Its anti semitism or, yes, islam , a phobia should be islam, a phobia should be countered and condemned , not countered and condemned, not given a free pass or left unchallenged for electoral gain. Unchallenged for electoral gain. Sadiq khan, speaking earlier on this evening. Sadiq khan, speaking earlier on this evening. Well, the on this evening. Well, the conservatives could be facing another by election after it was confirmed today that the ex tory mp, scott benton, is suspended from the house of commons. And thats for 35 days. The former blackpool mp broke commons rules when he was caught by the Times Newspaper offering to act on behalf of gambling investors that 35 day suspension is in excess of the ten day threshold that triggers a recall petition and potentially then a by election. Labour party chair Anneliese Dodds says it was the right decision to suspend mr benton. Benton. Well, i think mr bentons conduct really has been incredibly disreputable, not just for him, but its also brought opprobrium on parliament as a whole that lobbying behaviour was really clearly against the rules and really the decent thing for him to do now is to accept that he was in the wrong and resigned from his role as an mp. As an mp. Anneliese dodds, now the prince of wales, had to pull out of a royal event to honour his late godfather. Today because of whats being described as a personal matter. Instead, queen personal matter. Instead, Queen Camilla led the royal family dunng camilla led the royal family during a memorial for King Constantine of greece. Prince constantine of greece. Prince william had been due to deliver a reading at the service. A reading at the service. Kensington palace didnt elaborate , but confirmed the elaborate, but confirmed the princess of wales, whos recovering from abdominal surgery, is doing well. The king surgery, is doing well. The king also missed the service as he continues his treatment for cancen continues his treatment for cancer. Thats the news for the very latest stories, sign up to gb news alerts by scanning the qr code on the screen right now, or go to gb news. Carmela now its or go to gb news. Carmela now wsfime or go to gb news. Carmela now its time for headliners. Its time for headliners. Hello and welcome to headliners. Im simon evans, joining me tonight to romp through wednesdays front pages. That word been selected word has been selected especially for our panel. Steve and alan and scott capurro, a couple of prime rompers. Yeah, i feel that one of us might be better at romping than the other. First off, we can all see the imperial purple throbbing under your collar. To purply romp. One tries to purply romp. One tries to purply romp. Are you all right, scott . Are you all right, scott . Im all right. Yeah. Do you want a flourish . Phone. Youve been your new phone. Youve been very excited about that. Very excited purchase. Very excited new purchase. And to our yoga and i just did it to our yoga class, so my feet behind class, so i had my feet behind my head for two hours. Wow. You are limber. You are limber. Lets take look okay, lets take a look at those front pages. The daily mail front page, their headline is indefensible. One. In more ways than one. In more ways than one. Telegraph blocks the telegraph uk blocks macrons bid to send troops to the. The ukraine guard. Tories putting party before Sexual Assault claim says alleged victim pictured Jonathan Dimbleby. Theyre campaigning for assisted suicide the sun hugh row thats a phonetic challenge hugh row uh, bbc say sorry the i news labour yet to convince 40 of target voters new poll finds. Its interesting new poll finds. Its interesting and finally the metro £16 for a pack of cigs that is news rather than a advertisement. So those were your front pages. So were were your front pages. So were going to kick off with wednesdays telegraph. See yep they go with uk blocks. Macrons bid to send troops to ukraine. And just looking at the headune ukraine. And just looking at the headline you think, well if you want to send french people, why are we getting involved . And sadly thats not what its about. A decision to send about. It was a decision to send or a send nato troops to or a plan to send nato troops to ukraine and the worry that this would be a major escalation. Um, i dont know. That one i thought would be at some point its going to escalate. Maybe you want to be the escalators rather than the escalators, right . Interesting to be thats an interesting to be the escalator. Yeah. Thats what how do you yeah. Thats what how do you feel about that, scott . About him making words up . I dont feel great about it. I dont feel great about it. Feels like a latin end to a word, doesnt it . Yeah. It feels like something