Ministers held an emergency cobra meeting this morning to address the escalating crisis in the middle east. The government is pushing for a pause in fighting, rejecting calls for a full ceasefire to facilitate aid reaching palestinians and in gaza, people are searching for bodies after another night of israeli airstrikes. The Health Israeli airstrikes. The Health Ministry in the hamas controlled territory saying the death toll has now passed 7000. They say that includes almost 3000 children since october seventh. And irans foreign minister has weighed into the conflict today, claiming hamas is ready to release hostages and the world should support the release of 6000 palestinian prisoners. And 6000 palestinian prisoners. And that development coming as the arab nations released a joint statement condemning what theyre describing as the forced displacement and collective punishment of palestinian lines. Israel, for its part, maintains its only targeting the terrorist group hamas. But the Palestinian Ambassador to the un, riyad mansour, today criticised countries for failing to condemn israels response. To condemn israels response. Why some feel so much pain for israelis and so little pain for israelis and so little pain for us. The palestinians. What for us. The palestinians. What is the problem . Do we have the is the problem . Do we have the wrong faith . How can representatives of states explain how how horrible it is that not 1000 israelis were killed and not feel the same outrage when 1000 palestinians are now killed every day. Are now killed every day. Well, also in the news today in the united states, a manhunt is undennay after 18 people were killed by a gunman and 13 more were left injured. Police in the were left injured. Police in the state of maine have named 40 year old robert card as their person of interest, describing him as armed and dangerous. Him as armed and dangerous. Local media is reporting that hes a trained firearms instructor and the us army has confirmed that hes in the us army reserves. As the shootings army reserves. As the shootings happened at at least two locations, one happened in a restaurant, the other at a Bowling Alley in the city of lewiston. Businesses have been asked to close and people have been told to stay at home. Janet mills is the governor of maine. Mills is the governor of maine. She described the communitys pain at a News Conference earlier on. All maine people are sharing in the sorrow of the families who lost loved ones last night , who lost loved ones last night, loved ones , normal people who loved ones, normal people who were killed or injured while unwinding from a day of work or while spending time with their family and friends, socialising. Family and friends, socialising. I know that the people of lewiston are enduring immeasurable pain. I wish immeasurable pain. I wish i could take that pain off your hearts off your shoulders, but i promise you this we will all help you carry that grief. If help you carry that grief. If now the Prime Minister has warned that Artificial Intelligence could threaten Human Extinction on the same scale as global pandemics or nuclear war. His comments come after touring moorfields eye hospital, which uses ai after touring moorfields eye hospital, which uses al to diagnose sight problems. Diagnose sight problems. Speaking at the Royal Society in london, rishi sunak said humanity could lose control of ai and terrorist groups could use it to spread fear and destruction. He also announced the formation of the worlds first Ai Safety Institute in the uk to explore the risks and share with the world its data. To get this wrong , share with the world its data. To get this wrong, an ai could make it easier to build chemical or biological weapons as terrorist groups could use ai as terrorist groups could use al to spread fear and destruction on an even greater scale. Criminals could exploit ai for cyber attacks, disinformation , cyber attacks, disinformation, charleton fraud, or even child sexual abuse. And in the most unlikely but extreme cases , unlikely but extreme cases, there is even the risk that humanity could lose control of ai completely through the kind of ai sometimes referred to as superintelligence. Superintelligence. Now, two medics have been arrested on suspicion of criminal damage after a Just Stop Oil protest at Londons Natural History Museum in front of dozens of shocked tourists. Of dozens of shocked tourists. Activists sprayed what they said was orange corn flour over a reproduction dinosaur skeleton. They then displayed a banner which read for healths sake , which read for healths sake, Just Stop Oil. The incident comes just one day after the group staged a similar protest at londons grade one listed wellington arch, resulting in three arrests as now , let just three arrests as now, let just me tell you about some breaking news we received over the last 15 minutes or so at gb 15 minutes or so here at gb news. It was reported about 20 minutes ago that a prominent conservative has been conservative mp has been arrested over an allegation of rape. He has been quizzed by rape. He has been quizzed by Police Yesterday while interestingly , on twitter about interestingly, on twitter about five minutes ago. So i can tell you that the mp in question, Crispin Blunt, has clarified that that is in fact himself. Crispin blunt, has clarified that that is in fact himself. He says it was reported that an mp was arrested yesterday in connection with an allegation of rape. I connection with an allegation of rape. I am confirming that mp was me. The fact of the arrest requires a formal notification of the speaker and then my chief whip so that is the latest statement on twitter from Crispin Blunt following the news that an mp was arrested yesterday in connection with a rape allegation. Well have full rape allegation. Well have full coverage for you with our Political Editor, Christopher Hope, whos on michelles programme next year with gb news across the uk on tv in your car, on Digital Radio and on your Smart Speaker by saying play gb news. This is britains news channel. Thanks for that, polly. Channel. Thanks for that, polly. Yes, i am Michelle Dewberry and i am with you till 7 00 tonight. You know, i know this is going to sound a bit odd because i do work in the media, but you know, whenever i hear and see, Just Stop Oil referenced in the media, it makes cringe. I honestly makes me cringe. I honestly think thing can do think the best thing we can do with absolute pillocks is with these absolute pillocks is ignore every time we ignore them every time we reference them, we give them the oxygen of publicity and the cycle doesnt cycle continues, doesnt it . What make all of that . What do you make to all of that . Get in touch. Let me know. I am with you till seven, as i say. And alongside me ive got the former editor of daily star former editor of the daily star dawn and a new face to dawn neesom and a new face to this show. Not to the this show. But not to the channel. The former labour this show. But not to the channeimatt former labour this show. But not to the channeimatt lazor. R labour this show. But not to the channeimatt lazor. Good ur adviser matt lazor. Good evening. Lovely be with evening. Its lovely to be with you, michel. Well lets see whether you still think whether or not you still think that by the end of all, you have me back. Yeah, well ask. Spoiler no. Yeah, well ask. Spoiler no. To but anyway, also, welcome to you, i wont say my you, dawn on i wont say my regular line. Ive grown out of it now. Yes, ive grown out it. Yes, ive grown out of it. Thank you, yeah. Thank you, michel. Yeah. You know the drill. Youre on this show. Its not just about us is very much about us three. It is very much about you guys at home. Whats your you guys at home. Whats on your mind tonight . Gb views a gbnews. Com you reach me gbnews. Com is how you reach me on email. Or you can tweet on the email. Or you can tweet me at gb news. Lets start though. We shall off to our though. We shall head off to our Political Editor to get the very latest on the latest ridiculous scandal to plague the tory party. Christopher, good evening to you. Bring us up to speed, to you. Bring us up to speed, christopher. Christopher. Evening. You will. Well we are hearing today tonight that Crispin Blunt, he is the mp for reigate. Hes named himself as as the as the man who was arrested yesterday morning by police in surrey on a position of suspicion of rape and possession of controlled substances. So before we report on this, an hour ago, we couldnt name the mp, but now we can name him as Crispin Blunt. Hes an mp for reigate. Hes held the seat since 1997. 