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, safer and greener london and in what i hope will be a year of great change a future Labour Government led by keir starmer. Government led by keir starmer. Working with us in city hall will mean we can go much further and accomplish so much more. And accomplish so much more. And labours also been celebrating success in liverpool, in South Yorkshire and in West Yorkshire today, and in greater manchester, where andy burnham was re elected. He andy burnham was re elected. He picked up just over 63 of the vote there and said hell always give his best to the job. Im overwhelmed, so have so many people prepared to put their trust in me. 7 is overwhelming. Its humbling, and i recognise that people who vote for other parties at a general election of lent me their support, and its why i will be very, very rigid in taking a place first rather than a party first approach. Seems to me thats what the role of the mayor is all about, bringing people together , you know, get people together, you know, get everybody pulling in the same direction for a great city region like this one. And thats what i will be doing. What i will be doing. Well, lets take a quick look at the results in those local elections across england as they stand now at 9 00 tonight, labour gaining control of eight councils up to a total of 50. The liberal democrats have also won more Council Seats overall than the conservative party. And as we were just mentioning, results from the West Midlands, where labour have also secured victory for that mayoral seat. In other news, the family of Daniel Anjorin say they are devastated after he was killed walking to school in london on tuesday. The 14 year old, whos been described as loving and precious , was attacked by a man precious, was attacked by a man with a sword in hainault. Four other people, including two police officers, were also injured. Marcus monzo, a spanish brazilian dual national, was charged with murdering the teenager and he appeared at Westminster Magistrates Court on thursday. Weve heard tonight thursday. Weve heard tonight that more than 20 dogs have been seized after police raided a suspected illegal xl bully Breeding Farm in sheffield. 16 Breeding Farm in sheffield. 16 of the animals are being looked after now in Police Kennels after now in Police Kennels after they were discovered in what officers described as appalling conditions. Six other dogs were sadly so unwell that they did have to be put to sleep. The breed was added to a banned list in october last yean banned list in october last year, following a series of attacks. However, campaigners attacks. However, campaigners have argued that ban is unlawful and tens of thousands of homes in east sussex tonight are still without water and could be until at least tomorrow after a pipe burst. Southern water says the burst. Southern water says the disruption in Saint Leonards on sea and hastings started on thursday. The firm, though, insists it is working tirelessly. They say, to get suppues tirelessly. They say, to get supplies back to properties. But supplies back to properties. But residents in response say its been disastrous. Schools, a Leisure Centre and a theatre have been closed. Those are the have been closed. Those are the headlines. Plenty more still to come with mark this evening. Until then, you can sign up to gb news alerts. Just scan the code on your screen or go to gbnews. Com slash alerts. Gbnews. Com slash alerts. Thanks, sam. Welcome to a busy market tonight in the big story shock. New polls suggest that sir keir starmer will fail to win an overall majority at the next election. So could the tories achieve the unthinkable, drag themselves out of the gutter and snatch victory from the jaws of defeat . Ill be speaking to someone whos been where the tories are and done it before. What does it take to before. What does it take to become a winner . Ill be asking. Tonights mark meets guest olympic sprinting legend. You and thomas , who also reveals how and thomas, who also reveals how he nearly lost his first baby son to a devastating infection. He tells his extraordinary story before the end of the hour. Now, before the end of the hour. Now, what do you imagine . A Green Party Election victory looks like . Hippie types a message about recycling or Carbon Emissions . No, its this week will not be silent. We will raise the voice of gaza. We will raise the voice of palestine. Hello hello. Thats the green party. Is britain now in the grip of political extremism . Ill get reaction from tonights top pundits. And in my take at ten, prince harry returns to the uk next week. This will surprise next week. This will surprise you, but i think he should have a heros welcome. Find out why at ten. Reacting to the big stories of the day, my top punst stories of the day, my top pundits diana moran, nina meshkov and Benedict Spence plus the most important part of the show your views. They come straight to my laptop. Gbnews. Com yoursay essay. And this show has a golden rule we dont do boring. Not on my dont do boring. Not on my watch. I just wont have it a big two hours to come. Mark dolan tonight is your perfect saturday night in . Lets start with my big opinion. In shocking with my big opinion. In shocking news that will surprise no one, a bbc trainee journalism scheme stands accused of discrimination, with white brits making up just a third of places. Even making up just a third of places. Even though this cohort represents three quarters of the population. And in a further development that mps have described as concerning , the described as concerning, the Daily Telegraph revealed that nearly 75 of places on the course were taken by women. Even though and you dont need me to tell you this , the population is tell you this, the population is split roughly 5050 now. Im a great believer in diversity. Great believer in diversity. Its critically important to represent our rich, vibrant and Diverse Society and historically underrepresented voices and talents must come to the fore in the media and in the boardroom. The media and in the boardroom. But this policy has been called out as something quite different. Positive discrimination , which is in fact discrimination, which is in fact unlawful under the equality act of 2010. Its an outrage that our national broadcaster, funded to the tune of billions by hard working brits, should be discriminating against anyone. Whilst the bbcs output and staffing should be diverse. Right now the message is clear dont be a white bloke. How is that progress . Doctor rakib hasan , an expert on social hasan, an expert on social integration and part of the multi ethnic Pressure Group dont divide us, says that white britons, being woefully underrepresented in the bbcs flagship journalism training scheme is no surprise. He said scheme is no surprise. He said under the mantra of diversity , under the mantra of diversity, more and more young and aspirational, White Working Class people in the regions will be left by the wayside. The be left by the wayside. The bottom line is that discrimination is wrong. Whatever your skin colour and diversity, which remains a critically important principle , critically important principle, has become an ideology which often has the opposite effect. Your funding for a phd shouldnt be based upon your ethnic background, your place on a bbc journalism course shouldnt be based on skin colour. Your employment in a public or private sector job employment in a public or private sectorjob should not be private sector job should not be based on your gender identity, your Sexual Orientation or your religion. Who bloody cares . This box ticking works against merit and is therefore patronising to minority groups and works strongly against Martin Luther kings dream of a colour blind society. Vie. The bbc is sailing society. Vie. The bbc is sailing very close to the wind legally, and that is the national scandal. But its endemic in the media, in the Public Sector and in our corporations. The brilliant actor john nettles remember him . He played bergerac in the hit bbc series in the 19805, in the hit bbc series in the 1980s, said this weekend that when that programme was originally made, actors were employed on the show for their talent. It wasnt about inclusivity. The public are sick of this. Of course, talented brits of all backgrounds dont want positive discrimination. They dont want equality of outcome. They want equality of opportunity and the lifting of barriers, not more barriers. And the ideology of two wrongs making a right. The push back on this divisive nonsense is strong. Here is the very popular us comedian Jerry Seinfeld , dealing comedian Jerry Seinfeld, dealing with an interviewer who complained that there were too many white men on his show. Well, Jerry Seinfelds response is delicious. I have noticed that most of the guests are mostly white males of 22 episodes. Yeah, lets get into that. No but but you take a look over here, peter, what do you see . A lot of a lot of whiteness. Whats going on here . But but oh, this really pisses me off. But go ahead. No, really pisses me off. People think its the census or something. I mean, this has got to represent the actual pie chart of america. Who cares . Its just funny. You cares . Its just funny. You know, funny is the is the world that i live in. Youre funny. Im interested. Youre not funny. Im not interested. And i funny. Im not interested. And i have no interest in gender or race or anything like that. But everyone else is kind of with their little calculating. Is this the exact right mix . You know, i think thats , to me its know, i think thats, to me its anti comedy. Anti comedy. What a hero. I love these figures who speak out and promoting his new netflix comedy film. This week, seinfeld is once again in the news with this rant about Political Correctness destroying comedy. Of course, destroying comedy. Of course, hes right. Nothing really affects comedy. People always need it. They need it . So badly and they dont get it. It used to be need it . So badly and they dont get it. It used to be you need it . So badly and they dont get it. It used to be you would get it. It used to be you would go home. At the end of the day, most people would go, oh, cheers is on. Oh, mash is on. A Mary Tyler Moore is on. All in, the family is on. You just expected therell be some funny stuff we can watch on tv tonight. Well, guess what . Where is it . This is the result of the extreme left and pc crap and people worrying so much about offending other people. People. Brilliant stuff. In the end, talent in this country and around the world is spread equally across all backgrounds, races, religions and cultures. Races, religions and cultures. Which is why opportunity must be equal to. Which is why the equal to. Which is why the so called dei policies diversity , equity and inclusion are so wrong. Nobody should be wrong. Nobody should be discriminated against for their skin colour. They should be discriminated for against being a weak candidate and positive discrimination should only be deployed for the people best suhed deployed for the people best suited to do the job. Do you really want the brain surgeon thats operating on your cerebral cortex . Being a diversity hire . Do you want the Airline Pilot transporting you at 36,000ft to be the product of box ticking, rather than ability qualifications and experience . I think i know the answer in the end, diversity policies are not diverse and inclusivity seeks to exclude the bbc is there to bnng exclude the bbc is there to bring our nation together and to deploy all of its talents. But right now, its fast becoming the weakest link. Your reaction the weakest link. Your reaction gb news com forward slash your say ill get to your messages shortly. But first tonights top pundits. Im delighted to have broadcaster and author nina myskow of model, tv personality and legend diana moran and the brilliant political commentator and journalist Benedict Spence. Great to see all three of you here. Diana moran. Your reaction to this box ticking exercise at the bbc . Its just dreadful. I the bbc . Itsjust dreadful. I mean, its just dreadful. I mean, at the end of the day, the basic thing is talent. At the end of the day, the basic thing is talent. Youve either thing is talent. Youve either got talent or you havent got talent. Doesnt matter what talent. Doesnt matter what colour you are, what age you are ehhen colour you are, what age you are either. Its the talent that really matters and this really makes me cross