or. or or. or or. or or. or or. 0r— or. or or. or or. or or. or or. or or . or or. where >> it's 3 pm. it's patrick christys. it's gb news. and i've got an absolute cracker of a show coming up at the moment. there is a red alert on going in the channel mark white's got it i >> -- >> border force had feared that today would be an extremely busy day with an improvement in the weather conditions. and sure enough, throughout the day, the small boats have kept coming up to 500 people have crossed so far and this evening more are expected. i'll go to mark again very, very shortly. >> but raf wethersfield, that disused military base that's caused so much controversy, one third of the people that we housed on there have either been sent to go and live with their relatives whilst their application processed or told application is processed or told that we can't house them there

because victims of because they are the victims of modern slavery and human trafficking. it means , as far as trafficking. it means, as far as i'm aware, that we will not be allowed house anybody at any i'm aware, that we will not be al|these house anybody at any i'm aware, that we will not be al|these bases se anybody at any i'm aware, that we will not be al|these bases or anybody at any i'm aware, that we will not be al|these bases or on(body at any i'm aware, that we will not be al|these bases or on barges. any i'm aware, that we will not be al|these bases or on barges. but' of these bases or on barges. but in news, we're going in other news, we're going to be talking this well, talking about this as well, sunakis talking about this as well, sunak is winning on the sunak is he winning on the economy? down. economy? inflation is down. wages, , they're wages, the average, they're going up. what does all of this really going to be really mean? is this going to be a boon for rishi? will a big boon for rishi? i will also chatting about this also be chatting about this as well. course . in fact, i'll well. of course. in fact, i'll tell you what, i'll let the music do the . music do the. talking he yes, that's right. the lionesses have roared through. they've waltzed past the matildas. they beat the aussies 3—1 at the world cup. they are now into the final. well done, everybody. fantastic stuff. we'll talking about all of we'll be talking about all of that. patrick christys. gb news.

get those emails coming in thick and fast. gb views gb news. yeah, i'm going to be discussing the fact that as far as i can tell , it looks the fact that as far as i can tell, it looks as though anybody , anybody who claims to be a victim of human trafficking, modern slavery, trauma or torture cannot and will not ever be housed . a disused military be housed. a disused military base or on a barge. so the only people that were going to house there are people who are going to volunteer to be deported themselves, think, which themselves, i think, which is just round of just the latest round of immigration but right just the latest round of immitration but right just the latest round of immit is,on but right just the latest round of immit is, of but right just the latest round of immit is, of course, but right just the latest round of immit is, of course, your|t right now it is, of course, your latest headlines . latest headlines. >> good afternoon. it's 302. i'm paul hawkins with the latest from the gb newsroom . the prime from the gb newsroom. the prime minister claims today's fallen inflation shows his plan is working. price rises are continuing to slow due to falls in the cost of food and energy. the latest figures from the office for national statistics found consumer price index inflation or cpi , dropped to

inflation or cpi, dropped to 6.8% in the year to july for junior was 7.9. it's now the lowest rate since february last yeah lowest rate since february last year. however the government's preferred measure of inflation cpi does not include housing costs like mortgage payments . costs like mortgage payments. the bank of england will decide whether to raise interest rates or not on september the 21st. chief secretary to the treasury, john glenn, says the government are on track to half inflation by the end of the today's by the end of the year. today's significant drop to the lowest rate of increase since february last year is welcome news. >> but i don't want to say we're complacent in government because it won't be a straight line path necessary , but we are on track necessary, but we are on track to get to halve inflation by the end of the year. a 3% by this time next year. and then on to 2, which is the long term target that we've always wanted. the bank of england to get back to house prices. >> meanwhile , have continued to >> meanwhile, have continued to slow across the uk in the 12 months to june . figures from the months to june. figures from the ons show house price growth of

1.7% compared to 1.8% in the year to may house prices are growing fastest in the north—east of england, 4.7% in the year to june . london house the year to june. london house pnces the year to june. london house prices have actually fallen over the same period by nought point 6. gb news can reveal the number of migrants crossing the channel on small boats this year is set to pass 17,000, almost 500 people on board. several small boats have already been taken to dover harbour today. uk border force are on red alert as they expect an extremely busy day of migrant activity . two former migrant activity. two former government law officers have called for a public inquiry into the case of a man who spent 17 years in prison for a rape he didn't commit. 57 year old andrew mallinson was found guilty of raping a woman in manchester in 2003. the following year, he was jailed for life with a minimum term of seven years. he's conviction was overturned after fresh dna evidence linked the crime to

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and princess of wales have congratulated the lionesses, calling it a phenomenal performance. england will face spain in sunday mornings. world cup final . this is gb news cup final. this is gb news across the uk on tv, in your car on digital radio and on your smart speaker by saying play gb news now back to . patrick news now back to. patrick >> of all the completely insane migrant stories that i cover on a daily basis, this has to be up there with the very best of them . wait till you hear this. so, riff wethersfield, the disused military base was set to house around 1700 male migrants. now as far as we're aware, they managed to move just 56 people in. we don't know how much the renovation work at wethersfield really cost, but we know that reportedly one company was awarded a £1.1 million contract just to run the health care on the site. so the mind boggles , the site. so the mind boggles, really, doesn't it? but now a third of these male migrants

have quit the site. why well, because they claim to be the victims of modern slavery or that the conditions aren't good or they've gone to live with relatives. yeah they've moved in with their relatives, apparently , who are already here. do we think maybe, just maybe , be that think maybe, just maybe, be that the real reason some of these people came here was to be with their families and not because they're actually fleeing war? i would argue that there is quite a strong indication that that might case. but back to might be the case. but back to the stuff, the modern slavery stuff, apparently only hotels will do for people saying that they've been trafficked here against their will, even if they haven't got yet. the home got any proof yet. the home office warned that if they got any proof yet. the home office people arned that if they got any proof yet. the home office people inied that if they got any proof yet. the home office people in militaryif they got any proof yet. the home office people in military bases house people in military bases or barges who claim to be the or on barges who claim to be the victims of modern slavery, trafficking, torture or trauma , trafficking, torture or trauma, then they will face legal challenges . and reportedly the challenges. and reportedly the home office chose not to fight those legal cases . quick recap those legal cases. quick recap then home office will fight british citizens and local residents in court to force something through that nobody wants. home office will

reportedly not fight legal claims from people saying that they don't to be on that they don't want to be on that site. but the bigger point is this. we obviously cannot house any person claiming to be the victim of modern slavery, trafficking, torture or trauma on any military base or a barge that appears to be the home office's own guidance. but that's every single channel migrant, really, isn't it? pretty much so. the situation as of today is this. as i understand it, only people , the understand it, only people, the only people who we will be able to process in military bases or on barges are those who are so thick that they pay people smugglers to bring them to britain. they then admit that they're not genuine asylum seekers and ask us to deport them. on the plus side, that actually might start happening because if we say that they can go and live with their relatives instead, of them instead, then a few of them might sick of their might get so sick of their mother that mother in law that they volunteer back eritrea volunteer to go back to eritrea . well, you can email me

gbviews@gbnews.com. i will have more on that farcical situation unfolding at wethersfield in just a few moments. but the number of migrants who have crossed the channel this year has past 17,000 gb news has now gone past 17,000 gb news can also reveal that more than 500 people, almost 500 people, i should say , have crossed in should say, have crossed in eight small boats today , uk eight small boats today, uk border maritime border force and maritime authorities were on red alert from morning after multiple from this morning after multiple small spotted in the small boats were spotted in the channel. there's one man for this job and he joins us now as crossed dover. speak our crossed to dover. speak to our homeland editor, homeland security editor, mark white. mark a red alert. homeland security editor, mark white. mark a red alert . yes white. mark a red alert. yes indeed, a number of red days, in fact , that border force is fact, that border force is preparing for, as we are expecting in amongst some of the days where we'll get thunderstorms , some better days thunderstorms, some better days in which we've seen it. >> today. we see it every time things get a bit calmer in the channel boat will come across. they will surge across the channel and that's why today

that red alert, an internal process really for border force was put in place to get more border force vessels here. so they had something like four of their larger catamaran craft out there. that ship along the channel from one boat to the next. but even there, at six this morning when multiple sightings were being reported , sightings were being reported, there was about a dozen sightings . at one point, some of sightings. at one point, some of them don't make it, of course, to the 12 mile mark. the that halfway between point between france and the uk. and then obviously they turn back off their own volition , i should their own volition, i should add. but with all of these sightings, they are responded to. so to one point, even though border force had a number of vessels, a number of assets out there, they had to call on the services of the lifeboat again. so the rnli lifeboat from dover to the dungeness lifeboat and also the ramsgate lifeboat were

all out between the hours of six and ten this morning. all helping, all going to migrant boats and then taking them one to dungeness. but the majority here to dover, we estimate from the counting that we were doing there was just under 500 people on those boats. and worryingly, patrick, we are seeing a continuation of this trend from the people smugglers of cramming ever more people onto these flimsy dinghies. 65 plus now going on the these dinghies. you'll remember when this whole crisis started was half a dozen or so. then it sort of rose to 12. and then the 2 or 3 years after it was 20, 30 to recent years, it's between 40 and 51. now, in recent weeks, it's up to 65. even sometimes more than that. 65. even sometimes more than that . and four off the boats that. and four off the boats that. and four off the boats that came across today had more

than 60 up to 65 people on board. >> and well, look, mark, thank you very, very much. mark is going to be keeping us updated on red alert day. and later on this red alert day. and later on this red alert day. and later on in the show , i'm going to be on in the show, i'm going to be chatting well about chatting to mark as well about apparently war that's apparently a turf war that's been out other been breaking out the other side of channel between afghans of the channel between afghans and kurds who are fighting for control of the human trafficking route . so more on that as we get route. so more on that as we get it. but a little bit more now on what i was talking about a few moments ago. one third of the moments ago. so one third of the asylum seekers moved to on the former raf base wethersfield, last month , have already left 16 last month, have already left 16 of the 46 channel migrants who were housed at wethersfield in essex are no longer there. so a couple of things going on here. they are claiming to be potential victims. were there potential victims. were there potential potential victims of modern slavery or they aren't happy with the conditions there ? and apparently, according to reports anyway , according to reports anyway, according to reports, some are being housed with their own families and being made to check in with

immigration bail conditions. i mean, what could go wrong there? nothing, obviously. let's cross live now to wethersfield and speak to alan mckenzie, who's the chair of the fields association , a very concerned association, a very concerned local resident, has been on this show numerous times before . show numerous times before. alan, thank you very, very much. what do you make of the news today that far as i can today that as far as i can gather , now means that if gather, it now means that if anyone claims to be a victim of modern slavery, human trafficking, torture or trauma , trafficking, torture or trauma, which is basically everyone coming across the channel, we cannot and will not house them in bases like the one near you . in bases like the one near you. well i mean, this is home office policy. >> can't speak for a home office policy because home office policy because home office policy is totally beyond belief to me as it is . to me as it is. >> um, i can understand why people don't want to be housed in wethersfield airbase . in wethersfield airbase. >> it's remote. it's a military airbase, it's fenced in. >> it's got barbed wire. >> it's got barbed wire. >> the security is basically

military forces, people . um, military forces, people. um, it's not a very welcoming situation for somebody who genuinely is fleeing from a war torn country. i can understand why some people who may well have been traumatised, you know, really feel that a base like that, as remote as it is without anything really to do. but twiddle your thumbs and listen to the clay pigeon shooting which goes on next door to it. um are getting somewhat restless and would like to be moved off. it's something that we have been saying to the home office from the get go. it's remote , it's in the get go. it's remote, it's in an inaccessible place . um, it is an inaccessible place. um, it is , yeah. the infrastructure isn't there to support people like this and you can understand why people would not want to be. >> i got that ever so slightly unfortunate timing for you, alan, was that we happen to be playing some footage of a gym inside the base and a basketball

court, but i take your point. court, but i do take your point. it's the most welcoming it's not the most welcoming environment. people environment. many people looking at say, well, at it, though, would say, well, that's want. it that's kind of what we want. it is supposed to a detention that's kind of what we want. it is slprocessing a detention that's kind of what we want. it is slprocessing centre,etention that's kind of what we want. it is slprocessing centre, but:ion that's kind of what we want. it is slprocessing centre, but alan and processing centre, but alan is interestingly the home office as far as we can tell, have decided not to fight the claims from people saying that i can't possibly be housed on this base, which think contrasts starkly which i think contrasts starkly to the way that they were and are prepared to fight local residents like yourself about having this base in the first place. >> well, i would totally agree with that. >> um , it does make you surprised. >> there's no doubt about it that people who are fleeing some terrible situations , if they are terrible situations, if they are generally fleeing those terrible situations, are complaining about being housed anywhere , about being housed anywhere, albeit a temporary basis, even though temporary is now likely to be nine months, which is a hell of a long time. um really, the home office is policies are

not working. this base isn't working. the bibby stockholm isn't working. scampton is late i >> whether they've been told all the reasons why these places are not going to work well for them andifs not going to work well for them and it's coming home to roost. >> and there was an email which has been in the press just recently revealed from the home office they're struggling office where they're struggling on money. well, right. on value for money. well, right. they're struggling for value for money because the sewage money because because the sewage system work off the system doesn't work off the base. there they're having to put in septic tanks. they haven't put holding tanks . haven't put in holding tanks. um, so the water pressure is very poor. they've had to put water tanks up there, the internet , they say, doesn't work internet, they say, doesn't work well , yeah, well, internet, they say, doesn't work well, yeah, well, we're talking, but my guaranteed download speed is between 3 and 7 megabits a second. yeah. welcome to the countryside. uh they've got other blocks around here in the base , um, which they're going to base, um, which they're going to try and convert. they've all got asbestos in. it's taking them far longer to be able to convert this base into something which

is suitable for people to stay in and it's blowing their budgets basically mean the treasury needs to get on the home office backs and really look at their figures. i mean, they're doing what chelsea has been doing when they're buying players, they're amortising over a given the players players, they're amortising over a year given the players players, they're amortising over a year contracts, the players players, they're amortising over a year contracts, amortisings eight year contracts, amortising the cost of those eight years, they're doing the same they're doing the exact same thing with all of these bases and the barge . now they're and the barge. now they're saying, oh, 12 months class. q the emergency powers , which the emergency powers, which they're using only going to be on these places for 12 months when reality we know that they're planning for maybe five years, and that's to make it work economically. >> i think you've >> i think i think you've outlined a catalogue of things there majority of there that the vast majority of people this country people in this country are thinking. and you could summarise with total summarise it all with total waste of money, but it's fascinating about people's people's health and their people's mental health and their human i mean, mental human rights. i mean, the mental health of people health and the rights of people in like yourself to health and the rights of people in be like yourself to health and the rights of people in be messedz yourself to health and the rights of people in be messed aroundelf to health and the rights of people in be messed around from start not be messed around from start to have to drag to finish, have to drag something through the course, being area being told that your local area is change forever. is going to change forever. being told in a roundabout way

that country doesn't really that your country doesn't really give you anymore. and give a about you anymore. and then thing that then for the actual thing that caused hoo to not caused all this hoo ha to not work anyway because the home office's own guidelines , the office's own guidelines, the guidelines that they appear to have freely have got themselves freely available to everybody actually say that they can't put the people that they want to put in these bases . what was the point these bases. what was the point of all of this nonsense, this it's absolutely astonishing. >> i mean, what they've done to wethersfield, it's not just the home office. it's prior to that, the ministry of justice trying to put two prisons up there. >> bryant to that, the ministry of defence looking putting of defence looking at putting 4850 houses up. >> the we have telling them >> the we have been telling them time time and time and time time and time and time and time again the air base is so remote in a place where you've just got a mediaeval road network around it and the pinch points everywhere . there's no everywhere. there's no infrastructure . it's just infrastructure. it's just totally ludicrous . okay. totally ludicrous. okay. unbelievable >> alan, thank you very, very much . i mean, in >> alan, thank you very, very much. i mean, in a >> alan, thank you very, very much . i mean, in a way, >> alan, thank you very, very much. i mean, in a way, in >> alan, thank you very, very much . i mean, in a way, in a >> alan, thank you very, very much. i mean, in a way, in a way

that might end up being decent news for alan and people like him purely off the basis that it might mean going forward that they will not have 1700 young men moving into their area and essentially being given an element of freedom to roam. but i mean, what we've just witnessed in the last however many months that this battle has been going for on and the amount of taxpayers money, it's again, isn't it, it's you, me, everyone we know terms of the money we know in terms of the money we've two policies we've got two flagship policies that were supposed to act as a deterrent . three, if you include deterrent. three, if you include rwanda. we've had bars rwanda. we've had the bars recently. what we went through a load of with that. turns load of hoo ha with that. turns out legionella was to going put the kibosh onto that, isn't it? now this and this base, if now this base and this base, if it really simple it's it is really as simple as it's being reported , which that being reported, which is that we currently have guidance that says that anybody who can claim to the of human to be the victim of human trafficking, smuggling, trafficking, people smuggling, trauma or torture, which is basically every single person coming across the channel cannot be these bases , then be housed on these bases, then who are we going to get there?