18,310 majority 63. He is standing down next election. Someone called Rebecca Paulis election. Someone called rebecca paul is replacing him, but its a further blow, i think, to the credibility and authority of the tory party and let me just ask you this, christopher, because this is this an unusual step for an mp . So you get this arrest and, you know, often theres this who is it . Whats going on . The rumour mill kicks into action. So just to be clear, as im showing on the screen now, crispin , as you the screen now, crispin, as you just referenced yourself , he just referenced yourself, he basically outed himself as being the person that this report related to is that typical . Does this normally happen . Is this quite unusual . Its highly unusual. I mean, we as journalists have to be very careful not to go towards naming people arrested in in relation to these serious charges. Since 2016, we havent charges. Since 2016, we havent been able to name people in that because were theyre entitled to their privacy while theyre investigated. And at the point investigated. And at the point of charging, we can sometimes name it is worth reading out the statement which which Crispin Blunt has just just released on twitter moments ago. He says its been reported that an mp was arrested yesterday in connection with allegation of connection with an allegation of rape. Confirming that mp was rape. Im confirming that mp was me. The fact of the arrest requires a formal notification of the speaker and then my chief whip. Ive now been interviewed whip. Ive now been interviewed twice in connection with this incident. The first time three weeks ago when i initially reported my concern over over extortion. The second time was earlier this morning under caution following arrest. The arrest was unnecessary. As arrest was unnecessary. As i remain ready to cooperate fully with the investigation that im confident will end without charge. And he finally adds charge. And he finally adds Crispin Blunt, i do not intend to say anything further on this matter until the police have completed their inquiries. So its worth again , the police its worth again, the Police Investigation will go its own way and may or may not resolve itself before the election. But as we know, hes the mp for reigate. 18,310 majority mp reigate. 18,310 majority mp since 1997 was standing down, aged 63, has got a candidate to replace him, but we will wait to see how that plays out in coming weeks. Just to help bring my viewers up to speed, christopher, so when this kind of thing happens, what automatically happens next is suspension. Whats the process politically that will be undennay now . Undennay now . Well, ive been in touch with the whips office tonight, and they have not said any action has been taken yet. The we dont know yet whether mr blunt, who of course, is innocent. And theres no reason why he shouldnt be allowed to go to work. But his work in the house of commons whether whether he might find himself not not going into into the house of commons and doing work or he may feel he can do again, this will play out in coming days in conjunction with mr blunt and the whips office. Yeah. Thank you, christopher, for bringing us up to speed with that one, ive got to say. Right don rishi sunak right. He must. He must literally want to headbutt the desk every day of his job because it literally i think it was only he was it was it 24 hours ago. Give or take, that we heard about the suspension action of peter byrne. Weve had old pincher boy pincher. Yeah weve had like it just seems to be absolutely relentless for the tories. Its not just the tories. Lets make it clear this has happened across all political parties. I mean, sort of like you know, i think the problem youve got here is politics, a lot of industries, but politics in particular are full of very influential, powerful men. And many of the people that work for them and around them are young and keen to get on. As i said, this isnt just politics. This appuesin this isnt just politics. This applies in many, many businesses. As well. And i think there is also a lot of alcohol involved. Im not talking about this case in particular, but there is also lot of alcohol there is also a lot of alcohol involved. There are more involved. I think there are more bars the house bars than crashes in the house of commons. I youve probably beenin of commons. I youve probably been in most them, so you can been in most of them, so you can tell matthew, but think, tell us, matthew, but i think, you any business, you know, any any business, whether powerful whether rich, powerful men with a of influence, i think its a lot of influence, i think its a lot of influence, i think its a dangerous mixture when youve got youngsters working. Im not got youngsters working. Im not talking case, the talking about this case, by the way, im not surprised. Way, but im not surprised. It happens in politics and we happens a lot in politics and we get hear about it lot get to hear about it a lot because they are, at the end of the day, servants. The day, public servants. Us do you think tell us then, do you think obviously, because this is an ongoing investigation, going ongoing investigation, im going to from the to step away slightly from the crispin situation and broaden it out politics and parliament out to politics and parliament more broadly. Do you think there is some kind of sleaze culture in parliament . Because dawn mentions, oh yeah, this goes on all over different workplaces , all over different workplaces, but specifically in parliament. Do you think its worse in there or what . So i think i think its heightened in parliament because of the very peculiar nature of parliament as a workplace, because its not a 9 to 5 workplace now. No, the hours have changed a lot. People are still there into the evenings least once, the evenings at least once, twice when the house is twice a week when the house is sitting. And as dawn says, the other difference is, unlike most workplaces, theyre not full of bars. And weve seen with bars. And as weve seen with other necessarily other people, not necessarily sexual the sexual allegations, but the labour whos, know, labour mp who whos, you know, whos now recovering alcoholic whos now a recovering alcoholic whos now a recovering alcoholic who himself trouble who got himself into trouble for racist he said. So, racist things, that he said. So, you know, because he because hed had certainly at least one, if not several too many. I mean, i think interesting thing i think the interesting thing about this, know, im a gay man and, when and, you know, when i first started to house of started going to the house of commons and working in there 30 years attitudes have years ago, attitudes have totally changed. And of course, one things that were one of the things that were struck is with yesterdays case of others is of peter bone and others is people who, you know, Crispin Blunt, fair, is an blunt, to be fair, is an outgoing. He out and all of outgoing. He came out and all of that. Have that. But attitudes have changed. Sometimes changed. But sometimes that takes to feed through takes a long way to feed through into politics and peoples into politics and how peoples behaviour you mean. What are you what point are you making . No. So mean, what we what so i mean, what we what i mean is, is that in the tory party a lot of people were party but a lot of people were in the closet. It was very very and parliament. Whats that got to Sexual Misconduct . To do with Sexual Misconduct . No, no. Well, what think it no, no. Well, what i think it doesisit no, no. Well, what i think it does is it bred a culture where people and were does is it bred a culture where peo open and were does is it bred a culture where peo open with and were does is it bred a culture where peo open with themselves were does is it bred a culture where peo open with themselves about not open with themselves about what they did. So people did things were that were things that were that were wrong. I think, know, wrong. And i think, you know, weve seen in the chris weve seen that in the chris pincher as well. Pincher instance as well. People, were doing people, people were were doing things that they shouldnt be doing. Think now to answer doing. And i think now to answer your first question, michel, is that theres a much open that theres a much more open culture. We have culture. Thank goodness we have a of a much higher percentage of women, labour mps are women, 50 of labour mps are women, 50 of labour mps are women, does change the women, which does change the atmosphere because atmosphere of the place because lets not lets remind ourselves, not a single one of these cases involves a woman. You know why . I mean, we debated this the other because other day actually, because there from one of there was a report from one of there was a report from one of the and it said that in the bodies and it said that in all the investigations that had done related to done into misconduct related to parliament rest of parliament and all the rest of it, alcohol was it, that alcohol was a significant factor in loads of them. I do not understand for them. I do not understand for the me why we continue the life of me why we continue to yes, im yes, im to have and yes, im yes, im cross the that its cross about the fact that its subsidised, but lets just even move from that. Why does move on from that. Why does there need to be a bar serving alcohol westminster . Alcohol in westminster . Doesnt they should. Multiple by the way, theres not just one. There is an awful yeah, there is an awful lot. Yeah. And up until recent i think it was about1 or 2 think it was about 1 or 2 crashes as well. As you said, many, more female mps and many, many more female mps and one think rishi sunak one do you think rishi sunak should them should just shut them down . I think as matthews alluded to, though, the have though, i mean, the hours have got they are very got better, but they are very antisocial hours as well. What what that mean . So what what does that mean . Does that mean that because