but it doesnt. It tries its best to just kill the terrorist. And i think that is a distinction thats completely lost. Youve got one party with power thats trying its best to solve the problem, and another that this looks like a victim, but its not a victim. It just doesnt have the ability to wipe out the jews as it desperately wants. Whats. Whats. Sorry, let me just answer you. I agree with you 100. I agree with you and i support israel. However you cant be so tribal where theres not any Critical Thinking or nuance allowed, where youre allowed to raise a point or a slight bit of concern about the number of kids dying without being called a hamas supporter was just completely insane. And actually it does. It does. Your argument people who behave like that are massive disservice. Whats terrifying is just the idea that people think that the truth in all of the debates and all of the conflicts that take place, is through the prism of twitter or x or through tiktok, as yuval was saying, you know. And to your point, chloe , anyone and to your point, chloe, anyone people turn up to these protests not really knowing what theyre about. There is so Much Division and hate and mistruth and fake news out there that sparks and continues to spiral these debates and these divisions, which is totally out of control. And i think that is a very, very dangerous place. If we start believing everything and fake news that we do see on social media platforms and things that arent reported accurately, what amazes me is just how passionate people can get about an opinion that they barely researched at all. I can understand, you know , i can understand, you know, we cant be experts on everything and saying, oh yeah, i probably agree with that when its something you hadnt really researched, but to spend all your time and energy going out on the street, shouting and chanting, holding these placards, i mean , weve seen placards, i mean, weve seen that video of, Konstantin Kissin asking someone, what does intifada mean on the signs . Oh, i dont know. Someone else gave me. Yeah, someone gave me this. Yeah, someone gave me this. How can you be so passionate about something that you havent even researched . Why dont you take all that time and energy you spend chanting and maybe just do a bit of basic googling and learn . It goes. It goes back to the wider debate on universities. I would never, unless they wanted to be doctor or maybe architects. I would never advise my kids to go to university. I my kids to go to university. I think its a massive detriment. And in actual fact, i think employers these days would value five years of proper Life Experience and Work Experience and go into a university to get brainwashed by a bunch of marxist forms of indoctrination. Marxist forms of indoctrination. But anyway, still to come tonight, on a much lighter note, if you cheat in love, will you cheatin if you cheat in love, will you cheat in other . Thats not a lighter note. Thats not a lighter note. Cheating in love. Well, its me. Its on relationships. Its a bit lighter than, you know, jews being killed and all that. Now yes, were tackling the big themes of existence in bunch of five, but next its about to get spicy as charlie and benjamin go head to head on royal nationalisation in the saturday scrap. Is it time to bring back british rail . Youre with the saturday five live on gb news. On mark dolan tonight. The bbc is hoping to brush the huw edwards scandal under the carpet on National Broadcaster is becoming an unaccountable echo chamber. The bbc has become a law unto itself. In my take at ten, andrew neil has attacked gb news as the home of conspiracy theorists and nutters. Ill be theorists and nutters. Ill be giving my full response and im not pulling my punches. Plus, not pulling my punches. Plus, mark meets my all star panel and tomorrows papers. Were live at tomorrows papers. Were live at nine. Welcome back to the saturday five. As always, thank you very much for all your comments about tonights topics andy has written in. Good evening. Andy says people support and are not supporting the monarchy is fine by me, but i do wish people would stop calling what the royals do work. It isnt. Its royals do work. It isnt. Its a merry go round of sitting, shaking hands and being fawned over whilst living the most privileged life. Privileged life. Whats that guys name . Sorry, andy. Yes, well, the royals are a net benefit to the uk economy, so whether you like them or not, they are. They do some good. And i would argue that actually living your life under actually living your life under a microscope cant be very nice. You know, patricia says, how can a doctor, an mp like dan poulton, who has defected to laboun poulton, who has defected to labour, do justice to two demanding jobs like serving the nhs and representing the people of suffolk and ipswich . It seems of suffolk and ipswich . It seems to me you can only serve one master. Well, hes decided to serve one. Its himself and hes gone to the labour party. Now, though, its time for this. Its tonights main event. Ding ding labour say they will renationalise the railways within five years, which is about how long it takes. Most trains to actually arrive. But is this a welcome plan or is this communism run amok . Are we back to the 1970s . Benjamin butterworth cant