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Political adviser. Next. For a lot more this morning, but we really want to hear your views on this nhs fitness app. Im calling it a fitness app. That sounds quite sort of benevolent. So it basically logs how many steps youve done, sends data back in real time to the government. I mean, youre going government. I mean, youre going to be the first person to download arent you, bev . Download that, arent you, bev . No about big no i mean, talk about big brother watching. Brother is watching. We this was coming down we said this was coming down the line. Sunak and jeremy the line. Rishi sunak and jeremy hunt get very excited about i, i dont know whether you saw how many times they mentioned the word app the budget, jeremy word app in the budget, jeremy hunt, know, an app is hunt, you know, an app is a solution to everything. Is it the well, of the plans well, some of the plans include doctors gps, include a doctors gps, receptionist you an app, receptionist calling you an app, calling you a robot discuss calling you a robot to discuss your medical problems. I mean , i your medical problems. I mean, i think last person i want to think the last person i want to be discussing my medical problems a is a robot or problems with is a is a robot or ai machine, but let us know what you maybe wrong. Gb yeah, maybe were wrong. Gb views news. Com maybe views at gb news. Com maybe were being too cynical. Were just being too cynical. First though. Latest first though. The very latest news wenzler. News with sophia wenzler. Thanks, bev. Good morning. Im sophia wenzler in the gb newsroom. Your headlines at 930. Newsroom. Your headlines at 930. Protesters are set to demonstrate against the governments decision to house 2000 Asylum Seekers at raf scampton. It comes one year on scampton. It comes one year on since plans to house migrants at the Historic Site were revealed, as the home office tried to reduce reliance on Expensive Hotels. The save our scampton campaign is hoping to use the anniversary to put pressure on the government to abandon its plans. Meanwhile, rishi sunak plans. Meanwhile, rishi sunak has been accused of failing to stop migrant Channel Crossings after a record rivals topped 3000 for the year so far. But downing street has insisted the government is making progress in stopping the boats. It comes as the uk has just pledged up to £1 million as part of a deal to get libyans to return to their home country. London has become a no country. London has become a no go zone for jews during pro palestine protests. Thats the warning from the governments counter extremism tsan governments counter extremism tsar. It comes after Prime Minister rishi sunak warned forces are trying to tear the country apart. Writing in the telegraph newspaper, robin simcox said mr sunak had been right to point out to an increase in extremist disruption. He said now the policies are needed to meet the scale of the challenge and urge ministers to be bolder and be willing to accept higher legal risk when tackling extremism. And former tackling extremism. And former Prime Minister theresa may will stand down as an mp at the next general election, bringing her 27 year career in parliament to an end. Mrs. May revealed her decision to stand down as maidenhead mp , saying she would maidenhead mp, saying she would focus on championing causes including the fight against modern slavery. She had been the conservative mp for the berkshire seat since 1997, and for the latest story, sign up to gb news alerts by scanning the qr code on your screen or go to gb news. Common alerts. Now its back to. Bev. Back to. Bev. Greg. Good morning. Its bev and bev and ben this morning. Im not normally here on a friday. Youre normally here on a friday, arent you, ben . Yeah. Thank you forjoining me. Thank you for joining me. Thank you for joining me. Oh, its my absolute pleasure on International Womens day. No. Exactly. Yeah. No. Exactly. Yeah. No. Exactly. I had a i had yeah. No. Exactly. Ihada|hada yeah. No. Exactly. I had a i had a lovely time in whitehaven this thank in whitehaven this week. Thank you to the people of you so much to the people of cumbria who had news up there cumbria who had gb news up there and gave us an amazing welcome. Now, is finally going now, the nhs is finally is going to its going to to save your life. Its going to do by monitoring phone activity. Yeah. Yeah. What could go wrong. What could go wrong. So this is the idea you all have heard in the budget. Jeremy hunt talks about this amazing like is to save Like Technology is going to save the app can the nhs. So this app you can download your phone. Download it onto your phone. Its monitor your step its going to monitor your step counts. Its part of a government plan to tackle unhealthy lifestyles get unhealthy lifestyles and get people back work. People back to work. My only concern about this so my only concern about this is 20 years when is what happens in 20 years when we another pandemic and the we have another pandemic and the government wants everyone vaccinated. Three years. Good yeah three years. Good luck. Yeah three years. Good luck. Yeah sooner reckon . Basically, sooner you reckon . Basically, the is from the civil the fear is from the Civil Liberties camp is that we will go down the route. Something akin to china, where they have a social credit system. Isnt social credit system. This isnt some conspiracy, by way. Some conspiracy, by the way. This in now, if this happens in china. Now, if you a parking ticket or you you get a parking ticket or you criticise the ccp or youre a bad neighbour, whatever your social score goes down, social credit score goes down, youre restricted from, youre then restricted from, say, city say, travelling from city to city financial say, travelling from city to city so financial say, travelling from city to city so this financial say, travelling from city to city so this proposal from services. So this proposal from victoria atkins, the health secretary, seems fine on the surface. You know, encouraging people to take steps and to eat well and be healthier. But the only concern is from Civil Liberties camps is where does this lead to . Does it open the doorin this lead to . Does it open the door in 510 . I think maybe a bit longer. 20 years to something more sinister. About i agree with its also about i agree with everything you said there, but its also and i think people need to just be aware of whats happening because the government arent talking about the longer tum this of tum implications of this kind of paradigm shift that were experiencing moment, but experiencing at the moment, but its your personal its wheres your personal responsibility in this . Like if, if at the moment were not walking enough because walking enough steps because were know, its were i dont know, its sometimes nicer to just sometimes its nicer to just take a taxi or drive or whatever. Are we actually going to change our behaviour because we think the nhs is going to be a bit cross with us if we dont walk that relationship between the state and the individual infantilising people. So that youre being watched all the time and forgetting Everything Else, its just, you know, how much do you want to be nannied by the state . Exactly. Its actually not that ive said this before and youre to lambast me now youre going to lambast me now on emails again. Ill it on the emails again. Ill say it again, though, because i believe it. Not that hard be fit it. Its not that hard to be fit and lose weight. Get and to lose weight. Just get some a calorie some steps in eating a calorie deficit, a few weights if deficit, lift a few weights if you can. And for most people, i understand there are some Health Implications for some people, but just a matter but for most its just a matter of the right things and of doing the right things and consistently and its your data, its your life. Thats bothers me. The thats what bothers me. The health secretary, victoria atkins, that the Service Health secretary, victoria atkins,make that the Service Health secretary, victoria atkins,make that of; Service Health secretary, victoria atkins,make that of; seiwhat you would make use of the what you call wealth of data call the wealth of data to prevent serious illness. And she prevent serious illness. And she said its the front door to prevention to boost economic prevention and to boost Economic Growth itself growth data in and of itself will not change human behaviour. I think they are completely deluded at the idea that if youve suddenly feel that your doctor knows your activity, imagine what that gp surgery appointment is going to look like when you go and you sit down and you need to have an empathic, sympathetic relationship with your doctor and they go, well, i looked at your data , mrs. Turner, and you your data, mrs. Turner, and you only walked steps last. But only walked 500 steps last. But what happens if you leave your phone with your kid and theyre running it all day, running around with it all day, racking up 30,000 steps, the racking up 30,000 steps, and the doctor that youre doctor thinks that youre really active in actual fact, youve been sofa eating been sitting on the sofa eating doritos. Controversial, doritos. Yeah, controversial, but frankly, as but not, frankly, as controversial should be. Controversial as it should be. What think . What do you think . Vaiews gbnews. Com. Maybe you disagree with us. Maybe this would everything. Would change everything. A fresh blow to rishi now, in a fresh blow to rishi sunak, gb news peoples poll sunak, the gb news peoples poll has that nearly half plan has found that nearly half plan to labour at the next to vote for labour at the next election, 18 election, compared to just 18 planning tory, though planning to vote tory, though most those polled dont trust most of those polled dont trust either party. Most of those polled dont trust eitiwithirty. Most of those polled dont trust eitiwith the economy and most with the economy and most brits seem to be running out of patience as 37 want an election called as soon as possible. Called as soon as possible. Well, rishi sunak has now refused to rule out a may general election. So should he just get it over with . And yeah, go to the polls. Well, joining us now in the studio is the director of jl partners and the best pollster in the business at scarlett mccgwire, scarlett. Its the mccgwire, scarlett. Its the poll were now. Were poll season were in now. Were going blindsided by polls, going to be blindsided by polls, arent everywhere we look, arent we . Everywhere we look, but they are painting a very bleak not just for the bleak picture, not just for the conservatives, but for both labour the conservatives labour and the conservatives now. I mean, i think we now. Yeah. I mean, i think we still have sort of still have to sort of acknowledge that you acknowledge that labour, you know, ahead know, 20 points plus ahead in the polls. Know, 20 points plus ahead in the liolls. Know, 20 points plus ahead in thei think everything is i think everything is pointing towards a labour majority election. Majority at the next election. That quite amazing that is quite an amazing turnaround given their turnaround from them given their result however, i do result in 2019. However, i do think one thing that that poll flagged which is something flagged up, which is something that sort seeing that were sort of seeing increasingly, of increasingly, is this none of the above. So when asked increasingly, is this none of the ionee. So when asked increasingly, is this none of the tone was when asked increasingly, is this none of the tone was about when asked increasingly, is this none of the tone was about handling ed increasingly, is this none of the tone was about handling the that one was about handling the economy, seen on who economy, but weve seen on who would the best would make the best Prime Minister actually, know, minister actually, you know, more people for none of more more people go for none of the above than keir starmer or rishi despite the fact rishi sunak, despite the fact that starmer now has lead that keir starmer now has a lead on rishi on these on rishi sunak on most of these things, complete things, why is there complete disillusionment, then, with the political voters . Political class from voters . Why, know, its why, i dont know, its something hear a lot. We hear something we hear a lot. We hear that there is this political disillusionment, i think partly its at least. Its the people, at least. People to us they feel people say to us that they feel like politicians have made lots of promises. They then havent kept this is pattern kept saying, this is a pattern thats gone the last few thats gone in the last few years. I think another thing thats this thats quite pervasive is this sense feel like sense that people feel like theyre same, and that theyre all the same, and that theres not much difference between not between them, and theyre not necessarily sort of necessarily being sort of straightforward it is straightforward about what it is they to do. And i think they want to do. And i think there is a growing sense of there is also a growing sense of that, you know, politicians are saying are saying things which are actually, ironically, given what i focus groups and to sort i do to focus groups and to sort of and of trying to triangulate and guess people were guess around what people were actually know, actually thinking, you know, instead actually leading instead of actually leading people. People can people. And i think people can pick that insincerity. And pick up on that insincerity. And i think thats all part of i think think generally the think i think generally the class of politicians we have today low grade, you today are just so low grade, you know, if you put half of them into company you into a ftse 100 company or, you know, massive corporation, know, in a massive corporation, i think theyd last two i dont think theyd last two minutes. Think theyre i dont think theyre capable. Think most of them capable. I think most of them are very incompetent people. About incompetent. I dont know about not not not only incompetent, but out of touch well. Touch as well. Them on their incompetence. You can pull them on their incompetence. Yeah sure. No. Incompetence. Yeah sure. No, no. I think, though, youre i do think, though, what youre saying is mirrored by an awful lot public. Thats lot of the public. Thats something hear absolutely all something we hear absolutely all the they are quite fed the time. And they are quite fed up the Political Class in up with the Political Class in general. I think, though, that all drives towards all actually just drives towards the fact people are ready the fact that people are ready to as that poll also said, to vote, as that poll also said, quite an election, quite keen for an election, quite keen for an election, quite vote change. Quite want to vote for change. And thats weve seen and thats something weve seen thats to be, you know, thats going to be, you know, a continuing problem rishi continuing problem for rishi sunak, budget. Continuing problem for rishi sun had budget. Continuing problem for rishi sun had the budget. Continuing problem for rishi sunhad the autumn budget. Continuing problem for rishi sunhad the autumn statement we had the autumn statement before wont any before that wont make any difference because people already in minds. Already moved on in their minds. Its interesting isnt it, as you when you say about the you say when you say about the fact that this is so different to 2019, when now in 2024, obviously the main issue that every country dealt with in that time been, covid time has been, the covid pandemic, whatever want to pandemic, whatever you want to call almost the call it. So its almost like the pubuc call it. So its almost like the public let down during that public feel let down during that penod public feel let down during that period time parties, period of time by both parties, regardless of you sat, on regardless of where you sat, on which side of that narrative you felt you sat on. Nobody has come out of that. Well, from labour or conservative. Yeah. I do think that there was no one in particular. I think there was partly because there wasnt much policy difference the two. Difference between the two. Labour they were labour decided that they were going sort of follow the going to sort of follow the conservatives something conservatives and something that, more closely that, you know, more closely resembled of government resembled or sort of government of least in of national unity, at least in the of the the early stages of the pandemic. I think of pandemic. I think its kind of its that also weve seen its that but also weve seen this trend, especially amongst sort democracies, sort of western democracies, that government that whichever government was presiding but presiding over covid, but actually, importantly, actually, more importantly, the covid the time Covid Recovery or the short time Covid Recovery or the short time Covid Recovery or the short time Covid Recovery got a real kicking at the ballot box. And actually, thats something that joe have to joe bidens going to have to deal as well in america, deal with as well in america, something weve seen across something that weve seen across europe. Now rishi sunak is europe. And now rishi sunak is looking can looking at saying, what can sunak will the tories do now to salvage sort election . Salvage some sort of election . Victory, but to, i wont say victory, but to, you to the pain, it you know, to ease the pain, it does look like looking at the polls at least. And know, just and again, you know, just sort of speaking to people, not just groups, but just in focus groups, but anecdotally that the best the tories can do at moment tories can do at the moment is sort of damage limitation and damage them or damage limitation for them or for political i mean, for any political party. I mean, i guess, holding on to your sort of votes your base, of core votes and your base, which theyre not even particularly at the particularly doing at the moment. Why were seeing moment. Thats why were seeing some these shares, like some of these dire shares, like 20 i that 20 of the vote. I mean, that sort existential for them. So sort of existential for them. So they sort of rally they need to sort of rally around those people that are currently they dont currently saying they dont know, vote conservative know, but did vote conservative for people that saying for those people that are saying theyre reform, theyre going to vote reform, i think theyve but given up think theyve all but given up on people whove already on the people whove already switched those who switched to labour and those who didnt in the first. Do you think do you agree with concepts from the with the concepts from the reform and people like reform camp and people like arron the arron banks . You say that the best thing tories is best thing for the tories is complete annihilation, they complete annihilation, so they can conservative can rediscover some conservative principles sort principles and, you know, sort of foundations and of rebuild their foundations and rise like a rise from the ashes like a phoenix you know, five phoenix and, you know, five years or whatever. Funny, its not yeah, its funny, its not just, banks say that, yeah, its funny, its not just some banks say that, yeah, its funny, its not just some conservativesay that, yeah, its funny, its not just some conservatives evenit, yeah, its funny, its not just some conservatives even say but some conservatives even say that. Know, that. So i mean, i dont know, its are going its sort of they are going to have do thinking. Have to do a lot of thinking. I think the battle for the sort of conservative party to conservative party is going to be very interesting after the next in some next election. I think in some ways, sort of ways, and everyone sort of already looking that. Already looking forward to that. The even asking the fact that youre even asking that telling the fact that youre even asking that things telling the fact that youre even