Been given the green light. Im going to be joined by Rolling Stones biographer to look back at this remarkable episode in british history. State of british history. State of the nafion british history. State of the nation starts now. Ill also be joined by my most Theatrical Panel barrister and former tory mp , jerry hayes, and former tory mp, jerry hayes, and the author and journalist michael crick. As always , i want michael crick. As always, i want to from you. Its a crucial to hear from you. Its a crucial part programme. Email me part of the programme. Email me mar a lago mynewsgh. Com. But now its of the its time for the news of the day with wenzler. Day with sophia wenzler. Thanks, jacob. Im sophia wenzler in the gb newsroom. Your top story this hour. Downing street has said comments allegedly made by a tory donor about mp diane abbott were racist and wrong. It comes as the police are understood to have been contacted over francescas alleged remarks. The conservative partys biggest donor reportedly said miss abbott made him want to hate all black women and she should be shot. Mr hester has now apologised and says he abhors racism. Mr abbott, whos now an independent mp, described the comments as frightening and worrying in a Statement Issued this evening, the Prime Ministers spokesman said mr hester has now rightly apologised for the offence caused and where remorse is shown, it should be accepted. Lee anderson made his first appearance in the commons this afternoon since defecting to reform uk. He took his seat on the opposition benches next to george galloway. Mr anderson was stripped of the conservative whip last month after refusing to apologise for saying that islamists had got control of the mayor of london. New gas power plants will be built to protect britains energy security, despite concerns over the potential impact on Climate Change. The government says the new stations are needed to avert what ministers described as the genuine prospect of blackouts and provide a back up for the growing electric economy. Its understood theyll replace existing facilities, many of which are old and due to be retired. The Prime Minister insists the uks net zero plan is still on track, but says it must be met in a sustainable way. Labour supports the new plans , but Shadow Energy plans, but Shadow Energy secretary ed miliband accused the government of failing on its energy policies, leading to sky rocketing bills. Children in england who identify as trans will no longer be prescribed puberty blockers. The government said it welcomed the landmark decision, which they say is in the best interests of children. Puberty blockers , which pause puberty blockers, which pause physical changes in young people, will now only be available to children as part of Clinical Research trials. And what does the queen have in common with elton john, Marilyn Monroe and Elvis Presley . Monroe and Elvis Presley . Theyve all been immortalised in the form their very own the form of their very own barbie doll. Her majesty was presented with toy today. As presented with the toy today. As you can see, wearing matching outfits in recognition of her support for the women of the World Foundation , joking that it World Foundation, joking that it made her look 50 years younger. Shes the latest in a long line of notable people, past and present, whose likenesses have been by the worlds been captured by the worlds most doll. And for the most famous doll. And for the latest story, sign up to gb news alerts by scanning the qr code on your screen or go to gb news. Com slash alerts. Now its back to. Jacob. To. Jacob. The net zero fallacy means we have some of the worlds most Expensive Energy cost per kilowatt hour in the uk is 0. 44. In the United States, 0. 17 in china 0. 08, and in india again 0. 08 per kilowatt houn india again 0. 08 per kilowatt hour. At the heart of britains Energy Infrastructure is a fundamental untruth. The untruth fundamental untruth. The untruth is that net zero is affordable, achievable. It is not net zero. The push towards it, the budgets towards it is making us cold and poon towards it is making us cold and poor. And the Prime Minister has recognised that it could get worse without todays announcement of the continuation of old gas power stations as well as the building of new ones, as a means of preventing blackouts. This news is blackouts. This news is certainly welcome and im pleased to see he accepts the unreliability of Renewable Energy and how it increases the risk of blackouts, mainly because the sun doesnt shine enoughin because the sun doesnt shine enough in britain and theres plenty of time when the wind doesnt blow either. Often, when demand highest, hes demand is at its highest, hes right to point out that the labour partys plans to decarbonise the grid by 2030 are a fantasy , which really would a fantasy, which really would expose us to the real prospect of blackouts. But as ross clark in the spectator today has pointed out, this plan isnt much better under the conservatives. The grid is to be decarbonised by 2035. A mere five years later than labours fantasy plan. So if we need gas power stations to meet the failure of supply from Renewable Energy now and in six years time, what makes them different in 11 years time, the answer is very little. We may have developed some Energy Storage technology or some Carbon Capture , but the point is that capture, but the point is that he is effectively proposing continuing and building new gas power stations , only for them to power stations, only for them to be out of use in a few years, unless the Prime Minister or sir keir starmer, for that matter, has plans for britain to be moved to iceland during the summer, sun always summer, when the sun always shines equator during shines and the equator during the also ensuring the winter, whilst also ensuring that always windy. The grid that its always windy. The grid decarbonising cannot decarbonising strategy cannot not work at an affordable price. We will always need a reliable form of energy such as gas , to form of energy such as gas, to shield us from these moments where renewables fail and even before decarbonisation, when were willing to use the gas power stations. Theres another fundamental untruth at hand. This stop start system makes gas more expensive. If you run gas power stations the whole time, they are cheaper and more efficient. The intermittency efficient. The intermittency when you have Renewables Coming in and out makes the cost higher because they have to get up to full speed and then be wound back down again. And this is the hidden subsidy of renewables that underpins that 0. 