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Leadership. Next week comes after the collapse of the snps power sharing deal with the greens last thursday, and finally, 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 had been expected to fetch only around 150 k. Previous amount. The only around 150 k. Previous amount. The highest amount ever paid for a titanic artefact was 1. 1 million for a violin, which was played as the ship sank. Businessman John Jacob Astor was 47 when he went down with the ship in 1912. After seeing his wife madeleine safely onto a lifeboat. Now, rather than attempt to get on one himself, the businessman was last seen smoking a cigarette and chatting with a fellow passenger. They with a fellow passenger. They dont make them like that anymore. Well, for the latest stories, sign up to gb news alerts by scanning the qr code on your screen or go to gb news. Common shirts back now to. Mark. Common shirts back now to. Mark. Ray, lovely to have you with us this saturday night. Welcome to mark dolan tonight busy show this evening in the big story, a new nightmare for rishi sunak as top tory mp and former minister doctor Daniel Porter defects to laboun doctor Daniel Porter defects to labour. Ill get reaction from britains most experienced and respected journalist. The suns Trevor Kavanagh. Shocking scenes in wales yesterday as sir Jacob Rees Mogg is pursued by an angry mob at Cardiff University. What is wrong with britains universities . Its just a matter of time before someone gets seriously hurt for having opposing views and you wont want to miss this in my take at ten in just an hours time, andrew neil has attacked gb news as the home of conspiracy theorists and nutters. Ill be deaung theorists and nutters. Ill be dealing with andrew neil in no Uncertain Terms. Im not pulling my punches. Thats at ten. Also a shock Royal Development as prince harry delivers a fresh snub to our king. Find out why shortly and with me tonight im delighted to say three big three big hitters in the punditry world precious muir , christopher world precious muir, Christopher Biggins and Claire Pearsall. Plus the most important part of the show, your views , they come the show, your views, they come straight to my laptop. Gbnews. Com forward slash your essay and this show has a golden rule. We dont do boring. Not on my watch. I just wont have it a big two hours to come. It is saturday night. Youve had a hard week, so shall we have some fun tonight . A bit of a debate as well. Some great stories. Maybe you want to crack open a bottle of wine , a can of beer, bottle of wine, a can of beer, or fire up the kettle, tear open the custard creams and lets get to work. We start with my big opinion. Bbc staff are concerned opinion. Bbc staff are concerned that a recent report about newsreader huw edwards has been swept under the carpet after he resigned earlier this week. The resigned earlier this week. The former face of the bbc news operation, who fronted the queens funeral, Election Night coverage and the kings coronation, has been off since last july on full pay amounting to over £320,000. This followed allegations that he paid a young person £35,000 for sexually explicit images. The parents of explicit images. The parents of the alleged victim say that he was vulnerable as a youngster, and that they are still suffering. The alleged young person involved denied the story, speaking through top london lawyers. No one knows who was paying for those lawyers, but i doubt it came from their pocket money following this massive news anchors resignation from the corporation on medical grounds, staff at the beeb are now worried that the results of an internal investigation into huw edwards will never be published. Well, thats convenient, isnt it . Employees convenient, isnt it . Employees are concerned that withholding the findings would mean that lessons cant be learned, and a similar situation could arise in the future with another star, katie razzall. The bbcs widely respected media editor, said she thinks that the broadcaster would now consider the whole situation with edwards part marked. Thats right, she says. Its been parked, she told the times newspaper. My sense is that now he is no longer an employee. The review falls away and the matter is closed. It means some form of closure for the bbc, which can now proceed with its replacement plans. Im sorry the review doesnt fall away. The matter is not closed and the situation is not parked. And the situation is not parked. Its on a double yellow line because whether edwards is guilty or not guilty of these allegations , none of which he allegations, none of which he has denied, he was effectively a pubuc has denied, he was effectively a Public Sector employee. His vast £439,000 salary, paid for by an obligatory tax , that old ladies obligatory tax, that old ladies are threatened with jail for not paying are threatened with jail for not paying. Now the bbc do have paying. Now the bbc do have a duty of care to huw edwards and his Mental Health, it has been reported that hes been suffering badly and having treatment and in his recovery. We wish him well, but the bbc also have a duty of care to pay us of the licence fee, a duty of care to their staff and a duty of care to transparency and the truth. At the moment the organisation is behaving like the mafia or the Roman Catholic church. A lofty, out of touch church. A lofty, out of touch institution, sir. Pulling the wagons, looking out for its reputation and protecting its own until what happened comes to light and lessons are learned. Then this story is not going away, and it taints an organisation which should be acting with the highest probity. The wrongdoing committed by evil paedophiles jimmy savile and rolf harris. At the bbc have been fully exposed , a painful been fully exposed, a painful but necessary process for the organisation so that those crimes can never be repeated. Crimes can never be repeated. Now, of course, the allegations against huw edwards are not even in the same ballpark and there was no criminality whatsoever. But if the behaviour of a bbc newsreader has upset colleagues , newsreader has upset colleagues, if its been unprofessional or inappropriate , if that behaviour inappropriate, if that behaviour has hurt a vulnerable youngster, then that shouldnt be glossed oven then that shouldnt be glossed over. It should be a major headline, not the. And finally, meanwhile, radical Climate Change activist and bbc nature presenter Chris Packham , a man presenter Chris Packham, a man who said that it may now be time to break the law to tackle Climate Change. He still works for the bbc. Of course, he does. Appeared on the Laura Kuenssberg show on the beeb on sunday morning, criticising the daily sceptic, a well researched and produced online newspaper for which questions and debates the narrative around net zero covid, free speech and much besides. While the website was described by packham as the daily sceptic , by packham as the daily sceptic, which he alleged has been put together by a bunch of professionals with close affiliations to the fossil fuel industry, the bbc has since shared the clip on twitter, where it has been viewed more than 850,000 times. Kuenssberg also reposted the clip to her personal twitter feed. Now toby young, the founder of the daily sceptic and the media establishments arch nemesis , establishments arch nemesis, has said that packhams claims are both false and defamatory. Tellingly, the show in question has now been removed from the iplayer. But with no correction and no apology. This is because our national broadcaster, which i largely admire and consider an important, valuable National Asset , is important, valuable National Asset, is behaving important, valuable National Asset , is behaving with asset, is behaving with impunity, conducting affairs in any way it sees fit, whatever the cost to others. Those remarks about the newspaper , the remarks about the newspaper, the daily sceptic, were unchallenged by the presenter and were damaging to toby young and damaging to toby young and damaging to toby young and damaging to the daily sceptic itself, which in my view has been on the right side of history in its short existence, particularly regarding the utterly failed and highly damaging covid lockdowns. As the damaging covid lockdowns. As the bbc increasingly lives in an unaccountable world of its own. For which you and i are paying a princely sum every year, the bbc is a bubble and it needs a prick. Some would say it has too many already. I want the bbc to survive and thrive, but its behaviour of late is a real turn. Off. Your reaction . Gb news. Com forward slash your sale, get your opinions in just a moment. But first up, tonights top punst but first up, tonights top pundits , as i am delighted to pundits, as i am delighted to have in no particular order, actor and comedian, British National treasure, the one and only Christopher Biggins, broadcaster and tv personality precious muir and former government minister and broadcaster Claire Pearsall. Lovely to see all three of you with me, sir. Minister, sweetheart. Minister, sweetheart. Well, listen, let me start with you, because you called me sweetheart, and im easily bought. Clare. But the bbc cannot brush the huw edwards scandal under the carpet. No it cant. Youre absolutely spot on. When youre funded by the taxpayer, it goes the same as people in the house of commons. Mps and ministers. You should be accountable to those who pay you. And the bbc has a duty of care, as you said, to the staff, to transparency and to the general public who fund it. You cant just say that its parked, its closed. When its parked, its closed. When none of us have really known what the outcome is, whether we ever will know what the outcome is and the poor person, the vulnerable individual who was basically abused, i think at the hands of somebody being such a young age, how is that going to be stopped from happening again . So unless we know that i think the bbc is acting really badly indeed. Precious. Neil, your reaction to this story, do you think it will go away . No , i dont think so. I mean, no, i dont think so. I mean, you know how i feel about these kind of topics and i like to hold people accountable. Yeah, i think that the problem is, is that hes allowed himself to be so vulnerable because if he had been honest with himself , if so vulnerable because if he had been honest with himself, if his wife, his family, nobody could blackmail him to do anything in regards to him getting pictures from somebody that he shouldnt be doing. If he was honest. And of course, we have to stress these remain allegations allegations, but not allegations that mr edwards has denied. Right. And we dont know. So we do need to have an investigation. And i dont think the police should have stopped the investigation. They should have continued on to find out the truth. Truth. However, Christopher Biggins, the poor guy, has lost his job and nothing has been proven or not proven. So do you think huw edwards has been given a rough ride . No , i dont think he has at no, i dont think he has at all. I mean, i think he deserves whatever outcome is coming along for him. I mean, its so interesting that the this boy, the young boy in question , the young boy in question, suddenly has one of the top lawyers at his command to look into the situation. Let me let me just stress that we dont know the gender of the young person involved. Youre entitled to speculate, but i understand that were still unaware of the gender. But but carry on. Yeah. And it just means