channel. . channel. >> good evening. it is 8:00 from the world headquarters of gb news. this is friday night live with me, dolan. was this with me, mark dolan. was this the the tories lost the the week the tories lost the election? has the princess kate photo row permanently damaged the royal family? should diane abbott be accepted back into the labour party and is woke? madness finally in retreat? this is friday night live with me, mark dolan. bring your own drinks. the admission is . drinks. the admission is. free. and i couldn't hope for two finer friday friends of more superior pedigree than legends of fleet street . mike porky of fleet street. mike porky parry and nina bischoff , plus parry and nina bischoff, plus former royal butler paul burrell

. and what has been a challenging week for the royals . challenging week for the royals. our top westminster insider, the express online's fearless political editor david maddox, and the tv chefs antony and king of the tv chefs antony worrall thompson. my friday big opinion is on the way. my first on air reaction to lee anderson's defection to reform uk , a crisis for mcdonald's and uk, a crisis for mcdonald's and the woke tide is turning all of that after the news headlines and sophia wenzler. >> mark thank you. i'm sophia wenzler in the gb newsroom . wenzler in the gb newsroom. former prime minister liz truss has accused labour of preventing a debate on her bill, which seeks to ban transgender women from female only spaces and prevent them from competing in women's sports. it was due to be discussed in the commons today, but mps appear to waste time to delay her debate. she told gb news she was frustrated by the

opposition parties stalling tactics. my bill has been stopped today from being debated by the labour party and i am absolutely furious about that. >> they do not even want to talk about the importance of recognising biological sex. they do not want to talk about how we stop children being able to access puberty blockers that would actually stop their development. so they have spent today filibustering my bill and stopping it being talked about, even though over the last few weeks i have had a huge amount of public support from concerned parents, concern and teachers from young people themselves who want these bills measures put into law . into law. >> james heappey has announced he won't stand as an mp at the next general election, saying he wants to prioritise his family and pursue a different career. he's also expected to resign as armed forces minister by the end of this month. more than 60 tory mps have now announced they're leaving the commons, and labour has accused the prime minister

of being too chicken to call an election. as a result, a group of activists dressed as chickens clucked outside downing street demanding the prime minister name the date. now, labour, added rishi sunak needs to stop squatting in number 10. a £5 million donation from frank hester has not yet been, has has given to the conservatives with senior party sources telling gb news talks about the funds are still ongoing. the businessman , still ongoing. the businessman, who's already given the party £10 million, is accused of being racist after he allegedly said mp diane abbott made him want to hate all black women. the prime minister's under pressure to return the donation and voting is underway in russia to elect the country's next president. but the first day has been marked by disruptions, including dye being poured into ballot boxes, a molotov cocktail thrown

at a polling station in putin's hometown, ballots are being cast over three days, even though vladimir putin is all but certain to win. vladimir putin is all but certain to win . and for the certain to win. and for the latest stories, sign up to gb news alerts by scanning the qr code on your screen or go to gb news. common alerts. now it's back to . mark. back to. mark. >> thanks, sofia. was this the week the tories lost the election? has the princess kate photo row damaged the royal family? should diane abbott be accepted back into the labour party and is woke madness finally in retreat? all that, plus much more on friday night live with me. mark dolan in the company of two fleet street legends, nina myskow and mike porky parry. yes indeed. very excited. lots to get through. antony worrall thompson, paul burrell on the way . antony worrall thompson, paul burrell on the way. but antony worrall thompson, paul burrell on the way . but first my burrell on the way. but first my friday big opinion.

burrell on the way. but first my friday big opinion . it feels friday big opinion. it feels like just weeks ago , but it was like just weeks ago, but it was actually monday when gb news superstar and then tory mp lee anderson defected to reform uk and his departure is starting to look like the final nail in the coffin for the conservatives lee anderson might be characterised as a divisive figure by the london based media, but he's a totemic figure for potential tory voters and disgruntled labour supporters. lee anderson talks like a normal person, like a real human being, and his views, which are dangerously controversial in islington, are just plain common sense. in the red wall and beyond. lee anderson wants to keep taxes to a sensible level to boost the economy and put money in the pockets of ordinary working brits. he thinks that biological sex matters that calls for genocide in our cities should be punished , and that immigration

punished, and that immigration should be legal, orderly and at sustainable levels. well lock him up and throw away the key. what a monster. now it is my view that lee's comments about the london mayor, sadiq khan, being pals with terrorist sympathisers was wrong, but suspending the whip and effectively chucking him out of the party was a big mistake. effectively chucking him out of the party was a big mistake . in the party was a big mistake. in the party was a big mistake. in the absence of letting anderson clarify the points he was making. but all of that is ancient history now, as is this tory administration by the looks of it. a westminster insider tells me that some cabinet ministers and backbenchers are mulling over a replacement for rishi sunak. now that an autumn election looks inevitable , election looks inevitable, reform uk now have a big fat feather in their cap and this no nonsense voice of the people will now be banging the drum for the tories rivals . after a week the tories rivals. after a week in which the government have grappled with a new definition

of extremism, lee anderson is anything but extreme, which is why it's extremely foolish that they let him go . talking of the they let him go. talking of the importance of biological sex, this week, the popular cheltenham racing festival announced that they've axed ladies day more proof, if you needed it, that women are quietly being cancelled . quietly being cancelled. meanwhile, a famous women's only outdoor pond in north london has voted to allow trans women in to bathe. biological men are winning female beauty contests and women of the year awards. they're breaking records in women's sport and are being banged up in women's jails. can the ladies not just have one day in the year when they can wear a posh frock at the races? how much of this is about caving in to trans extremists? well, you tell me, but we've got good news on that front. extreme trans ideology, which says that men are women and vice versa , and