diversity , makes me cross diversity, equality and inclusion. It isnt is it . It isnt. I mean, thats my issue. Benedict, is that diversity increasingly is not diverse. Inclusivity seeks to exclude one of the i suppose id have a little bit more sympathy with what the bbc is doing, is if it was protecting one of the things it used to do very well, which was its foreign services, its Foreign Language services was providing information to people around the world who couldnt necessarily rely on the state media that they had to consume. From that perspective, id entirely understand if they were trying to appeal to and hire a broad range of journalists from different ethnic backgrounds who perhaps spoke different languages, had better understandings of local cultures. But thats not what theyre doing. Theyre actively cutting back on those services, to which you then have to sort of answer, well, ask rather well, what exactly is all of this for . Is it to just sort of make yourself feel better if actually youre not diversifying, diversifying your output and the quality of that and youre not trying to appeal to as many audiences. And i hate the expression soft power, but the expression soft power, but the bbc was one of the very few examples that i think you could say was a good example of british soft power. If youre not actually leaning into that, whats the point of this diversity other than to make the higher ups feel good . Okay, nina, what do you think about this story . Well, of course, talent is the most important thing. And firstly, we dont know that these these people might be the most talented. We absolutely do not know that. And if youre also complaining about the percentage of women involved , percentage of women involved, well, frankly, welcome to our world as women , we for world as women, we for centuries, literally centuries , centuries, literally centuries, we have been discriminated against in the workplace. Its only the last couple of decades that things are balancing out andifs that things are balancing out and its still not balanced yet. The world is run by middle aged white men, basically. White men, basically. But the bottom line is that britain is populated by a lot of middle aged white men. I mean, this is whats forgotten in these diversity policies , is these diversity policies, is that 75 of the population is non ethnic. Yes. Non ethnic. Yes. But theres a very nuanced, slanted report in the telegraph. What were talking about is not the entire bbc training scheme. This is a course where theyre only been 39 people on it. So its a tiny, tiny percentage, its a tiny, tiny percentage, its also what it doesnt actually point up. Ive got the figures here. It says that if were talking about skin colour, it says that individuals from british, asian, minority and ethnic backgrounds made up 41, but a further 23 were classed as other white. And so, you know, this could be australian, new zealand, american , canadian, new zealand, american, canadian, irish, irish. Well, the way they write it though is very inflammatory. It says roma white gypsy inflammatory. It says roma white gypsy , irish traveller, white gypsy, irish traveller, white irish and white polish. Now if thats not discriminatory on the part of the bbc of the telegraph, i dont know what is. And i think that what the telegraph have done in that paragraph is utterly shame full. Okay. Okay. Well, look, opinion is running very high on that. The bbc have responded. They have said our apprenticeships provide a vital route into the media for people from a range of backgrounds, and we aim to reflect , represent and serve all reflect, represent and serve all parts of the uk in our workforce , both in news and across the bbc. But next up in the big story, a shock new poll suggests sir keir starmer will fail to win an overall majority at the next election. Could the tories next election. Could the tories achieve the unthinkable and snatch victory from the jaws of defeat . Ill be speaking to someone whos been where the tories are and done it before. Thats. Next. Well, the big reaction to my big opinion and a scandalous set of allegations around discrimination at the bbc. Ill get to your feedback in just a moment. But first, the big story and a shock new projection from sky news. Using the latest figures from thursdays local elections, suggests that britain is heading for a hung parliament, based upon results from 2 million Council Wards and projecting those voting figures into a nationwide estimate. Labouris into a nationwide estimate. Labour is on course to be the Largest Party in parliament, but will fall short of a commons majority by 32 seats, with six months to go until a likely november election. Could the tories achieve the unthinkable, drag themselves out of the gutter and snatch victory from the jaws of defeat . Lets speak to someone whos been there and is the proud owner of the t shirt. Former government minister and conservative mp Edwina Currie. Edwina a good set of results for labour on thursday , but perhaps not good thursday, but perhaps not good enough. You would expect them to be able to form an overall majority at this stage. Majority at this stage. Yeah, well, the polls have been saying that they were 20 points or more ahead and actually, when people turned out to vote on thursday , they to vote on thursday, they werent they were only about 9 ahead, which is a very substantial difference. And it does look as if labour have got 1 or 2 problems, which, you know, i grieve over, obviously, as a lifelong member of the conservative party, one very obvious one is that they are losing muslim voters in droves because of their stance, in my humble opinion , their correct humble opinion, their correct stance on opposing hamas, a terrorist organisation, and really recognising what caused the issues in israel and gaza and taking a firm view on that. Now, this mark gives keir starmer real headaches. Thats starmer real headaches. Thats why hes lost the oldham by election, its also why they very nearly lost the West Midlands mayoralty. I gather very nearly lost the West Midlands mayoralty. I gather the midlands mayoralty. I gather the result is only a really in a handful of votes , and that it handful of votes, and that it would have been great if andy street had won it, but the fact is that we have to look at why weve weve seen such changes there. And starmers real problem, i think, is that if he tries to win back those muslim votes, as, Jess Phillips is suggesting, then hes going to be accused of anti semitism all over again. And thats what hes worked so hard to get rid of , worked so hard to get rid of, from the corbyn era. So hes got a really interesting dilemma. And given that starmer is actually not much of a politician, i think i might sit back and watch him perhaps making a bit of a mess of it, moreover , hes then going to moreover, hes then going to have to answer questions of, well, if this is going to be the result, youre going to have to be in a coalition with the lib dems, arent you . How is that going to modify your policies . Going to modify your policies . And it does mean that the conservatives are in a better position than i think we suspected we might be at the beginning of the week really makes it quite entertaining. Makes it quite entertaining. Well, it does bring popcorn, of course. Keir starmer would argue that hes an excellent candidate to be Prime Minister, given his commanding lead in the polls. John major edwina pulled off an unlikely victory in 1992. You were part of that winning campaign. Could rishi sunak do the same later this year . The same later this year . Oh, of course he could. I mean, you know, polls are polls , mean, you know, polls are polls, this election on thursday gives us some clues. It didnt include scotland. So a great deal is going to happen up there, depending on whether the snp implode and if so, where those votes go. And of course, theres a strong muslim vote in some of the towns. And cities up there as well. So we dont know , but as well. So we dont know, but theres all to play for, you know , back in 2019, we had know, back in 2019, we had a summer election with the european elections that nobody wanted to be involved in, and the tories won 9. It was pathetic. It was awful. And then we went on to win the general election in 2019 very comfortably indeed, with a very substantial majority. It depends a little bit, i suspect, substantial majority. It depends a little bit, i suspect , on what a little bit, i suspect, on what the dividing lines are, what we actually choose to fight on and whether the economy has continued to improve, whether people feel comfortable , whether people feel comfortable, whether they really want to go into the unknown with starmer and, with, well, we do not know what the policy is going to be on the middle east or on other aspects that affect peoples lives here. Now, edwina ominously, labour have won the West Midlands mayoral contest. Lets take a listen. And i do hereby declare listen. And i do hereby declare that Richard Parker is duly elected now, the previous conservative incumbent, andy street, was an admired figure. The conservative partys brand was taken off the Campaign Literature, but he didnt quite manage to stay in post. Does his departure and does that loss put pressure on rishi sunak . Well, it was so close , wasnt well, it was so close, wasnt it . I mean, they spent all day recounting there must be absolutely exhausted, and i think andy street has done a very, very good job of being mayor there. And you havent mentioned, of course, that, ben houchen up in teesside absolutely romped home, romped home with a very big majority, not as big as the previous occasion, but still very handsome indeed. And it does show if you have really good candidates and we do , then you candidates and we do, then you know, they get through, they cut through to the voters. Voters actually very often will vote for the individual and for what they want to see continue. So they want to see continue. So well have to see how that how that pans out. That pans out. Now rishi sunak has six months to audition for the job of our next Prime Minister, so to speak. Edwina, what does he need to do . What needs to happen . 7. I . I think rishi and, and, the chancellor and in fact, most of the cabinet, i admire them very much indeed. Theyre good and decent people , theres something decent people, theres something in me that says, you know what . Thats lovely. Thats exactly thats lovely. Thats exactly what we want. People who put the welfare of the country first. Were trying to make sure that the economy actually continues to improve. Its extremely hard to improve. Its extremely hard to do. I know people, activists to do. I know people, activists in my own patch here who want us to cut taxes and raise interest, interest, who raise income tax thresholds and do something about care. Now, theres a conflict there. If you want to do something about care, then you have to raise the money, theres , you know, theres no theres, you know, theres no thin air that you can spend. What is really refreshing is to have in rishi, and in jeremy hunt, the, the honesty that says, look , we have to have says, look, we have to have sound money first. We have to have the money in the bank first before we can spend it. Thats not what we get from labour. We get lots of promises. We can spend money on this, that and the other. And its wheres it going to come from in the end . Put your hand in your pocket, mark. Thats where itll come from. It comes from the taxpayer. Thats something Margaret Thatcher always understood. It used to be widely understood. It used to be widely understood in the country at large. Its something that rishi really has tried to say to people, and hes right. And hopefully that will cut through. It will have its effect and we will get to where we want to be, which is with a working majority. At the end of this yeah majority. At the end of this year. Edwina great to have you on the show. I understand youre joining us in the studio next weekend. I am, i am im going to be sat there and oh my goodness, lets hope nothing awful happens between now and then. Hey, mark, its not going to happen. Not on your watch. Edwina. Cant wait to see you in the flesh. My viewers and listeners, always enjoy your contributions to the show. My thanks to former government minister and broadcaster Edwina Currie, who does join us next week as one of my top pundits. Now what do you imagine a Green Party Election victory looks like . Hippie types. Something about recycling