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already planning for life without mr sunak, and one group is said to want to replace him with a liz truss style leader who isn't liz truss . who isn't liz truss. >> apparently, if they lose the next general election and with 10 million brits fear to be addicted to junk food, is it time to treat it as seriously as alcohol or drugs? or is it time to just stop scoffing? >> so much grub? >> so much grub? >> that's all coming in your next hour. >> what's the show? >> what's the show? >> always an absolute pleasure to have your company got a big debate coming up later in the show already put this out on social media. hundreds of you have respond did. and the question today is this should the uk accept a ukraine style refugee plan? but for palestinians, well over 60 charities, activists and lawyers reconcile, including care for calais. but what could possibly

go wrong? well, how come no arab states have yet offered to do the same? why should the burden fall on britain and recall when a similar scheme was tried in the 1990s in denmark, 64% of those refugees went on to commit crimes and a third of their children also did. should we do the same in britain? get in touch all the usual ways? vaiews@gbnews.com. let's kick off the show with all news headunes off the show with all news headlines from sam francis . headlines from sam francis. >> martin, thanks very much. and very good afternoon from the gb newsroom. it'sjust very good afternoon from the gb newsroom. it's just gone 3:00 and leading the news this hour. israel has now admitted its forces were behind an unintended airstrike which killed seven aid workers in gaza, including a british national. the israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, says that officials are checking the incident thoroughly and is pledging to do

everything to prevent it happening again . the group happening again. the group killed were travelling in two armoured cars marking marked with the word central kitchen logo. the ngo has claimed the israel defence forces carried out the attack despite coordinating their movements with the military . those killed with the military. those killed also include palestinians and people from poland and the us. rishi sunak says there must be a transparent investigation . transparent investigation. >> shocked and saddened to hear the reported deaths of aid workers in gaza. we're urgently working to confirm all the details, but my thoughts right now are with their friends and family. they're doing fantastic work bringing alleviation to the suffering that many are experiencing in gaza. they should be praised and commended for what they're doing. they need to be allowed to do that work unhindered, and it's incumbent on israel make sure incumbent on israel to make sure that do that. and we're that they can do that. and we're asking israel to investigate what happened urgently, what happened to urgently, because clearly there are questions need to questions that need to be answered. >> prime minister

>> meanwhile, the prime minister is backing j.k. rowling after she criticised a new hate crime law in scotland. the law came into effect yesterday and bans hatred against people on certain grounds . but hatred against people on certain grounds. but the author hatred against people on certain grounds . but the author says grounds. but the author says that it risks silencing genuine debate on issues around gender and women's rights. rishi sunak has backed her concerns, saying that people should not be criminalised for stating simple facts on biology. shadow minister pat mcfadden told gb news earlier that labour has no plans for any similar laws if it wins the next election . wins the next election. >> we want proper enforcement of the anti hate crime laws that are there and make sure that the right penalties are in place to protect people. we're not planning to legislate for new crimes in this area, and i don't think jk rowling should be arrested . arrested. >> finland will observe a day of mourning tomorrow after a 12 year old child was killed and two others were seriously wounded after a shooting that was carried out by another child of the same age at a primary

school. it's understood a permit for the handgun belonged to a relative of the suspect , police relative of the suspect, police say. the 12 year old has admitted to carrying out the shooting , but the circumstances shooting, but the circumstances of the incident are not yet clear . the of the incident are not yet clear. the finnish prime minister has said he is deeply shocked and that his thoughts are with the victims on and their . adidas that are with the victims on and thwill . adidas that are with the victims on and thwill block . adidas that are with the victims on and thwill block any didas that are with the victims on and thwill block any german that it will block any german football shirts featuring the number 44, amid concerns over the resemblance to the ss nazi symbol. the new kits were launched last month ahead of germany hosting the european championships in june and july of this year. but a historian flagged similarities with the logo for ss, which was a nazi paramilitary organisation in the country's association, paramilitary organisation in the counthat association, paramilitary organisation in the counthat didn'tassociation, paramilitary organisation in the counthat didn't supportion, paramilitary organisation in the counthat didn't support the says that it didn't support the similarities when the design was approved, but that it will now be changed. the government is facing criticism of its plan, expanded of its new plan to expanded of its new plan to expand funded childcare rather

for working parents. in the first week of it being rolled out across the country, meeting parents in hartlepool this morning, the prime minister rejected claims that nurseries can't cope with the increasing demand as a result of that new policy. rishi sunak says the package of support families policy. rishi sunak says the pacheen)f support families policy. rishi sunak says the pacheen introduced families policy. rishi sunak says the pacheen introduced stagess policy. rishi sunak says the pacheen introduced stages to has been introduced in stages to give time more places to be give time for more places to be made . prices in shops made available. prices in shops are rising at the slowest rate for two years. that's according to new figures. in march, shop pnces to new figures. in march, shop prices were up 1.3, slowing from 2.5% the month before. the british retail consortium . says british retail consortium. says that discounts on popular easter treats and essentials, along with promotions on electricals and have helped to and clothing, have helped to keep those prices down. and if you've ever opted for private mode when browsing on the internet search engine google chrome, well, you could . have chrome, well, you could. have fallen victim to having your personal information stored.

that's according to findings that a court that have emerged from a court case.in that have emerged from a court case. in ruling, case. in a us ruling, google will to delete private will have to delete all private user data, which was not supposed to have been tracked. the us case was filed in 2020, in america, but the judgement today to google today will apply to google chrome here in the uk. chrome users here in the uk. after the decided that after the judge decided that there be a limit on the there must be a limit on the tech giant's collection of personal information. that's the latest from the newsroom . for latest from the newsroom. for now, you can sign up to gb news alerts. just scan the qr code on your screen or go to gbnews.com/alerts . now, though, gbnews.com/alerts. now, though, it's back to martin in westminster. >> thank you sam. now we've got absolutely loads to get through, so let's get cracking. now could id cards be the way to finally solve the channel migrant crisis 7 solve the channel migrant crisis ? well, it emerged yesterday, there's been an incredible 43% rise in the number of people .

rise in the number of people. illegally arriving in small boats. small boats. this year, more than 5000 migrants have crossed the channel so far in 2024. but former home secretary lord told lord david blunkett told the times reintroduce the times i would reintroduce the idea of id cards because what will happen with rwanda will happen with the rwanda scheme criminals scheme is organised. criminals will migrants simply not to will tell migrants simply not to claim asylum. they'll say we'll get you across to the uk and then ring this number, we'll get you a job and accommodation and then they'll disappear into the sub economy. and that's the worst of all worlds. and they'll be exposed to mass exploitation . be exposed to mass exploitation. and then that will affect other people by undercutting genuine workers and also involve modern slavery. you can only solve that if you have a proper identity scheme. now, that sounds on paper shows your papers like common sense. well, to discuss this, i'm now joined in the studio by the associate editor of the daily mirror, kevin maguire. kev, welcome to studio si. my pleasure to see you. this is an old labour idea. you must

like it. yeah it was a it was a conservative party idea. >> first labour opposed it, then labour proposed it the labour proposed it and the conservatives and conservatives opposed it. and then finally scrapped david blunkett's voluntary scheme. i understand to understand why it appeals to some superficially , but some people superficially, but they other people to show some people superficially, but they papers, fer people to show some people superficially, but they papers, not)eople to show some people superficially, but they papers, not themselves ow some people superficially, but they papers, not themselves .n their papers, not themselves. and i think it's over promises what it can achieve. i think the money and the effort can be better spent. id cards existed dunng better spent. id cards existed during the first world war. the second world war, second world war. they continued for seven years and they were scrapped because people got sick of bureaucrats and police officers asking them to show me your papers. it's essentially the bafic papers. it's essentially the basic right of you in britain to leave home without any id on you, if you like, if you want to go out in your swimming trunks or a bikini, you can. you don't have to take your papers to show them when you're challenged. >> but if the id scheme this time specifically time around was specifically targeted to those arriving via small dinghies or illegally ,

small dinghies or illegally, then surely it has merit. i don't think this scheme is for everybody in britain to show your papers. if you arrive and you're up by a border you're picked up by a border force patrol at our shores, you have through this system. have to go through this system. you to be processed anyway. you have to be processed anyway. you have to be processed anyway. you a hotel for you have to get a hotel for free. this would be of free. so this would be part of the and it would prevent the system and it would prevent exploitation. it would prevent slave to like? >> yeah, i'm not sure it would because you would have to be able to enforce it. for instance, moment, if instance, at the moment, if you're employer you're you're an employer or you're a landlord out, you landlord or letting out, you have to check and show you've checked that somebody is entitled to be here and is here legally. you can legally. if you don't, you can be fined very, very few fines. i just don't think people will be producing that. look, producing cards like that. look, people are getting on those boats. they're not going to flash a card. they're getting off the they're off the boat. they're not flashing get off, they flashing a card to get off, they have to have id, they give an official id, you're required. if you're in that position to have id to access services . when id to access services. when you're here, you can't stop people disappearing. unfortunately unless you imprison them. and people do disappear in the into the

economy. but i think the way to police the jobs market and accommodation is through landlords and employers not demanding to see cards. and what if we only gave cards to people coming on those small boats? 30,000 last year, 45,000 the year been this year before has been 5000. this year before has been 5000. this year so far. that's a very small number of people in a country of 67 million. in fact, net migration was rising by 750,000. >> stop the working illegally . >> stop the working illegally. >> stop the working illegally. >> well, you can't you can't work now if you're an asylum seeker. renee do i actually think that's a mistake? i think we should . if your claim is we should. if your claim is being processed instead of, spending a fortune on putting people up in in hotels and giving 30, £40 a week to giving them 30, £40 a week to exist that would be a people exist on that would be a people smugglers dream. >> that would be top of the tiktok video. come to britain guaranteed to work. that's kevin maguire they're coming now, maguire that they're coming now, and backhanded compliment. they want to britain. >> they want to come to britain. they want to come to they normally want to come to britain, get fewer britain, and we get far fewer people than other people seeking asylum than other european countries. whether you're spain, france, italy, germany, take in far fewer

germany, we take in far fewer refugees. but it's backhanded refugees. but it's a backhanded compliment. they want to come here. normally want come here. they normally want to come here because they have a family link they speak english, or link or they speak english, or let's be honest , we've been let's be honest, we've been there at some point, either with an empire or military interventions, and they come to work not to claim benefits . work not to claim benefits. >> okay. i want to ask you about another thing as i've got you here, kev, 60 charities, organisations, today organisations, lawyers today have of a have proposed the idea of a ukrainian refugee ukrainian style refugee settlement for settlement scheme for palestinians. i could possibly go wrong . go wrong. >> yeah, well, i can see if you look at gaza, where there's about 2 million people, there is nowhere in gaza. if you nowhere safe in gaza. if you look at ukraine or a large parts of ukraine that are relatively safe the in safe now, that's not the case in the east. i know you can the east. and i know you can still attacks in but still get attacks in kyiv, but it's relatively safe. and people opened welcome opened their homes to welcome people some of people from ukraine, some of whom gone back since. whom have gone back since. i think be some if think there'd be some people if they open their homes they wanted to open their homes to palestinians from gaza. why not? because that is a humanitarian crisis . the humanitarian crisis. the government, the government, the uk it's uk government admits it's a human crisis. we've seen british

aid workers. >> there's a massive difference between ukraine palestine. between ukraine and palestine. for the side for example, we're on the side of ukrainians in war, of the ukrainians in war, presumably palestinians coming here a grievance with here might have a grievance with britain because we've ostensibly backed israel and the scheme from ukraine is women and children, because all the men had to stay behind and fight. so you must admit, we don't, if you must admit, if we don't, if we have id cards for we don't have id cards for people come into the country people to come into the country from on are from france, how on earth are we going to the origin or the going to know the origin or the political leanings of those from palestine? we've had numerous security on this security advisers on this show before saying hamas would, would, chance would, would welcome the chance to civilian to melt into civilian population, be welcomed into britain. >> yeah. does not export >> yeah. hamas does not export violence to the wider world. yes. there's real issue with yes. there's a real issue with israel as we saw with the pogrom, the horrific slaughter of people on october the of jewish people on october the 7th, but not the wider, not the wider world. and in fact, you'd have to apply for a visa which has happened in ukraine. you have give all sorts of have to give all sorts of detailed information detailed personal information so you you can be tracked. you can be you can be tracked. so you'd welcome palestinian refugees to britain. yeah i would, just wonder if the would, and i just wonder if the difference that , palestinians difference is that, palestinians

tend muslims, not of tend to be muslims, not all of them, but they tend to be muslims. while ukrainians weren't. no that weren't. there's no doubt that in britain i'm afraid there is a real and it's real islamophobia. and it's pretty rooted. pretty deep rooted. >> people's resistance >> you think people's resistance to who could be to palestinians who could be members of hamas, for all we know, isn't because of terrorists, it's because of islamophobia. >> hamas is different, but if you're just a palestinian who they are, we wouldn't have. >> we'd have no idea who these palestinians are. it'd be impossible to judge. >> you do it with >> yeah, well, if you do it with women children, i mean, women and children, i mean, hamas male dominated hamas is a pretty male dominated organisation in the way it's structured the structured and the and the hierarchy . look, you know, when hierarchy. look, you know, when you when welcome people into you when you welcome people into your country, whether they're tourists on business, your country, whether they're tourists in on business, your country, whether they're tourists in as on business, your country, whether they're tourists in as asylum jsiness, your country, whether they're tourists in as asylum seekers , coming in as asylum seekers, coming in as asylum seekers, coming as refugees, never coming as refugees, you never know 100. that is true. but the vast majority of people who come to britain are very law abiding, want to their life here and want to make their life here and contribute enormously our contribute enormously to our society, and economy. society, culture and economy. >> kevin maguire, great start to the show. thank you very much for popping into the studio. always now, gb always appreciated. now, gb news believes the foreign office understands british