i think, um, attack is the best form defence. Uh zelenskyy form of defence. Uh zelenskyy has it was has announced. I think it was yesterday. Didnt he say that 31,000, troops yesterday. Didnt he say that 31,00 died . Troops yesterday. Didnt he say that 31,00 died . And troops yesterday. Didnt he say that 31,00 died . And i troops yesterday. Didnt he say that 31,00 died . And i thinkoops yesterday. Didnt he say that 31,00 died . And i think that is have died . And i think that is a major war. And i think nato needs move i dont know needs to move in. I dont know what theyre waiting for. Its two years its not going two years now and its not going to get any better. And the russian leader has said clearly hes has any he no hes not has any he has no interest in receding pulling interest in receding in pulling back no, he back or pulling out. No, no, he wants to move on. He wants to break borders he the break those borders down. He the more in europe, the more disruption in europe, the better for him. But would you not think that if descend, mean, if we descend, i mean, presumably there are international, uh, law on this. So im only speculating, but that isnt that is crossing the line, isnt it . We not have. It . Well do we not have. Well, we also have, uh, a deal with ukraine when the when they of the nukes. Cant they got rid of the nukes. Cant remember the name city remember the name of the city that was named after the budapest. Well, budapest. Something well, it doesnt the agreement. Or something else. Minsk or something else. Minsk or something else. Agreement is that yeah. The agreement is that if youre going to get rid of the nuclear weapons, then we will well, this is will protect you. Well, this is protecting this be protecting them. This would be under that. Surely its. Its already an illegal invasion. Illegal war anyway. Invasion. An illegal war anyway. So law is so i think International Law is sort not really on the table. Im going to come back and, uh, hold you to that. All right. When were broadcasting from rubble. What is in the guardian . Rubble. What is in the guardian . Um, the guardian says isnt you or we on the guardian . You or we on the guardian . No. Sorry, ive jumped one. Its the daily mail. The daily mail, uh, in defence, despite growing Global Threats and warnings from military top brass , jeremy hunt military top brass, jeremy hunt says that hes rejecting booths uh, to, uh, to forces in the budget. And there are politicians saying , you know, politicians saying, you know, were scrambling for money, were scrambling for money, were running out of defence spending. We should be spending more. Were spending less. Yeah. More. Were spending less. Yeah. And uh, hunt says theres no theres no money for it. And he said despite wars raging in europe, in the middle east, the chancellor is defying calls to get the ministry of defence more money. I guess the question money. So i guess the question really people do really is, do people feel, do people in the uk feel protected enough . I people in the uk feel protected enough . I mean , its always enough . I mean, its always heading up towards an election. Heading up towards an election. Money has been tight for as long as anyone can remember. Uh covid. Certainly didnt help. Debts a significant part now debts is a significant part now of the of the national budget. Debt repayments and Interest Rates have gone up. My organic milk has gone up 30. Yeah , im sticking with it. Yeah, im sticking with it. Not the worst thing. Yeah, but i do kind of feel if you sold it to people hard enough, you could probably increase defence spending. I think actually a lot of people find it quite disturbing when they actually confront just how find it quite disturbing when they twevey confront just how find it quite disturbing when they weve become. T just how weak weve become. And this seems like yes. And this seems like a bad week to say. No more boost to our ability to defend when weve just plopped a couple of nukes into the water instead of launch them properly. That was the embarrassment. Was the the embarrassment. That was the ability launch. And ability to fully launch. And that was expensive too. Why waste money on so why waste money on defence . Spend it defence . Why not spend it on good things . Most people at this i mean, most people at this point i think would would roundly support the reintroduction of National Service and conscription for young start, rather young men. For a start, rather than spending another 30 billion on on trident 3. 