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Running for election, she would win by a landslide. Guide my win by a landslide. Guide my thoughts on the woman that went from home wrecker to jewel in the royal. Crown. Two hours of the royal. Crown. Two hours of big opinion, big debate and big entertainment. Its saturday night and its the long bank houday night and its the Long Bank Holiday weekend. Lets have a debate and lets have a laugh as well. Crack open a bottle of something cold and fizzy and ill see you after the news headunes ill see you after the News Headlines with ray addison. On. Headlines with ray addison. On. Thanks, mark. Good evening. Our top stories tonight. The prince and princess of wales have said they are incredibly sad to hear of the death of an raf pilot after his spitfire crashed into a field in lincolnshire for the ministry of defence has described the incident , which took place near incident, which took place near raf coningsby, as a tragic accident. Police and emergency accident. Police and Emergency Services responded just before 120 this afternoon and the pilot, who has not yet been named, was declared dead at the scene. Its thought that the aircraft was taking part in a battle of Britain Memorial event. The mans family has been informed and an investigation is now underway. Rishi sunak has described the pilots death as awful news, while sir keir starmer said he was deeply saddened. Well, sir ed davey has saddened. Well, sir ed davey has claimed that the lib dems are way more in tune with young voters after sir keir starmer pledged to lower the voting age to 16. Sir ed pointed to his partys position on housing gaza and the eu as examples of their youth appeal. The major parties have been pitching their messages to voters on the first weekend of the Election Campaign. Speaking to reporters, the labour leader said young people deserve to have their say. I want to see 16 and 17 year olds voting. They can go out and work, they can serve in our armed forces. And of course, if they are out and working, they pay they are out and working, they pay tax and therefore they should have a say over how the money theyre paying in is being used. So yes , i want to see that used. So yes, i want to see that vote for 16 and 17 year olds if you can work, if you can pay tax, if you can serve in your armed forces, then you ought to be able to vote well, the Prime Minister is claiming voters and their families would be at risk under a Labour Government. Posting in a long thread on x, rishi sunak claimed that labour doesnt have a plan and said that would give our enemies the chance to take advantage of our weakness. The tories are trying to make security a key dividing line between themselves and sir Keir Starmers party, after pledging to raise defence spending to 2. 5 by 2030, and finally, a 17 year old boy from lancashire remains in custody after being arrested on suspicion of murder after a woman was found dead on a beach in bournemouth late last night. Dorset police said they were called to reports of two women stabbed on durley chine beach at around 1145. A 34 year old was pronounced dead at the scene, while a 38 year old was taken to hospital with serious injuries, where she continues to receive treatment. For the latest treatment. For the latest stories, you can sign up for gb news alerts by scanning the qr code on your screen, or go to gb news. Com slash alerts. Now back to. Mark. To. Mark. Thank you ray. Welcome to a busy mark dolan tonight in the big story. A year on from his resignation from itv, has Phillip Schofield served his time out of the spotlight . Should he be back on the box . And would you like to see him here gbnews . Also, why is sir keir starmer is trying to win over readers of the daily mail and rishi sunak hits back at a slur from labour. Well bring you all the latest drama from the Election Campaign and in my take at ten, looking forward to this. A new poll shows that 82 of the public admire Queen Camilla. If she was running for election, she would win by a landslide. My thoughts on the landslide. My thoughts on the woman that went from home wrecker to jewel in the royal crown. Thats my take. At ten in an hour with me tonight, my top punst an hour with me tonight, my top pundits Jasmine Birtles, Christopher Biggins and nina myskow. Plus the most important myskow. Plus the most important part of the show, your views, they come straight to my laptop. Gb news. Com securise. And this show has a golden rule we dont do boring. Not on my watch. I do boring. Not on my watch. I just wont have it. A big two hours to come and weve got good vibes because its saturday and its the bank holiday weekend. So lets have some debates and lets have a laugh along the way. We start with my big opinion. A new Study Reveals opinion. A new Study Reveals that working from home increases the risk of being overweight and depressed. In other news, the pope has catholic leanings and bears do toilets in wooded areas. An analysis of 5000 employees from several uk businesses by the Health Insurance firm vitality found that 12 of people who are fully remote suffer depression, and a whacking quarter of workers. Whacking quarter of workers. Thats right, 25 of workers become overweight. People who become overweight. People who stay at home are also more likely to have joint or back pain, and an extraordinary 87 of those not going to the office had at least one muscular, skeletal condition, suggesting that being confined to the house may not be optimum for your wellbeing. Who knew . Now this follows the news that billionaire entrepreneur sir jim ratcliffe, co owner of Manchester United , who won the Manchester United, who won the fa cup today, has ordered all admin staff at man united to go back to the office. The obvious conclusion is that whilst some people are productive indoors, working from home is largely the preserve of the lesser ambitious and the less productive. And with this latest research , the with this latest research, the long term sick are part of the problem as well. For anyone doubting that this new arrangement is having an impact, its also been revealed that work from home is fuelling the afternoon leisure economy , with afternoon leisure economy, with golf clubs and hair salons doing a roaring trade. Theres a surprise now. For some, working from home is an opportunity to work more efficiently and save on travel costs. Many of you have told me that you love working from home, and its a great success, especially if youve got kids or a pet. Fair enough. But for too many, particularly in the Public Sector , it strikes me as an sector, it strikes me as an excuse to sit around all day baking banana bread and watching baby reindeer hour on netflix. And its astonishing how that many people, so many people now flatly refuse to go back to the office. Post pandemic, it seems that employees think that theyre the ones in charge and not the bosses. There are wider implications working exclusively from home is bad for the economy. Starving local businesses like cafes , dry businesses like cafes, dry cleaners and City Centre Pubs of trade from office workers. Another british billionaire entrepreneur, sir james dyson, has said that work from home is a productivity disaster and is stifling innovation because people have ideas together in a room, in an office, not on a screen. Dyson, the vacuum cleaner tycoon , says that work cleaner tycoon, says that work from home sucks, hoovering up precious resources. Youre welcome. Kevin ellis price of pricewaterhousecoopers, a large accountancy firm, has said, and i quote, the Business Case is clear. Our i quote, the Business Case is clear. Our Economic Research suggests that a gdp cost of around £15 billion a year is at stake, factoring in not only reduced spending by office workers, but the opportunity cost of people and businesses not being clustered together. Not being clustered together. Money aside, its good for peoples emotional and spiritual wellbeing to actually get together and work in the same environment for at least some of the week to be creative , to the week to be creative, to interact, to problem solve and to incorporate newer employees who are learning the ropes. You who are learning the ropes. You shouldnt have to beg people that youre paying good money to come back and work in the office, especially civil servants. Whoever wins the election , were going to have to election, were going to have to boost productivity and grow the economy to escape our current High National debt and to pay for ever more expensive public services. The vitality survey services. The vitality survey does suggest that hybrid working could be the answer. With a few could be the answer. With a few days in the office and a couple of days at home, ive got no problem with that. I do it myself. But wait till you hear myself. But wait till you hear this more people who work from home call in sick. Thats right. More people who work from home call in sick than those who go to the office. So theyre calling in sick even though they are already at home. They cant come in today, but they werent coming in anyway. They need to stay in bed, but they were in bed. Make it make sense . The bed. Make it make sense . The office or factory , or wherever office or factory, or wherever the business is located is a hub , a social, creative and professional focal point. A professional focal point. A place to chat about last nights coronation streets, to moan about your kids or husband, and to confide in a colleague about a problematic boss or co worker. The office is about celebrating success together and making strategies when things arent working. And what about the Office Romance . If youre stuck at home, you wont be enjoying the pleasure of those stolen glances from sandra in sales or ray in accounts. Good old ray. Absolutely packed into that primark suit of his. And what primark suit of his. And what people dont realise is that if productivity drops and the business suffers as a result of work from home, companies will ultimately lay people off. So working from home full time is a risk to your career. Ultimately, risk to your career. Ultimately, the problem is theres no accountability. With too many accountability. With too many work shy employees browsing ebay for fashion bargains, planting daffodils in the garden and opening their first bottle of san miguel at four in the afternoon. As they perused their last emails of the day. What they dont realise is that one of those emails could come with a nasty attachment a p45. Work a nasty attachment a p45. Work from home doesnt work. Your from home doesnt work. Your reaction gb news. Com forward slash your say or get to your feedback shortly. But first tonights top pundits. We have journalist and authorjasmine journalist and author Jasmine Birtles. We also have writer and tv personality nina myskow and legendary actor, comedian and presenter Christopher Biggins. Lovely to see all three of you. Jasmine. You work in the world of work. You run a very of work. You run a very successful business which is called money. Magpie comm , which called money. Magpie comm, which is a financial a Consumer Financial website. Is that financial website. Is that right . What are your thoughts about work from home . Is it a mixed bag or does it not work altogether . Yeah, it is a mixed bag and i totally agree with everything that you say, particularly when it comes to civil servants. I it comes to civil servants. I mean, golly, i think weve all experienced it. You know, youre phoning up and theres just nobody answering, nobody doing the work. Hmrc horrendous. The work. Hmrc horrendous. The passport office. The passport office. Yes. And then you know, insurance companies, Broadband Companies i mean theyve always been bad but theyre far worse now. So absolutely people definitely need to get into the office. However in my business money magpie. Com, weve been working from home for the last ten years, so you know, im very im 5050. Its the first time youve got properly dressed. Got properly dressed. Oh pretty much im in my pyjamas most of the time. Yeah but actually i say that you see the people who work for me, they , theyre either in relationships or theyve got families or as you say, theyve got dogs. Me i live on my own. So what i do is i go to a workspace because ive always worked for myself. Ive always been freelance , never had a job. Been freelance, never had a job. Nasty things. Jobs. No no no. Dont want have a job. So ive worked for myself and i know that if i stay indoors all day, ill get fed