are women and vice versa, and which does the trans community no favours whatsoever when they deserve love and respect. well, this whole extreme movement is in retreat. nhs england have now banned the prescribing of puberty blockers to children . puberty blockers to children. these pills stopped their bodies developing and it's extraordinary to see that that was ever allowed. meanwhile our erstwhile former prime minister liz truss, who identifies as a woman that was prime minister for 44 days today , wanted to for 44 days today, wanted to present a bill to parliament called the health and equality act, which reasserts the legal status of biological sex and effectively stops biological men from entering women only spaces and participating in women's sport . now, the equalities sport. now, the equalities minister, kemi badenoch , is warm minister, kemi badenoch, is warm on the idea and former home secretary suella braverman backs it all the way. so guess which party played parliamentary games this afternoon to make sure the debate didn't happen and therefore put the kibosh on this sensible plan? you guessed it,

the labour party, led by none other than sir keir starmer, a man who struggles to define what a woman is even though he's married to one. i hope liz truss is ultimately successful with this legislation. perhaps her legacy won't be an economic crash and being outlived by a lettuce after all. and last but not least, crisis on a friday. mcdonald's have had trouble selling their burgers due to a nationwide it failure starving brits are furious they're all milk shaken up its fillets. no fish. milk shaken up its fillets. no fish.the milk shaken up its fillets. no fish. the it department are nuggets. what a mcflurry they've made of this. yes, they've had their chips. bosses are too chicken to do anything about it, effectively telling their customers to bugger off. they've made an unhappy meal of it. ronald mcdonald is now having a worse week than rishi sunak. it's been a bunfight for the world's biggest restaurant chain. and let me tell you, i'm not loving it. nina and i are

off to burger king and that was my friday. big opinion. off to burger king and that was my friday. big opinion . let's my friday. big opinion. let's get reaction from my friday friends, broadcaster and author nina myskow and tv and radio star mike porky parry. nina, to great see you. bad news that labour have effectively filibustered this important debate about biological sex. well that will come further down the track, i'm sure, but who actually would support liz truss on anything? >> you know, she she's wrecked the country's economy. people are still struggling with their mortgages . you know, you can't mortgages. you know, you can't cancel out one disaster by saying something positive. and i do agree with with female spaces.i do agree with with female spaces. i do agree, you know, but women don't feel safe anywhere, you know, you don't feel safe walking the streets . feel safe walking the streets. you don't feel safe with policemen. so where we can have spaces that are fine. but on the

other hand, for instance, the ladies pond in hampstead, if they have voted themselves , it's they have voted themselves, it's not it's not something that's been imposed upon them. that's what they voted ladies day at the cheltenham races. ladies day is of anachronistic is a kind of anachronistic thing, isn't it? so they've called wednesday. that thing, isn't it? so they've called much wednesday. that thing, isn't it? so they've called much more nesday. that thing, isn't it? so they've called much more modern that thing, isn't it? so they've called much more modem to at thing, isn't it? so they've called much more modem to me. sounds much more modem to me. and whether it has anything to do transgender not, do with transgender or not, i don't, i don't i don't don't, i don't mind, i don't care. style wednesday fine . care. style wednesday is fine. >> not think the messaging. >> i've never been lady. i've >> i've never been a lady. i've never purported to be a lady sounds i don't sounds terribly, i don't agree. >> you definitely lady. >> you are definitely a lady. >> you are definitely a lady. >> wonderful lady. >> you're a wonderful lady. >> you're a wonderful lady. >> thank you. that's >> oh, well. thank you. that's very very. >> oh, well. thank you. that's veryou're very. >> oh, well. thank you. that's veryou're both. very. >> you're both. >> you're both. >> you're both. >> you're double threat >> you're a double threat because you've got an because you're you've got an amazing you're very amazing career. you're very obviously successful obviously very successful journalist. and you're a fabulously glamorous lady, too. you've so why you've done it both. so why can't women day when they can't women have a day when they get to shine? why we keep ladies? >> they are. i looked all the >> they are. i looked at all the photographs, but now they're competing aren't they? >> ea- ea— >> in their tweed suits and everything. style. everything. it's just style. wednesday it's all been flattened homogenised. flattened out and homogenised. what about cheltenham what i dislike about cheltenham is tweedy. is that they are very tweedy. >> mean, were some >> i mean, there were some fabulous been fabulous hats and i've been to ladies at ascot, that ladies day at ascot, but that

was probably 20 ago and was probably 20 years ago and that the hot ticket. it was, that was the hot ticket. it was, it fantastic. was wonderful. >> but why do you not think it's sad women that sad that women have had that taken but they haven't. >> they still have that day to dress up. >> it's not called ladies day, is but style wednesday is >> no, but style wednesday is fine. who doesn't care about, you styles, fine. you know, styles, that's fine. i this semantics to me. this is just semantics to me. look that hat, for heaven's look at that hat, for heaven's sake. still wearing. >> no, honestly, this is semantics. there more semantics. or is there more to this? is social engineering? this? is it social engineering? mike it is a bit mike parry i think it is a bit of social engineering. i've been doing the last 25 doing cheltenham for the last 25 years. the of all years. okay and the day of all days always ladies day. now days was always ladies day. now when a lady gets married, she likes to be the centre of attention because she's the bride and everything revolves around that's what around her. and that's what ladies days do at big race meetings like special day. it's her special day and they buy a very expensive dress. they go there, they feel wonderful. they're being admired by everybody else. i do have an issue with this , which nina issue with this, which nina might or might not know about a north south issue when it happens right at aintree, when

