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Attempted murder to all Northern Ireland. Now, where a man has been left with potentially life changing injuries, thats after he was found nailed to a fence. Police there have described the attack in the residential area of bushmills as sinister and brutal. Officers who attended the incident also said two vans had been set on fire in a car park near to where the man was found. Police now are appealing for anyone with information on all those who may have dash cam footage to urgently call 101. A man has been arrested on suspicion of organising people trafficking across the english channel. The 38 year old, who claims to be an iraqi, was detained in preston in the early hours of this morning. It relates to crossings made in november and december from france to the uk. Last year he was detained as part of an investigation into an organised Crime Network in israel. Benjamin netanyahu claims the next 7th of october attack is only a matter of time away. If he agrees to a ceasefire with hamas. The israeli Prime Minister has ruled out a pause in fighting in exchange for hostages because , he says, the hostages because, he says, the terror group are still a threat. Meanwhile, hes also ordered the closure of the Al Jazeera News Network in israel, where police have raided the stations offices in jerusalem. Benjamin netanyahu claims the network is a mouthpiece for hamas. And a mouthpiece for hamas. And finally, southern water says suppues finally, southern water says supplies are gradually being restored to more than 32,000 properties in east sussex. Homes in Saint Leonards on sea and in hastings have been without water since a pipe burst there three days ago. The damage was repaired yesterday , but the repaired yesterday, but the company says Services Still need to be restarted. Those are the headlines. More to come at 8 00 with another update. Until then, you can sign up to gb news alerts. Just scan the code on your screen or go to gbnews. Com slash alerts. Slash alerts. Queer straight women les denniss pronouns. The nhs discovers biology and Jerry Seinfeld says Political Correctness is killing comedy. Correctness is killing comedy. It seems to be making it. This is free speech nation. Welcome is free speech nation. Welcome back to a Bank Holiday Weekend free speech Nation Special with me josh howie standing in for andrew doyle. Andrew is presently here and im not jealous at all because this is the show where we take a look at culture, Current Affairs and politics and of course , well politics and of course, well have the latest from those lovable culture warriors. Incredibly, there are still a few things they havent had cancelled yet. Coming up on the show tonight , Jerry Seinfeld show tonight, Jerry Seinfeld says Political Correctness is killing comedy. Says Political Correctness is killing comedy. And i will ask killing comedy. And i will ask the director and producer, gary sinner, if hes right. Womens rights campaigner Jennifer Watson has had enough of the traditional pride march and is planning to set up an alternative. She will join us to reveal all the details and the new book, trans mania is causing a sensation in france, with the deputy mayor of paris even calling for its adverts to be taken down. One of the authors, dora motit, will be joining us and of course myself and my fantastic panel will be answering the questions from our wonderful and very hot studio audience. My studio guests this evening are drinking buddies chris de wetten and bruce devlin. Alice hello. Welcome. Hello guys. Hello guys. So you are dressed obviously for this for an air conditioner thats broken down here. Very clever, very nice white trainers on there. Thank you. You not so much. Well thinner fabric than youve got i am you are layers. I am shvitzing as we were. We say but has andrew ever asked either of you to go on holiday with him. 7 with him . Yes, and i declined. Yes. Yes, and i declined. Yes. Yes, and i declined. Yes. You may. What about you, christa . Well no. We pop up to leeds for a gig now and then, but its not really a holiday. No. Did you. Why did you decline . Did you. Why did you decline . Im not keen on him. Im not keen on him. Okay, well, these are the valid reasons, i guess. I have been on holiday with him and it was a nightmare. Let me just say, if he brings out the trivial pursuit, say no. He knows literally everything, and its terrifying. And if you just want to feel very stupid for the holiday, thats good. But you guys had a good week. Yeah, weve been up to leeds together, for comedy unleashed. Im still recovering. Hes fine. Obviously very good. Well, its been our year anniversary. It has been our year. Yes. There you are. Yeah. I met chris a year ago in leeds, and we stayed in wakefield on friday. Yeah, im still washing that off. They have, theyve been drunk ever since. Right. Lets get this show on the road with some questions from our wonderful, dedicated audience. Our first questions from helen. Hello. Hello following the local elections is a labour landslide now inevitable . Yes. So with the general yes. So with the general election, incoming. The conservatives took an absolute dripping, dripping drubbing. Im dripping, dripping drubbing. Im dripping in the local elections this week and now have fewer councillors than the lib dems for the First Time Since 1996, just before tony blairs labour landslide, things went from bad to worse for them on saturday, as sadiq khan easily won a third term as london mayor and tory incumbent andy street, lost in the West Midlands mayoral race to labours Richard Parker. So what do you think . Is it . They what do you think . Is it . They could have had it bad. We want to hear what helen has to say about this. What do you think . Is it over on the mike a bit too quickly then . Yeah, yeah, i think its inevitable. Yes i do think its inevitable. Yes i do think its inevitable. Yes i do think it is likely that we will have a labour government. I think thats what everybody thinks. Yes. I dont think theres any two ways about it. I think its inevitable. Is it even worse having an election . Weve got a left leaning conservative government at the moment anyway. Its going to be even more left. So thats what labour usually means, but well see. What do you think, bruce . I think the snp will get in and i think the snp will get in and i think i think thatll be a nice change for everyone. Thatll be fun. Yeah thatll be fun. Yeah its going to be, its going to be an interesting, what, six months of this. But it does seem like it is somewhat of a foregone conclusion for years already. Well, theres one person who thinks that the conservatives have still got a chance, and unfortunately, thats rishi, hes still saying were going to do everything we can and hes keeping a positive face on it, but he must be so stressed privately. Yeah. I mean, the home secretary, james cleverly, said that this is just its just the local elections. And he thinks that by the time the general election, theyre going to sort of swing back. Well, look, i mean, its all possible, isnt it . I dont think it is, no, absolutely not. Theyre on their way out. Theyve had 14 years. Everyones bored. Its time for a change, i cant see. I cant imagine what could happen. What could what would starmer have to do now for them to. Not actually. Its like youd have to say that, like, you know, women have a penis, crazy things like that. A penis, crazy things like that. Is there anything what would your advice be to rishi sunak . Oh, to pipe down. Really . Yeah. No, i think he should actually im, i again and ive said it before on the show is by trousers that fit, you know, get the breaks down to your ankles because he does go around as though his budgies died in like kind of lovely ladies. He wears them like that because he thinks it makes them look tall. But it doesnt. He just looks like a fool. Its it so okay, so any sartorial decisions, do you think thats whats going to break it for the tories or any actual policy, the trousers or any other policies that you might want to put in, well, i mean, obviously, you know, they recently, the french started attacking the small boats with knives. You know, i think maybe we got some shots of rishi actually doing that himself, wading out and doing that personally. But hes not going to do that. It probably is a spoon. He probably would. Yeah. Yeah. Hell keep the trousers short for that then. So they dont get wet in the water. So that kind of negates my advice. So but you know he might do that i dont know. Do you think that labour will get in. I think its pretty much a foregone conclusion. Yes he just needs to happen doesnt it. Thats the thing is, now that weve still got like this kind of six months of it, its okay if you will. Well weve had starmer this week havent we, calling for the election now, now, now and calling it a zombie, a zombie government at the moment. Not that. I mean why would rishi listen to keir . Theres no reason for him to do that. Well, if hes a zombie, he wont listen. Well, no, but you just saw Suella Braverman there in the news. I mean, she was. Shes livid. She was hardcore. She is livid. You know, you may not agree with her on everything, but shes very much an authentic version of herself. She did say what she wanted to say. Oh, she meant business. Oh, she meant business. It was pretty public. Yeah. All right, well, look, our next question is from penny. Hello, penny. Hello, do we think has common sense won the day at the nhs . Yes. Has common sense won the day at the nhs . Yes. So someone seems to have woken up and realised people are more interested in the nhs making sick People Better than calling them by their correct, correct pronoun. Health secretary victoria atkins is making changes to the nhs constitution , changes to the nhs constitution, which will see phrases like chestfeeding and people with ovanes chestfeeding and people with ovaries outlawed. Even keir starmer is getting on board to get the clarity is it right or is it wrong for Rosie Duffield to say only women have a cervix . Well, look, biologically she of course, is right about that. Do you owe her an apology . Do you owe her an apology . Well , yes. Well, yes. Well, yes. Do you owe her an apology . This has been this has been somewhat ongoing. But, actually, of course, the nhs constitution, my understanding is it has to be changed or ratified by, the health sector. Every ten years. So it feels like this is coming more from the government. And thats not actually coming from the nhs at all. Oh, you mean because its just time. Its just like its time to have a look at the lease sort of thing. The ten years are up, but its just also a lot of nhs leaders are kind of saying, oh no, we should not do this or theres going to be complications. It feels like its not coming. It feels like the nhs is still institutional captured and this is the government going finally know enoughis government going finally know enough is enough. Sex matters right . Yeah. So okay, so i said there was nothing rishi could do. I mean, this helps, doesnt it. Its time. Its time, that was fun watching that. Id like that to have gone on a bit longer. I think the bit i was really going to enjoy was when he did or didnt give his apology. Thats what id like to. Well, also, i think they should have just bought Rosie Duffield in front. Yeah, weve got rosie here. Fantastic. Yes like a sort of 90 cilla blacks. Yes. Brilliant. Yeah. Matthew tonight im rosie das. Yes. Im dry ice. Surprise, what was the question . Has common sense provoked . Well, just just as you say. But you say its got thats thats thats my fear of it, what kind of changes do you know, bruce, that this might actually make to the constitution in terms of Womens Health care . I genuinely have no idea. And im not going to pretend that i do. Right because i really dont. Well, let me tell you. But on the same episode, Richard Madeley was discussing shoplifting. Okay , thats very you. Thats the. So if you give that a google, youll understand what im talking about. Allegedly. Allegedly. So okay. Well ill head back to leicester for this question then , because a lot of the problems have been really youll be a woman in hospital and you wont think are any men going to come into this space . I mean, thats the number one thing, isnt it . Weve heard endlessly about womens spaces. Yes, because at the moment theres been a misunderstanding. And part of thats been through stonewall and other organisations as presenting the law as being you know, having sex, being gender and thats been the complication. So it seems like by saying no sex means biological sex, that will seemingly solve a lot of these issues, like language in terms of chestfeeding and make it actually relevant to biological women again, but also so that women again, but also so that women with intimate care, is that correct, that they will now be able to request that