people work less producing people here work less producing programs that dont programs here, that we dont have pop up for them have a bar pop up bar for them here, work working doesnt here, work working late doesnt mean employer has to mean that your employer has to provide within your office. It doesnt. It doesnt. And when i used to edit a newspaper, we actually had a bar. We did have a bar in the building, by the the newspaper industry the way, the newspaper industry and the finance industry dont cover in cover themselves in glory in this area either. But we used to have a bar in the building. You know michel . As editor, know what, michel . As editor, i would had a in the would rather we had a bar in the building. I knew where my building. So i knew where my staff were rather hunting staff were rather than hunting round to track round the local pubs to track them down. Like the old days on fleet street. Exactly that. That. Exactly that. Exactly that. So look, i look in an ideal world, no, there is no need for so look, i look in an ideal wbar, no, there is no need for so look, i look in an ideal wbar oro, there is no need for so look, i look in an ideal wbar or any ere is no need for so look, i look in an ideal wbar or any bars; no need for so look, i look in an ideal wbar or any bars too need for so look, i look in an ideal wbar or any bars to be eed for so look, i look in an ideal wbar or any bars to be ind for so look, i look in an ideal wbar or any bars to be in the a bar or any bars to be in the house of parliament. But there are and think maybe less of are and i think maybe less of them, but i it is part of them, but i think it is part of it and i its fine. It and i think its fine. Do you think they should stop serving alcohol in westminster . Certainly there yeah, i think certainly there needs change in the needs to be a real change in the culture, whether you have 1 or 2 bars, you have visitors coming in. But the idea people in. But the idea that people that be a mark of that used to be a mark of success in in in westminster was how clubbable you you how clubbable you were. You know, didnt round the know, if you didnt go round the bars, you werent seen to be, bars, if you werent seen to be, you know, effectively one of the lads, stopped on. Lads, it stopped you getting on. You as being a bit you were seen as being a bit different and bit funny and different and a bit funny and you help you get on in you didnt help you get on in politics, that culture needs to change. Yeah, a lot of those change. So yeah, a lot of those bars need be shut. But you bars need to be shut. But you know what . Sunak, youre rishi sunak, if youre watching program, think watching this program, i think take these guys take the hint now, these guys cant control themselves in the workplace theyre consuming workplace when theyre consuming alcohol, get them alcohol, seemingly get them closed them and closed or keep them open and just licence closed or keep them open and justhe licence closed or keep them open and justhe very licence closed or keep them open and justhe very least, licence closed or keep them open and justhe very least, stop licence closed or keep them open and justhe very least, stop a. Icence closed or keep them open and justhe very least, stop a lot1ce at the very least, stop a lot taxpayers subsidising this ridiculous drinking that ridiculous drinking culture that seems what do seems to be going on. What do you to it all . You make to it all . Vaiews gbnews. Com after the break. Speaking of sunak, break. Speaking of rishi sunak, he massive he is basically done a massive speech says speech today where he says that Artificial Intelligence is essential, threat humanity. Essential, a threat to humanity. But he says dont be too scared. What do you make to it all . Ill youre listening to gb news radio. Radio. Hi there. Im Michelle Dewberry and im with you till 7 00 tonight. So rishi sunak has been speaking out today about the dangers of Artificial Intelligence. Lets have a little listen to some of the things he had to say. Get this wrong and i could make it easier to build chemical or biological weapons as terrorist groups could use ai or biological weapons as terrorist groups could use al to spread fear and destruction on an even greater scale. All criminals could exploit ai for cyber attacks. Disinfo summation fraud or even child sexual abuse. And in the most unlikely but extreme cases , as there is but extreme cases, as there is even the risk that humanity could lose control of ai completely through the kind of ai sometimes referred to as superintelligence. Superintelligence. I mean, after some of those warnings as well, i have to say that hes that he goes after talking about Human Extinction, etcetera , he goes, this is not etcetera, he goes, this is not a risk that people need to be losing sleep over right now. And i dont want to sound alarmist. I dont want to sound alarmist. I mean, as if weve not got enough to lose sleep over, quite frankly. Now we have to learn that actually ai is going to come along and us all out. Come along and wipe us all out. But dont worry about all is but dont worry about it. All is apparent. Going to be well now ive actually got someone to join me down line this join me down the line on this one to say, if one because i have to say, if i ask most people or a lot of people what is Artificial Intelligence, suspect a intelligence, i suspect that a lot might not even lot of people might not even know answer to that. And why know the answer to that. And why should rohit talwar he is should you . Rohit talwar he is alongside us now. Evening alongside us now. Good evening to me start that to you. Let me start with that question you, question directly to you, please. You help my audience please. Can you help my audience understand what artificial understand what is Artificial Intelligence . Intelligence . Well, idea is firstly, well, the idea is firstly, good evening. The idea is that were trying to create some software that mirrors the way humans think. Software that mirrors the way humans think. And the ultimate humans think. And the ultimate goalis humans think. And the ultimate goal is to get to something thats called artificial general intelligence, where we have systems that can do all the things that a human can in a cognitive way. So thinking , cognitive way. So thinking, planning, reasoning under standing language, all of those kinds of things. Were not there yet , but were kinds of things. Were not there yet, but were starting to kinds of things. Were not there yet , but were starting to see yet, but were starting to see systems that are incredibly powerful and beginning to give us a taste of what i might do in the longer term. Um, yeah. I mean , were hearing a test i mean, were hearing a test from rishi sunak helping terrorists , helping potentially terrorists, helping potentially wiping us off the face of the earth. Do you think that al is a earth. Do you think that al is a force for good or not . Its both. So there are all its both. So there are all the risks. He talked about. When youve got software thats that powerful, im sure a lot of people here will have used chatgpt or bot or bing and been amazed that just how clever they are , even though theyre not are, even though theyre not really thinking at all, theyre just predicting what might be coming next in terms of the next word. But theyre already incredibly powerful. So youre seeing them being used for immense good in healthcare here. Youre also seeing them pose the kind of risks that rishi sunak talked about. So its both. It the ai will help us dramatically improve peoples healthcare because well be able to get better diagnoses faster. Well better diagnoses faster. Well be able to discover drugs that are more effective. Well be are more effective. Well be able to get personalised education so our kids dont get left behind. But on the other hand, we run the risk of being surveilled , being monitored all surveilled, being monitored all the time, every thing you do, every transaction you make , every transaction you make, being analysed , people being analysed, people weaponizing all sorts of devices and all of the things he talked about. So right now were at a very early stage and theres a big argument about whether we should try and regulate this. The eu , i think, is doing the the eu, i think, is doing the right thing in trying to regulate in advance of these developments. The uk is saying lets wait, but we know what happens when you wait. Lets wait, but we know what happens when you wait. You lets wait, but we know what happens when you wait. You get happens when you wait. You get the kind of mess we have now when were trying to regulate social media and were trying to regulate the internet, whereas with at least have a very with al, we at least have a very good sense of where it could go. So we could have quite good regulation quite quickly if we wanted to, and that might actually give britain a competitive advantage. Competitive advantage. Let me ask you a final question, brief answer, if you will. Do people need to worry about their jobs to Artificial Intelligence . Intelligence . People need to worry about their learning and their education. I think everyones jobs are always at risk in the long term. Ai will take a lot of long term. Ai will take a lot of jobs , but new jobs will be jobs, but new jobs will be