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GBN Mark July 3, 2024

Waiting lists, hospitals would be asked to share their staff and pool waiting lists as part of a £1. 1 billion drive to provide an extra 40,000 appointments each week. Shadow Health Secretary wes streeting is also promising to protect whistleblowers and to cut the nhs reliance on Migrant Workers , £1. 1 billion paid for workers, £1. 1 billion paid for by clamping down on tax avoidance and also closing non dom loopholes as well. And that will enable to us put £1. 1 billion directly into the pockets of nhs staff to deliver those extra appointments. The evenings and weekends, using an approach thats been tried and tested at the london hospital. I can literally see out of my Office Window in westminster and therefore an approach we need to see available to patients right across the country, not just in london and that does come with a cost. And thats why weve made this commitment as our first step on the journey to busting the tory backlog and cutting nhs waiting lists. Waiting lists. Wes streeting theyre speaking to gb news this morning. Well, in other news, today, a 14 year old boy has died after getting into difficulty in the river tyne in northumberland. A river tyne in northumberland. A huge search involving police, fire crews , paramedics and fire crews, paramedics and mountain rescue teams was launched on saturday afternoon when another boy, whos 13, was rescued. Hes in a Critical Condition in hospital, though the body of the 14 year old was later found in the water. Americas first black astronaut has become the oldest person in space, 60 years after he almost was picked for an early nasa mission. At 90 years old, former mission. At 90 years old, former air force pilot ed dwight experienced a few minutes of weightlessness with five other passengers on board a capsule that was operated by amazon billionaire jeff bezos. The brief flight from west texas was blue origins seventh time taking tourists into space. And finally, in some sports news, Manchester City have won their fourth Consecutive Premier League title. Thats a Record League title. Thats a record after beating west ham three one on the final day of the season tonight. Phil foden scored twice in the first half to help ease nerves at the etihad. Nearest nerves at the etihad. Nearest challengers for the trophy. Arsenal scored late to get past everton two one, but it wasnt enough. Everton two one, but it wasnt enough. Thats the latest from enough. Thats the latest from the newsroom. Another update at 10 00. Until then, you can sign up to gb news alerts by scanning the qr code on your screen, or go to gb news. Common alerts. Go to gb news. Common alerts. Thank you sam. Welcome to mark dolan. Tonight in the big story is former chancellor Nadhim Zahawi right, that the tories made a huge mistake getting rid of Boris Johnson . Well be heading to the United States and getting the views of a former top aide to Margaret Thatcher. As king charles announces his first foreign trip following his cancer diagnosis. Well get reaction from legendary royal author angela levin is the king working too hard for his own good . Also should the home secretary ban the pro palestine protests , ill the pro palestine protests, ill debate that with my mark meets guest, the man who a Police Officer refused to allow to cross the road because he looked too overtly jewish. In a story that sparked global outrage. And in my take, at ten in an hours time, archbishop justin welby weighs in on another political row over the two child benefit cap stick to weddings and christenings. Archbishop ill be christenings. Archbishop ill be deaung christenings. Archbishop ill be dealing with justin welby in no Uncertain Terms at ten. You wont want to miss it. Uncertain terms at ten. You wont want to miss it. Reacting wont want to miss it. Reacting to those stories and much more tonight, my top pundits, former ukip leader henry bolton and broadcaster and journalist emma webb, and political consultant emma burnell. Webb, and political consultant emma burnell. Plus the most emma burnell. Plus the most important part of the show your views, they come straight to my laptop. Gbnews. Com yoursay essay and this show mark dolan tonight has a golden rule we dont do boring. Not on my watch. I just wont have it. So a big two hours to come. Justin welby at ten. But first, my big opinion. Labours six point plan announced this week, is thinner than posh spice on the keto diet. But it doesnt matter. A Labour Government is coming in what feels like a car crash in slow motion, and labours more radical ideas are already an accident waiting to happen. Dont take my word for it. New labour mastermind Peter Mandelson , speaking to the mandelson, speaking to the sunday times in march, voiced deep concerns about labours plans to bolster union power and burden businesses with extra costs and red tape. He told the labour leadership to move more slowly and heres why. Sir keir starmer has vowed to put forward drastic Labour Market reforms within the first 100 days of winning power. These reforms are not on his list of six pledges, which i think is telling this unprecedented initiative, being fronted by Angela Rayner, about which Rachel Reeves, the shadow chancellor, reportedly has concerns , would potentially give concerns, would potentially give all workers Employment Rights from their first day on the job. Now that sounds lovely, doesnt it . Who would argue with that . But what it means in reality is that businesses could employ someone whos completely useless and be stuck with them. Companies would potentially have to use a four