Sebastians directing. Mark is producing. Its going to be a corker. Two hours of big opinion, big debate and big entertainment. It is friday. Lets have some fun, shall we . And plenty of debate along the way. Lots to get through. You wont want to miss a second. First, headline polly first, the headline with Polly Middlehurst. Middlehurst. Mark, thank you. Good evening. Will the top story tonight from the gb news is that the former nurse, lucy letby, has filed a bid to challenge her conviction at the court of appeal. The 33 year conviction at the court of appeal. The 33 year old was found guilty of murdering seven babies and attempting to murder six more at the countess of Chester Hospital between 2015 and 2016, the most prolific child serial killer in modern british history was sentenced to a whole life order at Manchester Crown court last month. Well, also the news today, unions have vowed to fight the government, as they say, tooth and nail. After a half billion pound Government Investment in tata steel, they say, has put 3000 jobs at risk. The government says, however, it will support more than 12,000 jobs in the sector. Tata has been in talks sector. Tata has been in talks with the government to switch from coal fired to electric furnaces to reduce carbon emissions. Labour says only the emissions. Labour says only the tories could spend £500 million to make thousands of workers redundant. To make thousands of workers redundant. Now tonight the home office has confirmed that a biohazard response at dover harbour this afternoon soon followed reports that some migrants arriving in the uk from across the English Channel did so unwell. Gb news filmed as authorities wore specialist biohazard coveralls at the main migrant processing facility on the south coast. The home office says the precautionary measures were taken in response to reports of some small boat arrivals feeling unwell around 300 migrants arrived today after being picked up on six small boats in the English Channel. A french couple has been jailed for almost ten years after trying to smuggle vietnamese migrants into the uk. Inside domestic furniture , junior domestic furniture, junior toussaint and adrien paul were sentenced to nine years and 11 months in prison after pleading guilty to assisting unlawful migration to the uk. The pair migration to the uk. The pair managed to squeeze vietnamese migrants inside specially adapted sofas and chests of drawers in an effort to smuggle them through border checks at them through border checks at the port of new haven. Now the the port of new haven. Now the man killed in a dog attack in staffordshire yesterday has been named by police as ian price. The 52 year old died in hospital after being seriously injured in stonewall near walsall yesterday afternoon. A man has been arrested on suspicion of being in charge of two dangerous dogs believed to be american xl bullies and the Prime Minister said today the breed will be bannedin said today the breed will be banned in the uk by the end of the year. Three banned in the uk by the end of the year. Three members of sara sharifs family have been remanded in custody after being charged with the ten year olds murder. Saras father, irfan shanf murder. Saras father, irfan sharif, and his partner and brother have also been charged with causing or allowing the death of a child. Sara was found dead at her home in woking in surrey after officers were called from pakistan by her father on the 10th of august. And lastly, train drivers will strike at the end of this month after their long running dispute over pay. Aslef says its members over pay. Aslef says its members at 16 train operators will walk out on the 30th of september and the 4th of october. The union said the strikes would force train operators to cancel all services and cause disruption to passengers with gb news across the uk on tv. In your car, on your Digital Radio. And now on your Digital Radio. And now on your Smart Speaker by saying play your Smart Speaker by saying play gb news. This is britains news. Channel news. Channel my thanks to Polly Middlehurst who returns in an hours middlehurst who returns in an hours time. Welcome to mark dolan tonight. Happy friday one and all the weekend starts here in my 9 pm. Big opinion cancelled. Comedian Graham Linehans new book which says that men are not women or vice versa, is storming up the charts with public support from Jonathan Ross and Richard Ayoade, no less. The woke tide ayoade, no less. The woke tide is turning in the big story. Does labourers migrant plan prove they want to take us back into the eu . Ill be asking the co founder of vote leave , co founder of vote leave, Douglas Carswell live from the United States. My mark meets guest is the countrys former top spy, Sir Richard Dearlove , top spy, Sir Richard Dearlove, ex head of mi6. Hes live in the studio to tell us how safe britain really is. Looking britain really is. Looking forward to this. In my take at forward to this. In my take at ten super lovey, stephen fry thinks brexits been a disaster even though i voted remain. Im here to put him right. Ill be deaung here to put him right. Ill be dealing with this millionaire socialist in no Uncertain Terms, and ill be explaining to the intellectual stephen fry how democracy actually works. Thats at ten. Um want to miss it . With their botched stop the boats plan, the blocking of 100,000 new homes and handing more power to the striking unions have labour thrown rishi sunak a political lifeline . Ill be political lifeline . Ill be asking tonights newsmaker one of the best connected political journalist in the country. Thats after ten. We also got tomorrows front pages at 1030 sharp with three top pundits who havent been told what to say and who dont follow the script tonight, Jasmine Birtles , lord tonight, Jasmine Birtles, lord