understands at least two british aid workers were killed by an air strike in gaza. rishi sunak says questions need to be answered after the horrific incident , answered after the horrific incident, and the answered after the horrific incident , and the israel defence incident, and the israel defence forces has expressed the deepest condolences to the families of seven people who died last night. well, joining me now is our home and security editor, marc white. marc, welcome to the show. what's the latest on this horrific situation ? horrific situation? >> well, the foreign office still investigating how many british nationals may have been killed in this missile strike. it may be up to three, but they believe, at least for now, that two british nationals have been killed. a confusing situation on the ground and one that's deeply embarrassing. of course, for the israeli military, who have come out now and admitted that this was an unintended missile strike that took place. this charity , that took place. this charity, world central kitchen, a us

based charity, has a good relationship with the israeli government. they've been working with them closely in recent months in delivering vital aid suppues months in delivering vital aid supplies and food to people in gaza and have been most of the time, well, all of the time, according to the charity, liaising with the israeli military to let them know exactly where they are to minimise the chance of any kind of mishap. however, the circumstances are now under investigation. we've heard from british prime minister rishi sunak about the news of british casualties, and he said he was shocked and saddened. >> i'm shocked and saddened to hear the reported deaths of aid workers in gaza . we're urgently workers in gaza. we're urgently working to confirm all the details, but my thoughts right now are with their friends and family. they're doing fantastic work bringing alleviation to the suffering that many experiencing

in gaza. they should be praised and commended for what they're doing. they need to be allowed to do that work unhindered, and it's incumbent on israel to make sure that they do that . and sure that they can do that. and we're israel to we're asking israel to investigate what happened urgently , because clearly there urgently, because clearly there are need to be are questions that need to be answered. our view is answered. you know, our view is long standing that israel has both and both the intention and the ability to comply with international humanitarian law. i've very clear to i've made that very clear to prime minister netanyahu whenever to him. whenever i've spoken to him. there have been too many civilian deaths in gaza . of civilian deaths in gaza. of course, we want to see an immediate humanitarian pause so that we can get the hostages out and more aid into the region. now >> well, one of the reasons why this is so deeply uncomfortable for the israeli government and its military is because of the good relationship it has had with this charity and other charities that it's trying to actively encourage to take over actively encourage to take over a lot of the aid supplies in gaza, because , of course, israel

gaza, because, of course, israel is in a very difficult position with the un aid agency in gaza, unrwa, who they have claimed of employing 2000 members of hamas. and for some of those employees to have been actively involved in the massacre on october the 7th. so israel has been full of praise for these other charities and actively encouraging them. you could tell this by the israeli military spokesman daniel hagari, in just how fulsome in his praise he was for this charity . as he explained this charity. as he explained what happened, we are committed to examining our operations thoroughly and transparently . thoroughly and transparently. >> for the last few months, the idf has been working closely with the world central kitchen to assist them in fulfilling their noble mission of helping bnng their noble mission of helping bring food and humanitarian aid to the people of gaza . sukh also

to the people of gaza. sukh also came to help israelis after the massacre of october 7th. they were one of the first ngos here. the work of sukh is critical. they are the front lines of humanity. we will get to the bottom of this and we will share our findings to transparently . our findings to transparently. >> so while this incident is being actively investigated now by the israeli military , there by the israeli military, there is real concern about what this means for the continued aid suppues means for the continued aid supplies that are so vitally neededin supplies that are so vitally needed in gaza because as both the charity at the centre of this tragedy, another us charity, have decided to suspend their operations in gaza and aid supply ship that was heading to the gaza strip has now turned

round , so there will be urgent round, so there will be urgent discussions between the israelis and these charities to try to get this , aid shipment back on get this, aid shipment back on course again to help the beleaguered people in this enclave . enclave. >> mark white, thank you very much for that update. as many as three british aid workers killed in gaza, thank you very much . in gaza, thank you very much. now moving on. it's our biggest giveaway of the year so far. your chance to win £10,000, a greek cruise for two , £10,000 in greek cruise for two, £10,000 in cash and a whole host of luxury travel gifts. your 2025 holiday could be on us at gb news. and here's all the details that you need to enter. >> you could win our biggest prize giveaway so far. first, there's an incredible £10,000 in tax free cash to spend however you like. plus, courtesy of variety cruises , a bespoke seven variety cruises, a bespoke seven night small boat cruise for two worth £10,000 with flights, meals, excursions and drinks

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welcome back. it's 325. i'm martin daubney , and this is gb news. daubney, and this is gb news. now, later in the show, i'll tell you why . residents have tell you why. residents have declared war on british holidaymakers who they say only dnnk holidaymakers who they say only drink cheap beer, lay in the sun and eat low quality food. when do i go ? now to the ongoing row do i go? now to the ongoing row about scotland's controversial new hate crime legislation. rishi sunak has backed jk rowling after she criticised the new law , and the harry potter new law, and the harry potter author has appeared to challenge police to arrest her if her social media posts are against the new laws. while rowling is a fierce critic of the scottish government's stance. of course, on transgender rights, jk rowling repeated her views in a

lengthy post on x, formerly known as twitter, which ended with the comment i'm currently out of the country, but if what i've written here qualifies as an offence under the terms of the new act, then i look forward to being arrested when i return to being arrested when i return to the birthplace of the scottish enlightenment. tongue firmly in cheek. now, joining me now to discuss this is our reporter in scotland, tony maguire. tony, welcome to the show, tony. it all kicked off yesterday when the laws came in on april fools day of all days. but now the laughter has subsided. things are getting fruity with jk rowling . fruity with jk rowling. >> yes indeed. certainly jk rowling has come out quite strong on twitter yesterday or xl bully, formerly known as twitter, but you know that 11 page or that 11 post message that she put out and naming various high profile transgender women across scotland and the various ways that she was almost

purposefully misgendering them. and, you know, some are accusing her of. but certainly, you know, i think she probably knows herself that she's okay. she's not going to get arrested. you know, the equality network put out quite a lengthy, interesting post kind of delving deep into what actually constitutes a hate crime and what police are going to be sifting through these reports for . and that is indeed reports for. and that is indeed things that make people feel concerned for their safety and concerned for their safety and concerned for their safety and concerned for their, their their safety in public places, be it in groups or whatever. now, today has been quite interesting . we've seen how fast this pubuc . we've seen how fast this public discourse has moved. yesterday there was a lot of angerin yesterday there was a lot of anger in those images outside holyrood. today, i think everyone's kind of left with a bit of confusion. i spoke to a lot of the general public earlier on just to get, you know , a sense of primarily how they felt about the extreme felt about the most extreme scenario about, you know, conversations dinner conversations around the dinner table or the living room and how they felt about police actually

looking into them and, and investigating things said in their homes . their own homes. >> i don't think so. >> i don't think so. >> i don't think so. >> i think, quite honestly, the police got enough to do. i police have got enough to do. i think at this moment in time they even enough they don't even have enough time to serious to investigate more serious crimes burglaries, so crimes like burglaries, etc. so i think they've got enough to do, and i think it's just a wee bit too far. >> definitely it is, bit too far. >> are initely it is, bit too far. >> are we?ly it is, bit too far. >> are we? we it is, bit too far. >> are we? we wouldn't like to yes. are we? we wouldn't like to be censored in our own home. no. >> i'm going to get a t shirt printed which says are the four most dangerous words in scotland . what do you think ? that's it. . what do you think? that's it. >> i think it's going to take too much time for the police to go and try and do anything like that. >> to me it's a waste of time, but that's just me. >> it'sjust but that's just me. >> it's just exactly the same opinion. no, i don't think so. no, it's too time consuming. the police have far many police have got far too many things getting on with. things to be getting on with. >> so obviously today's big story was that rishi sunak ,

story was that rishi sunak, well, he came out in support of free speech and jk rowling's stance . an easy win for the stance. an easy win for the conservatives, what with all scott, scottish labour and snp msps voting for the bill. but you know, this conversation is far from over up here. >> tony mcguire, thanks for that update live from edinburgh. and joining me now is the former senior investigating officer at the metropolitan police, simon harding. simon welcome to the show. we heard from a cross—section of the public up in scotland who are quite simply saying there's no time for this. 6% of burglaries are currently solved. why on earth is a government inventing new crimes when it's failing to solve existing crimes ? existing crimes? >> well, yeah. >> well, yeah. >> and it's putting a lot of pressure again on the police, isn't it? >> i mean, you saw there that one member of public said one member of the public said it's enough. it's confused enough. >> so what that any >> so what makes that any difference a police officer difference to a police officer who lands on desk who this lands on their desk where somebody , you know, where somebody, you know, feelings are, you know, in this way, the police officer's got to make their own subjective test

against what's being said. >> you know, especially around what jk rowling was talking about, misgendering. i mean, you know, we are sort of talking about , you know, the ability to about, you know, the ability to freedom of speech and, you know, people putting their opinion across if across about something, and if that goes into our living rooms as well, obviously around a dinner table, then then that really is an intrusion that the police feel police will, will feel incredibly uncomfortable about as i'm sure. and, and, you as well, i'm sure. and, and, you know, in my opinion as well, we'll want to deal with those other things which public we'll want to deal with those othe|asiings which public we'll want to deal with those othe|as theirwhich public we'll want to deal with those othe|as their priorities. public we'll want to deal with those othe|as their priorities. you.ic hold as their priorities. you know, scotland, especially , know, in scotland, especially, you burglary and you know, like burglary and things so think things like that. so i think it's a it very it's a very it is very confusing, but it also is very subjective to the officer deaung subjective to the officer dealing with it or the, or the police force in an area, you know, is it, is it going to be consistency around decision making? all that sort of thing consistency around decision m going all that sort of thing consistency around decision m going to l that sort of thing consistency around decision m going to come sort of thing consistency around decision m going to come out: of thing consistency around decision m going to come out and hing consistency around decision m going to come out and beg is going to come out and be very, know, testing for the very, you know, testing for the police time. police at this time. >> simon, we often hear that >> and simon, we often hear that some police officers, they like this authority that this this new authority that this kind of law gives them. but i'm assuming majority of

assuming the vast majority of rank and file police officers just saying, oh my goodness, i'm expected to go policing expected to go around policing people's tweets. think people's tweets. they must think it's a complete headache and a nightmare for operationally i >> -- >> well, it is absolutely. and it's an impossible task, isn't it? really. what do you think? how many millions of tweets and messages and, you know, different forums that we have on the internet where people are going put their opinion going to put their opinion across own personal across their own personal opinion. and we're we're almost saying in that in that area of the uk that we're going to take that opinion away from you. you're allowed have that you're not allowed to have that opinion i think opinion anymore. and i think police will police officers have said will feel but the feel very uncomfortable. but the other part of this really is as well is that, you know, it's absolutely right to you absolutely right to have, you know, of, know, hate crimes in terms of, you know , monitoring them. and you know, monitoring them. and the police have said that, you know, to monitor them. the police have said that, you know should to monitor them. the police have said that, you know should do to monitor them. the police have said that, you know should do because tor them. the police have said that, you know should do because you hem. the police have said that, you know should do because you want they should do because you want to patterns emerge to see crime patterns emerge against ethnicities to see crime patterns emerge ag groups ethnicities to see crime patterns emerge ag groups in ethnicities to see crime patterns emerge ag groups in societyicities to see crime patterns emerge ag groups in society to :ies to see crime patterns emerge ag groups in society to make or groups in society to make sure that you can deal sure that you can you can deal with that. but this is going to make huge area of confusion make it a huge area of confusion for everybody to understand, you

know, do i need to investigate this? and what if i if i say this? and what if i if i say this one does need investigating, but this one doesn't? i think it's going to be very, very confusing from now on. >> i think you nailed it perfectly there, simon harding. time again, the public time and time again, the public say bobbies on the say we want more bobbies on the beat, we're policing beat, and now we're policing tweets instead policing tweets instead of policing the streets. much for streets. thank you very much for joining us on the show. now, there's lots more still to come before 4:00. and discuss before 4:00. and i'll discuss claims that 10 million brits are allegedly addicted to junk food. as the obesity crisis cost the nhs a staggering £15 billion every single year. are we addicted or should we just eat less cake? but first, there's your latest news headlines with sam francis . sam francis. >> martin, thank you and good afternoon. from the newsroom. the headlines just after 3:30. israel has now admitted its forces were behind the

unintended killing of seven aid workers in gaza, including three british citizens. the israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, says officials are now checking the incident thoroughly following international calls for a full investigation in the group. killed were travelling in two armoured cars marked with the world central kitchen logo that ngo claims the attack was carried out despite them coordinating their movements with the military . those killed with the military. those killed also include palestinians and people from australia, poland and the us. israel's defence minister says a joint situation room will now be opened with international groups to facilitate the delivery of aid with the military . a 12 year old with the military. a 12 year old child has been killed and two other children are in a serious condition after a shooting carried out by another child at a primary school in finland. it's understood the permit for that handgun belonging to the child was actually of the relative of the suspect, police

say. the 12 year old has admitted to carrying out the shooting, but the circumstances are not yet clear . the prime are not yet clear. the prime minister is backing jk rowling after she criticised a new hate crime law in scotland. it came into effect yesterday and bans hatred against people on certain grounds. but the author says it risks silencing genuine debate on issues around gender and women's rights. rishi sunak backs those concerns, saying that people should not be criminalised for stating simple facts on biology . and the facts on biology. and the government is facing criticism of its new plan to expand funded childcare for working parents. in the first week of it being rolled out across england, meeting parents in hartlepool this morning, the prime minister rejected claims that nurseries can't cope with increasing demand as a result of that new policy. rishi sunak says the package of support for families has been introduced in stages to give time for more places to be made available . that's the