what it all? an what was the point of it all? an absolute of money. but absolute waste of money. but there go. more on this there we go. loads more on this story our website at gb news. story on our website at gb news. com. fastest growing com. it's the fastest growing national news site in the country. the best analysis, national news site in the cou opinion the best analysis, national news site in the cou opinion ate best analysis, national news site in the cou opinion at theest analysis, national news site in the cou opinion at the latest lysis, big opinion at the latest breaking news. but chancellor jeremy says that the jeremy hunt says that the government's policies are working after inflation fell to its lowest level for 17 months. the big point on this is if the pubuc the big point on this is if the public can massively about immigration and the economy going into the next general election, well, it's sunak at least going to get it right on the economy. patrick christys gb news britain's news

isabel monday to thursdays from . six till 930 . . six till 930. >> well, in just a few moments time, i will have news of some allegations about the company run by the daughter of captain sir tom moore. and at 4:00, big one, this , i'll speak to one, this, i'll speak to comedian graham linehan , whose comedian graham linehan, whose show at the edinburgh fringe festival was cancelled after protests from some trans activists. that's right. the guy, one of the greatest comedic minds of his generation has been cancelled by people who would rather see someone play a piano with their nether regions. but there we are. on to more serious news. inflation has dropped by six 26. that six points. sorry 26. 8. that would something , would be quite something, wouldn't lowest figure wouldn't it? the lowest figure for it's been driven for 17 months. it's been driven by in bills and by a fall in energy bills and easing in food price inflation. let's get some analysis now with gb news economics and business editor liam halligan with on the money . break this down for us,

money. break this down for us, liam. >> there's good news and bad news here. patrick inflation is down. that's a good thing. it's down. that's a good thing. it's down by quite a lot. as i'll show you. but this does mean that i think the bank of england, it's not quite enough for the bank of england to not raise interest rates again. the 15th consecutive time when the monetary policy committee next meets on the 21st of september. so let's have a look at some of the numbers we see here. that consumer price inflation in june 2023, during the year to june , 2023, during the year to june, it was up 7.9. during the year to july. that same basket of goods was up 6.8. so you can see there pretty chunky fall. remember prices are still going up. they're just not going up as quickly . and that is still the quickly. and that is still the highest rate of inflation, 6.8% in the g7. that's all the advanced industrialised countries. you see there. eurozone inflation, 5.3 compared to our 6.8. in the us, it's 3.2, largely because mainland europe and the us tend to have cheaper

energy because mainland europe energy because mainland europe energy is more subsidised . the energy is more subsidised. the us they've made lots of cheap energy using fracking , food energy using fracking, food price inflation still far too high. yes it's come down a bit from 17.3% in june to 14.8% dunng from 17.3% in june to 14.8% during the year to july. but still very, very high. and lots of people watching and listening to gb news will feel that every time they go to the corner shop or to their supermarket. but here's some good news. i often go on about something called producer price inflation. you and i have talked about it. that's the cost of the inputs that the firms need to provide the goods and services that they then sell to us. look at these numbers. producer price inflation in june 2023, during the year to june 2023, down nought 2.9. it actually went negative. that means actual pnces negative. that means actual prices are falling and in july, producer price inflation was

minus three point 3. again, pnces minus three point 3. again, prices actually falling. and this is what i think is worrying and other journalists aren't talking about producer price inflation is down by a lot. it's gone negative . the input costs gone negative. the input costs are falling . why aren't we are falling. why aren't we seeing those lower prices passed on to consumers? >> yeah, i mean, that is a cracking point. before we talk about something else that we noticed, let's just talk about that actually. so why now? what is ? are they is the justification? are they going need make up going to say we need to make up for losses some? for our losses some? >> they're going say >> they're not going to say anything. okay. yeah but anything. right. okay. yeah but i a lot of companies are i imagine a lot of companies are thinking, crikey, we did lose lots during lockdown our business. we had to take on more debt. our business almost folded . and you can understand running a business. when the government shut down the fifth biggest economy is pretty economy in the world is pretty difficult, particularly if you're in the hospitality industry running a pub or a restaurant. in the restaurant. if you're in the airline business, it's not just the airline companies, but the big airline companies, but companies airline companies supporting the airline companies. companies did go

companies. many companies did go really near the edge during lockdown , and they may see this lockdown, and they may see this high price environment as an opportunity, you like, opportunity, if you like, to rebuild their coffers, to rebuild their coffers, to rebuild reserves . yeah. >> now, something that again , a >> now, something that again, a lot of other people i don't think picked up the think have picked up on the average wage is for people in the public sector have gone up wage rise is easy for me to say have gone up at a higher rate than people in the private sector haven't they? what does this really mean? because when i first read that, i thought, well, hang on a minute. does first read that, i thought, wellmean on a minute. does first read that, i thought, wellmean that| minute. does first read that, i thought, well mean that everyone does first read that, i thought, wellmean that everyone ines first read that, i thought, well mean that everyone in the that mean that everyone in the pubuc that mean that everyone in the public sector getting on public sector is getting on average rise than public sector is getting on averagin rise than public sector is getting on averagin the rise than public sector is getting on averagin the private rise than public sector is getting on averagin the private sector?1an those in the private sector? people the private sector are people in the private sector are subsidising those people's wages. one all out on wages. one of the all out on strike just just clear strike just just just clear it up me. well people in the up for me. well people in the private sector only private sector are not only subsidising wages, they're subsidising their wages, they're paying subsidising their wages, they're paying . paying. >> nothing exists without >> no, nothing exists without the sector. all the private sector. all government money is money that's been raised by businesses and individuals operating in the private sector. unless the government goes out and just steals . and that hopefully ended steals. and that hopefully ended with various monarchies with the with various monarchies through british history. through through british history. but look, there's a lot going on

here. it's quite complicated . here. it's quite complicated. and ordinarily , private sector and ordinarily, private sector wages over recent years have risen more than public sector wages. but the average public sector wage is higher than the average private sector wage. right? right >> so that is a fact because that's interesting because that often gets misrepresented, often gets misrepresented. >> average public sector >> the average public sector wage is higher than the average private sector wage . but in private sector wage. but in recent years, private sector wages have tended to go up more , but not that much more , that , but not that much more, that private sector wages overtake pubuc private sector wages overtake public sector wages. so the fifth of people working in the pubuc fifth of people working in the public sector , as well as public sector, as well as getting all the other benefits that inflation that they get often inflation unked that they get often inflation linked , gold plated pensions , linked, gold plated pensions, more holidays, more sick leave , more holidays, more sick leave, better conditions, more job security, all those things . they security, all those things. they also get higher wages, even though many trade unions claim that they don't, public sector wages are generally higher. now, you rightly say yesterday when the wage inflation data came out

, public sector wages unusually rose faster than private sector wages. they rose by 9.6% and wages. they rose by 9.6% and wages across the economy as a whole rose by 8.2. so you could say to some extent that public sector wages are sort of leading on wage inflation. and i'd have some sympathy for that argument . but i'd put an important caveat in the reason patrick, that we had that burst in private public sector wages dunng private public sector wages during the three months mark, april, may and june compared to the previous quarter in 2022. the reason is that a lot of people in the nhs, which of course employs over a million people, i think it's the fourth biggest employer in the world after the indian railways, the chinese red army and the us army . i'm being serious. it employs 1.1 million people now . a lot of 1.1 million people now. a lot of the people in the nhs got a one off bonus payment in order to break the strikes and a lot of

employers are doing this both in the public and private sector. they will give people not, you know, say they'll give people a headune know, say they'll give people a headline wage increase then rather giving them a bigger headune rather giving them a bigger headline wage increase that they then have to pay them forever. they'll sweeten a lower headline wage increase with a one off payment that just lasts for one yeah payment that just lasts for one year. and that 9.6 number for pubuc year. and that 9.6 number for public sector wage growth was artificially inflated as a one off because of the strike breaking one off payments. so i don't think it's a huge trend , don't think it's a huge trend, but i do think there's still enough wage inflation in the system. that's one reason why, even though we've just seen inflation come down, i think the bank england monetary policy bank of england monetary policy committee will still raise interest rates. unfortunately on the 22nd of september the 21st of september. >> fantastic as ever. liam halligan our economics and business with on the business editor with on the money loads to come money loads more still to come between 4:00. find between now and 4:00. find out why are questions why there are more questions surrounding by surrounding a charity set up by the captain sir tom the family of captain sir tom moore. now it's your

moore. but now it's your headunes moore. but now it's your headlines with paul hawkins . headlines with paul hawkins. >> thanks. patricks 332 i'm paul hawkins with the latest from the gb newsroom uk inflation falls to 6.7% in the year to july as the cost of food and energy drops. it's now the lowest rate since february last year. meanwhile, house prices have continued to slow across the uk in the 12 months june. in the 12 months to june. figures from the ons show house price growth of 1.7, compared to 1.8% in the year to may gb news can reveal the number of migrants crossing the channel on small boats this year is set to pass 17,000, almost 500 people on board several small boats have already been taken dover have already been taken to dover harbour today and two former government law officers have called for a public inquiry into the case of a man who spent 17 years in prison for a rape. he didn't commit. 57 year old andrew malkin's was found guilty of raping woman in manchester

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>> hi there. a lot of fine weather around this afternoon . weather around this afternoon. hot shower, yes, but most places dry, warm, sunny spells as well. it's not something we've been able to talk about much during recent weeks, but nevertheless, high pressure. another thing we've not mentioned much during the last six weeks or so that that's in charge. light winds is plenty of fair weather cloud as we end the day. a few showers for northern scotland, for example, odd shower elsewhere couldn't be ruled out. but most of these die away overnight and then spells with a few then clear spells with a few mist patches forming some low cloud into eastern cloud creeping into eastern areas. otherwise clear spells and a relatively warm nights. temperatures staying in the teens in the vast majority of places, although in the countryside, perhaps dipping into single figures. so fine into the single figures. so fine starts places dry thursday starts most places dry thursday morning again in areas of cloud around some low cloud, first thing through the midlands, eastern england, eastern scotland, for example. that cloud should lift and bubble up into cumulus and strata. cumulus cloud , fairweather cloud cloud, fairweather cloud essentially. and the odd shower is still possible. wales the

midlands, parts of scotland. but for the vast majority it's dry, it's warm 24 to 26. in the south 20 to 22 in the north, a different story on friday. we start off with a lot more cloud and we start off with the potential some thundery potential for some thundery showers country showers crossing the country from the southwest. that will impact temperatures. it won't feel quite as warm, but it will still feel humid. and then a thundery breakdown later on friday with some heavy rain in places . places. >> looks like things are heating up . boxed boilers proud sponsors up. boxed boilers proud sponsors of weather on gb news as. now dunng of weather on gb news as. now during the covid pandemic, certain brits were hailed as heroes for their selfless acts of sacrifice, and one of them was captain tom moore. >> as he approached his hundreds birthday, the former british army officer took to walking in his garden to raise funds for the nhs . he made international

the nhs. he made international headunes the nhs. he made international headlines and his efforts raised around £39 million. captain tom became a national treasure and an acknowledgement of his efforts. he was knighted by the late queen during a unique open air ceremony at windsor castle in the summer of 2020. soon after his death, the following yean after his death, the following year, a charitable fund was set up in the name of him. moore's daughter , hannah ingram—moore daughter, hannah ingram—moore and her husband, colin, became trustees of the charity the family presented. the captain , family presented. the captain, sir tom moore foundation, as a vehicle for his unique vision of hope.the vehicle for his unique vision of hope. the foundation has been shrouded in controversy since its start, frankly, in july , it its start, frankly, in july, it was stopped from taking donations after planning chiefs ordered that an unauthorised building with a swimming pool at hannah's home must be demolished . and now there are questions over payments made to captain moore's daughter. it's reported that she received thousands of pounds via her family company

for appearances in connection with her late father's charity. the matter is now being investigated by the charity commission. the foundation is also conducting its own inquiry. interesting stuff in a story that no doubt a lot of people will be watching very, very closely. i just wanted to bring that to your attention. but in other news, england's lionesses have reached their first ever world cup final after they beat australia 3—1 in sydney. there were goals from allerton lauren, hemp and alessia russo as well. they sealed their historic win. they sealed their historic win. they will play spain in the final on saturday. their already euro champions. they're now in the final of a world cup. it is fair to say that if this was the men's team, there are plenty of people out there currently right now who would be nine pints deep and naked in trafalgar and dancing naked in trafalgar square's but alas, square's fountain. but alas, we're not quite there yet . it we're not quite there yet. it must be great to be an england fan in australia the moment fan in australia at the moment and i'll tell you what was fascinating well. aussies fascinating as well. the aussies apparently to. nickelodeon apparently tried to. nickelodeon

did nick a load of tickets that were available for lionesses fans. they somehow managed to find a little loophole that allowed pack that allowed them to pack that stadium full australian fans stadium full of australian fans and an australian newspaper. i actually do quite like this. it's the kind of underhand tactic that i would enjoy, but hovered above hovered helicopters above england's training. it tries to get sneak look at the tactics get a sneak look at the tactics and then relay that back to the australian team. but we stuffed them so it didn't really matter. one person knows exactly one person who knows exactly exactly like to be out exactly what it's like to be out there moment. there at the moment. ambient england allen. i'm england fan is harry allen. i'm very to say. she joins very pleased to say. she joins me thank very, me now. harriet, thank you very, very . well, what very much. well, what a fantastic for the fantastic result for the lionesses. you must be absolutely delighted . what's it absolutely delighted. what's it like ? like? >> oh, it's amazing. so happy for the girls. first time in the finals . it just just brilliant news. >> the you know , both both teams >> the you know, both both teams played amazingly. >> but the lionesses took it home. >> so they did so just tell me a little bit about your story then. >> so you are you are a brit in

australia at the minute, but i might be able to detect a little bit of an aussie twang there. i hope you don't mind me saying so. did you have two shirts on and whoever went in front you could you and then could just tell you and then you're aussies? you're supporting the aussies? no, england. no, you're supporting england. uh hubby's an aussie , so hubby >> hubby's an aussie, so hubby had his aussie shirt on, but i've always had my lioness shirt going for me, so no, really, really great game . and the best really great game. and the best team won . team won. >> the best team won. and said, what's the actual vibe like in australia at the minute? i imagine they're currently quite downbeat about it, but actual women's football has gripped australia, hasn't it ? australia, hasn't it? >> it's amazing. i mean the matildas have become so big now, which is fantastic for women's football in australia and worldwide . as you probably heard worldwide. as you probably heard the australian prime minister's got behind them talk of a day off if they got into the final and won, but that's obviously not happening now . no, but it's not happening now. no, but it's just great that , you know, the just great that, you know, the girls have got so much support

behind so talk me through behind them. so talk me through the match as you saw it then. >> so a bit of a frantic start, a booking early doors. england go 1—0 up then the aussies equalised with an absolute sensational finish and it's won all and it's squeaky bum time as sir alex ferguson would have called it. and then it went to one and then it went 3—1. what were your emotions as the game was unfolding ? i knew i knew was unfolding? i knew i knew that england had it. >> you know, you could tell they were basically teams, but you just knew that the lionesses were going to win . so we take on were going to win. so we take on great, but go on. you you could you could tell the girls had it. you could tell the lionesses were going to win . were going to win. >> brilliant. so, look, we take on spain in the final. i want to know from you your prediction, your predicted score. try not to jinx it, though . jinx it, though. >> oh, i'm going to say two. >> oh, i'm going to say two. >> one, 2—1. to the lionesses >> two on to the lionesses. fantastic all right. well, look,

thank you very, very much, harriet and i will chat to you, no doubt, after we actually do win the world cup. harry allen there it was an england fans lionesses , a deep in enemy lionesses fan, a deep in enemy territory at the moment in australia, stuffed them australia, but we stuffed them so was great. inflation so that was great. now inflation has fallen to a 17 month low. yes that's right. and the good news, we are the people's channel. so we are about to find out what this really means for the money in your pocket. i am patrick christys on gb news. i'm also just going to tell you about something that i think you will really enjoy at the top of the 4:00, which graham will really enjoy at the top of the 4:00 yes, ch graham will really enjoy at the top of the 4:00 yes, that's graham will really enjoy at the top of the 4:00 yes, that's right.n will really enjoy at the top of the 4:00 yes, that's right. the linehan. yes, that's right. the father ted creator, who father, ted creator, the guy who wrote it crowd, an award wrote the it crowd, an award winning comedian, a great creative comedic mind of his generation. he's been cancelled by the edinburgh fringe festival basically because he thinks that women are women, are men and men. and he doesn't want a man pretending to be a woman in the same as his same changing room as his daughter . anyway, actually daughter. anyway, he's actually going me live on going to be joining me live on this show at 4:00 to talk about all of that. don't miss it. it's one of the big news stories, if

