Still making its way through parliament. And lastly, the social media platform x, formerly twitter, is planning to start charging all new users a small fee to interact with posts. The sites owner, elon musk, says charging new users to like and reply to tweets is the only way, he says, to describe the relentless onslaught of bots and fake accounts being stopped last year, a pilot scheme was launched in new zealand and the philippines , which charged a philippines, which charged a dollar a year subscription , its dollar a year subscription, its reported the trial will now be rolled out more widely across the world. Thats the news for the world. Thats the news for the latest stories, do sign up to gb news alerts. Scan the qr code on your screen or go to gb news. Common alerts. Hello and welcome to headliners, your first look at wednesdays top stories. Im simon evans and im joined by qanon devotee leo kearse and kew gardens enthusiast steve n allen. I enthusiast steve n allen. I think thats done very well, although youre wearing the kew gardens shirt. Gardens shirt. Yeah, ive actually got membership. Ive got a family membership for kew gardens. Its great to go. Its a great place to go. Its brilliant. Yeah. Yeah, yeah. Yeah, yeah. Now im not so especially now im not so sure. Is the qanon conference so is the qanon conference the place in the, in the funniest place in the, in kew gardens, i think, is the Princess Diana memorial cactus. Its such a weird tribute, but it genuinely , i guess it was but it genuinely, i guess it was probably created before she died, but it just seems like such an odd thing. Its very 80s. Its a bit like the lotus elite that goes under water as a sort of a static that hasnt moved on. Theres a rabbit hole anyway, theres a rabbit hole. I didnt myself going. I didnt see myself going down. A look at the down. Lets have a look at the front. The daily mail, front pages. The daily mail, kick off with victory for the bravest headteacher in britain. Thats not her picture, though. Thats not her picture, though. Thats not her picture, though. Thats Angela Rayner, telegraph leadership hopefuls defy sunak over smoking ban and there is our nige in brussels. Guardian tory divisions exposed as sunak smoking ban moves a step closer and the times police look at multiple allegations over rayner there she is fully colourised and i knew sunak gives netanyahu and i knew sunak gives netanyahu a warning from World Leaders. And finally, the daily star , as and finally, the daily star, as even and finally, the daily star, as ever, go a little off piste with plucky star lettuce is part of evil london elite. Well, there we are. Those we are front pages. So, starting with the times. Leo. So this is angela raynen times. Leo. So this is Angela Rayner, the Police Investigate multiple allegations now. So the Police Investigation into Angela Rayneris Police Investigation into Angela Rayner is examining multiple allegations and is not limited to potential electoral law offences. Apparently, she was also running a crack den in manchester and she shot harambee. No, thats a little joke there. Just in case her lawyer, which one of the two was the joke . So. Oh, good. So. Oh, good. So. Oh, good. So, but yeah, theres, theyve apparently a dozen Police Officers are working on it, which shows that there must not be much crime in manchester anymore. If this is the priority, somebody, you know, possibly, potentially diddling a couple of grand off. I mean, some of the issues that shes facing are possibly Capital Gains tax , so possibly Capital Gains tax, so if it was our main address, as shes claimed , she would not shes claimed, she would not have had to pay Capital Gains tax. But, you know, if it wasnt, then she she would also theres a Single Person discount on i guess council tax. Council tax. Thats right. Thats right. Yeah , her brother was yeah, her brother was apparently or is alleged to have been living there and, you know, she was claiming the 25 discount and that could amount to council tax fraud. To council tax fraud. I mean, a lot of people this is going to be the most relatable. Rayner has relatable. Angela rayner has ever here with the paper. Ever been here with the paper. The of council tax and so the amount of council tax and so on, youre supposed to pay. Well, thats the thing. So much sympathy ive got so much sympathy for her she she took her because she says she took tax legal advice tax advice and legal advice and i that did. You i believe that she did. And you know, these things are know, these these things are sort sometimes blurry areas, know, these these things are sort the netimes blurry areas, know, these these things are sort the samezs blurry areas, know, these these things are sort the same time,rry areas, know, these these things are sort the same time, the|reas, but at the same time, the government takes money government takes all this money off do look for off you. So people do look for ways to, to avoid , paying that ways to, to avoid, paying that tax. The is, though, it is tax. The thing is, though, it is theyre the money off you theyre taking the money off you to pay for all the stupid things that Angela Rayner other that Angela Rayner and other people labour want people in the Labour Party Want us pay for. Us to, to pay for. As you say, its a little bit like when go to the parties like when you go to the parties at like, the at number 10. It was like, the point what did they have point isnt what did they have a party rest of us party is that the rest of us should been having a party should have been having a party as isnt but i mean, as well, isnt it . But i mean, i suppose there is a kind of, there is a little bit of, whats good, expression . Good, whats the expression . Theres, expression theres, theres an expression with goose. With the for the goose. Yeah. Sauce for the yeah, yeah. Sauce for the goose. Yeah, yeah. Is that how you feel about it . Shes its not i dont think shes its not a crime that shes done. A cooking crime that shes done. No, think happened here no, i think whats happened here is have been made to no, i think whats