asking that things stand telling of where things stand at the moment, the moment, im talking to the people cumbria this people up in, in cumbria this week, who week, the number of people who came us and say hello came to talk to us and say hello and said, want conservative and said, we want a conservative government think, government and you might think, you red wall kind you know, its the red wall kind of they say want of area. And they say we want somebody represents what, somebody that represents what, what conserving . What are they conserving . What are conserving . They are they conserving . Are they conserving the family know, the small know. They Small Businesses know. Are they conserving. Life. Thats thats a problem no, thats thats a problem for the in for voters, for the tories in the as well. Because the future as well. Because people kids. People arent having kids. Theyre their homes, people arent having kids. Theyre said, their homes, people arent having kids. Theyresaid, bev. Their homes, people arent having kids. Theyre said, bev. They ir homes, people arent having kids. Theyre said, bev. They have nes, as you said, bev. They have nothing conserve in the nothing to conserve in the future. So what what use to the tories have. Tories have. Yeah, i mean i think its a big problem for them. This big problem for them. And this is why were seeing them is why i think were seeing them particularly with particularly struggle with younger even Younger Voters and not even actually only actually that young, but only 1 in 10 50 say theyre going in 10 under 50 say theyre going to vote conservative. At the moment. Shocking to vote conservative. At the mo them shocking to vote conservative. At the mothem to shocking to vote conservative. At the mothem to lead ocking to vote conservative. At the mothem to lead them] for them and going to lead them into just for this into problems, not just for this election, election, election, this election, but the, know, next couple, the, you know, the next couple, if out. If they dont sort it out. Yeah. Okay. Thank you scarlett. To see you scarlett. Always good to see you , thanks much. So up next, thanks so much. So up next, theresa former prime theresa may, the former Prime Minister, of course, is standing down. Joined a very down. Shes joined a very long list conservative mps list of conservative mps standing next standing down at the next general. General election. I do so with no ill will, but with enormous and enduring gratitude to have had the opportunity to serve the country. I love are brexit means brexit. Oh, i know , but it didnt in oh, i know, but it didnt in the end, did it really . Theresa . Im sure, im sure she actually ive heard shes a great mp in her constituency and, you know, a lovely lady. But yeah, in terms of Prime Ministerial success, oomph. I dont know. Well, were going to be joined by her former political adviser next. Are you sorry to see her go . Youre with britains newsroom gb news. Welcome back. I told you that i would rile some viewers with my comments about losing weight and just not eating. And thats exactly happened. Ill exactly whats happened. So ill share some of those share with you some of those emails sure youll emails shortly. Im sure youll be but now, be entertained. But now, a former theresa former Prime Minister, theresa may will be standing down at the next general election. She was first maidenheads mp first elected as maidenheads mp in joins a growing in 1997, and she joins a growing list conservative mps to step list of conservative mps to step down. Whilst the tide seems to be on her party. Be turning on her party. So, writing in the maidenhead advertiser , she says since advertiser, she says since stepping down as Prime Minister ive enjoyed being a backbencher again and having more time to work for my constituents and champion causes close to my heart, most recently heart, including most recently launching a Global Commission on modern slavery and human trafficking. Trafficking. She says these causes have been taking an increasing amount of my time, and because of this, after much careful thought and consideration , ive realised consideration, ive realised that ahead, i no that looking ahead, i would no longer do my job as longer be able to do my job as an in the way i believe is an mp in the way i believe is right my constituents right and my constituents deserve. Therefore the deserve. I therefore taken the difficult to stand down difficult decision to stand down at the next general election. Probably not that difficult a decision though, is it . Joining us now is former political adviser charlie rowley. Charlie, you advise theresa may. You used to advise theresa may. What whats your response then to the fact that shes going to stand down . I think its a classic, well, i think its a classic, theresa. Know , she theresa. You know, she recognises that shes only been able home able to become the home secretary and Prime Minister because in because of her constituents in maidenhead. Shes maidenhead. Thats why shes there. Shes always put her constituents first. And so giving it to the main head advertiser, i think is just a nice i quite like that. As a former, a local newspaper reporter. Hats off to you theresa. And she was, yeah, exactly. And she was, you , she is mrs. You know, she is mrs. Maidenhead. Local. Maidenhead. She is very local. Even when she was Prime Minister. And sometimes youd be scratching head scratching your own head thinking, my god, okay, thinking, my god, why . Okay, well, spending well, why are we spending another weve another weekend here when weve got brexit problems got all these brexit problems going on . She was committed going on . But she was committed to she was to her constituents. She was committed in committed to Public Service in maidenhead country maidenhead and for the country andifs maidenhead and for the country and its a very sad to see her go. All right, charlie, ive got a bone to pick with you. You were during the were her advisor during the brexit. As pm brexit. Her time as pm and dunng brexit. Her time as pm and during the so called brexit betrayal with the chequers agreement, your handiwork . Absolutely not. There absolutely not. There were there were plenty of other advisers who pick on in this. This is a confessional, charlie. Youll feel better if you just tell us the truth. Well, i had a wonderful role spending most weekends with theresa in maidenhead and sort of, you know, picking her up and travelling there from london to maidenhead, going around, making sure that the weekend duties were of covered. And should were sort of covered. And should there be any issues, there there be any issues, as there often were with london, you were able those able to communicate those effectively and make sure that she sort kept up to date she was sort of kept up to date throughout and she throughout the day. And but she in all of same meetings in all of those same meetings and she was relentless and visits, she was relentless in her dont go anywhere, charlie. We just got a little breaking news. We want to bring the audience morning. Go audience this morning. Dont go anywhere, this is about the anywhere, so this is about the Firearms Police officer charged with kaba. With the murder of chris kaba. Lets cross live to our home. Security mark white. Good security editor mark white. Good morning. Mark. Remind us of this story. And how has it developed this morning . Yes. This was, chris kaba, age 24, who was shot dead after his vehicle was stopped by armed police in september of 2022. Well, the officer who has been charged with chris coopers murder had been known only as nx 121. Hed been the subject of an anonymity order today. We can now name that officer as martin blake , a 40 Year Old Police blake, a 40 year old Police Officer. After that anonymity order was lifted, it was challenged by members of the media on the grounds of open justice. The anonymity order was originally granted by a magistrates judge in september of last year, when this officer was originally charged with the murder of chris kaba. This incident, it was the 5th of september, 2022, when a vehicle that chris kaba was in an audi vehicle was pulled over by armed officers in Streatham Hill in south london during that operation, a single gunshot was fired through the windscreen of that vehicle and struck chris kabain that vehicle and struck chris kaba in the head. He died in hospital. The next again day. A year later, a decision was taken by the Crown Prosecution Service to charge this officer with murder that led to a real crisis within armed policing in the caphal within armed policing in the capital. As hundreds of Firearms Officers handed in their certificates effectively stepped back from firearms duties. And then again, there was real concern expressed by the metropolitan police at the naming of this officer because of potential safety concerns. So it remains to be seen what the reaction of those Firearms Officers in the capital will be towards this move. A decision by towards this move. A decision by the judge at the old bailey , the judge at the old bailey, mark lucraft kc, to name this officer as 40 year old martin blake, the judge said that he had looked at all of the raw intelligence available to him, and he had decided that there was no imminent threat to this officer or indeed this officers family. But the will without doubt be very significant concern amongst those Firearms Officers in the capital and elsewhere who say they undertake very difficult operations on behalf of the public to keep them safe. These are split second decisions that these officers make , and then the officers make, and then the possibility that they could be charged and indeed named will be something that, for some Firearms Officers , they feel Firearms Officers, they feel its no longer worth it. Okay. Okay. Thank you very much, mark charlie rowley. We were going to come back and spend time come back and spend more time with have with you, but we have unfortunately beaten the unfortunately been beaten by the clock. Whilst theresa clock. In a word, whilst theresa may, of our greatest ever may, one of our greatest ever prime i think she will Prime Ministers i think she will go down as one of those. Absolutely. Because of her commitment to service, i think thats thats sums her up in a word. And, yes. So youve learnt a lot about diplomatic answers from your political paymasters. I dont i like to and i dont care, i like to and i think on International Womens day, its good to reflect on one of very well, one only of our very well, one of only two Prime Ministers. Two female Prime Ministers. Right. Were right. Still to come. Were going crossing over to raf going to be crossing over to raf scampton, where hundreds of protesters are gathering. This is since the is one year on since the government the yep government used the site. Yep weather. Yeah first now your weather. Yeah first now your weather. Yeah a brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on gb news. News. News. News. Hello there. Good morning and welcome to your latest gb news weather update. Dry weather for many of us through the rest of the day, but therell still be cloudier conditions cloudier and cooler conditions across the north east coast. Theres an easterly breeze still dragging on, quite a lot of cloud, and some drizzly rain that will fall as snow over the high North Eastern high ground of North Eastern scotland. Though , scotland. Further south, though, to be a fairly dry day across the south and east, be the south and east, therell be more sunshine more in the way of sunshine throughout today weve drier throughout today weve got drier air off the near air coming off the near continent, so thats bringing that for those that brighter weather for those areas across many parts of western and western england and wales. And scotland. Therell be plenty of sunshine. And through this afternoon to be afternoon its going to be breezier day though than recent days, feel days, but itll still feel fairly in the sunshine. Fairly pleasant in the sunshine. Tonight we start to the tonight we start to see the cloud thicken from the south and west as some drizzly rain starts to arrive across parts of devon and cornwall, and further east across the south coast by the early hours. So therell be quite a lot more cloud around by the day of on the start of the day of on saturday. Further north, though, it will stay fairly dry and clear, particularly across the north west, there a risk north west, so there is a risk of of frost to the of a touch of frost to start the weekend. But that easterly weekend. But that keen easterly breeze continue for many breeze will continue for many Northern Areas throughout the weekend. As result, it will weekend. As a result, it will stay cloudier across eastern areas of scotland, North Eastern england two but across North Western areas of scotland and parts Northern Ireland. It parts of Northern Ireland. It should stay dry and should stay fairly dry and bright. Drizzly rain, bright. That drizzly rain, though, will come and go for more areas with a risk more southern areas with a risk of some heavier showers in any brighter breaks south brighter breaks in the south later all for later on. Thats all for now. Bye. Bye bye. That warm feeling inside from boxt boilers , sponsors of boxt boilers, sponsors of weather on. Gb news. Weather on. Gb news. More to come on britains newsroom this morning, including outrage over the defence budget. Why was no money allocated to the mod and our armed forces in yesterdays budget from the chancellor . Also, the f1 scandal and International Womens day. Are you excited . Not as excited as you are. Oh, yeah. Us. Good morning. Its 10 am. On friday, the 8th of march. This is britains newsroom on gb news with me, bev turner and ben leo. Coming up, taking a stand in scampton. Taking scampton. Protests are taking place outside raf scampton after the governments to the governments decision to home 2000 Asylum Seekers there. And meghans uk relaunch. The duchess of sussex looks set to hire british pr gurus to improve her popularity. We here in the her popularity. We here in the uk, what would she have to do to win your heart back . I wouldnt bother, i dont think a Labour Government looms. Or does it . A gb news peoples poll shows 46 of you plan to vote labour at the next general election, dwarfing just 18 for the tories. And you trust the tories. And you trust Neither Party to handle the economy. So is it time for a change, is it a no go zone for jews . Thats how the counter extremism tsar describes london with the ongoing pro palestine protests. Do you agree with him . Protests. Do you agree with him . And bringing britain to a halt. Average speeds on our roads are at their slowest for almost a decade. Because of roadworks and smart motorways. Whats your biggest bugbear on the roads . And ill tell you what i spent some time in australia, of course, in december, following Nigel Farages jungle exploits. Celebrity. I drove from brisbane down the gold coast to the base about an hour and a half in rush hour on their motorway. I never once took my foot off the gas , once took my foot off the gas, never once went below the speed limit. Do that on the m25. Youll stuck there three days. You have experienced you will have all experienced it. It drives me mad. It. I know it drives me mad. Every day i drive in to work and i dont think i get over about well, i never get over 20 miles an hour. No. And sometimes i dont get over ten miles an hour all the way here. It is a crawl and a creep. Let us know your thoughts on this gbviews gbnews. Com. Because the irony is, of course causing irony is, of course its causing guess more pollution. Guess what . More pollution. And its not traffic, its and if its not traffic, its potholes. Youre doing your car in, your suspension is getting snapped, out there. So add it to the list of frustrations right . Lots more this your this morning. First though, your news. News with sophia wenzler. Thanks, bev. Good morning. Thanks, bev. Good morning. Its 10 02. Thanks, bev. Good morning. Its10 02. Im sophia wenzler in the gb newsroom. First, some in the gb newsroom. First, some breaking news. The met Police Officer firearms officer charged with the murder of chris kaba has been named for the first time as martin blake. Has been named for the first time as martin blake. The 24 time as martin blake. The 24 year old was shot once in the head through the windscreen of a car in south london in september 2022. The officer was initially identified only as nx1 21, but it was ruled the 40 year old can now be named because it posed no real or risk to his life or his family. Protesters are set to family. Protesters are set to demonstrate against the governments decision to house 2000 Asylum Seekers at raf scampton. It comes one year on since plans to house Asylum Seekers at scampton were revealed as the home office tried to reduce reliance on Expensive Hotels. Since then , Expensive Hotels. Since then, west Lindsey District Council has been fighting the proposals to house migrants there, even taking legal action. Meanwhile, rishi sunak has been accused of failing to stop migrant Channel Crossings after record arrivals topped 3000 for the year. So far. But downing street has insisted the government is making progress in stopping the boats. It comes as the uk has just pledged up to £1 million as part of a deal to get libyans to return to their home country. Return to their home country. London has become a no go zone for jews during pro palestine protests. Thats a warning from the governments counter extremism tsar. It comes after Prime Minister rishi sunak warned forces are trying to tear the country apart. Writing in the telegraph newspaper, robin simcox said mr sunak had been right to point to an increase in extremist disruption. Mr simcox said now the policies are needed to meet the scale of the challenge and urge ministers to be bolder and be willing to accept higher legal risks when tackling extremism. Former prime tackling extremism. Former Prime Minister theresa may will stand down as an mp at the next general election. Mrs. May general election. Mrs. May revealed her decision to stand down as maidenhead mp, saying she would focus on championing causes including the fight against modern slavery. She had been the conservative mp for the berkshire seat since 1997. Treasury secretary Gareth Davies is sad to see her go. Im so disappointed to hear this. Shes somebody who served this. Shes somebody who served this country with great skill and dedication, as you say. For many years, shes known around westminster as somebody that is completely dedicated to her constituents , despite the constituents, despite the significant responsibilities that shes had in government. And i just want to pay tribute to her today for all that shes done, not just for her constituents, but for the country as well. Now, mps are warning britain will be left increasingly reliant on military allies due to a £29 billion financial black hole in defence spending. The hole in defence spending. The influential Public Accounts Committee warned the government currently lacked a credible plan to fund the ministry of defence. The gap between the mods budget and the cost of the uks desired military capabilities is its largest ever, at £169 military capabilities is its largest ever, at £16. 