believed to month. the victim is believed to be a man aged over 40, who had only been dead for a matter of days. two men from salford, who were believed to be known to each other , were arrested on each other, were arrested on suspicion of murder. today, a 42 year old man was arrested on a bus around midday and a 68 year old man was arrested later. in other news, a moroccan asylum seeker has been found guilty of murdering a stranger in an attack motivated by the conflict in gaza . alid ahmed alid had in gaza. alid ahmed alid had stabbed 70 year old pensioner terence carney six times in hartlepool in what was intended as revenge for the israel—hamas conflict. he told police the attack, a week after the hamas attacks on israel , was for the attacks on israel, was for the people of gaza and he had wanted to kill more victims . a court in to kill more victims. a court in new york has overturned harvey weinstein's 2020 conviction for sex crimes. it's a stunning development for the former top hollywood producer, whose crimes

sparked what became known as the metoo movement. manhattan's district attorney will now decide whether to seek a retrial . there's little chance of him being released. he's also serving 16 years for the rape of a woman in a beverly hills hotel . as you've been hearing, tensions are high in edinburgh this evening, with tensions are high in edinburgh this evening , with the scottish this evening, with the scottish greens planning to vote against first minister humza yousaf in a vote of no confidence . it's vote of no confidence. it's after the snps power sharing deal with the greens collapsed this morning, leaving mr yousaf in charge of a minority government . losing the vote government. losing the vote wouldn't automatically spell the end for mr yousaf, but it would throw serious doubt over his ability to govern. the no confidence motion was proposed by scottish conservative leader douglas ross, who branded the snp leader weak and a failed first minister, and in the united states, donald trump says that us presidents must be immune from the threat of prosecution. it comes as his hush money case continues today

in a separate case, the us supreme court is hearing arguments for why he should be immune from charges related to efforts to overturn the 2020 election. mr trump spoke outside court early this morning. >> constitutional rights have been taken away from me, but every single expert, every legal scholar, every respected scholar has said this is no case. there is no case here. the argument on immunity is very important. the president has to have immunity. this has nothing to do with me. this has nothing to do with me. this has nothing to do with me. this has to do with a president in the future. for a hundred years from now, if you don't have immunity, you're not going to do anything. you're going to become a ceremony president. you're just going to be doing nothing. you're not going to take any of the risks, both good and bad . and bad. >> for the latest stories, you can sign up to gb news alerts by scanning the qr code on your screen. or you can go to news.com.au alerts. now it's back to . patrick.

back to. patrick. >> well, it's official the ministry of justice wants to hide how many asylum seekers are dangerous killers and rapists. on this show, we reveal that the north—east of england had taken the highest proportion of asylum seekers. but worryingly, it had also seen sex crimes increase by around 500. stalking and harassment increase by around 6,000% since 2014. now there may well be no correlation , but you well be no correlation, but you deserve to know, don't you.7 so deserve to know, don't you? so we submitted a freedom of information request to the ministry of justice, asking them to tell us how many asylum seekers are in prison for sexual offences or awaiting trial. how many people with a pending visa application are currently in prison for sexual offences, and how many foreign nationals are currently in prison? are repeat offenders was okay. they refused because they said it would cost too much money. we then offered too much money. we then offered to pay the bill ourselves and then yesterday they responded. we have reviewed the cost

estimation calculations which state that over 10,000 manual files would need review, each taking approximately ten minutes to review. the resulting costs for this work exceeds £43,000. we've found that these calculations to be a reasonable estimation of the costs involved in complying with your request, but they won't let us pay for it because they have no obligation to do so. so somewhere in the region of £43,000 is all that is standing in the way of you, the british public, knowing how many asylum seekers , all people with asylum seekers, all people with asylum seekers, all people with a pending visa application, have raped sexually assaulted, murdered or violently abused someone in britain and they are refusing to tell you for around that amount of money. meanwhile they will spend £8 million a day on migrant hotels, won't they? in fact, they've actually asked us to change our request. so they said you were advised to consider requesting information concerning foreign nationals held in prison. who's offence related to sex offending without reference to criminal history, asylum or visa status . well, we

asylum or visa status. well, we don't want that information, do we? we want to know about the asylum or visa status. okay, that's the point. but they cannot hold this information back from you forever . the issue back from you forever. the issue will become too big. just today, a moroccan asylum seeker was found guilty of murdering an elderly stranger at random and attempting to kill a christian convert housemate in revenge for the israel—hamas conflict , ahmed the israel—hamas conflict, ahmed ali alid drifted around 13 european countries, apparently before entering britain illegally and spending three years in official accommodation whilst waiting for his asylum claim to be processed. he was apparently reported to the home office for sitting in the kitchen waving a knife around and dishing out dirty looks to people who had converted to christianity before he committed the attack. he actually told police when he was arrested i swear by allah , if i had swear by allah, if i had a machine gun and i had more weapons that they would be in thousands. i'm assuming he's talked about people he would have killed there. i was going to contact someone to get me a

machine gun and i would have to contact someone to get me a machine gun aguy would have to contact someone to get me a machine gun aguy as»uld have to contact someone to get me a machine gun a guy as well?ave to contact someone to get me a machine gun a guy as well? the can forget this guy as well? the old lovely somalian national who apparently wants to bring peace and love to the uk . the ten foot and love to the uk. the ten foot woman and i killed a man. >> you kill men? >> you kill men? >> yes. >> yes. >> and if i want to kill, i kill them. >> yeah. that clip was doing the rounds on social media earlier. there are many more people like those here in britain, and we have a right to know how many more i think. don't we? things like that will keep happening. they will keep trying to put reporting restrictions on these incidents to stop us talking about them. but how many more cases like this before the people of britain start doing what the people of ireland have done and riot ? so the people of done and riot? so the people of ireland have been pushed to breaking point and they have had enough. but the problem in ireland is going to get worse.

they might be about to have a load more. ahmed ali ali's coming across the border from northern ireland into the repubuc northern ireland into the republic because apparently 80% of asylum seekers in the repubuc of asylum seekers in the republic of ireland have come from the north. so they're so worried about the rwanda plan that they've got on a ferry to northern ireland in some cases and walks across the border or they've legged it from one of they've legged it from one of the migrant hotels over there. gosh, it's a real shame, isn't it, that the irish high court ruled in march that the uk should not be classed as a safe country to return asylum seekers to, because we might send them to, because we might send them to rwanda? so it looks like they might be stuck with this lot for now. do you think the people of ireland are going to stand for it? if elderly men start getting stabbed to death by lunatic illegal immigrants? no they'll be absolute carnage, won't they? again, there'll be more carnage . again, there'll be more carnage. i just wonder how much more is the british public going to take? let's get the thoughts of my panel this evening . i take? let's get the thoughts of my panel this evening. i am joined by daily telegraph columnist allison pearson . i've columnist allison pearson. i've also got the former labour party adviser, matthew laza and the founder of global britain, ummon

bogle . allison, i'll start with bogle. allison, i'll start with you. i mean , good grief, surely you. i mean, good grief, surely they just have to tell us the truth on this, don't they? how many of these people are actually sex offenders or violent thugs? >> i think viewers will be very shocked by that, that you've actually asked the minister of justice, do they not have a search function on a computer? we pay them enough money, don't we? so they should be able to say how many asylum seekers and as you say, patrick, anecdotally, we know in areas where they've sent a lot of asylum seekers. you know, i hear about this all the time. young girls being followed home from school and so on. but but it is catastrophic . and this week, on catastrophic. and this week, on monday, when rishi sunak was giving his stop the boats speech, the government slipped out the fact that this earlier, for this early part of this yean for this early part of this year, 24% increase in illegal migrants coming across the channel and something that caught my eye, which i think people will be very interested in, is that the number of official asylum decisions, 129,000 from april 20th 23 to

2024, the substantial substantive decisions 56,744 grants, 36,000 refusals. that is, a grant rate of 61. do you know what the grant rate is in france ? no. 23. the british france? no. 23. the british grant rate is three times what it is. and i am hearing from senior people that the government is rushing through approved all of asylum claims, undocumented male migrants like that man who killed mr terrence carney on his morning walk. terrence carney, aged 70. so sorry to his family and these people being let into our country in vast numbers, unchecked to spare the government embarrassment. patrick, to get them off the books before the general election. that's what's going on in ireland. i don't feel sorry for ireland at all. ireland refused to have border infrastructure because of brexit to be spiteful, and now they've got lots of migrants coming across tough. >> well, well there you go. eamonn. i mean yeah, ireland. i just don't think they're going to stand for this. i just wonder

how much more the british public will actually take. >> well, indeed. i mean, look, the bottom line here is that these are unvetted. we don't know who these people are. where? well, we know where they're coming from , but we they're coming from, but we don't know who they are. and we simply don't know of their criminal backgrounds or what backgrounds they do have. but the bigger thing here is that the bigger thing here is that the vast majority of these are not actually genuine asylum seekers. they're not genuine refugees, as is the case. i mean, look, let's be honest, i stood for parliament in northern ireland in 15, and to travel from great britain to northern ireland, you need to show a photo id . okay, now, if these photo id. okay, now, if these are people who have already gained asylum thanks to the great blob that is the home office in the uk, and they're travelling over to the republic of ireland, which has a very free and open , border with with free and open, border with with northern ireland. it means that they're not asylum seekers, because if they were, they'd be staying here. but they're going into the republic for economic

opportunities, which might there be might they're not they're allowed to work. >> they are my understanding anyway. and doing a bit of research before the show was that they are more able to work . that they are more able to work. whilst there is a pending asylum decision in the republic of ireland than they are here, and so you can see maybe why they would do that and also possibly the fear of rwanda as well. but matthew, i just think this is another example of the real figure of uk asylum seekers being disguised. if it is the case, really that 80% of the repubuc case, really that 80% of the republic of ireland's really quite high caseload of asylum seekers now have managed to come from the uk into the republic? i mean, good grief, that just shows how many more we've got than we thought. yeah i mean, apparently it is absolutely 80, because people turn up at one office in dublin, to register it and it is literally eight out of ten people have said have come from northern ireland and they've got no evidence they've come from northern ireland, you know, like a train ticket. >> yeah, so yeah, these these are clearly people who've arrived across the channel because and so it just shows that there's an even bigger farce than we thought, and it's an even bigger failure of the