up and lonely and ill get fed up and lonely and ill be watching telly. So ill be watching telly. So i belong to a workspace. I go to work where there are other people around and i have friends and i can have a coffee or, you know, i can just pop in and out and that to me is a nice way to do my work. So that effectively means that work from home doesnt really work for you actually. Really work for you actually. Youre more productive if you can go somewhere and be around other people. Absolutely. Nina has worked from home, gone too far. I honestly think it has. I really do, because the part of mixing with other people, and when you particularly in the Creative Industry, you need to spark off other people. Of course. Of course, youre not in the Creative Industry if youre very much not completely non creative in the civil service, frankly. Yeah, then then thats a different matter. Then thats a different matter. But even so, i mean, ive heard stories of, of this is just hearsay of somebody who works for the home office , from home for the home office, from home in liverpool and goes to the golf club. Yeah, almost every afternoon. And his wife just moves the mouse on the on the on the computer a bit. Yeah i mean, its absolutely shocking. The trouble is when i first went, i first went freelance. Freelance in 1987. And for the first three weeks, i didnt know what to do with myself. I felt like a balloon that someone had let go of the string i thought i should be doing something, so i realised i had to put discipline into into my life. I had to get up and get dressed. The trouble is, people are, you know, they whinge about covid and lockdown , whinge about covid and lockdown, but theyre actually doing it to themselves. Theyre locking themselves. Theyre locking themselves down. Well, this is a legacy of covid, isnt it . Its crazy. Its crazy. But they didnt like it. But but theyre reproducing. It begins. Begins. What do you think . What do you think . I think its very important to get out and be social, to meet people, to discuss things, to talk about life, to talk about what you saw on Television Last night. Its just a communication. You cant do that at home. Sitting in front of a terrible camera. I mean, i terrible camera. I mean, i loathe that when people say, oh, youve got to go on, you know, do like this programme, you know, its just not right. Yeah. Its vile. I think its you. You its vile. I think its you. You lose that communication, which is so important in life. Christopher, what about the people who are saving 100, £200 a month on train fares or bus fares, who are spending more time with the family and are less stressed . Yeah, but are they less stressed, do you think . Well, some family, some say, well it could be worse. It depends how big the kids are, doesnt it . But some argue that it allows them to focus more on the work for a shorter penod more on the work for a shorter period of time, and then they can take exercise, walk the dog, pick the kids up from school and not work well. They would argue they work more efficiently, that when you go to the office, you get distracted by things. Unnecessary meetings except the man who just talked about who goes plays golf and his wife moves the i got to say, my local wetherspoons is heaving at three in the afternoon on wednesday. Although, that said, why am i there . Yeah. Well yeah, i think its i think its a good idea to do the hybnd think its a good idea to do the hybrid thing. I mean, maybe have one day at home. Yeah, at the absolute most. Yeah, at the absolute most. Yeah. Okay. Get a balance. Yeah. Okay. Get a balance. Well listen folks, what do you think does work from home work for you. Let me know gb news. Com forward slash your say coming up next in the big story a year on from his resignation from itv has Philip Schofield served his time out of the spotlight . Should he be back on the box . And would you like to see him here gbnews . Well debate that next. From home wrecker to the jewel in the royal crown. Ill be tackling Queen Camilla at 10 00. In my take at ten. But first, its in my take at ten. But first, wsfime in my take at ten. But first, its time for the big story. And tomorrow sees the one Year Anniversary of the departure of Phillip Schofield from itv after he admitted lying to his employers and his agents about what he described as an unwise but not illegal relationship with a young producer on this morning. But as the silver haired star returns to social media, has he served his time . Should Phillip Schofield be back on the box . Ill get the views of the hamiltons in just a moment. Who are no stranger to a little scandal and bouncing back from it. But first of all, lets speak to my top pundit, a broadcaster and legendary actor, Christopher Biggins. Biggins, Christopher Biggins. Biggins, you know schofield. Do you think he served his time . I do think he served his time and i think it was rotten that he was actually asked to leave, at the beginning. I mean, you at the beginning. I mean, you know, what was it . It was it was an affair which, you know, the sex. Somehow everybody thinks its terrible. I mean, obviously there are places where it is, and we can think of a lot of people from the bbc whove been involved. But i think this was with someone who was legitimate. It wasnt he wasnt a child, and it wasnt he wasnt a child, and isuppose it wasnt he wasnt a child, and i suppose the fact that he lied was unfortunate. But, you know, i think he should come back. Hes very talented, young man, and i think we need to have him back. And what about his brand . Is he tainted because of this scandal . Scandal . Well, i think the public are very forgiving. I mean, youre going to be talking later about camilla. Yes. Look how you know shes been accepted back into the fold after she was, made into looks like something terrible. Of course, everybody hated her because of diana. Hated her because of diana. How she was treated home from home wrecker to jewel in the royal crown, i know. Well, i do think she has that title now, and shes very amusing. And she has a lot going for her, i think. And shes being wonderful with her husband. You know, the king whos not well, shes looking after him and taking on a lot of his responsibilities. But do you not think that Phillip Schofield has more baggage than heathrow terminal five . Its not just the affair with the young producer , its with the young producer, its allegations that he wasnt particularly pleasant to work with that essentially, the set of this morning was like colditz. And of course, that notorious trip to the queens coffin and, holly and phil jumping the queue. Is this not going to be a hangover for schofield . How does he move on from all of that . From all of that . Well, i think hes got to try and i think we have to allow him to move on if he can. I mean, you know, there are everybody in show business has problems and you know, are narcissistic, are are hideous. Egos are huge. Theres this is a problem in show business. Whats your view of schofield . Is he one of the good guys . Is he a friend of yours . Is he a nice man . I wouldnt call him a friend, but he was always very nice to me whenever i met him or was on his show or whatever. So i cant say anything nasty about it. What . What makes him a good broadcaster, do you think . And a good entertainer . Well, youve got to look at the years that he was on television and the public loved him and he could talk to anybody. He was like a member of the royal family. I mean, you know, the royal family have to talk to so many different people. And he did it brilliantly, i think, indeed. Well, look, i mean, i tend to agree that he served his time. And as you say, the guy hasnt broken the law. Where might he go . Do you think he should come go . Do you think he should come to gb news . I dont think he could afford to. Could he . Well, ill tell you something. First of all, our schedule is packed with premium talent, and i dont know, i mean, he could do overnights. Yes, i suppose he could. Early breakfast, Something Like that. Yeah, but. But what would be a good landing place for schofield . I guess Current Affairs wouldnt be his forte. Affairs wouldnt be his forte. So hed be looking for a similar gig to this morning, would he go to channel five . Would he go to netflix . What might the options be . Well, everybody seems to be going to netflix, so i suppose thats an opportunity for him. Yeah, i dont know. I mean someones got to take the risk and whoever it is it will do something very good. And do you think it will happen begins. Do you think that we will see him on our screens in the months ahead . Well, i hope so. I hope we will, can we just talk about one of my favourite broadcasters and a very dear friend of mine and yours, Eamonn Holmes, who its been announced in the papers today, is to divorce from his wife, ruth langsford. I dont want to go into great detail because i just think that this is a very private matter, i just know that youre very fond of eamonn and i wanted to ask your reaction to this very sad news. Well, its tragic news because, you know, they i went to their wedding 20 years ago and it was catch the bouquet. No, i didnt, sadly, but it was a wonderful wedding. I mean, in bebington. It was wonderful. Did you catch anything from the wedding, nah, ill tell you later. Im wedding, nah, ill tell you later. Im off air, but, i mean, you know, hes a great guy , a you know, hes a great guy, a great journalist, itll be very interesting to see what his reaction would be to philip kingsley. Philip kingsley. Kingsley. Philip kingsley. Philip schofield. Yeah. I mean, i think it would be quite different to a lot of peoples view on it. But, you know , ruth view on it. But, you know, ruth and eamonn are terrific people , and eamonn are terrific people, wonderful work people, and i think its been tough for both of them. His illness has not been good for him, obviously, and i think its probably taken and i think its probably taken a strain on the marriage. Most definitely. Ruth and eamonn, two of the nicest and most professional people in television. Absolutely. I mean, ive only done a fraction of years that youve done begins. But in my time in telly, you wont meet two nicer people, just one quick question about the pressure of being a celebrity couple because theyre both famous. Is that difficult . I think it is difficult, i think because i think however much in love with someone you are, there has to be a professional jealousy. I are, there has to be a professional jealousy. I think sometimes it happens, you know, that one of you is working more than the other. One is earning more money than the other. I mean , you know, theres all mean, you know, theres all sorts of things to take into consideration. And i think that is a problem with couples. Youve only got to look at film stars, you know, who are all all seem to be divorcing at the moment or are they together are still i mean, the pressure is huge. I think on entertainment people couldnt agree with you more begins that came from the heart. Let me say that i wish ruth and eamonn well, the happiness of them and the family is the priority. And of course, most importantly , eamonns most importantly, eamonns health. Let me tell you that there is a gigantic hole here gbnews because it is an Eamonn Holmes shaped hole and it needs to be filled. We miss him so much on breakfast, and so the main focus is for eamonn to get well really soon and get him back where he belongs at home here on gb news, here, here. God bless you eamonn. Thank you for that. Begins. Well catch up shortly. But next with tonights top. Pundits should 16 year olds have the votes . Well discuss that. Plus in an exclusive mark dolan tonight peoples poll, weve been asking a year on from his resignation from itv. Should schofield be back on the box while the results are in, i shall next. Well, folks, let me tell you that in an exclusive mark dolan tonight peoples poll, we asked a year on from his resignation from itv. Should Phillip Schofield be back on the box . Well, the results are in and 89. 4 of you said no absolutely not, whilst 10. 