good morning and welcome to friday morning with esther and phil here on gb news. and we've got a busy show lined up for you today. we have indeed. after another turbulent week in westminster, we'll be joined by james from spectator james hale from the spectator for following an for his analysis following an official this week led official report this week led by baroness we'll asking baroness casey. we'll be asking a former police officer and a leading tank. time leading think tank. is it time for police reform? and is a new axis of evil forming between russia and china? michael day , russia and china? michael day, the chief foreign commentator from the i newspaper, will be joining us to discuss.

from the i newspaper, will be joining us to discuss . and as joining us to discuss. and as even joining us to discuss. and as ever, we want to hear from you. so involved with the show, so get involved with the show, email at gbviews@gbnews.uk or email us at gbviews@gbnews.uk or tweet us at g b use. but before we start, show us your headlines with rihanna . thank you, esther. with rihanna. thank you, esther. good morning . it's 10:01. your good morning. it's 10:01. your top good morning. it's10:01. your top stories from the gb newsroom. a post—brexit deal for northern ireland will be signed off this morning after mps backed the windsor framework in a meeting chaired by the foreign secretary and european commission, the uk and eu will formally adopt the plan which was agreed following talks last month and parliament voted for the stormont brake on wednesday, giving the northern ireland assembly power to object to eu rules despite continued opposition from the dup. james cleverly told michael sec that he's grateful for his help . this he's grateful for his help. this is not the corporate finance of the british government. this is the british government. this is the personal things of me . james

the personal things of me. james cleverly to you, maros sefcovic , for for the the commitment that you have for us in and of course , the work that has been course, the work that has been done by your wider team in getting us to what is a really good place that i am. we are genuine . be grateful . protesters genuine. be grateful. protesters are demonstrating outside downing street where the israeli prime minister's meeting rishi sunak benjamin netanyahu is in london as thousands protest in israel and here against a law that's been approved by his right wing coalition. critics say it's designed to shield him from his corruption trial. talks at downing street are expected to focus on strengthening strategic ties between the two nations, as well as iran's nuclear program . ofsted says nuclear program. ofsted says school inspections will continue despite calls for them to be suspended. unions representing teachers and headteachers want checks to be paused while reviews carried out . it's after

reviews carried out. it's after head teacher ruth perry took her own life in january while waiting for a report which downgraded her school to the lowest possible rating. the ofsted chief says stopping inspections wouldn't be in the best interests of children . the best interests of children. the shadow health secretary says he's concerned about the upcoming junior doctors strike. wes streeting is calling on the government to resolve the dispute ahead of next month's industrial action. the british medical association , which is medical association, which is asking for a 35% pay rise, says no credible offer was made dunng no credible offer was made during talks on wednesday. the union announced members will walk out for four days from april the 11th. i'm really worried about these junior doctors strikes , and i'm worried doctors strikes, and i'm worried that unless people at that stage in their career have great specialist roles to move into once they've finished their junior doctor phase of their career , we're going to lose career, we're going to lose people to countries like australia, canada, where aggressive recruitment of uk

doctors is already underway. so ihope doctors is already underway. so i hope the government can resolve the junior doctors strikes amicably . a premier strikes amicably. a premier league footballer is being investigated for a third sexual offence . the 29 year old's who's offence. the 29 year old's who's not been named was first arrested in july last year over allegations of rape . he was allegations of rape. he was further arrested while in custody following claims he raped another woman in 2021. the met police says the man was interviewed last month under caution for a third offence alleged to have taken place in february last year. the footballer denies the allegations and his bail has been extended . the french been extended. the french government says it's ready to welcome king charles to the country despite ongoing protests . earlier this week, buckingham palace cast doubt on the state visit because of the violent demonstrations taking place across the country . activists across the country. activists have been protesting for nine days over government plans to raise the pension age from 62 to

64. late last night, the bordeaux town hall was set alight with the cause still being determined . there was being determined. there was a larger than expected pick up in retail sales last month, with trade returning to its pre—pandemic levels. the office for national statistics reported a 1.2% increase in february, compared to the previous month. experts had predicted a rise of just nought point 2. the un says the broader picture for retail, though , remains subdued, with though, remains subdued, with little real growth over the last 18 months because at the cost of living crisis . and ever fancied living crisis. and ever fancied walking in the footsteps of the king. well, now you can. as long as you promise to take your shoes off for the first time in living memory, visitors will be allowed to stand in the exact spot where king charles will be crowned inside westminster abbey on may the sixth, especially guided tours will include access to the mediaeval mosaic, the

cosmos , tatty pavement. you'll cosmos, tatty pavement. you'll have to wear socks, though. no bare feet will be allowed to protect the 13th century floor. this is during use, bringing more as it happens. now that it's back to esther and phil. thanks around . and if you have thanks around. and if you have the fancy of walking in the king's steps, there you go to go along. but keep your socks on. i salute you. keep your socks off just worse. you put your footsteps. oh thank you. i gave you an opportunity to that, you an opportunity to say that, and witnessed . now, and everybody's witnessed. now, we're joined throughout show we're joined throughout the show today of ukip, today by deputy leader of ukip, rebecca jane and chairman of lodestone communications david. while so good morning to you both, but seven members of the privileges committee now hold the political fate of former prime minister boris johnson in their hands as they weigh up whether johnson deliberately

misled the commons over the downing street lockdown. parties whatever the result, does this mark the end of boris johnson's front line political career? well, joining us now is james hale, the spectators political correspondent. so first question, does this mark the end of boris johnson's front line political career ? well, let's political career? well, let's remember when similar things were said after he resigned. david check is a few years ago and of course, a year or so later he was back in number 10 centre of the action. you can never write off boris johnson, but i think that he has emerged from the privileges committee as a slightly diminished figure and he's battle on his he's now got a battle on his hands. well, think that hands. well, do you think that what the committee what happened at the committee will have changed anybody's opinion about boris johnson? because seemed to me because what it seemed to me from reactions i saw is that from the reactions i saw is that all the people who supported bofis all the people who supported boris johnson's idea was absolutely you he absolutely you know, he did really well. of really well. and all of a sudden, who didn't like sudden, people who didn't like bofis sudden, people who didn't like boris it an boris johnson said it was an absolute disaster. i mean, do you think changed you actually think it changed anybody's perspective about

bofis ?i anybody's perspective about boris ? i would say boris johnson? i would say probably not many people, because obviously this has been going on the best part of going on for the best part of about 18 now. we've also about 18 months now. we've also seen briefing on both seen so much briefing on both sides all borisjohnson's sides in all of boris johnson's arguments have been tested out in the by allies saying in the press by allies saying this that point to the this and that point to the committee's biases, etc. but i think it really depends on what the seven mpas are going to come up with. and i think you could tell from some of that questioning, some of the likely outcomes i you outcomes of this. i think you saw harriet harman making the comparison speedometer, comparison with the speedometer, saying per saying if you get 100 miles per houn saying if you get 100 miles per hour, do you really need someone else tell that that's else to tell you that that's breaking i think also breaking the law? i think also what interesting charles what was interesting was charles walker raised walker at the end raised a really interesting question, which is that maybe he recklessly the house, recklessly misled the house, but not which, not deliberately, which, of course, does leave us course, where does that leave us in territory of this? and in the territory of this? and i think that although public opinion today which opinion i saw a poll today which said two thirds the said that two thirds of the pubuc said that two thirds of the public think that boris johnson has misled the house is whether you deliberately and you can do so deliberately and ultimately, can you really assess told assess what he told the committee in his committee about which was in his heart? i will be very

heart? so i will be very interested, the when interested, see the report when it as you say, it comes out. but as you say, philip, i think that at this stage not many minds are really being shifted because we all know opinion of boris know all of the opinion of boris johnson one way or the other. people watching said that he people watching him said that he seemed different seemed like a different character, though he wasn't ruffling hair, wasn't ruffling his hair, he wasn't playing taking it playing the joker, taking it really seriously the papers really seriously in the papers today, johnson's on a today, they say johnson's on a charm offensive, getting ready. should the be a by—election in his seat ? yes. well we reported his seat? yes. well we reported last week that he was re adopted for a seat of experience . for a seat of experience. surprised if there was a lot of speculation that he might do the so—called chicken run and go to a constituency which a much safer majority . i think that's safer majority. i think that's ultimately because what the prime obviously very prime minister obviously is very difficult of is about difficult to get out of is about the constituency. he's obviously been going around the vote, making speeches. so he's making these speeches. so he's trying to sort of prepare for the local troops, etc, on the local ground troops, etc, on current i saw current polling trends, i saw lord the lord heywood say today that the almost certainly that seat almost certainly lose that seat because i think labour because i think the labour are predicted to win with a majority of somewhere sort margin of somewhere sort of margin of 15. it's obviously a difficult time for but i do wonder time for him, but i do wonder

perhaps on committee see perhaps if on the committee see this for conservatives of seven. i wonder if any i do wonder if any conservatives, whatever you think , really to think of boris, really want to buy at stage, buy election at this stage, given how polls are given how the polls are constantly showing a 15 point labour his labour lead, some of his supporters saying actually supporters are saying actually he go to a safe seat. he wants to go to a safe seat. this could be a positive outcome to losing the seat that he can go actually to a safer one. that's an interesting argument, actually. and i think, you know, i'm going to have political conference this week and i can't be fascinated to take the temperature of political temperature of the political grassroots. you've got the national conservative convention grassroots. you've got the national wellervative convention grassroots. you've got the national wellervthee convention grassroots. you've got the national wellervthe west vention today as well in the west midlands, they're all midlands, and they're all certainly across certainly associations across the as to would the country as to which would i think, happily endorsed boris johnson as that as the candidate. think that although candidate. i think that although his public ratings are his his public ratings are pretty low. right now, about —50 in party, does still have in the party, he does still have those pockets of support and will remembered as the will always be remembered as the man brexit done. i mean, man who got brexit done. i mean, i think that he would like to he would stay on and would like to come stay on and maybe, you know, not go down on the privileges committee, but if he that, then i think he does do that, then i think that will plenty of

that that will be plenty of places they'll to have him places they'll want to have him back. one of the back. james, i just one of the other big issue of week was other big issue of the week was the northern ireland windsor framework in parliament. framework vote in parliament. walsh analysis that walsh you're analysis of that was week for rishi sunak was a good week for rishi sunak was a good week for rishi sunak was the fact that a 22 tory mp voted against it? was that was that good for him? was that lower than people had anticipated? when people anticipated? or when people added on the abstentions and said , well, 70 tory mp didn't said, well, 70 tory mp didn't vote for it, is that something that he should be worried about? will he be pleased or worried by the events of this last week ? i the events of this last week? i think he will be pleased from this . the events of this last this. the events of this last week. i think someone a number of some zoo and of times we reading some zoo and only when are from only attacking when you are from a position of strength because they held this vote, they scheduled same scheduled it for the same afternoon the afternoon that those the privileges committee investigation johnson investigation of boris johnson that i think that sort of distracted i think rishi little rishi sunak's enemies a little bit of which firing bit in terms of which firing which way. ultimately, as you say, only mp voted say, only 20 tory mp voted against it and there's been a bit spinning around this. say bit of spinning around this. say you know they would abstentions. well, don't really see how