Kulveer Ranger. No less. We should definitely pay our respects. And a brand new star on mark dolan tonight lewis oakley. Tonight, ill be asking oakley. Tonight, ill be asking the pundits as lucy letby goes back to court should convicted murderers be allowed to appeal their sentence as children are turning up with measles at school, have pandemic policies created a climate of Vaccine Hesitancy and how much money do you need to be happy . Plus the most important part of the show, your emails. They come straight to my laptop. Mark at gb news dot com and this show has a strict golden rule. We dont do boring. Not on my watch. I just boring. Not on my watch. I just wont have it. I just wont have it. So a big two hours to come. It. So a big two hours to come. Great to have your company. We start with my big opinion. On start with my big opinion. On this show. We do like a bit of good news where we can find it, especially on a friday night. I mean, hopefully youve put the kids to bed and you may well be making substantial progress with a cold bottle of pinot grigio or a cold bottle of pinot grigio or a chilled san miguel, or perhaps youve got a nice brew on and have torn open a packet of custard creams. I tried to keep the sugar and carbs down, but i do love the occasional custard cream either way, this one ought to put a smile on your face. Two very famous celebrities. Very famous celebrities. Jonathan ross chat show king and the massively talented comedian Richard Ayoade have both put their necks on the line and written glowing reviews which adorn the front cover of this controversial book. Its called tough crowd. Its a brand new book by cancelled and disgraced comedy writer Graham Linehan. The man behind father ted. So the man behind father ted. So what was Graham Linehans great crime . Well, his adherence to the crazy idea taught in gcse biology and found in every medical textbook that there are , that there are just two sexes is but in the clown world that we now inhabit pointing out scientific facts is enough to destroy your career , which of destroy your career, which of course happened to graham. He lost all his tv work, even though hes one of the most gifted and successful writers in the country. He also wrote the it crowd big train and black books , but it all came crumbling books, but it all came crumbling down in plans for a father. Ted a musical work and he lost his marriage, his income , his marriage, his income, his livelihood. And hes had abuse and Death Threats rained upon him for the last three years. But apparently hes the one responsible for hates. Make it responsible for hates. Make it make sense. He even saw his gig at the Edinburgh Festival , at the Edinburgh Festival, allegedly a forum for artistic Free Expression cancelled by activist courts. So what did this guy do that was so wrong . Well, his problems all started with the following tweets. Men with the following tweets. Men arent women tho. Thats the arent women tho. Thats the tweet men arent women, tho four words that saw him lose his pubuc words that saw him lose his public voice and have his life destroyed. Men arent women though, but heres the thing. Men arent women though. And theres the problem at the heart of this crazy woke ideology which is infiltrating the Public Sector for our corporations. Education the media and politics, all of it is a fiction. Its all a lie. And the truth will, in the end prevail in the same way that water finds its way through a cracked roof. Its way through a cracked roof. Couple of things to note here. The book is already storming up the best seller list, reflecting the best seller list, reflecting the silent majority of people in this country who dont want women rebadged as birthing humans or chest feeders and who dont want children chemically castrated or butchered at the hands of a surgeon. The silent hands of a surgeon. The silent majority dont want men who identify as female rocking the full meat and two veg entering womens sports and winning records for swimming, weightlifting, rowing and rugby. They do want women to hang on to their hard won sex based rights. Female only sport. Female only changing rooms. Female only toilets. Female only. Rape crisis centres. Female only prisons. When you read a headune prisons. When you read a headline like this, one x soldier exposed her penis and used a wheelie bin as a sex toy in public. Thats right. X soldier exposed her penis and used a wheelie bin as a sex toy in public. And not only is it comical and absurd, but its actually a slander, a libel on womankind. Look out for more stories about women who go around raping people as this mad ideology continues to prevail. They are , of course not women. They are, of course not women. If you think im exaggerating, this madness reached its nadir in scotland when a double rapist calling himself isla bryson, a still fully intact biological male , was accommodated in a male, was accommodated in a female prison. A male rapist in a female prison. You couldnt make it up. Graham linehan story make it up. Graham linehan story is not made up either. Its terrifyingly true and shows how far down the rabbit hole weve come for this mans life to be destroyed for calling out this nonsense is really shocking. And nonsense is really shocking. And thats why im deeply impressed by Jonathan Ross and Richard Ayoade , who will get pelters for ayoade, who will get pelters for their support of the book and who will doubtless lose work given how shallow, selfish and spineless so many celebrities are in the face of this woke madness, which most on the right and the left detest. Its truly and the left detest. Its truly impressive that these two have put their name to this. Heroes put their name to this. Heroes is not too strong a word. Is not too strong a word. Meanwhile, more good news. The brilliant singer