44 a kilowatt hour, compared to 17 in the United States. These operating costs are inevitably passed on to you. So its passed on to you. So its anywhere in this net zero. Untruth is fully recognised by our leaders that we will be able to ensure british people have cheap energy. And its interesting indeed , its rare interesting indeed, its rare for our non democratic institutions. The quangos , institutions. The quangos, regulators, expert committees to engagein regulators, expert committees to engage in thought that breaks with consensus. Bureaucratic orthodoxy. So it does happen. Orthodoxy. So it does happen. Its worth listening to. Thats why its so important and interesting that ofgem, the Energy Regulator , has affirmed Energy Regulator, has affirmed what we knew to be true that net zero hits the poorest in society in the hardest because they spend more of their disposable income on energy than the richest in society. What we need is a sensible Energy Policy that prioritises cheap energy for you, and industrialisation as well. We therefore need well. We therefore need indefinitely to postpone the net zero 2050 pledge until other countries catch up. Otherwise britain would be fastened to a cold and poor future. As ever. Let me know your thoughts mailmogg gbnews. Com. And let me know your thoughts mailmogg gbnews. Com. And im mailmogg gbnews. Com. And im very pleased to be joined now by a friend of the programme, senior meteorologist for the british weather service, jim dale. You for coming dale. Jim, thank you for coming in. Good evening, renewables are always going to need backup supply, arent they . And this is where the cost comes in. That is making us uncompetitive as a country. I think at this moment it is fair to say that there needs to be a backup because were not there. In transition zone. There. Were in transition zone. What given the what you just, given the audience is to me is a volte face from the conservative party thats whats happened today. Lets make that absolutely clear. And you wonder why. And clear. And you wonder why. And you wonder why. And you think to yourself, well, i think to myself, its Election Year and there captured there needs to be votes captured from another party called the reform party, because what youve just actually said , youve just actually said, jacob, is more or less what reform say as well. And i wonder why. I why that might be why. I wonder why that might be the case, the that the case, that the fact that youve lost mp youve just lost an mp two reform now sitting reform and now were sitting here a day later and were suddenly advocating a reform uk party, proposition because the current policy isnt working. Well, were not there yet. Its making this country poor. Ill tell you whats making the poor. Your the country poor. Your constituents in somerset, isnt it . Okay have you it . Thats right. Okay have you seen the somerset levels of late . Well, i dont cover the somerset levels. No. But you. But you. Yeah. Im under water. But thats. But thats at least in part because the Environment Agency refused to dredge the failure dredge in the failure to dredge in the somerset levels led to the flooding ten years ago. We used to be able to control the levels, that was done from levels, and that was done from the 18th century. Dutch drainage engineers brought over and engineers were brought over and the somerset levels did not flood excessively because of the drains that were put in. And then the Environment Agency, as part of this green obsession, stopped dredging and then it flooded. Low and behold. What flooded. Low and behold. What would you expect . Well, let me give you another one. If you think that dredging is the answer, maybe its a pious answer. Thats fair enough. Been raining enough. But its been raining heavily people are heavily and people are complaining. Losing complaining. Farmers are losing their get their crops. Farmers cant get out livestock. Out into the livestock. But lets a little bit lets just go a little bit broader that. We shouldnt broader than that. We shouldnt just ourselves as just look at ourselves as an island the of the island in the middle of the atlantic, or on the edge of the atlantic. Should atlantic. We should look globally whats going sea globally at whats going on. Sea temperatures their temperatures are at their highest particularly highest level ever, particularly the particularly the atlantic, not particularly like, let me make the point, particularly the atlantic , particularly the atlantic, global temperatures, global air temperatures rising year on year for the last eight, nine years in a row. And the world has not seen the world house. The world hasnt ended, and were only 1 of emissions. But what we do makes no difference. Were only 1 of emissions. But waou ve do makes no difference. Were only 1 of emissions. But waou and makes no difference. Were only 1 of emissions. But waou and imakes no difference. Were only 1 of emissions. But waou and i stopes no difference. Were only 1 of emissions. But waou and i stop breathing,ence. Were only 1 of emissions. But waou and