gb news. >> a very good afternoon to you. and a happy friday. it's 3 pm. >> and welcome to the martin daubney show on gb news. >> broadcasting live from the heart of westminster, all across the uk. today, i have a gb news exclusive on the honeytrap scandal that shocked westminster. >> and i'll bring you some of the messages that were sent by one of those people responsible. >> next up, 29 million of us will benefit from tomorrow's record breaking cut in national insurance and i'll ask our economics and business editor, liam halligan, if it's good news, or if labour are right to call it a tory tax con. next up, there's fantastic news about the king. he's due to visit australia in october as planned, and apparently he's raring to go. and that's all coming up between now and 6:00. well, it's

a show. always an absolute pleasure to have your company. i want to hear what you've got to say about the big stories of the day. the honeytrap sex thing. scandal, or the mps really? >> victims of their own stupidity. >> let me know what you think on that. >> let me know what you think on that . plus, at 4:00 in >> let me know what you think on that. plus, at 4:00 in around about an hour's time, there's yet another pro—palestine march planned for parliament square , planned for parliament square, right outside the studio here, we'll have a reporter on the front line. it's the last friday of ramadan. this march, the cud march, as it's called, started in iran in 1979. happens every yeah in iran in 1979. happens every year. this year, 500 additional police officers are currently deployed out there. there's a pro—israel demo planned as well at parliament square that should get interesting. is it time to ban these marches as one tomorrow as well? there seems to

be more marches than we've had hot dinners. get in touch. you'll use your ways. vaiews@gbnews.com. but first, let's kick off your show with your latest news headlines with ray addison . ray addison. >> thanks, martin. good afternoon. 3:02, our top stories this hour. human remains have been found wrapped in plastic at a nature reserve in salford . a nature reserve in salford. greater manchester police says that a murder investigation has been launched following the discovery by a member of the pubuc discovery by a member of the public at kersal dale. now you can see live pictures here. if you're watching on television from salford, where we're expecting an update from the force shortly , this is a force shortly, this is a developing story. we'll bring you more on this as we get it now. government security experts have been called in to analyse the whatsapp messages at the heart of the westminster sext scandal so far around a dozen mps, staff and journalists are

known to have been targeted and sources have told gb news that more are coming forward now. all that's after tory mp william wragg told the times that he'd sent intimate pictures of himself to someone on a gay dating app and was then manipulated into providing phone numbers . manipulated into providing phone numbers. he's now manipulated into providing phone numbers . he's now expected to be numbers. he's now expected to be contacted today and will be asked for a list of the numbers that he shared. the met police has also confirmed that it's working with other forces over blackmail concerns. chancellor jeremy hunt says that everyone needs to take cyber security seriously . seriously. >> i think the events of the last few days have been a great cause for concern, the mp involved has given a courageous and fulsome apology, but the lesson here for all mps is that they need to be very careful about cyber security . and indeed about cyber security. and indeed it's the lesson for members of the public as well, because this is something that we are all

having to face in our daily lives. >> millions of people will receive a boost in take home pay from tomorrow following a cut to employee national insurance from the start of the new tax year, class one contributions will be reduced from 10 to 8. meanwhile, a further 2 million self—employed people will see their class four national insurance reduced from 8 to 6. the government says around 29 million workers will benefit from these changes . however, from these changes. however, shadow chancellor rachel reeves says taxes are actually going up. >> say tomorrow that taxes are going down. all of the numbers show that taxes are on the rise. taxes today are at a 70 year high, and they're due to increase in every single year of the forecast period. in fact, by the forecast period. in fact, by the end of the forecast, the average british family would be paying average british family would be paying £870 more in tax because of the frozen national insurance and income tax threshold and because of increases in council

tax. two that is the conservatives double whammy on tax. >> consultants have accepted a pay >> consultants have accepted a pay offer from the government, ending a year long dispute . the ending a year long dispute. the british medical association says 83% of its members in england voted in favour of the deal, which is an improvement on one they rejected earlier on this yeah they rejected earlier on this year. consultants have taken strike action over the past 12 months, adding to the nhs waiting list, which has also been affected by the junior doctors dispute, which remains unresolved . aslef has accused unresolved. aslef has accused the government of being, quote, economically incompetent as train drivers continue their strikes over pay union members have walked out and mounted picket lines across the country . picket lines across the country. five train operators, including avanti, crosscountry and west midlands railway, are not running any services today. a ban on overtime at 16 companies is also continuing into tomorrow . aslefs general secretary mick

whelan says workers need a resolution. >> he will. somebody come to the table and resolve this issue. the people behind me haven't had a pay the people behind me haven't had a pay rise for five years. half a pay rise for five years. half a decade, the cost of living crisis. we're the same as any other worker. regardless of what you you feel that you have you earn, you feel that you have a right to demand a pay rise when you've economically when you've got an economically incompetent new incompetent government, new powers to prevent disruptive protests today , protests come into force today, with offenders facing up to six months in prison or an unlimited fine. >> serious disruption prevention orders can be used to stop repeat offenders from joining protest groups in a particular area at particular times . home area at particular times. home secretary james cleverly says these powers target those who are, quote, dedicated to wreaking havoc. however civil liberties organisation liberty has described it as a shameless attempt to prevent people from being able to make their voices heard . the israeli military has heard. the israeli military has dismissed two officers over the drone strikes, which killed

seven aid workers on monday, including three brits john chapman, james henderson and james kirby were among the world's central kitchen workers who died. us president joe biden has warned israel that future support for the country depends on the steps taken to protect civilians and aid workers. israel has since announced that it's opening new routes for humanitarian aid deliveries into gaza, with the erez crossing opening for the first time since the hamas attacks in october. thames water's holding company, rather, has defaulted on some of its debts. kemble water finance limited was unable to meet an interest payment deadline. the firm is now urging lenders who hold around £400 million worth of company bonds , not to take of company bonds, not to take creditor action while they look at repayment options. it comes after thames water investors pulled out £500 million worth of funding, worsening its financial position . the king has

position. the king has reportedly told aides to ramp up plans for a two week state visit to australia. king charles is said to be over the moon and raring to go after his cancer treatment started positively. the 75 year old is said to be feeling optimistic after he was able to meet members of the pubuc able to meet members of the public on easter sunday. he reportedly told aides that he's supercharging plans to also visit new zealand and samoa . visit new zealand and samoa. well, for the latest stories , well, for the latest stories, sign up to gb news alerts by scanning the qr code it's on your screen right now, or go to gbnews.com/alerts. now back to . martin. >> thank you very much, ray. now we start with the honeytrap sixteen scandal that has shocked and rocked parliament and the rest of the country. now we understand that well over a dozen figures in westminster have been targeted , and tory mp

have been targeted, and tory mp william wragg has apologised after he said he was manipulated into giving the personal phone numbers of colleagues to a man he met on a gay dating app. and gb news has today been given exclusive access to some of those messages, and a message will be sent by someone pretending to have known the recipient. in this instance, a person claiming to be called charlie said was sad not to bump into you over conference season. it's been too long. this was then followed up by the flirtatious message do i need to send? do i need to do something better to grab your attention? gb news understands messages were sent over a period spanning a period of five months, and here gb news viewers can see persistent messages from the same telephone number, while senior figures from both major parties have spoken about the scandal today. and in a moment, we'll hear from shadow chancellor of the exchequer rachel reeves what she had to

say. but first, here's the chancellor, jeremy hunt . chancellor, jeremy hunt. >> well, i think the events of the last few days have been a great cause for concern. the mp involved has given a courageous and fulsome apology. but the lesson here for all mps is that they need to be very careful about cyber security . and indeed about cyber security. and indeed it's the lesson for members of the public as well, because this is something that we are all having to face in daily lives. >> incredibly concerning the revelations that we've heard overnight, the police are now looking into this. that is right. and the police investigation should be able to take its course. >> but what do you want to see happen to warwick should he resign? that's question resign? well that's a question for the conservatives. >> police investigation is >> the police investigation is now it is right now underway, and it is right that allow investigation that we allow that investigation to take course. to take its course. >> i to talk about warwick >> i want to talk about warwick specifically, but how concerned are about the are you in general about the vulnerability of mps to blackmail? >> i'm very concerned

>> well, i'm very concerned about what seems to have happenedin about what seems to have happened in this incident, especially about mps telephone numbers being passed on to unknown sources that is really concerning. and that is right, that there is a proper investigation into this, in positions of responsibility . we positions of responsibility. we always have to think about our actions. but there are also malevolent players out there who are trying to influence politics in these benign ways . in these benign ways. >> well, two very different responses from both of the major parties there. and i'm joined in our studio in westminster by our political editor, chris hope to discuss this. chris courageous and fulsome or naive and stupid? now i tell my kids who are ten and 14, never , ever put and 14, never, ever put a compromising image of yourself on the internet because it will get out. how can those who are elected , who are meant to be elected, who are meant to be bigger and better and smarter than us, fall into such a stupid trap? >> william wragg might admit to

both those charges courageous and and naive and and fulsome and naive and stupid, overnight to the stupid, he said overnight to the times that he's not competent to gb they had gb news today they had compromising things on me. they wouldn't i have wouldn't leave me alone. i have hurt people by being weak, i was scared, i am mortified , i am so scared, i am mortified, i am so sorry. my weakness has caused other people hurt. he's clearly thinking, i'm so sorry. they got me in a weak moment. we know about. he's had mental health issues in the past. gloria de piero our colleague has interviewed him about them. he's been open about them. anyone doing search on btec would see doing a search on btec would see this. individual this. this individual under pressure could be put into place where he just doesn't want to be. are saying, and maybe be. others are saying, and maybe you this, why you might agree with this, why on earth did he give out? you know, at least maybe a dozen more than that. numbers of friends, colleagues, mps, journalists to these people who then were targeted, two of the mps returned fire with images of themselves as pretty, pretty, pretty, you know, explicit ones . pretty, you know, explicit ones. so, why didn't william wragg admit under pressure and go

through authorities instead? he shopped other people to these to the people putting pressure on him. did it for him. two police forces are investigating and leicestershire police , the met leicestershire police, the met police, security experts from government , they worry about it, government, they worry about it, you know, speculation. could it be a foreign actor ? chinese, be a foreign actor? chinese, russian hackers trying to get some, get something on our mps, letter from lindsay hoyle last night to mps saying that they are working closely with partners in government to analyse and understand the nature these messages and nature of these messages and security risks. they can't speculate stage . more speculate at this stage. more coming in as we speak. senior sources say to me that the fact that this is out there, a lot of people are now looking through their whatsapps and seeing if they've targeted. they've been targeted. >> think there's >> do you think there's a cultural issue? we're here in the about about the past about about about sexual harassment and that culture we culture in westminster. we know there's drink culture in there's a drink culture in westminster. these conversations have been had. is there another thing discuss? that's the thing to discuss? and that's the empty know, you're on empty hours. you know, you're on your in a place you're your own in a place you're powerful. that's an aphrodisiac.