it's the grand national, all the picture editors want is a lady lying flat out on the ground at aintree and called a northern ruffian who's had too much to drink. whereas at ascot and cheltenham the ladies wear beautiful clothes and they're admired for being the best in society and i love to see it all the time. i love to be there with them. >> yes, but you said that you can't tell me that woman in the yellow before with the fabulous hat. she spent a fortune on it and that's absolutely fine. well, liverpool can't well, if liverpool women can't hold that's hold their drink, well, that's that's problem. hold their drink, well, that's tha that's'oblem. hold their drink, well, that's tha that's'olbitn. because. >> that's a bit unfair because. >> that's a bit unfair because. >> about it. you >> but you talked about it. you said face, know, said lying face, you know, slouched down in turf. slouched down in the turf. >> your experience? but, >> what is your experience? but, nina. excuse me. i've nina. hang on. excuse me. i've seen lying down in seen women lying snuffed down in the cheltenham the turf at cheltenham and ascot, not the ascot, but those are not the pictures from pictures they use from cheltenham think cheltenham and mascot. i think it's disgrace. it's a disgrace. >> i have no idea that. >> i have no idea about that. but they're but you're saying they're prejudice liverpudlians? prejudice against liverpudlians? yes, well. yes, i doubt it. very well. >> all liverpool ladies. >> all all liverpool ladies. drunken slappers not, drunken old slappers or not, let's have right . let's have this right. >> well, look, i think outrageous. >> all women, drunken old

slappers. you call slappers. you can call them drunken slappers anywhere. slappers. you can call them drunfleet slappers anywhere. slappers. you can call them drun fleet streetipers anywhere. slappers. you can call them drun fleet street was anywhere. and fleet street was particularly riotous. >> mean, i find ladies of >> i mean, i find the ladies of merseyside very alluring. >> well, i'm sure you do. >> well, i'm sure you do. >> i've never had an issue. >> i've never had an issue. >> i'm sure i could find you alluring, too. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> i in eml- w way, they're >> i mean, in a way, they're your sisters and probably a few ex—girlfriends. >> mike. community, >> mike. they're my community, a few ex—girlfriends, indeed. you know, on the beach at new brighton, at aintree racecourse? yes. very very lovely women. >> i mean, i snout down in the turf, you know, with, with your with is not an with your hat askew is not an attractive look . yeah. attractive look. yeah. >> that's, you know, well it happens at every meeting to happens at every race meeting to tell between the tell the difference between the horses of these women. horses and some of these women. >> wonder that's a >> but i just wonder that's a terrible thing. >> it like it is. >> well, i say it like it is. >> well, i say it like it is. >> i'm like you might come the secret and justice, you secret truth and justice, you know, i'll drop truth know, and i'll drop the truth bombs have bombs if i have to. >> yeah, here's the other question, the way. very question, by the way. very briefly, messaging from briefly, the messaging from labour that they have filibustered attempt filibustered liz truss's attempt to that defines to have legislation that defines biological sex and introduces the primacy of biology in law. >> absolutely. >> absolutely. >> we need this law . >> we need this law. >> we need this law. >> yeah, we definitely need this

law. i think it's such a simple subject. it is a biological man going to be allowed into an area which should be protected for biological women. it's as simple as that to me. and only hampstead could be the only place in the world where women actually vote to invite biological men into their arena. it wouldn't happen anywhere else, of course, except north london, would it? it would it, wouldn't it? it wouldn't. people have more common sense outside of north london. >> look, are you saying these women stupid? women are stupid? >> saying they're >> i'm saying that they're trying be trendy. they're trying to be trendy. they're trying to be trendy. they're trying to be trendy. they're trying to say, look, know, trying to say, look, you know, we're it and all this we're up with it and all this kind of stuff. >> oh, have they been infected with virus? with the woke mind virus? >> exactly. with the woke mind virus? >> exactlmind. look, life moves >> woke mind. look, life moves on. make progress towards on. we make progress towards areas some people don't areas that some people don't like . and if people if those like. and if people if those women feel completely safe with. well, we don't know who is coming. >> but nina , you've already said >> but nina, you've already said on this show they shouldn't feel completely safe because you as a woman feel threatened completely safe because you as a wo men feel threatened completely safe because you as a wo men . feel threatened by men. >> i think any woman constantly

feels threatened by men. exactly but so? >> so why allow them into a swimming pool if women feel safe with whoever has come to that poolin with whoever has come to that pool in whatever guise they've come, then that's fine. >> i don't believe they do. >> i don't believe they do. >> i don't believe they do. >> i believe marks hit the nail on the head. the wokeness they're frightened of being said, oh, we're prejudiced against trans people. >> people are that >> stupid people are not that stupid. you you throw stupid. you know, you you throw this this name, this word woke around as if it's the worst thing in the world. what did woke start out as pc politically correct? which was which was an attitude. now it's been taken to sort of be the worst thing. you know, pc being politically correct was, was a turn for, for language and behaviour. they would not cause offence to somebody else. nobody wants to cause offence or to be rude to somebody else. so, so woke is just bypassing common sense. >> no, it's not to try and be trendy. >> it is. >> it is. >> there are certain completely bypass common sense, certain very sensible things about what

you call work. they are our attitudes or language that do not offend other people. >> okay . well listen, it's all >> okay. well listen, it's all about opinions. on friday night live. what's yours then? let me just say that i've performed comedy in liverpool. i've got so many female viewers up in liverpool watching this programme and all i'll say is if i was a single man, i'd be on a one way ticket to merseyside. listen, get , get your thoughts listen, get, get your thoughts over the grand national and the rest of it. don't forget we've got paul burrell waiting in the wings and antony worrall thompson. but next up was this the week the tories lost the election? we'll debate that with a westminster insider