government. and it's why, you know, i know you're going to groan when i say it, but it is why we need to focus on, on, on doing two things, on smashing the gangs. so that we can reduce the gangs. so that we can reduce the number of people coming, but also when people come to processing them so that the turnaround is, you know, is days and weeks and not months and years where people are getting lost in the system. >> figures show they are processing them at great speed. >> well, they're just now stamping stay, aren't they? >> rubber stamping them in that is not a safe asylum policy. well, no. >> i mean, we need to a system where people aren't languishing for years and then the file is lost and people get to stay by default. but where those decisions are taken quickly within a system that works, which is what happens in other countries. well, indeed. >> and i think that's again, the failure of even the rwanda scheme. i'm sorry to say, i think the only way forward is to deter and stop this, very wrongful, channel crossings is simply we are picking them up anyway, we go and drop them back on the french coast. the french are coming into our waters, as we saw two days ago. >> well, we've got i've got a story a bit later on which i

know will massively concern people, which is about the possibility of the french actually absconding from those beaches. i mean , in the, in the beaches. i mean, in the, in the coming months, we've been taking you for a ride by the french and we need to stop that. >> we need to have a proper deal with the french, which is what the last labour government did to close the sangatte camp, which is the sort of noughties equivalent of what's happening at the moment. >> so just a final word to you on this. i mean, how many more cases is there going to be of people who have killed people or sexually assaulted people, etc. do you think before there is more mass outrage in britain? i'm not calling for people to say i'm not, you know, want anyone to clip this and say i'm inciting violence? i'm not saying that. but you look at what's going on in ireland and other countries as well, where they are, they are more ready to take action in that sense. so how long is that before it happens here? do you think? >> i think it can happen any day, any week. i mean, literally, i interviewed suella braverman this week, former home secretary, and she said, we are suffering a national security emergency. that's how bad it is in ireland. of course, under the very liberal leo varadkar welcome in everybody from the eu

freedom of movement. ireland is now a tinderbox and we will have areas in this country where gradually people realise that their daughters particularly are not safe. yeah. >> all right, all of you. thank you very much. top start to the show that look still to come with harvey weinstein's rape conviction that led to the metoo movement being overturned. and in the united states, i speak to his former legal adviser , alan his former legal adviser, alan dershowitz, and us lawyer deborah bloom . they give their deborah bloom. they give their expert insight. that's later on in the show. but up next, broadcaster christine hamilton goes head to head with the star of rupaul's drag race, divina de campo, on whether a sam smith performance is really appropriate for the bbc proms. this is patrick christys tonight. what elianne

gb views. welcome back to patrick christys tonight. now ann widdecombe is waiting in the wings. but before that , is sam waiting in the wings. but before that, is sam smith an appropriate choice to headline the bbc proms? it's time for tonight's head to head . so the tonight's head to head. so the beeb have decided in their infinite wisdom, that the ideal act to headline a proms event, this summer is the non—binary p0p this summer is the non—binary pop star sam smith, famous for his overtly sexual life performances. sam frequently dons devil horns and bondage gean dons devil horns and bondage gear. let's just take a little bit of a look now. viewer discretion is of course, advised

yeah. -- yeah. so you don't need a long memory to remember the bbc using covid as an excuse to try and ban the audience singing land of hope and glory. the bbc have defended their decision with the controller of bbc radio three, sam jackson , releasing the sam jackson, releasing the following statement. we have worked very hard with sam smith and their management to see how we can create something authentically proms, and we look and feel that will be entirely appropriate for the audience in attendance . look, tonight i'm attendance. look, tonight i'm asking, should sam smith be headlining a proms event? asking, should sam smith be headlining a proms event ? let me headlining a proms event? let me know your thoughts. go to gbnews.com/yoursay say tweet me @gbnews. and while you're there, go and vote in our poll. the results will follow shortly. going head to head on this now

is author and broadcaster christine hamilton and divina de campo, who finished runner up as well on the first series of rupaups well on the first series of rupaul's drag race . look, great rupaul's drag race. look, great stuff. thank you very much, davina, i mean, inspired, appropriate choice . appropriate choice. >> i don't see why not. one of britain's biggest exports in the music industry being invited to perform at the prom seems perfectly reasonable to me . perfectly reasonable to me. >> all right, christine, i believe you might have a different view , i certainly do. different view, i certainly do. >> this is deliberately provocative by the bbc. >> it's a third rate pr stunt to alienate their core viewers. he's a mediocre, mediocre singer at best. >> i just hope that this is the final nail in the bbc licence fee coffin. it's about time. i mean, they have broadcast this and showcased it to say this will be the only opportunity this year in the uk. >> well thank heavens for small mercies . we won't have to see mercies. we won't have to see them at all because people will turn off in their droves. and if

this is the best that the bbc can produce for the proms, which is a classical music festival, that's what it is. there are plenty of opportunities for pop stars to appear all over the place, but they do not have to be on at the proms. and it is. it's ridiculous. it's all utterly ridiculous. >> all right, davina, i mean , >> all right, davina, i mean, you know, he's going to have to tone it down a bit . tone it down a bit. >> well, i mean, let's start with that first. >> they've already said it's going to be appropriate for that. so you know, art, you make it for the audience that is going to view it. so there is no reason to expect anything other than what you would expect from the proms . and then if we go the proms. and then if we go back to what christine was talking about, you know that this is a classical music, event . absolutely. but actually, right from its inception, the proms has been designed to bring people in. the person who actually created the proms started with popular music in order to, in his words , train an

order to, in his words, train an audience for classical and contemporary music . and we've contemporary music. and we've had pop artists at the proms since 1970, you know, in terms of modern pop artists. so the idea that we haven't got faux pas is the national global names performing at this event is, frankly , historically illiterate. >> okay , christine, apart from >> okay, christine, apart from the fact that you are, you stand accused of being historically illiterate. i suppose there's also the question of, you know, sam smith has veered into, i think, what i would regard and what many people might regard as being quite provocatively sexual in recent times. is that appropriate? is that the main issue for you ? issue for you? >> it's an issue. there is they say that what he does on the proms is going to be appropriate. frankly nothing that sam smith has ever done or will ever do would be appropriate for a forum like the proms. it's utterly ridiculous. and he's a porn star. frankly

and you've only got to google and you've only got to google and have a look. >> it's the most radical thing to say. >> he's a porn star, christine, from somebody who i am absolutely certain there are more than enough pictures of you floating around on the internet, which would not be appropriate for you to be accusing somebody else of pornographic material is, frankly, ridiculous. all right. >> well , what right. >> well, what you're referring to, viewers don't know is that i appeared in the 20th. i imagine they do . they do. >> can i just ask, can i just say one at a time, please? because we're doing it over zoom. so it really cuts out if both of you talk at the same time. so, christine, go on. >> i just need to respond to that. i was appearing in the rocky horror show, which is a well established show which millions of people have enjoyed over the years. there is never a moment when it isn't appearing somewhere in the world. so i was wearing rocky horror gear that is a million miles away from sam smith, who, frankly, he's a fat

bloke wearing nipple tassels and a corset . i bloke wearing nipple tassels and a corset. i mean, you bloke wearing nipple tassels and a corset . i mean, you know, he a corset. i mean, you know, he wants to be called. they he's not there. he's one person. he's a man. he's not there for heaven's sake. and i think for the bbc, it is deliberately provocative. it is designed to alienate the poor people who watch the proms. >> all right , watch the proms. >> all right, davina, just let's try to keep it on. sam smith i know it's difficult at times, but let's try and keep it on. sam smith. so deliberately provocative. would you agree with that ? with that? >> know that one of the biggest p0p >> know that one of the biggest pop stars of our generation would be invited to perform at the proms. >> how is that deliberately provocative? sam smith is doing nothing that madonna wasn't doing 30, 40 years ago. you know, this is insane that you're talking about this person as if they're a pawn star. this is ridiculous. like the absolute level of moralising from people

who've wandered out in costume from exactly the same as what sam smith is wearing on stage. this is ridiculous. ridiculous >> okay, can i just ask davina and then i'll. and then i'll lob it back to christine? there are some there are some, videos , some there are some, videos, some there are some, videos, some music videos. davina of i think with respect some some really, you know, quite, quite graphic , sexual acts really graphic, sexual acts really with, with sam smith. i agree with, with sam smith. i agree with you. that does not make him a porn star. okay, i'll make that very clear before the lawyers are on the phone. but, you know, there are. is that really the kind of thing do you think that that should be at the proms? although it's a bit of a classy event. i mean, do you have faith that sam smith would tone it down, davina, or do you just not think he needs to? >> there's nothing that sam smith does that hasn't been seen by madonna or beyonce or gaga or rihanna or anybody in the chart. britney spears has won less clothes than that, and she's been on plenty of things which are family friendly , because you

are family friendly, because you tailor it to the audience and the event that you are performing at. so this idea that, oh, we can't let somebody do something in one place and then also do something in another, which is completely different is ridiculous . different is ridiculous. >> okay. and christine, final word to you on this look, you might just come off his earlier work. it wasn't he wasn't doing any of this stuff like this. he was he was just, you know, normal pop star, wasn't he? earlier on. christine. christine. he could just come on and do that, couldn't he? >> the whole point is it's horses for courses. and the bbc are clearly if this is the best they can do, frankly, they need to give the proms over to somebody else to do . there are somebody else to do. there are plenty of other outlets for pop stars. here's a pop star he shouldn't be at the proms and i mean, i am. frankly, i'm almost speechless by the very idea of this. and i think you will find people turn off in their droves. and as i understand this, may i may not be right about this. please correct me if i'm wrong. he is going to be singing rule

britannia at the end. i mean, what we have some wonderful operatic stars who would be fantastic singing that we don't need. sam smith, i wonder. >> i wonder if what's going to happen. christine actually is we're going to end up with an olly alexander situation here where there's going to be calls for sam smith to not sing rule britannia because of its, you know, connotations. christine i can see that coming. >> hang on. excuse me. what connotation ? everybody assumes connotation? everybody assumes that it has connotations with slavery. it doesn't rule. britannia was was was composed in the 1740s when we were in the middle of european wars. it was all about urging the british navy to step up to the plate and rule the waves. it has nothing whatever to do with slavery. we had this argument a year ago, when, whatever his name was complained, we have it any time it's ever sung to be, to be honest, davina, very quickly. sorry i'm getting shouted here, but i do just want to give you the very final word. would you.