you're bored. it makes you particularly vulnerable to this kind of fishing. maybe. >> maybe for men. let's be honest about it. i think men often shed friends as they get older. if they're married or have a long time partner, they kind let friends go. kind of just let friends go. they're more in their they're more solitary in their 50s they're more solitary in their 505 i they're more solitary in their 50s i think that can 50s and 60s. i think that can happen, and they can be targeted, particularly if they're from home. they're a long way from home. william a man. i william wragg is a gay man. i don't know got don't know how he's got a partner, his seat is hazel partner, but his seat is hazel grove in greater manchester, where he is at the moment, a long way from westminster. all these come down here, these mps, they come down here, particularly on their own. particularly men on their own. monday tuesday, wednesday back, thursday, alone , thursday, three nights alone, and men aren't so good on their own. i think in my experience, i think they need a partner with them all balanced and them to keep it all balanced and keep, keep stop them, you know, going out of control. i think that can be a concern, i think that's why, particularly for men , we see marriages breaking down in too often. in westminster all too often. >> i'm joined now by >> okay. well i'm joined now by gb news senior political commentator, nigel nelson. nigel, welcome to the show. i

think whichever way you dress this up, nigel, it's a sorry affair , but i've been very affair, but i've been very interested in the two quite different responses from the parties. jeremy hunt saying courageous and fulsome , rachel courageous and fulsome, rachel rees saying, not saying that william wragg shouldn't resign a bit more hard line in her approach. what's your take on this, this sorry affair , i think this, this sorry affair, i think what both, rachel reeves and jeremy hunt were showing is there's quite a bit of sympathy in westminster for william wragg, that he's fessed up to his own stupidity and along with that, facing the public humiliation that that entails. so he clearly feels absolutely wretched now for what he has done, the more serious question, obviously, is who is behind this and the kind of security risks that parliament is facing . that parliament is facing. >> and, nigel. yeah, i mean, you know william wragg quite well. i mean, do you think he means it when he says how mortified he

is? and were you surprised by the different responses there from jeremy hunt and from rachel reeves jeremy hunt and arm around a tory colleague , rachel around a tory colleague, rachel reeves, saying it's up to the tories if he loses the whip or not, i think that the interesting thing from rachel reeves was that she didn't say that should lose the whip , that he should lose the whip, she didn't say that he ought to resign an mp , obviously those resign as an mp, obviously those things that the second one is a matter between william wragg and his conscience and also what his colleagues feel about the betrayal they've suffered at his hands , as you said, chris, that hands, as you said, chris, that that, it's well known that william wragg has some mental health issues. i think that people feel they don't want to push him, too far. people feel they don't want to push him, too far . and yes, i do push him, too far. and yes, i do believe the fact that he must feel absolutely dreadful at the moment. what he did was incredibly stupid and it's awful that he actually put, passed oven that he actually put, passed over, numbers of other people when he was under pressure, but i think that the general view

seems to be that maybe, now it's all come out. he's been punished enough. >> nigel, what do you think it says about the mindset of the elected representatives of the country that they're making , country that they're making, slips? that your average teenageris slips? that your average teenager is taught is a terrible thing to do. putting photographs of yourself on the internet. something i tell my children who are ten and 14 is a terrible thing to do. parliamentarians should be held to higher standards than the rest of us. do you think that's that's possible or are they simply they have too much time on their hands. there's too much opportunity, too much temptation i >> -- >> you're absolutely right, martin, that parliamentarians should know better, they know that their targets either are blackmailers or, the russian or chinese security services. so you'd think that they would know not to get involved in this. but it's a lesson to everyone. i mean, the one thing that, no one should do is put intimate

pictures out there when you don't know what happened to them. after that , mps should them. after that, mps should know that. better, better, better than most people . but, better than most people. but, i mean, chris made the point that one of the problems about parliament is that mps do have a lot of sort of downtime on their hands that they can't go home, or many of them can't go home because their constituencies are so far away. so there's a lot of sort of, empty time they've got and they , they, they try and do and they, they, they try and do something to fill it. you've also got the adrenaline that's rushing around by being in westminster, it is a very sort of high octane job, and also politicians do tend to be risk takers, otherwise they wouldn't go into the business in the first place. >> okay. nigel nelson, thank you very much for joining >> okay. nigel nelson, thank you very much forjoining us on the very much for joining us on the show. and hope, always a show. and chris hope, always a pleasure . now get in touch. your pleasure. now get in touch. your views that. do you think they views on that. do you think they are of elaborate are a victim of an elaborate scam or merely victims of their own ? get in touch gb own stupidity? get in touch gb views news. com now 4:00

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welcome back. it's 324. i'm martin daubney, and this is gb news now, later in the show, i'll talk about the new report that claims united ireland could cost dublin more than £17 billion a year. every year for two decades. but before that, millions of workers will see a cut in their national insurance rate from tomorrow, which could help ease some financial strain on household budgets. but with with high inflation and stubborn interest rates, does this go far enough? well, gb news has been out and about finding out what this means for you . this means for you. >> it's nothing wrong with having a little bit more money, less taxes. >> i'm happy with that. >> i'm happy with that. >> i'm happy with that. >> i didn't know it was happening, but thank you. >> i think that's great for

everyone, especially with the rising cost, with, everything financial , rising cost, with, everything financial, everyone's struggling at the moment, so. yeah, i think it's great for, like, young people like myself, yeah, i think it's going be really think it's going to be really good good way. good news a good way. >> good. but in in another >> it's good. but in in another way, people don't care about that. >> i don't think it's like all the bills and stuff, what they mainly think about in the rent. so like they're the main so it's like they're the main priorities . priorities. >> well, mixed bag on the >> well, a mixed bag on the streets i'm joined now by streets and i'm joined now by liam news, economics liam halligan gb news, economics and editor , who with on and business editor, who with on the money . liam, always a the money. liam, always a delight to have you in the studio now. hundred quid a year. not to be sniffed at, but will it be wiped out by your old friend? fiscal drag. >> fiscal drag ? crikey. just >> fiscal drag? crikey. just think, a year ago, most of the british public didn't know what fiscal drag was. now, most of the british public don't know what fiscal drag but what fiscal drag is, but slightly fewer before . so slightly fewer than before. so what's happening today is that slightly fewer than before. so

whéchancellor ng today is that slightly fewer than before. so whéchancellor isi today is that slightly fewer than before. so whéchancellor is very|y is that slightly fewer than before. so whéchancellor is very keen hat slightly fewer than before. so whéchancellor is very keen tot the chancellor is very keen to stress that he and the conservative party have actually cut taxes twice in the last few months in january, they introduced a cut to the headline rate of employer national insurance, down from 12% to 10. that headline rate is going down from 10% to 8% now in april . if from 10% to 8% now in april. if you take those two things together, that's about £900 off the tax bill of the average worker . for having the tax bill of the average worker. for having said that, the tax burden is at a 70 year high. that's because tax thresholds have been frozen from 2021 to 2028, and that is what's putting that tax burden at that 70 year high. a tax burden is of course, i'm afraid we have to cross to a police conference how. >> now. >> press conference in salford about the body that's been found . you are . we could introduce . you are. we could introduce yourself as well . yourself as well. >> yeah. okay. >> yeah. okay. >> you're already . >> you're already. >> you're already. >> yeah okay.

>> yeah okay. >> good afternoon everybody . my >> good afternoon everybody. my name is chief superintendent tony crowley , and i'm the tony crowley, and i'm the district commander for the salford division in greater manchester. police we're investigating the discovery of human remains that were found by passers by here at kersal wetlands yesterday evening. we do not know the identity of the person or whether they are a male or female . we do know, male or female. we do know, though, that these remains are human and they would not be possible for them to have survived from forensic enquiries so far. we believe that these remains are likely to have been here for a matter of days, and it really is a tragic case. our priority now is establishing who this person is and ensuring that we carry out a diligent and respectful investigation on behalf of that person and their family, whoever they may be. you will understand that there are a number of enquiries for us to carry out in the area of kersal and our specialist officers and

forensic teams will be here for some ensure work is some time to ensure work is thoroughly investigated. we know this will be concerning for people in the local area and we ask anyone with concerns or any information whatsoever to speak to uniformed officers who will be in the area for a number of days. be in the area for a number of days . in the meantime, we have a days. in the meantime, we have a team of detectives in our major incident team, supported by local detectives from salford district, to carry out various lines of enquiry. district, to carry out various lines of enquiry . we are lines of enquiry. we are speaking to those locals in the area, dog walkers, passers by or anyone else who might who may have the smallest bit of information . we need to make information. we need to make a breakthrough in this case, and we urge anyone with any information whatsoever to contact the police without delay . these are very early stages in what is a murder investigation and is a tragic case. we are keeping an open mind , and we do keeping an open mind, and we do know that we can to establish the circumstances and provide answers as soon as we can. thank

you. >> okay, so that was a press announcement by the police. there in salford confirming human remains have been found on kersal dale, near salford . the kersal dale, near salford. the police are making clear they do not know yet the identity of the body. don't even know if it is male or female. but definitely our human remains, they have been there for a matter of days. this is now being treated as a murder inquiry. the remains were found by a passer by who happened upon them, they're calling for dog walkers. anybody in the area who uses the area regularly to get in touch, this is now a full scale murder investigation. they need to make a breakthrough. but as yet, just to confirm, they do not know the identity of the body parts, they interestingly specified the person couldn't have survived.