0, they would rather see young men trained , rather see young men trained, fit, healthy. You know, id love to see pounds. Yeah exactly. Yeah. You know, why not . Do it the swiss do and have everybody, uh, conscripted up to the age of 60. The swiss can amass a militia in about five minutes. And when you go to switzerland, im about switzerland, which im about to do, a local pool. Like do, you go to a local pool. Like everybodys in great shape. Why . Well theyre there, theyre. Theyre and come theyre prepared and they come back for six every five back for six months, every five years that, years or Something Like that, dont do useful as well . I hold well . i hold i hold jumble sales and, you know, uh, basket old folk out. Yeah. Oh, thats mate, when you most people think you say most people would think this, think you might this, do you think you might have of sympathetic have one of those sympathetic fallacy you think fallacy moments where you think im in bubble . You accusing me im in a bubble . You accusing me in maybe most people in a bubble . Maybe most people wouldnt like idea it wouldnt like the idea of it being colonel. Being the retired colonel. Take our safety well, we do take our safety for and there um, for granted. And there is, um, someone that i follow online. I think he works for russia, but he does say that, um, they want what and that might be what we have. And that might be what, know , i dont think what, you know, i dont think putins all about. Dont think putins all about. I dont think putins all about. I dont think putin wants what we have. Therell be a number of but therell be a number of mincing towards us. But mincing steps towards us. But this course, question this is, of course, the question this is, of course, the question this in. Yes minister, this came up in. Yes minister, people have been sharing this clip ago. At what point clip 30 years ago. At what point would you deploy the Nuclear Deterrent . Would you deploy it when another crack at when he has another crack at kyiv . Would deploy when when he has another crack at kyiinvadesd deploy when when he has another crack at kyiinvades poland . Ploy when when he has another crack at kyi invades poland . Would when when he has another crack at kyiinvades poland . Would youn he invades poland . Would you deploy already dropped deploy it . Hes already dropped a few bombs poland. A few bombs in poland. Hes hes testing i do, hes hes testing europe see how far he can go. Europe to see how far he can go. And obviously he can go a lot farther. I mean, he hes running out and hes not out of money too, and hes not paid troops in quite a long paid his troops in quite a long time. This is the funny thing. All these war has all these this war has erupted for the first time in history. When, history. I think when, uh, theres shortage of theres an enormous shortage of fighting in both fighting age men in both countries involved. And we must move the move on. Steve, this is the guardian. Next. Move on. Steve, this is the gueuh, n. Next. Move on. Steve, this is the gueuh, toriest. Move on. Steve, this is the gueuh, tories putting party uh, tories putting party before sexual claims. Before Sexual Assault claims. Says alleged victim. Its a story a woman who says that story of a woman who says that no taken after she no action was taken after she was attacked by mp, and says was attacked by an mp, and says this about spin, effectively this is about spin, effectively to try protect the party. To try and protect the party. Maybe its because of the run up to an election. Either way, if this is true and were taking the word of one person, but it seems believable that politicians be somewhat politicians might be somewhat protected. Yeah, well, yeah, protected. Yeah, well, yeah, protected. Yeah, well, yeah, protected and likely to protect themselves as this happened when he was. He was. How can i put it when he was acting in his role as is it like something that happened in the house of commons or in a political event, or is it. I dont think we dont really know because shes being very cagey about it. Its rather to about it. Its rather hard to know to of it. Know what to make of it. Well, she needed treatment in a private hospital, didnt she . And im not sure that psychological if psychological treatment, or if that abuse that was physical abuse treatment. I read treatment. But when i read this title, seemed a bit title, at first it seemed a bit misleading. Thought it misleading. I thought i read it out loud i thought that out loud twice. I thought that it that tories were it meant that tories were putting before putting a partying before a Sexual Assault claim, meaning they a party. They they were at a party. They couldnt with her. Thats couldnt deal with her. Thats what i thought that meant, couldnt deal with her. Thats what i titheylt that meant, couldnt deal with her. Thats what i titheylt th partying , couldnt deal with