a doctor or a Health Care Professional who is of the same biological sex, right . Yes. And not be called bigoted or refused service in some cases. Some cgses. Some cases. Yeah. And there was a woman as well, i believe, who was raped, actually, on the ward. Raped, actually, on the ward. And they and the nhs said, oh, its impossible. This is a womens only ward, but it turns out it was a right, a trans woman, one of those things that could never happen that that seems to happen now. And then. And then. Absolutely. Well, hopefully this will, lead to more common sense leading to our other institutions. Were going to see. Next question is from rogen see. Next question is from roger. Hello. Hey, should al jazeera be shut down in israel . Yes should al jazeera be shut down in israel . The Israel Cabinet has voted to close down Qatari Television Network Al Jazeera operations in israel. The vote, which happened earlier today, followed Israels Parliament passing a law which allows the temporary closure in israel of foreign broadcasters considered to be a threat to National Security during the months long war in gaza. So this months long war in gaza. So this is, of course, free speech nation, press. Am i a hypocrite . Nation, press. Am i a hypocrite . By nation, press. Am i a hypocrite . By agreeing with that decision . Well, as you explained to me earlier, josh, no, youre not. Yes, i was, i was shouting at you earlier. No, i mean, theyre not its not an israeli channel. So theres that. But, obviously theres that. But, obviously channels being shut down is a topic thats very close to my heart, but its special circumstances , isnt it . Having circumstances, isnt it . Having said that, i dont completely understand why its such a threat to netanyahu, because isnt it . You sort of know that if al jazeera are broadcasting in israel, everyone will, presumably whos consuming that media knows what their agenda is . Yeah, is . Yeah, yes , is . Yeah, yes, its true, but then its not just that its broadcasting in israel, its that they have offices in israel and are able to use Israeli Networks to spread what israel would argue is propaganda in a state of war, like in world war two, there were what was it, axis sally . Or there was tokyo axis sally . Or there was tokyo rose. There were tokyo drift, there was, yes, vin diesel , but there was, yes, vin diesel, but now axis sally, axis sally. These were that sounds like a program i would like to present. I must have read this in a book somewhere. These are these were propagandists working for, for the axis who were putting out anti allied propaganda , but out anti allied propaganda, but they were doing it on, axis soil in japan and in germany. But the difference is, of course, if they had been operating out of they had been operating out of the uk, we would have they. Im sure the government would have shut them down and people wouldnt have said, oh, no free speech. This peoples rights. Actually, its kind of a surprise. Its taken this long. I mean, its been months, you know, dont you think . No no, ive just been carrying on regardless since october the 7th. Well, considering the information has come out that that journalists working for al jazeera participated in october 7th, but i think the well, bruce , for me, this would be one thing if whether you know a lot about this issue or not, but journalists, the idea is that theyre meant to present information, good or bad, regardless of agenda. Thats the idea of impartiality. Yeah, we dont always live up to it, but and i dont know if i said we im a stupid comic, but, but the point is that the al jazeera journalists working from the gaza and working out of israel are never actually presenting any information that might put hamas in a bad light. So theyre failing at their job. Surely failing at theirjob. Surely its not that hamas are perfect. Theyre a terrorist organisation. But thats the thing. I dont understand why people are so frightened to call out hamas for what they are and what their aims are and how they operate, if you see what i mean. Well, absolutely. But i think the thing is here that al jazeera gets free rein somewhat to operate in gaza by hamas, but only if they say what hamas wants them to say in this case, like a few weeks ago, there was a thing that supposedly idf journalist idf soldiers raped a pregnant woman in a hospital in front of her family. And then it turns out that it was just told a total lies. Nothing there, no truth whatsoever. Substandard journalism. Its propaganda. Its not doing the job it should be doing anyway. Yeah, well, weve got netanyahus tweet. I asked him netanyahus tweet. I asked him to send this personally , al to send this personally, al jazeera correspondents have , jazeera correspondents have, harmed the security of israel andinched harmed the security of israel and incited against idf soldiers. The time has come to eject hamass mouthpiece from our country. And, of course, al jazeera are , funded by qatar. Al jazeera are, funded by qatar. And thats where the hamas leadership are presently residing. So its yes, it makes sense to me. Fine. Our final question for the moment, its from izzy. Hello, izzy. Hello. From izzy. Hello, izzy. Hello. Good evening, according to elon musk , jk rowling doesnt elon musk, jk rowling doesnt really know her place. Should she be tweeting about more positive matters on x . Indeed, yes. Should jk rowling start tweeting about more positive matters . So yeah, elon musk, the owner of x, of course thinks jk rowling needs to be a little more upbeat in her account. So responding to a tweet from rowling about what, in her view, makes a woman, musk commented while heartily, i agree with your points regarding sex genden your points regarding sex gender, may i suggest also posting interesting and positive content on the same, or other matters . I should say sorry. Matters . I should say sorry. Wow. I mean, look at your face. You dont drink wine and then tweet at night. I dont know, i mean, i dont really care. Shes a big girl. I think she can handle it. You know, everyones turning. Shes not a girl. Shes a woman. Shes a woman. Oh, god. Everyones turning into this like, oh, my god, hes being so condescending. Its like, its jk rowling. Shes fine. You know, i dont think it needs to be a massive deal. On the other hand, elon, what are you thinking this like . Its so david brent esque. It was just naff. Well he is a bit naff i think ultimately. But also there is hypocrisy here because hes never tweeted anything similar to anyone. Should we dare say a male who who writes about. Dont you include me in that . How rude. What do you think about that . Do you think he was very rude, saying that i, i dont understand about him and taking over. Oven he wanted it to be more free speech and now hes getting involved with what people should or should not tweet. And its like, why dont you admit youve had a hair transplant . Oh, that would be my thing. Theres nothing wrong with hair transplants. Theres something hayes is from david guest. From david guest. Really . You think so . Really . You think so . Yeah, i think its come through a psychic. Yeah, but the other thing is, i mean, im not going to comment on that. Im sweating even more, but , chris, i on that. Im sweating even more, but, chris, i think you follow jk rowling. I assume on x, the thing is, she doesnt actually just tweet about, the gender ideology and whatnot. She actually tweets what she thinks about a certain character called harry potter that , somebody harry potter that, somebody might be. So she should have a day off and write some kids story books. Yeah, yeah, i guess, but also, i mean , you cant get away also, i mean, you cant get away from the fact that all of this, gender critical stuff that shes done that has driven a huge amount of traffic to x and kept people there who might not have stayed otherwise. So i have no idea why he tweeted that i its beyond me. Its a straight well also, the blame surely goes with him that, he he hes the one who creates these algorithms. And thats what sends that stuff out to people, including himself. If he put, you know, he should create algorithms, that gets the kind of the more boring stuff. What im trying to say is ive written a lot of tweets about board games that have gone nowhere. So what youre basically saying is hes dementing himself on his own art by being a dementor, which was a character from one of jks books with bad hair. Thats exactly what i was saying. Saying. Yes. Yes. Okay then. Thank you. So time for some ads. But coming up next on free speech nation, Jerry Seinfeld says Political Correctness is killing comedy. Im going to ask comedy director and producer gary sinner if hes right. See you in two. Welcome back to free speech nation. American comedian Jerry Seinfeld has once again expressed his belief that Political Correctness is stifling the creation of truly funny comedy. Seinfeld, who funny comedy. Seinfeld, who starred in the hugely successful eponymous sitcom for many years, says there is a shortage of funny new shows because of what he describes as pc crap and people worrying so much about offending other people. Lets take a look. 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. About offending other people. When you write a script and it goes into 4 or 5 different hands, committees , groups. Hands, committees, groups. Heres our thought about this joke. Well, thats the end of your comedy. Ive got to be honest, i prefer his earlier stuff. Well, my first guest clearly knows a huge amount about good comedy because he cast me in one of his shows. Its the Award Winning director, producer and writer gary sinyor. Thank you, thank gary sinyor. Thank you, thank you. You. Hello. Hello. So, firstly, gary, what do you make of seinfelds comments there . So, its rubbish because its not, the left pisanus thats destroying comedy. Its always been stupid people in positions of power who try to restrict comedy. So that happened with fawlty towers. It happened with fawlty towers. It happened with monty python, it happened at itv. It has historically happened that weve had people in charge of our comedy in britain who have not been very good at making comedy, and thats like reflected now in the mainly not very good shows that we get to see. I mean, i think your audience is probably of a of an age where i mean, on bbc two, the most watched shows at the moment are dads army repeats of dads army, last of the summer wine, these things are still getting shown. And thats what the kind of thing we tried to make with hapless quick plug tried to make with hapless quick plug and, which is a kind of rising damp thing, but because its got a jewish character in it, in the lead role, i think the people like the bbc and itv and channel 4 were all like, oh, you know, we cant have a jewish character in a sitcom. And its like , no, the whole sitcom is like, no, the whole sitcom is about all sorts of other stuff, like going on a driving awareness course and taking it up with the guy for being an idiot because hes, you know, he knows that a bus could kill someone a lot easier than, than his car. Someone a lot easier than, than his can so its like, you know, you just its just because the jewish character, its taken to, its taken, its put down. So i dont think hes right that its specific to now. I just think its more exaggerated now because weve got more idiots running the system. So theres a few points. I want to get a slightly deeper with you on there. First of all though, id like to see your impression again of them being scared. Of who . Of who . Being scared of the, producers as being scared. It was. Yeah, it was. Can i do it . Can i can i do it in arabic . Its not labuschagne nick gibb i do you know any arabic . Do you know any arabic . Yeah. Were gonna get. Yeah. Were gonna get. Yeah. Were gonna get. Can i put this up . By the way, am i allowed to show that . Lets get. Lets get. Stop. Sorry just saying. Its not a big thing, but, you know, i was meant to have a silver thing, and ive got one anyway. Okay. Free the hostages. Yeah, we dont talk about that kind of stuff here. No the first time. So. Yeah, i just want to pull you up. But firstly, i would say is that. Yes, he specifically talks about the process there and how the interference. But you could argue in terms of backing up his point there fear now, whereas before their fear was just like they just didnt know what they were doing. Now its almost like having this kind of woke agenda is what drives them and drives that fear. So their fear now is , that fear. So their fear now is, is given some kind of direction or aim according to this agenda. Right. I think its i just think its not the case. I mean, we have to hope that if people are writing good comedy and this hapless has been released in the states and been compared to kerb and seinfeld, id rather it was compared to rising damp in the uk. But you know, well, lets lets have a quick look at the lets have a quick look at the lets have a clip, supposedly the second lead is amazing. Hes brilliant. Is he . See you there. What . You didnt see the black man in the kuna . Because these goggles restrict my vision. You got racist goggles . Yeah, yeah. Do you have any pictures . I do not collect pictures of babies. Boys, penises. Oh, no. Not trouser. Youve got to touch us both at the same time. Well, well see who feels it first. Now hurry up, little man. Oh, thats not funny, mate. Quickly, quickly the window for the window. Tiny penis. I asked for a trim. He looks like a kiwi fruit. I cant shut the door. Well try. I am trying. Well try. I am trying. There we go. There we go. Lets have a round of applause. There we go. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. So, i mean, i do. I take your point that its that people are more scared now and that we have people in control who have grown up in a sort of more liberal, progressive kind of society. But it still doesnt solve the fact that it it still doesnt solve the fact thatitis it still doesnt solve the fact that it is considered only a kind of stupidity that that stops risky, edgy, but great sitcoms from being made. Which is why you still get great stand up like you get Ricky Gervais and people like that doing great stand up. Its in the process of making through committee that i think people lose their way. But do you think its that . No, im just saying. Do you think its, you calling all of the people who the Decision Makers and television idiots that might stop your tv shows from being i dont you know what . I dont see any connection at all. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. So you think there might be a connection . I dont know, it could just be. But talking about that might explain something. I dont know , that might i dont know, that might explain something. Ill tell you what. So, for example, at the moment, like in fawlty towers, there was a, there was an episode that was cut because the character used used the, the n word. Now the thing is, i wouldnt now have a conversation. I wouldnt use the n word, but i could have a conversation in comic terms about why im not allowed to use the n word when chris rock is allowed to use the n word. So youd go, well, chris rocks allowed to use the n word. So i 90, allowed to use the n word. So i go, well, could i use the p word . And youd go, yeah, well, hang on one second. Gary could i use the y word . And then youd 9, use the y word . And then youd go, no, youre not allowed to use the word yet. And then wed go, you use the word yet. Please dont say the n word. Okay all right. I wont say the n word, but you know what im saying . Its like. Its like we. You have to. You have to laugh about anything i get. You have to laugh at the current situation. Well, the lets say that hes right in the sense of certainly that. Where are the great new comedies, the comedies that are really crossed over, obviously hapless, obviously the exception there, but what great sitcom he mentioned things like mash and, and some of the sitcoms youve talked about and fawlty towers, the office, where are these friends that im not saying that nothing has funny has been made. I think derry girls was very funny. I think theres a extraordinary. Anybody seen on disney very funny sitcom, but theyre not crossing over in the same way now, is it . Because these risks arent being taken and lets just say forgetting the gatekeepers for a second, do you think the programme makers, the actual writers and directors are not taking those risks themselves . No, i think they probably are taking the risk, but theyre being led in a particular direction. I mean, sorry to come direction. I mean, sorry to come back to hapless, but the thing is, we made hapless and we offered it to the bbc and it got five star reviews from the mail and the sun and the express and the times or whatever, and the bbc news site never promoted it. Once okay, now were talking about a series that was absolutely populist that you guys would love. That was compared to rising damp and the bbc news site and the itv news site and the channel four news site and the channel four news site never spoke about it. So youre also talking about a system that. Is designed to system that. Is designed to promote the shows that it wants to promote. And so thats what they will do. And im afraid its im afraid its the same in america. So theres a whole quagmire. Its not the writers. I think the writers will write funny if you give them the opportunity. And we know that, like the stand up comedy guys will be funny. I dont think its that theres a system now where, sadly, an appeal. Its massive. In britain, you guys are being deprived of good comedy, and that pains me and i can guarantee you, because ive spoken to this to particular people. It pains the people at the highest levels of british television. They dont know what to do about it. Well, maybe they could be a bit braver. They will need to be a bit braver. And thats how its going to change. What about, can you talk to us . What happened with British Airways . Are you able to talk about that still, yes, a few months ago now. Yeah British Airways. So British Airways bought hapless and then, they rang me up on october the 11th or 12th and said that they wanted to, not show it for the time being because they didnt want to take sides in the war. And this is essentially a British Comedy with a jewish character in it that ridicules in all directions, satirises muslims, jews, christians , atheists, it jews, christians, atheists, it has a scene where josh , as you has a scene where josh, as you saw, is having his penis inspected to compare it with a non jewish penis, to see which is more or less sensitive. Is more or less sensitive. Thats how i won the audition, by the way. Yeah, its just comedy. And the idea that someone would go this is jewish comedy, and it needs to not be shown out of sensitivity was ridiculous. And luckily the papers , the luckily the papers, the telegraph and the sun, i think it was, picked it up again, not bbc news again. Actually, i dont think gb news anyway. But anyway. Anyway, yes, actually you did, you did. Youre right. But again, they refused to. They sort of refused to make a story out of it, and, so yeah. Anyway, British Airways relented. I British Airways relented. I think the chief exec got like 500,000 emails to his personal email address from a lot of jewish people who were quite offensive. Someone actually recently sent me a photo. They went on houday sent me a photo. They went on holiday and theyre like, this is what im watching or watching on British Airways. Yeah. Yeah. And they blame me for. And they blame me for. Yeah, but ill tell you what, i bet you they wont buy series two now do you think . Well, you have because youve put my foot bridge. Ive put in that bridge as well. Whats left . I dont know, its just its going to be me and you every week talking here, i think, i just want to go back again. One point youre saying is about the writers room. I think the writers room. I think the writers room. I think the writers room has changed. We will talk about that and say, but the writers rooms have changed. Obviously, theres a different process. You wrote the series yourself here. You wouldnt allow anybody, including me, to change a word. But, in america its different. They have writers rooms. Its it is written somewhat by committee already. Now if the if the people in those writers rooms are changing because of an agenda. And thats what im heanng agenda. And thats what im hearing from friends of mine who are now working as writers in america, is that some of them are losing jobs, that there is this idea that its more important about showing a diverse writers room than having a funny writers room, and that they are blaming for the decline in the standard of comedy , i in the standard of comedy, i have no answer to that. Im sure its im sure its im going to say im sure its true. If you hear it, it sounds true. Im part of some very long winded , part of some very long winded, Whatsapp Group thats got people in it who are writers , who are in it who are writers, who are talking about being, sidelined, and i know that in britain, you have to bring in diversity to make, to get something away, but , its got, i think, the, the light at the end of the tunnel is perhaps that there are people at very high levels who understand that there is a problem and wants to address it, and we need to instead of just slagging them off, we need to engage with those people , which engage with those people, which is personally what im trying to do, even if its not about hapless. Im trying to engage with these people and say, you need to make more British Comedy so that your audience and the children of your audience get the chance to have a laugh in this country. And thats what i think we should be doing. I hope so, and in the meantime, who, well, first of all, yeah, put up your free the hostages again. Absolutely. With that 100. But, where can we see hapless hapless is on prime in the uk series one and two, 14 episodes, and then its on peacock in america. If any of you live in america, which would be very odd indeed if you came here very much, gary, for coming in and, dont switch over to the watch it before this show is finished. Right. Still to come up on free speech nation, jenny watson is going to tell us about an alternative to the pride march, which is being organised for this year. But next im going to be rejoined by my panel to take some more questions from this wonderful studio audience. Thank you very much, gary welcome back to free speech nation. Okay lets get some questions in from the audience. Our first question is from david. Hi, there, do we really need to know les denniss pronouns . To know les denniss pronouns . Yeah. Do we need to know les denniss pronouns . It turns out that well known showbiz figure les dennis is male , in case les dennis is male, in case anyone was still wondering. So anyone was still wondering. So here is the stunning and brave announcement was made in a casting poster for an upcoming production of shakespeares12th production of shakespeares 12th night, which helpfully listed the preferred pronouns for all the preferred pronouns for all the cast members no pronouns for shakespeare himself, though his gender identity remains a mystery. Wow, do they think, mystery. Wow, do they think, bruce, that this is going to sell more tickets . Thats no idea. I mean, do we need to know that lies dennis is still with us would be my biggest question. So you think it should be alive in brackets, you know, still here, still . Yeah. I mean, the last i heard of him, he was in coronation street. So, you know, this is all news to me. I personally, ive nothing against pronouns. I dont use them myself. I remember the first time i was asked and i said the f and off. And, that caused quite a stir at pinewood studios. And. Yeah, i just i dont get it. Im all. And. Yeah, i just i dont get it. Im all for making people feel comfortable. All evidence to the contrary , but im. Yeah, to the contrary, but im. Yeah, i mean, les dennis really brush your hair. Well, this is less about criticism of les dennis, who im sure will make a wonderful. Sure will make a wonderful. Whos he playing . Hes playing. Are he him . Are he him . Hes playing. Hes playing. Well, not necessarily. Well, not necessarily. Manolo. Hes playing the 11th manolo. Hes playing the 11th night. Malvolio. Malvolio . Yes. Yeah yeah, there we go. Yeah. Andrews here in spirit , dont andrews here in spirit, dont lump me in with him, okay . But, i mean, what do you make of this . Why is this . I mean, its felt. It feels like. So 2022. Its very annoying. And i its very annoying. And i feel very sorry for les dennis that hes come in at the wrong time. Because if hed done this, you know, a year ago, it would have been fine , wouldnt it . And have been fine, wouldnt it . And hes just come in as its all crashing down and graham was right. And everyones you know weve had enough now and its yeah. Bad choice. I dont think it was his fault. I think it was just someone made that decision. Yeah, exactly. I wonder whether he even. He probably did because they wouldnt assume, would they . Thats the whole point. I suppose he knew. But it must be difficult when youre surrounded by theatrical luvvies to say no to these things. Well, it just i just think if they wanted a bit more publicity, they should have been les dennis. She her. And that would have sold out. That would have be fantastic. Right . Our next question is from rob. Hey, mate. Hi. Hello, josh, is danny danny. Me now. Correct. The straight women can identify as queer. Wow, is danny right . Yes. Straight women can identify as queer singer and presenter Danny Minogue has launched the uks first ever lesbian dating show, kissed i kissed a girl, which will, see ten single