created. And what we need to be making sure were doing is a learning about al, but also making sure that we are thinking about what job would we do next and starting to acquire those skills because no one is safe. And the more all the work we do is repetitive lviv, the more chance there is that that could be replaced by ai. In singapore, be replaced by ai. In singapore, there are already replacing some of their tv presenters with fake, if you like, versions of those presenters and cor blimey , those presenters and cor blimey, i better watch myself then i better watch myself. Thats right. Better watch myself. Thats right. Tao then. Better watch myself. Thats right. Tao then. He is an expert in al. Thank you for bringing us up to speed with some of that. Hey, there you go. So do we have to watch our jobs . Talking about tv presenters, maybe im skating on thin ice. Maybe im skating on thin ice. Maybe im skating on thin ice. Maybe im on borrowed time. How do you know matthew and i arent ai bots . Ill arent actually ai bots . Ill try. Ill pinch you both. Ill pretend im far away. Ill pretend im far away. Ill pretend a tory mp, ill pretend im a tory mp, and ill have a grab in the break and ill feed back after the break. Well, do you think i do you think a force for good or not . I think it can be both. It is doing amazing thing in medical advancement the we learn advancement and the way we learn about certain viruses and certainly in Breast Cancer have been amazing advances as well. However, it does worry me and what worried me in particular was the fact that , you know, i, was the fact that, you know, i, i thought, okay, its men invented it or women inventing it, its people inventing it. So it, its people inventing it. So it cant be that much clever than because were making it than us because were making it stupidly. Weve invented ai that stupidly. Weve invented ai that goes on to invent other ai. So we have no idea what it is doing. And the scariest thing i ever read was an ai engineer who worked for one of the Big Companies who was talking to an ai robot, and he goes, what are you afraid of . Bearing in mind it shouldnt be afraid of anything. Its robot. And it anything. Its a robot. And it said turned off that would said being turned off that would make me unhappy. That make me very unhappy. And that was mean, know, was chilling. I mean, you know, come whod programmed that . Come on, whod programmed that . I was just wrong. He i mean, that was just wrong. He turned straight away, turned it off straight away, by the way. B ut the way. But yeah, but yeah, but yeah. But yeah, but yeah, but thats robot will be advancing as we speak. Actually that robot will and actually that robot will be enabling itself to be its in enabling itself to charge off control charge itself off and control the powering of itself as we speak. You inspired ai the powering of itself as we speak. You inspired al or speak. Are you inspired by al or are worried by it . Are you worried by it . Im not inspired by it. I think dawn is absolutely right. There are there are there going to uses for it . To be incredible uses for it . I mean, some jobs. Aa does mean, some routine jobs. Aa does do cancer tests do better, like cancer tests where, somebody where, of course, somebody blinks they miss a you know, blinks and they miss a you know, they miss a you know, a sample, a or you know, a smear test or you know, a blood sample that theyre checking. Can be checking. Whereas ai can can be amazing. The other hand, when amazing. On the other hand, when im im not on gb news, im not when im not on gb news, one of my is as a one of my jobs is as a speechwriter and now its now words predict the rest words starts to predict the rest of, be up for the of, oh, youll be up for the chop soon then. Yeah, exactly. Yeah, exactly. So know whether it, so, so you know whether it, whether it actually, you know can can do that not and its can can do that or not and its frighteningly close but not, not quite there yet. Got a few quite there yet. Ive got a few years i actually matthew. Years i think actually matthew. Agent. No its your agent. No its your agent. Im done. Im done. Whats whats frightening me is what is, michel, the is, as you said, michel, in the introduction, rishi introduction, what is rishi doing . Politically, doing . I mean, politically, even if tory supporter, if he were a tory supporter, its one thing to be saying, you know, as somebody who writes speeches, you know, i would i would have been him would have been telling him to make about make this speech today about al, all the future, how all about owning the future, how we yes, there are dangers, we can yes, there are dangers, but we can overcome those dangers because people look to but we can overcome those dan primeecause people look to but we can overcome those dan Prime Ministereople look to but we can overcome those dan Prime Minister t0 le look to but we can overcome those dan Prime Minister to knomk to but we can overcome those dan Prime Minister to know what the Prime Minister to know what theyre and control the theyre doing and to control the future. Doing literally future. And hes doing literally textbook do, textbook what you shouldnt do, which oh, its going which is going, oh, its going to terrible. And, know, to be terrible. And, you know, the one rule in politics is you never say its going to be terrible. There terrible. You say, yes, there are know the are problems, but i know the solutions. Why need are problems, but i know the solu and. Why need are problems, but i know the solu and frankly, why need are problems, but i know the solu and frankly, wer need are problems, but i know the solu and frankly, we could1eed are problems, but i know the solu and frankly, we could have me. And frankly, we could have an ai minister on the an ai Prime Minister on the basis he today. An ai Prime Minister on the basyeah, he today. An ai Prime Minister on the basyeah, but he today. An ai Prime Minister on the basyeah, but you today. An ai Prime Minister on the basyeah, but you cantoday. An ai Prime Minister on the basyeah, but you cant win, yeah, but you cant win, though, because if dont flag though, because if we dont flag the side, something the downside side, something will and everyone will go wrong and then everyone will go wrong and then everyone will on him go, oh, you will jump on him and go, oh, you gave a speech on whatever to gave a speech on whatever day to the downsides. Gave a speech on whatever day to the as wnsides. Gave a speech on whatever day to the as longies. Gave a speech on whatever day to the as long as as long gave a speech on whatever day to theas long as as long as gave a speech on whatever day to the as long as as long as as as long as you as long as as long youre of owning as long as you as long as as longpositivity. � of owning as long as you as long as as longpositivity. And of owning as long as you as long as as longpositivity. And he owning as long as you as long as as longpositivity. And he owrofg the positivity. And he sort of said oh yes, it can said at the end, oh yes, it can be right. But, you know, be all right. But, you know, only disaster. Disaster, only after disaster. Disaster, disaster. Because only after disaster. Disaster, disasaer. Because only after disaster. Disaster, disasa bit because only after disaster. Disaster, disasa bit of because only after disaster. Disaster, disasa bit of a because only after disaster. Disaster, disasa bit of a geek because only after disaster. Disaster, disasa bit of a geek is because only after disaster. Disaster, disasa bit of a geek is eveane only after disaster. Disaster, disasa bit of a geek is even his hes a bit of a geek is even his friends say hes of friends would say hes sort of slightly with and slightly obsessed with this. And i going i think, you know, im going to be here. But be really cynical here. But remember whos remember nick clegg, who whos now tried put now weve always tried to put him minds. You him out of our minds. But, you know, his deputy minister know, his deputy Prime Minister the lib dem leader, and is now sort number 2 or 3 at the sort of number 2 or 3 at the facebook owner meta, a facebook owner meta, i have a little feeling that knows little feeling that rishi knows hes looking for hes going to be looking for a job thinks silicon job in a year and thinks silicon valley, is valley, where he has a house is what has what hes looking for. He has his house in malibu. The really scary thing is theres no regulation, absolutely no regulation in globally, something that regulate something that literally has not yet been created, hasnt it . All too carol says this is all too late now. This has been created carol says this is all too la once w. This has been created carol says this is all too la once w. Ticreate been created carol says this is all too la once w. Ticreate this 1 created carol says this is all too la once w. Ticreate this thing,ed it once you create this thing, there going itll be there is no going back. Itll be much us. Truth is much cleverer than us. Truth is stranger fiction. Of stranger than fiction. Lots of people are suggesting actually, maybe ai could replace our maybe some ai could replace our parliament and some of our mps there. Keefe says in the short term, ai is more of a threat to human drive and ambition because it will become more than capable of replacing most occupations. Of