well, i don't really see how people grant shapps people like grant shapps who didn't cabinet didn't vote member of cabinet obviously simon hall obviously people like simon hall who maria miller who didn't vote or maria miller can said to members of can really be said to members of the research group. i the european research group. i think ultimately that the problem lg had too problem was that the lg had too many and not enough many captains and not enough privates were some privates in it. there were some great big time figures came great big time figures who came out against deal. you know, out against the deal. you know, bofis out against the deal. you know, boris himself, liz truss boris johnson himself, liz truss in former tory in that may three, former tory leaders, just don't in that may three, former tory leadeion just don't in that may three, former tory leadeion the just don't in that may three, former tory leadeion the forcesist don't in that may three, former tory leadeion the forces anymore. and come on the forces anymore. and the you can say the kindest thing you can say about that is that they're a victim their own success. victim of their own success. they done of they got brexit done most of 2019. i think the show is now moved on. and just just finally, james, we and keir starmer obviously big speech james, we and keir starmer obviotcrime big speech james, we and keir starmer obviotcrime this big speech james, we and keir starmer obviotcrime this week. reech james, we and keir starmer obviotcrime this week. wasi james, we and keir starmer obviotcrime this week. was was about crime this week. was was was that a sign of his growing confidence that he was sort of in effect , move it on to what confidence that he was sort of in effect, move it on to what is historically seen as a conservative territory, or was it a bit of an own goal because it a bit of an own goal because it was exposed, it had stopped all those jamaicans being repatriated who went on to commit some more crimes was it was a good week or a bad week for keir starmer? i think keir starmer labour had a few bad

weeks actually and i think that you saw that in the response to the budget and you saw this in the budget and you saw this in the crime speech yesterday. i thought telling thought it was most telling actually that even the bbc news cuts them just cuts away from them after just 3 minutes it's because there minutes and it's because there was much or interesting was not much new or interesting really was saying. and really that he was saying. and i think it's been overshadowed by the windsor frame. the events of the windsor frame. what and obviously what happened with johnson well. this with boris johnson as well. this is labour's attempt is obviously labour's attempt to kind kind of stance kind of take some kind of stance on security issues that one of rishi is rishi sunak's five messages is about small boats. about stopping the small boats. labour really about labour can't really talk about that. there's said trying to that. so there's said trying to pivot to talking about crime and cuts public services and the cuts in public services and the justices term. so it's a deterrent away from deterrent to move away from a kind of tory friendly area into a much more labour focussed friendly about friendly area, which is about pubuc friendly area, which is about public which obviously public spending, which obviously they're they're very much in favour think it was an favour of. so i think it was an attempt, i don't think it really had cut through that. keir had the cut through that. keir starmer people around starmer and the people around him hoping for. james him would be hoping for. james hale very much indeed hale thank you very much indeed for we to take for joining us. we have to take this conversation into the studio with david wilde studio here now with david wilde and so back and rebecca jane. so going back to point, do you think it's to that point, do you think it's

been a good week or a bad week for keir starmer? i think it's been a fairly even week. i mean, it's of those days it's one of those days situations where governments it's one of those days situaelections re governments it's one of those days situaelections and )vernments it's one of those days situaelections and it'snments it's one of those days situaelections and it's anents lose elections and it's a quieter low bar for opposition leaders to get over . quieter low bar for opposition leaders to get over. in the end , i think the focus on boris johnson obviously hasn't helped the tories and i would say that the tories and i would say that the labour is trying to move on to the tories ground. it's just trying to sort of flesh out the fact that keir starmer exists . fact that keir starmer exists. and in that sense i don't think it's been that great a week, i don't think it's been that. by the way, it's interesting. people said we know who care is but what his big ideas and but what are his big ideas and only things that we know about the he's possibly the things that he's possibly going reverse on which going to reverse on which is side that's wrong in side that's gone wrong in scotland saying scotland but he's not saying he's reverse middle. he's going to reverse a middle. so pointed out , the so as philip pointed out, the criminals that he campaigned to stop be export to back to stop be an export to back to jamaica. so is not a big idea and he's slipping around on what he has got and as i said, ijust he has got and as i said, i just don't think it's that high a bar

he's got to get over as a leader of the opposition. i mean, i think it's always got to be looked at in context of the government day and government of the day and i think that the country was in chaos in the seventies. it voted for thatcher. it was in chaos in 2010. it voted for cameron. the big question is can rishi sunak make it look as if the ship of state looks half ways and will go in in a sensible direction by the time of the next election ? the time of the next election? and i think keir starmer, frankly all has to do is, you know, walk in a straight line and chew gum and i think he is doing that . rebecca i wanted to doing that. rebecca i wanted to ask you about the vote on the windsor framework this week. obviously for a ukip perspective , 22 conservative meps voted against it, a few more abstained. it's difficult to know which ones were just absent and which ones actually made a point of abstaining . what did point of abstaining. what did you make of that? of a rebellion from a ukip perspective? i think it was disappointing that it wasn't bigger because i was

actually quite surprised that it did go through. i wasn't expecting it to be brutally honest because the windsor framework is completely and utterly flawed. you know, we can't keep saying we've got brexit done because we haven't got brexit done. it's not a thing, you know, northern ireland is still under some eu legislation and that will never be acceptable for anybody that voted for brexit. so the windsor framework is not the answer. it was a bit of a i think it's been called a sticking plaster. it is it's completely useless , but so it's completely useless, but so is rishi sunak. so do you do you accept that it's better than what was there before that boris johnson left in the original deal in that sense, it deal that in that sense, it might be it might be might not be it might not be what want, and it's might what you want, and it's might not perfect, but do you not be perfect, but do you accept at least better accept it is at least better than the status quo generally? i'll have that. it is i'll let you have that. it is marginally better. but why bother do something that's bother to do something that's only hours to do the job only half hours to do the job properly? fact that it properly? but the fact that it went such went through with such a majority, wasn't. went majority, it wasn't. it went through. through with through. it went through with such majority. is that such a majority. is that a

threat in a way to ukip. erm i do feel like the conservatives pr tour that they are currently on the redemption tour is it is landing a little and people are forgetting about all the chaos that they have actually let unfold in the absolute state of the country. it is today is all of their fault. people are forgetting , but people do forgetting, but people do forget. so that's why we've got to keep on going to people just want to move on. david i honestly think i've actually got a lot of family in northern ireland and they want to move on. you leave a political vacuum in northern ireland and there are militias that mean that. paul detective who got shot the other day, a it needs to be settled down and we need to move on.andi settled down and we need to move on. and i actually think rishi sunak has done quite statesmanlike thing in doing that and i actually think he's doing keir starmer a very big favour because if he comes to power , this is one more thing power, this is one more thing that he doesn't have to do. well, what the dup say they're not going to join the power sharing agreement. so this isn't

oven sharing agreement. so this isn't over, it ? i honestly think over, is it? i honestly think i think the politics of northern ireland and why a lot of my family are unionist. okay. and they're completely disagree with they're completely disagree with the day you pay there isn't really any body for them to vote for. actually, in northern ireland, i think i think the fact that we just need to smooth things and look to the future, can we please look, what is this country going to do for the next 30 years? what are we going to produce? how are we going to grow the economy ? we need a grow the economy? we need a focus on that and stop fiddling around with little rules. david rebecca, thank you for now. coming up with a fresh round of junior doctor strikes announced for april. should the nhs reduce training the doctors will training times? the doctors will be to dr. lawrence be speaking to dr. lawrence curtis . but also want to hear curtis. but we also want to hear your so in touch. gb your views. so get in touch. gb views at gbnews.uk and we'll be back very soon. hi there, it's aidan mcgivern here from the met office. blustery march winds will blow, heavy showers in across most of the uk through the rest of the day. there will

be some brighter interludes because of the showers we move in through very quickly on this gusty the winds reaching gusty winds. the winds reaching gale force around some exposed western coasts and hills. we've got a number of features circulating around low pressure. they will provide a focus for some of the heavier downpours and the showers, especially frequent across northern and western parts of the uk. a better chance of some sunny spells coming through into the east of england and some drier weather at times for northern scotland as well. but it's going to feel a bit cold in that gusty winds. temperatures above average for this time of year, 13 to 15 celsius. but a degree or two lower compared to the last couple of days. now, the showers most a longest spells of rain across northern ireland into central and southern scotland. northern western england , a england and wales overnight, a few thunder couldn't few rumbles of thunder couldn't be out and for most it's a be ruled out and for most it's a blustery night as well, with a lot of cloud in the sky as a result, temperatures not falling very far. generally, 3 to 7

celsius. now, by the end of the night, the area of low pressure responsible for the showers is moving into the north sea. as that happens, we're going to see northerly winds bring colder air to the north of scotland and some seats. showers some seats. and so showers affecting parts shetland and affecting parts of shetland and orkney, far north of orkney, perhaps the far north of the across the mainland. otherwise across the mainland. otherwise across the rest of the uk it's a similar day to friday. sunny spells and heavy showers again a few rumbles of thunder in some of the lively downpours, especially east of especially in the east of england, celsius in the england, 15 celsius in the south, but well , things are south, but well, things are going to turn colder across the uk as those northerly winds begin to arrive. that's that first causes some icy patches on saturday night in the far north. but further south we've got a spell of wet weather moving in to bring some heavy rain across southwest and then southern parts of england through the start then the colder start of sunday. then the colder air spreads south for all of .

us welcome back. it's 1023 now. chronic staff shortages for doctors could mean that training times may be slashed for doctors account to the chairman of the nhs . the 50 year plan comes amid nhs. the 50 year plan comes amid record shortages of nhs staff with more than 130,000 vacancies across england. shortages have been exacerbated by walkouts from junior doctors , with more from junior doctors, with more strikes planned through the month of april. dr. laurence girl is joins us now. month of april. dr. laurence girl is joins us now . laurence, girl is joins us now. laurence, thank you very much for joining us. let's just start with the junior doctors. if we if we might . what do you make of that might. what do you make of that announced went on for four days of more strikes have you. do you sympathise with them or is it selfish and irresponsible ? a bit selfish and irresponsible? a bit of both . i've got junior doctors of both. i've got junior doctors are underpaid. bear in mind, junior doctors can be anything from a 25 year old to a 40 year

old. people who have been loans £100,000 to qualify and to pay a first year junior doctor . £40 £100,000 to qualify and to pay a first yearjunior doctor. £40 an first year junior doctor. £40 an houris first year junior doctor. £40 an hour is not enough . it's not and hour is not enough. it's not and it's not just about pay. the conditions of work, the lack of food, the having to pay for parking. they have a terrible , parking. they have a terrible, terrible pay package, having to move every 4 to 6 months to a different hospital . having said different hospital. having said that, i personally don't believe doctors should strike. i respect other doctors if they choose to strike. but let me say this to them to and you. if you choose to strike, you have to admit you're doing harm to patients . you're doing harm to patients. and that's what i want those doctors to face up to. you may not necessarily be killing people, but you would . in the people, but you would. in the last strike we saw 175,000 appointments and consultations and follow ups and operations cancelled that harms patients and i have a four day strike just after the four day bank

houday just after the four day bank holiday weekend when bear in mind all gp's will be close. i think it's going to do great harm to patients. the decision is up to june and doctors. i do sympathise . is up to june and doctors. i do sympathise. i'm is up to june and doctors. i do sympathise . i'm not keen on sympathise. i'm not keen on strikes. i think a 96 hour strikes. i think a 96 hour strike is excessive at a time when the consult is who would normally be covering them have all planned their annual leave because it's during the school holidays . so it's a it's holidays. so it's a it's a terrible thing. it's terrible situation to be in. i am disappointed that it's come to this. and laurence, the figures are 250,000 appointment operations could be cancelled. so their doctors are doing this demanding a 35% pay rise. so people are now saying, do we need doctors to have gone through a seven year training and a five year university, two year trainee? should do we need that? should we just change it now so that it won't have the debt they've got ? doesn't debt they've got? it doesn't take the is that the take on the training is that the way forward? is this a good idea that the chairman of the nhs england struck upon? england have struck upon? i think is worth looking at and think it is worth looking at and i think we do need to look at