6 say yes. Definitely tv needs him now. There you go. Well, the public has spoken. This from janice, has spoken. This from janice, mark, mark, mark, please dont fill the Eamonn Holmes shaped hole with Phillip Schofield. Hole with Phillip Schofield. Bofis hole with Phillip Schofield. Boris would be a better fit. Well, hes got time on his hands, hasnt he, old boris, i wont say anything more than that because we are in election purdah and im going to be an angel for the next six weeks. Good luck with that, how about this . Annette says hi, mark, if this . Annette says hi, mark, if i switch on gb news and see Phillip Schofield there, i will switch straight off again and gb news will stay switched off until i can be sure it wont happen again. But anthony, who is a gb news member, says why all this anti schofield feeling . I saw him once on an ice Dance Program and he wasnt political at all. So unlikely to be on gb news. Okay well look there you go. I do not want phillip on gb news says paul i agree with kay that there are already extreme left and woke, people on the media. Okay, well look, there you go. Thats your opinions. A you go. Thats your opinions. A quick word on Phillip Schofield. Do you think he should be back on the telly . Nina myskow not really. No, im really not interested in seeing him. Okay. Hes i think hes had his day. Thats what i feel. But hes only in his early 60s and his begins mentioned hes a gifted broadcaster. He is. But then there are lots of other gifted broadcasters and he has had a really seriously big slice of the pie. And i think, you know, its the pie. And i think, you know, wsfime the pie. And i think, you know, its time to go and do Something Else. Maybe new zealand, where he came from. There you go. There you go. Yes. He might, he might enjoy himself down under there. Its been begins. You laughing . What are you laughing at . What are you laughing about . What are you laughing about . I cant imagine its mark makes me laugh. Weve all had a drink. Okay. Its been reported that labour could give 16 and 17 year olds the right to vote in its first yearifit the right to vote in its first year if it wins the election. So would that be good for democracy to extend the franchise to young people who will no doubt face the consequences of whoever wins power or are 16 and 17 year olds too young to make an informed decision . Nina michkov well, ive pondered on this, and i think, yes, to be honest, because if youre 16, you can play, youre allowed to work and therefore earn money. If you earn money, you pay taxes. And if you pay taxes, i think you should have a voice and a right to decide. And you and a right to decide. And you know what . What happens with your money and how and how it is handled, at 16 you can also have a child. And if you had, you a child. And if you had, you know, which is the biggest responsibility of all. And if you if you have a child, then you if you have a child, then you should be able to vote. You can go to war, you can go to war. You can die for your country. If you can die for your country, then you should at least be able to have a say. Although there is this suggestion that you know, youre youre invested in the economy because some 16 year olds work. That would be a tiny number of 16 year olds. Most 16 year olds dont have a job and dont pay tax. And thats the argument against them having the franchise. Yeah. And you would hope that they dont have a child. You know, seen as pretty young. I mean i agree they could ive never been to south london. No they could but you know on the whole hopefully they dont. I was i was thinking about it as well. And actually i think nina makes a very good point, because i was thinking, oh, golly. But, you know, 16, 15, 16 year olds, theyre so easy to, to manipulate at the most easy. I think the, the young ones really are very easy to, to move in different directions. But what i was thinking is that its frankly, its difficult to get anyone to vote at the moment. I think this year we are going to have the lowest proportion of people actually voting. So the idea of getting 16 year olds interested, i think its almost pointless at this stage, frankly, begins. Frankly, begins. Could this alter the political map . Because it is said that young people tend to lean to the left . Could that provide left wing parties with an unfair advantage . Well, im sure thats why keir starmer is wanting 16 year olds to have the vote, because he feels exactly what youve just said. My problem is , and i just said. My problem is, and i think they should be you know, you what you said is absolutely right. The only thing is a lot of young people now are out on the streets using knives and killing each other, and its a bit of a worry that that sort of mentality is around. And i worry that theyre the people who are going to vote, not necessarily for the right thing. Thats a concern, isnt it . Well, it is , but on the other well, it is, but on the other hand, young people are. If they think about these matters at all, are very much more idealistic , thats why perhaps idealistic, thats why perhaps they are leaning left and its not just labour that will will benefit. But i think the lib dems, because the lib dems or the green party, the greens, you know, if you look at look at the youth of Greta Thunberg when she started. So you know, i know shes an extreme, you know, extraordinary example. But there are a lot of young people who do care deeply about things and want the world to be a better place and are very keen on the whole Climate Change issue, so that could skew things. And i think thats a good thing. I mean, its worth pointing out that actually the average age of conscription to start is 18, and this has been pointed out on the message board. So, for example, lets have a look at this. A guy who is a gb news member says under 18 dont see combat. Brenda says theyre all combat. Brenda says theyre all falling for starmers spin on the truth about the army. So actually, really, 16 year olds dont go to war and fight for their countries. Is the argument there, also, what about this , there, also, what about this, which is giving 16 year olds the votes . Jasmine says as jilly, votes . Jasmine says as jilly, heres a gb news member is a ridiculous idea. She says theyre not sufficiently mature. What about their emotional and intellectual development at the age of 16 . Well, yeah, absolutely. I mean, that is what i feel at the moment. I do feel that that there are too many of them are too easily led. Obviously, you have those who are highly intelligent, very mature for their age. You know, any age, youre going to have people of all sorts of Different Levels and thinking. But what id rather see is im personally one thats, thats for, a making people vote that you have to vote even if you spoil your vote. So rather than thinking about adding in 16 year olds, most of whom wont even think about voting, frankly, i would rather make sure that the actual electorate, our current electorate, our current electorate, are forced to vote and forced to take part in some way like they do in australia. Its the same thing as australia. Exactly, because if you, you know , it is compulsory and if know, it is compulsory and if you dont vote, youre fined. And you the thing is, if you have to vote, it makes you it does make you think. And it does make you think. And it engages people from a younger age because they know. But actually, thats a fair point, nina. But do we want young people to be even more political . Because you see kids taking the day off school to march about net zero. And i just wonder whether politics should be for grown ups. Do you really want 16 year olds out on marches chanting, you know, free palestine and all the rest of it . Surely young people are already too political . No, i dont think so. I think i think the term political, it seems to sort of have kind of really worrying connotations to you, but it doesnt. It just means engaging in the world. It just means thinking, thinking about, you know, whats happening around you, how how the how the government is run, where you fit in. What about david on on the message board, jasmine says the lefty teachers will be brainwashing them at 15. Well, there. Is that happy about that . Yeah. To be fair, that that is something we are seeing in at schools and universities as well. The whole of the academia , well. The whole of the academia, it seems to me, has moved to the left, to the point where youve got people who are right leaning, maybe brexit voting, who have been actually effectively pushed out. And we saw what happened to Kathleen Stott in sussex university, by the trans lobby. You know, there the trans lobby. You know, there is i think its a very good point there is that problem, although of course, it does depend on which school you go to, probably if youre going to eton and one of the other, you know, highly a very expensive private schools is probably not quite like that, although i suspect there is a bit even there. Although begins may be young people are left wing because the tories have done a bad job running the country for 14 years. When they get out of school, are they going to have a job . Will they get on the housing ladder . Possibly not. Well, it could be all of those things you said, but i thats why were having this discussion. When i were coming to the studios tonight , i was to the studios tonight, i was very much pro them having the vote at that. But im now, funnily enough, having discussed it, im sort of thinking about changing my mind because i just dont think kids now have the mentality that youre all saying that they have in forming an idea of what they want, what people they want to, to run this country. I think its theyre being influenced by their families, by thats always been happening. But i think the problem is that young people are becoming more and more infantilized. And i think rather than indulging them in this and then, you know, becoming, you know, i hate the term snowflakes, but not taking responsibility, for not their for their own lives and not thinking about things. I think we should stop that. And we should, we should we should make them think. We should make them take responsibility and have accountability for, for what they do and, and say. And i think, you know, give them that that freedom to, to make their mistakes. But but also go to, to get things right. Okay. Well look, theres so much more feedback coming on the message board. Gbnews. Com forward slash your say louise says, you can join the army at 16 but cant go to war, cant marry, cant drink legally, cant drive , cant make full cant drive, cant make full health care decisions. Cant have a mortgage rental agreement , etc. Freedom of information required to see how much tax they pay even though they can work. Louise not happy with the work. Louise not happy with the idea of 16 year olds getting the vote. The voting age , says mick, vote. The voting age, says mick, who is a gb news member. The voting age should go up to 30. Well, there is, there is talk about the fact that your brain hasnt developed when youre 16. Mine still hasnt developed, and im the big five zero still waiting. We can, but hope. Next up, at 10 00 in my take a ten. A new poll shows that 82 of the pubuc new poll shows that 82 of the public admire Queen Camilla. If she was running for election, she was running for election, she would win by a landslide. My she would win by a landslide. My thoughts on the woman that went from home wrecker to jewel in the royal crown. Thats at ten. You wont want to miss it, but next up my mark meets guest is renowned premier League Referee mark halsey, who battled cancer to get back on the pitch. He to get back on the pitch. He tells his amazing next. Okay. Time for some feedback. Should 16 year olds have the vote that has become a hot election topic, this from heather. Please inform sir keir heather. Please inform sir keir starmer that his facts on 16 year olds voting is not correct. All children have to be in full time education until theyre 17, so they cannot have a job at 16. Having taught 16 year olds for years, i can vouch for the fact that most of them have little clue about any aspect of life that could not make an objective decision about the running of the country. That is from heather. The country. That is from heather. Thank you for that, the country. That is from heather. Thank you for that, how heather. Thank you for that, how about alex, who says give 16 year olds the right to vote yet still only pay the 56 of the minimum wage for a 21 year old and, how about this . Im afraid that nina says marilyn is completely wrong. The majority of 16 and 17 year olds do not have a clue about life. As have a clue about life. As someone in their 70s, it would frighten me to death to think that a 16 year old could control what happens to me. Thank you so much for that. Keep your feedback coming gbnews. Com yoursay. Now, in my take at ten in just 15 minutes time, a new poll shows that 82 of the public admire Queen