happened here is away have been made to no, i think whats happened here is away ages have been made to no, i think whats happened here is away ages ago; been made to no, i think whats happened here is away ages ago because ade to no, i think whats happened here is away ages ago because itie to no, i think whats happened here is away ages ago because it was go away ages ago because it was such a small thing. Could such a small thing. She could have yeah, i have said. Oh, yeah, sorry, i thought i have said, this thought i should have said, this is grand, because is your three grand, because thats kind of were thats the kind of money were talking instead the talking about. But instead the attitude is, in the attitude is, oh, we in the labour have such a tough labour party have such a tough time bias the media time with the bias in the media by media. Thats by print media. Thats absolutely but instead absolutely true. But instead of just admitting thats the world you away. You live in, make it go away. No, really. Dig your feet in and then look what happens. Theyre working if you working out. If you if you shouldnt a single shouldnt have had a Single Persons your persons allowance and your council thing be council tax, next thing well be tracking it down. She used tracking it down. Oh, she used a parent child pay but parent and child pay once, but a kid went car. Its kid went in the car. Its becoming witch hunt now. Becoming a witch hunt now. Would do that. Nobody would do that. Nobody would do that. Oh come yeah. Its. Oh come on. Yeah. You know, do mean, you know, i do think i mean, it reminds of beergate, it reminds everyone of beergate, wasnt they wasnt it, when they when they were to sort of swing were trying to sort of swing that back onto out of that back onto starmer out of curry durham something. Curry and durham or something. And, same thing and, and its the same thing where go if any, if where they go if i, if any, if there a remote against there is a remote taint against my resign. I my reputation, i will resign. I mean, think well, there mean, i think well, there probably likely to be probably is likely to be that now that be bad now and that would be a bad timing election. Yeah. Timing for the election. Yeah. Seems a shame we and it seems a shame that we always bring politicians always seem to bring politicians down with this sort of minor flimflam of real stuff. Down with this sort of minor flinabsolutely of real stuff. Down with this sort of minor flinabsolutely correct. Al stuff. Down with this sort of minor flinabsolutely correct. Al st|daily absolutely correct. The daily mail, got, mail, steve, what have they got, victory for the bravest headteacher in britain is their headline. This is katharine birbalsingh, which it says shes been called the britains strictest headteacher by herself. Yeah. To be fair, which, you know, thats the way it goes. But this is about the School Prayer ban was upheld after a pupil lost a high court challenge. Dont worry, it challenge. But dont worry, it will their pocket will not impact their pocket money because we paid for this through legal so enjoy. And through legal aid. So enjoy. And the. The muslim the judge dismissed. The muslim pupils claim that policy pupils claim that the policy that this michaela that they had in this Michaela Community school, which was discriminatory. Love discriminatory. What i love about get through about it, if you get through into details that the ruling about it, if you get through intyou details that the ruling about it, if you get through intyou knew ils that the ruling about it, if you get through intyou knew what at the ruling about it, if you get through intyou knew what yowe ruling about it, if you get through intyou knew what you were ng is, you knew what you were getting into. Basically its known Strict School and known as the Strict School and youre not the rules are. So of all the schools that that youre going to stick the rules, going to stick to the rules, itll a strict one. The rules itll be a strict one. The rules are that dont to do are that you dont get to do this yeah that youre this praying. Yeah that youre however phrased the however they phrased it, the showing your religious faith showing of your religious faith will curtailed. Will be in some way curtailed. You it then the mum you knew about it then the mum still sues. And heres the best bit. The mum has another bit. The mum also has another child to go to this child whos going to go to this school and theres another court case we found the case where i think we found the mega yeah, yeah. Mega karen. Yeah, yeah. Know this is happening if you know this is happening that extraordinary they that is extraordinary that they have is one of the have made and this is one of the most oversubscribed schools in the its state school the country. Its a state school which achieves results that the country. Its a state school whiof achieves results that the country. Its a state school whiof privatees results that the country. Its a state school whiof private schools; that the country. Its a state school whiof private schools would lot of private schools would absolutely for. Its absolutely kill for. Yeah. Its incredibly successful with its children, with its pupils. Its not just about strictness , not not just about strictness, not just about morals. Their their gcse grades are off the scale. Gcse grades are off the scale. And she wants of that. And and she wants all of that. And yet still wants interfere yet she still wants to interfere with how the place is run. The mother im talking about. With how the place is run. The moyeah. M talking about. With how the place is run. The moyeah. So alking about. With how the place is run. The moyeah. So these, about. With how the place is run. The moyeah. So these, muslim yeah. So these, muslim pupils, to this pupils, wanted to go to this school a set of rules school that had a set of rules that made it successful and prosper , and then once they were prosper, and then once they were there, they wanted to change those rules. Yeah. And i just i wonder if theres some sort of