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inflation was 6.8% in july, down from 7.9% in june. we are the people's channel, so we wanted to find out how today's news will affect real people. let's cross now to byford in devon to speak with our south—west of england, reporterjeff speak with our south—west of england, reporter jeff moody. jeff what's the mood like on the ground ? apparently, we don't ground? apparently, we don't have jeff, all the people sunshine with new friends . sunshine with new friends. >> oh, hello. can you hear me ? >> oh, hello. can you hear me? >> oh, hello. can you hear me? >> i've got you, jeff. take it

away to spend the afternoon. >> the good , good. what better >> the good, good. what better way? i've said this three times now. what better way spend now. what better way to spend the in the afternoon than in the sunshine new friends, sunshine with new friends, drinking coffee, eating cake, and talking about the economy ? and talking about the economy? but although not as dry as but although it's not as dry as it sounds, had some pretty it sounds, we've had some pretty interesting debates this afternoon, haven't we? one afternoon, haven't we? the one thing haven't about thing we haven't talked about particularly talk ism. how do particularly is talk ism. how do you think this affects affects tourism in the area? quite quite a lot in two ways. >> first of all, obviously , all >> first of all, obviously, all the costs of running pubs, restaurants , hotels is increased restaurants, hotels is increased that it's got to be passed on to the customers . that potentially the customers. that potentially puts them off. that's the first thing. the second problem that we have relates to that is that we have relates to that is that we have relates to that is that we have large numbers of people in this area who either have second homes, airbnb or holiday flats. 1 in 4 along the coast just nearby here, which means

that you're driving out your young people who need to get onto the onto the house housing ladder. onto the onto the house housing ladder . they go to live in ladder. they go to live in cheaper areas and that is not good because we need them to be working in our businesses. that's carers as nurses, as police officers or whatever, and they're not there . they're not there. >> it is a real problem, isn't it, in a lot of areas, terry, we're finding that people just can't afford to live in the place that they've been brought up finding lot up and you're finding a lot of communities are so communities where there are so many airbnbs are ending up totally dead in the winter, aren't they ? aren't they? >> there are. and the problem as well, i feel like with when the council stop building council houses and what should have been originally local housing has now become rental housing because it's been allowed to be bought by housing associations . i've by housing associations. i've got three sons and there's only one who's managed to save enough deposit to actually on his own

house. the others rent and have paid quite a big, phenomenal rent for what they've actually got the good, bad, cheaper . got the good, bad, cheaper. >> so we are finding these days that people just can't afford to buy their own houses, can they? >> no , no, you're absolutely >> no, no, you're absolutely right . and like terry just right. and like terry just mentioned, the deposit is so huge these days without help from mum and dad. and if you have more than one child, you can't help all of them because , can't help all of them because, you know, we don't have that kind income or the majority kind of income or the majority of us. but this, terry says we do need more housing. that is provided by the local authority or get people to build housing to rent. all this nonsense about having to buy their own homes, to me is outdated. now, a lot of other countries do it. they build to housing rent, and then our youngsters would have a home. that's all they're asking for . they're not asking for the for. they're not asking for the moon. my daughter is 44. she's had to move back in with me because her landlord, after 12 years, wanted to sell her her

property , offered her a chance property, offered her a chance to buy it, but he sold it to somebody else . and on that somebody else. and on that estate, there are several airbnbs people actually move out of their own homes and let them airbnb , b&bs. how are the airbnb, b&bs. how are the tourists people supposed to how can they, you know, all do that. they can't they cannot fight against it because it's been allowed to go on. and i think it has to stop. >> but terry, if you own a nice property down here and you've got a view of the river and it's a very pleasant of the a very pleasant part of the country and you're short of cash, the temptation is to rent out a room for airbnb, isn't it i >>i >> i actually married into the local farming community and my wife's mother used to run a b&b, so yes, we've got the knowledge , but where would i live? that would be. that'd be the challenge . and i can't afford to challenge. and i can't afford to spain yet . yeah not yet. not yet

i >> -- >> now, -_ >> now, pat, before we go , very >> now, pat, before we go, very important question. i hear you're a big fan of patrick christys . yes, i am. why christys. yes, i am. why >> well, i just like the fact that he's straight . he's not that he's straight. he's not afraid to say what he thinks. and, you know, he's not the only one on gb news. don't get me wrong. but he is. he's very, very good . he really digs down very good. he really digs down and he's not afraid to say anything. that's what i like about him. >> oh, wonderful. well, patrick, we all like you very much because straight back to you. >> cheers , jeff. and cheers >> cheers, jeff. and cheers everybody there. jeff moody there, of course, our southwest of england. reporter in bideford in devon, speaking with our people's panel on inflation. i believe we've got a little bit of go into the in—box. of time to go into the in—box. gb gbnews.com lots of gb views gbnews.com lots of people getting in touch. okay to talk about what's been going on in the channel and crucially as well as raf wethersfield. okay, so this is the base now where we were supposed to be housing 700

channel migrants the issue that we've had today is that of the 46 people that we managed to put on there, a third of them have been evacuated, evacuated as a strong word. but they have some of them apparently have gone to live with relatives , which maybe live with relatives, which maybe answers question , maybe, answers the question, maybe, just maybe answers the question as some of them decided as to why some of them decided to come in the first place. call me a cynic, but if you've got relatives over here, that might be the real reason for you arriving not actually arriving and not actually because you're fleeing war. also, has emerged that also, it has emerged that apparently , according to the apparently, according to the home office's own guidance, their own guidance, if you happen to be claiming to be a victim of human trafficking, people smuggling, torture or indeed trauma, then you can't be put in a disused military base or on a barge , which does mean or on a barge, which does mean doesn't say that anyone who has any contact with a lawyer at all in between getting off a dinghy and getting into said bases or barge, will not be able to be

housed there. so all of the millions of pounds that we have spent on this is for nothing because people probably won't be able to be put there. oh my god, patrick, can you really believe it? karen? back . it? from karen? send them back. she says that apparently this is it shouldn't be. this should not be out of sight for us to be able to do that yet if the authorities can't return them to france, then maybe the general pubuc france, then maybe the general public to take us down, says john. john. wow, grief . i mean, john. john. wow, grief. i mean, yes, you want to get involved yourself. do you? this is getting beyond a joke, patrick says, why don't says, stephen, why don't the government says, stephen, why don't the gove bring nt says, stephen, why don't the govebring them over? and and bring them over? and stephen, what i was stephen, do you know what i was thinking that as well. i thinking about that as well. i was thinking about that. mark white talking you white will be talking to you a bit the next hour. our bit in the next hour. our homeland editor in homeland security editor is in dover red alert dover today. it's a red alert day channel. obviously it day in the channel. obviously it is. and he's there saying that they've about people to they've got about 70 people to about 70 people to about i mean, we as well just send we might as well now just send ferries over and bring them across. but yes, that is the news today that apparently if you happen to claim you you happen to claim that you are

the of the things the victim of any of the things that every single channel migrant you can't migrant claims to be, you can't actually be housed anywhere other than hotel all with your other than a hotel all with your own that's that own relatives. so that's that moving forward. now, graham linehan, behind father linehan, the man behind father ted, a show at the ted, has had a show at the edinburgh fringe, cancelled after from trans after complaints from trans activists . in just a few moments activists. in just a few moments time. graham himself will get to have his say live here on gb news. it is also worth noting what some of the shows that are available for you that not been cancelled at the edinburgh fringe, including an advertisement for people on how to take inappropriate self police at work. that's okay. but him thinking that women are women are not patrick christys gb news britain's news channel a brighter outlook with boxt solar proud sponsors of weather on . gb news. >> hi there. a lot of fine weather around this afternoon ot shower. yes, but most places dry warm , sunny spells as well. it's warm, sunny spells as well. it's not something we've been able to talk about much during recent

weeks, but nevertheless high pressure. another thing we've not mentioned much during the last six weeks or so that is in charge. light winds , plenty of charge. light winds, plenty of fair weather cloud as we end the day. a few showers for northern scotland, for example, odd shower elsewhere couldn't be ruled out. but most of these die away overnight. and then clear spells mist patches spells with a few mist patches forming some low cloud creeping into eastern areas. otherwise clear spells and a relatively warm nights. temperatures staying in the teens in the vast majority of places , although in majority of places, although in the countryside perhaps dipping into single figures. fine into the single figures. so fine starts as most places dry. thursday morning again. areas of cloud around some low cloud. first thing through the midlands, eastern england, eastern scotland, for example. that should lift and that cloud should lift and bubble up into cumulus and strata . cumulus, cloud, strata. cumulus, cloud, fairweather cloud essentially. and the odd shower is still possible. wales, the midlands , possible. wales, the midlands, parts of scotland. but for the vast majority it's dry, it's warm 24 to 26. in the south 20 to 22 in the north. a different

story on friday. we start off with a lot more cloud and we start off with the potential for some thundery showers crossing the from the southwest . the country from the southwest. that will impact temperatures . that will impact temperatures. it won't feel quite as warm, but it still feel humid. and it will still feel humid. and then a thundery breakdown later on some heavy rain on friday with some heavy rain in , a brighter outlook in places, a brighter outlook with boxt solar >> proud sponsors of weather on

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oror. or or . or oror.or. or or. or. >> well, is 4:00. is patrick christys . is >> well, is 4:00. is patrick christys. is gb >> well, is 4:00. is patrick christys . is gb news. and there christys. is gb news. and there is a red alert ongoing in the channel. why? well, because migrants apparently are cramming 70 to about and pushing off like no tomorrow. but on the other side of the channel it is also kicking off. there is a smugglers turf war going on predictably. so between apparently people from afghanistan and kurds for control of that human trafficking ring. is this the kind of drama and violence from other countries that we are going to see unfolding on the streets of britain? but remember, this , dougal, dougal , remember, this, dougal, dougal, are you going over four miles an hour ? hour? >> oh, ted, i'm doing fine. leave me alone. how you doing? over for . over for. >> okay . no, i am

over for. >> okay. no, i am . right. >> okay. no, i am. right. >> okay. no, i am. right. >> well, the comedic genius that wrote that, amongst other things as well, the it crowd, he's written stuff for the fashion show for brass eye, everything , show for brass eye, everything, you name it. graham linehan, a fan favourite here at gb news. today's edinburgh fringe show cancelled basically because of his beliefs that a man is a man and a woman is a woman and a man certainly should be. not getting changed changing changed in the same changing rooms young not rooms as young girls. not controversial , in my view. controversial, in my view. controversial enough to be cancelled from edinburgh cancelled from the edinburgh fringe. very pleased to say fringe. i'm very pleased to say he's not cancelled on show he's not cancelled on this show . only graham . the one and only graham linehan joins me in a linehan joins me in just a matter of moments. patrick christys on . gb news. yes hold christys on. gb news. yes hold on to your hats because he's going to be teeing right off in just a few moments time. but right now it is, of course, your headunes right now it is, of course, your headlines with paul . headlines with paul. >> good afternoon. it's just

gone 4:00. i'm paul hawkins with the latest from the gb newsroom . economists say the uk is still faces a very real risk of falling into recession, despite today's drop in inflation. the prime minister says today's inflation figures, which don't include housing costs like mortgage payments, prove that the government's plan is working. however the ipp think tank warns that rising interest rates could cause the economy to contract . the latest figures contract. the latest figures from the office for national statistics found consumer price index inflation or cpi, dropped to 6.8% in the year to july. deputy labour leader angela rayner says the government still needs to do more . needs to do more. >> inflation has been at record levels and people are paying significantly for their daily living costs. and whilst the inflation rate might have slowed down, it still means that the cost of living is going up but at a slower rate and that at a time when people are paying record amounts for their mortgage, their rent, their food, energy prices , that

food, their energy prices, that is no to the people of is no comfort to the people of this country. >> meanwhile, house prices have continued to slow across the uk in the 12 months to june . in the 12 months to june. figures from the ons show house price growth of 1.7% compared to 1.8% in the year to may. house pnces 1.8% in the year to may. house prices are growing fastest in the north—east of england, 4.7% in the year to june . london's in the year to june. london's house prices have actually fallen over the same period by 0.6. gb news can reveal the number of migrants crossing the channel on small boats this year is set to pass 17,000, almost 500 people on board. several small boats have already been taken to dover harbour today. uk border force are on red alert as they expect what they call an extremely busy day of migrant activity . two former government activity. two former government law officers have called for a pubuc law officers have called for a public inquiry into the case of a man who spent 17 years in prison for a rape. he didn't commit. 57 year old andrew

malkin was found guilty of raping a woman in manchester in 2003. the following year, he was jailed for life with a minimum term of seven years. his conviction was overturned after fresh dna evidence linked this link . the fresh dna evidence linked this link. the crime to fresh dna evidence linked this link . the crime to another link. the crime to another suspect , nigel farage is link. the crime to another suspect, nigel farage is urging the transport secretary to block the transport secretary to block the expansion of the ultra low emission zone ulez to the outskirts of london. he says mark harper could use section 143 of the greater london authority act to block the expansion . london's ulez will be expansion. london's ulez will be extended to the whole of london on august 29th. wildfires continue to blaze across the mediterranean in both france and the canary islands. this was the situation last night on the side of a mountain in tenerife . of a mountain in tenerife. nearby villages were evacuated . nearby villages were evacuated. by nearby villages were evacuated. by this morning, the fire had already devastated about 320 acres near the mount taylor volcano. that's spain's highest peak. volcano. that's spain's highest peak . joe biden will travel to peak. joe biden will travel to hawaii on monday to see the

damage from the deadly wildfires that have killed over 100 people in the us . president will be in the us. president will be joined by the first lady as they visit the resorts town of lahaina, which has been devastated by the fires . the devastated by the fires. the russian space agency says their lunar lander has entered the moon's orbit. it's a major step towards russia's aim of being the first country to execute a soft landing on the south pole of the moon and to search for frozen water. luna, 25, will circle the moon for around five days, then change course for the soft landing planned for august the 21st. anyone who's interested in bidding for the collapsed retailer wilko has until the end of today to put in an offer. the high street chain fell into administration last week. 12,500 jobs across 400 stores are in jeopardy . today is stores are in jeopardy. today is the deadline set by administrator for the first round of offers in england are through to their first ever world cup final after beating hosts australia 3—1 in sydney. ella toone put the lionesses in

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by playing, saying play gb news. now back to . patrick well , we now back to. patrick well, we start this hour with the decision to cancel a comedy legend. >> and it is just absolutely bonkers. so graham linehan, the man behind father ted, the it crowd loads of other great comedy shows . i mean, he's even comedy shows. i mean, he's even won a few comedy awards back when he was allowed to attend the award ceremonies. he has been barred from appearing at the fringe festival, the edinburgh fringe festival, the edinburgh fringe festival, the venue leith arches took the decision after coming under. they say pressure from trans activists . well, i am very activists. well, i am very pleased . i'm delighted, in fact, pleased. i'm delighted, in fact, to say that i am now joined by the man himself, graham linehan . graham, thank you very, very much. it's great to you on much. it's great to have you on the do you want to just the show. do you want to just explain exactly what happened? because you supposed to be because you were supposed to be doing at the taj. then doing a show at the taj. then they released a rather hysteric statement saying , you know, they

statement saying, you know, they really meant it because it was some bits of it were in capital letters. say saying things like they not know that you were they did not know that you were booked they do not agree booked and they do not agree with your views and you have been what's going on? been cancelled. what's going on? >> oh, well, you know, i've just been doing a little bit of stand up comedy just to kind of see if i could do it really developed about 15, 20 minutes of material and comedy unleashed. >> asked me if i'd go to edinburgh to do it. so yesterday morning they announced that i was on and i kind of thought, oh, that's interesting. things must be changing because usually when that's never a good idea . when that's never a good idea. but of course within two hours they not only not only cancel me, but cancel the whole show. there's about six comedians or six, 5 or 6 comedians on and they all lost their booking because of this decision. so yeah, it was it was i genuinely

did think those days were over after. joanna cherry gave the stand venue in edinburgh a good spanking , stand venue in edinburgh a good spanking, but apparently not. apparently they still think they can ban us for, you know, perfectly commonplace views that are shared by 99% of the people in this country. >> before i go on to some of the acts that are okay to perform at the fringe and by the way, some of these are utterly hilarious and a visible sign of societal decline and decay, by the way. but there we go. you're views, your your views for which you are now not allowed to perform up and do a comedy routine for include such radical thought, don't they? as not wanting a fully grown man with male genhaua fully grown man with male genitalia to get changed in a swimming baths? somehow they're around little girls . around little girls. >> yeah, exactly right. and not not wanting little children to be told that they're wrong. they've been born in the wrong

body and that the way they'll be really, truly happy is if they take puberty blockers, cut off their genitals or their breasts and become the opposite sex, which is a disgraceful lie that's been has been told to children for last five years at least. and you know, it's a homophobic choice . child abusing homophobic choice. child abusing ideology. it has nothing to do with have been long left behind. i'm not sure whether, you know, this, but trans sexuales are actually called true scum by trans rights activists. so that tells you how they think of them. and basically what's happenedis them. and basically what's happened is that a lot of people have glommed onto the rights of trans sexuales for their own ends. some innocently. some people are just credulous , people are just credulous, others are predators , others are others are predators, others are con men . and there's various con men. and there's various kind of, shall we say, it's a

