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Pleasure. Itll all be dealing pleasure. Itll all be dealing with our increasingly woke National State broadcaster in no Uncertain Terms. At 10 00. Two Uncertain Terms. At 10 00. Two hours of big opinion, big debate and big entertainment. So much to get through. But first, the News Headlines and Aaron Armstrong. Thanks mark. Armstrong. Thanks mark. Im Aaron Armstrong in the gb newsroom. The chancellor has indicated wednesdays budget is unlikely to include tax cuts. Jeremy hunt says his spending plan will be prudent and responsible. The chancellor says the economic headroom set out by financial forecasts has gone against the government recently , against the government recently, with the office for budget responsibility calculating hes got £2 billion less to spend than previously thought. Speaking to gb news earlier , speaking to gb news earlier, jeremy hunt said his budget will deliver value deliver better value for taxpayers. Taxpayers. It is wrong to say that we should be putting more money into the public sector, fewer Civil Servants to be more productive, correct. Productive, correct. You want fewer people to do more. More. I weve got to stop i think weve got to stop always inputs always looking at the inputs and always looking at the inputs and always saying that the way to get Better Services is to get Better Public Services is to spend and actually ask if spend more and actually ask if we could be more efficient. We could be more efficient. Isnt a seven Year Old Girl has died after a migrant boat carrying 16 people capsized in northern france . Shed been travelling with her pregnant mother, her father and three siblings. The boat got into difficulty off the coast of dunkirk in an attempt to cross the English Channel in the early hours of this morning, rail fares england and wales have fares in england and wales have risen by almost 5, an increase above the rate of inflation. Thats despite some of the highest numbers of train cancellations for a decade amid strikes, bad weather and faulty infrastructure, public transport campaigners say passengers are being punished by the increases, which could add hundreds of pounds to annual travel costs for some commuters. I would be quite happy for the rail fares to go up they invested the to go up if they invested the profits in the infrastructure so that the rail network and the rolling carriage was consistently good, standard and that the trains ran on time. That the trains ran on time. Its a bit much. Thats just sort of like come out of the blue. That took me off key there. Nothings really changed on the trains. So its not really fair to raise the prices. I fair to raise the prices. I think if theres a change and more trains are put on and stuff like that, maybe then, but not right now. Right now. Two women have been charged after pouring porridge and jam on of victoria at a on a bust of Queen Victoria at a scottish art museum that saw chernihiv martin and Hannah Taylor also spray painted an expletive on the plinth at the kelvingrove gallery and museum in glasgow. The pair, from the Campaign Group this is rigged , Campaign Group this is rigged, reportedly glued themselves to the bust afterwards. The group says it carried out the vandalism to protest against increasing Food Insecurity , and increasing Food Insecurity, and donald trump could take another step towards a november election rematch with joe biden. Later rematch with joe biden. Later voting is underway in washington dc, with mr trump hoping to continue his clean sweep of states in the race to become the republican partys president ial candidate. Hes now won six states after victories in missouri , michigan and idaho. Missouri, michigan and idaho. Last night. Mr trump, though, last night. Mr trump, though, made a number of false claims at Campaign Events , including Campaign Events, including allegations joe biden is smuggling people across the border. And smuggling people across the border. And he again confused the current president with barack obama. For the latest barack obama. For the latest story , sign up to gb news alerts story, sign up to gb news alerts. Scan the qr code on your screen or go to gb news. Com slash alerts. Thats it. Now back to. Mark my thanks to Aaron Armstrong. Welcome to a busy mark dolan tonight in my big opinion , the tonight in my big opinion, the Prime Minister has made a bold speech calling out the threat of extremism to our democracy. Sir keir starmer will likely be our next Prime Minister. Would he make such a strong speech . I wouldnt hold my breath in the big story. Should rishi sunak capitalise on a possible budget bounce and call a snap election in may . Ill be joined live in the studio by one of britains most respected journalists , tom most respected journalists, tom bower, with ilLegal Immigration rife across america, the uk and europe , why has the west given europe, why has the west given up on Border Control . Ill be talking to a renowned global commentator later who says the free world has lost the plot. My free world has lost the plot. My meet guest is the politician who, after an extraordinary row with Suella Braverman, was thrown out of the Tory Party Conference. Find out why shortly and it might take a ten. The bbc star in trouble for stating biological facts. The corporation are cancelling women and youre paying for the pleasure. Ill be dealing with pleasure. Ill be dealing with our increasingly woke National State broadcaster in no Uncertain Terms at 10 00. Also, should the chancellor, jeremy hunt, splash the cash in next weeks budget, ill be asking tonights newsmaker, former government minister Ann Widdecombe, and tomorrows front pages. At 1030, with three top punst pages. At 1030, with three top pundits tonight who havent been told what to say and who dont follow the script tonight. Follow the script tonight. Annunciato rees mogg , lord annunciato rees mogg, lord kulveer, ranger and nigel nelson. Plus the most important part of the show your emails , they of the show your emails, they come straight to my laptop mark at gbnews. Com. And this show has at gbnews. Com. And this show has a golden rule we dont do boring. Not on my watch. I just wont have it. So a big two hours to come. Ill be dealing with the bbc at ten, but first my big opinion. With the bbc at ten, but first my big opinion. For those my big opinion. For those extolling the positives of a Multicultural Society party with no willingness to acknowledge both its benefits and also its now very clear downsides have fallen strangely silent because its politicians , with an almost its politicians, with an almost religious attachment to the idea that diversity is our strength, who have been impact by britains troubled experiment. Now its my view that the uk is a global beacon of diversity, a tolerant, free and fair country welcoming to all. Name me a more successful integrated society on the planet. It wasnt even a story when rishi sunak became pm. Our first British Asian premier and fair play to him for never playing the race card or making Political Capital from it. Rishi sunak understands the trivial, puerile and divisive nature of identity politics, but politicians on the left, like Rachel Reeves , Angela Rayner and Rachel Reeves, Angela Rayner and wes streeting who love a bit of identity politics, have all been aggressively harassed in the streets over their partys position on israel. Other labour backbenchers have seen their constituency offices ambushed, have spoken of feeling unsafe at home and in need of round the clock bodyguard guards alongside the millions of peace loving british muslims in this country who make such a contribution to our society. There is a vocal our society. There is a vocal but powerful and mobilised minority who have run amok on the streets of britain, hijacking the so called peace marches with anti semitic hate speech. Marches with anti semitic hate speech. With some of these speech. With some of these messages most egregious , messages most egregious, projected onto our Great National monuments of big ben , National Monuments of big ben, the chaotic rochdale by election was a religious and ideological cage fight , not befitting a cage fight, not befitting a mature western democracy. Its winner, George Galloway, buoyed by the muslim vote, wants to eliminate israel charming one candidate, simon danker, claims that he was subjected to Death Threats so much so that he had to take his wife out of the campaign for her own safety and a vote in the house of commons, the very seat of our Representative Democracy can cancelled for fears reportedly expressed by keir starmer that if labour mps voted a certain way , they could suffer violence way, they could suffer violence when leaving the chamber. Too many progressives have denied that there is a problem of parallel societies for years. But it fermented in isolated communities religious, cultural and political extremism is like and political extremism is like a hurricane. Yes, its not a a hurricane. Yes, its not a problem until it reaches your house. Decent labour mps are now sadly feeling the heat and are being threatened by the mob. Being threatened by the mob. Will our likely next Prime Minister, keir starmer, perhaps keen not to offend british muslim voters, be as strong as sunak was on friday about extremism . We all, sir keir starmer, as the Prime Minister, wants to tackle scandals like the Batley School teacher still on the run with his family after showing students an image of the Prophet Muhammad as an educational tool. While starmer tackled the scourge of anti jewish hate being spewed in some of britains mosques and on those weekly marches , it doesnt those weekly marches, it doesnt bode well , does it . When sir bode well, does it . When sir keir starmer himself accidentally and mysteriously, totally by accident, i promise, forgot to wear a poppy when making a video for british muslims in the run up to remembrance weekend , worth remembrance weekend, worth pointing out hed been wearing a poppy pointing out hed been wearing a poppy earlier that day. The vast majority of british muslims are peace loving, but its time to stand up to the dangerous scourge of islamic extremism, which is an assault on our values, our history, our way of life and our democracy. Will an incoming Labour Government do the same . Can we trust keir starmer to stand up to this tyranny . I wont hold my breath. Tyranny . I wont hold my breath. Your reaction mark at gb news comm. Ill get to your email shortly, but first, lets hear from tonights top pundits. My goodness , were coming in strong goodness, were coming in strong tonight. Former brexit party mep annunciate rees mogg, former adviser to Boris Johnson at the one and only lord kulveer rangen one and only lord Kulveer Ranger, lord ranger and gb news very own senior political commentator nigel nelson. Brilliant stuff. Well look great to have all of you with me. If i could start with you. Annunciato rees mogg, do you think that keir starmer is the man stand keir starmer is the man to stand up extremism in this country . Up to extremism in this country . I think hes already shown hes done hes not that he has done everything to appease both sides as much as he possibly can. And what we actually need is strength and morality at the moment. And he isnt moment. And he isnt demonstrating leadership at all. Were you impressed by sunaks emergency statement on friday . It needed to be said, but action should have been taken earlier and actions are far louder than words. I dont think louder than words. I dont think there was much in that speech that anyone with any modicum of humanity could disagree with, that we cant be controlled by extremist of any form is clearly a truth, and we have to fight back against it. But actions speak louder than words. We have got to see these extremists defeated. And how might that manifest itself if youre if youre calling for an intifada on whitehall, perhaps youre arrested. Indeed, the police have got to enforce the law for the safety of all the rest of us. However, lord Kulveer Ranger supporters of labour could argue that its the conservative cvs that its the conservative cvs that have presided over this growth in extremism over the last 14 years. No , i think thats no, i think thats a difficult thing to really criticise the government or the conservative party for. I think weve seen a number of Different Things change in and across society. Weve seen the challenge in broadcasting , weve challenge in broadcasting, weve seen the challenge across the media. Exactly. Weve seen the emergence of platforms like this media. Exactly. Weve seen the eme havee of platforms like this media. Exactly. Weve seen the eme have beenlatforms like this media. Exactly. Weve seen the eme have been responding;e this media. Exactly. Weve seen the eme have been responding andis that have been responding and reacting. And i think politics has had to over this has had to evolve over this period. Dont this is a period. I dont think this is a blame culture, but its then how do the politicians react . What do the politicians react . What kind leadership do they show kind of leadership do they show that leadership being shown that was leadership being shown by prime on friday . By the Prime Minister on friday . Yes, he could have said it earlier in his highlighting, but he has said it. He is facing this down. There are other voices in the conservative party that have been saying these things see things as well. But we dont see that across politics. And this this be dividing this could be some more dividing lines the for lines between the parties for the choose. Right. The public to choose. Right. Whos providing leadership whos providing the leadership talk cheap, talk is cheap, though. You know, man of as you know, youre a man of substance. To substance. Youve liked to deliver you know, certainly deliver when you know, certainly in hall now in the in city hall and now in the house lords, wasnt what mr house of lords, wasnt what mr sunak had to say, just a talking shop . No, i think thats a clear signal of where the Prime Minister of this, of this country where the government country is, where the government is. And i think thats an indication. Firstly, theres a lot of people out who lot of people out there who are feeling cant say those feeling they cant say those things. He gave a voice to things. And he gave a voice to millions of people in this country about how they were feeling , about what theyre feeling, about what theyre seeing country seeing happening in this country. Very important. Thats very important. Secondly hes giving strong secondly hes giving a strong signal , as secondly hes giving a strong signal, as the home secondly hes giving a strong signal , as the home secretary secondly hes giving a strong signal, as the home secretary is to the police about how they need respond and react to need to