Roisin Murphy was also threatened with career armageddon just a couple of weeks ago when she highlighted her concerns about puberty blockers for children. The ultra woke bbc removed her playlist from their music shows and everyone an and anyone wanted this poor woman cancelled. Well its going the other way. As its going the other way. As with Graham Linehans book sales , her latest album is rocketing up the charts and may be number one by the end of the week. And she performed a sold out gig this week to five star reviews. This week to five star reviews. So the bud light debacle, the politically correct disney movies, flopping at the box office, j. K. Rowlings massive new tv deal. Mainstream british stars speaking up for basic biology. The woke tide is turning, folks. This is a moment turning, folks. This is a moment to rejoice. In fact, its such to rejoice. In fact, its such good news. Im going to have a custard cream. Nice one. There you go. Ive got nice one. There you go. Ive got to say, this story does take the biscuit. Its a great to be biscuit. Its a great to be celebrating some good for news once, the woke tide is turning. What do you think, mark, at cbnnews. Com. Critics of graham cbnnews. Com. Critics of Graham Linehan would argue that what he has said is very upsetting for people who are trans and all they want to do is have a more inclusive society. So let me know your thoughts. Mark, at gbnews. Com. Ill get to your email shortly. But first, tonights top pundits Jasmine Birtles , lord kulveer, ranger birtles, lord kulveer, ranger and lewis oakley. Lewis, great and lewis oakley. Lewis, great to have you back on. Not back on show. Back on show for the very first time. Welcome to mark dolan tonight. Never been invited on the sofa well. Sofa as well. Whenever ive been here before, at the desk before, im just at the desk always, relaxing sofa. E nice e sofa. Nice people on mark very nice people on mark dolan tonight. Comfortable listen, were you comfortable with to say about with what i had to say about about Graham Linehans treatment . Not 7 not really. . Not really. So look , as 7 not really. So look , as the not really. So look, as the bisexual one and the lgbt one on the panel, of course i think that we need to have a lot more compassion with trans people. Minority and theyre a small minority and i when you these i understand when you see these stories that make the headlines. The with the and the thing with the beard and the rapist in the jail, i understand that people see that and are wound up by it. But, you know , wound up by it. But, you know, thatis wound up by it. But, you know, that is such a small minority of the minority anyway. And when the minority anyway. And when im out with like trans people and trans friends , like were and trans friends, like were just having a good time and i think that people miss the human elements of it. I know that trans is a big issue. Were not going to solve it all now. It is an issue of our times and the whole thing about and whole thing about sports and stuff. To the stuff. Thats going to be the debate is going on. I dont debate that is going on. I dont think it. Dont think that think be it. I dont think that grahams takes were helpful, grahams hot takes were helpful, you mean . It just you know what i mean . It just wasnt didnt really wasnt nice. It didnt really need to be said. It didnt evolve. The conversation in any helpful that said, i think helpful way that said, i think your point is about woke ness. And will say i think you have and i will say i think you have to be woke to have an issue with with what said about trans. With what he said about trans. But i will say i do think the tide is turning a little bit on the with not the wokeness with people not wanting preached with wanting to be preached to, with people to be told people not wanting to be told somethings good just because its a load of diverse its got a load of Diverse People in it and you know , to people in it and you know, to the people endorsing the point on people endorsing the endorsing the the book, theyre endorsing the book, not book, right . Theyre not endorsing, hot takes endorsing, saying his hot takes on endorsing the on trans. Theyre endorsing the book. And i think that people are now being able more are now being able to more separate. I dont agree separate. Look, i dont agree with but im not with you on this, but im not going you going to completely write you off. Book was, okay. Off. And your book was, okay. Well, what do you think about this because certainly this cover . Because i certainly have issue trans have got no issue with trans people. Close people. Ive got Close Friends who that important who have been on that important journey. Dave, and journey. If you are dave, and now want to become caroline now you want to become caroline , no problem. Call you , no problem. Ill call you caroline say she caroline and ill say she because think thats a because i think thats a courtesy. Have courtesy. But what i wont have is biological womens is biological men in womens prisons or seeing children having their bodies changed as a result of a crazy ideology. Well you and i will agree on that entirely. You know, none of us have an issue about people. Well, i dont with trans people and what theyre in fact, theyre going through. In fact, ihave theyre going through. In fact, i have more sympathy because were where are were in an era where we are more people and more sympathetic to people and the face. The challenges that they face. But what were actually but i think what were actually talking freedom of talking about here is freedom of speech cancel culture. Speech and cancel culture. And this a prime example of it this was a prime example of it where graham and ive just placed an order for his book pre order. So keep that going, because he should be a