spectrum of people who are taking advantage of this movement . and the one thing they movement. and the one thing they all have in common is they hate scrutiny. they hate debate , they scrutiny. they hate debate, they hate comedy . and yeah , they'll hate comedy. and yeah, they'll do anything they can to stop me, even when i'm doing an act that has absolutely nothing to do with trans. the trans subject . with trans. the trans subject. you know, by the way, i have to explain , i am sweating like explain, i am sweating like a swamp donkey here because i was just enjoying an ice cream and i totally forgot about this, about the show. so been running through the streets. so sorry about that. i know it's a please don't be insulted . don't be insulted. >> it's a bit late for that. >> it's a bit late for that. >> it's a busy day. >> it's a busy day. >> it's a busy day. >> it's been day . >> it's been a busy day. >> it's been a busy day. >> you know, i can imagine it now. i can imagine. there's now. i can imagine. and there's a unpack here because a lot to unpack here because this saying this venue, they're saying that they've pushback they've had some pushback from people. same voices on people. it's the same voices on twitter that always piper pitts, this army, i call them the trans mafia. this lot, who decides to get involved and cancel everything is exactly what the mafia would do, isn't it? we don't like your views, so we're

going take your off you. going to take your job off you. we're round to we're going to come round to where live. we're going where you live. we're going to go approach your kids, all go and approach your kids, all of that kind stuff. in of that kind of stuff. but in the civility, you the name of inclu civility, you have been excluded, haven't you ? >> 7- >> yeah, 7 >> yeah, yeah 7_ >> yeah, yeah . 7 >> yeah, yeah . and you ? >> yeah, yeah . and you know, 7 >> yeah, yeah . and you know, as >> yeah, yeah. and you know, as i say , the only, the only i say, the only, the only difference between me and 99% of people is that i didn't i don't you know, most people are too frightened to say these opinions out loud . i think, again, out loud. i think, again, i think that, you know, the vast majority of people do not believe that men can turn into women with surgery or drugs. they're just saying it because they've been told it's a nice thing to say, but it's the very opposite to nice. it's a it's a terrible lie, especially to tell to children and the kind of ramifications of the mental health crisis and physical health crisis and physical health crisis and physical health crisis that's going to come out of this. we're going to be feeling it for decades. you know , like people don't tell know, like people don't tell these kids like testosterone leads to early menopause, which might be what i'm going through at the moment. it

might be what i'm going through at the moment . it also cross—sex at the moment. it also cross—sex hormones for men can lead to such conditions as multiple sclerosis , osteo osteoporosis . sclerosis, osteo osteoporosis. what is the word it's got in my head. what is the word it's got in my head . but osteo. oh osteo. it is head. but osteo. oh osteo. it is osteoporosis. for some reason i thought that was wrong. osteoporosis is a danger for both men and women on cross—sex hormones , you know. so i've been hormones, you know. so i've been noticing that you see a lot of trans identified people at protests with walkers and walking sticks, and that's probably why. so it's a movement that has been surrounded with so much mystery that even the people who are taking going through these procedures do not know what they have left themselves in for. >> no. and look, you're obviously obviously very, very vocal on all of this. that's not going to change any time soon. interesting that your act, despite from what you've said, was not really going to include that much about any of this stuff , that much about any of this stuff, mainly that much about any of this stuff , mainly because that much about any of this stuff, mainly because i think a lot of this stuff isn't funny.

there's a deadly serious point behind it. right. so you know, there's you know, an there's that, you know, an award, an award winning comedian , an absolute a great , an absolute icon, a great comedic mind or stand person comedic mind or stand out person of generation. you can't you of his generation. you can't you can't and perform. but we do can't go and perform. but we do have acts here now at the edinburgh fringe, which includes blowhole, where somebody talks about how to take the perfect picture of your nether regions whilst inside a work toilet and then send that to people for famine. crippled where alex gibbon drives their mobility scooter . in gibbon drives their mobility scooter. in between gibbon drives their mobility scooter . in between the scooter. in between the intersections of disability and queer culture, using their experience as wait, you know you love this bit, using their experience as a non—verbal queer person to educate and captivate. i mean , yeah, right. i could go i mean, yeah, right. i could go on with all of this. i mean, there's loads of that, right? but is this really where we are with comedy now? which is that that deemed to be funny and that is deemed to be funny and acceptable . but you telling

acceptable. but you telling jokes, the writer of father ted, you've got to be cancelled . you've got to be cancelled. >> well, you know, i mean , i >> well, you know, i mean, i can't i'll give you one great example of the hip of edinburgh at the moment. last year, jerry sadowitz was banned after one gig at the pleasance theatre because, again, activists are within all these groups. there were also activists who gave abuse to elaine miller at the gilded balloon . these activists gilded balloon. these activists are in every venue and last year they banned jerry sadowitz and they banned jerry sadowitz and they banned jerry sadowitz and they banned them, i think because he mentioned trans people. but the excuse they gave was that he flashed his penis a few weeks later, jordan grey won the perrier for bashing his penis onto a piano. and there wasn't a word of complaint, you know . so essentially what we know. so essentially what we have now is we have a sacred class who are allowed to do anything they want very, very like priests used to be in ireland before the 90, and they

are you cannot make jokes about them . you cannot discuss them. them. you cannot discuss them. you cannot point out that , you you cannot point out that, you know , that their their acts are know, that their their acts are offensive to women. jordan grey literally wrote a song called i'm better than you, you know? yeah aimed at its, you know , yeah aimed at its, you know, absolutely disgraceful misogyny . and it's accepted because as you know, people are sheep people are sheep and they are, you know , going along with the you know, going along with the latest thing and you know, unless they, unless they actually say, hang on a second, this stuff isn't good enough. nothing's going to change, you know, no , no. know, no, no. >> you make a good point. that that bloke and it is a bloke wrote a gcse level poem and got a grade two style keyboard tune to go along with it all on channel 4 before flashing an entire audience of people that he would have been arrested for had it not been within the channel for broadcasting studios and then hammered his genitals

onto the keyboard. and that was that was that was award winning. that won an award . right. but that won an award. right. but but you obviously are not allowed to perform a comedy set at the fringe . so what did the at the fringe. so what did the venue actually say to you then or to the group of comedians who have also been cancelled alongside you? has there been any explanation other than this quite hysterical statement that they've put out there ? they've put out there? >> well, they have a they have an explanation that i do have some sympathy for it. they said that they are a venue that usually puts on gay events, you know , and obviously, i'm not . know, and obviously, i'm not. the lgbt+ movement's favourite person . so i understand the person. so i understand the pressure there under however they they they could have given me a chance to exit the gig and allow the other acts to perform. they could have done it without a defaming me on their instagram post as a bigot, which is the first thing these people always

do . so you know , unfortunately do. so you know, unfortunately we are we are beginning legal proceedings . i mean, we at least proceedings. i mean, we at least once an apology and some sort of payment to a group like, you know , lgb alliance or someone know, lgb alliance or someone like that, someone who's fighting all this stuff. but we can't let them away with it. you know? >> sorry. okay. okay no, no, no. on that, i think i said really? that's a really, really important development important kind of development in all is all of this. really? which is so. are obviously so. so you are obviously fighting this and you've lawyered up, have you? yeah >> yeah. i mean, you know, it it just kind of go on people like myself. lgb alliance have just come out of a long, protracted and completely vexatious court case brought against them by mermaids . luckily, case brought against them by mermaids. luckily, mermaids have been found out and are now under statutory investigation . but we statutory investigation. but we can't let these people who a lot of whom have some very, very dangerous ideas, have some very big things to hide. you know , big things to hide. you know, there is a there's a there's you

know, one of the trustees at mermaids was a pinknews writer called jacob breslau, who was also someone who is writing advocacy for paedophilia, you know, so , so, so there's some know, so, so, so there's some bad people within this movement. they use the cover given them by which is a which is a hugely sympathetic group and understandably sympathetic group. but many of the people who are, you know, pouring invective online are not. they are fully intact men with long hair and fingernail polish, and they are doing things like sending death threats to j.k. rowling and so on. so it has to be exposed and if i have to do it through legal action against or against this venue, i will. >> yeah, i know. exactly. look, i can't remember the name of the individual that you said there, but obviously, i have to say they're not to here defend themselves. mermaids may dispute they're not to here defend themsofyes. mermaids may dispute they're not to here defend themsof the mermaids may dispute they're not to here defend themsof the things ids may dispute they're not to here defend themsof the things that1ay dispute some of the things that you've said as well, said there, but graham as well, when to people who when it comes to people who would push back this. so the

would push back on this. so the activists who have gone after you. right, they say they say that your views would be what, harmful, offensive live? i mean, isuppose harmful, offensive live? i mean, i suppose they would say quivering on the edge of dangerous , wouldn't they? dangerous, wouldn't they? really? how would you respond to that then ? that then? >> i would love one of them to tell me which which views they disagree with. you know, do they do they think my daughter doesn't deserve a space that is free of men when she's getting changed, when she's using a toilet? do they think that women don't deserve fair sports and should have men in their leagues breaking records, winning pnzes? breaking records, winning prizes? do they believe that children really need to be placed on puberty blockers ? is placed on puberty blockers? is there actually a reason for that 7 there actually a reason for that ? i don't think there is. they say it's because of suicide, but where are all the people in the past committing mass suicide because they couldn't take puberty is puberty blockers? it is a complete nonsense from head to

toe. this whole movement , the toe. this whole movement, the only thing we should retain from it is respect for people who've undergone terrible surgical procedures. you know , that is procedures. you know, that is something that points to a mental problem that that that, you know , in the very, very you know, in the very, very worst cases , i understand, can worst cases, i understand, can be solved by this kind of intervention. but it is a last ditch. it it has to be preceded by endless amounts of therapy and care . anything you could do and care. anything you could do to stop someone making a terrible, terrible decision . so terrible, terrible decision. so if people disagree with that, i would love to hear their arguments. why? >> well , there we go. graham, >> well, there we go. graham, thank you very much . i am very thank you very much. i am very glad you managed to glad that you managed to remember about this interview and then do it. so thank you. sorry it's all right. >> it's been all go today. it's been all go . been all go. >> good luck to you and whatever happens next and no doubt we'll be talking to graham again very soon. graham so soon. it's graham linehan. so leith is the venue leith arches, which is the venue that cancelled this show. so

they this statement. they they issued this statement. they said to thank said we would like to thank members and our members of the public and our community to community for bringing to our attention billed attention a comedy act billed to perform this perform at the venue this thursday were made aware thursday. we were not made aware of the line—up of show in of the line—up of the show in advance. we have made the decision to cancel this as decision to cancel this show as we inclusive venue and we are an inclusive venue and this does not align with our overall value . so there we go. overall value. so there we go. so that was the statement there. get your emails coming in off the back of that, i can see a heck of lot flooding in heck of a lot flooding in already. vaiews@gbnews.com. i'll shortly. i'll go to those shortly. but yes, other news, chancellor yes, in other news, chancellor jeremy hunt that the jeremy hunt says that the government's policies are working fell to working after inflation fell to its lowest level for 17 months and find out why there is currently a red alert going on in the channel. patrick christys gb news business news

to gb news on tv radio and onune to gb news on tv radio and online gb news. britain's news. channel >> welcome back. patrick christys here on gb news. now in a few minutes, i will cross live to dover, where hundreds more migrants have arrived in the uk in small boats. today but no matters more serious as inflation has dropped to 6.8, the lowest figure for 17 months. let's get more now from gb news economics and business editor liam halligan. with all the . money >> there's light at the end of the tunnel. or is there? that's certainly what rishi sunak and jeremy hunt are saying. inflation is falling, said the prime minister this morning .

inflation is falling, said the prime minister this morning. but we're not at the finish line and we're not at the finish line and we must stick to our plans. so what are these inflation numbers? we know that the consumer price index headline inflation, it was up 7.9% in june 2023, and it was up 6.8% in july . still way above the bank july. still way above the bank of england's 2% target. but steady progress towards lower inflation. we do have in this country the highest inflation in the g7 advanced industrial countries are 6.8, compares to july inflation of 5.3% in the eurozone and .just july inflation of 5.3% in the eurozone and . just 3.2% in the eurozone and. just 3.2% in the us, where energy is much, much cheaper. us, where energy is much, much cheaper . food price flotation is cheaper. food price flotation is down, but it's still a major problem . 17.3% during the year problem. 17.3% during the year to june. that's what the basket of food will have cost you more , but it's 14.8% during the year , but it's14.8% during the year to july. a significant reduction, but still much, much higher than it should be. many economists focus on something

called core inflation, including economists on the bank of england's monetary policy committee that remains stubbornly high, unchanged between june and july, still at 6.9. but i tell the economists on the mpc to focus instead on producer price inflation. that's the cost of the inputs that firms need to make the goods and services that they then sell to us. producer price inflation is now actually negative minus . now actually negative minus. 2.9% in june and minus 3.3% in july. yes, that's right . the july. yes, that's right. the inputs that firms use , the price inputs that firms use, the price of those are actually falling . of those are actually falling. so surely those costs reductions should at some stage be passed onto us. so will the bank of england do when it meets again on the 21st of september? we've had all those interest rate rises since we came out of covid lockdown , 14 of them in a row. lockdown, 14 of them in a row. we're now at 5.25. it strikes me that this reduction in inflation

isn't enough to stop the monetary policy committee from raising rates again later this month . these rate rises, they're month. these rate rises, they're good news for savers. if you've got some cash stashed in a bank, eventually only the high street banks can and will pass on those rate rises to you. and it may be even though the bank of england has got to raise interest rates again, that the mortgage companies start lowering them because they're sensing that interest rates will soon peak and they will then be lower in the future. so we are still an inflation nation here in the uk are inflation is still high. we must stick to our plan . it's must stick to our plan. it's working, says the prime minister and the chancellor. but will it work quickly enough ? work quickly enough? >> well, thank you very much, liam. that is of course the big question. but despite inflation coming down, shadow chancellor rachel reeves is still very critical, pointing out that it's no real victory . as she says, no real victory. as she says, after 13 years of economic chaos and incompetence under the

conservatives working people are worse off with higher energy bills and prices in the shops . bills and prices in the shops. labour's plan to build a stronger economy will make working people better off by boosting growth, improving living standards and cutting household bills and it is on this that i think it opens up on next big topic. and liam has hot footed it back from the video wall to sit beside me here now that's long way is it is. that's a long way it is it is. liam his rishi sunak winning the political argument when it comes to the economy. >> that's a really good question. i think it's in play, right? i think the jury's still out. i think rachel reeves is working extremely hard to try and make labour less scary to sort of if we if you like, middle england voters, that doesn't only mean voters in england. it means that kind of mass of a third of voters in the middle who are sort of undecided swing voters, they're not tribally tory, they're not tribally tory, they're not tribally labour or the lib dems.

they're floating voters and they determine elections and a lot of them are in sort of non—urban, parts of england, she's trying to say we're not going to spend too much money, we're not going too much money, we're not going to crash the economy, we're not going to, you know, frighten the gilts over spending gilts market by over spending and promising rishi sunak, and over promising rishi sunak, meanwhile, is trying to assert the tories credentials for economic competence and good economic competence and good economic management credentials that they lost disastrously in 1992. you weren't around , but 1992. you weren't around, but you may have read about it. >> i was. i was a foetus. >>— >> i was. i was a foetus. >> you were a foetus, a very a very new savvy foetus, because i know that little patrick as we crashed out of the exchange rate mechanism, you would have been gurgling away at what a disaster it was for the future of this country . so the tories lost country. so the tories lost their their reputation for economic competence in the early 90s and it took them over ten years, arguably 15 years to get it back. obviously you had all those long blair brown years where the tories couldn't get a glove on labour when it came to

economic competence. rachel reeves very much from the blairite mould. keir starmer sharing platforms with tony blair these days, being seen hanging around with the former labour leader in order to try and make the connection in voters minds. and make the connection in voters minds . these guys knew voters minds. these guys knew labour were broadly economic competent. we're going to be broadly the same. we are not jeremy corbyn. so i think it's very much in play. it's very much in the balance. but i do think the next election when it comes at the end of 2024 maybe is as long in the future as early 2025. that's when that's when it's got to be. it will be determined by purse and wallet issues, by by economics, by the cost of living, by whether or not there's a feelgood factor in the economy , by whether or not the economy, by whether or not mortgage holders, swing voters , mortgage holders, swing voters, ordinary households up and down the country feel better off. they don't feel better off now. they don't feel better off now. they feel a lot worse off. and that's why i said what i said at the video all times running out for rishi sunak to convince the

country the economy is country that the economy is better under the tories. >> absolutely as >> you're absolutely right. as he got long enough, that is. that's dollar that's the million dollar question, really. that's the million dollar questio got really. that's the million dollar questio got long really. that's the million dollar questio got long enough|lly. that's the million dollar questio got long enough name? has he got long enough name? thank you very much. our economics editor economics and business editor there to come there loads more still to come between now on 5:00. the other big that voters going big issue that voters are going to and voting for to be going out and voting for or against in the next general election this is. what's election is this it is. what's to going be happening dover? to going be happening in dover? what's channel? what's happening in the channel? almost 500 migrants across the channel today. now, as almost 500 migrants across the cha headlines'. now, as almost 500 migrants across the cha headlines with now, as almost 500 migrants across the cha headlines with polly now, as almost 500 migrants across the cha headlines with polly .|ow, as petrie. >> thank you. good afternoon to you. well, the breaking news we're receiving from scotland this hour is that junior doctors there have voted to accept the latest pay offer from the scottish government. scotland's health secretary, michael matheson , says he's very pleased matheson, says he's very pleased with the result, adding that bma members overwhelmingly voted in favour of the record pay deal. it means junior doctors in scotland will get a pay rise of