would you be annoyed with sam smith if he belted out rule britannia? >> sam smith can sing whatever sam smith would like to sing. >> all right, fair enough. you know what i had? i had two fillings earlier, and i was in a really bad mood. this has cheered me right up. so thank you very, very much, both of you. thoroughly good stuff. cracking head to head, right. who do you agree with your verdict is now in 19% of you think that sam smith should perform at the proms, 81% of you disagree . coming up as disagree. coming up as shoplifting hits a record high and at chubby coppers struggle to detain suspects. how would an widikum fix an increasingly lawless britain? she'll give her usual no nonsense analysis a little bit later on in the show. but next? yep. look, very serious story. this harvey weinstein's metoo conviction is overturned in quite shocking and landmark ruling. actually, i'm going to be speaking to alan dershowitz, a lawyer who worked on that case, and

next. welcome back to patrick christys. tonight on gb news now. shoplifting is spiralling. our prisons are bursting and chubby coppers are struggling to physically make arrests. i've got a video to show you a bit later on, which i think will make your blood boil. but former prisons minister ann widdecombe, she's going to be speaking out . she's going to be speaking out. but first, in a landmark legal ruling today , disgraced ruling today, disgraced hollywood kingpin harvey weinstein has had his 2020 new york rape conviction sensationally overturned due to a crucial mistake made by the

trial judge. weinstein was found guilty of raping and sexually assaulting two women who had been chasing careers in the film industry. but the court of appeal has now overturned the conviction, meaning the former film producer is now entitled to a retrial. the court found he did not receive a fair trial after the judge called witnesses. his accusations were not part of the case against him. harvey weinstein will remain in prison after being convicted of a separate rape in los angeles , but the expected los angeles, but the expected retrial of his new york case could mean that victims are going to have to relive the saga all over again. i'm delighted now to welcome to the show alan dershowitz, who was consulted with weinstein's legal team back in 2018. alan look, thank you very, very much. what do you make of today's ruling? it was a shock to most people, i think. maybe not yourself. >> i don't know, it was an absolutely correct ruling. the prosecution really messed up, and the judge messed up, they probably could have gotten a conviction without introducing all these people who hadn't been charged extra envious people,

and they overdid it, they piled on, and, the court reversed it in a close, you know, 4 to 3 decision. but it was the right decision, when you're on trial for two rapes, there's no reason for two rapes, there's no reason for the, prosecution to try to introduce other women who you haven't been charged with and really can't defend against. and it's trial. so so, the court did the right thing, and it could have an implication for the trump case as well, because in the trump case, they're going to try to introduce also extraneous evidence of a pattern of other crimes . and the courts, crimes. and the courts, appellate courts particularly look askance at that. so this is an important ruling . i'm proud an important ruling. i'm proud to have played a role in bringing it about. i consulted on the appeal, i advised the appellate lawyers . i had a moot appellate lawyers. i had a moot court with them and went over their arguments , and their their arguments, and their arguments succeeded. they also had a great lawyer on their

side, arthur aidala, who presented the. >> just ask you on that, on that, alan. i mean, you just said to me, there that you think they probably could have got a conviction without doing this. okay. and so then you've, advised on the appeal that appeals been successful. you do think then presumably , that he think then presumably, that he did do this because you said they could have got a conviction. so can i just ask why you decided to, you know, essentially try to appeal this? is that morally conscionable? i would say , well, just because would say, well, just because they could have gotten a conviction doesn't mean that he was legally guilty, these were transactions , all events. i transactions, all events. i mean, as you said, these women came in, they wanted a job, according to the evidence, weinstein said, hey , if you want weinstein said, hey, if you want a job in my movie, sleep with me, the casting couch. that's common. the evidence of actual force or rape, was nonexistent. essentially and so i think at a retrial, there might very well be an acquittal or a or a hung jury be an acquittal or a or a hung jury . all i'm saying is that if

jury. all i'm saying is that if the prosecution thought they had so strong a case, why do they have to introduce these extraneous witnesses who only really muddied the field? and i think the same thing is going to be true in some of these other cases. the metoo movement is, you know, great when women are actually abused. but we know there have been case after case after case where women have exaggerated and, women have made fortunes of money on some of these cases, and so this court has tried very hard to strike an appropriate balance between the rights of the alleged victims and the rights of the alleged perpetrator , and this court perpetrator, and this court struck an appropriate balance. >> well, what happens now going forward, what in your in your opinion, does he get off with everything? i mean, i'm aware that there's more stuff from la he was found guilty of as well. do we see harvey weinstein wandering the streets again at some point do you think? >> well, i hope so. as one of his advisors and consultants. yeah, i hope so , he's going to

yeah, i hope so, he's going to appeal the california convictions as well. and remember, the job of the criminal defence lawyer is to zealously defend clients, whatever people might think of, of them, we live in great countries , great britain, in the countries, great britain, in the united states, where the right to counsel essentially originated. if you want to see cases go through smoothly without interference by criminal lawyers like me, move to iran or china or or russia , their china or or russia, their defence lawyers can't do clients in our countries. they can. and that means sometimes innocent people . people. >> if. yeah, if i get that, i get that there's , you know, a get that there's, you know, a legal procedure and all of that. you said to me there that you you do hope that he walks the streets again. if a woman that you really cared about, a young woman wanted a role in a film, and harvey weinstein invited to her his hotel room, would you advise her to go? >> of course not. of course not. i would advise i would advise the law to change because we

know what harvey weinstein wanted. he wanted a sexual relationship based on the fact that he decides who gets in the movies. it's called the casting couch. movies. it's called the casting couch . if you want to make that couch. if you want to make that illegal, make that illegal. let the pass a statute on making transactional sex illegal. but it's not. and so they had to go after him for rape. and they introduced evidence of by other people about a pattern. what they didn't introduce was hundreds of women, maybe not hundreds, dozens with whom he slept, you see. >> yeah. or is he safe to be around women? i know, i know, you say. i know you say that the law might need to change. the casting couch is not illegal, right? okay is he safe to be around women, ellen? >> well, women should be very careful in dealing with anybody who is involved in the casting couch. they are adults. they're intelligent people . they intelligent people. they shouldn't accept, an offer to sleep with them in order to get a job. they're responsible for their own when they do that, if there's force, that's one thing. but if it's consensual, even if

it's consensual, based on a job, we're not talking about people who are in the street hungry . who are in the street hungry. we're talking about people who want to stars in films. and if they're prepared to offer their bodies for that, that's their problem, not the problem of society . unless society wants to society. unless society wants to make a law change, you can do that. make a law change, you can do that . but with law just fine. that. but with law just fine. >> just yeah, just just fine . >> just yeah, just just fine. just very finely and quite quickly, if you don't mind. i'm sorry about this, but you mentioned that it's going to have a could have, could have implications for the trump case. just reemphasize that for me. why is this so important. >> well, because in the trump case, some of the prosecutors are thinking of trying to introduce non crimes. even today as we speak. they introduced this catch and kill business, about paying for, newspaper stories and then killing them. those aren't crimes. and what this court said that they're not crimes. if they're not charged, be careful about muddying the water and prejudicing the defendant by introducing that

kind of evidence. so if i were a trump lawyer, i'd read this case very carefully. >> look, alan, thank you very much. i really a pleasure to have you on as alan dershowitz there. thank you. i am going to just welcome into the fray. now, another us based lawyer, it's deborah blum. deborah, thank you . i don't know if you've been able to hear some of the stuff that alan was saying. there what does this mean for female victims, for the metoo movement? really that harvey weinstein has just had this overturned ? just had this overturned? >> you know, a lot of the victims are feeling really outraged, and they feel that it was a major step back for those who have been accused and convicted of sexual violence. i'm also a defence attorney, and i'm also a defence attorney, and i will tell you that this is a legal decision made by the court of appeals. it's not a personal attack on the victims. it's not saying we don't believe you. it's saying that the judges exceeded the rules of trial procedure and violated them so egregiously that we have to

overturn the decision. >> so alan said there that he hopes that harvey weinstein is eventually allowed back out. i mean, how do you see the future trials here going and retrials going? do you think we will see harvey back out and about? >> well, he's serving a 16 year sentence in california that's separate and apart from the new york verdict and sentence. so unless that's going to be overturned , he's not going overturned, he's not going anywhere anytime soon. and i do believe that the new york county district attorney's office will move forward with bringing charges against him and just follow what the court of appeals said, which is not to call these witnesses who went beyond the bounds of what they were supposed to offer as witnesses that were not part of the charged act. >> so some people will say this, and actually, to be honest, given the ruling, there's some justification to this that maybe certain aspects of the metoo movement went too far. >> well, i've represented a lot

of men who are accused of things as a result of the metoo movement that i believe they did not do , and we were ultimately not do, and we were ultimately victorious in their defence. but the issue is, is that their whole life was blown up for a large chunk of time. even if it's three months, that's still a really big time period in somebody's life. you could lose your job. somebody's life. you could lose yourjob. you can be charged with a crime , you have to hire a with a crime, you have to hire a lawyer. and those have been false claims that women have brought as a result of the metoo movement . of course, there are movement. of course, there are plenty of women who are victims, and they have to have protections, the ability to move forward. but there needs to be a balance. okay. and ultimately is this the judge's fault then . this the judge's fault then. >> well that's not not my words but that's what the court of appeals said is that judge. the judge went beyond what he could have that judge james burke erroneously allowed testimony from three women whose allegations weren't connected to

the case, and it went beyond what they should have been able to talk about. >> okay. and i your issue. >> okay. and i your issue. >> sorry, there was an issue with the juror that should have been kicked off of the jury. so there were a few things here that led to this. >> just sorry, but quickly , just >> just sorry, but quickly, just to finish finish this off. is he a danger to women? harvey weinstein i mean, you know, i asked i asked alan that question about if he had a loved one or a daughter or granddaughter or whatever. and harvey weinstein invited, invited them to his hotel room and he said, no. he's a simultaneously hopes this guy is able to go back out on the street, whilst also hoping that no one he cares about who happens to be a woman ever comes into contact with him. i mean, what's your view? >> you know, as a defence attorney, it's not a question i feel comfortable answering. right. our job is to zealously right. ourjob is to zealously defend the client. i certainly wouldn't send off any of my friends or loved ones to meet harvey weinstein based upon what's come out, but i also do see issues with how they tried the case against him here in new