respond and react to these things. Nelson , keir starmer, nigel nelson, keir starmer, mindful the muslim vote, its mindful of the muslim vote, its unlikely to stand up to extremism when he becomes Prime Minister. Would you agree . No, i dont at all. Dont think thats true at all. I mean, supported what the i mean, he supported what the Prime Minister said. It was one of speeches ive of the weirdest speeches ive ever cant i mean, ever seen. I cant i mean, obviously all quite like it, obviously you all quite like it, but say, it seems to but ive got to say, it seems to have written in more of a have been written in more of a hurry one of my monologues. Hurry than one of my monologues. Well, of monologue well, you did a bit of monologue there did, but the there than he did, but but the idea actually doing urgent idea of actually doing an urgent speech rainy friday tea speech on a rainy friday tea time when a lot of people are in the pub, when a lot of people in the pub, when a lot of people in the pub, when a lot of people in the pub, suddenly we all panic and general and think hes calling a general election. That . There are election. Why do that . There are no there few no well, there are very few announced seats it, what announced seats in it, and what they were very minor. If they were were very minor. If keir been doing keir starmer had been doing that, have waited until that, hed have waited until monday and a statement to monday and made a statement to the house of commons, which is where have made. Okay but notwithstanding, the timing but notwithstanding, the tim but he was responding. The but he was responding. The prime responding to Prime Minister is responding to a by election thats happened. Thats bizarre as well. Hes hes spooked by somebody who is not hugely important. No, i think i think we have to look context of whats to look at the context of whats happened rochdale,where to look at the context of whats happened rochdale, where the, happened in rochdale, where the, the, the, the media are focusing on that. Youd have a weekend of conversation around this issue. You have George Galloway entering parliament on monday. The Prime Minister wanted to make his point before all of that and the sort of that happens and the sort of following sir starmer, following sir keir starmer, theres really i think theres something really i think hes hes actually the political. Weird. Weird to its weird. Its weird to bang about democracy bang on, bang on about democracy when the man spooked him got when the man who spooked him got 12,000 votes. But rishi sunak wasnt wasnt voted in by anybody. He didnt get a single anybody. He didnt get a single vote to become Prime Minister it was, unfortunately for the sake of all of us, something that needed saying. Surely that needed saying. And surely it better to say it it is actually better to say it quite quickly to get the message out be about out there to be clear about where we stand. Ed, rather than say , um, when there was an issue say, um, when there was an issue of an anti semitism candidate in rochdale , keir starmer, taking rochdale, keir starmer, taking days to decide and shilly shallying backwards and forwards, giving a very mixed it was a im glad that rishi did do it quickly. Yeah it was, it was a difficult actually deal difficult one to actually deal with that one and i think it was he was too late, doing it. He was too late, late doing it. But what that speech on friday did was to give George Galloway a status he doesnt warrant. A status he doesnt warrant. This is not some huge kind of sea change in british politics. It was a freak by election in a weird result, we dont know what would have happened if a proper labour candidate had been standing, and think there are standing, and i think there are very of very strong allegations of intimidation , action and intimidation, action and violence within the campaign that will have spooked all Political Parties , that you Political Parties, that you cannot run a democracy when the candidates or their supporters are living in fear. Indeed. I mean, what happened in rochdale that that Campaign Looks to have been an affront to our democratic process , uh, our democratic process, uh, Death Threats, intimidation , i Death Threats, intimidation, i think more to come on that. So think more to come on that. So i think more to come on that. So i think the Prime Minister was right to speak out. But what do you would keir you think . And would keir starmer speak as strongly if he were let know were Prime Minister . Let me know your thoughts mark at gbnews. Com. Next in the big gbnews. Com. But next in the big story should rishi sunak capitalise a possible budget capitalise on a possible budget bounce and call a snap election in may . Thats just a couple of months from now. Ill be joined months from now. Ill be joined live in the studio by one of britains most respected journalist, go journalist, tom bower. Dont go anywhere would keir starmer step up to extremism when he. And if he becomes Prime Minister, will the emails are coming in thick and faster. Nadya says mark. Most voters do not do any research into keir starmer or watch gb news to learn about the many reasons he should not be our next pm. Unfortunately, people will just vote on the basic principles that they believe the labour party will give them, unaware of what he believes on other important issues i. E. Genden other important issues i. E. Gender. Poppy are just two gender. The poppy are just two examples that you referred to. Um, how about this from derek who says mark sunak just uttered weak woke weasel words which will be completely ignored by the people they were aimed at cheap double standards. After cheap double standards. After sacking suella and lee. Well keep those emails coming. Mark at gbnews. Com. Dont forget, ill be dealing with the ever woke bbc at 10 00, this time a presenter in trouble for stating biological fact. Dont miss it. But now the big story. And tonight theres growing speculation that rishi sunak may capitalise on a post budget political bounce and call a snap election in may. On wednesday , election in may. On wednesday, the chancellor is expected to reveal that the Economic Outlook for the country is positive, with the worst effects of the pandemic and the war in ukraine now behind us. Plus there is speculation that jeremy hunt will reduce taxes on hardworking brits in order to boost the economy and put money money back into peoples wallets. So could britain be a week or two away from an announcement of a general election . Lets get the views of one of most views of one of the most respected journalists in the country political biographer country and political biographer , tom bower. Tom, great to see you studio. Uh, first you in the studio. Uh, first of all, dilemma rishi sunak. All, a dilemma for rishi sunak. If till november, he if he waits till november, he looks like hes hanging on for dear. But if goes in dear life. But if he goes in may, the economy hasnt had a chance to pick up. What would you do . Well, i think its all got to do flights. Well, i think its all got to do i flights. Well, i think its all got to do i think flights. Well, i think its all got to do i think that flights. Well, i think its all got to do i think that the|hts. Well, i think its all got to do i think that the rush now to i think that the rush now to get the legislation through probably by easter, one flight off to rwanda and then the election will be called. I think that must be his, uh, tactic not announced, but undoubtedly that is a dividing line with labour and would make it much , much easier for the it much, much easier for the tories to fight on immigration. So you think, therefore , that so you think, therefore, that if he can get those first round of flight in the air by, by, by easter, that thats a may , a may easter, that thats a may, a may poll would be his preferred. Well, itll early april. Well, itll be early april. I mean east, the legislation mean the east, the legislation i believe will get through by easter. And then the first plane will fly off in early april, and then hell the election. Then hell call the election. Thats the way should do it, thats the way he should do it, because a clear because therell be a clear dividing line with labour. Wednesday big wednesday is a big day. Its big for my viewers its a big day for my viewers and its budget. And listeners. Its the budget. Its day politically. Its a big day politically. Is jeremy hunt the right man for the job . Sadly not. I think jeremy hunt has totally failed as a politician failed politician and he failed completely as a tory chancellor. He absolutely no hope he gives absolutely no hope whatsoever. I he gives absolutely no hope whatsoever. I dont he gives absolutely no hope whatsoever. I dont even believe whatsoever. I dont even believe hes proper capitalist hes a proper capitalist conservative. Mean , even to conservative. I mean, even to allow speculation that the tories may cancel non dom status is such an untary thing to suggest , because the is such an untary thing to suggest, because the non doms wont stay in britain to pay the taxes, theyll just go off to portugal or italy or any of these countries to avoid it. Where its all enshrined. And thatis where its all enshrined. And that is not. And the amount of money that can be raised is pitifully small , and it sends pitifully small, and it sends out all the wrong signals that london and britain is open to the world. As an entrepreneurial singapore on thames. So im really disappointed but not surprised because ive never had any confidence in jeremy hunt. He would have lost the 2019 election, which boris so closely won because hes not a convincing tory. I cant say im his biggest fan. During the pandemic , i fan. During the pandemic, i thought he showed his true colours and his values by praising chinas approach to the pandemic. Well not only that, youre absolutely right, but what is he since done . No budget has actually captured imaginations. Hes now captured imaginations. Hes now believing obr , the office of believing the obr, the office of budget responsibility , which budget responsibility, which gets forecast wrong. So gets every forecast wrong. So hes enslaved himself to this group of failures and i just dont understand. He could argue that he steadied the ship. The cost of government borrowing has gone down. Has halved, and down. Inflation has halved, and weve had a slight recession, but largely remained in positive growth. He can. But actually the cost of the borrowing has gone up. But thats not his fault. Interest rates gone actually rates have gone up and actually rishi sunak should have borrowed money at half a percent when he had dunng money at half a percent when he had during covid. Had the chance during covid. So that fault. But he that was sunaks fault. But he doesnt inspire confidence that he is an entrepreneurial budget. Chancellor and that is the condemnation of him. I mean, he doesnt all the time show up. The fallacy of labours policy that they have no plan, they have no actual project for improving the creation of wealth in this country , because not one in this country, because not one member of the labour shadow cabinet has ever earned a penny as a businessman in his or her life. They dont know what life. They dont know what profit means , and only with profit means, and only with profit means, and only with profit you create wealth. But profit you create wealth. But jeremy hunt never shows that up. Jeremy hunt never shows that up. Hes so bland, hes so boring. Hes so bland, hes so boring. Hes so bland, hes so boring. Hes the worst sort of election. Election sneering chancellor. The tories could have. At this stage, it does seem like the political whether its political class, whether its this Current Conservative Party which isnt really which many think isnt really conservative at all, and conservative at all, at all, and labour have forgotten that the way you tackle inequality and deliver social justice is through Economic Growth , is through Economic Growth, is through Economic Growth, is through national income. Through national income. What about labour then . You wrote a cracking book about jeremy corbyn. The book is called a dangerous hero corbyns ruthless plot for power. Sir keir starmer is pretty ruthless too. What kind of Prime Minister too. What kind of Prime Minister do you think hell make . I dont think hes ruthless at all. I think hes a third rate lawyer who just mouths an opinion and then quickly reverses himself and somersaults and for another idea. And looks for another idea. Hes chucked people of hes chucked people out of the jeremy the party, including jeremy corbyn. Well, not much. Hes held the on israel. Held the line on israel. Has i thought that well, has he . I thought that was point of great was the whole point of the great debacle commons the other debacle in the commons the other day, had urge the day, that he had to urge the speaker to break with convention, to protect him from a revolt by his own members. I mean, thats the whole problem. He hasnt held the line. The line he hasnt held the line. The fine been he hasnt held the line. The line been that there line should have been that there cant ceasefire hamas line should have been that there cantdown ceasefire hamas line should have been that there cantdown its|sefire hamas line should have been that there cantdown its guns hamas line should have been that there cantdown its guns , hamas line should have been that there cantdown its guns , but hamas line should have been that there cantdown its guns , but instead puts down its guns, but instead hes just fallen in because hes terrified of a revolt. And the whole George Galloway thing has shown how the party actually is riven. Still, with anti semitism . Indeed. 