12.4. that's backed dated as well until april . meanwhile, well until april. meanwhile, economists say the uk still faces a very real risk of falling into recession, despite today's drop in inflation. the prime minister says today's inflation figures prove the government's plan is working. however, the influential think tank, the institute for public policy research, has warned that rising interest rates could cause the economy to contract . cause the economy to contract. and as you've been hearing, cause the economy to contract. and as you've been hearing , news and as you've been hearing, news can reveal the number of migrants crossing the english channel on small boats. this yearis channel on small boats. this year is now set to pass 17,000, almost 500 people travelling to britain on board several small boats early this morning have already been taken to dover harbour. more on all those stories by heading to our website . news.com . a brighter website. news.com. a brighter outlook with boxt solar >> proud sponsors of weather on

. gb news. >> hi there. a lot of fine weather around this afternoon. not sure . yes, but most places not sure. yes, but most places dry , warm, sunny spells as well. dry, warm, sunny spells as well. it's not something we've been able to talk about much during recent weeks, but nevertheless, high pressure . another thing high pressure. another thing we've not mentioned much during the last six weeks or so, that's in charge. light winds , plenty in charge. light winds, plenty of fair weather cloud as we end the day. a few showers for northern scotland, for example, odd shower elsewhere couldn't be ruled out. but most of these die away overnight. and then clear spells with a few mist patches forming some cloud creeping forming some low cloud creeping into eastern areas. otherwise clear and a relatively clear spells and a relatively warm nights . temperatures warm nights. temperatures staying in the teens in the vast majority of places, although in the countryside perhaps dipping into the single figures. so fine starts places dry thursday starts most places dry thursday morning again , areas of cloud morning again, areas of cloud around some low cloud first thing through the midlands, eastern england, eastern scotland, for example. that cloud should bubble up cloud should lift and bubble up into cumulus and strata. cumulus

cloud fair weather cloud essentially and the odd shower is still possible. wales the midlands, parts of scotland. but for the vast majority it's dry, it's warm 24 to 26. in the south, 20 to 22. in the north. a different story on friday. we start off with a lot more cloud and we start off with the potential for some thundery showers crossing the country from southwest. that will from the southwest. that will impact temperatures. it won't feel quite as warm, but it will still feel humid . and then still feel humid. and then a thundery breakdown later on friday some heavy rain in friday with some heavy rain in places , a brighter outlook with places, a brighter outlook with boxt solar >> proud sponsors of weather on . gb news. >> well, now it's very , very >> well, now it's very, very significant day in the channel of migrant crisis for a variety of migrant crisis for a variety of different reasons. firstly, gb news can reveal that 500 people have crossed the channel in at least eight small boats

today. i'm going to stop calling them small boats because they're not anymore, are they? them small boats because they're not are. anymore, are they? them small boats because they're not are. iinymore, are they? them small boats because they're not are. i think, �*e, are they? them small boats because they're not are. i think, at are they? them small boats because they're not are. i think, at best�*iey? they are. i think, at best medium sized, reinforced boats with around people on them. with around 70 people on them. it takes the number who have arrived this year past 17,000 and uk border force and maritime authorities were on red alert from this morning after multiple small boats were spotted in the channel. there are a few other stories knocking about when it comes migrant crisis as comes to the migrant crisis as well. raf weather's field where well. raf weather's field where we were supposed be housing we were supposed to be housing 1700 young migrant men . well, 1700 young migrant men. well, it's a few of those that it's emerged a few of those that we did manage to get there have actually sent to live actually just been sent to live with of relatives. with some of their relatives. and some the others have and also some of the others have been they can only been told that they can only stay hotels only stay in hotels now, can only stay in hotels now, can only stay in hotels because they are claiming to be victims of human trafficking and people smuggling , means, as far as can , which means, as far as i can gather, anyone who claims to be a human trafficking gather, anyone who claims to be a people human trafficking gather, anyone who claims to be a people smugglingficking gather, anyone who claims to be a people smuggling will1g be and people smuggling will not be able essentially in and people smuggling will not be aimilitary essentially in and people smuggling will not be aimilitary base essentially in and people smuggling will not be aimilitary base or essentially in and people smuggling will not be aimilitary base or on sentially in and people smuggling will not be aimilitary base or on antially in and people smuggling will not be aimilitary base or on a barge, in a military base or on a barge, which does make you think, why didn't this before we didn't we know this before we did? military the did? the military bases and the barge ? but you know what? this

barge? but you know what? this is for the course now, is just par for the course now, isn't dover and isn't it? let's go to dover and speak our homeland security speak to our homeland security ednon speak to our homeland security editor, thank editor, mark white. mark, thank you very much. so red alert on you very much. so a red alert on a hot day where are . a red hot day where you are. >> yeah, i mean, we had a sarge this morning as expected. what, often happens is the people smugglers take advantage of the prevailing tides and push out early in the morning. and that's what we had. we had multiple border force vessels that were out. effectively. it's a red nofice out. effectively. it's a red notice day , red alert, if you notice day, red alert, if you like , for their staff. and that like, for their staff. and that meant that they got more assets in there were four of these border force cut marines who were out in the channel throughout the morning . but of throughout the morning. but of course, as they got multiple sightings and at one point there was about a dozen reported sightings of small boats in the channel. they had to call on the assistance of the rnli. so we

saw dover lifeboat out . we saw saw dover lifeboat out. we saw also the dungeness lifeboat out and the ramsgate lifeboat in fact, that dungeness lifeboat took a roundabout 60 people, we understand between 50 and 60 people, two dungeness westerly point in kent, they normally don't go to that beach anymore because of protests by some locals and other groups that have gone down to that beach. so instead , most of those who are instead, most of those who are taken off the small boats are taken off the small boats are taken to the border force processing centre here in dover. we make it just under about 500 today. so far who've crossed. however authorities are braced for the potential of another surge this evening. again, the pattern is that boats will come out in the morning and then perhaps in the evening more boats will be pushed out and

into the channel because we've got effectively about a good day of good weather. then we're getting into some thunderstorms and then after that, it'll be again improving sort of later in the weekend. >> mark, thank you very , very >> mark, thank you very, very much. mark white. there are homeland security editor. i've been lot , haven't been telling you a lot, haven't l, been telling you a lot, haven't i, about what's been going on. raf and that raf wethersfield, and what that means going forward means for people going forward in fact that it in terms of the fact that it looks as though, far as i can looks as though, as far as i can tell , looks looks as though, as far as i can tell, looks though we now tell, it looks as though we now will not able to house will not be able to house anybody who has had any communication with lawyer and communication with a lawyer and decides want to even decides that they want to even make the idea that they've make up the idea that they've been smuggled over been illegally smuggled over here. we will not be able to put them in military bases or on barges. they'll all be in barges. so they'll all be in hotels. isn't it hotels. remarkable, isn't it really? would really? someone would have thought thought really? someone would have thougithat thought really? someone would have thougithat or thought really? someone would have thougithat or realised thought about that or realised that before decided to go to the before we decided to go to the expense and the court case, etcetera, make those . but etcetera, to make those. but talking of those smuggling gangs , is a story that you might , this is a story that you might have because on the other have missed because on the other side channel, side of the channel, well, they've been run by they've generally been run by they've generally been run by the but it's emerged

the kurds, but now it's emerged that the afghans starting to that the afghans are starting to rival the kurds in arranging the small boat crossing. so we now have an afghan versus kurd turf war taking place on the other side of the channel. let's speak to border control expert, former ukip leader , regular here on gb ukip leader, regular here on gb news henry bolton . henry, thank news henry bolton. henry, thank you very, very much . so there's you very, very much. so there's currently an afghan versus kurdish turk, a turf war. the turks get involved that would be a turk war as well. wasn't a turf war on the other side of the channel >> and indeed , look, patrick, >> and indeed, look, patrick, you've got the you've got everybody here who's involved actually in the in the narcotics industry as well. >> you know , we talk about >> you know, we talk about immigration and we talk about people smuggling. we talk about human trafficking. >> but something else that comes across our borders and certainly doesn't come from from here in the uk is heroin. >> the opiates and cocaine . >> the opiates and cocaine. they're imported . they're imported. >> and quite often the opiate are imported by kurdish and

turkish gangs. and by afghans. it's an that most of it. >> most in most of the opiates in the world come from afghanistan. >> it's natural that the afghans would be involved. >> you know, the idea that they are not going to be involved in organised crime because as they come from a war torn area controlled by the taliban is an absolute fantasy . absolute fantasy. >> so there's nothing surprising about this. >> the afghans have been involved in the in organised crime for a long time. >> no, indeed. and as well, this is obviously a situation that we will be worried could spill out onto the streets of britain. well indeed, patrick, on that mean these are groups that have got a history, a persistent, consistent history of using extreme violence to achieve their ends and to deal with with competition. >> yes, they'll build alliances amongst themselves and indeed, that the albanians of made certain alliances , criminal

certain alliances, criminal alliances with some of the turkish gangs and some of the kurdish gangs. but but when it comes to it, if there is rivalry, then you can expect weaponry to be used. these are people that have easy access to firearms and you can expect extreme violence to be used. >> so , you know, we've got >> so, you know, we've got criminality. you've got narcotics, you've got firearms arms, and you've got people smuggling. it's not a safe mix . smuggling. it's not a safe mix. >> patrick yeah, i'm sorry, but thatis >> patrick yeah, i'm sorry, but that is that is that is henry but henry, let me just cut in there. let me just cut in there . let me just cut in there because that is right. that is third world problems just over there. just it just over there. yeah. and that's coming here. >> it's projecting itself, you know, these very problems. >> i mean have long said one of the issues that needs to be addressed in terms of legal immigration is the fact that we are bringing we're sort of

giving visas and allowing people to stay in the uk who we're not we're not sort of educating them at all, but they are coming from populations that themselves are effectively at war with each other in other countries or other in other countries or other regions of the world. yeah so we have pakistanis and indians , you know, for example , indians, you know, for example, you know, not making any judgement whatsoever about that conflict out there. but you, you've got a fundamental problem when you bring those communities to the uk. >> of course , to an extent it's >> of course, to an extent it's going to spill out over here. >> and what measures are we taking to prevent none, or taking to prevent that? none, or virtually none . so, you know, we virtually none. so, you know, we have goti virtually none. so, you know, we have got i mean, the national crime agency are entirely correct when say that the correct when they say that the immigration is a national security threat. they're not talking just about people . talking just about people. they're talking about the implications of all of that . implications of all of that. >> and the other is to listen and the other aspect to this now is that that other story, this ties in directly raf

wethersfield , at least wethersfield, at least a relatively a relatively secure base there, relatively secure base there, relatively secure base where now if any of those people come over and say that they have been the victim of human trafficking or people smuggling gangs or modern slavery, we're now not allowed to house them in there. >> so we have to put them in hotels. so is not beyond the hotels. so it is not beyond the realms possibility. fact, realms of possibility. in fact, i argue extremely i would argue it's extremely likely up with likely that you end up with people are part of militia people who are part of militia gangsin people who are part of militia gangs in calais, of afghani or kurdish descent or turkish descent or whatever, who are coming here with the express intention of spilling out onto the streets of britain, who get the streets of britain, who get the advice of a lawyer. and we open the doors for them and say, there go, spend one night in there you go, spend one night in this hotel room and then just disappear here off into the streets britain . streets of britain. >> one of the reasons for having a visa system, patrick, is to enable us to an extent that the people that we allow to come into this country. what we've got are tens of thousands got here are tens of thousands of coming into the of people coming into the country without any documentation whatsoever and being to roam the

being allowed to roam the country without any country free, without any supervision , effectively or supervision, effectively or without vetting , many of without any vetting, many of them. you know, but there them. so, you know, but there are a whole number of serious concerns here. come that concerns here. how come that government ministers, the government ministers, the government that we elect, are elected representatives, cannot not affect policy , that they are not affect policy, that they are undermined at every step by lawyers ? um, you know, what is lawyers? um, you know, what is going wrong here? all right. lawyers? um, you know, what is going wrong here? all right . we going wrong here? all right. we expect a government minister to be able to implement policy responses. >> why is that not happening ? >> why is that not happening? >> why is that not happening? >> well, it's not. it's not happening. >> but utter bonkers. >> but utter bonkers. >> it is. it is. >>- >> it is. it is. >> we're going to have a problem with planning, also a problem with planning, also a problem with planning, also a problem with planning . with planning. >> as rightly said in >> as you quite rightly said in your patrick, you your introduction, patrick, you know, been nice to know, it would have been nice to know, it would have been nice to know that these people couldn't go we sent them . go there before we sent them. >> well, you know , well, it's in >> well, you know, well, it's in the home offices . the home offices. >> yes. all right. it's in the home office in the home. it's in the home office's own guidance as it? which a as well, isn't it? which is a bit a bit issue. yeah. bit of a bit of an issue. yeah. henry, thank very, very

henry, thank you very, very much. i wish i could have spoken to longer instead much. i wish i could have spoken to you longer instead much. i wish i could have spoken to you know, longer instead much. i wish i could have spoken to you know, having er instead much. i wish i could have spoken to you know, having toinstead much. i wish i could have spoken to you know, having to movej much. i wish i could have spoken to you know, having to move on. of, you know, having to move on. but there we go. henry bolton there, who the former head of there, who is the former head of ukip border ukip and of course, a border control next, control expert. up next, hollywood actor bradley cooper control expert. up next, hollcaused actor bradley cooper control expert. up next, hollcaused controversyy cooper has caused controversy for wearing nose to wearing a prosthetic nose to play wearing a prosthetic nose to play a jewish character in a new film . we will be discussing all film. we will be discussing all of that when i come back. patrick christys on gb news, britain's news .

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news. >> all right. okay. i've got loads on in the next hour, including yes, the latest on the red alert in the channel. i will also of course, to also be talking, of course, to one and only andrew doyle who will join us about this controversy around a comedian who just that women are who just thinks that women are women have been cancelled from the edinburgh fringe festival. graham , who had lot at graham linehan, who had a lot at the the hour. but now to the top of the hour. but now to another controversy, this time over hollywood film over a new hollywood film featuring legendary actor bradley wears bradley cooper. cooper wears a prosthetic his portrayal prosthetic nose in his portrayal of the famous conductor , leonard of the famous conductor, leonard bernstein, who was jewish. now there's been criticism for the decision to cast a non—jewish actor in a jewish role , as well actor in a jewish role, as well as, of course, the prosthetics that were used. i'm joined now by the editor of the jewish chronicle. it'sjake by the editor of the jewish chronicle. it's jake wallace. simons jay, thank you very much. great to have you on the show. what do you make of all of this? i mean, you think this i mean, do you think this criticism this criticism is valid, this argument it's hard. not

argument is it's hard. not normally. be said over normally. it must be said over the community. what the jewish community. what do you to be honest, it does you think to be honest, it does make me feel a little bit icky . make me feel a little bit icky. >> and i say that not as somebody who normally complains easily about this sort of thing i >>i -- >> i think really it's because i mean, look, nobody's suggesting that bradley cooper is anti—semitic, and there's no suggestion that the film itself is anti—semitic in any way. it's not so far as i as i understand . it's really a case that people didn't think there was anything wrong with putting on a big fake nose. wrong with putting on a big fake nose . when you're portraying nose. when you're portraying a jewish character . you know, jewish character. you know, bradley cooper has played the role of the elephant man in the past without any prosthetics at all. yet thought that it was all. and yet thought that it was the right thing to do to put a fake nose on, to play a jew . you fake nose on, to play a jew. you know, leonard bernstein didn't have a particularly big nose. maybe you know, slightly larger on the large side, but it wasn't his main define feature and it wasn't what made him who was wasn't what made him who he was at all. it just seems a bit

weird that you would do that. and feels me again, not and it feels to me again, not that was an anti—semitic that there was an anti—semitic motivation somehow, motivation, but that somehow, you , there's this sort of you know, there's this sort of underlying culture sense that if you're wanting to portray, portray jew, nose is where portray a jew, the nose is where you go first. >> i mean , look, i obviously >> i mean, look, i obviously don't necessarily disagree with anything you've said there. don't necessarily disagree with anyt thing you've said there. don't necessarily disagree with anytthing i you've said there. don't necessarily disagree with anytthing i would ve said there. don't necessarily disagree with anytthing i would politely here. one thing i would politely suggest i mean, suggest is that i mean, hollywood you know, not not hollywood is you know, not not short of members of the jewish faith, as it were, as well. right. so do you not think that. you be surprised you know, i would be surprised if they deliberately if maybe they deliberately done other ? other things right? >> look, i don't get me wrong. i'm saying that it wasn't deliberate. yeah, it's much more subtle than that. you know, anti—semitism has been in our culture for thousands of years. you know, in fact, there's some research some research showed that the areas of germany at which were the which jews were burned at the stake in 14th century stake in the 14th century because were blamed the because they were blamed for the black more to black death, were more likely to vote in the 3600 years vote for the in the 3600 years later. you know, this stuff is because it's so deeply embedded in the christian of our in the christian roots of our culture here. and there are certain assumptions that have

been for such long time been around for such a long time that come forward that they easily come forward into without us into our minds without us realising meaning realising it, without us meaning to be anti—semitic and without people to be any people meaning to be in any way prejudiced. think that's prejudiced. and i think that's probably happened here. prejudiced. and i think that's proinoty happened here. prejudiced. and i think that's proinot the happened here. prejudiced. and i think that's proinot the bradleyened here. prejudiced. and i think that's proinot the bradley cooperere. prejudiced. and i think that's proinot the bradley cooper is. it's not the bradley cooper is anti—semitic . it's it's not the bradley cooper is anti—semitic. it's simply that the came to mind first. the trope came to mind first. >> yeah, it is. it is interesting because as you as you've said there as the you've said there as well, the individual that playing and individual that he's playing and i don't think had a you know, a noticeably feature noticeably defining feature being in the nasal area, to be honest. interesting. honest. yeah, it is interesting. thank very much . could thank you very much. i could have to for longer on have spoke to you for longer on this, pressed this, but unfortunately, pressed for wallace for time, it's jake wallace time is the of is there. who's the editor of the jewish chronicle now? the jewish chronicle right now? when back , almost 500 when we come back, almost 500 migrants the channel on migrants across the channel on eight boats today alone. eight small boats today alone. that it a red alert day, that makes it a red alert day, apparently. but also be apparently. but i'll also be telling why looks telling you exactly why it looks as can longer house as though we can no longer house anybody comes on small boats anybody who comes on small boats in or indeed in any military bases or indeed on patrick christie on on a barge. patrick christie on gb news, britain's news channel. the temperatures rising , boxt the temperatures rising, boxt solar proud sponsors of weather on . gb news.