next. coming up. has the princess kate photo now permanently damaged the royal family? i'll be asking former royal butler paul

burrell, who's live in just a few minutes. but first, following revelations of an appalling racist outburst by a top tory donor and with popular red wall conservative mp and gb news star lee anderson, defects to reform uk, was this the week the tories lost the general election? let's get the views of one of the best connected political journalists in the country. the political editor of the daily express online, david maddox. david, great to see you. the departure of lee anderson is at the moment the tories lost the election. >> i think it's a very important moment. i mean, to be frank, it's been a such a kind of catalogue of catastrophes , over catalogue of catastrophes, over the last year that it's hard to pinpoint the exact week they lost re—election. but this may be the week that any hope was lost of , of some sort of lost of, of some sort of comeback, of some sort of recovery , because it was clear recovery, because it was clear that the budget had no effect. zero effect at all on what voters thought . and then it all

voters thought. and then it all started off with lee anderton's defection in a completely self—inflicted wound on on the party, which, you know, completely unnecessary and quite frankly, was a, i mean, i don't want to use the language that was used to me completely, but it was, i'm afraid , the party it was, i'm afraid, the party leadership telling the red wall voters , those who came over in voters, those who came over in 2019, such an important part of a conservative future to, f off as such. and, as somebody said to me, lee anderson gave rishi sunak the bird as he went out and that's, and that's about it. really? >> yeah. that's, that's calling a spade a spade. david the comments of this tory donor about diane abbott were appalling, weren't they? i understand the party have already received £10 million for him. there's talk of ongoing negotiations about another 5 million. what do you know ?

million. what do you know? >> yes. it seems that they're either hoping to get or have already received another 5 million. i mean , frankly, the million. i mean, frankly, the i suppose, i suppose the real sinister side of this story, apart from the fact that he's a completely appalling individual, who shouldn't be allowed anywhere near any political party, considered itself to be in the mainstream or elsewhere, really, or respectable . yeah, really, or respectable. yeah, is, is what clearly he's still welcome because of his money and that's and that's what's really worrying about this. and, you know, it kind of goes back to your initial point is this week that the conservatives actually lost it. i mean, you know, in a week where everybody seemed to be pointing at each other and saying, racist saying, you're more racist than me, was prime me, which was what prime minister's this minister's questions was this week , you know, it's very hard week, you know, it's very hard for the conservatives to say , for the conservatives to say, well, you know, we got rid of this dreadful lee anderson who's clearly islamophobic, but it's all right . this other chap said,

all right. this other chap said, sorry. so we're keeping his £10 million and probably pocketing another 5 million from him. it kind of tells you where their priorities are . and i'm afraid priorities are. and i'm afraid it you know, it doesn't matter what side of the political fence you're on, this just has a nasty feeling to it. and it's just just bad all round. >> i couldn't agree more, david. the labour party are divided about whether diane abbott should become a labour mp again. how damaging could this split be? >> well, i mean, the untold story of british politics is the divisions within the labour party. and, you know, i suppose in some ways it will only become obvious when they're in government, because it's a question now of when, not if in government they are deeply divided on a number of issues, you know, whether it's palestine, israel and all the rest of it. but, of course, diane abbott is part of the jeremy corbyn crowd. significant group within the labour party, significant even more

significant even more significant rather amongst the membership, because these comments this week has made her look like somewhat of a victim . look like somewhat of a victim. and of course, she is, in that respect. but of course, the reason she is suspended because she made atrocious comments herself about jews and, and anti—semitism in a letter to the guardian for which admittedly , guardian for which admittedly, she's apologised, but obviously she's apologised, but obviously she doesn't have £10 million to buy offer apology as well . but buy offer apology as well. but it's, you know, but it's very hard to let somebody back in to a party who's done something like that when your only real attack line is to point to the conservatives and say, you're racist, you're dreadful. >> indeed , david, let me bring >> indeed, david, let me bring my friday friends in on this. the fleet street legends, nina myskow and mike parry , mike, can myskow and mike parry, mike, can we go back to this tory donor who's already forked out ? 10 who's already forked out? 10 million? yeah, but he has made a very racist remark about diane

abbott. now, i'm no diane abbott fan , and i'm relieved that she fan, and i'm relieved that she never became home secretary, which was the plan under corbyn that said, do you think the tories should give back the money? >> no, i don't actually, because when the donation is made, you're not aware of the character of the person who's donating that money. but very quickly that money is absorbed into the party and you get on with it. you can't suddenly find 10 to give now 10 million to give it back. now at the time he was giving it, it was legitimate . i was perfectly legitimate. i think can get up £35 think you can get up to £35 million something total million or something in total donations election donations for an election campaign. i don't know what they should do, and i i'm not quite sure if they've done it specifically enough is that we will not accept any more money from this person in light of his pretty disgraceful and in my view, disgusting comments about her, diane abbott, you view, disgusting comments about her, diane abbott , you know, a her, diane abbott, you know, a labour mp on the other side of the house. >> you can't defend it. >> you can't defend it. >> she might be defensive. >> she might be defensive. >> she might be defensive. >> she might. she might be a

