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crash was reported to today's crash was reported to have structural issues in 2016 and was involved in a separate accident when it hit a port wall in belgium in the same year. showing you these live scenes now coming to us from baltimore in maryland, in the states where those six construction workers who reportedly stopped more traffic coming onto the bridge at the time of the collapse, have reportedly been recorded as missing. the governor of maryland says it is, though still very much an active search and rescue mission. we'll try and rescue mission. we'll try and keep you up to date on the latest events from maryland tomorrow on gb news. here at home, chemical attacker abdul ezedi was granted asylum by a judge who accepted that he was a christian convert, despite concerns the sex offender was a proven liar. a range of confidential court documents have shown today. the lengths that ezedi went to prove his conversion from islam, including signing an agreement to be escorted during christian church services as a result of his
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criminal past. meanwhile pictures also released for the first time today show him being bapfised first time today show him being baptised and handing out christian leaflets in a shopping centre. as eddie's body was pulled from the river thames last month amid a major manhunt after he was suspected of dousing his ex—girlfriend with a corrosive chemical . the london corrosive chemical. the london mayor has today condemned a conservative party advert, calling it an attempt to mislead voters. here's part of the video that suggested london had become the crime capital of the world. under sadiq khan's leadership, a 54% increase in knife crime since the labour mayor seized power has the metropolis teetering on the brink of chaos? well the video also warned of what it described as squads of ulez enforcers terrorising communities at the beck and call of their labour master. the post was withdrawn after a backlash for using footage of a stampede in a new york, not london,
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subway station. it's now been replaced, but without those scenes. and it comes as the conservative susan hall is set to challenge sadiq khan in the upcoming london mayoral election on the 2nd of may. a former british museum curator has been ordered by the high court to return stolen artefacts within four weeks. doctor peter higgs, who was dismissed for misconduct, faces allegations of theft and damage to over 1800 historical items. accusations he denies. the courts also ordered mr higgs disclosed records from his ebay and paypal accounts following claims he listed hundreds of the stolen items onune hundreds of the stolen items online for sale . hms prince of online for sale. hms prince of wales has returned to her home port of portsmouth harbour. it's after leading the largest nato exercise since the cold war exercise since the cold war exercise steadfast defender. the british warship was at the centre of a maritime mission involving more than 20,000 uk military personnel across
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scandinavia and northern europe. for the very latest stories, do sign up to gb news alerts. scan the qr code on your screen or go to gb news. com slash alerts time now for headliners . time now for headliners. >> hello and welcome to headliners your first look at wednesday's newspapers. i'm your host, andrew doyle. >> i'm joined by two top tier comedians. it'sjosh howie and comedians. it's josh howie and cressida wetton. very exciting to have you both here. are you well it's good man. >> very well. >> very well. >> doing some like i've been wood filling, the, the, my window sills and then fighting with anti—semites online and then going back with it. >> that's my two favourite things in the world. i said just go like, oh, god. >> yeah , yeah. >> yeah, yeah. >> yeah, yeah. >> well, the one is therapy for the other. but you mean cressida, you don't on
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cressida, you don't get on in these squabbles. cressida, you don't get on in these all squabbles. cressida, you don't get on in these all that, bbles. cressida, you don't get on in these all that, you s. cressida, you don't get on in these all that, you rise avoid all of that, you rise above it. >> my best i to not. >> my best i to not. >> oh brilliant is that straight away. sorry if we had an air. no >> well, at least you didn't mention mine. yes, because it's very niche. let me tell you. very niche. but do subscribe. very niche. but do subscribe. very intellectual, right . let's very intellectual, right. let's have a look at wednesday's front pages the telegraph is pages first. so the telegraph is leading with churches undermining asylum system. the guardian has cbi stops staff discussing sexual misconduct and bullying claims. the i is leading with state pension age may rise to 68 sooner to pay for triple lock pledge. the daily mail is leading with clapping clapham chemical attacker asylum fiasco and the financial times has trump's social media group tmtg jumps 50% on nasdaq market debut and the mirror front cover on wednesday. traitors, the brits fighting for putin. those were your front pages . all
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were your front pages. all right. we're going to begin with the daily mail. josh, you have the daily mail. josh, you have the details. yes >> clapham chemical attacker asylum fiasco. this is a asylum fiasco. and this is a fiasco. this was , people fiasco. this was, people remember a few months ago, the guy he, did acid attack in clapham on the mum and her two daughters. >> absolutely horrific. >> absolutely horrific. >> horrific. supposedly he's died in the thames and, but then it turns out that he'd was a he was a sex offender. he'd been rejected twice , pass his asylum rejected twice, pass his asylum claim. and then on the third time, he was let through because he now said that he was christian. >> right. so people are going to be justifiably angry about this. >> absolutely. but there's a few things make me even more things that make me even more angry . the things that make me even more angry. the first things that make me even more angry . the first the guy angry. the first is that the guy who spoke up for him who basically spoke up for him and he failed some tests on christianity. they basically said , what? he had said, what? he had a christianity test and they were like, you know, like trick questions, like, was jesus muslim , that wasn't one of the muslim, that wasn't one of the questions. but i don't know how he would have. >> but, you know, if you if you
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weren't a christian, you might get that wrong. >> you might. well, well, he thought old was thought the old testament was about said thought the old testament was aboutwas said thought the old testament was aboutwas christian, said thought the old testament was aboutwas christian, but said thought the old testament was aboutwas christian, but ofaid jesus was christian, but of course was jewish. jesus was christian, but of couyes. was jewish. jesus was christian, but of couyes. so vas jewish. jesus was christian, but of couyes. so he'sawish. jesus was christian, but of couyes. so he's actually it is >> yes. so he's actually it is quite question. quite hard question. yeah >> and the big thing >> so, and anyway, the big thing is this guy, reverend is that this guy, reverend merrin, who was who merrin, who was the guy who spoke him and essentially spoke up for him and essentially was judge said . oh, was was what the judge said. oh, well, he. i'll take this well, if he. i'll take this quy's well, if he. i'll take this guy's for it. turns guy's word for it. yes. turns out they knew was a sex out they knew he was a sex offender. they knew he was a wrong on at their church. they had of a special schedule wrong on at their church. they hacpeoplef a special schedule wrong on at their church. they hacpeople to special schedule wrong on at their church. they hacpeople to chaperone.|edule wrong on at their church. they hacpeople to chaperone. and e wrong on at their church. they hacpeople to chaperone. and so for people to chaperone. and so he around that he he wasn't around anyone that he would anything like would grope or anything like that. so you think that. but what, so you think that's okay protect your that's to okay protect your parishioners or whatever, but not the general public? >> yeah, that's that's absolutely outrageous. i mean, i suppose they might have been going along the line of that belief redemption, that belief in redemption, that belief in redemption, that belief that belief in forgiveness and that people and move i people can change and move on. i don't know about don't know much about christianity. it's of christianity. well, it's kind of essential but you know, essential to it, but you know, you're not you are dealing with bigger issues here. you're deaung bigger issues here. you're dealing people's dealing with other people's lives, shouldn't really dealing with other people's lives, that shouldn't really dealing with other people's lives, that decision..dn't really dealing with other people's lives, that decision. well,eally dealing with other people's lives, that decision. well, that make that decision. well, that call contract between i find call the contract between i find that ludicrous. that a bit ludicrous. >> anyway , to have this
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>> anyway, to have this contract, will won't contract, you will behave, won't you? find . but that, you? yes, i will find. but that, as said, that's only as you said, that's only applicable while at church. applicable while he's at church. that nothing about what that says nothing about what he's rest of the time. he's doing the rest of the time. >> i mean, a broader >> i mean, this is a broader problem, isn't it, christos? a lot people supposedly lot of people supposedly pretending order pretending to convert in order to asylum and, you know, to secure asylum and, you know, there's a lot of people who will tell we've various stories in order to ensure that they get what they want. when it comes to this, there this, i'm not saying there aren't claims. this, i'm not saying there arecourse claims. this, i'm not saying there arecourse there claims. this, i'm not saying there arecourse there are claims. this, i'm not saying there arecourse there are loads. laims. this, i'm not saying there arecourse there are loads. yeah, of course there are loads. yeah, no, starting think no, but i'm starting to think lewis isn't christian. lewis schaefer isn't christian. that some sense. yes, that would make some sense. yes, but you actually prove but how do you actually prove that converted to that someone hasn't converted to christianity in this particular case? do you do that? case? how do you do that? >> that's that's very >> well, that's that's very difficult, but that's know difficult, but that's not i know you've to draw a picture of mohammed. >> oh, josh. josh no, no, you've got to draw a cartoon. >> where in the bible does it say you've got it? >> but i'm saying if it's >> but i'm just saying if it's if people from a better if it's people from a better test be to explain the test would be to explain the trinity , that would be a better trinity, that would be a better or explain one can do that or explain transubstantiation. >> very i know lot about >> i'm very i know a lot about trans issues , but that's one trans issues, but that's one
