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Is back in britain today , but is back in britain today, but his father, king charles, is too busy to see him. What do you make of that. 7 make of that . Im thousand stranded at airports across britain. Last night, as the e gate system failed. Were you caught up in the chaos . Well be talking to somebody who was. Somebody who was. Men and women are now welcome. The men only garrick club in london voted to allow women to join their ranks after 139 years. And why would we want to . And reform . Uk leader richard tice joins us next to discuss his partys performance at the local elections. Did you vote for them . And weve got an amazing story this morning. The papers about allergies, particularly in children, food allergies, so many kids have got them now. You might have children or grandchildren who have them. Peanut allergies. Well, theres been remarkable results in one study. So were going to be telling you all about that as well. We are you excited about harry being here, arent you, andrew . I think the kings quite right not to see him. Why would you wouldnt trust him . The word he says. I am making this a harry potter jvt zone this morning. Hes here for the Invictus Games. We have to applaud that. Some might say its a one good thing hes done well. Let us thing hes done well. Let us know your thoughts this morning. Gbnews. Com forward slash your safe first for the very latest news with Tatiana Sanchez. News with Tatiana Sanchez. Bev, thank you very much and good morning. The top stories social Media Companies are being warned that they could be banned for those under 18 if they dont keep children safe. The media keep children safe. The media regulator ofcom says platforms must take action to stop their algorithms recommending harmful content to children. Its draft childrens safety codes of practice sets out how it expects some of the worlds biggest onune some of the worlds Biggest Online platforms to protect children online, and penalties for companies who fail to comply. Two thirds of nhs trusts are missing their target to treat patients within 18 weeks of referral. Thats according to analysis by labour. The party says that 114 trusts out of 167 have failed to meet the target in any month since december 2019. Trusts are meant to ensure that 92 of patients are treated within 18 weeks of gp referral. Most trusts also failed to meet targets, ensuring that most patients wait less than four hours in a e departments. The hours in a e departments. The sentence of nottingham triple killer Valdo Calocane will be reviewed by the court of appeal over concerns it may have been unduly lenient. Khalife was given an indefinite hospital order for the manslaughter of barnaby webber, Grace Omalley Kumar and ian coates last june. The 32 year olds pleas were accepted by prosecutors in january after medical evidence showed he was suffering from paranoid schizophrenia. The Attorney Generals Office is expected to argue that he should instead be given a hybrid order, which would see him treated in hospital before being transferred to a regular prison. Transferred to a regular prison. And rail passengers are facing more travel disruption today due to ongoing strikes by train drivers, making it the longest ever dispute in the rail industry. Ever dispute in the rail industry. Members of ever dispute in the rail industry. Members of aslef are industry. Members of aslef are walking out, affecting services across england, wales and scotland. The few services that are running will start later and finish earlier than usual. Aslef says its members havent had a pay says its members havent had a pay rise in five years, and accuses the government of giving up trying to resolve the dispute. For the latest stories, you can sign up to gb news alerts. By can sign up to gb news alerts. By scanning that qr code on your screen. Or you can go to gb news screen. Or you can go to gb news comment. Thats now its back to andrew and. Bev. Andrew and. Bev. Very good morning. Welcome to britains newsroom. Its 935 now then , i think the fact that then, i think the fact that prince harry is here to celebrate ten years of Invictus Games, a wonderful event, a brilliant project is and i think we have to give him some credit on a day like this. Yeah, hes going to a service at saint pauls cathedral later 5 00 actually. So well be there for that, but hell be there for that. For that, but hell be there for that. Well, i wont be there for that. Well, i wont be there for that. Well, i wont be there for that. Im not invited, but. Interesting therell be no member of the royal family there, my understanding. But significantly , harry arrived significantly, harry arrived yesterday. We think hes probably going either later today or tomorrow. The king has no time to see him. Why is that . Its because the king doesnt trust his son. Do we know that . Harry wanted to see him, though . Yeah. He put a statement out yesterday saying that he wouldnt be seeing his father and that hed hoped to see him. But his fathers schedule of events was too busy. He was three miles from the king yesterday at one point, and the king is seeing the. Hes got engagements today. Hes seeing the Prime Minister, for instance, the weekly audience. Instance, the weekly audience. But you can always find ten minutes, half an hour or harry. Well, why do you say poor harry . Harry wrote the book called spare, which dumped bucket loads on his family. They took part in that documentary with Oprah Winfrey which dumped bucket loads on the royal family. All for money. Bev. Yeah, all for money. You reap what you sow. I know, but look, his dads got cancer. His sister in laws got cancer. His sister in laws got cancer. His sister in laws got cancer. If theres never got cancer. If theres never a if there is ever a time to let that stuff go and move forward. This has got to be. It hasnt it . Some people might argue that the stress caused by harrys behaviour may have. Im not saying caused cancer , but it saying caused cancer, but it wont have helped the kings health. Hes a man of 75 and you know what doesnt help . Health as well is not forgiving people. Thats worse forgiving people. Thats worse for your health. There was a story, the paper. We did it earlier in the week, didnt we, about the fact that if you cant forgive and move on, that will make you ill. Isnt this king charles just being a little bit petulant . We know he can be a bit childish and a bit sulky, cant he . Maybe hes just. Hes got to be the adult here, hasnt he, to say to his son, come on then, come and see me. Come and have a cup of tea at the palace. They met before for half an houn they met before for half an hour. What . We dont know is did something that went on between those two men get leaked . Maybe. Well, who knows . Well, maybe. Well, who knows . Well, look, because we dont know what. What . We dont know what the kings cancer. We dont know what it is. And can you have a proper conversation with your son and not talk about the cancer . I suspect he feels he cant. Cant. What a shame. Well, royal biographer Ingrid Seward joins us now to reflect on this a little more. Ingrid, youve heard us talking about it. Now what . What do you make of this and how might it play out between the two of them . Well, i actually agree with both of you annoyingly, but i do remember i have to go back because andrew likes me to talk about what has happened before. I remember diana telling me once that she could not get an appointment with the queen. This is the queen head of state, the, you know, our late queen. So what she used to do. Because. Because the queens diary literally had appointments every 20 minutes. And there was hardly a gap between them. So what diana used to do, because she wanted to see the queen and have a little moan at her about her life. She used to go into the pages vestibule next door to the queens private sitting rooms, and she would wait in there until the visitor that was with the queen left, and then she would run in and literally run in, as only diana could. Run in, as only diana could. Now, unless harry is prepared to do that, i do understand that his father, who as monarch , not his father, who as monarch, not as the prince of waless father, but father as monarch , has very, but father as monarch, has very, very little time to himself and hes obviously very busy today. I believe hes going to a garden party. Hes got hes got his meeting with the Prime Minister, and in between that hes got the business of being monarch. So i think we cant blame charles. And also charles probably feels that anything, anything he says to harry will be repeated, like harry has already repeated. The fact that his father is too busy to see him. Now thats not a very kind thing to say. So but we dont know whats going on on the telephone. We dont know the telephone. We dont know whats going on, on, on, you know, on maybe on email. Maybe theyve been in constant touch. We dont know. And unless harry chooses to tell us, we will never know. Its also quite interesting that the king charles doesnt really care what the public think about him not seeing harry. You know, if he was concerned about public perception, then he would have made time to see him. Perhaps what does it what does it tell us about how king charles wants us about how king charles wants us to view that relationship . Well, king charles wont play to the to the audience. He wont play to the to the audience. He wont play to us, the media, and he wont play to the public, and in particular in this harry situation, its obviously very delicate. I dont believe for one minute that charles has cut harry out of his life or or not forgiven him because hes a very religious man and, you know, religion is all about forgiveness. I dont i think he has forgiven him. I think hes probably very wary of seeing him, but i dont think its because hes cut harry out of his life. I mean, ingrid, i, i mean, we dont know because the king doesnt discuss these things, but there must be a big issue over trust. Over trust. I think theres a huge issue over trust, as i said. I mean, harry has already told us that his father is too busy to see him, which isnt a very. Isnt a very nice thing to say. Better left unsaid. He he could have left unsaid. He he could have said, you know, were unfortunately we both got back to back appointments and its not going to work this time, but ill see him soon. Ill be going up to scotland in the summer to spend some quality time with him. I mean, one of the other. All the royal children say they never really saw their mother at all except up at balmoral. All except up at balmoral. And harry put that. And it was quite interesting because his harrys office put that statement out yesterday. Ingrid didnt saying just that, that harry hoped to see his father, but his fathers diary didnt allow it. Allow it. Absolutely. But, i mean, if harry had said, you know, got them to word it a little differently , he could have said differently, he could have said hed hoped to see his father, but unfortunately, they were both too busy. Would have been a rather kinder sort of remark. Dont you agree with that . Dont you agree with that . Do you see this ever . Can this ever be fixed . I think everything can be fixed if you want it to, but the longer they leave it, the more awkward its going to get, and the more time youre going to need to mend it, so i feel that, well, i think it can be fixed and i think it will be fixed, but i dont think itll be fixed right now. No. All right. Im just going to say. But nobodys even mentioned William Ingrid because there was obviously not even a prospect of a meeting with his big brother. No thats right. Thats right. Absolutely. But the thing that does actually surprise me is that harry hasnt seen kate because he was very, very close to kate. I know hes insulted her, but she seems to me like a very level headed, forgiving sort of lady. And, i mean, maybe he has. Maybe sort of lady. And, i mean, maybe he has. Maybe hes sort of lady. And, i mean, maybe he has. Maybe hes staying down he has. Maybe hes staying down down near windsor. Maybe hes staying at coworth park where he stayed before, and he could be seeing her completely without anyone knowing that that we wont know because, you know, kate will make him say , please, kate will make him say, please, please, please dont say to anyone , okay. Anyone, okay. All right. Thank you. All right. Thank you. Ingrid, a lot of dont knows and a lot of guessing. Yeah, absolutely. Yeah, absolutely. Thank you so much. But ten years of the Invictus Games and that i think, is reason to applaud him at least a little bit. Just to remind you, thats why hes here. Theres a Service Today to mark ten years. The Invictus Games are being held in vancouver in february. And its of course, to help former servicemen and women whove been injured, badly injured but can still compete in sport. Now a nationwide issue is being called with e gates at airports that caused major disruption. Its now been resolved, according to the home office. It said the system was back up and running and there was no indication of malicious cyber activity. This is what you get with facial Recognition Technology. Thats what happened here. The facial recognition broke down. I kind of like that. Broke down. I kind of like that. We were looking at it online this morning, and there popped up the face of gb news director sam morter, who joins us now. Hi sam. So i turn on my phone this morning and there you are telling the world about the chaos at the airport. How was it . Well, 7 well, it 7 well, it was 7 well, it was just so frustrating. Just quickly, this is hugo, by the way. He keeps barking, so im having to hold him. Otherwise hell keep barking all the time, yeah. It was very chaotic. We, just got back from a trip to sri lanka , back from a trip to sri lanka, so wed been flying for 11 hours, as had a lot of people had been, had been flying for a long time. So a lot of passengers, very grouchy and just want to go home. And then we got into the, passport control area, and it was pandemonium. All of the screens were blank. None of them were working on the e gates. So you could see Border Force Officials , frantically running around trying to, alleviate some of the pressure from the amount of people coming in, and they suddenly got a load of, you know, Border Force Officials to try and start manually processing uk passports , but processing uk passports, but there were only i could only see about five people, doing this, for uk passports. And at the for uk passports. And at the same time, youve got hundreds of people, coming in from other flights, which just. Yeah. Meant it was bedlam in there. There was no information being given there was no, tannoy announcement. There was no staff telling people what was going on. They did provide, cans of water to people because they knew, people were going to be, queuing for a long time, but just a lot of angry , frustrated just a lot of angry, frustrated people and a lot of, a lot of because its not the first time that this has happened. Its happened, before. And, they happened, before. And, they cant seem to get it right. How long were you stuck for, sam . I was king for over an hour and a half, which isnt, you know, as bad as what a lot of people had it. I think we landed just as the problem started. So i was relatively towards the front ish of the queue , but i was still of the queue, but i was still waiting over an hour and a half, the people coming in, behind me, they would have had to have queued, a lot longer. They actually stopped letting people into the, passport control area at one point because it got to capacity. Okay all right. Thank you so much, sam. Its nice to see you on the other side of the camera for a change in front of us and victor hugo as well. Thank you for joining us. Do you know what it was . A sweet dog. A sweet dog. Hugo was basically like this is, you know, weve all got the experience of the self checkouts. We hate them in the supermarket. Right. And i never used them ever. And i never used them ever. I always queue up. I always queue up. Well there will be cashier. There will come a time when you literally cant shop because theyre just normal now. They break down. They bring in a human being. This is what human being. This is what happens when you over rely on technology. Technology. I got i had a long weekend in italy recently, just a few weeks ago and they were breaking down. So youre in a queue. It broke. You got into another queue. It broke. It was