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about. many voters very, very anxious about . it's expensive. it's about. it's expensive. it's very, very tough to get a space for your kid in the first place. i know that from bitter experience. will this new scheme make things easier for make things any easier for beleaguered parents? >> well, it certainly will if the places are available. i think it's worth saying that this is as the government says , this is as the government says, a very, very big deal indeed, because as of now , working because as of now, working parents qualify for 15 hours a week for two year olds and above that will be extend to babies from nine months old from september . by next september, september. by next september, you'll be able to get 30 hours free childcare for children from nine months old right through until they start school. if you're a working parent. now the government is saying that's going to save families up to £6,900 a year. so a huge amount of money. however, however , of money. however, however, labour party and lots of nursery providers are saying that this has not been properly funded and

that there simply are not the places available. now the government's making a big noise about, you can sign on and get this code to entitle you to this free care . they're saying free care. they're saying they're expecting 150,000 people to activate this within the next few days, but getting the code is one thing. but actually securing that place at a nursery or childcare provider near you is quite another, because plenty of nurseries saying that it's not being properly funded, that they're already operating at a loss on the places that they're are giving and many of them are full and many of them are also saying that they're thinking they may go out of business in they may go out of business in the next year. now, rishi sunak says, basically, trust me, it's all going to be okay, labour party says it's going to be a disaster. we won't have very long to find out what actually happens. >> and, catherine, you know, when this came in the first time

around, in 2015, david cameron gave 30 hours of free childcare. that's where my first nipper went to nursery. what happened was the prices went through the roof. you couldn't get a space anyway because everybody was competing for a limited resource. i digress , call me a resource. i digress, call me a cynic. moving on, the conservative party are already looking forward to their next leader after their impending defeat, if you believe them. at any rate, the pop cons , the any rate, the pop cons, the popular conservatives saying a liz truss style leader who by the sounds of it, isn't liz truss. >> exactly. well, i think liz truss , even liz truss, who's not truss, even liz truss, who's not particularly troubled by self—doubt , must realise that, self—doubt, must realise that, she's not going to be elected to lead the conservatives after she lasted all of seven weeks as prime minister. but yes, some of her supporters, mark littlewood , her supporters, mark littlewood, who used to lead the institute of economic affairs, a big fan of economic affairs, a big fan of liz truss and others, are plotting to get somebody who is of a free market liberty bent to

lead the conservatives after their presumed loss at the next general election . they're general election. they're thinking possibly, that they might like former home secretary priti patel, who has been going a little bit under the radar of late. but making friends and quietly, building support. so let's see what happens. but of course, they haven't lost the next election yet. and it's not particularly helpful given that people tend not to vote for divided parties for this to be coming out now, because rather than, plotting who's going to be in charge after they lose the next election, if indeed they do, it might be more helpful to try to put forward something of a united front. that's something that, lord hague of course, a big supporter of rishi sunak and rishi sunak, took what used to be lord hague's seat is saying, basically, let's focus on coming

together and fighting the election and showing people around in the country what we're doing right and what we can offer them, rather than worrying about what comes afterwards . about what comes afterwards. >> katherine forster great stuff. and in fact, we'll have mark littlewood of the popular conservatives, the head honcho on in the 5:00 hour. on the show in the 5:00 hour. and the funny thing about this, catherine, it's going to take 70 conservative to get this off conservative mps to get this off the ground. well, there might be only with after the next only left with 80 after the next general lots of general election. lots of questions . katherine questions to ask. katherine forster a pleasure and forster always a pleasure and never . now britain's never a chore. now britain's obesity crisis is so bad that some doctors want food addiction to be classed as dangerous as alcohol and drugs. all just eat less cake. i martin daubney on gb news, britain's news channel .

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palestine were killed, along with a dual us and canadian citizen . now, britain's obesity citizen. now, britain's obesity crisis is now so bad that doctors are pushing for food addiction to be classed as dangerous as drink and drugs. reports suggest more than 10 million brits are feared to be hooked on junk food. the cost of obesity to the uk is said to be £58 billion every single year. and joining me now to discuss this is the former presenter of fat families and friend of the show, the deliciously outspoken steve miller . steve, welcome to steve miller. steve, welcome to the show. always a pleasure. i'll be really addicted to fast food or simply have no self control or agency. nice intro and good to be on your plate, what i would say is that, you know, there are there are some people that do potentially have a theoretically have an addiction, but the vast majority of people do not have an addiction. we love throwing this word around. >> they are falling into bad

habits. you know, if people , had habits. you know, if people, had an addiction, they'd be smashing down doors to grab the chocolate bars. i mean, you have a real dependency , i think. it's not dependency, i think. it's not addiction. it's definitely more about bad habits. addiction. it's definitely more about bad habits . and frankly, about bad habits. and frankly, in the uk, and i know some people don't like me saying this sort of stuff, but we need a good kick up the backside, actually, and we need to start waking up and thinking about what we're putting in the trolley. and, yes, it can be a challenge. i'm not saying it's, you know, it's easy peasy, but, pudding and pie use the porn, but, you know , there is always but, you know, there is always something we can do about it. so the, the, i guess my message is this is that start taking responsibility , start being more responsibility, start being more consciously aware of what you're doing . do not ditch junk. doing. do not ditch junk. totally. always have a little bit of what you fancy, but moderate. so you're living 80 over 20 and, you know , i and i over 20 and, you know, i and i do relate to this because there

was a time when i would go to the supermarket and tell you the supermarket and i tell you what, to get home when what, i used to get home when i was a real i was much fatter than i am now. and i would get home and i'd literally look in the and say the mirror and i'd say to myself, well, this little piggy went seriously, went to market seriously, because . i would pile because i did. i would just pile it trolley, all the it all in the trolley, all the cake the bickies and all of cake and the bickies and all of that of stuff . that sort of stuff. >> you know what's interesting about this, steve, is that they're pushing for they're about this, steve, is that they're 20% pushing for they're about this, steve, is that they're 20% of shing for they're about this, steve, is that they're 20% of adults or they're about this, steve, is that they're 20% of adults are 1ey're saying 20% of adults are addicted ultra processed fat addicted to ultra processed fat foods, they're pushing for foods, and they're pushing for an addiction an international food addiction consensus conference. and of course, they want world health organisation buy in. steve am i cynically thinking here that if we start pathologizing things and then what will happen is there will be medical is the next thing you know, we'll all be on fat jabs and this will be a huge big pharma industry once again going to medicines, pills, pofions again going to medicines, pills, potions and jabs rather than just saying take control. oh yeah, we'll all be like lab

rats, literally lardy lab rats . rats, literally lardy lab rats. >> that's what we'll become if we're not careful. oh, and it is. you're right to raise this because it does give people an excuse , doesn't it? you know. excuse, doesn't it? you know. oh, i'm an addict. no you're not. you've just fallen bad not. you've just fallen into bad habits. yourself together. habits. pull yourself together. we of that we need a bit more of that message in the uk, as well as an arm the shoulder as well. arm around the shoulder as well. i all that. but yes, i get all of that. but yes, excuses are very calorific. so what i say to people as well is, are you actually making too many excuses? isn't time that you excuses? isn't it time that you move forward and, you know, just did a little bit of something for yourself. and, and actually we recognise that we do need to recognise that this is a mindset and motivation challenge for people . people challenge for people. people know what to eat, to be slim. you know, all of this nutrition talk about how many, you know, protein in this and carbs in that. protein in this and carbs in that . now that's all codswallop that. now that's all codswallop now all the head. so now it's all in the head. so what we've got to do when i talk about the head, what that also means is we have to be quite tough strong about it, tough about it, strong about it, as well as being very kind to ourselves along way, telling ourselves along the way, telling ourselves along the way, telling ourselves yes, we are too

ourselves that, yes, we are too gorgeous fat and it's time gorgeous to be fat and it's time to sort it out. and it's time in the uk, we have that sort of message. got a bit more blunt about it. like the japanese do. >> super serve a svelte steve miller, always with full fat opinions . miller, always with full fat opinions. thank you very much for coming on the show, steve. always an absolute pleasure. now got a couple of quick emails to get through before the end of the hour. we asked about id cards. is that the answer for the fact can't control our the fact we can't control our borders? we've had hundreds borders? and we've had hundreds of on this as well of emails on this as well as should have palestine should we have a palestine refugee scheme that, refugee scheme later on that, but cards. helen but first on id cards. helen says this make it voluntary for everybody, but if you opt out and you cannot qualify for benefits or nhs services , benefits or nhs services, genuine asylum seekers will soon opt in. mark my words , criminals opt in. mark my words, criminals and economic migrants will opt out. dave says this quickly id cards should be essential . most cards should be essential. most of the time you would not have to show it, but it will stop all the corruption in voting and workforce police checks. am workforce police checks. i am sure most this country would

sure most in this country would willingly them . thank you willingly accept them. thank you very much for those emails. plenty of those. more to come after this, because almost 60 groups are calling for palestinian refugees in gaza, with this to with family in this country to be allowed to move to the uk. is that a good idea? i'm martin daubney on gb news, britain's news channel. now your news channel. now it's your weather burkill. weather with alex burkill. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on . gb news. >> hello. welcome to your latest gb news weather update brought to you by the met office. across some central southern parts. there will be a bit of sunshine tomorrow, but otherwise it's looking pretty wet and there's some come tonight as some rain to come tonight as well. that's because we have an area low pressure the area of low pressure to the southwest us, that is southwest of us, and that is driving feature northwards as driving a feature northwards as we through the rest of today. we go through the rest of today. so ending day across parts so ending the day across parts of northern ireland, northern england on a mostly dry note.

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gb news. >> a very good afternoon to you. it's 4 pm. welcome to the martin daubney show on gb news. broadcasting live from the heart of westminster. all across the uk. in today's show, i'll get reaction to calls for palestinians in gaza to be allowed to move to the uk. if they've got family here, what could possibly go wrong with that? we'll have a counter—terror expert discussing that soon. and j.k. rowling has challenged police to arrest her as the row over scotland's controversial new hate crime laws, introduced on april the 1st, rumbles on, and rishi sunak has today backed the harry potter author. some tories are

already planning for life without mr sunak . one group is without mr sunak. one group is said to want to replace him with a liz truss style leader who apparently isn't liz truss. and another day, another row about a flag being rebranded. this time, team gb has changed the union jack. it now contains shades of pink and purple. is it a union joke that's all coming up in your next hour? welcome to the show. it's always an absolute pleasure to have your company right after the news. debate news. we've got the big debate of today. should we adopt a ukrainian style refugee resettlement plan? but for palestine lions, 60 charities, organisations, lawyers and activists think that's a good idea. i'll speak to a counter terrorism expert who says it might not the best solution.

might not be the best solution. after all, no arabian countries are prepared to take them. why should we? is that a problem waiting to happen? you've got time to get your views across. still time. email me gbviews@gbnews.com. but first, let's kick off this hour with your latest news headlines with polly middlehurst. >> martin, thank you and good afternoon to you. well, the top story from the newsroom is that israel has admitted that its forces were behind what's being described as an unintended killing of seven aid workers in gaza, including three british nationals. the israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, says officials are now checking the thoroughly amid the incident thoroughly amid international calls for a full investigation . the group killed investigation. the group killed were travelling in two armoured cars marked with the world central kitchen logo . the aid central kitchen logo. the aid group claims the attack was carried out despite them

coordinating their movements with the israeli military. in a statement released in the last few minutes, the labour leader, sir keir starmer says international upheld sir keir starmer says inteihumanitarian upheld sir keir starmer says inteihumanitarian workers upheld sir keir starmer says inteihumanitarian workers mustld sir keir starmer says inteihumanitarian workers must be and humanitarian workers must be protected. and speaking earlier, rishi sunak called for a full investigation . investigation. >> shocked and saddened to hear the reported deaths of aid workers in gaza. we're urgently working to confirm all the details, but my thoughts right now are with their friends and family. they're doing fantastic work bringing alleviation to the suffering that many are experiencing in gaza. they should be praised and commended for what they're doing. they need to be allowed to do that work and it's work unhindered. and it's incumbent israel to make sure incumbent on israel to make sure that they can do that. and we're asking israel to investigate what happened because what happened urgently, because clearly questions that clearly there are questions that need . need to be answered. >> prime minister is >> well, the prime minister is backing the harry potter author j.k. rowling after she criticised a new hate crime law that's come into being in scotland . the law was introduced scotland. the law was introduced yesterday and seeks to ban

hatred against people on certain grounds. but the author says it risks silencing genuine debate on issues around gender, as well asignonng on issues around gender, as well as ignoring the rights of women and girls . rishi sunak has and girls. rishi sunak has backed her concerns, saying that people shouldn't be criminalised for stating simple facts on biology. shadow minister pat mcfadden told gb news this morning that labour has no plans to introduce similar laws . to introduce similar laws. >> we want proper enforcement of the anti—hate crime laws that are there and make sure that the right penalties are in place to protect people. we're not planning to legislate for new crimes in this area and i don't think jk rowling should be arrested. pat mcfadden well, let's turn our attentions to finland now , where the country finland now, where the country will observe a day of mourning tomorrow after a 12 year old girl was killed and two others were seriously wounded in a shooting that was carried out by another child at a primary school north of helsinki . school north of helsinki. >> it's understood a permit for the handgun that was used

