Single. Penny single. Penny £36 billion in hundreds of new transport projects in the north and the midlands across the country. This means £36 billion of investment in the projects that will make a real difference across our nation. Difference across our nation. Well, in reaction to that, the former Prime MinisterDavid Cameron criticised the announcement, writing on twitter that a once in a Generation Opportunity city had been lost and just about an hour ago, former Prime MinisterBoris Johnson added, i agree to David Camerons post and the mayor of greater manchester, andy burnham , said the new Investment Plan didnt create a coherent transport network. But the mayor of the west midlands, andy street, said although he was disappointed at the decision, he believed all in all, it was a good compromise. Now believed all in all, it was a good compromise. Now away from good compromise. Now away from the Party Conference, five people have been arrested after Just Stop Oil protesters interrupted tonights performance of Les Miserables at the sondheim theatre in london. Take a look. Singing. The sondheim theatre in london. Take a look. Singing. The song take a look. Singing. The song of anneliese just. Well, if youre not watching on television and youre listening on the radio, what were looking at is four members of Just Stop Oil holding up orange banners on the stage and then locking themselves to the front of the musical stage theatre actors stop their performance. They stop their performance. They were led off at the back of the stage. Stage management stage. Stage management attempted to remove the activists as well. Audience members took it upon themselves to shouted at Just Stop Oil to have shouted at Just Stop Oil activists get off the stage. Activists to get off the stage. To now the sunderland man who died after being attacked by an xl bully has been named by Northumbria Police as ian langley. Police attended the incident last night following reports a dog had injured the 54 year old who was taken to hospital already with life threatening injuries. A 44 year threatening injuries. A 44 year old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder and an investigation has been launched. The dog was destroyed at the scene. A second had to be seized and a sixth person has been arrested in connection with the crooked house pub fire in staffordshire. A 23 year old man from leicestershire was arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to commit arson with intent. Hes commit arson with intent. Hes been released on conditional bail while the investigation continues. Four men and a woman were previously arrested in connection with the fire that destroyed the iconic pub back in august. And lastly , the uk and august. And lastly, the uk and ireland are possible set to host the euros in 2028, pending final approval from uefas executive committee next week. That comes as turkey withdrew its bid to host the european football championships. It instead has planned to merge bids with italy. Theyre both going to go for 2032 in the uk, ten stadia were earmarked to host the matches, including glasgows hampden park. The principality stadium in cardiff. Dublins Aviva Stadium and wembley in london. Youre with gb news across the uk on tv, in your car, on Digital Radio and on your Smart Speaker by saying play gb news this is britains news channel. News channel. Hello and welcome to headliners. Your first look at thursdays papers. Papers. Joining me tonight, we have the paul daniels and debbie mcgee of gb news. In no particular order, that is Lewis Schaefer and nick dixon. Evening, gentlemen. So, which 1 am. I . 1a. M. I . No 1 am. I . No particular order . No particular order . Particular order . In no particular order . In no particular order . , that pan and the well, that pan out and the audience. To debbie audience. I prefer to be debbie mcgee because wound up with the. Millions. She did . With millions. She did . With millions. She did . Absolutely. With millions. She did . Illsolutely. With millions. She did . Ill takeely. Take daniels ill take ill take daniels because he was talent. Because he was the talent. Was talent. Daniels was the talent. Daniels was the talent. Anyway, a much missed anyway, he was a much missed , understood individual, in my view , very like a genuine view, very like a genuine magician. View, very like a genuine ma he an. View, very like a genuine ma he had he had the craft, real magic. He did absolutely. He did absolutely. He did absolutely. The we have the front pages. The we have the front pages. We kick off with the telegraph. We kick off with the telegraph. Huge decisions that change britain. We have rishi and his britain. We have rishi and his wife, their guardian. So sunak ignites tory civil war. After declaring he is the change candidate. But can that be candidate. But can that be plausible . The times son of a farmer wokeist casts himself as thatchers heir in intriguing take on it. Daily mail. Daily mail. All day rishi gave tories a reason to believe he can save us from keirs wokery express game changer rishis radical policy blitz to fix britain and the daily star an outlier. As ever, weve really hit the skids. Supermarket forced to put security tags on bulger rolls to end shoplifting epidemic. Those end shoplifting epidemic. Those were your front pages. So were your front pages. So kicking things off with the telegraph. Lewis yeah, this huge telegraph. Lewis yeah, this huge decision decisions to change britain and the three major decisions which will have relatively little impact on the global and our own situation in the first one is smoking is effectively to be banned for future generations with phased in a phased age limit, which is the new zealand method. The new zealand method. Yeah. Which is therell be a time when someone whos 19 wont be able to smoke , but someone be able to smoke, but someone whos 20 will be able to smoke and then theyll just carry on rolling that up , carry on forever. Actually youll be a 48 year old man hanging around at