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element. >> none that's the point , element. >> none that's the point, is >> none of that's the point, is it? because because that's fine to let him in the church and have his behaviour agreement. and that's all great. but the point is that they use that that so—called of so—called evidence of christianity to allow him to stay. and under other circumstances, wouldn't have circumstances, he wouldn't have been allowed. >> and should the case >> and should it be the case that we have a zero policy when it claims, if it comes to asylum claims, if you've committed crime at you've committed any crime at all? of course. all? actually, yes, of course. >> why do we why would we want people committed crimes, >> why do we why would we want peo certainly committed crimes, >> why do we why would we want peo certainly cooffenders,rimes, but certainly sex offenders, a top who's got a parking top doctor who's got a parking ticket. >> f- f— p you've got to have >> i mean, you've got to have boundaries, you? you wouldn't. >> e“ a e h >> we don't want a bad parking ticket, >> we don't want a bad parking tickwe doctor. >> we want a doctor. >> we want a doctor. >> but so james are the home >> but but so james are the home secretary has basically been meeting officials to meeting with church officials to say sort it or stop doing it say sort it out or stop doing it now. now, justin other now. now, justin welby the other day he was asked on a day said he was asked on a podcast. i think seen, podcast. i think had he seen, evidence, he said, oh, i hadn't seen any evidence of this. well, here's evidence. here's the evidence. the government's seen evidence here's the evidence. the govestopant's seen evidence here's the evidence. the gove stop it.'s seen evidence and stop it. >> yeah, well, and historically, the want to the idea was you didn't want to send to dangerous situations. >> so feels the safe >> so it feels like the safe opfion >> so it feels like the safe option is, oh, let them stay. and proves, there is no and this proves, no, there is no
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safe option. it's got to be each case on its merits. >> let's >> okay. right. well, let's move to cover of to on the front cover of wednesday's now. wednesday's telegraph now. cressida, leading with? >> they are leading. well, they've got the church's story as they've got, as well. and they've also got, two thirds of magistrates cases are behind closed are being held behind closed doors. we covered this doors. so we covered this yesterday briefly, yeah , yesterday briefly, so yeah, nearly two thirds of magistrate court cases are being held in secret. okay. >> now, what's the rationale behind this? to speed it up, i suppose i think so, i think it's a budget issue, isn't it. >> course one person >> yeah. of course one person you things really you can do things really quickly. we talked about 92nd cases. know, what cases. you know, tell me what the facts are. i'll tell you quickly. but the problem is this happens a lot to vulnerable people they're people who don't even they're not sometimes. people who don't even they're not isn't sometimes. people who don't even they're not isn't there sometimes. people who don't even they're not isn't there s risktimes. people who don't even they're not isn't there srisk of|es. >> isn't there a risk of exploitation as well? i mean, we have principle have the principle of open justice, transparency, etc. isn't risk here? justice, transparency, etc. isn'yeah, risk here? justice, transparency, etc. isn'yeah, yeah,. here? justice, transparency, etc. isn'yeah, yeah, ofzre? justice, transparency, etc. isn'yeah, yeah, of course it is. >> yeah, yeah, of course it is. yes and so there are people are going between the going to fall between the cracks. about cracks. they're talking about now putting journalists in there. don't know how now putting journalists in tijournalist don't know how now putting journalists in tijournalist really1't know how now putting journalists in tijournalist really going�*w how now putting journalists in tijournalist really going to how a journalist is really going to get 90s a story . get in 90s a story. >> josh howie tell us about this other story. >> nhs yes, nhs satisfaction at
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the lowest ebb, amid long waits and lack of gps. this is also on the front of the telegraph. >> yes. >> yes. >> people are not banging their pots at least not a pots anymore. at least not in a nice way, yes . so it's now nice way, yes. so it's now basically about a quarter of people are satisfied with the health service and well, it's pretty, but i mean, the waiting lists much out of control. >> i mean, to the extent that it's dangerous, you know, these people appointment. it's dangerous, you know, these peo i.e appointment. it's dangerous, you know, these peo i mean appointment. it's dangerous, you know, these peo i mean , appointment. it's dangerous, you know, these peoi mean , you appointment. it's dangerous, you know, these peo i mean , you forget ntment. it's dangerous, you know, these peo i mean , you forget aboutit. it's dangerous, you know, these peo i mean , you forget about it. oh, i mean, you forget about it. you have to phone at a precise time in the morning you time early in the morning or you can't. can't do it. you have can't. you can't do it. you have to bupa. yeah. cressida. to go to bupa. yeah. cressida. thoughts? this is the number one election issue apparently. >> it matters , they've >> yeah. so it matters, they've asked people for the first time if they'd be prepared to pay more improve this. and more tax to improve this. and half people have said they would. >> yeah, i think i think the nhs is , you know, still very much a is, you know, still very much a big deal in this country. i think people really do care about think i think about it. i think i think they understand necessity understand the necessity for it. isn't interesting aren't isn't it interesting that aren't we lots tax for it already? >> isn't that what we are paying our tax towards? >> we maybe the tax >> we are. but maybe the tax
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isn't distributed isn't being distributed in the correct nhs could correct way. maybe the nhs could get we didn't spend on. get more if we didn't spend on. >> also, maybe the money's >> well also, maybe the money's not being in the right not being spent in the right way, there's another way, because there's another part thing that says way, because there's another part have thing that says way, because there's another part have �*billion.at says way, because there's another part have �*billion.at séwhole they have 8 billion. the whole point of the nhs is can buy point of the nhs is they can buy bulk, billion that they bulk, buy an 8 billion that they spend, they they spend it individually stuff. individually on stuff. so they're the service individually on stuff. so thethe the service individually on stuff. so thethe most the service individually on stuff. so thethe most efficient service for the most efficient administer of problem within the nhs, they to address. >> but there's also the issue of suing. a lot of people sue the nhs budget nhs and so much of their budget goes lawsuits. goes on lawsuits. now, inevitably that's going to happen when there's when things go there go wrong. but isn't there something do about that? something we can do about that? i know what answer is. i don't know what the answer is. be better . be better. be better. >> if it was a business, they would really interested would be really interested in their wouldn't their mistakes, wouldn't they? you capture your mistakes, you learn on. and learn from them and so on. and i wouldn't to say whether wouldn't like to say whether that's case, there's that's the case, because there's lots of them hiding lots of stories of them hiding it right. >> frankly, the other is >> frankly, the other thing is we've an lack we've got an issue. lack of staff. then bring staff. and then we bring up let's immigration. let's talk about immigration. yep >> okay. or let's not let's move on the mirror instead . front on to the mirror instead. front cover wednesday's mirror. cover of wednesday's mirror. cressida, this. cressida, you have this. >> traitors the brits >> okay. traitors the brits fighting for putin. imagine that, today exposes that, the mirror today exposes two british traitors who've gone
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to fight in the ukraine for russia, and he's got them on the front. yeah, i guess it is. yeah.i front. yeah, i guess it is. yeah. i mean, that is not putin. >> that's not the other one. yeah, yeah. >> he's not fighting, is he? he's sat in his. >> that's a permanent choice, isn't you're coming back isn't it. you're not coming back from that's, one of those from that. that's, one of those guys has got covid. >> he's wearing a mask. yeah, okay. >> he's wearing a mask. yeah, okaor least doesn't >> or at least he doesn't want other catch which other people to catch it, which is considerable. so he's a is quite considerable. so he's a traitor. a considerate, traitor. but he's a considerate, mercenary yeah, mercenary traitor. yeah, yeah, well, can you say? mean, well, what can you say? i mean, you it's not good being a you know, it's not good being a traitor, i think i'm traitor, is it? i think i'm going my neck out. going to stick my neck out. >> know traitor. i knew one, >> i know a traitor. i knew one, he on the open mic circuit, he was on the open mic circuit, russell. knew him like, this russell. i knew him like, this is 20 years ago. is like, 20 years ago. >> who did he know? >> and who did he know? >> and who did he know? >> and he started >> he went out and he started reporting from the ukraine. but like the dunbar, captured like the dunbar, the captured region. yeah. he region. really? yeah. and he became , a full on became like, a full on propagandist for putin. became like, a full on pro and ndist for putin. became like, a full on pro and he's for putin. became like, a full on pro and he's a)r putin. became like, a full on pro and he's a comedian. >> and he's a comedian. >> and he's a comedian. >> , he was a comedian. >> well, he was a comedian. yeah. >> well, he was a comedian. yeawell, be fair, most, most >> well, to be fair, most, most comedians in country are comedians in this country are propagandists or another. >> but he w" w“ >> exactly. but he was like, oh, but like, on the open mic but he was like, on the open mic
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side, you know, it's just mental. yeah. >> first i thought this a >> first i thought this was a zelenskyy joke. >> and then i thought, it's something theft. no, something about joke theft. no, you're just telling us an anecdote. you a story. anecdote. i'll tell you a story. >> something actually happened. happened? they're >> something actually happened. hapthere. ? they're out there. >> w- e there. the crazy >> they are out there. the crazy people. it's all sanity people. luckily, it's all sanity here that's the here at gb news. so that's the first done. stay tuned first section done. stay tuned as
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welcome back to headliners, your first look at tuesday's newspapers. i'm andrew doyle. i'm still here with josh howie and cressida wetton. let's continue with stories . now continue with the stories. now we're going stick with the we're going to stick with the telegraph. is story about telegraph. this is a story about free speech. my favourite subject? one subject? my favourite. but one of origami and of them, apart from origami and badminton, is my favourite shakespeare. >> ancient shakespeare things . >> ancient shakespeare things. okay. told to okay. universities told to protect free speech from foreign, state attacks. so this comes from professor arif ahmed, the government's free free speech tsar. >> lovely guy. i've met him. >> lovely guy. i've met him. >> really nice. >> really nice. >> i can imagine you'd be mates.