7 indeed. That is . Indeed. That is definitely a concern. And they had, of course , their candidate in rochdale who they had to disown because of his Conspiracy Theory about the idea that they were the seventh was actually created by israel. But mark, imagine that that tape recording hadnt come out. Tape recording hadnt come out. That person would be a sitting labour mp now. Exactly. And all the people in that room who endorsed what mr ali said never whispered a word. And thatis said never whispered a word. And that is the frightening aspect. Im sure throughout the whole of the labour party, there are dozens of allies, all of whom have got away with it so far because they havent been secretly because they havent been sec well , listen, tom, lets well, listen, tom, lets bnng well, listen, tom, lets bring pundits in if i can bring my top pundits in if i can annunciator rees mogg, lord ranger and nigel nelson. And let ranger and nigel nelson. And let me ask you , lord Kulveer Ranger, me ask you, lord Kulveer Ranger, perhaps just in the natural political cycle , that political cycle, that notwithstanding toms concerns about a possible Labour Government and keir starmer, that britain needs a change, its that britain needs a change, wsfime that britain needs a change, its time for a change of government. Well , we need to have government. Well, we need to have a view that says, how are we going to deal with the Economic Situation . And i think you know, toms highlighting some clear tory views about what conservative voters are looking for. You know, dare i say it, growth, lower taxes , investment growth, lower taxes, investment in the economy and getting a control of whats happening in terms of the Public Services and delivery. These are key messages that i think conservative party voters are looking for. And maybe they havent had that clearly coming through. What everyones hoping is that wednesday therell be not just one rabbit, but several rabbits that will be pulled out of the hat. But even run up to hat. But even as we run up to wednesday, hearing wednesday, were hearing the briefings that briefings happening that that pot that chancellor is pot that the chancellor has is getting smaller and getting ever smaller and smaller. Know, smaller. So, you know, expectations are obviously being managed. Um, but i think what, managed. Um, but i think what, what the conservative party is looking for is something it can stand on as a platform for the next general election, be that sooner or later in this year , okay. Well, annunciator the tories have had 14 years. Its time for a change. Its certainly a change. Time for a change in direction in that up until 2020, we had to abide by the growth and stability targets of the european union, and that is no longer the case. Yes, they have been rewritten into british law, but it is up to our chancellor as to whether he adheres to exactly what the obr forecasts, which is notoriously hopeless and inaccurate or not. And i think this is the exact moment we need bold action. We need a clear change in direction to free our economy and allow growth to start so we can come out of this cost of living crisis , this and this mire that crisis, this and this mire that we have got stuck in, of a sluggish growth, low productivity and become a thriving country once more. Thriving country once more. Nigel nelson tom bower is one of the most astute political biographers in the country , and biographers in the country, and hes just described keir starmer , potentially our next Prime Minister as not ruthless, not strong and a third rate lawyer. Is he right . Well i dont i dont think any of that is right i i i think m i think keir starmer is being been extremely ruthless with his party and weve talked about the wobble he had over the candidate in rochdale. But for the most in rochdale. But for the most part he has sort of ripped anti semitism out by its roots. So i dont see see that. Um, as so i dont see see that. Um, as far as the election , the far as the election, the election date goes, i agree with tom that, um, you will need to get a rwanda flight off the ground. One plane with one migrant on board would be quite would be enough to actually, uh , would be enough to actually, uh, symbolically show that theyve kept to that policy. And there have been laying the groundwork for a may second election with checking on polling stations that are not having local elections to see their availability. There could have been any one reason for that. Bringing in the National Insurance cut in january, rushing it through to give people for months in their pay packets. The only problem is packets. The only problem is that theyre still the labour is still 26 points ahead of the polls. None of that seems to polls. None of that seems to make any difference. So if it make any difference. So if it does, come on may the second and the final date will know to call. It will be march the 26th. If it does happen on may the 2nd, it looks like a tory wipe out. Okay, well, look, that is my final question. Tom bower , do final question. Tom bower, do you think the outcome of the next election is a done deal . Is mrs. Starmer right to be measuring up curtains for number 10 . Well, i think mrs. Starmer should just ponder what happened in 2017 when theresa may went to the polls with a 20 lead and ended up five weeks later with a o ended up five weeks later with a 0 lead and a hung parliament. And the other thing that mrs. Starmer should remember is that the 40 of the electorate, according to yougov poll recently, is undecided. So recently, is undecided. So theres a lot to play for. Yes labouris theres a lot to play for. Yes labour is ahead now, but if only sunak and the tory party could get into a Real Campaign mode , i get into a Real Campaign mode, i think theyve got a fighting chance to just retain a slight majority , if not a hung majority, if not a hung parliament, thrill to have tom parliament, a thrill to have tom bower studio. Bower in the studio. I forward to your speedy i look forward to your speedy return. But next up with ilLegal Immigration rife across america , immigration rife across america, the uk and europe, why has the west given up on Border Control . Ill be talking to a renowned global commentator who says the free world has lost the plot , free world has lost the plot, but thats next. Ive got to say, a perennial theme on the show is your disaffection with all of the main parties , which is why this main parties, which is why this email from matthew sums up the thoughts of many. Matthew says , thoughts of many. Matthew says, hi mark, if everyone votes for reform and they get a 50 majority, we can save our green and pleasant land from the ultimate decimation of labour and what he calls the con liberals. Well, thanks for that. Liberals. Well, thanks for that. Keep those emails coming. Dont keep those emails coming. Dont forget ill be dealing with the ever woke bbc at 10 00. One of their biggest radio stars in trouble for stating biological reality. But next up with the reality. But next up with the us, the uk and western europe experienced unprecedented levels of illegal and legal net migration. Why has the west migration. Why has the west dropped the ball on Border Control . Are high numbers coming control . Are high numbers coming into our country is good for the economy and an answer to our ageing population . Are they ageing population . Are they morally right thing to do . Morally the right thing to do . As millions flee poverty , as millions flee poverty, persecution and war . Or is the current scale of migration a National Security concern and a threat to our values and the western way of life . Well, to discuss this, im delighted to Welcome International business guru and Global Political commentator Hilary Fordwich. Hi, hilary. Yeah, pleasure to be here with you. Mark. Great to have you in the studio. Is this policy of mass migration the west an mass migration in the west an accident design . Accident or by design . Well, actually, if you think about it, it cant be by accident its by accident because its by accident. Been accident because its by accidiby. Been accident because its by accidiby now, been accident because its by accidiby now, wouldnt been accident because its by accidiby now, wouldnt it . Een accident because its by accidiby now, wouldnt it . Um fixed by now, wouldnt it . Um a few number one, few things here. Number one, lets just make sure that we all acknowledge theres lot, acknowledge theres been a lot, obviously, uk thats been obviously, in the uk thats been in terms of migration over the years my gosh, years and centuries, my gosh, angles saxons and vikings angles and saxons and vikings and mention the irish amy and not to mention the irish amy dowden dolan. Right. No. Right. No. Right. No. Yes. And we have the best indian here in indian food in the world here in london. So, so but london. Right. But so, so but they with one thing in they all came with one thing in mind. They came loving this country and they came to contribute to this country. This country. And the same thing in the us, immigration, obviously, unless youre an american indian, youre an american indian, youre in youre an immigrant in the united than youre an immigrant in the united really. Than youre an immigrant in the united really. In than youre an immigrant in the united really. In most than youre an immigrant in the united really. In most recenthan the uk, really. In most recent history. Thats huge history. Right. Thats the huge and vast difference that we must remember before we have this conversation. Right . They came, they did it the they were legal. They did it the legal through the legal way, went through the process and they assimilated. So i it the a word. About i call it the a word. Its about assimilation. They wanted to assimilation. They wanted to assimilate, both assimilate, to make both countries great. So we have the similar issue now terms similar issue here now in terms of numbers , if we just like of numbers, if we can just like sort do a level set sort of level do a level set here in the uk, its total nearly a million, Something Like that with a population in england at least of about say 56 million. So in the United States now , illegals are actually near now, illegals are actually near 10 million. Thats almost the size of the state of new jersey. Size of the state of new jersey. Right. So its more though here percentage wise with the population , because its like population, because its like 330 million in the us. Now to your question, right. Is this an accident . It actually cant be. Accident . It actually cant be. Mike. Mark and you know how mark because its on the books in the United States. Biden does not need congress to stop this. Its need congress to stop this. Its actually on the books since 1996. He could, by executive order, stop this now. The state of texas, they have actually got the call. The Lone Star Program , the call. The Lone Star Program, and they have decided to defend themselves putting up barbed barbed wire and stopping this because they can. So it must be deliberate or else biden could stop it tomorrow with an executive order. A political decision has to be, am i right in thinking that the figure for ilLegal Immigration into america last yeanin immigration into america last year, in one year alone, was over 3 Million People . Yes. And thats 1 of the population . Thats1 of the population . Absolutely. And again , its absolutely. And again, its now the size of the state of new jersey pretty indeed. Now the size of the state of new jersand pretty indeed. Now the size of the state of new jersand ofztty indeed. Now the size of the state of new jersand of course, indeed. Now the size of the state of new jersand of course, even eed. Now the size of the state of new jersand of course, even the left and of course, even the left in america are now complaining about york, which about this. New york, which is a democrat state, has saying democrat state, has been saying were overflowing. We take were overflowing. We cant take any migrants because the any more migrants because the pressure community, pressure on the local community, actually, what happened in chicago the chicago over thanksgiving, the houday chicago over thanksgiving, the holiday that everybody knows, you the turkey you know, you get the turkey dinner in america. Chicago , ready, 8000 so in chicago, ready, 8000 illegal, Illegal Immigrants were given six months free housing. And mark, they were given a free thanksgiving meal. The local community, the Poor Community in chicago , majority of whom chicago, majority of whom happened to be black people taxpaying americans, tax paying well poor people there as well and poor people there as well. Either taxpayer well. So you either a taxpayer in case resent the money or in case you resent the money or the Poor Community, happened to be Majority Community went be Majority Black Community went and wanted just the free thanksgiving lunch turned away. And people in and now youre having people in the in chicago that were lifelong democrats saying, our party has deserted us and now theyre going to vote republican. Thats whats happening. Its like a change happening. Its like a change here because theyre seeing what is happening to their communities. Communities. The issue with this mass now, the issue with this mass migration is that the political elite have inflicted it upon western societies without any debate, without a mandate, without a vote, without a vote. The public havent been asked about what numbers will be acceptable. And actually, ill go back to winston churchill. Remember what churchill he said its not democracy. He said its not necessarily a great form of government , but its better than government, but its better than all have all the other ones that have been tried. Hes that like the worst of government. This worst form of government. This is this worst form of government. This is what this worst form of government. This is what sort this worst form of government. This is what sort of this worst form of government. This is what sort of the this worst form of government. This is what sort of the musk s is what sort of the elon musk just said, he just recently said, remember he said x he said that said he said on x he said that the wanting to the democrats are wanting to make one party country. Make this a one party country. This is really if you want to say about whats the underlying issue here. Its about whats going to happen to democracy because eventually they can vote. Vote in the uk vote. They can vote in the uk for to be sharia law or to for there to be sharia law or to ever in the country and ever insert in the country and thats what can happen in the united assumption thats what can happen in the urthat assumption thats what can happen in the urthat illegal assumption thats what can happen in the urthat Illegal Migrantsissumption thats what can happen in the urthat Illegal Migrants coming on is that Illegal Migrants coming in are likely to vote democrat. That now what . Yes, absolutely. That now what . Yes, absolutely. Mark, youre totally right. Or perhaps labour in this country. Yes. Except youre right. Yes. Except youre right. Thatis yes. Except youre right. That is what theyre planning on. Yet yet. And this is whats interesting. Those that have interesting. Those that have come for example, come legally say, for example, from them , from cuba, majority of them, they actually end up voting republican because they have family and they family values and they experience socialism. So they end up actually so it could so somewhat actually backfire. Indeed also, a lot of people that come into the country want to pull up. Im here pull the ladder up. So im here now. Want anyone else to now. They want anyone else to come now. They want anyone else to con exactly. Especially those. Exactly. Especially those. Well, that have well, those of us that have immigrate well, those of us that have immigrthere is a flip side. But there