infuriating. Broke. It was infuriating. It is infuriating. But like i say, its a little bit of me that sings inside when this technology breaks down and why we have to be cautious with it. Where are the staff who used to man the, the booths . Where have they gone . Well, they were all in bed and they had to get them up to come back and help out. But youre right. Where have they gone . What are their jobs . Right. Were going to be talking in just moments to the leader of reform uk, richard tice, about his partys local Election Results. I know a lot of you will be interested in what he concludes about those results from last week. This is britains newsroom on gb news. So we had the big local Election Results, and i tweeted this. Reform uks 30,000 votes cost andy street the West Midlands mayoralty to a labour candidate who scraped home by 1500 votes. Be careful what you wish for. 1500 votes. Be careful what you wish for. Here he is, richard tice. So your lot cost andy street , the West Midlands. Do street, the West Midlands. Do you not believe in competition, andrew . I mean, competition is a good thing, isnt it . And heres the thing. Hang on, let me finish. I think he was a good man. I think you probably agree. No, i dont actually no. The no, i dont actually no. The reality is he was pro hs2, which is a massive white elephant, cost the country tens of billions of pounds. Okay, so on that basis alone he deserved to be fired. And look the reality is we believe in competition. The tories used to believe andy street thinks the party needs to go to the left. Forget that. Why go to the left. Forget that. Why do you think its doing so badly . Because its a socialist party. Itsjust badly . Because its a socialist party. Its just like the labour party. But what do you know about the labour guys . One. One. Now look, im not pro any of them. Frankly theyre both awful. Theyre both forms of socialism. Youre mine. Only got 30,000 votes. Pathetic. Not even 3. But youre now complaining that we stop. Either you believe in competition, andrew, or you dont. Lets move to blackpool south, shall we . Blackpool south, shall we . Blackpool south, we got. What do you get in london . What do you get in london . We got a London Assembly member for the first time okay. So you know and thats under proportional representation which of course is a much better fairer electoral system that most nations, most nations in the western world have that because its fair. I mean, we share first past the post with belarus. Not share first past the post with belarus. Not great company, andrew, is it . Lets be honest. So no, were delighted with the results. First Assembly Member and blackpool south. That was our highest ever. We got within 60 people of beating the tories into third place. Its happening whether you like it or not. We are 30. We are 30. Thats right. And wed love many more people to vote. But the reality is you deal with the situation in front of you and we made great progress there. Were heading upwards in the north in, in ukip got more votes at the same stage after 20 years of trying. Weve been there three years in sunderland , in barnsley years in sunderland, in barnsley were now second to labour. The difference. So in the north, hear me out in the north, in the locals. Were now the party of opposition to labour. The tories are sinking. You may not like it, but the tories are sinking. Doddie weir the tories deserve to sink because theyve been useless. The point is they did so well ukip last time. Nigel farage, if youd had nigel farage on the ticket, much as i love you, richard, youd have done a lot better, youd have done a lot better, youd have done a lot better. And its very exciting because nigels got a big decision to make, hasnt he . Well, why arent he going to make it . Well, you know, i mean, you know, time is, you know, time is ticking by. Hell make a decision in due course. You know, theres lots of opportunities. Didnt seem rushing, didnt seem rushing to embrace your results the other day. Oh. Results the other day. Oh. He was i think he was thrilled with the results. But obviously he was in america doing things in america. And hes more interested. As you know, hes a very fine broadcaster. So hes got hes our honorary president , which which area were you disappointed in your performance . In your performance . In which area in the country would you say . I thought wed have done better. There were delighted everywhere because almost everywhere she cant be delighted. Cant be delighted. Everywhere. Everywhere. Almost everywhere, almost everywhere. About howard cox in london. Mayor. Yeah. Howard pointing. Howard pointing. Well, howard got squeezed in in the desperation to get rid of sadiq khan, which failed. But sadiq khan, which failed. But were delighted we got an Assembly Member and i think in the locals we are within a whisker of our National Polling average. All the media said we never did that well, we did in blackpool south. We beat it. So actually, no, you know were making progress. Roads not built in in hartlepool. This is where youre standing. What happened in hartlepool. Labour crushing victory for labour in hartlepool. What happened to reform in hartlepool because the tories flagbearer , the tories, tories flagbearer, the tories, should have stood down and let us win the seats. But they didnt. You see, theyre now splitting the vote because theyre toxic. Well, youre not standing for down the tories, so why would they stand down for you . Why should we stand down . Were were the party on the down for you. Because they failed. They betrayed the country. Theyve allowed Mass Immigration. Theyre pro nazi. Theyre pro theyre pro nazi. Theyre pro all the policies that are destroying our economy , killing destroying our economy, killing our jobs, destroying our economy, killing ourjobs, killing our our jobs, killing our communities ourjobs, killing our communities like port talbot. Theyre on the way down. If that was a general election, youd probably lost your deposit. Richard in hartlepool. Know how many of your councillors are going to be your candidates for mp . Really good question. Really good question. Ill have to come back to you on that. I know it was a bit of i have lots of data in here. Thats not one of them. Sorry. I dont expect to know the figure off the top of your head, but how many of them are now . So we didnt stand enthused to go forward. And how many of them are demoralised . Demoralised . Oh, i would say lots are enthused. So we stood about 300 councillors and youve got two in the general, in the general. How many councillors, one of which was one of which was a tory council. How many councillors have you got now, richard . Id have to check because weve had i think its two no nonsense. Weve had lots of defections and you wait before the general election, how many did you win last week . It was two. It was two. We won two from the tories. We won two from the tories. Theres a great result there. Two councillors. They won last week. Yeah, because we had a dodgy first past the post system and weve got two seconds. Richard tice always good to see you. Dont go anywhere. This is britains newsroom. Heres the weather. A brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on. Gb news. Hello. Good morning. Welcome to your latest gb news weather update brought to you by the met office. It should be a dry day for most of us. Theres a bit of a cloudier start across the east coast. Thats because some clouds pulled in overnight that should slowly start to burn back throughout this morning and into the afternoon. There could also be some cloudier skies across western coast into this afternoon, but i think many inland areas will see some long lived sunshine. It will feel quite warm in the sunshine , quite warm in the sunshine, however. Notice across northwestern areas of scotland starting to see some rain approach through this afternoon that will mainly be restricted to the western isles, perhaps parts of the highlands, and it will feel a little bit cooler here with a bit of a breeze. But in the sunshine, highs of 21 degrees are expected this afternoon, so a similar feel to yesterday through this evening. That rain will continue to persist across the far north west, turning heavy at times , but it will remain times, but it will remain restricted to the north of scotland. Elsewhere it should scotland. Elsewhere it should stay dry overnight, but again we could see some mist and fog starting to develop. Some drizzly rain is also possible over parts of the pennines, and southern scotland should be another fairly mild night despite any clearer skies, so a bright start for many areas of the uk on thursday. Perhaps some mist and fog that will be fairly quick to clear. And its going to be another dry, bright and sunny day on thursday. However across the far northwest of scotland, still skies will remain cloudier. Scotland, still skies will remain cloudier. Rain should remain cloudier. Rain should start to ease though, as you head towards the afternoon with some brightness developing here as well, but in the sunshine. Highs of 22 or 23 degrees, so rather warm with high uv levels. That warm feeling inside from boxt boilers sponsors of weather on gb news. Way. Very good morning. Its 10 00 very good morning. Its10 00 on wednesday, the 8th of may. This is britains newsroom on gb news with me, bev turner and Andrew Pierce. Well, hes back , prince well, hes back, prince harry. But his dad, the king, too busy to see him. Cameron walker has the latest. Walker has the latest. Yeah. Yeah. Diplomatic response from prince harry after he was snubbed by his fathers busy diary. But as Buckingham Palace shifted the spotlight off of the Invictus Games and onto a rare joint engagement between the king and Prince William , more king and Prince William, more details shortly. Isotherm. Time the bells for isotherm. Time the bells for us, wasnt it . Now thousands of passengers were stranded at airports across britain last night as the facial recognition e gate system failed. Were you caught up in the chaos and how frustrating are you finding these kind of technological meltdowns . Its infuriating , isnt it . Its infuriating, isnt it . Its infuriating, isnt it . And women welcome the men. Only garrick club in london has voted to allow women to join their ranks. After 193 years, their ranks. After 193 years, bev turner is rushing to the door to see if theyll let her join, and an independent review into the bbc. This is great, has told the broadcaster later that it is not racist to air concerns about migration, and that they must view the topic through. They must view it through through a wider political lens. And the home secretary, James Cleverly , says pubs can extend cleverly, says pubs can extend their Opening Hours to 1 am. Goody two shoes, isnt he . If england or scotland make it to the euro 2024 semi finals this summer, how nice of him. I bumped into him last night. James cleverly. James cleverly. Yeah, i bumped into him. And because ive just been to the garrick, see what had happened with the vote. And i told him about the vote and said what was his view . And he was all smiles his view . And he was all smiles because he thought this pub opening thing would be very popular. Itsjust opening thing would be very popular. Its just like a crumb off the table, isnt it . Its ridiculous. Its ridiculous. Oh, if they do well in the football, you can stay open late. Its the patrician attitude. Its this sort of parental. Well, if they do well well let the pub stay open. Well, just the pub stay open. Well, just let the pubs stay open. Doesnt matter whos in the final. The matter whos in the final. The british people are going to want to have a night out and watch it anyway. Yeah, because they will watch it. Even if its belarus versus croatia, i wont, not interested. But yeah , let the interested. But yeah, let the pubs down because actually theyre up against it and have been for years. What are they thinking right. What are they thinking right. Gbnews. Com forward slash your say tell us what they are thinking. If you have any sort ofideas thinking. If you have any sort of ideas about that. First though, the very latest news with Tatiana Sanchez. Bev thank you and good morning. The top stories from the gb newsroom. Social Media Companies are being warned that they could be banned for those under the age of 18 if they dont keep children safe. The dont keep children safe. The media regulator ofcom says platforms must take action to stop their algorithms recommending harmful content to children. Its draft childrens safety codes of practice sets out how to expect some of the worlds Biggest Online platforms to protect children online, and penalties for companies who fail to comply. Energy secretary security secretary clare pochettino told gb news the uk aims to be the safest in the world. When i was childrens minister, i looked at well being and one of the things that i was really interested in was the link between how much time our children are spending online and their mental health. And for me, there was two things. Its what they could access, and im really pleased that were doing that Online Safety legislation because that that will tackle that part. But its also what its stopping them doing. So thats the things that i care about. I definitely welcome governments efforts to act on this and make sure that were the safest place in the country when it comes to sorry in the world. When it comes to being onune world. When it comes to being online for children , two thirds online for children, two thirds of nhs trusts are missing their target to treat patients within 18 weeks of referral , according 18 weeks of referral, according to analysis by labour. The party says that 114 trusts out of 167 have failed to meet the target in any month since december 2019. Trusts are meant to ensure that 92 of patients are treated within 18 weeks of gp referral. Most trusts also failed to meet targets, ensuring that most patients wait less than four hours in a e departments. Shadow paymaster general Jonathan Ashworth says the government is failing to properly fund Britains Health service. Britains health service. This is a consequence of 14 years of the conservatives driving our nhs into the ground. So whats labours solution . We would introduce a proper tax on the very super wealthy non doms, and we would use the proceeds from that to fund extra appointments, 2 million extra appointments, 2 million extra appointments a year in our nhs. So we can start driving those waiting times down. So if youre waiting times down. So if youre waiting for a hip replacement or a Knee Replacement or hernia , a Knee Replacement or hernia, perhaps a cataract operation you need, you can get your operations on time. Too many people are waiting in pain and agony at the moment for an operation. After 14 years of the conservatives the sentence of nottingham triple killer Valdo Calocane will be reviewed by the court of appeal over concerns that may have been unduly lenient. Calocane was given an indefinite hospital order for the manslaughter of barnaby webber. Grace Omalley Kumar and ian coates last june. The 32 year old was found to have been suffering paranoid schizophrenia. The Attorney Generals Office is expected to argue that he should be given a hybnd argue that he should be given a hybrid order, seeing him treated in hospital before being transferred to prison. Rail transferred to prison. Rail passengers are facing more travel disruption today due to ongoing strikes by train drivers, making it the longest ever dispute in the rail industry. Members of aslef are walking out, affecting services across england, wales and scotland. The few services that are running will start later and finish earlier than usual. Aslef says its members havent had a pay says its members havent had a pay rise in five years, and its accusing the government of giving up trying to resolve the dispute. John swinney was sworn dispute. John swinney was sworn in as the new first minister of scotland at a ceremony in edinburgh. In the last hour, he told gb news that its an enormous privilege, its an enormous privilege, its an enormous honour to come to the court of session and to be sworn in in a link to the history and the roots of our country, our democracy and the and the rule of law. So for me, an enormous honour and a privilege to do that and look forward very much to doing so. A big surprise for me and an enormous privilege. And as enormous privilege. And as i said yesterday, i am here to serve everyone in