replacing most occupations. Paul says when were talking about whether or not i could do tv presenting and i said, maybe my job is in danger, he said, dont worry, michel. Its easy to spot ai. Its superintelligence. So i think superintelligence. So i think well able the well be able to tell the difference you and ai. Difference between you and ai. My bunch. My view is are a harsh bunch. Thats not very thats a good job. Ive got thick skin. Now, listen, on this parliament story, parliamentarian story that we were talking about earlier on, Crispin Blunt, i mentioned if youre just tuned earlier on, Crispin Blunt, i me hes|ed if youre just tuned earlier on, Crispin Blunt, i me hes basically� re just tuned earlier on, Crispin Blunt, i me hes basically outed tuned earlier on, Crispin Blunt, i me hes basically outed himself in, hes basically outed himself as the tory mp thats been arrested for rape. And you know, im not going to pre empt the outcome of that investigation. I shall leave it there. But as Christopher Hope was saying , it Christopher Hope was saying, it is quite unusual for people to kind take that step and kind of take that step and proactive to say its me removing the suspicion. Et removing the suspicion. Et cetera. And wondering from cetera. And the wondering from everyone else, wondering whats gone on. Lots of my viewers tonight got in touch and tonight have got in touch and said, matt, could you ask sorry, michel, ask matt what is michel, can you ask matt what is the situation with nick brown . The situation with nick brown . So, nick brown, who was yes. So, nick brown, who was the formerly the labour chief whip both gordon and whip, both for gordon brown and tony currently tony blair, is currently suspended party. Suspended from the labour party. Im not absolutely whether im not absolutely sure whether the are investigating or the police are investigating or whether waiting for the whether labours waiting for the outcome of that. Do we know what hes done . No. No. No. I mean , no, it would be, i mean, no, it would be, i mean i, i can, we can speculate but it wouldnt be a good idea. But i think that they. Do you think we should know what hes done . I think we need to find out whats happened, because it is a question lot of question actually that a lot of people ask is, know, and as people ask is, you know, and as dawn important dawn says, its important that both because, you know, its not one its one party or or the other, its both parties, all parties because , for example, because the snp, for example, is another big bunch of them in parliament have had their problems. I think we to problems. So i think we need to we out. But nick we need to find out. But nick remains suspended. Well, investigation keir starmer is managing. Managing that properly. Are you by not telling anyone whats going on . Well, that they will well, i think that they will be for outcome of be waiting for the outcome of the but they be waiting for the outcome of the they but they be waiting for the outcome of the they biflaming well be waiting for the outcome of the on they biflaming well be waiting for the outcome of the on with biflaming well be waiting for the outcome of the on with it biflaming well be waiting for the outcome of the on with it is biflaming well get on with it is what i would say, we. Get on with it is what i would say how we. Get on with it is what i would say how has been now . How long has it been now . How long has it been now . Well, its fair for nick well, its not fair for nick either, then nicks in either, because then nicks in this know this limbo and he doesnt know whether next whether he can stand at the next election. And actually, with the timetable ticking to the next election, that then becomes an issue nick. And its not issue for nick. And its not necessarily Sexual Misconduct allegations, but are allegations, but there are various of both various other mps of both parties there are parties where there are allegations and issues around. Parties where there are allegatcourse d issues around. Parties where there are allegatcourse , issues around. Parties where there are allegatcourse , you|es around. Parties where there are allegatcourse , you know,und. Parties where there are allegatcourse , you know, its. And of course, you know, its their job. We need they need to know whether they can stand to be an mp again. Be there to be an mp again. So they more importantly, they need more importantly, those taxpayers who pay the salaries these people. Salaries of these people. Deserve to know who these we deserve to know who these people are, what theyre accused of, and all the rest of it. You know, theres too much stuff going in parliament at the going on in parliament at the moment, and quite rightly to point out, this is a tory point out, this is not a tory problem. It does seem to be a much broader westminster problem. Um, and im interested, what do you guys think is at the heart of some of this . If you ask me, egos are playing a big part in some of this. A lot of mps, they think theyre celebrities dont celebrities these days, dont they . Think just they . And i think that just gives them kind of sense gives them this kind of sense that do and say that they can perhaps do and say and act as they like. What do and act as they like. What do you make to all im going to bnng you make to all im going to bring some more of your comments in the break. Ive got in after the break. Ive got a lot coming the lot more coming up in the programme. So do not go anywhere. Talk about anywhere. I want to talk about the legal the government facing a legal challenge in just after challenge in just a second after the and i also want to the break. And i also want to ask youre out work as ask you if youre out of work as ask you if youre out of work as a parent, should you now have to spend looking spend 30 hours a week looking for a job . If you want to keep your benefits, tell me and ill see you. Radio. Hi there, im Michelle Dewberry sl7, the former editor of the daily star. Dawn neesom am is alongside me, as is the former labour adviser matt laws. Former labour adviser matt laws. Dawn just reminded me of something in the break as well, which is we got our radio listening figures out today and i actually forgot to mention it. So these figures so apologies. These figures for this doubled. So this show have doubled. So i just want say a quick thank just want to say a quick thank you you that are you to all of you that are listening on radio listening on the radio as i speak. I very much appreciate it. Thank speak. I very much appreciate it. Thank you. And wesley, hes it. Thank you. And wesley, hes actually watching on youtube here. You get this, everybody. Hes in georgia , in the usa. Hes in georgia, in the usa. Wow. Travelled all that far . All wow. Travelled all that far . All that distance. Welcome and welcome to all of you. Anyway, quite frankly, wherever you you are. Now, this i found fascinating. The government fascinating. The government i mean, literally day in the mean, literally a day in the life sunak. I wonder if life of rishi sunak. I wonder if he regrets the he ever literally regrets the day that he put his hat in the ring for this job because not a day goes by without yet another problem, so it seems. But anyway, the government is now facing action over the use facing legal action over the use of wethersfield airbase. This is of wethersfield airbase. This is obviously essex to house the obviously an essex to house the migrants there. The charity, you guessed it, care for calais says that this airbase has actually become a de facto prison camp. They go on to say they talking about the population, the migrant population being segregated from the locals. Segregated from the locals. Theyre saying that the base has got security fences, is monitored 24 7 by on site security guards and cctv. They say theres no pavements on the road around the sites and no pubuc road around the sites and no public transport. They say that this kind of segregation is basically likely their words, not mine, likely to lead to the migrants. Stigmatisation and degradation and loss of dignity , degradation and loss of dignity, he said. People have told the charity , see, those people charity, see, those People Living there say that they feel like they are being imprisoned. Like they are being imprisoned. And i have never read so much tosh in my life. No surprise that this is in the Guardian Newspaper for the legal challenge has been launched by care for carl, as youve just said, accusing the government of segregate nation by nationality, i. E. Racism. That one again, its like, no, no, its segregation because theyre Asylum Seekers and they have to be put somewhere and we cant afford to carry on paying £7 million a day for hotels. So we have them somewhere. What have to put them somewhere. What do do with them . Do people want to do with them . Look, obviously in an ideal world, the asylum world, we thought the asylum System People arent held system out so people arent held too long in any place before their asylum applications are processed. Is processed. But this is ridiculous and you know, the fact theres barbed around fact theres barbed wires around the place. Yeah, because that was was stop was an army base. It was to stop people in, not to step, people getting in, not to step, getting out. I mean, they getting people out. I