so that implies. what about the body parts? well, that will come out in the fullness of time. don't know if the body is male or female, but they definitely are human being there, as i say, are human being there, as i say, a matter of days. so relatively recent murder, that's what they said. they are treating this as a murder inquiry. the body parts found by passers by and the police in salford putting a call out for anybody who uses the area. kersal dale, a nature reserve near salford, to get in touch with any evidence, no matter how scant they believe it may be, they need to make a breakthrough. the police said early days of what is now being treated as a murder investigation . well, lots more investigation. well, lots more still to come between now and 4:00 and i'll speak to a weather expert as the country braces itself for winds of up to 70 miles an hour this weekend . and miles an hour this weekend. and there's another storm coming, storm kathleen, we're going to need a bigger alphabet. but

first, your latest news headunes first, your latest news headlines radisson . headlines with radisson. >> thanks, martin. 331 our top stories this hour. government security experts have been called in to analyse whatsapp messages at the heart of the westminster sex scandal . so far, westminster sex scandal. so far, around a dozen mps, staff and journalists are known to have been targeted and sources have told gb news that more are coming forward. so after tory mp william wragg told the times that he said intimate pictures of himself to someone on a gay dating app and was then manipulated into providing the contacts. now he's expected to be contacted today and will be asked for the list of numbers which he shared. the met police has also confirmed that it's working with other forces over blackmail concerns . consultants blackmail concerns. consultants have accepted a pay offer from the government, ending a year long dispute. the british

medical association says 83% of members in england voted in favour of the offer, which is an improvement on one rejected earlier on this year. consultants have been striking over the past 12 months, adding to the nhs waiting list, which has also been affected by the junior doctors dispute, which remains unresolved . millions of remains unresolved. millions of people will receive a boost in take home pay from tomorrow following a cut to employee national insurance from the start of the new tax year. class one contributions will be reduced from 10 to 8. meanwhile, a further 2 million self—employed people will see their class four national insurance reduced from 8 to 6. the government says around 29 million workers will benefit from these changes. well, for the latest stories , sign up to the latest stories, sign up to gb news alerts by scanning the qr on your screen, or go to gb news. com slash alerts .

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visit australia in october and apparently he's raring to go now. a few minutes ago we'd heard from the police in salford after human remains were found at a nature reserve there, and they were called to the scene after a member of the public found what has been described as an unknown item wrapped in plastic. i'm joined now by our north—west england reporter, sophie reaper sophie. what do we know so far? dramatic developments . developments. >> well, we know that a major investigation is now underway. >> just to the left here, we can see police carrying out that investigation , trying to find investigation, trying to find out more. after the reports came in last night of a body part wrapped in plastic . now, we wrapped in plastic. now, we heard just moments ago from tony crilly, the chief super intendent. >> he gave a press conference at which we heard here on gb news, we heard that the they were investigating that discovery made by passers by. we also heard that they don't know at

this stage yet whether it was male or female, but they do know enough to know that it wasn't possible for the victim to survive. >> he also confirmed that these remains, they're not historical remains. they have been here, in fact , for a matter of days, he fact, for a matter of days, he said. the next line of this is to try and now establish who this person is describing it, of course, as a tragic incident, he said . it's also a major said. it's also a major incident. so officers now from the major incident department will work alongside local officers here in salford. there is also already a major police presence here on site as they try to uncover any more information that may try and help them now, after the cameras stopped rolling, they then gave a little bit more information to the press, which we can share with you. they told us they're confident that it isn't a child that has been found, and that the post—mortem this afternoon, they can reveal us that it is they can reveal to us that it is a major body part that has been found. they're not able to tell us whether there are any distinctive features or anything of that ilk, but that there is

an ongoing search for further body parts in the area to try and help police piece together exactly what may have happened here. i actually asked if anyone had come forward so far. of course, police have put out that appeal to members of the public anyone, dog walkers, or anyone in the local area who may know something. he me that something. and he told me that in no one has come forward in fact, no one has come forward so far that no arrests had been made. but he did instil into all of press that this of the press that this investigation is still in the very early stages here in salford . salford. >> sophie reaper, thank you very much that update from much for that update from salford. the nature reserve there, the kersal dale nature reserve, where human remains were found earlier and to confirm they police do not yet know the identity of the body, nor if it is indeed male or female , but confirmed there by female, but confirmed there by sophie reaper. these are not the remains of a child. a major body part , so not an entire body part, so not an entire body found. we'll have more on that,

of course, throughout the show as we find out more now have much more coming in the show later on, including storm. kathleen is due to batter the country. is it just me or are we being battered by more storms than ever? we'll speak to nathan raw, a weather expert. storm katherine roarty at cave. we're not careful. we're going to be going round and round the roundabout. the alphabet. beg your pardon? aren't we now? don't forget, we're going to cross live to a demo later on at parliament square. a pro—palestine protest. yet another one. jew. it's the last friday of ramadan. a pro—israel demo is also taking place at parliament square. could there be a confrontation? well, we'll be a confrontation? well, we'll be covering live from the front line on gb news. i'm martin daubney on gb news,

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is gb news. now, at 4:00, i'll speak to a former tory mp on the sixteen scam that shocked parliament. but before that, a pro—palestine protest is due to start in london around about 4:00 in 15 minutes time, in fact. and it's due to go right past a pro—israel demonstration outside the houses of parliament. let's cross live now to central london and speak to our reporter, charlie peters, who's on the ground . charlie, who's on the ground. charlie, welcome to the show. the demo is just about to kick off. what's happening ? happening? >> well, the speaking is just beginning here. as the crowds gather, hundreds have arrived in the last hour here to begin this march towards downing street for speeches at whitehall . the quds speeches at whitehall. the quds day march has been taking place on the last friday of ramadan for over 40 years. it's been happening all over the world, and this particular event in britain has attracted controversy in the past due to some of the statements and flags shown here in previous years ,

shown here in previous years, we've seen the flags of hamas and hezbollah flown both of those now designated terrorist organisation . just now, we've organisation. just now, we've heard from a speaker here saying that they don't want to be bahed that they don't want to be baited by protesters who are counter—protesters at parliament square and they said that the police aren't there to keep an eye on them, but to prevent any conflict with the two protesting groups. we heard this morning that the home office has urged the met to take a zero tolerance approach to any law breaking today. approach to any law breaking today . well, just 20 minutes today. well, just 20 minutes ago, we saw a man being interviewed by the police. he had some photos of hitler in the back of his car. we saw the conversation take place . we saw conversation take place. we saw those photos of hitler. there he was released back into the crowd just ten minutes ago. this march, soon to take place . they march, soon to take place. they will pass through that counter—protest in parliament square and then onto downing

street, where we expect to hear several speeches from leading figures in the pro—palestine movement. >> yeah, charlie. astonishing pictures, there you mentioned of adolf hitler. i've just seen them. i believe you photographed that on yourself. right. and we'll try and get those pictures up later. an astonishing thing to put out . presumably the to put out. presumably the police will be making arrests on that away. laura daley . that straight away. laura daley. >> indeed. well, this, this protest has attracted significant controversy in the past, in particular at the moment due to the ongoing israel—hamas war, with significant attention going towards the actions of israel in the last week after aid workers were killed in the gaza strip. but regardless of the corinth , but regardless of the corinth, the current discussion regarding the current discussion regarding the conflict there has been significant criticism of this event going ahead . today, the event going ahead. today, the community security trust has said that the event is inspired by iran, where it originated with all the extremism and anti—semitism that entails .

anti—semitism that entails. we've also heard from the jewish board of deputies who said that it was an iran backed hate fest. by it was an iran backed hate fest. by the chair of the by contrast, the chair of the islamic human rights commission, which is one of the organisers of the event, said we are not here to appease a handful of genocide apologists . we are genocide apologists. we are demonstrating to highlight the injustices and horrors being forced by the being faced by the palestinian people. it will be business as usual. they have rejected calls to tone down this controversial event. we'll be here to observe as it progresses over the coming hours. >> charlie peters live from central london. we'll be back to you throughout the show, of course, as this march heads towards parliament square. thank you us show. you for joining us on the show. from the frontline now, from the frontline there. now, if that the weather if you hope that the weather might finally be about to improve, then i'm afraid i've got some bad news for you because parts of the uk are about to be hit by storm kathleen, which will bring rain and winds of up to 70 miles an

houn and winds of up to 70 miles an hour. well, weather journalist nathan rao joins me now. nathan, welcome to the show . welcome to the show. >> hello. >> hello. >> good afternoon. nathan every time, every time we seem to talk because the weather's terrible. i don't know if it's me or if it's you or if it's just mother nature itself , but the question nature itself, but the question i want to ask nathan is, are we going through an unusually stormy on kathleen stormy period? we're on kathleen already. it's only april. we're not careful. we're going to need a bigger alphabet. >> i think that's a fair >> yes, i think that's a fair statement to make. we are on number 11 now. and if you remember, was january that we remember, it was january that we were about storm jocelyn were talking about storm jocelyn and henk . and when and we had storm henk. and when we babet, which we had storm babet, which caused a damage at the end of a lot of damage at the end of this year, at of last this year, at the end of last yean this year, at the end of last year, and are now on storm year, and we are now on storm 11, we expect to see about or 11, we expect to see about 6 or 7 storms year. 7 storms every year. >> so year unusual >> so this year is unusual twofold one, in the number of storms we've had since the beginning of the storm season, which is about september and two, this one has come two, because this one has come quite late in year around quite late in the year around april, expect to see a calmer

april, we expect to see a calmer picture with higher pressure building are usually building storms are usually a product of low pressure, and that's what we're seeing at the moment. that's what we're seeing at the momenipressure that's what we're seeing at the momentpressure being pulled in >> low pressure being pulled in by jet stream. by the jet stream. the jet stream unusually low over the stream is unusually low over the uk the moment, we uk at the moment, where we usually expect to see it about october november when we get the storm season . so kathleen, storm season. so kathleen, who is arrive in a pretty is going to arrive in a pretty bad mood tomorrow morning, is unusual she is number 11 unusual in that she is number 11 and that she's arriving pretty late in the season . late in the season. >> yeah, a woman scorned should never be mocked. nathan. so where should we batten down the hatches? who's going to feel the wrath of kathleen? right. well, up. to clarify, there are actually two storm systems that are going to affect the uk. >> one of them is storm olivia. that's been a name by the portuguese, by portuguese. portuguese, by the portuguese. >> of >> metservice. that sort of following in actually coming in front of kathleen, which is due to arrive in the early hours of tomorrow, olivia is going to give kathleen a bit of a boost, and when kathleen arrives from around 8:00, that the around 8:00, that is when the met office warnings kick in between 8:00 tomorrow morning