wait for the return of british rail. But Charlie Rowley says times have changed. Time to move on. Well let them duke it out and see who we think prevailed. Seconds out. Round one. Benjamin, you kick things off. Well, i think that labours plan this week makes a lot of sense. And the polling shows, if i dare mention polls in the presence of ben leo, that most people agree the fact is that since Train Services were privatised in the 1990s, we have seen the costs of travelling by train go up enormously. And yet we havent seen a massive fall in the cost to the state. So we still, as taxpayers, subsidise the Rail Industry to the tune of about £5 billion a year. Meanwhile the profits for private companies that cant even make the trains run on time, something that i think is pretty basic in a modern society like britain, their profits have gone through the roof, so what labour has said, and i think this makes practical sense , is this makes practical sense, is that as the contracts elapse for those private companies , theyll those private companies, theyll go back into Public Ownership so that you can have that investment going back into the services to have the new stock, because a lot of our trains are pretty rubbish and old and have it going to what the public experience, not into the private pockets of a couple of people that get jobs as ceos of Train Companies. Well , i companies. Well, i think this pr gimmick from the labour party wont even leave the station because, as ben leo told us earlier on, polls are always, to be defied. Polls are always, to be defied. And i dont think this is something that the british pubuc something that the British Public are gearing up for. Actually, yes, there are problems within the railway service. Weve all experienced delays and cancellations, but not every rail line operated by every rail company is that bad. Every rail company is that bad. And the idea that a government, an incoming Labour Government will come in, nationalise our Great British railways, be in the pockets of the unions where you would see, just as you do in london, more strikes, more delays, timetable failures , the delays, timetable failures, the reason why youve had more people having to see the increase in their fares is because its been about the user paying because its been about the user paying for those services not being a burden on the entire uk taxpayer , but the idea that this taxpayer, but the idea that this gimmick by the labour party will somehow solve all of the problems. Solving problems where there arent actually problems within the railway service, i think is just something that will cause a huge black hole within the uk economy, will cause more debts, more delays, more dithering, more disaster for patients, for passengers who cant get the compensation when things go wrong. And they will go all mightily wrong under a nationalised service. Well, their Labour Government, there we have it. Someone thats worked as a special adviser to the tory government for many years, says there is no problem with the trains now, i didnt say that i accepted there are problems. I accept there will always be cancellations, delays , but there cancellations, delays, but there are no Serious Problems under a Labour Government. Now i think that anybody that has to commute for work or to see family or to go to events will know that the cost of our trains in the uk are astronomically high. In fact, i looked this up and for single journeys, the uk has the highest train fares in europe by a long way. The third most expensive train journey there is on the entire continent is london. To oxford. They are astronomically high now. What has been happening while thats going on . Well, actually the profits, the return on investment for Train Companies is 147. According to the website full fact. Now that is extremely high. You will struggle to find any other business that gets that return. Meanwhile, the people that rent the trains to these companies, their profits up three fold in one year. So youve got regular people paying enormous amounts of money, thousands of pounds from their salary annually for some train tickets. And that is going into the profits of people. Benjamin, while still the state, is subsidising them to the tune of billions. So we may as well take it back. It back. Its about accountability. And if youre a Rail Passenger and you experience a delay or a cancellation, you can get that compensation back and ministers that obviously appoint those Rail Companies when they tender those , those schemes to the rail those, those schemes to the rail operators that then take over those rail lines, they are the ones responsible for hiring and firing those Rail Companies. If you have a nationalised system, you have a nationalised system, you will just have a one size fits all operation where the commuter who does experience a delay and theyll experience many, many more because the Labour Government , well, you see Labour Government, well, you see it in london. Just look at london. London has excellent transport. No it doesnt, no it doesnt talk to anyone outside of london. Theyll tell you hang on. Most people let me just say the most people dont speak at the same time. Failing. Failing. Most people outside of london look at london and think its unfair how much public transport and how