belonged to a relative of the suspect. and police are saying the 12 year old suspect has admitted carrying out the shooting . but the circumstances shooting. but the circumstances surrounding what exactly happened and not yet clear. surrounding what exactly happened and not yet clear . the happened and not yet clear. the sports group adidas says it will redesign its german football shirts featuring the number 44, amid concerns over a resemblance to the ss nazi symbol. the new kits were launched last month ahead of a germany hosting the european championship, but a historian flagged similarities with the logo for the ss, which was of course , a nazi was of course, a nazi paramilitary organisation. the country's football association says it didn't spot the similarities when the design was initially approved, but it will now be changed. the governments faced some criticism today of its new plan to expand funded childcare for working parents. on the first week of it being rolled out across england, meeting parents in hartlepool this morning, the prime minister

had to reject claims that nurseries can't cope with increasing demand as a result of his new policy. rishi sunak said the package of support for families has been introduced in stages to give more time for places to be made available at nurseries. prices in shops are rising at the slowest rate for two years. that's according to new figures out today. in march, shop prices were up 1.3. that's slowing from 2.5% in february. the british retail consortium says discounts on popular easter treats and essentials, as well as promotions on electricals and clothing , have helped keep those clothing, have helped keep those pnces clothing, have helped keep those prices down. now, if you have ever gone incognito while using the internet on google's chrome browser, your private information still may have been stored by the tech giant. but now, thanks to a us court ruling, google will be forced to delete all private user data, which was not supposed to have been tracked despite the case

being filed in the us. the judgement will also apply internationally, including here internationally, including here in the uk. dougal google rather dismissed the merits the dismissed the merits of the case, saying that it involved only technical data that was only old technical data that was never associated with individuals . that's the news. individuals. that's the news. for the latest stories, do sign up to gb news alerts. scan that qr code on your screen right now, or go to gb news. com slash alerts . alerts. >> thank you polly. now we start with calls for palestinian refugees in gaza, with family in this country to be allowed to move to the uk. almost 60 groups, including the refugee council and care for calais , council and care for calais, want home secretary james cleverly to start a ukraine style visa scheme. around 174,000 ukrainian refugees moved to the uk after russia's invasion in february 2022. an authorities in gaza say more

than 30,000 people have been killed in the territory since hamas attacked israel on the 7th of october. well, join me now to discuss. this is former senior military intelligence officer philip ingram . philip, welcome philip ingram. philip, welcome to the show. we have no idea who currently comes into britain over the channel. we know full well that there is a wall in gaza. it's a wall that ostensibly britain has taken the opposing side on by backing israel. we know that in 1992, when 321 palestinian refugees were taken to denmark, 64% of them went on to have criminal records. what could possibly go wrong? philip with bringing these people to britain? well with hamas, inexorably integrated into the population, it would be very difficult to identify who's who is hamas and who isn't hamas. >> and that's the reason why this argument and this cry is,

you know, it's academic completely because the palestinian people inside gaza can't get out. >> they can't get out because the egyptians aren't letting them across the border because of hamas's links to, the muslim brotherhood and the egypt doesn't want palestinian refugees in its country , no refugees in its country, no other arab country wants palestinian refugees in there because of their historical links into causing disruption. and then the only other ways that they could potentially get out is, is through israel and israel is not going to let palestinians come out through their borders to go elsewhere. so, you know, it's great these organisations saying we should allow this. they're doing it merely to make noise . merely to make noise. >> yeah. and the ukrainian scheme, of course, is very , very scheme, of course, is very, very different. we were fighting on the same side . we culturally the same side. we culturally have a lot in common and let's not forget it was only women and children because the men, of course, have conscription age at least had to remain behind to fight the truth of the matter

is, philip, we have absolutely no clue who we were letting into the country. and it's absolutely within the realms of possibility that would specifically that hamas would specifically and deliberately place individuals within this civilian group to try and cause us harm , group to try and cause us harm, surely, oh, 100. >> they'd try and do that, and hamas would stop lots of legitimate, individuals wanting to get out. that is, of those individuals you have got the paperwork that would need to be able to prove , that they've got able to prove, that they've got these links and everything else. and of course, we've got no consular, access into gaza. so again, yeah, it's great these groups making all these calls and causing all the, all this noise. but, you know , nobody's noise. but, you know, nobody's thought it through. there's no practical solution to it whatsoever . the situations are whatsoever. the situations are completely different. and the threat the uk, by allowing threat to the uk, by allowing people in who we cannot necessarily confirm exactly who they are, it's too great, far too great. >> and philip, we had kevin maguire in from the mirror

earlier on. he was saying, well, why not have an identical scheme where women and children are allowed concerned about allowed for concerned about hamas military aged men, as it were. that still carry were. but does that still carry risks? i mean, terrorist comes in, come in all shapes and sizes, don't they? >> yeah, yeah, we've got, you know, look at shamima begum, who went off to join isis, one of the most horrible, horrible terrorist organisations that there is in the, in the world. you women are it can you know, women are it can equally be members of terror organisations and carry out things. but it's the practicalities of it. you know, hamas let the out. hamas won't let the people out. eqypt hamas won't let the people out. egypt won't the people into egypt won't let the people into eqypt egypt won't let the people into egypt processed. israel egypt to be processed. israel won't the people into israel won't let the people into israel to be processed. and we've got no consular access into gaza whatsoever. so there's no way there's no mechanism in place at there's no mechanism in place at the moment for, a visa scheme to be put in place, even if it were justified in any way, shape or form. so it's completely different to ukraine, it's completely different to anything else that's there , impractical.

else that's there, impractical. and it's just making noise for noise's sake. >> and, philip, we've had hundreds and hundreds of emails and the most common one that we're having is one from adam brooks, of the show. no, brooks, friend of the show. no, there's middle eastern there's plenty of middle eastern countries there's plenty of middle eastern cou place. we have no room. but our place. we have no room. but of philip, historically, of course, philip, historically, we've refugees we've seen palestinian refugees for example, going into the lebanon. and that led to a 15 year civil war. >> well, it did, and, you know, across the whole of the middle east, we've got your large palestinian populations in the west israel , which west bank, in israel, which calls israel a security problem. but that's partially stirred by the extreme elements of the the more extreme elements of the israeli jewish community, taking over land, you by force in places . but of course, the places. but of course, the palestinian authority, had a civil war which lasted almost a week with hamas whenever hamas took over, the gaza strip. so there's issues amongst the

palestinian people. none of the other arab countries want even even lebanon with, your lebanese hezbollah would not necessarily want, all of the palestinian people to go up there. they've got they've got their own problems. but egypt has got capacity, has got space, will not have them. jordan is one of the countries that's most closely linked to palestine. and, know, the people have and, you know, the people have similar backgrounds. jordan doesn't want them. and none of the other arab countries do. so this call for the uk to take on more and more individuals or for other countries in europe who are dealing with massive crisis of movement of people. anyway, is just, out there to create noise and try and create headlines. >> superb. thanks forjoining us on the show. and that's former senior military intelligence officer philip ingram, m.b.e. thank you very much. always a pleasure. now, three british aid workers have been killed after an israeli airstrike in gaza. rishi sunak says questions need to be answered after the horrific incident and the israel

defence forces has expressed the deepest condolences to the families of seven people who died last night. well, join me now for a full update on this is our homeland security editor, mark white. mark, welcome to the show. a tragic situation. what's the latest ? the latest? >> well, this is the charity world central kitchen who have been working in gaza for quite a number of months now and have delivered in that time 42 million meals to people in gaza . million meals to people in gaza. absolutely vital at the moment. their work in gaza. but that's been suspended now in the wake of terrible tragedy of this terrible tragedy last night , the israeli military have night, the israeli military have admitted that they were behind the missile strike. they say it was unintended. the charity say that they had liaised , as they that they had liaised, as they always do with the israeli military, to inform them of the

route they were taking down the coastal route, from central gaza , after having picked up part of 100 tonnes of aid supplies that they were about to distribute to gaza's citizens , and this is gaza's citizens, and this is very deeply uncomfortable for the israeli government and the israeli military because they have a good working relationship with particular charity, with this particular charity, they have been encouraging this charity to do more in gaza because of a complete breakdown in relationship between the israeli government and the un aid agency, unrwa, based in gaza, who the israelis have accused of employing some 2000 members of hamas and indeed employing members of hamas who were actively involved in the attacks on the 7th of october. so since then, the israelis have been encouraging other charities, other organisations to come in and to help,

charities, other organisations to come in and to help , the to come in and to help, the gazan citizens. this is what daniel hagari, the israeli military spokesman , said. and military spokesman, said. and you can tell just how uncomfortable he was and how fulsome in his praise he is of this particular charity. >> we are committed to examining our operations thoroughly and transparently . for the last few transparently. for the last few months, the idf has been working closely with the world central kitchen to assist them in fulfilling their noble mission of helping bring food and humanitarian aid to the people of gaza . w.k. also came to help of gaza. w.k. also came to help israelis after the massacre of october 7th. they were one of the first ngos here. the work of w.k. is critical. they are the front lines of humanity. w.k. is critical. they are the front lines of humanity . we will front lines of humanity. we will get to the bottom of this , and get to the bottom of this, and we will share our findings

transparently . transparently. >> so even though this charity was actively liaising with the israeli military , and the route israeli military, and the route it was taking was through what is termed a de—conflicted zone, there is nothing truly de—conflicted in gaza. it is an active war zone through out and real dangers for these charity and aid workers in that area. in fact , it is the and aid workers in that area. in fact, it is the most dangerous place in the for world aid workers, with now more than 200 of those aid workers killed since the war began. >> thanks for that update . mark >> thanks for that update. mark white three british aid workers killed in gaza. thank you very much . now, you may have booked a much. now, you may have booked a family holiday. for this year, but what about for next year? well you could win a bespoke greek cruise for two in our brand not only

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zero. >> earlier on breakfast. holiday to mexico and all this sort of thing. it's cheaper to get to those places than it is to get from london to belfast. london to glasgow. >> 15 hours, more . free >> 15 hours, more. free childcare for two year olds. >> entitlements that the government's putting in place are not matched by the availability places. availability of places. >> is anger, but i

>> yes, there is anger, but i think there is still real think there is still a real sense of confusion. what is and what in this bill? >> they've got flags so you can buy flags, which are not union jack flags. they're flags of those colours. so if you want to change the kit, that's one thing. don't change people thing. but don't change people waving flags six. waving flags from six. >> it's breakfast gb news . >> it's breakfast on gb news. >> it's breakfast on gb news. >> welcome back. the time is 423. i'm martin daubney and this is gb news. now let's bring you some breaking news now and the uk government has summoned the israeli ambassador over the death of three british aid workers in gaza. world central kitchen confirmed seven of its workers were killed last night when their car was struck by a missile. in addition to the three britons, aid workers from poland, australia and palestine were killed, along with a dual us and canadian citizen . now, us and canadian citizen. now, inflation in shop prices has

dropped to its lowest since december 2021 as shoppers cut down on spending, falling food costs and competition between retailers have prompted this this sharp fall, so is the cost of living crisis for brits finally easing? will join me now. is our business and economics editor liam halligan with on the money . welcome to with on the money. welcome to the show liam. always an absolute delight liking the haircut there mate. looking tidy. so listen, am i being a cynic by saying things? getting not quite as expensive as quickly as before is the new good news? >> well, it's certainly decent news, martin, that, inflation has come down. it's now these are unofficial numbers . this is are unofficial numbers. this is the british retail consortium numbers 1.3% during the year to february , during the year to

february, during the year to march, i should say that's down from 2.5% inflation during the year to february. again, these are unofficial numbers from the british retail consortium . we're british retail consortium. we're also seeing the energy price cap coming down from the 1st of april. that's fallen by about 12% to just under £1,700 a year. and it's strikes me that we're now facing the first rate cut in june.i now facing the first rate cut in june. i think interest rates will be cut from june. that's my current prediction from 5.25. so you're right, it's not as if pnces you're right, it's not as if prices are falling, but they're going up more slowly now than at any time than they have in the last two years. the beginning of the end, perhaps of the, cost of living crisis . living crisis. >> and, liam, you've been crying out for this kind of fiscal stimulus for so long in terms of interest rate cuts, because we can't keep singing hosannas about things not getting quite

so pricey all along . are you so pricey all along. are you hopeful that the spring, the summer will see that much needed break in the clouds with the sun coming out ? coming out? >> liam i think it depends on the geopolitics. martin we've talked about this before. what do i mean by that? i mean, it depends on relationships between russia and ukraine. the knock on implications global energy implications for global energy prices, oil and gas prices, particularly oil and gas prices. it depends on how things pan out in the ongoing conflagration between israel and hamas in palestine. conflagration between israel and hamas in palestine . a lot of it hamas in palestine. a lot of it depends on global events in general , it seems price general, it seems price pressures are easing in the uk, wages are going up less quickly, but they're now going up more fast than the rate of inflation. so we've got real wage increases, but less inflation coming through wages. we've got fewer price pressures in the pipeline. look food is still expensive. energy prices are coming down a bit. there is

still a cost of living crisis for a lot of people , but it's for a lot of people, but it's not as bad as it was. and certainly the tories. rishi sunak will be hoping that this low inflation number, 1.3% from the british retail consortium , the british retail consortium, will be repeated when we get the official inflation numbers , official inflation numbers, paving the way for interest rate cuts to come soon. hopefully, the tories would say, before a general election in the autumn so they can get 1 or 2 or maybe even three interest rate cuts in from the bank of england before an october election. we've had two tax reductions lowering of national insurance rates from 12 to 10 and now 10 to 8. the tories want to get another tax cut in before the elections as well. so there's a lot of talk from the prime minister even today , that he wants to wait for today, that he wants to wait for as long as possible before a general election. and that's because he hopes that interest rates will come down, not least as a result of this lower inflation number.