9 billion. Labour said the report was more proof that the conservatives had failed. The us will build a port failed. The us will build a port on the coast of gaza to deliver a supply of emergency aid, President Biden announced the plan in his annual state of the Union Address last night. Plan in his annual state of the Union Address last night. When Union Address last night. When completed in the coming weeks, a temporary pier will allow hundreds of lorry loads of food to daily. Officials to be shipped daily. Officials have insisted us troops will not be deployed in gaza, but will operate offshore during construction. Meanwhile, construction. Meanwhile, President Biden used his state of the union speech to take a swipe at his republican rival, donald trump. Biden said mr trump sought to bury the truth about the 2021 january 6th attack on the us capitol , and attack on the us capitol, and also condemned his recent comments about russia and nato. Comments about russia and nato. Former republican president tells putin, quote , do whatever tells putin, quote, do whatever the hell you want. Thats the hell you want. Thats a quote , a former president quote, a former president actually said that bowing down to a russian leader, i think its outrageous. Its dangerous, andifs its outrageous. Its dangerous, and its unacceptable. And its unacceptable. And for the latest story , and for the latest story, sign up to gb news alerts by scanning the qr code on your screen, or go to gb news. Com slash alerts. Now its back. Slash alerts. Now its back. Oh right. It is. 1006 with britains newsroom. We think id know what i was doing by now on gb news with me, bev turner and ben leo this morning. Emails flying yes, lots of emails flying in, commenting on in, including one commenting on my, experience in australia about driving. It was very quick to brisbane down the to get from brisbane down the gold someone said gold coast. Someone said australia place. Ben australia is a big place. Ben yeah, i know, which is exactly my point. Theres too many people here, too many cars on the road. So thank you for proving my point. Cars on the road. Oh, so many cars on the road. Youve all been getting touch youve all been getting in touch about its on the about this nhs app. Its on the front page of the times this morning. Nhs morning. This is how the nhs is going alive, because going to keep you alive, because theyre watching going to keep you alive, because theyre doing. Watching going to keep you alive, because theyre doing. And ching going to keep you alive, because theyre doing. And neil has what youre doing. And neil has said who in their mind said who in their right mind would nhs it would install this nhs app . It starts step count, starts with your step count, then location, then then your location, and then they to your they will listen to your microphone. Says nhs microphone. Jill says the nhs are touch with health are so out of touch with Health Guidance , they can stick app guidance, they can stick an app to steps where the sun to track my steps where the sun doesnt shine. And, a lot of you are feeling the same way about this. Graham. Im a 76 year old veteran. If anybody calls me and tells me to get walking, well, god help them. What its mum . Always god help them. Wito its mum . Always god help them. Wito itmum. Mum . Always listen to your mum. Its your thats okay. If its your mum, thats all right. But do you what . Thats you know what . Thats the perfect because perfect word to use. Because thats what the state is doing. Becoming our parents. Stop parenting us. Admit that were adults and we can make our own decisions of how many steps we want. And also, you get people who say well, dont say things like, well, i dont care because care about privacy because ive got actual got nothing to hide. An actual fact Edward Snowden of fact Edward Snowden has one of the ever. I love the greatest quotes ever. I love it, saying that you it, he says, saying that you dont care about privacy because youve nothing is youve got nothing to hide is like dont about like saying you dont care about free because youve got free speech because youve got nothing just doesnt nothing to say. It just doesnt make stupid. Make sense. Its stupid. To show you something i want to show you something that gb news that one of our lovely gb news viewers gave me in whitehaven viewers gave to me in whitehaven this up me and this week. He came up to me and he said, bev, youve got to show this show is this on your show and this is some electioneering material. Its for an mp who wants a candidate for labour in southampton. And within the leaflet they put through the doom leaflet they put through the door, they put a little thing for you to put in your window that says, you. If you that says, no thank you. If you can this, no thank you. No can see this, no thank you. No door sales or cold callers , all door sales or cold callers, all other, all of the callers will require proof of identification. Require proof of identification. And i think that is really chilling. In other words, you put this in your window and then when the conservative or reform or green or liberal democrat or the green candidate your candidate come and knock on your door , i dont mind it. Door, i dont mind it. I think i think its fairly shrewd. The only, the only shrewd. The only, the only laughable thing about it is where it says what does it say . All all other callers will require of id. Oh, isnt require proof of id. Oh, isnt it great . Labour suddenly endorsing the idea of id . Theyre against a voter id when it elections. Yeah , it comes to elections. But yeah, i think really sinister and i think its really sinister and really chilling. Do you know why . Because its anti democratic. You want to anti democratic. If you want to vote election, if youre vote in the election, if youre a candidate , you a confident candidate, you should be stand on the should be saying, stand on the doorstep. To doorstep. Listen to what everybody say to you and everybody has to say to you and then where your foot. I just think its fairly shrewd of political shrewd bit of political anchoring, bit of anchoring, a smart bit of marketing. I dont think its that sinister. No. Well, anyway, thank you to the who came and it the viewer who came and gave it to me you think at to me. Tell me what you think at home. Vaiews gbnews. Com. On. Its been a right. Moving on. Its been a year since plans to 2000 year since plans to house 2000 asylum at raf scampton Asylum Seekers at raf scampton were leaked to the press as the home office tried to reduce reliance on Expensive Hotels £8 million i think the bill million a day. I think the bill was at the time, well, now its about £14,000,000. 14 a day now i know its eye watering. Well, since then west Lindsey District Council and Community Groups have fought to prevent progress at this Historic Site. They say it puts a £3 million Regeneration Project at risk. Yes. And despite the High Court Ruling that the government plans were lawful, the people of scampton are again scampton are once again preparing fight. Preparing to fight. Lets go to see our reporter, anna who is there this anna riley, who is there this morning. Good morning, anna, bnng morning. Good morning, anna, bring us up to speed with you on whats been happening in scampton. Good morning. Yes, well, were here at raf scampton , near were here at raf scampton, near lincoln, the home of dambusters , lincoln, the home of dambusters, and were in a camp thats actually been set up by campaigners who say that plans to move 2000 male Asylum Seekers to move 2000 male Asylum Seekers to this area is the wrong place. One year on and im joined now by sarah carter. Youve been by sarah carter. Youve been part of this campaign since that announcement was made. Why dont you think its the right area . You think its the right area . Well, we have a £300 million regeneration deal that has been agreed literally two days before sir bradley announced the home office plans to, you know , office plans to, you know, preserve the history and the heritage, but also be an investment to the local area. So investment to the local area. So £300 million of private money and, you know, up to 1000 jobs that are going to be created as opposed to, you know, having it being used as an asylum centre, it just doesnt make sense. And what do you make to the home office saying that we cant keep spending taxpayer money putting up Asylum Seekers in hotels. Its costing millions. Hotels. Its costing millions. Do what you say youre going to do and stop the boats. And youve been saying that you know , this hasnt just an overnight problem. Its been escalating problem. Its been escalating for years. And by them not actually doing their job properly and stopping the boats, you know, its led to the situation that were in now. So you know, its not our place to have to sort that out. They should be doing that at source and the home office say that they have been working with people in scampton and that they think this is the best plan, but you feel very unheard, dont you . We have meetings, okay. We have meetings, okay. So theyll come and theyll lecture us. Theyll tell us what the what the case is and we ask questions. And each meeting questions. And each meeting theres a different answer. So we have to keep asking the same questions to actually sort of keep up to speed. And we dont get told anything thats going on just by an online newsletter. Thats updated now and again, and any questions that we have asked over any of the meetings, they dont actually come back to us with an answer. So yeah, we feel sort of left in the feel very sort of left in the dark. Dark. And why are you so passionate about campaign . Mean , about this campaign . I mean, this, this camp that were in at the youve set the moment. Youve set up, youve meals youve youve made meals here, youve sleep are you so passionate . Well, it was actually set up by another Campaign Group and we took over a month ago when they left. But my, my husband has been living on the former married quarters for 29 years in june. Ive lived here for nine years. His zareff he did 22 years. His zareff he did 22 years. His zareff he did 22 years. His dad did 27 years, and his dad was also on the barrage balloons during world war two. So weve got, you know, an investment in that history that we want to preserve, but also for our community, you know, the jobs that it could bring. Were quite rural. We only get a bus every two hours. So to have Something Like this on our doorstep would be absolutely amazing the locals. Amazing for the locals. And what are the next steps . I youve youve not heard i know youve youve not heard much, but what are the plans now . One year on, are you any further in knowing if this is going become a camp for going to become a camp for Asylum Seekers . Next step for well, the next step is for the home office to get a special development be able to Development Order to be able to have three years planning permission moving forward once section q runs out. So now its about campaigning on the mps to sort of vote against it. So thats the next step. Thank you so much, sarah. So sarah and many other campaigners gathering here today at raf scampton to get their voices heard and to show that they dont feel that this is the right site for up to 2000 male Asylum Seekers to move into. Asylum seekers to move into. Okay. Thank you. Anna ben and i are sat here a bit baffled as to where you are. It looks like youre in an underground bunker and you mentioned that its a camp. Can you just tell us a little bit more about it . Yes. So the main entrance to raf scampton is just a couple of hundred metres next to us, by the side of the road you can maybe hear road noise. Theres lorries going by, cars going by. Thats where the, the raf base is and this has been set up. Weve got tarpaulin over the top. You can see in front of us weve got sofas set up behind us. I dont know if you can see weve got the kitchen area. So its a base for for, people to, to come in to, to stay overnight, to keep warm as well as a place to Campaign Today outside the raf base. Okay. Fascinating. Thank you anna. Thank you so much. Thanks, anna. Thank you so much. Thanks, anna. To everybody down there in scampton. Scampton. I think the concern with scampton is i think people in the community would be a lot happier migrants were happier if the migrants were contained the camp and not contained to the camp and not allowed out into the community, but gather thats probably but i gather thats probably a very controversial concept also, but i gather thats probably a veryleastroversial concept also, but i gather thats probably a veryleast because concept also, but i gather thats probably a veryleast because of 1cept also, but i gather thats probably a veryleast because of the it also, but i gather thats probably a veryleast because of the health not least because of the health aspect. There was a i think it was it tb or was it was was it tb or was it Diphtheria Outbreak at some point year , so yeah, right. Point last year, so yeah, right. Still to come. Its International Womens day. Im feeling a little bit conflicted about it this year. And ill tell you why in just a moment. But also, should include but also, should it include trans women . Today were going to fiery debate to be having a fiery debate about that in just a moment. This is britains newsroom on. Gb news. Gb news is the home of free speech. We were created to champion it, and we deliver it day in, day out. Free speech allows us all to explore and debate openly the issues most important to us, our families, and of course, the british people having challenging conversations to enlighten each other. Which is why we hear all sides of the argument. We are the peoples channel. We are the peoples channel. We are the peoples channel. We will always stand by the freedom to express yourself on tv, radio and online. This is gb news, britains news channel. News channel. Welcome back. Its 1019 on britains newsroom. I forgot where i was then on gb news with me, ben, leo and bev turner and were joined by former editor of the daily star, dawn neesom and author and broadcaster amy nicole the studio, Nicole Turner in the studio, which very apt line up on which is a very apt line up on International Womens day, surrounded ladies. You surrounded by lovely ladies. You can identify ben. Thats fine. Only at weekends well accept you. Only a weekend. Its free weekends. Ben jemima comes out soho. Ben jemima comes out in soho. Ben jemima comes out in soho. That actually suits you. That actually suits you. Yeah what . Ben . Jemima . Yeah i could probably pass for it. Id rather not, though. I enjoy need it, though. Do we need International Womens ladies womens day . Ladies we shouldnt do we shouldnt need International Womens day because all women should support one another all the time. The fact that we are expected to make a big deal of it on one particular day, i find a bit disturbing still. However, when were living in an era where womens rights, i feel bev are being spun backwards really fast, i feel like by who . By men. Mostly and trans women, i feel like now i am being told to sit down and shut up more than i was working as a young female journalist on a male dominated newspaper back in the 80s. Do you really . But who . Do you really . But who . So i do. So i do. So i do. So when you say youre being told to shut up, you mean youre being told, not literally. Your rights are somehow less important than certain other minority important than certain other miryesy important than certain other miryes. I important than certain other miryes. I think female rights yes. I think female rights now have become like now have become almost like a game of trumps. My right out trump yours. Everyone has rights. Everyone has human rights. Everyone has human rights. Trans women have rights. Women have rights. No ones rights are greater than the other. Feel now we are other. But i feel now we are locked considering trans locked into considering trans women are want to be women think theyre women are locked into this battle of sisterhood and it shouldnt be that way. Shouldnt be that way. No, amy, i do agree with dawn. Oh, steady on amy, take one day. It should be International Womens day every day. And the fact that we still have to have International Day, International Womens day, surely suggests that the inequality still there. Inequality is still there. And of course, statistics do of course, the statistics do back that up, because it remains the that women can expect the fact that women can expect to earn 15 less than men, i think all the time about the medical misogyny that i see regularly that Womens Health conditions dont have the Research Just because they didnt bother , because they only didnt bother, because they only started reproductive started researching reproductive things since about 1990, because it male stuff it was all the male stuff i think about when i got in the car today and i put my seatbelt on and i have the knowledge that that seatbelt was designed for a mans and a womans mans body and not a womans body. Really . Yeah. Body. Really . Ieah. Know that even i didnt know that even everything designed around men. Writer who drew real the writer who drew real attention to that, caroline perez. Perez. Yeah, theres a book on medical misogyny and the whole the whole world is kind of built around men. Even the fact that when you take a paracetamol, it takes takes into takes into, it takes into account the average male body weight rather than when weight rather than women. When it suggested dose. It says the suggested dose. Oh, so they do that like that, i think. They do, they do. But yeah, they do, they do. But yeah, they do, they do. Me pick a point let me pick up on a point that dawn about that dawn mentioned about womens being eroded by womens rights being eroded by certain trans certain groups, including trans women, who you are a big supporter of. You are happy with trans women being in womens toilets, womens toilets, playing in in womens sports. So, i mean, you cant have it both ways. You cant say womens rights being eroded womens rights are being eroded yet. Playing yet. I support men playing biological. Biological sport. I cant see any evidence of, trans women eroding womens rights. But what i can see a lot of evidence is of is of trans womens rights being eroded by women. I see that a lot. Ehm. How can you say that ehm. How can you say that about sport . I can give you just one example of sport. Lee thomas, the male born female male born swimmer, swimming in womens races, that is a cast iron. Lee thomas was playing in america in a College Level team and the following year she was beaten by a cis woman. So its not really cis women. You know what . Were just women. Were just women. The thing that i find funny is people only care that when trans play sports, when trans women play sports, when they win, so is the principal. Oh, they can play , but they oh, they can play, but they cant win. Sorry. Its the safe. Its the aspect of it as well. The safety aspect of it as well. How many videos and clips have we of biological men we seen online of biological men playing sports, playing in womens sports, playing in womens sports, playing them, playing rugby, manhandling them, throwing them around . You wouldnt have a havent you wouldnt have a i havent seen many. Seen that many. There would happen. Oh there would happen. Oh there would happen. There was. Yeah there was. Yeah there was. A lot son ive seen a lot of my son plays contact rugby i found plays contact rugby and i found that thats got that terrifying. Thats got nothing the gender. Nothing to do with the gender. You as a woman imagine you as a woman playing against rugby, against a biological man. Rugby you cant support rugby i have but you could see it. It does happen. And i think when you say, well, it only matters if they win, thats only when incensed. Yeah when people are incensed. Yeah because sport is about winning but really but they rarely win, really matter. Rarely, rarely win. Matter. They rarely, rarely win. Male born, vanishingly small numbers of trans women who are evenin numbers of trans women who are even in sport. Because actually theyre very unlikely, because of this. If of conversations like this. If you woman living you were a trans woman living in the would want go the uk now, would you want to go get youve do get into sport . Youve got to do sport. Get into sport . Youve got to do spoive people going like ive got people going like how parkruns, you know, how many parkruns, you know, people parkrun to people going along to parkrun to try and have a have a fun day. Now people are saying, and now people are saying, oh, trans women shouldnt be allowed. Were trans allowed. So if you were a trans woman in the uk now, woman living in the uk now, would feel welcome anywhere would you feel welcome anywhere you as fine you talk about parkrun as a fine example, in example, the record holder in aberystwyth , for example