good it is. It is gone backwards. If youre a londoner and people know that okay, right. Well, ill let the audience decide who won that one, but well all chime in. Now look , i well all chime in. Now look, i get the train every weekend. I get the train every weekend. I get a state operated railway. Lner and it is laden with strikes, right. They go on strikes, right. They go on strike quite often, i wouldnt say its the cheapest thing in the world. So are you not harking back, benjamin , to harking back, benjamin, to a 19705 harking back, benjamin, to a 1970s in which british rail was dended 1970s in which british rail was derided as being miserable, dark, dingy and not fit for purpose . No, because the truth is, our Train Services are nationalised. Theyre just other nations. Much theyre just other nations. Much of our train stock is owned by companies private companies in france, in germany, in italy and so its the factors that we dont own our Train Services, but other countries do, which is a farcical set of affairs where the profit from our money that british people are putting into their trains is going into other countries networks. I think thats absurd. And i just make this point that we often talk about the tax burden, which is really high at the moment, and thatis really high at the moment, and that is seen as the obvious way to sort of how unfair the state is interacting with the individual. But the truth is that the cost of trains for anyone that commutes is an enormous tax on their daily lives of just getting to work and i think its not good enough to just sit there and watch above inflation on price hikes every year. Charlie , though, there are charlie, though, there are open access operators that are success stories. Success stories. Youve got hull trains, which is a massive success story. Youve got, lumo, which is on the, east coast main line, and they are private, but they compete with the state owned companies that also run on those lines. Thats a success story. I dont think even labour are proposing to get rid of those. By proposing to get rid of those. By the way , i think labour are by the way, i think labour are proposing that we keep those. I could be wrong on that. Im sure youll tell me if i am. But those sort of stories would suggest that a private state partnership is maybe the way to do it. You get this. The state has to cut down and be lean, mean, and all the rest of it in competition with the private sector. Well, look, government always has a role in things. If it needs to intervene, then it should. And if its the case with lner, it needs to run a better service. But if its not doing that , then theres not doing that, then theres a problem there already and thats what labour will find if they continue to do that with every other rail operator. But as soon as youve got things up and running where there needs to be intervention, you can then privatise it again because it is through the, capitalism that we have in this country. It is through open competition. It is people that actually have an interest in operating the railway that should be that should be there. Its not for a bunch of there is no competition. Just imagine whitehall Civil Servants running the timetable , running the the timetable, running the fares, running everything, people sitting in westminster running our Rail Networks across the country, reading a teleprompter. Im asking you a question. Sorry, there is no competition. Thats why its failed. There is competition. We have so many different rail operators in this country. Southern rail or bentley or even they dont like. They only call me benjamin when im naughty. Yeah. Sorry yeah. Yeah. Sorry yeah. And im well behaved, i get the train most days. Come in to work. Its a two hour commute door to door. I pay on a peak time in the morning if im on air at 930. In the morning, i pay air at 930. In the morning, i pay about £90 for a ticket. Sometimes the trains are cancelled. Sometimes the train skips the stop because theyre trying to make up for lost time. I did a story a couple of years back about one that the main commuter train from brighton to london, which was late every single day in a calendar year. Theyre a complete joke. The train home is called the vomit express. Its hugely unsafe. The amount of times ive sat there looking at people mugging, people who are asleep, beggars coming down the train, its filthy. Its never clean. The toilets are disgusting. Its vile. So i dont think we can get any worse. So privatise it. Chloe nationalisation. Sorry. Nationalisation. Sorry. Nationalisation. Nationalisation. Youve heard that that straight stirring argument there. The vomit trains and im from cornwall, where the train only comes once an hour and it seemed like 50 of the time trains cancelled. And its not like london where theres a train every few minutes. You have to wait ages. It is horrendous, and so there clearly are problems and whether its state owned or youve got private companies, you end up with local monopolies. Now, i dont think we should go to nationalisation unless it is like the worst last case scenario. And as darren has pointed out, there are definitely success stories. The key thing here is to hold them to account and void their contract and bring in someone else if they dont meet the standards. So the Rail Companies, they