newsagent. Everything that a 50 year buy from year old man will buy you from some year old man will buy you from sonyeah, itll and itll be yeah, itll be. And itll be a state. Yeah. A Proper Police state. Yeah. Which is. Which maybe which is. Which is maybe the dream what the powers dream of what . What the powers that want. That be want. Feel slightly i mean i feel slightly ambivalent this. Ambivalent on this. Ive got to say. I would imagine generally speaking, gb news of limited news our audience of a limited aryan would that aryan bent would think that adults can choose for themselves whether but on whether to smoke or not. But on the theyve it the other hand, theyve made it so ridiculously expensive. Its such a hostile environment for smokers. Does feel like, smokers. Now it does feel like, should just let other should we just let the other shoe and ban outright . Shoe drop and ban it outright . Would sense . Would that not make more sense . Its obviously teetering in unsustainably on the edge of that, isnt it . What do you think, nick . Well, yeah, i almost dont like talking about this because ill online because i ill get hate online because i am freedom side. Am more on the freedom side. And as i said you before, and as i said to you before, talking pipe talking believed that pipe smoking good and smoking was a moral good and i understand all that, but i personally hate smoking so much that always say im a fascist that i always say im a fascist on this one issue. But im not saying i would go with im just saying with the ban. Im just saying part me is not against part of me is not as against it as normally should be. As i normally should be. I know you mean. I know what you mean. I know what you mean. Say, a stand and i have to say, as a stand up when they up comic as well, when they banned the banned indoor smoking, the environment for performing, it improved. I mean, improved immeasurably. I mean, it had a little bit maybe some of atmosphere missing. Of the atmosphere was missing. You photogenic nature you know, the photogenic nature of jazz club vibe. Of the sort of jazz club vibe. Eventually, over time , but eventually, over time, people would have banned smoking inside. They wouldnt have inside. They wouldnt have banned it wouldnt been banned it. It wouldnt have been a like a law, but there would be like you place where you go into a place where theyre people theyre smoking and people wouldnt wouldnt visited. Mean, occasionally. You visited. Go ean, occasionally. You visited. Go ean, otremember you visited. Goean, o remember| you visited. Go ean, otremember i think| ever go like i remember i think the time for was the last time for me was probably something probably abu dhabi or Something Like five like that massive five star hotel, and like that massive five star hotel and and like that massive five star hoteland people and like that massive five star hoteland people smoking and like that massive five star hoteland people smoking ind floor and people smoking in there. It was almost like watching really watching something really unsanitary, foul unsanitary, like some foul primitive activity. Anyway and nietzsche said, i cant say im against it. Nietzsche said, what is falling . Against it. Nietzsche said, what is fwe1g . Against it. Nietzsche said, what is fwe must push, but we dont we must push, but we dont need to push it because cigarette smoking is going down. When they make it illegal, its going come right back. Going to come right back. True. Its true. Its true. Wasnt from you, and it wasnt from you, simon. I never saw that coming. Thats. Thats. Yeah. What about he yeah. What about his. He didnt drinking either, didnt like drinking either, though, not how though, so im not sure how sound he was. What about a levels . Sound he was. What about a ia levels replaced a levels will be replaced with that include with exams that include mandatory english and maths. Im going to have this to going to have to give this to nick because the expert nick because nick is the expert in British School system, in the British School system, even though ive had this switching system switching to an american system , majors minors, majors and minors, thats roughly although roughly what they although thats rather thats a College Thing rather than a what do think . Thats a College Thing rather tha its what do think . Thats a College Thing rather tha its thet do think . Thats a College Thing rather tha its the one think . Thats a College Thing rather tha its the one bit think . Thats a College Thing rather tha its the one bit tithe . Its the one bit of the speech actually speech that id actually ignored, honest speech that id actually ign0|you. Honest speech that id actually ign0|you. I honest speech that id actually ign0|you. I mean, honest speech that id actually ign0|you. I mean, im honest speech that id actually ign0|you. I mean, im sure1est speech that id actually ign0|you. I mean, im sure its with you. I mean, im sure its very important. Mean, very important. I mean, scrapping a levels, trying to do, appreciate do, which i appreciate this in theory, its those theory, but its one of those endless its myth of sisyphus endless its a myth of sisyphus kind scenario because youre kind of scenario because youre constantly work constantly trying to work against nature. Against human nature. He to minimise the but he wants to minimise the sort of difference in esteem and status between a levels and what they currently t levels , they currently call t levels, which practical which are more practical qualifications like. Yeah, its similar to an apprenticeship and, and i approve of that, but you will always struggle to convince people to whats the word conceal. There is an academic gap between work hard work and then learning how to use some tools. The question is can the state, can the government change this . And from what i know about this . And from what i know about this country, its micromanaging the educational system. Let the schools decide what they want to do. Take the government out of