women. Well, theyre just basically going to do what lesbians do. I ive enjoyed themselves. Ive seen that video anyway, but minogue is seemingly heterosexual and has been married before, but now she says he identifies as queer in a weird way. I guess being queer, just when you want to promote a tv show is quite weird, isnt it, chris . Well, i mean, i identify as a size six in a weird way. I mean, its just what is it . Theres never been any evidence to the contrary. I, i dont get it. I dont know why she is saying this. Well, bruce, friends of mine who are homosexual, some of them think that queer is a very derogatory term. They grew up with that word. Its a slur. So i was surprised at the use of the word. By the way, i think this is all nonsense in the whole article was conflated, and it is to promote a show and of course its going to identify as queer. Have you seen her sisters . I mean, really, the writings on the wall, but no, for a lot of people, i dont have a problem with that word. I know that some people do, and thats up to the individual. So i was surprised that she used that word. Yes, it is weird. And but it just for me, it just it winds me up as a straight person because it feels like it diminishes what it feels like it diminishes what it means to be gay. When anybodys queer or gay, then nobodys queer. Its ridiculous. Then my thinking is being. Identifying as being queer doesnt necessarily mean that youre homosexual. Well, it doesnt, but thats thats thats i think thats what the problem is. And you have a lot of straight people now saying theyre queer to sort of somehow they want to be special, but it takes away from gay people in their language, like the rams and waitrose. Yeah, exactly. Well i know what basically. Yeah. Right. Next on free speech nation, jenny watson will be here to tell us all about the alternative to the pride march shes setting up for this summer. Dont go anywhere. Welcome back to free speech nation. Womens rights campaigners are organising an alternative march in london this summer. But lesbians, because they feel alienated by the official pride events. The campaigners feel that recent pride celebrations have become hyper sexualised and dominated by the trans movement. The plan is for the alternative event to take place on the same day as the pride celebrations 29th of june, and could potentially start at the statue as suffragist, suffragist leader Millicent Fawcett in london. Jenny watson is behind these plans and shes been kind enough to join me now. Good evening jenny. Good evening. Thanks for having me on the show. Thank you i pleasure. So please tell us about this new event and why you think its necessary, so the plan is on the. On the day of pride, were going to do our own march. Were going to go to parliament square, meet at the suffragette statue , were going suffragette statue, were going to do a few laps of, parliament square. And then after the plan square. And then after the plan is to go for a picnic in the park, we want to make it a family fun day. We dont want to make it this hypersexual ized event. And, you know, ive been going to pride events since i was 18. Im 32 now, and ive seen how its got worse and worse and worse and women and in particular lesbians are just not comfortable with that. And so i thought to myself, im not just going to steer away, im going to do something about this. Fair enough. So will there be any restrictions on participation . Is it just going to be for lesbians . Is it going to be for lesbians . Is it going to also be for supporters of lesbians, is it going to be apolitical , so basically we are apolitical, so basically we are welcoming lesbians, bisexual women in our female friends and allies , but, you know, at the allies, but, you know, at the same time, you cant stop bad actors. Thats what thats going to happen if youre running a pubuc to happen if youre running a public event. Its just thats just how it goes, but like , what just how it goes, but like, what i would ask is, please leave us alone. We just want to run this alone. We just want to run this event. Were not attacking anyone. Event. Were not attacking anyone. You know, its supposed anyone. You know, its supposed to be a Family Friendly day. Were going to go to the park after. Its you know, its it. Its suitable for the whole family. And. Yeah, i really hope that i dont they dont try to take that away from us, you know, but but if they do it, all it goes to show is that we need these spaces. Well, i was going to say. I mean, do you think that there will be the need hopefully, you know, for it to be policed because yes, theres a theres a real idea. Trans activists, you know, might take this as some kind of, believe it or not, attack on them somehow that this kind of statement here. Yeah, they will they will, but its not an attack. Its just that we want our own event and they run our they run their own events as well. So why cant we have our own . But its not an we have our own . But its not an attack in any way. We just want an event that represents us. You know, the. Thats literally it, but yeah. Well see. So what further needs to be done to make this into a reality . How can people help you , so because of i mean, help you, so because of i mean, we dont know exactly whats going to happen, but i do suspect that were going to get counter protests. So weve had to enlist, marshals. Stewards first aid, things like that, or were printing flyers that we can distribute them to get our message out there. But, you know, weve up until now, weve footed the bill for that. But footed the bill for that. But its going to be well, hopefully its going to be well, hopefully its going to be well, hopefully its going to be a big event. Its going to be well, hopefully its going to be a big event. So its going to be a big event. So we have set up a gofundme page, well, well , first of all is the well, well, first of all is the most important thing is that people spread the word, right . Because a lot of a lot of lesbians dont realise that theres an alternative. And i was in that position about six years ago. So i went to london pride in 2018. And i dont know if you heard about get the alert. They kind of , hijacked alert. They kind of, hijacked the parade and they went to the front of the parade. And until that moment, i had no idea there was an alternative. I just went with the prevailing narrative and so thats our goal, is we want to get the message out far and wide so that women in our position know that theres an alternative. So thats , you alternative. So thats, you know, thats thats the biggest thing, please spread the message. But, you know , its message. But, you know, its weve got i mean, weve got hundreds of signups now, which just shows the real demand for it. Weve got stewards on boards , but a lot of this, you know, i mean, its costing us quite a bit of money. It is, and, you know, were happy to were happy to, to pay so much for it. But its just, its a to, to pay so much for it. But itsjust, its a big to, to pay so much for it. But its just, its a big its a to, to pay so much for it. But itsjust, its a big its a big its just, its a big its a big event. So weve decided to set up a gofundme page , so if anyone up a gofundme page, so if anyone wants to donate, itll go towards, stewards, high vis jackets , walkie talkies, you jackets, walkie talkies, you know, its , you know, its the know, its, you know, its the end of june. So, you know, were going to get far enough. Going to get far enough. Im so just very quickly, slightly related. But you wrote an article last week about the need for mens spaces very much in the news with the garrick club vote this week. Do you think this is the end result of recognition that, you know, by women being different, recognition that, you know, by women being different , that men women being different, that men are also different . I mean, completely i mean, thats always been my stance. You know, every single cell in a humans body dictates that they are male or female. And thats my stance as well. So fair enough. Well, look, good luck to you. Maybe itll inspire a gay men and bi men march , and maybe then also march, and maybe then also a straight march and then also be with the palestinian march. Its going to be an interesting sunday. Well see what happens. Well, thank you very much for joining us. Sorry. Can i just say one really quick thing, so theres, gay mens alternative event taking place on the same day, and the go fund me page. So if so, if theres a surplus, then were going to , donate that to, were going to, donate that to, buyers , place. And that was set buyers, place. And that was set up buyers, place. And that was set p by buyers, place. And that was set up by jk rowling. And its for, up by jk rowling. And its for, victims of sexual abuse. So, yeah, if you want to donate, any surplus will be, well, weve got to go now. Jenny, thank you so much for joining us. Good luck with the event. Right. Theres plenty more to come on free speech nation. Well see you then. 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And then through the day some showers are going to be bubbling up, but High Pressure is going to be dominating into next week. That will keep things a bit more settled. With temperatures also on the rise , that warm feeling on the rise, that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers sponsors of weather on gb news. Theres plenty more still to come on. Free speech nation, this week, we will ask the editor of spiked, tom slater , editor of spiked, tom slater, about the student protesters who needed to be provided with food and water. And myself, krista and water. And myself, krista and bruce will tackle some more questions from our wonderful audience, but lets get a news update first from sam francis. Update first from sam francis. Good evening from the newsroom. Its just good evening from the newsroom. Itsjust gone good evening from the newsroom. Its just gone 8 00 newsroom. Its just gone 8 00 the top story tonight. Rishi sunakis the top story tonight. Rishi sunak is under pressure after a disappointing set of local Election Results. Government minister mark harper, though, insists the conservatives are focusing on the priority of the british people. But opposition parties are now calling for a general election. Mps on the general election. Mps on the right of the conservatives are urging the Prime Minister, though, to be more radical, including former home secretary Suella Braverman. Theres no time to change leaders so the Prime Minister is going to be leading us into the next general election, whether we like it or not. What he needs to do to salvage this dire situation is to accept the enormity of the problem, these terrible results and quickly and urgently change course. So to make sure that there are meaningful tax cuts that people can feel and benefit from, put a cap on legal migration, take us out of the European Convention on human rights so that we actually stop the boats and make sure that we reclaim our streets back from the extremists. Sir keir starmer says he is determined to win the trust of voters back, who turned away from the labour party over its stance on gaza. They lost some stance on gaza. They lost some Council Seats to independents and to George Galloways Workers Party of britain. Pat mcfadden is the vice chair of labour friends of israel, and he told us this morning that the party will support palestinians in government. Government. But two things have guided our position all along. One is our position all along. One is the one that you just mentioned, which is israels right to defend itself after the appalling attacks on october the 7th that will remain. We will stick up for that. But we also want to see a Better Future for the palestinian people. And if we were to be elected at the coming election, that would be a big Foreign Policy priority for us. Us. Pat mcfadden , speaking to gb pat mcfadden, speaking to gb news earlier today. Well, in other news, four men have been arrested after £40 million worth of cocaine was found in east yorkshire. Around 500 kilos of yorkshire. Around 500 kilos of the drug was discovered in the back of a van in a pub car park. Officers believe the haul had been brought ashore in a boat transporting it from a larger vessel off the hull coast. Senior investigators say its a major blow to the organised crime group, which was attempting to smuggle the drugs into the uk. A ten Year Old Girl into the uk. A ten Year Old Girl has died in a house fire in bradford in the early hours of the morning. Emergency services the morning. Emergency services were called to reports of a blaze in kingsdale drive just after 1 00 this morning. A woman and three children did manage to escape the property. They have now been taken to hospital for treatment, though its not thought to be life threatening. Sadly, a fourth child was found inside the house and died at the