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Father, the king. Two hours of big opinion, big debate, and big entertainment. Lots to get through. Yes. My call for a snap election. But first, the news with tatiana sanchez. With tatiana sanchez. Mark, thank you. And good evening. This is the latest from the newsroom. Soldiers could fill in for armed police after dozens of metropolitan Police Officers stood down from firearms duties following a murder charge against one of their colleagues. Scotland yard requested military support for Counter Terrorism duties if armed officers are unavailable. Armed officers are unavailable. All the officers have turned in their weapons after their colleague was charged with the murder of chris carver. Suella braverman has ordered a review into the situation which met Police Commissioner mark rowley has this evening. 24 has welcomed this evening. 24 year old carver was unarmed and died when he was shot in his car in south london last year. Former transport secretary grant shapps says it would be irresponsible to keep ploughing money into hs2 plans. The government has failed to deny reports claiming the manchester leg is set to be scrapped. The leg is set to be scrapped. The east midlands parkway line is also under threat. The sunday telegraph claims the potential cost of the high speed rail scheme his increased by £8 billion. The cuts could be made before the Tory Party Conference in manchester next month. In manchester next month. Downing street has sought to play downing street has sought to play down reports the Prime Minister is drawing up plans to slash inheritance tax. The slash inheritance tax. The sunday times claims rishi sunaks considering reducing the current rate in the budget in march, despite a warning by the chancellor, jeremy hunt , that he chancellor, jeremy hunt, that he would have no headroom for tax cuts. Death duty is charged at 40, but the vast majority of estates fall below the threshold and so married couples can pass on £1 million to their kids without being taxed. The liberal without being taxed. The liberal democrats are calling on the government to triple tax for social media firms to fund having a Mental Health worker for all schools in england. The for all schools in england. The proposal would see the Digital Services levy raised from 2 to 6 of company revenues. Deputy 6 of company revenues. Deputy leader daisy cooper told her Party Conference earlier today that Mental Health has dropped off the political radar. She introduced a wider package of proposals, including regular check ups on the nhs. For those at risk for. Finally, nasa has successfully landed the largest asteroid sample ever collected back on earth. The specimen is a back on earth. The specimen is a remnant of our early solar system, which scientists believe can shed light on how the planets formed and life on our planets formed and life on our planet began, which is estimated to be 4. 5 million years old. It was checked for any damage and wrapped in thermal blanketing before being recovered by helicopter using a cargo. Net helicopter using a cargo. Net here with gb news across the uk on tv in your car on Digital Radio and on your Smart Speaker. By radio and on your Smart Speaker. By simply saying play gb news. Now its back to. Mark thanks , tatiana. Welcome to mark dolan tonight. Busy one for you in my big opinion. After his net zero u turn. Rishi sunak is finally listening to the country , which listening to the country, which is why i think he should go to the country in an early election next may. The race for number 10 is all to play for now in the big story. Is it right to name and shame the politicians who cant define what a woman is . Cant define what a woman is . Ill be asking former government minister and official woman Edwina Currie. How will the next election go . Who gets the keys to number 10 . Ill be asking tonights mark meat guest the most respected political scientist in the country. King of the political polls, legendary polling expert sir john curtice. In my take at ten, john curtice. In my take at ten, prince harry has been rendered homeless by the palace and hes only brought this on himself at last. Only brought this on himself at last. Some tough love from his last. Some tough love from his father , the king. I will be father, the king. I will be deaung father, the king. I will be dealing with prince harry at ten tonight. Newsmaker is ann widdecombe. Ill be asking ann is a vote for labour a vote to rejoin the eu . Plus, is axing inheritance tax merely a tax cut for the rich . Weve got for the rich . Weve got tomorrows front pages at 1030 sharp with three top pundits who have a mint told what to say and who do not follow the script. Tonight political commentator and former government adviser, a brand new star on mark dolan tonight Claire Pearsall , a tonight Claire Pearsall, a conservative member of the house of lords. Lord taylor of warwick and gb news, senior political commentator nigel nelson. And commentator nigel nelson. And tonight ill be asking the pundits. Following a Police Revolt over the murder charge of a colleague is Suella Braverman rights to back armed police to do their job as they begin their annual conference this weekend. Annual conference this weekend. Are the lib dems still a thing . Are the lib dems still a thing . And is Michael Caine right that the key to a happy life is a younger wife . Do age gap relationships worth back . Plus, the most important part of the show your emails they come straight to this my laptop. Straight to this my laptop. There it is mark at gbnews. Com and this show has a strict golden rule so we dont do bonng. Golden rule so we dont do boring. Not on my watch. Ijust boring. Not on my watch. I just wont have it. A big two hours to come. It is sunday night so get the kettle on. Weve got work to do and we start with my big opinion. On who doesnt love big opinion. On who doesnt love a good comeback. Elvis presleys comeback special in 1968. Live. Comeback special in 1968. Live. A Pool Football Club in istanbul. In 2005, at and gb news star angela rippon. Last night on stage , strictly a show she used stage, strictly a show she used to present, she still got the moves. And yes, cancel me for moves. And yes, cancel me for this. Shes moves. And yes, cancel me for this. Shes still moves. And yes, cancel me for this. Shes still got the legs moves. And yes, cancel me for this. Shes still got the legs. And this week rishi sunak showed that hes got legs too. Although his a somewhat shorter than angelas as he has showed the country tree a bit of leg too, with a more sensible and rational approach to the environment. Giving petrol and diesel cars a five year stay of execution ocean a reprieve for perfectly efficient and cheaper gas boilers that do the job and an approach to getting those Carbon Emissions down. That works alongside the needs of the economy right . Thats what we can afford and engages the will of the people. So with this bold of the people. So with this bold move, rishi sunak has done his bit for democracy and for people power as i said on friday, this more realistic and honest approach to net zero could be his falklands moment. His get brexit done moment. The target to get those emissions down by 2050 remains. But his decision to grant hundreds of oil and gas licences alongside a push for Green Renewables will protect our economy and guarantee our Energy Security so that were not reliant on tyrants like Vladimir Putin or despotic regimes like saudi arabia, just to keep the lights on. Energy security is National Security , security is National Security, which is why sir keir starmer , which is why sir keir starmer, the cervix free leader of the opposition , is now going to opposition, is now going to carry his unflinching commitment to net zero like an albatross around his neck. What will around his neck. What will voters who are struggling with the cost of living make of his announcement this week that he will reverse this decision on new petrol and diesel cars banning them by 2030, meaning that many brits will struggle to replace their current vehicle. Replace their current vehicle. Plus, by the way, no new oil and gas licences for the north sea. Gas licences for the north sea. And what about this war on motoring costs . Of course, if you listen to sky news presenters, apparently poor people dont drive cars. Who knew to get yourself out of london, dear, you might learn a thing or two. Keir starmer should get out of to london all of his ideas. Go down a storm in islington. But his partys indulgence have woke ideologies like the idea women can have penises that britain has a shameful past, or that everythings racist, including the countryside, mathematics and knitting. All of that goes down like a cup of cold sick outside of the capital. All starmers religious commitment to net zero, which is tantamount to a cult and is obvious desire to realign with, if not rejoin the eu became all too apparent this week as he kissed emmanuel macrons in the elysee palace. He told a canadian conference that he didnt want to diverge from eu rules, which he now denies. Of from eu rules, which he now denies. Of course he from eu rules, which he now denies. Of course he does. And denies. Of course he does. And he even announced that his plan to stop the boats was a cosy deal with brussels that could see us accept upwards of 100,000 people a year, plus his plan to reopen the brexit deal has been laughed at even by his friends on the continent. Meanwhile, on the continent. Meanwhile, sunakis on the continent. Meanwhile, sunak is tapping into brexit benefits , tearing up stifling eu benefits, tearing up stifling eu rules to kick start the construction of hundreds of thousands of much needed new houses. A trade deal with india is just a whisker away , and the is just a whisker away, and the city of london is planning major reforms which could see a £200 billion brexit bonus for the economy. While sunak is economy. While sunak is embracing our newfound sovereignty and independence , sovereignty and independence, its clear that starmers europhile pals are still in mourning. Take a look at this. Mourning. Take a look at this. Here they are cavorting in Central London at a march which managed an attendance of just 3000 people. Thats 3 of those expected to attend. And here are some of them demonstrating why some of them demonstrating why so many stayed away. Now congratulate us to my brilliant colleague, ben leo, star reporter on dan wootton tonight, whose questions down at the march, which turned out to be a slow shuffle reveal just how irrational these arch remainers actually are. Actually are. The other countries seem to have recovered a lot better from it than we have. Germanys in recession, though, were so how is though, and were not. So how is that true . That true . Im not an economist. Im not an economist. What else do you miss about the, um. Oh no. The, um. Oh no. Oh, no. I like the he was struggling. That was like me on celebrity. Pointless. Listen, things are going sunaks way. You cant deny it. Inflation looks to have peaked. Deny it. Inflation looks to have peaked. Interest rates were held peaked. Interest rates were held this week. And with the economy this week. And with the economy on the up just as germany and the eurozone struggle events dear boys events are playing in his favour, which is why i think sunak should seize the initiative and call an earlier election in may of next year. We know he can eke it out until january 2025, but to go early is a sign of confidence that he can show that hes owning this. And an early poll sends a message that britains future is bright, not bleak. This week, the battle not bleak. This week, the battle lines have been drawn. The tyranny of woke culture, which most people hate, includes many on the left. The cult of net zero White Elephant nonsense like hs2 unlocking housebuilding, embracing brexit or not unpicking it, protecting pensions, stopping the boats and cutting taxes to boost the economy. Sunaks approach will economy. Sunaks approach will not be popular everywhere. Ideological be its islington vs is the rest of the uk well well bnng is the rest of the uk well well bring it on london isnt Britain Sunak has talked about a more Honest Politics in which he wants to be straight with the public. Well, the cold hard truth is that the next election is all to play for. Rishi should go to the country sunak rather than later. A maypole may work in his favour and spring keir starmer a surprise. Starmer a surprise. Of course the polls would contradict what ive had to say. Labour are streets ahead and of course keir starmer and his folk would argue that the country has been destroyed by the tories over 13 years. Theyve made a horlicks of the economy and its time for change. So whats your view . Margaret gibb news. Com lets get reaction from my top pundits. Political commentator and former government adviser Claire Pearsall conservative member of the house of lords, lord taylor of warwick and gb news, senior political commentator nigel nelson. Lord taylor , let me start with you. Taylor, let me start with you. Im calling for a may election. Im calling for a may election. Its the economy. So i think he should go long. You didnt call me stupid. You didnt call me stupid. You didnt call me stupid. Look, even lazarus came back from the dead, so there is hope for rishi. But i think that in my opinion , its not opposition my opinion, its not opposition that win elections. Its governments that lose them. And theres so much anger against theres so much anger against the conservative government because of the cost of living and so forth, that theres no real passion for keir starmer, in my view. Real passion for keir starmer, in my view. But real passion for keir starmer, in my view. But i think its in my view. But i think its still difficult for rishi. You cant base it all on the uxbndge cant base it all on the uxbridge by election result they squeak through on ulez if he waits till october, doesnt that look like hes clinging on for dear life . No. Hes entitled to. The economy, i think will improve. And i think the problem improve. And i think the problem is if he goes in may, the economy could still be in the ditch. Inflation ran high. People are suffering. So you know, its the economy, stupid play know, its the economy, stupid play it long. Thats my view. Well, claire, i think if sunak goes to the country early, that is winning the mind games because the messaging is very clear. Im