politician who, you know, has questionable abilities, but there's call for that. nina, there's no call for that. nina, what think? what do you think? >> well, think tainted >> well, i think it's tainted money. of course it should. money. and of course it should. should back. it's outrageous money. and of course it should. shotthey back. it's outrageous money. and of course it should. shotthey they k. it's outrageous money. and of course it should. shotthey they they; outrageous money. and of course it should. shotthey they they aren't geous that they they they aren't giving back immediately. and giving it back immediately. and as 5 million seems as this extra 5 million seems just ridiculous. >> well, they shouldn't accept that. i totally agree. >> but then if they if they don't accept the 5 million, then they shouldn't accept. they should the 10 million. they shouldn't accept. they sho itd the 10 million. they shouldn't accept. they sho it makes the 10 million. they shouldn't accept. they sho it makes purethe 10 million. they shouldn't accept. they sho it makes pure logicalnillion. they shouldn't accept. they sho it makes pure logical sense. it's it makes pure logical sense to me. >> what, nina, with the greater respect , if you go down the list respect, if you go down the list of donors over the last 2 or 3 decades, you'll always find something wrong with a donor to the after party. >> absolutely, yes. because they are they are stuffing their their pockets and their snouts are well in the trunk. >> well, yeah. honestly, do you not remember bernie ecclestone and party? i mean, it and the labour party? i mean, it happens all sides the happens on all sides of the house. and that's why i think i don't think you can give the money back. it was given in good faith at the time. >> why can't they give the money back? they probably >> well, they they probably haven't anymore to be honest.

>> find it somewhere. >> find it somewhere. >> deep pockets. >> well, deep pockets. >> well, deep pockets. >> no, because in case, >> no, because in that case, that every now >> no, because in that case, that accept every now >> no, because in that case, that accept a every now >> no, because in that case, that accept a donation now >> no, because in that case, thataccept a donation on now >> no, because in that case, thataccept a donation on either >> no, because in that case, thatiof ept a donation on either >> no, because in that case, thatiof the a donation on either >> no, because in that case, thatiof the house, tion on either >> no, because in that case, thatiof the house, tion have:her >> no, because in that case, thatiof the house, tion have to r side of the house, you have to go through this multiplicity of examination of the donor. and then there would be no donations , standards. >> standards have fallen so low. i mean, how how low is the bar for morals? you know, you've got they didn't know he was like that when they accepted the money. they know now that's the whole point. they know now. >> but can't go >> yeah. but you can't go retrospectively in my view. >> you can. >> yes you can. >> okay. >> okay. >> last word on this, david. >> last word on this, david. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> i'm not sure that , giving >> i'm not sure that, giving this guy £10 million is necessarily the best way to punish him, i mean, i take the view that you know, parties need to be funded and, frankly, probably it's too late for the £10 million, but, yeah, they certainly shouldn't be taking any more money off him, but but the thing is, once you start talking about handing money back , you know, should labour party hand money back to the unions

which had brought the country to a halt and all sorts of a halt and caused all sorts of damage, should they hand money back who've , back to health unions, who've, you know, hit people's, health and operations for by going on strike. you know, there are all sorts of reasons you can give. you have to move on, but they certainly shouldn't be taking any more of them. >> well, indeed , david, should >> well, indeed, david, should labour be handing back massive multi—million donations multi—million pound donations from dale vince, who in a previous interview described hamas as freedom fighters. david, we always love having you on the show and let me tell you, if you want the best political coverage, head over the coverage, head over to the express online. that's the daily express.com, has the express.com, next up has the princess kate photo rail permanently damaged. the royal family? i'll be asking former royal butler paul burrell , who's royal butler paul burrell, who's waiting in the rings, plus, his former boss, princess diana is remembered. that's paul burrell

next. coming up. why is the food in britain's schools and hospitals so bad? i'll be asking. king of the tv chefs, anthony worrall—thompson. but first, following the princess catherine photo row , when her official photo row, when her official mother's day image was withdrawn by five news agencies, has this unexpected added drama permanently damaged the royal family and the reputation of catherine? let's get the views of a man who knows the windsors intimately well, broadcaster, writer , reality star and former writer, reality star and former royal butler to princess diana, paul burrell. paul, great to see you again. what was your reaction to the controversy around that photograph ? around that photograph? >> well, you know, mark, this crisis has been fuelled by internet conspiracy theories and it's not a crisis for the royal family, really, because kate and william know the truth. when they released that picture and they released that picture and they did it for the best of reasons. and wasn't it a

wonderful picture we took? we tookit wonderful picture we took? we took it at face value. i knew the location where they had the picture taken at at adelaide cottage in the home park at windsor. i recognised that place anywhere and they wanted to send anywhere and they wanted to send a clear message out to the people to say, look, we're fine, we're happy. what a great mother's day shot . but of mother's day shot. but of course, what they didn't think was that either kate or william edhed was that either kate or william edited and photoshopped it to such extent that it then such an extent that it then fuelled conspiracy theories. the truth is much simpler. kate is recovering from a serious operation. she needs time and she's with her family right now. she's planning . she is probably she's planning. she is probably already at amner hall in sandringham, recovering on the king's estate, where she can be safe away from prying eyes. she needs time. who has said at all dunng needs time. who has said at all during this time that she is a princess of wales and she is a pubuc princess of wales and she is a public figure, but she is also a woman, a wife and a mother, and

she has a right to privacy and she has a right to privacy and she has a right to guard her medical condition. so who has said that? no one. so let's give her some space. let's give her time to get better. she's in a good place and she's at sandringham now. think about this, mark. we're coming up to the easter holidays. she's there with her children. wouldn't it be wonderful if she stepped out of the church at sandringham , of the church at sandringham, surrounded by her family and her children, squashed this once children, and squashed this once and forever? if i was her pr man , and forever? if i was her pr man i , and forever? if i was her pr man , i would say, kate, get dressed up. look, your finest and step out and show the world that you're fine and you're well. now, back in the day, of course, mark, they used to send a one photographer to take one picture of the family and a special occasion . he could then verify occasion. he could then verify that that picture was authentic and that he'd taken it and all was fine. perhaps we should go back to the old ways and not have william and kate taking all