scene. Investigators are now working to establish what caused the fire in Northern Ireland. A man has been left with potentially life changing injuries after police found him nailed to a fence. Officers have described the attack in the residential area of bushmills as sinister and brutal. The officers that attended the incident also said that two vans had been set on fire near where the man was found. Police are now appealing for anyone with information , or who may have information, or who may have dash cam footage, to urgently call 101. Another small boat crossed into uk waters this morning with at least 50 people on board. It brings the total number of crossings so far this year to now more than 8500. Thats 35 higher than the same penod thats 35 higher than the same period last year. Ministers have blamed the increase in numbers on a surge, they say, in migrants from vietnam. Southern migrants from vietnam. Southern water has said that supplies are now gradually being restored to more than 32,000 properties in east sussex. Homes in Saint Leonards on sea and in hastings have been without water since a pipe have been without water since a pipe burst there three days ago. The damage has now been repaired, but the company says Services Still need to be restarted and weve heard today that actor bernard hill, whos best known for his roles in titanic and in the lord of the fings titanic and in the lord of the rings trilogies, has died today at the age of 79. It comes just hours before the release of his latest project, season two of the drama the responder, with martin freeman. Well, fans of the cinema icon have been sharing tributes on social media and also honouring their favourite performances of his career. For the favourite performances of his career. For the latest favourite performances of his career. For the latest stories, career. For the latest stories, sign up to gb news alerts by scanning the qr code on your screen or go to gb news. Common shirts now, though, its back to free speech nation. Welcome back to free speech nation. Lets get some more questions from this lovely studio audience. Our next question is from pat. From pat. Yes. Do you think that Drew Barrymore was disrespect to cackling Kamala Harris . And am i being disrespectful by referring to her cackle and am i going to be respectful by talking about you being respectful about the cattle is how dare you now i know , so yes, this is now i know, so yes, this is Drew Barrymore, the actor and talk show host Drew Barrymore. Shes been criticised this week for a cringeworthy interview where she carried out with the, Vice President , Kamala Harris. Lets take a look. Ive been thinking that we really all need a tremendous hug in the world right now. Yeah, but in our country , we need you but in our country, we need you to be mamala of the country. Yeah. I to be mamala of the country. Yeah. I mean. Yeah. I mean. Oh, my god, that was disgusting. Disgusting. Pat, what do you think . I mean, that is thats cringe, right . Its the way, all the Mainstream Media treats any democrat, no matter how poor, how no matter how poor the performance of the democrats, they are always sucked up to by they are always sucked up to by the media. That was just a particularly egregious example of that. Of that. So im taking your republican, im to the right of the republicans. Okay. I dont even want to think about that. Right. So, krista mamala , this is this is a new mamala, this is this is a New York Times columnist, he alluded that its racist because theres this kind of its historical blindness to the idea of mammy, which is in films and goodness, what are you what do you make of that . Hes projecting. What hes seeing isnt he . I wasnt thinking that. And i dont think the majority of people i mean, im with you. Its disgusting. I want to be sick. But thats fine. Its for not me, you know . But americas who cares. But americas who cares. Whatever. But sorry, pat. No, i dont feel like ive witnessed some racism, and i need to call it out. Absolutely not. And i think the only bit of racism in the conversation is the guy calling it out. Hes projecting it. Yeah i mean, it would be strange if that happened here. I cant imagine people calling thatcher thatcher. Marla. No, but did anyone actually watch the whole thing . Kamala comes out and says that shes a stepparent. Drews a step parent. And to kamalas children, stepchildren, shes mammola. So thats all drew has said. Okay, so it has been slightly dont get me wrong, it made me want to hurl in the same way that when Nicola Sturgeon used to call herself chief mammy, i thought that was just bizarre. But this is what its about. So whats to do with racism . Someones saying, oh, by the way, im momala to my stepchildren. Well, thats your business. Yeah, yeah, but also as well. Whats happened to Drew Barrymore . It was like she was about to where herself or cry. That was sort overzealous. Called the menopause. So. Oh oh, how dare you. And in this heat, i know, i sympathise, but it does raise slightly wider questions. And thats a really good point about the mullet. Like its a private conversation and widening that. But cresta is the idea that having female leaders that there is meant to be a different paradigm to male is there any such thing as probably. I mean, we love this, dont we . The feminisation of society and Everyone Wants all the women to be ceos and so on. And so on, which but would they be ceos or leaders in a different way, is what im arguing. Well, i write , what im arguing. Well, i write, i dont think individual women Margaret Thatcher is a good example can be unusually masculine. So not necessarily is the answer. Does that make sense . I dont think all. I think the women that tend to end up in positions of leadership are probably there because theyre not typically feminine. They probably have some some masculine discipline kind of traits. On average. Traits. On average. What do you think, daniela . What do you think, daniela . What do you think, daniela . Oh my gosh. Ive just had oh my gosh. Ive just had five days in devon with five kids trapped in a cottage. Never call me daddy, again. Our next question is why cant your dad and pipe down . Wow , i it makes me even more sweat. All right, our next question is from matthew. Hi. Hey, mate. Thank you so much. Is the bbc woke or is Mark Lawrenson just a rubbish pundit . Oh, yeah. Is the bbc woke or is Mark Lawrenson a rubbish pundh . Is Mark Lawrenson a rubbish pundit . Former footballer Mark Lawrenson has hit out at the bbc, where he used to work as a pundh bbc, where he used to work as a pundit on match of the day and football focus. Lawrenson worked at the bbc for 30 years after his playing career ended , but he his playing career ended, but he says he was ditched a couple of years ago because hes 65 and white and the bbc is the top of the woke league. So do you think that . Do you know him . Are you a fan of his at all . You fan of football . I am actually, yes. Yeah, i can tell you, being a lifelong everton supporter, i can confirm that he is a rubbish pundit. Yes this is a Liverpool Everton joke. Theyre very good. Even i know that much. But do you, do know that much. But do you, do you think that he was fired for. Because some people would say its more ageism as opposed to wokeism . Hes 65. I think its a bit of both. So when i watched the interview, he seemed very genuine in his responses and he is obviously getting on in age. And he stated getting on in age. And he stated that he was, being let go for being, i guess a white elderly male. And i think he has a point. I believe thats true. Yes. Yeah. I mean, bruce 30 years. I mean, bruce 30 years. Well, they got rid of ken bruce. I know hes not bruce. I know hes not a football person, but hes another elderly white gentle lady. But but but i mean, in this case, 30 years working in media, thats a pretty good innings. Yeah, exactly. You innings. Yeah, exactly. You know, no one owes you anything. And if youre not under contract and youre not up to snuff, pipe down. You have to go. But heres the heres i guess what hes saying is that he was up to snuff. He was still delivering the goods. He was still he knowledgeable about the sport. If we didnt have die, then wed know, wouldnt we . But once you get die going, nobody knows who got the job on merit and who didnt. And theyll always tell you at the company level. Theyll shout about their prejudices and theyll say, we want to hire more diverse women and blah, blah, blah. And then at the individual level, theyll tell you, oh, this person got there on merit. Now both of those things cant be true at the same time. And if we didnt have di, we wouldnt be asking this question. Wed know he was just rubbish. Should we replace on var just to find out what exactly happened because of course a narcissist is going to say theyre good at the job. Yeah, well thats true. Yeah, well thats true. Well its that amused me. Sorry i mean, look, i dont watch football. I dont know who his replacements are, but i did watch a very good podcast this week, by andrew gold, whos been on this, show called heretics , on this, show called heretics, where he interviews a new football pundit talking about exactly this. Di. They really get into it. They argue it is interesting, but i guess it comes down to how do you prove whether someone is better or worse for the job. And in this case, with football, i have no idea, because , well, no, neither idea, because, well, no, neither do i. But the bbc have been pretty loud about this in the past, havent they . In many organisations . Well, i just said it. They very happy to tell you that they hire this way, so it wouldnt surprise me. Yeah. I mean he also taught as a slightly separate thing, but he talks about how woke they are. But his idea about is how frightened the bbc is and he just keeps on going about how frightened they are. Do you did you get any gist of what they were frightened of . I think he standards it needs to stop. Its gone on too long. I dont think anyones interested. They probably they are frightened about backlash, that theyre not being diverse and their recruitment , yeah. And and their recruitment, yeah. And doctors that needs to stop. You doctors that needs to stop. You know, it does. Honestly, no. All right then our next question then is from andy. Good evening. Evening. Should our loyal friends in ireland join the rwanda migrant screening scheme . Should ireland join the uks rwanda migrant scheme . Yes. So it would be hard to argue that the governments random, migrant scheme has been a runaway success. Its got off the runaway and irelands Prime Minister simon harris, has dismissed the claims. Hes been offered the chance to join it. The uk and irish governments have been at odds recently, as ireland struggles to deal with a number of Asylum Seekers who arrived in recent years. Yeah, arrived in recent years. Yeah, krista, this is issue because 80 of, migrants into ireland are coming through the open border through Northern Ireland. So like we are there, france , we so like we are there, france, we are there. France. So should they join, well , yeah. I france. So should they join, well, yeah. I mean, then it. Yes, i suppose they should, shouldnt they . Although im not really. Rishi seems to think that just the threat of the rwanda scheme is enough to make all these migrants run to ireland. I find that very unconvincing, because we havent we havent seen it happen yet. We havent seen it happen yet. On the other hand, we have seen articles this week about migrants in the uk being beginning to be rounded up by the uk authorities, so yeah, i cant see why they wouldnt want to join it because, well, i think because its seen as a right wing policy and its very unpopular. And of course, the, the irish governments are arguably quite progressive. But then have they not come to bite themselves in the bum by virtue of the fact saying that, that the uk is now unsafe because people are going to be centred around us. So thats why theyre going to ireland now and theyre going to ireland now and they cant hand them back here. Yeah. So yeah, my point is , yeah. So yeah, my point is, where are the people on the borders. Yeah. No no they youre absolutely right in that , they absolutely right in that, they passing legislation now to make the uk a safe place. This is how they do it. So its like they everyone can sort of point from afar. But when the issues of migration overtake national politics, suddenly , then politics, suddenly, then everythings off the table or on the table and everybodys kind of running scared, which is. Yeah. And i bet if you ask the average irish person, are they going to have a referendum about this . Probably not, but i bet theyd be up for it. No, but we are. You have seen these protests in ireland again. The narrative seems to be, and im sure that there are, right wing influencers. I mean, far right can get involved. And this is the problem. If you leave this debate just just untethered, it will then go in that direction. And thats why adults in the room need to have this conversation. Not me though, right. Our next question is from luke. Is from luke. Hi, guys, do trans women need help obtaining breastfeeding support services . Are support services . Are yeah. Do trans women need the help of breastfeeding support groups . Six trustees of a nationwide breastfeeding support group have been suspended for asking that biological men should be excluded. Right the british wing of the la leche league , el tel, which offers league, el tel, which offers support to people finding it hard to breastfeed, have been told that its us board of directors, that the sex service cannot be single sex and must support male lactation. Now, luke , hows your lactation, luke, hows your lactation, well, last time i checked, it was pretty dry , but. Well, you was pretty dry, but. Well, you never know. This whole studio is not helping my lactation. What do helping my lactation. What do you think about this, though . This is incredible, right . I mean, you have the basically the american board and the us and the uk board fighting each other, and then the uk board being suspended. Being suspended. Well, its just completely ridiculous, well, the last i checked, men cant breastfeed physically and the nhs has got precious little money as it is. So we just need to stop this. So we just need to stop this. Well, yeah. I mean, this is a private charity, and i believe those people whove been fired are actually recommend or, refer themselves to the Charity Commission because they are seen to be breaking the law when it comes to same sex booze , relaxation. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Not really. Not really. Like they take everything in. No pun. Its very well. Also the argument the trans activists would argue that trans women can produce a milk , which women can produce a milk, which is this kind of milky substance which theres no proof as to whether actually so its not right. Its very experimental. If they take certain hormones, but theres no idea proof that it actually provides any nourishment to the children. Nourishment to the children. No, im. Yeah im one. We always talk to buy organic. You think that. Yes. This is the problem here cuesta. No no ho. 110. No. But i just i just mean if youre talking about the milky substance and that because i think weve discussed this on headliners or something before, if thats all infused with kind of hormone and not chemicals. Yeah. Yeah you still get rusks. No, seriously, think about the babies in all of this has nothing to do with that. Its about the fact that america is behind us on on this stuff. And Kemi Badenoch is going to get hold of this. And they wont get away with it if theyre getting away with it if theyre getting away with it currently, its not going to last long. Yeah. I mean, this is a charity. Its a you know, its a charity. Its a you know, its a very good charity in that theres been proven scientific benefits for breastfeeding your children and, and a lot of women can find it very difficult and they need that help. And we actually needed that help. And it made a big difference in terms i believe, our childrens health, but also the bonding of the mother and the child. So when these organisations are kind of taken over by identity politics or whatever, theyre losing focus on what theyre there to do. There to do. Yeah, absolutely. Of course they are. And i imagine that trans women do have a lot of problems with breastfeeding, but i dont think this is the charity for them, no. Fine. Fair enough. Get your own charity, our next question is from heather. Hey, heather. Thanks, folks, so , yeah, thanks, folks, so, yeah, diversity is obviously the buzzword of the moment. Do we need more diversity in our train drivers . Drivers . Yeah. Do we need more diversity among train drivers . The National Skills academy for rail, figures show that only 1 in 10 drivers are non white, and they even fewer are women. The industry body says the average driver is 46 male and white, a statistic seized on by the bbc which considers such people to be on a par with puppy torturing sadists. Please sell it now. How sadists. Please sell it now. How did you get here this evening, heather . By train . Yes. Funnily enough, i didnt ask if it was a diverse train driver. I just got on the train and it worked, which was great. You know, thats real. Yeah. Very rare. Yeah. Very rare. It worked, you know. Yeah. I mean, from my point of view, diversity is we Pay Lip Service to it. It doesnt actually mean what it means. You know, it started with good intentions as all these things do. But what happens now is that if you speak to the standard working class person means very little to them. You know . And when you look at the careers of train drivers, its going to be White Working Class men, you know . And thats the reality. And were suddenly discriminating against white middle aged working class men. Yeah, White Working Class multi millionaires. Yeah, White Working Class multi millionaires. Thank you so multi millionaires. Thank you so well, krista, you read the article that was sent out. It was interesting how it presented the information. I thought, because when it started talking about london and these areas are obviously geographically specific. Now, when it came to london and the overground and the tube, actually it was two thirds of the train drivers were people of, were non white. So its when they try and extrapolate. Yeah. To nationally a country thats mostly white. Weve got mostly white, mostly male train drivers is the gist of it. And also the other thing they were saying was that its about age. And obviously these guys, they mostly men, they have a pretty cushy job. Sorry, train drivers, but you do and fair enough. You have your unions and thats thats what it works for you. But theyre not going to be that necessarily eager to retire. So if theyre bringing through new people, i understand the statistics for the new people coming through much more closely matches the wider demographics of the country. So which is what youd expect. Yeah. So i dare i say it, this is a non story for me, mr schaffers always with us, yeah, i dont really understand what their point is. Why are they banging the drum about this . Banging the drum about this . I guess because every industry now, bruce is expected to have an exact representation according to the country. Well, i think over and above that, and im all for diversity. Just recruit more train drivers because we were on the platform on saturday. How many . Odd. Theres no one there. Theres no catering. Theres no this. So as opposed to focusing on representation, i dont know if im wrong in saying that. Why not just get people, whoever they are, to do the job so the trains actually run . Thats what im saying. It was very rare you got on a train that run. So well done. You. Yeah. Congratulations. Right. Next on free speech nation, tom slater from spiked will be here to discuss those fearless radical revolutionary student protesters who also need to be provided with free hot food and water. See you shortly. Koci selamaj. Hey. Welcome back koci selamaj. Hey. Welcome back to free speech nation, a big talking point at the moment is the wave of pro palestine protests, which have been taking place on University Campuses in the uk and the us, where they have often led to violent clashes with the authorities. Several commentators have doubted the sincerity of the protesters , myself included, and protesters, myself included, and were given fuel for their argument. This week when one of the brave radicals at new Yorks Columbia University seemed most concerned about the lack of access to free food and drink, lets have a look. Yes, its ultimately a question of what kind of community and obligation columbia feels it has to its students, do you want students to die of dehydration and starvation or get severely ill even if they disagree with you . If the answer is no, then you should allow basic. I mean, its crazy to say because were on an ivy league campus, but this is like basic humanitarian aid were asking for, like, could people please have a glass of water . No, you cant. Water . No, you cant. To discuss no, you cant. To discuss this, im joined by tom slater, the editor of spiked. Right. All right. Hello. Hello. Hello. Good evening tom. Now, what is the story behind these protests and the demand for the free food and water . Yes. And this was is actually about a day before that these particular set of protests got broken up. But this was the occupation at Hamilton Hall at Columbia University in new york city. And the context for this is that they had just broken into the building, smashed windows, barricaded the doors. Windows, barricaded the doors. This has gone beyond being a peaceful protest, full on kind of civil disobedience, but a few days in, they suddenly decided that actually they werent getting access to the prepaid meal plans which existed on campus. Theyre also upset about the supply of water. So this hilarious impromptu press Conference Takes Place with one johanna king. Slutsky is her name. If this story couldnt get any more ridiculous, but i think it does speak because im sure well get into to the sort of layer of babyish upper middle class entitlement which seems to run through these protests as much as anything else. Yeah, i think i saw a clip just now from someone was trying to hold a, a man hostage. One of the workers of the university was holding, but being held hostage by some multi billionaires son, and it just shows the cosplay here thats going on. And when you and the other some of my favourite clips online at the moment are those clips are where going up to the protesters and saying what are you protesting . And they dont seem to know. No, absolutely. Absolutely. It seems like this has been obviously theres going to be some people there who are really committed to this particular cause. I committed to this particular cause. I think in a lot of cases, theyre posing as humanitarians when really theres a lot of pro hamas sentiment, a lot of anti semitism and all sorts. But theres also a tremendous, like, conformism, to all of this, this is just become, as i say, on the internet, the current thing amongst a lot of university students. Thats not to dismiss the worst extremities of this and to make excuses for it. I think theres been an alarmingly high tolerance for extreme opinions, for outright expressions of anti semitism, and also a lot of tolerance for things that clearly go beyond freedom of speech into harassing jewish students on campus and smashing things up. But i think its a reminder that these protests have been presented as almost like these kids are the successors to the 60s radicals or Something Like that. Theres a complete universe of difference between them, not least because of the fact that their cause is so unjust. I think its ridiculous to compare them to a kind of previous generation, but also because of the fact that when people used to rebel on University Campuses, they would expect a response. They would expect that if youre breaking the rules, that comes with certain consequences. These kids, because theyve been indulged for so long, kind of assumed that they can smash windows and be provided with with refreshments effectively while doing so. So thats a very big difference, i think. I mean, maybe in that way these protests actually serve a function to kind of a course correction to that generation to go. There are consequences to your actions. Well, well, potentially , but well, well, potentially, but it doesnt seem like its really breaking through. Theres been this very bad faith discussion thats taken place, which is to say, oh, this is a free speech issue. Where are all the free speech warriors . And i found that whole element to this discussion really ridiculous. First of all, because particularly in america, and i know we at spikes have done it where there have been instances where there have been instances where peaceful protests, no matter how disgusting i find them, have been broken up, targeted. We saw that in texas recently. Weve seen that other University Campuses just for the content of what theyre saying. Weve come out and condemned that. The thing is that free speech doesnt give you the right to commit violence. It doesnt give you the right to occupy buildings. And if you are to engage in civil disobedience, you should experience, you should expect some sort of consequence, but its just been striking how people who a month ago would have been trying to get a professor fired for using the wrong pronouns are now free speech warriors in the extreme. So i think, again, its the hypocrisy upon hypocrisy. Well, this is it. Its the hypocrisy of that. And then, of course, the hypocrisy of these kind of, you know, micro aggressions