i stop breathing, it ce. If you and i stop breathing, it wouldnt blind bit of wouldnt make a blind bit of difference emissions difference to global emissions because shut down whole because we shut down the whole uk wouldnt uk economy. It wouldnt help. Its not case of turning a its not a case of turning a switch and it happens switch and it all happens tomorrow. We all know that. We know sense to say know its common sense to say its to the its going to take the transition. Slow. Transition. Were slow. Is doing it. Nobody else is doing it. Nobody else is doing it. They are. But they are. But they are. They are. The european but they are. The European Union but the united union is. But but the United States isnt. If were talking about economy grown. Economy has grown. China isnt. India isnt. China is growing. India is. Theyre china is. India is. Theyre trying. Even though they put emissions out more than we do, they their and they do their emissions and their emissions growing and their emissions are growing and their emissions are growing and their is growing and their economy is growing and their economy is growing and their people are getting richer. Standard of living i want the standard of living for to rise. For my constituents to rise. You believe that that man do you believe that that man made climate exists . Made Climate Change exists . What im talking thats what im talking about, is how you respond to it. Not im not trying to argue about whether it exists or not. Thats different. Thats completely different. Question. Point to be made is well, the point to be made is its because its linked to its not because its linked to fossil im saying theres its not because its linked to fospoint im saying theres its not because its linked to fospoint in im saying theres its not because its linked to fospoint in doing aying theres its not because its linked to fospoint in doing anythingres its not because its linked to fospoint in doing anything about no point in doing anything about it the rest of the world isnt. And were just making the british people and having british people poor and having no effect. Is now conservative is this now conservative party is this now conservative parthats what im advocating. Thats what im advocating. Thats what im advocating. I want is i want locating i want my is that mr sunak is . That what mr sunak is . Im glad to say he has rolled back on the commitment to get rid of petrol cars. I want petrol cars. I want my constituents to be free to decide their what decide on their choice, what type of they buy. Type of car they buy. There is still a choice going forward. To you, its forward. As i said to you, its an not a revolution. An evolution, not a revolution. We cant revolutionise simply because havent the because we havent got the infrastructure there but infrastructure there yet. But you in by in ten years you will find in by in ten years time you will find that gas power , for example, as power stations, for example, as youve of youve mentioned, the use of those will be down to around about 10. The rest will be coming from renewables. Use them as long as theyre the cheapest energy. The cheapest form of energy. They be market they should be a market solution. Shouldnt have solution. You shouldnt have these costs. 0. 44 to these huge extra costs. 0. 44 to these huge extra costs. 0. 44 to the uk for a kilowatt hour against 0. 08 in china. How can we ever compete . Point in moving in that direction is to stop and mitigate Climate Change, which will be. And if you dont think were not going to do it, you need you need to look at some of the stuff that i look at. Were just not going to do it well. So youre giving up is that well. Answer . giving up is that well. Answer . Lets1g up is that well. Answer . Lets thep is that well. Answer . Lets the restthat well. Answer . Lets the rest of it the answer . Lets the rest of the answer . Lets the rest of the world party dressed up the World Tea Party dressed up praying to god, is it . Rest of the world isnt the rest of the world isnt doing 1. What we do doing it . We are 1. What we do makes not a blind bit of difference. So if it were difference. So even if it were possible to do what youre saying, do it saying, were not going to do it on own. Why should my on our own. Why should my constituents be . They should do. Hold let me finish. It hold on. Let me finish. It should why my should be. Why should my constituents be made poor for something improve world . Theyre going a lot theyre going to be a lot poorer when theyre in water and not going to be up their arms. When you see when you see extreme temperatures that weve seen the last couple seen in the last couple of years, scaremongering. No. Tell you what, more ill tell you what, more deaths cold, as even deaths come from cold, as even the United Nations says, the United Nations body says, from from heat. From cold and from heat. Tell you what let me tell you what scaremongering is that . That let me tell you what scare blackout. ] is that . That let me tell you what scare blackout. Okay at . That let me tell you what scare blackout. Okay how hat let me tell you what scare blackout. Okay how many word blackout. Okay how many blackouts have we had in the last 40 years . When i was briefly secretary of state for energy, i was very worried about blackouts. If we hadnt worried about blackouts. If we hadnt with a hadnt been lucky with a very mild have had mild winter, we could have had blackouts in 20 2223, governed by weather. By the weather. Thats absolutely the case. We are governed by the weather, but seen any. That but we havent seen any. That word inserted simply as word has been inserted simply as a to say, youve a scare tactic to say, youve got to roll back from this, because otherwise youre going to be blackouts, youre going to be in blackouts, youre going to be in blackouts, youre going to