>> well, liam halligan, you're normally right on all of these things, mr liam. you you got it right on inflation coming down. you've got a rise in interest rates. >> and all i can hear in my ear is another interview. >> okay. well we're all done now. thank you. liam halligan thanks with on thanks for joining us with on the a pleasure. my the money. always a pleasure. my friend. had hundreds friend. now i've had hundreds and and hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of emails this afternoon during the show the thing show already. and the thing that's really , really got you that's really, really got you going is the palestinian refugee resettlement scheme, a bit like the ukraine scheme, but from palestine, lee says this. why? what's wrong with their arab brothers taking them in, carl echoes that, but the arab nafions echoes that, but the arab nations won't take them in. i wonder why. and of course, we spoke to a counter—terror expert earlier saying that oftentimes when this was allowed in countries such as lebanon, civil war followed. danny said no. europe took in millions of ukrainian refugees because they're our neighbours and it was the right thing to do. but arab nations should follow suit

and take their neighbours in. we also got emails on obesity. we did a section earlier with steve miller saying 10 million people apparently are now addicted to fast food. are they really? you're not quite believing that. in fact, you're quite cynical. james says this on the subject of obesity. i was once 25 stones. however, i went ahead with a gastric bypass and i lost 12 stones. however this isn't a panacea for good health and mental health. mary says this there is no denying the obesity epidemic just go to any supermarket and you see mainly younger women dressed in clothes that are way too tight with their stomachs hanging above their stomachs hanging above their knees. they won't be fit to play with their grandchildren. thank you mary, for sharing that touching vignette. shane adds this simple stop shaming fat people directly and introduce a nhs levy tax on all fast food and junk food at the outlet where they were purchased . this tax will go purchased. this tax will go directly to the nhs and not to

the government part quickly . on the government part quickly. on the government part quickly. on the hate crime laws in scotland. what do you get in touch about the clampdown on free speech in scotland? joan says this people in scotland are better unplug their smart speakers before saying anything. big brother might be watching you. and melvin adds this what happens in england if you do something? the scottish laws find a criminal. can they come and get you, or can they wait until you're in scotland? it's a fantastic question. and if there any legal eagles out there with the answer to that, let us know. j.k. rowling, of course, is defying , rowling, of course, is defying, humza yousaf. she's saying hashtag arrest me. she's making the comments. no doubt at some point she will go to scotland. what will be her fate? thanks for those emails and please keep them coming in gbviews@gbnews.com of course is the address . now we'll discuss the address. now we'll discuss another woke rebrand of a flag. this time it's team gb's union

jack has turned pink and purple on a supporters flag for this year's olympics is the union jack now a union jack? a union woke even the first. it's time for your latest news headlines with polly middlehurst. >> the top stories this hour. the foreign office says it's summoned the israeli ambassador to set out its unequivocal condemnation of the killing of seven aid workers in gaza, which included three british nationals. the israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, says officials are checking the incident thoroughly . see the incident thoroughly. see the group killed were travelling in two armoured cars marked with the world central kitchen logo. the aid group claiming the attack was carried out despite them coordinating their movements with the israeli military. israel's defence minister a joint situation minister says a joint situation room will now be opened with international groups to facilitate the safe delivery of aid, with military cooperation .

aid, with military cooperation. a 12 year old child has been killed and two other children are in a serious condition after are in a serious condition after a shooting carried out by another child at a primary school in finland . it's school in finland. it's understood a permit for the handgun used belonged to a relative of the suspect. police are saying a 12 year old boy has admitted carrying out the shooting, but the circumstances of what exactly happened are not yet clear . and as you've been yet clear. and as you've been hearing, the prime minister is backing the harry potter author j.k. rowling after she criticised a new hate crime law in scotland. it came into effect yesterday and bans hatred against people on certain grounds. but the author says it risks silencing a genuine debate on issues around gender and doesn't protect the rights of women or girls. rishi sunak has backed her concerns, saying that people shouldn't be criminalised for stating simple facts on biology. those are your latest news headlines. for the latest stories, do sign up to gb news

alerts. scan the qr code on your screen or go to gb news. common alerts . alerts. >> thank you polly. now rishi sunak has defended the government's new childcare policy as labour says nurseries don't have enough staff to deliver on the plan. that rings with me. same situation where my kids were young. i martin daubney on gb news, britain's news channel

welcome back. it's 436. i'm martin daubney, and this is gb news is now. rishi sunak has defended the government's flagship childcare policy and dismissed concerns over whether the nursery sector has enough places and staff. over whether the nursery sector has enough places and staff . and has enough places and staff. and the prime minister visited a nursery in hartlepool this

morning to mark the first day when families in england benefited from 15 hours of taxpayer funded care for two year olds every week . well, year olds every week. well, joining me now is gb news political correspondent, katherine forster. catherine, welcome to the show. this brings back memories of when my nippers were approaching this age . back were approaching this age. back in the day, david cameron offered 30 hours free care. catherine. and guess what happened? all the nurseries were full because everybody had vouchers . i couldn't get plumb vouchers. i couldn't get plumb in place anyway. how are things going to be different this time around? >> yes, well, the prime minister is basically saying have faith. it's all going to be okay. they're making very big promises because it's going to be as of now , 15 hours of childcare per now, 15 hours of childcare per week for work , families with a week for work, families with a two year old. but as of september, that age will be brought down to nine month old babies. and from next september, all pre—school children from

nine months up will be able to get 30 hours of free childcare right through until they start school. if their parents are working so the story goes, that also potentially will save parents nearly £7,000 a year. but will there be enough places ? but will there be enough places? as you've rightly said, it's one thing to promise these things. it's another thing for them to actually be delivered. there's a crisis basically in childcare provision, a recruitment crisis . provision, a recruitment crisis. they can't get enough staff. it's not particularly well paid and they can only look after a small number of children per person. and about a quarter of nursery providers thinking that they may cease trading in the next year. so it all sounds fabulous for working parents, but i think we will find out pretty quickly , see if the pretty quickly, see if the government's assurances that the places will be there and actually turns out to be the case. >> yeah, i mean, it's the

bafics >> yeah, i mean, it's the basics, isn't it, catherine? it's supply and demand. if thousands and thousands and thousands and thousands and thousands of parents turn up clutching vouchers and there are only a small number of places, it stands to reason that the pnces it stands to reason that the prices will go up or they'll be full, or they'll have to open more nurseries, which costs money, will drive money, which will drive prices up. i'm no sherlock holmes, but isn't this kind of doomed just to get stuck in the treacle? >> well, the government are issuing 150,000 codes. they say. rishi sunak. was saying a little bit earlier on his visit that this is why the government are doing it in stages, not in one 90, doing it in stages, not in one go, to allow the provision to increase gradually. but there are many, many anecdote s coming in of people who are simply not able to access this care. and bearin able to access this care. and bear in mind, we're only at the very beginning of it now. the national living wage is going up . i'm not sure whether that will be enough to deal with the problems, because fundamentally, nurseries saying government

nurseries saying the government are not funding this properly. but i think worth bearing in mind as well why the government are doing this. two reasons. votes that they would like to try to get young parents voting for them. i think the average age to start voting conservative now is over 50, and the other thing, of course, is they want workers, they want parent s back at work, earning money, paying taxes, contribute to the economy. we don't have a lot of growth . this is one way the growth. this is one way the government hopes that they might get it. and they're hoping that something like, 60,000 people will be brought back into the workplace as a result. >> superb. katherine forster, i admire your optimism. thanks for joining me on the show. admire your optimism. thanks for joining me on the show . and joining me on the show. and joining me on the show. and joining me on the show. and joining me now is lydia wright, who's director at who's the managing director at little pearls nursery in exeter. welcome to the show, lydia. so you've heard rishi sunak's plan operationally, will it work ?

operationally, will it work? >> oh, that's to be seen, isn't it, martin? there's a lot of promises flying around at the moment, it's like it was just said there. there's some issues around funding and staffing that really need to be looked at before we really get anywhere. >> yeah, because lydia , i'm just >> yeah, because lydia, i'm just saying i well recall when a similar scheme came in with david cameron. everyone went to the nursery clutching their vouchers , only to be told, well, vouchers, only to be told, well, there's thousands and thousands of parents just like you with free vouchers. the places are all full and they were putting the prices up. so it doesn't actually seem to solve the issue. it's well intentioned , issue. it's well intentioned, but on the ground, parents still facing the same exasperations. >> yeah, i mean, we're thrilled for parents. as a parent myself, i'm really happy that working families have got a little bit more support. it's just what that look like. looks like in the background , are the issues the background, are the issues really there's not, from what i can tell, a lot of spaces available as a nursery. we are

definitely, unfortunately , definitely, unfortunately, sending people away, for certain places now , particularly as places now, particularly as those those inquiries start coming through for september already we have some places that we just can't offer until this time next year. unfortunately which is a lovely position to be in as a business. but we really don't want to be turning families away. so i'm really interested as to where these places are going to be coming from really, and how we're going to staff it. >> and of course, lydia , >> yeah. and of course, lydia, many parents watching or many grandparents watching who become that service will know full well that service will know full well that nursery places that oftentimes nursery places just takes up so much of your salary , it pays better to not go salary, it pays better to not go back to work. and isn't that the problem? lydia? we seem to be stuck in this endless cycle. we want to empower mothers and fathers to get back into the workplace. but unless we fund it properly, of course means properly, which of course means more kind of properly, which of course means more in kind of properly, which of course means more in a kind of properly, which of course means more in a never kind of properly, which of course means more in a never ending|d of properly, which of course means more in a never ending circle. stuck in a never ending circle. >> yeah we are, and it needs to

be publicised correctly because at the moment it's very much publicised as free childcare, which it isn't , because it quite which it isn't, because it quite frankly doesn't cover cost. we've been kind of lobbying about this for years , unless it about this for years, unless it actually covers cost, it's not free. it's funded. and unfortunately it's up to the providers at the moment to negotiate that with the parents and explain exactly what it is, the government gives us a rate that's lower than the actual cost of quality early years education, so it's either up to the providers or for the parents to kind of fit the shortfall there. so it's either got to be advertised as funded childcare or subsidised childcare , or it or subsidised childcare, or it needs to be covered at the appropriate cost and therefore can be advertised as free. of course , there's no such thing as course, there's no such thing as a free lunch. >> lydia. right the managing director at little pearls nursery. next. i wish you the very best with your business and thanks to the service you do, you're a lifesaver. certainly for and the missus were

for when me and the missus were trying to back work. now trying to get back to work. now coming very shortly, we'll coming up very shortly, we'll discuss woke rebrand of discuss another woke rebrand of a flag. this time team gb's union jack has turned pink and purple on a supporter's flag for this year's olympics. members of the public will give us their thoughts. is this union jack a union joke? i'm martin daubney on gb news, britain's news channel

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kidding. britain's news channel. >> welcome back. your time is 447. i'm martin daubney and this is gb news. now 5:00. we'll discuss whether id cards could be the way to solve the migrant crisis, because a former labour home secretary. well, he's backing them. but first, let's bnng backing them. but first, let's bring you some breaking news. and police scotland say harry potter author j.k. and police scotland say harry potter authorj.k. rowling's potter author j.k. rowling's posts about the country's controversial new hate crime law are not criminal. repeat. they are not criminal. repeat. they are not criminal. the force said they received complaints regarding the writer's post on x, formerly known as twitter , x, formerly known as twitter, stating trans women are men and challenging police to arrest her for her views . challenging police to arrest her for her views. but a challenging police to arrest her for her views . but a police for her views. but a police scotland spokesperson said this we have received complaints in relation to the social media post. the comments are not assessed to be criminal and no

further action will be taken . further action will be taken. which makes you ask the question what are these laws for? if those comments aren't a criminality ? okay, now to criminality? okay, now to another rebrand of a flag which has caused more controversy after nike changed the saint george's cross on the england football shirt, and this time, team gb's union jack supporters flag has turned pink and purple for the paris olympics this year and gb news has been out and about today to find out what the great british public thinks about this flag. i think it's okay, but i still think that red, white and blue is really our colour . our colour. >> i like it, i think it's modern. >> i think that one's nicer. you've got to move with the times, haven't you? >> it's time for a change because everything in life moves on and you have to adapt to what's going on. >> so yeah, no, i'm looking

forward to the olympics and i'm looking forward to seeing our athletes and swimmers and everybody it . everybody wearing it. >> why not leave it as it is? it's, you know , our traditional flag. >> why mess with it like the england football shirt? just leave it alone. >> it's that is the proper flag for our country. >> and that's what it should be all. >> well, i think it's a bit weird, the change in it, it's the flags, the flag in it. >> it's been there centuries, isn't it? >> so keep it the same. >> so keep it the same. >> i quite it, but i think >> i quite like it, but i think the redder, yeah. the red could be redder, yeah. nothing really against it. >> team gb should be about the union jack in great britain, but to me that's not. >> they go a mixed bag about this flag out and about and join me now is former team gb sprinter derek redmond. derek a gold winner a record breaker captain. what's your take on this flag? some people are calling it a union joke. i've not heard that, but i do like that. >> i mean, i'm not a fan of it,