it. And this would be you could go with that to an extent and say, ive been a long say, ive been saying for a long time, system for schools. Teachers get some choice where spend their voucher. Where they spend their voucher. So you got, get so every child you got, you get six year, can six grand a year, you can spend it some schools it where you want. Some schools might might it where you want. Some schools migh baccalaureate might it where you want. Some schools migh baccalaureate as might it where you want. Some schools migh baccalaureate as they1ight it where you want. Some schools migh baccalaureate as they call. Offer baccalaureate as they call it. Some might offer more it. Some might offer a more american system. Might american system. Some might just say, kid. Just say, well train your kid. Just generally, itll be a liberal education or something better, which which is not take which is which is not take peoples money and not give it out. Out. How about that . How about that . And not saying kids are cool, just like have them. You know what . If theyre not trained, theyre not trained and they has to the they and somebody has to dig the ditches country without ditches in this country without without laboun what do you think, nick . What do you think, nick . Well, i think theres so much more to get on to in this speech, havent even speech, which we havent even touched to yet, which is the big it reveal because it wasnt a big reveal because it wasnt a big reveal because it wasnt a big reveal because it big was it wasnt a big reveal because it big part was it wasnt a big reveal because it big part of was it wasnt a big reveal because it big part of the was it wasnt a big reveal because it big part of the speech. Was the big part of the speech. And he every penny would he said that every penny would be said, im be reinvested. So he said, im scrapping it. But 36 billion is going to the north. Other types investment, in other types of investment, you could argue every penny would the 100 billion he would be the 100 billion that he was would wasted. Would be the 100 billion that he was i would wasted. Would be the 100 billion that he was i thats d wasted. Would be the 100 billion that he was i thats perfectly ted. But i think thats perfectly i people seem to but i think thats perfectly i hs2. People seem to but i think thats perfectly i hs2. I people seem to but i think thats perfectly i hs2. I dontjle seem to but i think thats perfectly i hs2. I dont most em to but i think thats perfectly i hs2. I dont most people think hs2. I dont most people many people think it a many people think it was a mistake. So i think going mistake. So i think hes going to trouble for to get in too much trouble for that. The big question for me is, this enough . Is, was this speech enough . They needed a kind of hail mary. I dont think it was that it was decent. Sunak always dont think it was that it was decent across sunak always dont think it was that it was decent across smartrunak always dont think it was that it was decent across smart , nak always dont think it was that it was decent across smart , nice, lways comes across smart, nice, intelligent. About intelligent. He cares about fiscal responsibility. His wife gave him a great intro, which was to see. Intro, which was nice to see. And a world where hes in and in a world where hes in all the photographs as well, shes livened up the shes obviously livened up the picture. Interesting, it was interesting, but was it my question, im thats my question, and im not and not quite sure it was. And farage, as we know, has been dominating the conference. My big prediction im the first person farage big prediction im the first pers get farage big prediction im the first pers get the farage big prediction im the first pers get the tories. � age will get into the tories. Become leader and he he will become leader and he will win a general election. Given at ive even given a date at 2029, person. 2029, not the first person. Im the ring, but the first person to ring, but maybe this show, number one, maybe on this show, number one, it has been an ovennhelmingly positive front positive reaction on the front pages, front page, which is pages, one front page, which is possibly heretical , is the guardian. And they also have a story about england being the most difficult place to find home. Difficult place to find a home. Yeah. So england most yeah. So england most difficult place to find a home. It much does what says it pretty much does what it says on quite shocking on the tin. Quite shocking really. The really. It comes from the organisation for Economic Cooperation and development. Organisation for economic coowho. Ion and development. Organisation for economic coowho could d development. Organisation for economic coowho could haveielopment. Organisation for economic coowho could haveielbetterlt. Organisation for economic coowho could haveielbetter name . But the idea is that england has the percentage has the lowest percentage of vacant capita and vacant homes per capita and other problems where a quarter of private renters are overburdened housing costs overburdened by housing costs and so on. Plus they dont even mention, as as i can see, mention, as far as i can see, that whole process is a that the whole process is a nightmare you try buy nightmare when you try and buy a home could fall home in england could fall through any time. It can go through at any time. It can go on for. The thing thats but the worst thing thats happened but the worst thing thats happe atd but the worst thing thats happe at the moment is home at the moment surely is the elevation of interest rates. Right. That has made it extraordinarily this extraordinarily difficult. This is the thing cant control. Yeah, well, dont mention that million that there are a Million People coming this coming into the country this yean coming into the country this year. And you know this year. And you know what this is . This thats this is something thats been put the builders put up by the Home Builders fed