that the lawyers fees. Yeah, thats a lot of pocket money, isnt it . A lot of pocket money, as you said earlier. But i mean, you know, its a joke really, because this boy and his family obviously couldnt have afforded this all girl, boy or girl, this young individual, this young individual, gender neutral, probably they their biggest. Absolutely. Absolutely. I mean, you know, go and finish finish your point. No, i mean they must feel they couldnt possibly have paid this money. So wheres this money come from . You know. And thats another question because we all think we know where its come from. And im sure were all right, but we cant say anything at the moment. And what about the reputation of the bbc . I mean, are we being too hard on them . Youve worked for the bbc many times. Ive got no doubt you admire the bbc fundamentally. Fundamentally. Oh, ive had some wonderful things for the bbc and i think their work is porridge, a porridge i, claudius poldark. Porridge i, claudius poldark. Unbelievable. Lots and lots of things. But i do think the people that run it are, are doing themselves an injustice because they should be looking into these things and actually making sure that the people who pay making sure that the people who pay their fees get a right outcome of this and theyre not doing that. But perhaps another factor that we need to consider Claire Pearsall, is that huw edwards has had Mental Health issues. We understand hes been treated for Mental Health issues. Of course, we all wish him well and a speedy recovery. Thats a serious matter. And the bbc, therefore there you could argue therefore there you could argue there their hands are tied in regards to this. A because of the contract that hes under their duty of care to him regarding his Mental Health, they would argue probably theres not much more. They can do legally, but morally they do. They have the right to go about an investigation. They have a right to ensure the safety of anybody who works at the bbc, whether they be permanent staff, whether they be visitors , people on shows. They visitors, people on shows. They have that duty. So i visitors, people on shows. They have that duty. So i think that, yes, whilst we all wish huw edwards well, i mean , its an edwards well, i mean, its an awful thing to suffer from a Mental Health condition. Mental health condition. But its convenient though, isnt it . In this particular time i, i think its quite unfair to say its convenient. We dont know the ins and outs of this, and i think we have to be really, really careful on it because you dont want to stop other people coming forward. You dont want to stop other people admitting that they have Mental Health problems. To the timing of his Mental Health is very, very maybe it maybe. Do you not think after the tragedy of caroline flack, that we need to be very concerned about celebrities and their Mental Health . I think that we need to hold people accountable. We need to people accountable. We need to make sure that we bring this awareness that someone of 62 years old should not be communicating in any way with a young person in that way. And once we put a line there and stop these kinds of things happening, people will then stop because somebodys communicating with a young individual asking for explicit pictures. Allegedly, this is not good behaviour for anybody, and especially on a platform like the bbc and the face of bbc news begins are you suggesting or implying that huw edwards or his people have played the Mental Health card . It would appear to me, yes, and i think thats quite convenient. I mean, theyve convenient. I mean, theyve theyve made so many mistakes over the years. I mean, you know, with jimmy savile, which was absolutely outrageous, you know, i mean, it should never have happened. And of course, have happened. And of course, the problem was and you knew savile, i knew savile, sadly and probably had your suspicions very much. Everybody knew about what was going on. And he was quite a ghastly figure. You know, he i if i think about it, i can bring back the smell of nylon from his, his jumpsuits and, and bow. It was just disgusting. And cigars smoke but you know, he had three huge shows with the bbc. They werent going to throw that away. Yeah. And that is what is really suspect. Only a couple of seconds begins. Do you think that the bbc should apologise to toby young over the remarks about the daily sceptic from Chris Packham . 7. I . I think they should. I think i think they should. I think they should. Yeah, they absolutely should. Absolutely should. You cant take a programme down with zero explanation. They need to stand up and be counted. Okay, well listen, my pundits , as i think youll have noticed tonight, are definitely standing up and being counted. Theyre up and being counted. Theyre back in just a few minutes time. But next up in the big story, a new nightmare for rishi sunak. As top tory mp and former minister doctor Daniel Porter defects to labour. Ill get reaction from britains most experienced and respected journalist. The suns Trevor Kavanagh is. Next. Now the bbc thinks that they can sweep the huw edwards scandal under the carpet. Not on my under the carpet. Not on my watch. I just wont have it. That was the topic of my big opinion. Well, its very busy on your messages. Thats your messages. Thats gbnews. Com yoursay the bbc are doomed, says manchester girl at shirley says good evening, mark. Mental health does not tell you to exploit young people , begins to exploit young people, begins precious muir. All of your guests are right in what theyre saying about the bbc, and these emails go on pretty powerful stuff. Absolutely with you, begins says wendy. My thoughts exactly. Well come to that, of course, later in the show with the papers. And let me tell you that in about 35 minutes time ill be dealing with andrew neil, former gb news star who has been attacking the channel this week. My full response in my take at ten, you wont want to miss it, but its time now for the big story. To miss it, but its time now for the big story. And if youre for the big story. And if youre just joining us, bombshell news from the world of politics and another almighty headache for the Prime Minister, rishi sunak. As the conservative mp and former minister, doctor dan poulter, the mp for central suffolk and North Ipswich, has defected to labour amid his concerns about the state of the nhs under the tories. Concerns about the state of the nhs under the tories. Writing in nhs under the tories. Writing in tomorrows observer newspaper , tomorrows observer newspaper, doctor poulter said the decision had been prompted by the life changing experience of working as a part time Mental Health doctor during the Junior Doctors strike. He said my nhs colleagues are unable to deliver the right care in a system that simply no longer works for our patients , which is why ill now patients, which is why ill now focus on my work as a doctor and support keir starmer and the labour party both before and after the election on nhs policy. And in a final, damning line , he said with the nhs line, he said with the nhs desperately struggling to deliver the care our patients deserve, i have come to the conclusion that the only cure is a Labour Government. Well, lets get reaction now from one of the most experienced and respected political journalists in the country. The Sun Newspapers Trevor Kavanagh. Trevor, privileged to have you on the show. This is an mp who is not seeking re election at the next election and has admitted to previously voting labour. Plus, hes going back to his old job of being a full time doctor. Is this really the story its being cracked up to be . Well, its certainly a big story and it certainly cant be ignored, this is a despicable and orchestrated act of blatant treachery by a serving tory member of parliament to his leader and to his own party. I mean, he cites as his reasons the fact, in his view, that the tories have become the party of the nationalist. Right. Well, excuse me , but the reason that excuse me, but the reason that tory, that nick the rishi sunak is in so much trouble is that many tory voters dont think that hes either tory or nationalistic enough. And to suggest that his reason for going to the labour party is because theyve got the solution to the labour party, to the National Health services problems. I National Health services problems. I mean, this is the National Health service is the labour partys creature and there is no indication or evidence whatsoever that they do have any solution to this problem. Finally, he says that he has no animus towards rishi sunak, saying this literally as he has timed this to perfection to coincide with the coming local elections. And oddly enough, im not sure that this is a headache or a rishi sunak because the outburst of unadulterated rage among grassroots tories suggests that this might rebound in favour of the Prime Minister. Well , i the Prime Minister. Well, i think that may be the case. Were going to call up a clip of this former conservative mp speaking to Gloria De Piero here on gb news, trevor , now, here on gb news, trevor, now, this is a tory backbencher who formerly supported new labour. And here he is telling telling this channel as much. Take a listen. Listen. If you always voted for the conservative party, no i voted, under tony blair. I voted labour. Ive always thought of myself as a middle of the road centrist , thought of myself as a middle of the road centrist, hiding in plain sight. Trevor does this demonstrate just how left wing a portion of the conservative Parliamentary Party has become . Party has become . Well, certainly this particular section has become, centrist. But i think that he he has i mean, basically, nobody knows dan poulter and they may knows dan poulter and they may know the name. They may know hes a doctor , but he doesnt hes a doctor, but he doesnt turn up anywhere for the sort of parliamentary proceedings for which he was elected to perform , which he was elected to perform, hes a mysterious figure who spends more of his time pursuing his other role as a National Health service doctor, which may be perfectly honourable if he isnt trying to be a politician representing his constituents. At the same time, i just think that this man is a fraud. Hes been a fraud. I think right the way through his position as a laboun way through his position as a labour, a tory mp, and hes now returning to his normal natural right home in the labour party. Now of course, as youll understand, trevor, hes not here to defend himself. He would argue that he follows his principles. He did that when he backed the tories. That when he backed the tories. And he now does that as he backs laboun and he now does that as he backs labour. But youre entitled to your view, trevor. Youd imagine, wouldnt you , that the imagine, wouldnt you, that the three key issues at the next election will be the economy, immigration and the nhs. Does this defection make the nhs a weak spot now for rishi sunak , weak spot now for rishi sunak, no, i dont think so. I mean, look, if he had continued with his original plan, which was to simply not stand again at the next election, i think that could be regarded as a principled political decision to defect to the labour party , defect to the labour party, which has no role or justification for its election manifesto, has no manifesto whatsoever. Even its most senior advisers and supporters are at a loss to understand what, keir starmer stands for, and have warned him specifically and to his face that he needs to actually spell it out so that