confident. I believe in britain, quite possibly. Britain, quite possibly. But if youve ever, ever been out on the election trail any time of year that you have, it is awful because the majority of the public will hate you at any one given points throughout in a campaign. That changes from one given points throughout in a campto n. That changes from one given points throughout in a campto week that changes from one given points throughout in a campto week during hanges from one given points throughout in a campto week during aanges from one given points throughout in a campto week during aange ofom week to week during a sort of 6 to 8 week campaign. You will be good one minute, you be good one minute, you will be awful, next. So i think that awful, the next. So i think that the messaging has to be right. And that the economy and i do think that the economy needs to be better. Whether you needs to be better. Whether you leave october, you run leave it until october, you run the risk things going wrong the risk of things going wrong across the months. So you across the summer months. So you have to play a little bit have to play it a little bit safe. I think probably youre safe. I think probably youre looking at springtime anyway. I looking at springtime anyway. I think that the all of the signs are pointing towards that. I think that october would just be too long and you run the risk of going into the winter elections, as we saw in which isnt as we saw in 2019, which isnt great for turnout. And people get really angry if they feel that theyre excluded that theyre being excluded from something. So im not sure that something. So im not sure that well have any earlier than well have it any earlier than may that would be my may and that that would be my bet on lets just hope that bet on it. Lets just hope that things pick up new year things pick up in the new year and itll be and the polling. Itll be interesting to see sirjohn interesting to see what sir john curtice about the curtice has to say about the polling, because i think that thatis polling, because i think that that is going to be absolutely crucial when we go into next yeah however, nigel, a week to forget for keir starmer well, i dont think so. Accusations of cosying up to the eu kissing emmanuel macrons backside and of course two weeks ago his solution to stop the boats, a deal with the eu. Well , taking those things in well, taking those things in turn , apart from from perhaps turn, apart from from perhaps emmanuel macrons backside on the first issue, he was just restating the policy, which is to make brexit work better by closer relationship with the eu. Thats what brexiteers im sure must want on on the immigrants hes been subject to a two to a really gross missed representation by the tories. Representation by the tories. This comes back. To a european this comes back. To a European Council proposal in june which was to share migrants around the Member States more fairly. But Member States more fairly. But its Member States. Were not a its Member States. Were not a member state. Weve left the eu. We will not be subject to the quotas. So when the tories talk about, oh, well, based on our population , that means well be population, that means well be taking 124,000 in. Can anyone seriously think any Prime Minister of whatever colour would do that kind of deal with europe to send, say, 20,000 of our own Asylum Seekers over there in return for taking five times more . Nigel starmer is a remainer. He wants to bring us back into europe. Im a remainer, but im a remainer. But i dont want to go back to europe. Im honest about it. He isnt well. Im honest about it. He isnt welyeah, no, is. Was yeah, well, no, he is. He was a remainer. Yeah, well, no, he is. He was a remainer. But. But that. That horse has bolted. Were out. Were out of europe. Theres no way. Theres no way. Here we are, though, you know, since his proposed solution to stopping the boats, which involves some kind of collaboration with with eu, an agreement. An agreement. Sure. Agreement. An agreement. Sure. The perception is that hell take us back in, or at least that he will soften brexit because his Party Faithful certainly in london, hates it. Well the perception is being dnven well the perception is being driven by the by the tories who are misrepresenting the position and the reason theyre doing thatis and the reason theyre doing that is theyve got nothing else to hit him with. Best policy is silence. Best policy is silence. Best policy is silence. Oh, that could be true. Oh, that could be true. That could. That could. That could be right. He could any gross misrepresentation on on this than it has come from. Keir starmer himself. Yes. If you have to explain your policy two days later and then you really have no business, but you have to if youre misrepresented in the first time by by the by the tories, he tells he tells he tells claire he tells a conference of canadian lefties that he doesnt want to diverge from eu rules. Two days later. Oh, no, no, no. I want to diverge. Im terribly sorry you cant say that. You cant say. Well, its station. Its all misrepresent station. Its when your its the tories fault when your words out in a stage words were coming out in a stage full of left leaning full of left, left leaning briefly, nigel last right to reply. Reply. He was talking about worker rights. He was talking about the environment. Talking environment. He was talking about we already about laws that we already adhere. About laws that we already adiokay,. Look, what do you okay, well, look, what do you think my idea for a may think about my idea for a may election . And think its too election . And i think its too close. But coming close to call now. But coming up next big story , is it next in the big story, is it right name and shame the right to name and shame the politicians define right to name and shame the politi a ans define right to name and shame the politi a woman define right to name and shame the politia woman is . Define right to name and shame the politia woman is . Illiefine right to name and shame the politia woman is . Ill be ne right to name and shame the politia woman is . Ill be asking what a woman is . Ill be asking former government minister and official currie. Official woman Edwina Currie. Shes. Radio. What are your thoughts about what a may general election . I what a may general election . I think it would be a sign of confidence by the Prime Minister that he believes in his mission and he believes this and that he believes in this country. Mark at cbnnews. Com a big reaction to my big opinion. Big reaction to my big opinion. Martin says. Hi, mark. Rishi and hunt are freezing the personal allowance until 2028. That for me is it . Im finished with the tories sick of working and ending up with nothing after bills, sick of below inflation and pay rises with 32 taken off the pay rise with the tax and national insurance. Meanwhile, tax money is given out all over the place and wasted on vanity projects. I have never voted labour but will give them a chance if they mess up, i will move abroad. Martin thank you move abroad. Martin thank you for that. Keep those emails coming, mark at gbviews gbnews. Com, a quick one from keith. Hi, mark. I love your big opinions. Yes, we do need change, but not to flip flop. Starmer mr tice will receive my vote. Richard tice of course. Who is the leader of reform uk and also a brand new star on gb news. Brilliant stuff. Well, look, well get back to your emails shortly, but its back to your emails shortly, but wsfime back to your emails shortly, but its time now for the big story. Telegraph are. And the telegraph are reporting that mps who believe women can have a penis will be named and shamed ahead of the general election. An army of volunteers in a non political Grassroots Campaign is planning to meet all mps and prospective parliamentary candidates and ask them a simple question what is a woman . Their answer will be video recorded and uploaded individually to a website which is being launched in the coming months. Sharon davies , mp, the months. Sharon davies, mp, the former olympic swimmer and feminist campaigner who has been appointed as the campaigns first ambassador, said it would let voters know if their mp is going to stand up for women , and going to stand up for women, and so could the inability to define what a woman is influence. Its what a woman is influence. Its the outcome of the next election. Lets ask one of the best known former politicians in the country x government minister and broadcaster Edwina Currie. Edwina is this published list the right thing to do . The right thing to do . Well, i feel slightly uncomfortable about it, i must admit , for a variety of reasons admit, for a variety of reasons. Given that, you know, im a woman, ive always been a woman. Im not going to let you check, but you can take my word for it. Had check, but you can take my word for it. Had children , all the for it. Had children, all the rest of it, but feel slightly anxious about it because i think the main issue is , is were the main issue is, is were going to be really challenging people in a really quite aggressive way. And it seems to me that that is making exactly the same mistakes as the trans lobby have been making recently. You know, im a believer in free speech. Its one of the reasons why im on gb news as you are. And it seems to me that that means that we have to allow people to voice their opinions andindeed people to voice their opinions and indeed stand by those opinions and defend them without being so aggressive that were trying to cancel them. Thats part of my real problem. Im part of my real problem. Im also slightly worried that , you also slightly worried that, you know, i do have friends who are genuine transgender and the people whove always been around long before all this round. And long before all this round. And i want them to feel comfortable. I want them to feel comfortable. I dont want them to feel persecuted. So thats why im sort of, you know, a bit anxious about it. I love Sharon Davies and i think the campaign by sportswomen to stop so called trans men being on the podium in first place ahead of them. I think thats absolutely right, because those men are cheats. Because those men are cheats. You know, theyre liars. They they shouldnt be allowed to compete in those those competitions. But when it comes to trying to cancel an opinion , to trying to cancel an opinion, no, i dont think thats right. No. And i completely understand your points about womens sport whilst at the same time including trans people with the choice theyve made. Im a libertarian, so if you ask steve and you want to become rebecca, good luck to you, edwina. And im sure you feel the same. But at the moment women are being called cis and birthing called cis women and birthing humans. The word mother has been removed from nhs literature. Do you not think these stories are going to become an election issue in the years time . Issue in the years time . Oh, i think for some people they certainly will be. And i agree with you. Absolutely language makes all the difference. You know, youve the difference. You know, youve got to be a little bit careful about saying a woman is somebody who has a womb because you know, there are a lot of older women who no have a uterus and who no longer have a uterus and theyre not going to want to be cancelled. I can think of a few , not million miles from where im right now, for im sitting right now, for example. Youve got to be example. So youve got to be careful how you define these things broadly speaking, things. But broadly speaking, a mother is a woman who has had children or adopted children and, you know, man is the other half of that. With a bit of luck , i dont see a problem there. , i dont see a problem there. But i do see a problem with aggressive hounding of parliamentary candidates who may well have different opinions and different opinions is what really makes this country such a vibrant place. Will it make a difference to the election in 1 or 2 cases . It certainly might, but id much rather we debate the state of the economy. Id the state of the economy. Id much rather debate the state of the nation. And thats only a very small part of it. Edwina, brief me if you can. You tackled a wave of Political Correctness when you were in frontline politics in the 80s and 90s. People complained, didnt they, about pc gone mad . Didnt they, about pc gone mad . Do you remember that . But this this current woke onslaught on society is on another level, isnt it . Rewriting our history isnt it . Rewriting our history , mangling language . , mangling language . Well, its actually its more than that because in many cases people are being cancelled. You think of j. K. Rowling and how she has been treated. They have she has been treated. They have been cancelled because they have wanted to reclaim safe space for women like womens toilets and to stop men going in there like womens prisons and to stop men going in there. Very seldom does going in there. Very seldom does any man go in there with pure motives. Theyre often going in there for very nefarious reasons. So theres a heck of a lot there that needs to be rolled back. Absolutely. And the rolled back. Absolutely. And the trans lobby , i think, has done trans lobby, i think, has done their cause an enormous amount of damage. It shows the opinion of damage. It shows the opinion polls show that we are far less tolerant now of trans people than we were even 20 years ago. And im for a tolerant society. Im relaxed. Im a little bit libertarian like you. I want everybody to be happy as long as they pay their taxes and behave themselves. Im happy to. Thats themselves. Im happy to. Thats the way forward. The way forward. Edwina look forward to catching up again soon. Former government minister and bestselling author, broadcaster as well, Edwina Currie. So as well, Edwina Currie. So should armed cops be supported and be allowed to do their job . And be allowed to do theirjob . Thats next. But first, heres a bit of weather, that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers. Proud sponsors of weather on. Gb news. Hello there. Welcome to your latest gb news weather forecast. Im craig snell. Well, looking ahead to the week ahead, it is certainly going remain certainly going to remain unsettled, middle of unsettled, especially middle of the , potentially turn the week, potentially turn very windy for some of us. Back to the and and we have the here and now. And