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>> i can imagine you'd be mates. >> he invited me to gonville and keys to do a talk. and he's a great guy. >> did you go? >> did you go? >> i did, i did, didn't get any protesters. disappointingly. >> oh, no. »- >> oh, no. >> what time time. well so >> what time next time. well so he's moves to say to he's he's making moves to say to universities, you've got to be wary have lots of wary that if you have lots of people from other cultures who might strong might not respect our strong free speech values, you can't be justifying if the justifying it. just if the university is full of people with different values, you've got action. this is got to take action. and this is coming, wake of the coming, in the wake of the higher education of higher education freedom of speech bill from may last year, which is putting the emphasis on university . university. >> yeah, i mean, make sure it was always difficult me was always difficult for me because thought, because i always thought, you know, imposing know, it sounds weird, imposing free a rule, with a free speech with a rule, with a law. but on the other law. right. but on the other hand, you have have that hand, you have to have that principle. there were so principle. and there were so many bodies unions principle. and there were so man were bodies unions principle. and there were so manwere basicallyzs unions principle. and there were so manwere basically no unions who were basically no platforming or just not inviting kathleen hounded off campus. >> oh no, it's amazing they had to implement this rule because you'd think whole point of you'd think the whole point of universities thinking. universities was free thinking. discussion engagement with different issues you might not agree it is for agree with. it still is for a lot of students. >> i have to defend them.
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>> i have to defend them. >> would say that this story >> i would say that this story is because have so much is because we have so much foreign either foreign investment now, either directly qatar, money directly china, qatar, money into departments, into certain departments, but also so many, students that foreign students that we, we need their money. >> these universities were closed down without they pay a lot more than domestic student money. >> yeah. so if someone's going to you were saying earlier to start you were saying earlier about uighurs. about talking about the uighurs. yeah, and then some chinese students are going get students are going to get offended by it say, no, offended by it and say, no, that's one them. the thing that's one of them. the thing that's one of them. the thing that's covered in this that's not covered in this article, is article, though, is self—censorship, right? article, though, is selerah.;orship, right? article, though, is selfnot1.;orship, right? article, though, is selfnot1.;orsh nothing? article, though, is selfnot1.;orsh nothing to do with >> not about nothing to do with the influence of money, but but to with american identity to do with american identity politics and postmodernism coming over here over the last 20, 30 years and how that has had a detrimental impact on free speech. >> you're right to mention that, because every study, well, you are right, know, are sometimes right, you know, broken that. but broken clock and all that. but what say, josh, is that what i would say, josh, is that every study this shows that every study into this shows that people self—censor people routinely self—censor on university campuses in particular other particular more than other places. talking about places. and we're talking about not the students who are not just the students who are scared their friends scared of what their friends think, staff . i scared of what their friends think, staff. i mean, think, but the staff. i mean, when i gave my at gonville
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when i gave my talk at gonville and the week before, helen and caius the week before, helen joyce had given a talk in the same the same college. same room in the same college. there banging there were people banging drums and all sorts of stuff. they had to in because and all sorts of stuff. they had to were in because and all sorts of stuff. they had to were terrifiedin because and all sorts of stuff. they had to were terrified of 3ecause and all sorts of stuff. they had to were terrified of being e they were terrified of being seen by their other student, you know, peers being demonised know, peers and being demonised as we've had as a result. and we've had studies that staff who studies saying that staff who are right leaning censor their own this is absolutely own opinions. this is absolutely not what a university is about, is i mean, it can't be like is it? i mean, it can't be like this. do we change the this. how do we change the culture because can't culture then? because you can't change self—censorship by force. you just you have to kind of just encourage a more what encourage a more open what they're do is sort they're trying to do is to sort of create a space. of create create a safe space. >> hahaha , but really that's >> hahaha, but really that's what it's and i don't think that gets around the problem of self—censorship immediately. i mean maybe it will in five, ten years. i don't know when it will it become fashionable again to, to be a bit to have but, but i have the free speech have to say that the free speech are the professor are arif ahmed, the professor has a fantastic job in it. has done a fantastic job in it. >> know, he made a point of >> you know, he made a point of inviting people gonville and inviting people to gonville and caius, who were heterodox speakers, unconventional speakers, unconventional speakers, master speakers, even though the master or in charge of or the person in charge of gonville was gonville and caius was a
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nightmare authoritarian, basically saying, we basically saying, you know, we should . she was should we should. she was disapproving helen joyce and disapproving of helen joyce and saying of terrible, saying all sorts of terrible, incorrect things about, but he went so need went ahead anyway. so we need people like that. we need academics stick their academics who will stick their neck we need a neck out. yeah, we need a channel, a tv. >> we tv channel, ctv >> we need a tv channel, ctv news where we can find news channel, where we can find out heterodox means. news channel, where we can find out like heterodox means. news channel, where we can find out like this:erodox means. news channel, where we can find out like this one,)x means. news channel, where we can find out like this one, like eans. news channel, where we can find out like this one, like this. news channel, where we can find out like this one, like this one. >> like this one, like this one. and we will talk about whatever we channel. we we want on this channel. no, we do this. absolutely. we do 100. >> people that say, oh, there's no there's no restrictions. you can say whatever, go on, say what you it's like, no, what you want. it's like, no, you know when i feel you don't know when i feel restricted. that's private restricted. that's a private matter. heterodox phobic. matter. i'm heterodox, a phobic. >> going have to look >> you're going to have to look this this. i will after this up after this. i will after this up after this. i will after this show. after read your this show. after i read your book. not. have you still book. i'm not. have you still not it's been bottom of my >> it's been at the bottom of my bag two years. i'm so offended. >> i'm so offended because it's got big words. >> it's heterodox it. >> it's got heterodox in it. >> it's got heterodox in it. >> it's got heterodox in it. >> i can't read it. probably written another one. since you tell it and i'll get tell me what it is and i'll get past bit. and then i'm not past that bit. and then i'm not telling you any more than i've already you. already told you. >> on to the daily >> we're moving on to the daily mail two israeli brothers, mail now. two israeli brothers, subjected