scotland, and i look forward to doing so. I look forward to doing so. In the us, the judge is indefinitely postponed Donald Trumps trial over claims he illegally kept classified documents after leaving office. It had previously been scheduled to begin in just under two weeks time. This decision has been made due to still unresolved issues in the case and because the former president is currently attending a separate trial over hush money allegations. Donald trump denies allegations. Donald trump denies all of the charges against him and last drinks will come a little later. This summer. If england or scotland make it to the euro semi finals, venues will be allowed to stay open for an extra two hours on match days, pushing closing times to 1 am. If either or both teams reach the last four or the final. Most pubs shut by 11 pm, but the law allows some ministers to relax licensing hours to mark occasions or Exceptional National significance. For the latest significance. For the latest stories, sign up to gb news alerts by scanning the qr code on your screen, or go to gb news comment alerts. Now its back to andrew and. Andrew and. Bev. The time is 1007. Youre with andrew and bev on britains newsroom, so people have been getting in touch, says andrew. Read the room. What have we lost . The running order. So tell me whats happening in this programme. Read the room. Reform are the great hope for saving the uk and richard tice is inspiring. My job is to challenge, i think, reform are a breath of fresh air, and they need to keep the tories on their toes and but weve got to challenge richard tice and i dont think it was , tice and i dont think it was, despite what he said last week, a great result, particularly in hartlepool , hed have lost his hartlepool, hed have lost his deposit and mick has got in touch and said move on, you dinosaurs. Thats you and me, right . I suspect Technology Breakdowns are very rare. I dont suspect theyre very rare. Well, hang on, theyre very common. Just go into the supermarket. Just go into the supermarket. Can i just tell you as a dinosaur, who was that . Who sent that message . That was mick. Mick as a dinosaur. I was just two weeks ago in heathrow, and it was chaos with. With the one after another after another after another after another after another. And people got more and more bad tempered because youve been queuing, you almost got to the front of the queue and it went out the machine and they said, its happening all the time, get used to it, because this is what this is what the future is morphing into. And this didnt happen at one airport. This happened at seven. So this was this chaos was replicated throughout the entire country. I dont know what the solution is because we have we cant be luddites. We have to move forward. But we but weve doneit move forward. But we but weve done it without any sort of staff there as well. Its pushing all the profit to the top of these corporations. When i go to the supermarket or deliberately when i stay, they push me, point me towards they push me, point me towards the checkout free, i dont, i queue up for the checkout. Well, for good you. Well, for good you. Well, for good you. We have to. We have to. We have to. We have to do that. We have to do that. I say to self, why are you pushing me somewhere . Youre putting somebody out of a job. James, whos gb news member , james, whos gb news member, has said, well said andrew, andy street was a great mayor he was look, whether he was tory or not, he was a good mayor. And we heard it from nigel nelson, no less yesterday, whos no supporter of the tory party, saying he was a good mayor, very technical. He was a businessman. He proper businessman. He proper experience and im afraid the labour mayor is a dud. Yeah. And roger said, morning. Its time for harry to learn some humility and get a life out of the public eye. Its no way to live trying to prove something to the public. A lot of you are giving me a kick in for being a bit pro, harry this morning. Well, youre a mum and i get that. So youd always want families. Yeah, and i always think about my mums favourite. Christmas was when the family was together. Oh yeah. Oh yeah. Absolutely. All she thought about, all my mum wants. Yeah. Yeah. Always, always. All the children were back. But at what age we were if, if, even if we were under the same roof, we all saw each other. So i get that. But im sorry. Harry has broken a bond of trust with his family, with his brother, with his sister in all, and with his dad. And its hard to fix it. And on that note, Cameron Walker joins us now. And on that note, Cameron Walkerjoins us now. Hi, cameron. Our royal correspondent is in Central London this morning, right. Cameron, whats happening today . Why are we talking about today . Why are we talking about harry and his father today . Harry and his father today . Well, bev, its because prince harry, duke of sussex , prince harry, duke of sussex, will be at saint pauls cathedral this afternoon. And he will want the focus very much to be on the Invictus Games, his Invictus Games , celebrating ten Invictus Games, celebrating ten years of supporting wounded veterans with their recovery through paralympic style competitions and subsequent support. But all the headlines this morning is that he is way , this morning is that he is way, way too. His father is way, way too busy to see him. A spokesperson for duke of sussex yesterday told me that in response to the many inquiries and continued speculation on whether or not the duke would meet his father while in the uk this week, its unfortunately will not be possible due to his majestys full program. The duke, of course, is understanding of his fathers diary of commitment and various other priorities and hopes to see him soon. Now, i think this is an attempt by the sussex camp to stamp out all of this speculation around a potential meeting, thus putting the focus back on the Invictus Games. But its this line that really sticks out to me and its the one that says the duke is, of course, understanding of his fathers diary of commitments and various priorities, because its very diplomatic, its very warm and friendly. It reads like a royal press release, which is in complete contrast to a statement which perhaps we might have got from the duke and duchess of sussex. Just a couple of years ago. If you remember, back in 2021, where the late queen stripped both him and meghan of the honorary military titles and patronages, they released a statement saying that service is universal. Now, friends of the sussexes said that that was in the context of their charity work, but many critics said that that was a very bitter statement and very disrespectful to the late queen. Yesterdays statement, as i said, far more diplomatic, far more warm, which suggests to me that prince harry does genuinely want to try and build more of a relationship between his father and other members of the royal family here in the uk. Now, both Buckingham Palace and Kensington Palace are not commenting on anything to do with the duke of sussex. Neither Prince William or the king are expected to be in saint pauls cathedral this afternoon. But there was the afternoon. But there was the timing of a rare statement from Buckingham Palace yesterday announcing a rare joint engagements between Prince William and the king, scheduled for next week, was announced as prince harry touched down in the uk yesterday. Now, of course, this could just be coincidence , this could just be coincidence, but perhaps the cynic in me would say that this is a bit of a show of unity between the king and his oldest son, while also at the same time his youngest son and the king seemed to have perhaps strained their relations, because there doesnt seem to be ten minutes in the kings diary to see him while hes in the uk now. Meghan is not in the uk either. She is in california. Both him and meghan. California. Both him and meghan. Harry and meghan expected to fly to nigeria later this month to do some cultural visits, and invictus visits too. Okay, thank you cameron. And as we say, prince harry will be arriving there this afternoon. You can watch it on gb news. But joining us now is former royal correspondent for the sun charles rae. Good morning, charles. Good morning andrew. Good morning andrew. Good morning andrew. Good morning. Im defending harry for one day only because i think Invictus Games is a fantastic initiative. He started it ten years ago. Somebody did message our inbox saying it was his grandfather that made him do it, saying it was his grandfather that made him do it , to give his that made him do it, to give his grandson something to do to keep him busy. Dont give him too much credit, beth, but i think thats a bit harsh. Thats a bit harsh. I think youre absolutely right. Beverley on on this on the subject of the Invictus Games, you cannot fault harry and his commitment for those games. Hes done brilliantly and i think the comments about him being so good with with those games , thats where it stops. Games, thats where it stops. After that, its back to , you after that, its back to, you know, harry is basically a back. Know, harry is basically a back. Harry is a what a berk. Harry is a what a berk. Well, thats a i dont hear very often. Charles i, we dont know whats going on behind the scenes, but we were talking to ingnd scenes, but we were talking to Ingrid Seward about it. There must be a trust issue here, charles. Oh, yeah. Ill listen to ingrid. And shes absolutely right. I mean, the fact that its the sussexes office that put out the statement saying why he couldnt meet his dad, now we know he wanted to see his dad because hes over here and the king has not got , as cameron has just not got, as cameron has just said, five, ten minutes to see harry, and that just shows you just how deep the rift is between the sussexes and the rest of the royal family. And it is an issue of trust. You cannot is an issue of trust. You cannot trust harry. Certainly you cannot trust meghan , there is no cannot trust meghan, there is no question about that. And im not surprised that the king is too busy. Im sure he is busy and you would have thought, though, that harry would have sorted this out beforehand. And, you this out beforehand. And, you know, to say, im coming over. Is there any time that we could work it out . And it just goes to show how bad things are between them all. Thats harrys problem, is it . Why does he have to press release everything , charles . Release everything, charles . Because we were all wondering yesterday. Is he going to see the king . But bomb in my inbox comes a statement from prince harrys office saying no, i wanted to see him, but my dads too busy. In other words, charles implying that charles doesnt really care enough to want to see his son. And its interesting as well. And its interesting as well. Dont forget the significance of the announcement that charles and william will be, taking part in a ceremony next week, for william to take over as colonel in chief of harrys former apache regiment. Helicopter regiment, now , they could have regiment, now, they could have waited to announce that when harry was on his way back to california on thursday. But they didnt. They announced that yesterday on his arrival. So that just goes to show that they dont really care about harry any, any, any more. Im sure the king loves harry. Im absolutely certain that there is no father who does not love his son, no matter what the son does. However there is there are times youve got to sort of say, call a halt and say , you know, youre a halt and say, you know, youre overstepping the mark and its down to you now to sort it out. I think harry wants to have a relationship again with the royal family. The way things have been going just the last few weeks, the last couple of months , it looks as if he wants months, it looks as if he wants to get back again, but im not sure that the royal family, particularly william, are interested in any rapprochement. And we know they saw each other. For what . For half an hour before when he was here last time. And you wonder, charles, if something that happened between them or something then was leaked , which something then was leaked, which the king read and thought, that can only have come from harry. Well, it could, it could be that it was only half an hour, and, it wasnt that that long. I think it was just, you know. Oh, god. Harrys here. Well have to. Well have to see him. Its that simple. Lets just get him in for a few minutes and thatll be it. But no, its not in for a few minutes and thatll be it. But no, its not going to happen. And one other thing id just like to say , andrew and just like to say, andrew and bev. Is that, you know, harry and meghan are going off to nigeria quite soon now. How do you spend quite a lot of time and a lot of money in this country going through the courts telling us how dangerous britain is . Hes going to one of the most dangerous countries in the world, and the Foreign Office have still got their alerts in, in, in, in lie in to say, dont go to nigeria. Its not safe. I go to nigeria. Its not safe. I mean, you know, come on, harry, get a grip. Get a grip. Okay charles thank you so much. Charles rae there , i much. Charles rae there, i havent heard a member of the royal family called a berk for a very long time. Much underused word. I think its a good word. Talking of burkes, the bbc have been found in a review to be, reporting immigration in a way that is not balanced. Its a fascinating report. It tells us what we already knew. Well, they were largely and on brexit, the same. But its so nice to see it written down in paper. Yeah. Were going to tell you what theyve been told. Anybody who supported brexit was a horrible racist. That was me. That was me. That was me. That was me. That was me. That was me. This is all about the fact that the bbc have to reflect immigration as also sometimes being problematic to people in this country, and they dont do it enough. Dont go anywhere. This is hugely gb news. Oh stop talking. Its 1021. Oh stop talking. Its1021. Oh stop talking. Its1021. That was mike parry on gb news. Mike parry , stephen pound, mike parry, stephen pound, how are you . Sorry about the train strike, which is hardly getting any coverage because people are sick to death. I am of aslef the to death. I am of aslef the train drivers getting who were already on 64,000 a year. They could have 65 grand a year for a four day week, right . If they accept the offer. But the thing that most irritated me yesterday was i had to get in and out of london for, you know, and out of london for, you know, a job i was doing elsewhere. It took 2. 5 hours to get in in the morning, and 1. 