Carbon Emissions . No this week will not be silent. We will raise the voice of gaza. We will raise the voice of palestine. I mean, hello . Whats wrong . I mean, hello . Whats wrong . I mean, hello . Whats wrong . Blimey. Caroline lucas has let herself go. Is britain now in the grip of extremist politics . Well debate that next. Well, a big reaction to the big story. Ive just been speaking to Edwina Currie about whether the tories can be victorious at the tories can be victorious at the next election. Against all the next election. Against all the odds, beo news. Com your say. And dave clark is not happy about whats happened in the West Midlands. Andy street has gone a brilliant mayor, says dave. What a mess. Sunak and the 60 or so men in grey suits in the tory party who ousted boris should hang their heads in shame. Lets not beat about the bush. This all started when they ousted boris. And how about this from meghan . The conservatives need to be conservative over the next six months. Decrease illegal and legal immigration, drastically reduce taxes, grow the economy , increased defence the economy, increased defence and tighten up postal voting. Although lee responds no chance. Theyve had 14 years and failed under five different Prime Ministers and at last, but not least, adrian, who is a gb news member, says good evening mark. Im so sad that andy street has gone. Im so sad that andy street has gone. Thats because of sunaks gone. Thats because of sunaks government, not andys fault. Okay, folks, now lets get to our next big story. Dont forget prince harry at 10 00. Ill be arguing that he should have a heros welcome when he returns next week to the uk. Find out why at ten. I think youll be interested. I think youll be surprised. But next up, a green surprised. But next up, a Green Party Candidate shouted allahu akbar after being elected to leeds city council. Whilst his supporters unfurled a palestinian flag behind him. Palestinian flag behind him. Motin ali, who won the gipton and harehills seat with 3000 votes, said his election to the council was a win for the people of gaza, delivering a victory speech after the result was announced, he said people are fed up of being let down by a Labour Council and concluded by saying we will not be silenced, we will raise the voice of gaza and palestine. Take a listen. And palestine. Take a listen. Ive been neglected by this. This is rotten. This council is woman. Look at the language used in dont. Dont. Gibson. Its a win for the people of gaza who have been. We will not be silent. We will will not be silent. We will raise the voice of gaza. We will raise the voice of gaza. We will raise the voice of gaza. We will raise the voice of palestine. Hello why has the green party got a position on the conflict in gaza . And do they now expect bin liners to be black, green and red . I got to say, this seems to be a serious matter. Does this story suggest that britain is now in the grip of extremist politics with our democracy now influenced by a foreign conflict thousands of miles away . Lets get reaction from my top pundits, model and tv personality diana moran. Political commentator Benedict Spence and broadcaster and author nina michkov Benedict Spence. Should we be worried . Your reaction to that video, which has gone viral, are worried at this stage . Perhaps not so much, but it is concerning. But its also not surprising. For a very long time, the Labour Party Got a lot of support in certain muslim communities in this country because the labour party was the most powerful party in that area that people moved to, not because those people necessarily agreed with its ideology. Weve got to talk specifically here about communities from pakistan, afghanistan, kashmir and bangladesh. Thats how politics bangladesh. Thats how politics works there. You join the party, you join the powerbroker, you join the big player. That is the most powerful one there, because thats how you get things done. But if you were to think actually more broadly about, you know, labour, the labour party sort of position on social issues, it couldnt be more diametrically opposed to what actually a lot of these people believe. And you see that in the way that George Galloway has very successfully been able to become an mp again by appealing to economically left wing policies, but socially quite conservative policies. Hes got an interview out somewhere else this weekend where he talks about his views on homosexuality. No doubt that is going to chime very well with his voters with certain parts of his voters with certain parts of his constituency in rochdale. Whats happened here is that the his constituency in rochdale. Whats h labour party has taken a particular stance on gaza , which particular stance on gaza, which for some reason is incredibly important to people from across the world, but who are not actually from that part of the world. Theyve taken a stance on this. A lot of people within the party are very upset about this. Certainly within the Muslim Community. I say the Muslim Community, aspects of the Muslim Community, aspects of the Muslim Community and so they are looking for ways to make their displeasure felt. And you have displeasure felt. And you have seen this with people joining George Galloways , Workers Party George Galloways, Workers Party of britain. In this instance, weve seen somebody joining the green party again, very socially liberal party very, very different, actually, from what a lot of people in the muslim communities around britain would actually adhere to. Theyre using whatever vehicle they can to apply pressure on sir keir starmer to show their displeasure. Is this a dangerous thing . Long term . It could be thing . Long term . It could be a very dangerous trend. I would like to, i always say this is that this is whats happening now because gaza is in the news now. But what actually happens if theres a war between india and pakistan . Actually, we have huge hindu and muslim communities from the subcontinent in this country. Subcontinent in this country. What would happen if they were to start applying pressure on Political Parties to take sides along a Nuclear Conflict in that part of the world . That would be very, very dangerous. But the flip side to this is the conservative party has lost a lot of support to labour from other minority communities. So nigerian christians, for example, you know, tend to be certainly in london, actually far more likely to lean conservative. And actually those sort of other minority communities, Christian Communities, Christian Communities around the country especially, they are leaving the conservatives because of how badly the conservatives have done so. It sort of balances itself out. Its something that could very much be a threat to labourin could very much be a threat to labour in the future. For the time being, its not existential. I just find these scenes unedifying at the count for local elections in the uk with this man ranting about a conflict thousands of miles away, diana , its really very away, diana, its really very frightening to watch. Moeen ali isnt it . Yes, i mean, hes very well spoken. I mean, hes very well spoken. I mean, hes very well spoken. I mean, hes very well spoken. I mean, hes able to get across to the people very , very well. And the people very, very well. And yes, i mean, he is fighting for the freedom, in other parts of the freedom, in other parts of the world, it is anti semitic , i the world, it is anti semitic, i think, i think its very concerning. We all know theres death and destruction going on across there , and we all would across there, and we all would love it to come to an end somehow. So but love it to come to an end somehow. So but i find this very frightening in the middle of england, i think. So, i mean, heres a comment from konstantin kissin, a broadcaster and author , nina, broadcaster and author, nina, multi ethnic societies work. If multi ethnic societies work. If people assimilate, thats the only way they can work. An only way they can work. An elected official shouting allah akbar and going on about foreign conflict in his first speech is what the utter failure of multiculturalism looks like. Well its very unedifying. I have to agree with that. But i disagree with diana in that i dont think it is anti semitic, because its always important to recognise the difference between the netanyahu government, the difference between the netanyahu government , the netanyahu government, the israeli people and jewish people. It is not the same thing. Its much more nuanced than that. And i, i find that, you know, keir starmer is damned if he does and damned if he doesnt. He is in a position of, you know, being the sort of the heir apparent to Prime Minister, as it were. So he has to prove as it were. So he has to prove to our masters , the american to our masters, the American Government who dictate the political stance that we take on gaza. Political stance that we take on gaza. And but he if he, you gaza. And but he if he, you know, the leader of the opposition in normal terms is free to take a completely different view from the government and very often does so. And thats a wonderful freedom to have. But when its this stage to an election and when he might well be the next Prime Minister, he cannot go against biden. What the biden government want and this, this. Government want and this, this. And in the same way that rishi sunak had to adhere to what joe biden wanted. And i find this i almost feel sorry for him because hes worked very hard to, to rid the labour party of the whole anti semitic feeling that there was hes, hes, hes hes seen off the left for the moment. And here hes in a situation where hes in a complete cleft stick. Right. But whats this conflict in gaza got to do with the green party . Why arent they talking about recycling and Carbon Emissions . Because if because we see it every night on our televisions andifs every night on our televisions and its not just us, its not just, the green party there, its if you look at the american campuses, theyre theyre aflame that the university is in paris and, and throughout france and even our kind of, you and, and throughout france and even our kind of , you know, even our kind of, you know, rather, you know, sloth like lot are kind of moving themselves a bit, you know, universities used to be, you know, hotbeds of, of, of, of , revolt and protest for of, of, revolt and protest for and decades they havent at all. And now theyre suddenly stirring themselves because its a dreadful situation. Its youre seeing briefly, 35,000, i think nobody disagrees that its a dreadful situation. A dreadful situation. But people would also point out the hypocrisy that there are any number of actually, frankly, worse conflicts happening, especially in the muslim world, that you hear absolutely nothing about. And the point is that in this instance, it might be an it might not be an individual whos anti semitic, but there is an anti semitic, but there is an anti semitic strain in the fact that, you know, whats happening in sudan, which is a genocide. Whats happening in rakhine, which is a genocide, whats happening in xinjiang, which is a genocide. What happened to the a genocide. What happened to the yazidis, which is a genocide. Whats happening in azerbaijan , whats happening in azerbaijan, which is ethnic cleansing. Nobody cares about these things. Absolutely not. It is only when it is the worlds only jewish state briefly responds when it is attacked that people get it is attacked that people get it is not genocide because im sorry i lose. Losing a war that you started is not genocide. Thatis you started is not genocide. That is the long and short of it. Im sorry it. Im sorry i it. Im sorry i disagree with that. In im sorry i disagree with that. In in the fact that if the israelis had allowed humanitarian aid to go in from the beginning, from the beginning , they are they are now beginning, they are they are now allowing more in. But the fact is they cut off. They warned gazans in north gaza at the very beginning they want conflict. They told they told the people in northern gaza to go south and then they bombed south. No, they bombed the north. And now that they are, how many weeks have we been waiting for the invasion of rafah to happen . Its still not happened yet. 35,000, mostly. 