on. gb news. >> hi there. a lot of fine weather around this afternoon. hot shower, yes, but most places dry, warm , sunny spells as well. dry, warm, sunny spells as well. it's not something we've been able to talk about much during recent weeks, but nevertheless , recent weeks, but nevertheless, high pressure. another thing we've not mentioned much during the last six weeks or so that is in charge. light winds and plenty of fair weather cloud as we end the day. a few showers for northern scotland, for example, odd shower elsewhere couldn't be ruled out. but most of these die away overnight. and then clear spells few then clear spells with a few mist patches forming some low cloud into eastern cloud creeping into eastern areas. otherwise clear spells and a relatively warm nights. temperatures staying in the teens in the vast majority of places , although in the places, although in the countryside perhaps dipping into the so fine the single figures. so fine starts most places dry thursday morning again , areas of cloud morning again, areas of cloud around some low cloud , first around some low cloud, first thing through the midlands, eastern england, eastern scotland, for example. that cloud should lift and bubble up into cumulus and stratus ,

into cumulus and stratus, cumulus cloud, fair weather cloud essentially. and the odd shower is still possible. wales the midlands parts of scotland. but for the vast majority it's dry, it's warm 24 to 26 in the south, 20 to 22 in the north. a different story on friday. we start off with a lot more cloud and we start off with the potential for some thundery showers crossing the country from the southwest. that will impact . it won't impact temperatures. it won't feel quite as warm, but it will still humid. a still feel humid. and then a thundery breakdown later on friday with some heavy rain in places . places. >> the temperatures rising, boxt solar the proud sponsors

gb news, it's 5 pm. it's patrick christys. >> it's gb news. and yes, more migrant madness is a red alert day in the channel and we will be going shortly to this map . be going shortly to this map. >> border force had feared that today would be an extremely busy day with an improvement in the weather conditions. and sure enough , throughout the day, the enough, throughout the day, the small boats have kept coming up to 500 people have crossed. so far. and this evening more are expected . expected. >> but we can't house them any more in these disused military bases or on barges. why? well, because we're going to be putting them up with their own relatives just that relatives and just hoping that they hang around long enough for us to keep them. the us to keep tabs on them. the other that supposedly other reason is that supposedly now office's own now the home office's own guidance says that anyone who

claims to be the victim of human trafficking or people smuggling cannot in a military cannot be housed in a military base barge. it's an base or a barge. it's an absolute joke, silly. what isn't absolute joke, silly. what isn't a joke, though ? this. yes, a joke, though? this. yes, that's greg lenihan, the that's right, greg lenihan, the creator of father ted , the it creator of father ted, the it crowd, everything else. well he's been cancelled from the edinburgh fringe festival because thinks that women are because he thinks that women are women and men with tackles should not be in the same changing as like, oh, changing room as like, oh, i don't know, maybe his young daughter, but we are going be daughter, but we are going to be joined by andrew doyle, a friend of church of this parish, of this church of this parish, who's going be joining us to who's going to be joining us to discuss very latest when it discuss the very latest when it comes the woke in comedy and comes to the woke in comedy and time for a bit of music. why. not yes, that's right . the lionesses yes, that's right. the lionesses are through to the world cup final. can you imagine if the man had done this? we'd all be topless and dancing in trafalgar square . now what do we. but i'm

square. now what do we. but i'm going be joined by one of the going to be joined by one of the world's sports world's foremost sports journalists . that's right, journalists. that's right, harry harris. we'll be talking about the lionesses success very shortly. stay tuned. patrick christys . gb news. get those christys. gb news. get those emails coming in thick and fast. gb views. gbnews.com. rather a lot to go out. i'm going to whizz you over to polly and we'll get stuck in when i'm back i >> patrick thank you. good evening to you. will. the top story from the newsroom this evening , economists are saying evening, economists are saying the uk still faces a very real risk of falling into recession despite today's drop in inflation. the prime minister is saying today's inflation figures, which don't include housing costs like mortgage payments, prove that the government's plan is working . government's plan is working. but the ipp think tank warns that rising interest rates could cause the economy to contract

out. latest figures from the office for national statistics found consumer price index inflation or cpi, dropped to 6.8% in the year to july. the deputy labour leader angela rayner says the government still needs to do more . needs to do more. >> inflation has been at record levels and people are paying significantly for their daily living costs. and whilst the inflation rate might have slowed down, it still means that the cost of living is going up but at a slower rate , and that at a at a slower rate, and that at a time when people are paying record amounts for their mortgage, their rent, their food, energy prices, that food, their energy prices, that is comfort to people of is no comfort to the people of this country . this country. >> house prices have continued to slow across the uk in the 12 months to june . figures from the months to june. figures from the show house price growth of 1% compared to 1.8% in the year to may. house prices are growing fastest, believe it or not, in the northeast of england. that is currently standing at 4.7% in the year to june . london house

the year to june. london house pnces the year to june. london house prices have actually fallen by 0.6. now gb news can reveal the number of migrants crossing the engush number of migrants crossing the english channel on small boats. this year has now passed 17,000 people, almost 500 people on board. several small boats have already been taken to dover harbour today after arriving in the early hours of this morning. the uk border force has spent the day on red alert during what's been what they're calling an extremely busy day of migrant activity . junior doctors in activity. junior doctors in scotland have voted to accept a pay scotland have voted to accept a pay offer from the scottish government. that means they'll receive a pay rise of 12.4% and it'll be back dated as well to april. scotland's health secretary michael matheson says he's very pleased with the result . two former government result. two former government law officers have called for a pubuc law officers have called for a public inquiry into the case of a man who spent 17 years in prison for a rape he didn't commit. 57 year old andrew makinson , who's featured here on

makinson, who's featured here on gb news, was found guilty of raping a woman in manchester in 2003. the following year, he was jailed for life with a minimum term to serve of seven years. but his conviction was overturned after fresh dna evidence linked the crime to another suspect . nigel farage is another suspect. nigel farage is urging the transport secretary to block the expansion of the ultra low emission zone or ulez , on the outskirts of london. mr farage says mark harper could use section 143 of the greater london authority act to block the expansion of london's ulez will be extended to the whole of london on august 29th, turning our attentions overseas now and while fires continue to blaze across the mediterranean in both france and in the canary islands . if you're watching on television , take a look at these television, take a look at these pictures. this was the situation last night on the side of a mountain in tenerife . we can see mountain in tenerife. we can see burnt out forest lands right

next to a main road. nearby villages had to be evacuated by this morning. the fire had already devastated around 320 acres of land near spain's volcano , its highest peak . joe volcano, its highest peak. joe biden will travel to hawaii on monday to see the damage from the deadly wildfires that have killed over 100 people there. the us president is going to be joined by the first lady as they visit the resort town of lahaina , which had been devastated by the fires on the island of maui . the russian space agency says their lunar lander has entered their lunar lander has entered the moon's orbit. it's a major step towards russia's aim of being the first country to execute a soft landing on the south pole of the moon and to search for frozen water. luna, 25, will circle the moon for around five days, then change course for the soft landing , course for the soft landing, which is planned for the 21st of

august. now, anyone who's interested in bidding for the collapsed retailer, wilko has until the end of today to put in their offer. the high street chain fell into administration last week, 12,500 jobs at risk in 400 stores. well, today is the deadline set by administrators for the first round of offers . and you may round of offers. and you may have heard england are through to the first ever women's world cup final after beating hosts australia 3—1 in sydney today . australia 3—1 in sydney today. ella toone put the lionesses in front of the first half before australia equalised through sam kerr in the second. but goals from lauren hemp and alessia russo sealed the win for england to book their place in sunday's final against spain . despite the final against spain. despite the result, both sets of fans were proud of their team's performance . performance. >> and i got no nails. >> and i got no nails. >> my teeth were all broken. that was tense. the whole way through. australia played amazingly. they did, but unfortunate england are bringing it home. hemp was amazing. >> the whole team played amazing

and aussies put up a good and the aussies put up a good fight as well . fight as well. >> coming . >> coming. >> coming. >> they went further than any other australian team and it was an amazing opportunity for women's sport all around the world. >> pretty special. getting to watch the home team in your own country at your own doorstep . country at your own doorstep. what can you say? you know, they did. did proud. did. they did us proud. >> this is gb news across the uk on your tv , in your car, on your on your tv, in your car, on your digital radio, and now on your smart speaker by saying play gb news. this is britain's news. channel >> one of the greatest comedic minds of his generation has been cancelled from the edinburgh fringe because he doesn't want a naked man to next his daughter in the swimming pool, changing rooms. graham linehan created father ted. the it crowd black books. he's written jokes for brassy the fast show. but the biggest joke of all is that the

show he was a part of comedy unleashed has now been cancelled in the name of inclusivity. linehan is very strong when it comes to gender ideology. if he had a pound for every gender that he thought existed , he'd that he thought existed, he'd well, he'd have £2 because there are men and women and that's that. are men and women and that's that . anyway, he was due to that. anyway, he was due to perform at leith arches at the fringe. some weird trans activists complained and the venue pulled the sold out show and released this statement . and released this statement. they are clearly not hysterical about this at all, by the way, because they say we would like to thank the public for bringing to thank the public for bringing to our attention about a comedian who had been booked for an show . and an upcoming comedy show. and then this is in capitals. we were not made aware of this. we do not support the comedian . do not support the comedian. they will not be allowed to perform . they have been perform. they have been cancelled. yeah, know . it is cancelled. yeah, i know. it is proper hysterical stuff , but of proper hysterical stuff, but of course, they're not inclusive , course, they're not inclusive, are they? quite clearly the so—called comedy industry demonstrates the most visible sign of moral and cultural decay

within society. we all know that shows like fawlty towers , little shows like fawlty towers, little britain , things like life of britain, things like life of brian, the producers just couldn't and wouldn't be made today. but actually at the edinburgh fringe this year, they have a show called blowhole , have a show called blowhole, which discusses taking the perfect bum hole selfie in the work toilets, a show called fat and crippled, where alex gibbon drives their mobility scooter in between the intersections of disability and queer culture, using their experience as a non verbal queer person to educate and captivate a shark ain't my penis a history of boys like me. it's a one person musical, obviously, about the history of trans men and transition. one more asexuality . what does it more asexuality. what does it mean to be a man in the 21st century? how does toxic masculinity affect those of us assigned male at birth ? great

assigned male at birth? great mainstream comedy is just as bad channel 4 had a bloke with breasts on who got his penis out and played the piano with it. it is just all absolutely digital generous stuff, isn't it ? and generous stuff, isn't it? and all these comedians celebrating , other comedians being cancelled , do they not cancelled, do they not understand that it will be them next? they will say something by mistake or the rules will change and they will suddenly be the bad guys or women or they the bad guys or women or they the bad they the bad them about them. fact is that graham them. the fact is that graham linehan thinks women are women and he wants protect spaces and he wants to protect spaces for women and young girls. and that's what gets you cancelled. that's what it takes to cancel a man who wrote father ted at least his route back to comedy will be very easy. he knows what to do all they'll have to do is go on channel 4, right? say gcse level poem, get a boob job and hammer a keyboard with his penis

. yes. more on that very shortly. vaiews@gbnews.com get your emails coming in andrew doyle. one of the men behind comedy on leat will be on and he has got a revelation as well. i think good news about getting this on the but this show back on the road but i'll be about that very i'll be talking about that very shortly. to our top shortly. but now to our top story, a significant day in the channel migrant crisis. is channel migrant crisis. when is it not number asylum it not the number of asylum seekers who have crossed on small has gone small boats this year has gone past 70,000. yeah. okay there should be a brass band for them, shouldn't the hundreds more people arrived in dover people have arrived in dover today? uk border force and maritime authorities were on red alert this morning after multiple boats spotted in multiple boats were spotted in the channel. so there's also going to be a topic i'm covering later on about the fact that apparently these people coming across the channel can now no longer really be housed at military bases or on barges. so good news for everybody who lives near a military base or indeed a barge. but before we talk about that, we're going to

go speak to our go to dover and speak to our homeland security editor, mark white. mark, thank you very, homeland security editor, mark whitmuch.(, thank you very, homeland security editor, mark whitmuch. athank you very, homeland security editor, mark whitmuch. a couple ou very, homeland security editor, mark whitmuch. a couple of very, homeland security editor, mark whitmuch. a couple of points very much. a couple of points i want go out with you. just want to go out with you. just reinforce of numbers reinforce the kind of numbers that today. also reinforce the kind of numbers titurf today. also reinforce the kind of numbers titurf war today. also reinforce the kind of numbers titurf war taking oday. also reinforce the kind of numbers titurf war taking place also reinforce the kind of numbers titurf war taking place nowrlso reinforce the kind of numbers titurf war taking place now on a turf war taking place now on the other side of the channel between afghans , kurds, maybe between afghans, kurds, maybe some turkish people as well. so summarise for us, please . summarise for us, please. >> yeah, well, in terms of today and those numbers coming across, it was expected by the maritime authorities and by border force to be a very busy day indeed. it did turn out to be just like the very first of these boats coming across and being brought. here to dover. three £0.30 this morning. the last of the boats was the dungeness lifeboat that came in to the beach at dundee and dungeness. we do have some images from dungeness that we can show you off those who were

taken off that boat. we think between 50 and 60 people who were brought ashore on the beach. that normally doesn't happen. beach. that normally doesn't happen . actually, they are happen. actually, they are normally taken to dover harbour with the vast majority of others who cross in the boats. but eight boats in total , patrick, eight boats in total, patrick, have been pushed out by the criminal gangs to cross the engush criminal gangs to cross the english channel. so far today. and the french patrol boats, we are told, are now out on the other side of the channel expecting more to be pushed off from the beaches. but of course , we know it is the policy of the french navy and their border force vessels not to intervene once these boats get into the water. they hang back. this say, is for health and safety reasons. they don't want to do anything that could cause boats to tip over, people to be harmed in the water. but of course, we know they're coming out into the water anyway , patrick. and water anyway, patrick. and

because so many people are being stuffed on these boats , they're stuffed on these boats, they're getting into difficulties very frequently. seven separate incidents of migrants in the water last week, including that tragedy on saturday, patrick, in which six people died. now, you wanted to talk about the turf wars , and that's an interesting wars, and that's an interesting one. it has really intensified in recent weeks, particularly between these kurdish gangs who have controlled the people smuggling operation over on the french side of the channel for years and other groups who are trying to assert their dominance, particularly afghan groups . we were told actually by groups. we were told actually by security sources about a year ago that although albanians were the biggest number of migrants who come across last year, that actually the albanian crime gangs worked in cahoots with the

kurdish crime gangs to get them across, they didn't try to take over effective actively. they cooperated. the afghans , it cooperated. the afghans, it seems to be different. and in fact , patrick, interestingly, fact, patrick, interestingly, i've been speaking to three gentlemen who just behind the camera, they're all iraqi kurds who have come here in recent years. two of them came here eight years ago in the backs of lorries. one of them came over two years ago on a boat, 6 to 8 people on that boat at that time. now, they don't want to appear on camera. i have tried to persuade them, but they give me some useful information about this situation over there. and yes, it is of course, dominated by the kurdish gang masters , and by the kurdish gang masters, and they are very territorial in the jealously guarding their particular patch . now, as far as particular patch. now, as far as weapons are concerned , they have weapons are concerned, they have been told that, yes , in recent been told that, yes, in recent months and years they've