have to meet a certain target of percentage of trains on time. Certain target of percentage of trains on time. They never they trains on time. They never they never they dont and they dont get held to. I just say we this is prime example where we privatise the profits and nationalise the burden. So taxpayers still pay out when it goes wrong. B while a handful of people take out thousands of pounds in commuters fees and they go and take that and run off with that. But you know, when virgin had east coast main line, they made £1 billion in profit. Were actually losing £1 billion now of tax to meet those, to meet those performance targets. They cancel, they cancel trains and skip stops. The service is awful. Still ahead, we answer all your questions and ask the vie get them in. But next in bunch of five, should you get the questions in advance of a Job Interview . What exactly is going on as well . With speed limits in wales and our good Old Fashioned fry ups turning us into a nation of zombies, well, very happy , of zombies, well, very happy, delicious zombies. Now youre with the saturday five life gb news. Welcome back to the saturday five. As always. Thank you very much for all of your comments about tonights topics. Regarding the conflict in the middle east. Margaret says, i understand it was gaza who invaded israel and israel was retaliating, which they have the right to do. Whether what they right to do. Whether what they are doing is now justified or not. The media always make it sound as if israel made the first move by mentioning israel first move by mentioning israel first in most. Sorry, margaret, it wasnt gaza that invaded israel, it was hamas and gaza. Vote for no, im hamas and gaza. Vote for no, im sorry. And the conflict has been raging for, well, since 1948, whenever the state of israel was formed, who did gaza vote for . Sorry . Who did gaza for . Vote sorry . Who did gaza for . Vote sorry . Who did gaza for . Vote i guess youre going to say hamas. But how can how can you have a fair and free election when youve got a terror death cult leading the all right. Mike says, whats wrong with old trains . Theyre more comfortable than the modern ones. But without shareholder investment, where will the additional funding come . Answer taxpayers. I think youre right on that one. But now its time for this. Now we are. Whos going to kick us off . Well, i will darren if thats. Because i saw the other day i dont know if you saw front page of the star daily star, Great British newspaper in this uk that fry ups are turning us into a nation of zombies. Top us into a nation of zombies. Top nutritionist mike murphy says that we should eat less of them. That we should eat less of them. And because its causing all kinds of health problems. But do kinds of health problems. But do we actually need to be told whats his name . The nutritionist mike murphy. Do nutritionist mike murphy. Do one. Mike. Mike murphy i dont know about you, but i dont mind waking up to a warm sausage in the morning, but i think, you know, why do we need to be told whats whats right and whats wrong . I think were perfectly, you know, well educated as adults to know that you can just enjoy a fry up every now and again. Why are we constantly being told what we should or shouldnt . But youre part of the party thats banning cigarette sales. Well, that is terribly bad for you. And so is eating a fry up. And so is eating a fry up. Though small pleasures, things in moderation. I dont think fry ups are that bad. Really youve got bacon, which is high in protein. Its quite lean. Youve got eggs. Eggs its quite lean. Youve got eggs. Eggs are amazing for you. Dont listen to the 1980s propaganda about cholesterol. Its absolutely wrong, what else you got . Black pudding. Pretty good for you. Bacon, beans, baked beans are very good for you. If baked beans on toast is more protein than steak, a little high in sugar, and also a lot of places now grill all their fry ups. Theyve got grilled bacon and so on. So i dont think theyre that bad for you, and yeah, that guy doesnt really sound much of a nutritionist. If hes saying that, he turns it into what zombies . I mean, how does that work . I mean, look, a full english is my guilty pleasure. I have to be honest. But ive been very conscious of just how how much fat and how much calories there are in it. You know, when you get the calorie counts on menus, as you do now, its like 1200 calories, which is half of your daily allowance, 100 calories in one tablespoon. Yeah. Grill it. Youll take a salad thats only got about 50 calories. I pour about 500 calories. I pour about 500 calories worth on everyones going to hate me for this, but i rather enjoy a vegan full english. I think its just as good. I think its just as good. Oh, thats not moving swiftly on to chloe. What have you got for us . What have you got for us . We are talking about whales. They have finally got rid of this 20 mile per hour bonkers blue blanket speed limit in all built up areas. And thats not just town centres. Thats anywhere where youve got lampposts less than 200 yards apart. So youll be driving down apart. So youll be driving down a street with no pedestrians in sight, no buildings in sight, but youre having to go along at 20mph. They finally got rid of it. They wasted £34 billion on this. But people