and night. and 10:00 tomorrow night. >> going to be scotland and >> it's going to be scotland and the coast of england . the west coast of england. wales, the southwest and the northwest are to feel the northwest are going to feel the full force of this if you're in the east, if you're in the, you know, the other side of the country, you might actually wonder the is wonder what all the fuss is about, because it'll probably be dner about, because it'll probably be drier over drier and more settled over there. the there. but the west coast of the country going to feel the country is going to feel the brunt of kathleen. as i mentioned, a pretty deep, mentioned, she's a pretty deep, low that's low pressure system that's coming atlantic. but coming in from the atlantic. but rather right rather than sweeping right across sometimes across the uk as they sometimes do, she's sort of hovering off the west coast and then moving northwards. and that is why it's going be western regions that going to be western regions that are the wrath of the are under the wrath of the warnings for tomorrow through the in those the day. so if you're in those areas, 70 mile hour areas, it's 70 mile per hour winds, rain , certainly winds, rain, certainly disruption to transport and traffic and the met office are always warning you may have seen in the newspapers and things this warning of danger to life with very strong winds of with very, very strong winds of 70mph, going 70mph, which are going to be mostly peripheries, mostly on the peripheries, around the coasts and exposed areas, flying debris areas, you can get flying debris and coastal and dangerous coastal conditions. the

conditions. so those are the things to out for tomorrow things to watch out for tomorrow as kathleen moves her the as kathleen moves her way up the country . country. >> and nathan, i saw the sun briefly yesterday, but mostly it's been raining and part of the problem with a storm dumping its weather like this , it's its weather like this, it's falling onto already saturated ground. are we looking at being up to our ankles in it or worse? absolutely >> now the environment agency has got numerous flood alerts and flood warnings out because any rain now falling on the ground is going to be problematic. this is because we've had numbers of storms through the as was just through the year. as i was just mentioning, lot of those mentioning, a lot of those brought rainfall and the brought heavy rainfall and the water table reaching water table is now reaching capacity . so it's very flooding capacity. so it's very flooding is very easy happen. there is very easy to happen. there are there are certain different types of flooding. there's surface flooding , river surface water flooding, river flooding water table flooding and water table flooding. we've had flooding. and because we've had such a long period of wet weather since the storm season started in september, the water tables really are at capacity . tables really are at capacity. so any more falling on top of thatis so any more falling on top of that is going to bring the risk

of flooding. and that's why the environment agency flood alerts and are place. and flood warnings are in place. so where get heavy, so where you do get heavy, persistent are persistent rain, you are probably going to see flooding as systems move as these storm systems move through . in better though, through. in better news though, after moved through after kathleen has moved through over the weekend, higher pressure, which always brings better weather at this time of yean better weather at this time of year, looks like it's going to build across the south towards the beginning of next week, so hopefully drier hopefully it will turn drier from in the north from then. but in the north there may be more come . there may be more rain to come. >> nathan thank you. always >> nathan rao, thank you. always a speak to you even a pleasure to speak to you even when weather is when stormy weather is approaching. an excellent summary . thank you very much of summary. thank you very much of storm, olivia and kathleen about to bash into us. now i've got a few emails to run through before the end of this hour. really got you going about the sixteen scam. william wragg, mp, has scam. william wragg, the mp, has to not a great deal of to be said not a great deal of sympathy william wragg sympathy for william wragg out there. what brendan says. there. here's what brendan says. william wragg is in a position of responsibility , yet still he of responsibility, yet still he has done this. this just goes to show the level of naivety show you the level of naivety politicians, politicians seem to have today. i think we don't

want people like this running the country, will says this. i'm beyond bewildered at the stupidity and lack of morality by mps doing things such as this. the response of our pencilneck chancellor makes it even worse. the tories are toast . well, why don't you speak your mind? and quickly, katie says this at every stage this man has shown zero judgement and zero common sense. why is he an mp? keep those views coming in gbviews@gbnews.com. now after the break, a man at a pro—palestine protest has been spoken to by a police officer after pictures of adolf hitler were found in the boot of a car. but the man was not arrested. will be live to that protest in a few minutes time. chauthi peters is there and we'll have those images to show you they are on their way. don't forget to a pro—israel protest. i'm martin daubney on gb news,

britain's news channel. but now let's have your weather and it's annie shuttleworth . annie shuttleworth. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on . gb news. >> hello. good afternoon. welcome to your latest gb news weather update . well, storm weather update. well, storm kathleen is on the way for this weekend, but it will be turning much warmer has been much warmer than it has been lately. winds will also pick lately. the winds will also pick up. here is storm kathleen developing to the west of developing out to the west of the uk. ahead of that we have got a weather across got a weather front across northern that's brought northern areas that's brought some today. that's some snow earlier today. that's much rain now as the much turning to rain now as the temperatures up temperatures start to pick up through of evening . through the rest of the evening. temperatures will as well temperatures will rise as well from southwest through from the southwest through the night. going night. so it's going to be a very mild night, but there will be heavy rain for be some very heavy rain for parts of northern ireland, much of for a time, of scotland as well. for a time, much should clear much of the rain should clear through morning, through by tomorrow morning, though, dry though, to leave a fairly dry start for the bulk of england and and, said, it

and wales. and, as i said, it will be a very mild start to the day. temperatures are day. those temperatures are closer average closer to the daytime average for time of year. for this time of year. throughout day across throughout the day across eastern areas of england, southeastern scotland, southeastern areas of scotland, it stay largely dry it should stay largely dry through the but storm through the day. but storm kathleen developing . it will kathleen is developing. it will push up to the west of the uk. there are wind warnings in force. likely to some force. it's likely to be some delays travel western delays to travel across western areas of england, wales and scotland, as as northern scotland, as well as northern ireland. large waves as ireland. some large waves as well, in the where it well, but in the east, where it stays dry , there'll be stays fairly dry, there'll be highs of 22 degrees. sunday is going be another fairly mild going to be another fairly mild day, but will be more in the day, but it will be more in the way of showers , particularly way of showers, particularly across areas wales, across western areas wales, northwestern england in particular, seeing some of those heavier showers. and it's going to windy in far north to stay windy in the far north next week. it does look like it's to turn a little bit it's going to turn a little bit dner it's going to turn a little bit drier areas, drier across southern areas, however, fall however, temperatures will fall a average . a little more closer to average. >> feeling inside from >> that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers sponsors of weather on

gb news. >> hey. very good afternoon to you. and a happy friday. it's 4 pm. and welcome to the martin daubney show on gb news. broadcasting live from the heart of westminster, all across the uk. coming up, a man at a pro—palestine protest in central london has been spoken to by police after pictures of adolf hitler were found in the boot of his car. we'll have more on that story right away. after this, i'll also have a gb news exclusive on the honeytrap scandal that's shocked westminster and to bring you some of the messages that were sent by one of the people responsible and 29 million of us will benefit from tomorrow's record breaking cut in national insurance. i'll ask our economics and business editor, liam halligan, if it's good news, or if labour are right to call it a tory tax con. and

there's fantastic news about the king. king charles is due to visit australia in october as planned and apparently he's raring to go, as am i, and that's all coming up between now and 6:00. welcome to the show. on this friday afternoon, very, very soon we'll cross to parliament square where charlie peters is on the demo, a pro—palestine march, yet another one. and also approaching towards a pro—israel demo. we'll have exclusive pictures of a man who was stopped by police . and in that stopped by police. and in that car were placards of adolf hitler. i mean, seriously, how provocative can you be going towards a pro—israel demo with tools like that? we'll have the exclusive on that coming up. i want to hear from you as well on this sexthe scam that's going

on. hundreds of emails in so far got to be said. not a great deal of sympathy out there for mps who are putting lewd pictures on the internet. let me know your thoughts as ever. gb views gbviews@gbnews.com is the email address. but first let's do your news headlines with radisson. >> martin. thank you. the top story this hour. human remains have been found wrapped in plastic at a nature reserve in salford. greater manchester police says a murder investigation has been launched following the discovery by the member of a public at kersal dale, chief superintendent and district commander for salford, tony crawley, says detectives need to make a breakthrough in this case. the force is appealing for anyone with any information to come forward . information to come forward. >> we believe that these remains are likely to have been here for are likely to have been here for a matter of days, and it really is a tragic case. our priority

now is establishing who this person is and ensuring that we carry out a diligent and respectful investigation on behalf of that person and their family, whoever they may be. we are speaking to those locals in the area. dog walkers, passers by or anyone else who might who may have the smallest bit of information . information. >> some breaking news to bring you now . a magnitude 4.8 you now. a magnitude 4.8 earthquake has hit new jersey in new york, the us geological society says it was just five kilometres deep. no damage has yet been reported. this is a developing story and we'll bring you more as we get it. in other news, government security experts have been called in to analyse the whatsapp messages at the heart of the westminster sex scandal. so far, around a dozen mps, staff and journalists are known to have been targeted and sources have told gb news more are coming forward. it's after

tony and tory mp william wragg told the times he'd sent intimate pictures of himself to someone on a gay dating app, and was then manipulated into providing phone numbers . he's providing phone numbers. he's expected to be contacted today and will be asked for a list of the numbers he shared. the metropolitan police has also confirmed it's working with other forces over blackmail concerns. chancellor jeremy hunt concerns. chancellorjeremy hunt says everyone needs to take cyber security seriously. well i think the events of the last few days have been a great cause for concern . concern. >> the mp involved has given a courageous and fulsome apology , courageous and fulsome apology, but the lesson here for all mps is that they need to be very careful about cyber security and indeed it's the lesson for members of the public as well, because this is something that we are all to face in our we are all having to face in our daily lives . daily lives. >> millions of people will receive boost in take home pay receive a boost in take home pay from tomorrow following a cut to