Camilla. If she was running for election, shed win by a landslide. My thoughts on the landslide. My thoughts on the woman that went from home wrecker to jewel in the royal crown at ten. But first, mark meets. And as we warm up for the meets. And as we warm up for the european football championships , european football championships, which kick off on friday the 14th of june, with Gareth Southgates england hoping to scoop the top trophy, lets talk about the hardest job on the pitch in the company of former top professional football referee mark halsey. Mark refereed in the prem from 1999 to 2013, adjudicating over some of the biggest fixtures in premier league history. Mark suffered a Health Setback in 2009 when a cancerous tumour was discovered in his throat. Well, im delighted to say that this legend of football made a full recovery and he made it back onto the pitch in his black shirt and his red card and his whistle, and he joins us now. Mark, great to see you in such rude health. Welcome to the show. Good evening. Mark, how are you . Mark, how are you . Im really, really well. Ill be on my best behaviour. Dont worry. Im not going to get carded. Carded. Theyre firmly away in the drawer. Youre okay . Pleased to hear that. If you pleased to hear that. If you get the pencil out, i know im in trouble, listen, you spent over a decade playing in Non League Football very successfully as a goalkeeper. So what took you from goalkeeping to refereeing . To refereeing . Well, they always say that goalkeepers of mad, arent they, so to become a referee, it must be even worse, it was a good friend of mine that. I mean, i loved my cricket as well. So, my friends, football, house backed onto a cricket pitch, and he was a referee, and he kept on at me all the time, all through that summer. Mark, why dont you give up football and play and become a referee . And i just told him to where go. I said, i said, russ, ive got no interest whatsoever of being a referee. And i was sort of gradually falling out of love with football because i had a couple of serious injuries. And, and then i decided to take the exam, took the exam and never looked back. Really . Most definitely. Well, youve had an incredible career. Most definitely. Well, youve had an incredible career. We had an incredible career. We know referees get a hard time. Can all of the abuse have a psychological impact . Psychological impact . Alison, i think youve got to reach the top level, the highest level. Youve got to be mentally tough and mentally strong and youve got to give as good as youve got to give as good as you get with with the players. The players like referees that engage with, they dont like an arrogant referee. Yeah. And i always found it. I always found because i played the game, i knew the game. Its not always about the laws of the game and i and i knew the game and, i think thats what helped me. And i always engaged with the players and listen, shop for language goes on on the field of play because thats the shop floor, and so as i say, i used to really get on well with the players because they liked the way i refereed, always gave them a chance and we had good banter. They may not agree with my decisions a lot of times, but we had that banter and thats and that and that and thats thats what makes a stand out referee with with natural ability in our to, to engage with the players. Well there you go. Humour is a great lubricant isnt it. Mark. Have any high profile players ever crossed the line . No pun intended. But as has any, you know, premier league star been really rude to you and you know, left you with the lasting impression of what theyve said. No, no , i have to say no, not no, no, i have to say no, not not really. I mean, as i say, i always got decent players and managers will always get upset with you if and then theyre happy with a decision. And i had many managers come into my dressing room at half time and at full time, what went on in my dressing room stayed in my dressing room stayed in my dressing room, and you can imagine what sort of words were said between them, with us, with with each other. But they had the greatest respect for me, and i had the greatest respect for them. As Jose Mourinho always used to say to me, you were always thought i was the 23rd player on the field of play is not something. Did you ever get the sir Alex Ferguson hairdryer treatment, no, but i had a few words in my ear. From him was were walking up the tunnel where no one could see, but i cant say what, what was said on this show. No. No. Well, luckily, it would be glaswegian, so you probably wouldnt understand, mark, im going to get back to your brilliant career in a second. The summer of 2009 was a horrible time for you. You were diagnosed with cancer, and this was months after your lovely wife fell ill, i think with leukaemia this was a very tough time for you in the family. It was. It was , it was it was it was. It was, it was it was tough because obviously six months before i was diagnosed, my wife was diagnosed with, chronic myeloid leukaemia. And luckily in the last couple of years shes gone into it. Shes years shes gone into it. Shes shes beat it. So, its it was it was tough. It was very tough for me , my family, my young for me, my family, my young daughter at the time and the football family all come together and supported me. And that was that was fantastic , i that was that was fantastic, i always remember walking out refereeing at goodison park. It was the everton arsenal game, and i knew on the monday i was going into into the hospital to have that tumour removed and after five days it grew straight back again and thats when i went to the fantastic place, to the hospital that saved my life. The hospital that saved my life. Well, listen, thank god that youre back to good health and of course your your lovely wife as well. We wish her a continued recovery. Thats great news about the remission, mark. What about the remission, mark. What about that first game back, though . You must have been nervous , listen, i was nervous nervous, listen, i was nervous for every game. Every game i refereed, i was nervous, always nervous. Played with music in my dressing room, i think that my first game back was in was in a competitive game. Was in the Football League at rotherham, ronnie, ronnie moore left me a lovely message. A lovely letter in my dressing room. It was fantastic and obviously my first game back in the premier league, but that was at wigan and, wigan v blackpool. That was a great reception ive got there. But before that i, when i thought id finished my first game, when id finished my first game, when i was the first game of the season at everton, arsenal, i thought that was, i thought that was me done. I thought i would neven was me done. I thought i would never, ever, ever referee again. And my, my doctor. Said to me that if you survived, you would neven that if you survived, you would never, ever get back on, on the field of play at the highest level. And i thought that was my level. And i thought that was my inspiration to get to get to get back on the field. And after that everton arsenal game, i thought that was me. I thought that was me gone, but then obviously when i came back into the premier league, i refereed at everton in a friendly goodison park. What a fantastic crowd there. Fantastic supporters at goodison park. Yeah, they know the game of football. You always have the referee well there because they they know theyre referees and they know theyre referees and they know theyre referees and they know their football. And ive got a fantastic reception, a nice, a nice, gift that they give me, present with me after the game and then obviously and then obviously the wigan blackpool game was was fantastic as well. The reception i got was was superb. And, and thats was superb. And, and thats because i think, you know, i was respected by the players, the fans. And i think people knew me as a half decent referee. I suppose that was it. Yeah i suppose that was it. Yeah england fans, they dont like me because obviously going back to the play off final in 1999, of course there are always those controversial decisions. Referees have to be fit, dont they . How far do you run in 90 minutes . Well, i think, i was documented it, doing around about 13, 14km a game, when i was, when i was sort of when i was, when i was sort of when i was, i was fit. But when i came back, i sort of, got told to slow down a bit. So i did. Yeah. Yeah. I mean, its, its you got to keep up with harry kane and god knows who else. Its unbelievable. You played football to a good level. Do referees have to be any good at football, or do they just need to know the rules . No, listen, its not its not always about the laws of the game. Its about knowing the game. Its about knowing the game of football and having empathy and really and you know, having that whats going on around you, being aware of whats going on around you and, and having that, having that personality to, to get you through games. And thats something that i think we thats lacking at present in our current referees. Weve got some good referees, but we need we need the personality in in the game. I totally agree. And listen ive only got a couple of seconds. Dont want to get in trouble with greg. Were on fergie time right now. Mark two quick ones. First of all, what do you think of var which is video assisted referee . Thats when theres a decision and they watch the video back and pause the game. The game. I think its since its implementation into the premier league i think its been very, very inconsistent. I think its got steadily worse over the years. Okay the ifab, we need to revamp the ifab protocol. Okay. Revamp the ifab protocol. Okay. Just to train our referees better. Better. Okay. Okay. And last but not least, yes or no. Can england win the euros . 7 of 7 of course we . Of course we can. There you go. Ill quote you on that. Come and see us again soon, mark. Lovely to see you. Continued recovery next up, Queen Camilla and my take at ten. That warm feeling inside from boxt boilers , sponsors of boxt boilers, sponsors of weather on. Gb news. Weather on. Gb news. Hello there. Welcome to your latest gb news news. Weather over the next 24 hours turns increasing unsettled. Well see cloud and outbreaks of rain across the country. And thats all thanks to low pressure which is going to dominate the rest of the bank holiday weekend. Bringing areas of rain and heavy and thundery showers as well. Weve already got rain this evening pushing in from the southwest. This will continue to drift northwards as we head into the early hours. Rain across eastern areas also continuing to push northwards into parts of scotland. 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On radio and online in the United Kingdom and across the world. This is mark dolan. Tonight, a new poll shows that 82 of the pubuc new poll shows that 82 of the public admire Queen Camilla. If she was running for election, she was running for election, she would win by a landslide. My thoughts on the woman that went from home wrecker to jewel in the royal crown in just a couple of minutes , also in a shock. New of minutes, also in a shock. New Development Reports tonight suggest that princess catherine may not appear in public until 2025 at the earliest. Plus, is 2025 at the earliest. Plus, is prince harry finally going to be stripped of his royal title . And it will have all of the fallout as campaigning for the election gets underway. A packed show, gets underway. A packed show, tomorrows papers on the way. But first, the News Headlines and ray addison. And ray addison. Thanks, mark. Good evening to you. The thanks, mark. Good evening to you. The prince and princess of wales have said they are incredibly sad to hear of the death of an raf pilot after his spitfire crashed into a field in lincolnshire. The ministry of lincolnshire. The ministry of defence has described. The incident, which took place near raf coningsby, as a tragic accident. Police and emergency accident. Police and Emergency Services responded just before 120 this afternoon and the pilot, who has not yet been named, was declared dead at the scene. Now its thought that the aircraft was taking part in a battle of Britain Memorial event. The mans family has been informed and an investigation is underway. The Prime Minister has described the pilots death as awful news, whilst sir keir starmer said he was deeply saddened to other news. And sir ed davey has claimed the lib dems are way more in tune with young voters after sir keir starmer pledged to lower the voting age to 16. Sir ed pointed to his partys position on housing gaza and the European Union as examples of their youth appeal. The major parties have been pitching their messages to voters on this the first weekend of the Election Campaign. Speaking to reporters , the speaking to reporters, the labour leader said young people deserve to have their say. Deserve to have their say. I want to see 16 and 17 year olds voting. They can go out and olds voting. They can go out and work, they can serve in our armed forces. And of course, if they are out and working, they pay they are out and working, they pay tax and therefore they should have a say over how the money theyre paying in is being used. So yes, i want to see that vote for 16 and 17 year olds. If you can work, if you can pay tax, if you can serve in your armed forces, then you ought to be able to vote. Well, rishi sunak is claiming that voters and their families would be at risk under a Labour Government posting in a long thread on x, the Prime Minister claimed that labour doesnt have a plan and said that would give, quote, our enemies the chance to take advantage of our weakness. The tories are trying to make security a key dividing line between themselves and sir Keir Starmers party. After pledging to raise defence spending to 2. 