stage process, then an employment tribunal. If someone was incompetent or even if they didnt turn up to work under those circumstances , under those circumstances, companies will simply be reluctant to hire people in the first place. And what does that mean . Well, more unemployed arent. Youre welcome. They also want to end zero hours contracts for people who do casual work on unspecified days and for unspecified hours. Like and for unspecified hours. Like and for unspecified hours. Like a lot of ideas from labour, it is well intentioned, but the reality is that many people, including women with families, carers and students, enjoy vie. The informal nature of zero hours contracts. I was on them for years and loved them. The flexibility of zero hours was enjoyed by over a Million People last year alone, labour will take that away from them because they dont believe in choice. If they dont believe in choice. If companies cant employ people casually, they will just make do with the staff theyve got. What does that lead to . Yep more unemployment and more people on benefits in a country thats already broke. Youre welcome. And then there are enhanced rights for the trade unions , rights for the trade unions, including 1970s style collective bargaining. Again, it sounds bargaining. Again, it sounds lovely, but bear in mind how industrial action has crippled our railways, our Health Service and other key sectors in recent months. Thats before labours reforms, which will inevitably lead to further strike chaos, which means disrupt lives and yet more economic damage. Yet more economic damage. Enhanced union power will also likely lead to more government borrowing or tax rises, or both. Borrowing or tax rises, or both. As Prime Minister starmer is forced to grant unaffordable pubuc forced to grant unaffordable Public Sector wage settlements, a further consequence of which is inflation. Youre welcome. Is inflation. Youre welcome. Its what can only be described as a perfect economic storm. What about the £15 National Living wage . An idea that i am very sympathetic to, of course. But what is the reality . Well, but what is the reality . Well, it will devastate Small Businesses and jobs in sectors like hospitality, retail and social care. Those organisations will take on fewer people or they will fold. And again, its they will fold. And again, its inflationary. I like policies that work, not ones that sound good. Now, i believe that trade unions are of critical importance. Bosses will always try to rip off their workers , try to rip off their workers, which is why all of the people watching and listening to this programme should have professional support , professional support, professional support, professional representation and professional representation and professional protection. But its a fine balance between workers rights and a fair wage versus crippling businesses who generate the National Income for this country that pays for everything. And the organisation who actually employ people. The pubuc who actually employ people. The Public Sector bankrolled by the taxpayer is already far too big, with the nhs, for example, overflowing with middle management on six figure salaries. We need companies employing people, not the government. Right . But these government. Right . But these reforms under labour threaten to make that less attractive. Now the perception is that the tories are in a chaotic state at the moment. I dont see it if so called chaos is low, unemployment falling, inflation rising, wages expected , lower rising, wages expected, lower Interest Rates and an economy which the for Office National statistics says is, and i quote, going gangbusters. Thats right. Going gangbusters. Ill take that chaos. The alternative is that chaos. The alternative is shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves , shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves, who has tried to paint herself as the new Margaret Thatcher. Except it was Margaret Thatcher that dismantled the out of control unions, not emboldened them. Im not convinced by them. Im not convinced by labours claims of moderation. Labours claims of moderation. Sir keir starmer is no tony blair, a man that i voted for three times, and Rachel Reeves is no Margaret Thatcher. Shes more iron curtain than iron lady. There is a narrative at the moment that the tories are in disarray , and that the in disarray, and that the economy is in the toilet. Well, listen, folks , i dont like listen, folks, i dont like narratives because they often dont bear scrutiny. They perpetuate myths and untruths and are leveraged for political gain. It just isnt true. The tories were in disarray until sunak. Now they are not the economy was in the toilet until sunak. Economy was in the toilet until sunak. Now it is not. Whats sunak. Now it is not. Whats very clear is that our toilet dwelling days will begin in earnest when starmer reaches number 10. I think this comment on twitter from the labour supporting trade Union Congress is very revealing. The highly is very revealing. The highly impressive business secretary, Kemi Badenoch , who has sought to Kemi Badenoch, who has sought to make britain the home of Free Enterprise , investment and job enterprise, investment and job creation, said the unions want to undo all of the work that she has done well. Responding on twitter , the tuc simply replied twitter, the tuc simply replied yes , thats the plan. There you yes, thats the plan. There you go folks. Hiding in plain sight and saying the quiet part out loud. Vote labour by all means. Millions will and i understand why, but do so at your own risk. Your