is a flip side. What about the idea that migration is necessary for our ageing populations . Youre looking at fruit pickers and care workers , nurses, that sort care workers, nurses, that sort of thing. And the idea, the principle that Economic Growth is linked to levels of migration , well, thats totally fine. But then they should be legal, the legal legal, go through the legal process. Its all about process. Its all about Legal Immigration versus illegal. Anybody do something anybody that would do something illegally , is there a likelihood illegally, is there a likelihood they might do Something Else illegal . Thats the issue. Theyre the system. Illegal . Thats the issue. Thealso, the system. Illegal . Thats the issue. Thealso, why the system. Illegal . Thats the issue. Thealso, why isle system. Illegal . Thats the issue. Thealso, why is legaltem. Illegal . Thats the issue. Thealso, why is legal net also, why is legal net migration down so because migration down so high . Because rishi is at to say rishi sunak is at pains to say he wants stop the boats. But he wants to stop the boats. But you argue thats a bit of you could argue thats a bit of a thats tens of a red herring. Thats tens of thousands year. But thousands in a year. But but the legal migration figure for legal net migration figure for the last calendar year was 700,000 people. Yes. Thats right. Yes. Yes. Yes. Six. Eight again. Why is this happening . Happening . Well, that if anybody had the exact answer. But i do think it has to do with what elon musk said. I do think its to do with voting, and its wanting voting, and its about wanting to why to change. The why would a conservative government allow this here in this this to happen here in this country . The question country . Well, and the question is, how is it . Is it this a global globalist . Yeah. Globalist yeah. Globalist and what does that mean for the uninitiated . What would that and what does that mean for the uniatiated . What would that and what does that mean for the unia globalist� nat would that and what does that mean for the unia globalist project ld that and what does that mean for the unia globalist project d that mean . A globalist project. It actually well, it actually means. Well, somebody once said recently and i i rather prefer to stick i and i rather prefer to stick to facts and innuendo , but bill to facts and innuendo, but bill gates was at a global meeting with leaders was with Global Leaders and was saying, a saying, well, but hes not a global and aha i but global leader. And then aha but so money and that so maybe its money and that Global Corporations and theres a global influence of wanting to have the global influence. Now i know youre no conspiracy theorist, mean is there theorist, but i mean is there this no borders . This idea of no borders . I mean, it was Emmanuel Macron who i thought was politically very brave. A few months said on months ago when he said on a french tv chat show, we cannot accept the misery of the world, but it seems that the political elite on one. Elite would differ on that one. Yes, thats what it seems. Thats what its absolutely. Thats what its seeming that its our job just to everybody from to swallow up everybody from across to swallow up everybody from acr yes. Um, and swallow it well, and undermine. And theres also that sort of movement undermine had movement to undermine what had been established. Right. So been the established. Right. So theres control. Theres been the established. Right. So therecontrol control. Theres been the established. Right. So therecontrol ,ontrol. Theres been the established. Right. So therecontrol , more. Theres been the established. Right. So therecontrol , more control. more control, more control. Um , hes won donald trump, um, hes won a string of republican president ial contests. Um, he could get more good news later today. Could get more good news later today. Say so. He is a shoo in, today. Say so. He is a shoo in, isnt he, for the nomination to represent the republicans in november . Does he win in november . Does he win in november . Does he win in november if he if he if he currently. Right. Currently. Right. Currently. Right now, the only thing is he also he actually there is no route for him to actually win unless he ends up winning over those that have voted for nikki. Nikki haley and the deciding factor always in the us is the independence. Obviously the die hard republicans are always going to vote republican, but its these independents in the middle and many of the independents, think its 83 independents, i think its 83 of the independents, actually voted for nikki haley. Those that lean independent in republicans for nikki republicans voted for nikki haley. So to win over haley. So he needs to win over those that voted for her. But yes, he had a sweep. And idaho, missouri , um, michigan. And missouri, um, and michigan. And hes going into dc this tuesday. Your appraisal of trump . Because hes a very flawed individual, isnt he . I mean, individual, isnt he . I mean, hes hes not a figure of probity and integrity like you are. Hes got a sort of checkered private life and strange towards women. Strange attitude towards women. And its Endless Court cases. Is he really fit for high office so. 50. So. Well, you know okay. So yes. Well, you know okay. So yes. Uncouth in many regards. Unprofessional many regards. However i think its more if one could. Saddest thing is could. The saddest thing is actually i think that he actually i think that he actually himself in actually shoots himself in the foot of things foot with some of the things that he says. And he does. Yes, ill tell you great hope that ill tell you a great hope that ill tell you a great hope that i i just say that and i had. Could i just say that and try to stay out of my personal feelings . To feelings . But when he came to visit i covered that visit the queen, i covered that for he came to for the us networks. He came to visit the queen and he so visit the queen and mark he so admired thinking, admired her and i kept thinking, if thats somebody. If only because thats somebody. I mean, he doesnt sort of admire verbalise admire and verbalise his admiration for many people, mainly admires himself. Admiration for many people, mainly admires himself. And admiration for many people, nactually admires himself. And admiration for many people, nactually thoughtes himself. And admiration for many people, nactually thought to himself. And admiration for many people, nactually thought to myself. And admiration for many people, nactually thought to myself , and admiration for many people, nactually thought to myself , if nd i actually thought to myself, if only he could just have a tiny , only he could just have a tiny, minuscule fraction of her diplomacy and her her regard for others and her her mannerisms. Everything then perhaps it could have improved him. Thats a great pity. However, its his policies where we werent at war and the economy did. And how well the economy did. Thats what people are voting for. Hilary fordwich, what a thrill have in studio thrill to have you in the studio. Youre back to the. So youre off back to the states please states soon . Yes, but please join much more. States soon . Yes, but please joirabsolutely. Much more. Absolutely. Absolutely. Illumination. Mark this illumination. Brilliant a brilliant stuff. What a fascinating conversation. Your reaction fordwich reaction to what Hilary Fordwich has say. Mark at gb news has had to say. Mark at gb news uh. Com. But next up, im looking forward to this mark meets. Yes, indeedit forward to this mark meets. Yes, indeed it is the notorious conservative politician who got into an extraordinary row with Suella Braverman. He was ultimately thrown out of Tory Party Conference. Find out why. Next welcome back to mark dolan tonight. Its time now for mark meades. And tonight, the meades. And tonight, the conservative politician and chair of the london assembly, andrew boff, who made headlines at the last Tory Party Conference when being dragged out of the hall after heckling Suella Braverman take a listen. Dry ology is making our conservative party look transphobic and homophobic. This transphobic and homophobic. This is not what the conservative party is about. Relatively lively stuff. Andrew boff, welcome to you, mark dolan. Tonight. Listen, youre welcome to heckle me. No, its all right. Its all right. Well, it depends on what you say. Take a bit of pushback. I can take a bit of pushback. Well, that suella well, what was it that Suella Braverman was saying . That that you to . You objected to . Was a load of uh, there was a load of things. Of vilification things. The sort of vilification of asylum seekers, people who were just trying to, um, make a good life for themselves. And good life for themselves. And then she went on and they used this phrase trans ideology, which is just a ridiculous phrase. You dont like the expression because you think that its masking trans phobic thoughts about people, because its about trans people. Its not about trans ideology. I did a report some while ago about what was going on in poland , about gay free on in poland, about gay free zones , for example. And there zones, for example. And there they use the terminology lgbt ideology, what they actually wanted to say is we dont like gay people and the same is true. You stick ideology in on the end of a group of people, and all of a sudden it becomes sinister and a sudden it becomes sinister and a threat to our way of life and all the rest of it. What she was actually talking about was trans people, as though they are some threat. And its that rejected. You must have been surprised that as a fully up member that as a fully paid up member of party, of the conservative party, conservative supporter, that you were dragged out of the hall. I mean, would expect this mean, you would expect this party for free speech. Party to stand for free speech. Yes, indeed. I mean, and it is free speech. Its is all about free speech. Its all about people being able to exchange views. And thats always, you know , my first always, you know, my first conference was 1975, and maggie thatchers was that her first . Was that her first conference, maggie thatchers first conference. Were there first conference. Were you there for speech . For her first first speech . There , and if you look i was there, and if you look at im the young man at the videos, im the young man sitting the top of the sitting at the top of the balcony as shes delivering. Her first speech. Was her first speech any good . It was magnificent. But the interesting magnificent. But the interesting thing , where i was thing about it, where i was sitting the in the conference sitting in the in the conference hall, could look of down hall, i could look kind of down on her because i was in the balcony and. And you balcony and. And what you couldnt hands. Balcony and. And what you couldnt hands. And couldnt see is her hands. And they shaking , right. Crazy. They were shaking, right. Crazy. She had this amazing, confident persona , but she knew that that persona, but she knew that that speech to the conservative Party Conference was really important, and she was still learning on the job as she had four years in opposition, just getting into the role. And she did evolve and change in prior to power, in those years prior to power, didnt did. And she she certainly did. And she was common sense was a very common sense politician. Driven politician. She wasnt driven people. She had a passion. She had believed in freedom. She had an ideology. But what she didnt do is abandon everyone else in order to pursue it. Now ive got trans friends and i think that if youre called steve and you decide to be stephanie, then in full respect good luck you and respect and good luck to you and all my love and support. However, the that some however, the issue that some people have is the principle that when steve becomes stephanie, stephanie now is a woman with all female rights. Is that a problem . That a problem . No, its not a problem for me. Would it be a problem me. Why would it be a problem for well wonder for anyone . Well i wonder whether biological whether you have biological women to have women who are unhappy to have somebody that male somebody that has a male physiology female space . Physiology in a female space . What does biological women mean . A its a its a adult human female. Female. What what what what does that mean . Well, we have two sexes, dont we . You have a man and a woman. Well, so i think im looking at you. Look very masculine me. There are, there are, but you dont know, do you . I mean, ive met check you. Im met thousands. Check if you. Im 60. To say im 60. Well, im about to say im 65 ive met tens of 65 years old. Ive met tens of thousands of women in my life. Thousands of women in my life. And do know what . Ive never checked. There you well, listen, there you go. Well, listen, why let tell you, why should i let me tell you, youre out. Why should i let me tell you, youshould out. Why should i let me tell you, youshould i, out. Why should i let me tell you, youshould i, um,t. Why should i let me tell you, youshould i, um, tell me about, should i, um, tell me about, uh, your amazing journey as well . 7 uh, . Uh, successfully in politics, but also privately. You were more or less the first person in britain to have a same sex civil partnership. Yes. Um, how has partnership. Yes. Um, how has the country changed since then . For gay people, it is a lot more. It became a lot more accepting of gay people. Im a bit worried that the that were now the thing about human rights, the thing about rights that we have , um, is that people that we have, um, is that people are once youve got them, youll never lose them. And im afraid thats not the case. And you have free speech, isnt it . You have free speech, isnt it . You have to constantly fight for those rights. You know, i am a the value of this country. The reason im a patriot is because we have taken the lead in the world in terms of the rights of the individual against a state that wants to take away our rights. And so and we have to rights. And so and we have to constantly fight for those free speech. The right to lead your life in the way that you want to. We dont want state regulation of every aspect of our lives. And if you believe in that, then you know, you should come and join me in the conservative party. Was your altercation was your altercation at conference and your treatment there by by the security staff . Did it tempt you security staff . Did it tempt you to leave the party . No, its my party belongs to me. Me. What about the um, and what about the election . Can rishi sunak win . Well, i think he will win. I mean, i you know, the problems with rishi occasionally is he does speak a bit like a pamphlet and bit off putting, but and its a bit off putting, but actually the thing that showed me could win was, was me that he could win was, was actually when he did gb news, when he did the hustings and gb news and all of a sudden we saw the rishi, somebody who the real rishi, somebody who really is passionate. It really is passionate. And it reminded me of that 92 general election when the tories were heading for oblivion and a neil kinnock was going to be Prime Minister and what john major did is he got on a soapbox and he just told it like it was , and we just told it like it was, and we turned that election round. And turned that election round. And thats what i can see in rishi. We have more real rishi rather than a pamphlet being read out. Fascinating. We didnt fascinating. Well, we didnt have , andrew boff. So have a pamphlet, andrew boff. So thank coming in. Thank you so much for coming in. Will back and us will you come back and see us again will you come back and see us agawhenever like. There you go. Fascinating conversation. My thanks to andrew boff. Next up, weve front pages weve got tomorrows front pages with reaction. And with full pundit reaction. And in my at the bbc star in my take at ten, the bbc star in my take at ten, the bbc star in trouble for stating biological facts. 