in aberystwyth, for example in wales, is a biological man who absolutely exceeds any records held by women and what parkrun did. Did. Its not a competitive, you know what parkrun did they they deleted their records and deleted all their records and said were going were said look were going to, were going this going to appease to this, this cheating thats it cheating because thats what it is biological and were is by biological men. And were going all records. I going to scrap all records. I feel you dont. Feel like you dont. Like youve been i feel like youve never been to because to a parkrun because its not about its not competitive. Competitive. Lot of sport. I ive played a lot of sport. I play ive played a lot of sport. I play probably more and play probably more sport, and im fitness im into more fitness and probably most and probably most people. And i understand biology understand the innate biology of biological. Its not just biological men. Its not just abouti biological men. Its not just about i have a question then what one second . What did you hang on one second . Its about reducing its not just about reducing testosterone. Its not just about reducing testorthrough male puberty , they gone through male puberty, they have more muscle mass. They have more bone more lung capacity, bigger bone density with them life. All the arguments. But i just find it. It ironic w i find it ironic that youre here rights here saying womens rights are being are. Being eroded, yet you are. Say theyve i didnt say theyve been eroded. Say stagnated. Eroded. I say they stagnated. Youre happy to but youre youre happy to not progressing. Happy to destroy men. Not progressing. Also, happy to destroy men. Not progressing. Also, can py to destroy men. Not progressing. Also, can iy to destroy men. Not progressing. Also, can i just destroy men. Not progressing. Also, can i just put roy men. Not progressing. Also, can i just put to men. Not progressing. Also, can i just put to you n. And also, can i just put to you Caster Semenya . I always think of this example. Do you remember caster yeah. Caster semenya . Yeah. Yes. And she shes intersex. Yes. And she has the bone density and the lung capacity and all the things that levelled. Thats fine, that are levelled. Thats fine, because biological man. But ml m minute. How the but hang on a minute. How the makeup, complexity makeup, the complexity of biology and Human Experience and condition can be in the form of someone like Caster Semenya. So why are you willing to accept her Natural Advantage . Shes rare example. Shes a rare example. Shes a rare example. Phelps massive Michael Phelps massive wingspan, alien wingspan, some would a man and competed and hes a man and competed that unfair . That unfair . Is that unfair . Is that unfair . Because he born no, because he was born a man. Because racing man. Because he was racing against trans. He against men, were born trans. He wasnt against wasnt racing against against weaker feebler women. He was racing against weaker feebler men who could never have his wingspan. So youre his wingspan. So if youre argument that this whole argument is that this whole biological while biological difference while were issue, can we were on this issue, can we have a at a little clip . A look at a little clip . Actually, labours actually, this is labours angela eagle because were talking about this from the perspective conservative perspective of a conservative party backdrop, conservative government. So we often think how would this issue play out under labour. Well weve got a little bit of an insight now as to what that might look like. Here you go. Heres angela eagle. Well also strengthen the law. Anti lgbt hate crimes law. So anti lgbt hate crimes are as aggravated are treated as aggravated offences which is. And there will be a much needed modernising of gender recognition processes which are humiliating. And so effectively dawn, what angela eagle is saying is that trans rights are going to be further consolidate , going to be further consolidate, dated and further empowering to people in under a Labour Government. Look, everybody has rights , look, everybody has rights, right . Trans people should have rights, women should have rights, women should have rights, even men should have rights. And that hurts, believe me. But even not you. Me. Thank you. But even not you. I say you specifically, i didnt say you specifically, but men have rights. But even men should have rights. It no ones. No rights it no ones. No ones rights trumps. Didnt really trumps. I didnt really understand what angela was saying there. Theres a lot of words. Theres brief. Words. Theres a little brief. No, there was a lot no, no, no, no. There was a lot of she used. None of it of words she used. None of it really much sense , to be really made much sense, to be honest slightly honest with. Im slightly disappointed because i feel that she as she should be more pro women as i one of the things i said. Well, one of the things that she was saying there is that she was saying there is that gender transitioning should be made easier and less humiliating about the gender recognition certificate, isnt it . Yes. And actually, this originated with who we were talking about a lot today. Theresa may theresa may thought this be gay marriage, this would be her gay marriage, her marriage moment, her equal marriage moment, and she could be as a she could be seen as a progressive politician this progressive politician with this whole progression. Whole trans rights progression. However, it started be however, then it started to be used the political football used as the political football that we see. It is used today. All the gender recognition recognition certificate does is mean birth mean that your birth certificate, your marriage certificate, your marriage certificate and your death certificate and your death certificate will align with the genderin certificate will align with the gender in which you lived your life. If was to life. And if it was open to abuse, thats also acknowledged. And to use and if they be found to use fraudulently , then that can be fraudulently, then that can be thats taken into consideration. And in the example of spain, the grc would be removed. So if you grc would be removed. So if you went to try and get a grc, which is often the argument you know, a man could walk in and just say hes thats fraud. So hes a woman, thats fraud. So that work. And in that wouldnt work. And in ireland, they have this ireland, in spain they have this and it works very, very well. Its interesting you but its interesting that you use fraud because for use the word fraud because for me, of we being me, so much of what we are being asked i can separate, asked to do and i can separate, i that no one wants to be i think that no one wants to be unkind individual trans unkind to an individual trans person. No, i dont want to see unkind to an individual trans prworld no, i dont want to see unkind to an individual trans prworld in , i dont want to see unkind to an individual trans prworld in which,� t want to see unkind to an individual trans prworld in which, as ant to see unkind to an individual trans prworld in which, as you to see unkind to an individual trans prworld in which, as you say, ee a world in which, as you say, trans people cant freely walk down street and live their down the street and live their lives because vast majority lives because the vast majority just quiet life just want to live a quiet life and just. And get on just. Always on with it. We always get on with it. We always get on with it. Yes, but being asked if i am asked look at a man born a asked to look at a man born a male in a dress and say, that is a woman, youre asking me to lie. I think were imagining such different things, arent we . Like, im picturing brianna ghey. Im picturing john fay, im picturing india willoughby, well, in india, willoughby is now threatening to go to the police. But when jk rowling police. But when jk rowling called man, her do you called him a man, see her do you honestly, in your heart, ever think , man . Think, man . Because i dont believe woman. I see a trans woman i dont i dont think that even matters. India willoughby is asking and thats a simple theres difference. Theres a difference. A trans woman woman. Thats it. Woman and a woman. Thats it. Theres cis women, the theres no cis women, by the way. Were okay, thats way. Were women. Okay, thats it. A prefix, but its just a prefix, isnt it . Brown it . Were blonde women, brown haired women. Haired women broadcasting women. Pretty steady on with. I see it so different. I see it so different. I see it so different. I mean, i think youre missing the point by saying, does this person look like a real woman . Thats the thing real woman . Thats not the thing here. About her is a here. Everything about her is a woman. Problem with india woman. The problem with india and india. And jk rowling is india. Willoughby to willoughby is threatening to censor the free speech and the biological reality and facts of human life by going to the police because she called him a man. Nothing do you. Man. Nothing to do with you. Indias passport. Look at indias passport. Theres fibre of theres an f every fibre of indias being is well, it isnt every fibre of her being. Thats whats interesting. Professor winston marshall, Professor Robert winston, sorry, very said, your very famously said, your biological sex is identifiable in every single cell in your body. Quote has been its been criticised. Its been emotionally. But you cant change your chromosomes. Im not sure this argument gets us anywhere, because india should neverin anywhere, because india should never in a million years be treated as a male or called such i i i will lam i will treat her as a trans woman. Is a biological male. Is a biological male. Is a biological male. What j. K. Rowling said is undeniably derogatory and it was in calling them a man. You, ben, you know that. Thats intended to be derogatory. You just know it. In india has got form himself being abusive and doing the same to yourself to say himself, why do that . Because india willoughby is a biological man and im within my rights to say you are a man. I am not going to lie. Im not going lie to lie. Im not going to lie to myself that to me and distort my reality to other people reality to make other people feel better. Really hateful facts. Really hateful facts. Many things to make we use so many things to make people feel better all the time. Trans rights. I support trans rights. I want people to live happy, want people to live in a happy, loving, accepting, equal world. An equal world. An equal world. You said you liked this top even though its covered in cat. You know its youre you know its great. Youre a kind person. Lies to people i say lies to make people feel better. I say lies to make people feeiimtter. Going to distort my im not going to distort my own reality someone feel better. Thats not your reality. Youre a new youre telling yourself a new reality yourself feel, reality to make yourself feel, to your argument. To feel right in your argument. So much of this is about language. Yeah. For india language. Yeah. For me, india willoughby is a trans woman, and its five letters that its those five letters that really matter because that matters completely to all of us, because of the biology and because of the biology and because of the biology and because of your first point about medical testing. If we start including trans women in the medical testing, we are still losing because we are physiologically so different. Okay. Fascinating. Im nicole dawn neesom, thank you very much. Lets get news with much. Lets get your news with sophia. Sophia wenzler. Thanks, ben. Its 1032. Sophia wenzler. Thanks, ben. Its1032. Im sophia wenzler in the gb newsroom. The met Police Firearms officer charged with the murder of chris kaba has been named for the first time as martin blake. The 24 year old was shot once in the head through the windscreen of a car in south london in september 2022. 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New gb news series innovation britain looking at the success of british manufacturing around the country here it is. You want a great uk manufacturing story . Well, ive got one for you with mark here at engineering. With mark here at engineering. And its all to do with these fantastic parts and the story began ten years ago, right . Yeah. We started dealing with this , as you say, ten this customer, as you say, ten years ago when they were prototyping work and trying to develop a new product to the market, grew , they moved market, as they grew, they moved a lot of their production requirements the east requirements to the far east for the cheaper , production, we the cheaper, production, we carried on dealing with them on a smaller basis on deal a much smaller basis on deal prototyping, Development Work , prototyping, Development Work, but then during the pandemic, when they couldnt get supply from china or their products, they turned to us and asked to us see if we could do supply for them, we couldnt compete quite with price on what they were buying from the far east. But then you put in the entire then when you put in the entire price , component, including price of, component, including shipping quality, turnaround and delivery and lead time, it actually works out better for them to buy the product from the uk. And theyve actually made a decision to try and reshore much of their in production of their work in production terms. To the uk, and were terms. Back to the uk, and were supporting them that product. W e fantastic. And i absolutely fantastic. And i think youre doing a great job doing exactly what ive doing exactly that. What ive really learned from this, its not per part , but not so much price per part, but its more price of the production made you win it. Yeah, its it. Yeah, its a it. Yeah, its a total price of purchase. Its a total price of quality. Making sure product gets them right first time that they have availability for it. Reaction time. You know its 12 weeks normally from the far east. And we can produce in 12 hours if need be. You know, so its that relationship and having that clear line of communication. Well done mark. And lets see more of this in the future. Im so. Thank you to gb news viewers and listeners. 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Course, we spring of course, we had the Spring Budget , yes, of course, we had the Spring Budget, yes, but been budget, yes, but its been criticised nothing criticised for having nothing new britains armed forces new for britains armed forces and has actually appeared to track a decline £2. 5 billion track a decline of £2. 5 billion in spending. So joining in defence spending. So joining us now is labour mp for bootle, peter dowd, peter good morning. Thank you so much for joining us. What did make of the us. What did you make of the budget , not a us. What did you make of the budget, not a lot, as Eric Morecambe would say. I think it was a transactional budget. I think it was a budget that, was there to get the tories across a particular line in advance of a general election. It was just pretty lots of lots of organisations. Pretty lots of lots of organisations. Institute of organisations. Institute of directors said, for example, it was unremarkable. All, in that was unremarkable. All, in that regard , what do you make of the regard, what do you make of the lack of defence spending , lack of defence spending, especially at a time when weve got the russia invasion of ukraine, the situation in the red sea with the houthi rebels, not for our armed not a penny for our armed forces. Well, the thing is, with the defence of the front line starts on the home front in that regard. So. And what weve got problems with at the moment are issues maybe around recruitment and retention in the armed forces as well, because, to stay in any organisation or to be attracted to an organisation, youve got to have youve got to believe that its committed to you. And i think at the moment the government are not sending the government are not sending the right messages out for people who we want to join the armed forces , that its not not armed forces, that its not not so much its not welcoming. Its just its got to be a place that youre youre committed to and youre youre committed to and you want to commit. Youre youre committed to and you want to commit. Youre you want to commit. Youre committed by, so to speak, by the government. And that that particular issue, peter, was brought sharply into focus when there was the public debate just a few weeks ago about whether we should have a sort of National Service whether would service and whether we would need conscription again need to have conscription again one course, the younger and, of course, the Younger Generation to social media generation took to social media and memes about generation took to social media andfact memes about generation took to social media andfact that memes about generation took to social media andfact that they memes about generation took to social media andfact that they wouldnt bout generation took to social media andfact that they wouldnt got the fact that they wouldnt go and fight for this government. What labour to create a what would labour do to create a country that the Younger Generation would literally die for . Well, look, i think what youve got to do is youve got to have, for example, defence spending , which which is spending, which which is commensurate with the needs of our country. But i go back to the point about it starts on the home front. So youve got to be paying home front. So youve got to be paying people appropriately for a kick off. Youve got to know that theyre secure for the future. That their pensions are reasonable, that the accommodation actually accommodation that they actually live in with their families when they in the armed forces is they are in the armed forces is important. So youve got to get those basics right. And there, thats the starting point for any, any, any armed forces. Is that what is it like for you and your family if youre committing to 5 or 10 years in the Armed Services . Its sort of it is, and it isnt. And i agree with you. And i would think all of our soldiers and all of our troops should be treated better when theyre service when theyre in service or when theyve as well. But theyve retired as well. But its that, peter. Its more than that, peter. Its about you world about because, you know, world war two, we didnt war i, world war two, we didnt have british male soldiers saying, well, ill in the saying, well, ill go in the army, only they give me army, but only if they give me a nice that nice house. My point being that its in the hearts its that passion in the hearts of the next generation to believe in this country. What would labour do to encourage that . Well, that yes , but thats well, that yes, but thats i think personally, i think youre missing the point. What . Youve got a lot. My, my grandmother was a war widow for 67 years, and my mother was a, was a, was and my mother was a, was a, was a war widow for 49. She got a war widows pension for 49 years. Its about sending the message that the armed forces, our armed forces, which are theyre top notch in the world. They really are. They really are top notch. Are. They really are top notch. Its sending the message to them to people who want to join. Youre committed to us. We are going to be committed to you. It starts at home with all those those sorts of things. And that issue about the abstract , about issue about the abstract, about committed to your country. Yes, of people are. But of course, people are. But theyve got to be theyve got to be in an environment for them that it isnt all take and it isnt all give. Its a mix of both. And thats where its got to start on the home front, but about but its about values as well, isnt it. About what what would a Labour Government what does what would britain look like under Labour Government what does what wlabourbritain look like under Labour Government what does what w Labour Government . Ke under Labour Government what does what wLabour Government . How1der Labour Government what does what wLabour Government . How can you a Labour Government . How can you define the characteristics that will be applicable to this amazing country that we have . What are the values youre going to represent . Because im very unclear about that. Well, ill tell you what the values are. Lets take a value. Is it right in this country that we tens thousands of we have tens of thousands of foodbanks . Is that is that right . I think thats right . I dont think thats right . I dont think thats right. Is it is it right . I dont think thats right. Is it is it right that we have hubs where people have warm hubs where people cant , have to go to, to cant afford, have to go to, to be protected . Is the sort be protected . Is that the sort of country that we want . No it isnt. So we want is we isnt. So what we want is we need investment, stability and social country. Social cohesion in our country. We need investment from the government. We need investment from private sector and from the private sector and a partnership between the private and to make sure, and Public Sector to make sure, make sure our country has the productivity levels and the growth levels. It needs to look after everybody in the country. Thats what we need. Thats the environment or thats what i want to do. And thats what people, in a sense, what what whether youre whether youre a in the armed forces or not, thats what we all want. Dont we want a decent, cohesive country to live in . We do. I dont think we have, with all the variations , all the the regional variations, all the regional variations,iations, the regional variations, all the regional variations, right|s, the health variations, right across the country, thats where you start to make sure that people are cared for and looked after. Whether youre in work or whether youre not in work. All right, peter, just changing the topic slightly. Whats thoughts on whats your thoughts on International Womens day . Are you a big supporter . You you a big supporter . Do you think it . Think we even need it . Well, yes, i am a big supporter International Supporter of International Womens. So for example, womens day. So for example, women this country women even in this country are still paid well below the male average. And so we have to keep the whole question about the rights of women on the agenda. It isnt just about, you know, the Old Fashioned suffragette movement. Its about making sure that women a fair crack of that women get a fair crack of the whip, so to speak, and that theyre getting a fair deal from , from, from who theyre employed okay employed by. Okay peter, thank you so much. Really enjoyed talking to you. Labour mp for bootle there, peter dowd, what did you make of what he had to say there . He was talking about the allure of people joining the armed forces. But you know, when the discriminate against the raf discriminate against white have white pilots and they have to apologise for being apologise about it for being racist, basically. How are you expecting people to feel expecting british people to feel that affinity with protecting their country girl . Let us know your thoughts. Gb views at gb news. Com up next, Christian Horner of red bull fame. Well, his accuser , fame. Well, his sixteen accuser, the woman who accused him, who took complaint to the team , took the complaint to the team, she has been suspended. Did red bull make the right move, especially on International Womens day . Thats more. Womens day . Thats a lot more. This is britains newsroom. Well, were looking at the pictures of Christian Horner well, were looking at the pictures of christian homer and his mrs. Geri on the front pages of all the papers. Still, this sex and motorsport scandal story is going nowhere. Were joined in the studio by aidan magee to let us know what the latest is. This is this is sort of nightmarish for the family. Aiden isnt it . But also for the red bull team. Well, it is, and i mean, first of all, i cant remember the last time ive in a major way seen f1 on the back pages of the newspapers because theres been the been so little happening on the track. Processional track. Its so processional since massive war on the since that massive war on the track between hamilton and verstappen two and a half years ago. So to see it on the front pageis ago. So to see it on the front page is almost unchartered territory, certainly for the first while, he first time in a long while, he wants draw a line under wants to draw a line under things. Wouldnt be if things. Wouldnt it be nice if every time we got into a bit of trouble just say to the trouble we could just say to the media, you just media, you know, you can just move now . Nothing to move on now . Theres nothing to see can understand see here so you can understand his whats turning see here so you can understand his though,nhats turning see here so you can understand his though,nhatis urning see here so you can understand his though,nhatis that1g see here so you can understand his though, nhatis that the now, though, bev, is that the sponsors to sponsors are starting to get involved when the sponsors involved and when the sponsors start getting nervous, thats when the end is nigh. I dont think in his position think hell be in his position for longer. Now, for that much longer. Now, whats red whats interesting is that red bulls. Bulls engine partner, honda. Yes. Okay. It sounds like a bit of bit of a small time. Role of a bit of a small time. Role in terms of the sponsorship, but theyre a big, big company. Theyre a global and theyre a global company, and theyre we need theyre starting to say, we need to detail on this. And to hear more detail on this. And so questions questions are beginning to be asked. And beginning to, to be asked. And thats when the net closes in. Because this is a hugely commercialised sport. Its enormous the world. If enormous around the world. If youre associated with it and youre associated with it and youre looking at it even dispassionately or from a distance and thinking, you know what . Is a boil what . This one bloke is a boil that needs to be lanced. And you know what . If hes not, hes not a major investor in the company. Hes an employee. I think hes an employee. And i think they to dispense they might decide to dispense with him. On International Womens with him. Whatn International Womens with him. What do |ternational womens with him. What dorternationaoflomens with him. What do |ternationa of geri ns day, what do you make of Geri Halliwell . Horner, as now halliwell . Horner, as shes now known horners known his Christian Horners wife, to the bahrain wife, turning up to the bahrain gp , a day after all gp last weekend, a day after all those leaked messages. What apparent messages were leaked to show public support for horner . Was she weak . Is it the right was she weak . Is it the right thing for her to do . In opinion, hate being in my opinion, i hate being psychic, id said on twitter psychic, but id said on twitter in morning that my in the morning that my prediction be she prediction would be that she would frock and would put on her best frock and she out she she would walk out and she would hold she would kiss hold his hand and she would kiss him. Its exactly what she did. There is there is a subplot to forget, theres to this. Dont forget, theres a netflix filmed to this. Dont forget, theres a nethe filmed to this. Dont forget, theres a nethe moment filmed to this. Dont forget, theres a nethe moment of filmed to this. Dont forget, theres a nethe moment of what . Filmed to this. Dont forget, theres a nethe moment of what . Offilmed to this. Dont forget, theres a nethe moment of what . Of just. D at the moment of what . Of just. Its life at red bull its just about life at red bull. Really. Its really. Its called, i cant remember what its called. Its got quite its called. Its got quite a fancy name, but im not that psychic. I didnt see that coming. I didnt see that coming. Good. Its content. Its good. Its good content. I when tottenham i remember when tottenham had this a couple of ago and this a couple of years ago and amazon a documentary. The amazon did a documentary. The great was the managers great content was the managers were getting sacked all the time. Upheaval and time. There was upheaval and they generate they need that to generate a decent within the decent narrative within the context series. And context of the series. And so it helps. Not saying that that helps. Im not saying that that it all contrived, it was. Its all been contrived, but to there. I but she needs to be there. I believe that. Well, the accuser has well, and the accuser has been now we dont know been sacked now we dont know what, but that will doubt be what, but that will no doubt be rolling over the weekend. Rolling on over the weekend. Aiden thank you so here is aiden thank you so much. Here is annie your weather. Annie with your weather. A brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on. Gb news. Hello. Good morning. Welcome to your latest gb news weather update. It will be a dry afternoon for many areas with some sunshine, but theres a relatively brisk easterly breeze for many areas that says this area of High Pressure across scandinavia still brings in that easterly wind. Further south easterly wind. Further south though, well start to see low pressure arriving, bringing some weather fronts and some rain for the weekend. But that easterly breeze across northeastern areas will continue to drag in cloud and some drizzly through and some drizzly rain through the further the next few hours. Further south, though, parts of the southeast, it will be a much sunnier and brighter afternoon compared to yesterday, so it will little bit in will feel a little bit warmer in the that easterly the sunshine. But that easterly wind feel wind will bring a chilly feel for areas through tonight. For many areas through tonight. The cloud will thicken from the south and west as this band of showery rain pushes up to cover many Southern Coasts by tomorrow morning. Further north, though, it should stay dry, but it will be quite a cloudy and windy night, so that does mean it will be frost free by the start of the weekend, but its still going to be a fairly chilly start. The winds be a bit start. The winds will be a bit stronger, through saturday stronger, so through saturday compared to today, particularly across northWestern Areas as the winds are squeezed over the high ground. So quite a gusty afternoon , but it will dry afternoon, but it will be dry and bright western and bright for many Western Areas scotland , parts of areas of scotland, parts of northern and Northern Ireland and northwestern england, but further south, cloud will thicken through the day and therell showery therell be some showery outbreaks rain. These outbreaks of rain. These could turn across the turn quite heavy across the southwest afternoon , but southwest in the afternoon, but it will still feel fairly pleasant any brighter breaks. Pleasant in any brighter breaks. See you later bye bye. See you later on. Bye bye. Feeling inside from that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers, sponsors of weather on gb news. Good morning to you. Its 11 am. On friday, march the 8th. This is britains newsroom on gb news with ben elliott and bev turner. Britains favourite news channel. Thank you for watching at home and listening on the radio. So a new nhs app. Its going to monitor your step count. Thats right. And then it will tackle your unhealthy lifestyle. Its going to get you back to work. Are you a fan . Were not. Maybe just eat less. Perhaps meghans uk relaunch the duchess of sussex looks set to hire british pr gurus to improve her popularity here in blighty. Good luck with that and no go zone for jews. Thats good luck with that and no go zone forjews. Thats how good luck with that and no go zone for jews. Thats how the counter extremism tsar describes london, with the ongoing pro palestine protests. Do you pro palestine protests. Do you agree with him . And the former Prime Minister theresa may will stand down as an mp at the next general election. Shes represented the election. Shes represented the maidenhead constituency for 27 years and britain is grinding to a halt. Average speeds on our roads are at their slowest for almost are at their slowest for almost a decade because of roadworks and those very annoying, smart motorways. Whats your biggest bugbear on the roads . What is the possibility that Meghan Markle can revive her character and her pr image here . Do you think . Ben leo i think shes probably finished and the problem is brits compared to americans see through people americans we see through people and we judge them by the content of their character. Whereas i think americans bless them, think the americans, bless them, theyre with theyre very generous with their, know , hospitality. Their, you know, hospitality. Im sort of baffled to and im sort of baffled as to why she wants us to fall in love with her again. Why . Like she with her again. Why . Like she she caused chaos with her husband amongst the royal family, and then shes gone back to america and i kind of think if she needs to revive her image here, do something. Just do something good. Dont tell us how wonderful you are via a pr company. Come over here and do some good. Do you agree . Gb views at gb news. Com first though, the very latest news with sophia wenzler. Bev. Ben. Thank you. Its 11 02. Im sophia wenzler in the gb newsroom. Your top story this hour. Gb newsroom. Your top story this hour. Met gb newsroom. Your top story this hour. Met Police Firearms officer martin blake has denied the murder of chris kaba after being named publicly for the first time. The 24 year old was shot once in the head through the windscreen of a car in south london in september 2022. The officer was initially identified as 121, but it was ruled the 40 year old can now be named because it poses no real risk to his life or that of his family. Hes been released on bail and is due to face trial in october. Protesters are again demonstrating against a decision to house Asylum Seekers at raf scampton. It comes a year after the home office plans were revealed as the Government Works to reduce its reliance on Expensive Hotels. West Lindsey District Council launched legal action against the proposal and conservative councillor Robert Patterson says the fight will continue. Continue. Weve got a legal stop order in place which the home office are ignoring. Theyre not doing the portacabins, but they are building on the accommodation blocks and theyve been doing it openly, in breach of the stop order for months. Weve lost a judicial review, but we have a weve been able to appeal the judicial review. So were going to appeal the judicial review. And the council is also going to launch another legal challenge. Launch another legal challenge. Meanwhile, the Prime Minister has been accused of failing to stop the boats with Channel Crossings topping 3000 for the year so far. Downing street insists the government is making progress. It comes as the uk pledges up to £1 million as part of a deal to get libyans to return to their home country. Return to their home country. Former Prime Minister theresa may will stand down at the next general election, bringing her 27 year career as an mp to an end. Announcing her decision to end. Announcing her decision to stand down as the member for maidenhead , she said she wants maidenhead, she said she wants to focus on causes including the fight against modern slavery. Shes been the conservative mp for the berkshire seat since 1997. Exchequer secretary to the treasury Gareth Davies is sad to see her go. Im so disappointed to hear this. Shes, somebody who served this. Shes, somebody who served this country with great skill and dedication , as you say. For and dedication, as you say. For many years, shes known around westminster as somebody that is completely dedicated to her constituents , despite the constituents, despite the significant responsibilities that shes had in government. And i just want to pay tribute to her today for all that shes done, not just for her constituents, but for the country as well. The counter extremism tsar has warned london has become a no go zone forjews during no go zone for jews during pro palestine protests. Writing in the telegraph , Robin Simcock in the telegraph, Robin Simcock said the Prime Minister was right to point to an increase in extremist disruption. He says policies are needed to meet the scale of the challenge , and urge scale of the challenge, and urge ministers to be bolder and be willing to accept higher legal risk when tackling extremism. Risk when tackling extremism. Mps are warning britain will be left increasingly reliant on military allies due to a £29 billion financial black hole in defence spending. The influential Public Accounts Committee warned the government currently lacked a credible plan to fund the ministry of defence. The gap between the mods budget and the cost of the uks desired military capability is its largest ever, at £169 military capability is its largest ever, at £16. 9 billion. Labour said the report was more proof that the conservatives had failed. The uk will join the us failed. The uk will join the us and other allies to create a maritime corridor to deliver aid directly to gaza. The foreign directly to gaza. The foreign secretary made the announcement after President Joe Biden said dunng after President Joe Biden said during his annual state of the Union Address that the us will build a port in gaza to deliver a supply of emergency aid when completed in the coming weeks. A temporary pier will allow hundreds of lorry loads of food to be shipped daily. Officials have insisted us troops will not be deployed to gaza, but will operate offshore during construction. Meanwhile, construction. Meanwhile, President Biden used his state of the Union Address to take a swipe at his republican rival donald trump. Biden said swipe at his republican rival donald trump. Biden said mr trump sought to bury the truth about the 2021 january 6th attack, and also condemned his recent comments about russia and nato. Nato. Former republican president tells putin, quote, do whatever the hell you want. Thats the hell you want. Thats a quote , a former president quote, a former president actually said that boeing down to a russian leader. I think its outrageous. Its dangerous andifs its outrageous. Its dangerous and its unacceptable. And its unacceptable. And for the latest story, sign up to gb news alerts by scanning the qr code on your screen or go to gb news. Com slash alerts. Now its back to ben and. Bev. Ben and. Bev. Very good morning. Its britains newsroom with me, bev turner and ben leo this morning. Turner and ben leo this morning. Should we have a little look what people have been saying at home . Ben. Yes, good morning. Rob yes, rob. Good morning. Rob you getting sick and you say im getting sick and tired women muscling you say im getting sick and tired way women muscling you say im getting sick and tired way into women muscling you say im getting sick and tired way into things muscling you say im getting sick and tired way into things that cling you say im getting sick and tired way into things that areg their way into things that are of concern trans of no concern to them. Trans women and they women are not women, and they already have their own day on the march. Already have their own day on the judith ch. Trans and judith says trans women and absolutely but and men are absolutely fine, but real women must not real biological women must not be deleted. Virginia says only biological women should be included in womens day. Audrey included in womens day. Audrey says to all women, you are enough just the way you are. And lots of you saying that youre enjoying ben and i together this morning. Are you gonna read that tweeter . Well, i did get one tweet from and says. From someone called and it says. And i mute the tv every time that womans on. This is talking about me. Its not very sisterly, is it . I literally cant bear to listen to the garbage that comes out of her mouth. Woman Andrew Pierce. Mouth. Vile woman