we have got pressure generally got low pressure generally dominating thats dominating the atlantic. Thats going bands of rain going to bring in bands of rain as we go through the next 24 hours. And note the tightly looped indicating its looped isobars indicating its going windy. Going to be very windy. So heres situation as we end heres the situation as we end sunday. Got a band rain sunday. Got a band of rain spreading its way across the country. Pulses on country. Some heavy pulses on it. Its going to it. And its going to be a fairly windy night, especially across half of the across the northern half of the country, a little bit country, turning a little bit dner country, turning a little bit drier clearer across the drier and clearer across the south night. And south as we end the night. And for its going to be for all of us, its going to be a fairly mild one. Temperatures staying double so we staying in double figures. So we start a fairly start monday off on a fairly sunny note across of sunny note across many parts of england wales. Sunny note across many parts of england wales. Still maybe england and wales. Still maybe some to contend some overnight rain to contend with across the very far southeast and really the day is going be a mixture of going to be a mixture of sunshine scattered showers. Going to be a mixture of sunsshowers scattered showers. Going to be a mixture of sunsshowers mainly � ed showers. Going to be a mixture of sunsshowers mainly focusseders. The showers mainly focussed across of across more northern parts of the we see some the country. We could see some heavy scotland and heavy showers for scotland and Northern Ireland, too, and quite a especially again a breezy day, especially again in the north. That may temper the temperatures somewhat up here, towards the here, but down towards the south east quite warm. South east feeling quite warm. Highs tuesday , highs of 23 degrees tuesday, another day of sunny spells and scattered showers could see some heavy showers initially across the east and then later on, this more organised band of rain spreading in from the west. As we go through the course of the day. And sets us up for day. And that sets us up for a very windy middle of the very windy middle part of the week. Watch for wednesday. Week. Watch out for wednesday. Warnings are force the warnings are in force for the north west. North and west. That warm feeling inside from boxt boilers. Proud sponsors of weather on. Gb news. Weather on. Gb news. How about this from bruce . Hey, mark. First it was global warming. Now its climate change. Then it became women with a penis. Oh, my god. Its with a penis. Oh, my god. Its still a bloke in a dress. But i will fight to the death for that bloke to walk down the street in a dress. But dont call yourself a dress. But dont call yourself a woman , says bruce. More of a woman, says bruce. More of your emails to come. But next up with the pundits following a Police Revolt the murder with the pundits following a police i0f0ll the murder with the pundits following a police i0f at the murder with the pundits following a police i0f a colleague murder with the pundits following a police i0f a colleague isrrder with the pundits following a police i0f a colleague is suella charge of a colleague is Suella Braverman rights to back armed police to do their job. Plus, are the lib dems still a thing . And is Michael Caine right that the key to a happy life is a younger partner . See you. News radio. Well a big reaction to my discussion with Edwina Currie about whether its right that a Pressure Group is going to publish the answers of every possible mp at the next election in terms of how they define a woman. Woman. How about this from megan . Hi, mark. Edwina is wrong, wrong, wrong. Women are being wrong, wrong. Women are being cancelled by males and those who dare not speak. The biological truth. We care what you want, but dont deceive , says megan but dont deceive, says megan also on the election and whether or not labour would take us closer to the eu. Antonio says, closer to the eu. Antonio says, ive always voted tory, never labouh ive always voted tory, never labour. I think theyre commie idiots, but i might vote for reform now. Also, if people dont know what a woman is, then i wouldnt trust them to tie their shoelaces. Let alone run their shoelaces. Let alone run the country. Brilliant stuff. And last but not least, on on your emails. Lovely one from jean who says, hi, mark. Great panel tonight. Thoughtful, intelligent pundits and comments. And best of all, no interrupting harpies. Wow. Interrupting harpies. Wow. Havent heard that word for a while. Well, lets introduce my brilliant pundits tonight. We are delighted to have political commentator and former government adviser Claire Pearsall, conservative member of the house of lords, lord taylor of warwick, and gb news, senior political commentator nigel nelson. Now Suella Braverman is backing armed officers after a Police Revolt arose in the aftermath of an armed officer being charged over the death of an unarmed 24 year old. Chris carver. The army has been called on standby to cover for met police, Firearms Officers refusing to carry guns around. 100 armed officers are known to have handled and handed in, i should say , their firearms. And should say, their firearms. And the home secretary has announced a review into armed policing. So a review into armed policing. So is Suella Braverman rights to back armed police to do their job . Claire i think she needs to be very, very careful given that there is a case ongoing which we dont want to delve into too much. But i think it is quite interesting that we get the armed forces back doing their job now. They always used to do that for Counter Terrorism operations. You had the armed operations. You had the armed forces coming in and police werent armed. Its a real sign of our times that we have armed police around our capital city. There are so many things that they need to protect. And again, that highlights another problem. We officers to we expect our Police Officers to be everything everyone , run be everything for everyone, run and be everywhere at all times. And be everywhere at all times. And given the numbers that we have, its just not possible. So yes, she has to back them. She is the home secretary. That is her job. Is the home secretary. That is herjob. But needs to do it herjob. But she needs to do it in really calm , lawful way. We in a really calm, lawful way. We need to look at all of the facts around carrying of weapons on need to look at all of the facts arotstreets ying of weapons on need to look at all of the facts arotstreets and of weapons on need to look at all of the facts arotstreets and whatzapons on need to look at all of the facts arotstreets and what happens| the streets and what happens when theyre it is when theyre discharged. It is a really , really big subject. And really, really big subject. And i think that have to be i think that we have to be careful when we discuss it not to take over and to let emotion take over and just at the facts in front just look at the facts in front of us, which is what we should do. Well, its a shocking spectacle. Armed officers all that armed officers are handing in weapons handing in their weapons in protest has protest that a colleague has been charged in relation to the death somebody who who was death of somebody who who was being. Cops with being apprehended. Cops with guns need to have the confidence that the government, the authorities and the law has their back. Yes, they do. And we need to have in return, we need to have confidence they make confidence that they will make those right those decisions, the right decisions in that split second. So it is really, really difficult. I that we difficult. And i think that we have broken down that relationship between the police, the and the public, the government and the public, and that needs rebuilding. And that should be first and foremost and everybodys mind. You lawless city, you cant have a lawless city, which is were heading which is what were heading into. Unfortunately, by the looks of it. But you need to be looks of it. But you need to be able to have the confidence that the police turn up and do the police will turn up and do their not go dancing theirjob, not go dancing around rainbow take rainbow cars, but actually take their job very, very seriously. And the majority of them do. So i think that this is real i think that this is a real turning point in the relationship between government , police public. As , the police and the public. As i so we need need to i say. So we need to we need to be tread carefully on this, but we need to understand that their job very, very difficult. And job is very, very difficult. And they understand that we they need to understand that we have confidence. Have no confidence. Briefly, lord well, very briefly, lord taylor, armed cops need taylor, i think armed cops need to know that when they do their job, not going get job, theyre not going to get arrested. Understand what job, theyre not going to get arreste saying,ierstand what job, theyre not going to get arreste saying, but and what job, theyre not going to get arrestesaying, but ind what youre saying, but i was a barrister for some years and a judge, a Police Officer has been charged. Charged. Hes awaiting trial. She was hes awaiting trial. She was the attorney general. She has to be careful that the defence wont say to the jury, well, look, the home secretary is backing the officer. That could be, you know, a twist in the case, could be a contempt of court. She has to be very, very careful. But do we want armed cops afraid to. No, no , of course not. Do the no, no, of course not. Do the job that theyre paid to do. Do we want a police force or a service . You know, a Police Service . You know, theyre protect us. Theyre there to protect us. I believe in dixon of dock green back in the day when. When, you know, you could trust a Police Officer. I remember a Community Officer. I remember a Community Officer when i was a boy , you officer when i was a boy, you know, patrolling the neighbourhood. He didnt need a gun. He was an amateur gun. He was an amateur footballer. He was overweight. We used to call him Bobby Charlton , know, pretty harsh , charlton, know, pretty harsh, but ill tell you. Very creative. Yes, he was cruel, but he kept us in check. Trusted he kept us in check. We trusted him. Want armed police him. We dont want armed Police Officers. Well, i think we dont officers. Well, i think we dont want it like america , unfortunately. I think there are plenty of viewers and listeners who live in neighbourhoods where they feel they feel thats exactly what they need. The democrats need. But the liberal democrats are in the news. Their annual conference kicked off yesterday with leader sir ed davey, with party leader sir ed davey, expected use occasion to expected to use the occasion to slam record on the slam the tories record on the nhs and pensions. Slam the tories record on the nhs and pensions. Just this nhs and pensions. Just this morning he neglected to give a straight answer when asked seven times whether he would take britain back into the eu after near wipe out in 2015. Despite a few by election victories, the lib dems have failed to gain any significant electoral momentum. Significant electoral momentum. So are the lib dems still a thing . Nigel nelson yes, they are , and they have got some are, and they have got some momentum behind them. If you look at the latest polls and aggregate them together, they would return 28 mps into the house of commons. That gives labour a landslide, by the way. Now if labour dont get a landslide, the likelihood is they would return even more. And if you look at the local Election Results back in may, that showed a hung parliament. So we could, if that if that was repeated at a general election , repeated at a general election, then we could see the liberal Democrats Holding the balance of power. The question obviously is power. The question obviously is whether or not they were going to coalition with labour. Theyre saying at the moment theyre saying no at the moment , but that would be the option for keir starmer and ed davey post the election. Whats the most likely outcome if labour were reliant on lib dem support to form a government, would they have an ad hoc arrangement confidence . And thats what thats what the lib dems are talking about at moment. But weve seen at the moment. But weve seen before the really it only before that the really it only works properly if you embed lib dem ministers in government, which means a proper formal coalition then tony blair would have done that with Paddy Ashdown if he hadnt won that landslide. And David Cameron put landslide. And David Cameron put a great deal of thought into it before he went into coalition with the lib dems. The lib dems i think did a really good job in coalition. I agree. We had a better government. I talked to nick clegg about it afterwards and said, do you regret it . And he said, i know i was destroying my party, but if you get a chance at government , my party, but if you get a chance at government, you must take otherwise, whats the take it. Otherwise, whats the point being job . Point of being in the job . I happen to think i agree. I happen to think that the Coalition Government of 2010 were underrated. But that the Coalition Government of 20course3 underrated. But that the Coalition Government of 20course its underrated. But that the Coalition Government of 20course its all underrated. But that the Coalition Government of 20course its all aboutrated. But of course its all about opinions, lets opinions, isnt it . Now lets move legendary english move on to legendary english actor sir Michael Caine, who recently shared his secret to a long and joyous life. In an interview with mail. Amidst long and joyous life. In an innumberwith mail. Amidst long and joyous life. In an in number of h mail. Amidst long and joyous life. In an innumber of health viail. Amidst long and joyous life. In an in number of Health Conscious st a number of Health Conscious tips, his primary was to tips, his primary advice was to have a younger wife. Now its time for a plot spoiler because we have nigel and claire here. And tell you that and let me tell you that they are married and theres are happily married and theres are happily married and theres a of an age gap. Claire is a bit of an age gap. Claire is a lot nigel, but does lot older than