parallel , but the interest. Parallel, but the interest. I know what youre saying, but reason these rules are but the reason these rules are imposed is, in fact, largely for the other muslim the benefit of other muslim pupils who dont want to have to feel they need to go to feel that they need to go to prayer five times a day, that there is some kind of that the peer pressure. So do you see what i mean . Its like its not like i mean, theres like a muslim majority within that school that happy school that are happy with the Michaela School that are happy with the michaekeep religion out of education. Absolutely. Absolutely. Absolutely. Guardian leo, the guardian has , sort of the, tory divisions has, sort of the, tory divisions exposed as sunak smoking ban moves a step closer, the mps vote for the smoking ban, despite the tories division over the policy, so rishi sunak has suffered a blow to his authority as 57 of his own mps voted against his plan and over 100 abstained. I mean, it still went through , 383 to 67, in favour of through, 383 to 67, in favour of the Prime Ministers plan to make it illegal for anyone born in 2009 or later to buy Tobacco Products in the uk. Its a weird thing for rishi sunak to push through. I mean, the tories used to be seen as the, you know, party of libertarian economics and also sort of libertarian, values for a, you know, for, for a bit after, you know, the 70s or so, and for, so for this sort of draconian law where its quite a nanny state. Yeah. Law saying, oh, youre not ever going to be allowed to smoke. I mean, they should do this with, with hard drugs and ban hard drugs, then nobody would use hard you know. Hard drugs, you know. But then they argue. But then but then they argue. I think you made a really good point there that i think even liz trusted in an interview with saying seems quite babyish, saying it seems quite babyish, telling people that cant telling people that they cant smoke. Well finish that sentence with marijuana and youve just argued against yourself. That , you yourself. Its odd that, you know, pick a side on it. Its how id feel. You think how id feel. Either you think you able to do you should be able to do everything or we should restrict. Its interesting. Theres a chap twitter called chap i follow on twitter called post liberal he says, post liberal pete and he says, i think correctly, that its people it people dont even register it consciously. Things , consciously. But some things, some drugs like, are some drugs if you like, are coded and some are coded coded right and some are coded left tobacco. So being allowed left tobacco. So being allowed to tobacco right. To Smoke Tobacco is coded right. Thats wing policy and thats a right wing policy and marijuana coded left. Marijuana is coded left. And theres reversal lately theres been a reversal lately where which reflects the degree to liberal, you know, to which left liberal, you know, capture of institutions and our general sort of what we consider to be like default morality is that marijuana is actually weve been a bit draconian about that. But tobacco, theyre coming down on the its also class cody gakpo. Theres no question about it. Most people who still Smoke Tobacco are, you know, they definitely. Definitely. Well, the system is definitely going to its definitely going to its definitely going to legalise marijuana because it makes people apathetic and less prone to challenging the system. Whereas, you know, theyll stop a man, theyll crush the little man who wants to smoke some crack and fight system. Crack and fight the system. Before we leave wasnt they . Before we leave this you say best this story, can you say the best things to happen in the things going to happen in the future where someone aid future where someone gets aid checks yeah future where someone gets aid cheas. Yeah future where someone gets aid cheas the yeah future where someone gets aid cheas the age yeah future where someone gets aid cheas the age goes yeah future where someone gets aid cheas the age goes up,ah future where someone gets aid cheas the age goes up, well, as the age goes up, well, people will be getting their granddad buy granddad to go in and buy tobacco. I mean, this will happen. Absolutely mean, happen. Its absolutely i mean, its obviously ridiculous. It might phase, its obviously ridiculous. It might so phase, its obviously ridiculous. It might so ridiculous phase, its obviously ridiculous. It might so ridiculous and 1ase, but its so ridiculous and unworkable. Even jacinda ahern, you on it. You know, backed down on it. Right. Or or down or whatever her name is, we will be the laughing think the laughing stock. I think of the world anyway , ending with this world anyway, ending with this section, the daily star, steve, the, lettuce. Liz. Plucky daily star lettuce is part of the evil london elite. Shes been asked in various interviews about the lettuce because, you know, its the thing that hangs around her neck. It lasted than neck. It lasted longer than she did. London did. She said it was london elite, a cabal of london elitists. No, theyre not the people who read the daily star. Id surely not. I dont hang out with a lot of london liberal elites, but i dont think their daily specifically about the lettuce. Yeah , she said the letter was yeah, she said the letter was a function the elite. A function of the elite. The which shes yes, the way in which shes being thing being attacked. The thing i think strange about that. She being attacked. The thing i tithink strange about that. She being attacked. The thing i tithink sheange about that. She being attacked. The thing i tithink she mightbout that. She being attacked. The thing i tithink she might have hat. She being attacked. The thing i tithink she might have somerhe being attacked. The thing i tithink she might have some sort i think she might have some sort ofissue i think she might have some sort of issue needs looking of issue that needs looking into. You think everyone who into. If you think everyone who disagrees formed disagrees with you has formed a coalition, you the coalition, you kno