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mail now. two israeli brothers, subje(on| mail now. two israeli brothers, subje(on here. mail now. two israeli brothers, subyeah, here. mail now. two israeli brothers, subyeah, we're leaving >> yeah, we're leaving britain today don't feel >> yeah, we're leaving britain todaytwo don't feel >> yeah, we're leaving britain todaytwo israeli don't feel >> yeah, we're leaving britain todaytwo israeli novo't feel >> yeah, we're leaving britain todaytwo israeli novo massacre safe. two israeli novo massacre heroes who detained by heroes who were detained by anti—semitic staff at the manchester return home anti—semitic staff at the mancinterrogation, return home anti—semitic staff at the mancinterrogation, broughtome after interrogation, brought back horror the day they'll back horror of the day they'll never this , that was never forget. so this, that was a clip online of these two brothers coming through customs and a man speaking quite harshly to them. i don't think that was particularly the issue. it was more the fact that they initially someone went up to them assumed they were them and assumed that they were muslim. jews, which muslim. they yemeni jews, which they're . yes, soon they're dark skinned. yes, soon they're dark skinned. yes, soon they muslim. as they were muslim. as soon as they were muslim. as soon as they they were they said that they were actually jewish, supposedly their attitude changed. their attitude totally changed. said, going said, right, you're going to have they had to have to wait here. they had to wait for an hour and a half and someone they got someone will come. they got interrogated is not interrogated and this is not on camera, supposedly one of camera, but supposedly one of the patrol we have the border patrol said, we have to that you're not to make sure that you're not going do here what you've going to do here what you've been gaza, is been doing in gaza, which is disgusting. and disgusting. what try and retrieve defeat retrieve hostages and defeat rapist terrorists. so it's very sad. they came over here to raise money for israel, because there's a lot of displaced people. there's also, in this case, a lot of traumatised
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people. they were at this october 7th, the music festival, they were heroes the day. they were heroes on the day. they people's lives. and they saved people's lives. and andifs they saved people's lives. and and it's to it's so sad to read what they say about our country, how they are now convinced that we are a, anti—semitic country. >> and of course it's not. they don't want to come. it is like. but but it's just manchester. the key, the key thing about these things is something these things is when something like this happens, when someone goes and allows their goes rogue and allows their personal prejudices to interfere with work , it's how with their day's work, it's how you deal with that. like this has taken care of pretty, has to be taken care of pretty, you know, there's an official representing the country. >> so has be just dealt >> so it has to be just dealt with. is it being dealt with, cressida. >> sounds like it is. >> well, it sounds like it is. james cleverly has condemned it, so, he's so, you know, that's good. he's ordered an investigation. on the other my sinks other hand, my heart sinks when i going i hear that. oh, there's going to but, you to be an investigation. but, you know, know. that's good. know, i don't know. that's good. i don't think person who was i don't think the person who was being these guys is, being rude to these guys is, is going to be a job much going to be in a job much longer, right? i can well, i don't assume that's don't know, but i assume that's the so that's the key thing isn't
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>> so that's the key thing isn't it, it's being dealt with? >> so that's the key thing isn't itthink it's being dealt with? >> so that's the key thing isn't itthink so,; being dealt with? >> so that's the key thing isn't itthink so, but ng dealt with? >> so that's the key thing isn't itthink so, but you'reilt with? >> so that's the key thing isn't itthink so, but you're right,1? i think so, but you're right, josh, it shouldn't but josh, it shouldn't happen. but they manchester. they happen in manchester. >> the nhs nurses with >> you had the nhs nurses with the on their placard the palestinian on their placard on their badges, and they kicked some kid on their badges, and they kicked somethe kid on their badges, and they kicked somethe floor. kid on their badges, and they kicked somethe floor. there's kid on their badges, and they kicked somethe floor. there's bloodd onto the floor. there's blood treatment also treatment i think it's but also they said, don't feel they said, oh, we don't feel safe but again, i feel safe here. but again, i feel like it's manchester and no one really feels that safe in manchester. >> very good point . if you are >> very good point. if you are in and are in manchester and you are watching, actually you're watching, well actually you're probably not watching any more, are let's move on now to are you, let's move on now to tv's stolen . josh are you, let's move on now to tv's stolen .josh howie. tv's been stolen. josh howie. >> we're going on >> okay, we're going to move on to now . to the back now. >> take it back. well, i adore manchester for a balance. manchester for a bit of balance. i think it's wonderful. i like manchester i think it's wonderful. i like maiyou'ver i think it's wonderful. i like maiyou've never been to. >> you've never been to. >> you've never been to. >> just don't me anymore. >> we're going to move to the guardian now. >> we're going to move to the gueusen now. >> we're going to move to the gueuse ofiow. >> we're going to move to the gueuse of twitter in the us. >> use of twitter in the us. falling, apparently falling. >> usage fallen by >> twitter usage in us fallen by a elon musk's takeover. >> is this just a hit piece on elon musk? >> well, it might be because it is the guardian everyone. is in the guardian everyone. >> a surprise. >> oh what a surprise. >> oh what a surprise. >> don't like of >> they don't like the cut of his jib. the other hand, they his jib. on the other hand, they have that that the. well, have shown that that the. well, yeah, it's fallen. as of yeah, that it's fallen. as of february 24th, the social
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network's users in network's daily app users in america have fallen by 23. >> but he didn't. by >> yeah, but he didn't. by twitter for that reason, to make, you know, to bolster the numbers on it. well, no, quite you know, it was a it was a point about free speech. was point about free speech. it was a allowing people to talk. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> i fl- fl that's that's >> and i mean, that's that's great. and he's also come back and sort of well, hang on and sort of said, well, hang on and sort of said, well, hang on a minute. if you look at the daily average time spent on the platform it's platform that's gone up, it's mostly it is mostly josh, obviously it is mostly josh, obviously it is mostly with left. >> yeah. >> yeah. islamists >> yeah. islamists and >> yeah. islamists and the >> yeah. islamists and the far >> yeah. >> yyeah.slamists and the far left. yeah. >> you're taking them on by yourself josh is full yourself there josh it is a full time job so. but the thing time job so. but but the thing about elon's takeover is that, you obviously not you know, he obviously he's not making he's annoying making money. also he's annoying advertisers. know he's advertisers. you know he's telling well telling them to just. well he swore them didn't he. quite swore at them didn't he. quite openly richest openly because he's the richest guy world. so he can. but guy in the world. so he can. but but he's made point about but he's made a point about twitter. i this is the twitter. i mean, this is the this is why i think twitter is actually but of actually better. but a lot of people like the guardian keep saying speech increased. saying hate speech is increased. i've quite, i've seen a decrease quite, quite substantially of hateful accounts quite substantially of hateful acc but s quite substantially of hateful acc but that's because he blocked >> but that's because he blocked everyone >> but that's because he blocked evethat's probably all >> that's actually probably all it probably all it is. >> yeah, i have seen some