5 hours to get out in the afternoon, four hours to get in our london in a journey that normally takes 40 minutes. But my biggest bugbear is why arent the Rail Companies using the laws . The government have given them to stop these things happening . I dont things happening . I dont understand it. They dont care because you know and i know that if the government actually brought in a no strike law and said, thou shah no strike law and said, thou shalt come to work, theyll just throw a sickie, youve got to negotiate your way around this. You cant use a sledgehammer. Theyve got it in germany. Theyve got it in lots of european countries. Stephen, why cant we do it here . Sorry. Look at. Sorry you look at. I mean, i take your point about germany, but look at the terms and conditions that the terms and conditions that the german rail workers have. Are people would be green with envy. Theyve got fabulous terms and conditions there. Do they get £65,000 a year . They get considerably more than that because they get 100,000 a yearin that because they get 100,000 a year in germany. Theyre very well paid. But stephen, tell me this. If the government goes to the trouble of introducing laws and then the people running the trains, the body that officially runs them ignores them, then weve got anarchy, havent we . And the transport secretary . Does anybody know his name . Yeah. Do you know his name, its. Well, its mark harper , isnt it . But most people, if he walked in, i wouldnt be walking forest of building. Most people wouldnt know who he was. Well, he was Something Else so low profile. But its usually grant shapps, isnt it . Yeah, exactly. Yeah. Hes done every other job. Yeah, i know we werent actually going to talk about that, but im sure a lot of people at home relate to this because a lot of people would have just stayed at uncle greg. Of course they will. Of course they will. Ive just come through paddington station, which is around the corner. There are no trains, there are no people. How trains, there are no people. How do you get a thriving economy when you bring half it to a halt like this . Its hopeless and you cant get through passport control anyway. Anyway. No, i mean, lets not forget stephens mates in the unions. Well, thats it. Absolutely. Well, thats it. Absolutely. Yeah, right. Yeah, right. Can we talk about this new rules . Actually, theyre not rules, are they . Guidance around social media, stephen and children having to confirm who they are with a passport image. Im sorry. The minute you start asking Young Children to actually put their personal details out, their passport details out, their passport details and photographs, you know, that opens the door to the most sinister and horrific potential, you know, not just control, but but you know, this could actually be, you know, commercially useful, all sorts of things. Look, the reality is that kids will find their way around these things anyway. They always do. Im sorry. Where is the element of parental control in this right . Battling against as a parent of two young girls . Ill tell you where it is. Ill tell you where it is. Relentlessly battling against children who are always one step ahead of you when it comes to technology. And i am pretty good, but it is still very, very difficult. But still very, very difficult. But i dont like that this puts me as a parent in a dilemma. This mike, because i want them to watch less inappropriate content , but i dont also want them to think its normal to put their face and their passport or their id. I agree with stephen. I agree with stephen. I agree with stephen. I dont want that to be normal for them. I think its ridiculous. So the lady doing this Michelle Donelan right, shes a technology secretary. She uses the word which i always feel politicians use when they want to say, im getting tough, robust. Yeah. Were introducing robust. Yeah. Were introducing robust age checks. We all know the kids will get over it. And i always go back to the basic premise that i believe in is that if the filthy content wasnt there, the children couldnt access it. Cant we do it from the other end of the telescope and tell the giant Media Companies in america , Media Companies in america, introduce a piece of equipment that means it cant get into the system because they must be able to do it. They make billions of pounds of profits. I can remember writing about this when cameron was Prime Minister. He had a big summit at downing street with google and all those people, and they were going to introduce an opt. You have to opt in to see this muck. Yeah. And its and it was going to happen. It was an agreement. You never happened. You have to opt in to see the porn. Youd have to opt in to see to get into the dark net. Yeah a very simple device. They wont do it. Yeah stephen, because it costs them money. When all else fails, follow the money. Look, people are making a huge amount of money about this. That money is being paid to somewhere where its being paid in bitcoin or sterling or yen. Who knows . But its being paid somewhere. Track the money back and then you will find the source of it. The minute it becomes commercially unviable. Then it stops. But the unviable. Then it stops. But the other thing is people in all weird parts. A lot of this comes from russia. A lot of this comes from, you know, some of the former soviet countries. We should be able to track this back and actually cut it off at source. I think, you know, mike source. I think, you know, mike makes a good point about the wrong end of the telescope. Wrong end of the telescope. Were looking at it in the kids bedroom when we actually looking at it in some sweaty cellar in ekaterinburg. If youre half a dozen cyber pirates , if you ask dozen cyber pirates, if you ask the chinese to stop it happening, they would , because happening, they would, because theyre so good with al, you know, theyre infiltrating every government computer in the world and they would do it the other thing about Michelle Donelan, she says they could be fined up to billions of pounds. Well, they earn about 100 billion a year in a minute. Agreement maybe. Agreement maybe. One good thing i think from this advice is melanie dawes, ofcom chief executive, has said that the companies have to tame these aggressive algorithms. So in other words, if a child looks at content on, lets say, self harming or suicide , the self harming or suicide, the phone will give them more of that content. They have to be. They can switch off those algorithms, they can do that. Thats what they should be forcing. This is the problem. When it links on the thing. I had a situation when i was an mp where we had a Mormon Bishop came to see me. He was complaining about this idea of this underwear that they have the mormons have to wear. Its supposed to be flame proof. And the woman in my office couldnt do it. Need flame proof under. Need flame proof under. Its sort of like a chastity thing, as far as i can gather anyway. But the point being, i googled strange and unusual underwear on my computer in the office, and next thing i know, i was being inundated with a tsunami of absolute crotchless knickers and the foul filth and the porn squad then came round to my office in Parliament Street and said, we understand youve been accessing inappropriate data material, mr power, and im sorry. You know, ihave power, and im sorry. You know, i have no interest, bishop, in edible knickers and the. Well, you know, the Mormon Bishop. Excuse me, by the way. Excuse me, by the way. Yeah, yeah. Too much information there. And do we not think a 13 year old kid is capable of forging a passport identity . I mean, its ridiculous, isnt it . Theyre much. Theyre brighter than the politicians who are coming up of course they are. Its a mess. Its a mess. Its a mess. Now, its a mess. Now, can its a mess. Now, can we its a mess. Now, can we just bnng its a mess. Now, can we just bring you some breaking news, gentlemen . England and Manchester City star jack grealish. Heard of him andrew. Yeah, yeah, hes been fined £666 for speeding at 44 miles an hour in a 30 mile an hour zone in north worcestershire in july last year. I dont think its going to cripple him well, but thatll be what will that be a minutes wage . Yeah. Jack grealish is an interesting character. He was the most fouled player in the premier League Last Year because hes also the most irritating player he is. Hes also the most irritating player he is. Hes hes also the most irritating player he is. Hes the sort of player he is. Hes the sort of person, as mike and i both played football, the sort of person who absolutely had nasty, niggling little back biting goes down all the time with his socks round his ankles all the time, and that ludicrous hairband now losing the room here. Yeah, gentlemen, but the money just to he is capable of a divine ball into the box from time to time. He is. But to put his financial situation into perspective . Hes britains most expensive footballer at 100 million obe. He recently signed a commercial deal to promote boots for 10 million. And see he gets paid about £300,000 a week, so 660. Its ridiculous. Its ridiculous. They should have banned him. No they shouldnt. Example well or fine. If he didnt do well. I mean im sorry, andrew is very fast in a 30 mile zone. Oh no. But heres heres an interesting thing. Im mrs. P is a senior magistrate on the middlesex bench. And shes quite brutal. And when they actually find people, they actually take their income into account. Oh yes. And so if somebody comes up in front of her at uxbridge magistrates and theyre a multi billionaire, they get a multi billionaire, they get a multi billion fine. Well, how did he get £666. Well, weve got the judge , a man city supporter. The judge, a man city supporter. All the sixes. Yeah. All the sixes. Yeah. All the sixes. No, that is remarkable. I read about a bloke who was a ferrari driver who got fined 27,000 on a speeding offence. Yeah, well, that would be better. Yeah, yeah , because. Better. Yeah, yeah, because. And you put the money to some decent causes, i know. Absolutely. Yes. Absolutely. Yes. Absolutely. Yes. And also, if he gets a ban, hell just get a chauffeur. Well, this is, this is the thing. Now we are moving genuinely towards a world in which the super rich can just live free and make no change. Absolutely. Absolutely. You only need normal people who are losing our life communities 3040 beverley. We socialists have been saying that i no actually why cant weird whats happened to politics . Why shouldnt they make him do a bit of Community Service with young lads and young girls who want to play football . That would be really good. Itd be good because he is a role model to some people. He wont need, he wont need a chauffeur because clubs like Manchester City have fleets of 4x4 cars which ferry their players all over the world anyway. So you know what . We didnt even get on to the fact that the bbc is will isnt isnt serving the viewers properly when it comes to the migration. Oh, what a surprise about that. Weve got any new news, first though, heres Tatiana Sanchez in the gp newsroom. Bev turner, thank you very much. The top stories at 1030. Social Media Companies are being warned they could be banned for those under 18 if they dont keep children safe. The media regulator ofcom says platforms must take action to stop their algorithms recommending harmful content to children. 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The guardian points out that the cabinet secretary, the most senior civil servant, was a member. Senior civil servant, was a member. Common senior civil servant, was a member. Common knowledge, member. Common knowledge, actually, yeah, because its not actually, yeah, because its not a secret. But he then quit as a result. Pathetic. And then it went to this vote and theyve now voted to allow women members. Beverley turner clearly isnt going to do that. And a lot more. This is britains newsroom on gb news. Stay with. Us. So. Private members club in london. The garrick club has voted to allow women members for the first time in its history. So its been around for 193 years. Women were not allowed as members, but they could go in as guests of male members. But the vote . There was a vote last night, 60 said time to allow women in on equal terms. We dont really care about being part of a stuffy boys club. And to join us to talk about this is george gilhooly. Good morning, georgia. Do women care about this . Have the care about this . Have the guardian got Nothing Better to do . Apparently not, considering we have a huge range of domestic and global crises ongoing at the moment. I think first and foremost, this was a campaign. Its been successful now by and for elites, i believe the chief reporter at the guardian, who spearheaded this was amelia gentleman. Thats right. And in the initial coverage, she didnt even mention that her father in law, i believe Stanley Johnson , law, i believe Stanley Johnson, obviously the father of former Prime Minister boris johnson, a very influential member of the tory party. She didnt mention that he was a member , which i that he was a member, which i find bizarre. Its something that should have gone on that list. If it was a list of influential members, which it was. So hang on a minute. Whos that . Thats amelia gentleman wrote the story in the guardian. Shes married to joe johnson, boriss brother, boriss brother. And so stanley is a member of the garrick. But she omitted that from her piece. And i think, you know, the majority of british women wont have even heard of the garrick club, nor any sort of private members clubs in london. Its a very kind of, elite inside thing. Its actor lawyers, writers. Yeah. And i think they absolutely have their place, especially for networking with people in different careers or the same career as you. I think they have their Place Holding charity events, that kind of thing, and conferences, but i think , you know, to force but i think, you know, to force women to be a mum to be members doesnt make any sense. Heres the thing. If this is meant to be a feminist campaign to help women, it doesnt work, because why women struggle. I think georgia to get professional advancement because men are not very good at cross gender networking, i would argue. So i think there is a lot of networking goes on in these clubs. Its a lot of backslapping. Theres a lot of, oh, you do a deal with me, ill do a deal with you. We already have members clubs mixed, and that stuff is still not happening. Just putting men and women together in this one space isnt going to help women in terms of cross gender networking. What do they so what do you think is actually behind it . What are they trying to do , it . What are they trying to do, i think theres a certain subsection of the media and the political elite who kind of see these very small issues as kind of getting one over on certain groups of men, people who they may actually, you know , share an may actually, you know, share an office with sometimes. And i think also its very its so easy to focus on something really this minimal that no one actually cares about. They dont want to talk about, you know , want to talk about, you know, historically low conviction rates for Sexual Offences or for female genital mutilation, which usually only happens in certain immigrant communities. These are really uncomfortable moral issues to discuss that often lead to people being offended and that kind of thing. This is very easy because everyone in their friend group, or everyone who might join this club with them, agrees with them. Theyre not changing anything. And as youre saying, its very kind of secluded elite club and its not something thats going to help the majority of women or just women starting out in their career. Career. I can remember back in 2008, when he was leader of the opposition , David Cameron opposition, David Cameron resigned from whites. Now that is probably one of the poshest of the poshest of these whitehall clubs , as i call them, whitehall clubs, as i call them, because it had, women werent allowed. Guess what . Now hes no allowed. Guess what . Now hes no longer Prime Minister. Hes back as a member of whites. Just ludicrous. Sort of the worst sort of virtue signalling. Its all just pr management, really. Its kind of something thatis really. Its kind of something that is filling a gap in the media at that time and can try and help sort of look, make certain mps or lawyers , certain mps or lawyers, charlotte, for example, look better, campaign against us and you have mps backing this campaign who we know attend Islamic Community centres or mosques that have gender segregation, which is absolutely their right as a religious institution to do. But i think institution to do. But i think its evidence of the fact that these kind of segregations exist in certain places, and we ought to respect that. And i think that we dont live in a society like afghanistan or iran, thankfully, where we have very harsh sex segregation, a sort of part of everyday life, i think thats unhealthy and dysfunctional. And what about i mean, im just thinking here, the University Womens club, a haven, its described as a haven in london for educated women. Its been around since 1886. The guardian arent making a fuss about that. Having only women about that. Having only women members. Thats okay. I suppose its because, you know, the majority of people working at the guardian , working at the guardian, especially on this series of reports, will be people who obviously buy into the kind of critical theory nonsense that, you know, women are an oppressed minority, which is odd because women arent really a minority. Theyre roughly half of the population in the uk , and kind population in the uk, and kind of we need, you know, specific kind of discrimination to help us, which is ridiculous, we need to acknowledge , obviously, that to acknowledge, obviously, that women and men are different, you know, for example, in their careers, women, might have different experiences as, because they might get pregnant or Something Like that, but it doesnt mean that we need to force our way into spaces that are meant for men. Also the irony, though, because i cant believe for a second that any of these guardian journalists would want to be a member. Its not like theyre breaking down the door. So they can go and share in this elite social group. Do you think people wouldnt wouldnt it just wouldnt they hate to be spending whatever it is, over £1,000 a Year Membership anyway, well, the reality is that social mobility is at its lowest in 50 years, and in journalism especially, thats, a very difficult issue. And i think its because our comprehensive system just does not help people advance in careers they want. So i think the reality is, if youre working at the guardian, youre part of that elite anyway. So £1,000 a year is sort of, you know, they dont want to go, but but they just want to spoil it for the people. They dont want to be there themselves. Themselves. Where could this go to . If you think about cambridge, newnham college, very famous college run by women for women academics , is that going to academics, is that going to change . Should it change, why should it . Its been very successful for im not familiar with each college, but i think some oxbridge colleges already have started to admit people who identify as the gender they werent born with, that kind of thing. So i think we already see those those walls breaking down. I think its a shame because especially in education, actually, theres evidence that kind of separating boys and girls or young men and women actually helps. Yeah. And thats historically what weve done. You know, for thousands of years. Really. So, yeah. Are you a member of a club, im not ive been to events with them and that kind of thing , i them and that kind of thing, i dont know if i would join one of the future. Its definitely not my list at the moment. Especially as youre saying. Theyre quite expensive. Yeah, id rather join, like, a trade id ratherjoin, like, a trade association that, there are some in the city that for different professions, theres one that journalists can join and they do lots of charity work and stuff. So im thinking of joining that. All right. Thank you georgia. Thank you so much for coming in georgia gilhooly there. Now up next, travel chaos at the airports. This morning, stansted, i think this is what were looking at here. This is stansted. This is the facial Recognition Technology at passport control. Where you stand there, you put your face up against that screen, you hold your passport on the machine, and guess what . The machines broke down. They had to bring in people in seven airports. Was it seven airports, airports . Country chaos. Airports . Country chaos. Right. This is britains whats the time . 