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Its10 00 on news. Its 10 00 on television, on its10 00 on television, on radio and online in the United Kingdom and across the world. This is mark dolan tonight in my take. Attend the bbc star in trouble for stating by logical facts the corporation are cancelling women and youre paying cancelling women and youre paying for the pleasure of it. Paying for the pleasure of it. Ill be dealing with our increasingly woke National State broadcaster in no Uncertain Terms in just a couple of minutes. Minutes. They will get on wednesday is a prudent and responsive plan. A prudent and responsive plan. Should the chancellor, jeremy hunt, splash the cash in next weeks budget, ill be asking tonights newsmaker , the former tonights newsmaker, the former government minister and widdecombe, plus morrows newspaper front pages and live reaction in the studio from tonights top pundits, including annunciato rees mogg, Kulveer Ranger and nigel nelson. So a packed show, lots to get through. Ill be dealing with the bbc in no Uncertain Terms. Why . Because you pay almost £160 a year for their services. Find out why theyre on the naughty step straight after the headunes step straight after the headlines with someone thats neverin headlines with someone thats never in trouble. Aaron never in trouble. Aaron armstrong. Armstrong. Very good evening to you. Im Aaron Armstrong. The chancellor has tried to play down expectations of tax cuts in wednesdays budget. Jeremy wednesdays budget. Jeremy hunfs wednesdays budget. Jeremy hunts indicated his spending plan will be prudent and responsible. The chancellor says responsible. The chancellor says the economic headroom set out by financial forecasts has gone against the government, with the office for budget responsibility calculating he has £2 billion less to spend than previously thought. Speaking to less to spend than previously thought. Speaking to gb less to spend than previously thought. Speaking to gb news thought. Speaking to gb news earlier, jeremy hunt said his budget will deliver better value for taxpayers. It is wrong to say that we should be putting more money into the public sector, fewer Civil Servants to be more productive, correct . You want fewer people to do more. More. I think mm more. I think got to stop i think weve got to stop always at the inputs and always looking at the inputs and always looking at the inputs and always saying that the way to get Better Services is to get Better Public Services is to spend and actually ask if spend more and actually ask if we could be more efficient talks to establish a new ceasefire dealin to establish a new ceasefire deal in gaza appear to have stalled amid reports israel has boycotted the meeting near associators have arrived in the egyptian capital, cairo, but its understood israeli diplomats are not in attendance after hamas rejected their demand for a complete list of hostages who are still alive. Washington insists a deal for a six week pause to exchange hostages for palestinian prisoners has all but been agreed by israel and should be in place by the start of ramadan on the 10th of march. A seven Year Old Girl has died after a migrant boat carrying 16 people capsized in northern france. Shed been travelling with her pregnant mother, her father and three siblings. The boat got into difficulty off the coast of dunkirk in an attempt to cross the English Channel in the early hours of this morning, rail fares in england and wales have risen by almost 5 today, an increase above the rate of inflation. Thats despite some of the highest number of train cancellations for a decade. Amid cancellations for a decade. Amid strikes, bad weather and faulty infrastructure, public transport campaigners say passengers are being punished by the increases, which could add hundreds of pounds to annual travel costs for some commuters. I would be quite happy for the rail fares to go up if they invested the profits in the infrastructure so that the rail network and the rolling carriage was consistently good, standard , and consistently good, standard, and that the trains ran on time. That the trains ran on time. Its a bit much. Its a bit much. Thats just sort of like come out of the blue. That took me off key there. That took me off key there. Nothings really changed on the trains. So its not really fair to raise the prices. I fair to raise the prices. I think if theres a change and more trains are put on and stuff like that, maybe not like that, maybe then, but not right now. Right now. Donald trump could take and donald trump could take another step towards a november election rematch with joe biden. Election rematch with joe biden. Later voting is underway in washington , dc, with mr trump washington, dc, with mr trump hoping to continue his clean sweep of states in the race to become republican partys become the republican partys president ial candidate. Hes now won six states after victories in missouri, michigan and idaho. Last night, however , he made a last night, however, he made a number of false claims at Campaign Events, including allegations that joe bidens smuggling people across the border and he again confused the current president with barack obama. For the latest stories , obama. For the latest stories, you can sign up to gb news alerts. Scan the qr code on your alerts. Scan the qr code on your screen or go to gb news. Com slash alerts. Now its back to. Slash alerts. Now its back to. Mark. My thanks to Aaron Armstrong, who returns in an hours armstrong, who returns in an hours time. Welcome to mark dolan tonight. Should the chancellor jeremy hunt, splash the cash in next weeks budget, ill be asking. Tonights newsmaker, former government minister Ann Widdecombe, plus tomorrows newspaper front pages and live reaction in the studio from my top pundits this evening. Former brexit party mep the fearless Annunziata Rees mogg, conservative peer in the house of lords Kulveer Ranger and gb news senior political commentator nigel nelson. Plus, commentator nigel nelson. Plus, theyll be nominating their headune theyll be nominating their headline heroes and back page zeroes a packed hour and those papers are coming. But first, my. Take at ten. Its time for the news and the highly talented bbc radio four presenter justin webb is in trouble with the corporation for stating a biological fact that webb has been found guilty of breaking impartiality rules at our National Broadcaster by calling trans women males on air. Whats next . Being punished for pointing out gravity . Or that pointing out gravity . Or that the earth is round our post truth National Broadcaster upheld a complaint against the today presenter after he said trans women in other words, males during a show last august , males during a show last august, a listener complained that the comment amounted to mr webb giving his personal view on a controversial matter. The bbcs editorial complaints unit agreed well, of course they did, saying that webb gave the impression of endorsing one viewpoint in a highly controversial area. Well, highly controversial area. Well, its not controversial if youve got half a brain or if you did gcse biology. A presenter called gcse biology. A presenter called someone with a penis male and now hes in trouble with bosses. Is it any wonder why people are turning away from the bbc if a news broadcaster, whose job it is to impart the events of the day and gather facts, cannot say things which are scientifically and biologically the case, we are in trouble. Not being able are in trouble. Not being able to call somebody with an xy chromosome a fully intact person with a phallus and testicles. With a phallus and testicles. Male shows how far down the rabbit hole we have descended , rabbit hole we have descended, and impartiality doesnt come into it. Its not an opinion. If you have a willy winkle , a john you have a willy winkle, a john thomas, a ding dong , a friendly thomas, a ding dong, a friendly pencil, a a wobbly wand, a love sword , you are a male and its sword, you are a male and its certainly not transphobic to say so. If it was every dictionary ever printed and every biology book ever published is guilty of the same crime. People who the same crime. People who adhere to the facts about biological sex are often called gender critical. Well, theyre not gender critical. Theyre gender factual. Writing in the gender factual. Writing in the spectator magazine , debbie spectator magazine, Debbie Hayton, who is a trans woman herself, has said the radio star justin webb has been wrongly treated by the bbc. Hayton wrote this. She treated by the bbc. Hayton wrote this. She said the bbc has upheld a ludicrous complaint against the today programmes justin webb. Back against the today programmes justin webb. Back in against the today programmes justin webb. Back in august, justin webb. Back in august, webb told listeners that trans women were , in other words, women were, in other words, males. Well, this basic truth should not be controversial. Should not be controversial. Model Debbie Hayton goes on we trans women are male. It is a necessary criterion. Women cannot be trans women because women are female. I wonder how women are female. I wonder how long it takes for the brilliant Debbie Hayton to also get cancelled. Now of course, we all cancelled. Now of course, we all have free speech and you can say whatever you like within the law, but to punish somebody for saying things which are true and are the case is the point of no return. And its truly shocking return. And its truly shocking that the bbc are enforcing what is an anti scientific ideology , is an anti scientific ideology, which says that even if you are a fully intact male, as long as you feel like a woman, you are a woman and therefore presumably would be accommodated in a female prison entitled to be in a rape crisis centre. A female hospital ward, you can compete against women in female sport or use female bathrooms and changing rooms whilst letting it all hang out with its enforcement of this dystopian madness, the bbc is cancelling women, a private company is entitled to do that, but its a sick joke that female licence fee payers are forking out almost £160 a year for the privilege of being gaslit by this sexist, homophobic, new religious , often sexist. Because religious, often sexist. Because womens hard won sex based rights are being diminished in the name of empathy and inclusion. I mean, you tell me why its empathetic for someone whos a biological male to win an award like woman of the year, andifs an award like woman of the year, and its homophobic because lesbians, for example, are now told that theyre bigots and transphobes if theyre not attracted to a grown man who calls himself a lesbian. Its my calls himself a lesbian. Its my view that you need to be on some quite strong mind altering drugs to come to the conclusion that a biological male can ever be a lesbian woman. Or you could just lesbian woman. Or you could just work for the bbc. Justin webb shouldnt be punished for this so called outburst. He should be promoted. He him spoke for promoted. He him spoke for millions of ordinary brits who were sick to the back teeth of all this nonsense. Your reaction all this nonsense. Your reaction mark at gb news. Com if youre a trans person, id particularly like to hear your thoughts. But first, my top pundits, former brexit party mep Annunziata Rees mogg, former adviser to bofis rees mogg, former adviser to Boris Johnson and conservative peerin Boris Johnson and conservative peer in the house of lords, Kulveer Ranger and gb news senior political commentator nigel nelson. Do you think Kulveer Ranger, that justin webb should be in trouble with the bbc . Well, as you said, mark, i dont think so. He said something factual, which other trans women agree with, as you saw there. And so its very hard to understand how the complaint can be upheld or why is it that the bbc s rules around this are enabung the bbc s rules around this are enabling a complaint to be held against, upheld against justin webb . I think thats where, you know, as youve been focusing on it appears its the rules, stupid. Rather than what justin webb said in deed. Nigel nelson, youve got a willy winkle, a love sword. You were, you surely would object to how the bbc have treated one of their main news presenters , who their main news presenters, who has stated facts now the trouble is then mark, he hasnt stated a fact. What he stated as a person is a personal view. Its not a personal view. Its not actually a fact and hes meant to be all bbc presenters are meant to be strictly impartial, so i happen to believe that a trans woman is a woman on. But i state that as my view too, not as a fact, because it is a controversial area , but in this controversial area, but in this country officially , if you are country officially, if you are a trans woman , you are considered trans woman, you are considered a woman. A woman. Okay, annunziata , are you okay, annunziata, are you persuaded by nigels point there . No. And in fact, i think it is deeply dangerous that Young Children who have been studied show brain differences from 2 or 3 months old that last until adulthood , uh, between boys and adulthood, uh, between boys and girls, men and women. We are not identical in terms of our biology. And we should not be treated as such. It took until 1993 for the usa , the leading 1993 for the usa, the leading drugs producers in the entire world, to realise that it was crucial role to test pharmacy products on both men and women, as they have different outcomes , as they have different outcomes, different effects. Denying that different effects. Denying that