people know what theyre voting for at the next election, will then stand by him after the election. If things become difficult. Sure, a dan poulter has shifted to the labour Party Without knowing any of those answers. He doesnt know what theyve got in store for the labour party, for the National Health service, and i suspect all hes after is a peerage, which i think will be forthcoming in reward for his embarrassment to the conservative party. Now, trevor , what are your now, trevor, what are your latest thoughts on the rwanda plan . Will we see flights before the next election, and could that move the dial for rishi sunak . Sunak . I think a lot depends on who is on the plane , my own view is is on the plane, my own view is that the only way that the, flights to rwanda will work is if the people arriving on the beach are scooped up and put into a Detention Centre near the airport, vetted for their claims. And then those that fail supervision or initial , supervision or initial, examination are put on the first plane out so that people the other side of the channel understand that this is the risk they will take as well. I think they will take as well. I think otherwise, if theyre simply going to skim off the top of those who have been sitting in the asylum queue for months or years already, i dont think people on the other side of the channel are going to take any nofice channel are going to take any notice at all. Trevor. Two quick ones before you go. Opinion on this changes almost daily, but do you have a view as to when rishi sunak will go to the country . Yes, i think he will go long, not short. I think hes under pressure from some to cut and run. I think that hes relying very much on his economic record , which is what he stood by and stood for ever since he was elected Prime Minister by the party, and i think that, he will go into october or even november. And trevor , political and trevor, political predictions are a dangerous game to play. But is a labour landslide nailed on, or is there a of light for rishi sunak . Somewhere along the way . Somewhere along the way . Well, i think, frankly, mark, that , theres a of light. Not that, theres a of light. Not that, theres a of light. Not that hes likely to win, but i think that the landslide is by far, far from certain. And this is not my own personal view. Its the view of very senior blairite members of the labour party. They have seen this party. They have seen this before. In 1964, when Harold Wilson appeared to be nailed on for a landslide. Very charismatic, new Prime Minister talking about the white heat of technology up against a, a toff in the shape of, alec douglas home. And in the end, he won by four seats. And this is what they fear that because starmer has refused to spell out exactly what his party will do in office, people might shy away at the last minute and wonder what on earth they are gambling on. The legendary Trevor Kavanagh, a privilege to have you on the show trevor, and look forward to catching up soon, do have a look at trevors brilliant column in the sun newspaper. Always a must read. Coming up next, shocking scenes in wales yesterday as sir Jacob Rees Mogg is pursued by an angry mob at Cardiff University. What is wrong with britains universities . Is it just a matter of time now before someone gets seriously hurt for having opposing views . Well debate that next. Well. Adrians message. Well. Adrians message. Gbnews. Com yoursay speaks for many of my viewers and listeners. He says i would never vote labour. And after 37 years of voting tory, i wouldnt vote for them either, daniel poulter, how is a doctor . Can he do two, two full time roles . No wonder the nhs is in a state if this is what theyre having to put up with. Well, i think he worked part time in the nhs, but i do agree that i think being an mp should be a full time job, josh is calling daniel poulter, doctor daniel traitor. He was mandated by his constituents because hes a conservative. Probably because of Boris Johnson. I bet south suffolk and johnson. I bet south suffolk and nonh johnson. I bet south suffolk and North Ipswich are furious he will receive his p45 before too long. Megan says the nhs is run by labour in wales and socialist msp in scotland. Both have longer waiting lists than england. Okay, and how about this , last but not least, megan , this, last but not least, megan, who is a gb news member, says sunak will hold a general election second week in november. There you go. You heard it here first. Ill be deaung heard it here first. Ill be dealing with andrew neil in my take at ten. Thats just over 20 minutes time. Hes attacked gb news. Ill be dealing with him in no Uncertain Terms. Lots of in no Uncertain Terms. Lots of that to get through. But let me tell you now about a shocking story that happened yesterday. The conservative mp for North East Somerset and gb news star sir Jacob Rees Mogg, was pursued by a crowd of protesters at Cardiff University following an address to their conservative party association. Take a look at this shocking scenes. Sirjacob was chased to his car by a car by pro palestine protesters. He was pro palestine protesters. He was filmed being harassed by a mob of what have been described as hard left demonstrators, one of whom was waving the palestinian flag as rees mogg was rushed by security into a waiting car. So what do these shocking scenes tell us about the climate of political debate in britains universities . To discuss this, im delighted to welcome Senior University lecturer in philosophy and free speech campaigner , doctor edward campaigner, doctor edward skidelsky. Doctor skidelsky, good to have you back on the show. What is your reaction to that footage that weve just seen . Well, as you say, its really bad , of course students have a bad, of course students have a democratic right to demonstrate, but what we saw there went well beyond legal demonstration, it looked to me from what i could see, quite possibly like criminal harassment and, i mean, in the moment just after the clip ended, you actually see one student throw himself onto the bonnet of the car, while another student drapes the palestinian flag over the windscreen, which as the car tries to get away, which could very possibly be dangerous , so yeah, this is dangerous, so yeah, this is clearly intended to intimidate, and it does have a very chilling effect, as people say , and effect, as people say, and thats its point, its aim to make it very difficult for student societies to invite controversial speakers like Jacob Rees Mogg, especially if, as often is the case, they have to bear the cost of security themselves. And of course, you can agree with Jacob Rees Mogg or disagree with Jacob Rees Mogg or disagree with him, but hes not really a controversial figure , is he . He controversial figure, is he . He is a member of parliament and part of the governing party of this country, look , you cant this country, look, you cant tar all of the students with the same brush , but is this kind of same brush, but is this kind of a story . And this video that weve seen, is it indicative of the culture of universities at the culture of universities at the moment . The moment . Yeah, theyve become increasingly , well, i should increasingly, well, i should say, a small number of students , say, a small number of students, its not the majority. Its a small minority, but theyre theyre an extremely vocal and influential minority, they have become extremely intolerant , become extremely intolerant, particularly of people on the right, and they say that having people like this speak on their campuses, harms their Mental Health. It threatens their safety. They use this kind of rhetoric , which is, completely rhetoric, which is, completely absurd , and yeah, and they sort absurd, and yeah, and they sort of actually make it very difficult for students, societies to invite out, a lot of people, its deeply troubling , isnt it, edward . Let me bring my pundits in as well. Do you stay with us . Im delighted to have precious muir, Christopher Biggins and Claire Pearsall precious muir. You might expect this to happen in central london, central manchester, glasgow, but you wouldnt expect to see this at a university , well, actually, its university, well, actually, its happening around the world, at the moment in Columbia University in new york, its recently happening. And then it follows after that, various other campuses like boston, ohio, i mean , i think its just ohio, i mean, i think its just happening pretty much across the board. So its like universities board. So its like universities are now are taking on the pro palestine, you know, situation andifs palestine, you know, situation and its kind of causing mayhem, i dont really know where they plan to go with it, but it is becoming it seems to be, coming, becoming it seems to be, coming, becoming out of control. You have to wonder, Claire Pearsall why young people would bother getting themselves into debtin bother getting themselves into debt in order to attend such a place where opposing views are not welcome. Not welcome. But i think this is what we need to deal with in universities and actually in society as a whole is to understand free speech, to understand free speech, to understand other peoples opinion and to be able to debate it. Now, there is nothing wrong with holding an opinion on either side. As long as you are willing to listen to another side of that , that argument. And side of that, that argument. And i think the universities should be there to expand peoples minds to learn a lot more about the world. And yeah, weve all had idealistic thoughts when we were younger. Im sure that we could all say that, that things that we believe when we were teenagers are not what we believe now. And thats just part of growing up. And part of growing up. And universities are there to expand that level of knowledge. So that level of knowledge. So i dont think we need to shy away from it. I actually think it needs to be challenged. And i think that Jacob Rees Mogg was quite right when he said theyre entitled to their opinion. This has been done properly, they can say these things. And he walked away. Now intimidation is not right in any way, shape or form, but freedom to debate is what we should be proud of in this country. Begins. Begins. Make it make sense. Why are make it make sense. Why are universities having to learn about free thought, free speech and free debates . I think they feel that theyre hard done by and i think thats down to a financial part of this , whole scheme. I mean, of this, whole scheme. I mean, for instance, i dont know whether they get grants or whether they get grants or whether they get grants or whether they dont or whether theyre short on money because everything is so expensive now. Everything is so expensive now. And certainly at the end of the day, they want to prove something in doing this, you know, they end up with a very big debt. When i was at student, i got everything paid for. I didnt have a debt when i Left University or i didnt go to my drama school, you know, i was it was halcyon days. Now, i think theres a lot of pressure on students to find the money. And i think thats where theyre grumbling about, oh my god, begins. You would make the dream university roommate. Ive got to say , hours of fun. Listen, say, hours of fun. Listen, edward, before you go, you are the founder of academics for Academic Freedom. Free speech. No ifs, no buts. So people can no ifs, no buts. So people can just search. No, no, no. Sorry. Sorry. Let me get it right. Have i miscredited you . How can