nigel, but does it work . Claire it does. It really does. And its the one thing that ive never really considered is, is an age difference between us. I mean, nigel heart. He nigel is a child at heart. He takes some organising. Well, he is looking after my teenager and looking my boss. Its all looking after my boss. Its all in one. Thats what i do. Im a carer for a living and weve put lord taylor in between the two of you. Just. Just. Just. Just. Just so that nigel doesnt get fresh. Because we know hes man of because we know hes a man of appetites and hes ex fleet street. So, you know what i mean . Theres moral theres no, theres no moral compass. Theres no, theres no moral compass. But. Theres no, theres no moral compass. But. Mean, are compass. But. But i mean, are there, there plus sides to compass. But. But i mean, are theage there plus sides to compass. But. But i mean, are theage gap1ere plus sides to compass. But. But i mean, are theage gap . Re plus sides to an age gap . I mean, its really hard to quantify because its always couched in a framework of that. Couched in a framework of that. Its a negative. Right . You know, that you somehow can overcome an age gap. But it might advantages. I mean, might have advantages. I mean, youve got a man that, you know, theres nigel. Hes lived a life. Hes man the world. Life. Hes a man of the world. Hes wise. Hes wise. I what helps me and i think what helps me and hes loaded. We certainly i wish i think what helps more than anything is that were in the same business. Met in the house of we met in the house of commons. We talk politics endlessly. We know similar endlessly. We know similar people. Know all the gossip. People. We know all the gossip. And hes actually very good at the you know, hes the gossip. So, you know, hes always the one to tap up. If theres any news going around, always the one to tap up. If therethe ny news going around, always the one to tap up. If therethe oneiews going around, always the one to tap up. If therethe one who going around, always the one to tap up. If therethe one who knowsiround, always the one to tap up. If therethe one who knowsirofirst. Hes the one who knows it first. So in that so its quite handy in that respect. We like the same music i what is that all sorts of varying different things. Ive introduced him to some interesting music, the Scissor Sisters , for example. Sisters, for example. Ive learned its a bit thats a bit camp for nigel, isnt it . Nigels old school. Just a touch only he to put just a touch only he has to put up that i it in the up with that when i it in the car nigel is a hard hetero. Car nigel is a hard core hetero. Lets honest with scissor lets be honest with Scissor Sisters a bit stretch sisters is a bit of a stretch for nigel. Attracted for you, nigel. What attracted you political you to the Young Political adviser pearsall . Claire pearsall . Claire pearsall . The political she was the Young Political advisor. Claire pearsall we met in the in the smoking shelter at the house of commons, and it took me about two years to pluck up the courage to invite her out, which i did at a Tory Party Conference. All right. Well, listen, well get more on love life later on lord taylors love life later on lord taylors love life later on but its great on in the show, but its great to this married couple to have this married couple chemistry are given these chemistry are given from these two. But listen, keep hands two. But listen, keep your hands to in to yourself. Coming up in my take prince harry has take at ten, prince harry has been homeless by the been rendered homeless by the palace hes only got himself palace and hes only got himself to blame last. Some tough to blame at last. Some tough love from king charles. Ill be deaung love from king charles. Ill be dealing with prince harry in no Uncertain Terms in 15 minutes time. You wont want to miss it. Box office, telly. But next up, box office, telly. But next up, my mark meets guest is british political john political scientist, sir john curtis. Dont go anywhere. Find out why harry is now homeless. Harry in my take at homeless. Harry in my take at ten. But first, this. Yes, its ten. But first, this. Yes, its time for mark meets. And this evening, the most respected political scientist in the country , election guru, the sage country, election guru, the sage of the polls, the professor of politics at the university of strathclyde , sir john curtis, strathclyde, sir john curtis, sir john, welcome to mark dolan tonight. But sir john, welcome to mark dolan tonight. But in sir john, welcome to mark dolan tonight. But in recent years, tonight. But in recent years, political polling has been wide of the mark, hasnt it . With the surprise victory for leave dunng surprise victory for leave during the brexit referendum, Trump Victory in america in 2016 and Boris Johnson in 2019. Can we still believe the polls . We still believe the polls . Well, let me unpack those three for you, mark, the opinion polls in 2019 were more or less on the mark. They certainly pointed quite clearly to the conservatives winning that election so far as the 2016 brexit referendum is concerned. While actually what most people tend to forget is that a majority of the polls were conducted during the Brexit Referendum Campaign actually had leave ahead. If you took the leave ahead. If you took the polls a week before polling day, they virtually all had leave ahead. What is true is that they then did seemingly register a bit of a swing back. Some people thought that was a consequence of the assassination of jo cox, which occurred just a week before. And i think a lot of before. And i think a lot of people said, oh, okay, its obvious now people are going to go for the safer option. Theres a swing back towards safety at the last minute, but even then, actually, of the six final polls, two did have leave ahead. I think there was an awful lot of people assuming that the polls were swinging in favour of remain when in fact they werent quite telling that. Trump yes. I quite telling that. Trump yes. I mean, i dont speak for the american pollsters. Trump wasnt american pollsters. Trump wasnt entirely online, though. Again the honest truth is, if you use the honest truth is, if you use the polls in the United States to work out which are going to be the states which are going to determine the outcome of the electoral college, which are the ones which are very, very close, then actually, the polls give you a pretty good guide inside the United States. I mean, if the United States. I mean, if i were trying to criticise the polls, i wouldnt take any of the you made. I would the examples you made. I would have gone for the 2015 general election in which , of course election in which, of course where David Cameron won an overall much to the overall majority, much to the surprise of the polls, the polls over estimated labour at that election and then in 2017 they managed to do the opposite. Now we can get into the detail of that if you want, but that there was over british polling was a cloud over british polling 2019 seen at least was reasonably okay. And sir john, youve had this remarkable career analysing politics, looking at the polls. What first sparked your interest in politics that , mark, interest in politics that, mark, is one of those questions to which i am never able to give the answer at all. I can tell you is that my First Political memory is the death of Hugh Gaitskell in 1963. And i started following that. Thenin and i started following that. Then in contests for the labour leadership, which Harold Wilson of course won. And then i remember Harold Macmillans resignation. Sir alec douglas resignation. Sir Alec Douglas Hume after a certain amount of toing and froing inside the conservative party becoming leader , my familial background. Leader, my familial background. Well, my mother was interested in politics to a degree, and certainly she didnt have the same views as her father. And occasionally i witnessed the probably perhaps slightly more political conversations than many people do. But i mean, many people do. But i mean, neither of them was particularly politically active, at least at that stage. My mother did become that stage. My mother did become active later on. But my father no , i mean, i dont think he had no, i mean, i dont think he had much interest in politics at all. So im afraid in the end its one of those mysteries that somehow or another what was still a relatively young age of around nine, i just kind of began to want to follow these things. Well, i share your enthusiasm and fascination with politics. Six. Youve had a longer career than i have, though. Sirjohn has the quality of political discourse improved or worsened in your time . In your time . Well , i in your time . Well, i think what is true is that we are increasing over time. Have had politicians dominating the house of commons who are professional politicians. That is, they havent really had much of a career outside of politics. And that, ironically , politics. And that, ironically, that perhaps in the wake of that, theyve not been quite such good politicians. Now, what such good politicians. Now, what do i mean by that . Well, if you take the classic career take almost the classic career of many an mp , you know it is of many an mp, you know it is well , they do at oxford or well, they do at oxford or something relatively similar elsewhere where they then go off and work for a think tank, usually one of the think tanks associated, one of the political parties. They then perhaps parties. They then perhaps become a Research Assistant for an mp. They become aspired to a an mp. They become aspired to a minister or a shadow minister and then with a bit of help of patronage from said minister or shadow minister, they find themselves getting a seat, a relatively safe seat for their party and they enter the house of commons and theyve done nothing else. Now if you compare that with certainly some of the politicians of the 60s and 70s, partly of course, because there was a generation that experienced war, but denis healey, shirley williams, etcetera , these were politicians etcetera, these were politicians who had a hint of roy jenkins. Obviously they had a hinterland in macleod. They all well, i completely agree, sir to john, interrupt you. They had pedigree as do you. The clock is against us. But i look forward to catching up with you again soon. In the run up to the sirjohn you again soon. In the run up to the sir john curtis, the election, sir john curtis, thank you your time. Um, thank you for your time. Um, heres youre heres your weather. Youre welcome okay, see whats welcome. Okay, lets see whats happening with the weather folks i it looks like things are heating up. Boxt boilers proud sponsors of weather on. Gb news. Sponsors of weather on. Gb news. Hello there. Welcome to your latest gb news weather forecast. Im craig news weather forecast. Im craig snell. Well, looking ahead to the ahead, certainly the week ahead, it is certainly going remain unsettled, going to remain unsettled, especially the week , especially middle of the week, potentially windy for potentially turn very windy for some of us. Back to the here and now and we have got low pressure, dominated in pressure, generally dominated in the going the atlantic thats going to bnng the atlantic thats going to bring of rain as we go bring in bands of rain as we go through the next 24 hours. And note that the packed note that the tightly packed isobars indicating its going to be heres the be very windy. So heres the situation as we end sunday got a band rain spreading its way band of rain spreading its way across the country. Some heavy pulses. And its going to pulses on it. And its going to be a fairly night, be a fairly windy night, especially across the northern half country, a half of the country, turning a little bit drier clearer little bit drier and clearer across end the across the south as we end the night all us, its night and for all of us, its going to be a fairly mild one. Temperatures staying in double figures. Off figures. So we start monday off on sunny across on a fairly sunny note across many parts england and wales. Many parts of england and wales. Still overnight rain still maybe some overnight rain to across the very to contend with across the very far southeast. And really the day to mixture day is going to be a mixture of sunshine scattered showers. Sunshine and scattered showers. The focussed the showers mainly focussed across northern parts of across more northern parts of the could see some the country, could see some heavy for scotland and heavy showers for scotland and Northern Ireland, and quite Northern Ireland, too. And quite a day, especially again a breezy day, especially again in north. That may temper in the north. That may temper the somewhat up the temperatures somewhat up here, but down towards the southeast, warm. Southeast, feeling quite warm. Highs degrees tuesday , highs of 23 degrees tuesday, another day of sunny spells and scattered showers could see some heavy showers initially across the and then later on, the east. And then later on, this more organised band of rain spreading in from the west. As we through the course of the we go through the course of the day. That sets us up for day. And that sets us up for a very middle part of the very windy middle part of the week. Watch out for wednesday. Week. Watch out for wednesday. Warnings in force for the warnings are in force for the north. North and west. Looks like things are heating up for boxt boilers proud sponsors of weather on gb news as. Okay folks as. Okay folks ten its coming up to 10 00 on television on radio and online in the United Kingdom and across the world. This is mark dolan tonight. Coming up in my take at ten. Prince harry has been rendered homeless by the palace and hes only brought this on himself at last. Some tough love from his father, the king tonights newsmaker is Ann Whittaker and ill be asking ann is a vote for labour a vote to rejoin the eu . Plus, is axing inheritance tax merely a tax cut for the rich . Merely a tax cut for the rich . Plus, tonight , weve got plus, tonight, weve got tomorrows front pages with live reaction in the studio from my top pundits. So a very busy. Top pundits. So a very busy. Hour to come. Prince harry is now homeless. He is homeless. Harry, find out why in my take at ten in just a couple of minutes time, im not pulling my punches. You wont want to miss it. Box office, tv first the news with tatiana sanchez. News