biological truth is dangerous, stating facts as justin webb did, is absolute important. However, the bbc is there for all brits and ncaa to rees mogg, including the many thousands of trans people that live in the uk that pay the licence fee , that that pay the licence fee, that watch mark dolan tonight and all the bbc want to do is avoid taking sides and thats how they feel that justin webb has gone wrong. They dont want to tell wrong. They dont want to tell justin webb to what think, what not think, but they dont not to think, but they dont want a partisan want him to develop a partisan position, which is what many would argue he took. He stated a biological fact that there are differences between been the two sexes and said that a female is a woman and a male is a male. Now said that a female is a woman and a male is a male. Now that and a male is a male. Now that has no impact on being a diverse, inclusive, welcoming society to whatever you choose to be as an adult. But it does, however, matter in terms of facts and biology. Facts and biology. Be worth reflecting, i suppose. Nigel nelson, that trans women and trans men listening to that radio four programme might have been upset and offended by what justin webb said, and i guess thats the concern of the bbc. Well , the question, the well, the question, the concern of the bbc is, is, is the rules they lay down for their presenters as to be totally impartial. So if this is totally impartial. So if this is a controversial issue, which it is , is that what justin webb was is, is that what justin webb was expressing is an opinion in this country . If youve lived in your acquired gender for two years and youve had a diagnosis of gender dysphoria, you are considered a woman. Youre passport will say youre a woman. Your birth certificate will say youre a woman. So so it is an area which which is mired in controversy. I dont dont doubt controversy. I dont dont doubt that somebody can be a biological man that cant be changed. But in this instance, justin webb got it wrong by making it making it a factual statement. When it is his personal opinion. Okay whats your thought on this market . Gb news. Com my brilliant punst market . Gb news. Com my brilliant pundits are back at 1030 with tomorrows papers. It will be tomorrows papers. It will be 1030 sharp because producer greg is back and he runs a tight ship. But coming up should the chancellor, jeremy hunt, splash the cash in next weeks budget, ill be asking. Tonights newsmaker, former government minister Ann Widdecombe. Shes next okay, well, look, a big reaction to my take at ten. The presenter , justin webb from radio fours today programme is in hot water with the bbc for referring to a trans woman as a male. I think its a statement of biological fact. Well, you tend to agree. Fact. Well, you tend to agree. Uh, hi mark, says donald, the bbc are wrong. A trans woman is a man. A trans man is a woman. Theres only two sexes, and anyone that thinks any different are delusional and need to come off whatever meds they are on. Uh, and says a trans woman is just a man in a dress and not a woman. Um, i drive a toyota. Oh. All right , goodness woman. Um, i drive a toyota. Oh. All right, Goodness Gracious me. Uh, thats , uh. Shall i read it uh, thats, uh. Shall i read it out . Its naughty. Shall i read out . Its naughty. Shall i read out a naughty email . Greg . Come on then. Uh, mick in stafford says i drive toyota penis and says i drive a toyota penis and my wife drives a volvo v 60. Sometimes we swap and i get really confused. I dont think you can follow that email. Thank you can follow that email. Thank you for those, uh, you you for those, uh, told you those emails best bit of those emails are the best bit of the show, and we dont censor, do um ill some more do we . Um ill get some more shortly. Papers shortly. Dont forget the papers are way. This are on their way. But this wednesday red letter day in wednesday is a red letter day in the calendar. The the political calendar. As the chancellor , jeremy hunt, chancellor, jeremy hunt, launches march budget. Launches his march budget. Budget . Here is talking to budget . Here he is talking to the brilliant camilla tominey. Earlier today on gb news. Likely to be the last budget before the general election. Um, before the general election. Um, but british people are very smart. They recognise but british people are very smart. They recognise gimmicks. Um, they dont want any tricks. What they will get on wednesday is a prudent and responsible plan. Well, im glad the chancellor said it was likely to be the last budget before the election. Last budget before the election. If not, then theyre planning to be in power for six years. But it is going to be the last budget. Its an important one. Should splash the should the chancellor splash the cash in order to boost the economy . Taxes give economy . Cut taxes and give his party a chance of another five years in power . Lets ask years in power . Lets ask tonights newsmaker , former tonights newsmaker, former government minister and broadcaster Ann Widdecombe. Ann, lovely to see you , as always. Lovely to see you, as always. Can britain afford tax cuts . Can britain afford tax cuts . I think britain cant afford not to have tax cuts. Uh, tax cuts are what promote growth. Um, theres been, uh, growth. Um, theres been, uh, you know , consistent evidence of you know, consistent evidence of that over many decades. You have that over many decades. You have that cut, uh, you can push growth. And the one thing that this economy desperately needs now is to grow. This economy desperately needs now is to grow. Now, where now is to grow. Now, where i agree with jeremy hunt is where he says, you know, the british pubuc he says, you know, the British Public arent stupid, uh, and that if he has a great giveaway budget, um, then theyre not going to be taken in by it when theres only a few months to go before a general election. But the is that he should have the fact is that he should have shown a lot more imagination and a more will, uh, in previous a lot more will, uh, in previous budgets and he hasnt done that. And when he says prudent and careful and uses language like that, i suspect what he really means is unimaginative and more of the same. Of the same. I just spoke to tom bower earlier in the show, and of course, hes a political biographer and journalist. He described jeremy hunt, the chancellor, as a failed politician. Would you agree . Politician. Would you agree . Well, i certainly think hes a failed chancellor. But then i think this entire government has failed. I mean, its one fiasco after another. Its one fiasco after another. Uh, and it just hasnt done any of the things that it could have done, given the size of the majority that it has. So i think the whole government fell. I wouldnt just pick on the chancellor. Chancellor. The chancellor is also said , the chancellor is also said, and that hes going to go to war on immoral whitehall waste and acts. Civil service jobs are you convinced this will make a difference . Difference . Oh, im convinced it would make a difference if it happened. But my immediate question to jeremy would be what a heck have you doing . Uh, over the you been doing . Uh, over the last four and a half years . And what why what have you been doing . Why suddenly discover whitehall waste , uh, just in the run up to waste, uh, just in the run up to a general election . Silly man. I mean, does he think anybody is fooled by that now . An the government are still running a deficit, which means that day to day spending is such that day to day spending is such that more is going out than comes in. The National Debt is over £2 trillion. We have politicians of all colours got to get honest with the public about the disastrous state of the nations finances. Well, i think everybody knew that once we took the measures that once we took the measures that we took during covid, uh, that we took during covid, uh, that we took during covid, uh, that we were going to end up trillions in debt. I mean, if you people to stay home, you pay people to stay at home, youre going youre going to youre going to youre going to create of problem. And create that sort of problem. And nobody in their right senses imagines uh , imagines that you can just, uh, magic with a wand in magic that away with a wand in your first year in office. Of course, you got , uh, so course, you got, uh, so inevitably that, you know, there is going to be debt for some time. That why its so time. That is why its so imperative that they focus on growing the economy. Some reason theyre not focusing on that at all. Uh, its as if theyve got all. Uh, its as if theyve got a money box in front of them, and theyre always counting up the pennies to make sure that the pennies to make sure that the same number are there without asking , without ever actually asking, what do they do outside that money box to produce income . They dont ask themselves, well , they dont ask themselves, well, you mentioned the magic money box and of course, the issue is we have the deficit , we have we have the deficit, we have the National Debt. Cuts that you so the tax cuts that you crave surely come from crave would surely come from borrowing. That makes you sound like a socialist to me. Like a socialist to me. Well, i would be a socialist if i werent doing it. Uh, in order to produce Economic Growth, because its growth which going get out of which is going to get us out of the that were in, and the problems that were in, and its eventually, its growth which is eventually, as done in the past, is as it has done in the past, is going mend the problems that going to mend the problems that the exchequer has. But all these the exchequer has. But all these chancellor appears to be offering. We wont know until all he appears to be offering is very straightforwardly more of the same. You know, not departing from where we are, despite the fact that where we are is not a good place and what excites you about reform uks proposals for the economy . Proposals for the economy . I know that the party that you support , uh, revealed more you support, uh, revealed more details about what they would do in power. Just a couple of weeks ago. Well first of all, when we say well cut waste , we say well cut waste, we certainly will. Uh, and, you know, we shant be waiting until the next election to do it. Uh, as far as reform is concerned, you could start cutting waste right away. Last week , you could to last week, you could start to cut waste, you could carry cut waste, and you could carry on doing that. Um, secondly, i on doing that. Um, secondly, i utterly reform when they utterly believe reform when they say that they will reduce taxes , say that they will reduce taxes, uh, because a lot of uh, because you have a lot of businessmen actually businessmen, uh, actually involved , who know involved in reform, who know very that what youve got very well that what youve got to produce incentives in to do is produce incentives in the economy, just as i say, the economy, not just as i say, focus endlessly on the same pile of pennies. Of pennies. Indeed. Now, anne, finally let me ask you about your reaction to the Prime Ministers unscheduled and relatively unprecedented statement about the threat of extremism on our democracy on friday afternoon. Democracy on friday afternoon. Well, where has he been . You know, for the last four years, the threat of extremism in our democracy has been growing steadily. You know, weve had steadily. You know, weve had mps murdered , uh, weve had mps murdered, uh, weve had violent demonstrations on the streets. Weve had the police not doing very much. And of course, weve got all the problems of uncontrolled immigration when you dont know who is coming in and what they might intend to do. Uh, so might intend to do. Uh, so youve all those things youve got all those things which do add up, uh, to, um, a danger which do add up, uh, to, um, a danger i wouldnt want to create a climate of fear and panic. Thats thats not what im about at all. But i do think, um, you know, hes come rather late to recognising whats been going on now for some time. And briefly , if you can. Do and briefly, if you can. Do you think that the conservatives will call for an election in may . Do you think a spring poll is more likely now, post budget, whats whats your best guess . Whats whats your best guess . No, i mean, i think as i have always thought, that if youre going to lose and they certainly are, if youre going to lose, then later rather than then you lose later rather than soonen then you lose later rather than sooner. First of all, because you the you dont want to hand the opposition an immediate victory. But secondly , because you hope but secondly, because you hope in a sort of political mechanism, something might turn up. Well , ann up. Well, Ann Widdecombe might turn up. Surely that would transform their fortunes. And transform their fortunes. And always the highlight of the weekend. Ill catch you next weekend. Ill catch you next sunday. My thanks to former government broadcaster government minister, broadcaster and Television Personality and widdecombe. Now lots more to come. Uh, weve got tomorrows come. Uh, weve got tomorrows papers with full pundit reaction, some really interesting headlines on the way. In an exclusive mark way. Plus, in an exclusive mark dolan tonight peoples poll, ive been asking should the chancellor, jeremy hunt, splash the in next weeks budget . The cash in next weeks budget . The results are in. I shall reveal all next. Okay papers coming. But ive conducted an exclusive mark dolan tonight peoples poll. Weve been asking, should the chancellor, jeremy hunt, splash the cash in next weeks budget . Well, an interesting response. A solid majority , 63. 1 of you say solid majority, 63. 1 of you say yes , he should splash the cash. Yes, he should splash the cash. 36. 9 say no. Um, a couple of 36. 9 say no. Um, a couple of emails. Uh, 36. 9 say no. Um, a couple of emails. Uh, how 36. 9 say no. Um, a couple of emails. Uh, how about 36. 9 say no. Um, a couple of emails. Uh, how about this 36. 