we— >> i mean, i'm not a fan of it, we are competing for great britain, the british flag is the colours that it is. you know, if you want to change anything and have an extra bit of represent nation, then do it in the vest. but leave the flag as it is. you know you're representing great britain. i'm sure you can see behind me there's a picture of usain bolt. i'm sure jamaica , usain bolt. i'm sure jamaica, when they come out of the olympic games, won't be coming out pinks and out in purples, pinks and greens. coming in greens. they'll be coming out in their usual traditional colours, so me, leave the flag as it so for me, leave the flag as it is. and if you want to make any changes , change the actual, you changes, change the actual, you know, the, the vest, the shirt, the singlet, the trunks, whatever people are using, depending what sport they're playing, i just think you playing, i just think that you are competing for great britain. and if you are, you know, a british representative, then we're representing the whole of great britain. whatever walk of life you're from. >> derek, i think you raise a fantastic point there , it seems fantastic point there, it seems to be, as we saw with the nike

shirts, the saint george's cross was changed. now the union flag is changed. it's seen as progressive, isn't it, to meddle with our great nation flags. but i think you're dead, right? the jamaicans would never change their flags. the french would never change their flag. do you think something pernicious is going on, derek? is this about meddling our flags meddling with our flags deliberately try and wind us deliberately to try and wind us up, i don't know, you know, and i'm all for moving forward and, you know, and going with change. but as i say, you can do that with the strip, with the kit itself , our flag with the strip, with the kit itself, our flag is our flag, i'm sure if i changed my number plates to purples and oranges and mauves and goodness knows what, the police will have something to say about it. i don't think i can get get away with saying it's progressive, but paint my any but i can paint my car any colour that or spray it, colour that i want or spray it, i say. so i'm not sure i should say. so i'm not sure the reasons it . i would the reasons behind it. i would love to know the reasons behind it, and say , i'm all for it, and as i say, i'm all for moving forward. i'm all for

progression. we progression. but we are representing great britain, you know, i've been know, for as long as i've been alive and, i don't know how long after i'm gone . our flag has after i'm gone. our flag has been red, white and blue. the flag should be that colour regardless to the size where it's placed. and you know, have fun with the with the with the strip itself. make that different. you know, i've got no issues with with that. but the flag itself shouldn't change unless changes i >> -- >> and derek, you're a medal winner. you know what it like. what it feels like to see that flag go up the pole. must be the best feeling on the planet. >> well, not just the flag >> well, it's not just the flag going up the pole. it is. which is the best feeling on the planet. actually having planet. it's actually having that your chest well. that flag on your chest as well. represents your country running out onto football pitch, the out onto the football pitch, the cricket pitch, the rugby pitch, whatever it is, athletics whatever it is, the athletics track, out , standing on track, walking out, standing on a podium, just about dive a podium, just about to dive into pool. that union into a pool. having that union flag on your on yourself is what you've worked for, you know, and it's the colours that it is, is the colours that it is. and when

we're training in the middle of the winter and going for all those hard sessions, that's the image we have in our of image we have in our minds of that union flag going up the pole, as you say, or wearing that vest, that shirt, that singlet with the union flag or the it singlet with the union flag or th

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to speak to a comedian who performed at an event in edinburgh last night, a few hours after those countries, the country's controversial new hate crime laws came into force. and i don't think he got arrested either . and some tories are either. and some tories are already planning for life without rishi sunak. the one group is said to want to replace him with a liz truss style leader. spoiler it's not liz truss that's all coming up in your next hour. well, the show as always . it's fabulous to have as always. it's fabulous to have your company. we've had hundreds and hundreds of emails today in the show. we've covered obesity. is it an addiction or simply poor behaviour? should we accept a ukrainian style refugee plan? but for palestinians ? and next but for palestinians? and next we'll be debating id cards. is it time to make them compulsory? so we have a clue who's in our

country arriving illegally in dinghies. they can walk into the country without any proof of who they are, and we won't know where they're going to be. is a 1990s style id scheme the way out of the mire? email me gb views at gb news. com with all of your opinions. but first, let's kick off this hour with your latest news headlines. and it's polly middlehurst . it's polly middlehurst. >> martin, thank you and good evening to you. well, the top story from the gb newsroom tonight is that the foreign office says it has summoned the israeli ambassador to set out its unequivocal condemnation of the killing of seven aid workers in gaza, which included three british nationals. the israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, described the incident un incident as tragic, and un intended. the group killed were travelling in two armoured cars marked with the world central kitchen logo. the aid group claims the attack was also

carried out despite them coordinating their movements with the israeli military. israel's defence minister says a new situation room will be opened now with international groups to facilitate the safe delivery of aid in future . here, delivery of aid in future. here, rishi sunak has called for a full investigation . full investigation. >> shocked and saddened to hear the reported deaths of aid workers in gaza. we're urgently working to confirm all the details, but my thoughts right now with their friends and family, they're doing fantastic work bringing alleviation to the suffering that many are experiencing in gaza. they should be praised and commended for what they're doing. they need to be allowed to do that work unhindered, and it's incumbent on israel make sure incumbent on israel to make sure that do that. and we're that they can do that. and we're asking israel to investigate what happened urgently, asking israel to investigate what ha|clearly urgently, asking israel to investigate what ha|clearly there |ently, asking israel to investigate what ha|clearly there are .y, because clearly there are questions need to be answered. >> now, as you've been hearing comments about scotlands new hate posted to social hate crime law posted to social media by the authorjk rowling, are not criminal. that's according to police scotland. in

the last hour or so, the new law was introduced yesterday and seeks to ban hatred against people on certain grounds . but people on certain grounds. but the harry potter author says it risks silencing genuine debate on issues around gender, as well asignonng on issues around gender, as well as ignoring the rights of women and girls. the prime minister, rishi sunak, has backed her concerns, saying that people shouldn't be criminalised for stating simple biological fact. shadow minister pat mcfadden told gb news this morning that labour has no plans to introduce anything similar. we want proper enforcement of the anti—hate crime laws that are there and make sure that the right penalties are in place to protect people. >> we're not planning to legislate for new crimes in this area, and i don't think jk rowling should be arrested now. >> finland will observe a day of mourning tomorrow after a 12 year old child was killed and two others were seriously wounded in a shooting that was carried out by another child at a primary school north of

helsinki. it's understood a permit for the hand gun that was used belonged to a relative of the suspect . police say the 12 the suspect. police say the 12 year old boy has admitted carrying out the shooting, but the circumstances surrounding exactly what happened still the circumstances surrounding exaiclearhat happened still the circumstances surrounding exaiclear .at happened still the circumstances surrounding exaiclear . sportsiened still the circumstances surrounding exaiclear . sports brand still the circumstances surrounding exaiclear . sports brand giant ll not clear. sports brand giant adidas will redesign its german football shirts, featuring the number 44, amid concerns over a resemblance to the nazi ss symbol. the new kits were launched last month ahead of germany hosting the european championship ukip, but a historian flagged similarities for the logo with the ss, which was nazi germany's elite military guard under hitler. the country's football association says it didn't spot the similarities when the design was first approved, but it will now be changed and here at home. good news for house hunters mortgage approvals have hit a 17 month high, coinciding with a fall in house prices, according to the bank of england . mortgage

to the bank of england. mortgage approvals rose to the highest level seen since the market turmoil sparked by liz truss's mini—budget meanwhile, house pnces mini—budget meanwhile, house prices themselves fell by 2% in march. that means the average price of a home in britain is now just over £261,000. the government has faced criticism today , though, over its new plan today, though, over its new plan today, though, over its new plan to expand funded childcare for working parents. in the first week of it being rolled out across england. meeting parents in hartlepool this morning, across england. meeting parents in hartlepool this morning , the in hartlepool this morning, the prime minister rejected claims that nurseries can't cope with increasing demand as a result of the new policy. he said the package of support for families has been introduced stages to has been introduced in stages to give time for more places to be made available at nurseries as. and lastly, if you've ever gone incognito using the internet browser google chrome, your private information may have been stored anyway by the tech giant. but now, thanks to a us

court ruling that might change, google could be forced to delete all private user data, which wasn't supposed to have been tracked and despite the case being filed in the united states , the judgement also applies internationally, including here internationally, including here in the uk. google has dismissed the merits of the case, saying it only involved old technical data that was never associated with individuals . that's the with individuals. that's the news. for the latest stories, do sign up to gb news alerts, scan the qr code on your screen or go to gb news. com slash alerts. >> thank you very much, polly. now we've got loads to get through in this hour, so let's get cracking and could id cards be the way to finally solve the channel migrant crisis? well, it emerged yesterday that there's been an incredible 43% rise in the number of people illegally arriving in small boats this

year alone, more than 5000 migrants have crossed the channel so far in 2024. now former home secretary lord david blunkett told the times today i would reintroduce the idea of id cards because what will happen with the rwanda scheme is organised. criminals will tell migrants not to claim asylum. they'll say, well , we'll get you they'll say, well, we'll get you across to the uk and then ring this number. we'll get you a job and accommodation and then they'll simply disappear into they'll simply disappear into the sub economy . and that's the the sub economy. and that's the worst of all worlds. and they'll be exposed to mass exploitation. and then that will affect other people by undercutting genuine workers and also involve modern slavery. you can only solve that if you have a proper i.d. entity scheme. now, this idea was was originally floated in the in the 1990s. in originally floated in the in the

19905. in 2001. originally floated in the in the 1990s. in 2001. beg your pardon. post 911. it was meant to be a way of tracking terrorists in the uk. it came in a voluntary bafis the uk. it came in a voluntary basis for brits, but became compulsory for foreign people here. but it was scrapped by the coalition in 2010. could the idea work again in this day and age? but lord blunkett seems to think so, and so do you. we've had hundreds and hundreds of emails on this. i'm going to read out just a few of those now , dave says this id cards should be essential. most of the time you would not have to show it, but it will stop all the corruption in voting in the workforce, police checks. i'm sure most people in this country would gladly accept them if they felt it was controlling our borders and knowing who is in our country, linda adds this make it a voluntary scheme for everybody, but if you opt out, then you cannot qualify for

benefits or nhs services. genuine asylum seekers will soon opt in, i guarantee it, and criminals and economic migrants will be opting out and then we can arrest them and get them out of the country. now, bev says this british the british created id cards in south africa after the boer war in 1902. law stated everyone must carry them and they still do. if you want to be safe in britain, then we need to reintroduce these schemes sharpish. now, earlier in the show, i talked about calls for palestinian refugees and gaza with family in this country to be allowed to move to the uk. now, almost 60 groups, including the refugee council and care for care for calais, they well, they want home secretary james cleverly to start a ukraine style visa scheme. and let's go to a few emails on that story. now we've had absolutely hundreds, in fact , we've had hundreds, in fact, we've had over a thousand emails on this. and it's fair to say it's very,

very divided you. toby says this . we've got enough problems in .we've got enough problems in the uk without adding palestinians access to the uk. you never know. some of these could be hamas terrorists. and in fact, we spoke to philip ingram, a former senior military adviser. he said precisely that. we simply have no idea who is amongst these refugees , no amongst these refugees, no matter how well intentioned they were . brian says this the death were. brian says this the death of the aid workers in gaza rests squarely with hamas and the palestinian people. they are the ones with blood on their hands. a few of you out there, they support this idea, though. they think it's the right thing for us to do. rob says this. yes it is the only decent humanitarian response . a true british value. response. a true british value. allow refugees from palestine into this country. let's rise above the morass. meg adds this we should show heart and lead the world by example , just as we

the world by example, just as we did with jewish refugees after world war ii. but peter says this has this government lost its mind and any sense of responsibility for taking care of the british public? my family and i, and hundreds of people that we know all across my community, do not want any more refugees , economic migrants, refugees, economic migrants, illegal boat people or any others allowed into the uk. anne adds this i'm all for this scheme, so long as these palestinian refugees stay at the homes of care for calais staff, i think anne there might have a tongue firmly in her cheek. let's get more on our top story. and lord blunkett says id cards could solve the channel migrant crisis. well, joining me now to discuss this is the human rights lawyer shoaib khan. welcome to the show, shoaib. so david blunkett, it's an idea from 2001. he's all for it because it will stop the economic migrants ,

will stop the economic migrants, the refugees, the asylum seekers, whatever you want to call them, it will stop them being black being forced into the black economy. stop being economy. it will stop them being forced into slavery, it will forced into slavery, and it will protect rights and keep protect their rights and keep everybody safe. on that basis, surely support it . surely you must support it. >> hi. >> hi. >> no, i don't i mean, i mean, i have to say about david blunkett, i mean, talk about being a one trick pony. >> mean, this the only >> i mean, is this the only thing you know, every ten years, he reappears. and this is the only thing on his mind. i mean, obviously, you know, the plan failed abysmally even when he was in power, even home was in power, even as home secretary. the tories sort secretary. then the tories sort of with it for while. of dabbled with it for a while. obviously, coalition obviously, the coalition government completely, know, government completely, you know, they so they did away with it. so whatever, know , ten, 15 whatever, you know, ten, 15 years later, i have no idea why. theidea you years later, i have no idea why. the idea you know , rearing the idea is, you know, rearing its but just don't its head again, but i just don't even understand, from even understand, even from his point even people who point of view or even people who might cards in might support id cards in general. the idea? how general. what's the idea? how would stop the boats? how would it stop the boats? how would it stop the boats? how would it stop illegal immigration to the uk, because, you know, unless the plan is, you know, unless the plan is, you know, unless the plan is, you know, we're going to calais