the pictures. i mean, they are the pictures. i mean, they are the royal family. we do want to see them and we want to see them fit, healthy and well. >> i couldn't agree more . now, >> i couldn't agree more. now, paul >> i couldn't agree more. now, paul, this week saw the 25th anniversary of the diana award, which aims to honour the memory of diana and capture her remarkable spirit, which, of course, you experienced at first hand. now her sons paid tribute separately, and i'm told that william was not even in the venue when his brother harry spoke via video link. what would diana have made of what's happened to their relationship? >> well, she'll be devastated. >> well, she'll be devastated. >> are you surprised that this is happening? >> are you surprised that this is happening ? i'm not. it's just is happening? i'm not. it's just another awkward moment for william, who doesn't want to share any platform . i'm anywhere share any platform. i'm anywhere in the world with his brother. he's drawn a line in the sand. he's drawn a line in the sand. he's decided no more , and that's he's decided no more, and that's the end of it. but even an award which, incidentally, i helped set up with gordon brown and the

memorial committee in downing street, even that award cannot bnng street, even that award cannot bring these two boys back together. and if that can't, if their mother's legacy can't bnng their mother's legacy can't bring them back together, then nothing can. >> most definitely. it's devastating. paul, let me bring my friday friends in fleet street legends nina myskow and mike porky parry, can we talk about this photo photo gate? a photoshop fail if you like. mike porky parry of course you've been on picture desks at some of the major newspapers of this country. what's your reaction to what happened? >> well, i think an enormous fuss has been made about a very tiny know what i tiny incident. you know what i mean? mean , when i first saw mean? i mean, when i first saw that picture, thought how that picture, i thought how joyous . you know, this woman joyous. you know, this woman who's been ill is now smiling. she's beautiful. >> her three children are supposed yeah , her supposed to think, yeah, her three children are around her. >> all laughing and >> they're all laughing and smiling. happy and the smiling. they're happy and the picture's by their picture's been taken by their father. for me. father. it was sheer joy for me. and i thought, wow, now she didn't with that picture.

didn't tamper with that picture. it was taken by her husband, prince william . nobody tampered prince william. nobody tampered with it. somebody just touched a few edges and made a few rough edges a bit smoother . but for edges a bit smoother. but for instance, they didn't make her smile wider. they didn't take lines out of her face. they didn't make a look. anything other than she naturally was. i think it's a huge fuss. i think it's ridiculous. the amount of criticism that she's had on a non—story. and what's more, the international picture agencies, i think, feel a bit, you know, put down by the fact that they didn't deal with the picture. >> you have to trust the professionals if they think the photograph has been doctored, to the extent that they are not prepared to put it out, you have to listen to them. and william may or not have taken that may or may not have taken that photograph. i don't think ehhen photograph. i don't think either. or kate either. william or kate photoshopped that either. william or kate photdone)ped that either. william or kate photdone professionally that either. william or kate photdone professionally .:hat either. william or kate photdone professionally . and it was done professionally. and it is an example of how the palace of kensington and buckingham palace press , puts out. palace press, puts out. >> but nina, what put, puts out,

puts out a spin on things. >> we are supposed to think that kate's all fine and it's all happy. no, we are supposed to think that. and the point being, it's a light has now been shed upon the workings. the inner workings that they that they have used. and the thing is, i have used. and the thing is, i have every sympathy for kate. and as woman, i feel she needs and as a woman, i feel she needs the privacy she deserves. the privacy that she deserves. however, the palace have got themselves this state themselves into this state because for the last 4 or 5 years, every single day in the papers, the daily mail, whatever, a picture of kate, a picture of kate, a picture of kate. now the situation is where she is not physically capable of being photographed that way , being photographed in that way, and caused a huge and that has caused a huge vacuum. that's caused vacuum. and that's caused all this fat. >> facts were changed, nina? >> what facts in picture >> what facts in that picture were changed? no factual incident? was it incident? no. we do it. was it was it was a bit of the cardigan. it was a bit of the jumper. they did not take at her. >> yes. that her they did not take a formal picture of kate and plant it into that picture. >> you know that because i believe what they've told us.

why would you believe anything? >> missed so tiny. >> let's. this is interesting. you smell a rat. nina. myskow i do, i do completely smell a rat. >> i think kate's been used. she was . an apology was issued by was. an apology was issued by kate. i she had nothing to do. >> so you don't think she was on that garden terrace? you think her been pasted onto her face has been pasted onto the image? >> it well been. we have. >> and whose body was that, then? prince andrew, can't then? prince andrew, i can't accept that a moment. accept that for a moment. i don't he's in a lot of photographs, knows knows photographs, knows who knows what him. what was done to him. >> if was just a sleeve >> but if it was just a sleeve or a hand or no ring, that's all it was. >> that's all we know it was. >> that's all we know it was. >> and here's problem. >> and here's the problem. >> and here's the problem. >> not have >> agencies would not have refused . they used photoshop all refused. they used photoshop all the time. paul burrell, major paul burrell here's the problem. >> talking about this and >> we're talking about this and we and we shouldn't be, should we? and that's is that's the issue. it is unfortunate . probably unfortunate. probably catherine's first ever pr disaster. >> yes it is. »- >> yes it is. >> and back in the day, her mother in law wouldn't have had these problems because the internet wasn't there. and this