35,000, mostly. How many hamas, how many hamas . You never hear that, hamas . You never hear that, okay. Never hear how many arms are running high on this one. Mark dolan tonight is the home of diverse opinion. My punst home of diverse opinion. My pundits will be back at 10 00, but next up, what does it take to become a winner . Ill be asking. My mark meets guest asking. My mark meets guest olympic sprinting legend euan thomas , who also reveals how he thomas, who also reveals how he nearly lost his first baby son to a devastating infection. He tells his extraordinary story next. A big reaction on the message board to our last debate. About board to our last debate. About a green candidate shouting allahu akbar at the local elections. This from michelle, who says, why dont these people go and live in gaza if theyre that bothered . Its ridiculous. That bothered . Its ridiculous. The elections are about who is governing this country, not palestine. Okay. Now at 10 00, palestine. Okay. Now at 10 00, in my take at ten, i will be arguing that prince harry deserves a heros welcome next week. Find out why at ten. But first, mark meets. On this first, mark meets. On this evening, the legendary welsh sprinter iwan thomas , who sprinter iwan thomas, who represented Great Britain and Northern Ireland at the Olympic Games and the commonwealth games, breaking records in the 400m and the four by 400m relay, becoming a world, european and commonwealth champion with a string of tv appearances to his name, including a stint on strictly and dictionary corner on countdown. Ieuan was awarded an mbe in 1998. Hes also looking forward to the release of his upcoming autobiography, brutal , of his upcoming autobiography, brutal, which promises to spill the beans on his remarkable career and his remarkable life. Are you and thomas . Welcome to mark dolan tonight, your sprinting record is incredible. Were you a quick child . Were you a quick child . Yeah, i was one of those annoying kids who was, pretty cheeky in the classroom. But i got away with it because i was the boy who represented the school in, you know, athletics, cross country, rugby, football , cross country, rugby, football, you name it. Yeah. I was just full of energy , i was never full of energy, i was never tested for adhd, but i definitely had something going on, and my parents just pushed me into sport, trying to trying to burn me out. Really try and get get some energy out. And i discovered athletics, a bit of a weird twist of fate, really. So, weird twist of fate, really. So, my parents moved abroad for my dads job, and i had to go to boarding school, which i didnt want to do for my a levels. And my older brother had gone to that school and he held the 100 metre record. And i thought, im going to try and beat the 100 metre record. And i thought, do you know what, why dont i try and do five events . And thats basically what i set out to do. I did five events and i won five all events and broke all the five school records, four of which still stand, which is remarkable considering it was 30 odd years ago. So, yeah. And odd years ago. So, yeah. And luckily for me, that head of pe just thought, this kids got something. Lets push him in the right direction. And if it hadnt right direction. And if it hadnt been for that pe teacher, kevin johnston, then you know i wouldnt have been an athlete. So im very grateful to him. Really in the school. Well done, mr johnston , well done, mr johnston, listen, looking forward to the release of the book in september. Brutal well, can you tell us about what youve had to sacrifice to get to the top in sport . Well, i think its not just sport. Like anyone who is successful in life, you have to make sacrifices , and its tough, make sacrifices, and its tough, you know, im not going to complain about my life. Sport has been remarkably good to me , has been remarkably good to me, but also it has broken me as well. You know, i had 3 or 4 good years, and then my body just kept breaking through training. And thats why the bookis training. And thats why the book is called brutal because, you know , to run the 400m, only you know, to run the 400m, only anyone whos ever run it will understand. Its a brutal event. Understand. Its a brutal event. Its really, really challenging. But actually the training is much harder than actually racing. So if you look at the likes of myself , you know, likes of myself, you know, before me, david grindley, roger black, derek redmond, we all only had about 3 or 4 good seasons and then our bodies let go on us. So yeah, the book really looks into my childhood and you know what made me want to become successful in sport and i hate losing it. Anything i do and i kind of look into my myself a little bit in the book, really, and think, is that something i was . I was born slightly , maybe different to my slightly, maybe different to my brother, or is it just something that was instilled installed into me through through sports . I dont know, but yeah , im i dont know, but yeah, im really proud of the book and i never really wanted to do an autobiography. I just thought, no, i dont really want to do it. But now that my father, ive actually just thought id like to leave something for my boys to leave something for my boys to remember me by. And i know this sounds quite morbid, but im doing an audiobook as well, and purely for me, i think itd be lovely when im long gone. Hopefully in years to come yet. But my boys can say, oh, you know, our old man was all right. Lets listen to his voice. Lets, lets put his book on. So thats the reason ive done the book, really, for my boys to understand what i did want as an athlete. Well, i think your boys are going to be very proud. Not just of the athlete and their father, but the guy that youve been as well, can you tell me about your Mental Health struggles . You have had a difficult time. Youve been very open about that. Yeah, well, i think when things are going well in life, its all rosy. And my athletics career, as i said, was to good me. But it was also really quite hard for me mentally to take you know, had three years and then suddenly my body at the age of 24, it couldnt handle more than two days training a week. And i went through many years where i didnt open up. I didnt talk about it because there i was in my, in my opinion, to my mates and my training group. You know, ive been relatively successful. You know, i had nice cars, a nice house, whatever materialistic rubbish. That doesnt matter now. But at the doesnt matter now. But at the time i felt i couldnt go to my friends and say, look, im really struggling here. Im injured again. I dont know what im going to do with my life because i thought theyd say, well, youve done all right, dont worry about it. So you know, i bottled it up for a long, long time, and it was only actually it sounds a bit strange flipping hamburgers with prince harry at a Charity Barbecue that i started opening up to him about the Mental Health issues ive had. And you know, for all the good years i had in athletics, i had many more dark years. And it took me a long time. Time, really, even after retirement , to accept what i was retirement, to accept what i was going to do for the rest of my life. And im in a good place now. And i think fatherhood has taught me to learn. Really, athletics was just a small part of my life. I think everything ive been through, good and bad, ive been through, good and bad, ihope ive been through, good and bad, i hope has made me a better person and a better father. And thats all i want to do, is be the best dad to my boys. Really . Most definitely, a quick word on your boys. Your eldest, teddy, was born a healthy child , teddy, was born a healthy child, but there were Shocking Health issues. Group b streptococcal infection. Briefly, if you can. You. And what happened . Yeah, wed never heard of it before. The midwives never warned us. But 1 before. The midwives never warned us. But1 in 4 before. The midwives never warned us. But 1 in 4 women will naturally carry this bacteria. Naturally carry this bacteria. And if you have it, you can pass it on to the to the child through, through birth. So basically he was born. Everything was great. I went home four hours later, i get a panicked call saying, hes in intensive care. Hes not breathing. I was like, wow, he was perfect. And he spent ten days in intensive care fighting for his life , and we were so for his life, and we were so fortunate to bring him home. And with no real lasting side effects, he has a few health issues, but, fortunately 1 in 10 babies, even after hospital treatment with strep b, will still die and most will have Cerebral Palsy or other , you Cerebral Palsy or other, you know, health issues. So were very lucky. Well, i know that youre a big supporter of the Charity Group b strep. Support you and come and see us in september when the book comes out. Next up in my take a ten, prince harry. You wont want to miss it. Hello there. Welcome to your latest gb news. Weather forecast over the next 24 hours or so, a bit of a north south split with the weather cloudy and damp in the weather cloudy and damp in the north. Some clear spells leading to sunshine and showers in the south. So its all thanks to low pressure dominating the weather pattern through the bank houday weather pattern through the bank holiday weekend. This area of low pressure giving some longer spells of rain, perhaps in the south on monday, but through the rest of the evening and overnight. Very slow changes overnight. Very slow changes with our weather. It stays cloudy across the northern half of the uk with outbreaks of rain a few heavier bursts possible here. A south generally dry , here. A south generally dry, some mist and fog patches forming under light winds and then by the end of the night, this weather system moving into the southwest and as we go through the day on sunday, it just slowly pushes its way northwards, introducing some, introducing some showery outbreaks of rain through the central swathe of the uk. It generally stays dry with some sunny spells, cloudier further north, drier though, but there will be a few heavy showers that develop, particularly across north east scotland. Temperatures generally in the range of 16 to 18, but locally 19 or 20. In the best of the sunshine for bank holiday monday, a bit of a mixed picture. Some showery outbreaks of rain possible across southern counties of england. This trying to break up during the day into sunny spells and showers. And thats the forecast for many parts. Sunshine and showers, temperatures lifting generally into the high teens once more tuesday into wednesday. High pressure starts to build in. Temperatures start to rise. Temperatures start to rise. It looks like things are heating up boxt boilers as sponsors of weather on gb news. Well, director josh tells me that its 10 00. So. On that its10 00. So. On television, on radio and online, in the United Kingdom and across the world. This is mark dolan tonight in my take at ten, prince harry returns to the uk next week. This will surprise you, but i think he should have a heros welcome. Find out why shortly, as its reported that Meghan Markle will not come to the uk next week for fear of being booed by british crowds, ill get reaction from the queen of us showbiz and royal reporting Kinsey Schofield plus tomorrows newspaper pages and live reaction in the studio from tonights top pundits, including news that the West Midlands mayoral contest has gone to laboun mayoral contest has gone to labour. So a packed show, lots to get through. Mark dolan tonight is your perfect saturday night in and we start with the News Headlines and sam francis. News headlines and sam francis. Mark, thank you very much and good evening to you. Its just gone 10 00 and we start with the latest news that sir keir starmer is now celebrating labours win in the West Midlands tonight, calling the election result there a phenomenal result. Richard parker defeated conservative andy street after a partial recount tonight. He secured the win by just 1508 votes. Thats a margin of nought. 