the other idea of having more physicians associate it. so i think people who are not doctors but do 90 to 95% of the but who can do 90 to 95% of the work, the doctor i think that is where answer is . in where the answer is. bear in mind so you talk about mind that. so you talk about five years. actually a six five years. i actually did a six year training . i did one year as year training. i did one year as a poacher at a stretch. and it's now that's now two years for doctors. but even to be a gp you then have to do three years to train speed . gps you're talking train speed. gps you're talking about well , ten, 11 years of about well, ten, 11 years of training before you can become a gp. that surely sounds excessive. having said that , you excessive. having said that, you will know as a politician that the law unintended consequences . all of those doctors are in fact in the workforce and actually what they're those trainee doctors are doing is providing cheap labour both for hospitals and gp registrars and they're not sitting in libraries . so just trying to shorten the training may not make a difference. we need to be retaining doctors better retention of staff. we've had

the approach on the lifetime allowance we talked about last week, which is has to be good. we need to retain more staff, improve conditions of what improve the conditions of what some of the junior doctors, certainly the least well—paid . certainly the least well—paid. so what about andy ? do you think so what about andy? do you think that the likes of training and the use of physician associates , what about apprenticeship starting this year then? lawrence well, i'm quite fond of apprenticeships and learning on the job. i was always disappointed that nurses training was taken out of the wards and that nurses now do a 3 degrees in a university before they even see a patient. i'm a great fan in a apprenticeship in other countries and in france . other countries and in france. within five years of your working as a doctor and you're working as a doctor and you're working on the wards, and i think that we should be having more all hands training less, less theoretical , more less theoretical, more practical. so yes, i'm a great fan of that. dr. lawrence gallus, thank you very much indeed for joining gallus, thank you very much indeed forjoining us today.

indeed for joining us today. i mean, rebecca, what do you what do you make of this idea of reducing the trade in time for doctors? i mean, laurence said that it was, you know, all those years, nine could be ten years. it does excessive to a it does seem excessive to a layman me, but i guess lots layman like me, but i guess lots of would well, hold of people would say, well, hold on you know, surely it on a minute. you know, surely it takes long as it takes. and takes as long as it takes. and i want a properly trained doctor. i want somebody who's i don't want somebody who's been, you know, short circuited through labour said through the system. labour said that to double the that they want to double the number medical places. number of medical school places. is more sensible approach is that a more sensible approach to just double number of to just double the number of people training? or people going into training? or would shortening would you support shortening the training support training time? i don't support shortening training time . so shortening the training time. so because we're talking about human life, for goodness sakes, you know what's more valuable to anybody? no, don't support anybody? so no, i don't support shortening the training. you know, even i look at the know, even when i look at the legal it seven legal world, it takes seven years to qualify. the solicitor so careers do take time. so decent careers do take time. they take a lot of effort. you've got to work hard at them. it is what it is. and the other problem for me is that obviously these are unfolding these strikes that are unfolding this season, it's this season, obviously it's about it's a lot about about pay, but it's a lot about

the conditions and it's the working conditions and it's about, you know, patients about, you know, the patients are suffering struggling and are suffering and struggling and all of so how on all the rest of it. so how on earth going to be earth are they going to be better by training people less? it sense. i think it doesn't make sense. i think france less. david he said france was less. david he said france was less. david he said france could do less time. there were 130,000 people there. so is it not a good idea and. well to me, i mean, i'm not an expert in how we are. we try and we all scientifically. yes, that's absolutely true . but not a absolutely true. but not a mandate to work in the health sector. a lot. and what i would say the entire nhs, it's say about the entire nhs, it's very difficult to just pick one set of people, whether they be junior whether they be junior doctors, whether they be senior you can senior nurses. what you can safely is this patients safely say is this patients aren't happy with the service that they're getting. the taxpayers not happy with the cost it all, and the cost of it all, and the workforce isn't happy . i mean, workforce isn't happy. i mean, that's absolutely with that's absolutely obvious with all strikes. there is all the strikes. there is clearly a big system failure . clearly a big system failure. and i would say this about the junior doctors. they're assuming that the general public will be on their side. and think that on their side. and i think that that's very big assumption that's a very big assumption that's a very big assumption that they're making . i think

that they're making. i think people frankly fed up with people are frankly fed up with a lot of what goes on in the nhs. that doesn't mean there aren't fantastic people in there. it's just i work with brilliant people, dedicate at hard working with which the system with a system which the system for within the nhs. so it's not impressing me and the junior doctors certainly aren't impressive well 35% is a lot impressive so well 35% is a lot to ask for. a 35% pay rise is quite it's quite something but plenty more still to come on friday morning with esther and phil. and obviously dave and rebekah are with rebekah are staying with us, too. time for the too. but now it's time for the latest and headlines with latest news and headlines with rhiannon . thank you i it's rhiannon jones. thank you i it's 1031 your top stories from the gb newsroom a post—brexit deal for northern ireland is being signed off this morning after mps backed the windsor framework in a meeting chaired by the foreign secretary and european commission . the uk and eu will commission. the uk and eu will formally adopt the plan agreed following talks last month, mps voted for the stormont brake on

wednesday, giving the northern ireland assembly power to object to eu rules, despite continued opposition from the dup . opposition from the dup. protesters are demonstrating outside downing street, where the israeli prime minister's meeting rishi sunak benjamin netanyahu's in london as thousands protest in israel and here against a law that's been approved by his right wing coalition. critics say it's designed to shield him from his corruption trial talks that downing street are expected to focus on strengthening strategic ties between the two nations, as well as on iran's nuclear program . ofsted says school program. ofsted says school inspections will continue despite calls for them to be suspended. unions representing teachers and heads want checks to be paused while a reviews carried out . it's after head carried out. it's after head teacher ruth perry took her own life in january while waiting for a report which downgraded her school to the lowest

possible rating . and the french possible rating. and the french government say it's ready to welcome king charles to the despite the ongoing protests. earlier this week , buckingham earlier this week, buckingham palace cast doubt on the state visit because the violent demonstrated actions taking place across . activists have place across. activists have been protesting for nine days over government plans to raise the pension age . from 62 to 64. the pension age. from 62 to 64. tv online, dab, digital radio and on tunein this is gb news. now it's back to esther and philip . banks round. and now philip. banks round. and now coming up following the news casey report will be asking does policing in the uk need reform ? policing in the uk need reform? so don't go anywhere .

welcome back. it's 1036 now. an official report this week led by baroness casey and commissioned by the met police , has shown the by the met police, has shown the force to be broken and rotten, suffering, collapsing trust and guilty of institution , racism, guilty of institution, racism, misogyny and homophobia . libya misogyny and homophobia. libya are we witnessing the fall of a historic british institution ? historic british institution? rick muir, director of the police foundation, think tank and former detective peter blakeslee join us now. peter, if we can if we can start with you. you're a former met police detective. it can't be very pleasant to read what luis casey wrote about your former employers and where you used to work. do you do you accept that her findings that the met police is institutionally racist, misogynist and homophobic ? and misogynist and homophobic? and did you witness that when you were a police officer at the met? well, i view the met from afar, so to speak. these days, but i'm a keen observer of

policing, of course, as a professional commentator. and yes , i unequivocally accept yes, i unequivocally accept every word that baroness casey said . the met is clearly riddled said. the met is clearly riddled from top to bottom with major, major issues that simply have to be rectified it back in the day. and i'm talking about the late seventies and the early eighties when i was a uniformed officer. i shine and freddie saw racism was affected by it became a part of it and simply was too cowardly to stand up and speak out about it. what the metropolitan police is going to require now is brave police officers a made better human being. some may so that they stand up and challenge wrongdoing on each and every occasion. i experi and said what what what would happen peter to a police officer who decided they were going to stand up to some racism or misogyny or homophobia that they were

experiencing ? what would they be experiencing? what would they be shunned by their by their colleagues? is that is that the culture in the in the police that you don't sort of you say anything against your colleagues . well, it certainly was back in the day, but i'm not using that as an excuse . however, there as an excuse. however, there have been problems in the past because the metropolitan police is institutionally protect honest of its reputation and its wrongdoing . whistleblowers have wrongdoing. whistleblowers have been seen as rocking the boat, but many of them have had their careers curtailed and they've been moved sideways and they've been moved sideways and they've been denied promotion opportunities purely and simply because they broke the norm . because they broke the norm. they rocked the status quo . and they rocked the status quo. and they told superb voices about what they'd seen then. that has to change the entire state, because baroness casey's unflinching, a brilliant report was the iceberg into which the metropolitan police crashed this week, that it is now hold

beneath the water. and so there needs to be enough hands on deck, enough truth tellers , in deck, enough truth tellers, in other words, to save this ship from sinking. rick, you heard what peter said there , but i what peter said there, but i want to question the word in stitution. so yes, we've seen some horrific cases. yes, those rotten police need to be removed , but institutional takes it to another level. that saying you're getting rid of this sort of british institution . well as of british institution. well as to i think i think the word is deserved in this case. and, you know, if you read baroness casey's reports, i think it's quite clear it isn't stitution or i mean, quite clear it isn't stitution ori mean, i mean, i agree very or i mean, i mean, i agree very much. peter's description of the situation. and i don't think it's changed very fundamental. it's changed in some respects, but there's still very significant problems . and the significant problems. and the reason institutional is for reason is institutional is for this that there are this reason that there are racists, homophobes and misogynist within the police . misogynist within the police. but what happens then is that

colleagues experience that discrimination in their day to day lives. and they they can't report it without a bit of feel. they can report it because they know nothing will be done about it. and that's why it's institutional. it's because it's not the most police officers crisis is there is a minority. you are but nobody tackles that minority and there's a kind of culture of silence and just wanting to keep your mouth shut around it . i wanting to keep your mouth shut around it. i think it's quite understandable. people didn't keep your mouth shut because particularly if their senior officers don't back them up. and that's something which bonus casey highlighted again. so i think it is institutional . it's think it is institutional. it's going to take quite a lot of effort to change this. is this do you think, particular to the metropolitan police or if baroness casey was to do a report into every police force in the country , do you think in the country, do you think that would be a challenge that she'd come out with exactly the same conclusions for each police force ? i think my judgement is force? i think my judgement is very hard to know because we

can't kind of quantify this and obviously nobody's done the same thing in every police force . my thing in every police force. my sense is from observing policing for quite a long time is that things are probably worse in the met than in in many police forces. but there similar problems in the police forces . problems in the police forces. this is not just confined to the met. so i think that the met has is probably one of the worst culprits in terms of these questions. but i think you would find them in the forces as well. and it will vary. and you know, some forces are very well run and have much more professional cultures than others . some are , cultures than others. some are, you know, pretty badly run . the you know, pretty badly run. the met historically has been a popular police force . so yeah, popular police force. so yeah, i think it's probably worse in the met than elsewhere. but you'll find these issues in other forces as well. so peter, coming back to you , how is this back to you, how is this situation going to be solved? are you talking that you would want to see basically the police dismantled what we have at present dismantled and start