employee national insurance from the start of new tax year, the start of the new tax year, class one contributions will be reduced from 10 to 8. meanwhile, a further 2 million self—employed people will see their class four national insurance reduced from 8 to 6. the government says around 29 million workers will benefit from the changes . however, from the changes. however, shadow chancellor rachel reeves says taxes are actually going up. >> well, they say tomorrow that taxes are going down. all of the numbers show that taxes are on the rise. taxes today are at a 70 year high, and they're due to increase in every single year of the forecast period. in fact , by the forecast period. in fact, by the forecast period. in fact, by the end of the forecast, the average british family would be paying average british family would be paying £870 more in tax because of the frozen national insurance and income tax threshold and because of increases in council tax. two that is the conservatives double whammy on tax. >> the israeli military has

dismissed two officers over the drone strikes which killed seven aid workers on monday, including three brits john chapman, james henderson and james kirby were among the world central kitchen workers who died. us president joe biden has warned israel future support for the country depends on the steps taken to protect civilians and aid workers . israel has since workers. israel has since announced it's opening new routes for humanitarian aid deliveries into gaza, with the erez crossing opening for the first time since the hamas attacks in october. consultants have accepted a pay offer from the government, ending a year long dispute . the british long dispute. the british medical association says 83% of members in england voted in favour of the offer , which is an favour of the offer, which is an improvement on one rejected earlier this year. concerns mutants have taken strike action over the past year, adding to the nhs waiting list, which has also been affected by the junior doctors dispute, which remains unresolved . thames water's unresolved. thames water's holding company has defaulted on

some of its debts. kemble water finance limited was unable to meet an interest payment deadune. meet an interest payment deadline . the firm is now urging deadline. the firm is now urging lenders who hold around 400 million of company bonds, not to take creditor action while they look at repayment options . it look at repayment options. it comes after thames water investors pulled £500 million in funding, worsening its financial position in. for the latest stories, you can sign up to gb news alerts by scanning the qr code on your screen or go to gb news. com slash alerts. now back to . martin. to. martin. >> thank you tatiana. now we start with the news. we broke in the last few minutes and it's this a man had a pro—palestine protest in central london, has been spoken to by police after pictures of adolf hitler were found in the boot of a car.

let's cross now to central london and speak to our reporter on the front line, charlie peters. charlie, you reported these images found in a car? absolutely atrocious . tell us, absolutely atrocious. tell us, what's the latest ? what's the latest? >> oh, yeah. we saw the conversation taking place between the man and the police. live as it happened . we saw them live as it happened. we saw them looking through the boot of the car. where we saw these photos of adolf hitler, along with the caption, you are becoming what you hated . now. the police took you hated. now. the police took him away at the time, in the back of a police carrier, but about 20 minutes later he was released returned into the released and returned into the crowd. the police there said he wasn't arrested and they also said that they hadn't seen the photos of hitler. when i spoke to one of the officers involved in cordoning the situation that march that he's a part of, that protester has now set off from marsham street outside the home office in the heart of westminster. we've just taken the route that they are set to

embark on, and in about 15 minutes they should arrive here in parliament square, where significant counter—demonstration of pro—israeli protesters has gathered just moments before we came to you, martin, we saw a man brandishing a lebanese flag waving it in front of the protesters, which attracted a significant level of conversation between the two sides before they set off those marches back in march from streets, the speaker at the head of the march said do not be bahed of the march said do not be baited by the pro—israel demonstration, he said that the march that he was on the al—quds day marching demonstration was a gathering of jews , christians gathering of jews, christians and muslims. he said it was what represented london and that they were marching to campaign against a genocide , where he he against a genocide, where he he said some 30,000 people had been killed. we're expecting those marchers to reach whitehall , marchers to reach whitehall, just behind me, and deliver speeches outside of downing street in the coming hours.

>> charlie peters on my way into studio today, i noticed a significant police presence. many, many riot vans down all the side streets. winston churchill statue also fenced off as usual. how many coppers are out there, mate ? out there, mate? >> hundreds. the met said earlier today that they would put out 500 police officers to cover this protest. that comes at the same time as the government started its new counter protest measures. we've heard that the serious prevention of disruption orders will come into effect from today. we don't anticipate that those will be used on the planned march that we've seen here. but it comes, of course , here. but it comes, of course, at a febrile atmosphere for these pro—palestine demonstrations that have been taking place every other weekend in london since the start of the israel—hamas war on the 7th of october. those marches, as part of the quds day demonstration, have been urged to be restrained today by those organising. leaflets have been handing out

advising them on how to engage with this day. quds is the arabic arabic terms for jerusalem and they are marching as they have for over 40 years around the world to mark what they say is the occupied west bank, which has been in that state since 1967, since the end of the six day war. so those protests likely to clash with those gathered behind me here in parliament square in the next houn parliament square in the next hour. as they begin that march into the heart of westminster. >> thank you, charlie peters. live from parliament square. of course, we'll cross back to you throughout show for more throughout the show for more updates now to updates as they happen. now to the honeytrap sixteen scandal that has shocked parliament and the rest of the country. and we understand that well over a dozen figures in westminster have been targeted. tory mp william bragg has apologised after he said he was manipulated into giving the personal phone numbers of colleagues to a man he met on a gay dating app . and

he met on a gay dating app. and gb news has today been given exclusive access to some of those messages. a message would be sent by someone pretending to have known the recipient. in this instance, here, a person claiming to be called charlie said was sad not to bump into you over conference season. it's been too long. and this was followed by the flirtatious message do i need to do something better to grab your attention or gb news understands messages were sent over a period spanning five months, and here gb news viewers can see persistent messages from the same number. well, i'm joined in our studio in westminster by our political editor, chris hope. chris, we spoke about this in the last hour, jeremy hunt, saying that there's been a fulsome and brave apology from william wragg, but gb news viewers having none of the same sympathy at all. in fact, sample words are naive, sample words are stupid cowardice, and there

is no sympathy. this is a basic error. how can these people be running the country? are they being harsh? >> well, i think they're probably being people who don't know william wragg. jeremy hunt does know. william wragg knows he's through mental health he's been through mental health issues. he's talked to our colleague piero on gb colleague gloria de piero on gb news about them. he's written about them. we know he has some time in 2022, so that's why time off in 2022, so that's why jeremy hunt may have said it's a courageous and fulsome apology. the labour party is saying the issue whether issue of the whip, whether the right a tory mp, should be right to be a tory mp, should be taken away from mr wragg, is in the of the whips . it's not the hands of the whips. it's not one us decide. labouring one for us to decide. labouring labour more cool labour being much more cool about assessing what's happened here. more where here. maybe they're more where the country is, but no question people william wragg are people know william wragg are sympathetic towards him. he, for people know william wragg are synown|etic towards him. he, for people know william wragg are synown part,owards him. he, for people know william wragg are synown part, is ards him. he, for people know william wragg are synown part, is recognisedie, for people know william wragg are synown part, is recognised he for his own part, is recognised he did something wrong. why on earth out the numbers of earth he gave out the numbers of friends colleagues the friends and colleagues to the strangers them off his strangers to get them off his back. strangers to get them off his back . when you're like, you back. when you're like, you know, like feeding wolf that's know, like feeding a wolf that's come more meat. and come back for more meat. and that's what happened, know,

that's what happened, you know, he clearly to the times, he said clearly to the times, i've people being weak , i've hurt people by being weak, i've hurt people by being weak, i was scared. i'm mortified. i'm so sorry. and so it goes on. but why not? some are saying elsewhere today, why not just give the tell the police , the give the tell the police, the authorities? there's a problem here. as things stand, two forces are investigating leicestershire police. the met police, lindsay hoyle wrote to mps last night he's called in, government security experts, partners in government, as he calls them, to analyse and understand the messages . the big understand the messages. the big worry is, is this a china operation, a russia operation , operation, a russia operation, foreign actors, or is it more close to home that i'm getting the feeling from sources in parliament that it's not likely to be a foreign actor. it's more likely to be someone just in the uk trying to catch out, somebody who was weak and known to be weak. but more are coming in. we know 12 or 14 or so affected, but more are reporting themselves today as we go through day. through the day. >> okay, well, joined now by through the day. >.former well, joined now by through the day. >.former conservative ned now by through the day. >.former conservative mp, now by through the day.

>.former conservative mp, neilby a former conservative mp, neil pansh. a former conservative mp, neil parish . neil, welcome parish. neil, welcome to the show . hello, martin. so, so show. hello, martin. so, so neil, of course you had to resign from parliament, over a scandal. what do you think william wragg will be going through today ? and more to the through today? and more to the point, why on earth would somebody in elected position, a senior parliamentarian, do something which viewers of gb news are saying is naive at best? >> yeah. i mean, i think i mean, he's a really decent guy, actually. william and i know him, and like i said, he has had some, some problems as well. but you see, you have to be so careful when you are a member of parliament, especially giving out pictures. and then, of course, being in a place where you can be potentially blackmailed , and but i, like blackmailed, and but i, like i said, i think sometimes , with said, i think sometimes, with people, i mean, i was fortunate enoughin people, i mean, i was fortunate enough in my that i was married and courted a very old fashioned word, long before i went into politics. so whereas when you

are in politics and a public figure, if you are dating in any sort of shape or form, you have to be careful, because people can use that, you know, not only do if you supply it, but they can use it at a context and all sorts of things. and i think this is probably very much a wake up call, not just for william, but but for several others. i suspect . others. i suspect. >> neil, i'm in a studio here with with martin and chris hope. of course, you had to resign as an mp, didn't you? after you were seen caught looking at pornography on your mobile phone in the commons chamber? do you understand why male politicians get caught out in that way? i mean, you weren't forced to do that, but you did it. >> yeah, i mean, i you know, i mean, i, i, you know, i don't, try and justify myself for one moment. i mean, i it was a huge mistake, and i, and i resigned and left, the only thing with mine was that i was not, you know, i was doing something i really shouldn't have been doing