or france and giving id cards to people there. so at least when they arrive in the uk, we know who are. otherwise i'm who they are. but otherwise i'm not know, what's not even sure you know, what's the it, people the the benefit of it, people in the uk who are who are here uk who are here, who are here lawfully documented, people who work uk, they work and live in the uk, they already have documents, we have passports, we ni numbers. passports, we have ni numbers. we documents . we need, we have any documents. we need, to living and working the to be living and working in the uk. so how is it going to solve any, you know, how is anything to do with the migration crisis? >> well it could, it could address a very real problem, show even one that, you know exists is this people exists and that is this people are told routinely throw are told routinely to throw their channel their documents in the channel as come then to as they come over, and then to invent story about who they invent a story about who they are. surely, are. so surely, having a mandatory scheme anybody mandatory id scheme for anybody arriving in the country by those means would safeguard the british public. it will guarantee these people couldn't work illegally and protect the human rights of british citizens. rather than continually protecting the rights of those who arrive to our shores illegally. >> yeah. no. i mean, again , i'm >> yeah. no. i mean, again, i'm not sure. so are we saying that

they need to bring the id cards with them? i thought what david blunkett is suggesting is that we issuing people we need to be issuing people with id cards in uk. with id cards in the uk. is genuinely saying, you know, again, about were just again, talk about we were just talking know, you talking about, you know, you were speaking about, were just speaking about, palestine, those palestine, ukraine, all those afghanistan. i would afghanistan. so i would genuinely think if someone arrived from palestine with an id would you grant them id card, would you grant them asylum if someone turns up without or if a without an id card, or if a ukrainian turned up without an id would send away or id card would send them away or deport mean, i think deport them? i mean, i think that's a ludicrous idea anyway, but especially but i just don't see especially considering, you know, for instance, put into instance, if you put this into effect for palestine, are there authorities in palestine right now id cards? i mean, now issuing id cards? i mean, how would work? it's how would that work? it's a completely separate thing. >> you know, the idea of a palestinian refugee scheme isn't the same as what we're talking about here. people coming over the channel illegally giving a piece of paper, proving who they are, which would protect surely the human rights of british citizens. >> no, but but we do the. that's what i'm saying. i mean, who are these people? they're mostly afghans. they mostly other

countries. so is the taliban giving id cards or pieces of giving out id cards or pieces of paper proving people are paper proving who people are right do we expect right now? how do we expect people are in france people who are in france and want to the uk? we want to come to the uk? we expect back to expect them to go back to afghanistan id afghanistan first, get your id card then come card made and then you come back. don't see, mean, back. i just don't see, i mean, even practically, alone the even practically, let alone the you know, the human, the human rights civil liberties point you know, the human, the human rigview civil liberties point you know, the human, the human rigview practically. :ies point you know, the human, the human rigview practically. what>int you know, the human, the human rigview practically. what are we of view practically. what are we suggesting of view practically. what are we suggl sting of view practically. what are we suggl just| of view practically. what are we suggl just have no idea how, not. i just have no idea how, you know, how we expect it to even work . even work. >> okay, well, if you don't know what you then i can't help you. thank you very much, shoaib khan, for joining thank you very much, shoaib khan, forjoining us on the khan, for joining us on the show. human rights lawyer. thank you now three british you very much. now three british aid workers have been killed after israeli airstrike in after an israeli airstrike in gaza. rishi sunak says questions need answered after this need to be answered after this horrific incident, and the israel defence forces has expressed the deepest condolences to the families of seven people who died last night. well, joining me now is our home and security editor, mark white. mark, what's the latest on this tragedy ? latest on this tragedy? >> well, the confirmation now

that, those, among the seven people that were killed are three british nationals confirmed by this charity, world central kitchen, who have been working at the request of the israelis, actually, in gaza for quite a number of months now. and this is significantly embarrassing and very uncomfortable for the israelis because they have such a good working relationship with this charity . and that's because, of charity. and that's because, of course, the israelis do not have a good working relationship with the united nations aid agency in gaza. unrwa, who they claim have employed some 2000 members of hamas, have also employed people from hamas that were actively involved in the terrorist atrocities of the 7th of october. that relationship is completely broken down. the israelis would like to expel this u.n. aid agency from gaza

and are being encouraging outside ngos and charities like the world central kitchen to come in there and to work and they have been liaising, every day , they say with the israeli day, they say with the israeli military about where to go for, what routes are taking to try to avoid what we saw taking place last night. they say, according to the israeli prime minister, an unintended missile strike thatis an unintended missile strike that is now part of a deep investigation by the israeli military to determine exactly what went wrong. where we heard from the british prime minister, rishi sunak , a little earlier rishi sunak, a little earlier today, this was his reaction to that tragic event last night. >> i'm shocked and saddened to hear the reported deaths of aid workers in gaza. we're urgently working to confirm all the details, but my thoughts right now with their friends and

family , they're doing fantastic family, they're doing fantastic work bringing alleviation to the suffering that many are experiencing in gaza. they should be praised and commended for what they're doing. they need allowed do that need to be allowed to do that work and it's work unhindered. and it's incumbent on to make sure incumbent on israel to make sure that they can do that. and we're asking israel to investigate what happened urgently, because clearly that clearly there are questions that need you know , need to be answered. you know, our long standing that our view is long standing that israel both intention israel has both the intention and the ability to comply with international humanitarian law. i've made that very clear to prime minister netanyahu. whenever i've spoken him. whenever i've spoken to him. there many there have been too many civilian deaths in gaza. of course, we want to see an immediate humanitarian pause so that we can get the hostages out and more aid into the region. now >> and in the meantime, we have an additional headache on top of an additional headache on top of a deepening crisis in gaza in humanitarian terms, because this charity at the centre of this tragic incident last night, world central kitchen has now

suspended its operations in gaza , a charity that in recent months has handed out some 42 million meals to gaza's citizens. so absolutely vital to the humanitarian effort in this enclave and not just them. another us charity has suspended operations. so the israelis are speaking to these charities as a matter of urgency to try to get better working practices in place, to try to ensure there is no repeat of the horrific events that unfolded yesterday evening. >> thank you, mark white for that update on the aid workers killed in gaza. thank you very much . now it's our biggest much. now it's our biggest giveaway of the year so far. your chance to win a £10,000 greek cruise for 210 grand in cash and a whole host of luxury travel gifts on top. your 2025 houday travel gifts on top. your 2025 holiday could be on us here at gb news. and here's all the details that you need to enter.

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good luck . good luck. >> fill your boots now. police scotland says that jk rowling's comments about trans women are not criminal under the country's new hate crime laws. next, i'll speak to a comedian who went up there to try and get arrested himself . did there to try and get arrested himself. did he succeed? i'm martin daubney on gb news britain's news channel .

welcome back. the time is 525. i'm martin daubney, and this is gb news. now, later this hour, i'll tell you why. we could have . can tell you why. we could have. can you believe this? hosepipe bans. this summer. that's despite the fact we just had the wettest 18 months since records began up to my neck in bog. and yet we might have to switch off the hose pipes come the summer. of course . now moving on. police

scotland, say harry potter, author j.k. rowling's posts authorj.k. rowling's posts about the country's controversial new hate crime laws are not criminal. the force said they received complaints regarding the writer's posts on x, of course, formerly known as twitter , stating trans women are twitter, stating trans women are men and challenging police to arrest her for her views. but a police scotland spokesperson said we have received complaints in relation to the social media posts. the comments are not assessed to be criminal and no further action will be taken. well, to mark the new law being introduced last night, some gb news comedians went to edinburgh . however, their night was rudely interrupted by an appearance from the hate monster i >> -- >> before you laugh at a joke tonight, ask yourself the following questions . why does following questions. why does the joke avoid offensive material ? two the joke avoid offensive material? two is the joke avoid offensive material ? two is the comedian material? two is the comedian a representative of a marginalised group ? three can you be

group? three can you be absolutely sure the comedian has never said or done anything problematic ? problematic? >> and i suspect that was the only 20s we were able to show through cleanliness reasons on the show. but anyway, joining me now to discuss this is the comedian and gb news presenter josh howie josh. so the new laws came in. you guys from comedy unleashed steamed up to scotland, presumably trying to break every law possible and to get the police provoked. what happened? and >> well, first of all, lots of people laughed, that was actually jk rowling who was in the costume, that we just saw. and, it was, you know what? we went up, we did our normal jokes that we would do in, in regular sets, but the point was to take a stand and not to incite hatred, but to see where this line was, because before, in the last few weeks , we've heard

last few weeks, we've heard about how the police have received training to go into comedy clubs and to go into theatres and to make a call about whether something is offensive or not. >> but where is the line? that's the point . the point. >> and josh, without wishing to go full godwin's and mention adolf hitler, i'm afraid i'm going to do it because the kind of countries that had censorship on humour were places like hitler's germany, are places like kim jong un's north korea, where there are state approved jokes . why on earth, you know, jokes. why on earth, you know, in the united kingdom, in 2024? is the scottish government going down the route of trying to criminalise jokes? >> i know, i mean , especially >> i know, i mean, especially the home of enlightenment, the home the edinburgh fringe, home of the edinburgh fringe, one of the greatest, comedy festivals in the world. >> but we saw it a couple of years ago. >> we saw, jerry sadowitz, who's a fantastic comic, getting literally his shows cancelled up there. we saw a bunch of comedians just kind of doing nothing about it. >> and the irony is that people,

what they do for kindness , or what they do for kindness, or they see it as being a moral virtue, can, of course, be turned on them. >> that's the whole thing about free speech is free speech for everyone, just people everyone, not just the people that with. and when it that i agree with. and when it comes down to, this law , which comes down to, this law, which really makes it about offence being taken and not given, then it then it's just about the individual and anybody can use anything that anybody ever says onune anything that anybody ever says online or in person or in a comedy club. and if they in any way take offence to it or pretend to take offence to it, you can get the police to look into it, which is madness . the into it, which is madness. the fact that jk rowling, who is probably scotland's greatest living export, had to take a stand in this way and protect women mostly for stating biological facts to protect their rights , i mean, what what their rights, i mean, what what a waste of police time today. they probably going through these tweets and finding out if she committed an actual offence for stating biological truth .

for stating biological truth. >> yeah. and it begs the question, josh, if jk rowling, the highest profile provocateur of these new laws , specifically of these new laws, specifically and deliberately laid down things that she felt would get her arrested, and they said they're not criminal anyway, what's the point of these laws? >> of course , well, it's virtue >> of course, well, it's virtue signalling. but the scary thing is it's virtue signalling that is it's virtue signalling that is in law. there is this idea now that by calling their bluff that other people, other women who don't have her profile or the resources that she has can now use this as a defence, they can also say, a male rapist is, is not a woman, is a male rapist . so, what she's done was brave and, and courageous. and to take that stand, to put herself at risk, and hopefully that will extend. and the idea, i guess, of us going up there was to do the same thing, to go up, to tell jokes, to be funny, not to be hateful, but comedy is always about provoking and pushing and

needung about provoking and pushing and needling and pointing out hypocrisy and there may well be some people who are antagonises because you're saying something that they don't like you don't they don't agree with your view. but that's very different from being hateful. my job is to make people laugh. not in this interview, but, you know, at night time . night time. >> yeah. josh was about to ask you, are there any jokes that you, are there any jokes that you could tell us on this show that wouldn't get me immediately fired? i've got two fired? be careful. i've got two hungry would hungry children that would contravene , that contravene these laws, that you're able to tell on daytime tv, am inviting tv, or am i just inviting disaster here? >> you're. absolutely. because i get. i work for gb news. i'm going to get fired as well. i've got feed. get your got five kids to feed. get your two kids, but, you know, if people to along, people want to come along, there's another comedy unleashed people want to come along, th

don't have to self—censor , which don't have to self—censor, which is where things have been going for the last five years or so. >> josh howie, thanks for >> superb josh howie, thanks for joining us. thanks for making me smile for not getting smile and thanks for not getting both us sacked . what a double both of us sacked. what a double whammy that would have been. josh absolute josh howie always an absolute pleasure the pleasure to have you on the show. thank very much mate. show. thank you very much mate. thanks now there's lots thanks now there's still lots more to between now more still to come between now and 6:00, and the could be and 6:00, and the uk could be set hosepipe ban this set for a hosepipe ban this summer, the wettest summer, despite the wettest winter on record, with scientists saying it's because we haven't built any reservoirs in the past three decades. what a bunch of drips. but first, says your latest news headlines with polly middlehurst . with polly middlehurst. >> the top stories this hour. the foreign secretary, lord cameron , says israel must make cameron, says israel must make major changes ensure the major changes to ensure the safety of aid workers in gaza after three british nationals were among seven killed in an airstrike, the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu,

described the incident as tragic and unintended. the group killed were travelling in two armoured cars marked with the world central kitchen logo. the aid group claims the attack was carried out despite them coordinating their movements with the israeli military . well, with the israeli military. well, now, israel's defence minister says a new situation room will be opened with international groups to facilitate the safe delivery of aid . comments about delivery of aid. comments about scotland's new hate crime law posted to social media by author jk rowling, are not criminal, according to police scotland. the new law was introduced yesterday and seeks to ban hatred against people on certain grounds . but hatred against people on certain grounds. but the harry potter author says it risks silencing genuine debate on issues around genden genuine debate on issues around gender, as well as ignoring the rights of women and girls . and a rights of women and girls. and a 12 year old child has been killed in two other children are in a serious condition after a shooting carried out by another child at a primary school in finland. it's understood a

permit for the handgun belonged to a relative of the suspect. police are saying. a 12 year old boy has now admitted carrying out that shooting. but the circumstances surrounding exactly what happened aren't yet clear, and mortgage approvals have hit a 17 month high, coinciding with a fall in house prices. approvals rose to the highest level since the market turmoil sparked by liz truss's mini—budget in september 2022. meanwhile house prices fell by 2% in march. it means the average price of a home in britain is now just over £260,000. that's your headlines. for the latest stories, do sign up to gb news alerts. scan that qr code on the screen right now or go to gb news. com slash alerts . alerts. >> for a valuable legacy your family can own, gold coins will always shine bright .