with tatiana sanchez. Mark. Thank you. This is the latest from the newsroom. Latest from the newsroom. Breaking news to bring you. First, Police Searching for a missing mother have arrested a 31 year old woman who attended an east London Police station. The woman was also taken to hospital as a precaution. Listen hospital as a precaution. Listen to children reported missing from a centre for vulnerable mothers and children in london were found safe and well in harwich earlier today. Officers were looking for 31 year old jamie lee kelly, who left that facility on tuesday with her three year old daughter and newborn baby boy. In other news, newborn baby boy. In other news, soldiers could fill in for armed police after dozens of metropolitan Police Officers stood down from firearm duties following a murder charge against one of their colleagues. Scott lanyard requested military support for Counter Terrorism dufies support for Counter Terrorism duties if armed officers are unavailable. The officers have unavailable. The officers have turned in their weapons after their colleague was charged with murder of chris kaba. Suella braverman has ordered a review into the situation in which met Police Commissioner sir mark rowley has this evening welcomed. The 24 year old was unarmed and died when he was shot in his car in south london in september last year for former transport secretary grant shapps says it would be irresponsible to keep ploughing money into hs2 plans. The government has failed to deny reports claiming the manchester leg is set to be scrapped. The east midlands scrapped. The east midlands parkway line is also under threat. The sunday telegraph claims the potential cost of the high speed rail scheme has increased by £8 billion. The cuts could be made before the Tory Party Conference in manchester next month. Downing manchester next month. Downing street has sought to play down reports the Prime Minister is drawing up plans to slash inheritance tax. The sunday inheritance tax. The sunday times claims rishi sunak is considering reducing the current rate in the budget in march, despite a warning by chancellor jeremy hunt. He would have no headroom tax cuts. Death headroom for tax cuts. Death dufies headroom for tax cuts. Death duties charged at 40. But the vast majority of estates fall below the threshold. So married couples can pass on £1 million to their kids without being taxed. And finally, nasa has taxed. And finally, nasa has success fully landed. The largest asteroid sample ever collected back on earth. The specimen is a remnant of our early solar system , which early solar system, which scientists believe can shed light on how the planets formed and life on our planet began, which is estimated to be 4. 5 million years old. It was checked for any damage and wrapped in thermal blankets before being recovered by helicopter using a cargo net. This is gb news across the uk on tv in your car, on Digital Radio and on your Smart Speaker by saying play gb news now its back to mark dolan. Back to mark dolan. Thanks, tatiana. Welcome to mark dolan tonight. Tonights newsmaker is ann widdecombe. Ill be asking ann is a vote for labour a vote to rejoin the eu . Plus is axing inheritance tax merely a tax cut for the rich . Plus, tomorrows newspaper. Front pages and live reaction in the studio from my top pundits this evening, political commentator and former conservative adviser Claire Pearsall member of the house of lords, lord taylor of warwick and gb news senior political commentator nigel nelson. Commentator nigel nelson. Theyll be nominating their headune theyll be nominating their headline heroes and back page zeroes of the day as well. So a packed hour to come and those papers are on the way. Packed hour to come and those papers are on the way. But first, my take. At ten. Prince first, my take. At ten. Prince harry, the worlds least happy millionaire, has even more to be miserable about. This week. The miserable about. This week. The prodigal prince is now homeless, harry, after he was denied a room at Windsor Castle. Having room at Windsor Castle. Having failed to give palace officials enough notice that hed be turning up. I know when kids get older, they treat their house like a hotel, but this is taking the mick the duke had flown to london for the wellchild awards, an annual charity event, because, of course, hes one of the most caring people in the world. This guy gives mother theresa a run for her money. The first insult is that in flying into the uk, he didnt make the time to meet his own father, who has the humble title of king of the United Kingdom. King hell, what a slap in the face. I know their schedules are tight and charles was at balmoral, which is a schlep. But let me tell is a schlep. But let me tell you, if i lived in the United States and if i was flying into the be seeing my old the uk, i would be seeing my old man. Even if it was just for a quick pint or a finger of whisky. But of course, harry gave his family the finger a long time ago and now hes paying long time ago and now hes paying the price. When he comes to the uk. Now hell be on tripadvisor or booking. Com searching for an en suite at a houdayinn searching for an en suite at a holiday inn or a travel lodge. Holiday inn or a travel lodge. Although both of those hotel chains might worry the prince could lower the tone of the place. Theyve of course, got a reputation to maintain. They cant let riff raff in. No cant let any riff raff in. No wonder hes constantly coming over to europe, though. I wonder over to europe, though. I wonder if its because he needs a break from the trouble and strife. His from the trouble and strife. His union with Meghan Markle is not what i would call a marriage more hostage poor more a hostage situation. Poor old harry is californias answer to terry waite. Although id rather be chained to a radiator in beirut than stuck with this social climbing hollywood actress who wasnt even the best thing in suits. Here she is bizarre , leading a parade of war bizarre, leading a parade of war heroes at the Invictus Games and waving at the crowd, sucking up the plaudits. Why is she leading the plaudits. Why is she leading this group . Theyve lost limbs and everything. Shes got some front. The only conflict shes seen is when her make up staff couldnt find the hairdryer. So spare a thought for poor old harry who might have to airbnb it next time hes here. How the mighty have fallen. It was just a few short years ago that the couple were gifted Frogmore Cottage by harrys late grandmother , elizabeth. And grandmother, elizabeth. And cottage doesnt really do it justice. This sprawling mansion was upgraded and redecorated to the tune of millions. Now, to be fair to harry, he paid up, but fine english furnishings were not enough for the duke and duchess of woke, who decided hollywood was the way to go following their year long world privacy tour in which harry sold his family and his country down the river for a fast buck. King charles rightly retrieved the couple of Frogmore Cottage. Thats right. He chucked them out. He told them to hop off. There was talk of Prince Andrew taking that property , but youd taking that property, but youd have to worry hed soil the mattresses. That said , hes an mattresses. That said, hes an absolute angel about taking young people in. So im afraid this sorry tale is a reminder that you reap what you sow. At last were seeing a bit of tough love from king charles towards his prodigal prince, who has needlessly wreaked so much damage on a monarchy. Needlessly wreaked so much damage on a monarchy. His needlessly wreaked so much damage on a monarchy. His father damage on a monarchy. His father is charged with preserving. And as for homeless harry, his accommodation is extremely limited. Hes now trapped in the hotel california. He can check hotel california. He can check out any time he likes, but he can never leave. I doubt these can never leave. I doubt these days whether even the wife gives him room service. Your reaction him room service. Your reaction to the news that prince harry now has no uk home . Is the king being too harsh . Should he be accommodated or will it travel lodge do mark at gbnews. Com ill get to your email shortly, but first my top pundits political commentator and former government adviser Claire Pearsall, conservative member of the house of lords, lord taylor of warwick and gb news senior political commentator nigel nelson. Lord taylor, your reaction to the news of homeless . Harry well , homeless . Harry well, now king charles is the king of england, but hes also a father. And i just also a father. And i just remember the story in the bible of the prodigal son. And harry clearly is the prodigal son. Hes immature, hes made mistakes. But i think in his life hes on a detour , not a life hes on a detour, not a dead end. And my advice to king charles is to keep the door open, keep the door open and welcome him back when harry is ready. I know its a difficult thing, but i think harry has to recognise that theres no such thing as family. You know, youre only rich when you have somebody money cant buy. And he has a family, so i say to the king and harry, make up, please, for the sake of the family. This is very typical, isnt it, of kids treating the house like a hotel. Claire what it is. But i think that if youre a member of the royal family, as harry has been since birth, then you would understand that you cant just and pop in cant just rock up and pop in and say, hi, im home. Im just going to dump my washing here and and yourself and come and make yourself comfortable. You need to give it comfortable. You need to give it a little bit more thought. And he that hed to he was told that hed have to give some notice and he didnt do far from being do that. So far from being homeless, why doesnt he go to one of very rich titled one of his very rich titled mates and say, can i sleep on your sofa for a couple of nights . Im sure they would have put him up. He needs to realise that cant just behave badly that you cant just behave badly and it will all be forgiven. This is the king of the United Kingdom and Northern Ireland, so you to give him the respect you need to give him the respect that title commands. If that that title commands. If youve behaved badly, you need to and make up with your to go and make up with your family before they will let you go and raid the biscuit tin whenever feel like it. Whenever you feel like it. Yeah. Yeah. Nigel, reaction to this nigel, your reaction to this story i many would argue story . I mean, many would argue that king charles is being too hard own son. Hard on his own son. No, i dont think so. I mean, what they do as a family is a private family is a matter for them. But harry is no longer a working royal. He cant expect to pitch up to the Windsor Castle without without telling anyone and hoping for a bed there. I mean, i think that if you look at the if you take johns prodigal son parable to its next stage , the prodigal its next stage, the prodigal sons brother really resented him coming home. Now, you can imagine Prince William feels the same way as hes doing all the heavy lifting now. But king charles loves both sons, doesnt he . And i think sons, doesnt he . And i think thats what Everyone Needs to remember also. Well, theyre a family. Youre absolutely right. They are a family stories we dont facts, do we . Dont know all the facts, do we . Really going really were just going on what we in the media. Lets be we read in the media. Lets be frank that. Frank about that. Mean, you think indeed. I mean, do you think , taylor, that king charles , lord taylor, that king charles needs to deal with the harry issue in order to have a satisfactory reign . Does he need to resolve this in one way or another . I think he does. Another . I think he does. But i suspect its a process rather than an event. Its not something you just click your fingers and its sorted. There may love may be an element of tough love that hes displaying, he has that hes displaying, but he has to play, as it were, the long game for harry to game and just wait for harry to really, you know , wise an up. Really, you know, wise an up. Well, claire its son eventually did come back home we must remember that claire its unusual for me to disagree with lord taylor , but i think it lord taylor, but i think it could be an event and i think that event be his divorce that event would be his divorce from markle. From Meghan Markle. I think would probably i think that would probably seal and would be welcomed seal it and he would be welcomed back in. King never back in. The king would never let his son an be homeless in a different country with a marital breakdown. Now i think it its a little bit difficult at the moment because harry has made it abundantly clear to everybody that he wants to get away from the United Kingdom. He wanted to leave the royal family and he wanted to do his own thing. Well, thats fine. King charles has do hes has allowed him to do that. Hes given what you given him the space. What you cant do pick and take and cant do is pick and take and choose when you want to come back. So i think that any kind of marital breakdown will be the event. Agree with you on event. I do agree with you on that. Think that you can that. I dont think that you can just allow him back behave just allow him back in to behave as hes done previously. Well , previously. Well, indeed. Well, indeed. Listen, you, nigel, are an expert on machinations of expert on the machinations of what happens in westminster, but harry is a political problem for king charles. Yes. I mean, he is. But i think that it is important to keep the two things separate. The private family life and whether or not there can be a reconciliation between the king and prince harry and prince harry. The ex, the ex official member of the royal family. Hes no longer a member of the royal family. He decided to go abroad. Hes made his choice. He has to accept the results of that. But i think people will also recognise that were dealing with human beings here. Were not dealing with machines. We all can see that harry really is self destroying himself. I know you talk about an event and a process, but the divorce, if he eventually does get divorce, is the result of a process. So its going to take time to itself. One way time to resolve itself. One way or another. But the thing we need to learn about the prodigal son story is that the son did go back home. Your reaction , mark, at your reaction, mark, at cbnnews. Com. Coming up next, cbnnews. Com. Coming up next, ill be asking tonights newsmaker. Ann widdecombe is a vote for labour, a vote to rejoin the eu . Plus is axing inheritance tax merely a tax cut for the rich . Plus, tomorrows front pages are coming in thick and fast with instant reaction from my top pundits. So all of that to come. Ann widdecombe is radio. Prince harry couldnt get a room when he visited the uk just a few weeks ago. He is homeless. Harry is. A few weeks ago. He is homeless. Harry is. Is he is homeless. Harry is. Is king charles being too harsh on him . Well, the emails are coming in thick and fast. And lets have look at what youve had have a look at what youve had to say. Okay. How about this . To say. Okay. How about this . Sue says mark. I think that he just presumes the world stops for him. Plenty of five star hotels to stay at. He cant arrive in demand a palace bed. Arrive in demand a palace bed. Hes treated the royal family badly anyway. He needs to grow up. If harry is badly anyway. He needs to grow up. If harry is the badly anyway. He needs to grow up. If harry is the biggest up. If harry is the biggest scumbag in recent years, says david, let alone the son of a queens guard. How about this from chris . Hi, mark. Harry and the royals. I dont care. I dont care. I dont care. Id rather watch paint dry and dont tell us that they are normal people. Michael says. Mark, the prodigal son, came to his senses, not much hope for prince harry. Thank you for that, michael. An and last but not least. Oh so michael. An and last but not least. Oh so many. Im just spoilt for choice here. Yes i think how about jeff . Harry and meghan will never get divorced. They need each other for publicity. Keep those emails coming. Mark at gbnews. Com. I was looking for an email from alice which i found and she said theres nothing wrong with a travel lodge. Alison youre absolutely right. Now weve been asking you earlier today , should asking you earlier today, should rishi sunak call a snap general election . The results are in 46. 