have rebelled. And finally they are listening. So, ben, do you think that this is a sign that we are winning this war on motorists, maybe a small victory, but i think the general consensus is that, you know , my driving bad motorists, know, my driving bad motorists, bad in actual fact, those 20 mile an hour zones, i remember they introduced them in brighton years and years ago, maybe ten, 11, 12 years ago, they were well ahead of the curve. And they said it was because of the eco argument. At 20 mile an hour zones, you are not getting past most times. Second gear. So youre in high revs, the emissions are higher, theyre a bit of a joke. All right. Now john cleese is a man whose name will ring familiar with many viewers , and he has with many viewers, and he has said that basil fawlty, of course, from his hit Fawlty Towers, wouldnt recognise the country as it is today. He says actually, he would be befuddled by modernity, and i wonder, i fear that actually we havent changed for the better. I think were increasingly in an age of censorship where people like bafil censorship where people like basil fawlty couldnt make jokes, where Fawlty Towers couldnt make certain jokes that its made in the past and some might say, like a certain Benjamin Butterworth, that weve moved on from the 1970s, but i fear weve moved far too far the other way. And were entering a real era of totalitarian censorship. And john cleese is absolutely right to stand strong for free. Sorry, wasnt wasnt john cleese the person who, in recent years on twitter has lambasted the so called culture wars and right wingers for standing up against this stuff. Why is he now . Why is he now coming out and saying cleese has always been a massive advocate for free speech . No, no. No, no. Read some of his twitter posts in recent years. Hes even despite the fact he had a show on this channel. Hes, you know, slagged off gb news and right wingers. So well. Hes a massive lib dem. So there you go. You cant have it. You cant have it both ways. You cant support that kind of thing. And then one minute complain that its not going right. Do you think actually basil fawlty would survive today . Well i think a certain audience, it probably does. And thats what hes saying. Look, you know, there are people of a particular generation that can actually take a joke. You know, young people today seem to not be able to take a joke. And i think thats just the point he was making. Ben whats your topic . Oh, sorry. Oh, sorry. Oh, sorry. I thought you were asking me the time or something. Its, 745. Sorry. My topic is. Oh theres some Great Research from ashley madison, which is the. If you dont know , its the website you dont know, its the website where you can have illicit extramarital affairs. So they extramarital affairs. So they say that even if you are prone to cheating , cheaters arent to cheating, cheaters arent necessarily disloyal. People outside marriages, for example, theres research that theyve published showing that 95 of cheaters would rather cheat on their wife than, say, change their wife than, say, change their coffee brand or football team. So if you are a cheater, khloe, not saying you are. If you are a if you are a cheater, does that mean you are a disloyal person elsewhere necessarily . Well, i dont know exactly what i dont know. All the stats on exactly why. Can can can can cheaters be trusted . Thats the question. Can cheaters be trusted in other parts of life . I mean, you know, ijust think that if you can, i could never cheat, right . Because for me, anyone to cheat on. Yeah, its a good point. Yeah, its a good point. Yeah, its a good point. But do you know what . But do you know what . Because i think that if you if you do that to the person whos closest to you in the world, who may well be the parent of your kids, then if you can abuse that person in that way, that can just destroy somebody on the receiving end of that, then that would say to me that, then that would say to me that your moral compass is sufficiently flexible, that the reason you dont change your coffee brand is because you dont want to. But if you wanted to do all of those other things, you probably would because youve got loose boundaries. Yeah. All right. What have you got for us, well, something that darren will need to know, actually, because its about Job Interviews coming up , so when you lose yours, up, so when you lose yours, waitrose and john lewis have decided to tell applicants for jobs what the questions are before they get into the Job Interview. Now they give them a set of questions, not necessarily the exact ones theyll get, but they can prep their answers and the argument is that youll get a more authentic response rather than that sort of panicked, you know, what am i going to say, charlie , what am i going to say, charlie, you know, youve worked in government and youve i guess youve had to apply forjobs youve had to apply for jobs more recently than maybe some of us because you, you know, left , us because you, you know, left, do you think this is a good idea . Well, i wish youd tell me the questions that i was going to have tonight before coming on this show to talk about the government, but. No, look, i think, i dont think its harmful to have parameters, so, you know , because you can get you know, because you can get very