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improvements do improvements on it not to do with the hate speech . it's. but with the hate speech. it's. but then maybe i've just a sort then maybe i've just got a sort of tougher now in a way. of tougher hide now in a way. yeah, he overpaid. paid of tougher hide now in a way. yeahbillion.e overpaid. paid of tougher hide now in a way. yeahbillion. it'serpaid. paid of tougher hide now in a way. yeahbillion. it's a)aid. paid of tougher hide now in a way. yeahbillion. it's a bargain.paid $44 billion. it's a bargain. it's now worth about 12 billion. but it well go back up but it may well go back up again. but you can speak freely now. there was censorship on the platform , undoubtedly, and platform, undoubtedly, and people was people were being. was it ghosted whatever it's called? ghosted or whatever it's called? >> i mean, my, my satirical account got kicked off four times. kicked four times. i got kicked off four times. i got kicked off four times and, loads of times and, and, and loads of women said that, you know, women who said that, you know, there's a difference men there's a difference between men and off loads and women got kicked off loads of know, so satirical of them, you know, so satirical accounts booted. mean, it accounts got booted. i mean, it was and it was ideological. >> and now we choose what we >> and now we can choose what we want look at block, which want to look at or block, which is lovely. want to look at or block, which is lthat's part of free speech. >> that's part of free speech. cressida, you know, you're cressida, you know, if you're not someone's not interested in what someone's got them, got to say, you block them, but it's not, i'm going it's you deciding not, i'm going to that book, right. to read that book, right. >> but is there's >> yeah, but there is there's about four who keep on about four people who keep on messaging can you messaging me saying, can you tell stop to unblock tell andrew to stop to unblock me? pass on there, me? well, if you pass on there, i will pass pass on names i will pass pass on the names and it might be a mistake. and it might well be a mistake. >> might well be friendly >> it might well be friendly fire. we're to fire. right. we're going to finish this section with the
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guardian ons office finish this section with the gu national ons office finish this section with the gu national statistics. ons office finish this section with the gu national statistics. what'sffice of national statistics. what's going on here? >> plans >> ons scraps plans to stop reporting the deaths homeless reporting the deaths of homeless people. it's incredible that that were going to be doing that they were going to be doing this about, 741 homeless. people died in 2021. yeah i don't know why they would stop collecting this data because it's obviously very useful to find out how great a problem is. and what the tragedy is. >> presumably it's money. well, cutbacks. >> no , i don't think it's that. >> no, i don't think it's that. i think that they just didn't want it to be reported . want it to be reported. >> and it's one of those >> and yeah, it's one of those things always had felt that things i've always had felt that any civilised society should be able to deal with this problem of homelessness. absolutely. i don't think anyone in a prosperous society like us, the world's or world's fifth economy or whatever, people whatever, should have people sleeping on the streets. >> think before crystal >> i don't think before crystal comes my mate works for comes in that my mate works for one of these charities proper, as here, are drug as it says here, 35% are drug poisoning, 30. so it's like 10% alcohol. real problem alcohol. there's a real problem and isn't just like, oh, and it isn't just like, oh, here's your flat no, no, no, here's your flat or no, no, no, there are bigger a lot of mental health issues. >> there's a of issues >> there's a lot of issues there. but i do think a country
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as rich as ours, it's a disgrace to suffering in this to see people suffering in this way the streets. it way out on the streets. it really angers actually. really angers me, actually. >> i mean, i agree , it >> yeah. no, i mean, i agree, it says here that there's this idea that it's to increase the efficiency of health data, which is of those sentences that is one of those sentences that doesn't what? doesn't really. yeah. what? yeah, think not the yeah, i think this is not the thing to be cutting back on. there are other things i can think anyway , that is part think of anyway, that is part two done. so stay as we're two done. so stay tuned as we're going be discussing listening going to be discussing listening lessons harvard. cadbury lessons at harvard. cadbury accused easter and accused of erasing easter and why we shouldn't pity working class people . see you in
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welcome back to headliners. it's your first look at wednesday's newspapers. we're going to begin with the telegraph story about the tories. who's got this one? is this you? >> tories pour cold water on >> me, tories pour cold water on davy's idea to charge wealthy more for bbc licence fee. so tim davie , he's the director, the
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davie, he's the director, the director general. he's had this bright idea because obviously the bbc are losing viewership listenership. they're trying to plug listenership. they're trying to plug the gap and what can they do? and so one of his great ideasis do? and so one of his great ideas is to charge wealthy people for their licence people more for their licence fee. so i suppose that would have means tested. yes. have to be means tested. yes. and have just said and the tories have just said no. won't happen and the tories have just said no. watch. won't happen and the tories have just said no. watch. of won't happen and the tories have just said no. watch. of course happen and the tories have just said no. watch. of course itappen and the tories have just said no. watch. of course it won't on our watch. of course it won't be their watch necessarily much longer, be their watch necessarily much lon well, how about they go to a >> well, how about they go to a subscription service? or how about offering about they start offering a proper they are proper service where they are impartially the impartially reporting on the news rather than ignoring the w path scandal, biggest path scandal, the biggest medical century . medical scandal of the century. four weeks on and they still haven't mentioned sorry, four weeks on and they still havidonefentioned sorry, four weeks on and they still havidone with )ned sorry, four weeks on and they still havidone with thei sorry, four weeks on and they still havidone with the bbc sorry, four weeks on and they still havidone with the bbc now.rry, i'm done with the bbc now. >> no it's crazy. i mean, the whole of the is you're whole point of the bbc is you're meant have these like meant to have these like heterodox opinions meant to have these like het you ox opinions meant to have these like het you ox 0|wanted to get that >> you just wanted to get that word because you've learned word in because you've learned the new word tonight. >> in the interval you told >> it in the interval you told me was not called an me what it was not called an interval. >> a break. >> it's a break. >> it's a break. >> okay. break. >> okay. break. >> it's the theatre. >> sorry, it's not the theatre. for goodness sake. >> i heterodox opinions. >> so i like heterodox opinions. right? doesn't feel like right? and, it doesn't feel like you much heterodoxy. at you get much heterodoxy. none at all anymore . they're saying here all anymore. they're saying here that, like, you should like, the
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news free, but we pay news will be free, but we pay for entertainment. i think it should way around. should be the other way around. i the entertainment. but i think the entertainment. but the problem with the entertainment, even, is that it's with these, ideologies. >> yeah, even with, like, doctor who and whatnot. >> especially with doctor >> so especially with doctor who, now like who, doctor who's now like pravda, basically pravda, it's basically propaganda state at this point. >> yeah, but i have. but at the same time, i have obviously a soft spot. i used to work for the bbc. i did had a thing the bbc. i did my i had a thing on four. they me an on radio four. they gave me an opportunity be forever opportunity and i'd be forever grateful them. and i believe grateful for them. and i believe they've created grateful for them. and i believe they'\comedy, created grateful for them. and i believe they'\comedy, but created grateful for them. and i believe they'\comedy, but i created grateful for them. and i believe they'\comedy, but i don'tited grateful for them. and i believe they'\comedy, but i don't feel great comedy, but i don't feel like they've not for a while, but while. but not for a while. >> people >> i think the people you're grateful gone, i don't think. >> yeah, they're all gone. >> yeah, they're all gone. >> they have gone. and it >> no, they have gone. and it makes so it's just, you makes me sad. so it's just, you know, what it like in my know, what it is like in my lefty brain. it's still lefty imbued brain. it's still like, dare people call for like, how dare people call for the bbc to not be defunded and whatnot? but then i have whatnot? yeah, but then i have a new brain, which is like, learned, like words, like heterodox. and then you start going, actually, they're going, well, actually, they're not want not doing their job. i just want them really good. them to be really good. >> i them to be making .