people find out about your group . Find out about your group . Its committee for Academic Freedom, academics for Academic Freedom is another, Free Speech Group which we work very closely with, but were distinct. Committee for Academic Freedom. Your closing thoughts freedom. Your closing thoughts on this matter . Have we reached the point of no return, or can sanity return to the campus . Edward . I think it will return come august when the new, freedom of speech act comes into full force. It will make this sort of thing much more difficult, because members of a university will actually be able to take their institutions to court if they can show that their free speech has been violated. And also, it makes it very clear that the, burden of, security lies with the university and not with the individual student society. So they will have to pay society. So they will have to pay for security, so people like this wont be able to use this as a threat anymore, my thanks to doctor edward skidelsky, who is a lecturer at, top university. But also he is part of the committee for Academic Freedom, more power to you, edward. Well catch up soon. Lots more to come. Ill be deaung lots more to come. Ill be dealing with andrew. Neil in 15 minutes time. In my take at ten, he has attacked gb news. My response is coming andrew. Neil. In my take at ten. But its time now for mark meets. And this evening. Comedy writing legend richard sparks, a man who has penned gags for some of the biggest stars in the country, including mel smith, Rowan Atkinson and griff rhys jones. He was at one of the brains behind comedy satire show not the 9 00 news. Heres a quick reminder depee t shirts. Their shop is now selling liberal sdp alliance trousers. Liberal sdp alliance trousers. Iran. And there was brisk bidding at an auction in tehran today, when an almost complete box of black magic went under the hammer. The hammer. Polo. Now there was uproar dunng polo. Now there was uproar during a game at windsor today when Prince Charles dismounted to change sides. To change sides. Oh, remember when comedy was funny . Richard has since turned funny . Richard has since turned his skills to writing books with his skills to writing books with his debut fantasy novel, nu rock nu roll, out now, richard sparks, welcome to mark dolan tonight. Well get to the book very shortly. But for those who dont know, tell us about not the 9 00 news. What kind of show was it and why did it have such a big impact . A big impact . Well, all credit goes to john lloyd, the producer who put the whole thing together. I remember in the very early days going to sit in his office. It was very exciting. One of us had an office at the bbc and we were all student contestants at various universities. And i various universities. And i said, well, whats the show going to be . He said, well, were going to build it around rowan. I havent decided on who else is going to be in it, and were going to do weekly satire. Were going to do weekly satire. I remember saying, look, really going back to rte, why dont you going back to rte, why dont you go on from what python did . And he looked at me as if i was mad. He said, were not nearly as good as them. And he was quite right, you know, python zigi not the 9 00 news zagged. I was one of many writers on it. I missed the second series because i was sent off to new zealand to write a film series, which was which paid for a house in london. Well, plus mortgage, you know. So that was, that was a better, a better wage than john was offering and but it was the fun times and theyre very, very talented group. Do you think not the 9 00 news should return because it was a classic show. Well, i got interviewed about this the other day and i said it would be great. I think it was the front page of the star. Okay, well, well pretend its the times literary supplement. Okay but, yeah, theres there are satirical programmes around, and there are so many good writers these days. I mean , if writers these days. I mean, if you look at januszs career and some of the writers are not in the 9 00 news, like, well, Andy Hamilton , i jenkins, colin punt hamilton, i jenkins, colin punt and dennis. Well, i mean, you know , some, some really talented know, some, some really talented people. Most, most definitely. People. Most, most definitely. Richard, what do you make, though, of Political Correctness in comedy or so called woke culture . Is that a problem . Culture . Is that a problem . Yes and no. I mean, im, im not in favour of any kind of censorship. Politicians are. I censorship. Politicians are. I mean, excuse me, comedians are the lords of misrule, arent they . Their job is to make people laugh and to poke fun and to deflate the pomposity of kings and princes and dictators. And i think we should we should respect boundaries. I mean, if respect boundaries. I mean, if you do it well, you can be very, very, very insightful. And if very, very insightful. And if you do it badly, youre just offensive and not very funny to write. Well, to write. Richard, tell me about the book. Very exciting. New rock, new role. Its your debut , tell me about tell me debut, tell me about tell me about the book and why you wrote it. It. Well, its the first of four in a series ive now written. Theyre coming out one a year, and it grew out of my love for role playing games. I played a lot of games online, and one day i thought, well, what would it really be like to be in a world like that . Being a heroic young avatar battle mage that i made for myself, its not someone going into a game. Its someone being zapped off into a strange new fantasy world where, of course, hes completely hopeless. Hed be, you know, they may have won the world championship, pushing a keyboard around the three of them, but when hes standing in a hillside with a crappy sword and a shield and being chased by wolves, you know, it just gets worse. So and he doesnt know where his two companions are, one of whom is an australian orc, and the other is a, an Asian American sword dancer girl. And the three of them are great behind the screen, but in real life, theyre, hopeless. So, you know, and then the first they get well, he eventually meets up with at least one of them, and they get recruited into an army where they learn to get good. And then the quest unfolds that has the fate of the realm at stake. As usual, and that by the end of the book, its all explained. Hes got to survive if hes going to find out what happened and why, and were set up for the rest of the series. I think youre the new j. K. Rowling, new rock, new role. Ive been sent a copy by your team. I cant wait to read it. I think in these dark times we could do with some fantasy and a bit of escapism , richard, youre bit of escapism, richard, youre in the states now. I understand that you are the owner or have been the owner of a very popular sports bar in las vegas. Is that right . Yes yes. You dont always make a huge living out of writing. So, one living out of writing. So, one of my best investments is i now own two sports bars in las vegas, and the first one is having its 10th anniversary this weekend. Next weekend ill be going out to vegas for that. Its called sporting life bar. You can see it at sporting life bar. Com. And we just won sports bar of the year again in las vegas. I tell you, thats great fun. Youve made a Great Success of your life in america. Youre of your life in america. Youre speaking to us from los angeles. Now ive only got to ask you youre in la. Why are you wearing a woolly jumper . And why wearing a woolly jumper . And why have you got the fire on. Oh , its the middle of the oh, its the middle of the night here. No, i dont know. I always put the fire on. Its not too hot out here, i just i put on the woolly jumper to. In honour of the old country, well, listen, its a privilege to have you on the show, im very excited to say to read the book new rock, new role. Find out more about the book , go to more about the book, go to richard sparks. Com. Richard, lovely to speak to you. Well catch up when the next editions come out. There are four so quite, quite a quite a quite a treasure trove there to sink your teeth into new rock , new your teeth into new rock, new role. Nice to have a smile. Well, plenty more where that came from because andrew neil has this week attacked gb news in parliament no less. My full response in my take at 10 in 5 minutes time, you wont want to miss it. This is mark dolan tonight. Tonight. 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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Boxt boilers sponsors of weather on gb news. Its 10 00. On television. On its10 00. On television. On radio and online, in the United Kingdom and across the world. This is mark dolan tonight. Andrew neil has attacked gbp views saying that we are the home of conspiracy theorists and nutters. Ill be dealing with andrew neil in no Uncertain Terms in just two minutes time. You wont want to miss it. Terms in just two minutes time. You wont want to miss it. A you wont want to miss it. A shock Royal Development as prince harry delivers a fresh snub to king charles. Find out why shortly. And were itv wrong why shortly. And were itv wrong to let rage omar present news at ten, when he was clearly unwell . Let me tell you, im in rude health tonight. Weve got sundays papers coming in thick and fast , a packed show, plus my and fast, a packed show, plus my top pundits, amazing pedigree this evening. But first the news headunes this evening. But first the News Headlines and ray addison. Thanks, mark. 10 00, our top stories tonight. Conservative mp doctor dan poulter has defected to labour, saying the tories are now a nationalist party of the right. Announcing his decision right. Announcing his 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 urging rishi sunak to call a general election as soon as possible. A tory Party Spokesperson described the news as disappointing. But labours leader sir keir starmer says its fantastic not to. Pulter, who represents central suffolk and North Ipswich , will take the and North Ipswich, will take the labour whip until the next election. Well, the prime election. Well, 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. 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, quote, because people are worried about coming here. Two men were arrested at a pro palestine protest in london earlier. Police say one of them was holding a placard with a swastika and the other made a racist remark towards counter protesters. The event, counter protesters. The event, which was organised by the Palestine Solidarity Campaign , Palestine Solidarity Campaign, was calling for an immediate ceasefire in gaza, now 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 wont resign ahead of a crunch vote on his leadership. This coming week comes after the collapse of the snps power sharing deal with the greens last thursday, and finally, a gold pocket watch recovered from the body of the richest man on the titanic , has richest man on the titanic, has now been sold at auction for a record breaking £1,175,000. Now it had been expected to fetch only around 150 k the previous highest amount paid for a titanic artefact was 1. 