5 by 2030. And finally, a 17 year old boy from lancashire remains in custody after being arrested on suspicion of murder after a woman was found dead on after a woman was found dead on a beach in bournemouth late last night. Dorset police said that they were called to reports of two women stabbed on durley chine beach at around 1145. A 34 year old was sadly pronounced dead at the scene , while a 38 dead at the scene, while a 38 year old was taken to hospital with serious injuries. Police with serious injuries. Police say she continues to receive treatment. For all the latest treatment. For all the latest stories, sign up to gb news alerts by scanning the qr code on your screen or go to gb news. Common alerts. Now back to. Mark. Thanks, ray. Welcome to mark dolan tonight. Happy saturday and happy bank holiday to one and happy bank holiday to one and all in a shocking new Development Reports tonight suggest that princess catherine may not appear in public until 2025 at the earliest. Plus is prince harry finally going to be stripped of his royal title . Stripped of his royal title . Also tonight, why is sir keir starmer is trying to win over readers of the daily mail and rishi sunak hits back at a slur from labour. Well bring you all the latest drama from the Election Campaign. Reacting to the big stories until 11 00 pm, including tomorrows papers, Jasmine Birtles , christopher Jasmine Birtles, Christopher Biggins and nina myskow a packed houn biggins and nina myskow a packed hour. Those papers are coming. But first my take at ten. As rishi sunak and sir keir starmer battle it out for the top job in the country, they can only dream of the polling ratings enjoyed by Queen Camilla. A recent survey conducted by gb news brand new royal podcast, the royal record, reveals that camilla has over 82 support from gb news members for her performance as the kings spouse and the queen of the nation. And and the queen of the nation. And lets be honest, being married to charles is not the easiest gig to charles is not the easiest gig. Whilst a decent and good human being , gig. Whilst a decent and good human being, hes also a famous curmudgeon, a touchy , detail curmudgeon, a touchy, detail obsessed, finicky workaholic are impressive. King is a big impressive. King is a Big Personality who is not the easiest to manage, as demonstrated by this famous footage in which he struggled with the pen tray. And what about that leaky fountain pen at his coronation . Who was there to step in to lend a helping hand . A word of reassurance and a note of good humour. His no nonsense wife, a walking human valve in a posh frock. A woman who releases posh frock. A woman who releases the tension in any situation and following elizabeth the second as queen, has got to be the hardest task imaginable. Given that camillas predecessor was arguably the greatest monarch in the history of this country, vying for top place with the formidable ruler of the british empire, queen victoria. Although i quite liked henry the eighth two, an intelligent man, he won plenty of wars, grew the economy and knew his way around a chicken drumstick. Camilla is no chicken drumstick. Camilla is no chicken drumstick. Camilla is no chicken and shes not fowl ehhen chicken and shes not fowl either. In fact, shes been on quite the journey. Following quite the journey. Following elizabeth was not her first big challenge. No, no, no, her first big challenge was following diana, a global icon, one of the most beautiful and charismatic women the world has ever seen. Camilla was cast as the homewrecker with diana in that notorious panorama interview in which she was right royally stitched up by the bbc. Diana said that her marriage to charles was made up of three people herself , her husband charles was made up of three people herself, her husband and camilla. But lets not rewrite history. Diana was no angel herself , history. Diana was no angel herself, shopping around romantically and then some. The truth is that charles and camilla should have married in the first place. They were soulmates , they were attracted soulmates, they were attracted to each other, and their union was meant to be. Elizabeth forbade it, and with that the seeds of tragedy were sown. But seeds of tragedy were sown. But love will always find a way. And after the profound shock and sadness of dianas passing, these two lovebirds were able to reunite and since they married on the 9th of april 2005, they havent looked back. Even before becoming queen, camilla did not put a single foot wrong. Put a single foot wrong. Notwithstanding disgusting remarks about her appearance and being horse like. Ive always considered camilla to be an elegant and attractive woman. In fact , its elegant and attractive woman. In fact, its amazing elegant and attractive woman. In fact , its amazing how faultless fact, its amazing how faultless her appearance in public always is, given that royal insiders tell me that shes much more comfortable in a pair of wellies and tracksuit bottoms , as you and tracksuit bottoms, as you wouldnt know it for over two decades now, camilla has been discreet , decades now, camilla has been discreet, quiet, decades now, camilla has been discreet , quiet, unobtrusive, discreet, quiet, unobtrusive, never seeking to steal the limelight. Shes spoken up for important causes like Domestic Violence and literacy. She has turned up to the opening of an envelope, cut the ribbon at countless hospital wings. She has smelt more fresh paint than the dulux factory and sat through endless bagpipe sessions and boring military parades. Shes eaten more cucumber sandwiches than you can shake a stick at in fact, her body is now probably 10 cucumber. Cucumber sandwiches arent even that nice, which is why marks and spencers dont do them. All and spencers dont do them. All of this from a woman who had no ambitions to be queen, or indeed ambitions to be queen, or indeed a frontline royal. Im told that the whole thing is not particularly her cup of tea, and i understand that she doesnt enjoy the best of health either, but camilla cracks on with it with effort and good grace. Such is her commitment to charles and the country. How cruel, the country. How cruel, therefore, that her stepson harry should describe her in his book spare as dangerous and a villain, he reportedly begged his father not to marry her in the first place. How can his son not want his old man to be happy . Well, mercifully , harrys happy . Well, mercifully, harrys pleas were ignored and camilla has become even more important in recent months with the devastating news of both charless cancer diagnosis and that of her amazing daughter in law, catherine. Camilla has supported charles throughout his illness and joked that in recent months shes struggled to get him to slow down and that hes often a very naughty boy in his recovery. And in february, she recovery. And in february, she led the family at the royal thanksgiving service on elizabeths passing, many were upset at charless decision to declare Camilla Queen rather than queen consort. Well, i think shes earned the title. Think shes earned the title. Shes every inch a queen. Its been quite the journey from home wrecker and the subject of tabloid gossip to the woman who, alongside the king, leads and represents this country. The represents this country. The royals arent elected, but if camilla was , shed win by camilla was, shed win by a landslide. For six weeks, im landslide. For six weeks, im not allowed a political opinion. But let me tell you that camilla gets my vote. Your reaction . Gbnews. Com yoursay ill get to your opinions in just a moment. But first, tonights top pundits. We have authorJasmine Birtles, tv royalty Christopher Biggins and fleet street legend nina michkov. Great to have all three of you with me. Well, what do you think about this nina michkov Queen Camilla . Every inch the queen. Well, you know , when youre well, you know, when youre trying to describe their romantic relationship , but romantic relationship, but honestly, pass the sick bucket. It really when you think. I think its the greatest love affair in history. Oh, for heavens sake, mark, it is. I think its. I think its. I think its. I think its better than. Who have you got . Youve got Richard Burton , elizabeth taylor, romeo burton, elizabeth taylor, romeo and juliet, charles and camilla. Come on. No, for heavens sake, the misery. Sake, the misery. Katie price and peter andre, the misery that that. The misery that that. That camilla made diana go through all those years that the. And if it was you know, such a fabulous love story and they werent allowed to marry because. Charles. Well, it was charless own fault. He hesitated. And then camilla went and married Andrew Parker bowles and married Andrew Parker bowles and obviously a divorced woman that was, you know, not allowed at the time , and so that thats at the time, and so that thats what happened. And then diana was served up as a kind of, victim, if you like , sloppy victim, if you like, sloppy seconds and. No. And so she and i really loathed the fact that shes queen and not queen consort. The thought of her there with the with the crown on her head makes my toes go like my. I hope you address her as the queen, though out of respect. No, i wouldnt address her as the queen. I really do not want to. To meet her. Not want to. To meet her. Nina, thats profoundly not curtsy , nina. Curtsy, nina. Thats profoundly offensive. That you will not address her as queen. She is queen. Well, thats. Well, thats. Shes not my queen, thank you very much. And i have no desire to meet her, shes doing a very good job. Because, as you say, charles has curmudgeonly. And also hes very ill, but isnt it . Isnt it . What a terrible state. The royal family is that they are represented by camilla, who was his mistress for all those years. And, sophie, duchess of edinburgh, was reading out some, speech of charless at a normandy service. Where was william . Where was william . I mean, ive been ive been in broadcasting. Ive been in broadcasting for 25 years. I know it doesnt look like i have, but ive never heard such a diatribe. Such a poisonous, toxic diatribe in my entire life. Nina, im. This is an amazing human being who will turn up to the opening of an envelope. She sat there next to charles. Hes a difficult human being at the best of times. She hasnt put a foot wrong in two decades. And she is our queen. What about . Well, sophie what about . Well, sophie represents the royal family and she was an ex pr for capital radio. Where are the royals, for heavens sake . Theyre trying to heavens sake . Theyre trying to put beatrice forward as this is the face of royalty. They tried to run the tindalls up the flagpole. Oh australia has taken the tindall to the heart. You ask any australian and they say who this is . This is a family. A royal family that is in deep trouble. And if camilla is to be the saviour of it , trouble. And if camilla is to be the saviour of it, god help us. Well, i got to say, it takes a lot to shock me. Jasmine birtles i think that camilla is every inch the queen. Whats your reaction to what ninas had to say there . Oh, i agree with nina actually, and i am staggered that youve come up with an 82 approval. Who