again, well , present dismantled and start again, well, we need a very effective police service, a professional police service . professional police service. every man, woman and child in the country needs a professional police service. but the won't be resolved merely by a top down dick that that is just manifestly a genocidal . it's manifestly a genocidal. it's also got to be a bottom up process. so those whistleblowers have to be embraced . they have have to be embraced. they have to be regarded as truth tellers and their words need to be acted upon. if the met is truly going to root these bad people out and there is clearly a significant number of them, but there's also a massive problem with the leadership of the police to climb that greasy pole of promotion you have to kind of buy in to a neo liberal orthodoxy which is spouted by those on high. and if you don't toe their line, then you won't get promoted inside . many of get promoted inside. many of those senior police officers in the met will have seen this

racism, this homophobia the sexism and misogyny during their careers. and you can pretty much bet your bottom dollar they didn't call it out. so they remain part of the problem. and until this organisation unfailingly looks itself in the mirror and improves dramatically, then we, the pubuc dramatically, then we, the public of london, are going to be filed. peter blakeslee, former met police detective and ric muir, director of the police foundation , thank you very much foundation, thank you very much indeed for joining foundation, thank you very much indeed forjoining us this indeed for joining us this morning. david, ijust indeed for joining us this morning. david, i just wondered, i mean , who's to blame for this? i mean, who's to blame for this? is it the senior police officers who are not doing enough to tackle it? is it, as peter suggested , police are rank and suggested, police are rank and file police officers who see it and then don't challenge? is it the that the police federation that are too it makes too powerful and it makes it difficult to get rid of bad police officers. where would you pin of all of the pin the blame of all of the above? they were balancing all of the above. but also, i would just like to say that what she also is that it's also says is that it's institutionally corrupt. now, you i don't whether

you know, i don't know whether this to bring comfort this is going to bring comfort to anybody. but as a, you know, white, straight bloke , i've also white, straight bloke, i've also had bad experiences with the met police there. literally the whole community down there are massive examples of police corruption. i personally think we should do a police service of northern ireland type thing . i northern ireland type thing. i think. i think we should literally get rid of it. i think we need a discussion about do we need a national gendarme or a police force? i think the whole nofion police force? i think the whole notion of regional not even regional county police forces there obviously going to be backwaters . the man has always backwaters. the man has always been corrupt . we had the been corrupt. we had the macpherson report 20 odd years ago. that's done nothing . we've ago. that's done nothing. we've now got this report . we were now got this report. we were looking at recruitment. we're looking at recruitment. we're looking at recruitment. we're looking at you're looking at the job itself. rebecca what do you think? is it time to dismantle and start all over again if they can't reform themselves is basically what casey said . well, basically what casey said. well, they can't reform themselves. they done as you say,

they haven't done as you say, this new problem, is this is not a new problem, is it? we've known for it? we've known about it for a very long time, you know, and in my opinion and i'll say it as well, you know, i'm a white female i've had problems female and i've had problems with problem is with them. and the problem is the don't operate from a the police don't operate from a human point of they human and point of view. they operate this is what we say operate from this is what we say this is what goes. and if you disagree those, you're disagree with those, you're wrong. and that's why don't wrong. and that's why they don't consider humans consider the effects on humans and their lives and things like that. to from the that. it has to start from the top work its way down. top and work its way down. rebecca, if you could stay with us and. david, if you could stay with us, we've got breaking news here. visit of king here. the state visit of king charles will be postponed charles france will be postponed amid pensions amid tensions over the pensions reform. we're joined on this breaking story by our royal reporter , cameron walker. reporter, cameron walker. i asked you. yes, this has come through in a statement from elise, say, paris palace in france just confirmed in the last few moments , king charles, last few moments, king charles, a state visit to france has been delayed after those trade unions called for another day of nationwide strikes and street protests. during his stay , of

protests. during his stay, of course, the king was meant to travel to france on sunday and he was going to be in paris and bordeaux. but the images over the last couple of days , if you the last couple of days, if you have have seen some of these protests, have turned violent, the guidance we were getting from buckingham palace is they are keeping everything constantly under review. however, as of yet , we have no however, as of yet, we have no confirmation or statement from buckingham palace on the news from italy, say palace, of course. king charles was due to attend a state banquet, having been invited by french president emmanuel macron . following this emmanuel macron. following this , his visit to france. the king and queen consort, were due to travel to germany. as far as we're aware, that is still taking place. but as i said, we have had no confirmation whatsoever of this news from buckingham palace. but of course , clearly this is going to be a big disappointment to the king and queen consort. it was due to

be the king's first trip abroad board as monarch to states visits , of course, sanctions by visits, of course, sanctions by the foreign office meant to cement ties between france and the kingdom, and of course, germany as well. but yes, that statements coming through from the elysee palace , which reads, the elysee palace, which reads, given the announcement yesterday of another day of national protests against the pension reform, on tuesday . king reform, on tuesday. king charles, this visit initially scheduled for march four, 26 to 20 ninth, will be postponed as soon as we have any more information from buckingham palace or sources france , palace or sources in france, we'll bring it straight to you . we'll bring it straight to you. and cameron, a wise decision there by the palace, but probably a wise decision by macron as well. it probably seemed inappropriate what he was doing in appropriate with the pensions and inappropriate with the views on. royalty. yeah many people were making point that a lavish state dinner for a foreign head of state perhaps won't go down too well with the french public given the protests

that are going on over the pension options. the sun correspondent actually. royal correspondent matt wilkinson made the point yesterday that all the french lots of french protesters are clearly upset about the pension changes. however, the king and queen consort are both in their seventies and well above the pension age, and yet they are still coming to france to work as well as many of the people who travel with them. but clearly, this is going to be a big disappointment for the king and queen consort but perhaps it would have been if they did go to france , be a big distraction. to france, be a big distraction. these protests. clearly, the royal household has to think about the king and queen consort's safety as well . a consort's safety as well. a number of these engagements were perhaps meant to allow the king and queen consort to get up close and personal with members the public. we have seen that since he's become king. in fact , he was very keen to shake people's hands, meet members of

the public and being a personable monarch, but clearly , with these protests and particularly as some of them have turned violent , perhaps have turned violent, perhaps it's thoughts that could be an issue there. so it did have the danger of overshadowing the toun danger of overshadowing the tour, but as as we have heard from elise , the palace in paris from elise, the palace in paris , that has been postponed , the , that has been postponed, the french palace, at least of the state, visit has been postponed. nothing from buckingham palace as yet. if i do get anything as of yet. if i do get anything i will let you know. i know you certainly will. cameron walker, thank much indeed. thank you very much indeed. i'm going the david. going to come to you the david. it be there's bit of it may be there's a bit of self—praise ovation in here from charles and they don't want this anti royal sentiment contagion . anti royal sentiment contagion. you don't want to bring it back to the uk either. well, that's interesting point. i mean, i do think it's i thought it was a bit odd, actually. the weather, it's obviously been advised to go to france is the first place to go. i mean, it's not as if the royal household will make that decision. but so he's been politically advised. i thought

it odd choice start it was an odd choice to start with, with all these with, especially with all these reforms. it's proved, reforms. and so it's proved, i think it's probably wise that they pull and, you know, just they pull it and, you know, just go a more go somewhere a bit more straightforward. is the, you know, before know, don't don't run before you come southend sea that come off southend on sea that you'll be getting into . rebecca, you'll be getting into. rebecca, is danger here for macron, is the danger here for macron, though, that the protesters have one the just goes to show one and the just goes to show i mean, i know the militants in france at the best of times, but is a of weakness is this not a sign of weakness on his father? in effect, he's bowed down to these violent protesters? well, know, protesters? well, you know, potentially have a lot potentially i don't have a lot of things to about him. of good things to say about him. i have a lot good i don't have a lot of good things to say about france. so i'm not the best person i'm probably not the best person . but i think . i landed there, but i think you've got to know which battles you've got to know which battles you can win and have to pursue that. and this one, they were definitely not to win. so i like david was thinking was this straight? was charlie and a bad choice and now exchange that he forced it through parliament no in this visit was coming up and knowing what the likely reaction was it did seem to be sort of a lack of planning on the you

know, to do the timing of the know, to do it the timing of the pension announcement seems strange, doesn't it? yeah, absolutely look, absolutely now, look, israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu touched down in london this to meet with rishi this morning to meet with rishi sunak and number 10 downing street. meeting was expected street. the meeting was expected to bilateral ties, to strengthen bilateral ties, especially in defence and intelligence. netanyahu was arrival a spot fierce protests across london aren't just not just france. you know the happening in london too. joining us now is gp news national reporter paul hawkins to tell us more. are you in the middle of a massive protest there, paul ? massive protest there, paul? yeah, there was a significant protest . we think it's a 1 to protest. we think it's a 1 to 2000 israeli demonstrator is here for the visit of benjamin netanyahu, who's been gone from downing street. significant security presence for his visit. and the reason why there were so many israeli demonstrators there, also palestinian demonstrations over there, i guess you'd expect to see that kind of demonstrate . but the kind of demonstrate. but the reason why his visit is so controversial for many israelis is because the judicial

is because of the judicial reforms he wants bring. reforms that he wants to bring. bnnginin reforms that he wants to bring. bring in in israel, most notably giving ministers and giving the government more control over a committee that appoints judges and also reducing power of the supreme court. so it would not have the power to strike down legislation so there's been demonstrations. it's been in rome and berlin, where benjamin netanyahu has also visited , and netanyahu has also visited, and it has kind of overshadowed that domestic policy has overshadowed his foreign policy initiative. but let's speak to one of the protesters that we can talk to, jasmine, who's been you're using your placard as a as a kind of umbrella jab. yeah. yeah, i'm not british at all. i'm not the british at all. i'm israeli. not the train israeli. i'm not that the train is not for me. just tell us why you felt you had to be here this morning. because it's very important. it's about human rights sisters brothers in rights. sisters and brothers in israel, a israel, they suffering a lot from government was about israel, they suffering a lot fro be government was about israel, they suffering a lot frobe a government was about israel, they suffering a lot frobe a dictatorship�*nt was about israel, they suffering a lot frobe a dictatorship .: was about israel, they suffering a lot frobe a dictatorship . wes about israel, they suffering a lot frobe a dictatorship . we needut israel, they suffering a lot frobe a dictatorship . we need to to be a dictatorship. we need to save them. we need to help them. this country drove me away eight years ago and i want to come back.i years ago and i want to come back. i want to go back and to

just just tell us a little bit about these these changes that he to make to the courts he wants to make to the courts in israel as well. that another reason well. reason why you're here as well. yeah. so basically it's against women, children and women, against children and against any other or not everything it is and any other minorities in israel. so it just one sort of people who will benefit. he says that the changes he wants to make to the courts, yeah, that's about rebalance . saying the rebalance. saying the constitution . what do you say to constitution. what do you say to that? that's all we don't have a constitution. and second, he wants to rebalance the law system so he won't be eligible to go to jail . the whole to go to jail. the whole changing of the law system, it's just forbidden . netanyahu not just forbidden. netanyahu not going to jail. just forbidden. netanyahu not going to jail . this is a he also going to jail. this is a he also says it's the will of the people because he was re—elected four months ago, that this is he said he would do. and so it's kind of what the people of israel have asked for. it's not not asked for. it's not it's not a it's not democracy. he states. it's dictatorship of it's the dictatorship of majority . and it's true. majority. and it's not true. nobody voted for him to make