1048 britains newsroom on gb news with Andrew Pierce and bev turner. Lots of people getting in touch. Thats right, so kg has said men are happy with women being women. Some women dislike men doing men things simply because some women feel inferior within themselves. Themselves. I was told not just that i was told this lovely story about one member of the garrick whos in his 90s said, we cant have women members. My wife wont let me go to the club anymore. Oh, well, dont you love it . Oh, well, dont you love it . Its brilliant, isnt it . And this. Youve all been getting in touch as well about these digital id fails at the passport control , just a girl who said, control, just a girl who said, you know what replaces the e gates Civil Servants as well . Employees of the airport. Suppose. Wait, its border force. Wait, its border force. Border force . Border force . Border force . Well, border force . Well, yes border force . Well, yes , border force . Well, yes , of border force . Well, yes, of course its border. Its border force. Its border force. Civil servants. Civil servants. Yeah. And they do work with border force. Yeah. And thered be a queue. Theyd ask you questions and. Yeah, as a woman, it only seems to go one way, says joanne. I seems to go one way, says joanne. I dont think many men would bother about women only clubs. Well, thats what i was asking. If you are a member of one of these women only clubs, wed love to hear from you. Maggie who is a member of gb news. Com thank you. Thats the only members club that were on board with. I cant lie , maggie. Board with. I cant lie, maggie. Keep joining us. Keep joining us. Who are women who will join this club . Barristers, crown this club . Barristers, crown court judges. Its hardly open to all ordinary women. Yeah, the i think the criteria is act or legal journey in the Theatre District in london. Yeah it is. Yeah. Its in garrick street. And greg has said id love to hobnobin and greg has said id love to hobnob in the garrick club with the elites just for a day to see what goes on. Andrew pierce can you get me a membership . Thats greg in cumbria. And greg, im not elite. And greg, im not elite. Definitely not. Oh, you are a bit. Get out of it. Get out of it. Its a great place to go. If you have been to the theatre and you have been to the theatre and you want to have a you want to have a beer after the theatre. Yeah, its right in the heart of theatre land. So its very nice. Its a nice club, right . It has been chaos at airports again. Country. Its thousands of people were left stranded because of this passport. It systems, these e gates went down. Passengers had to queue for up to two hours, some even longer i think, because and border staff, good gracious me, they had to manually process their passports and said how terrible is that . Terrible is that . Well, were joined now by the travel editor at the sun, lisa minnow. Good morning lisa, this will make peoples hearts sink as we look forward to the Summer Holidays and the weather getting nicer here. Im actually getting on a plane tomorrow from stansted. Indeed, and it does stansted. Indeed, and it does make me nervous about travelling. We need people to be confident that they can get to the airport smoothly , cant we . The airport smoothly, cant we . But that isnt there at the moment. Lisa no, i mean, you know, this is worrying because this is just the second time in a couple of weeks that weve seen the e gates go down. It happened a couple of weeks ago at certain airports. It was a partial outage. But this total outage thats 270 e gates across all of our airports and not just airports, train stations, all went down at the same time. And delays of up to four hours. Im hearing, because people are being kept on planes because there wasnt enough room in the terminals to have everyone queuing up. So it pretty worrying and comes exactly a year after exactly the same total outage happened in the last may. Bank holiday look, neither of those are technical, but we call it an outage. I mean, effectively its like a power cut. So they all went down. How can it have happened again when we had this big problem a year ago . Why havent they fixed it . Well, it does seem to me that perhaps theres some kind of an issue when youve got lots of people travelling. So this would have been the busiest weekend of the year so far because of the bank holiday. And then of course, by tuesday youve got people coming back, having been away for that lovely long weekend , and it seems to be when weekend, and it seems to be when theres lots of people travelling , the system cant travelling, the system cant cope and weve got to build some kind of resilience into these Technology Systems because 70 of people who are using an airport will go through an e gate. Its not just brits, its people from the eu, from america, canada, australia. Now, if youve actually staffed up your Border Force Staff to only process 30 of the people coming through the airport, it will inevitably turn to chaos. If those gates fail. Those gates fail. The irony is, these wretched things are supposed to be programmed. Yes, lisa. Programmed. Yes, lisa. Yeah, exactly. That and you know, this is the problem. Weve become so much more reliant on these kind of technologies, as you say, Border Force Staff not staffing up in for the number of people at the airport because we rely on the technology. And i think this is a focus of what could come. I mean, weve got, the idea coming at very soon that actually you wont even have to put your passport onto a, onto a little scanner when you go through e gates in the future, it will all be biometric. There will just be checking your eyeball and weve got the new entry exit system to get us in and out of europe coming up soon. Thats going to involve everyone having their fingerprints taken and their eyes checked as well. And all of this involves technology. And this involves technology. And when Technology Goes wrong, thats when we seem to have these really massive problems. Yeah. Lisa, just explain that to our viewers because its got very little press attention here actually, how its changing across europe, how and actually that we will have to be if we want to go into europe, even though were not in the eu. We as british citizens will also have to have our biometrics taken. Thats right. I mean, this is any third party country. Now, this is a long delayed system. This is a long delayed system. Even the eu have admitted that actually this technology is very difficult to put in place. So youve got the entry exit system thats coming in that will involve everybody having their fingerprints taken and their eyes biometrics checked , and eyes biometrics checked, and basically theyll renew it on a sort of rolling basis. But if sort of rolling basis. But if you think about our ports, people who are used to just being able to drive onto a eurostar and eurotunnel train or onto a ferry, now every Single Person is going to have to get out of the car. Its going to have to make sure theyve had their fingerprints and eyes done. Now that is going to involve huge queues , i think. Involve huge queues, i think. And weve already got a house of lords report coming out this week , which is saying exactly week, which is saying exactly that we havent yet addressed whats going to happen when this system finally gets put in whats going to happen when this system finally geenhance ,77 is it supposed to enhance security . Security . Yes. And its something very similar to what were actually going to be doing here in the uk as well. Our systems again will its enhancing security. Its making sure that only people that we want in the country can actually access the country. And we know it wont work like that at all. It will control all of us. Lisa, thatll be always great to see you. Yeah. Its not going to do anything about illegal immigration. If only we could stop it. If only we could stop it. We are all going to be a data set and therefore infinitely controllable. Controllable. I hate these conspiracy theories coming true. What do they do with that information . They dont give it away. And what do they do under a politician that you dont like . Heres the weather. Dont go anywhere. Anywhere. A brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on. Gb news. Good morning. Welcome to your latest gb news weather update brought to you by the met office. Fog and mist should continue to clear through the rest of the day, bringing sunny spells for many of us. However, in the north and west, some rain is likely to arrive across parts of northwest scotland. Thats because weather fronts are still approaching these areas, but elsewhere High Pressure is building in so that should bring plenty of dry weather and bright weather. The best of the sunshine will be across southeastern areas through this afternoon. There could still be afternoon. There could still be some fog and low cloud lingering across eastern coast close to the north sea, and we could also see some low cloud across the south coast as well later on today. But in the best of the sunshine, highs are 22, possibly 23 across central areas of england, east and wales as well. It will be that much cooler underneath the cloud and rain, though , across parts of the though, across parts of the highlands and the western isles, and that rain will likely turn quite persistent overnight. And well push elsewhere into many areas of scotland. We could also see some drizzly rain across parts of the pennines , other parts of the pennines, other areas of Northern England as well, so a cloudier night for Northern Areas in the south, though it should stay dry and fairly clear that we could see some mist and fog around. But its likely to be another fairly mild start to the day on thursday, and i think thursday is going to be a warmer day than today. Therell be more in the way of sunshine for a wider area of the uk, some mist and fog to start. That should clear much more quickly than it has done today. We will see a few more in the way of cloud bubbling up in the way of cloud bubbling up in the afternoon across southern areas that could allow a shower to develop, but i think most areas should stay dry and we could see highs of 24 degrees in the sunshine. The sunshine. That warm feeling inside from boxt boilers sponsors of weather on gb news. 11 am. On wednesday, the 8th of may. This is britains newsroom on gb news with Andrew Pierce and bev turner. So very good morning. An independent review into the bbc has told the broadcaster that it is not racist to air concerns about migration and that they view the topic through a narrow political lens. We could have told them that same old bbc thousands of passengers were stranded at airports across britain last night as the e gate system failed again. That technology now doesnt seem such a good idea, does it . And keeping children safe online, ofcom could introduce strict new age restrictions to use social media. If young people want to check facebook, they will need to have their photo id ready. Photo id ready. And the home secretary says pubs can extend their Opening Hours to 1 am. If england or scotland make it to the euro 2024 semi finals this summer. Hes all heart, isnt he . That James Cleverly . James cleverly . Well, the Hospitality Industry, as you would imagine, is , really welcoming this move. Is, really welcoming this move. But of course, the one caveat is that england and scotland or scotland do very well in the competition. They need to at least reach the semi finals before theres any prospect of a late drink. What are they thinking . Which politician thought i know what well do. Well give the british pubuc well do. Well give the British Public a treat of a little extra hour of drinking. If we do well in the euros. No, just give us that anyway. Help the pubs. We that anyway. Help the pubs. We dont. You dont, we dont. We dont. You dont, we dont. We dont. Here to be given. Like you said before, the crumbs. It is a crumb off the table. Honestly we have a word with them. I bumped into him last night. James creevey, the home secretary, was pleased as punch because he thought that was a good idea. James cleverly, give me a call. Ill tell you what real people think. I wonder if it would come up at prime six questions today. It might do. Tom and gloria are going to be covering Prime Ministers questions for us this afternoon, and they want your questions. What would you ask the Prime Minister today . Gbnews. Com yoursay say first, though, Tatiana Sanchez in the gb newsroom. Gb newsroom. Bev turner. Thank you. Social Media Companies are being warned that they could be banned for those under 18 if they dont keep children safe. The media regulator ofcom says platforms must take action to stop their algorithms recommending harmful content to children. Its draft childrens safety codes of practice sets out how to expect some of the worlds biggest onune some of the worlds Biggest Online platforms to protect onune Online Platforms to protect online children, and penalties for companies who fail to comply. Energy security secretary clare pochettino told gb news. The uk aims to be the safest in the world. When i was childrens minister, i looked at well being and one of the things that i was really interested in was the link between how much time our children are spending online and their mental health. And for me, there was two things. Its what they could access, and im really pleased that were doing that Online Safety legislation because that that will tackle that part. But its also what its stopping them doing. So thats the things that i care about. Im definitely welcome governments efforts to act on this and make sure that were the safest place in the country when it comes to sorry in the world, when it comes to being onune world, when it comes to being online for children, two thirds of nhs trusts are missing their target to treat patients within 18 weeks of referral, according to analysis by labour. The party says 114 trusts out of 167 have failed to meet the target in any month since december 2019. Trusts are meant to ensure that 92 of patients are treated within 18 weeks of gp referral. Most trusts also failed to meet targets, ensuring that most patients wait less than four hours in a e departments. Shadow paymaster general Jonathan Ashworth says the government is failing to properly fund Britains Health service. Service. This is a consequence of 14 years of the conservatives driving our nhs into the ground. So whats labours solution . We would introduce a proper tax on the very super wealthy non doms, and we would use the proceeds from that to fund extra appointments. 