are these people . Its certainly not. Well, its. Can i tell you its the wisest constituency in the United Kingdom. It is gb news members, but its only 40 people. Its only 40 people. A lot more than that. But no, 40, 410 more than that. But no, 40, 410 people. Im told by greg, dont want her. They genuinely dont. If you see her name anywhere on twitter, you see hashtag not my queen. I mean, yeah, sure. Shes shes sort of, you know, hanging around in a dress, cutting ribbons. If rishi sunak was hanging around in a dress, cutting ribbons, im sure you know, hed get a massive give it time approval rating, you know, amongst those types. But no, no, absolutely not. Im not interested in her. I find it irritating that shes called queen rather than queen consort. What about Prince Philip . He was never allowed to be king or king consort, even so, whats so special about her . I think its you know, hey, i dont have anything against her. I think shes got all sorts of good qualities and, you know, good for for her, putting up with charles. Absolutely. But no , i charles. Absolutely. But no, i dont think that shes particularly major or interesting at all. Begins. Im shocked by this vicious diatribe by, Queen Camilla is a woman of grace. Shes attractive, shes supported great causes. Shes an amazing wife. She is every inch the queen. Shes my queen all day long. Well, what i have to say is that princess diana, who was just the most wonderful person ever made a lot of mistakes. But her first main mistake was falling in love with her husband. No one explained to her that she had to provide children for the country. And thats then. Then what happened was that camilla was still there, even on her wedding night. He she he was she was giving him presents and they were talking to each other. So, you know, it is an interesting situation, this whole business i agree with the girls. Funnily enough, i dont think she should have become queen, briefly begins. Are you suggesting that charles was diddling camilla whilst married to diana . Yes, all the time, of course. Diana diddle during and after. Yeah , a love sandwich. Yeah, a love sandwich. Yeah, a love sandwich. Oh my Goodness Gracious me. Well, listen, its a family show. There are kids watching. We wont delve, but thats one hell of an allegation. Wheres your evidence for that . Begins in my pocket. Begins in my pocket. Here. Here. There you go. Well, look, well have a look at that later. I dont want to see what else is in your pocket, but, i can see youre enjoying the show. Listen, folks, what do you think your reaction gb news com forward slash your say the papers at 1030. Lots of twists and turns in the for race number 10. But next up, in a shock new Development Reports tonight suggest that princess catherine may not appear in public until 2025 at the earliest. Plus, its prince harry finally going to be stripped of his royal title. And by the way, to just make sure that i dont get sent to the tower, let me tell you that king charles would deny those outrageous allegations made by begins regards to the king and camilla diddling when diana was on the scene. Im not having it, not on my watch. But folks, lots more to come, update on princess catherine next. Well, its time now for us. News with the queen of american showbiz and royal reporting. Kinsey schofield. Kinsey, great to see you again. And a worrying update about princess catherine. What do we know . What do we know . Yeah. No, i want to stress there are two conflicting reports, so ill bring them both to you tonight. You know, well to you tonight. You know, well see what happens. But sources have told the daily beast that the princess of wales will probably not appear in public for the rest of the year and is being surrounded by her birth family as she continues a course of preventative preventative chemotherapy. Vie. The wales chemotherapy. Vie. The wales family, along with the middletons, are expected to spend next week at their home on the sandringham estate. Now, the sandringham estate. Now, alternatively, the daily mail reported earlier this week that catherines friends have said we might see catherine in autumn and only then if she has recovered fully, which is a similar conversation that i had recently with our mutual friend duncan larcombe. This isnt duncan larcombe. This isnt a bad omen, though. The daily mail also reported that the princess of wales has been spotted out and about more and more in recent weeks, with Katie Nicholl of vanity fair telling me that she has heard that catherine is improving. The family is doing improving. The family is doing everything in their power to spare the princess from any stress or anxiety, and when the daily beast asked their palace source how the palace would deal with the inevitable resurgence of conspiracy theories, they said i would not rule out another video message updating the country on her health. That proved to be a very effective way of keeping the conspiracy theorists at bay. Stephanie. Well, we can only pray for a speedy recovery for catherine. Lets move on now to king charles. Is he planning some tough love for his youngest son, harry . You know, i think this is a tale of when you see stories that sound too good to be true. They probably are. A lot of us feel like harry and meghan take advantage of their titles and would like to see them stripped of them, but thats not really a conversation thats happened between king charles and Prince William in in years. Technically me and charles and william know this. If they strip harry and meghan of the duke and duchess title, they would revert to being prince harry and princess henry the princess or the prince title cannot be removed. That is harrys removed. That is harrys birthright. And you Better Believe meghan probably already holds the copyright. But worst Case Scenario , prince harry is Case Scenario, prince harry is still a prince. Meghan markle becomes publicly a princess, which we can expect her to still slap on jars of cbd jam. So i feel like this story really is kind of nonsensical clickbait. I kind of nonsensical clickbait. I dont really feel like this is a legitimate concern. Legitimate concern. So actually charles is damned if he does and damned if he doesnt. Stripping those titles might actually help the couple, and thats the last thing he wants. Wants. Exactly. Yes, sir. I believe youre right. Okay, well, listen , lets okay, well, listen, lets talk about the wonderful prince of wales, william , at the fa cup of wales, william, at the fa cup final today. It was a victory for Manchester United against man city. So a massive day for the north west. And tell me more. He had a special little friend with him didnt he. Friend with him didnt he. Yeah. And i think with so much going on around well first of all a lot of people were disappointed that we wont see much of the royal family with the upcoming election. Theyre going to pull back. They dont want to distract from the upcoming election. So people were disappointed to hear that some of these appearances were going to be cancelled. But the going to be cancelled. But the prince of wales was the president of the football association, and his son, Prince George watched as Manchester City and Manchester United went head to head. Both Prince William and george were totally in their element. You could see the smirk appear on the heirs face as celebrations escalated. That sneaky grin he has. It is nice to see the two of them out and about after such a turbulent yeah and about after such a turbulent year. For the family. And congratulations to Manchester United. United. Definitely. Definitely. Ill stick with that picture for a second, alastair, because just to the right of Prince George, it looks like joe biden. George, it looks like joe biden. Is that right . Was he at the game today , you know what im game today, you know what im going to say. He couldnt find he couldnt find his way to the restroom. So hes probably thats probably not him. No. Probably not. There you go. Probably not. There you go. Well, hell have lost count of the score anyway. If he was at the score anyway. If he was at the game, listen, your reaction to my take at ten, ive got to say the message board has melted. I have said the queen, camilla has gone from home wrecker to jewel in the royal crown. Especially this year, given the Health Concerns of charles and catherine, whats your view of camilla . 2. 0 . Look i heard everyones argument. I think that if you admire the royal family and you want to see the monarchy succeed , and see the monarchy succeed, and its important to you that they succeed, you dont push back on something as little as whether theres the word consort after her name or not. I highly doubt were going to call the princess of wales catherine, prince us, you know, or you know, queen consort. Catherine. I think were going to go full speed with queen catherine, so i dont think its really that much of an issue. And i agree that camilla has been a very valuable asset to the royal family over the last few years, most definitely. There you go. Well diplomatically put, given that youre very much in team diana, listen, a quick word on, south park, which is a brilliant satirical Comedy Series , i think satirical Comedy Series, i think weve got a clip here, and. Well, do we need to explain . Should we set the clip up . What is the clip . And then well watch it. Do you know what the 939 watch it. Do you know what the gag is here . Kinsey so, south park making headunes so, south park making headlines for taking on not only ozempic, but lizzo. And this is an episode called the end of obesity. Okay. And so basically, lizzo is very talented singer who is perhaps a little on the curvaceous side and ozempic the injection that makes you thin. Lets take a take a listen to the clip. Im going to write you a prescription for lizzo. Lizzo. Shes a really good singer who talks about body positivity and just being happy with the way you look. I want you to listen. Oh, and im afraid youll have to be on lizzo for the rest of your life. No brilliant stuff. Listen, how is that clip going down in the states . Youve going down in the states . Youve got to rely on south park. Its the only bit of non woke comedy in america now, isnt it . Yeah its some pretty harsh culture commentary from the guys, but certainly what weve come to expect. I am like waiting with bated breath to see how lizzo reacts. But the joke is that if youre on lizzo, you dont exercise. You dont care how you look. You dont care how you look. Outrageous, listen, thank god theyre still allowed to do it. Theyll be cancelled at some point, no doubt. You never will, kinsey. Well see you in a weeks time. And dont forget Kinsey Schofield coming to the uk very, very shortly next couple of weeks and in the studio for top royal commentary. Okay. Next up, tomorrows papers. Election latest. And my top its 10 30 pm. Its10 30 pm. So, its 10 30 pm. So, alastair, do its10 30 pm. So, alastair, do your worst. Its10 30 pm. So, alastair, do your worst. Did you its10 30 pm. So, alastair, do your worst. Did you know theres your worst. Did you know theres an election on the sunday telegraph . Prime minister, i will Bring Back National Service i charles rae. Charles rae. Boris johnson will be out of the country for the majority of the country for the majority of the Election Campaign. Royals see red prince of wales with his son george helping Manchester United celebrate beating man city in the fa cup final. City in the fa cup final. Labours vat raid blamed for closure of private school and infected blood victims to sue government over duty of care. The observer now revealed. Churches direct link to slavery an archbishop of canterbury in the 18th century approved payments for the purchase of enslaved people for two sugar plantations in barbados , plantations in barbados, documents seen by the observer have revealed. Also, reeves have revealed. Also, reeves slams reckless sunak over £64 billion tax cut pledges. Shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves tomorrow accuses the tories of making £64 billion worth of unfunded spending commitments in a desperate and reckless effort to rescue their gaffe strewn general Election Campaign. General Election Campaign. Sunday mirror now tv couples marriage over, of course. Gb news star Eamonn Holmes and his lovely wife ruth are to split 27 years together. Of course, we wish them well. Mail on sunday pm reveals manifesto bombshell in the mail on sunday. Radical plan to force all 18 year olds to serve in the military for 12 months, or give up weekends to carry