that they would have instantly attacked, but then theyre willing to shout for, you know , willing to shout for, you know, genocide of jews and israel and from the river to sea, intifada and try and pretend that these arent codes for violence towards jews , and that also, towards jews, and that also, obviously, i find disturbing the one thing that also that you comment on is just it for me, it bnngs comment on is just it for me, it brings to mind these kind of, those clips of, in china in the sort of cultural chinese cultural revolution. I mean, the way they act together, there is a sort of fascism and a blindness to their actions and the conformity, i guess , is what the conformity, i guess, is what im saying. And its amazing to see that take over in the west in a very privileged way. And maybe the most privileged of people, and its a kind of hysteria as well. And also the other dimension to it, which is so dispiriting, as youve rightly pointed to, is the outright expressions of anti semitism that weve seen. This is something that gets excuses are made for it. People excuses are made for it. People say its just a couple of bad actors, but just at columbia, just at university , jewish just at university, jewish students have been had go back to poland, shouted at them. To poland, shouted at them. Theres been people chanting things like, october the 7th is about to be every day for you guys. Get ready for it. There was an arab israeli gentleman who was due to speak at the university, who punched in the face by people who were putting up the kind of hamas triangle symbol as they did so. And meanwhile, youve got a lot of other students who are just turning a blind eye to this, a lot of academics who are supporting the protesters and turning a blind eye to this. And thats another big difference between, say, what happened in the 60s, like those occupations and protests were in opposition to racism. These are protests that are luxuriating in racism, tolerating racism. So i think giving them that mantle of they are just the logical consequence of years of progressive protest. I think , just gives them far too i think, just gives them far too much credit. Definitely. Yeah. And seeing the people like i was reading today, bette midler coming out in support of them and again, making this comparison with somehow its like the 60s and somehow this is a free speech issue and not its somewhat indicative of the world that we live in now. People not actually looking any deeper at this stuff, just taking the very face value of it. Oh, look, its young people. Theyre protesting. So this is exactly what it was in the 60s. Yeah. And it isnt. No. Itsjust and it isnt. No. Its just vibes. Theyre working off the back of. Theyre just they see a bunch of students who are, you know, dressed like radical young people. Theyre engaged in radical protest and therefore they think, oh, they must be on they think, oh, they must be on the right side of history. They are quite clearly not. And i think its something that really needs to be confronted. Just because young people rebel against something doesnt mean theyre right. I mean, you can reach for the 60s example was one that, in the popular imagination is thought of generally as a positive thing. But there are plenty of examples you know, the in china, the red guards and so on. The, theres other examples across europe we could point to in the middle of the 20th century. Exactly. The students, young people, strangely dont always know best. Absolutely. And thats something that weve forgotten, though, in the west, isnt it . We have this idea that kind of blessed are the children. They will show us the children. They will show us the way. Not always the case. Certainly when youre talking about elite upper middle class kids who seem to have been indoctrinated into some of the most reactionary ideologies of our time at universities. Yeah. And also a lot of these universities, the protests actually is not just these kids. Theres a lot of people, bad faith actors coming in bored of that, who dont belong to university. And ive seen some of those incredible clips ive seen are, them attacking actual students, jewish students, but also just students. These people arent students. And theyre blocking them from getting to their classes. There was incredible clip of an African American man and his niece trying to walk through, and he had a free palestinet and he had a free palestine t shirt on, but because he wasnt with them in the media sense, theyre like literally blocking these kind of, as he calls them, sort of white cosplay. Yeah, sort of white cosplay. Yeah, actors. And it was just and he was there as a student and they werent. And it was, it was werent. And it was, it was unbelievable thing to see. And the violence now, what are the steps though that people can take . Because you say the thing in texas where you saw actually peaceful protests being broken up, but how do you think this is going to end . Is it going to escalate . Is it going to drag on for months, or are they just going to go home because terms over . Well, it seems to be playing out very different and very different University Campuses. Some of them have taken a kind of overly draconian response. I think it would have been better if it never came to the point of universities having to call in police anyway. They should have been able to deal with this internally. I think a big part of the problem is that a lot of these campaigners, whether its on this cause or others, have been indulged for so long, they were they were kind of expected that they could this could carry on indefinitely, there are some places which managed to end it with negotiation, but i think the fundamental here is the fact that, of course, students have free speech rights that american state universities they have, those are actually legally protected at many other private they are anyway. But at the same time, that has certain limits. And i think thats something which these students dont seem to understand. The thing about civil disobedience is you are saying that im so passionate about this cause that im willing to risk expulsion, arrest, etc. You do it anyway because you believe it so much and on the flip side, i think when people look at these protests, they shouldnt just think, oh, theyre young people doing civil disobedience. Therefore it must be good. You could quite easily be doing civil disobedience for most horrendous cause imaginable. And thats what weve seen. So i guess my hope is that these things can be resolved without that kind of heavy handedness. I dont think it had to play out like that. But there is a certain point where if youre stopping other students from going about their lives, if youre hurling constant racist invective and harassment at particular populations on campus, no university would be expected to put up with that indefinitely. Yeah, and shame on goldsmiths university. But that is a separate time that we will get into. Tom, thank you so much for joining us today. Next on free speech nation. New book trans mania has caused a sensation in france , with the deputy mayor of france, with the deputy mayor of paris saying adverts for it should be taken down. One of the authors, dora mutua, will join us to discuss all this and how to pronounce her name. See you r , and, welcome back to free speech nation. France is abuzz at the moment following the publication of a new book about gender ideology called trans mania. The book looks at the implications of transgender ideology in contemporary society and has to led its authors receiving similar treatment to that given to jk rowling in the uk. There have even been calls for the deputy mayor of paris for the adverts for the book to be removed from the streets. The bookis removed from the streets. The book is by dora muto and margaret stern, and dora has been kind enough to join us now. Hello. So hello , where is france hello. So hello, where is france overall in relation to the overall in relation to the overall way of the acceptance of fight back against georgia gender ideology. France is very late on this. Its not like in the uk or in the us , were very late on this the us, were very late on this because most people dont speak english, so they dont know about the crash review. They dont know about tavistock. So theyre still in this idea that we should actually give puberty blockers to children. And people dont have a really critical mindset, against transgender ideology. So were really late. But the book trans mania is actually putting things in front of people. And also there is a law by Le Republicain which is right wing against, children transitioning. So its actually moving and its going to be reviewed by the senate in the end of may, essentially , because end of may, essentially, because in the uk certainly trans activists present any fight back against the ideology as right wing. Although of course, in the uk actually started from left wing and mostly left wing lesbians. Is, is it . But is the fight back in france and from the right wing . And is that how theyre criticised . Criticised . Yeah, exactly. When you when your gender critical, people say that youre from the right wing, this is whats happening to me. I come from the left. Im a feminist from the left. But actually, no media on the left would let me speak. No. Publisher on the left would pubush publisher on the left would publish my book. So i had to find people on the right who were willing to publish it and would let me talk, on tv shows or in the media. So, yeah, thats exactly the same problem. But the difference is that we dont have all the feminists from the left were speaking out, not like in the uk with julie bindel , with catelyn stark, with bindel, with catelyn stark, with jk rowling , in, in france, they, jk rowling, in, in france, they, they stay silent. Yeah. So what has been the reaction then to your book . So youre in a way your book has been that opening salvo in the fight back, right . Yes , exactly. So the yes, exactly. So the reactions are really good on the right wing, really bad on on the rest of the spectrum , so, the rest of the spectrum, so, the book has been the advertisement for the book have been taking have , been, yeah, taking. Have, been, yeah, taking. I dont know how to say in english, yeah. Its been removed from the street of paris, and, also its super, super hard to find the book , except on amazon find the book, except on amazon or online, most places wont sell it. And theyre hiding it. Theyre hiding it behind other books. Theyre hiding it behind other books. So, people really have to books. So, people really have to want to find it, but its first on amazon and, on most, sellers online. Well, that was exactly the same problem here with kathleen stocks book and various others. You had to go in and then, very reluctantly, someone with purple hair would lead you to the back into some storeroom and glare at you like you were this evil person for daring to buy the book, do you think the book will be translated into english . Do you think that there are less lessons or things about the book that unique specifically to france . Yeah, some parts of the book are related specifically to france , because in france, its france, because in france, its free to do a full transition. Its taken we have a french nhs, we will take it fully in charge. So it means that its french tax payers who are actually paying for transitioning. And french people didnt know that. And people didnt know that. And its really expensive for a man becoming a woman is going to be around ,100,000, so french people are really shocked by the idea that its actually their tax. Were financing this ideology, so because in the uk , ideology, so because in the uk, the institutions seem to be still this ideology is still somewhat embedded, which is incredible. Even after the cash support and various, legal wins. But the fight back, definitely. It definitely feels like more of the general public are aware. And now politicians are stepping up their game because they want votes. Is there anything like that with macron in france . No, not yet , i would say yes. No, not yet, i would say yes. Some parts of the right wing are starting to catch up and starting to catch up and starting to catch up and starting to talk about it, but i would say most of the centre and the left are actually, on totally on the other side saying that like there is no feminism without trans women and that, its, its a crime to not give , its, its a crime to not give, puberty blockers to children. So for now , i would say that were for now, i would say that were going in the wrong direction in france , and i think were going france, and i think were going to do exactly, exactly the same mistake , and that it will mistake, and that it will probably only change when some children were going to grow up or going to attack and do lawsuits. I think theyre probably not going to wake up before, unfortunately. Its shame. Yeah, because here we had chiara bell suing the nhs, and i think that exactly woke up a lot of people. But its a shame, of course, that childrens lives have to be ruined to get to that point and even your life. I believe youve been subject to Death Threats and marches yesterday. I saw on your twitter. Yeah, yesterday, hundreds people called for my murder, asking to put me in the rhine river at the bottom of the rhine river. So. Yeah. And tomorrow were doing , like, a conference were doing, like, a conference in a big French University , and in a big French University, and ihave in a big French University, and i have to have the police with me because its getting really dangerous. Well, all i can say is, i remember a few years ago what it was like in this country. The abuse, the Death Threats, rape threats that women got in your position. And because they suck at it, they created change. And i believe you will too. So good luck. Thank you very much for joining. Thank you so much. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Next on free speech nation Green Party Councillors are very different these days. And jemmy carr causes a stir on itv. Its almost time for social sensations. Okay. Its time for social sensations. The part of the show where we look at what has been going viral this week on social media. First up, the green party enjoyed a good week. And the local elections. And their candidates these days dont seem to be the harmless, ineffectual salad munchers that weve grown to know and love. I mean, hello , to know and love. I mean, hello, hello. Hello. No. No. No. Oh, dear. Well, that was a vote that i threw away there. Cressida are. I mean , what what can you say i mean, what what can you say that nick dixon hasnt already said on twitter, its, nothing to do with the green issues, is it that statement . Well, i mean, if hamas starts using biofuel in their rockets, that might help the environment. Yeah. Yeah, that that level of, of firework use isnt usually approved of by green people, is it . I mean, this is i mean, bruce, this is, i dont feel like hes that focused on the sort of, you know , recycling. Well, no, not at all, because hes wearing a leather jacket, hes wearing a leatherjacket, and that really is very dangerous for the environment. Yeah. True enough. Next up, comedian jemmy carr was criticised for being rude and arrogant towards chef Clodagh Mckenna this week on, this morning. Lets have a look. Morning. Lets have a look. So you grab your carcase and you p0p so you grab your carcase and you pop it into a big saucepan, then youve got a bin, some pop it in the bin and then you put in some vegetables like carrots, scallions, celery, the chickens done. Now this on its own is so healing. And lovely and so good. Wait till she finds out about stock cubes. But shes going to feel a fool. Feel a fool. Bruce, this is incredible. They hired a comedian and he was funny. He was. He okay . He was. He okay . I like how she sometimes swears on the show. Its funny. Swears on the show. Its funny. Yeah. Yeah. Not swears. Its really funny. Do you think he was stressing her at all . He was just doing his job, surely. I think shes a woman that can take care of herself. Im not necessarily sure. She was soben and i think. And i think. Leave it. Its all good. Leave it. Its all good. What do you think . What do you think . Do you think . Well, ive got a very controversial opinion. Oh, hello. Somebody in london . Im not a foodie and i dont care. And i think its high time somebody ridiculed the cult of cooking because its not. I just it doesnt appeal to me. No. Fair enough. But watching that clip do you think he deserves. Lets all just stop. Lets start. Start. I wont with krista. And she just eats at mcdonalds every day, but no, seriously, do you think he deserves any criticism at all . Do you think this is ridiculous . I mean, what did you think he was going to do . Youve hired him to do that, and now hes done it. Him to do that, and now hes doneit. Be him to do that, and now hes done it. Be happy. A ridiculous right now is the part of the show were going to talk you through your unfiltered dilemmas. Our first dilemma is from ben on merit is my son went for his first proper party the other night and wanting to be a hipster dad, i sent him on his way with two cans of lager and a pina colada. To my horror, he pina colada. To my horror, he came back from the bash and instead of passing out in a drunken stupor, went straight to the weights room. What have i done wrong, bruce . What has he done wrong, bruce . What has he done wrong, bruce . What has he done wrong . Done wrong . Well, first of all, they have a weights room so high middle class are they . How is life in hampstead . These days . Im a pina colada and lager. Scumb for the ladies, for the ladies, for the ladies. Im a lady and i would turn that down. What do you think, krista . I mean, this is good. Maybe he wanted to work it off. You know, beeris wanted to work it off. You know, beer is very fattening. Have i misunderstood . I think the dad wanted him to go off into the night and find far more pina coladas and come back and be sick and act like a young kid. No, i think he wanted him to use his pina colada. Well, theyre not doing that these days, josh. Theyre all very. Theyre all very. Theyre all living like were dying out as a species. Its the death of love. Theres no tea anywhere. It cant be found. It cant be found. So any advice for the dad, then . Give him heroin. Oh fair enough. My second dilemma is from harry. I really want to go to my school reunion, but im worried my former best mate has not forgiven me for getting off his girlfriend behind his back, which sadly ended our friendship. Do you reckon he will let bygones be bygones . What . Is his friend still alive . Is his friend still alive . Is his friend still alive . Is his friend still alive . I dont know, seriously. I dont know, seriously. Theres. There seems so many things that were not told about. So, you know, if the guys died. So basically just hope. Hes hope hes dead and thatll would you would you forgive anyone for snogging your some guy, your ex . Snogging your some guy, your ex . Well, theres no time scales in this, is there . So we dont in this, is there . So we dont know whether this happened last week or last decade or even further. Its a school reunion. I think that it has to be a certain amount of time that passes between the two. Do it, try it, and email us and tell us what happened. Our final dilemma this week is from carly. An old friend is having a get together next weekend, and i cant stand her mates and need to get out of it. Please can you and the panel come up with a nice and credible but vague excuse . What are all these people whove got these social events here . Invite me to some of them giving it to you. Its very quick. Excuse here. Im not coming. Okay. Not interested. Thats it. All right. What about. Im. You know, what would you say . Tell them youre a tv producer. You dont have nights off, and you cant make it. Okay . Someone is very pretty, stone. And you hate pina coladas. And you hate pina coladas. Okay, well, i might tell her that im in watching free speech nation, and its the best show on tv. And i have to stay in even when andrew isnt presenting. Well see. Or im washing my hair. It could be one or the other. Well, anyway, good luck for that. Well, thank you so much to our audience for joining us this evening. And sweating through the next the last two hours, thank you at home for joining last two hours, thank you at home forjoining us last two hours, thank you at home for joining us for free speech nation. This is the week where the tories were humbled at the local elections. French writers were threatened with death for saying that being a woman is a biological reality. And we finally found out that les dennis, has pronounced thank you very much to my panel, krista wetton and bruce devlin and all of my brilliant guests this evening. And if you want to join us live in the studio and be part of this wonderful audience when we fix the air conditioning, please go to pwc or audiences. Com. Stay tuned for the brilliant mark dolan tonight. Thats next. And dont forget headliners every night at 11 pm, the late night pay per view show where comedians talk you through the next days news stories. Thank you for watching free speech nation. Good night. That warm feeling inside from boxt boilers sponsors of weather on gb news. Hello welcome to your gb news weather update brought to you by the met office. Its going to be staying rather cloudy this evening, but for bank holiday monday, its a case of sunny spells and showers, but hopefully a little bit more settled as we go into next week. But we have got low pressure firmly in charge, especially across southern parts of england. This is brought quite a lot of cloud and rain. That cloud and rain is going to continue to push its way south, push its way northwards, affecting southern parts of wales but generally fizzling out across a Northern Ireland and scotland, holding on to a lot of cloud here. Still some outbreaks of showers, heaviest in the north and east, but a lot of cloud around, so temperatures arent really dipping tonight , arent really dipping tonight, but we could see some mist and fog patches develop where we see the clearest skies as we go through bank holiday monday. Then weve got a few watch points, especially across the southeast england. As we start the day, weve got outbreaks of rain that could turn quite heavy at times elsewhere. Sunny spells, but also some showers breaking out again. Some of these could be on the heavy side , turning dry across Northern Ireland, but rather cloudy. Ireland, but rather cloudy. Temperatures around average but in the sunshine. Feeling warm with highs of 17 or 18 as we go through. Tuesday a drier theme, many places starting off with some sunny spells, but also quite a lot of low cloud, especially across the northeast coast of england. And then through the day , some showers through the day, some showers are going to be bubbling up, but High Pressure is going to be dominating into next week. That will keep things a bit more settled with temperatures also on the rise looks like things are heating up boxt boilers sponsors of weather on gb news. Good evening. Youre watching and listening to gb news. Im sam francis. A look at the headunes sam francis. A look at the headlines at 11 00. The liberal democrats claim that rishi sunak is living on cloud cuckoo land. After a disappointing set of local Election Results for the conservatives this week. The biggest upset saw labours Richard Parker win in the West Midlands, defeating andy street by just 1500 votes. The conservatives also lost all mayoral elections except one. Ben houchen remains in his post in teesside, but labours National Campaign coordinator , National Campaign coordinator, pat mcfadden, says his party shouldnt be too complacent. Shouldnt be too complacent. But two things have guided our position all along. One is the one that you just mentioned, which is israels right to defend itself after the appalling attacks on october the 7th. That will remain. We will stick up for that. But we also want to see a Better Future for the palestinian people. And if we were to be elected at the coming election, that would be a big Foreign Policy priority for us. Us. Weve heard tonight that veteran Party Activist Graham Mccormick has pulled out of the race to become leader of the snp and scotlands next first minister. It leaves just john swinney as the official candidate to succeed humza yousaf, after the former leader announced hes stepping down. Mr mccormick says that hell be backing mr swinneys nomination for the role instead, after the pair had, he said, a fruitful conversation. A candlelit vigil conversation. A candlelit vigil has been held for a teenager who was stabbed in North East London earlier this week. 14 year old Daniel Anjorin was attacked on his way to school by a man with a sword for other people were also injured in the attack. Four men have been arrested. Believe men have been arrested. Believe this is a different story. Men have been arrested. Believe this is a different story. Well this is a different story. Well move on. Four men have been arrested after £40 million worth of cocaine was found in east yorkshire. Around 500 kilos of the drug were discovered in the back of a van in a pub car park. Officers believe the haul had been brought ashore in a boat, transporting it from a larger vessel off the coast of hull. Vessel off the coast of hull. Senior investigators say that its a major blow to the organised crime group attempting to smuggle it into the uk. A to smuggle it into the uk. A manhunt is ongoing tonight for a prisoner whos escaped from jail in suffolk. Ricky wall was reported missing in woodbridge on saturday morning when he