her. Thats what i titheylt th partying before because they put partying before so things. Yeah they so many other things. Yeah they do, they have the past. Do, they have in the past. Really sorry about yeah, im really sorry about this, but it is the party. I know its covid, but were having so i thought having drinks, so i thought thats was. Thats what this was. Um, i dont know if and then, um, i dont know if you prepared any observations about this, but the Jonathan Dimbleby seeking lord to dimbleby is seeking the lord to be assisted dying. Be changed on assisted dying. Any thoughts . Im in favour and you know, im in favour of because, uh, vulcan. Of it because, uh, im vulcan. You youre watching of you know, if youre watching of star as long you have star trek, as long as you have the, the safeguards in place, all of the arguments against it are about that failures that are all about that failures that should safeguards should be solved by safeguards rather youre rather than saying, no, youre not it. Not allowed it. Yes. Yes. I think haaland is the country is talking about um, country to is talking about um, applying also it applying it to and also using it for people that have mental disorders or people that have severe problems. And severe depression problems. And then start to wonder, well, then you start to wonder, well, who they going to who else are they going to assist . Fear, of assist . This is the fear, of course, the incremental creep. A little bit like putin tiptoeing to poland. But it tiptoeing over to poland. But it is console somebody tiptoeing over to poland. But it is is console somebody tiptoeing over to poland. But it is is in console somebody tiptoeing over to poland. But it is is in constant, le somebody tiptoeing over to poland. But it is is in constant, agonisingdy who is in constant, agonising chronic pain that its chronic pain and knows that its not going to get better with that kind observation. That kind of observation. Has personal i think dimbleby has personal experience with that. Must be experience with that. It must be very, really very, incredibly painful, really hard yeah, well, hard to watch. And yeah, well, apparently they mention this in hard to watch. And yeah, well, app story. they mention this in the story. Hes a close friend of king charles. Um, and they seem charles. Yeah. Um, and they seem to that might be to suggest that that might be significant i dont significant somehow. I dont thats sinister observation. Steve saying there were steve was saying there were rumours house, least. Rumours in his house, at least. Dont me that charles dont blame me that charles is but pretty is pancreatic, but im pretty sure that hes. Is pancreatic, but im pretty sur allowing huw edwards to conduct this relationship . I think because they didnt the bbc didnt she a complaint didnt act. She put a complaint in, they handed her off to a department that wasnt really very effective, and she was wearing on. In wearing what was going on. In the meantime, her familys being pulled apart. Although son pulled apart. Although her son was he had was denying that he had a problem what had happened, problem with what had happened, the son of age. Hes not the son is of age. Hes not a juvenile. And so it proceeded that she then sold the story to the sun of what had happened, and then became something where the bbc had to fire or suspend hugh, whos probably never going to i dont think so. To win. I dont think so. She maybe get some more money from sun now. I mean, one from the sun now. I mean, one feels sorry for all the party involved. Its very sordid, involved. Its a very sordid, shabby of well shabby sort of affair. Well if shes lad is one of shes one or this lad is one of hundreds. Thousands, presumably, who in strange, who are involved in strange, were not sure if hes gotten any money the sun. Any money from the sun. Not really. Were not were not really. Were not sure theres nothing sure about that. Theres nothing mentioned about cash. Mentioned in here about cash. Time. There was at the time. There was accusations of paying money accusations of hugh paying money for. Onlyfans or some for. Was it onlyfans or some other service think other Online Service you think he addicted to he then got himself addicted to drugs wouldnt have been drugs that he wouldnt have been able otherwise . Able to afford otherwise . But as you say, it was a majority age. Hes, you know, yeah, just looks like yeah, this story just looks like its trying prove its the sun trying to prove that they ran last time had that what they ran last time had a bit meat to it. A bit more meat to it. He kind of didnt. It was and he kind of didnt. It was the mum complaining. But the person themselves saying no, releasi