2 million extra appointments. 2 million extra appointments a year in our nhs , appointments a year in our nhs, so we can start driving those waiting times down. So if youre waiting times down. So if youre waiting for a hip replacement or a Knee Replacement or hernia, perhaps a cataract operation you need, you can get your operations on time. Too many people are waiting in pain and agony at the moment for an operation. After 14 years of the operation. After 14 years of the conservatives three judges at the royal courts of justice heanng the royal courts of justice hearing a bid to change the sentence of triple killer Valdo Calocane , say theyll give their calocane, say theyll give their decision at a later date. Decision at a later date. Calocane, who has paranoid schizophrenia, was given an indefinite hospital order. Its after he killed barnaby webber. Grace Omalley Kumar and ian coates last june. But the sentence is being reviewed by the court of appeal over concerns it may have been unduly lenient. Rail passengers are lenient. Rail passengers are facing more travel disruption today due to ongoing strikes by train drivers, making it the longest ever dispute in the rail industry. Members of aslef are walking out, affecting services across england, wales and in scotland. The few services that are running will start later and finish earlier than usual. Aslef says its members havent got a pay says its members havent got a pay rise in five years and is accusing the government of giving up trying to resolve the dispute. John swinney was sworn dispute. John swinney was sworn in as the new first minister of scotland at a ceremony in edinburgh. In the last hour, he edinburgh. In the last hour, he told gb news its an enormous privilege and its an enormous honour to come to the court of session and to be sworn in in a link to the history and the roots of our country, our democracy and the and the rule of law. So for me, an enormous honour and a privilege to do that and look forward very much to doing so. A big surprise for me and an enormous privilege and as i said yesterday, im here to serve everyone in scotland, and i look forward to doing so in the us. The judge has indefinitely postponed Donald Trumps trial over claims he illegally kept classified documents after leaving office. It had previously been scheduled to begin in just under two weeks time. The decision was made due to still unresolved issues in the case and because the former president is currently attending a separate trial over hush money allegations. He denies all the charges made against him. And charges made against him. And last drinks will come a little later this summer if england or scotland make it to the euro semi finals , venues will be semi finals, venues will be allowed to stay open for an extra hour or two on match days, pushing closing times to 1 am. If either or both teams reach the last four or the final, most pub shut by 11 pm, but the law allows some ministers to relax licensing hours to mark occasions of Exceptional National significance. For the national significance. For the latest stories, sign up to gb news alerts by scanning the qr code on your screen or go to gb news. Com slash alerts. Now back to andrew and. Bev. To andrew and. Bev. Welcome back. It is 1107. This is britains newsroom on gb news with me bev turner and Andrew Pierce. Well, what about this . Well, what about this . The bbc has been told they must reflect public concerns about immigration. Really thats right. Thats right. This report was commissioned by the broadcaster and they were told it was not racist to discuss the channel. Basically proving what gb news has known all along that a Mass Immigration has an effect on people in this country as well. And we should be okay about that. Nhs, that. N hs, schools, that. Nhs, schools, jobs , wages nhs, schools, jobs, wages editor at large from the mail on sunday, Charlotte Griffiths joins us now. Charlotte good to see you. Were going to talk about the royals with you as well. But first of all it just seems outrageous that the bbc has to have a report commissioned to conclude that they have to take a more balanced approach to immigration. Yeah, its sort of what we all know, and obviously what gb news has been talking about for ages. And in the report it used this word problematic. I have a problem with that word problematic because its widespread now, and its a real sort of woke term that people use. And it also people are very afraid. People are very afraid. Afraid. People are very afraid. This report has shown at the bbc of being problematic. Its sort of being problematic. Its sort of like the worst thing you could be accused of being. And could be accused of being. And so they wont, you know, investigate both sides of the argument in case theyre accused of being problematic or worse, racist. Yeah. And we know its obvious isnt it. Its not rocket science. Massive migration is causing huge problems on for schools, housing, nhs jobs, integration and integration, social cohesion. And we saw some of the results in the local elections last week where muslim candidates, some of whom are islamists who want a muslim caliphate, are now elected members. Yeah. And i think i think what this bbc report is saying is that by completely ignoring other people, you know, in this argument, people in say, kent and just and actually being quite snobbish, i find the bbc is very snobbish towards people who say, gosh, the landscape of my local town has changed. Is it okay to talk about this . And the answer from the bbc is no slap wrists. You know, snobby, you know, youre just sort of lowest common denominator for bringing this up. And its not its a real its a real thing thats happening to real people. And they took the same view on brexit, which they almost ignored. And people who supported brexit were dismissed as nasty, working class, white racist. Right. Thats me. Thank racist. Right. Thats me. Thank you. Yeah. Well the widespread and the report concluded the bbcs coverage should have equal empathy for migrants and uk residents who worry about the impacts of migration. Do you impacts of migration. Do you think it will make any difference to the bbcs coverage . I actually think it could do because it gives people, you know, a license to look at both sides of the story at last without feeling like theyre going to be sort of chastised by their colleagues or by their viewers. I think it could make a difference. Its kind of giving them to use modern woke speak permission to talk about things a bit more openly. Its amazing. Step forward, but its amazing. It takes a report by by the migration Observatory Service done by doctor madeleine sumption to tell them what weve already know. Yeah, but thats classic bbc, isnt it . You have to have a report on the report and the report. Yeah. And then maybe you can say cautiously something thatis can say cautiously something that is just actually a fact that is just actually a fact that we all know. The rest of us know, know here at. Yeah, we need to give we need to give the statement, sir nicholas serota, bbc board member and chair of the editorial guidelines and standards committee, said as recent events confirm, migration is a highly contested area of pubuc is a highly contested area of Public Policy and that is why the bbc reporting on it must meet the highest editorial standards. Meet the highest editorial standards. He goes on. Yeah. Yeah. This Board Commission review finds bbc coverage of migration has many strengths, but it could better reflect the topics complexities as well as ensuring coverage is not overly dominated by political and high profile voices. Right, charlotte . Right, charlotte . Right, charlotte . Lets talk about royals and harry being here today and his father not seeing him. Should we read a lot into that, do you think i actually think we can read a lot into this. Im im actually really surprised. I think this im im actually really surprised. I think this is im im actually really surprised. I think this is the surprised. I think this is the Saddest Development yet actually , because, you know, hes obviously very ill with cancer. He saw his son last time in february. Last time it came over and this is a genuine snub. I mean, this is this is its not a perceived snub. And how he often perceives snubs that are not there. But this one perceives snubs that are not there. But this one is perceives snubs that are not there. But this one is real. You there. But this one is real. You know, he refused to see his son. He couldnt take because theyre saying diary commitments. But everybody can find ten minutes breakfast. Maybe hes the king of england of course he can clear up his diary. Yeah. And actually hes going to be at a Buckingham Palace garden party. I mean, in another world where hell meet 4000 people. Totally. Itll be totally normal for harry to just. You know, be invited along. Sorry, harry. Im busy having this massive garden party. Come and stand by my side for the two hour event. Yeah, lets catch up in between. In between tea or have a chat before. Before we go into the party or after the party number. Theres any number of moments. And what about the announcement, charlotte, that came out yesterday, which you and i both thought, blimey, thats very significant coming out of the palace. Yeah. Yeah. About william and about william and his father. Yeah. So, yeah, there were two announcements. There was, there was harrys yesterday as well, which was also so pointed. But the, the william one was that hes going to do a joint engagement with his father next week, and that william is going to take over very Important Role as head of the army air corps. Well, obviously, this is this is something harry really wanted. And its a regiment that harry served in. It just seemed incredibly pointed. It was the statement was released late last night as all of this stuff about , you know, charles not meeting harry was developing. So it felt incredibly pointed, a bit spiteful, i think. Spiteful i think actually you reap what you sow. I think harrys finally getting a taste of his own medicine. You know, these kind of pointed statements that we get from harry all the time, you know, theyre not being matched by statements by the royals because they cant they just have to keep saying no comment. But they can never complain. Never explain. Never explain. Yes, but they can release pretty savage announcements, such as the one last night, which is that actually williams going to be in charge of that. Do you think, though both of you are much more invested in the royal stories . Youve worked there for years and you among that beat andrew and you do charlotte now, though, is it that it could get to the point where if charles and william are sufficiently mean to harry that it could change Public Opinion and people start to feel sorry for him . It could be. And this is what harrys wanted all along. So harrys said to the world, look how awful they are to me for the last few years. And weve all said, no, thats thats you know, in most cases he brought this on yourself. It was brought on. Brought this on yourself or actually, harry, that wasnt a slight. That wasnt clearly you werent being pushed out. Clearly the queen went to Great Lengths to welcome meghan. Harry lengths to welcome meghan. Harry perceived constantly that he was being pushed out, but now he actually is being pushed out and this could change Public Opinion, by the way. Yeah, maybe. But i suspect it wont because i think people think, as you said earlier, the expression ive used earlier what you say, mate. Yeah and that harry did not have to put that harry did not have to put that statement out yesterday afternoon saying my father is too busy to see me. That was too busy to see me. That was very pointed. It was very pointed. And he said, other , other priorities, said, other, other priorities, didnt he . Which just felt so his father is battling cancer. For all we know, the king was having treatment for cancer. We dont know. Well, its a good point. That is a good point. And we know that when charles comes to london it is to take treatment. It is so yeah, i mean, another argument that people say is couldnt have harry harry have come a couple of days earlier because charles has been completely doing nothing since thursday, and now its one year since he got the coronation and now hes ramped up his commitments. And now harrys come. Well wasnt it archies wasnt it . Archies birthday on monday . Well, harry always manages to you as a child doesnt always manage his his childs birthday because he could have come next week. He could have come last week. He could have come last week. He. There could have been other times. I mean, he knew that this week was going to be very, very busy for his father, whos just started to do events again, which is, you know, brand new really. Hes been kind of laying low for a long time. I just think its all very messy. He could have chosen a better time. And then harrys going to disappear later this week with his wife to nigeria. Yeah, well, this is another reason that charles may have refused to see harry. Because if he has a very important meeting with the king of england and then goes on this pseudo royal tour to nigeria, which isnt a royal tour , its something royal tour, its something theyve taken upon themselves and their complete live wires. They might say anything during that royal tour. Yeah. And if charles had just seen harry beforehand, it could have looked like he was almost endorsing the tour somehow. Yeah. You know, theres any number of reasons why this meeting didnt happen, and i think thats probably one of them, to be honest. Shes wants to get in touch with her colonial roots. Megan, 43 nigerian. Megan, 43 nigerian. Shes found out shes discovered off she goes to nigeria. You know, this is a woman who who has said that the empire, the commonwealth is empire 2. 0. So its pretty you know, she is a live wire. Charles will not want to look like hes approving this message in any way. I dont think actually gone to make a program about herself and therell be a netflix camera crew in tow. Presumably there will be. Presumably there will be. And it will be very scripted and very managed. We know that everything meghan does is very, very managed. So editor at large mail on sunday, Charlotte Griffiths, thank you so much for joining sunday, Charlotte Griffiths, thank you so much forjoining us this morning. Now still to come spanked with a rolled up not me. This isnt andrew pearces weekend plans but a former us president likes it apparently. I wonder which one. I wonder which one. Britains newsroom on gb news roll this up while we just guess which one. Contained. Britains newsroom gbnews with andrew pearson. Bev turner. The panel is back. Mike parry and stephen pound. Right, gentlemen , should we right, gentlemen, should we talk about this bbc, migration coverage about the fact that the bbc handle migration . Iron mike, bbc handle migration . Iron mike, in a very one sided way , that in a very one sided way, that everybody coming here is welcome and it has no impact on the country. Yeah. And im glad that somebody now called them out on this. Well, nobody on the left can say any fault whatsoever in Mass Immigration if they can turn, you know, its all going to revolutionise the economy and they dont see any downside to it. Its amazing, isnt it, that the, the bbc have actually got to sort of get a senior, producer there or a senior programmer to say its not racist to air concerns about migration. Now, isnt it strange that there seems to have come in the wake of what i would say is an unveiling king of wokeism in this country . I mean, this started with the cass report, doctor hilary cass, childrens general report. Its the prime general report. Its the Prime Ministers picked it up and said, youve got to fight back against these woke issues. Okay. You know, the idea here, now that youve got to believe everything you hear on tv from the bbc is being questioned. And thats a good thing, because also there have been a number of complaints recently which ive been aware of, and we must have read about that. The bbc has been less than balanced in its coverage of the middle east, and thats another issue. Its the. Thats another issue. Its the. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Sorry, mike. Yeah. Not at all. But i its the daughter of lord sumption, madeleine sumption , whos done this sumption, whos done this research. And hes been remarkable, i think, in the last few years. Yeah. Providing few years. Yeah. Providing balance in many areas of public life. But heres, heres the thing. Look whos the biggest supporter. The biggest fan of Mass Immigration to this country. It is not the left. Certainly isnt the labour party. We introduced the immigration and nationality act back in 2001. It is the bosses of the big firms and the big factories who absolutely glory in the fact that you can get people here to work in slaughterhouses and chicken farms. Yeah so those are the biggest supporters. But look, yes, thats why they thats why they opposed brexit because they saw brexit as ending a cheap supply of labour. Well im not you know, more about okay. May day the cbi. The trouble is every time ive had an argument with you, youve won. So im not going to have another one. But but its a generally accepted point now isnt it, that, you know, we can have one. I mean, we were supposed to accept the rabid belief all immigration is good for the economy because it improves gdp. But it doesnt, does it . It but it doesnt, does it . It doesnt improve gdp per head. It might overall, you know, go up by 0. 1 through the numbers. Right. But as for the individual wealth of people in this country, that in my view, is going down, and also whos going to accept that the housing crisis in this country is 90 because of the fact that weve got too many people here. And mike made a very interesting point a minute ago about the unveiling of wokester. I dont know if youve been watching Robert Jenrick lately. Robert jenrick you know, the pounng Robert Jenrick you know, the pouring the studios today , who pouring the studios today, who who is certainly on manoeuvres without any shadow of a doubt. Robert jenrick is actually saying a lot of these things about the impact the social and economic and educational impact of mass migration in particular areas, and the lack of total integration. And, you know, you know, just look at the Green Party Council candidates, for example, of that in leeds. Yeah, i think i think mikes right. There is actually i think weve reached a Tipping Point now. I reached a Tipping Point now. I mean, i think theres a good aspect. I mean, wokester just aspect. I mean, wokesterjust meant being a awake and aware of these things, but it got silly. I think weve moved on from that. But watch jenrick, jenrick is on manoeuvres potential future Labour Conservative Party leader. Yeah hes hes hes published 115 page report or 15 page report about how to cut back on legal migration, let alone illegal migration, which is running at three quarter of million. Mike. Mike. Absolutely. And somebody made an observation to me about jenrick this morning, a very seasoned political observer who said that hes had his hair cut like a skinhead. Yeah, hes lost weight. He has and hes trying to look like a political bruiser. So isnt that what osborne did . He did precisely. But it was me. Im afraid i wrote it first. He said a caesar haircut. Hes lost weight. Yes and . And its because hes on manoeuvres. Is that right, andrew . Is that right . Is that right . Thats amazing. Thats amazing. Andrew, this. Andrew, this. Andrew, this. Can i just one last quick thing. This thing about legal migration. When i was an mp, id very often get somebody would come over here to this country to work as you know, in a care home. They could then bring 15 or 16 members of their family over here that is scandalous. And thats being stopped now. Oh yeah. Weve got some breaking news. But also im talking about the bbc. We need to tell you that sir nicholas serota, bbc board member, has said the Board Commissioned review finds the bbc coverage of migration has many strengths, but that it could also better reflect the topics complexities, as well as ensuring that coverage overly dominated by political and high profile voices. Right breaking news former england cricketer Monty Panesar he came on this show announcing that he was going to stand for George Galloways party at the election. Well, now hes announced that hes with. And its all your fault. Its all your fault. That was a car crash interview. Put ten questions to him and he got nine wrong. He has written, i realise i need more time to listen, learn and find my political home. One that aligns with my personal and political values. Well thats a bit disappointing what you make of that, mike, after what you did to him , i was after what you did to him, i was i was about to say, i think he walked out of here pretty stunned, has gone back. And either somebody said to him, monty, that was the worst interview of any political potential candidate ive ever seen. He was he was going to run for a seat in ealing, i think was he ealing . Southall . And we asked him the population of ealing. He said 200,000. Its 360,000. I can, i can virtually name all, all of them. The only question he got right was whos top of the football league. Arsenal. Yeah, but the interesting thing is that, you know, with him he thought that nato was the organisation which was actually, you know, stopping migration. I know , i know, no, migration. I know, i know, no, but come on, im going to defend him a little bit here. We need people who arent afraid to go into public life and into politics. Id love to know whats changed his mind. Know whats changed his mind. Was it just those instincts . I think hes found out he doesnt know anything about politics. And therefore it was a good. I politics. And therefore it was a good. I mean, you know, youve got to hand it now to andrew because there are some people in politics who are the kingmakers and some of the king breakers. We did. We did. We did. We were going to have him do a little quiz music, but we werent allowed to use mastermind, remember . We wanted that as the music. We wanted that as the music. You know, i did get everything wrong. I think this is a bad news story. I think you want people from outside of politics particularly. I would say sport, if youre going to establish that intelligence is a necessary quality to be a member of parliament, you got to have a fairly thin comment. And i remember in 2016, he backed Zac Goldsmith for the tory mayoral. In 2019, he thought case that, whos the current mayor of london, sadiq khan. Khan. He thought sadiq khan. Khan. He thought sadiq khan was going to hand the mayoralty over to him. So hes on quite a political journey here. Well, we wish him luck anyway with his because hes a nice bloke. We talk about donald trump getting smacked on the bottom with the newspaper stephen pound. This has got you written all over it. Sorry, sorry, smacked with a magazine with a picture of his own face on the front of it. But is that what that Victoria Wood thing about smacked me on the bottom with . A womans weekly . Was it . Lets do it. But yeah, this is Stormy Daniels purely in the interests of research. Ive been actually looking into Stormy Daniels, and i discovered that she actually made a film called desert stormy, which was a sort of a take, a take on the iraq war from a most remarkable perspective. I have a porn star they call her an adult. So shes not a flipping adult star. Porn now, remember, children may be watching stephen. Yeah, well , be watching stephen. Yeah, well, not for much longer. They wont. If their parents are in the room, you might. They wont. If their parents are in the room, you might. No, are in the room, you might. No, no, in all honesty, this is just so utterly sordid at every level. The awful business about, you know, the silk pyjamas and the, you know, the all, you know, sits around in his boxer shorts. The stuff he said, she shorts. The stuff he said, she said in court, you know, its well way before, you know, before the watershed. It shouldnt have been said. Will he survive . They did a poll, didnt they, a couple of days ago. And they 80 of the Trump Supporters said whatever happens, theyll still support it. However, 20, which is the highest number ever , has said highest number ever, has said theyre starting to have second thoughts. And in a couple of states, biden , incredibly, is states, biden, incredibly, is ahead of trump. But but the more that comes out, the more people will question whether or not this man can ever return to the white house. I can ever return to the white house. I thought that the you see the stock picture from the courtroom. I thought he looked courtroom. I thought he looked more worried then and older in that shot than ive seen him for a long time. I think his, you know, his total surround of self confidence had kind of disappeared. What is it about us president s . Because ever since john f kennedy, right through to bill clinton and now , trump, bill clinton and now, trump, they take such incredible risks with the opposite sex. You cant believe theyve got the intelligence to be a president and act like they do. Its unbelievable, isnt it . Yeah. And i mean, because i mean , but i wonder how much of mean, but i wonder how much of it is factored in for trump. Well i think we know Matthew Paris had a very interesting article in the times last week and about risk taking in politics. It mike, talking about here and hes talking talking about mark menzies and how some politicians, the whole business of getting into politics is a huge risk anyway. You invest a huge amount of money to get your seat and to get elected. So there is that sort of dangerous risk element about it. But i would exclude jemmy carter from that. Jemmy carter was well, no, he is hard for him. Middle aged babe magnet since it might. Well, we all know hes a middle aged babe magnet. Well, yes, i claim that title, but even jemmy carter , title, but even jemmy carter, believe it or not, said i had lust in my mind. 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The price of gold is £1,852. 35 per ounce, and the ftse 100 is at 8360 points. Cheers. Britannia wine club proudly sponsors the gb news financial report. Financial report. A lot of stories make me angry, but few stories have made me as angry as this morning, right . This is the fact that the government are going to allow pubs to stay open until 1 00 on matchdays, but only only if england or scotland reach the semi finals of the euros this summer will they open them in wales and Northern Ireland till 1 00 . Mark white is with us home and security security editor. Can you just make me feel better about this, mark . Because it makes me want to go and get a tannoy outside 10 downing street and say, dont give us these conditional treats and help the Hospitality Industry. Hospitality industry. I think its marvellous if someone gives me an extra couple of hours, me too, for two hours. But dont make it contingent on something ive got no control over. Oven yeah, well, unfortunately they do have control over licensing hours. Effectively so it is in their gift to give us these extra hours. I thought it was. I thought it was. On whether england do well in the football , and it used to be the football, and it used to be down to the local licensing authority, which is the local council. Well, interestingly, lets just sort of break down, go back a little bit. So this is effectively if either england or scotland get through to the latter stages of the competition. So its a semi finals on the ninth and the 10th of july, and then the final on the 14th of july. If either team or both teams are still in the competition, then, then well get two hours extra. The pubs will be able to open until one in the morning in england and wales, however , there we and wales, however, there we might have the situation where scotland, the Scottish Government are saying, well, its up to local licensing authorities to decide that nothing to do with us in central government. So you could have the bizarre situation if it comes to pass, that they do very well in the competition that scotland is playing, say, in the semi finals of the finals . Lets semi finals of the finals . Lets hope so, then the they cant dnnk hope so, then the they cant drink until one in the morning and bars in scotland and then theyre coming all over the border from my hometown in the scottish borders, right over to carlisle and newcastle to enjoy their drink. So what if they get into the quarter finals and theyre playing each other . The pubs arent going to extend that. Listen, this is it. You know, the whole competition from the very first match in early june when it kicks off. Then of course, people in mid june i should say, people will be at the pub , they will be enjoying the pub, they will be enjoying themselves and some bars, some people already will have late licenses, so people will be able to enjoy the competition. But clearly this is going to be a country wide, relaxation of these powers to allow people to go out and drink. Why are they doing this, mark . Because also, do you know what . The government cant win either way. If they, england and scotland do well and the pubs stay open, the government are then basking in a bit of reflected glory that theyve had nothing to do with. Theyve not kicked those balls in the back of the net. And if we do badly and everyone, everyones already depressed, theyre going to be double punished by the government not letting them have an extra hours drinking, two hours drinking because theyll be watching whoevers in the final. Well, yeah, theres no doubt that it would be a popular move for the government if the nation is caught up in euro 2024 fever. And were doing well either team or both teams in the competition. And there is a relaxation in the licensing laws anyway. Its a kind of relaxation in the licensing laws anyway. Its a kind of remind me anyway. Its a kind of remind me an alderney situation. Remind me, mark, what happened last time because we got in the final. I do remember that and i do remember watching it in a friends house. It wasnt in a pub. Did they extend the licensing . Yeah, the 1 00 in the licensing . Yeah, the 1 00 in the morning. This is this is a thing that happens regularly. It happened during, some of the royal celebrations, the coronation, and i think the queens 90th birthday, there was a relaxation in. I know you wouldnt expect the queen down the pub. Oh, god. The queen down the pub. Oh, god. Ceo is having a pint. So its not without precedent. It has happened on numerous occasions , but, hey, youre just occasions, but, hey, youre just delighted. Not very happy about it. So . So i think many people will be, pretty happy at the opportunity to drink a couple of hours if they. Yes, but just do that anyway. Dont predicate it on whether we do well in the tournament. Just say, you know what . Celebrate doesnt matter if its germany, france in the final , or you france in the final, or you might want to help the hospitality. We might want to go to the pub and drown our sorrows if we lose. Correct . Yeah. Well, theres no doubt the Hospitality Industry have welcomed this move anyway. Welcomed this move anyway. Regardless, theyre expecting theyre up for summer because clearly youve got the euros, youve got all the summer sports like wimbledon and everything that takes place. And then the key one, the olympics that are taking place in paris. So hopefully after really difficult period, obviously covid that theyve gone through, but theyve gone through, but theyve gone through a cost of living crisis as well, which is really affected trade with a very significant number of pubs and bars right across the country. Closing shop because he just cant afford to stay open. Yeah. Yeah. And part of the reason they cant afford to is because the amount of tax the government has put on alcohol, well, indeed. But nobody would be mentioning that when the pubs well, the government extended certainly, benefit from the extra revenue as well because itll come off in tax for them. So everybody wins. So everybody wins. Is scotland going to get to the semi final. The semi final. Well ill just ask a football question im asking. I wouldnt know the answer might might know. Well so are they. I certainly hope so. Whos the manager of scotland. Oh god. Oh dont ask me questions like that. Questions like that. I know the england manager. Southgate, gareth southgate. I saw the play about him. You saw a player, steve clarke. Apparently hes a scottish manager. Who would have known that you didnt know. So out of tune. So out of tune. So out of tune. Is he scottish . Is he scottish . Im a southern softy i dont know. No. No. Well we love you as a southern soft. We do white right. Still to come. We have some great news for people who have peanut allergies. Dont go anywhere. This is britains newsroom on gb news. Very good morning. 