israel a dictatorship. nobody did it. they voted for security, for lowering the taxes, for better life in israel. no one's voted for it. it's not just left . right. he's voters agree as well that this is not right. and this shouldn't be. you want to elaborate on that? you can show your side. yes, i am showing my sign and thanks for speaking to us.thank sign and thanks for speaking to us. thank you very much. yeah. rishi sunak then is this is a three day visit by benjamin netanyahu. it's part of what calling a kind of friendship road map that the uk signed with israel to cut for close to bilateral ties heading up to 2030. but it's controversial . it 2030. but it's controversial. it doesn't include a two state solution for palestine and that is why some people are saying the uk needs to distance itself from israel. why this from israel. that's why this year conservative year kurds, the conservative chair foreign affairs chair of the foreign affairs select has questioned select committee, has questioned the wisdom of inviting benjamin given the controversial remarks by some of those within his coalition government, most notably from the far right and

from ultra religious groups. his finance minister recently saying that there was no such thing as palestinian people. so there is some pressure on rishi sunak to put some distance between himself netanyahu , himself and benjamin netanyahu, but clearly not taking much but clearly he's not taking much nofice but clearly he's not taking much notice of that given the visit today next couple of today and for the next couple of days here the oh, days here in the uk. oh, hawkins, thank you very much indeed for joining hawkins, thank you very much indeed forjoining us. it was indeed for joining us. it was unusual see palestinian and unusual to see palestinian and israeli both in the israeli flags both in the protests together. also, you don't normally that. and don't normally see that. and i think it's that sort of global city that london is in. i guess the is that every day there's the uk is that every day there's a some sort of protest outside number for number 10 downing street for people the rights people talking about the rights for that part of the world. but that's it for the first of that's it for the first hour of the but don't go anywhere the show. but don't go anywhere after we'll be after the short break, we'll be speaking headteacher to speaking to a headteacher to discuss many schools calling discuss why many schools calling for after that they for reform of after that they want the inspectors under inspection. what's your views ? inspection. what's your views? don't go anywhere. i'm jacob rees—mogg, the member of parliament for north east somerset and a former government minister. for years i've walked the corridors power in both

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charles, his first state visit to france has been postponed because of protest in the country. tens of thousands of people have been demonstrating against the government's plan to raise the pension age from 60 to 64. the king was due to arrive in the country on sunday as part of a three day trip to europe. downing street says the decision was taken with the consent of all parties after the french president asked the british government to postpone the visit . it's understood new dates will be confirmed . soon a post—brexit be confirmed. soon a post—brexit deal for northern ireland is being signed off this morning after mps backed the windsor framework in a meeting chaired by the foreign secretary and european commission. the uk and eu will formally adopt the plan agreed following talks last month. mps voted for the stormont brake on wednesday , stormont brake on wednesday, giving the northern ireland assembly power to object to eu rules. that's despite continued opposition from the dup . james

opposition from the dup. james cleverly told our sefcovic he's grateful for his help. this is not the corporate francs of the british government. this is the personal thanks of me, james cleverly to you, maros sefcovic , for the for the commitment that you have to us in. and of course, the work that has been done by your wider team in getting us to what is a really good place that i am. we genuinely grateful . want to genuinely grateful. want to appreciate and pay respect to each and every one of you around around the table because you've been working tirelessly and in the spirit of what is possible and what we can do . while the and what we can do. while the people and businesses in northern ireland will now benefit from lasting certainty and predictability , the eu and and predictability, the eu and uk can and i'm convinced will explore the full potential of the trade and cooperation agreement . maros sefcovic and

agreement. maros sefcovic and james cleverly speaking there . james cleverly speaking there. protesters are demonstrating outside downing street, whether it's israeli prime investor met with rishi sunak morning. benjamin netanyahu's in london as thousands protested in israel and here against a law that's been approved by his right wing coalition. critics say it's designed to shield him from his corruption trial. talks at downing street are expected to focus on strengthening strategic ties between the two nations, as well as focusing on iran's nuclear program . ofsted says nuclear program. ofsted says school inspections will continue despite calls for them to be suspended. unions representing teachers and heads want checks to be paused while reviews carried out. it's after head teacher ruth perry her own life in january while waiting for a report which downgraded her school to the lowest possible rating. the ofsted chief says stopping inspections wouldn't be in the best interests of children . the shadow health children. the shadow health secretary says he's concerned

about the upcoming junior doctors strike. wes streeting is calling on the government to resolve the pay dispute ahead of next month's industrial action. the british medical association , which is asking for a 35% pay rise, says no credible offer was made during talks on wednesday. the union announced members will walk out for four days from april the 11th. i'm really worried about these junior doctors strikes , and i'm worried doctors strikes, and i'm worried that unless at that stage in their career have great specialist roles to move into, once they they've finished their junior doctor phase of their career , we're going to lose career, we're going to lose people to countries like australia, to canada, where recruitment of uk doctors is already underway. so i hope the government can resolve the junior doctors strikes amicably . a premier league footballer is being investigated for a third sexual offence. the 29 year old, who's not been named was first arrested in july last year over allegations of rape . he was

allegations of rape. he was further arrested while in custody following claims he raped another woman in 2021. the met police says the man was interviewed last month under caution for a third offence alleged to have taken place in february last year. the footballer denies the allegations and his bail has been extended . there was a been extended. there was a larger and expected pick up in retail sales last month with trade returning to its pre—pandemic levels. the office for national statistics reported a 1.2% increase in february compared to the previous month. experts had predicted a rise of just 0.2. the owner says the broader picture of retail, though, remains subdued with little real growth over the last 18 months because of the cost of living crisis . and ever fancied living crisis. and ever fancied walking the footsteps of the king well, now you can. as long as you promise to take your shoes off for the first time in living memory, visitors be allowed to stand in the exact

where king charles will be crowned. inside westminster abbey on may six, especially , abbey on may six, especially, tours will include access to the mediaeval mosaic that caused massive pavement . you'll have to massive pavement. you'll have to wear socks, though . bare feet wear socks, though. bare feet will be allowed to protect the 13th century flooring . is gb 13th century flooring. is gb news bring you more as it happens now there is that too. asda and philip . asda and philip. banks riana and albert join throughout the today by deputy leader of ukip , rebecca jane and leader of ukip, rebecca jane and chairman of lodestone david. while so let's go back to that breaking that if you want to follow in the footsteps of king charles, you won't be going friends with any of us. that's one thing you don't say. but thatis one thing you don't say. but that is the breaking story that that is the breaking story that that has announced that that charles has announced that they be going over to they won't be on going over to france. and he is the royal the update that the king and queen

consort state visit to france . consort state visit to france. from buckingham palace the king and consort visit been postponed to the majesty's great. we look forward to the opportunity to visit as soon as dates can be found. and just to reiterate , found. and just to reiterate, rhiannon said during the news , rhiannon said during the news, the government said the king and queen consort visit to france has been postponed. the decision was taken with the consent of all after the president all parties after the president of france asked the british government to postpone the visit and the visit to germany which was planned afterwards will still go ahead. but i think that's the key. it was the president of france asked the british government to postpone the visit. david, how embarrassing you think this is for president macron having to go say, you know, you're go and say, you know, you're going to. can you cancel the visit please. we've got we've got rioting streets in got people rioting on streets in paris. a pretty paris. well, it's a pretty embarrassing i mean, you you wouldn't it to happen if it wouldn't want it to happen if it was the other way. the tabloids would obviously savaging the british government and i think the you know , esther's point the you know, esther's point earlier about how is there going

to be any of contagion from what you might call anti royalist, you might call anti royalist, you know, views in france ? i you know, views in france? i mean, i do think the monarchy needs to back away from the cult of celebrity. i think they've got themselves into a terrible pickle and that if they're not careful if the if all they become is just you know celebrities . then i think celebrities. then i think they've going to have a serious problem going forward and it has seemed like that. it seems that kate, princess of wales has gone into overdrive and this is to balance up the maggie meghan situation. we pick up the paper now and she's everywhere. do they need to go back, become dignified , royal again? yeah dignified, royal again? yeah i mean, i am i am a royalist. i love the royals . i do think that love the royals. i do think that they've gone too far down the route of celebrity, but also in the reach of politics, you know. king is very much you know, he's he's quite outspoken with what he's quite outspoken with what he thinks. it's his job that is not his job. you never going to

win in politics never going win in politics you, never going to loved by everybody. to be loved by everybody. and your be loved by yourjob is to be loved by everybody, be a peacemaker. so calm it down with the politics and back to doing what you and get back to doing what you supposed doing. yeah, and supposed to be doing. yeah, and about only about that, i mean, it's only last week with the situation in france pensions france about the pensions increasing 62 to increasing the age from 62 to 65. were talking about was 65. we were talking about was this the end of macron politically fall of his government . so he is on shaky government. so he is on shaky ground. is it really reflect his instability at home? well i think the whole thing's completely unsellable the way macron came to power from his own political party, the post—war political parties , the post—war political parties, the gaullist and the socialists . gaullist and the socialists. they've essentially, you know , they've essentially, you know, disappeared is a very situation. i mean, you know, when i heard that the pensions were going up from 60 to 65. i'm not going to, you know, for my you know, i'm not going to get married until i'm 67. so you know, it does seem to be a bit sort of behind the times. there and yeah, i think it's embarrassing these

kind of big top level state interactions . they're meant to interactions. they're meant to be dignified . and that's the be dignified. and that's the point them actually. but it's a clear coup for germany that now the state visit to germany is going ahead as planned. so obviously , given the fact that obviously, given the fact that germany is the biggest economy, europe, it was probably better that way around anyway. but, you know, they're the they're the you know the now the first place that charles will visit. so that king charles will visit. so that's probably be that's they'll probably be delighted but delighted about this. but i think got think i think david's got a point though who are point there, though who are advise royal family at the advise the royal family at the moment. surely as you look into the years ahead, it's a family that's got to live from generation to generation important time you would have been picking up more stable. well this is going going to come to decide these things, isn't it it's the government officials who tell the to make the to go situation between the palace as well. are you saying that the government got it incredibly wrong? well, whether it's right or wrong, it'll be the government who decided they were

going to france start with, going to france to start with, probably government didn't probably the government didn't predict to predict that there's going to be these these they would these these riots. they would know plan the know that when they plan the visit . i know that when they plan the visit. i mean, it is a i thought it was that it was france first, given the fact they are our traditional enemy and certainly. rebecca, is that. well well, absolutely . i rebecca, is that. well well, absolutely. i mean, i like france. i got with france a lot. but the you know, it did seem an odd one. it is thought it had gone for something. it's also very political with the windsor. well, maybe that was the problem was all political was this was all too political was this a thank you back for macron saying. know, have saying. you know, we'll have more police on the beaches. stop the over. yes way the boats coming over. yes way too is this not too political. and is this not a big take take out the big message? take take out the politics rebecca said, go politics as rebecca said, and go back what you should be back to what you should be doing, is diplomacy. doing, which is diplomacy. coincidental the arranged coincidental into the arranged a state visit for the point in time we've just given them nearly half a billion. so it's all again it's all about politics. that's why it's all coming down to stop it. politics. that's why it's all coming down to stop it . you coming down to stop it. you royalty get on with your job, please. well, the are not the

people or the british government are always going to use the royal family to pursue their diplomatic objectives out there . such a big . i mean, they're such a big draw. why do we draw. they are. but why do we keep focusing on france, for keep on focusing on france, for goodness sakes? they've we're failing job of failing at the job of immigration, helping us with the job with job of immigration with the money been them for money we've been giving them for years. we trying to years. so what are we trying to do? going to work. we do? it's not going to work. we need sort ourselves. we need to sort ourselves. well, we will keep you up to speed with this story, as i said, broken, breaking to day that king breaking to day that the king and visit to france the state visit has been delayed now stopping inspections would not be in the best of children. that's according the head of the schools watchdog following for them to be paused after. the death of head teacher ruth perry ofsted chief inspector amanda spielman acknowledged the debate about inspections to remove grades is a legitimate one, but insisted checks aim to raise standards should continue through unions representing teachers and heads urged ofsted to polls inspections this week and read in borough council called for pause while the