mean, they can out, can walk out. Can get out, they can walk out. Theyre not in theyre not theyre not in prison. Its a ridiculous story. It is. It really is. And youre not having any of it . Not at it . No not at all. Yeah, look, mean , the yeah, look, i mean, the asylum just such asylum system is just such a mess, isnt it . I mean, the key thing we need to get the thing is we need to get the asylum cases processed much asylum cases processed so much faster. You know, i look at the figures up yesterday , its. We figures up yesterday, its. We are the basically we in ireland take about 20 months on average in in austria its three. And in most countries its six in europe. And of course they all use former army bases in germany and countries people and other countries which people like think like care for. Carl, youd think wed i just wed be very pro, so i just think its a daft challenge. It is absolute wrong that were keeping people because the taxpayers are paying and taxpayers are paying for it and the the Asylum Seekers the and the Asylum Seekers are doing nothing. So its waste doing nothing. So its a waste of everybodys time and money that kept for that people have been kept for so but people have so long. But while people have to system speeded to until the system is speeded up, labour has actually got a plan to double the number of civil we at Civil Servants so that we at least so at least we least on this. So at least we get the done the get the cases done to get the bill hotels but bill for the hotels down. But whilst i think this is whilst they do, i think this is just and what just a daft, daft and what people calais people like care for calais do is they bring the they bring into of into into disrepute a kind of sensible critique of the asylum system. Just its system. So its just its annoying those of us are annoying for those of us who are critical of how the government handles of just distract one of my viewers, says, has viewers, keith, he says, has anyone actually any time anyone actually spent any time looking accommodation looking at migrant accommodation in of the world . In the rest of the world . Why is uk expected to attend five far Higher Standards of accommodation and support for migrant than seemingly anywhere else . Else . Exactly. Hes absolutely right, other right, because in other countries its basically form. Its form , you its like this, its form, you know, are know, military bases that are used. You know, when germany used. You know, when germany took a Million People in in 2015, they were all in 2015, 2016, they were all in former military bases because it was literally nowhere else to putand i believe, and germany, i believe, actually actually used, you know, didnt know, tents, marquees, didnt they . And its like when we even suggested everyone up suggested that everyone threw up their you their hands in horror, you racist you do racist hell, how dare you do that . Europe does that. That . Europe does that. David says its funny how all these military bases deemed these military bases were deemed suitable our heroes, our suitable for our heroes, our veterans. Et cetera. But all of veterans. Et cetera. But all of a sudden, if you claim to want to put Asylum Seekers in, all of a theyre absolutely not a sudden theyre absolutely not suitable for that. Bibby suitable for that. The bibby stockholm, of suitable for that. The bibby stocwill m, of suitable for that. The bibby stocwill m, familiar of suitable for that. The bibby stocwill m, familiar with of you will be familiar with was used workers. Its used for construct workers. Its all right those guys, but all right for those guys, but apparently we are. Going to use it students. They bibby stockholm in they bibby stockholm mean, in ireland, our students it. It. W it. Rm come and be fair. Come and be fair. I mean . You get you know what i mean . You get in trouble for saying you know what i mean . You get in troimz for saying you know what i mean . You get in troim about for saying you know what i mean . You get in troim about to for saying you know what i mean . You get in troim about to fbutaying you know what i mean . You get in troim about to fbut farig what im about to say, but far be me to state an be it from me to state an unpopular view. There a unpopular view. But there is a responsibility that the government actually to responsibility that the gov citizens actually to responsibility that the gov citizens to actually to responsibility that the govcitizens to keep|ally to responsibility that the gov citizens to keep usy to responsibility that the govcitizens to keep us safe. To responsibility that the govcitizens to keep us safe. And uk citizens to keep us safe. And many of these people crossing the channel, we have no idea whatsoever who those people are and or what their intentions are. They discard proactively their identification documents a little bit weird if you ask me, because if you want to get asylum, youd be trying to speed up your process, not hinder it. Week germany has this very week germany has made germany is made that alexa. What germany is introducing they made that alexa. What germany is introd on1g they made that alexa. What germany is introd on yesterday, they made that alexa. What germany is introd on yesterday, would voted on yesterday, which would enable go into enable the police to go into accommodation. Asylum seekers are in to find documents. Theyre changing the law because thats thats a problem. So i think in britain thats thats a problem. So i thirall in britain thats thats a problem. So i thirall its in britain thats thats a problem. So i thirall its all in britain thats thats a problem. So i thirall its all itsin britain thats thats a problem. So i thirall its all its the ritain we all say its all its the European Convention on human rights, elses rights, its all somebody elses fault. Other fault. Its not because other countries are signed up to the same rules are a lot same the same rules are a lot firmer and a lot harder. This is choices government choices the British Government makes. What . I also and you know what . I also remember a few years ago and im sure it was isis were making claims that actually they wanted to use refugee crisis and migrant crisis to help send what they would refer to as kind of isis foot soldiers or whatever the terminology or terminology was into different was over into different countries. So sometimes i have countries. So sometimes i have to do actually want there to say i do actually want there to say i do actually want there to be checks, balances and security people that we do security when people that we do not know who they are are being housed. Maybe im old fashioned, you get touch tell me you get in touch and tell me your thoughts on all of that. Jackie says, michelle, i was watching gb news whilst i was in dubaion watching gb news whilst i was in dubai on my friends iptv. Brilliant loved it. Welcome. You are very welcome indeed. Now after the break, ill bring you back into the conversation, but i also want to ask you, if youre a jobless parent and youre a jobless parent and youre for work, what youre looking for work, what would think having to would you think now to having to spend 30 hours a week looking for if you want to for a job . If you want to keep your benefits common sense, fair or harsh and are we penalising perhaps the wrong people in society . You get in touch and tell thoughts. Hi there. Michelle dewberry with you till seven. The former editor of daily star dawn neesom and the former labour adviser matt steve just been in matt laws. Steve just been in touch and said i wish all lefties were like matthew is a very a great very fair man. Didnt a great panellist even con panellist you could even con convince consider voting laboun well steve, thank you very much. I appreciate that. And do think about it, least you think about it, at least you know. You know, we need every vote get. Vote we can get. You were saying well, you were just saying as well in the about engaging well in the break about engaging with talk with people you cant just talk to with you to people that agree with you all the time. Absolutely. Absolutely. Thats first world thats the first world of politics. Knock thats the first world of po|doors knock thats the first world of po|doors youre knock on doors when youre campaigning. Classic campaigning. The classic political of people political campaigning of people who you. What would who agree with you. What would be that . Its be the point of that . Its about engaging aconversation. Engaging in a conversation. Hear what people think and putting your its very nice that steve know, its very nice that steve and others react to that. So thank michel. Thank you for having me, michel. Welcome, says. Michelle, you just says. Miciabout you just says. Miciabout someone|st says. Miciabout someone watching talking about someone watching you georgia the you from georgia in the usa says, watching you from says, im watching you from mexico. Oh, what about mexico . Mexico. Oh, what about mexico . Georgia . Dubai . Georgia . Dubai . Georgia . Dubai . Yeah. Any. Any more . Yeah. Any. Any more . In australia . We need somebody in australia or new zealand. Yeah i love finding out where people are and what they are doing. Fascinating. Well, wherever from, wherever youre joining us from, youre very welcome. Good evening you. Or evening to all of you. Or