has been fuelled by the internet and conspiracy theories . and, and conspiracy theories. and, you know, it's i think it's very sad that we're criticising kate and william, who are our future king and queen, and we should stand by them. >> william. excuse me, paul, i am not criticising kate and william. i have expressed my support kate. i have support for kate. i have different views about william, but is not them. it the but it is not them. it is the palace machinery . palace machinery. >> well, the palace machinery which is outdated. i agree with you , nina, and they should come you, nina, and they should come bnng you, nina, and they should come bring themselves up to present day, because they're still living in a victorian court and you can't you can't actually promote the royal family , with promote the royal family, with the standards that they used to use in the old elizabethan courts, they have to be modern and forward thinking. and i think this is a blip. i think it's something which has happened, which kate and william didn't expect . and i think it is didn't expect. and i think it is quite simple. kate is poorly . quite simple. kate is poorly. she's not well. she needs time to recover. and i think we are making it worse by talking about

paul making it worse by talking about paul. so we should really give them. she should be given credit. >> she should be given enormous credit for getting off her sickbed, getting into the middle of that picture with her children, which i think was absolutely genuine , apart from absolutely genuine, apart from the little bits around the corner, instead of she's corner, instead of which she's been criticised . but lifted been criticised. but she lifted the country beautiful picture. >> everybody loved it . >> everybody loved it. >> everybody loved it. >> not been criticised. >> she has not been criticised. she not criticised . she she has not been criticised. she has. i think she's been been used. and also to go to used. and i also want to go to the ask paul the question of william you agree william and harry, do you agree with me? is william that is with me? that is william that is completely that completely intransigent, that harry would be in favour and actually express an opinion in his in his some of his interviews around the book that he that he would be happy to bnng he that he would be happy to bring back. wait, wait a minute. >> nina myskow. nina myskow are you saying extraordinarily that it's actually prince william? yes who is responsible for the split between the brothers? i am saying, yes, i am, it's exactly what i'm saying. >> i think that's nonsense, because he was harry and meghan

were pushed out because they were pushed out because they were more popular than william and kate. i don't accept. >> okay, well, listen, can i get your reaction , finally, to that your reaction, finally, to that bombshell suggestion by by nina myskow paul burrell i think what nina is referring to is the fact that william knows his mind. >> his heels in and he >> he's dug his heels in and he will not shift. i think the king on the other hand, is quite happy to embrace harry privately. not in a public way, not not to him another role not not to give him another role within the royal family. but william is dead against that. william is dead against that. william protects his family fiercely. he protects himself against the press fiercely and actually, mark, i heard william once say that he didn't want to be king because he found he found it too intrusive. so this is a very private man who is being pushed into a very public role . and quite frankly, he's role. and quite frankly, he's very uncomfortable right now , very uncomfortable right now, paul very uncomfortable right now, paul, great to see you looking so fantastically well. always a treat to have you on the show. do come and see us again soon.

my thanks to former royal butler, star, author and butler, reality star, author and broadcaster paul burrell. coming up, why is food in britain's up, why is the food in britain's schools and hospitals so bad? i'll be asking. king of the tv chefs, anthony thompson. he's

next. i got to tell you my fantastic friday friends are still arguing about william and harry. but we've got to move on. a headteacher has issued an apology to parents for poor quality school dinners served to pupils. jason ashley, head of redbndge pupils. jason ashley, head of redbridge community school in southampton, wrote a letter to parents. he shared photos of the food, which is also being served to staff. dishes include chips and beans and a tuna jacket potato, which, i'll be honest, are not appetising. i think we might have some images here for you. there you go . that's enough you. there you go. that's enough to make your stomach turn, isn't

it? if you're listening on the radio, you've got chips and beans. the sad looking mashed potato, inedible rubbish . the potato, inedible rubbish. the head teacher said if the food had been served to his own children, he'd be exceptionally unhappy. he also said portion sizes had gotten smaller. well, that's probably blessing . so that's probably a blessing. so whether it's schools or hospitals, why is public sector catering so bad? let's get the views of king of the tv chefs and restaurateur anthony worrall thompson. anthony . why are thompson. hi, anthony. why are school dinners so bad? what's going wrong ? going wrong? >> i think it's cost cutting, really. i mean , the price of really. i mean, the price of food has gone up enormously. these companies like chartwells , these companies like chartwells, who did that food must be, scratching around trying to make a well, they've got to make a profit, haven't they? and i think there's not enough care taking , you know, there's so taking, you know, there's so many things they could be doing. you know, when i mean, i went to boarding school, but, you know, you teacher at the end of you had a teacher at the end of each table. so there was a link between pupil and teacher. they

had parents come in to eat some food. that would be a good idea. so they could see what the schools were serving. little things like that. they need sort of groups from the school kids to actually talk about the food at some of these meetings, you know, i mean, menus sent out to parents so parents could at least see what their children are eating. i mean, they've got £2, 41, if i remember rightly, a per pupil to spend on that. you actually think that's one meal a day and prisoners in get £2 two and pe for three meals a day. so they should be able to do something better with the amount of money they're given. >> what do you think of items like chips at school and other fast food, items? what do you think about the fact that they're on the menu at all? anthony well, in an ideal world, we wouldn't have them. >> but kids do love them, so i don't think the occasional treat goes amiss, you know, it's it

shouldn't be every day , which shouldn't be every day, which i'm sure it is in a lot of places. i think an awful lot of the problem they've got is in many places i've been to when i visited schools, there's too much the always much choice, and the kids always go for the bad choice. well, often go for the bad choice. i generalise, of course, but i mean, if you offer choice , kids mean, if you offer choice, kids are going to make a choice, aren't they? i mean, we at school got given one meal a day. no, no arguing about it. okay. there wasn't the religion idea there. there wasn't vegetarianism, there wasn't veganism. all those sort of things you have to take into account for nowadays. but actually by giving kids a choice, you're not knowing whether getting whether they're getting a balanced meal. >> indeed, anthony, let me bring my friday friends in fleet street legends nina myskow and mike parry. nina, do you think the catering should be brought in—house? i mean, this is really important how we feed our kids, isn't it? >> of course. >> of course. >> what happened to the day of the lady mean, the dinner? lady i mean, i you know, jamie oliver had know, i thought jamie oliver had a big sorry to mention jamie all