out civic duties. Rishi carry out civic duties. Rishi sunaki carry out civic duties. Rishi sunak i will Bring Back National Service , says sunday times. Now service, says sunday times. Now britain didnt drop bombs on the ira. Israel should show the same restraint, says a top prosecco shooter from the International Criminal court. Tory plan for all 18 year olds to do National Service. Teenage kicks Alejandro Garnacho and kobe manu, the 19 year old goal scorers in Manchester Uniteds two one win against man city, west rating. We will cut out the cultural rot in the nhs, Shadow Health secretary wes streeting has pledged to tackle the cultural rot that places protecting the reputation of the nhs above, protecting the public. Sunday express rishi are bringing National Service thrills and spills for william and george at cup final. And last, but not do we have the daily star. We do a daily star sunday man two knighted is the headline. But is it enough to save the reds boss . Erik ten hag . And womans memory is wiped out by wait for it mind blowing bonk. Is wiped out by wait for it mind blowing bonk. Did the earth move blowing bonk. Did the earth move for me . Hospital worker polly fisher had a romp with partner mick thacker that shell never remember. She thought shed had a stroke , but docs said the a stroke, but docs said the intense lovemaking gave her amnesia. Intense lovemaking gave her amnesia. Ive intense lovemaking gave her amnesia. Ive got to say, mrs. Amnesia. Ive got to say, mrs. Dolans memories going of late. Lets get reaction now to tomorrows front pages with our top pundits. Im delighted to have Jasmine Birtles Christopher Oshea and nina myskow. Nina, hows your memory these days . Memory these days . Who are you . There you go. Who are you . There you go. Grants done a good job. Grants done a good job. Its in the green room, looking exhausted. Ive got to say. Ive got to say. Your other half. Okay, well, look, i mean, its really the big headline of the day, isnt it . In tomorrows papers, Jasmine Birtles, Prime Minister i will Bring Back National Service thats in the telegraph. Service thats in the telegraph. I think hes actually gave the story. Its a sunday mail on sunday exclusive. Rishi. I will bnng sunday exclusive. Rishi. I will Bring Back National Service. Is this going to move the dial politically . Well, you never know. Well, you never know. It might. I mean, i dont know about you, but ive grown up hearing people constantly. But, you know, old older men usually go Bring Back National Service. Thatll sort them out. Are they all from jamaica . Well. Well. Well. Oh, thats felt. Oh, thats felt. And now im going bring back national. Theres something wrong. But no, i think its a great idea. I do think its a good idea. And of course, you know, im looking at that and theres starmer talking about helping parents get child care. So it sort of shows which which area theyre aiming at. So sunak i assume is aiming at the older voter whos going bring back National National insurance, National National insurance, National Service. Sorry. Yeah, whereas starmer is going for the 16 year olds, as weve said. And, and the young parents, i think well, its funny because the stories dovetail this idea of the 16 and 17 year olds getting the vote because they can sign up to the army, they wont fight for their country, but they can participate and do training and things like that. And then and then this issue about National Service, what would the advantage be of National Service . What good would that do our youngsters . Well, i think its quite a few. There are quite a few things. It teaches discipline and were not just talking about joining the army, you know, that sort of thing. Theres also civic duties and i think, you know, a lot of them would would be interested in doing either. So you get to learn discipline, learn how to keep yourself going. And also you get to do things for others. Certainly if you do the civic duty and thats good for anybody, frankly. Most definitely. Most definitely. Have you participated in any sort of military type activity . Sort of military type activity . I hate it, i think its a wonderful idea. Youd look great in uniform. Youd look great in uniform. No, i think id have to be the entertainment side of it. You know, i think that would i would love, but no, i would hate it. But i think its a wonderful idea because i think it gets children off the streets. Yeah. Where they are. And they are not enjoying it and they are finding other things in interesting, like knives and like guns and all sorts of terrible drugs, you know, and i think that would give them a look that they could actually see something to the future. Most definitely. And the other thing is fitness , because other thing is fitness, because actually youngsters surprisingly quite out of shape these days. Quite out of shape these days. So a bit of fitness a bit of. And do you not feel that standards have decline . I mean, im, you know, there are plenty of youngsters that i find very impressive, but i look at kids going off to school, i saw a youngster the other day going to school in sliders. Now do you know what sliders are . Yeah, theyre effectively flip flops. Theyre the kind of thing you would wear at a swimming pool. Kids gone off to school like that. Do you feel that standards have dropped . I think without doubt. I think without doubt. I think without doubt. I mean, funny enough, i was on a tube the other day. I never go on the tube, but i went on the tube because it was easier. And i sat there and looking at peoples shoes. Yeah. And there are not there was not one proper pair of shoes. No, there were worse trainers i yes. The only trainers or sketchers like im wearing. No. Sketchers like im wearing. No. Where was there a black shoe that you needed to polish . Oh, and you know, i think thats rather sad in a way. My dad did a period of military service and therefore for the rest of his life, his shoes, you could literally you could shave in front of him. They were that shiny. Yeah, absolutely. And the thing is that it would give them a feeling of self respect because theyd be given tasks to do, and it would get them out of bed in the morning. And then it would give them a task to do. And when theyd completed it, they would theyd completed it, they would they would get some satisfaction and a sense of achievement. They would get some satisfaction and a sense of achievement. And and a sense of achievement. And i think the one thing i do not want for this, this , this, this, want for this, this, this, this, this campaign to do is to kind of go down the bogeyman route in that terms of , of go down the bogeyman route in that terms of, oh, this are we preparing for war . Because because rishi sunak has been making these , i think, rather making these, i think, rather alarming statements about, oh, were heading towards this. And labour cant keep you safe. Were the ones we can keep safe. Look, were going to get an army of people together, and thats what i dont want. Im thinking about this purely from the stance of young people. Having said that , anybody id ever met said that, anybody id ever met who said, you know, had done their National Service, said they hated it, but then actually that it was the making of them. Yeah. Its crazy, isnt it . Yeah. Its crazy, isnt it . Yes. Yes. I mean, look at this, from carol on the message board who says, sunak is going to make conscription compulsory for 18 year olds for a year. Why would you sign up . It wouldnt end you sign up . It wouldnt end there. But why fight for a country that puts its citizens second to everyone else . But what about university . Says shirley. Shes not happy about this idea. This idea. The different gap year, surely . Well, what about the politics of this . I mean, do you think it will be attractive to voters . Will be attractive to voters . This policy begins. Is it enough from rishi sunak or are the deckchairs being rearranged on the titanic . Listen, i, i think youre absolutely right. The deckchairs are being rearranged. Theyre grass. Every party is grasping at things to think that that might appeal to us. Personally, i get rid of all of them, i really would. I mean, i dont know why we bother to vote for this next election. Its going this next election. Its going to be a nightmare. Whatever happens. Do you feel politically homeless . I do completely i think most people feel politically homeless. I do. Ido. I. I do. I mean, i know youre dressed as a reform candidate today, am i right . Reading between the lines , reading between the lines, well, yeah. I mean, what about the smaller parties . I mean, will they will they clean up a little bit the lib dems reform the green light. Dems will take. Will take a tory seats. They really will. Im quite convinced of that. Not many, though. I dont think. I dont know, i think more than last summer. And the trouble is we dont have proportional representation and the size of the lib dem vote at the size of the lib dem vote at the last election just, just did not relate to the number of mps that they got. That they got. But it does mean youre not having the smaller parties being influential. I dont think so. I mean, i would like it and ive been saying to people do vote, im a voter, i really i vote every single time because women have died so that i can have the vote. So im absolutely into voting. And i do say that everybody should vote. But ive said , look, you know, if you said, look, you know, if you feel politically homeless and most do have a look at the smaller parties, i dont think that theres going to be enough to get more than 3 or 4 seats, to get more than 3 or 4 seats, to be honest, across them, largely because the rugs been pulled from under them. Having this very early election relatively early election, they all expected to be sort of october, november. So i dont think theyve got themselves together for this. So i dont think in this election theyll do well next election. They might. Who knows. What was your first reaction when you heard that nigel farage was not going to participate in the election actively, as a prospective parliamentary candidate, and that he wasnt going to take over the leadership of reform uk. Was that a significant moment . Yes, i think so. I mean, nigel, hes a strategically very, very, very astute. So theres Something Else going on. I would think in his , in his i would think in his, in his thinking in his life. But i thinking in his life. But i think for reform that means that they probably wont get a seat. They probably wont get a seat. They might get one maybe. But if hed taken the leadership and if hed taken the leadership and if hed stood, i think they could have got 2 or 3 seats, but i think theyd barely get one now. Do you think richie actually made this early . Election. Purely because he wanted to get out of it . Well, i think hes hes. Well, i think hes hes. Some are speculating about that. I think he could be. It could be. Yes. I dont think he wants to. Well hes saying apparently ive heard this, you know, from from people in parliament that hes saying that were going to have a war and he doesnt want a war to be a war Prime Minister, ihope war to be a war Prime Minister, i hope hes very wrong like you, nina. I hope hes wrong. But i think what they did is they saw a sweet spot. Weve got inflation down, growth isnt as anaemic as we thought. Weve got sunshine ish and i thought they. I think they just thought. Right. Get in now while we can. Its not going to get better than this. Thats my view. I think there are a couple of things. One is that he he he he went early so he doesnt he doesnt have to be proved wrong about the rwanda scheme. Secondly, i read a Robert Peston tweet that said that hed heard thats where you went wrong. That was your first mistake. I was he a long tweet that went huge . No it wasnt. It was the fact that theyd realised that they didnt have the money for any kind of budget announcement in the autumn. So go now. Before, before they caught out with the not being, not having to say no money and also there are almost no tory mps left. No over 100 no tory mps left. No over 100 michael gove i mean talk about the rats leaving the sinking ship. Well hes the snake leaving the ship. Its become like noahs ark. Youve got the rat snake now or rats and a snake. Lets face it. Who would want to be Prime Minister of this country . Yes. Poisoned chalice. Mad yeah, absolutely. A poison. A poison. And to be fair , i wouldnt and to be fair, i wouldnt want to be an mp. I mean, partly because im a female and its really