nervous in interviews. You might say the wrong thing. So just making sure that youre fully as prepared as possible. If you cant deal with the heat, get out of the kitchen. I dont think you should. I dont think you should have the exact question, but if youre going to be talking about a particular topic, just name the topic or particular thing. What a bunch of wets. Its like. Its like telling kids about the exam questions in advance what theyre going to learn. A stupid way of indoctrinating people with wrapping them in cotton wool. Now still ahead, its time our wonderful viewers took charge. As we all answer your questions on ask the vie now nothing is off limits and were ready for a grilling a bit like that. Or fry up, fry up. Or fry up, fry up. Yeah, that you mentioned earlier. Youre with gb news. Welcome back to the saturday five folks. Get ready because its five folks. Get ready because wsfime five folks. Get ready because its time for this. Five folks. Get ready because its time for this. Right. Lets its time for this. Right. Lets see what youve got. For this see what youve got. For this week. We have copied john lewis, and i have seen all of the questions in advance. I kid, i kid, i havent, i havent. So theres a question for chloe. Hi, chloe. The number of youngsters voting tory continues to drop and drop. Could this be the last ever conservative government i dont think it will be the last ever conservative government i think we are seeing, interestingly, young men moving to reform and young women moving to reform and young women moving to reform and young women moving to say, the greens. So moving to say, the greens. So young people are not fans of the conservatives at the moment, but i think, i conservatives at the moment, but ithink, i hope conservatives at the moment, but i think, i hope that after this general election, when the tories get wiped out, they may learn some lessons. There is a very small, unlikely world where maybe they get so kicked that reform ends up taking over and ends up becoming the more dominant party in the conservatives. We can say rest in peace, but i think thats unlikely. I think the conservatives will come back, but it may be a decade or so before we see them again. Can i just put some facts in there . Because i read about this recently, the number of people , recently, the number of people, under 25 who vote tory intend to vote tory is 10. Now compare that to france and germany , that to france and germany, where its about 40. Its typical of other generations. We are a real outlier, the age at which the tories become the most Popular Party in this country. 70 years old. So theyve got a serious problem that a generation has lost them. Theres an answer to that, which is we need to raise the voting age to 71. Now next. This is from danny, after his wives words on the, fa cup last time. I think we should get benjamins thoughts on sporting news every week. What does he think of the New Liverpool manager , i have, i New Liverpool manager, i have, i have no, ive heard of liverpool, you know, i love the beatles, but, you liverpool, you know, i love the beatles, but , you know, liverpool, you know, i love the beatles, but, you know, i. The only thing i can say on this is that they had, sven goran eriksson, who has cancer. Right . Yes. And i was moved to tears when in their friendly, he said his dream had always been to manage liverpool, and they let him manage liverpool for that friendly. And as someone whos not a football fan, that really showed the community that football gives so many people, and i thought that was such a beautiful moment. Beautiful moment. All right. Next, its, this one from susan. Susan says, hi charlie. Was it fun to go out clubbing with michael kill . Great question. Great question. Great question. Susan, did i see you that night . Were you there to. I have night . Were you there to. I have to say, ive never been clubbing with michael gave. I have been clubbing myself once or twice. Ive had a few sherbets every now and again. I dont mind. I like an evening out, but, i, you know, i think politicians should be able to go out and have fun. They should be themselves. There are people as well. They need to let their hair down. What do you think to, you know, weve had all these brilliant videos of him dancing. What do you think of that . When he got back to the office, what did you say . Well, im just glad my choreography made it onto the front pages of every newspaper. Having done so for theresa may, you know, so many times. Did you, all my moves. You can you can see them most friday nights and, into the small hours of saturday morning. So, susan cant drop me a message. Well go clubbing if you want to golfi. Well go with. I think he might be a bit busy. Sort of. Youre dealing with renters reform at the minute . Well, hes going to have a lot of time on his hands before long, hell be like dancing queen, you know, abba , abba will queen, you know, abba, abba will be ad nauseum. Will it not exactly. Come and join us, susan, do you mind seeing a politician bust a few moves . Bust a few moves . I think it depends. If its someone cool like boris , then someone cool like boris, then i would. Yeah. All right. Fine. Boris. If someone nerdy , i cant boris. If someone nerdy, i cant say Boris Johnson. But anyway, thank you very much to