review is carried out into the system. chris mcgovern, the chairman of the campaign for real education and head teacher sophie greenaway , joins us now . sophie greenaway, joins us now. sophie greenaway, joins us now. so if i go to you , chris, first, so if i go to you, chris, first, don't the inspectors need doesn't ofsted need to have a good look at it. is it performing the job? it was set up to do ? while we know it's not up to do? while we know it's not performing the job it was set up to do, ofsted itself is inadequate it? we're about three years behind by the age of 15 compared to the best education systems in the world. ofsted was put in 25 years ago. i advised john major at the time to improve so there's any rating of inadequacy around it should go to ofsted but look we're talking about a terrible tragedy and unspeakable tragedy here. i had worked as an officer, an inspector. i've also worked as head teacher. i've been at both of this. broadly speaking, i in favour of inspections. and i think the chief inspector is probably right say

probably right to say inspections to continue inspections have to continue because ultimately what ofsted should doing is looking after the children . and the interests of children. and yes, got to look this yes, they've got to look at this single use into single word they use into classify schools. it can be outstanding or it can be inadequate or , something in inadequate or, something in between. but one word cannot possibly some summarise the achievement of the school . so achievement of the school. so that's got to be looked at. there needs to be a review of that. but in the meantime, ofsted has to go on. but it needs be reviewing itself and needs to be reviewing itself and we have more of this we can't have more of this enormous pressure, which is driven, possibly driven ed teacher to suicide . but it is a teacher to suicide. but it is a high pressure system. but you know, many schools will broadcast on their notice boards and outside the school. quotation from ofsted . they're quotation from ofsted. they're very proud of ofsted that officer had given them a good rating. it works both ways. rating. so it works both ways. ofsted be a force for ofsted should be a force for good. it certainly should be a force helping children who've had tragedy. but had a terrible tragedy. but terrible can bad law terrible tragedies can bad law so , sophie, i just wondered from so, sophie, i just wondered from a teacher's perspective, i mean, all schools use in this tragic event as as a trojan horse to

try and avoid inspections . try and avoid inspections. absolutely not. i mean, these personally and what i think this system, this awful is it's opened the floodgates to feelings that are out there in schools in schools leaders and how they feeling the fear that has been instilled by these ofsted inspections for years and finally, there seems to be an opportunity , so to speak, about opportunity, so to speak, about what that's really like for us andifs what that's really like for us and it's not a trojan horse . and it's not a trojan horse. it's an opportunity because we cannot be in vain. risked death got to lead to change. it can't just be that ofsted say , oh, just be that ofsted say, oh, we'll have to think about the single judgement or that might be a good idea. that's brilliant. yes would love conversations that that needs to happen , but that can't be the happen, but that can't be the only thing and for the family is not the only thing. they want

change and so do we. so it's i'm putting children at the centre of everything , which is what of everything, which is what ofsted have said, which is why they won't pause their inspections. that doesn't make sense to me . the government are sense to me. the government are putting huge amount of money putting a huge amount of money into mental health and wellbeing i am a senior mental health aide. that's been i've been trained and paid for by the government yet they're not looking out for the mental health and how the mental health and wellbeing its leaders and wellbeing its school leaders and wellbeing its school leaders and where the ones that are teaching their children and it's like in an aeroplane when the oxygen mask comes down you have to put yourself first. then you can look after children. it's when it's not being looked at the right way round, there needs to and is to be a to be a pause and is to be a risk assessment, needs to be a review the framework in its review of the framework in its current there needs current format. and there needs to change. what the to be some change. what the point chris to any point that chris alluded to any sort said, well, you know, if sort of said, well, you know, if schools get if schools get a good ofsted report, they're the ones know, make a big ones who, you know, make a big song dance about it. the

song and dance about it. the pubuc song and dance about it. the public out the public writes out to the parents, it on the parents, i'll put it up on the noticeboard and the rest of it. and so that when people, say, too much emphasis is given to the report, schools the ofsted report, schools may be partly guilty in, helping to perpetuate that . i think it's perpetuate that. i think it's because there this fear instilled by the word ofsted and i think it's something that parents think that's the be all and end all of the schools this single judgement and that is they use to pick a school . they use to pick a school. however that is not right and it's when i picked schools for my own three children. i went and two schools. i went and visited in those days was satisfactory and. an outstanding school. the satisfied three school. the satisfied three school was the one i picked for my children because the feel of the school i knew would meet the needs of my and it was the right school for them. parents of they don't need that single word judgement. schools don't need to ehhen judgement. schools don't need to either. and schools don't need the words that ofsted say about them to define them . know what them to define them. know what we're well self—assess

we're doing? well self—assess ourselves the time we know ourselves all the time we know what we need to think and i can i ask you how you would like the inspections go ahead because i'm somebody who i've written an article today . i do somebody who i've written an article today. i do think change needs to come about. but i believe in inspection means to make sure we keep standards high or improve them and let parents have a choice. so how would that go going forward? not just the polls, how are we going to do the inspections ? my course and the inspections? my course and reflection, a risk assessment. but we changes to the ofsted framework. we absolutely believe that needs be quality that needs to be called quality assurance. there to be assurance. there needs to be inspections. that's not what we're not what we're saying. that's not what school saying. it's that school leaders saying. it's that there be a in those there needs be a change in those processes how they're done. processes and how they're done. for example, taking out safeguarding from the inspection, do it annually , do inspection, do it annually, do an audit annually, work with us and help to us ensure that schools are growing and developing because that's what we want . so you developing because that's what we want. so you can just do an academic qualifications then if you take the safeguarding out

you take the safeguarding out you just have it look. these are the grades. this is what you're going to get. and you see the safeguarding separately, safeguarding separately, safeguarding separately. and then at school and then you look at the school and you have a single you don't have a single judgement series judgement and you have a series of about what the of statements about what the school to develop work school needs to develop and work on further and how ofsted are going to do that. the support plan in place areas of real plan in place and areas of real success celebrate. success to celebrate. that's what needs to it doesn't what needs to happen. it doesn't need. chris. i mean, need. one word, chris. i mean, do you think sophie has got a good point in terms of the fact, you know, when people speak the schools in their local community, they tend to know which the schools in which of the good schools in which of the good schools in which schools and they which the bad schools and they don't read ofsted report don't tend to read ofsted report to parents a to tell them parents are a bit more sophisticated. they might not much of a choice. not have too much of a choice. which child may have an issue, but we. is too much but so do we. is too much emphasis placed it to day emphasis placed on it to day inspection of a school in once every four years? the uncertainty estate agents it in their envelopes and that what i would say you know and it's quite important to say this we've got to the mental health of teachers is a very important

issue but less important probably the mental health probably than the mental health of over 80, 83% of of the children. over 80, 83% of schools are ranked good or outstanding ofsted . so you outstanding by ofsted. so you could say in many respects ofsted have been quite kind because actually internationally our isn't doing our school system isn't doing particularly well. so very easy because we have such a tragic case to be over, critical ofsted many ofsted inspect hours of experience in schools themselves . most have that trying to do the best they can for the children. if you back to the days before ofsted , there was days before ofsted, there was still inspections by the magistrates inspectors. but could be every 2530 years now they should be inspections every four years. in the particular case, talking about the school where the teacher suddenly took own life, the school hadn't been for 13 years because it was rated as outstanding. now that's a failing of ofsted . they should a failing of ofsted. they should re still they should still be inspecting schools even if they are ranked outstanding , not are ranked outstanding, not leave a 13 year gap because that headteacher could receive feedback from . ofsted if there

feedback from. ofsted if there were a four year regular inspections. so ofsted is a very fallible organisation and it's got a lot of things to be accountable for and too it's not very successful. we do need it. chris mcgovern, thank you very much indeed forjoining us. and also sophie greenaway, thank you . now coming up, as interest rates are, it's a 14 year high after inflation jumped to 10.4% in february. we'll be to economist laurie laird . and of economist laurie laird. and of course, we want to hear your views gbnews.uk . and we've got a views gbnews.uk. and we've got a way to go. will we will be reading out when we're back, which will be very. hi there is aidan mcgivern here from the met office blustery march winds will blow heavy showers in across most the uk through the rest of the day . there will be some the day. there will be some brighter interludes because of the we move in through the showers. we move in through very quickly on this gusty winds . the winds reaching gale force around some exposed western coasts and hills . we've got a coasts and hills. we've got a number of features around low pressure . they will provide a pressure. they will provide a focus for some of the heavier

downpours. the showers, especially frequent across northern and western parts . the northern and western parts. the uk, a better chance of some sunny spells coming through into the east of england and some dner the east of england and some drier weather at times for northern scotland as well. but it's going to feel a bit cold in that gusty winds. temperatures above average for this time of yean above average for this time of year, 13 to 15 celsius. but a degree or two lower compared to the last couple of days. now, the last couple of days. now, the showers most along spells the showers most along spells the rain across northern ireland into central and southern scotland. northern and western england and wales overnight. a few thunder couldn't few rumbles of thunder couldn't be ruled out, and for most it's a blustery night as well, with a lot cloud in the sky as a lot of cloud in the sky as a result. temperatures falling result. temperatures not falling very far, generally, 3 to 7 celsius. now, by the end of the night. the area of low pressure responsible for the showers is moving into the north sea. as that happens, we're going to see northerly winds bring colder air to north of scotland and to the north of scotland and some so showers parts to the north of scotland and so shetland so showers parts to the north of scotland and so shetland and so showers parts to the north of scotland and so shetland and orkney 'ers parts to the north of scotland and so shetland and orkney perhaps. of shetland and orkney perhaps the far north of the mainland.

otherwise across the of the uk it's a similar day to friday. sunny spells and heavy showers again a few rumbles of thunder in some of the livelier downpours especially the downpours especially in the east of england. celsius in the of england. 15 celsius in the south but well , things are going south but well, things are going to turn colder across the uk as those northerly winds begin to arrive. that's that first causes some icy patches on saturday night in the far north. further south, we've got a spell of wet weather moving in to bring some heavy rain across south—west and then southern parts england then southern parts of england through the start of sunday. then the colder air spreads south for all of .