1 million for a violin, which was played as the ship sank. Businessman John Jacob Astor was 47 when he went down with the ship in 1912. First he saw his wife, madeline onto a lifeboat safely, but then, rather than attempt to get on one himself, he was last seen smoking a cigarette and chatting with a fellow passenger. Well, with a fellow passenger. Well, for the latest stories, sign up to gb news alerts by scanning the qr code. Its on your screen right now, or go to gbnews. Com slash alerts. Back now to. Mark. Slash alerts. Back now to. Mark. Thanks, ray. There you go. Puts his wife on a lifeboat. Puts his wife on a lifeboat. Smokes a cigarette as titanic sinks. Thats when men were men. Welcome to mark dolan tonight. A shock Royal Development as prince harry delivers a fresh snub to our king. Find out why shortly and were itv wrong to let rageh omaar present . News at ten when he was clearly unwell. More on that scandal shortly. More on that scandal shortly. Plus my top pundits precious muir, Christopher Biggins and Claire Pearsall theyll be reacting to sundays front pages in what is going to be a packed houn in what is going to be a packed hour. Those papers are coming, but first, my take at ten. Former gb news star andrew neil has been talking about gb news in parliament this week in unflattering terms. Now lets start with the positives. Andrew neil is an extraordinary broadcaster and journalist, a man whose skills of interrogation are so surgical, so authoritative and so ruthless that in the run up to the last election, Boris Johnson failed to grant this titan of broadcasting an interview. To grant this titan of broadcasting an interview. He knew that andrew neil would dismantle him, bit by bit, as he has done with politicians of all political colours following his departure from this channel after just nine days on air. Afterjust nine days on air. I had a bit of fun about it in my take at ten, which ultimately went viral and was seen by over a million people. Here is a short clip. Now, ill be honest, the relationship didnt start brilliantly, with andrew pointing out in an email that hed been flown to the gb news launch from his homes in monaco, in the south of france, in the worlds smallest private jet, the worlds smallest private jet. How could they . How could they indeed . Now, sadly, andrew has spent much of his time berating this channel since his departure. He clearly needs to departure. He clearly needs to demonstrate that he made the right move by leaving. How unfortunate that we have grown since then to be one of the most prolific and talked about media platforms in the country. Privately, it must be a great source of irritation to him that were still here with a growing and loyal audience. Addressing and loyal audience. Addressing a house of Commons Select Committee in parliament this week, he made a fantastic point about how government should stay out of journalism to rights. But he was damning in his comments about this place. About this place. What . I didnt want it to become , i it was i could see it become, i it was i could see it was happening, which is why i left almost immediately, was an outlet for bizarre conspiracy theories or anti vaxxers or basically the nutty end of politics. Now, i dont agree with all of the views of all of my colleagues here gbnews, and some of them talk some outlandish bollocks. Its a broad church , as is our broad church, as is our audience, demonstrated by an interesting new poll suggesting that gb news viewers and listeners would now rather have a Labour Government than a conservative one. So much for this place being a right wing echo chamber. But most egregiously , andrew neil claims egregiously, andrew neil claims that gb news is a platform for conspiracy theorists. I beg to differ. I would argue that many differ. I would argue that many of our media rivals indulge in conspiracy theories every day. The Conspiracy Theory that men or women or that women are men, that you can magically change your sex sounds pretty out there to me. The Conspiracy Theory that britain has a shameful past and that we should apologise for our history, even though we gave the world representative democracy, the modern market economy, the commonwealth. Oh, and we ended slavery. What about the conspiracy that a pathetic surgical mask only used in hospitals to stop surgeons dribbling on to the patient, is somehow going to stop a tiny virus , which is several hundred virus, which is several hundred times smaller than a single hole in one of those wretched face nappies. What about the nappies. What about the Conspiracy Theory that everyone needed to be vaccinated, including the entire healthy population . Notwithstanding the population . Notwithstanding the fact that many faced no mortal threat from the virus and were likely protected from prior infection, the government Vaccine Agency , the vai, ruled Vaccine Agency, the vai, ruled against vaccinating children, but the government ignored them and pressed ahead. So are the and pressed ahead. So are the vai anti vaxxers as well, mr neil. It was andrew neil. Dont forget, who was responsible for this very chilling headline in the mail newspaper during the pandemic , he wrote. Its time to pandemic, he wrote. Its time to punish britains 5 million vaccine refuseniks. They put us all at risk of more restrictions. So why shouldnt we kerb some of their freedoms . We kerb some of their freedoms . I do hope that mr neil hadnt fallen for the Conspiracy Theory that the covid 19 vaccine prevented transmission or infection from the virus, because it did not. It goes on. It was a Conspiracy Theory to suggest that covid came from a lab until the fbi director , lab until the fbi director, christopher wray, admitted last year that covid, most likely originated in a Chinese Government controlled lab. Now, who knows the truth about any of this stuff . And by the way, dangerous misinformation and wacko theories are deeply wrong and potentially harmful. Ofcom are right to act on any of that nonsense, but labelling everything that you dont agree with a Conspiracy Theory is illiberal , anti intellectual, illiberal, anti intellectual, anti democratic and, in my view, designed to shut down any debate. Quite often, history tells us that a Conspiracy Theory plus time equals the truth. Now, id like to hold out truth. Now, id like to hold out an olive branch to andrew neil, because despite what ive said , because despite what ive said, i consider him to be britains greatest journalist , which is greatest journalist, which is why i think he should return to gb news, demonstrating that this channel, like this show mark dolan tonight, is the home of diverse opinion. The only issue is that we have a packed schedule full of outstanding world class broadcasting talent. So if he does return, finding a slot would be difficult. Perhaps slot would be difficult. Perhaps we could put him on overnights. We could put him on overnights. How about that . Andrew neil keeping you up all night . Your reaction . Gbnews. Com yoursay your say. Greg and the team put out a text poll. Is gb news made up of conspiracy theorists and nutters. Ill bring you the results of that very shortly. Results of that very shortly. But lets hear from tonights top pundits who are all nutters. Broadcaster and tv personality precious muir, tv and comedy legend Christopher Biggins, and the brilliant political commentator and former government adviser Claire Pearsall biggins. Over to you. Pearsall biggins. Over to you. Does andrew neil have a point that this place is made up of lunatics . Certainly not. I mean, hes just hes just upset and angry. Just hes just upset and angry. The fact that he didnt succeed on this programme, that no one liked him. I mean, i think its a ridiculous thing. Its sour grapes, if you ask me. Mark sour grapes. Sir, what do you think about this, claire . I think you might have joined the channel after andrew left. Well, that wouldnt be difficult. He was here for nine days, but i maintain , nine days, but i maintain, claire that hes a fabulous journalist. Im a huge, huge fan. And i think that these comments are wrong and unfortunate. Unfortunate. He is an exceptionally good journalist and id watching him take people to pieces when he interviews them is quite an art form, but he does come across as sort of the jilted lover, almost , hes had his moments. It didnt work. He left , hes had his moments. It didnt work. He left, but he keeps popping back and sort of saying, well, i never liked it. And i dont like your friends, and i dont like the way youve put me , you know, put the put me, you know, put the wallpaper up or whatever it is. And i think he needs to leave that be. There were some valid points in his select committee performance. I did watch it, getting the government to keep out of, media. Absolutely right. But i think that his criticism of the channel is unfair. He doesnt watch it anymore. And i did actually watch the Opening Night of gb news, only to be lectured by mr neil for some 15 minutes. And you could see that quite possibly that was not the way to open up a new television channel. And it is far more exciting now and invites on some really diverse opinions. And i think that should be welcomed , think that should be welcomed, precious. To be fair to andrew neil, the launch here was a little bumpy to say the least. There were technical problems. There were technical problems. It was very stressful. This is one of the most revered journalists in the country, and he had to consider his reputation , which is why he reputation, which is why he left. It was a shambles at the start. Who could blame him, start. Who could blame him, well, i think that he obviously has made his point. I think that as a 74 year old man, i think hes probably had his peak in his career in regards to, you know , where he goes next. And know, where he goes next. And i think its nice that hes given the chance and opportunity to young new talent who is now here gbnews who how who now have a voice. Well, i agree because he was replaced by a very talented young boy called nigel farage, who is thriving and has learned brilliantly on the job, claire, can i just disagree . Begins. Can i disagree for a moment . Because im 75 and im certainly not giving up. Okay. Okay. No, definitely. Well, listen, your best is yet to come begins. And by the way, i think andrew neils best is yet to come. The guy is formidable. And listen, Claire Pearsall , perhaps hes Claire Pearsall, perhaps hes got a point about gb news. We have had our cauliflower cut by ofcom. Okay. We have flirted with controversy, some of the stuff thats been broadcast on the channel has been divisive of people have taken umbrage with it. You know , gb news is as it. You know, gb news is as hated by as many as it is loved. And perhaps andrew neil is right to draw attention to that. To draw attention to that. But if people didnt like it, then they wouldnt watch it. They wouldnt talk about it. They wouldnt talk about it. They wouldnt talk about it. They wouldnt share social media clips. And i think that its clips. And i think that its only become richer , the sort of only become richer, the sort of weve all become richer because of the controversy. And i think of the controversy. And i think seeing other peoples opinions, whether you agree with them or not, does help. And yes, theres been a little light difficulty with ofcom, but also ofcom need to be able to act properly and fairly across all channels. And they dont seem to they seem to really have their their knives out for, for gb news. And people dont like disruptors us, but really they admire them. They dont like but claire, are we are we not testing the ofcom rules to the very limits . Well, whats wrong with that . Theres you know, you have to push the boundaries. You have to see how far you can go. Now most people understand what the ofcom boundanes understand what the ofcom boundaries are and actually theyre quite tricky to navigate. If you if you listen to, to anything ofcom put out, its very wishy washy. So its unsurprising that youre always going to test those boundaries because youre not entirely sure where they are and what theyre supposed to be. And thats what ofcoms for. And thats what ofcoms for. Yeah, i mean , impartiality is yeah, i mean, impartiality is one thing, saying you know, illegality is another thing. If they dont, if they if they want to shut you down because they dont like you, then that is wrong. And it comes up big. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Personal. Yeah when its, its, it feels like if its personal instead of across the board. This also applies to other stations. Begins begins, does gb news sometimes go too far . Have you heard any right royal on this channel . Absolutely not. And i think sometimes perhaps. But i mean, i go i see a lot of the public, ive go on cruises, i meet public, the public outside of my job. I meet them all the time, and im very gregarious. And and im very gregarious. And everybody that i meet loves gb news. They really do. They watch it. They know all about it, and theyre thrilled by it, briefly , theyre thrilled by it, briefly, precious closing thoughts on this. I think that we need to be, open to new things and i think somebodys obviously not you, chris, but other people who are of an older generation are not very open minded to young voices. And this platform allows that to happen. And thats why i love it. My followers are much younger and they love to watch gb news because it has that diversity and they have excellent taste. Let me know what you think. Is gb news populated by nutters and lunatics and conspiracy theorists. Well, that is tonights poll. The results are in. I shall reveal all next. Plus a shocking new Royal Development as prince harry delivers a fresh snub to king charles. Find out why next. Well, a big reaction to my take at ten. Andrew neil has attacked gb news. Ive responded in no Uncertain Terms. And so have Uncertain Terms. And so have you. Gbnews. Com yoursay by gary, who is a gb news member, says andrew has been establishment for so many years, he probably wasnt ready for differing opinions. Fred has said, how come mark dolan can get away with saying things that we cant hear on this message board . Well, let me tell you, fred, ive made a few headlines in the last few days for absolutely reading out your emails. Some of which are pretty spicy, but no one gets cancelled. Not on my watch. I just wont have it. Oh no, the ginger nut cometh upon us, says margaret. Can i cope . Us, says margaret. Can i cope . That harsh remarks there about andrew neil, i like this from martin. If only gb news had provided a slightly bigger private jet, all of this could have been avoided. And your have been avoided. And your emails are always and always will be the highlight of the show. Lets finish on this one. Gwen who says, mark, ive said it before, ill say it again. I love gb news and i will be gutted if it goes. Gwen, let me tell you, we are not going anywhere. Even if i have to do this show in my bedroom, in my pyjamas. Okay, weve got the pyjamas. Okay, weve got the results of our text poll now and it is a very simple question. Is andrew neil right . That gb news is full of conspiracy theorists and nutters . Well, its and nutters . Well, its a landslide. 75 say no, he is wrong. And just under 25 of you say yes. He is right. Its time now for us news with the queen of american showbiz, royal and political reporting Kinsey Schofield kinsey. Lovely to see you again. We missed you hugely you again. We missed you hugely last week. Great news, news that the country needs and all royal fans around the world need to hear king charles back at work from monday. Isnt it exciting . I cant wait to see him, but can i just give you an idea of the way that this has been covered in the United States . 24 hours before the palace announced that we should look forward to seeing king charles more often, and 24 hours before we got that beautiful picture of the king and the queen consort it was the daily beast here in the states that originally reported that they were dusting off plans for they were dusting off plans for the kings funeral. That led into a report by tmz, which led into a report by tmz, which led into a report by tmz, which led into a report by page six. You just see the clickbait that has you know, generated not only between king charles, but the princess of wales here in the states. And youre seeing some of these outlets that the daily beast, which i typically trust, youd see some of these outlets. I dont jeopardise their credibility just to try to keep up with the demand for royal news. And honestly, its sad to say , but the demand for really say, but the demand for really negative headlines , most definitely. Thats shocking. And we talked earlier in the take at ten about misinformation. And thats a good example of egregious misinformation. Very offensive to the royal family, to charles and to the country, speaking of offensive, harry seems to have put a few noses out of joint with his latest video in his military regalia wearing his medals. Whats the story here . Kinsey yeah. And just really quickly, before i head over to harry, i just want to stress that the king is great and we are looking. So were so much looking forward to seeing the king. But i just wanted to stress that. So nobody thinks that that any of those outlets are correct. But prince harry is being criticised for wearing several medals while he was presenting the military times soldier of the year award. Now, this was via zoom. This is actually at his home where hes at, but its been suggested that he wore these medals to create an illusion for the American Market market, that he is some type of hero or the hero that hes actually honouring here at this award show, you know, i should stress that harry did serve in the uk armed forces for ten years, but there are two different arguments happening here. A why is he wearing medals . And b why is he missing the kings medal that he received at the coronation . Could that be a personal swipe at his dad . What is your interpretation on an oversight . Is it not traditional to wear the coronation medal, or does this look like some kind of message . I think that prince harry has been too lazy to take it out of the beautiful box. I dont i think that there is no association whatsoever. He association whatsoever. He strikes me as somebody that unpacks his luggage six months after he gets home. Yeah, exactly. Its probably yeah, exactly. Its probably in the toiletry bag with his all in the toiletry bag with his all in one shampoo and shaving foam. In one shampoo and shaving foam. And his razor. Well, listen, well give him the benefit of the doubt. We ought to do that. Kinsey, what about Meghan Markle 7 kinsey, what about Meghan Markle . Hows her Business Empire growing so , mark, theres a new growing so, mark, theres a new story coming from the daily mail that says she has struggled to find a ceo for american riviera, orchard and they said that there are interesting discussions happening between netflix because shes not been able to secure a person. Secure a person. Somebody from netflix has said, well, ive got a weird idea. What if we help you manage idea. What if we help you manage not only this new Television Show that were producing and distributing, but hand in hand, your lifestyle, you know, production, you know , the production, you know, the products that could come out associated, whether that is jon rahm or whether its pots and pans, whatever that may be. Now, the daily mail has framed this as failure, but i think that this is a total win for Meghan Markle because netflix has never done this before. So if this does fail, meghan gets to point the finger at netflix and say, this didnt fail because of me. It failed because i put some people in charge that didnt know what they were doing. Have you tried meghans jam . Have you tried meghans jam . This is this is a family show, mark. I dont this is no i havent i have not. You have the mind of a sewer Kinsey Schofield , this is, this Kinsey Schofield, this is, this is another of the brands, one of the products that shes got. And i understand she she sent it to a celebrity. Well she has sent it to about 50, she allegedly has sent these to 50 different celebrities. And what theyre trying to do is allegedly recreate the hype around beyonce. Ivy park distribution beyonce had this clothing line called ivy park, and she sent huge trunks full of free clothes to Reese Witherspoon in Kim Kardashian and it was zendaya, and everybody was trying to figure out who was going to get a free freebie next. And so theyre saying shes trying to recreate that. Now. The last celebrity to get it was kris jennen celebrity to get it was kris jenner. Friendly reminder jenners daughter Kim Kardashian recently criticised for making fun of the wheres kate drama, which again bullying the princess of wales. Meghan princess of wales. Meghan probably should not be aligning herself with them, but here we are. Here we are indeed. Great to have you back, kinsey and well see you in a weeks time. The queen of us, showbiz royal and political reporting Kinsey Schofield. Check out her website and her podcast, both of which are called to die for daily. Next up, sundays front pages. Plus, in a bombshell media story, were itv wrong to let rageh omaar present news at ten when he was clearly unwell , he when he was clearly unwell, he barely made it through the bulletin. What exactly happened . Well discuss all of that in oh, oh, dear. My pundits are talking about boxer shorts and underwear. We better do the papers. And by the seat of our papers. And by the seat of our pants. Here is the observer. Exclusive. Top tory mp defects to labour in fury at nhs crisis. Government was warned about dirty blood in the 1970s. Is the other story. The sun on sunday next. Strictly judges shock shirley , my cancer terror. Shirley, my cancer terror. Strictly come dancing star Shirley Ballas tonight tells of her terrifying cancer scare after checks revealed lumpy tissue in her left breast. The head judge, who is 63, who has had three biopsies, said i feel very emotional every time the phone rings. I think maybe they are my results. Well, we wish her well and if she is poorly then we pray for a speedy recovery. The sunday mirror i dont care about money, just take me seriously, says hannah waddingham, who is a top actress from various tv show tv hits, including a popular one on apple tv special investigation in despicable evil. Smuggling gangs hold migrants in world war ii bunkers before deadly boat crossing. Disgusting. What a shocker. Smugglers are hiding migrants in former nazi bunkers before loading them onto dinghies for the perilous voyage across the channel to the uk. Sunday telegraph, now uk to deploy Hypersonic Missile by 2030 tory rebels on warpath after mp defects to labour and Robert Jenrick cap migrants at tens of thousands sunday express rishi sunak exclusive stick with me , ive got a plan and labour me, ive got a plan and labour leaders big election promise keir starmer i will keep the pension triple lock. The sunday times soviet traitor Anthony Blunt may also have passed secrets to the nazis. Tory mp defects to labour on eve of polls and threat to mps over cash for blood victims. And last cash for blood victims. And last but not least, for now, the mail on sunday after officer warns campaigner for being openly jewish. Police are so cowed by the anti semitic mob they even cover up the holocaust. Thats right, an etched boulder at hyde parks Holocaust Memorial garden