9 say no. Um, a couple of emails. Uh, how about this from, emails. Uh, how about this from, uh , wendy, uh, jeremy hunt uh, wendy, uh, jeremy hunt chancellor. He always puts me in mind of mr bean, the same inane look. Well, look her what is look. Well, look her what is his, uh , budget going to look his, uh, budget going to look like . Were going to debate that, and its all over the papers. Lets do them. Thank papers. Lets do them. Thank you. Alistair, we start with the guardian. Budget plan risks guardian. Budget plan risks forcing uk into second loss decade , jeremy hunt warned. Decade, jeremy hunt warned. Jeremy hunt has been told the budget on wednesday risks condemning britain to a lost decade of Living Standards that would leave working families almost £2,000 a year worse off. The chancellor enters a crunch week under pressure from his party to deliver a package of pre election tax cuts. But analysis by the Joseph Rowntree foundation finds a widening gulf between these political demands and the reality facing millions of struggling people. Constant terror of woman held hostage in gaza and big tech, bigger egos. Why did silicon valleys dream turn sour . Is the other story in the guardian. Okay, where shall we go next . Alistair lets have the mail. Cash for care, jobs, visa scam , vulnerable care. Visa scam, vulnerable care. Residents are being looked after by unqualified migrant. Its as by unqualified migrant. Its as rogue operators exploit home office loopholes. This according to a very special and rather important daily mail investigation. Scant checks in investigation. Scant checks in the desperate bid to fill huge vacancies mean untrained and overworked staff sometimes barely able to speak english, are left caring for the elderly in the under strain sector. The okay, next up we have the Times Newspaper. On a monday, germans reveal secrets of uk military operations in ukraine. Varne and jeremy hunt looks for £9 billion to balance his budget and the definition of extremism will be widened. Is the other story. The widened. Is the other story. The i now hunt fuels tory jitters of election budget lighter on tax cuts than they would like. Metro cuts than they would like. Metro now warning over pill addiction, anxiety, drug deaths soar something we discussed at length on last nights show with a rather interesting author on that subject. Telegraph next, police solve no burglaries in half of the country and a hunt considers raising Business Class flight fares to fund tax cuts. Flight fares to fund tax cuts. And last but not least, the daily star fast food fanatic retains his hotly fought world record after scoffing 34,000 burgers. The big mac daddy salad dodging septuagenarian don gorske has retained his world record title after eating his 34,000th big mac in wisconsin , 34,000th big mac in wisconsin, usa. Barely space for a filet 0 fish and those are your front pages. Fish and those are your front pages. Lets get full reaction pages. Lets get full reaction now from my top pundits this evening. Former brexit party mep Annunziata Rees mogg, ex adviser to Boris Johnson and conservative peer in the house of lords, Kulveer Ranger and gb news, is senior political commentator nigel nelson. This looks like a scandal, doesnt it . Kulveer in the mail an exclusive investigation. Cash exclusive investigation. Cash for care, jobs , visa scam, an for care, jobs, visa scam, an undercover mail probe finds that rogue fixers are charging unqualified migrants up to £20,000 for work permits to fill vacancies. This £20,000 for work permits to fill vacancies. This is a national scandal. It is a national scandal. And i think what we really need to do is you hear about a lot of these things going on is really expose more of these things because there a cost and, you because there is a cost and, you know , i speak to people, you know, i speak to people, you hear from people and they say these things are going on all these things are going on all the time now. Does it take the mail to put it on front page for maybe the home office and others to start really investigating and these scams down . And close these scams down . Because ive got a feeling were losing millions , if not hundreds losing millions, if not hundreds of millions to these kinds of incidents. Most definitely. Incidents. Most definitely. Course, annunciato, and of course, annunciato, this mother , your this could be your mother, your grandmother, your grandfather being of by someone being taken care of by someone completely , who, completely unqualified, who, this out, may not this story points out, may not even speak english. Absolutely could. And i it absolutely could. And i think we should be very think we should all be very concerned this story came concerned by it. This story came up a couple of weeks ago in a slightly form, that slightly different form, that there there was dishonesty there were there was dishonesty at the heart of people applying to be carers in this country. I did a quick google on behalf of gb news and you can instantly find youtube guides how to get through the process, what forms you need and how to fill them in. And there are tick tockers and youtubers who will happily guide you through this process. None of those happen to mention that you had to pay £20,000, but if you were an employer , that if you were an employer, that would very, very would be a very, very interesting bribe to take to cut the cost of your workforce. Weve stop cutting corners weve got a stop cutting corners and im afraid kulveer asked , and im afraid kulveer asked, does front page of the does it take a front page of the daily mail we saw with the post office it really does Office Scandal . It really does take the press to get these problems sorted. Well, definitely important journalists. Im nelson journalists. Im nigel nelson and bad for the and actually bad for the migrants involved as well because theyre being exploited. Its bad for everybody. And agree with every word and i agree with every word that just been said. I mean, these of scams these are the kind of scams that have down on that. Have to be clamped down on that. It doesnt favours the it doesnt do any favours to the migrants. It does no favours to migrants. It does no favours to the care sector. Yes. If youve the care sector. Yes. If youve got unqualified people, there. Got unqualified people, there. So there can be no excuse so no, there can be no excuse for this. And if theyre charging £20,000 for work permits. This sounds to me like a police job. But also nigel, i wonder if this is potentially the tip of the iceberg. Is this going on in restaurant kitchens . Is it going on in hospitals , other settings, on in hospitals, other settings, maybe even education settings . Industry the bottom line is that people are being exploited. Is people are being exploited. Is this an argument for a more rigorous system of accepting migrants into the uk . Well , no. Migrants into the uk . Well, no. Its an argument for actually stopping the scammers from being able to do Something Like this. And theyre Something Like this. And theyre the ones who ought to be hunted down to actually halt this. Youve got nothing to do with migration on that. Youre if migration on that. If youre if somebody is actually needs a job and theyve got 20,000 to spare, and theyve got 20,000 to spare, and thats the only way they can get a work permit quickly , they get a work permit quickly, they might it. Its the people might go for it. Its the people behind these kind of gangs operating it must be dealt with. Well, annunziata, do you think anything to think this has got anything to do migration . I think it do with migration . I think it has awful do with how has an awful lot to do with how attractive our country is to people who want to come here to benefit from our system and what we have to do is completely crack down on both the level of legal migration and all illegal migration, and get our own population jobs first. Yeah , i agree, and i think yeah, i agree, and i think theres something about scam britain. People are targeting britain. People are targeting britain with other kinds of scam. Last week i was called three times by a telephone scam, which we know that is going on, where people ring you and say, were calling. Heres an unbelievable offer. And now three times ive received a call in 24 hours. We are being targeted internationally by gangs, by groups, whether its in this system, whether its about our phones, and we need to cut down on this. This is costing us all and its costing us our society. Us our society. Well, indeed. Kulveer, i hate to break it to you, but you havent won the nigerian lottery. Havent won the nigerian lottnot this time. Not this time. Not this time. Drinks arent on you. The drinks arent on you. The drinks arent on you. Lets have a at this lets have a look at this story in eye. Let me stay story in the eye. Let me stay with on call here. You with you on this call here. You know workings the know the inner workings of the conservative party. Well, hunt fuelled tory jitters of election budget lights on, tax cuts. So if there is a spring poll, budget lights on, tax cuts. So if there is a spring poll , well, if there is a spring poll, well, then thats going to need to be a very attractive budget. But it doesnt seem like theres much money to spend. Money to spend. Weve seen the well, weve weve seen the chancellor on airwaves today chancellor on the airwaves today making the sort of a very light touch case for what hes going touch case for what hes going to doing this week, quite to be doing this week, quite rightly , playing his cards close rightly, playing his cards close to chest but think to his chest. But i think positioning and preparing us for a difficult budget, he doesnt have headroom that he have the headroom that he thought he was going to have , so thought he was going to have, so hes probably going to have 1 or 2 rabbits. We always find the chancellor every chancellor 2 rabbits. We always find the chan somethingy chancellor 2 rabbits. We always find the chan something outlancellor 2 rabbits. We always find the chan something out of cellor 2 rabbits. We always find the chan something out of the or 2 rabbits. We always find the chan something out of the hat pulls something out of the hat unexpectedly. But the question unexpectedly. But the question is, is that going to give enough impetus to the economy . Because thats what hes really trying to jumpstart. We keep trying to to jumpstart. We keep trying to hear that we need to have growth. That is the word you always hear about the economy, but the economy is only going to get growth more get growth if theres more investment, feel investment, if people feel confident to spend, if Interest Rates and rates start going down and people they have feel they have more that more money in their pocket, that all sounds rather simple, but its to do if its proving very hard to do if you cant those levers. The you cant pull those levers. The bank of england are not cutting Interest Rates. They feel they cant do that. They want to keep a on inflation, is a grip on inflation, which is the government to do. A grip on inflation, which is the chancellor to do. A grip on inflation, which is the chancellor is to do. A grip on inflation, which is the chancellor is trying to do. The chancellor is trying to potentially cut taxes , but hes potentially cut taxes, but hes finding it hard to find the money to do it. And we hear money to do it. And then we hear stories you know, um, stories like, you know, um, maybe non dom loophole will maybe the non dom loophole will be closed, or maybe extra money on Business Class , extra taxes on Business Class, extra taxes on Business Class, extra taxes on Business Class flights to generate this. This isnt going generate this. This isnt going to change the economy. So i think the chancellor has a card to play on wednesday and that card is going to be really big to get that economy moving. Well do you think that hes got something some rabbit in his hat. Nigel nelson because the obr have told him theres not much cash. isnt cash. I mean there isnt much cash. I mean that and might and find that and he might try and find it somewhere else. I mean that and he might try and find it calvaryiewhere else. I mean that and he might try and find it calvary has ere else. I mean that and he might try and find it calvary has justzlse. I mean that and he might try and find it calvary has just mentioned1 the calvary has just mentioned non dom. Thats shoot non dom. Thats to shoot labours. Uh, he might get labours fox. Uh, he might get some cash from there. But what some cash from there. But what hes actually really trying to jumpstart sweeteners for the jumpstart is sweeteners for the general election campaign. So general election campaign. So yes, hes looking for something. Yes, hes looking for something. And a responsible chancellor would say this is not the time for tax cuts. I havent got the money to spend inflation is still double. The bank of england target and tax cuts had to be postponed. And until at to be postponed. And until at least towards the end of the yean least towards the end of the year, and Ann Widdecombe and tom bower said that jeremy hunt has failed as a chancellor do you agree . Do you agree . No, i think its so far hes done fine, provided he doesnt actually now just an actually now just to win an election and go for some sort of scorched earth policy to rip away anything that labour might have done, like like getting nhs, nhs waiting list down with, uh, 2 million more operations ones. Those are things if he nics things like the non dom tax from them thats thats what will happen. And onshore rees mogg this in the Times Newspaper germans reveal secrets of uk military operations in ukraine. Highly sensitive details of british operations on the ground in ukraine and of the transport of weapons to the front lines, have leaked from an unencrypted video call involving the german military. These are our allies with friends like that, who needs enemies . A very good question , and i a very good question, and i believe not the first time that nato slash military secrets versus us versus russia have leaked from german sources in the last few months. I think the last few months. I think its a real concern that you cant fight alongside people who cant fight alongside people who cant keep secrets secret. Most definitely. And the eu were very slow in their response to ukraine in the first place, werent they . Well, the eu and germany in particular have a rather inflated opinion of their military might and would like to have their own fighting force. I have to say, given the state of this, im very glad they dont. They dont. How about this one, uh, called in the Daily Telegraph a real concern to, well , anyone real concern to, well, anyone watching and listening, frankly. But it wont be surprising. The telegraph front page has the following Headline Police solve no burglaries in half of the country, alarming figures come despite forces promising to attend all domestic break ins. And whats happening called var is that statistically , burglary is that statistically, burglary has been decriminalised. Has been decriminalised. Its shocking. I think all of us who you know are an englishmans home is their castle. We want to feel safe in castle. We want to feel safe in our homes. The worst and most intrusive feeling is if you come back to your home and find that something has happened at burglars, there , burglars, been in there, vandalise space, but vandalise your sacred space, but then you want to be able to rely on police to be able to on the police to be able to do something it. And think something about