us welcome back. it's 1127. lots of views coming in, particularly about the junior doctor strike. actually, quite a lot of sympathy for the junior doctors. going to say it's mixed views

coming in. we've got alison here saying doctors be allowed to strike. you should be paid for the you doing and not the job you are doing and not because your age. well, geoff because of your age. well, geoff says doctors in and says i think the doctors in and deserve penny. tony says deserve every penny. tony says it's ridiculous that junior doctors in england are coming out with £100,000 of student debt and expects it's a long word, unsociable for word, long, unsociable for around 32,000 a year. those in london tax, student debt and rent has been paid are left with very little can rememberjunior doctors work excessive hours and this was always the case historically because the rewards would come later on. david, are you surprised with so much support there in a way for doctors views at doctors strikes? i think i think the junior doctors of all. i mean, i think 35% is obviously, you know, shall we say , you know, a know, shall we say, you know, a starting point . i'll start with starting point. i'll start with stuff and find out is an ex trade union negotiator to say, you know so would you have to your doctors you know what you your doctors you know what you you you're going way too high

that what would you have said how would you renegotiate to within that. militant. i just i personally think i think going for something that high when you obviously going off to settle for something a lot less. i personally would make it a bit more realistic but you i'm more realistic but you know i'm not here to advise the junior doctors on particular me doctors on the particular to me it's these sort of it's one of these sort of situations where public situations where there is public support doctors. support for the junior doctors. but said before, they but like i said before, they need be very careful with it need to be very careful with it because people's views about the nhs very complicated nhs are very complicated and people, you know , people, people are, you know, there brilliant people there are some brilliant people in very good in nhs you can have very good experiences , but let's be experiences, but let's be honest, try getting a gp in london. right so they just had nearly half of all hospital consultants in england. wales, a born outside the uk and two and five gp's a born outside the uk. we've got a problem, haven't we, on the recruitment. the retention. i'm the train. are you surprised at the level of support amongst our viewers for the junior doctors? i mean, yeah, i mean i am really i because 35% is just so ridiculous, you know, and it's

every man and his dogs currently striking and wanting 35% and 18% where on earth we may maybe the support them because that might help because help them. i agree it because i feel like i mean, just quickly, david, because your view of it is asking for 35, not giving the government easy get out of jail card because they say, well, we can't possibly to that. can't possibly give in to that. if they ask for something more realistic, they would be more pressure on the i. that personally view personally would be my view right that i think the junior doctors out of all the sections of the workforce probably have got a reasonable but like i said before the nhs it's a system failure talking about the junior away from the senior doctors away from the senior doctors away from the knesset and like you said, it's not as if we're relying on the rest of the world to provide us with the workforce of the nhs are and we're not honest about the nhs and in its totality. well thanks for those views. we've got more views and keep them coming . but coming up, keep them coming. but coming up, we'll be speaking to economist laurie leonard. but first,

here's the latest headlines with rhiannon jones. here's the latest headlines with rhiannon jones . good morning . rhiannon jones. good morning. 1131 your top stories from the gb newsroom, the first state visit of king charles france has been postponed of protests across the tens of thousands . across the tens of thousands. people have been demonstrating against government's plan to raise the pension age from 62 to 64. the king wants due to arrive on sunday as part a three day trip to europe . buckingham trip to europe. buckingham palace says the royal couple is looking forward to visiting france as soon as a new date has been found . it's understood the been found. it's understood the windsor framework has now been formed , adopted by the uk eu at formed, adopted by the uk eu at a meeting between the foreign and european commission maros sefcovic and was voted for the stormont brake on wednesday, giving the northern ireland assembly power to object to eu

rules. despite continued opposition from the dup . opposition from the dup. protesters have been demonstrating outside downing street, where the israeli prime minister met rishi sunak earlier. benjamin netanyahu is in london as thousands rally in israel and hear against a law that's been approved by his right wing coalition. critics say it's designed to shield him his corruption trial. talks at downing street were expected to focus strengthening strategic ties . the two nations as as on ties. the two nations as as on iran's nuclear program . and iran's nuclear program. and ofsted says school inspections will continue despite calls for them to be suspended . unions them to be suspended. unions representing teachers and heads want checks to be paused while a review is carried out . it's review is carried out. it's after head teacher ruth perry took her own life in january while waiting for a report which her school to the lowest possible rating . tv online possible rating. tv online

debate lost radio and on tune in this gb news announcement on western . thanks so much for western. thanks so much for that. rhiannon now the inflation has risen to 10.4% and thanks to sovereign food across the country, according the oas, food pnces country, according the oas, food prices are now at a 45 year record high , piling pressure on record high, piling pressure on households at the price increases can be blamed in part on supply chain shortages, particularly for fruits and vegetables. well the economic analyst laureate led joins us now. so laurie, it seems a very complex picture at the moment. people are still wanting to go out and buy. so we've got a buoyancy there. but we've got pain, haven't we? cost of living. we've got mortgages going up. we've got inflation. so how do you square that circle? it's a very complicated picture. and it makes you feel any better looking at the please make me feel better at the bank of england that yesterday they raised they

raised interest rates but they didn't make me feel any better. stay with me. stay with me. they said that rates may not rise much more, but when you go through the minutes of the bank of meeting, they seem through the minutes of the bank of confused meeting, they seem through the minutes of the bank of confused as eeting, they seem through the minutes of the bank of confused as the ng, they seem through the minutes of the bank of confused as the of they seem through the minutes of the bank of confused as the of us. ey seem as confused as the of us. they're saying inflation is very high, 10.4, as you said, 18% on food. that's very , very high. food. that's very, very high. that's five times where they're supposed to put inflation rate. yet they're saying we might not raise rates any more . they seem raise rates any more. they seem has confused as rest of us. does that make you feel any better at all? so i will say that because my patch of the world, there's a lot of food manufacturers producers and growers and they had said for a long, long had said to me for a long, long time. so said, the bank of time. so i said, the bank of england don't really and the economists, they said have economists, they said they have absorbed all of this inflation for a long, long time, whether it was the of wheat, it was the cost of wheat, whether it was the cost of energy, the cost energy, whether it was the cost of fuel and stuff. and they have been taking all that pressure . been taking all that pressure. and they said they should have known this was going to come through because of the inflation

were absorbing and it had to be passed to the customer at one time or another. i didn't want to go much down the road of to go too much down the road of bank andrew bailey, bank bashing, but andrew bailey, the the of england, the head of the bank of england, spoke earlier and it's kind of warned companies not to raise their now, remember, their prices now, remember, supermarkets thin supermarkets are on wafer thin margins. remember bank andrew bailey, not long ago said we shouldn't ask for raises because that become inflationary. bit of a when it comes to this a tin when it comes to this thing. i can tell you that food pnces thing. i can tell you that food prices are probably going to start to fall. there's an energy element to food prices when you the fertiliser is energy transporting is energy intensive. so when energy prices have fallen, if you look at a year on year basis, everything went very, very high after the start of the war last year. went very, very high after the start of the war last year . that start of the war last year. that will start to drop out of comparison. so erith food price inflation will start to fall. that mean it doesn't feel quite painful for a lot of us. so i mean, obviously one of rishi sunak's big promises was to

halve inflation this year, which everyone took as it was an inevitability it was going to happen and therefore it was an easy pledge to all said what an easy pledge to all said what an easy pledge to make at the time to say. so this surprise increase it inflation mean that all bets are off now or it makes it a lot harder. and it was a weird pledge to make because reducing inflation isn't necessarily in the government's gift . i mean, they can constrain gift. i mean, they can constrain spending a little bit, but that's pretty much all that they can do. he was basing that on existing inflation forecasts . existing inflation forecasts. was he basing it on the fact that he's also a financier and he thought, well, i know this market better than any, but where else? nobody has a forecast inflation very well over not just this belt, but when inflation was very, very low, a couple of you, it hasn't been that long that inflation was below target. the bank of england private forecasters didn't see that either. that was a but a bit of a risky move, dave, but you're your head in agreement here. well, i just think the bank of england, they extended

quantitative easing over very many years . that went on too many years. that went on too long. the argument can be that they didn't raise interest soon enough. they didn't raise interest soon enough . the forecast isn't as enough. the forecast isn't as been all over the shop. i mean, politically, it's a very easy point to make against rishi sunak. you know, the medicine isn't working. just look at number now. i mean, obviously it's too soon to say and oliver but it's a good political point to make. so do think he's under real political pressure to make make in that pledge ? i mean, make in that pledge? i mean, rebecca, with the rebecca, obviously with the increase in interest rates , increase in interest rates, which presumably went up partly because inflation gone up the day before , i mean, it seems to day before, i mean, it seems to me that that's just going to make the economic outlook the country even harder in terms of economic growth. from a ukip perspective , what would you like perspective, what would you like to see the government on the economy to try get it going? oh my goodness, what a big question that is. that's why we asked them the same questions on tv news longer. if we got a flippin

hack. well i mean there's a lot of investment that is needed and actually looking at the growth strategy. but obviously when liz truss kind of came out with all of that stuff, that didn't help is either unfortunately rishi, i do believe it's got it entirely wrong. like to think wrong. you would like to think they'd person have it they'd be the person to have it within hands and he's within his hands and he's capable, i don't think that capable, but i don't think that he i think that anybody he has. and i think that anybody particularly has. but what i know that people are know now is that people are obviously are struggling far too much have to do something much and we have to do something quick. larry, looking at the quick. so, larry, looking at the growth question, philip got there. would we now to get there. how would we now to get growth ? couple of things that growth? couple of things that could be that need to be done. what is planning and this is the one thing that i think liz truss got it has to be easier in this country . you want to attract country. you want to attract investment, right? investment creates jobs. it creates and development. it creates progress . people cannot invest where they want to work and live, planning is far too tight. there could be a lot investment in

training. we have a mismatch of people skills and where we job openings. the other thing that's key is that we just had a budget everything was on a three year term. so of the things that was rather smart in this budget was was jeremy hunt being able to write off investment against your profits. but that's for three years people invest at a loss to save the corporation tax that going up was the big determinant against the corporation tax the level isn't nearly as important as stability . people want to invest where they think tax rate is going to be steady. they can make long term plans. people don't invest. we might on that, i think level as well . stability. but as well. stability. but i totally agree with your point on. i mean, just just finally, laurie, given that the federal reserve increased their interest rates, the bank of england rates, did the bank of england have choice but intervene? have any choice but intervene? it i think, because it didn't, i think, because would have just damaged the value pound if absolutely value of the pound if absolutely sterling fallen the sterling could have fallen the bank of england know, bank of england is, you know, sort a rock a sort of between a rock and a hard place, am apt

hard place, but i am apt slightly shocked that both the fed bank england fed and the bank of england hinted this could be the hinted that this could be the last rate rise when we last interest rate rise when we have inflation at 10. this doesn't make sense to me at all. what we led. thank you very much indeed, david wilde. thank you very indeed . joining us very much indeed. joining us today. jane, today. and rebecca, jane, as always, much always, thank you very much indeed your time. you're indeed for your time. you're watching friday morning with esther coming esther and phil coming up shortly. have latest shortly. we'll have the latest on as postponed on king charles as postponed visit to france. don't go anywhere. we'll be back very .