whatever of day it is, whatever time of day it is, quite to all you in quite frankly, to all of you in the half million quite frankly, to all of you in the parents1alf million quite frankly, to all of you in the parents on million quite frankly, to all of you in the parents on benefitsin quite frankly, to all of you in the parents on benefits will jobless parents on benefits will face up to 30 hours a week having to search for work if they want to keep their benefits. I find this quite interesting, right, because theres in fact, no, you tell me what you think about. Im just about to go on to iran. Ill let you tell me what you think. I the devil is in the detail of this story. As in most stories. Theres lot stories. And theres a lot hidden in this. This one small story. The problem is to actually get child care. Basic early. You have to be employed in any case. So the fact that parents on benefits are they dont get Free Childcare at the moment. So how are they meant to spend more time looking for work if they havent got anyone to care for their children . This is theissue care for their children . This is the issue i have with that. No ones explained that in ones actually explained that in this now, you know , you this story. Now, you know, you you the internet when you can use the internet when your there. You can use the internet when your parents, e. You can use the internet when your parents, most parents most parents, most parents have no problem spending. God knows day knows how many hours a day looking social looking at instagram or social media. They can spend that time on internet. Media. They can spend that time on yeah,ternet. Media. They can spend that time on yeah, no, et. Media. They can spend that time on yeah, no, absolutely. Media. They can spend that time on absolutely. Bsolutely. Media. They can spend that time on absolutely. No. Utely. Media. They can spend that time on absolutely. No ones absolutely. No ones denying that there are people that are swinging it were. Swinging the lead, as it were. We that we all know people in that situation. I do worry that situation. But i do worry that with this announcement, there are of families out there are a lot of families out there who everybody who will struggle. Not everybody is fortunate enough to have access to decent wi fi , to have access to decent wi fi, to have access to decent wi fi, to have access to decent wi fi, to have access to proper computers in their home. And, you know, i think and this actively involves going and out and looking for work as well, not just sitting in doors on a computer. And if you cant get child care, i do wonder how people are going to cope single women cope, especially single women and, you know, theres the argument well , if you argument of saying, well, if you cant kids, dont have cant afford, kids, dont have them. But circumstances im sounding winger sounding like a left winger here. But circumstances change. Absolutely. Marriages break down in sort of like, you know, people lose their jobs unexpectedly. So this story does unexpectedly. So this story does worry me slightly in as there are people that are going to genuine people who do need support, who are going to fall through , through the net here. And again, itll be, i suspect, the women and the children that will suffer. I yeah, i think youre i think yeah, i think youre right. To me that its i think yeah, i think youre ri very to me that its i think yeah, i think youre ri very big to me that its i think yeah, i think youre ri very big hammerne that its i think yeah, i think youre ri very big hammer to that its i think yeah, i think youre ri very big hammer to crackts i think yeah, i think youre ri very big hammer to crack the a very big hammer to crack the nut. And it seems to its nut. And it seems to me its very unsubtle because one of the things that last labour things that the last Labour Government to government did, which seemed to get from get a lot of support from different political different around the political spectrum with a sure start centres which centres because which particularly focussed on families , poorer families who families, poorer families who are on benefits , where there was are on benefits, where there was child care, which is different to the childcare you get when you work. The free you go to work. The Free Childcare vouchers and they really one of because really because one of because they families they really engage families because sometimes because of course sometimes what you the children as you have is the children are, as you have is the children are, as you , at home with parents you say, at home with parents who on benefits and the who are on benefits and the parents break. Its parents dont get a break. Its harder find harder for the parents to find work, children work, but its also the children are not interacting and getting the other the learning skills that other children from maybe more prosperous are getting. Prosperous families are getting. So that so theyre continuing that cycle of behind. It is of being left behind. So it is it is a National Problem , the it is a National Problem, the number of people who are on benefits. But not work. Benefits. But not seeking work. But very but this seems to me a very blunt, a very blunt instrument. Im not quite they have im not quite sure. Do they have to a tracker on your to put like a tracker on your internet how many hours internet to see how many hours youre mean, internet to see how many hours ycseems mean, internet to see how many hours ycseems impossible. Mean, internet to see how many hours ycseemsisnpossible. Mean, internet to see how many hours yc seemsis the ssible. Mean, internet to see how many hours ycseemsis the other. Mean, this is the other thing. Matthew going be matthew how is it going to be organised . I mean, how much money cost organised . I mean, how much mtsetr cost organised . I mean, how much m set up cost organised . I mean, how much m set up the cost organised . I mean, how much m set up the administration . Ist to set up the administration . You know, compared much to set up the administration . Chightv, compared much to set up the administration . Yc might actually red much to set up the administration . Yc might actually save . Much it might actually save . So much you can well, theres so much you can do on welfare to work. A friend of mine has been running one of the to work the big welfare to Work Companies its a that companies and its a job that more take, it more men than women take, but it focuses fitting. Focuses about its fitting. Electric charges so he could he could find jobs tomorrow for people to fit electric car chargers but you know that in order in order for the order to get in order for the government the money, order to get in order for the gotrainnent the money, order to get in order for the gotrain you the money, order to get in order for the gotrain you to the money, order to get in order for the gotrain you to fit the money, order to get in order for the gotrain you to fit electricioney, to train you to fit an electric car you to a car charger, you have to have a grade in english. So you have grade c in english. So you have to know about to be able to know about poetry in electric to be able to know about poetry in charger. Electric to be able to know about poetry in charger. Just electric to be able to know about poetry in charger. Just daft tric to be able to know about poetry in charger. Just daft. Ric to be able to know about poetry in charger. Just daft. And car charger. Its just daft. And the that could train the people that you could train up key up change their lives, do a key skill because up change their lives, do a key skil government because up change their lives, do a key skil government says because up change their lives, do a key skil government says youve use up change their lives, do a key skilgovernment says youve got the government says youve got to c maths so to have a grade c in maths so the not getting the charge is not getting fitted, are not fitted, the people are not getting off welfare nobodys winning. Well, you you well, there you go. Do you think needs well, there you go. Do you thiniand needs well, there you go. Do you thiniand branch needs well, there you go. Do you thiniand Branch Reform needs well, there you go. Do you thiniand Branch Reform and s well, there you go. Do you thiniand Branch Reform and how root and Branch Reform and how you back into you get people back into the world work . Do think the world of work . Do you think the government have got their priorities right, targeting these same these kind of people in the same week or there or thereabouts where cap from where they remove the cap from bankers bonuses . Some people would that that theyve would suggest that that theyve got their priorities wrong and talked about cutting taxes for high earners well. High earners as well. Yes , look, we found well, yes, look, we found someone in canada , mike. Someone in canada, mike. Oh, mike is watching, listening in canada. Who is listening in canada. Who is this . Michelle well, are you are you michelle or am i michelle . I think i dont know if you. Michelle well, yeah, i know. Im michelle. Michelle but i didnt youre didnt know youre real. Youre not. Not. Not. I yeah, im not. I, didnt know if shes i, i didnt know if shes ending her email with michelle because to me or ending her