25 percent. Well, speaking after his win was announced, Richard Parker said that the shock result shows people he says are calling for labour and calling for change. Well, labours also celebrating success today in liverpool , success today in liverpool, South Yorkshire and in West Yorkshire and in greater manchester, where andy burnham was re elected today. He picked up just over 63 of that vote, and he said hell always give his best to the job. Overwhelmed , so have so many overwhelmed, so have so many people prepared to put their trust in me . Is overwhelming. Its humbling, and i trust in me . Is overwhelming. Its humbling , and i recognise its humbling, and i recognise that people who vote for other parties at a general election of lent me their support and its why i will be very, very rigid in taking a place first rather than a party first approach. Seems to me thats what the role of the mayor is all about, bringing people together, you know, get everybody pulling in the same direction for a great city region like this one. And thats what i will be doing. Thats what i will be doing. Well, it means that labour have now claimed all but one of the positions up for grabs in englands mayoral elections. Earlier today in london, sadiq khan beat his nearest rival, conservative candidate susan hall, paying piling yet more pressure on the Prime Minister ahead of the general election. Mr khan insists hes keeping positive its londoners who inspire me every day to continue our mission of building a fairer , safer and greener london and in what i hope will be a year of great change a future Labour Government led by keir starmer. Government led by keir starmer. Working with us in city hall will mean we can go much further and accomplish so much more. And accomplish so much more. And lets get a final look at those results in the local elections across england tonight. Heres how they stand at 10 00 this evening. Hundreds of different contests have been held across england and wales, including the election of local councillors and choosing high profile mayors. Labour now gains control of eight councils, up to a total of 50, and good news for the liberal democrats. They have won more Council Seats overall than the conservatives more than 20 dogs have been seized today after police raided a suspected illegal xl bully Breeding Farm in sheffield. 16 of the animals are now being looked after in Police Kennels after they were discovered in what officers described as appalling conditions. Sadly, six of those conditions. Sadly, six of those dogs were so unwell that they did have to be put to sleep. The breed, you may remember, was added to a banned list in october of last year following a series of attacks. Campaigners, though, say the ban is unlawful and irrational. Tens of thousands of homes in east sussex are still without water and that could last until at least tomorrow. After a pipe there burst. Southern water says there burst. Southern water says the disruption in Saint Leonards on sea and hastings started on thursday this week. The firm, though, says it is working tirelessly to get supplies back to properties. Residents, though, say its been disastrous and schools, a Leisure Centre and schools, a Leisure Centre and a theatre in the area have all been forced to close. And all been forced to close. And finally, if youve seen the film snakes on a plane, well, it almost became a reality last week after a man tried to board a flight with two reptiles stored somewhere well, where they shouldnt have been , they shouldnt have been, according to airport officers in miami, he was stopped at security after they discovered the snakes were smuggled in. The passengers pants. Officers posted these photos. If youre watching on tv here of those small creatures. Reassuring though followers on social media that the animals they say were handed over to conservation experts. Sounds terribly experts. Sounds terribly uncomfortable. For the latest uncomfortable. For the latest stories, do sign up to gb news alerts by scanning the qr code there on your screen, or go to gb news. Com slash alerts. Now, though, its back to. Mark. Though, its back to. Mark. Ive got a snake in my trousers. Dont worry, it doesnt bite. Thanks, sam and doesnt bite. Thanks, sam and welcome to mark dolan tonight in my take at ten, prince harry returns to the uk next week. Returns to the uk next week. Ill surprise you by saying he should have a heros welcome. Should have a heros welcome. Find out why in just a moment. Plus tomorrows newspaper front pages and live reaction in the studio from tonights top punst studio from tonights top pundits this evening, broadcaster and author nina myskow, model and tv personality diana moran, and political commentator Benedict Spence. Theyll be reacting to sunday mornings front pages, plus Kinsey Schofield live from the United States with her reaction to all of the big royal and showbiz stories, including reports that Meghan Markle doesnt want to come to the uk next week for fear of being booed. Full reaction in ten minutes time, a packed hour. Those papers are coming, but first, my take at ten. Let me tell you the story of the prodigal son from the bible. In this parable , a father has two this parable, a father has two sons. The younger son asks for his portion of inheritance early from his father, who grants his sons request. The son, however, is wasteful and extravagant, and squanders his fortune, eventually becoming destitute as a result. He eventually returns home empty handed and begs his father to accept him back as a servant. To the sons surprise , servant. To the sons surprise, hes not scorned or attacked or rejected by his father. But welcome back, but welcome back with a huge celebration and a big party. Jealous and angry, the older son refuses to participate in the festivities. The father tells the older son, you are ever with me and all that i have is yours. But your younger brother was lost and now he is found, which takes me to prince harry. The parallels between the kings youngest son and his older brother, william, and his older brother, william, and this biblical story are very clear in terms of the windsors. The eldest stayed loyal to his father, with william serving out his royal duties with dignity, respect and application. He and his lovely wife catherine have sired three beautiful children and are a credit to both their family and the nation. Meanwhile we know about harry, who absconded from this country and in his world privacy tour through his country and his family under the bus with a series of highly damaging revelations in podcasts, on tv interviews and via that pathetic book, spare the only useful function for which i have found is as a doorstop to prop open my bedroom door. Harry returns to the uk this week for the Invictus Games 10th anniversary service, which is happening on wednesday , but i think its wednesday, but i think its wrong that harry will not be staying with his family at Buckingham Palace. I reflected Buckingham Palace. I reflected on this issue on my show last night. We looked at his other accommodation options, which let me tell you, arent great. Harry will not be accommodated at Buckingham Palace , even though Buckingham Palace, even though its emptier than a branch of wilkos. So where is he going to wilkos. So where is he going to stay . The ritz, the dorchester . Stay . The ritz, the dorchester . Well, his media gigs are drying up, so he might have to go budget. He might like the premier inn where he can bunk up with the face of that hotel chain, comedian lenny henry. What a laugh a minute those two would make. How about a Holiday Inn Express where he can enjoy the wide ranging choice offered by the vending machine if he gets peckish in the middle of the night . And im delighted to say that britains favourite pub chain, jd wetherspoons, now have rooms available in some of their venues. Rooms available in some of their venues. The hotel wetherspoons, venues. The hotel wetherspoons, where you can check out any time you like, but you cant leave until youve drunk 12 pints of old speckled hen and got into a fight with an off duty electrician. Wetherspoons hotel . Electrician. Wetherspoons hotel . Why not now . I think in spite of his previous crimes, i am mindful of the story of the prodigal son. Blood is thicker than water in families, as in friendships. Than water in families, as in friendships. You must have friendships. You must have forgiveness. I think that harry should be staying at Buckingham Palace. He should be a guest of honoun palace. He should be a guest of honour. He should be granted more than a blink and youll miss it. Audience with his father, who lets not forget, is battling cancer. They should be spending many hours together. And yes, he should have full Royal Protection with a swat team of armed cops. Why well, even though he walked away from this country and his royal duties, it wasnt his choice to be the kings son. Forgiveness doesnt come with qualifications or caveats. Forgiveness is unconditional. And whilst unconditional. And whilst i dont anticipate harry ever again becoming britains most popular royal, which he once was, i think its time to find a way back for harry the less said about his wife, meghan. The better. Its my view that she better. Its my view that she has engineered this split from the start, but ive also always said that harry is big enough and ugly enough to make his own decisions , as no one made him do decisions, as no one made him do anything, even meghan. And so he needs to take responsibility for what has happened. The first step would be to give up the podcasts, the tell all books, the salacious tv interviews and to focus on the projects that he does well , like the invictus does well, like the Invictus Games, and to try to win back the affection and respect of his family and ultimately of the nation. Harry is no angel, family and ultimately of the nation. Harry is no angel , far nation. Harry is no angel, far from it, but its time to welcome back britains prodigal son. Amen. There you go. That son. Amen. There you go. That Catholic Education wasnt wasted. My mother will be proud. Your reaction gb news com forward slash your say, harry and i have had our differences over the years, but i think its ridiculous that hell be staying in a posh hotel. He should be at the palace. Theyve got empty rooms. It is home time. He should be coming home anyway. Lets get reaction from my panel lets get reaction from my panel. Broadcaster and author nina myskow, model and tv personality diana moran and political commentator Benedict Spence, benedict, your reaction to this story . I think that to this story . I think that harry deserves the five star treatment. Well i suppose there are parts of Buckingham Palace that might be a little bit dusty these days, but isnt the point, actually, that the size of the building is such that you could go and stay there and never have to bump into any of your relatives . So yeah, i think, you know, what is the point of having a royal palace on such a sort of a titanic scale . If you cant actually have some sort of, you know, slightly, slightly less favourable members of the family sort of hidden away in a corner, and they just kind of scuttle in and they just kind of scuttle in and in and out as they please. I think that thats the point of having this palace, on such a size and having, you know, multiple palaces and country houses around, around the nation. This is the idea that we can have all of these royals , can have all of these royals, they can all be sort of secluded away and if necessary, they dont actually have to talk to each other, diana moran, i dont think that my viewers and listeners will agree with me , listeners will agree with me, but i think its time for britain to welcome home its prodigal son. I dont want to welcome him home too much, too loudly. But i think i agree with benedict that he could be squirrelled away somewhere in Buckingham Palace, or when one of the many other palaces but , rather like the palaces but, rather like the rest of your , monologue there. Rest of your, monologue there. I do agree. The prodigal son. Do agree. The prodigal son. I have two sons, and through thick or thin, i will always want to welcome them home to see me , to welcome them home to see me, to spend time with me, and particularly in the case of king charles, not being well, i think it is rather important that harry does spend some time with him. I was actually at the launch of the Invictus Games, those ten years or so ago. I adored harry, then when he was down there on the floor with the wheelchair , people, he was just wheelchair, people, he was just wonderful. Its just so sad that wonderful. Its just so sad that its gone so wrong. Its gone so wrong. Nina myskow. Nina myskow. Well, you know , i have been a well, you know, i have been a huge supporter of harry and meghan and continuously from the start and their eviction from this country was down to a concerted effort from the palace in cahoots with the media. And theyve done an absolutely brilliant job of destroying any relationship that harry had with the british public. And one of the british public. And one of the things you mentioned in youn the things you mentioned in your, in your piece was how harry