york. okay deborah, thank you very, very much. >> great stuff. that is a us based lawyer, deborah blum. thank you. now coming up, coming up, coming up in scotland, falling apart. high earners. they're leaving the country in their droves. the snp's coalition with the green party absolutely dead in the water. the wheels have come off for humza yousaf . but next paul humza yousaf. but next paul coyte police are struggling to physically make arrests. shoplifting has hit record highs and our prisons are full. excuse me, former prisons minister ann widdecombe lets rip on lawless britain and also she is weighing in

tick. welcome back to patrick christys . tonight. still to come, the scottish government is absolutely imploding . the snp absolutely imploding. the snp green coalition fractured beyond repair . i green coalition fractured beyond repair. i give my take on the lessons. this should teach engush lessons. this should teach english voters a little bit later on in the show. but first, we welcome the legend that is ann widdecombe. shoplifting in britain has hit a record high

across england and wales, with nearly 1200 offences recorded each and every day. remember as well, the number of cases sold has fallen to a low of just 1 in 10. but how can we expect our police to catch criminals if this is the calibre of officer we employ to do so ? i think i we employ to do so? i think i will at this point just, emphasise that we've sped this clip up. it is not, in fact, a benny hill sketch, but, yeah, there's two, you know, really quite tubby people. this goes on for ages . why? we sped it up. it for ages. why? we sped it up. it goes on for. absolutely. they just cannot get hold of this quy- just cannot get hold of this guy. he gets away again in a second. they're knackered. they're out of breath. the sweat is pouring off them. i mean, good grief, honestly, it's just embarrassing. you know? and even if criminals are apprehended, we don't really have anywhere to put them, do we? inmates are already being released early. britain's prisons are rapidly running out of space and are some of our police officers too fat to keep us safe, do you think? and what would you do about it? >> well, it's not clear to me

from that, clip whether they are actually fat or whether they're wearing stab proof vests, which make you look immensely fat. and take my word for it, because i had to wear one for a documentary , and i felt like the documentary, and i felt like the michelin man. so, you know, i'm not going to comment on that, but what i will comment on is the rather more serious point, which is that the prisons are full, there is a very small chance indeed of being prosecuted if you shoplift, there is an even smaller chance of being caught, and the delays and all the rest of it in the courts, mean that there's no real deterrent there. so you've got to look at the whole system, and we need to tackle the police problem by, first of all, getting more focused, policing more police on the streets, actually on the beat, rather than in doing, you know, in police centres, doing , police centres, doing, bureaucracy and administration. we need to have the courts being able to move much faster and to

impose real sentences. and then, of course, at the end of it, as you rightly said, kenneth, there is prison . and it's not only the is prison. and it's not only the fact that they're full and nobody's building any more. yeah, for immediate use, that is, but but they're purposeless. i mean, people go into prison and they don't do anything. >> look, labour, labour have said there was there was a poll earlier actually, by the way, and that did show remarkably, that gb news viewers are now more in favour of labour, apparently, than they are the tories. labour have said we'll fund 13,000 more police officers. maybe they have got it right. >> well, i mean, the conservatives say 20,000 more. the reform party actually says over the course of a parliament, not immediately, up to 40,000 more. everybody is promising more. everybody is promising more police, nothing unique about labour. and that the question is not only the numbers of police, but what they actually do, and where their focus is now. i do not want a policeman on my doorstep to check my thinking when there are

burglaries going on, you know, in the area, and that the whole priority of policing, the teaching that's coming out of the police college at hendon, all of it really needs refocusing and re—examination. you've got to do that. it's not just the numbers. >> okay? now and look , i've got >> okay? now and look, i've got to ask you a little question on this. i hear that you enjoy the bbc proms. i don't know if i've heard correctly, but there we go. and they've announced a controversial headline act. it is, of course, sam smith, isn't it ? you all right. it? you all right. oh not a fan, ann. >> i've never even heard of sam smith until this moment. and having seen that, i don't think i want to, i have a very simple view on this. if you go to a pop concert, you don't expect bacons and beethoven's moonlight sonata or whatever. and if you go to a classical concert, you expect classical concert, you expect classical music. you certainly

don't expect that. >> no. and you think maybe the bbc are trying to ram something down our throats there. >> oh, i think the bbc are doing what the bbc always do. they're trying to be relevant without realising that it just makes them look blinder . them look blinder. >> okay. i mean, yeah, i'm inclined to agree with you and i strongly suspect that the vast majority of our viewers do. and although and i must say, we do, we do long for the days that you're dressed much more appropriately, may i say, back on our screens, dancing for take two of strictly? i think that would be. that would be absolutely fantastic. but look, thank you very, very much. that was a wonderful ann whittaker coming up with hundreds of french police due to be diverted away from migrant beaches in favour of protecting another event that's going to be taking place in france. could this summer see unprecedented numbers of asylum seekers crossing the channel? i'll shine a light on a story that, frankly, i don't think any other news channel has bothered touching. but it is going to have a big impact for you. tory mp jack brereton says

the french need to do more. he joins me live. but next scotland absolute falling apart. the snp's coalition with the greens is left in tatters. high earners, they're deserting the country in their droves . look, country in their droves. look, is this a glimpse of what's to come for the rest of us under a left wing government? but i take a long, hard look at humza yousafs track record. it looks as though he's only got days left in office. shall we see what he's actually done and how this man miraculously, somehow managed to fail upwards for a good number of years before. now it looks like he's going to fail back down to earth. i'll see you after your weather. >> that warm feeling inside from boxt boiler as sponsors of weather on gb news. >> good evening. here's your latest gb news, weather forecast brought to you by the met office. it's going to be another rather chilly night for many of us, and there will be some showers around and more showers to come as we go through

tomorrow. due to an area of low pressure just out in the north sea, bringing a showery theme to many places. some further showery rain through this evening and overnight across southern parts. and here it is going to stay pretty cloudy keeping temperatures up elsewhere. there will be some clearer skies further north, albeit with a few showers around across some northern and eastern coastal parts, perhaps the odd wintry one over the higher ground of scotland, where we see the skies clear. we are going to see temperatures dropping so they will fall a few degrees below freezing in some rural spots. a touch of frost for some of us first thing tomorrow morning. otherwise as we go through tomorrow, staying pretty cloudy across some far southern areas and watch out for some heavy, perhaps even torrential downpours across parts of the southwest into the afternoon. elsewhere, the showers across the far north and east will become more widespread, feeding inland , so a greater chance that inland, so a greater chance that many of us will catch one into the afternoon temperatures staying a little bit on the low side. not feeling too bad in the sunshine, otherwise a bit cool for the time of year into saturday and there will be some showery rain feeding its way northwards across parts of

england and wales. could be a little bit heavy at times. also a scattering of showers for northern and western parts of scotland and northern ireland, but in between these two areas staying largely dry. there may even be some sunshine at times. sunday brings some heavy, persistent rain to some eastern southeastern parts, but temperatures are gradually climbing. bye bye. >> looks like things are heating up. boxt boilers sponsors of weather on

gb news. >> it's 10 pm. i'm patrick christie. tonight. humza yousaf is finished. he's only got days left . and. working left. and. working. on the

french are about to leave the calais beaches defenceless. we've got even more foreign violence on uk streets as well. and this is the face of the killer. asylum seeker on my panel tonight, it's telegraph columnist allison pearson, founder of global britain. amanpour and ex—labour party adviser matthew laza. oh, yes. and trigger warning. trigger warning. trigger warning . i've warning. trigger warning. i've got to say that. why have these dolls been cancelled i get ready, dolls been cancelled! get ready, britain, here we go. useless. yusuf gets a kicking . next. >> patrick. >> patrick. >> thank you. the top stories

this hour. tensions are high in edinburgh this evening with the scottish greens planning to vote against first minister humza yousaf in a vote of no confidence. it's after the snp's power sharing deal with the greens collapsed this morning, leaving mr yousaf in charge of a minority government . losing the minority government. losing the vote would not automatically spell the end for mr yousaf, but it would throw serious doubt over his ability to govern . the over his ability to govern. the no confidence motion was proposed by scottish conservative leader douglas ross, who branded the snp leader weak. scottish green party co—leader lorna slater says the party had no choice . party had no choice. >> the scottish green position is that we still have a clear vision for a progressive, independent scotland . we've independent scotland. we've always been clear on that. we think the bute house agreement was the best mechanism to deliver that, with scottish greens in government . we're now greens in government. we're now back to being an opposition party. we will continue. we haven't changed our stripes. we are the consistent party. we

will continue to work for what we believe in. tenants rights, supporting biodiversity , working supporting biodiversity, working for climate and nature and making scotland a fairer and more equal place . more equal place. >> a moroccan asylum seeker has been found guilty of murdering a pensioner in an attack motivated by the conflict in gaza. ahmed ali stabbed 70 year old terence carney six times in hartlepool in what was intended as revenge for the israel—hamas conflict. he told police the attack, a week after the hamas attacks on israel , was week after the hamas attacks on israel, was for the people of gaza. he also said he had wanted to kill more victims. ali was also found guilty of the attempted murder of his housemate, who he'd attacked before the fatal stabbing of mr carney. he'll be sentenced on the 17th of may. two men have been arrested on suspicion of murder after a torso was found in a nature reserve. the body part was found wrapped in plastic by a passer by at castle dale wetlands in salford early

this month. the victim is believed to be a man aged over the age of 40, who'd only been dead for a matter of days. two men from salford, who were believed to be known to one another, were arrested on suspicion of murder today. a 42 year old man was arrested on a bus around midday, and a 68 year old man was later arrested . and old man was later arrested. and great britain has the worst rate of child alcohol abuse worldwide, and more than half of children in england, scotland and wales have drunk alcohol by the age of 13, according to a report. the study, by the world health organisation, looked at 2021 to 2022 data on 280,000 children aged 11, 13 and 15 from 44 countries and regions. girls were found to be more likely than boys to be drinking and getting drunk aged 15, in england, wales and scotland. the world health organisation's report said alcohol, which can damage children's brains, has been normalised and it's called on countries to introduce more