was hidden by a blue tarpaulin today to protect it from pro palestine protesters. That pro palestine protesters. That ought to be a moment of national shame. Lets get full pundit reaction now in the company of precious muir , christopher precious muir, Christopher Biggins and Claire Pearsall. Now let me start with this shocker in the mail on sunday. Precious. This is a very special stone and its there to remember the holocaust and its victims. Holocaust and its victims. Holocaust Memorial Garden its a beautiful full piece to look at. Its very eye catching , its its very eye catching, its substantial, and its currently covered in blue tarpaulin because of the mob. Yeah. I mean, its really sad that its got to this point. I mean, we are so pro palestine right now in the movement thats going wrong. Unrwa. I cant even get it out around the world. Dont get it out. Family show. Yes you did have them out. Them out. But but at the end, my god, do not adjust your set. But but its very nice. But but its very nice. What a set. What a set. But at the end of the day, its really sad that we are just not thinking about the Jewish Community and the fact that theyre doing this sends a message, a wrong message that were just willing to cover up history and not, you know, it just it just its sad. Its appalling situation. Youre absolutely right, precious. Itsjust youre absolutely right, precious. Its just disgusting. Precious. Its just disgusting. And i just cant understand how this is allowed to happen. This is allowed to happen. I cant understand. Well, i think the answer, claire, is that the authorities have bowed to the mob. You had keir starmer begging the speaker of the house not to run this amendment on a vote about a ceasefire in israel or in gaza, because if labour mps didnt back the ceasefire , mps didnt back the ceasefire, they could be attacked in the streets. The mob, the mob are running amok. I think weve forgotten that there is a law in this country and it needs to be upheld. And i think you take the emotion out of it and its the same in the house of commons. Take the emotion away and you can actually make some proper decisions. And i think the police at the moment are are favouring one side over, over the other, allowing a memorial to be covered up. Can you to be covered up. Can you imagine if it was the cenotaph . Everybody would be up in arms. Yeah, this is just as bad. Yeah. Yeah, this is just as bad. Yeah. Nobody should be defacing these kind of , nobody should be defacing these kind of, memorials ever. And i think that we already have the laws in place to deal with it. So why do we feel the need to do that . Why not . If you see somebody defacing it, you deal with them, you make them come back, you make them cleaner. Theres community payback. There theres community payback. There is so much on our side. And i think the police have just become so soft and hand wringing over this. And the metropolitan over this. And the metropolitan police chief has got an awful lot to answer for. But equally, in the house of commons, they need to behave themselves. I think we need to take the heat out of it. Look at these issues. Excuse me. Jewish people are feeling as if they are a Minority Group and they are in fear of their lives. And that cannot be right in this country. Its an absolutely appalling. Thats what it is. Theyre not feeling supported. Absolutely. And we shouldnt allow it. Yeah. It doesnt seem like the system is helping them deal with whats going on. And the fact that its continuously going on and the police dont seem to be doing much about controlling the circumstances of having equal, palestine and jewish, opinions in anything. But also when you consider what the Jewish Community have gone through over the years, its disgusting. Yeah. Its disgusting. Yeah. Well, i think absolutely. And for this, for this, both sides have suffered. Yeah. Lets make sure we clarify. Yes, youre right. Yes, youre right. But what im seeing right now is that the Jewish Community is not being supported enough. No, i agree, and i do think there is a problem with islamophobia and there is an incredible rise in islamophobic. Or would you, would you call it anti muslim hate or are you comfortable with the term islamophobia . Im comfortable with islamophobia , i dont think, islamophobia, i dont think, because i think that implies you cant criticise a religion, whereas clearly anti muslim hate is wrong. We get down to semantics on this , dont we . And semantics on this, dont we . And i think that we just need to look at groups of people who are being intimidated, who are being threatened on both sides , as threatened on both sides, as precious has just said. And the majority of muslim people in this country just want to live their lives. And when you look at the people who are attending these marches, the pro palestine marches, there are quite a number of them who have no connection to that region whatsoever and are just joining in and dont actually know what it is theyre chanting and what placards theyre holding. And i placards theyre holding. And i find that appalling and they know the history of it. Do you see any of them dont really know the history. They dont know the history. So theyre just talking about stuff they really dont know about. And the history of it all is where the Jewish Community have been from the beginning. So if youre wanting to know further information, why not embrace the Jewish Community and find out why this war is continuing . Its gone on for so long. Yeah. When is it going to end . Well, indeed. Many have just basically done a two minute degree at the university of instagram , havent they . There we go to inform themselves about it. Have we reached the point of no return though . Are the mob in control now . What do you think, control now . What do you think, precious . I think the police are not able to control the circumstances, and it seems theyre blaming the lack of police. Theyre saying that there is not enough police to police these kinds of. Will there ever be . Would there ever be enough . Thats what they excuses. But yet well have a football match and theres double the amount of, police all to people that are injured. What did you think of the Saint Georges day revellers . I did see that. I did see that. Who were swiftly apprehended by cops. That was shocking because i was thinking, well, why isnt that happening at the pro palestine, you know , marches pro palestine, you know, marches in which many jewish people feel threatened by and of course , we threatened by and of course, we know that a man i just tried to cross the road wearing , know that a man i just tried to cross the road wearing, wearing a skull cap wasnt able to cross the road because he looked overtly jewish. And now theyve of him to do so. 50. So. Mind you. Why was he there . Mind you. Why was he there . Right. Well, hes entitled to be. No, he is passing through. Yeah but i think there was a i think there was an intention. Oh, i think so without any. All right. But a jewish person on a pro palestine march in britain should not be a provocation to violence, should it . No, of course not. No. But if hes walking against the crowd , hes walking against the crowd, it might be an instigating situation where he probably shouldnt put himself in. Thats what the police was probably. Do you think its poking at the hornets nest . I absolutely do, because i had actually walked away from the situation and then came back and was being filmed. So i think neither side needs to provoke each other and nobody should be afraid of cross. Well, i dont know anyone. Well, i dont know anyone. Ive got to say. I dont see jew. I dont see jewish mobs marching every weekend for jews. You have. Were having too many marches. Yeah i mean, thats another problem. Youre right. Its a dilemma , youre right. Its a dilemma, isnt it . You know, the right to protest is uniquely valuable and important at the same time. Many people think that these are not peace marches at all. Not at all . No. Not at all . No. And theyre not really doing anything. What what are they gaining from marching every second of the day . It doesnt make a difference. Well, what would you do . I mean, would you curtail them . Would you ban them . I would limit them. I would think that i think that there doesnt need to be as much as it is. Limit is a very good idea. Limit is a very good idea. I mean, im not saying free speech or not. Thats that is more they should have the right to protest, but i dont think as many protests thats going on to cause the conflicts thats going on right now. I think we just on right now. I think we just need to kind of put a handle on it. Thats my opinion. Oh, well, rishi sunak needs to put a handle, doesnt he . Christopher biggins on his own party. Hes lost another mp who has defected to labour. Its an observer exclusive. It is doctor observer exclusive. It is doctor dan poulter, the mp for central suffolk and North Ipswich. Hes also a Mental Health doctor as well. Hes going to cross the floor of the house and hes going to campaign for a Labour Government. What does this tell us about the current state of affairs politically . Well, i say what i think, i think they should all go, all politicians, we should start afresh and have a new system going because were in a terrible state, this country, and all we see is infighting between all the parties and quite frankly, its getting on my nerves and i have no , ijust my nerves and i have no, i just dont know what im going to do come the election. Its a very , come the election. Its a very, very difficult situation, but nobody is looking to the problems that we have in this country, which are immense, including that the country is broke and yet youve got keir starmer promising all sorts of goodies for the electorate. Wheres he going to get that from . You have to wonder. A lot of people are politically homeless. They dont know which leader they actually are interested in. Right . | they actually are interested in. Right . I think that they dont know which way theyre going to vote at this point. I dont. I dont. I dont. So will our next government, will our next government be dont know. He will our next government be dont know. He might be i think dont know. He might be i think dont know. Well do a great job. Well do a great job. Dont know. No. Might do better than i might join them. Put together. Put together. Would you be tempted i think youve been a conservative supporter in the past. Youve been a conservative supporter in the past. Yes. Supporter in the past. Yes. Christopher, would you consider reform uk . Reform uk . Im sorry about the silence. I dont think i could, i dont, i dont think i could, i dont, i dont think i could, i dont, i dont know, but i couldnt, you see it as a betrayal of the conservatives. I do a bit and i also i think that the other problem is that i dont think i could vote for labour, because theres, you know, i mean, i think there were days when labour were terrific, you know , labour were terrific, you know, and they were, they were they, they were wonderful politicians. But its now its now become such a game. I mean, would you look at a Smaller Party . Would you go green. Would you go green. No, no lib dem. No. No, no lib dem. No. Because the lib dems used to be the option when you were fed up, claire, with the tories and laboun up, claire, with the tories and labour. I certainly voted lib dem in the past, but i feel that they much more to the left than they much more to the left than they were. Perhaps in the 90s and 2000. Yeah, i think they are, and they havent been very vocal recently. And