1143. Two big Health Stories this morning. Bad news for astrazeneca and good news for astrazeneca and good news for astrazeneca and good news for people who have peanut allergies. Yeah , so doctors have said yeah, so doctors have said that children taking part in whats been called a life transformed Clinical Trial have been enjoying foods which would normally have triggered severe allergic reactions. Lets talk to our health and social Affairs Editor for the sunday express. Lucy johnston joins us now. Good morning lucy. So two big Health Stories this morning. Lets start with the allergy. One. What does this Clinical Trial show us . Well, the trial hasnt ended yet, but already the parents of these children are saying that these children are saying that the children have their lives have transformed because they are able to have significant doses of foods that would have normally caused them potentially deadly, anaphylactic or allergic reactions. And its very exciting because to date, we havent had a Clinical Trial that has shown, you know, that across the board we can help children with severe allergies, and it is the Fastest Growing, one of the Fastest Growing epidemics, food allergies. Its, epidemics, food allergies. Its, you know, debated about why, and its about ten people die every year because of food allergies. Its a growing problem. And despite, rules introduced in 2021 to ensure there was correct labelling on all foodstuffs, still, people are dying and being hospitalised because of allergies , allergic reactions to allergies, allergic reactions to foods. Its often milk or peanuts. So what this trial is doing is desensitising individual trials to those foodstuffs with tiny, tiny amounts and big warning dont try this at home. But its done under clinical conditions and each individual person has, an amount that they can tolerate and that is gradually , gradually and that is gradually, gradually increased. So it just means they dont have to panic and they dont have to panic and they dont have to worry all the time. Potentially because, you know, in case theres cross contamination or they come into contact with with a foodstuff that theyre allergic to. So its not great. So its not great. Its not its not that these children are being given any sort of medicine or any kind of supplements. Theyre just being supplements. Theyre just being given a little bit of each of these allergens in a controlled situation and then building up their resistance. Am i right . Their resistance. Am i right . Exactly. And thats part of the part of the point, a drug company has tried to market this, with a particular drug , this, with a particular drug, which is on offer privately, but it costs about £10,000 a year for people to use it. So theres no i think theres 500 people on the waiting list to try and get that. And no one its not really given out. So what this trial is given out. So what this trial is doing, which is been set up by the natasha Research Allergy foundation and that was the parents of a girl who died of a peanut allergy , or nut allergy peanut allergy, or nut allergy after eating a baguette , theyve after eating a baguette, theyve set up this research foundation. Its funded by the food industry, and its trying to democratise this process so that instead of having to buy a drug, these children are given a tiny, tiny dose of everyday foods in a clinical setting. So its done very safely and theyre followed up very carefully over a whole yean up very carefully over a whole year, just to make sure that, you know, theyre not suffering adverse reactions. So the adverse reactions. So the results arent published yet. I think theyre published in a couple of years. But this the sort of early signs are showing that this is really working for some of the children, and it could be just transformational. Could be just transformational. So yeah, we can we talk to you as well about the oxford and Astrazeneca Covid vaccine, lucy, because this is a huge story, isnt it. Because theyre withdrawing it. It was the vaccine which was used for covid, and this is after they admitted in court, didnt they, that it can cause or has caused a rare thrombotic side effect thrombocytopenia. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Go on lucy. Go on lucy. Well, it it sort of quietly disappeared, didnt it, from , disappeared, didnt it, from, from from the market, and not much was said about it, and it has taken quite a lot of fuss and quite a lot of campaigning, really , from victims of the, really, from victims of the, this vaccine. And i think at the time there were very, fierce questions being asked about the benefits versus the risks to younger populations , regions, younger populations, regions, and it was particularly in young boys that we were seeing, heart problems and those young boys, many people argued , or young many people argued, or young people were not needing a vaccine at all because their own immune system meant that they could cope with covid. They werent at very much risk of dying or getting severely ill from covid. And the fact that these vaccines were they werent mandated , but we were pretty mandated, but we were pretty much locked down unless we were to have one, raised serious questions among some people, so for those victims , its, you for those victims, its, you know, its probably , in some know, its probably, in some ways a good day to see that, you know, this has finally being acknowledged. Yeah. Yeah, absolutely. Lucy. Except of course, that the Drug Companies are immune from any sort of libel claims. And so it is the british taxpayer, despite the fact that these Drug Companies made billions of dollars of profit during the pandemic, we are going to have to pay the compensation because the government allowed them immunity. Theyre saying just the astrazeneca. They were incredibly proud of the role the vaxzevria played in ending the global pandemic. According to independent estimates, over 6. 5 million lives were saved in the first year of use alone. 3 billion doses were supplied globally. Doses were supplied globally. However, theyve withdrawn it globally, which is a huge step. Lucy isnt it a huge step to withdraw it . Yeah well, its you know, there is data , you know, and you can look data, you know, and you can look at data in any way. And they would argue that it did save many lives. And it depends how you, you read the figures, and, and that could well be true. But the point is you do have to prove that you were 60 damaged in order to get compensation. In order to get compensation. And people say that that in itself is quite hard work. Itself is quite hard work. And the people who died, who knows . Yeah, absolutely. Okay thank you, lucy. And the eight people who died from the astrazeneca jab. It was the one that was phased out very, very early for on particularly the under 40 because of the bleeding issues. Right. Your weather dont go anywhere. Dont go anywhere. A brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on. Gb news. Good morning. Welcome to your latest gb news weather update brought to you by the met office. Fog and mist should continue to clear through the rest of the day, bringing sunny spells for many of us. However, in the north and west some rain is likely to arrive across parts of northwest scotland. Thats because weather fronts are still approaching these areas, but elsewhere, High Pressure is building in, so that should bnng building in, so that should bring plenty of dry weather and bright weather. The best of the sunshine will be across southeastern areas through this afternoon. There could still be some fog and low cloud lingering across eastern coast close to the north sea, and we could also see some low cloud across the south coast as well. Later on today. But in the best of the sunshine, highs of 22, possibly 23 across central areas of england , east and wales as well. England, east and wales as well. It will be that much cooler underneath the cloud and rain though, across parts of the highlands and the western isles, and that rain will likely turn quite persistent overnight. And well push elsewhere into many areas of scotland. We could also see some drizzly rain across parts of the pennines, some other areas of Northern England as well. So a cloudier night for Northern Areas in the south, though it should stay dry and fairly clear that we could see some mist and fog around, but its likely to be another fairly mild start to the day on thursday , and i think thursday thursday, and i think thursday is going to be a warmer day than today. Therell be more in the way of sunshine for a wider area of the uk. Some mist and fog to start. That should clear much more quickly than it has done today. We will see a few more in the way of cloud bubbling up in the way of cloud bubbling up in the afternoon across southern areas that could allow a shower to develop , but i think most to develop, but i think most areas should stay dry and we could see highs of 24 degrees in the sunshine. Looks like things are heating up boxt boilers sponsors of weather on gb news. Its wednesday. That means pmqs. Lets go to Gloria De Piero and tom harwood. They are in our westminster studio. Good afternoon to you both. And first of all, can i just say what an amazing job you both did on our local election coverage . No offence , tom, but especially offence, tom, but especially you, gloria, because i dont see you, gloria, because i dont see you as much. Im used to tom being brilliant, but he wouldnt like that. He wouldnt like that. He wouldnt like that. No, it is entirely correct. You were amazing. You said that. You said that constituencies, like nobody other. You did say that to me privately, bev. It is characteristically generous of you to say it publicly, too. Thank you so much. Whatever your pmqs today were going to say its marvellous. Okay. But say its marvellous. Okay. But actually, its not just about you. This programme. It is the you. This programme. It is the alert for people watching or listening wherever you are. If youre going to be joining us for pmqs, we want your questions for pmqs, we want your questions for the Prime Minister or indeed the leader of the opposition. Indeed , please send in these indeed, please send in these questions. But also, when you send your questions, tell us who you are and where youre from. Were going to put them to our excellent panel here in the studio. So thats gbnews. Com forward slash your say to put your questions. Forward slash your say to put your questions. After all pmqs your questions. After all pmqs live is all about you. But live is all about you. But andrew and bev briefly, what would you like to ask the Prime Minister first today. Yeah. Yeah. So i would ask the Prime Minister how relieved is he that the bbc have now got to handle the bbc have now got to handle the immigration issue in a more balanced way, like gb news do . And im going to ask the Prime Minister. I would ask the Prime Minister. I would ask the Prime Minister. I would ask the Prime Minister like donald trump. Has he ever been smacked on the bottom with a magazine beanng on the bottom with a magazine bearing his image . Oh, order, order my goodness, i, i have to say, i thought i guessed what you two might ask. That was not on my list , you two might ask. That was not on my list, but my you two might ask. That was not on my list , but my goodness, on my list, but my goodness, thank you very much. Andrew and thank you very much. Andrew and bev, its fast approaching midday. Midday. This is gb news. Britains election channel. Pmqs live starts right now it it is 1158 on wednesday, the 8th of may. This is pmqs live on gb news with tom howard and Gloria De Piero. In just a moment, rishi sunak and keir starmer go head to head at Prime Ministers questions. At Prime Ministers questions. Well have full coverage of every moment and well be getting full reaction too, from Health Minister Helen Whately and shadow environment secretary steve reed. So weve probably got about one minute 40s before we go live to the house of commons time, labours steve reed, if you had a question today, if you were in Keir Starmers shoes as the leader of the opposition, what would you be asking the Prime Minister . Id pick up gloria on a story i read in the papers today that the government has been releasing prisoners early. They wont tell us how many. They wont tell us how many. They wont tell us what category. They wont tell us why theyre doing it. Other than theyre doing it. Other than they havent built enough prison places. So id want to know why prisoners are not serving their full time in prison for what theyve done wrong. Goodness me, helen wheatley, how would you respond . So i think the Prime Minister would have no problem coming back robustly on our record , on back robustly on our record, on law and order and no doubt talking about policing and what weve been doing, investing in the police and increasing the numbers of police , but also the numbers of police, but also the role of sentencing and how important that is. And we know important that is. And we know that we have to invest and improve our prison estate. So hes definitely hes always got facts and figures to hand. I have no doubt hed come back strongly on that. Do you think the local elections will come up, how how do how important is it not to gloat . Because you had a good night . Night . We had. We had a good night. But, you know, the next set of elections is the general election, and not a single vote has been cast in that yet. So i dont think youll see gloating, but i think you will see a reference to it, because it was our best set of local Election Results for 40 years. Interest ing. Although the Prime Minister has, of course, been trying to claim that its a Hung Parliament thats on the cards. Well, i think the local Election Results come up. And of course they might. One thing the Prime Minister is likely to point out is it wasnt actually such a great night for labour. The results werent as good as labour would have been hoping for. Yes, of course they were tough for us and we know that the last time we had this set of elections was that it was a high point for us as a party and yes, you know, voters sent us a message, but actually there was also a message for labour there that actually maybe voters arent really liking what theyre seeing for labour. And theyve spotted that keir starmer doesnt have a plan. Starmer doesnt have a plan. I have regular discussions with the automotive industry. Ive also , well, it doesnt look astonishing. Uc davis is still there. Uc davis is still there. Uc davis is still there. Questions . Yes, absolutely. Oh, god , its pretty difficult , oh, god, its pretty difficult, isnt it, to respond to the elections. What . I thought , as elections. What . I thought, as you know, im a member of the labour party. I was like, oh, be a bit cautious in how you respond to these results. Dont look like youre measuring the curtains. And i thought, no. Are they on the right side of that . They on the right side of that . Tell me, tell me that. No, i mean, it was a good set of result, you know, the blackpool south by election was the third biggest swing in by election history. Youve got youve got to congratulate chris webb because he you know for him big deal. Hes got a baby 12 weeks old. Hes got a baby 12 weeks old. Its amazing that he could stay at home. Its perfectly possible to prosecute an argument like that isnt it, that on such a low turnout , isnt it, that on such a low turnout, tories isnt it, that on such a low turnout , tories stayed at isnt it, that on such a low turnout, tories stayed at home and theyll be back at the general election . Isnt it . Because if you if isnt it . Because if you if you gloat too much, youre told that youre that youre measuring the curtains. But if you try and downplay it, you give credence to the Prime Ministers . Well, some might say spunous ministers . Well, some might say spurious arguments about Hung Parliament. I think the right thing