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>> i want them to be making. >> i want them to be making. >> you that i must be impartial. >> i want them to be really good. want them to be good. i want them to be impartial. they're just not they're failing they're really, really failing on tim davie on this. and as for tim davie appearing saying, oh, this, on this. and as for tim davie app> yeah. >> it's anyway, let's move on. before i too enraged, we're before i get too enraged, we're going on to the daily going to move on to the daily mail. now, harvard university's listening . listening sessions. >> yes. harvard task force to hold listening sessions where community can discuss anti—semitism as ivy league school tries to rebound from claudine gay's resignation in wake of october. >> you might want to remind us what happened with claudine gay. >> part of panel of >> she was part of a panel of people universities people running universities who were congress. were questioned by congress. >> in charge of >> well, she was in charge of harvard. >> was charge of harvard. >> she was in charge of harvard. and was someone mit, and there was someone from mit, and were kind of asked, and they were all kind of asked, hey, calling for the hey, is, calling for the genocide of jews, okay? and they were you know, were like, yeah, well, you know, depends context . on the depends on the context. on the context. >> what p" pn— >> that's what they said. yeah, and know what the answer to and you know what the answer to that question no, no. yeah. that question is? no, no. yeah. simple. so easy. but simple. it's so easy. but then
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she discovered have plagiarised. >> well that's it. so she sort of clung in there for a bit whilst people had to whilst other people had to resign. it resign. and then, and then it turned a lot of turned out she'd done a lot of sort of scribbling from other sources . soufces. >> sources. >> yeah. stealing other people's work for her doctoral thesis. this is the big no no that academic all academics. no. but then you had like, i'm thick and i knew that you knew that. and you didn't even know what heterodox means. then you heterodox means. but then you had the associated had people like the associated press out an article press putting out an article saying that accusations of plagiarism racist plagiarism are a new racist weapon. yeah, because she's not a it's like, no, a white person. it's like, no, this to do with race. this is nothing to do with race. stop making it about race. black people to plagiarise to people know not to plagiarise to . racist . how about you're the racist for that that's the for suggesting that that's the bigotry expectations , as bigotry of low expectations, as candace likes to say, that's. >> well, basically , there's been >> well, basically, there's been a task force created. >> they're doing a task force for combating anti—semitism, and they're also doing a task force combating anti—muslim and anti—arab, because you can't defeat anti—semitism without mentioning anti, anti. >> it's like a weird reflex, isn't it? >> whenever anti—semitism goes
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against anti—semitism. >> and. >> and. >> yeah, but it's fine. >> yeah, but it's fine. >> like no one's saying that because you're, you're trying to tackle you don't tackle anti—semitism. you don't care prejudices tackle anti—semitism. you don't ca course, prejudices tackle anti—semitism. you don't ca course, but prejudices tackle anti—semitism. you don't ca course, but they prejudices tackle anti—semitism. you don't ca course, but they havejudices tackle anti—semitism. you don't ca course, but they havejudsee of course, but they have to see it as sides of the same coin. >> it can't just be like, we can't mention it in its own can't just mention it in its own right. i will say to their credit, creedence, creedence, creedence, know, creedence, i don't know, whatever to the heterodox that they force is they are. this task force is called of combating anti—muslim and anti—arab. so they didn't go with islamophobia. i think that's a good step. no, i think i think i'm with phrase i think i'm fine with the phrase anti—muslim prejudice, which i think does exist. >> we've evidence of >> and we've seen evidence of it. islamophobia, think, is a it. islamophobia, i think, is a nonsense that just nonsense terms that just conflates legitimate criticism nonsense terms that just co islam, legitimate criticism nonsense terms that just co islam, which nate criticism nonsense terms that just co islam, which is, e criticism nonsense terms that just co islam, which is, aftericism nonsense terms that just co islam, which is, after all,1 of islam, which is, after all, a belief system, and it conflates it anti—muslim prejudice. it with anti—muslim prejudice. and not fair on anyone. and that's not fair on anyone. does help? and that's not fair on anyone. doeso help? and that's not fair on anyone. doeso they've set aside two >> so they've set aside two weeks people talk and weeks for people to talk and about what's basically been happening campus. about what's basically been happening campus . jews, happening on campus. jews, we like to whine. >> anti—semitic . >> that's anti—semitic. >> that's anti—semitic. >> two weeks is not going to be enough. >> anti—semitism right there , so >> anti—semitism right there, so are you happy with this? >> well, not really, i think you should have a sort of general theory of ethics. you know , how
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theory of ethics. you know, how should everybody be treated? i mean, bit for mean, okay, it's a bit late for that because after the claudine gay we do need gay stuff, maybe we do need to address that. know, address that. but, you know, go back universities should address that. but, you know, go bache universities should address that. but, you know, go bache a universities should address that. but, you know, go bache a place iversities should address that. but, you know, go bache a place where es should address that. but, you know, go bache a place where everybody just be a place where everybody has freedom of speech, same. >> right. but i think the issue, the double standards of that statement, insofar you know , statement, insofar as, you know, it's all very well. >> saying i'm >> if she was saying i'm a strict free speech advocate, even calling for the even if you're calling for the genocide we genocide of anyone, then we are totally free speech. but they kick people out for tiny microaggressions hadn't said microaggressions who hadn't said anything at all. >> just wanted to >> and so i just wanted to mention my universe. i went to goldsmiths got in goldsmiths university, i got in through clearing and, today i saw some footage of the cafeteria used to hang out with, cafeteria used to hang outwith, and everybody's in there chanting from the to the chanting from the river to the sea. and i'm thinking, sea. wow and i'm thinking, i used to run the jewish society there, and like, bagel there, and we had like, bagel evenings and whatever, and i'm just like, i was just thinking, like, if i was there be dealing there now, i'd just be dealing with a bunch of terrified students. including with a bunch of terrified studentzfrankly including with a bunch of terrified studentzfrankly it's uding with a bunch of terrified studentzfrankly it's got|g with a bunch of terrified studentzfrankly it's got to be. myself. frankly it's got to be. >> something's to be done. >> something's got to be done. okay, moving the okay, we're moving on to the telegraph class telegraph now. working class people. pity people. cressida, do you pity them? don't pity working them? no don't pity working class peaky class people, says peaky
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blinders creator sir. >> who's that then? >> who's that then? >> well, that's a good question. i've never actually seen it , i've never actually seen it, he's called steven knight, and apparently son of a apparently he is the son of a blacksmith, you these blacksmith, you know these people got working class people who've got working class parents and then get into the arts and still bang on about their heritage? >> is their blacksmith quite an affluent job these days. it feels like something you get like borough market. >> probably going to >> yes. you're probably going to retreat to do blacksmithing for a and retreat to do blacksmithing for a nice and retreat to do blacksmithing for a nice wine. and retreat to do blacksmithing for a nice wine. that's and retreat to do blacksmithing for a nice wine. that's arnd retreat to do blacksmithing for a nice wine. that's a very there's nice wine. that's a very good but he's got good point. but here he's got this romanticism the this romanticism about the working you working classes. he says, if you live top of a tower live at the top of a tower block, can see the whole block, you can see the whole world. you see the curve of world. you can see the curve of the so he's he's the earth. so he's he's romanticised it and he makes a very good point. he's very good point. he said he's talking new project. very good point. he said he's talisays new project. very good point. he said he's talisays it's new project. very good point. he said he's talisays it's still new project. very good point. he said he's talisays it's still about)roject. very good point. he said he's talisays it's still about trying. he says it's still about trying to universal in one's to find the universal in one's own backyard, the human story. and literature and and that's what literature and art isn't it? yeah. art can do, isn't it? yeah. >> true. that's a very >> that's true. that's a very beautiful sentiment. josh, are you gonna something as beautiful? >> oh, yeah . all right, mate, >> oh, yeah. all right, mate, i'm you've already upset i'm gonna, you've already upset manchester. don't head to doctor opinion on this particular. go on then issue here. what is it? well, no. when i'm reading this ,