Andrew Pierce. Is that you masquerading as and is that you masquerading as and i bet it is on International Womens day as well. Vile. Vile. Thats an Andrew Pierce word. I think hes sat at home tweeting. But andrew and tweeting. Right. But andrew and i monday i will be back on monday morning. Labour have morning. Okay, so labour have been their strategies been outlining their strategies to Lgbt Community this to protect Lgbt Community this morning. This is what angela eagle had to say. Labour will offer the country to pick up legislating to protect the Lgbt Community with a comprehensive , trans inclusive a comprehensive, trans inclusive ban on conversion therapy. I would have liked to get it done soonen would have liked to get it done sooner. It will happen. We just have to make progress and its very sad that , as honourable very sad that, as honourable friend said, its taken longer than the brexit negotiations. Than the brexit negotiations. Well, Michael Walker from novara media joins us now to talk about that and other issues as well, i feel like weve got a little bit of a clearer idea now. Michael no major surprises there about the fact that the rights of trans people would be further consolidated under a Labour Government , potentially. Labour government, potentially. I mean, i think its not going to be a big issue in the next general election. I think there of certain there are sort of certain spheres media, and spheres within the media, and i mean, tories would mean, i think the tories would quite a issue quite like it to be a big issue at the general election. At the next general election. But ultimately going into this, its about people its going to be about people realising have realising that nhs services have declined. Realising that nhs services have decline this a massive talking point in this election. Think this general election. I think labour doing labour will probably be doing everything in their power to. Why avoid it . Would conservatives why would the conservatives want this to be a big issue . Well, because they think its an country is an issue that the country is somewhat on, i think somewhat divided on, and i think their is somewhat their sort of base is somewhat divided so i they divided on it. So i think they prefer talking prefer to be talking about issues they as issues that they think are as more unifying. I mean, that i mean, isnt that what political should Political Parties should be doing, about things doing, talking about things that their concerned doing, talking about things that their yeah concerned doing, talking about things that their yeah no, oncerned doing, talking about things that their yeah no, imarned doing, talking about things that their yeah no, im notd doing, talking about things that their yeah no, im not a bad thing. Its not a critique. Im saying this is perfectly reasonable. Angela eagle, reasonable. Im angela eagle, theyre i think reasonable. Im angela eagle, theyrethis i think reasonable. Im angela eagle, theyrethis point. I think reasonable. Im angela eagle, theyrethis point. Yeah. I think reasonable. Im angela eagle, theyrethis point. Yeah. So think she is this point. Yeah. So i mean, you know, i know that lots of who would who would mean, you know, i know that lots of the who would who would mean, you know, i know that lots of the labourould who would mean, you know, i know that lots of the labour partyvho would mean, you know, i know that lots of the labour party willnould mean, you know, i know that lots of the labour party will have hope the labour party will have a, know, a more positive a, you know, a more positive attitude, lets say, towards trans people and trans rights. But i dont think were expecting them sort of expecting them to put it sort of top their manifesto. Top line in their manifesto. Going to get a are we going to get a situation jk this situation where jk rowling this week said india willoughby week said that india willoughby was that was a man and india said that hed reported her to the police for it . Are we going to get a situation under labour where actually jk actually by doing what jk rowling and stating rowling did and stating biological facts that will end you up in the cop shop and potentially in court, well, i mean, people disagree about sort of the biological bases of transness, but i dont want to get into that right now in terms of where policy would lie on this. I cant of where policy would lie on this. I cant imagine that happening. The happening. And for me, the priority for me isnt really having politicians who are willing to police what people say. My priority is not having politicians seem to politicians who seem to proactively want to create divisive debates such as these, which, lets face it, you know, most of us arent experts on it. There are people who know a lot about this, and in way, id about this, and in a way, id prefer leave them. Prefer to leave it to them. Lets move on peoples lets move on then. Peoples poll a poll poll gb news have done a poll here, revealed that a here, and its revealed that a staggering 44 of viewers do not trust or a labour trust a tory or a Labour Government to lower taxes after the next general election, even conservative voters from 2019 have moved away from rishi sunaks government. 45 saying that Neither Party will lower taxes, 36 have little strength in either of them , improving in either of them, improving little faith either of them will strengthen the economy. This is going to go one of two ways. Were either going to get lots of people spoiling their ballots, voting for independence, just voting independence, or just not voting at i think thats the at all. And i think thats the worst all worlds. Dont you . Worst of all worlds. Dont you . Mean, potentially, i mean, i mean, potentially, i mean, we situation, though we are in a situation, though its not like of the its not like sort of the general public saying, god, general public are saying, god, we want either of them. I think the majority the i think the majority of the pubuc i think the majority of the public we kind of public are saying we kind of want were not that want labour, but were not that excited it. Know, excited about it. You know, theyre polls. Theyre at 46 in the polls. Theyre it theyre going to do okay. It might in fact be a landslide. Now, the worry will be what do they theyre power . They do when theyre in power . Because made, in because i think theyve made, in a of somewhat a way, a bunch of somewhat inconsistent theyve inconsistent pledges. Theyve said improve said theyre going to improve Funding Services , funding for Public Services, theyre not going tax more theyre not going to tax more and going to borrow and theyre not going to borrow more. Difficult more. Now, thats a difficult square circle, right. But square to circle, right. But i dont well yet at a point dont think well yet at a point where were talking about sort of despondency next of mass despondency at this next general election, because i think in way, you think there is in a way, you know, if, even if not know, even if, even if not enthusiasm starmer as a enthusiasm for keir starmer as a person, think is person, i think there is some enthusiasm for change in general. Whats the best scenario whats the best Case Scenario for now . For the conservatives now . Damage limitation . Think are doing well, i think they are doing damage limitation. Im not a psephologist not to psephologist. Im not going to sort of a number out of sort of pluck a number out of the i think that budget the air, but i think that budget i mean, way im surprised i mean, in a way im surprised that was so small c that that budget was so small c conservative you know , conservative because, you know, Cutting National Insurance by £0. 02 they already did that last autumn and no one noticed. Like im a political journalist and id forgotten yeah you id forgotten that. Yeah you know, when when i sort of know, when i, when i sort of heard the what they heard on the radio what they already this already theyd already done this and theyve again and then theyve done it again and then theyve done it again and hoping this is going and theyre hoping this is going to around for them. So to turn it around for them. So they to much of they dont seem to have much of a a way. Im a strategy in a way. Im wondering rishi sunak has wondering if rishi sunak has already on job already got his eye on a job in california. Jeremy hunt wants to sort as a responsible sort of go down as a responsible chancellor. So theyve sort of given on next election already. Nick clegg, of course, went to i mean, its been a great i mean, its been a great career him. Losing that career move for him. Losing that election career move for him. Losing that electiythe is the ground is the is the Training Ground for technocrats, it . For the technocrats, isnt it . It that budget it feels. But does that budget for indicate looking for you indicate were looking at because at a may election. Because having categorically, having said categorically, ive sat desk saying sat at this desk and saying definitely now the definitely not in may. Now the mood music that it was mood music is that it was preparing for a may preparing people for a may election. They dont want reform to get more, organs , lets say, to get more, organs, lets say, before may. And theyre just thinking we might as well we might as well. Its not a great reason to go for an election , is it . Well, i mean, these are also, you know, people with human psychology you know, psychology and, you know, the amount know, amount of time you know, someone, whether theyre inevitably break up inevitably going to break up with and theyd with their partner. And theyd be it sooner rather with their partner. And theyd be later it sooner rather with their partner. And theyd be later. It sooner rather with their partner. And theyd be later. But it sooner rather with their partner. And theyd be later. But obviouslyather with their partner. And theyd be later. But obviously they than later. But obviously they leave in case leave it a little while in case something up. You know, something comes up. You know, maybe sort maybe therell be some sort of, you something released you know, something released about that suddenly about keir starmer that suddenly changes everything. So i think they be be sort of they will probably be be sort of pushing it out for, for as for as long as possible in the hope that up, even that something comes up, even knowing know, most knowing that, you know, the most likely they likely situation is they were just waiting for big rabbit just waiting for that big rabbit out werent we . Out of the hat, werent we . Think it was such and i think it was such a damp squib budget. That suggests to will in to me that it will be later in the year so he can maybe announce something proper in the autumn statement, a autumn statement, just a quick Word International word on International Womens day. A good day. Do you think its a good idea . Is day. Do you think its a good idea . Is a good thing. Idea . Is it a good thing. Thoughts yes. Love it. But no. I mean, isuppose yes. Love it. But no. I mean, i suppose the history of it is important. I can talk about the history of it. So it sort of came out of socialist came out of actually socialist movements , i north america movements, i mean, north america and adopted and europe. Then it was adopted by union. But it was by the soviet union. But it was it was sort of very in it was sort of very much in favour of suffrage. Favour of womens suffrage. So it a it sort of was started with a big i there big purpose. And i think there are of and are still lots of people and feminists who would it still feminists who would say it still really a purpose, really does have a purpose, because have because we still dont have equal for women in this equal rights for women in this country. We do sort of politically, in terms politically, but in terms of, you deep equal i you know, deep equal rights, i think need think were going to need an international eventually. Michael, know about michael, i dont know about you it feels like the you because it feels like the one thing that is against all of us our tech, our us is actually our tech, our apps. I feel like were going to need a like a sentient human day. I think if were only getting one day a year, were going to be in some real big problems. If the ai gets the other 364. Although suppose you could although i suppose you could say that about that same critique about International Womens day. How come to have the come the men get to have the other 364 . Have an international do we have an International Mens yet . I think we do, mens day yet . I think we do, dont we . Mens day yet . I think we do, dori we . Theres so many xkcd i think theres so many xkcd that you just lose track of them and theyre pointless. Yeah, and also, the calendar also, its for good the calendar industry. Of industry. I caused a bit of controversy earlier because i was saying that actually the most male feminists always most vocal male feminists always turn out to be the biggest creeps. So im not going go creeps. So im not going to go around, international around, you know, International Womens for me. Womens day is every day for me. 19th, mum , 19th of november 19th, my mum, 19th of november is international is apparently International Mens , are you are you a mens day, are you are you a feminist, yeah, probably. I would like to say i dont think any creep. I dont think any Political Movement has a monopoly on creeps. This is true. This is true. Youd be honestly do some research very vocal male research into very vocal male feminists, that feminists, and youll see that actually theyre of actually, theyre some of the biggest going. Biggest female predators going. And just some, like and thats not just some, like off the cuff, but its okay. I i think its okay but i but i think its okay to a feminist. I think youre to be a feminist. I think youre a feminist. To be a feminist. I think youre a fewell,t. To be a feminist. I think youre a fewell, what does it mean to be well, what does it mean to be a feminist . It just you. We believe it just means you. We believe in opportunities men in equal opportunities for men and that case, youre and women. In that case, youre a feminist. W no, because its been hijacked hating militant. Thats a bit of thing thats a bit of a passe thing to say. Thats what people said in the 1970s. What was going to this is what i was going to say. Would say actually say. I would say that actually in 70s, a much more, in the 70s, we had a much more, sort militant feminist sort of militant feminist movement. Then a lot of it was movement. Then a lot of it was was built upon kind of lesbian commentators as well at that time. And, you know, women were they achieved important they also achieved important things know, things by the way, you know, its to of its important not to sort of dismiss particular dismiss that particular movement, that movement, but that was a movement, but that was a movement which bit more movement which was a bit more hostile than, i hostile towards men than, i think, day think, sort of modern day feminism. Yeah. Think feminism. Yeah. I dont think weve as much as weve moved on quite as much as wed to, but we all have to wed like to, but we all have to come because, as i say, come together because, as i say, the threat to our future is not men women. Robots men versus women. Its robots versus minute now, i versus us. And any minute now, i will on the phone to say, will be on the phone to say, i want an International Day want an International Ai day right you much. Right. Thank you so much. Michael novara Michael Walker from novara media. This media. Still to come this morning, to morning, were going to be reflecting very us reflecting on a very animated us president. President. Joe biden had a few too many coffees, i think, hadnt they . Well, they definitely upped his he his medication. It seems he pulled about donald pulled no punches about donald trump overnight. Stay tuned for that i its 1120. Youre with britains newsroom on gb news with ben elliott and bev turner. Britains favourite news channel. Nonetheless. Officially, yeah. Officially, yeah. Thank you very much. Again to your viewers for supporting us. Very appreciated. Now lets very much appreciated. Now lets go across the pond. Last night, american President Joe Biden took his republican took aim at his republican rival, trump during his rival, donald trump during his state address. State of the Union Address. And this is be missed. He was this is not to be missed. He was highly on coffee. Highly charged on coffee. I suspect , to congress. Take a suspect, to congress. Take a look at this. Suspect, to congress. Take a loo formers. Suspect, to congress. Take a loo former republican president former republican president tells putin, quote, do whatever the you want. Thats the hell you want. Thats a quote , a former president quote, a former president actually said that boeing down to a russian leader. I think its outrageous. Its dangerous, andifs its outrageous. Its dangerous, and its unacceptable. And its unacceptable. Also facing accusations of being too old, mr biden hit back at his critics. I know it may not look like it, but ive been around a while. When you get to be my age, certain things become clearer than ever. Whether young or old, ive always been known. Ive always known what endures. Ive known our north star, the very idea of americas that were all created equal and deserves to be treated equally throughout our lives. Weve never fully lived up to that idea , but weve never up to that idea, but weve never walked away from it either. And walked away from it either. And i wont walk away from it now. I wont walk away from it now. Im optimistic. Right . There we are. Were joined now by former editor of the daily star , dawn neesom, and the daily star, dawn neesom, and author broadcaster amy author and broadcaster amy nicole dawn. That was Nicole Turner, dawn. That was a uncharacteristically energetic performance. Performance. He was very joe biden in in playground fighting mode , wasnt playground fighting mode, wasnt he . I mean, sort of like its not the state of the union, its the union, the state, isnt it . You what, ben . I think you know what, ben . I think american do huge american politics do us a huge favour because they exist favour because they only exist to look sane. To make our politics look sane. Its very, low bar, very its very, very low bar, very low i just think of all low bar. But i just think of all the people in america. What is the people in america. What is the population its the population of america . Its a its of people. How a lot. Its a lot of people. How are to these two . I know are we down to these two . I know technically how down technically how were down to these but these two, by the way, but really, i mean , and i look really, i mean, and i look i mean, trump and biden and its like rock and a hard place. But i would be watching that as an american last night thinking, 330 Million People dont. I know that is all they can. I know that is all they can. Nearly as many as you said this morning, nearly as many what used to this what viewers are used to this morning, almost brilliantly gb news the channel. Thank you very much for watching, its isnt watching, amy, its bleak, isnt it . When you look at i mean, his it . When you look at i mean, his face is almost completely frozen now biden, theyve now, joe biden, because theyve obviously injected him with so much cosmetic surgery much botox and cosmetic surgery to convince people that to try and convince people that hes than he is. Hes younger than he is. I think he did all right there. Didnt you feel quite proud of him, considering recent occurrences . Although i do wish he was Still Holding that ice cream. To be honest, that was cute. Wasnt. Cute. That wasnt. Yeah, but thing is, we yeah, but the thing is, we shouldnt at him like shouldnt be looking at him like a were proud of. No no no no no, i agree, no no no no no no, i agree, but the thing that i take from this think this this is im. I think this appues this is im. I think this applies all applies to actually all