you would have recently. And you would have thought that given whats going on with the conservatives and labour not having a great time ehhen labour not having a great time either, that the liberal democrats will be there front and centre, but they seem to have just faded into the background. Now, if you were wanting to gain seats in local elections and the inevitable general election that were facing, wouldnt you be putting out there your ideas . This would be the ultimate time to promote what your party is going. Well, yeah. Well, yeah. On the lib dems, do you think the party of vince cable, the party of paddy ashdown, is long gone . Yeah, i do, i do dont you think thats a loss . Because i think that that was an attractive proposition when they had some interesting ideas. If you look at if you look back to those sort of halcyon days of when there was a third party, there were some really interesting sort of social liberal policies that came forward, and you understood what it was that they stood for, and then they became a little bit wishy washy. And then they went into coalition with the conservatives and lost any credibility that they may have now. They propped up my party, and ill be forever grateful for that. And ill be forever grateful for that. And we formed a that. And we formed a government. But you look at what they are and the people that they are and the people that they have in their party, and they have in their party, and they cannot understand which way it is they want to go. Do they want to be socially liberal . Do they want to be left of centre . Where is it that they fit and they cannot make they just cant make their minds up. But paddy ashdown, at least he had charisma. Yeah, there was something about it and he made column inches. Exactly. And headlines which we havent had from ed davey. The only headlines we had from ed davey are quite negative ones. But listen, im holding out hope that the lib dems will at some point be electable again. Of course, they they will be a popular option for many at the next general election. Greg, how are we doing for time . Ive got time for a quick Shirley Ballas, this is the sun on sunday. Very briefly. Its strictly judges shock briefly if you can begins, shirley , come you can begins, shirley, come dancing star Shirley Ballas. My cancer terror. Shes found a lump. Shes had biopsies. She doesnt know the diagnosis yet. Doesnt know the diagnosis yet. What a terrible position to be in. It is a terrible position to be in. And i feel for her. But shes a lovely girl and she gives so much and it must be frightening because, you know, you know, youve got something and you felt something yourself and you felt something yourself and youve been told. And then what is the outcome . Yeah, its it really is a shocking thing. But all i can say is shes a massively popular entertainer. And, whatever shes going through, we wish her a speedy recovery. Coming up, more of tomorrows newspaper front pages. And in a bombshell media story , were itv wrong to let story, were itv wrong to let rageh omaar present . News at ten. When he was clearly unwell, he barely made it through the bulletin. What exactly happened . Well get to the bottom of this growing scandal at itv next. No, i dont think so. No, i dont think so. A mini crisis at itv and news at ten. In just a second. But one last headline, and its the star on sunday, the daily star sunday spaceman. The millions of aliens. Well, i do hope that they can land on planet earth and run the place to a much better job than we currently are. I think a coalition of the dont know party and the aliens britain that i would vote for them join. I would vote for them back on its feet , propped up by the last its feet, propped up by the last two lib dems in the house of commons, are now tv news presenter rageh omaar has thanked everyone for their good wishes after he became unwell whilst hosting the itv news at ten programme. Concern for omar spread on social media after he appeared to struggle to read the bulletins whilst presenting itvs news at ten. He actually said to his fans id like to thank everyone for their kindness and good wishes, especially all the medical staff , all my wonderful colleagues at itv news and our viewers who expressed concern at the time. I was determined to finish presenting the programme. Im grateful for all of the support ive been given. Now, of course, ive been given. Now, of course, we dont know any details about rageh omars health condition. What we will say is we wish him a speedy recovery. Vie he a speedy recovery. Vie he clearly wasnt well whilst he was on air. It was his decision to press on with the bulletin. But should that decision have been taken out of his hands . Did itv owe him a duty of care . Lets get the views of precious muir , Christopher Biggins and muir, Christopher Biggins and Claire Pearsall will biggins. Im sure that youve been on stage and on television when youve been under the weather. The show must go on, the show must go on and im sure thats what he felt, because i think if hed started off and then suddenly vanished because he wasnt feeling ill, i think that would have been really bad for him. And i think he probably felt that, you know, because he did definitely want the show to go on and, you know, it, it is a problem. And he obviously we all wish him well. But when things like that happen , you lose like that happen, you lose control. Yeah, completely. And theres not a lot you can do. And i dont suppose theres another newsreader in the wings waiting to come in. Yeah, theres nobody i mean, except for a stagehand or something coming in and reading the news. So he felt obligated, im sure. Whereas im lucky , because if whereas im lucky, because if theres a problem tonight, biggins takes over. Absolutely and i cant wait for that moment. Let me tell you, the ratings double. Yeah. The emails come flooding in. The emails come flooding in. Ill come in as well and ill do out of work. Im going to start an online tv channel with huw edwards and a couple of others. I was excited because i thought i saw you. Oh my god. I was rather excited because i thought i saw you dribbling earlier. Well thats thats just my age, precious muir, there are people online saying that they spotted that rageh omaar was was quite unwell on thursday before his bulletin. And there are his bulletin. And there are reports that a nurse called itv at 10 00 saying, look, this guy has got symptoms that i consider to be possible stroke symptoms. Now weve got no evidence that thats what happened to rageh omaar. But these these concerns appear to have gone unheeded by the network. Well, to be honest, i mean, i witnessed my mum having a stroke and it was one of the most severe things ive ever seen in my entire life. I dont want to get tearful, but it was it was really it was pretty intense and i had to act fast. So seeing somebody on camera really struggling, i think they should have just stepped in and took over and just said, you know what . Weve just got to have dead air at this precise moment because his health comes first. Whats how is your mum . Whats how is your mum . Mum is fully, fully recovered, physically. But she still has a little memory loss and stuff. She may repeat herself, but visually she looks great. So shes as best as she can be after something so , so can be after something so, so horrible, you know . Yeah, well, our heart goes out to your dear mum and i hope shes watching tonight. And we wish her well. And we wish her well. And we wish her well. And we. She loves gb news. Does she . Oh, god bless her. Well, then shes got her faculties, as far as im concerned. Claire pearsall, look , this poor guy, i mean, hes not. Well, hes on tv. Its a dilemma for itv, isnt it . He says, look, im good to broadcast , you know, and says, look, im good to broadcast, you know, and im going to finish the bulletin. And what would itv have to do . You either shut it down and then cause go to a blackout. Go. Yeah. Go to a blank screen. Yeah. Go to a blank screen. Yeah. Technical difficulties or you physically have to go in there and remove somebody. Now there and remove somebody. Now neither of these options are good. And also we dont know perhaps rege himself just said , perhaps rege himself just said, no, let me get through because i think as biggins just said, it , think as biggins just said, it, its that loss of control. I think it must be incredibly frightening. Whatever was happening to him , it must have happening to him, it must have been frightening. It must have been frightening. It must have been one of those things that if he had something to concentrate on, maybe that was the one thing that he needed at that time. But the only thing i know, i agree, i would. Sorry to interrupt you, clare, but the only thing i would say is live programme. And if, god forbid, something worse had happened whilst he was on air, that could have been very distressing for viewers. And its also not an ordinary programme. This is a news bulletin. Hes imparting important information. Its not a its not the one show, is it. Yes. No, it certainly isnt these, you know, news at ten. One of the premier broadcasts. But i think we ought to be very, very careful in speculating with that. We dont know what he said beforehand, whether he was feeling unwell beforehand and said that he would carry on. So i think that we all need to maybe take a little step back and i think wish him well and leave it be. Well, lets be very clear that rugby omar has done nothing wrong. Hes proved that hes a trooper by staying on air. Good on you, regi. I would have done exactly the same myself and well done itv. I think they did everything they could. Theyve said were aware that viewers are concerned about reggaes well being. He became unwell well being. He became unwell whilst doing news at ten on friday and is now receiving medical care. He thanks everyone for their well wishes so i think fair play to itv and rageh omaar. Im back tomorrow at nine. See you then. Nine. See you then. That warm feeling inside from boxt boilers sponsors of weather on. Gb news. 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 , 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 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. 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 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 , 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 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 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 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 had been expected to fetch only around 150 k the previous high amount paid for a titanic artefact was 1. 1 million for a violin, which was played as the ship sunk. Businessman John Jacob Astor was 47 when he went down with the ship in 1912. After seeing his wife first madeline, onto a lifeboat. Then, rather than attempt to get on to the boat himself, the businessman was last seen smoking a cigarette and chatting with a fellow passenger. Old school style. For the latest stories , sign up to the latest stories, sign up to gb news alerts by scanning the qr code on your screen or go to gbnews. Com alerts. Now, as promised, our headliners. Promised, our headliners. Hello and welcome to headline is your first look at sundays newspapers with three comedians. Because comedians always tell the truth. Apart from my joke about being a bad lover, im josh howie. Im delighted to be joined by the ross and rachel of the headliners crew, chris de wetten and nick dixon. Headliners crew, chris de wetten and nick dixon. Im sorry i actually