reaction gb news. Com forward slash your say. Ill get to your emails very shortly. Dont forget, ill be dealing with woke welby at 10 00 in my take at ten. But first tonights top pundits. We have the former leader of ukip, henry bolton. Im also delighted to welcome political consultant emma burnell and writer and broadcaster emma webb. Lovely to see all three of you here in the studio. Emma burnell welcome back to mark dolan tonight. Weve missed you. I havent seen you for a while. Its lovely to see you again. Its great to have you here. Its great to have you here. Britain cant afford a Labour Government, can it . Government, can it . It cant afford not to have a Labour Government, mark. And frankly , i mean, im not being frankly, i mean, im not being funny. I love you to bits, you know that. But i also think wheres this going, emma, look, im old enough to remember 1997 and the narrative coming up to that all labours going to bankrupt. Its back to the 70s. All the minimum wage will send everything down. Your clothes, all the businesses. None of it happened. Well, im essentially gordon brown bankrupted britain before the coalition took over. Didnt he know the 2008 crash . But it started in the usa, a place of very low regulation, which you would, and very low union membership. These two things are not unconnected, that gordon brown actually did played a large part in the International Movement to stop that going from a terrible recession that we were all in into a, you know, an actual depression, that was an international thing. And do you know how i know that everyone accepts that now . Because the people saying that most often now are the tories who keep talking about the 2008 International Crisis in their own excuse for whats happening in response in the economy, in response to whats happened in ukraine. Okay, so youre defending labours record. What about lord mandelsons concerns about the impact on business from Angela Rayners workers rights reforms . Mandy being wrong, who would know, ive never been. This guy is a key figure within the labour movement. He was. Hes the architect of new laboun he was, that was 25 years ago. No one had a smartphone. Tony blair had never sent an email when hed been elected Prime Minister. The world has moved on, man. But this is a guy that managed to sort of create a labor party that was attractive to Centre Ground voters. Thats what keir starmer is trying to do. And hes worried about what theyre going to do to business, what theyre going to do to the economy. The sunday papers today revealing the tension between Angela Rayner and Rachel Reeves over these workers reforms because Rachel Reeves is trying to lovebomb business and no ones buying it. Emma burnell. Well, i think they are love bombing business. And i think if you look at the polls, if you look at the number of Business People who are meeting with laboun people who are meeting with labour, if you go to Labour Party Conference and see the amount of corporate money that is going there, because they know that the labour party are close to potentially government , close to potentially government, i say a lot of people are buying it. Mark. Okay. What do you think . Emma webb, great to have you back. I think im mortified to hear that you voted for tony blair three times. Its actually i think you owe me reparations. I was young, i had no answer for mark. Look , i mean, you said much look, i mean, you said much of it in your monologue there. I think its going to be an absolute disaster. I think on zero hours contract, i to have been on zero hours contract. Theyre popular. Theyre fantastic for people who want to have a side hustle, getting rid of them is undermining peoples freedom to choose how they work and i think thatis choose how they work and i think that is fundamentally wrong. I think increasing red tape for businesses is just going to discourage people from being entrepreneurial, which is the last thing we need, because we have a clear malaise in this country. We want people to be creating businesses and to not be afraid that theyre going to have to, you know, have to hire somebody that they then wont be able to fire. And well have to go through a very expensive process to then fire them. These are obviously terrible ideas. And then for the labour party to create a situation where the government will be beholden to the unions, i just think the whole thing would be a complete disaster. And if anybody thinks that it has been chaos and a complete muck up under the conservative party, i think theyre going to be in for a really hard, sharp shock with a Labour Government because i think it could bring this country to its knees. Henry bolton why shouldnt workers, people watching and listening to this show have enhanced rights . Whats not to like . Whats not to like . Oh , what rights do they not oh, what rights do they not have already . And i think, well, isuppose have already . And i think, well, i suppose theres more protection for people against being fired summarily, without without context, without justification in the we have we have protections already. Very sick pay in the g7. Yeah. But what youve got is to have what youve got to have is a balance between the interests of business and the economy on the one hand, and the individuals on the other. We are turning into a country where the individual is the centre of absolutely everything. There is no Broader Community and National Interest being applied to this. And i think so weve got a problem with that. I think the other thing is, you quite rightly said in your in your introduction there in you

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