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quickly. what a surprise. the human rights lawyer does not support the use of id cards. pity he is not making the same case about the border checks that enter the eu, where you have your fingerprints taken and also facial recognition technology . well, joining me now technology. well, joining me now is bev turner, who's standing in tonight for michelle dewberry on dewbs& co six till seven. this evening. bev, always a joy to see what's on your menu . see what's on your menu. >> evening, martin. well, we're going to be carrying on this conversation that you've just started about free speech conversation that you've just stiscotland about free speech conversation that you've just stiscotland and�*ut free speech conversation that you've just stiscotland and this ee speech conversation that you've just stiscotland and this absolute] in scotland and this absolute lamentable bill from the snp . lamentable bill from the snp. we've got peter edwards in and henry hill, we're going to be talking about that. and then also council tax for also double council tax for second homes. is that going to be for rural areas be good for rural areas particularly, or is it a penalty, a punishment on people who just wants to work hard and aspire to do better ? is it any aspire to do better? is it any wonder? topic three that generation z don't want to go to work? maybe we've killed the idea that work is a good thing for that generation. would you

employ somebody who is gen z as the kids took mentioned it, and also , if you're going to also, if you're going to tenerife, you might get there to find some protest going on against british holidaymakers because apparently all we want to do in tenerife is drink beer and eat burgers, and the locals are not happy about it. we're going to be having a special appearance holidaymaker appearance from one holidaymaker in own in tenerife, our very own michelle dewberry from sun michelle dewberry from a sun lounger out if the lounger to find out if the stereotype is true. that's me on dewbs& co from six bev turner sounds superb and what's wrong with eating burgers and drinking loads of booze on holiday? >> that the point? bev? >> isn't that the point? bev? that looks great! superb menu six that's bev six till seven. that's bev turner for dewbs& co turner standing in for dewbs& co straight after me. looks great. now we're still waiting to find out when the next general election will be, but the tories are already looking ahead to how they'll react to a defeat. and today it's claimed one group wants to install a liz truss style candidate to replace rishi sunak if they lose power. but spoiler alert it's not liz

truss. we'll find out from the leader of the conservative movement next who it might be. i'm martin daubney on gb news, britain's news channel .

welcome back. your time is 541. we're on the final furlong. i'm martin daubney on gb news now . reports daubney on gb news now. reports suggest the plan has been launched to install a liz truss style tory leader by the popular conservative group the pop cons, as they call themselves a movement aiming to restore democratic accountability and deliver popular conservative policies, are reportedly devised a plan to introduce a future tory leader aligned with liz truss economic views . this comes truss economic views. this comes after the probability of a conservative defeat has intensified, after continued polls suggest the likelihood of

a very heavy loss indeed . well, a very heavy loss indeed. well, join me now to discuss. this is gb news political correspondent, katherine forster. so catherine, the pop cons are proposing a liz truss style leader, but presumably it's not liz truss . presumably it's not liz truss. >> no, even liz truss would not presume that realistically she was going to be made conservative party leader again after her brief seven weeks as prime minister. but what about perhaps somebody like the former home secretary priti patel? she is popular on the right of the party. she's been making a lot of friends across the party recently. she's been going a little bit under the radar, but she is seen definitely as a contender if or when , as most contender if or when, as most people expect the next election is lost. but of course, the conservatives haven't lost the next election yet. so in some ways, people like william hague

saying this is really not very helpful at all. what we should be doing is looking at united and trying to win. but of course, many of them think that it is already lost and judging by the poll that came out at the weekend, the mrp poll that suggested the tories might only be left with 938 seats, they may not have that much choice into who to go for because, for example, penny mordaunt , a very example, penny mordaunt, a very popular front runner for the leadership and predicted to lose her seat under that model, leadership and predicted to lose her seat under that model , ditto her seat under that model, ditto grant shapps, the defence secretary. ditto james cleverly, the home secretary, kemi badenoch , looks set to hang on badenoch, looks set to hang on in saffron walden, but according to another poll, she would be even less popular with voters than than any of the alternatives. so let's see what happens. but certainly some

plotting and plotting around priti patel, specifically catherine forza, excellent as eve r. >> even >> and joining me now to discuss this is the director of pop con, mark littlewood. mark welcome to the show, katherine forster. they're talking about the plotting and of course, mark. all eyes now on post general election. the expected forest fire took , tell us, who would fire took, tell us, who would the truss style leader be? what values would they have and how would they be selected , i can't would they be selected, i can't really answer your first question, martin, but i can answer your second and your third question, what what cons are pushing for is that we need are pushing for is that we need a conservative party that understands we need massive institutional reform in britain institutional reform in britain in order to make the sort of things that conservative want deregulation, tax cuts , a deregulation, tax cuts, a slimmer, more efficient state possible and viable . possible and viable. >> unless we do things like scrap the obr and pull out of the european convention of human

rights, then actually fiscal policy is never going to be conservative immigration policy is going to be nearly impossible for any government to administer. >> so we need huge institutional reform. >> that's our pitch. who is going to step up to that plate? >> well, we've just heard your earlier discussion. >> fascinating. priti patel is definitely the people definitely one of the people mentioned , rees—mogg mentioned, jacob rees—mogg conceivably as well. but there could sundry others. and in could be sundry others. and in terms of the personality, martin, the question i said i wouldn't answer, i would just say as a betting man, the say this as a betting man, the person who goes on to lead the conservative party is usually a 50 to 1 shot or longer a year before they become tory leader. >> in fact, as a political nerd myself, i was not so long ago rewatching the october 1974 general election coverage . general election coverage. >> margaret thatcher was 50 to 1 to be the next conservative party leader. >> she became the next conservative party leader and then obviously went on to be one of our great post—war prime ministers the process is pretty simple now. ministers the process is pretty

simi'm now. ministers the process is pretty simi'm rather with william >> i'm rather with william hague. i'm not trying to get rid of rishi sunak. i think this plotting and shenanigans is very detrimental to the conservative cause. so i wish him every success.i cause. so i wish him every success. i hope he wins the next election. but in the scenario in which he doesn't, which is what the polls are predicting , the the polls are predicting, the process would be as follows. if the conservative leader stands down, which you would kind of expect might happen if a conservative prime minister is indeed by the indeed defeated by the electorate. hopefully not by his own side, but only by the electorate. then you would need one third the remaining one third of the remaining conservative to nominate conservative mps to nominate a candidate to get them on the ballot paper, because you whittle down two from the whittle it down to two from the parliamentary and a parliamentary party and then a majority of grassroots members rank file members of the rank and file members of the tory to vote for that tory party to vote for that winner. we've been through this process number of times over process a number of times over the years. some might the past few years. some might say too times , but say rather too many times, but that would be the process. but again, i'm rather with william hague. sunak hague. i mean, if rishi sunak were on the pop con were to run on the pop con platform, think be in platform, i think he'd be in with fighting chance. but we

with a fighting chance. but we need change to the need serious change to the institutional structure the institutional structure of the united in order to bring united kingdom in order to bring about what most voters want a successful immigration policy, a less burdensome government, and rather lower taxes. but you've got to will the means, not just the ends. so i hope that rishi sunakis the ends. so i hope that rishi sunak is the leader of the tory party that steps up and does this, you know, but if not, if the conservatives lose, which is what the opinion polls suggest, apparently, my perspective , apparently, from my perspective, that will be the process we go through. >> okay. mark littlewood , and >> okay. mark littlewood, and just for those out there listening, 50 to 1 shots include grant shapps, michael gove, jeremy hunt , grant shapps, michael gove, jeremy hunt, andrea grant shapps, michael gove, jeremy hunt , andrea jenkyns, jeremy hunt, andrea jenkyns, jacob rees—mogg and liz truss. nigel farage he'd be a longer shot. would he? >> oh, well, that's really interesting. i mean, nigel. >> gb news. presenter like yourself. >> martin. he is keeping us guessing, isn't he? he's being his usual teasing self. >> we don't quite know whether he'll run for the reform party. we don't quite know whether he might in future join the

conservative party. but probably the most influential character in british politics over the last 15 years. and now definitely the most intriguing character over the next 15 months or so. what nigel farage decides ultimately to do, i think, could be an extremely influential impact on the next general election. and what happens next. >> okay, we have to leave it there. that's the director of popcorn, mark and i just found out nigel farage is actually 25 to 1, so he's half the odds of all those names i just mentioned. stranger things happen. mark littlewood, always a thanks for your a pleasure. thanks for your time. us the show . time. joining us on the show. now, don't go anywhere because we set for a summer we could be set for a summer hosepipe ban this summer, even though we've been up to our necks in rain in the entire winter for the wettest winter on record , i'm martin daubney on gb record, i'm martin daubney on gb news, britain's news channel

welcome back. it's 551. i'm martin daubney. this is gb news now. can you believe it? we could be set for a hosepipe ban this summer. despite having had the winter on record. the wettest winter on record. experts say this is because no major reservoirs have been built in britain in the past 30 years, meaning that water is not being stored properly. well, i can now get the view of meteorologist and friend of the show, jim dale. jim, why ? why are we so dale. jim, why? why are we so terrible at planning for absolutely inevitable things like we can't store water when there's loads of it and use it when there's not much of it? >> yeah. it's. >> yeah. it's. >> well, good afternoon. first of all, martin, you're right in terms of the disability of this country and maybe other countries as well, to do the right thing by what we would call , the basics of life.

call, the basics of life. >> can we say that water, water usage. >> because that's about where we are with it. now, look, this is are with it. now, look, this is a bit of a double whammy. so the first part of it is the infrastructure itself. you've mentioned the lack reservoirs mentioned the lack of reservoirs , that may well be true. it probably is true as the population has, increased reservoirs haven't , and at the reservoirs haven't, and at the same time, i'm not sure that the leakage problem has got any better either. >> so just as there's a sewage problem, there's a leakage problem. >> and , and that's your first >> and, and that's your first side of it. >> so i guess that goes to down that back down to the government and to water companies themselves . themselves. >> the second one, you've kind of it a and of mentioned it in a way, and that's the climate or at least whether, per se, in terms of what it's so yeah, you're what it's doing. so yeah, you're right, october 2022 to march 2024 figures have just been released, released, and england as at its wettest 18 month penod as at its wettest 18 month period since 1836. who would have guessed that? because exactly what climatologists have been saying that we're testing for during the cooler months of

the year, and that this would happen and a presto, it's happened.so happen and a presto, it's happened. so you get that, then we move into a summer situation later. not yet, well , we're later. not yet, well, we're supposed to get the exact opposite by that i mean drought, searing soaring temperatures , searing soaring temperatures, massive evaporation rates. so you go from the, you go from the feast, proverbially speaking, to the famine, and that's why this call has been made. i think it came out of the times, actually. but but whoever's made the call, that's why they're making it. whether this whether it will happen this yean whether it will happen this year, not sure it will year, i'm not so sure it will depend on how this summer, that's out, how we actually get there and what actually, what actually occurs. but i should say now, we are slightly on our own. by that i mean northwestern europe in terms of enduring cool, wet weather, because a lot of other places are seeing extremely hot weather record temperatures even for time temperatures even for this time of year . of year. >> okay, jim, i'm afraid we're gonna we're gonna have to leave

it there. jim thought you it there. jim i thought you blame climate change rather blame on climate change rather than getting bigger than just getting a bigger bucket all this water bucket to store all this water we've thank very we've got now. thank you very much that's me. dewbs& much. that's it from me. dewbs& co bev turner is up next. co with bev turner is up next. don't forget, join us from 6 am. on breakfast. that's followed by britain's newsroom 930, tom emily at 930, and then tom and emily at 12 till three. i'm back tomorrow at 3 pm. i'm martin daubney. first, it's time for your weather burkill . weather with alex burkill. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on . gb news. >> hello. welcome to your latest gb news. weather update brought to you by the met office across some central southern parts. there will be a bit of sunshine tomorrow, but otherwise it's looking and there's looking pretty wet and there's some to come tonight as some rain to come tonight as well. because have well. that's because we have an area to the area of low pressure to the southwest and is southwest of us, and that is driving a feature northwards as we through the rest of today. we go through the rest of today. so ending the day across parts of ireland, northern of northern ireland, northern

england, mostly dry note. of northern ireland, northern engirain. mostly dry note. of northern ireland, northern engirain in mostly dry note. of northern ireland, northern engirain in the mostly dry note. of northern ireland, northern engirain in the southwest note. of northern ireland, northern engirain in the southwest willy. but rain in the southwest will feed across much of feed its way across much of england, wales and into northern ireland with some ireland overnight, with some persistent rain continuing across eastern parts of scotland, bringing a bit of hill snow over the higher ground. here, temperatures not dropping much of us because of much for many of us because of the unsettled although the unsettled weather. although a of frost is possible a touch of frost is possible across far of across the far north of scotland, many areas then waking up tomorrow morning a pretty up tomorrow morning to a pretty wet and staying wet across wet start and staying wet across northern with northern parts, with some further , at times heavy and further, at times heavy and persistent rain further south, though a drier picture. yes, there will be a few showers around, but we should also see some bright or sunny spells developing in any sunshine. feeling pleasantly warm. highs of 16 celsius but colder of around 16 celsius but colder further north and feeling it in the wet and the windy weather here later on as we go through tomorrow afternoon into the evening, a swathe of more persistent rain is going to affect parts of devon, cornwall and into south wales as well. looking through the rest looking ahead through the rest of and the unsettled of the week and the unsettled picture fact, it picture does remain. in fact, it is likely to turn very windy by

the end of the week, but temperatures rising could get to 20 celsius saturday. by that 20 celsius by saturday. by that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers as

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