5 say yes. A majority 53. 5 say no. Hold fire for now. Its say no. Hold fire for now. Its time for the newsmaker now. And labour have tried to clarify their intended post brexit relationship with the eu after comments from sir keir starmer at a conference in which he said he doesnt want to diverge from the blocs regulations. Cabinet the blocs regulations. Cabinet minister michael gove said the remarks showed that labour would compromise potential brexit benefits. But labour insists his benefits. But labour insists his remarks were limited to the areas of food , environmental and areas of food, environmental and labour standards. As this row labour standards. As this row follows starmers plans to renegotiate the brexit deal and to tackle the small boats crisis with a proposed arrangement with brussels that could potentially see the uk accept thousands of migrants from the eu in a reciprocal deal. So is a vote reciprocal deal. So is a vote for labour a vote to rejoin . Lets ask tonights newsmaker, politics legend and television personality. Former government minister ann widdecombe. And minister ann widdecombe. And what do you think about this . Is Keir Starmers very public flirtation with the eu by accident or by design . Accident or by design . Oh, its by design. Oh, its by design. Oh, its by design. Ive never had any doubt at all. Dont forget, starmer was in favour of second in favour of a second referendum. Didnt want to referendum. He didnt want to accept the result that the british people had returned and he still doesnt want accept he still doesnt want to accept that result. And this is just a that result. And this is just a way of tying ourselves to the eu. But by the back door. I dont believe were ever going to rejoin. I mean, the costs and to rejoin. I mean, the costs and the political fallout would be horrendous. I dont believe well ever do that. But of course there ways course there are two ways of rejoining. One is that formal way , but the second is simply to way, but the second is simply to stay aligned to europe. Well, the point of brexit was the whole point of brexit was that could diverge , we could that we could diverge, we could do own thing. You know , if do our own thing. You know, if corporation tax, we would and make our own trade deals, which is about the only thing that we have actually done , you know, we have actually done, you know, we would do all these things and we would do all these things and we would diverge and we would be singapore on thames and all the rest of it. And what keir starmer being in the eu starmer offering being in the eu without any say, you and how much damage can be done to the to the brexit project under a Labour Government . How much could they do in the next five years which is irreversible able oh oh they could do a tremendous amount because if they start taking out agreements with the eu formal agreements with the eu formal agreements and if they do that then yes, you know, they could do a tremendous amount of damage. Now, as long as we have actually rejoined, there is nothing to stop a future government. You gradually government. You gradually reverse that alignment. But we dont need in britain a situation where by one minute youre close to the eu, the next minute youre diverging from the you, the next minute youre closer to the eu. If you do that, create instability. We that, you create instability. We brexited we now need to maximise brexit and anybody who wont sign up to maximising the benefits of brexit should not be trusted by the electorate because it means sacrificing britains advantage. Britains advantage. And let me be clear that sir keir starmer has said, and he said this on many occasions , said this on many occasions, that hes very committed to making brexit a success. He would deny the idea that hes slowly taking us back in. Of course, its all about opinions and brexit was a decisive factor at the last election in 2019, a clear dividing line with labour. Can the tories do this again next year . Can they make the next year . Can they make the brexit souffle rise twice . Brexit souffle rise twice . Well, i dont think the tories have got a sufficiently good record on brexit to, uh, to make it pivotal in the general election. They have they have got a lot of great deals and a lot of those were down to liz trust. They have got a lot of trade deals and i give them that. But what else have they actually what advantage actually done . What advantage have they taken of brexit . I mean, i challenge them to lift what they have done. They havent even got rid of the regulations that they promised us they going to get rid of us they were going to get rid of , havent got , you know, so they havent got a that would enable them a record that would enable them to look , were doing this, to say, look, were doing this, but labour want to do that because theyre not doing this. Because theyre not doing this. And briefly, if you can do you think brexit will be a factor at the next election or is it old news for voters . Is it old news for voters . I think it will. It will be some factor. I dont think it will be the decide loading factor. I think people are very worried about their taxes. Theyre worried about lots of things. I theyre worried about lots of things. I think the economy will dominate the election, be very surprised if it didnt. But brexit, it will be a factor. And brexit, it will be a factor. And keir starmer wants to be careful because the voters and the red wall wanted brexit wont thank him. Im just wall wanted brexit wont thank him. Im just trying to undermine what they did. And i know you are a low tax aficionado. I know there are aficionado. I know there are rumours the pm is hoping to aboush rumours the pm is hoping to abolish or phase out inheritance tax. However isnt this just another tax cut for millionaires 7 another tax cut for millionaires . Ill let you have a little sip of water. Have a sip. Thats not gin, is it . An no regret knot . Probably will be after this programme. I wish it was gin in vino veritas. An right. So what have you just asked me . It obviously is gin. The the idea of abolishing inheritance tax. Is that not a tax cut for millionaires . Millionaires . No, its a tax cut for an awful lot of people. If, for example, you live in london or you live in oxford or you live in any of the very expensive places where property is frankly, come on, silly money. Its very easy to be caught in the inheritance trap simply because you have a house and you may have bought that house in many, many years ago, decades ago, probably. Many, many years ago, decades ago, probably. And its ago, probably. And its appreciated to something that you never, ever thought of apply to a house that youd bought, but then its taxed under inheritance tax. So no, it isnt just a benefit for the millionaires. I mean, ive long said just abolish inheritance tax. What it brings in isnt tax. What it brings in isnt worth the hassle and have a great week. Well see you next sunday. My thanks to former government minister and politics legend ann widdecombe. Another another swig minister and politics legend ann withe combe. Another another swig minister and politics legend ann withe old be. Another another swig minister and politics legend ann withe old bombay her another swig minister and politics legend ann withe old Bombay Sapphire ier swig minister and politics legend ann withe old Bombay Sapphire. R swig of the old Bombay Sapphire. Its fizzy water. Its fizzy water. There you go. There you go. If you believe that, youll believe anything. Folks, weve got the papers next. But first, heres weather. Heres your weather. A brighter outlook with boxt solar proud sponsors of weather on. Gb news. On. Gb news. Hello there. Welcome to your latest gb news weather forecast. Im craig snell. Well, looking ahead to the week ahead, it is certainly going to remain unsettled , especially middle unsettled, especially middle of the turn very the week, potentially turn very windy some of us. Back to windy for some of us. Back to the here now. And we have windy for some of us. Back to the low now. And we have windy for some of us. Back to the low pressure v. And we have windy for some of us. Back to the low pressure generally have got low pressure generally dominating thats dominating the atlantic. Thats going to bring in bands of rain as we go through the next 24 hours. That the tightly hours. And note that the tightly packed indicating packed isobars indicating its going very so going to be very windy. So heres situation we end heres the situation as we end sunday a band of rain sunday got a band of rain spreading across the spreading its way across the country. Some pulses on country. Some heavy pulses on it. And its going to be a fairly night, especially fairly windy night, especially across northern of across the northern half of the country , turning bit country, turning a little bit dner country, turning a little bit drier clearer across drier and clearer across the south the night. And south as we end the night. And for all its going to be for all of us, its going to be a fairly one. Temperatures a fairly mild one. Temperatures staying figures. We staying in double figures. So we start a fairly start monday off on a fairly sunny across many parts of sunny note across many parts of england wales. Still maybe england and wales. Still maybe some rain to contend some overnight rain to contend with very with across the very far southeast. And really the is southeast. And really the day is going mixture of going to be a mixture of sunshine and scattered showers. The showers mainly focussed across parts across more northern parts of the see some the country, could see some heavy for and heavy showers for scotland and to Northern Ireland and quite a breezy day, especially again in the may temper the the north. That may temper the temperatures somewhat here, the north. That may temper the tem down |res somewhat here, the north. That may temper the tem down towards ewhat here, the north. That may temper the tem down towards the at here, the north. That may temper the tem down towards the southeast. The north. That may temper the tem down towards the southeast , but down towards the southeast, not quite warm. Highs of not feeling quite warm. Highs of 23 to stay. Another day 23 degrees to stay. Another day of sunny spells and scattered showers could see some heavy showers. Initially across the east. Then later on, this east. And then later on, this more organised band of rain spread in the west as we spread in in from the west as we go through the course of the day. And that sets up for a very. And that sets us up for a very windy middle part the week. Windy middle part of the week. Watch for wednesday. Watch out for wednesday. Warnings force for the warnings are in force for the north west. A brighter north and west. A brighter outlook with boxt solar proud sponsors of weather on. Gb news. Sponsors of weather on. Gb news. Okay, ive got the mail. Ive got the guardian, ive got the independent. All of tomorrows paper is dont go anywhere. Full pundit reactions see into youre listening to gb news radio. Radio. It is 1030. Its time now for this. So this. So lets start with the guardian newspaper. Yes, it is. Tomorrows papers met Police Request support from sas after officers down their firearms. Officers down their firearms. The met police have called on the sas to give Counter Terrorism support after Firearms Officers downed weapons in protest at the charging of a colleague with murder. Suella colleague with murder. Suella braverman. The home secretary ordered a review of armed policing to calm a growing rebellion in of around 100 officers over the charging on wednesday of an officer for the murder of 24 year old chris kaba , an unarmed man killed last september by a single shot to the head for accused of double standards on betting. The standards on betting. The Football Association is facing claims of hypocrisy after a guardian investigation revealed that the owner of a premier league club club may have benefited from bets on the game placed in his own name. Tory donor threatens to pull cash over hs2. A prominent conservative donor has threatened to stop supporting the party if rishi sunak sunak, the party if rishi sunak sunak, the birmingham to manchester leg of hs2. To the sun newspaper. Of hs2. To the sun newspaper. Now excludes lviv road drama 700 crash crash englands striker Marcus Rashford was lucky to escape injury in a late night crash in his £700,000 rolls royce royce, the 25 year old Manchester United stars white car was wrecked after a collision with a car driven by a gran. The old lady was very shaken but unhurt following the incident near uniteds Training Ground complex at midnight yesterday , the i newspaper green yesterday, the i newspaper green target delay will raise cost of living. Sunak warned. More than living. Sunak warned. More than 100 economists warn rishi sunak that his Climate Policy u turn will raise Living Expenses and put britain behind other countries in the race to build a green economy. Me, the metro. Green economy. Me, the metro. 