tough, i think, for the women. But youre damned if you do. Youre damned if you dont. Youre paid peanuts. I mean, really, its pathetic, considering the importance of your role. Yeah. You paid about the same as some sort of, you know, middle Marketing Manager somewhere. Its. Its a terrible somewhere. Its. Its a terrible job. Yeah. What do they do . Other jobs. Yeah. But people people go into it. Actually, there are still people who go into it wanting to make the country better, but there are fewer and fewer of, of that calibre. And thats, thats the trouble. Okay. Well, listen, let me tell you that things are hotting up on the campaign trail. Why . Sir keir starmer is trying to win over readers of the daily mail. And rishi sunak hits back at a slur from labour. Well bnng at a slur from labour. Well bring you all the latest with our top westminster insider. Next. Well, one of my viewers doesnt agree with Jasmine Birtles, our top pundit. Tonight. Mary says mps earn a good wage, but they also have very generous expense accounts. A lot of things the rest of us pay a lot of things the rest of us pay for. They can claim back in expenses, okay. Mps are paid very well. Most end up millionaires. Says shirley. Okay, well, there you go. Well, look, lets, get out to more of your thoughts in a moment, but its your thoughts in a moment, but wsfime your thoughts in a moment, but its time now for the last word. After three days of the Election Campaigning, theres plenty of fallout. Shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves says britain can trust labour and vows to never play trust labour and vows to never play fast and loose with your money. In an impassioned plea to daily mail readers. Meanwhile, rishi sunak campaigned in yorkshire today in response to labour accusing sunak of hiding away in his mansion as it was speculated he was going to take the day off. Well tonight. Rachel reeves has criticised rishi sunak for reckless , rishi sunak for reckless, unfunded £64 billion tax cuts. Unfunded £64 billion tax cuts. So the gloves are clearly off. Lets get reaction from tv legend michael crick. Michael to great see you. Youve spent many years on the campaign trail following Prime Ministers, leaders of the opposition. Do leaders of the opposition. Do you want to take the political temperature at the moment . Where are we so far , well, i think are we so far, well, i think its pretty low at the moment compared with how it will get. I compared with how it will get. I mean, we got a taster last summer when both labour and the conservatives put out a series of , pretty dishonest conservatives put out a series of, pretty dishonest ads. I forget the details now, but they were they were both essentially lying. They were they were both reducing their campaigns to the gutter in a way that i dont think id really seen at that level before. And i suspect the same pattern again, when particularly from the conservatives because the air of desperation is about them. Labour are being more careful not to be wrong and to , not you not to be wrong and to, not you know, holding the ming vase, is, so and theyre ahead. They dont need to, you know, they need to just play the ball off the bat at the back. They dont need to take risks. And its the conservatives and rishi sunak, that does need to take this, because hes more than 20 behind, you are one of the great disruptors of television news. Do you think that its been a disruptive moment for rishi sunak to call the election unexpectedly in july . Could it be a masterstroke, or is it already dead on arrival . The whole thing i you know, it could well, it lets be honest, the conservative campaign is a damage limitation exercise. The chances of the conservatives winning the election and staying in power, i think, are very small indeed. I think, are very small indeed. I think that, you know, keir starmer will be Prime Minister come july the 5th or sixth, of one kind or another, either with a majority government thats the likely outcome, or perhaps a minority , government where he minority, government where he doesnt have a majority in the house of commons. Hell depend on some of the other parties, notably the liberal democrats, to govern as as David Cameron did, of course, way back in 2010. Now in those circumstances, sunak is going to think , if i hang on, is that think, if i hang on, is that just going to mean we lose even more seats . Or if we have a campaign now when certain indicators are going reasonably well, is it possible to , you well, is it possible to, you know, maybe hold on to 250 seats or even more . Thats a kind of or even more . Thats a kind of calculation that hell be making a bit of a personal sacrifice, because it means that he wont have been Prime Minister for so long, you know, hell be the third shortest Prime Minister in length of time , i should stress, length of time, i should stress, rather than height, since the war, after liz truss and alec douglas home. And, but, you know, all Prime Ministers take gambles when it comes to the date of an election. Sometimes it pays off, sometimes it doesnt. My own suspicion probably wont make a huge amount of difference whether the elections on july the 4th or october the 4th or december the 4th or even january the 4th, the conservative michael, so sorry to interrupt you briefly. If you can, do you think this will be the election in which the lib dems bounce back to degree . Yes. And i think, youll see yes. And i think, youll see the lib dems probably going up to maybe 30 or 40 seats. Its interesting that michael gove stood down in surrey heath. Theyre on his tails. Stood down in surrey heath. Theyre on his tails. The polls theyre on his tails. The polls there suggest the lib dems could easily win that. And if hes no easily win that. And if hes no longer the candidate for the conservatives, that improves lib dem chances, all of those seats sort of south west london, surrey, sort of a very remainer area , those are within the lib area, those are within the lib dem targets and other places. Dem targets and other places. Theyre being reasonably modest in how many targets theyve got. Theyve only got about 20 or 30, i suspect, as well as those they may win some. They dont expect to win. But yeah, i mean the liberal democrats only got nine seats in 2019. Theyve built that up to 15 seats through winning by elections. I think winning by elections. I think they will come out of this election with with 30 or 40, and that may make that may hold the balance of power. Probably not, but it could do. And michael, im going to bnng and michael, im going to bring my pundits in in one second. One final question for you, its a very tough question. Okay. Youre going to really need to take a deep breath and have a think about it. Manchester united have won the fa cup today. Your reaction . Well, i was there. I mean its been here. My youre a massive youre a massive red arent you. Massive red arent you. I am i go to most of the games and i was shouting and singing and thats why i feel a bit rough. And i feel exhausted frankly, from it, from, from the two out there nervousness of it all as well. It was an extraordinary victory. And if the question youre going to ask me is whether united should now sack erik ten hag, if youd asked me that yesterday, i would have said yes. But i dont think you can. After what hes done today, hes won a second trophy in two years. You know, most of the season united have been dreadful, rubbish. Boring, but hes pulled it off against our big city rivals , against all the big city rivals, against all the odds, were now playing again in europe next season, which we didnt expect. If i were the owners, if i was sirjim ratcliffe, id give him another six months. See how its going at christmas. Maybe this can act as the springboard. Hes going as the springboard. Hes going to have to get rid of a quite a lot of players this summer and bnngin lot of players this summer and bring in quite a lot of players. Okay, that would and i think probably most fans would agree with me on that. Okay. Well congratulations to united. Commiserations to city. Lets bring my pundits in. Nina meshkov, Christopher Biggins and the lovely Jasmine Birtles, begins whos winning the election race at the moment we know labour are ahead in the lead, but whos had the best three days . Well , what three days . Well, what im going to say now is im a conservative, but i like rachel stevens. Do you mean Rachel Reeves . Do you mean Rachel Reeves . Reeves . Sorry. Reeves . Sorry. Reeves . Sorry. Rachel reeves. Stevens is from s club. Sorry. No i like her, too. And i think shed be a rubbish chancellor. But Rachel Reeves, i think, is a force. She is. Shes an impressive politician. Politician. She is an impressive politician. And i think i think at the moment labour are ahead. Okay. Whos the three days . Whos winning so far . Nina briefly a couple of seconds. Labour and rishi sunak. That drenching. Oh. Its washed out drowned rat. And, briefly jasmine whos winning so far. Yes, i think labour and lib dems. I think they are definitely. But you know, as far definitely. But you know, as far as im concerned, a lot of people are concerned labour, conservative have their two cheeks okay behind two, two cheeks okay behind two, two cheeks are we. We ended on a very different we ended on a bum, listen, michael , we ended on a bum, listen, michael, come and see us again soon. Thanks for my pundits and the team. Ill see you tomorrow at nine. Headliners that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers, sponsors of weather on gb news. Hello there. Welcome to your latest gb news. Weather over the next 24 hours turns increasingly unsettled. Well see cloud and outbreaks of rain across the country and thats all thanks to low pressure which is going to dominate the rest of the bank houday dominate the rest of the bank holiday weekend, bringing areas of rain and heavy and thundery showers as well. Weve already got rain this evening pushing in from the southwest. This will continue to drift northwards as we head into the early hours. Rain across eastern areas also continuing to push northwards into parts of scotland. Some of this will be heavy at times, but we have a lot more cloud around. It will be generally quite mild overnight night temperatures remaining in double figures, but it does mean a generally a grey damp start across the uk sunday morning with outbreaks of rain. However northern scotland there will be some sunny spells. First thing in the morning before cloud and the rain pushes northwards from the south, as you can see across southern scotland, into Northern Ireland. A cloudy start, outbreaks of rain but temperatures in double figures. Cloudy across the central swathe of england and wales, but some brighter skies already pushing into southern parts of england and wales there and they will continue to push northwards as we move through the morning. However, as the temperatures start to rise, well see the clouds bubble up and well see heavy showers across much of england and wales and southern parts of scotland as we move through into the afternoon , some rumbles of afternoon, some rumbles of thunder, possible local disruption generally staying cloudier for parts of scotland, Northern Ireland here with outbreaks of rain a little cooler for most temperatures , cooler for most temperatures, generally 17 to 20 celsius. Feeling a little warmer in the southeast compared to saturday. On monday, another day of sunny spells and showers for many. Some of these will be heavy at times, some longer spells of rain possible as well for parts of scotland, and it stays unsettled tuesday into wednesday with further spells of rain in places. Temperatures near average looks like things are heating up. Heating up. Boxt boilers sponsors of weather on gb news. Good evening. Good evening. Im ray anderson in the gb newsroom. Headliners is coming right up. But first, our top stories this evening. Rishi stories this evening. Rishi sunak has announced mandatory National Service for 18 year olds. If the conservative party wins the general election. The Prime Minister says theyll be given a choice between 12 months in the armed forces or one weekend a month volunteering in their communities. He claims the measure would help unite society in an increasingly uncertain world. Sunak says applicants would open in september 2025 with a new National Service act, introduced by the end of the next parliament. The prince and princess of wales have said they are incredibly sad to hear of the death of an raf pilot after his spitfire crashed into a