actually started , some of them actually started, some of them carrying guns. i have been over there multiple times when i was there. i have to say, guns were not a particular problem. knifes were. i've been threatened twice on trips over there filming , on trips over there filming, being threatened at knifepoint point by these criminal gang masters. really just because he didn't want to be filmed rather than anything more sinister than that. but i never saw any guns. but they do tell me that there are increasing reports now and they are hearing from people on they are hearing from people on the other side of the channel of these kurdish crime groups, groups. now arming themselves because of the turf wars that are breaking out with afghan rivals . rivals. >> mark, thank you very much. in a way, apart from the predictable but devastating news that now the gangs on the other side of the channel are armed with guns and engaging in a turf war. mark white there are homeland security editor, but

two hundreds of migrants , of two hundreds of migrants, of course, crossing today . but one course, crossing today. but one third of the asylum seekers that we managed to actually move into the raf base at wethersfield have already left . bear in mind have already left. bear in mind this site was due to house 1700 men. we managed to get 46 people in there . 16 of them have have in there. 16 of them have have left. they are claiming to be the potential victims of modern slavery. the key word there is potential. they aren't happy with the conditions. and a couple of interesting things have happened. firstly apparently we've sent some of them and live with their them to go and live with their relatives whilst they're here, which is a fascinating development, isn't it ? the other development, isn't it? the other thing is that apparently the home office's guidance says home office's own guidance says that if you are a victim or claiming to be a victim of human trafficking , smuggling or indeed trafficking, smuggling or indeed trauma or torture , then you trauma or torture, then you cannot be housed a military base or on a barge. so all of the people that we were looking to house in military bases and barges will not be able to live

there. but there we go. i'm joined a wethersfield joined now by a wethersfield resident. nick godley is the chair of the council, no resident. nick godley is the chai|as: the council, no resident. nick godley is the chai|as: the nick, council, no resident. nick godley is the chai|as: the nick, councyouo less as well. nick, thank you very , very much. in a way, this very, very much. in a way, this is probably good news for you. is because don't really see is it because i don't really see how going housed how anyone's going to be housed at now ? at wethersfield now? >> well , i spent at wethersfield now? >> well, i spent this morning with the district commander of the essex police and the constable who's based out the air base and at our community service liaison and i can shed some light on this. >> and in fact, there are rather more than 46 are asylum seekers on the base now. they've moved in some in 102 hundred and a number of them have left. but the article i think you're referring to contains some misinformation because apparently when they arrive at the base anyway , who has a the base anyway, who has a relation they can stay with is freely entitled to leave again. >> so a number of the people come to the base, do leave

almost immediately. come to the base, do leave almost immediately . and this is almost immediately. and this is part of the system . it's not part of the system. it's not that they run away or abscond or anything. >> no, no, no, no. i know i wasn't. i said no, it wasn't saying that they abscond. no, i wasn't. it wasn't saying that they abscond anything like they abscond or anything like that. point. that. but that's the point. which is that if you turn up at this come and you this base, then you come and you say, got relatives here. say, i've got relatives here. despite the fact that really you're to be fleeing you're supposed to be fleeing a war, or persecution war, aren't you? or persecution or and i or something like that. and i would argue that you've would argue that if you've rocked said immediately, rocked up and said immediately, oh, by the way, you know, my relatives wherever, maybe relatives living wherever, maybe that real reason why that is the real reason why you've come you've decided to come to britain. call a cynic. britain. but call me a cynic. but you saying that they but you are saying that they arrive this base they arrive at this base and they are basically just go and basically allowed to just go and live with their relatives. >> was told by the police >> what i was told by the police was that when they arrive at manston , they basically divided manston, they basically divided into three groups. >> there's one group who are considered highly undesirable, are somewhere other for removal . there's one group who are considered vulnerable or in need of special treatment, who are

taken somewhere else to special accommodation, and the remaining group, which is the bulk of them , will go to somewhere like wethersfield . wethersfield. >> when they get to wethersfield , if they have available or terms of accommodation , they are terms of accommodation, they are entitled to go there. now i can't comment on why they've come here. all i can tell you is that if they have a relation this country or somewhere unsafe to go , they may go there. to go, they may go there. >> they have to register with the authorities there and they have to report in periodically. once a week or whatever. and thatis once a week or whatever. and that is the rules that they are operating under. >> yeah, i mean , it is it is it >> yeah, i mean, it is it is it is quite devastating, though, i think, for people because the other flip side to this, the other flip side to this, the other flip side to this, the other flip sides of this one is that if you are now claiming to be victim of modern slavery, be the victim of modern slavery, human trafficking, trauma or torture , which vast torture, which is the vast majority of people coming across the channel because those are key reasons asylum and being key reasons for asylum and being allowed stay in britain. if allowed to stay in britain. if you those things ,

you are claiming those things, apparently that means that under the home office guidance you are not really allowed to stay at military bases or on a barge . military bases or on a barge. and that does beg the question nick doesn't say why on earth did home office put you and did the home office put you and the local residents through all of this? were they just hoping that that loophole wouldn't ever be , is stupid if be exposed, which is stupid if that's what they thought? look i have got absolute no time for the home office and the way they're dealing with this. >> what's over? and i'm not to going start excusing them or apologising for them. all i've done to explain to you what done is to explain to you what the is, whether it's the system is, whether it's right wrong . it's not for me right or wrong. it's not for me to decide . i don't know whether to decide. i don't know whether it's true about victims of modern slavery not being allowed to stay there. that wasn't discussed this morning. >> um , i don't think that >> um, i don't think that wethersfield is a central place to house all these people for any number of reasons to do with their well—being as well as the

communities . communities. >> but all i can say is following my discussion with the police this morning, at the moment it's not causing huge problems to the community and it appears to be satisfactory run. how long that will last, what it will be like when there's a lot more people there. i can't say. okay. but at the moment we're doing our best to do all right. we have got finally , after many we have got finally, after many months, an invitation to the home office to visit the base and see it for ourselves, which we've been waiting a long time for. >> and we can only form our own conclusions. >> good luck with that, nick. thank you very, very much. nick godley, there is the chair of the parish council. i mean, absolutely confirming there, wasn't you turn wasn't he, that if you do turn up base, is up at that base, this is something that is kind of new information to people. if you turn that and you say turn up at that base and you say that got relatives in that you've got relatives in this will this country, they will from what to what he's saying, allow you to go and stay with those relatives. can see any relatives. can anyone see any potential that relatives. can anyone see any potentforward? that relatives. can anyone see any potentforward? i that relatives. can anyone see any potentforward? i certainly�*nat going forward? i certainly can't. is its can't. but inflation is at its lowest for months.

lowest level for 17 months. so it's really sunak turning the economy around. i will also be talking, , about the talking, of course, about the cancellation comedy. andrew cancellation of comedy. andrew doyle joins me live in the studio. very very shortly to discuss what's going the discuss what's going on at the edinburgh fringe. patrick christys gb news,

britain's news. channel >> well, in just a few moments time, i'll get more on the edinburgh is decision to cancel comedy legend graham linehan and

we'll get reaction to a day a great day for england's lionesses who are just 90 minutes away now from becoming world champions. but rishi sunak is definitely not winning any pnzes is definitely not winning any prizes for his handling of the not so small boats crisis. however things seem to be going better for him when it comes to the economy. the prime minister says the plan is working as inflation to 6.8. it's inflation falls to 6.8. it's certainly heading in the right direction for the government. but chancellor jeremy hunt says there's room for complacency. there's no room for complacency. look, is sunak winning on the economy ? joining me now is gb economy? joining me now is gb news, a senior political commentator, nigel nelson. nigel thank you very much. hey, look , thank you very much. hey, look, is he winning ? is he winning? >> the short answer is no . and >> the short answer is no. and we won't know whether things are going really in the right direction until the end of the yeah >> that obviously a drop of inflation is welcome and it does put rishi sunak in line for reaching his target of halving inflation from where it stood at

the end of last year. by the end of this year. so, yes , i mean, of this year. so, yes, i mean, there's a little bit of good news here, but the problems about this is when you start delving into the figures, you find food inflation is still really high. it's running an average of 15. and the problem that rishi sunak has got is that because wages will start to feed into the inflation figures in the last quarter of the year , the last quarter of the year, you would expect an uptick then i >> -- >> yes, indeed . i suppose it >> yes, indeed. i suppose it will be a question of whether or not people feel a bit richer. this time next year or this time in 18 months time. i suppose , in 18 months time. i suppose, won't it? but i did think it was staggering the revelation that the average pay has gone up by 9.6% in the public sector , which 9.6% in the public sector, which is way higher than the seven and a little bit% in the private sector , which is interesting sector, which is interesting because now i think people in the private sector are over propping up the bloated public sector, aren't they? maybe you

could clamp down on that. >> yeah . i mean, the could clamp down on that. >> yeah. i mean, the in could clamp down on that. >> yeah . i mean, the in the >> yeah. i mean, the in the private sector that pay has gone up because there's been a very tight labour market. so basically bosses have had to pay more in the public sector. i am quite i was quite interested by that figure because when it comes down to the pay settlements that the government has actually drawn up, you're actually with the public sector workers, you're talking about 5% for nurses, for instance , 6% for for nurses, for instance, 6% for other people . so it's still been other people. so it's still been below inflation. but certainly what is true is if you take the figures as a whole, we're now in a situation where wages are rising just slightly above pnces. prices. >> yeah, indeed. well, look , >> yeah, indeed. well, look, nigel, thank you very, very much for that short and sweet hit there, but it's always a pleasure to see your wonderful face on the telly. i've got loads more coming your way between least between now and 6:00. not least the fact the comedy legend graham was graham linehan, who was cancelled by edinburgh fringe cancelled by an edinburgh fringe venue, he's hit back. he venue, well, he's hit back. he hit back on this show a little

bit earlier on. andrew doyle, who was in charge of organising this be this comedy event. we'll be right sitting next me right here sitting next to me in just a but now, it's just a take. but right now, it's the latest headlines with polly middlehurst . middlehurst. >> top stories this hour, a comedy show featuring graham linehan that was cancelled at the edinburgh fringe has now found a new venue . ticket found a new venue. ticket holders will be informed of the location for tomorrow's show shortly before it's due to commence. well, speaking to gb news earlier, graham said he thought the days of comedians being silenced for their views were over . we re ove r. >> were over. >> they could have given me a chance to exit the gig and allow the other acts to perform . they the other acts to perform. they could have done it without a defaming me on their instagram post as a bigot, which is the first thing these people always do . so, you know , unfortunately do. so, you know, unfortunately we are. we are beginning legal proceedings . and the other

proceedings. and the other headune proceedings. and the other headline this hour, junior doctors in scotland have voted to accept the latest pay offer from the scottish government. >> it means they'll receive a pay >> it means they'll receive a pay rise of 12.4% back dated to april . those are the latest news april. those are the latest news stories . you can get more by stories. you can get more by heading to our website. news.com . direct bullying sponsors the finance report on gb news for gold and silver investment . gold and silver investment. >> got a quick snapshot of today's markets. >> the pound will buy you 1.27 for $2 and ,1.1694. the price of gold is £1,492.03 an ounce, and the ftse 100 is closed today at 7356 points. direct bullion sponsors the finance report on news investments that matter a

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briefly of a comedy legend, graham linehan, the man behind father ted. the it crowd, countless other great comedy shows was barred from appearing at edinburgh fringe. the at the edinburgh fringe. the venue question was leech venue in question was leech leech. after the altar call it that leith arches and they they acted after coming under pressure from trans activists. now earlier in the show, graham linehan explained why he intends to forcefully challenge the decision . it's also worth noting decision. it's also worth noting i should have probably been made more obvious. there the reasons behind it. he thinks that women are women and men are men and therefore that apparently in today's societal norms is a problem . here is him talking on problem. here is him talking on the show earlier today that they are a venue that usually puts on gay events, you know, and obviously i'm not . the lgbt+ obviously i'm not. the lgbt+ movement's favourite person so i understand the pressure there understand the pressure there under however they they could have given me a chance to exit the gig and allow the other acts to perform. >> they could have done it

without defaming me on their instagram post as a bigot, which is the first thing these people always do . so, you know , always do. so, you know, unfortunately, we are we are beginning legal proceedings. i mean , we at least once an mean, we at least once an apology and some sort of payment to a group like, you know, lgbt alliance or someone like that, someone who's fighting all this stuff. but we can't let them away with it. you know? >> yeah. no, they can't. he's lawyered up and he's going for it. very pleased to it. i am very pleased to say. i'm joined the co—founder i'm now joined by the co—founder of cancelled comedy of the cancelled comedy unleashed late show and gbs presenter andrew doyle. andrew, thank you much . and i mean, thank you very much. and i mean, this is insane . yes. right. this is insane. yes. right. yeah. just before we talk about how nuts this is, what's the latest then ? latest then? >> yeah, well, we found another venue. so as soon as we found out that i mean, we found out because they put an instagram post up saying that we're not going to have someone these views. >> what did they say? violate our space? >> that the first we

>> so that was the first we heard on instagram post. >> but we've found another venue for the show and it's going to go we're not releasing go ahead. we're not releasing the of venue because the address of the venue because i be bothered with all i can't be bothered with all these activists turning up and ruining it. >> we're going to email >> so we're going to email because show sold out because the show had sold out right? you had right? so, you know, you had this of authoritarians this handful of authoritarians at this venue deciding what everyone else can get. >> i don't mind if people don't like a show and don't want to turn right. turn up, right. >> just buy a ticket. >> they just don't buy a ticket. >> they just don't buy a ticket. >> they say, but >> but it's when they say, but we going decide on behalf we are going to decide on behalf of else whether they we are going to decide on behalf of to else whether they we are going to decide on behalf of to choose.se whether they get to choose. >> we're going to let people >> so we're going to let people come and see the show. >> we'll email them with the address should go. address and it should go. it will brilliant we've will be a brilliant night. we've got there were there's five comedians graham is got there were there's five com one ns graham is got there were there's five com one of graham is got there were there's five com one of the graham is got there were there's five com one of the five. graham is just one of the five. >> but it wasn't just >> yeah, but it wasn't just graham way. you know when >> yeah, but it wasn't just graivenue way. you know when >> yeah, but it wasn't just graivenue did way. you know when >> yeah, but it wasn't just graivenue did sayy. you know when >> yeah, but it wasn't just graivenue did say to you know when >> yeah, but it wasn't just graivenue did say to us know when >> yeah, but it wasn't just graivenue did say to us thatw when the venue did say to us that there were other people on that bill happy about, bill they weren't happy about, but they didn't specify what they meant by that. >> clearly there, paul >> so clearly there there, paul clutches definitely pearl clutches. clutches definitely pearl clutches indeed. clutches definitely pearl clutchesindeed. there were some >> yes, indeed. there were some initial the initial issues with the statement they initial issues with the stat out int they initial issues with the stat out on they initial issues with the statout on instagram, they initial issues with the statout on instagram, whichy initial issues with the statout on instagram, which they put out on instagram, which they then and change. then had to clarify and change. is that right? >> well, because on the

>> well, it's because on the statement instagram, they statement on instagram, they made clear that made it absolutely clear that the were cancelling made it absolutely clear that the show were cancelling made it absolutely clear that the show is were cancelling made it absolutely clear that the show is becausee cancelling made it absolutely clear that the show is because they :elling made it absolutely clear that the show is because they :elli not the show is because they did not agree graham's beliefs. agree with graham's beliefs. the problem for them is that since the maya forstater case, those beliefs and beliefs that beliefs and the beliefs that male and female are immutable sex categories are protected by law . law. >> so if you cancel someone's or discriminate against someone because of those beliefs, that is unlawful and that's been established in law. >> so when they put that post out . joanna cherry a senior out. joanna cherry a senior barrister, you know, there's been problems with her recently at the fringe. she put out a statement saying this is clearly unlawful. other prominent lawyers in scotland put out similar statements and so they deleted the statement. they put out another one, which is a bit more anodyne, a bit more vague, but they're using that that mantra, oh, well, the show doesn't align with our values, which standard phrase which is the standard phrase that gets trotted out. and whenever want to whenever they don't want to platform anyone who they disagree with, ultimately disagree with, but ultimately they, you know, they have discriminated basis of discriminated on the basis of protected. yeah. >> actually did say >> because they actually did say that was that was the thing

that that was that was the thing they said and then they've reverse ferreted it. now reverse ferreted on it. and now they're not believe they're asking us to not believe they're asking us to not believe the reasons why they cancel it. >> and h- it. >> and very important that >> and it's very important that people exactly what people do take exactly what graham was saying, like have graham was saying, like we have to stand against it. we graham was saying, like we have to let stand against it. we graham was saying, like we have to let themi against it. we graham was saying, like we have to let them win.inst it. we graham was saying, like we have to let them win. that's we graham was saying, like we have to let them win. that's why can't let them win. that's why we've out our way to we've gone out of our way to find another venue. we determined go determined that it should go ahead, it's the reason ahead, but also it's the reason why set comedy up why we set comedy unleashed up in mean, in the first place. i mean, i set night up with andy shaw set this night up with andy shaw five years ago. it's a monthly night bethnal night in london in bethnal green, a point green, and we make a point because challenging the because we were challenging the groupthink in the comedy industry. to industry. but in addition to that, always platform that, we always platform comedians, if they get their shows we make point shows cancelled, we make a point of that's of doing so. you know, that's why we invited gremlin in the first he's only done five first place. he's only done five stand he's to new this. stand up gigs. he's to new this. you know, he's one of best you know, he's one of the best comedy in the world. why comedy writers in the world. why wouldn't we platform? >> he also me in the set >> he also said to me in the set that planning on doing it that he's planning on doing it had nothing to do with reruns. none his sets have . no. none of his sets have. no. >> so all the sets he's done at comedy in london, they've got nothing do with this issue, nothing to do with this issue, right? shouldn't be right? not that he shouldn't be able about it he able to talk about it if he wants stage, know. but

wants to on stage, you know. but but simply not the case but that's simply not the case here. of people who here. so all of these people who were outraged this were outraged by this show, a show hadn't even show which hadn't even gone ahead they hadn't seen they ahead yet, they hadn't seen they didn't know what the content ahead yet, they hadn't seen they didn'alliow what the content ahead yet, they hadn't seen they didn'alliow vcared1e content ahead yet, they hadn't seen they didn'alliow vcared1e con'was was, all they cared about was him what he believes. now, him and what he believes. now, at edinburgh that's at the edinburgh fringe, that's at the edinburgh fringe, that's a because the edinburgh a big deal because the edinburgh fringe is all about free expression always been. expression and always has been. it's since 1947. you it's been going since 1947. you know, you've always had protesters from like usually actually the christian actually from the christian right going to the right. but going back to the 60s, 70s, i remember even when i started the early 2000, started going in the early 2000, you'd of christian you'd see groups of christian protesters placards talking protesters with placards talking about how degenerate and evil the various shows on the fringe were because the fringe has edgy shows , offensive shows, it has shows, offensive shows, it has nudny shows, offensive shows, it has nudity , it has all sorts of nudity, it has all sorts of things that that the christian right traditionally have not liked. all that's happened is they've sort of gone away and they've sort of gone away and the people who are demanding that shows be cancelled now are the woke activists . they've sort the woke activists. they've sort of the baton from the of taken the baton from the protesters yesteryear. protesters of yesteryear. they' re protesters of yesteryear. they're doing exactly the same thing. they're saying we should shut yeah and shut these down. yeah and likewise, are the comedians . likewise, so are the comedians.