400,000 kept waiting over a day 24 hours in a e. Now a reality. Thats right. Almost 400,000 thats right. Almost 400,000 patients spend. 24 hours or patients spend. 24 hours or longer in hospital. A e departments figures show increasing the risk that many will die. And the daily star , will die. And the daily star, goodbye Indian Summer storm agnes blasts in 800 mile wide atlantic horror brings 80 mile an hour gales. Power cuts, flooding and travel chaos. Yes. Storm agnes will end our Indian Summer with an 80 mile an hour winds, heavy rain and traffic. Hell, as the atlantic horror rolls in. Here you go. And there goes your summer. Lets get full pundh goes your summer. Lets get full pundit reaction to those front pages. Im delighted to have with me the one and only Claire Pearsall lord taylor of warwick and nigel nelson. Okay, folks, where shall we start . This is a lots of different stories to get through , and this is a story through, and this is a story that caught my eye. Clare the eye newspaper green target delay will raise the cost of living. Will raise the cost of living. How is it that these eco experts could take the view but put two and two together and come up with five that somehow slow down . Net zero is going to cost us more. Us more. Us more. Its beyond belief. It really, really is. Im quite really, really is. Im quite pleased that the Prime Minister has announced a slowdown in all of these net zero nonsense and you can stop that. And i dont understand why they think it wont attract investment because theyre already companies wanting to invest in different parts of the United Kingdom. There is the Nuclear Industry that really is desperate to get going. And were slowing that down. Im not sure. I think this is just doom mongering. Down. Im not sure. I think this isjust doom mongering. I really is just doom mongering. I really do. And its typical of the i newspaper to come up with these individuals because i would like to detail behind where to see the detail behind where they of living is they think the cost of living is going up and why the whole going to go up and why the whole point down net zero point of slowing down net zero is to save the country and the pubuc is to save the country and the public money because which it wont do. We put mike back on. But heres the whole point is that if you slow down net zero, then it means people are not under pressure to buy an electric car, which is more expensive than a petrol diesel car. And of petrol or diesel car. And of course, have the course, if you dont have the government investing in flaky renewables, that renewables, they can spend that money the National Money on tackling the National Debt for the and debt and paying for the nhs and pay pay Higher Energy costs. Youre because youre but youre not because youre going the money on going to spend the money on on increasing the capacity of the grid. You to grid. Because if you want to encourage people more encourage people to do more things in the future, like electric , you need put electric cars, you need to put the capacity grid. The capacity to the grid. The net zero is a laudable aim, but you dont want to impoverish nation in the impoverish the nation in the process. Piocess. Process. Thats the whole purpose of slowing but when slowing this down. But when you look article in look at this article again in the based on a letter. The eye, its based on a letter. Theres evidence presented. Theres no evidence presented. Theyve just written a letter. Yeah. Yeah. So its opinion. So its opinion. Nigel well, i mean, take nigel well, but i mean, take what example of what Richard Rishi did last week that rishi sunak did last week that hes abandoned the 2028 target rishi sunak did last week that he make ndoned the 2028 target rishi sunak did last week that he make rentali the 2028 target rishi sunak did last week that he make rental properties target rishi sunak did last week that he make rental properties energy to make rental properties energy efficient. And so what that efficient. And so what that means is that unscrupulous landlords can now no longer to improve the heating and the quality of their properties. People will, which would the cost of which would be passed on to renters. Well, there may be a certain amount of that, but equally the renters would be saving money on Cheaper Energy that if youve got proper insulation, if youve got if its more efficient, the renters would benefit from that. So theres an example of where rishi sunak is in. Hes meant to be doing this the long term. In be doing this the long term. In the long term, we will be paying more for energy if we cant get clean energy through to. And that will also affect our economic growth. Economic growth. But how does it bring energy bills if government is bills down if the government is subsidising the wind industry and farms, which have so and solar farms, which have so far been quite mediocre in terms of amount of energy they of the amount of energy they produce . Well, the important thing build more is to thing is to build more is to build more of them. Last time, just a well, last time, just a couple of ago, when they couple of weeks ago, when they had renewed couple of weeks ago, when they hadlicences renewed couple of weeks ago, when they hadlicences for renewed couple of weeks ago, when they hadlicences for investingzwed couple of weeks ago, when they hadlicences for investing ined the licences for investing in wind farms. There were no takers from the private sector. What does that tell you . Well, im quite sure why well, im not quite sure why that happened because the subsidies werent high enough. Subsidies werent high enough. Doesnt make because it doesnt make business. Business sense. Is. But it will well, but it is. But it will be eventually. Cheaper, cleaner energy. That is the whole point i when is hm when is that . When is that sort of yellow brick road moment . Well, okay, energy. Well, okay, energy. I think possibly when a Labour Government gets in because would double because they would double on onshore wind farms, they would treble solar and its one of those days where we get half a of our energy from wind farms. Wed get 1 when the wind isnt blowing, not going to happen. But the Prime Minister recognises you need to recognises that you need to take the thats the public with you and thats why slowed it down because they just know. Get all just dont know. You get all this as to whether this confusion as to whether this confusion as to whether this thing a bad this is a good thing or a bad thing. Think net zero is thing. I think net zero is a good thing, but it needs to be explained slowed down explained and slowed down because impoverish the nation. Meanwhile, nigel, heres the point. Going for net zero could bnng point. Going for net zero could bring emissions down and it could save the planet. But its a lie to say it will save us or the government no it the government money. No it should actually us money in should actually save us money in the energy the long term because energy will be cheaper. But when you say the long what is that say the long term, what is that time frame . Two, three decades . I would say talking i would say we are talking about actually have to about 2050. We actually have to hit in 2050. Broken hit net zero in 2050. Broken till net. We have to be broke. Till net. We have to be broke. If rishi sunak been serious if rishi sunak had been serious about about dealing with with the cost, especially for low income families of the various green measures that were being brought in, what he could have done was was bear the cost on general taxation on so the wealthiest would pay more for the country going green. So what the country going green. So what hes doing at the moment is that hes doing at the moment is that hes doing a populist thing, which is actually saying to people, hey, you wont have to change your car, you wont have to your boiler. To have get rid of your boiler. But the danger of that is you wont meet your net zero target in 2050. The problem is it was Boris Johnson who made these commitments without really thinking through. You and thinking it through. You and rishi theres rishi now realises theres a cost to this. Hes being realistic. Many people, lord taylor, are saying that rishi sunak was an instinctive lockdown sceptic , instinctive lockdown sceptic, but given that he wasnt Prime Minister , he couldnt act on his minister, he couldnt act on his on his feelings. Minister, he couldnt act on his on his feelings. But this time on his feelings. But this time round he feels the same thing has happened with the push for net benefit analysis. Exactly. Exactly. Exactly. You see. And so hes put his foot on the brakes. Boris johnson is the pied piper. We all followed Boris Johnson is the pied piper. We all followed him. Now we realise theres to all we realise theres a cost to all this and i think we now have an aduu this and i think we now have an adult in the room in rishi sunak well. Claire well , well. Claire well, i dont well. Claire well , i dont know claire well, i dont know where is this great confidence that are going that these renewables are going to sustained to actually deliver sustained Energy Future . Energy in the future . They should because i think they should still framed as an still be framed as an experiment. They should, experiment. Well they should, and we need to be able to have a multitude of Renewables Coming in to shore up what we can get from natural oil and gas. And it does make me laugh that nigels belief that the labour party will suddenly be this great big green government because to put a solar farm or a solar array up , you because to put a solar farm or a solar array up, you require planning permission. Now if you look at whats happened, especially in the south across hastings and across sort of dover deal, thanet kind of area, they have been turned down all of those planning applications for things been for these things have been turned down. And i know that in hastings actually green hastings it was actually green councillors didnt hastings it was actually green coun gas and expect wind and solar to your party. Your party is actually changing the whole planning, planning thing onshore planning thing for onshore wind farms is. So on the basis of that that it can be done. I mean, obviously the whole problem is nobody wants a wind farm outside their front door and you and i wouldnt want want it outside our front door. But weve got to make some sacrifices. If you believe in net zero and you believe in the target , there are sacrifices and target, there are sacrifices and theres being made poorer and colder, which is planning law are antiquated. When i was a barrister, i remember being involved in a in a planning case lasted ten years. The planning laws are stuck in aspic and labour wont change it. I can assure you of that. Nigel yes, i mean how significant do you think the issue around net zero will be at the next election . Because i think this could be the first election in history where environment a where the environment is a decisive factor. Course important of course its an important issue, think cost of issue, but i think the cost of living one. I really living is number one. I really do. At the moment, yes, of do. Yeah at the moment, yes, of course, environment. Right. Course, the environment. Right. But that net but dont you think that net zero cost living now zero and the cost of living now converged sunak has converged and that sunak has made that link and hes going to leverage against labour. Made that link and hes going to leverage against labour. But i think a lot of people dont really understand net zero, think a lot of people dont realthey derstand net zero, think a lot of people dont realthey do stand net zero, think a lot of people dont realthey do understand|et zero, think a lot of people dont realthey do understand and aro, but they do understand and inflation and the fact that they cant pay their rent, they get that. Well, indeed. I nigel can we take i mean nigel can we take germany as an example of a country thats invested heavily in renewables last ten in renewables for the last ten years and the only outcome that theyve had from that is a reliance on Vladimir Putins oil and gas, which has funded his war so germany not war machine. So germany not a great example. Do you accept the point that these renewables are at best an experiment . At best an experiment . No, i dont because i mean, theyve been around for long theyve been around for a long time. Important to time. The important thing is to have deliver have enough of them to deliver a net zero. And the problem with the way that rishi sunak has watered down is hes not watered it down is hes not explained to us. He says that well meet the target. Hes not explained how and when it comes down to people understanding it. If sea levels rise by 2050, 1. 