politics. Sick of politics. Im really sick of politicians about politicians always talking about what side arent doing politicians always talking about wishould side arent doing politicians always talking about wishould be side arent doing politicians always talking about wishould be doing. Arent doing politicians always talking about wishould be doing. Whyt doing or should be doing. Why cant politicians just stand up and say hello . This is my plan, my ideas. Say hello . This is my plan, my ideas. And do you like them . Ideas. And do you like them . Rather than constantly depending on criticising the other side . I think its not productive and it appues think its not productive and it applies to here as well. Ive been thinking it all week. You been thinking it all week. You know you watch Prime Ministers questions and just see them questions and you just see them being insult ping pong. And im not really demonstrates not sure it really demonstrates what their actual policies are. We dont if bidens got we dont know if bidens got a great today. You know great policy today. You know what he said gaza and the what he said about gaza and the aid getting in. Why didnt he just say proudly what that is instead of taking the opportunity hes not opportunity to well, hes not got policy on the got a good policy on the southern border. Hes just letting uncontrolled mass migration, border migration, that southern border story thought interesting story i thought was interesting because to dawn in story i thought was interesting bec break, to dawn in story i thought was interesting bec break, they to dawn in story i thought was interesting bec break, they they to dawn in story i thought was interesting bec break, they they bundled| in story i thought was interesting bec break, they they bundled two the break, they they bundled two very different together, very different bills together, didnt put ukraine didnt they . So they put ukraine aid the southern border aid with the southern border stuff so that they could play politics and go, look, you didnt put that through when actually they werent actually they were they werent even dawn, who even really related. Dawn, who was politics, who would be was all politics, who would be the best the west and the uk the best for the west and the uk in terms of President Donald Trump . Boris johnson wrote a column in saying trump in the mail saying that trump was peace the was needed for peace in the west. Was needed for peace in the we who would i rather have who would i rather have leading country, this isnt leading my country, this isnt even a political decision. I would probably say donald trump , would probably say donald trump, because i do think not for the politics, but i think hes more, got more of his faculties intact and i dont mean that in a horrible way. I mean, i do feel for biden. Well trump was the first no war president. He he was the first person president to meet, korean president to meet, north Korean Leader in the demilitarised zone. Biden. Meanwhile, he he oversaw the absolutely diabolical evacuation of afghanistan. Yeah. Yeah. Trump. Russia invaded trump. Russia invaded ukraine. She ping president. She xi jinping and the migration policy. Whats really interesting, ben, is that at the moment, theres a huge swathe of blacks for trump and hispanics for trump. Didnt he make that with i though that picture this week of like of oh no, i was listening to it. I was listening to an interview with a real life black person, but he was mock one up with i it probably with i just it probably did. I mean, who who knows if mean, who knows if who knows if were real . Amy. But were even real . Amy. But i mean, were saying that sort mean, they were saying that sort of like, you know, certainly the hispanic issue , hispanic vote, the border issue, they hard, got their they worked hard, they got their green theyre green card. Theyre theyre legally very, very legally and they feel very, very strongly letting strongly that biden is letting them a open them down by having a more open border. Border policy. Can we about issues can we talk about issues closer and there wont closer to home and there wont be a viewer watching this who isnt frustrated by the of isnt frustrated by the state of the whether the roads . Whether youre a driver regular driver or just a regular passenger, on bus passenger, or you sit on the bus trying to get past traffic, roadworks traffic lights. Roadworks and traffic lights. Dawn, its now official. Weve got slowest average speed, average speed of a car in 2023, in the uk, on on major a roads 57 miles an hour. Yeah i know, well who knew i mean sort of like major a roads and smart roads. Its like theyre constantly being dug up but one actually but theres no one actually doing digging. No doing any digging. Theres no one digging. One doing any digging. Thats what understand. Its what i cant understand. Its our roads are a nightmare. I mean, even main roads in london now, bev, are of potholes. Now, bev, are full of potholes. I like, you i mean, its just like, you know, cant drive over 20 know, you cant drive over 20 miles hour in london miles an hour in london now, in any otherwise get shot any case. Otherwise you get shot or but its, or something or other. But its, you to drive in you know, trying to drive in this i dont actually this country. I dont actually drive. Given driving drive. Ive given up driving because london, because i live in london, and its absolutely pointless. But its absolutely pointless. But its frustrating mean, its so frustrating now. I mean, there everyone goes, oh, its there is everyone goes, oh, its not a war on the motorists. There the motorway. There is a war on the motorway. There is a war on the motorway. There really is. There is really is. Theres just too many i mean, theres just too many people isnt there . I mean, theres just too many peoi le isnt there . I mean, theres just too many peoi dont isnt there . I mean, theres just too many peoi dont thinkt there . I mean, theres just too many peoi dont think itsere . I mean, theres just too many peoi dont think its that i dont think its that i think is that the arent think is that the roads arent being maintained theres being maintained like theres too many roadworks, too many potholes. And the link to smart potholes. And the link to smart motorways i think is interesting because smart motorways were deemed so dangerous that a group of coroners wrote a letter to the national Highways Agency to say we need we need to have a word about these because theyre just theyre death traps. Lets explain. Just sorry to interrupt you, but just if people are watching and not sure what and theyre not sure what a smart is, course smart motorway is, of course its motorways its one of those motorways which hard shoulder. Which is has no hard shoulder. So no run off area if so theres no run off area if you get into difficulties and it has the, Digital Screens at the top motorway, and if top of the motorway, and if theres red cross in theres a big red cross in it, youre not allowed in that youre not allowed to go in that lane. On those in a lane. It depends on those in a watch watching and watch centre watching and putting on, and they putting a cross on, and they changed the speed limit dont they, so, so many accidents. But you know when you say about the speed whats the speed. The average speed 57 on major roads motorways. Why major roads and motorways. Why cant a bit slower. Cant we just go a bit slower. Most cant any most accidents we cant go any slower amy at speed. So ive always this there are so always thought this there are so many deaths on the road. Its like one of the most common ways to be injured in the uk. But we have. We just insist on going fast i ever understand fast and i dont ever understand properly. Well, because properly why. Well, because thats do. Thats what cars do. Fast and thats they they go fast and thats they get little later. Get there a little bit later. Most, day roads and but most, most day roads and motorways have loads of motorways dont have loads of pedestrians wandering up the side them, they . Side of them, do they . Are traditional. Motorways are traditional. Motorways are actually statistically the safest road you can drive on, even though you can drive on, even though you go faster. You can go faster. Not about speed. So its not about speed. So its not about speed. All right. Jeremy clarkson i dont well, true dont know. Well, its true i mean, i just i just always think, why do we have go so think, why do we have to go so fast when people are like, i want go 80 miles hour want to go 80 miles an hour outside the 20 an hour outside the 20 mile an hour zones, we out . Zones, are we sent out . Absolutely i you absolutely cruel. I but i get i cycle everywhere, right. Apart the because its apart from the potholes. I actually flashed potholes. I actually get flashed on over, you on my bike for going over, you know, down. Youre going know, slow down. Youre going too im on push too fast. Yeah, im on a push bike and youre going 20 bike and youre going over 20 miles an hour. Speed camera you on the speed camera gets you on your yeah , yeah, yeah. Obviously, you know, the ones that like, that flash and sort of like, say, slow down. That flash and sort of like, saywell, down. That flash and sort of like, say well, talking that flash and sort of like, saywell, talking of brother, well, talking of big brother, should the fact should we talk about the fact that government should we talk about the fact th going government should we talk about the fact th going save government should we talk about the fact th going save all government should we talk about the fact th going save all ofjovernment is going to save all of our lives make nhs lives and make the nhs a wonderful beacon of health care across is to across the world, amy, is to monitor us with an app. What a surprise. That coming, surprise. Who saw that coming, because now your doctor will know how many steps youve taken if the app. Well, if you download the app. Well, they they . They wont, will they . Because one can see their because no one can see their doctor, this the doctor, i think this is the government have these government have seen these waiting seen waiting lists. Theyve seen everyones massive dissatisfaction nhs, everyones massive diss theyre on nhs, everyones massive diss theyre thinking nhs, everyones massive diss theyre thinking we nhs, everyones massive diss theyre thinking we need to and theyre thinking we need to be seen to be we need to be seen to be doing something. So theyve always got tiny, tiny theyve always got a tiny, tiny little put it little plaster and just put it over massive wound. Over the massive gaping wound. That health. Because that is peoples health. Because how many economically inactive people there moment . People are there at the moment . 3 million. Right. And i dont really think that counting their steps is going to make much of a dent, which is the ultimate goal dent, which is the ultimate goal, is it not . Have you got any concerns about Civil Liberties here and what this will mean further down . I dont want the government anything government monitoring anything i do at the moment. I dont them. Wouldnt i dont want them. I wouldnt trust to a bath, let trust them to run a bath, let alone country. I you alone the country. So i you know, the fact that they are monitoring in a monitoring how far i walk in a day and where does that day and, and where does that end . I day and, and where does that end . I mean, you end . I mean, what are you eating . Calories are eating . How many calories are you drugs you taking . Exactly what drugs are you taking because you are being forced drug as forced to take that drug as well . Yeah how much are you drinking . Yeah. Get up. I would yeah. Dont get up. I would concede though that probably do all need to take. I speak myself. Well, i speak for myself. Really . I dont know about you guys. Do steps. Guys. I need to do more steps. So maybe like this, but so maybe i would like this, but i dont like the implication. Mean , you dont i mean, you dont need a massive problem i mean, massive problem because, i mean, you need to do any more you dont need to do any more steps and you dont need to, but you that yourself. You you know that yourself. You dont app pinging dont need an app pinging up saying, got to saying, oh my god, youve got to walk steps. Walk more steps. Thats ive wanted thats the ive always wanted a, tracker. So when i a, smartwatch tracker. So when i saw story, i thought, saw this story, i thought, is this kind doctor this not just kind of a doctor sponsored fitness tracker . You know, its not just that. Use no, its not just that. Use your imagination, amy. You have to this goes. To work out where this goes. This conditional health this is about conditional health care. Conditionally based on care. A conditionally based on your lifestyle. And that is chilling. Beth. How much is costing . How much is it costing . How much is it costing . Billions. Billions. Yeah, because if they look at my insurer, go for my insurer, if i go for insurance then they take insurance and then they take this then my premium this data and then my premium goes exactly whats this data and then my premium goes happen. actly whats going to happen. Amy. Amy. All slammed this idea. Weve all slammed this idea. But problem it but the actual problem behind it is theres million is the fact theres 9. 3 Million People who arent people of working age who arent working, through sickness people of working age who arent wcjustg, through sickness people of working age who arent wcjust g, titheyh sickness people of working age who arent wcjust g, tithey just kness or just choosing. They just cant be bothered. I think very few cant be bothered. Thats always a no for bothered. Thats always a no for exaggeration. Right . You ladies , dawn and thank you ladies, dawn and amy, theyre up next. Sophia wenzler has the news. Dont go anywhere. Lots more to come. Anywhere. Lots more to come. Thanks, bev. Its 1130. Anywhere. Lots more to come. Thanks, bev. Its1130. Im sophia wenzler and the gb news room. Met Police Firearms officer martin blake has denied the murder of chris kaba after being named publicly for the first time. The 24 year old was shot once in the head through the windscreen of a car in south london in september 2022. The officer, who was initially identified as nx1, 21, has been released on bail and is due to face trial in october. The counter extremism tsar has warned london has become a no go zone for jews during pro palestine protests. 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Ijust, ijust i dont pr blitz in britain . I just, i just i dont hate ijust, ijust i dont hate Meghan Markle. I just kind of think, just go away. No ones interested. And you know, shes been proven to bend the truth on more than one occasion. Heres a story for you. In 2013, i think it was. She went on to the roof of a kensington bar, sank prosecco mail prosecco with the daily mail showbiz editor katie hind and said, please katie, get me some column inches in showbiz column inches in the showbiz spread that im being linked to ashley i think ashley cole. But then i think he was chelsea. Footballer was at chelsea. Footballer well, she, she needs to yes. Well, she, she needs to climb its climb the ladder and its worked. Fine. I worked. Thats fine. Fine i get it. International womens in International Womens day in her itv, tom her interview with itv, tom bradbury, she said she said i was to the way the was so naive to the way the tabloids worked in britain. I wasnt, aware of how wasnt, i wasnt aware of how everything here. You everything worked here. You know, not im know, i wasnt im not okay, im not absolute liar. You not okay. Absolute liar. You knew they work because you knew how they work because you engineered column inches. Well, were going be well, were going to have be having about having a bit of a debate about whether back whether they can win back britain. Britain. Just say ive been just can i just say ive been just through through through the through my head, through the through my head, through whole conversation, through the whole conversation, because Meghan Markle doesnt really for me. No, really. Really do it for me. No, really. But but when you said the names , but but when you said the names, when you were saying ben and bev, tom and emily, right. Sounds a bit like this is ridiculous. Sounds a bit like this is ridiculous. This is very ridiculous. This is very ridiculous. But we had this joke the other day who hosts the brilliant sunday morning gb news Political Programme here. Camilla tominey Camilla Tominey emily. Oh Camilla Tominey Camilla Tominey emily. On tom. Yeah, i mean, the dad jokes will continue on into the afternoon. I apologise in afternoon. I apologise in advance, of course. Political news to tory exodus. I mean, news to tory exodus. I mean, theresa mays 60th serving conservative mp to announce theyre stepping down. Are they just jumping off a sinking ship . Well, were going to give tom harwood whatever joe biden had harwood whateverjoe biden had yesterday before the show starts in 25 minutes, he was able to stand up. He was able to deliver that speech. I he was able to deliver that speech. I know it was actually kind impressive. Kind of impressive. Remarkable , right. It was remarkable, right. That more with that and a lot more with tom and emily. Good afternoon, britain in 25 minutes. For now, though, youre with britains newsroom on gb news. Dont go anywhere. Welcome back. Good morning to you. Its 1138 welcome back. Good morning to you. Its1138 on britains newsroom on gb news with me. Ben. Leo and bev turner. Very good morning. Thank you for joining us. Officially forjoining us. Officially britains favourite news channel all day yesterday. It is of course, International Womens day. Every other channel you will watch will just treat this like its a positive that theres no ambiguity about this issue at all that we need to have International Womens day i personally little bit personally feel a little bit conflicted about it. This morning driving in, morning when i was driving in, i was do we . Know that was thinking, do we . I know that things for women. I know things are bad for women. I know that arent on the that we still arent on the boards companies and boards of Many Companies and everything, but its so complicated feels like complicated and it feels like theres identity theres so much identity politics. Thats sort of a bit embarrassing. I dont think i really need it. Im gonna keep reading off the line. You gave me this morning. Every morning. What was that . Every day is International Womens day, especially for my wife and my every is international every day is International Womens day. For all women womens day. For all the women who working hard every who are working hard every single day single day. Its mothers day on sunday, of course, this weekend, for there, for all the women out there, particularly the dont particularly the mothers, dont forget your flowers, forget your cards, your flowers, keeping afloat , and keeping the ship afloat, and this, course, led on earlier this, of course, led on earlier to about trans to this debate about trans women, labours policy on trans. We a sense of it from , we had a sense of it from, earlier, from one of the appg, the parliamentary the all Party Parliamentary Group Debates about this. And virginia only biological virginia says only biological women should be included in womens day. Ray says trans women should not be included, please stop this idiocy. There are two sex and your sex cannot change no matter how you might feel. And, nick says womens day should be banned. As amy nicole said, its just an excuse to run men down. It should be called international. Let off men day because were more important than they are. Ill just read a quick one from chris. Good morning chris, he stop that he says. Ben, stop saying that everyone work at the everyone else of work at the moment it through moment is doing it through choice. Actually choice. I didnt actually say that, but ive written to various shows on gb news to explain a plus explain that as a 50 plus straight man, now straight white man, i am now unemployable for reason, unemployable for some reason, the e56 unemployable for some reason, the esg woke the box ticking esg woke infected companies now seem to think important than think thats more important than experience, yeah, i get you, chris. I was just merely mooting the point about those 9. 