measures to protect children. for the latest stories , you can for the latest stories, you can sign up to gb news alerts by scanning the qr code on your screen, or go to gb news. common alerts. now it's over to . patrick. >> humza yousaf has always been completely and utterly useless, and now he's been found out he will face a no confidence vote next week after his shambolic coalition with the greens fell through. now, if a no confidence vote is passed on the government, the snp government would have to resign and appoint a new first minister within 28 days or call an election. the wheels have come off for mr yousaf, but not for the first time. his record is absolutely shocking. he is an ocean going disaster, a little bit like the ferry that he launched with nicola sturgeon that apparently cost loads and loads of money,

possibly didn't even have an engine and windows that were painted on. he was accused of clapping like a seal . when that clapping like a seal. when that thing looked when he was transport minister, he was fine for driving without the correct insurance when he was just his minister. crime rose and he called for rangers footballers to be investigated by the police after he fell for a fake video , after he fell for a fake video, appearing to show them singing sectarian songs when he was health minister, 1 in 7 scots were on an nhs waiting list and things were so bad under his tenure that when he became first minister, he actually created a new position in his cabinet called the minister for nhs recovery . a practising muslim, recovery. a practising muslim, he conveniently missed a vote on gay marriage. he said that he had an urgent meeting. he couldn't avoid. but later alex salmond accused him of coming under religious pressure. since becoming first minister, he's reportedly overseen the contraction of the scottish economy. he's missed a&e targets, nhs waiting lists, which have increased by 9.5% apparently on the year before he took over, spending 134 grand of

taxpayers money on nine independent papers. a rise in violence and sexual offences and more than 12,400 trains cancellations. he's made several inexplicable decisions, like deciding to go on a family houday deciding to go on a family holiday to qatar , which houses holiday to qatar, which houses hamas leaders just a couple of months after hamas invaded israel, he unilaterally announced that scotland would be the first part of the uk to welcome refugees from gaza, and not sure how popular that would have been, with most people in scotland, to be honest. he decided to donate 250 grand to the unrwa aid agency in november 2023. at the same time as his parents in law were among millions unable to leave the enclave. they have since left, but any insinuation of anything untoward happening there is simply an islamophobic attack, according to mr yousaf . he is, according to mr yousaf. he is, of course, dead against making any kind of race based statements himself, though, isn't he? >> or president white, the lord justice clerk white? every high court , judge white, the lord

court, judge white, the lord advocate white, the solicitor general, white. >> white, i imagine, will be the same colour as his impending p45. mr yousaf's snp has now been overtaken by the labour party in scotland. his overall ambition for independence is completely dead in the water and that's before we've mentioned his hate crimes stuff as well, which saw him receive more complaints than jk rowling in the first few days, has crippled scottish police and meant that they are now investigating hurty words instead of actual hardcore crime. the police said they'd investigate every single report which, given that there were around 1800 made against mr yousaf, initially conceivably meant that he was the only first minister to have 1800 active police investigations into him at any one time. on a completely separate note, of course , he was separate note, of course, he was nicola sturgeon's top pick to be her successor. how are her and her successor. how are her and her husband getting on these days ? humza yousaf is a man who days? humza yousaf is a man who has fallen upwards .

days? humza yousaf is a man who has fallen upwards. he's actually failed upwards, hasn't he? and now he's about to fail back down to earth again. let's get the thoughts on my panel this evening. it is daily telegraph columnist allison pearson. we have got former labour party adviser matthew laza and the founder and chairman of global britain, amanda gall , chairman of global britain, amanda gall, allison, chairman of global britain, amanda gall , allison, good amanda gall, allison, good riddance to bad rubbish. >> oh, goodness . just that spit >> oh, goodness. just that spit him giving that speech in the scottish parliament saying everybody's white as matthew just said. yeah, like 96% of scots are white. you know, i mean absolutely outrageous. he accuses everybody else of racism. he is of course , you racism. he is of course, you know, shows signs of racism himself . for know, shows signs of racism himself. for people like me who support the union, this is fantastic news, patrick, because basically there's not going to be an indie referendum again for a really long time. but what we've seen is we've seen the snp run with an iron fist by nicola sturgeon the minute she was going to be out of the picture, it was all going to come unstuck and what the snp has been able to do, they've been able to have virtue signalling policies with no contact with reality. so

puberty blockers for kids, net zero, the hate crime act , all zero, the hate crime act, all these crazy progressive policies. and now they've run into reality, haven't they? and they've said the greens are even madder than them. so the greens have had to be jettisoned. and now they're saying, oh, we're going to scale back the net zero thing. nhs scotland won't give puberty blockers after all to teenagers and so on. so he's hitting reality and it looks like next week he will. it's going to be a very close vote 6365 very very close. but he richly deserves to go. and with him most of the snp i would say. >> how on earth am i when you look at humza yousafs track record there on basically everything he's touched, how on earth has that man been able to get to high office? >> well, look , look at it this >> well, look, look at it this way, patrick, i mean hamas. sorry. humza yousaf , is sorry. humza yousaf, is a festival of wokery . that's what festival of wokery. that's what he is. and he's fallen out with these, green commies. you know, these, green commies. you know, these sort of watermelon communists that, as you say it,

but then again, you know, the scottish nationalists, i like to refer to them as a separatist, nationalist, socialist. that's what they are , they've taken what they are, they've taken dragged back scotland years , dragged back scotland years, years, from the progress that it had made from them, the result of the 2014, scottish national independence referendum . i mean, independence referendum. i mean, let's be honest, scotland has a very good deal under the barnett formula, from the rest of the uk in terms of the money it gets, in terms of the money it gets, in terms of resources, it gets it gets a pretty fair deal. but the snp have boiled ever vie problem they haven't been able to deal to , with oh, we're not to deal to, with oh, we're not having independence and it's toxic , but it's these chickens toxic, but it's these chickens are coming home to roost. they really are . really are. >> it's great news for labour though, matthew. >> absolutely, absolutely. >> absolutely, absolutely. >> he might as well have just handed the keys to downing street to keir starmer. really? yeah >> well i mean, and also the keys of hollywood to anas sarwar

because we might end up with a, with a holyrood election before we have a uk election because it's all now down to the way the numbers work in the scottish parliament, with the greens lining up with the tories, labour and the lib dems. it's all down to ash. regan, who stood against him in the leadership election, then joined alba, alex salmond's party and she's now the swing vote. if she votes with all the with all the opposition, then he's gone and they've got 28 days to get a new first minister. they don't just pick one, they have to get them endorsed by the parliament, which is very unlikely. so then we're looking at an election which, you know, presumably would follow before the summer, before the summer holidays. >> it would have been if they'd picked kate forbes rather than this idiot, because she was a really solid, you know, economically sound person. and she wasn't into all this lunacy. she was a christian. so of course they couldn't. >> and hence, there we go. let's remind us of just quickly, let's remind us of just quickly, let's remind ourselves why they didn't. right. because this was when all the trans nonsense was going on, and nicola sturgeon and kate forbes came out and despite the fact that humza yousaf conveniently missed a vote on gay marriage , alex vote on gay marriage, alex salmond later said was due to coming under religious pressure, humza yousaf himself says of

course he had an important meeting that day and despite the fact that he'd missed that, that didn't count against him. but kate forbes saying i would vote against this, but i'm not going to try and overturn the law, which is basically fine. i've just got principles you couldn't have or could they? >> no, but she was actually saying and she had her head screwed on about the economy and so on. so the snp now, as we're saying, likely to be blown away by labour in the general election. and boy, have they got it coming. i would say, patrick, this shows to me devolution has been a disaster in our country. scotland an absolute basket case, nhs dreadful education system used to be marvellous. now tanking my wales , my beloved now tanking my wales, my beloved wales devolution dominated by laboun wales devolution dominated by labour. drakeford really awful and at least a 20 mile an hour blanket ban has been lifted this week. >> look on the bright side, alex. >> well, but schools, hospitals. yes the drake for 20 mile an hour absurd ban where lorries have been rolling back down the hill because they're having to travel. >> the merciful merciful . >> the merciful merciful. >> the merciful merciful. >> but i think, as i said

earlier, you know beat hamza, beat beat anas sarwar. i must say . say. >> i mean, it's a anas sarwar is a is a is a much cleverer politician. >> nevertheless, it's the festival of wokery. i mean, he's a he's a dynastic politician. his father was , the mp for he his father was, the mp for he was an mp, but he's more talented as a british politician than his father. but then again, his father is now the governor of pakistani punjab. he didn't even bother to stay in scotland after retiring as a labour mp. i mean, that's the question. >> yeah. the thing about analysis, i mean, why are we struck by today? if you listen to humza yousaf, he speaks all the time as though he's talking to a primary school class. it's this really, really patronising tone. and anas has got this anas has got a twinkle in his eye and is, and is ready if the election happens. but just one warning to people across britain. the greens, a lot of people think the greens are a nice, easy, sort of cuddly alternative. have a look at scotland. it's technically a separate party to england and wales, but they are. they're pretty much linked and they should be a warning about what their real agenda is. >> say i read this day, couldn't

believe it. the greens and humza were backing rape trials without a jury. that's where we're heading because seriously, because all men are guilty, patrick, as we know. aren't they great? >> but you know, they couldn't even sort out their bottle recycling scheme. they had to be saved by westminster. westminster scrap. and they were all going, thank you. >> you know what? whether you look at scottish labour, you look at scottish labour, you look at scottish labour, you look at the snp, it all boils down to these parties, candidates, department. how on earth are the likes of humza yousaf getting through to become the first minister of scotland ? the first minister of scotland? >> anas is a talented man. >> anas is a talented man. >> you might think he's talented, right? they went to the same school actually, but we did. remarkable. having said that, you know eton's churned out a few people, isn't it? but exactly. >> we can't. and it wasn't eton. there's not that much difference politically between anas sarwar and humza yousaf. >> there isn't . >> there isn't. >> there isn't. >> there is no i think well, i think it's about delivery. and the thing is that i was there in september 2014, on the night of the referendum, and we thought we were very nervous about what was going to happen. obviously it went from our point of view the right way. we saved the