8 billion people, 18 times more than now will be made homeless. And you imagine what that will do to our migrant problem. Do to our migrant problem. However, do you think that this could be used against keir starmer . Now, this will be like an albatross round his neck. His commitment to net zero. So for example, hes got to tell voters in a years time that hell be banning petrol and diesel banning new petrol and diesel cars by 2030 and that perfectly good , quite efficient boilers good, quite efficient boilers will be illegal too. Yeah, i mean, i think that the real problem there is what the real problem there is what the response of the industry will be. Theyre furious about what rishi sunak has already done taken away done because its taken away the certainty. Certainty they had. Toyota happy and they toyota are happy and they make cars the make cars in the uk. Yes, yes, they do. But a lot of other makers are not of other car makers are not happy, arent happy, and they dont cars here. Dont make cars here. Exactly. Dont make cars here. Exa but they still sell them here. So it will be the here. So. So it will be the reactions of industry on the bafis reactions of industry on the basis were told one of basis they were told one set of targets. Yes. Theyre being targets. Yes. Now theyre being told new set of targets. Told that a new set of targets. Yes. Labour will come yes. And then labour will come in and say, no, you stick to the original target so is original target it. So that is a problem. In fact, both for labour tories to answer labour and the tories to answer that question, for industry , that question, for industry, claire, very unfortunate accident. Marcus rashford has crashed his rolls royce. Im delighted to say that he and the granny involved in the crash are both fine. They walked away uninjured, although a little shaken. Who spends. £700,000 on shaken. Who spends. £700,000 on a car . So what are you going to spend . £700,000 on a car . Youre not going to go for a white rolls royce, are you . I think youve got to choose your car a little better. But what is he little better. But what is he doing driving around in it when he clearly cant drive very well in first and i want in the first place . And i want to know what what the grand age 74 was doing out at midnight. To know what what the grand age 74 was doing out at midnight. I 74 was doing out at midnight. I mean, fair play to her if she was out at the pub and she was on her way home, i mean, fair play. Well, i wonder i wonder if i shes a man city i wonder if shes a man city fan. Think . Yeah. Fan. Oh, you think . Yeah. Oh, yeah. Deliberately, oh, yeah. Deliberately, deliberately pranked him. You go. Well, i there you go. Well, look, i hope rashford and this hope Marcus Rashford and this lady involved piece. Lady involved are in one piece. And to shaken. Listen, and not. Not to shaken. Listen, lots to come. My pundits lots more to come. My pundits will be nominated. Their will be nominated. Their headune will be nominated. Their headline heroes and back page zeroes of the day , plus the zeroes of the day, plus the results of another text poll. Dont go anywhere. Okay. Well lets do a couple of emails before i get to the other papers and this from graham who says, hi, mark rishi sunak has been stuck with the previous manifesto. As the election gets manifesto. As the election gets nearer, i think well see a lot of changes coming. Nigel nelson sounds desperate to support net zero at any cost. Nigel is getting a lot of attention tonight, by the way, Claire Pearsall needs a medal. I would pearsall needs a medal. I would cheerfully choke nigel there we are. Thats from andrea whos are. Thats from andrea whos not pulling her punches. David says. Not pulling her punches. David says. Hi, not pulling her punches. David says. Hi, mark. Im an engineer. I can tell you that. Ground source heat pumps only provide heat to approximately 18 c, plus 90 of properties are not suitable. Plus the cost is suitable. Plus the cost is approximately £40,000 per property, plus , nigel is talking property, plus, nigel is talking rubbish. Listen im sure theres a lot of love for you out there as well, nigel. Ive got no doubt about that. A quick bit of defence for prince harry from janjua who says king charles must and should keep Frogmore Cottage for harry and meghan. He was very wrong with this decision to evict them. Thank decision to evict them. Thank you for that love to all your emails tonight and over the weekend. Lets have a look now at the poll result to a question weve been asking you. A very important question. Is it right to name and shame the politicians who cant define what a woman is . Weve been asking that in the course of today. 94. 2 say yes , whilst today. 94. 2 say yes, whilst 5. 8 say no. So a vast majority would like to know where politicians stand in terms of how to define a woman. Okay, weve got the express newspaper. Lets have a look at that. Thank you for rebellion by gun cops , you for rebellion by gun cops, forces soldiers to step. In forces soldiers to step. In okay. Lets move on now to the mirror at. And the mirror leads with england star in smash crash rash in rush to help telegraph army called in as firearm officers put down their guns and a million appointments axed dunng a million appointments axed during nhs strikes. Say back to during nhs strikes. Say back to me and do you know what were going to do right now . Were going to do right now . Were going to do right now . Were going to go old school, right . Im going to just hold a copy im going to just hold up a copy of newspaper and of the Times Newspaper and i will give you headline will just give you the headline army revolt by army on standby after revolt by armed police. Also, George Osborne rails against scrapping hs2 line. That would be north of birmingham. And lets go old school for the mail as well. School for the mail as well. Look, ive got the steady hand of a surgeon. Have an eye. What of a surgeon. Have an eye. What about that . Rapists barred from about that . Rapists barred from Early Release pm to launch crime crackdown that will see serious sex offenders serve a full term. Brilliant stuff. Well, look, lets get the nominations now from my pundits of their headune from my pundits of their headline heroes and back page zeroes. Starting with claire pearce. Also claire, who is your hero today . Hero today . And this is a surprising one. Its Prime Minister rishi sunak with all of his net zero climbdown. I think that this is very well supported throughout the country and im really pleased that he has found found his moment. I think hes had his weetabix most recently because hes with a whole hes coming out with a whole load policies that he has load of policies that he has never so yeah, never previously said. So yeah, he is my hero of this week. Three shredded wheats , three three shredded wheats, three shredded wheats, other cereals are available. Well, there is a notable change in tone and policy, isnt there . Talk of axing inheritance tax 7 talk of axing inheritance tax . Probably scrapping the next leg of hs2 and watering down net zero and perhaps with more to come. And weve got this story come. And weve got this story here in todays mail. Rapists barred Early Release the pm barred from Early Release the pm to launch a crime crackdown. Well , it to launch a crime crackdown. Well, it seems eminently sensible to do that. And i think that there wouldnt be anybody out there that would suggest a rapist in prison should get an Early Release. Its just beggars Early Release. Its just beggars belief that you would have lefty lawyers looking at that going, yeah , thats a really good idea. Yeah, thats a really good idea. We can them out. Really we can hoof them out. Really quickly. Really pleased quickly. So im really pleased that some coming that weve got some ideas coming forward. Whether you agree with all and some are all of them and some of them are all of them and some of them are a little bonkers. Banning of a little bit bonkers. Banning of seven example , which seven bins, for example, which was not policy, but the rest was not a policy, but the rest of it, hes suddenly become being his own man. This is a reset for rishi sunak and its most welcome. Most welcome. How about you, lord taylor . Youre the day. Youre hero of the day. Actors timothy west and prunella scales. They were. Prunella scales. They were. Theyve been married 60 years for the last 20 years, shes had dementia for increasingly so. He now is her carer there on the front page of the sunday times and theyve been in the sunday times magazine and about 12 years ago i raised this issue in the house of lords because dementia will affect 1 in 3. Theres no cure. The government did listen to me. They released millions of pounds for Dementia Research and its still ongoing. But because this is a high profile couple, this will bring more understanding of a crippling disease. Crippling disease. Most, most certainly. Most, most certainly. And becoming almost epidemic for certain age groups. Now, a real worry, nigel, your hero of the day. My hero is carol vorderman, who managed to said no one ever to speak at the lib dem conference and to take the lib dems seriously, which was very good. She did make a good point about whether or not we need to talk about proportional representation voting. I representation in voting. I dont i dont agree with it, but i do think its a debate that we should have. Again, most certainly. How about back page baddie . About your back page baddie . Claire my back page baddie is carol vorderman. Well , thats a shock, isnt well, thats a shock, isnt it . A coincidence . A coincidence . A coincidence . Shes at the lib dem conference after espousing the views that she is not political, so people should listen to her. Well, dont go to a political conference if you want people to believe that. And shes also actively promoting tactical voting out on social media. She is making it well known that thats what people need to do. Now. You need to leave people to make their own decision. They now. You need to leave people to makebeieir own decision. They now. You need to leave people to makebe happy1 decision. They now. You need to leave people to makebe happy with ision. They now. You need to leave people to makebe happy with their they now. You need to leave people to makebe happy with their mp� y now. You need to leave people to makebe happy with their mp and may be happy with their mp and their whatever party and their area of whatever party and they should be entitled to go and for who they choose and and vote for who they choose and not maths lady not just take the maths lady from countdowns word for it briefly, nigel is tactical voting ethically wrong . Voting ethically wrong . No. No. I think people are ethically wrong to promote it. No, i think people are ethically wrong to promote it. No, i i think people are ethically wrong to promote it. No, i dont wrong to promote it. No, i dont think it is. I mean anti democratic. Yes well, its not even anti democratic. You not even anti democratic. You vote whichever way you want. Your vote is confidential. All your vote is confidential. All you have free choice in voting. You must choose how you do it. At the moment, we have a system where roughly 200,000 votes count at a general election thats in the most marginal seats which change a government. Surely thats not right that my vote in where i live, i accounts for almost well counts for nothing because its a tory seat i lord taylor, only a couple of seconds on this, but do you think encouraging people to vote tactically is unethical anti democratic . Politics. I dont like its politics. I dont like it, but its a reality and it does happen. It happened to me in cheltenham. Go in cheltenham. in in cheltenham. Go. Well, we well, there you go. Well, we cant and cant have that. And in that case, against it. Your back case, im against it. Your back. Page zero. Of republican members of republican anti monarchist group, they got into Buckingham Palace and they were wearing a letter on each t shirt, which read not my king. But the point is they they they posed as tourists. So they had to pay £30 to get into the palace. So that goes to the king. And id. No, look, weve seen the king in action. King and queen in france. What politician could have done what they did . Okay. And there credit, but not these people. And now st giles zero is rishi sunak proving that theyll be fighting all their all the way home. My thanks to Claire Pearsall and of course, nigel nelson and lord taylor of warwick really enjoyed your company. Most importantly, enjoyed company. The enjoyed your company. Love the weekend back on friday at 9 00. Headliners is next. Thanks to the team for working so hard. Ill see you in a few days. Temperatures rising on the temperatures rising on boxt solar proud sponsors of weather on. Gb news. Weather on. Gb news. Hello there. Welcome to your latest gb news weather forecast. Im craig snell. Well, looking ahead to the week ahead, it is certainly going to remain unsaid. Cold, especially of the. Cold, especially middle of the week very week potentially turn very windy for of us. Back to the here for some of us. Back to the here and now and have low and now and we have got low pressure dominating pressure generally dominating the atlantic. Thats going to bnng the atlantic. Thats going to bring of rain as we go bring in bands of rain as we go through the next 24 hours. And note the tightly packed note that the tightly packed isobars indicating its going to be so heres the be very windy. So heres the situation we end sunday, got situation as we end sunday, got a of rain spreading its way a band of rain spreading its way across the country. Some heavy pulses its going to pulses on it. And its going to be fairly windy night, be a fairly windy night, especially the northern especially across the northern half , turning half of the country, turning a little and clearer little bit drier and clearer across end the across the south as we end the night. And for all of us, its going to be a fairly mild one. Temperatures staying double temperatures staying in double figures. So we start monday off on sunny across on a fairly sunny note across many england and wales. Many parts of england and wales. Still some overnight rain still maybe some overnight rain to contend with the very to contend with across the very far southeast. And really the far southeast. And really the day going a mixture of day is going to be a mixture of sunshine and scattered showers. The showers focussed the showers mainly focussed across more northern parts of the see some the country, could see some heavy scotland and heavy showers for scotland and to Northern Ireland and quite a breezy day, especially again in the may temper the the north. That may temper the temperatures somewhat up here, but towards the south east but down towards the south east feeling warm. Highs of feeling quite warm. Highs of 23 degrees to stay. Another day of sunny spells and scattered showers could see some heavy showers. Initially across the east. Then later on, this east. And then later on, this more band of rain more organised band of rain spread in from west as we spread in in from the west as we go through the course of the day. And that us up for a very. And that sets us up for a very windy middle part week. Windy middle part of the week. Watch out for wednesday. Warnings for the warnings are in force for the north west. North and west. The temperatures rising. 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