soon welcome back. it's 1143 now. the state visit of king charles to france has been postponed amid tensions over. president macron's pension reforms . and in macron's pension reforms. and in other royal news , harry is other royal news, harry is directing his charge will focus towards the global . boyhood towards the global. boyhood initiative , whatever that's all initiative, whatever that's all about. which i believe seeks to

make boys less toxic again. what's that all about ? why are what's that all about? why are boys toxic anyway? the royal commentator andrew 11 joins is now. but let's go back to that breaking news and about this state visit being delayed . i state visit being delayed. i think the important thing that it was president macron who told not to come, it would have very rude to know people absolutely gasped. rude to know people absolutely gasped . we'd said, oh, the gasped. we'd said, oh, the palace had said they didn't feel it was safe to the fact that he says that he's actually a taking a lot of care that he's not putting them in a dangerous situation. what is interesting actually is that the whole thing is over . the french actually is that the whole thing is over. the french having actually is that the whole thing is over . the french having the is over. the french having the time they have to work from 62 years to 64 years before they can retire . where? here in the can retire. where? here in the uk gone up to 68. has anyone said a murmur? i mean it's absolute ridiculous. but before i came here i had read that there won't be any red flags for them. there wouldn't be any red

carpets them for the people who put it on and actually decided to go on strike. so the whole thing looked, oh, i see. so they so the royal family wouldn't have had any carpets because they were all on strike, do you think. oh, it wouldn't have looked. very good. the whole thing would have been a mess, not single round. it not a single flag round. it would been a very meagre would have been a very meagre forced really by the protest . by forced really by the protest. by the process. yeah yes, i'm sure. i presume that the king and queen are probably quite relieved, though, only because it would have been quite an awkward position them to be in. go into it with all would be dangerous because their side where going to have dangerous because their side whe huge going to have dangerous because their side whe huge banquetoing to have dangerous because their side whe huge banquet it1g to have dangerous because their side whe huge banquet it you» have dangerous because their side whe huge banquet it you know this huge banquet it you know the french hate that they hate the french hate that they hate the mean they're not a the royals mean they're not a royal nation really and you know in in the mid 19 9070s that they had this revolution , they see had this revolution, they see that that's the place of the revolution and aristocrats and too much money. and so to have the banquet there probably wasn't a good big mistake by

macron really the whole thing . macron really the whole thing. well i don't think it's a big mistake . he puts up the mistake. he puts up the retirement date, but i mean, this visit for them go to bazaar knowing what the french they saw they could have they could have gone to somewhere differently. you know, they could have gone to, you know, some place there's lots of places where they could have gone for dinner. i can't recommend them like been recommend them like i've been there for a but it's very there for a but it's just very important that we that it came from macron didn't come from the uk people can't attack us for not going, says it's you know not going, he says it's you know not going, he says it's you know not wise to come and we just have to listen and i will be going to germany though. yes, they i laid out they be good. and i laid out what some of our viewers have said. says, good. i'm said. sean here says, good. i'm glad our monarchs are staying away. not appropriate time away. not an appropriate time considering going on. considering all that's going on. harvie, says that's harvie, though, says that's a shame. was forward to shame. i was looking forward to seeing the visits. seeing the pictures, the visits. i all were, be i think we all were, to be honest harvey. all that honest harvey. with all that carnage going on in at the same margo, i'm sure that was wise margo, i'm sure that was a wise decision. have few decision. they do have few issues going in and this is,

issues going on in and this is, in opinion, the postponement in my opinion, the postponement is but lorraine says is a relief. but lorraine says he should definitely go so but of course he's like you say macron whose cold is often so the king hunger what the french should actually about is that you know king is 74 camilla is 75. they're working day and night for the country . and that night for the country. and that people are sort of getting grumpy because they have to stay another two years. it's up to live it would have been has not been a message for macron to show the king and he's 74. he's in and so i i'm telling you, you know, we're we know you know what's wrong with teleworking working when things are difficult for the do you think we're seeing too much of the royal family never went because people would say it's gone. they came all the queen but and so we're not seeing too much of her she too much exposure are we seeing her more as a sort of as some sort of showbiz rather than was she competing with magical she's working hard because they're not so many people doing

it . harry and meghan and prince it. harry and meghan and prince andrew have all left so they've got loads to do. they want to keep up. they can't do all the contract, but i think it's very wrong call that. wrong to call them that. celebrities because they go to occasions , they go to places occasions, they go to places engagements of charities and things and there's crowds , things and there's crowds, crowds of people, they're cheering them . that's not their cheering them. that's not their fault. but somebody who is a celebrity is harry now, isn't it? harry and meghan and harry and. meghan are doing that. they're not members of the royal just. what's this? this, though, about toxic about making boys less toxic global boy about global boyhood initiative who say that gender is not tied to sexual organs. now, in my world, that is exactly the opposite. they are. so he's he's done. he's joining in on the sort of trans issue here is no it's just that it's all if everyone's got be neutral everyone's got to be you know, the same as everybody else. now i find that very odd that meghan's let that go ahead

because she's a huge feminist but why does she want come down a few steps to be very similar to harry i mean his you know his a shadow of himself now and he's very and perhaps he thinks that that's very feminine and rather nice. so maybe they both come around and fluid was he relating it to him? he was saying you don't need the masculine it's a i found tears and meditation is it about him? is it all it all about him? is it all about harry being with harry? he was a bit of a military guy. he was a bit of a military guy. he was very much a guys guy. was a bit of a military guy. he was very much a guys guy . why was very much a guys guy. why does she go for somebody like that and then and emasculate that and then try and emasculate them? i as you said, she successfully done it. but she is a great leader. but look what it looks like. look what he's you know, he's anxious . he's know, he's anxious. he's depressed. know, he's taking depressed. you know, he's taking drugs, which he tells the world, you know , uses get but you know you know, uses get but you know yes marilyn asteroids think she can change me always things that she i never want to change you feel if you're perfect just the way are but doesn't it's

nonsense and to stay with us because we've also got sarah robertson here with us to take a look at the big showbiz stories. but you were going to about snoop dogg . that's right. so snoop dogg. that's right. so he's boy fan. yes, he is he's a big boy fan. yes, he is a big role . actually leads and big role. actually leads and segways very nicely . what i was segways very nicely. what i was going to say. so snoop dogg, the late queen, queen lizzie. and he goes , ah, family hang up. we goes, ah, family hang up. we better ask with andrew. okay this was she's past. so she you know. that's all right excuse but there was that over familiarity with that child. lilibet it that sort of i agree with you and it's disgraceful it's disgraceful that meghan did that we know why she did roughly. she as well to wrestle several feathers i think and but going back to snoop dogg so snoop dogg, big american rapper he wants to be in coronation street , but he also wants to street, but he also wants to play street, but he also wants to play for king charles is coronation. he is offered his services for the king's coronation in may. it's been

turned down by. harry styles, adele, i elton's also turned it down as well. but snoop says he'll come to the rescue as a thank you because he the late queen pardoned him and allowed him to be able come into the country so he could play because prince william and harry, they were younger, were huge fans of his i'm a big fan. i his music. i'm a big fan. i thought everyone wanted because it's they say it's to do with with harry and meghan and i a lot of younger pop acts don't want to be associated with king charles yeah. this is all to do with trends and fashion month ahead. you know, the rose celebrities are booked up month ahead, but i think it's to do with image with . a lot of them with image with. a lot of them in it rather than traditional . in it rather than traditional. but i love snoop dog. yes, i know snoop came on. i think the young would love to know . he'd young would love to know. he'd show them well, and he's an american and he seem to have a problem with the royals way that the friendship houses lancashire reactions in the

reactions were placed in the paper was so currently he's paper. he was so currently he's a massive, massive fan . a massive, massive fan. coronation street watches it is addicted to it has begged the coronation street bosses if he can get behind the rovers and pull some pints he wants the part written. i mean that would be fantastic for the soap if they got him on it. hilarious. i'm loving that. he's begging for loyalty. i'll be for. for loyalty. i'll be there for. yeah, i'll yeah, it's the street. i'll be there for. but something that's been cancelled. yes, that is top gean been cancelled. yes, that is top gear. gear fans probably gear. top gear fans probably sorry the bbc have sorry to say this. the bbc have had pull the rest of series had to pull the rest of series 34 because of freddie flintoff. the presenters terrible crash. he had that awful crash in december last year while filming. it was a three wheel open morgan sportscar. he was driving obviously run over. he's still got very bad injuries from that. he's apparently very emotionally distressed. the bbc have said that they're helping freddie with his recovery, but they've said they've got to axe they've said they've got to axe the show is also in an accident . well, they've just said they've cancelled the series. they're not going to continue it out of a mark of respect until he's recovered. and then they

obviously will sit down and have a conversation them if a conversation them to see if maybe come back. but maybe they can come back. but that's a big earner for the bbc which a massive earner. it's which is a massive earner. it's huge.so which is a massive earner. it's huge. so this is a massive blow them you know, they were just so much into this series in much go into this series in terms you know, preparing terms of, you know, preparing stunts obviously getting stunts, obviously getting the cars, filming all of these things. so this to be cancelled, it's a huge blow for the bbc . it's a huge blow for the bbc. yes. ultracool, i'm with this. i have been watching this this week. it's got all the old hollywood glamour going. it's having come in to court also for the fashion as well to see what she's what she's wearing. but she's what she's wearing. but she's going be taking the stand later today. so we're going to hear gwyneth testify. she has been brought to court by dr. terry sun to say he is a retired optometrist. he said that gwyneth crashed into him, knocking him to the ground screaming like king kong out of the jungle on, a ski slope seven years ago and that he's been left with a failing vision. it's

a psychological problem and what have you. gwyneth is him. he wants $300,000 in damages. she's counting suing him for $1 in damages. she said he crashed into her and that he was on the nursery slopes going too fast. so today we're going to hear her testify . so far, i know they testify. so far, i know they said she's wearing power clothes to be liable. so everybody needs to be liable. so everybody needs to bring treats in today for the court . so this bribery is court. so this bribery is disgraceful. well, she was to bnng disgraceful. well, she was to bring her goop treats and i know what they were, whether they were baked goods off them. i thing because remember she stole i was going to say she's so super duper healthy. most people don't want her to do that. well, like jennifer in the papers, she looks completely different from what see her in any film . what you see her in any film. yeah. so she's not airbrushed tissue. so it's without the pressure . so listen, sometimes pressure. so listen, sometimes with and without you, mike, if i can say this, she could look

better or worse , have a bit of better or worse, have a bit of a make up, wear it myself, i think gwyneth wants to make everyone improve themselves . i have a bit improve themselves. i have a bit of a soft spot for her. i think she's a bit misunderstood. sarah, thank very much indeed. angela thank you very much indeed. get indeed. we're going to get through to some of our gb views now we've loads and now because we've got loads and loads but with so much loads coming in but with so much breaking news and different thing been happening with thing that's been happening with this programme, we've left some till yeah was till the end. yeah was interesting. we obviously had a debate after debate about ofsted and after the suicide of the terrible tragic suicide of the terrible tragic suicide of the teacher he the head teacher richard, he says was a teacher for nearly says i was a teacher for nearly 40 i retired. in 40 years until i retired. in that time i experienced many ofsted its ofsted inspections on its independence equivalent, independence calls equivalent, which ofsted . here which are based on ofsted. here are comments. one are a few comments. one inspectors have no inspectors often have no experience or knowledge the experience or knowledge of the subject taught i never had subject being taught i never had in all those years and inspector, who anything inspector, who knew anything about teaching to about what i was teaching to chief . we usually chief inspectors. we usually failed, teachers needed failed, had teachers who needed job and three the inspection was woke. oriel and stated they looked at policies of the school that the common that develops all the common educational philosophy educational woke philosophy philosophies. it looked the philosophies. it looked at the students experience rather than

what taught richard very what was taught richard very firmly against ofsted that from his own personal experience, gerard says, when we on a different topic and this was a an h. s, dr. g doctor strike and he said gerard said these doctors seem to forget what the nhs is all about. it was to help people who could not afford health care and was put there for smaller wages than the private nurses. but private doctors and nurses. but more average wage of more than an average wage of normal workers, a normal workers, give them a page, a pay normal workers, give them a page, a pay rise, he says, but not a pay rise above 8% to keep the money for equipment, hospitals and to keep up the work of hospitals just a quick one. just back the officer thing and it says officer ofsted to be even tougher on schools. so all the responsibility of educating future generation is in view of our results against international so lots international standards. so lots of views about ofsted, about junior doctors. very junior doctors. thank you very much indeed. well, if that's all we've got time for today, it's a big thank you to becca jane and david wild, who were with us throughout the show this morning . you also sarah . and thank you also to sarah robertson and, angela levin, as

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