union, but then of course, they spent the next ten years when they should have spent it delivering for the people of scotland. they've spent it obsessed with the question of the referendum. he was talking about that even again today stuff he backed up. >> i mean, it's just a continuation of the hate crime bill. >> they got watered down and then they felt that they had no choice but to back it. but no, i think they will be. look, the biggest problem with the snp is they've spent a decade telling people the sun is shining, but eventually when people go outside, they realise it's raining and that's what's happenedin raining and that's what's happened in scotland. >> well, there we go. i mean, look, hey, i'll just say it now. humza yousaf would probably if he was here to defend himself, say he's done a great job. >> they won't come on gb news though. >> so, so, so no. well no, not now anyway. anyway, coming up, find out why algerian football fans have been wreaking havoc in north london. that's in my press pack. but next, with hundreds of french police due to be diverted away from migrant beaches. believe it or not. yes, it's happening. apparently. are britain's borders going to take even more of a battering? i'll tell you when it's going to happen as well. it's shocking stuff. tory mp jack brereton

says the french are failing. he joins me live after this very short

break. welcome back to patrick christys tonight. look. still to come. i bnng tonight. look. still to come. i bring you the very first look at tomorrow's newspaper front pages. but first, britain could be facing an unprecedented onslaught of illegal migrants crossing the english channel this summer. i know you're probably thinking. how much

worse can it really get? well, the answer is a lot, because french officials are warning of a worsening crisis just days after five migrants sadly died in an overloaded dinghy. and with hijackings now hijackings becoming a serious issue across the channel a member of the french police union has said there are five companies of french national police. about 350 personnel north really dedicated to the fight against illegal immigration, who will not be available this summer because they are being requisitioned for the olympics. how are we going to do it? so the mayor of the french town , the mayor of the french town, wimereux not fluent. the scene of tuesday's tragedy added the penod of tuesday's tragedy added the period of the olympic games is on everyone's mind. along with this coast, we're concerned that policing will be severely impacted. we need men, we need arms. if there had been a sufficient police presence, this tragedy would not have happened. so this concerning news does come the same day as the safety

of rwanda bill received official royal assent. but will it help stop the small boats? keir starmer doesn't seem to think so. obviously government has lost control of the borders, but this rwanda gimmick is not the way to stop it. >> it cost an absolute fortune £300 million already. another 50 million either this week or to next remove a few hundred people. that's a drop in the ocean , right? ocean, right? >> so look, in a nutshell , at >> so look, in a nutshell, at the kind of peak migrant season across the channel, it does look as though the french are going to be removing people from those beaches and sending them to paris, which i think we can all agree bodes really well for us. i'm delighted to welcome tory mp jack brereton. jack, look, thank you very, very much. are the french fuelling britain's migrant crisis? i mean, are you particularly concerned about this? what should they do? >> well, it is very concerning. and particularly given, you know, we've actually put resources towards the french towards this. they should be using those resources to ensure that there is a proper police presence. so i do think it's

absolutely shocking that we're heanng absolutely shocking that we're hearing these suggestions. >> i mean, they we've do they care? you know, we've sent them however many hundreds of million pounds that we have. the olympics take place in paris. they go, all right, we'll leave the beaches and we'll just go and guard the stade de france or wherever it's taking place. you think, you know this is going to be a nightmare for us. we're going to see thousands coming across. >> well, i think, you know, the fact that we've done huge amounts, actually, to try and support these efforts to deter the migrants. we've seen, obviously, the rwanda bill that's come forward in the last few days , this is offering few days, this is offering proper deterrence to those illegal migrants crossing the channel. that's what we absolutely need. and the concerns here are that actually the french don't really want to take the action that we are seeing, you know, further efforts to abandon in all this and move more migrants to the uk and move more migrants to the uk and that we have to put in place and that we have to put in place

a proper deterrence. that's the only way. >> no. what about what about a bit of threatening diplomacy here, jack? you know what i say to the french? what? we've given you £500 million or however much we've given you, if you're going to down tools and go and police the olympics instead of the beaches, then for that period of time, we'll tow them back. >> well, i think you know, the reality is that we've done a huge amount already. reality is that we've done a huge amount already . we've put huge amount already. we've put in place a number of measures that have seen reductions in the numbers of migrants coming over here. we've already seen a significant reduction this year. so i've not seen a significant sorry, we've not seen a significant reduction this year. >> we are up on the number of this time last year. margaret, in the last 12 months we have seen a reduction in the numbers coming across, but we do need to see further action. >> i'm hoping, obviously that we will be seeing flights taking off very soon to rwanda, because we need that deterrence as soon as possible if we're going to continue to see the reduction that needs to happen. but for labour to just say that this is

a gimmick is, quite frankly, a disgrace . they voted 139 times disgrace. they voted 139 times against any measures to de to deter illegal migration. >> they haven't. can i just just i just i >> they haven't. can i just just ijust i do like you know, i do ijust i do like you know, i do i do really have to correct you on something. >> a record number of migrants have crossed the english channel so far this year. that is according to provisional home office figures, some 4600. this was on the 27th of march, by the way. so it's way up since, since since that now 4644 made the same journey in 2024, a record for the first three months of a calendar year. so, you know, i mean , it's not it's not been mean, it's not it's not been working. we've been lobbing a load of money at the french. the french don't care. they're going to go and protect the olympics . to go and protect the olympics. >> in the last 12 months, we've seen about around a 45% reduction in the number of crossings because of the actions that we've been taking. if we look at albanians, it's 90% down because of the agreement that we got with albania. and we need to do more of that. that is the

sort of things that we have been doing . try and reduce the doing. try and reduce the numbers coming across. we've put in place a number of measures in france. there is more cooperation that is happening now between the nca and the counterparts in france, and we actually have that dialogue happening . but to have this now happening. but to have this now i think is a retrograde step and we don't need to see this. we need to ensure that we see an increased police presence. we put massive resources into this, which is nearly double the amount of french police on the beaches. >> i mean, this is this is this is this is absolutely existential fuel for rishi sunak and james cleverly as it as it currently stands, as it currently stands, as it currently stands, as it currently stands for this period that we've had in the year. at the moment we are at we are at record levels, right? so if that continues and if we end up at peak season with the french off to the olympics, you know, watching the 100m and whatever, and you end up with with rwanda. but the migrants realise on the other side of the beach, which

they'd be well within their rights to realise that actually they could just overwhelm you because, you know, if they can all come through at peak season , all come through at peak season, thatis all come through at peak season, that is it. that is curtains for rishi sunak, isn't it? so what does he do? does he pull us out the echr and just fly them back to whatever country they've come from and do it sharpish? or does he turn the boats back? because i don't see another solution. >> well, i think i think we need i mean, i've called for increased detention facilities and that's what we are now delivering. we need to have an increase in those facilities because it isn't just about rwanda. we need to have those facilities obviously ready. and that's what i am assured is happening now. >> we're getting an increase, but then we accept them, though, don't we? yeah. is that not is that not a problem though? it's all right. we can have increased detention facilities so they're not in migrant hotels. fine. great. but then they're just languishing there and we accept them for about those holding areas so that we can fly them out either to, back to their own country. >> if it's safe or to a safe third country. and i hope that we can actually see now we've delivered rwanda, actually see more of those schemes, because a

lot of those other countries who we've been having discussions with are waiting for us to, to get rwanda working. so i'm hoping now we are going to see other schemes with other third countries so that we can see more of that, because then we can further increase that proper deterrent. >> yeah, today a man was found guilty . he'd >> yeah, today a man was found guilty. he'd been through 13 different european countries , different european countries, apparently from morocco. this chap was found guilty of stabbing a 70 year old man to death outside a migrant hotel as he went on a morning walk. all right, yeah. we're hearing a lot of we're hoping that we're going to do this. we're hoping we're going to get flights off the ground. we're hoping, you know, that this, that and the other is going to happen. do you think people understand? do you think politicians understand that people like me and members of the public are threatened by some of these people ? this is some of these people? this is this is a threat to our safety. and it doesn't i do put it to you. it doesn't really look like politicians get that. okay. it

doesn't. >> you know, the reality is that lefty lawyers have defended murderers and rapists staying in the country. this is the sort of people that are backed by the labour party. and we have seen this repeatedly . you know, as this repeatedly. you know, as i say, the labour party repeatedly voted against measures to remove murderers and rapists from the country. and this is what we've allowed to happen . and the allowed to happen. and the problem's been that we've seen the lords have repeatedly prevented us from delivering rwanda. thankfully now we've they've given way and we've managed to get that through . but managed to get that through. but we have faced these repeated challenges by lefty lawyers in the courts. i hope that we will now get on and deliver rwanda as soon as possible, because we need that proper deterrence in place so that we can actually ensure that illegal migration is properly dealt with. >> yeah. look, for all the criticism of this rwanda plan i've just put out myself. there is look, i mean, anecdotal evidence that it may there may be, some elements of it working, i suppose. we've had some interviews in recent days with people who've just landed on our

shores saying if they'd have known about rwanda, they never would have come. there's apparently were helping to flood the republic of ireland with some of these people as well, now potentially fleeing the scheme. so you never know, the rwanda thing might work. but yeah, like i was saying before, right at peak crossing time, it looks as though unfortunately for us, despite the hundreds of millions, the french are just going to swan off and watch the olympic games and not the beaches. but look, jack, thank you very much. it is a pleasure to have you on the show. i really appreciate you coming on, especially at this time of night. and we'll we'll pick this up another time as tory mp jack brereton there. thank you very, very much. so coming up, i'll reveal why some seemingly innocent knitted dolls have caused outrage in a quaint british cafe. yes, but next i'll bnng british cafe. yes, but next i'll bring you the very first look at tomorrow's newspaper front pages. they are landing thick and fast as we speak, and

welcome back to patrick christys tonight. and i have got the very

first look at tomorrow's front pages for you. now, let's do it. let's start with the daily mail, thieves hit shops 1000 times a day, and attacks on staff double. when will police start doing their job? and protect long suffering retailers? there's also there a violent, hard partying drug user. beatrice's doomed bad boy, ex . beatrice's doomed bad boy, ex. let's go to the metro. weinstein sensation now accusers face retrial ordeal but jailed movie mogul will stay locked up. we covered this earlier actually it says if you are just joining us harvey weinstein is really has had a ruling against him overturned quite sensationally on somewhat of a technicality but we were also discussing about how that could have implications for very different reasons, though, for trump's trial as well, the kind of overegging of witnesses , etc, overegging of witnesses, etc, that aren't relevant to the case. let's go to the sun now. footy legend exclusive. his third child and first with zara. it's giggs . ryan giggs to be