it. And i think weve had drip effect of weve had a drip drip effect of confidence eroded in the confidence being eroded in the police. And i think when hear police. And i think when we hear stories doesnt stories like this, it doesnt help us. I think we, we, we want to feel confident that the police and their priority are quite clear to help people be safe. We know theyre being distracted. There are distracted. We know there are other going the other things going on, the marches, the various drains on their resources in various different directions. But but the priority should be peoples people feeling safe. I think, again, this is where the home secretary and the Prime Minister need to set out the priorities for the police forces, annunziata. Annunziata. Is this problem of unsolved burglaries an issue of policing, culture or resource . Culture or resource . Well, one of the things i wonder with this and what we were discussing earlier about policing the demonstrations and the rise in, uh, anti social actions is , is this partly actions is, is this partly a problem of, uh, removing control from the home secretary to people like sadiq khan , who are people like sadiq khan, who are not getting the priorities right for the people they are meant to be keeping safe and that by pushing the Decision Making further down the chain, we dont have a National Policing strategy. We weve got a lot of strategy. We weve got a lot of crime commissioner around the country who say who decide Different Things and clearly i think quite a lot of them are not getting it right because theres kulveer says , the one theres kulveer says, the one and only real priority for the police is to keep us all feeling safe. Of course, sadiq khan would argue hes very focussed on crime in london. Well, of course you were at city hall when Boris Johnson was mayor. He was pretty successful in cutting crime in the capital. Well, he was, and he was very clear with the Police Commissioner and commissioners that during that period that he had during that period of priorities were. Of what their priorities were. I remember being in those meetings , hearing what the mayor wanted from the Police Commissioners and the Police Commissioners, giving but giving us their view. But really, direction was set. And i think you have to be clear with the police, they can the police, because they can have Different Things that have many Different Things that they they they do have to deal with. They have job do. But have a difficult job to do. But political what the political clarity on what the purpose there. Purpose is needs to be there. Okay. Brilliant well, look, coming my pundits will coming up, my pundits will nominate their heroes nominate their headline heroes and page at zeroes of the and back page at zeroes of the day. Weve mirror day. Plus, weve got the mirror and express a big story and the express with a big story about king charles. See you. In about king charles. See you. In two. Well, look, many of you feel very strongly about the state of crime in this country. Lee allison says , in a Christian Allison says, in a christian country, when Police Arrest christians , i rest my case. She christians, i rest my case. She says, um, how about this . Uh, lets have a look. Youve got lets have a look. Youve got wayne who says, could you please tell your panel that not all gb news viewers live inside the m25 7 news viewers live inside the m25 . Well, youre absolutely right about that. Uh, many of you just are furious about that front page headline in the times, which is that there have been , which is that there have been, uh, police solving no burglaries in half of the country. Telegraph. I should say. Well, lets get some more front pages. Where should go next, where should we go next, alistair . Have alistair . Lets have the express. Uh, its all about express. And, uh, its all about king charles. Uh, yes, indeed. King charles. Uh, yes, indeed. King set to visit australia despite cancer diagnosis. Theres a great new development for our monarch. Hes going to be well enough to head down under. I be well enough to head down under. I think thats, uh, definitely qualifies as a major royal development. Uh, common sense calls for a four day week are madness , says the anti woke are madness, says the anti woke minister and former gb news star esther mcvey. And with the government under pressure to cut taxes , the nation is asking can taxes, the nation is asking can hunt and the Prime Minister pull a rabbit out of the hat and the mirror . Kings health boost. There you go. More on that there you go. More on that positive story for charles. Royals set for australia trip and budget cuts warning. As the other headline in the mirror. Schools in crisis, hospitals in crisis, armed forces in crisis the price of tory tax bribes. The price of tory tax bribes. Okay. Brilliant stuff. Well look, uh , lets get full look, uh, lets get full reaction to all of those stories from former brexit party mep anunciata rees mogg. Uh, weve anunciata rees mogg. Uh, weve got lord kulveer, ranger and gb news senior political commentator nigel nelson and folks, uh , lets lets just folks, uh, lets lets just reflect briefly if we can, uh, nigel, great news that the king will be well enough to head to australia. Yeah, absolutely. I mean, the yeah, absolutely. I mean, the whole thing is that these tours are really sort of sort of punishing. So if hes actually fit enough to, to do a tour like that, it shows that he really is on the mend. So definitely. Yeah. So i mean all that is just a straightforward good news. It is so well done. The king and a speedy recovery to our fine monarch. Lets now get my punst fine monarch. Lets now get my pundits nominations for headline hero and back page zero annunciator who are you . Uh, who are you going to pick up right now . Uh, my hero of the week is sir bill cash, mph. I uh, my hero of the week is sir bill cash, mph. I went to uh, my hero of the week is sir bill cash, mph. I went to a belated dinner to celebrate him being made a companion of honour this week, and it really brought home to me just how important our representatives in parliament are who fight the intellectual battles , the policy intellectual battles, the policy battles. Its not brash , loud, battles. Its not brash, loud, divisive , like someone like divisive, like someone like George Galloway might be. Its the real hard work that make this country be the better place , the best place it can be. He was. Hes now one of 65 companion of honour in the whole country. Um, as companion of honour in the whole country. Um, as a companion of honour in the whole country. Um, as a reward for his country. Um, as a reward for his service to the betterment of this nation. How wonderful. This nation. How wonderful. Well, congratulations to you, sir. Bill cash and a fastidious brexiteer. Brexiteer. He is. Hes been working on it for over 40 years, and i think that is a real dedication on to something he really believed in and just got on quietly, no matter how unfashionable or how out there and loud the issue might be. He got on and did the hard work. Is he going to serve another tum in parliament . Is he is he running at the next election . Do you know . Think announce last i think he did announce last year he will be retiring year that he will be retiring and i think would be a great and i think it would be a great loss yeah, he loss to us all. But yeah, he deserves a very enjoyable retirement and has achieved a huge amount. Huge amount. Definitely. Well, hes been in the studio on the show a couple of times. Hes a real gentleman. Lord Kulveer Ranger, whos hero . Whos your headline hero . Well, unlikely name you well, an unlikely name you may not expect, but elon musk is this weekend. Im a techie. Ive this weekend. Im a techie. Ive beenin this weekend. Im a techie. Ive been in the Tech Industry for much of my career , and theres much of my career, and theres such progress going on, and obviously were all in some way aware of ai, Artificial Intelligence , and this thing intelligence, and this thing chatgpt that emerged last at the end of last year that enabled people to think that jobs might disappear or what might happen because i will everything for because i will do everything for us. This seminal piece of us. But this seminal piece of technology generated by and developed by a Company Called openai was. And there purpose was to develop this for the good of people and not for commercial ization and not forjust generating vast amounts of money, although that may happen, and not for politics and for not politics. But they seem to be moving away from that. And that, for example , is now microsoft for example, is now microsoft has a Huge Investment into this, uh,. I think 49 of it is uh, firm. I think 49 of it is owned by microsoft. But what owned by microsoft. But what seems be happening is the seems to be happening is the commercialisation at this very early stage of this technology. Early stage of this technology. Now, let us be clear. I dont want to bore people with tech, but the data that this works but the data that this all works on data. And actually, on is our data. And actually, elon musk was an early investor in this organisation , openai, in this organisation, openai, that developed this chat. Gpt and their view that they would use this for peoples good because using our data to because its using our data to help us. But if they start moving away from that, he hes suing them breach of suing them for breach of contract for not doing what they said going to now said they were going to do. Now its berners lee , its like sir tim berners lee, he the internet and he created the internet and started and said the internet is free for all of us to use, which it still is. But if somebody started to charge us time started to charge us every time we onto the internet, we went onto the internet, started edge away , eat away started to edge away, eat away at of that freedom of at the edges of that freedom of using this thing. Yeah, thats where this kind conversation where this kind of conversation is. Elon, highlighting the is. So elon, highlighting the need for Something Like a to be free and open as it develops for all of us to use. Well, indeed, i cant imagine what would be like without what life would be like without elon musk at the moment. Hes shaping saviour of the shaping up as the saviour of the world. Course, thats world. But of course, thats just my opinion. If you just my opinion. Briefly, if you can, nigel, why dave tully . Can, nigel, why dave tully . Uh, well, he was the kyrees repair shop owner in rochdale , repair shop owner in rochdale, the runner up there. I think it shows that democracy is alive and well. So, uh, if somebody and well. So, uh, if somebody gets right message across an gets the right message across an independent did independent candidate did actually very well. Okay. Okay. Okay. Uh, nunziata. Briefly, Chris Williamson and the hard left tell me more. Uh, there was an interview on gb news. Um, after or during. I cant remember if it was before or after the result was announced. The by election in rochdale with Chris Williamson, that tom harwood had to cut off because his views were so repugnant and he was it just such a revolting man. And its the he started off more moderately saying that the 1970s were the best this country had ever known it, which is so factually incorrect. Its amazing. But the idea that this, uh, hard left , amazing. But the idea that this, uh, hard left, highly anti semitic representative could be part of mainstream politics, he only stopped being a labour mp in 2019, and the same goes for George Galloway, which is called veers nomination and Robert Jenrick suffers nigel nelsons ire. Nelsons ire. Thanks to my amazing team, my fabulous pundits. You for your company. Ill see you friday at eight. Headline is this next . That warm feeling inside from boxt boilers sponsors of weather on. Gb news. On. Gb news. Hello there. And Greg Dewhurst and welcome to your latest gb news weather. Its quite a cold night tonight. Some frost and dense fog patches once more and then all eyes to the west as the next area of low pressure moves in. But its going to take its time. Western areas seeing outbreaks rain areas seeing outbreaks of rain through monday. Northern and Eastern Holding dry eastern areas holding on to dry weather this evening weather until later this evening , though skies are clearing and temperatures are starting to fall away overnight , well see fall away overnight, well see quite a widespread frost developing where winds are light will see some mist and fog patches forming freezing fog patches forming freezing fog patches fall patches as temperatures fall below freezing in the countryside , so there could be countryside, so there could be some tricky travelling conditions. First thing, particularly across central southern parts of the uk. Southern parts of the uk. Further west, however, the winds start to increase. Outbreaks of rain start to push in and then this slowly moves north and eastwards through the day. On monday, some heavier bursts in there possible, though parts of scotland, northern and eastern parts of england will stay dry for much of the day. Plenty of sunny spells here and the winds coming in from the south. Temperatures little temperatures lifting a little higher than the weekend. Highs around 12 celsius in the best of any brighter weather in the south, then into tuesday, weather systems start to clear away. Were left with a legacy of showers across some western areas, but therell be plenty of sunny spells through the day. 1 or 2 of the showers could be on the heavy side the next few days. Largely remains days. It will largely remains dry. Therell some or dry. Therell be some bright or sunny times. Sunny spells at times. Temperatures above average. Temperatures above average. Looks like things are heating up by boxt boilers sponsors of weather on. Gb news. Hi there. Im Aaron Armstrong in the gb newsroom. The us vice in the gb newsroom. The us Vice President has called for an immediate ceasefire in gaza amid reports talks to establish one have stalled near. Reports talks to establish one have stalled near. Zetas have have stalled near. Zetas have arrived in the egyptian capital, cairo. But its understood israels boycotted the meeting after hamas rejected its demand for a complete list of hostages who are still alive. Washington who are still alive. Washington insists a deal for a six week pause has been more or less accepted by israel, and should be in place by the start of ramadan, which is a week today. Well, Kamala Harris has urged mediators to reach an agreement there must be an immediate ceasefire. Ceasefire. For at least the next six weeks, which is what is currently on the table , this currently on the table, this will get the hostage out and get a significant amount of aid in. This would allow to us build something more