. tempted and did it, but i wasn't actually meaning to affect anybody else other than my dear wife, who was very understanding about it. bless her. but like i said, otherwise, i think when you are not in a permanent relationship, then i think it puts even more pressure on you , and then, like i said, on you, and then, like i said, it can be exploited as well. so, yeah, i mean, it's a hell of a position to be in, and i, you know, i, have some empathy, with william, because he is a decent enough guy, albeit he's made mistakes, but, you know, we i think in the end, apologise. and i think he should be able to carry on being an mp and i think probably carry on having the whip, the conservative whip. but that will be up for the party to decide. but in the end, of course, it's a personal decision as to what you do as an individual. because i took that

personal decision. >> neil, thank you for being so forthright on that matter. but it has to be said that the kind of adjectives being used by gb news viewers to summarise william wragg's behaviour or naivety, stupidity, a lack of morality , be silly at the best. morality, be silly at the best. and more to the point, people expect elected parliamentarians. perhaps naively, perhaps they are just humans after all. but they do expect a higher code of moral conduct. are we seeing the reality here? and that is they're just flawed people like they're just flawed people like the rest of us. >> yeah. i mean, i think, you know , ma'am, parliament is made know, ma'am, parliament is made up of a sort of 650 members of parliament. they come all parliament. they come from all walks of life, they have all, all kinds of sexualities , and all kinds of sexualities, and they have, you know, they are individuals and some are stronger than others, and some do stupid things and pay a heavy price for it , i think sometimes price for it, i think sometimes perhaps we as politicians set

ourselves up too much, as being , ourselves up too much, as being, you know, we are there to, to govern the country and look after the country. so people expect us to in a way . expect us to behave in a way. and we do let, let ourselves down, and let our other colleagues down when we make mistakes. but i think, that we are all, we are all frail, if you like, in st giles, and have made mistakes. so i think , with made mistakes. so i think, with william, it was probably better if it had he come cleaner soonen if it had he come cleaner sooner, but i think, you know, he's done the right thing now , he's done the right thing now, and i think, you know, let let let it all take its course, but i think i would just say to members of the public, you expect more, and you probably deserve more, but i think we we've got accept we we've also got to accept that we are all human beings at the end of the day, and we can make mistakes . mistakes. >> okay. thank you for being so forthright and honest and joining us on the show this afternoon. and that's former

conservative mp neil parish. thank you very much for joining us. william wragg has us. now, william wragg has issued this statement. he said they compromised things on they had compromised things on me. they wouldn't leave me alone . they would ask for people. i gave them some numbers, not all of them. i told him to stop. he's manipulated me and now i've hurt other people. i got chatting to a guy on an app and we exchanged pictures. we were meant to meet up for drinks but then didn't. then he started asking for numbers of people. i was worried because he had stuff on me. he gave me a whatsapp number which doesn't work now. i've hurt people by being weak. i've hurt people by being weak. i was scared, i'm mortified. i'm so sorry that my weakness has caused other people hurt. it's a statement from the heart. there now, you may have booked your houday now, you may have booked your holiday for this year, but what about next year ? well, you could about next year? well, you could win a bespoke greek cruise for two and our brand new giveaway. not only that, but ten grand in

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welcome back to 425. i'm martin daubney on gb news now. later in the show, the latest on whether veterans minister johnny mercer could be sent to prison . could be sent to prison. deadune could be sent to prison. deadline just passed. now, before that, millions of workers

will see a cut in their national insurance rate from tomorrow , insurance rate from tomorrow, which could help ease some of the financial strain on household budgets. but it's being criticised, with many saying any cuts will be offset by people already being dragged into higher tax brackets. and this was put to chancellor jeremy hunt earlier. >> i've always been very open about the fact that after covid and the cost of living crisis, the energy crisis , we had to put the energy crisis, we had to put taxes up. but the fundamental divide in british politics is between a conservative party having taken difficult decisions on the economy, is now starting to bring taxes down to pay off national insurance from saturday, another £0.02 off in the autumn statement last year that came through in january . we that came through in january. we want to bring the tax burden down. the labour party wants to keep it as it is, and that is the big choice that people will have in the general election this year . this year. >> but shadow chancellor rachel reeves taxes are only going reeves says taxes are only going up with the tories.

>> well, they say tomorrow that taxes are going down. all of the numbers show that taxes are on the rise, taxes today are at a 70 year high and they're due to increase in every single year of the forecast period in fact, by the forecast period in fact, by the end of the forecast, the average british family will be paying average british family will be paying £870 more in tax because of the frozen national insurance and income tax threshold and because of increases in council tax. two that is the conservatives double whammy on tax . tax. >> well, that's as clear as mud. so let's try and make some sense of it. i'm joined by liam halligan gb news, economics and business editor with on the money so liam £900 better off if you believe the chancellor of the exchequer . if you believe the exchequer. if you believe the exchequer. if you believe the labour party, we're going to be dragged into higher taxes. where's the reality? >> they're both right and >> well, they're both right and they're both wrong in some senses. but i guess that's

politics for you. let's have a look at what the chancellor is saying today. what he's really doing emphasising the doing is he's emphasising the fact policies fact that pre—announced policies are starting be are now starting to be introduced and he's stressing that the tories are cutting taxes . that's his message. so taxes. that's his message. so let's have a look at some of the details. in january, the chancellor cut the headline rate of national insurance for employees for workers from 12% to 10. so £0.12 to £0.10 in the pound. to 10. so £0.12 to £0.10 in the pound . as of tomorrow, that pound. as of tomorrow, that headune pound. as of tomorrow, that headline national insurance rate is cut again from 10% to 8. and look, it's just arithmetically undeniable that if you cut the headune undeniable that if you cut the headline rate of national insurance for the average worker, that's going to save them about £900 a year on their tax bill. the tax burden, though, is still very high. that's because tax thresholds have been frozen from 2021, when rishi sunak himself was chancellor, and then again by jeremy hunt. all the way to

2028. this is the 12.5 grand where you start paying tax. it's the it's where you start paying the it's where you start paying the basic rate of income tax. it's where you start paying the upper rate of income tax. and those frozen tax thresholds mean, as rachel reeves says, even though the headline rate of national insurance is coming down, that the tax burden tax overall as a share of the size of our economy, tax as a share of our economy, tax as a share of gdp that is approaching a 70 year high. so, yes, there are headune year high. so, yes, there are headline tax cuts . yes. the headline tax cuts. yes. the second of them is coming in tomorrow. as the chancellor says. yes, the tories want to get another tax cut in before a general election, probably in september or october. but it is also true because tax thresholds have been frozen from 2021 all the way through to 2028. that the way through to 2028. that the tax burden overall is going up , even though the headline up, even though the headline rate of national insurance is going down. you with me? >> i am with you now. fiscal drag is something that you clarify for me and i now get. and that is more people are

paying. >> it was tough getting into your head, but i got it because . your head, but i got it because. >> but as inflation goes up your wages go up. but the threshold >> but as inflation goes up your wages theip. but the threshold >> but as inflation goes up your wages the same. the threshold >> but as inflation goes up your wages the same. so; threshold >> but as inflation goes up your wages the same. so; thrpaying is still the same. so i'm paying more that neutralises more tax and that neutralises this ni cut does it. >> that's right. mean the >> that's right. i mean the simplest to think simplest way to think about fiscal that you're simplest way to think about fiscal into that you're simplest way to think about fiscal into a1at you're simplest way to think about fiscal into a higher're simplest way to think about fiscal into a higher tax dragged into a higher tax bracket instance, if you bracket for instance, if you earned 11 grand, and now because of wage increases , that goes up of wage increases, that goes up to 12 grand or 13 grand, particularly above 12.5 grand. that means rather than paying no income tax , you now pay income income tax, you now pay income tax. so your tax burden has gone up because you've earned more money, because the threshold has been frozen. and look, a lot of people will be screaming at the telly at the moment because we've been talking about this headune we've been talking about this headline cut to national insurance and pensioners will say, get a cut to say, well, we don't get a cut to our headline national our headline rate of national insurance because don't pay insurance because we don't pay national true. national insurance. that's true. they the they don't. that's why the tories have gone for a cut in national insurance, because it's cheaper than a cut in income tax, as pensioners also pay income tax. but this is still costing the government or it

still costing us, you like . still costing us, if you like. it's about £10 billion of it's about 9 to £10 billion of our money that we're being our own money that we're being bnbed our own money that we're being bribed with but it is bribed with here. but it is a generally progressive thing to do. if you lower the headline rate of national insurance, that is going to help the least well off, as well as those who are better off. it wouldn't help them as much as if the government did what i want them to do, which is to raise the personal threshold from 12.5 grand all the way up 20 grand all the way up to 20 grand, or even more. that's the real for less well off real way for less well off people to keep more their own people to keep more of their own money and pay less tax. but the government up doing government isn't up for doing that at this point, and i doubt even that at this point, and i doubt ever. why the chancellor ever. that's why the chancellor is stressing what doing, is stressing what he is doing, which lowering headline which is lowering the headline rate insurance for rate of national insurance for the possibly the the second time, possibly the second of three times before the election. we'll see what the tories but rachel reeves is tories say. but rachel reeves is right. despite overall right. despite that, the overall tax is still going up. tax burden is still going up. >> liam halligan, thank for >> liam halligan, thank you for making things simple making complicated things simple to especially for to understand, especially for simple always a simple folk like me. always a pleasure . thank very much. pleasure. thank you very much. there's still to come

there's lots more still to come between and 5:00. and between now and 5:00. and there's fresh developments today. in a story of first broke back in january about people buying royal mail stamps. buying fake royal mail stamps. but first, let's have your latest news headlines. and it's tatiana sanchez . tatiana sanchez. >> martin thank you. the top stories police are searching for other body parts after the discovery of a torso at a salford nature reserve. greater manchester police says the human remains were found wrapped in plastic by a member of the pubuc plastic by a member of the public at kersal dale . the public at kersal dale. the gender and age of the person are currently unknown , but police currently unknown, but police believe it was an adult. a murder investigation is now underway and a search is taking place in the local area . chief place in the local area. chief superintendent tony crilly says detectives need a breakthrough in this tragic case. >> if these remains are likely to have been here for a matter of days and it really is a

tragic case, our priority now is establishing who this person is and ensuring that we carry out a diligent and respectful investigation on behalf of that person and their family, whoever they may be. we are speaking to those locals in the area, dog walkers , passers by or anyone walkers, passers by or anyone else who might who may have the smallest bit of information . smallest bit of information. >> government security experts have been called in to analyse whatsapp messages at the heart of the westminster sex scandal. so far, around a dozen mps , so far, around a dozen mps, staff and journalists are known to have been targeted and sources have told gb news more are coming forward. it's after tory mp william wragg told the times he'd sent intimate pictures of himself to someone on a gay dating app, and was then manipulated into providing then manipulated into providing the contacts . consultants have the contacts. consultants have accepted a pay offer from the government, ending a year long dispute. the british medical

association says 83% of members in england voted in favour of the offer , which is an the offer, which is an improvement on one rejected earlier this year. concern militants have been striking over the past year, adding to the nhs waiting list, which has also been affected by the junior doctors dispute, which remains unresolved . for the latest unresolved. for the latest stories, you can sign up to gb news alerts by scanning the qr code on your screen or go to gb news .com/ alerts . news .com/ alerts. >> thank you tatiana. now this show is all about you and loads of you have already got in touch today with your thoughts on william wragg, the sex scandal and that protest march going on right now , right out there as we right now, right out there as we speak. keep those emails coming in gb views at gb news. com is the email address, and i'll read out a selection of them a little later in the show. i'm martin daubney on gb news, britain's