>> wonder, do they not >> now just wonder, do they not realise that one day something like them like this will happen to them because rules will change or because the rules will change or there'll tweet from 15 there'll be a tweet from 15 years ago or something will be taken completely out of context or they will be offered role or they will be offered the role in film that they have to play in a film that they have to play where, you know they shouldn't be playing because they're not actually disabled or they're not actually disabled or they're not actually they're actually jewish or they're not actually whatever it is, and that up them and that catches up with them and absolutely no are going to absolutely no one are going to bat for them. >> absolutely can't >> well, you absolutely can't anticipate going to anticipate what is going to be the ten time that the thing in ten years time that gets you cancelled. it's impossible. if i were gets you cancelled. it's imbetsible. if i were gets you cancelled. it's imbet on e. if i were gets you cancelled. it's imbet on it, if i were gets you cancelled. it's imbet on it, might if i were gets you cancelled. it's imbet on it, might be i were gets you cancelled. it's imbet on it, might be the are to bet on it, it might be the ageism you know, you find ageism thing. you know, you find ageism thing. you know, you find a lot of woke activists. they say like, boomer a lot of woke activists. they say they like, boomer a lot of woke activists. they say they likea boomer a lot of woke activists. they say they likea go boomer a lot of woke activists. they say they likea go at)oomer a lot of woke activists. they say they likea go at olderr and they have a go at older people. they really hate older people. they really hate older people during brexit people during the brexit debates, they were basically saying they saying it'll be great when they all yeah. so that might all die off. yeah. so that might be that them be the thing that gets them cancelled ultimately. but it's interesting because gremlin himself in himself said to me that back in the he was sort he the day when he was sort of he was on the sort of side of the sort of lefty activists and he used after people online. used to go after people online. and one very prominent person who him who got cancelled sent him a message said, look, graham, message and said, look, graham, they'll eventually.

they'll come for you eventually. and said me, i thought, and he said to me, i thought, what nonsense. that could never happen. what nonsense. that could never happen . and has. so this happen. and now it has. so this is is a sort lesson to is this is a sort of lesson to us all just, you know, live and let live, allow free speech above else. if you don't above all else. and if you don't like then you like something, then you have the to you can complain the choice to you can complain about it, you can criticise it, you can ridicule it, you can even protest . but shutting it even protest. but shutting it down, preventing other people , down, preventing other people, no way. >> but also just quickly undo this is a majority view. this is a visible sign of a decline in comedy, by the way, and society , be a majority view , but also be a majority view that essentially a grown man with full tackle should probably not be getting change next to a primary school age girl at a swimming bath . i mean, that is swimming bath. i mean, that is what most people think. virtually virtually what most people think. viripeople virtually what most people think. viripeople think virtually what most people think. viripeople think that. irtually all people think that. and yet a fraction of a percentage of a group of people were able to cancel a show because they disagree. >> well, this is the thing. i mean, for all the bleating of these activists that they are these activists that they are the victimised and the underdogs , they have an incredible amount of , you and they of clout, you know, and they seem can get

seem to well, they can get people cancelled. i can't people shows cancelled. i can't do right. that's pretty do that right. so that's pretty powerful already. they also occupy positions in all occupy dominant positions in all of our major institutions in academia, in the police , in the academia, in the police, in the nhs, in the army , even. they nhs, in the army, even. they have so much power. >> maybe this is the key to power. maybe would be more power. maybe i would be more powerful if i suddenly changed my view set and just just my entire view set and just just thought my entire view set and just just tho well, mean i think it >> well, i mean i think it attracts people who want power. >> well, i mean i think it amean, people who want power. >> well, i mean i think it amean, peoplyou've nant power. >> well, i mean i think it amean, peoplyou've got: power. >> well, i mean i think it amean, peoplyou've got major'. i mean, look, you've got major politicians. when you ask them, what woman? they stutter politicians. when you ask them, wha they woman? they stutter politicians. when you ask them, wha they stammer they stutter politicians. when you ask them, wha they stammer andi stutter politicians. when you ask them, wha they stammer and they ter politicians. when you ask them, wha they stammer and they look and they stammer and they look terrified. that's the kind of power these people have. they inspire much i mean, if inspire so much fear. i mean, if you were a sociopath, who wouldn't that? you were a sociopath, who wotyeah, that? you were a sociopath, who wotyeah, it's that? you were a sociopath, who wotyeah, it's true. ? is >> yeah, it's true. it is absolutely andrew, thank >> yeah, it's true. it is abs(very,y andrew, thank >> yeah, it's true. it is abs(very, very andrew, thank >> yeah, it's true. it is abs(very, very much.ew, thank >> yeah, it's true. it is abs(very, very much. really nk you very, very much. really appreciate really appreciate you coming in. really appreciate you coming in. really appreciate the appreciate you giving us the latest. done finding latest. well done for finding another it another venue. hopefully it doesn't by activists doesn't get torched by activists before there . andrew before you get there. andrew doyle. course . thank you for doyle. of course. thank you for all of his stuff. he will be very, lively on this very, very lively on this issue going forward. apparently going forward. i now apparently have from leith have to read this from leith arches. issued the arches. they issued the following statement would following statement we would like voice . we like i won't do the voice. we would like to thank members of the and community for the public and our community for

bringing attention bringing to our attention a comedy and to bill performance our thursday . we were our venue this thursday. we were not aware of the line—up of not made aware of the line—up of this show advance. we have this show in advance. we have made the decision to cancel this show as are an inclusive show as we are an inclusive venue and this not align venue and this does not align with our venue values. mean, with our venue values. i mean, you obviously hear the you can obviously hear the hypocrisy in that final sentence there. if you just listen very, very closely. but there go. very closely. but there we go. now the lionesses are just 90 minutes away from world cup glory after their triumphant tub thumping victory over the australians afternoon is australians this afternoon is football really coming home? i'll joined by legendary i'll be joined by legendary football journo, the one and only harry harris. now it's only harry harris. but now it's patrick britain's patrick christys gbs, britain's news

here on gb news, the people's . channel >> england's lionesses have reached their first ever world cup final after they beat australia 3—1 in sydney. goals from ella to lauren, hemp and alessia russo sealed the historic win. they will now play spain in the final on sunday. they overcame it all. they stonking great big home crowd which even saw apparently australia and fans nicking some engush australia and fans nicking some english tickets and the australian press sending helicopters above england's training sessions to try to spy on their tactics. i quite enjoy a bit of that, but i'm joined now by legendary football writer and sports development director at smart brain. it's harry harris. harry, good stuff. thank you very much. this is absolutely iconic. i've said it before, i'll say it again. if this was the men's team, we'd

all be nine pints deep and dancing naked in trafalgar square. fountain now what do we need to be doing that do we, patrick? >> but even you must have been to your football after. after. what's going on? i imagine the whole of the nation will be watching on sunday. this is, you know, uplifting stuff. you you couldn't get better even if the inflation rate came down now. >> indeed. so what are our chances then? so have this chances then? so we have this small of beating small matter of beating the spanish, we? spanish, don't we? >> not easy, but you must have faith in this team . i mean, you faith in this team. i mean, you know, serena wiegman has managed this team to perfection. and i would say give her a chance in the premier league, give her a job as a manager in our premier league football. you've talked endlessly. i've just heard the previous debate about discrimination and various issues like that. but when are we going to have our first woman football manager? and if there everis football manager? and if there ever is a candidate here, you've got one. >> well, what more could she possibly do? you know, won she's the euros a couple of times. i

think, hasn't she? she's potentially on the brink of winning the world cup . i mean, winning the world cup. i mean, there no better cv out there, there is no better cv out there, really . and you've got to argue really. and you've got to argue as well. maybe if she was a bloke, maybe those calls will be a bit louder. harry well, they wouldn't even need a call. >> it would be obvious that you should get an appointment in the premier league, but why not now? why not appoint a now a predecessor? was phil neville , predecessor? was phil neville, for goodness sake. he went out to inter miami to manage a team of his mate, david beckham. it was a failure. it was an abject failure in spain . but they keep failure in spain. but they keep on appointing these white male stale candidates to manage football clubs because it's an easy choice. but this is a difficult choice. but why not take it? how much fun would it be? how much refreshing would it be? how much refreshing would it be to have this person who's not just done it with england? she did it with holland? >> yeah. >> yeah. >> i mean, for goodness sake, you know, a cv is more impressive than most candidates get premier league

get jobs in the premier league these days . these days. >> you make of the >> what do you make of the standard football standard of women's football then? think then? do you think it has increased dramatically in the last few it seems to have last few years? it seems to have done to lot more done it seems to be a lot more watchable, actually. >> well , i'm watchable, actually. >> well, i'm absolutely appalled by the lack of investment, the lack of interest in women's football over the years. only recently since england won the euros as it really taken off and it will take off even more if they won the world cup, of course. but you know, the amount of investment that's still needed, so far behind needed, there's so far behind the game in terms of their the men's game in terms of their back up staff in terms of their pitches. the grounds and the whole ethos and aspect of women's football still needs a bit of oomph behind it. so much money in the premier league yet still not enough for women's football . let's hope they bring football. let's hope they bring home the trophy now. no final since 1966. one of the few people who was at the final in 1966. there's a 14 year old watching from the stands . i watching from the stands. i can't wait for sunday. and i've got my fingers crossed for him, predicted score 021 seemed to be

a good one, but you know, you said 90 minutes it could go to extra time penalties. >> it could. and you know what? it almost definitely will it. harry, thank you very much . harry, thank you very much. great to have you on the show. harry harris, there, of harry harris, there, who is, of course, a legendary football writer, sports development director frame michelle director at smart frame michelle dewberry for dewbs dewberry joins me now for dewbs & co. yes you you no doubt will be clamouring for the lionesses won't you? >> actually, i don't mean to be rude and i fair play to anyone following their passion in life. the lionesses . and of course the lionesses. and of course i want england to win wherever they're playing, wherever they're playing, wherever they're doing. but i don't really have any interest whatsoever in women's football . whatsoever in women's football. >> don't care at all. do you? do you care about men's football more? really. more? not really. >> i mean, i do kind of get into i like the atmosphere , so i do i like the atmosphere, so i do like be the thick of it. i like to be in the thick of it. i do like to go to football every now and again because like to now and again because i like to be stands. i like the be in the stands. i like the atmosphere. the cheering, atmosphere. i like the cheering, the the chanting the drinking, the chanting like a hooligan. sophisticated a hooligan. i'm a sophisticated football goer. patrick, thank

you . but i do like the you very much. but i do like the atmosphere it. but i'm not atmosphere of it. but i'm not glued to lionesses i must glued to the lionesses i must confess. respect to them, confess. but respect to them, they're following their passion and them. and good on them. >> well, i mean, frankly, they are potentially of are potentially on the brink of actual their field, actual greatness in their field, aren't they? anyway. right. what aren't they? anyway. right. what are show? are you going show? >> for right? >> yeah. good for them. right? i want council tax whether want to talk council tax whether we've off. do we we've been ripped off. do we need freeze we get need to freeze it? do we get value money? i want to talk value for money? i want to talk about this weird toxic masculinity that they're going on scotland. humza on about in scotland. humza humza. yousaf. they're. he's saying that men need to step up and it. don't even know and fix it. i don't even know what that means. i don't what all of that means. i don't know. is this an attack on know. is this just an attack on men is there something men again? is there something going want to explore going on? so i want to explore that. also want about that. i also want to talk about britain. jeremy hunt really quick to claim credit for quick to claim the credit for inflation coming i find inflation coming down. i find that quite interesting. he's saying measures are saying that his measures are working. i'm not really sure what measures actually are. what his measures actually are. the but fair play to him. as soon as inflation goes up, they get a kick in. so he's probably sitting thinking, if i'm sitting there thinking, if i'm going in when it going to get a kick in when it goes i might as well take goes up, i might as well take the glory when it comes down to

be fair. and kind of see be fair. and you can kind of see that, can't you? and know, that, can't you? and you know, britain the from home britain is the working from home capital europe, apparently. capital of europe, apparently. >> well, what i'm asking, >> well, that's what i'm asking, is you are we just is it is, you know, are we just like really progressive nation like a really progressive nation or burn? or are we just burn? >> we're not, are we? >> well, we're not, are we? we're not. and we've got record rates people long term rates of people off on long term sick doesn't sick as well, which doesn't help. well i always find help. i know. well i always find it mean, there are some people >> i mean, there are some people that genuinely ill. they've that are genuinely ill. they've got cancer or whatever, they got cancer or whatever, and they need as much support as possible. lot possible. but a lot of organisations, like the organisations, people like the nhs you can full nhs and stuff, you can get full pay nhs and stuff, you can get full pay six yeah like pay for six months. yeah like you're inclined, you do it, you're not inclined, you do it, wouldn't you? >> look, going to be a >> look, it's going to be a great show. michelle dewberry will be up next for dewbs& co i will be up next for dewbs& co i will see you in a take out. will see you in a bit. take out. >> things are heating >> looks like things are heating up. proud sponsors up. boxed boilers proud sponsors of weather on . gb news. of weather on. gb news. >> hi there. a lot of fine weather around this afternoon ot shower. yes, but most places dry warm , sunny spells as well. it's warm, sunny spells as well. it's not something we've been able to talk about much during recent weeks, but nevertheless high

pressure. another thing we've not mentioned much during the last six weeks or so, that's in charge. light winds , plenty of charge. light winds, plenty of fair weather cloud as we end the day. a few showers for northern scotland, for example, odd shower elsewhere couldn't be ruled out, but most of these die away overnight. and then clear spells few mist patches spells with a few mist patches forming some low cloud creeping into eastern areas. otherwise clear spells and a relatively warm nights . temperatures warm nights. temperatures staying in the teens in the vast majority of places, although in the countryside perhaps dipping into the single figures. so fine starts most places dry thursday morning again, areas of cloud around some low cloud. first thing through the midlands, eastern england, eastern scotland, for example. that cloud should lift and bubble up into cumulus and strata . into cumulus and strata. cumulus, cloud, fairweather cloud essentially. and the odd shower is still possible. wales, the midlands , parts of scotland. the midlands, parts of scotland. but for the vast majority it's dry, it's warm 24 to 26. in the south, 20 to 22 in the north. a different story on friday. we

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on the mend. are we turning a corner? and britain's. speaking of which, it is the work from home capital of europe. what does that mean? are we really progressive and forward thinking or are we just burn idle and your council tax ? do you feel your council tax? do you feel like you're getting value for money? it is going up and up, isn't it? is it time now to freeze it? yes or no? and humza yousaf says that we've got a toxic masculine problem and that men need to step up and fix it.

what does that even mean?