our wonderful guest tonight, chloe dobbs and Charlie Rowley. Next up , its the rowley. Next up, its the brilliant leo cursed with the saturday night showdown. Cheers. Saturday night showdown. Cheers. Very much to you at home for watching. Well see you again this time next week. This time next week. That warm feeling inside from boxt boilers, sponsors of weather on gb news. Hello heres your latest weather update from the met office for gb news. We hold on to rather unsettled weather across the uk over the next few days, but temperatures will gradually start to climb too. Weve got low pressure sitting towards the south of the uk at the moment. Thats starting to push weather fronts up from the south and certainly as we go through this evening into the overnight period, well see outbreaks of rain working their way in from the south across many southern and eastern parts of england, some of that rain turning quite heavy, particularly as we go into the early hours of sunday, and that rain also reaching the south east of wales by the early hours to towards the north and northwest. Its a clearer picture. A few showers around picture. A few showers around here and turning quite chilly with those clear spells could see a touch of frost in places by sunday morning. Temperatures locally below freezing but holding up with the cloud and the rain towards the south and east, that takes us into a pretty wet day across many eastern and southeastern parts of england tomorrow. Some heavy bursts of rain still to come. Bursts of rain still to come. Nofice bursts of rain still to come. Notice things brightening up, perhaps for a time. Across the south east of england, giving some heavy showers, but generally a pretty wet picture. Quite windy too, and that rain pushing up into eastern parts of scotland into the afternoon as well. Whereas out towards the west its a brighter picture. Sunshine and showers but pretty chilly wherever you are. Temperatures no better than 12 or 13 degrees. As for monday, well see an east west split once again, but a reversal of fortunes this time with the east and southeast seeing the brightest skies out towards the west. Quite a few showers to come, those showers merging in places to give some longer spells of rain. And as we head into the coming week, we hold onto a pretty unsettled picture. Outbreaks of rain for most areas at times, but notice those temperatures picking up to into the high teens or low 20s. Looks like things are heating up. Boxt boilers sponsors of up. Boxt boilers sponsors of weather on gb news. Good evening. Headliners is coming up next. But first, our News Headlines at the top of the houn News Headlines at the top of the hour. Conservative mp doctor dan poulter has defected to labour, saying the tories are now a nationalist party of the right. Nationalist party of the right. Announcing that decision in the observer newspaper, the former Health Minister said it is abundantly clear that the labour party alone has the will and the trust to restore and reform the nhs. Hes trust to restore and reform the nhs. Hes urging rishi sunak to call a general election as soon as possible. A tory party as possible. A tory Party Spokesperson described the news as disappointing. Labour leader as disappointing. Labour leader sir keir starmer says its fantastic that doctor poulter, who represents central suffolk and north ipswich, will take the labour whip until the next election. The Prime Minister says a recent influx of migrants into ireland shows the deterrent effect of his rwanda plan is working. The comment comes after deputy irish premier Micheal Martin said the uks asylum policy is driving migrants from Northern Ireland into the republic. Northern ireland into the repubuc. The Northern Ireland into the republic. The government wants to send Asylum Seekers on a one way flight to the east african nation. The Irish Government will now consider legal proposals on returning Asylum Seekers whove travelled from the uk. Two men have been the uk. Two men have been arrested at a pro palestine protest in london today. Police say one was holding a placard with a swastika and the other made a racist remark towards counter protesters. The event, organised by the palestine solidarity campaign, was calling for an immediate ceasefire in gaza. For an immediate ceasefire in gaza. Part of the march route gaza. Part of the march route tookit gaza. Part of the march route took it past a fixed pro israeli demonstration on pall mall. Earlier, a counter demo organised by the campaign against anti semitism was cancelled , with organisers cancelled, with organisers saying that the safety of jews was at risk. Saying that the safety of jews was at risk. Humza yousaf is asking leaders of rival parties to find Common Ground with the snp. As his leadership hangs in snp. As his leadership hangs in the balance, hes inviting them to talks at his official residence to see how they can work with his minority government. The Scottish First minister says he will not resign ahead of a crunch vote on his leadership next week. It comes after the collapse of the snps power sharing deal with the greens last thursday , and a gold greens last thursday, and a gold pocket watch recovered from the body of the richest man on the titanic has been sold at auction for a record breaking £1,175,000. Now it