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apparently he's raring to go now to a new development. in a story, gb news first broke in january and royal mail has admitted to branding a genuine barcode of postage stamp as a counterfeit and charging the recipient £5 of the pleasure of receiving it. well royal mail has since sent her a £5 check and issued an apology after her mp, sir paul beresford, alerted them to the matter . now joined them to the matter. now joined in the studio in westminster by gb news digital finance reporter jessica sheldon, who first broke this story. jessica, first off, well done you. now you've been on this story since the very, very beginning fighting for people out there getting these dodgy stamps. tell us about the latest development. yeah so we've had a really interesting development this week with a lady who has found that the stamp that she sent was genuine. >> but royal mail has admitted that they called it counterfeit

despite it being genuine , so despite it being genuine, so yes, they have issued an apology, they say she wrote to her mp who got in touch and they checked over the stamp, they said that royal mail had therefore been wrong to apply therefore been wrong to apply the surcharge , and they are very the surcharge, and they are very sorry that their actions have failed her on this occasion. >> so it's a big development that royal mail said they're not taking this lightly. they did say that whilst it's rare that items are incorrectly charged, an investigation , ian, is now an investigation, ian, is now underway to ascertain why it has happened and what can be done to prevent it from happening again . prevent it from happening again. >> and it never rains, but it pours for the post office. i mean, first we the sub mean, first we had the sub postmasters postmistresses postmasters and postmistresses scandal , and postmasters and postmistresses scandal, and they postmasters and postmistresses scandal , and they seem to have scandal, and they seem to have put their foot in it again, and we're still none the wiser about how these counterfeits are even getting mix. how these counterfeits are even get yeah, mix. how these counterfeits are even getyeah, i mix. how these counterfeits are even getyeah, i thinkix. how these counterfeits are even getyeah, i think there's how these counterfeits are even get yeah, i think there's two >> yeah, i think there's two separate issues. >> have seen stamps which >> so we have seen stamps which do when you look do look when you when you look at up, they do look at them close up, they do look counterfeit and they totally counterfeit and they are totally flat barcode. but this flat on the barcode. but this seems to be that it was a

genuine stamp. and they called it counterfeit. so there needs to be some answers. we need to know what's happened so we can send our post without worrying that our loved ones going to that our loved ones are going to have pay £5 when they it. have to pay £5 when they get it. >> course, modern >> and of course, modern printing sophisticated printing is so sophisticated now. has never been now. forgery has never been eafien now. forgery has never been easier, that doesn't even easier, but that doesn't even seem to be this. this is actually fide stamps bought actually bona fide stamps bought from bona fide reputable outlets, from offices, from outlets, from post offices, from big supermarkets. and people are getting stung on their doorstep. and frankly, jessica, the notion that you get £5 cheque to pay for the fine you've already got, that doesn't seem good enough. >> yeah, absolutely . i think >> yeah, absolutely. i think well, i think the issue for this lady in particular was not the money. she didn't want any money. she didn't want any money. she didn't want any money. she just wanted answer money. she just wanted an answer because she gut feeling because she had a gut feeling from start that the stamps from the start that the stamps she from reputable she bought from a very reputable high were genuine . high street shop were genuine. so why would her family then have to pay £5? >> well, keep going on. and you brought the stamps in earlier in the and you can't tell the the week and you can't tell the difference? no i mean, they just

look know look identical. how do they know what go? beep on your what they go? beep on your doorstep it. you get nicked. >> wish i think this is >> i wish i knew i think this is why need some answers. why we need some answers. >> think they do know at >> i don't think they do know at all. you very much, all. thank you very much, jessica sherman, joining us. jessica sherman, for joining us. and you want to and a reminder, if you want to see full statement from see the full statement from the post office, catch that post office, you can catch that on gbnews.com. there. okay. on gbnews.com. it's there. okay. moving on. the lengthy statement is on screen. i'm not to read it all out. it's on the website now. it could take a week yet to find out whether veterans minister johnny mercer will be forced to name the whistleblowers who told him about alleged murders by the sas in afghanistan, or he could face being sent to prison. would he cough up or would he keep his quiet? i'm martin daubney on gb news, britain's news channel we'll do that

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be meeting , and that is the kind be meeting, and that is the kind of placard that one of the individuals approaching was carrying simply let off, not arrested. what do you make of that ? email arrested. what do you make of that? email me gb views at gb news. com is it an example of two tier policing? is an example of the police turning a blind eye to inflammatory imagery like that. how would you like to be compared to adolf hitler? if you were protesting in favour of israel today ? already loads of israel today? already loads of you have been in touch on that, but keep those views coming in and we'll cross live to that protest as it comes together shortly. with charlie peters, who took that exclusive image earlier on that was outside the home office. we'll be right on the front line as that develops. now let's move on and get more. now let's move on and get more. now on a story i covered a couple of days ago. and will veterans minister johnny mercer be sent to prison? well, he's been ordered to name the whistleblowers who told him about alleged murders by the sas

in afghanistan. and mercer has already said that he won't do that. and the chairman of the afghanistan inquiry said last month that he could be jailed and the chairman is now considering mercer's application to challenge the order. and it could take a week for him to make that decision. well, i'm joined now in our westminster studio by the evening standard's defence editor, the superb robert fox. robert, always a pleasure to talk to you about this. you have a great knack of making very complicated things very digestible. so let's start at the beginning. what were these allegations? when did they happen and then what happened next? >> between 2010 and 2013, both in australia where it's come to court and there has been an inquiry. >> and in the uk there have been accusations of targeted assassinations of special forces, and it was a combined special force involving brits, australians, new zealanders ,

australians, new zealanders, canadians. i think germans are shooting unarmed, afghans now , shooting unarmed, afghans now, now, during his time before he became an mp , johnny mercer, the became an mp, johnny mercer, the veterans minister, had served alongside the sbs, the special boat service , and he had seen boat service, and he had seen them at work and admired what they did. >> but then contacts revealed as he was trying to pass legislation then, which said, actually, we can forget about this. it was the overseas service bill, then became an act and the northern ireland act, and the northern ireland act, and then somebody contacted him, said, well, actually, there's more to this than meets the eye. bad things were done. that's what johnny is really trying to say. and both he and this is where i have sympathy and gb news viewers will be fed up with me for saying this. i have sympathy with both. i have sympathy with both. i have sympathy with both. i have sympathy with johnny mercer as an mp, as a, as a as a good

steward of confidential information and with lord justice sir christopher haddon—cave, who is really good at this, because christopher hadnt at this, because christopher hadn't cave said, if i'm going to get to the bottom of all these accusations , i've got to these accusations, i've got to name names. i've got to know who did what, to whom and when. and that's what. and that's what it's about. >> and at that point, though, johnny mercer has said no, he won't betray his sources . and so won't betray his sources. and so we find ourselves, robert, at this legal impasse where it's a legal impasse which is so familiar to the likes of you and me. >> yeah. you have confidential sources of information in journalism, as johnny was saying . they've told you things in confidence. and do you blab and i think that this is where, where, where johnny is really is really caught. i have no judgement on this, but i do have a comment. and the comment is this is precisely or around this is the crisis over afghanistan, which we're now seeing in israel

over the killing of the aid workers . and it's a question of workers. and it's a question of targeting who who ordered whom to do what and under what circumstances. sorry, the jargon word , which all viewers will word, which all viewers will appreciate is rules of engagement . and this is going to engagement. and this is going to be absolutely critical under what circumstances were people allowed to kill potential or actual afghan or palestinian insurgents? and this is going to be the case to try. it's not that , oh, it be the case to try. it's not that, oh, it will go blah. blah blah blah into the long grass. what, sir christopher haddon—cave decides despite the best offices of the solicitors and so on, on both sides will be fundamental. >> i have to interrupt you there. i'm afraid we're going now to chorley. peter's in central london at that protest. >> we're just seeing the pro—palestine march coming across the pro—israel

counter—protesters here at parliament square . there are parliament square. there are extremely strong exchanges taking place here with members of the al—quds protest coming up to the pro—israel protesters. we've seen a couple of arrests. we've seen a couple of arrests. we think here, just as these people crossed in front of the pro—israel demonstrators , pro—israel demonstrators, there's over 500 police along this route as they monitor this march, heading from marsham street, the home office, towards whitehall , where there will be whitehall, where there will be speeches outside downing street. the pro—israel demonstration is significantly smaller, with potentially over a thousand of the al—quds marchers in comparison to at best, 100 150 pro—israeli demonstrators here at parliament square. the al—quds march is being hosted

today on the final friday of ramadan. >> the holy islamic month. >> the holy islamic month. >> they say that they are organising the protest due to the so—called genocide taking place in gaza. they say that 30,000 people have been killed by the idf inside gaza , and they by the idf inside gaza, and they are protesting against israel and in favour of the palestinian people . this march has been people. this march has been taking place across the world since 1979, but this event is the most significant quds day, march for many years due to the current conflict taking place across the middle east, but of course, mostly in gaza in the israel—hamas war. this march is also taking place at a particularly controversial time for the israel—hamas war in britain, with aid workers killed, aid workers killed in

gaza, three britons, all of them british military veterans killed by an idf strike earlier in the week. the idf has accepted responsibility for that strike. at the same time, we have seen political groups calling for more support for israel. the former home secretary, suella braverman writing that in the telegraph that significantly more support needed to be shown towards israel and that the foreign office under david cameron, the foreign secretary , cameron, the foreign secretary, had started to slide away from what she described as a pro—israel position. some of the protests here now chanting that rape is not resistance , rape is not resistance, referring to the events of october the 7th, when this war started, the protesters right at the start on marsham street, the

for several speeches. each speaker given three minutes to

deliver their speeches in favour of the palestinian cause. i have to say , well, there are strong to say, well, there are strong perspectives being held on both sides here. these marches are peaceful. >> we have not seen some of the violent demonstrations between counter—protesters and pro—palestine protesters that we have seen on some of the london marches every other saturday since the war started on october the 7th. >> with those marches, many demonstrations starting immediately after on sunday, the 8th of october last year. this is while an extremely heated march. it is peaceful. they are exchanging extremely strong messages , denigrating each messages, denigrating each other's movements, using slurs and other strong language. we are not seeing the sort of violence and close clashes that we've seen previously. before the protest arrived here, we did see a man with a lebanese flag

arrive on screen, clash with the protesters here. and also we saw before the march left on marsham street, gb news was able to see the police investigate a vehicle just parked by the home office . just parked by the home office. and within that search, we saw them take away a man who was inside the boot of his car. he had photos of hitler inside his car. had photos of hitler inside his can he had photos of hitler inside his car. he was since released and we have seen him on this march. since that moment. so he was released back onto that march and has not been rearrested since. we saw those photos of hitler in the boot of his vehicle . several flags on vehicle. several flags on display here from the pro—palestine protest, including the flag of the islamic republic of iran, the community security trust, a charity that deals in anti—semitism , has said that anti—semitism, has said that this is a pro—iran hate march.