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well, no. when i'm reading this, it's kind of like i'm reading, the to common people by the lyrics to common people by pulp. >> it is like, sort of like it's like, all right, you're basically embodying the girl in that song , aren't you? that song, aren't you? >> yes. it wants to be poor. wants to hang out with the ruff. ruff. with plebs. yeah. ruff. it with the plebs. yeah. >> everybody tourists. >> everybody hates the tourists. >> everybody hates the tourists. >> thing. >> that's the thing. >> that's the thing. >> because you weren't a working class you? class boy, were you? >> my mum was from >> no, but my mum was from a working class background, so i sort passed this down, don't it? >> it's in the dna changes wherever i am. >> i can speak like this. i can speak that. i get on speak like that. i can get on with whoever exactly. >> four twos, of that. >> four by twos, all of that. you've got it all going on. i mean, you were raised in a palace, but that matter, palace, but that doesn't matter, does but does it? no, no, no, but but i spoke cleaner. spoke to the cleaner. >> exactly. she took me on >> exactly. and she took me on weekends as well. >> you did. you raise me. you weekends as well. >> some d. you raise me. you weekends as well. >> some outreach.se me. you weekends as well. >> some outreach.se mefor»u weekends as well. >> some outreach.se mefor you, did some outreach. good for you, josh. we're going now josh. we're going to move on now to the telegraph to this story in the telegraph about cadbury's a raising easter. oh we're seeing easter. oh it's oh we're seeing erasure flags brazier erasure of flags of brazier of hot cross buns. >> and this is the next thing cadbury accused of erasing easter by gesture eggs. easter by selling gesture eggs. >> what a gesture. >> what a gesture. >> this is stupid most stupid
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>> this is a stupid most stupid heterodox i've ever heterodox opinion i've ever think ever seen here. where think i've ever seen here. where they're basically they're not calling eggs or calling it diabetes eggs or anything. gesture eggs. anything. they're gesture eggs. so someone a gesture so you give someone a gesture 999, so you give someone a gesture egg, now? oh, egg, not an easter egg now? oh, god. gesture you. egg, not an easter egg now? oh, gocbutesture you. egg, not an easter egg now? oh, gocbut he'se you. egg, not an easter egg now? oh, gocbut he's not you. egg, not an easter egg now? oh, gocbut he's not going ou. egg, not an easter egg now? oh, gocbut he's not going to catch on. >> i think that's what they're doing. they're telling you how to product. to buy their product. >> they a as a gesture? >> they had a campaign a while ago this thing of some, i ago with this thing of some, i don't know, something like by people chocolates don't know, something like by people like chocolates don't know, something like by people like you chocolates don't know, something like by people like you csomething they'll like you or something almost telling how to almost telling you what, how to buy the stuff. and i think they're look, they're saying, oh, look, you could to your could make gestures to all your colleagues, it's not. colleagues, but it's not. >> it's not very catchy, is it? >> it's not very catchy, is it? >> feels clumsy and >> and it feels a bit clumsy and weird a gesture egg. >> yeah. no, it's stupid, but there's guy from christian there's a guy from christian concern. for concern. say if it wasn't for easter, we wouldn't have a reason eggs. would reason for easter eggs. i would say, they're say, of course they're tied together. there's together. i'd say there's a somewhat connection. somewhat tenuous connection. >> being so literal? >> why is he being so literal? how were there how many eggs were there up on calvary? how many bunnies were there the people there up there when the people were being? >> the eggs sort >> i think the easter eggs sort of don't they? of predate don't they? >> all that stuff. >> all that stuff. >> my favourite part of the story, though, is the cadbury have statement or have put out a, a statement or the owners of cadbury, and they
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basically use easter loads of times. they're like, we've got nothing wrong with easter. easter we love, we call our things easter. but there's easter all the easter is all over the packaging. they doth packaging. so it's they doth protest too much. >> they doth indeed. >> they they doth indeed. they have the occasion . so have risen to the occasion. so let's this story let's move on to this story now. this the telegraph. blackrock this is the telegraph. blackrock boss talking about boss larry fink talking about boomers. got this. boomers. he's got this. >> me. it's crazy for retirement age to be 65 warns world's largest fund manager. so larry fink, chairman and chief executive of blackrock , is executive of blackrock, is apparently a bit of an authority on these things. so we should listen because people do. yeah. and says 65 years old and he says 65 years old originates from the time of the ottoman empire, where people living what it was all about. but nowadays people live into their and that's a very their 90s. and that's a very expensive old expensive thing to do. old people are. people are expensive. they are. >> have expensive tastes. >> they have expensive tastes. >> they have expensive tastes. >> well, they and he's >> well, they do, and he's dripping jewels and mink dripping in jewels and mink coats things. coats and things. >> socks. my grandma. >> there you go. nobody's he says enough says nobody's giving enough thought we're going to says nobody's giving enough thotfort we're going to says nobody's giving enough thotfor all we're going to says nobody's giving enough thotfor all these /e're going to says nobody's giving enough thotfor all these old. going to pay for all these old. >> so what's he suggesting? that they on on? they go on and on? >> yeah, yeah. >> yeah, yeah. >> well, you what? i've
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>> well, you know what? i've known people who were known some people who were forced because they forced to retire because they reached certain and they reached a certain age and they weren't like weren't happy about it. so like some lives, some people for their lives, they mean, don't they need to. i mean, i don't know i'd do if i wasn't working. >> no, i plan to work forever. what really is, though, is what this really is, though, is a basically an advert for his to say, like, say say, invest in me. like, say you've got loads of money. all you've got loads of money. all you boomers me you baby boomers invest in me in a product. the a retirement product. so the whole read to whole thing, because i read to the very end and i like that louis schaefer, harry louis louis schaefer, harry louis louis has many, louis schaefer has many, catchphrases. like my i catchphrases. i would like my i would like to have my first catchphrase be i read the i read to end. to the end. >> okay. well, that's the >> yeah, okay. well, that's the first you've said it. it's first time you've said it. it's the time i've heard it. okay? >> it might become a thing. grow on you. >> you're gonna have to say a few times. few more times. >> you know how the >> but you know how the articles, just always winds articles, it just always winds me reveal it's articles, it just always winds me in reveal it's articles, it just always winds me in last reveal it's articles, it just always winds me in last sentence it's articles, it just always winds me in last sentence that only in the last sentence that they oh, well, is what they go, oh, well, this is what they go, oh, well, this is what the actually about. the story is actually about. >> you that's something >> you know, that's something that does his that shakespeare does in his sonnets. last couplet, sonnets. in the last couplet, he often inverts meaning of the often inverts the meaning of the whole often inverts the meaning of the wh(i'll take your word for it. >> i'll take your word for it. >> i'll take your word for it. >> right. that's. now go for another but coming in another break. but coming up in the section, price of the final section, the price of
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freddos again. freddos is going up again. alan titchmarsh and it titchmarsh is censored and is it your fault if you're your own fault if you're overweight? you
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welcome back to headliners. your first look at wednesday's newspapers . i'm andrew doyle. newspapers. i'm andrew doyle. let's begin with the daily star.
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saudi arabia has unveiled its first humanoid robot named sara. doesn't sound like a saudi arabian name that i think it's sort of got connotations to the torah . torah. >> oh, big, big, big. >> oh, big, big, big. >> well, shows what i know. >> well, shows what i know. >> yeah, female humanoid robot can't talk about sex or politics because it's illegal and women don't know much about stuff don't know much about that stuff anyway, so , apart from crestor, anyway, so, apart from crestor, or they don't get chance . or they don't get a chance. >> just like this robot. they don't get a chance to say it, i don't get a chance to say it, i don't know. >> well, it's quite interesting. and they've bloke, one and they've got a bloke, one who's. he's called. who's. guess what he's called. go mohammed, i wasn't going go on. mohammed, i wasn't going to say it, i was, i, you know, free speech channel. yeah. and he, he could sort of, he he, but he could sort of, he could do of, he could just could do loads of, he could just talk whatever. he also talk about whatever. he also physically somebody physically assaulted somebody and allegedly accidentally a robot someone's. robot grab someone's. >> was report , a >> well, there was a report, a female reporter standing in front him, and it looks like front of him, and it looks like he's, so they've inculcated he's, so they've been inculcated all behaviour into all sorts of male behaviour into this, into this. well, they're now saying just now saying he was just gesticulating. touch gesticulating. i didn't touch her, honour, of thing. >> but it's a robot. well, it must've been programmed do.