3 Million People out of work. How many are actually sick . I dont know the answer. Just know the answer. I was just asking question. Asking the question. On. Royal right. Moving on. Royal matters. William is matters. Prince william is visiting oval in london visiting the oval in london later to meet an later this afternoon to meet an earthshot prize winner. Yeah, were now joined by our royal correspondent, cameron walker, grounds walker, who is on the grounds now. Whats going on . Now. Cameron whats going on . Well, ben, one of the questions i get asked more recently at the moment is where is Prince William . Why isnt he doing many public engagements . And have an answer and i think i may have an answer for you now. And it appears Prince William been secretly Prince William has been secretly working on a new strategy, working away on a new strategy, moving away these public moving away from these public facing royal engagements and instead doing a lot work instead doing a lot of work behind the scenes to what he hopes will have real world impact. So ill give you an example. He launched his earthshot prize in 2020 to find solutions to repair our planet over the next decade. Of the over the next decade. One of the winners small start up from winners is a small start up from london called notpla, and they found to create food found a way to create Food Packaging using seaweed instead of plastic and over the last few months Prince William, im told, has been busy trying to help negotiate some kind of deal between notpla and the uks largest food and drink caterer for sporting venues such as this. At the kia oval in london, around the country. Now, this around the country. Now, this stadium has a capacity of 27,500 that times around 50 in the country. Thats an awful lot of food waste no longer or Plastic Waste no longer going into the ocean. So thats Prince Williams ambition. But will it williams ambition. But will it pay williams ambition. But will it pay its also huge pay off . Its also a huge gamble, isnt it . Because the late queen said that members of the royal family need to be seen to be believed, so perhaps it wont be palatable with certain members of the public who want to see Prince William and princess rest princess catherine and the rest of in public more often of them in public more often than they currently are. Now, aides insist, and tell me, that Prince William is not stopping pubuc Prince William is not stopping public engagements altogether. Public engagements altogether. Far his focus is far from it. But his focus is very this behind the very much on this behind the scenes work. So in the long terme can create a what he terme he can create a what he describes as tangible impacts in things such as the environment, Mental Health provision and homelessness prevention. So later on today, Prince William will be here at the oval Cricket Ground meeting members of, well, the sorry cricket team and of course members of notpla as well , trying to highlight this kind of deal that been struck in of deal that has been struck in the hope that he can perhaps persuade people that all this work is doing the scenes work is doing behind the scenes can an impact in long can have an impact in the long tum, is a gamble and its tum, but it is a gamble and its going be a long time before going to be a long time before we going to pay off. We see if its going to pay off. Good for him. Well, good for him. Thats almost proper job for the almost like a properjob for the prince of wales. Very prince of wales. Im very impressed. Opposition, one impressed. In opposition, one might to Meghan Markle, who might say to Meghan Markle, who just back here and just wants to come back here and hire a pr company so that were all convinced that shes basically going to be the saviour of what the royal family know herself. Probably what do we know about her plans . Cameron yeah, it was a really interesting exclusive in the mail this morning. I must stress, its not been confirmed by Meghan Markles team, but nonetheless, if it is true, it is into that narrative , is feeding into that narrative, isnt it . Of first, they relaunched sussex royal relaunched their sussex royal website , then they appeared on a website, then they appeared on a mountain for the countdown to the in canada. The Invictus Games in canada. And you look at the opinion polls, Meghan Markle is only one above Prince Andrew in terms of popularity in the United Kingdom, according to the latest yougov poll , prince harry isnt yougov poll, prince harry isnt doing much better either. So what the mail is saying is that, or claiming is that Meghan Markle was looking for a pr person in the uk to try and rebrand her and make her more popular in the United Kingdom. At the time , where this void has at the time, where this void has been left in the United Kingdom with of royal family with members of the royal family when kings receiving cancer when the kings receiving cancer treatment, out treatment, kates obviously out of william doing of action. Prince william doing less engagements less public engagements for reasons , and reasons ive just discussed, and the rest of the working royals are ageing so could Meghan Markle and harry fill that void thatis markle and harry fill that void that is the accusation. Whether or not thats going to come to fruition, well have to wait and see. But of course, as you mentioned, ben, are claims mentioned, ben, there are claims that she very much did meet that male to try and male showbiz, editor to try and get herself some column inches. So the thing is , now shes very so the thing is, now shes very famous, isnt she . So i dont think would with think she would get away with that she going to be that if she was going to be creating kind of back door creating that kind of back door strategy, i think people would know about it. Definitely did. I yeah, she definitely did. I know cameron, just know she did. Cameron, just in your what went your opinion, what went wrong for it for meghan here . Why didnt it work . Work out . A good question, i think what they found is that complaining about their time in the royal family, particularly when the oprah interview came out, etc, and the world was suffering from lockdown and covid, it just didnt sit well with members of the public. And i think that reflected in the opinion ratings and what they have shown is since harrys book memoir, spare, that hes continued to complain, complain about being a member of the royal family and everything that went with it , everything that went with it, that was also not helped the opinion rating. So i think thats probably what went wrong. So is this so what were seeing now is this rebrand , trying to capitalise rebrand, trying to capitalise and themselves more and try and make themselves more philanthropic and do more charity work, etc. Like the other members the royal other members of the royal family , to if pays family do, to see if that pays off so much. Cameron cameron walker. Theyre awaiting the arrival of Prince William, which we will no doubt bring you here on gb news. Also, props to Prince William doing all this at a time when his kate, the his dads ill. Kate, the princess of wales, is also ill, so him actually so well done. Him actually getting single plastics. I am absolutely on board with that in terms of keeping our oceans nice and plastic free. Right. Still to come just right. Still to come in just a moment. Anton joshua. We all know him. British boxing megastar. Know him. British boxing megastar. Hes going to be fighting somebody but theyre not actually a boxer. Mbappe ufc welcome back. Its 1149 on britains newsroom here on gb news with me, ben, leo and the lovely bev turner. Oh, lovely. Its only. Its International Womens day saying that. Right. Theres a massive british heavyweight fight tonight. Anthony is going to be Anthony Joshua is going to be boxing a former ufc champion. Well explain that in a minute frances ngannou. But if he loses , he can return to the ring. Can he return to the ring with any respect . Cant you explain this . Respect . Cant you explain this . Can you just explain this to me . So hes had a anthony. Has had a troubled joshua has had a troubled recent fights. So recent couple of fights. So i actually i think hes won his last couple of proper boxing fights. Before that was fights. But before that he was beaten big title fights beaten in some big title fights and reputation kind of went and his reputation kind of went down now down the drain. Now hes fighting cage fighter, here to fighting a cage fighter, here to tell us the predictions and Everything Else is boxing expert Spencer Oliver spencer. Just lay Spencer Oliver spencer. Just lay it out in laymans terms for our viewers who dont know what ufc is or cage fighting, whats anthony is he Anthony Joshua up to . Why is he doing this . Well, first of all, hi guys. How you . Are you both how are you . How are you both doing . And, yeah, listen, its a massive fight tonight massive a massive fight tonight in saudi arabia. Anthony joshua goes against Francis Ngannou. Goes in against Francis Ngannou. Like you said, the ufc champion. Like you said, the ufc champion. And he had his first professional fight back in october actually against none other than tyson fury. And the people that saw that fight would have that Francis Ngannou have seen that Francis Ngannou went people went in the ring and people thought was a joke, this thought this was a joke, this fight, it a crossover fight fight, it was a crossover fight because coming from because ngannou coming from a different discipline against, the, power , best the, the, the best power, best heavyweight in the world right now in tyson fury. Well, and now in tyson fury. Well, and gani come out of there with a lot of credibility. He had tyson fury on the seat of his pants in the third round, and a lot of people, including myself, actually who had actually felt ungarn, who had won the fight. Hed done enough. So, look, hes come out so, look, i know hes come out of come out from a different discipline, this guy is a discipline, but this guy is a different breed. You know, like you look his backstory, where you look at his backstory, where hes , the journey to hes come from, the journey to get to where hes got to is an incredible one. It really is. And, Anthony Joshua in and, Anthony Joshua goes in tonight and puts his reputation on ngannou on the line against ngannou because i lost here tonight would be really damaging for joshua. So i listen to what you guys said in the build there. Guys said in the build up there. Youre he to youre right. He lost to oleksandr a couple of times, and a people felt that a lot of people felt that anthony since Anthony Joshua was done. Since then. Hes hes come back. Hes had wins in the last had three good wins in the last 11 he jermaine 11 months. He beat jermaine franklin. A lot of people still franklin. A lot of people still werent convinced. Went werent convinced. Then he went in Robert Helenius and in against Robert Helenius and knocked seven rounds. In against Robert Helenius and knoc people seven rounds. In against Robert Helenius and knoc people start seven rounds. In against Robert Helenius and knoc people start to seven rounds. In against Robert Helenius and knoc people start to think rounds. In against Robert Helenius and knoc people start to think ,ounds. In against Robert Helenius and knoc people start to think , is nds. Now people start to think, is that old Anthony Joshua that the old Anthony Joshua coming is the guy . Coming back . Is this the guy . And then in last fight and then in the last fight against wallin, december against otto wallin, december the in saudi arabia, we the 23rd out in saudi arabia, we saw the old Anthony Joshua, the guy that had that confidence back and he was letting his shots go. And it was an impressive performance. But this is fight. Weve is an intriguing fight. Weve got two time world heavyweight champion, olympic gold medallist world silver medallist going in against that has had one against a guy that has had one fight and lost it. Spencer, you say that crazy. You say that. Ajs reputations on the line. Whats the sweetener . How much is he sweetener . How much is he getting paid, listen, hes getting paid, listen, hes getting i think hes getting in the region of 50 million before this is before pay per view cut. So thats what hes getting paid. Its risk versus reward. Now what it is, is its a high risk for joshua because now what it is, is its a high risk forjoshua because hes reputations on the line. But the reward is guys. May the 18th tyson fury goes in against Oleksandr Usyk for the undisputed heavyweight title. And Anthony Joshua boxes the winner of that. I personally think thatll be tyson fury. And then we get the fight that weve all been craving for Anthony Joshua versus tyson fury, a fight that weve wanted for so long. So just tell us what we know, what boxers do, but tell people what boxers do, but tell people what ngannou will traditionally what ngannou will traditionally what how he fights. How is it different to boxing . Here he is Francis Ngannou because he can kick and do all sorts of stuff, cant he . Absolutely. Hes from the mma world, so hes in the ufc. He was ufc heavyweight champion , was ufc heavyweight champion, hes a that hes very, very hes a guy that hes very, very tough. Saw against tyson tough. We saw that against tyson fury, you know. And like you say they punch, they they kick, they punch, they elbow , but you know i think its elbow, but you know i think its francis if you look francis and ngannou. If you look at him, the guy that he is, where come from, you know, at him, the guy that he is, whejourneyyme from, you know, at him, the guy that he is, whejourney thatrom, you know, at him, the guy that he is, whejourney that hes you know, at him, the guy that he is, whejourney that hes been hes from cameroon, you know, he was poverty was was there. The poverty was terrible was in. He had terrible that he was in. He had a about being a he a dream about being a boxer. He fled cameroon. Across he fled cameroon. He went across he went countries , went through numerous countries, ended up in france. He ended up in jail twice on the way, trying to get france well. Got to to get to france as well. Got to france, said in 2000 this was and says, listen, i want to be a 2012. Sorry. Listen, i want to be a boxer. 2012. Sorry. Listen, i want to be a boxer. And 2012. Sorry. Listen, i want to be a boxer. And the 2012. Sorry. Listen, i want to be a boxer. And the trainer said a quicker way to earn money is go the mma. He went into go into the mma. He went into the become mma world the mma, become the mma World Champion , ufc World Champion. Champion, ufc World Champion. Then finally his then hes hes finally got his dream of becoming a boxer against fury and puts the wbc champ on the seat of his pants. Quite an incredible story. The journey the guy has had. Brilliant. You know where he is. Hes hes remarkable. When you look at inspirational stories and hes got that as as aj. Thanks, spencer. And you explained it beautifully Spencer Oliver there boxing expert even am now boxing expert even i am now enthusiastic. Love his energy about that, right. That enthusiastic. Love his energy about that, right. That is it from britains newsroom for this morning. Ive had a lovely time. Me too. Thanks forjoining us and for all your emails on International Womens day and for heres and for watching. Heres tom and emily good afternoon britain. Emily on good afternoon britain. Governments well, the governments counter extremism tsar has said that britain has in some ways become a Permissive Society for extremism. What can be done . Extremism. What can be done . Yes. And hes also warned that london has become a no go zone for jewish people that london has become a no go zone forjewish people. Well zone for jewish people. Well find out what exactly is behind those claims after the weather. Looks like things are heating up. Boxt boilers sponsors of up. Boxt boilers sponsors of weather on gb news. Hello. Good morning. Welcome to your latest gb news weather update. It will be a dry afternoon for many areas with some sunshine, but theres a relatively brisk easterly breeze for many areas that sets this area of High Pressure across scandinavia still brings in that easterly wind. Further south easterly wind. Further south though, well start to see low pressure arriving, bringing some weather fronts and some rain for the weekend. But that easterly breeze across northeastern areas will drag in cloud will continue to drag in cloud and some drizzly rain through the further the next few hours. Further south, though, parts of the south east, it will be a much sunnier and brighter afternoon compared to yesterday, so it will bit warmer in will feel a little bit warmer in the but that easterly will feel a little bit warmer in the will but that easterly will feel a little bit warmer in the will bring ut that easterly will feel a little bit warmer in the will bring a that easterly will feel a little bit warmer in the will bring a chillyzasterly will feel a little bit warmer in the will bring a chilly feel rly wind will bring a chilly feel for many areas through tonight. The cloud will from the the cloud will thicken from the south and west as this band of showery rain pushes up to cover many Southern Coasts by tomorrow morning. North, though, morning. Further north, though, it should stay dry, but it will be quite a cloudy and windy night, so that does mean it will be free by the start of be frost free by the start of the weekend, but its still going to be a fairly chilly start. The winds will be a bit stronger through saturday compared to today, particularly across northWestern Areas , as across northWestern Areas, as the winds are squeezed over the high ground. So quite a gusty afternoon , but it will dry afternoon, but it will be dry and bright western and bright for many Western Areas scotland , parts of areas of scotland, parts of northern and Northern Ireland and northwestern england, but further south, cloud will thicken through the day and therell showery therell be some showery outbreaks. These could outbreaks of rain. These could turn heavy the turn quite heavy across the southwest afternoon , but southwest in the afternoon, but it will still feel fairly pleasant brighter pleasant in any brighter breaks. See by by that see you later on. By by that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers sponsors of weather on gb news. Good afternoon. Britain. Its 12 00 on friday, the 8th of march. Tory exodus. Theresa may becomes the 60th serving conservative mp to step down at the next election. This is an exclusive gb news poll reveals fewer than 1 in 5 voters say theyll back the tories at the next election. Have the conservatives given up the fight . 7 oh no. 7 oh no. Go, . Oh no. Go, london. 7 oh no. Go, london. The governments counter extremism tsar has slammed his own bosses for letting extremists go unchallenged for too long. He claims london is a no go zone for jews and prepare for relaunch. Relaunch. Meghan markle has reportedly reached out to british pr gurus to help boost her popularity. But what can we expect from a meghan pr blitz on britain . And a very happy International Womens day to you if you are a woman. And to those who celebrate, absolutely. I love International Womens day. Tell me why. Its day. Go on, tell me why. Its one of my favourite days of the yeah go on. Why go on. Why well, because on one day its International Womens day and then the men have all the others i all the other days. All the other days. Well, thats one way of looking at it, tom. Its a joke, but the Campaign Theme today is , but the Campaign Theme today is, is inspire inclusion. So how are you today . Inspiring inclusion, by by keeping my mouth shut. Right. Being seen and not heard. Good. And letting you