was the most popular after the queen, and thats one of the very reasons why he , he and very reasons why he, he and meghan couldnt stay because they couldnt be seen to outshine william and kate. Thats one of the thats one of the reasons. And also the theres the camilla factor to be taken into account. And harry was thrown as a young boy was thrown under the bus by camilla because the charless huge thrust was to get camilla accepted by the british public. After the death of diana, and years and years , nina and years years and years, nina and years nina, what have they given you in the green room . In the green room . Youre up a gum tree. Im not. Meghan and harry were not evicted. They left this country. They went to america. They did they went to america. They did the podcast. They did the book. They did the oprah interview. They did the oprah interview. They threw this country under the bus. The bus. In the oprah interview, all that they said pack of lies. Its not a pack of lies. All they said in an hour and a half interview was that somebody within the royal family had asked them what the colour of the skin of their baby was going to be. Now, that is not been denied. And its been, and im denied. And its been, and im not even going to say who it was in the uk. Thats been in the press. Nina. So let me give you they said in an hour and a half interview, let me give you this. Theres a couple of messages from my viewers. Gb news com forward slash your say marilyn says, mark, youve clearly not had the problem of a very nasty , had the problem of a very nasty, cruel and vindictive member of your family doing appalling things to you. You really wouldnt be saying that beds and lying in them comes to mind. And nina jack, who is a gb news member, has said harry cannot be trusted,. His speech is about trusted,. His speech is about camilla and catherine were ugly. Mark you are so wrong. There is no way back. And jackie says no way back. And jackie says thats me gone off. Mark dolan, give harry a heros welcome. I dont think so, says jackie. My viewers and listeners have spoken, nina. Well, theyve done as i say. The palace and the media have done an absolutely brilliant job. And what about all of the all of the Death Threats that meghan got . They were really serious Death Threats. Very serious Death Threats. Very serious people have been people have been jailed. What about all of that . They got absolutely no support when it came to matters like that, we dont know that all the attacks in the press that on a complete daily basis, okay. To boost kate and to pull down meghan. Oh blimey. Im going to get the violins out. Diana moran. Help me here. Yes. The book i mean the terrible things, not pathetic that. Oh it was are you saying, are you saying, are you saying, diana, that he didnt, that he didnt write the truth . I dont think it was necessary for him to write any of that at all. I think that weve always had the royalty shrouded in some pleasant mystery. Diana, youve forgotten his mother wrote a book, and his father, charles, also did a book. He didnt. He didnt author it. But he was. It was it author it. But he was. It was it was. It was authorised. And it was. It was authorised. And it was okay. Jonathan dimbleby book. And both his parents did exactly the same thing. Charles talked about how difficult situation was with his parents, with the queen and the duke of edinburgh. Diana told what edinburgh. Diana told what happened to her. So you cannot just lambast harry for telling what happened to him. Okay. Last word diana. Sorry, i lambaste him with meghans encouragement. There you go. See, the thing is, i find this the attacks on meghan i find particularly spiteful and not particularly you, diana, but because i think its sexist. Because shes portrayed as the wicked woman whos stolen him away. Its in a way, its like yoko ono and john lennon. Its the same kind of attitude. You took him away from us and its really not like that. Okay , diana, last word on okay, diana, last word on this one. I dont think im going to change my view. I think i would like to see harry here for the games and in that time, i think he should stay quietly in Buckingham Palace and see his father. Okay well, listen, folks, coming up next, as its reported that Meghan Markle will not come to the uk next week for fear of being booed by british crowds, ill get reaction from the queen of us showbiz and royal reporting Kinsey Schofield plus some other big stories from the United States. Next. Its next. Wsfime next. Its time now for us. News with the queen of american showbiz. Royal and political reporting. Kinsey schofield kinsey. Great to see you again. Well, its a red letter day in the calendar, the Invictus Games. There is a special service in london on wednesday. Harry will be there, but meghan not correct. Yes, sir. We understand that Meghan Markle will be sitting this one out. Richard eden of the daily mail reporting that meghan just simply doesnt feel like the bad press. Meghan just simply doesnt feel like the bad press. She doesnt like the bad press. She doesnt want to get booed, in 2021, i talked to Andrew Morton , who did talked to Andrew Morton, who did a biography on Meghan Markle , a biography on Meghan Markle, and he told me something similar all the way back in 2021, that he really felt like meghan would distance herself from the uk to avoid negative press and to avoid negative press and to avoid the, you know, public shaming, most definitely. I mean, in some ways you have to feel sorry for her. Dont you think . I mean, my viewer, michelle doesnt agree. Shes just messaged gb news. Com forward slash your say, she isnt coming because the veterans dont want her there and the king wants nothing to do with her. Why is she always pretending to be the victim . What would you say to that . What would you say to that . Well, i dont think that the king would say that. Im sure that they enjoy the lack of drama. But as weve seen over the last few years, he has. Drama. But as weve seen over the last few years, he has. His heart has softened quite a bit, especially when it comes to his son. And i dont think hed say anything like that. That would hurt his son, that would intentionally hurt prince harry, and we dont know that the veterans dont want her there. Ive not spoken to one veteran that says Something Like that. I think that, that i think thats just being petty. Its fair to say meghans popular. I think. I think theres being rude and mean , and then theres being mean, and then theres being logical and factual. Meghans poll numbers are not very good in the uk. She probably doesnt want the negative press, so shes going to skip and go to nigeria where shes going to get great press. And i think that thats fine. I dont think its necessary to say that the king doesnt like her or that these, you know, rogue veterans dont like her because i havent seen that in written in print with sourced 3 or 4 times anywhere. Indeed. Now, kinsey, do we indeed. Now, kinsey, do we know how much time harry will be spending with his family on his visit to the uk . Is he going out visit to the uk . Is he going out for a few beers with william for example . Are they going to slam a few at their local wetherspoons . Wetherspoons . I dont believe so, no, sir. So i dont believe so, no, sir. So we know that, the prince of. Are they . We know that the duke of sussex is likely to see king charles, but the prince of wales, thats something that i would say is highly unlikely, it is being reported here in the states via page six that prince harry invited both the prince of wales and king charles to this invictus service. You know, theyre calling it an olive branch, but i think we utilise that term a little too much. And i its my understanding that hes not getting a lot of feedback there, but perhaps we could see princesses beatrice or eugenie there to support prince harry, now william and catherine have been through so much this yeah have been through so much this year. And any developments on how william is coping with this huge responsibility of caring for his family, whilst also fulfilling many royal duties . Well, we did have a friend of theirs named amya arida talked to the telegraph and she said that she was so heartbroken over everything that had gone on and that they were going through hell , and that they were going through hell, and that it was really a private and personal journey that they were experiencing. But we saw Prince William almost a week ago. So cute, so charming, joking about Jack Whitehall and dad jokes and showing off some of charlottes jokes. So when we do see him, he is, you know, brave, strong, in great spirits , brave, strong, in great spirits, and were not seeing any signs of defeat , which and were not seeing any signs of defeat, which in my book is great news, most definitely , great news, most definitely, hows pop superstar Britney Spears doing . Spears doing . You know, its been a tough week for britney, mark. She had settled this court case with her father. He was asked she was going after him because she felt like he mismanaged her money dunng like he mismanaged her money during that 13 year conservatorship. And he was going after her because he wanted her to continue to pay his legal fees. Now britney has settled this case, her lawyer kind of branding it a victory. Now everything this the conservatorship is everything is situated and taken care of. However, britney feels very defeated at this moment in time because she was ordered by the court to pay millions of dollars to her father. So that was hit. Number one. Hit number two. We catch her via paparazzi coming out of the chateau marmont in hollywood , barefoot, with hollywood, barefoot, with a blanket wrapped around her, a pillow in her arms, sobbing. She had an incident there. She sprained her ankle. Apparently it was a head on head confrontation with her current boyfriend at the time, former felon used to clean her house. Probably not my favourite dating pool , but. Probably not my favourite dating pool, but. And then probably not my favourite dating pool , but. And then thursday she pool, but. And then thursday she wrapped up her most recent divorce. And so a lot of people right now looking at britney saying, you know, whats going on is this two thousand and seven all over again, really questioning the direction her life has gone. Post that , you life has gone. Post that, you know, post her father taking over for her, im post her father having that much control over her life. Should somebody intervene is what theyre asking. Poor woman. We wish her well. Kinsey. No such problems for you. You remain the queen of us. Showbiz and royal reporting. Well see you in a weeks time. Do you check out kinseys excellent podcast and website, both of which are called to die for daily . Brilliant stuff. Lots more to come. Next up, tomorrows papers with full well, a big reaction to my take at ten. I think that prince harry should be staying at Buckingham Palace when he returns to the uk this coming week , and i think he should week, and i think he should spend time with his father. And he should have a royal welcome. Many. The majority of you dont agree , but john. No, not john. Agree, but john. No, not john. Lets have a look, ian , has, lets have a look, ian, has, messaged the show gbnews. Com yoursay say and he said, mark, i agree being a black sheep myself, i was welcomed back into my family. Harry should be given the same opportunity , how about jim, opportunity, how about jim, though . Jims not pulling his punches. Jim says good evening , punches. Jim says good evening, mark. Who cares about harry and meghan . This country has far bigger problems to grapple with than waste brain cells on this pair of self indulgent, overprivileged nobodies. Jim, not sitting on the fence there. Ill get to more of your emails very shortly, but its time now for this. Tomorrows papers and for this. Tomorrows papers and the eye weekend. Kevin spacey, the eye weekend. Kevin spacey, the american actor accused by a young actor as he faces new allegations. The male royal exclusive. Just what the doctor ordered poll boost for charles the king receives a major vote of confidence tomorrow, with news that the majority of britons believe he is doing a very good job. A landmark poll to mark the First Anniversary of charless coronation also shows a strong increase in support for the monarchy in the last 12 months. Oh dear folks, here we go again. New months. Oh dear folks, here we go again. New rain a months. Oh dear folks, here we go again. New rain a bombshell go again. New