it's giggs. ryan giggs to be a dad again at 50. pals say they are delighted. okay let's go to the eye. world's first jab to stop skin cancer brings hope to for patients. personalised cancer jam that uses genetic code of tumours to tackle disease is being tested on uk patients. well there we are. let's go to the daily telegraph big picture there of humza yousaf . humza, looking, looking yousaf. humza, looking, looking quite , forlorn there. rwanda quite, forlorn there. rwanda threat is pouring migrants into ireland. we've covered that already tonight. yes. we are essentially flooding the repubuc essentially flooding the republic of ireland with, illegal immigrants. apparently an m15 warns universities they're the target for hostile states. one more for you. for now. the mirror. save our cup replays. fight to reverse a decision to give lower league clubs their cash lifeline back. well, there we go. right okay. and here to talk about some of these front pages i've got leading telegraph columnist allison pearson. we've got political commentator raymond bogle, founder of global britain

and former labour party adviser matthew smash, the gang's laser, right . look, okay, i mean, we've right. look, okay, i mean, we've already vital. we've already covered quite, quite a lot of these stories at the moment. i'm going to, i'm going to whizz us through to i think this really because we have got some footage of it now. finsbury park is well known as a footballing area. it's a staunch arsenal territory, apparently. however, this is a celebration. it was something rather different. all right, so just look at these fans celebrating their team's success and it's a match in algeria . right okay allison algeria. right okay allison i mean yeah we thought when it came to the eritreans we've imported accidentally both sides of the civil war and now it turns out with the algerians, we've imported two groups of people who support polar opposite football teams, and they are willing to kick the backside out of where they live

when they play football against each other . each other. >> well, i read they were fireworks, but it looks more like they need to call out the fire brigade, doesn't it? really? yeah, yeah, we see a lot of these different cultures, don't we? taking over the streets in a, in a, in a non—traditional british way. i was in, piccadilly last november when there was an albanian independence protest walking along piccadilly. and normal people were absolutely petrified . and so, yeah, i think we have got some sort of concern about this. really. >> well, what do you make of this, amanda? i mean, some people will say, look, we've we've kind of imported foreign drama here onto our streets. >> well, i mean, look at it this way. this is what the west faces now across the west. we have imported this. you know, foreign conflicts, foreign rivalries , conflicts, foreign rivalries, confrontations between two different groups of people . i different groups of people. i mean, let's be honest, most of these people aren't to here integrate and become british. they're here as economic migrants. and that's in where lies the problem, we are importing tens of thousands of

these people who have no interest in integrating and becoming british or, dare i say, even becoming . you know, we see even becoming. you know, we see these scenes repeated across the west. look at france. you've had burning battles , fire raging. burning battles, fire raging. look at the number of churches that have been razed to the ground in france. >> matthew, what do you see when you look at that? and you just see, you know, pumped up young football fans? >> it's not only arsenal country, it's also jeremy corbyn country as it's. but i thought you'd thought you'd like that, for now, of course, because he's not coming here. labour candidate. and he isn't going to be. look i mean, i think it's out of order. it's bang out of order, and i think the footage makes it look a little bit more dramatic than it is because they basically firecrackers. and we have seen, we have seen sort of, british, football fans put off firecrackers in the past. i mean, people do get out of hand on on saturday and loads of people celebrated saint george's day peacefully and joyfully this week. but on saturday, i saw a whole group of lads outside a pub on my way to the studio who were giving nazi salutes when they were surrounded by coppers,

and waving a flag of saint george, which isn't my idea of englishness, of which, you know, we should all be actually be proud of a much better version of englishness. so i think we need to just remind people that we have all these ways we should be living, and every community needs to be reminded of that. >> i'm just going to touch on something. it's on the front of the daily telegraph. i'm just going to do this quickly. is the story that we actually haven't covered tonight, because most of the other ones are on the front pages we've already spoken about. but m15 warns universities that they are targets for hostile states. the bosses of 24 leading universities, including oxford, cambridge, imperial college london. they were summoned to whitehall yesterday, for alison, an unprecedented briefing with security chiefs . i wonder if security chiefs. i wonder if this is something that we probably already knew . but probably already knew. but hostile states targeting universities know well. >> they've been incredibly naive. cambridge, which is my university and i know the town well . all, the colleges, many of well. all, the colleges, many of the colleges are up to their necks in chinese funding, spoken to former head of m16, sir richard dearlove, who says that

they have been unbelievable naive in their dealings with, with the china in particular, many, many chinese students coming in who, nick, are intellectual property and the cambridge has been taken the taken the cash and not really thinking about the security or indeed the espionage possibilities. >> yeah. i mean, last year, a report by parliament's intelligence and security committee warned that china could be dire. yeah directing and stealing uk academic research. so i mean, we've we've wandered into this. >> we have wandered into this. >> we have wandered into this. >> i mean, it's not just the academic research that you know, the chinese might be stealing, but also the fact that so many of our universities are dependent solely on international students who are being let in at far lower grades than our domestic students have to achieve . i mean, for example, to achieve. i mean, for example, domestic students, for example, at a university might have to have three straight a's, whereas

the equivalent for international students paying ten times the amount is a sikh or a ccd. >> and that, of course, makes the experience difficult because people are not interacting on the same level with the same level of knowledge and skill. >> this was yeah, it's been happening for years. i mean, when i, when i was at uni, i can vividly remember being in a, it was a politics seminar and it was a politics seminar and it was me and just a load of chinese people, not none of whom seem to speak english. well, we've all seen a big a big reverse on this because remember when cameron, who is of course, our foreign secretary, was, was was sucking up to the chinese and desperate to get chinese cash. >> and now he's had to reverse that. but there are still questions about his links to china that actually are rumbling on.and china that actually are rumbling on. and people are asking for more information. if i put it like that, there's a secondary story here as well, which is how on earth are these people actually passing exams? >> i mean, i don't think they could sit the exams in chinese. you know, the thing, i never understood it. i think the language are they meant to have don't always happen, do they? >> i did an investigation last year and i found that 20 of our

top universities are not even requiring the basic proficiency language tests in english for international students. really, they're simply allowing, students to self—certify that they can have a proficiency in english. >> that's not fair on anybody. >> that's not fair on anybody. >> it's not fair. >> it's not fair. >> there are a lot of rows i've heard from british students, engush heard from british students, english speaking, who have said, you can go in a group with these chinese people and they say, not on your nellie, because because they'll be marked according to they'll be marked according to the group marks and i'll be the only one who can speak english. it's having a huge impact. patrick on the student experience as well. yeah, there's a lot of these people they don't want to mix. so that whole idea, if you cram your college full of, you know, chinese students who who want to stick together, you don't get the same university experience for the people, the kids coming from britain. and for me, i'm really angry that many of our top university places are not going to our own able young people because they're being held back. in fact, i was told yesterday by a parent who's very able son had got a place to read

mathematics, and he had been turned down by numerous top universities and they told there were still some vacancies. but he wasn't eligible because they're holding them back for international students. >> yeah, they both parties have got to face up to the fact that the student finance system is completely kaput and totally dependent on foreign students, and that can't go on. it's a bit of a microcosm, actually, as well. >> you know, we, we our internationally renowned it's one of these reasons why people want to come here for our education system, for our higher education system, for our higher education system, for our higher education system, for universities. this stuff didn't just happen. you know, we worked hard and we created this. >> it's about getting the balance right away. international students, international students who have the right english language skills and who have passed the right exams can bring real value, but it needs to not. they need to be. they need to be there for their intellectual prowess and not as cash cows. >> they used to be a time when you could count a dozen of prime ministers and presidents around the world who had been educated in our universities since bill clinton, and that was soft power. but today, our politicos here in westminster simply do not have an idea of the level the chinese communist party is going to infiltrate.

>> our half of beijing will be the next bill clinton not smoking a joint in oxford in the 60s. all right. that's coming up. coming up, the climax of tonight's show. find out why you, the incredible gb news viewers feature in tonight's greatest britain and union jackasses. spoiler alert it's obviously the greatest britain. but next, we'll bring you some more of tomorrow's front pages, and i will reveal why some very naughty knitted dolls have caused such a stir. patrick christys tonight on

gb news. welcome back to patrick christys. tonight. i've got more front pages for you now. so here they are. we go in with the times and m15 checks for academics to kerb threat from china. that's a red flag if ever i've seen one. thank you. yeah. all right. okay all right. also, patients with skin cancer get customised jabs to target

tumours. really interesting. potentially scientific breakthrough that it looks like we have not managed to just hand over to the chinese just yet, which is? vaccines are now supposedly ready to kill off skin cancer. so there we go, let's go to the guardian. yusuf in peril as greens say they will back a no confidence motion , the back a no confidence motion, the prime minister has urged to write off fines for unpaid carers and the harvey weinstein sex offences conviction overturned. there we go. yes, there's some rumours doing the rounds on twitter that humza yousaf might voluntarily stand down tomorrow. i'm not sure i see. do you think that? >> well, i think i think the issue is if they had if they got kate forbes in, then ash regan, who is this swing vote would probably vote for her. so i might save it. yeah. so it could save the government. >> interesting. all right. well, as you can see, i am joined yet again by my wonderful prospects. leading telegraph columnist allison pearson, political commentator, founder of global britain and the former labour party adviser matthew lars at right now. okay, trigger warning time people . i have to say this.