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must've been programmed to do. although i do this although i do think this story isn't it? isn't just about robots, is it? >> it's people . >> it's about people. >> it's about people. >> course. does it annoy >> yes. of course. does it annoy you they are programming you that they are programming female robots to behave like the kind of women the patriarchy would like you to be? >> well, it makes me very grateful to here and not grateful to be here and not there. well, that's how there. yeah, well, that's how it makes feel. not a robot. makes me feel. and not a robot. but i were a robot, i'd be but if i were a robot, i'd be the kind who'd be allowed to. yeah. speak whatever like. >> yeah, but it is interesting to see how different cultures you think of robotics as a kind of uniform idea, but there's a very heterodox vibe that. oh, very heterodox vibe in that. oh, for sake. no, no, i'm for goodness sake. no, no, i'm just genuinely , that just saying, genuinely, that different create different cultures will create different kinds of robots. >> will indeed. and of >> they will indeed. and of course, we have over here, course, we have ai over here, which taking on our ideas. which is taking on our ideas. yes. that's why they're all yes. and that's why they're all woke, woke. >> then were some >> but then there were also some racist ideas that were incorporated robots, incorporated into the robots, into into ai, into robots also, and into ai, into robots also, and into ai, in of recognising in terms of recognising different ethnicities, faces and racist robots, because we need to get rid of them. >> but now we're seeing this sexist robot, sexist robots. >> so in a thousand years when there's no people left and it's
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all be all just robots, it will be exactly all just robots, it will be exa it'll be the all just robots, it will be exait'll be the same. >> it'll be the same. >> it'll be the same. >> they'll be the same argument. >> i think we probably are robots already. yeah, could robots already. yeah, we could well robots already. yeah, we could welokay. i'm not going to >> okay. i'm not even going to entertain okay, move entertain that. okay, let's move on daily mail now. and if on to the daily mail now. and if you're overweight, it's your fault. apparently >> so nick ferrari sparked >> yeah, so nick ferrari sparked a debate , as he claimed a furious debate, as he claimed it's always someone's own fault if they are overweight. so this is the british tv presenter who's 65. it says here, and he's gratuitous . gratuitous. >> they're trying to aid shaming. >> unnecessary, isn't it, he's been on this morning and he's upset everybody by saying that if you're overweight, it's your fault. that's not a fashionable. >> look, it can be your >> well, look, it can be your fault if you eat lot of cakes fault if you eat a lot of cakes and but it can also not be and pies, but it can also not be your fault if you you know, there are there are why there are there are reasons why people gain weight easier than other people are. >> true. josh. >> it's true. josh. >> it's true. josh. >> maybe, >> i mean, yeah, maybe, but it doesn't look, i, doesn't matter. you look, i, i've me. i'm dying. you i've been me. i'm dying. you know, as soon as i stop eating, eating rubbish and whatever, then and when i then i put on weight. and when i stop it, i lose weight. stop eating it, i lose weight. >> yeah, but that might be the way body reacts. >> yeah, but that might be the waythat'soody reacts. >> yeah, but that might be the
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waythat'soody every;. >> yeah, but that might be the waythat'soody every single body >> that's why every single body reacts necessarily. >> that's why every single body real everybody's ly. a >> everybody's right to a degree. be easier. degree. now, it might be easier. harder. but harder. yeah, sure. but the reality you want to lose reality is if you want to lose weight, you can lose weight. >> you have sympathy for >> so you have no sympathy for very people. >> so you have no sympathy for very have)le. >> so you have no sympathy for very have sympathy. >> so you have no sympathy for very actually, (mpathy. >> so you have no sympathy for very actually, youathy. >> so you have no sympathy for very actually, you just like >> no, actually, you just like nick on this, i think nick ferrari on this, i think i am. i mean, look, we hear the other side so it's nice to other side so much. it's nice to hear somebody being a bit strict, it? strict, isn't it? >> down to willpower. >> it comes down to willpower. i'm saying that's hard. i'm not saying that's hard. they're about they're talking here about people who've been abused. >> people >> and yeah, some people have really tough lives. >> 64% of >> but now you've got 64% of adults, adults, adults, british adults, including , being including myself, being overweight. and a problem overweight. and it's a problem and us billions in and it's costing us billions in for the nhs. we're talking about earlier about nhs, you know , if earlier about nhs, you know, if everybody eating less and everybody was eating less and exercising we wouldn't exercising more, we wouldn't have all these waiting times. >> or maybe we bring back rationing. >> well, i don't think we've got any choice. >> be careful what you wish for. >> be careful what you wish for. >> i think that's going to >> yeah i think that's going to be anyways. maybe >> yeah i think that's going to be happen. anyways. maybe it'll happen. >> let's move on now to the independent. is, easter >> let's move on now to the indepcosting is, easter >> let's move on now to the indepcosting moreis, easter >> let's move on now to the indepcosting more money.er eggs costing more money. >> well, it's making us suddenly be, it's not. yeah. so price of a freddo has gone up again and is unlikely to bounce any time. remind me what freddo is. the
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remind me of what freddo is. the little, it's like little little, frog, it's like a little piece chocolate that it's piece of chocolate that it's shaped like a frog. >> like a frog? >> like a frog? >> why would you want to eat a frog? >> because it's cheap and you don't want a full chocolate bar. yeah. i want a freddo, which yeah. oh, i want a freddo, which is what used be, is normally what it used to be, like £10. >> so isn't this. >> so isn't this. >> is good for you because >> this is good for you because you too fat? you think we're all too fat? >> exactly. >> yeah, exactly. >> yeah, exactly. >> because chocolate more expensive. >> gone up. it's it's >> it's gone up. it's now, it's now. it's gone to £0.36, so now. it's gone up to £0.36, so i can't afford it anymore. yeah >> it's also news for cocoa >> it's also good news for cocoa growers because apparently they're not they're all very small. it's not like modernised industry . yeah. >> why are they so small. well, because invested in because they haven't invested in their thing or another. >> and i think you remember there to have free there was that move to have free fair trade, not free trade. fair trade. if it's, if trade. yes. cocoa so if it's, if the is outstripping the the demand is outstripping the supply, got be we've supply, that's got to be we've got problem with chocolate. >> the cocoa bees were we. yeah. because ghana and ivory because in ghana and the ivory coast there's been a bunch of there was like a big loads of rain. and then it was, of rain. and then it was, loads of heat and drought i believe is the technical heterodox time
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and, but there's a real shortage of cocoa. it's gone up like 150. that's just this year. it was like it's gone up. last year it was, 2000 and $600. yes. and now it's $10,000. >> you're getting very agitated. >> you're getting very agitated. >> i'm just saying we need to stockpile some chocolate. >> sounds like you've had >> it sounds like you've had a lot chocolate tonight, i'm lot of chocolate tonight, so i'm just going this in just going to rain this in coffee caffeine and sugar by coffee and caffeine and sugar by chocolate now move to chocolate. now let's move on to the guardian. titchmarsh the guardian. alan titchmarsh has gunter. has been censored. chris gunter. that's titchmarsh's genes >> well, alan titchmarsh's genes blurred by north korean tv censors. he's what his genes. >> his genes. >> his genes. >> well, genes are banned in nonh >> well, genes are banned in north korea because they represent the west and america and stuff like cowboy and all that stuff like cowboy type. yes, kim jong un's not into any of that. they've been banned since 1990s. banned since the early 1990s. yes. so titchmarsh is thrilled that his career is taking off there, but turns out he's kind of a strange thing to censor, though. >> the gene. well it's what it means to them, isn't it? >> yeah, it's a cultural difference. what do you think , josh? >> well, i think it's interesting that, as you say, that so that it's become it is so popular there, they popular out there, but they steal us. it's a bbc
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steal it from us. it's a bbc program. pay for with our program. we pay for it with our fee and they just basically steal and put out. and steal it and put it out. and we're not getting money of we're not getting any money of that. any that. they're not giving us any money need sue them. money back. we need to sue them. >> josh, can you this >> josh, can you do this last story in this is the daily story in 30s? this is the daily star, joey barton. >> barton reaches new >> yes, joey barton reaches new low shameless, sexist, torn low with shameless, sexist, torn over bridge over the baltimore bridge collapse, this was the boat that went yes, went into the bridge. yes, obviously. said obviously. he's basically said that sexist that that a disgustingly sexist that a a woman driver, which a it had a woman driver, which is ridiculous. they're not going to let any woman captain a boat. so so would be stupid. so so that would be stupid. yeah. shut up, josh . but yeah. so shut up, josh. but there are some serious implications here, to say implications here, chris, to say what were saying before, it what you were saying before, it sounded clever, was sounded clever, what was i saying before in 30s, the black swan effect is going to. it's going ruin the effect. going to ruin the effect. there's of conspiracy there's a lot of conspiracy theories online theories starting online already. saying, already. there's people saying, that wasn't an authentic accident. dun dun. have accident. dun dun dun. have a look on youtube. >> i mean, i've seen the crack. it's pretty scary stuff. it just goes straight the bridge. it's pretty scary stuff. it just goeswhole ht the bridge. it's pretty scary stuff. it just goeswhole thing the bridge. it's pretty scary stuff. it just goeswhole thing falls. bridge. it's pretty scary stuff. it just goeswhole thing falls. yeah. . it's pretty scary stuff. it just goeswhole thing falls. yeah. you the whole thing falls. yeah. you know, cars the bridge. know, i'm 20 cars on the bridge. >> yeah. >> really? yeah. >> really? yeah. >> anyone hurt? yes >> was anyone hurt? yes >> was anyone hurt? yes >> it's now a recovery of. oh, it's dark. absolutely horrible
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and dark. >> and what a way to end the show. >> finish. >> finish. >> what a note to end the show on. well look the show is unfortunately nearly over, so let's another quick look at let's take another quick look at wednesday's the wednesday's front pages. so the telegraph wednesday's front pages. so the telegrapiundermining churches undermining asylum system. has cbi system. the guardian has cbi stops staff discussing sexual misconduct and bullying claims. the eye is running with state pension age may rise to 68 sooner to pay for triple lock pledge , and the daily mail is pledge, and the daily mail is leading with clapham chemical attacker asylum fiasco . the attacker asylum fiasco. the financial times has trump's social media group jumps 50% on nasdaq market debut and the mirror traitors . the brits mirror traitors. the brits fighting with putin. that's all we've got time for. thanks so much to my guests josh howie and to cressida wetton. we back tomorrow. >> heterodox. >> heterodox. >> shut up josh. simon >> shut up josh. when simon evans will be joined by stephen allen and frances foster. and if you're at 5 am. right you're watching at 5 am. right now, please tuned now, please do stay tuned because it's for . breakfast. >> with a brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather
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