rain a bombshell neighbour to the police. I will neighbour to the police. I will tell the court that she was a landlady. Thats a political scandal that wont go away. Scandal that wont go away. Sunday express next. And look at this free inside souvenir of historic year, an eight page pullout celebrating a year since the kings coronation and also we are doomed. Lame duck pm loses tory stronghold party in panic as labour snatches top mayor job. Rishi sunaks election mayorjob. Rishi sunaks election woes deepened tonight after he suffered a humiliating defeat in a key tory stronghold. Some day. Telegraph now labour wins in West Midlands and london andy street loses by a handful of votes as sadiq khan wins a third term in the capital. Sunny sophie, the duchess of edinburgh, joined her husband, the duke of edinburgh , and the duke of edinburgh, and daughter lady louise windsor, and son james, at the royal windsor horse show at Windsor Castle and us shared box excuse me, us shared gobsmacking Covid Lab Leak file with the uk. United states shared extraordinary evidence with britain at the height of the covid 19 pandemic that suggested a high likelihood that the virus had leaked from a chinese lab. Had leaked from a chinese lab. Also, pharma giants knew that hiv was in nhs blood. Next up, the observer. Starmer beaten sunak should end purgatory of zombie rule. And last but not zombie rule. And last but not least, for now, the daily star sunday pop legend gary numan. My terror on the tube ghostly old bloke vanishes through brick wall and chaka khans being haunted as well. Pop superstar haunted as well. Pop superstar gary numan was left terrified by an encounter with a ghost on the London Underground when a scruffy old bloke in 1940s clothing vanished through a wall as the singer and a pal walked behind him. Curious stuff. I wonder what old gary numan has been drinking. But listen, lets get reaction to all of those stories from my top pundits tonight for ringside action. We have broadcaster and author nina meshkov, model and tv personality diana moran, the Green Goddess herself and the navy blue god. The one and only the eye candy. On tonights show, Benedict Spence, who is a political journalist and broadcaster and lets be honest, quite the looker. Now listen, folks, lets get to a lot of stories that need our attention , stories that need our attention, and i think well start with this one. If we could , diana this one. If we could, diana sunday express, which is a paper normally supportive of the conservatives and of rishi sunak. We are doomed. Lame duck pm loses tory stronghold. Do you think it really is game over for the tories . Is it . R. I. P. Rishi sunak . I ive got a feeling it sunak . I ive got a feeling it might be. I think were living in very different times and anybody who was a staunch conservative for years and years and years has had their eyes open wide with all thats been going on here and many of those other stories weve been talking about earlier on, i personally, if were going to have him back again, i just to have him back again, ijust want stronger police. Thats the one that im law and order. Yes. Law and order. And i when i was a child, i mean , im a lot older a child, i mean, im a lot older than most of you. You might , than most of you. You might, you might be, but you dont look older than us. You look younger than us. You look younger than us. Which i find very unfair. Which i find very unfair. When we were younger, we really respected the police. Yeah, we werent necessarily frightened of them. And they were worthy of respect, diana. Which they arent these days. Exactly. Nina. Yes. Nina. Yes. Theyre not these days. Theyre not these days. Theyre not these days. And thats the big thing that i would want to see changing for the good. Well, most definitely. Do you think its significant . Benedict that the sunday express have written such a negative headline about the Prime Minister . They are pretty much stalwart sunak supporters. I think it is. I think its interesting that the mail, meanwhile, has completely ignored whats happening at the two, the two sort of major tabloids that would lean tory way. Its not great. I think everybody knew that a defeat was coming, but a lot of people were kidding themselves that it might not be quite so bad. Weve been you know, weve had these discussions about how labour would need a historic swing to actually get a majority come the next general election. But that doesnt mean that just because it is would have to be historic doesnt mean that it isnt coming, you know, ultimately we go on television every week , go on television every week, every sort of news show. Everything is always talking about the same. Rishi sunak promises this. Jeremy hunt promises this. Jeremy hunt promises this. Jeremy hunt promises this. The dial doesnt move. Actually, the public are fed up and they dont believe anything that the Prime Minister or any of will. They have a different mindset when its a general election and its a choice of Prime Minister starmer versus Prime Minister sunak . Sunak . Well, its a tricky thing because actually, if it is down to those two, i think people are going to pick starmer. I think ultimately rishi sunak is not the person whos going to galvanise anybody. Galvanise anybody. Arne slot versus sunak sunak wins all day long. Im just waiting for reform. Oh, well, this is nigel. Where is lee . This is something. Come on. Nina, you you were shaking your head at starmer. Starmer actually is a is a strong politician. He we need a complete change. We need to have the ship steadied. And, you know, every audience you watch question time on the bbc. You watch any programme where theres some idiot theyve managed to get out of tory headquarters to, to put himself up in front of , you know, the up in front of, you know, the lions, as it were, very insulting, calling them an idiot. Well, so many these are experienced public figures. I watched nina cabinet ministers names chris philp, chris philp the other day. Chris philp the other day. Didnt know the difference between thought. He was rather unfortunate of all of them. That no, no, no, actually dont think hes the worst, but he made the he said he said were the congo and rwanda different countries. Rwanda different countries. He was. Yeah. That was not a great moment. Not a great moment. So im entitled to say idiots. And they put these people up and the audience just loads them every audience all around the country, they load. Because many would argue those audiences are full of lefties and there are horribly unbalanced. They balanced, they balanced them pretty carefully. They do. They have. Do you think the question time audience is balanced . Well, no. But this is actually slightly more prescient as you mentioned, reform. Reform hasnt done very well in these local elections either. And so the suggestion, therefore, that there is an insurgency on the right , it there is an insurgency on the right, it hasnt there is an insurgency on the right , it hasnt manifested right, it hasnt manifested itself. And thats not to say that people arent crying out for that, but i think its really damning indictment of reform. Look, the tories are right there for the taking and reform were unable to take second place in blackpool at the by election there. Theyve not been able to take council and theres been no question. And lib dems have got more, more, more, more councillors then then the conservatives. But i was going to say the Womens Equality Party i think has got more councillors than, than the reform has. And if you look, thats how bad it is. But andy street is obviously a very good man, a very, a very good mayor. And he was he wasnt he the boss of john lewis a few years ago. So excellent man. And even he even he cannot stand against the tide. And the other one houchen in was it in teesside. He only pretty much won because he was a local choice. But his Campaign Literature was green, there was nothing blue. He forgot quote unquote, to wear his blue rose rosette. So he just completely and didnt mention rishi sunak in his victory speech. No , they didnt let anybody no, they didnt let anybody in. Diana, why arent reform uk cutting through i dont know i wish they would. Wish they would. Im behind them. At least id like to be behind them. Tell nigel to gather his troops up and be the figurehead. Does nigel need to replace richard tice as the leader of reform uk . Im afraid he does. All right. And why would that help, well, because farage is such a person who can speak to so many people. He gets his point across. I admire the man ive worked with him on gb news, which is very nice as i have done lee as well. So, i know he probably they probably wont get there. Its between these two big parties , i suppose, but but big parties, i suppose, but but i think diana raises a good point. Point. Benedict. Nigel farage, the most consequential politician of his generation, arguably not a politician. Now hes a broadcaster, but if he were to re enter politics, could he once again change the political map . I think the difficulty with reform that it faces is reform is the brexit party, which was ukip. Itsjust an is the brexit party, which was ukip. Its just an evolution of that. And what made them successful was not standing on a National Platform of having xyz multiple policies across all. It was on single issue campaigning. They were very successful, just saying were not the tories is not enough of a single issue and just saying immigration is not a big enough single issue to get you to supplant them. You need, i think, a lot more cut through and realistically , i dont think and realistically, i dont think that if you were to ask the average person, what does reform for stand apart from immigration and theyre not the tories, theyd probably not really be able to tell you what they are not an inform. That sounds nice. Is that not an insult to my viewers and listeners, many of whom support reform uk because they will stop the boats, they will cut taxes, they will reduce net immigration, they will cut waste in the nhs, they will shnnk waste in the nhs, they will shrink the state. Ive got a list. As long as your arm of policies that they would have with the best will in the world. Gb news viewers are political junkies. Theyre people who are taking inactive. They take an taking inactive. They take an active interest in politics and they cant get enough. Thats why theyre watching us. Well they are not the everyman. They are not the average voter. Theyre not the floating voter. Actually, these are people who pay actually, these are people who pay more attention to what their politics are and care a lot more. But the average person is not going to be switched on 24 7 to the minutiae of different Political Parties. They need a Political Parties. They need a broader picture, and it only needs to be sort of three, four, five. Thats why rishi sunak, of course, picked five things foolish, because that was too many things that he could actually get on top of. But you need a couple of things that youre able to pinpoint which party is, you know, for each thing. And really , i dont think thing. And really, i dont think reform cuts through beyond the sort of the politically aware. I really dont think they have that sort of purchase powerjust that sort of purchase power just yet. I think this election cycle has come too soon for them. They might come in five years time, but really, youve got to look at it this way from where they started, actually, theyre doing very well , but from what they very well, but from what they want to be, theyre not doing very well. And given what their opponents are, they really should be doing a lot better. John andrews, who is a gb news member, has messaged us gb news member, has messaged us gb news cote divoire your say come back, nigel farage, save this country and team up with donald trump. Diana raises. Oh god, oh god oh dear paul. Oh i love it. Paul has been triggered by that one. Trish says diana raises a very good point about reform uk. They are the real tories , says shirley watson, tories, says shirley watson, ill get some more of your comments shortly. But some very good news for the king. Nina myskow. Lets have a look at this story, which can be found in in the mail on sunday. Mail on sunday. Thank you so much. Got too many bits of paper here. Just what the doctor ordered. Poll boost for charles, who is enjoying unprecedented popularity , as is the monarchy. Popularity, as is the monarchy. A year on from his accession to the throne, i saw a different poll about a week