time people. i have to say this. i can't believe i have to say this, but i do have to say this. consider yourself prepared to be triggered. all right. you couldn't make this up. five nudie nets have been censored by angry locals in shepton mallet . angry locals in shepton mallet. well, the idea. get ready. that's the bit. well, trigger. trigger anyway. all right, we need to go that close up on it anyway. anyway. anyway, the idea was to raise money for charity and have a laugh whilst doing so. but no. apparently the cafe that they live in is too close to a school and has thus been covered up with sensors strips. if you're listening on radio, it's knitted dolls with their willies out. that's how i'll probably describe that. yes, if you want to find out more about this, jeff moody will explain all at 6:00 on saturday morning right here on gb news, because apparently he's done a package on it . oh, apparently he's done a package on it. oh, yeah. apparently he's done a package on it . oh, yeah. there we go, on it. oh, yeah. there we go, no. what do you make of that? is this censoring gone too far? >> alison, this is the shepton mallet knitting circle. >> patrick. i think they're

absolutely charming. >> it's nothing going on there that most conservative mps don't share on grindr of any . oh, share on grindr of any. oh, they're charming and all the proceeds are going to the, dorset and somerset ambulance service. i think there's nothing wrong with it. >> i mean, what i love is the one that is, it's so english because one of them seems to be a combination of morris dancing costume and some bondage gear. yeah, well, which i thought was just. it was unique. i mean, who knew that shepton mallet was so sex positive? or at least half of shepton mallet? i rip off the census strips, i say, well, i think i saw some diversity there. >> i mean, yes, yeah, that's definitely a brown woolly. there you go. so i mean, that's some diversity i think we can all get behind. but maybe i think, look, this is the best of british traditional humour. it is, it is , it is. and i think these are the type of traditions that we should all be wanting to preserve and conserve. they're going to go for a fortune on ebay now, aren't they? >> i mean, they've certainly going to raise more than they

ever imagined for the air ambulance. >> limited edition knitted willies on display here. >> and of course, knitting is very fashionable now. there's a waiting list for knitting classes. it's very on trend and crochet. >> i'm not surprised if they're all up to that kind of stuff. it seems like a right laugh, but. but there we go, right. okay, so, some stuff about knitted wellies there. don't say we don't entertain you. it's time now to reveal today's greatest britain and union jack ass, okay. look, alison, i'm going to start with your greatest britain, please. >> it's two people, terry and june.the >> it's two people, terry and june. the much loved, sitcom started in 1979. now slapped with a major warning over discriminatory language by the mad fools at itv. >> it should have a warning for not being funny. >> i june whitfield, terry scott what absolutely lovely people and the sight of a middle aged white heterosexual couple in bed has become utterly offensive in our mad island. >> is that what it's about? >> is that what it's about? >> no, it's about because they say. they probably say poor for something, don't they? look, you know, i mean, most people are

intelligent, all right? >> my best friend of primary schools, dad was in mine was was a kid of colour. was his dad was in. mind your language which is so dodgy it can't be shown on british tv even there. >> there are some, but i would say this is generally very. >> i think terry and june's okay. >> look, are you gonna just. >> look, are you gonna just. >> june is inoffensive. >> june is inoffensive. >> yeah. you could also anyone could just. you can just choose not to watch it, can't you? right. strong start. alison got a man who's your greatest? >> britain. oh, look, this has got to be saint george himself. >> i mean, the most persecuted of our patron saints. can we celebrate our patron saint? come on. it's got to be said. >> i played saint george in primary school. i slayed the dragon in a pillowcase , with dragon in a pillowcase, with a with a flag of saint george on it. really? and a plastic sword. >> and then the police turned up . sorry. you're visibly. you're visibly saint george and you. >> and you know what? no. >> and you know what? no. >> to all the lefties out there, we would not be deployed. >> i'm saint george george to rwanda. >> no, we would . >> no, we would. >> no, we would. >> all right. okay, matthew. >> all right. okay, matthew.

>> so i you know, i may even be in with a chance this week. mine is not just the greatest britain. it's the greatest britain's. i nominate our wonderful gb news viewers, as a new poll shows that labour is ahead of the tories with our audience, and they believe keir starmer would make a better pm. a best pm over all the other candidates and their top priorities. the nhs sounds pretty good to me right now. >> you've put me in quite a pickle here. >> i can't, not without design. >> i can't, not without design. >> i can't help but wonder whether or not this is a deliberate, a deliberate ploy. >> careers flashing ahead of, you know, i'm going to guess. >> i'm going to say that today's winner of greatest britain is, of course, the gb news, which means that matthew laza has his first ever victory. but i'm going to give the river a slightly different reason. obviously, they're all going to be voting labour, apparently, if you believe that. but i was on a wonderful holiday recently in tenerife, and i had the pleasure of meeting several gb news, viewers out and about. and you're all a fantastic bunch. so yes, there you go. gb news viewers. hey. right, who's your union jackass >> alison, it's the bbc proms.

this is one of the world's great classical music festivals. now, getting down with the kids, with a p0p getting down with the kids, with a pop concert featuring the bondage tastic sam smith. do classical music fans really want to see sam's hairy backside? so let's keep the proms classical. he might wax. >> you never know . >> you never know. >> you never know. >> that's an image, right? okay, i'm ali ezedi and jack carson. look i think my union jack this week is the one who'd probably want to abolish the union humza yousaf . yousaf. >> of course. let's be honest. you know, i think, as bad as he is for scotland, but we still want to keep him in the union. >> okay, so humza yousaf gets another another strong nomination there, matthew. >> and mine is the housing secretary, michael gove, for shamelessly breaking the tories manifesto commitment and no fault evictions, which has seen over a million people thrown out of their homes. more excuses instead of a ban . come on. instead of a ban. come on. >> okay. all right. well, to be honest with you, i could have very easily gone for. well, certainly two of those, i suppose. but, today's union

jackass is any second now, we'll be revealing today's great union s humza yousaf is humza yousaf. there we go. so offensive we couldn't even show a picture of him after , you know, that's how him after, you know, that's how much he's infuriating everybody here. >> some scottish viewers may disagree with that. >> if humza yousaf was to here defend himself, which he isn't, the snp won't talk to our great gb news. >> they've got a blanket ban. >> they've got a blanket ban. >> he was doing fantastic job, although the proms are a close second on that. i mean, the sam smith stuff is potentially, potentially quite repugnant. >> well humza yousaf, he was here. sam smith the panel is too white. >> the panellists, the panellists are white. yes. there we go. right. >> well look patrick's tan though really lifts us up in the eye, yeah, it is it is it is all real. it is all real, i must say, not to make light of people who do have a very serious condition, but there are at least two stories on the front pages here that, given the fact that i have managed to garner sunlounger without any sun cream for the best part of five days, this new jab that is on offer

for potentially for people with skin issues might actually suit me very well in future. but thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, headliners are up next, so they're going to be taking you through more of the papers. are we back tomorrow at 9 pm? keep fighting. the good fight. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on gb news. >> good evening. here's your latest gb news weather forecast brought to you by the met office. it's going to be another rather chilly night for many of us, and there will be some showers around and more showers to come as we go through tomorrow. due to an area of low pressure just out in the north sea, bringing a showery theme to many places. some further showery rain through this evening and overnight across southern parts. and here it is going to stay pretty cloudy keeping temperatures up elsewhere. there will be some clearer skies further north, albeit with a few showers around across some northern and eastern coastal parts, perhaps the odd wintry one over the higher ground of scotland, where we see the skies clear. we are going to see temperatures dropping so they will fall a few degrees below freezing in some rural

spots. a touch of frost for some of us first thing tomorrow morning. otherwise as we go through tomorrow, staying pretty cloudy across some far southern areas and watch out for some heavy, perhaps even torrential downpours across parts of the southwest into the afternoon. elsewhere the showers across the far north and east will become more widespread, feeding inland, so a greater chance that many of us will catch one into the afternoon temperatures staying a little bit on the low side. not feeling too bad in the sunshine, otherwise a bit cool for the time of year into saturday and there will be some showery rain feeding its way northwards across parts of england and wales. could be a little bit heavy at times. also a scattering of showers for northern and western parts of scotland and northern ireland, but in between these two areas staying largely dry. there may even be some sunshine at times. sunday brings some heavy, persistent rain to some eastern southeastern parts, but temperatures are gradually climbing. >> buy buy that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers sponsors of weather on

gb news. >> good evening. the top stories from the gb newsroom. >> tensions are high in edinburgh this evening, with the scottish greens planning to vote against first minister humza yousaf in a vote of no confidence. it's after the snps power sharing deal with the greens collapsed this morning, leaving mr yousaf in charge of a minority government losing the

vote would not automatically spell the end for mr yousaf, but it would throw serious doubt over his ability to govern . the over his ability to govern. the no confidence motion was proposed by scottish conservative leader douglas ross, who branded the snp leader weak . scottish green party weak. scottish green party co—leader lorna slater says the party have no choice. >> the scottish green position is that we still have a clear vision for a progressive, independent scotland. we've always been clear on that. we think the bute house agreement was the best mechanism to deliver that, with scottish greens in government . we're now greens in government. we're now back to being an opposition party. we will continue to. we haven't changed our stripes. we are the consistent party. we will continue to work for what we believe in. tenants rights , we believe in. tenants rights, supporting biodiversity, working for climate and nature and making scotland a fairer and more equal place. >> a moroccan asylum seeker has been found guilty of murdering a pensioner in an attack motivated by the conflict in gaza.

>> ahmed halid stabbed 70 year old terence carney six times in hartlepool in what was intended as revenge for the israel—hamas conflict. he told police the attack, a week after the hamas attacks on israel, was for the people of gaza. he also said he wanted to kill more victims , as wanted to kill more victims, as al fayed was also found guilty of the attempted murder of his housemate, who he had attacked before the fatal stabbing of mr carney. he'll be sentenced on the 17th of may. two men have been arrested on suspicion of murder after a torso was found in a nature reserve. the body part was found wrapped in plastic by a passer by at kersal dale wetlands in salford. early this month. the victim is believed to be a man aged over 40, who had only been dead for a matter of days. two men from salford, who are believed to be known to one another, were arrested on suspicion of murder today. a 42 year old man was arrested on a bus around midday, and a 68 year old man was later

arrested and great britain has the worst rate of child alcohol abuse worldwide in more than half of children in england, scotland and wales have drunk alcohol by the age of 13, according to a new report. the study, by the world health organisation, looked at 20 2122 data on 280,000 children aged 11, 13 and 15 from 44 countries and regions . 11, 13 and 15 from 44 countries and regions. girls were found to be more likely than boys to be drinking and getting drunk aged 15, in england, wales and scotland . the world health scotland. the world health organisation's report said alcohol , which can organisation's report said alcohol, which can damage children's brains, has been normalised and it's calling on countries to introduce more measures to protect children. for the latest stories, sign up to gb news alerts by scanning the qr code on your screen, or go to gb news. carmelites. now it's go to gb news. carmelites. now wsfime go to gb news. carmelites. now it's time for headliners .