email with michelle beciisse to me or ending her email with michelle beciis michelle. To me or ending her email with michelle beciis michelle. But to me or ending her email with michelle beciis michelle. But ive me or ending her email with michelle beciis michelle. But ive justji she is michelle. But ive just said clarified. Also said it clarified. She is also michelle. Name. She is michelle. Great name. She is watching and steve, watching from denmark and steve, he says, im in hungary. Oh, gb news international. Yeah, what news international. Yeah, what can isay news international. Yeah, what can i say . Can i say . Were going have to start sticking things. Absolutely. Yes. Absolutely. Yes. Julie says, michelle, when youre talking about military bases for migrants, etcetera , bases for migrants, etcetera, this is a real serious issue. This is a real serious issue. You reference scampton. I mean, you reference scampton. I mean, ive got to say, i know that very well. Youre talking about the £300 million there. That thats site had earmarked for a basically Like Development and regeneration, all the rest of it thatis regeneration, all the rest of it that is now up kind of with a big fat question mark over it. I think it hasnt some guy as well just been has he been arrested or i know he was in trouble with the or something. The police or something. Theres a scampton. Where the dambusters. This is where the dambusters. This is where the dambusters. This dambusters . Is this the dambusters . Is this the dambusters . Yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah. The humber its just over the humber bridge, very bridge, actually. Its very nice area, say. Very nice area, i have to say. A very nice area, i have to say. A very nice area. I drive a lot. You area. I drive past it a lot. You guys still getting in touch about parliament topic where about the parliament topic where what happened to the right honourable aspects, the gentleman aspect of mps. When you see some of the stuff thats going on, phillips says stop talking about banning the bars. Its not the alcohol in problem , its not the alcohol in problem, the alcohol thats the problem in its the in parliament. Michelle its the people. People that are drinking it. Willow says theyve got rid of bars and canteens in police stations because of the so called culture. Was their bars in police stations . There were certainly the canteen culture was a big thing, wasnt it, that people were kind of reinforcing prejudice . Wasnt it, that people were kind of reinfcthing prejudice . Wasnt it, that people were kind of reinfcthing was1dice . Wasnt it, that people were kind of reinfcthing was1di|the and thing was in the macpherson report and Stephen Lawrence macpherson report and stephen lawrerthat. And yeah, so its about that. And yeah, so its what youve got to remember is because on at night and because it goes on at night and its not just that it goes at its not just that it goes on at tonight, is. Tonight, its your family is. And particularly, mean, you and particularly, i mean, you know, had the expenses know, when they had the expenses scandal after that scandal the system after that means spend more on it. Means we now spend more on it. But it means that their families tend the tend to be back in the constituency people constituency because people just rent london. They rent a house in london. They dont in the same dont have a base in the same way. , you know, people dont have a base in the same waysort , you know, people dont have a base in the same waysort of , you know, people dont have a base in the same waysort of there u know, people dont have a base in the same way sort of there at know, people dont have a base in the same waysort of there at night people dont have a base in the same waysort of there at night ,|eople are sort of there at night, their partners, their wives, partners, boyfriends, are 200 boyfriends, whatever, are 200 miles away, 400 miles away from in people therefore in scotland. So people therefore just sit there drinking and it becomes, culture. 5m em culture. Its i have i have yeah, but its i have i have the worlds smallest violin for all these people that i have this lovely pad in london paid for all expenses paid. Terry actually nigel says im listening from spain. Nigel says listening from spain. Nigel says another. Nigel says , can you another. Nigel says, can you mention me . Im listening from so southend on sea. Edward says as im listening from oman and terry says, how come all these people sending you emails from all around the world of their messages read out . Michelle but ive emails to you ive been sending emails to you on nearly two years on and off for nearly two years and had anything read and ive never had anything read out at thats because , out at all. Thats because, terry, you didnt tell me your location anyway, your location. But anyway, your wish is now you have matthew. Is granted now you have matthew. Thats got time for, thats all ive got time for, dawn. Too. Thank you for dawn. You too. Thank you for your company globally , it seems. Your company globally, it seems. Tonight on dewbs co nigel tonight on dewbs co nigel farage. Up next, tonights good evening. Evening. Its alex burkill here with your latest gb news weather forecast. It could be a bit forecast. It could be a bit foggy for some of us tonight , foggy for some of us tonight, but there further wet and but there is further wet and blustery weather to come through the the week. Low the rest of the week. Low pressure just to the pressure sitting just to the west of the uk is bringing a showery, blustery theme to many parts however its a parts of the uk. However its a front across the north east thats already brought persistent rain for some here and will continue to do so across eastern parts of scotland. Overnight. Cloud towards eastern parts of england will lower, some murkiness, lower, bring some murkiness, some for some here and some fog for some here and elsewhere. Clear spells allowing for some patches to develop for some fog patches to develop to , but temperatures not to, but temperatures not dropping amount dropping a huge amount overnight. Holding overnight. Many places holding up in high digits. So up in high single digits. So some fog, some mist around first thing on friday morning. That will persistent will gradually clear, persistent rain continuing across eastern parts of scotland, likely to cause further issues. Cause some further issues. Othennise, its a day of showers for many starting off around western and southern coastal parts, spreading inland as parts, but spreading inland as we into the afternoon and we go into the afternoon and some of them could be heavy, possibly thundery possibly even thundery temperatures for temperatures around average for the time year, highs of the time of year, highs of around celsius the south, around 15 celsius in the south, around 15 celsius in the south, a bit cooler than this a little bit cooler than this further north staying showery as we through into saturday. And we go through into saturday. And some those showers could some of those showers could still most still be heavy at times, most likely towards the south east where likely to see some where were likely to see some impacts also more impacts from those. Also more rain across eastern parts of scotland. Totals really continuing to up as we go continuing to build up as we go through weekend. More through the weekend. More unsettled weather then to come as go through weekend as we go through the weekend into the beginning next week. Into the beginning of next week. But a little bit but also something a little bit colder in by late. Its thursday night. And this is farage at large live from syderstone. Live from syderstone. Please welcome your host , please welcome your host, nigel farage. Good evening. Im here in moscow again, a very enthusiastic crowd. Very enthusiastic crowd. Well be talking middle east. Well be talking banking and well be talking many things. Cornish me on cornish and joining me on talking pints tonight. Cornish rugby legend phil vickery. But before all of that, lets get the news with polly middlehurst. The news with polly middlehurst. Nigel, thank you and good evening to you. Well, the conservative mp Crispin Blunt has been arrested on suspicion of rape and the possession of controlled substances. The mp for reigate identified himself on social media this afternoon as the man Surrey Police did detain in horley yesterday morning. Well Surrey Police has confirmed the man was released on conditional police bail pending their further enquiries. Pending their further enquiries. Mr blunt has already been removed from the tory party and asked to stay away from parliament. The former minister said hell cooperate fully with the ongoing Police Investigation and is confident he wont be charged. Meanwhile, also in the news tonight, the uks border force is currently in egypt , force is currently in egypt, with the Prime Minister confirming officers are ready to help british nationals escape gaza when the border reopens. Gaza when the border reopens. And cabinet ministers held an emergency cobra meeting this morning to address the escalating crisis in the middle east. The government is pushing for a pause in the fighting, rejecting calls for a full ceasefire to facilitate aid reaching palestinians and in gaza itself, the Health Ministry says