ago, and theyre not doing that great. And particularly amongst younger people, most young people dont give a hoot one way or nina, have you got to be such a party pooper . No. No. Look at the year. Our kings had. You want to dwell on negative headlines . This is the latest poll. Let me give you the stats on it, the monarchys popularity up in the last 12 months. The poll conducted by the mail on sunday. A clear majority of the public now want to keep the monarchy with strong support for our new king. Well, well, i think hes doing wonderfully well just at the moment. I know hes in bad health, but because hes is appearing in public and hes smiling and joking, i think hes doing a wonderful job. Nina. Well, hes waited so long, so long for the for the top job. And it seems a very cruel twist of fate that he should be struck down with an illness like this. And even i, who had absolutely no time for him, from the diana years onwards, can see that he is hes hes an intelligent man. Hes thinking he cares. And he he does his best. As i say, the woman by his side. I have nothing good to say about, but. Well, yes, lets come to that, actually, because you you drew our attention to this story earlier in the day with my brilliant team. Yeah, the two daniels. Ben and noah, let me just log in to this queen or queen consort. Sorry. Let me call the story up inside the debate over camillas title, you dont like to use the term queen about camilla, do you know . Because as the real queen, the queen wanted camilla grudgingly gave camilla. Or maybe not grudgingly. I dont know, but ultimately gave. Charles the right to call camilla the queen consort. She didnt say the queen and the times today had a rather good piece about the machinations inside the palace, where different camps within, within the palace were discussing how best to creep this to in the pubuc best to creep this to in the public to see if the public would buy it or not, they said, you know, when the coronation coming up, its now or never. And it is actually it just shows you how these things work. And its really its the same workings that they did with harry and meghan in that they different teams work out how best where were they going to place pieces with, with favoured journalists. This creep it out through the media and see what the public, reaction is. So its, its, you know, it was one of those things that had to be the original idea that was that camilla was supposed to be hrh , camilla was supposed to be hrh, the a princess and never being called her majesty. This was ultimately raised to queen consort, and as soon as the queen died , they worked to get queen died, they worked to get the queen. Well, diana, i dont like since. Since. Since charless coronation, i think that camilla has demonstrated that she is a queen in more than just name only. Ive met camilla many times in another way of part of my life, the Royal Osteoporosis Society and i have great admiration for her. I think she has made charles the man that he now is , shes given him the now is, shes given him the confidence. I know theres all the business that went on in the years beforehand , but im years beforehand, but im talking about now. And a man whos unwell at the moment, hes got this woman by his side, whatever were going to call her. What do you call her . Him . Well, i have been calling her the queen. And are you comfortable with that title . I was surprised when i first did it, but yes. S youve grown. S youve grown. Youve grown into it. Youve grown into it. Into it. Into it. The fact of the matter is, i mean, im sure shes charming. Ive heard she is. Ive heard from jilly cooper years and years and years. What a great hoot she is. What a great, you know, fag. And a hand gin, blah blah blah jokes. Great company. Terrific. But that is not to me, the queen. Wow. Well, damning words really briefly, if you can, before we get to the break, benedict us shared gobsmacking Covid Lab Leak file with the uk. Now this was during the pandemic when those who suggested that covid may have leaked from a chinese lab in wuhan were called conspiracy theorists and flat earthers. Once again, the lockdown sceptics have been proved right. Its yes, and its i mean, its very unfortunate that whole penod its very unfortunate that whole period of time that actually so many people were smeared because actually some very respectable scientists , you know, this is scientists, you know, this is the thing is this wasnt, you know, sort of amateur, behaviour at all. Theres many respected scientists were saying, look, this is what is being researched in this part of the world. Actually, it was logical. Actually, it was logical. Logical in that town. Logical in that town. Its been raised many times that certain safety protocols are not always adhered to. Perhaps this needs to be investigated. But the problem was, of course, in order to sort of cooperate , everybody wanted of cooperate, everybody wanted to keep on very friendly terms with the Chinese Government. And if the Chinese Government said this absolutely didnt happen, far too many people were happy to just go along with that for the sake of expediency. And i think thats pretty disgraceful. Most, most definitely people who criticise those lockdowns which have, in my view, destroyed the country, have been proved right. And the Lab Leak Theory now looks like the most likely source. But will we ever get justice . Will the chinese ever pay the price . I wont hold my breath, look, weve got lots more to come, more front pages. More to come, more front pages. Plus this in the telegraph. Tomorrows telegraph. Suella tomorrows telegraph. Suella braverman former home secretary says the tories must change course or be wiped out. Would course or be wiped out. Would explain how she thinks that can be done next. More front pages. The sunday more front pages. The sunday mirror is in hot off the press , mirror is in hot off the press, dukes estate in disrepair. Prince could be evicted over the crumbling state of the royal lodge. Andrews ruin is the headline. The duke of york signed a deal agreeing to pay for the upkeep of the royal lodge in great windsor park so he could stay in the 30 room mansion. But photos show peeling paintwork and cracked brickwork on at least one building on the 90 acre estate. A royal source has said its state will be of great concern to the king. He will be alarmed and the sunday times defeat for street boosts starmers hopes at number 10. Thats andy street, who is ousted as the conservative mayor of West Midlands , also our most of West Midlands, also our most our most amazing daniel, of West Midlands, also our most our most amazing daniel , the our most amazing daniel, the parents of daniel and george in a tragic , tragic story. This 14 a tragic, tragic story. This 14 year old died in a sword attack in east london. And the parents said they had lost the most loved and amazing son. Daniels favourite club, arsenal, paid tribute to him. A beautiful child and a tragic, tragic loss. Okay and Suella Braverman in the telegraph. Tomorrows sunday telegraph. Tomorrows sunday telegraph. The tories must change or be wiped out. Its time to wake up, says braverman. Time to wake up, says braverman. These results will look like a tremor next to the earthquake due on general election night. And do you want to know what her solution is . Well, she says this in the paper on tax migration, the small boats and law and order. We need to demonstrate strong leadership, not managerialism, she says. Make a big and bold offer on tax cuts rather than tweaking, as we saw in the budget. Place a cap on legal migration once and for all. Leave the echr to stop the boats tangible improvement to our nhs. Tougher sentences for criminals. Start holding Failing Police chiefs to account. So the anti social behaviour , anti social behaviour, shoplifting and knife crime are sorted out. Take back control of our streets from the extremists and instead of paying lip service in guidance on transgender ideology in schools, lets actually change the law to ban the abuse of our children. Well, that sounds like a manifesto people would vote for, but its not. The tory manifesto is it, benedict . And also, i dont see how on earth theyre going to get any of that in place in time for it. Actually make the blindest bit of difference. The first thing i have to say is that although there are many people who are who do feel that the conservatives havent gone far enough to the right on certain issues, the very fact that sir keir starmer is going to be the next Prime Minister does rather suggest that actually people do not want a government to veer to the right on all of these things. Some things maybe, but actually what they want, im afraid i have to disagree with Suella Braverman. They do want a bit of managerialism because they think that things dont work. Thats the key thing that we get from all of these pledges that are coming from rishi sunak or whoever is, that people simply do not believe that the tories will get these things to work. What they want is competence and the tories could be to the centre, they could be to the right. What they they will not get any more votes without some sign that what theyre getting is competence. Theyre getting is competence. A couple of seconds managerialism thats a dig at rishi sunak, isnt it. Its absolutely. Its absolutely. You know, what we need is a decent home secretary and. Oh dean decent home secretary and. Oh dear. Wasnt she the home secretary. Yes. Nicely done, diana. The dukes estate in disrepair. Andrews ruin. This is embarrassing for the king. And really awful , isnt it . And really awful, isnt it . Here is this guy, this disgraced guy living with his ex wife, having a lovely seeming to have a lovely way of life. Their gorgeous part. And they cant even look after the place properly. Disgusting. Properly. Disgusting. Its a national shame, isnt it . Whats happened . National shame and. And harry and meghan booted out of frogmore cottage, for which they paid millions in upkeep. There you go. Well, fair play to my brilliant pundits tonight. To my brilliant pundits tonight. Diana moran, Benedict Spence and nina myskow, thank you so much for your company. Most importantly, thank you to you for your company and also my team who worked so hard today, a Brand New Team who did an excellent job, and i couldnt have done it without you listening on the radio, watching at home or indeed at work. Mark dolan tonight returns tomorrow for my big opinion. My take. At ten mark meets the papers, my top pundit and much more. Its been a really lively show. Thanks for your feedback. Ill see you tomorrow at nine. Next. A very good evening. Youre watching and listening to gb news. Im sam francis. The headunes news. Im sam francis. The headlines at 11 00. Labour have secured a shock win in the West Midlands mayoral contest. After a partial recount. Earlier, their candidate, Richard Parker, defeated his conservative opponent andy street, by just 1500 votes. Speaking after his win in birmingham earlier, he said that the result shows people are calling for labour and calling for change. Well, it means labour have now claimed all but one of the positions up for grabs in the mayoral elections in england and wales. In london earlier, sadiq khan won a record third term as mayor, with a majority of 275,000 votes over the conservative candidate, susan hall. Its londoners who inspire me every day to continue our mission of building a fairer, safer and greener london and in what i hope will be a year of great change, a future Labour Government led by keir starmer, working with us in city hall will mean we can go much further and accomplish so much more. And accomplish so much more. In other news today, tributes have been paid to Daniel Anjorin dunng have been paid to Daniel Anjorin during Arsenals Premier League match against bournemouth. The match against bournemouth. The 14 year old was killed on his walk to school by a man wielding a Samurai Sword in hainault in london on tuesday. The club, who the teenager supported showed his picture on the big screen today at the emirates stadium and a minutes applause was held dunng and a minutes applause was held during the 14th minute of the match. Marcus monceau, a spanish brazilian dual national, was charged with murdering the teenager and he appeared in Court Earlier this week. Tens of Court Earlier this week. Tens of thousands of homes in east sussex are still without water tonight after a pipe burst. Southern water say the disruption in Saint Leonards on sea and in hastings started on thursday. The firm,