in front of anthony. yeah. >> don't. please >> please don't. please don't swear . it's >> please don't. please don't swear. it's family no, ho. 110. >> no. >> anthony. anthony, an old mate of mine. we did series of mine. we did a series together many, many, many years ago, and. hi, anthony. but the days the dinner plating and days of the dinner plating and cooking from fresh cooking from. why? why are the catering companies. who's lining, who's pockets? by having handing out these contracts to people who patently cannot cater and why are they being served in takeaway? what happened to plates and cutlery and you know, it's expensive. yeah. >> anthony , before i get to you, >> anthony, before i get to you, mike anthony, can you tell us what's these what's happening with these cateringtheir serve good >> it's theirjob to serve good food. why are they failing, i think are they treating it like a factory? >> i mean, a lot of times they're producing this food a yearin they're producing this food a year in advance and freezing it and it out to schools in and sending it out to schools in batches, you know, and nina is completely correct. in—house catering would be so much better. bring the catering up involved. get them involved, get them important members of your team in the school, and let the kids know who was cooking their

food for them. it's so much better, you know, there's a lot of schools doing gardening now, so your vegetables so growing your own vegetables involve that in the school meals, food. i mean, but meals, fresh food. i mean, but that money £2.41 you can actually cook a pretty good meal. >> i think you can. mike parry. >> i think you can. mike parry. >> well, i think there's too much whingeing going on here. i, i remember my school meals and i used to like them. i used to like the sausages, even if they were only cooked on one side in big trays, big silver trays. i've spent time in and out of hospital over the last 20 years with a dodgy ticker. and you know what the hospital food. i got this old expression do you like hospital food? i did like my thought it my hospital food. i thought it was okay. and also. and anthony is so they've got quite is so right. they've got quite a big budget to be able to do it, but you've got to do it en masse. and what on earth do people expect ? what do they people expect? what do they expect? a michelin star food in schools and hospitals? or do they expect something which is adequate and nutritious? >> anthony, you get you get the

last word responding to mike. >> and also, what do you think kids ideally should be eating if the budget is £2 a meal, what would you put on there? what would you put on there? what would you put on there? what would you be serving kids ? would you be serving the kids? >> well, listen, that guy said, how it cook a jacket how hard is it to cook a jacket potato actually cook the potato if you actually cook the jacket took out the jacket potato? took out the potato, some mince potato, put in some nice mince inside. you've got inside. so you've got a shepherd's a jacket. shepherd's pie in a jacket. potato with some kids love peas. there's absolutely nothing wrong with got with peas. and you've got everything a plate. everything there on a plate. simple . you know, fish has simple food. you know, fish has gone through the roof, but you can like pangasius, can buy fish like pangasius, which a perfectly good white which is a perfectly good white fish. good value. you can fish. very good value. you can give kids, their only have give kids, their kids only have to fish one time in three to have fish one time in three weeks. yeah. what's that all about? you know , it used to be ridiculous. >> what about a greggs sausage roll? there beautiful. they roll? there beautiful. and they cost under pound. cost under a pound. >> whether >> or indeed, whether wetherspoons, wetherspoons, fish and understand mike orders too >> i understand mike orders too when he goes to a wetherspoons. other are available. other pubs are available. anthony, us your anthony, remind us your restaurant my viewers restaurant so my viewers and listeners and have a slap listeners can go and have a slap up meal. >> it's great. off the green in

kew, richmond , listen, kew, near richmond, listen, we'll catch up soon. anthony, lovely on the lovely to have you back on the show. anthony worrall thompson, king chefs patrick king of the tv chefs patrick christys is next. >> happening patrick christys is next. >> so happening patrick christys is next. >> so willippening patrick christys is next. >> so will the ning patrick christys is next. >> so will the nhs patrick christys is next. >> so will the nhs netick christys is next. >> so will the nhs net zero okay, so will the nhs net zero plans actually kill people? it appears there's an extremist imam preaching to primary school kids. should councils remove the palestinian flags? one council is doing that at labour has spoken about ferrets instead of gender reform , which perhaps gender reform, which perhaps shows what their priorities lie. and there are questions over whether or not a massive new housing in cardiff housing development in cardiff is be used by asylum is going to be used by asylum seekers, actual people of seekers, or the actual people of wales. so all to play for tonight. nine 1011 awesome stuff. >> patrick. looking forward, join me for mark tonight join me for mark dolan tonight tomorrow 9:00. sunday at tomorrow at 9:00. sunday at nine. big opinion take at ten mark meats and more . see mark meats and much more. see you tomorrow nine. patrick is next. >> that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers . sponsors of boxt boilers. sponsors of weather on . gb news. weather on. gb news. >> hello. very good evening to

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start, temperatures rising so most places likely to get into double figures. any wet weather clears through as we go through early so a bit of a early on sunday, so a bit of a wet start across some southeastern parts perhaps, but thereafter sunday actually looks largely of largely dry. a scattering of showers for sure, and also some outbreaks of more persistent rain across parts of scotland and northern ireland. but most of see some sunny of us will see some sunny breaks. monday doesn't too breaks. monday doesn't look too wet, rain is on the wet, but further rain is on the cards for tuesday. i'll see you again soon. bye . again soon. bye bye. >> looks things are heating >> looks like things are heating up boilers sponsors up boxt boiler boilers sponsors of weather on

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