the board of jewish deputies , the board of jewish deputies, the jewish board of deputies, excuse me, has repeated similar language, saying that this march originated in from iran in 1979 and it continues to be a hotbed of extremism and anti—semitism beyond . beyond. >> charlie, i've been on many of these demos myself , and they these demos myself, and they always start peacefully , always start peacefully, generally, though, things get a bit cranked up later on, particularly if the numbers of people are still piling into what is a confined area. charlie, i've got to say, these police don't look ready for trouble . if it kicks off, trouble. if it kicks off, they're in their soft hats or in their shirts sleeves. a very different type of policing. you might expect to see. for example, if it's the cenotaph andifs example, if it's the cenotaph and it's white working class football fans, is the atmosphere in the air changing as you're

there? charlie? there's some chanting going on. the adolf hitler pictures , the counter hitler pictures, the counter chants of idf, idf and likely to go down. well, do you sense the mood could be turning sour ? mood could be turning sour? >> it's definitely a very tense atmosphere, martin. there's no doubt about that. some of the people here were baying for the crowd to arrive. they were excited for the arrival of this al of this al quds day, march, quds day being arabic for jerusalem , there was a great jerusalem, there was a great sense of anticipation , even with sense of anticipation, even with some of the pro—israeli demonstrators smiling and looking forward to the pro—palestinian protesters arriving. so it is extremely tense . there is an extreme level tense. there is an extreme level of hostility shared between these crowds, of course, as they take different sides of this intense war in the middle east. but the police presence here is heavy. the entire road

surrounding us completely blocked off. the mets did deploy 500 officers to this location, and it certainly looks as if the numbers that they said they would deploy have been deployed. there is a significant presence here, for sure. they are monitoring the full stage. we have seen several officers with cameras closing by and also some stewards from the quds day march. it appears they legal observers keeping an eye on both sides of the protest. when we were filming earlier and we saw the man with the hitler photos in his car, we also . saw one of in his car, we also. saw one of the one of the stewards for the quds day protest as we filmed that event, trying to see the man being taken away, the stewards said to us, if you want hostility, you'll get it. and i have to say there is an atmosphere of hostility here, shared very strongly from both sides . despite the message

sides. despite the message urging restraint and for people not to be baited at the start, it's clear that these two groups are extremely strong willed in their views towards each other. before the crowd arrived, there was of an advance was almost a kind of an advance party. from the quds day march. we saw one man in a full balaclava approached the corner of parliament square. when he started engaging with the protesters here, they rushed towards him and called him a terrorist. very strong language being sure. we've being exchanged for sure. we've seen photos from the seen plenty of photos from the ongoing conflict being held up by both sides of the wall. here. several photos of hostages being held by the pro—israeli demonstrators . and footage demonstrators. and footage purporting to be those injured by idf strikes in gaza being held up by the pro—palestine marches. many of the flags saying boycott israel and other

similar events. i've also just seen a flag for a republican irish unity outfit here, which does demonstrate some of the widespread had left wing groups that you might anticipate to engage with these political demonstrations. plenty of placards also saying end zionism. and as this debate goes on, with many protesters calling for britain to end weapons, many of them calling for a two way embargo on arms supplies to israel between britain. there's also a sign that says uk and israel are partners in war crimes being held up in this location. that is a significant demand being made by these protesters. they want an end to arms deals between them, and we are now expecting this thousand strong march to enter parliament square . square. >> okay. thank you. charlie peters, live at parliament square. the pro—palestine march led by the islamic human rights

commission, has now met with the pro—israel demonstration. of course, we'll be back live to that protest in a few minutes. time for a full update . has it time for a full update. has it happened? and i also have the latest on the honeytrap sixteen scandal that's rocked westminster. and i've also got some great news about king charles. but before all of that , charles. but before all of that, it's charles. but before all of that, wsfime charles. but before all of that, it's time for your latest news headunes it's time for your latest news headlines with tatiana sanchez. >> martin. thank you. and as you've just been hearing , you've just been hearing, tensions are rising in westminster, where huge crowds are taking part in a pro—palestinian protest . the pro—palestinian protest. the al—quds day demonstration began at the home office with demonstrators marching to downing street. it's new powers to prevent disruptive protests come into force, with offenders facing up to six months in prison or an unlimited fine. senous prison or an unlimited fine. serious disruption prevention orders can be used to stop

repeat offenders from joining protest groups in a particular area at a particular time . home area at a particular time. home secretary james cleverly says the powers target those who are dedicated to wreaking havoc. however civil liberties organisation liberty has described it as a shameless attempt to prevent people from being able to make their voices heard . in other news today, heard. in other news today, police are searching for other body parts after the discovery of a torso at a salford nature reserve. greater manchester police says the human remains were found wrapped in plastic by a member of the public at kersal dale. the gender and age of the person are currently unknown , person are currently unknown, but police believe it was an adult. a murder investigation is now underway and a search is taking place local area. taking place in the local area. chief superintendent tony crilly says detectives need a breakthrough in this tragic case. >> we believe that these remains are likely to have been here for are likely to have been here for a matter of days, and it really

is a tragic case. our priority now is establishing who this person is and ensuring that we carry out a diligent and respectful investigation on behalf of that person and their family, whoever they may be. we are speaking to those locals in the area, dog walkers , passers the area, dog walkers, passers by or anyone else who might who may have the smallest bit of information . information. >> a magnitude 4.8 earthquake has hit new jersey and new york. cameras were seen shaking during a un security council meeting, the tremors forcing the president of save the children to momentarily pause her speech. these are live pictures from times square, where it looks like business as usual. the us geological society says the quake was just five kilometres deep. no major damage has been reported . government security reported. government security experts have been called in to analyse the whatsapp messages at the heart of the westminster sex

scandal. so far, around . a dozen scandal. so far, around. a dozen mps, staff and journalists are known to have been targeted and sources have told gb news more are coming it's after are coming forward. it's after tory wragg told the tory mp william wragg told the times he'd sent intimate pictures of himself to someone on a gay dating app, and was then manipulated into providing phone numbers. he's expected to be contacted today and will be asked for a list of the numbers he shared. the met police has also confirmed it's working with other forces over blackmail concerns. chancellor jeremy hunt concerns. chancellorjeremy hunt says everyone needs to take cyber security seriously. well i think the events of the last few days have been a great cause for concern . concern. >> the mp involved has given a courageous and fulsome apology , courageous and fulsome apology, but the lesson here for all mps is that they need to be very careful about cyber security and indeed it's the lesson for

members of the public as well, because this is something that we to face in our we are all having to face in our daily lives . daily lives. >> millions of people will receive a boost in take home pay from tomorrow following a cut to employee national insurance from the of the new tax year, the start of the new tax year, class one contributions will be reduced from 10 to 8. meanwhile, a further 2 million self—employed people will see their class four national insurance reduced from 6. insurance reduced from 8 to 6. the government around 29 the government says around 29 million workers will benefit from the changes . however, from the changes. however, shadow chancellor rachel reeves says taxes are actually going up. >> all they say tomorrow that taxes are going down. all of the numbers show that taxes are on the rise. taxes today are at a 70 year high, and they're due to increase in every single year of the forecast period. in fact, by the forecast period. in fact, by the end of the forecast, the average british family would be paying average british family would be paying £870 in tax because paying £870 more in tax because of the frozen national insurance

and income tax threshold and because of increases in council tax. two that is the conservatives double whammy on tax , and consultants have tax, and consultants have accepted a pay offer from the government, ending a year long dispute. >> the british medical association says 83% of members in england voted in favour of the offer, which is an improvement on one rejected earlier this year. consultants have taken strike action over the past adding the nhs the past year, adding to the nhs waiting list, which has also been affected by the junior doctors dispute, which remains unresolved . for the latest unresolved. for the latest stories, sign up to gb news alerts by scanning the qr code on your screen or go to gb news. carmelites. now back to . carmelites. now back to. martin. >> thank you. tatiana. now will go back to parliament square shortly. charlie peters, of course, covering the course, is covering the protests, the pro—palestine

protests, the pro—palestine protests, about 1000 strong, he said, is approaching parliament square . significant police square. significant police operation. around 500 officers, in addition to normal forces. we understand have been deployed, there's a much smaller pro—palestine, pro—israel protest. beg your pardon? the demo at parliament square. the two have now met and will be returning to the scene to report on that live soon. but let's move on for now the honeytrap move on for now to the honeytrap honeytrap sixteen scandal that has shocked and the has shocked parliament and the rest of the country. and we understand that well over a dozen figures in westminster have now and tory have been targeted. now and tory mp william wragg has apologised after he said he was manipulated into personal phone into giving the personal phone numbers of colleagues to a man he met on a gay dating app. and gb news has today been given exclusive access to some of those messages. a message would be sent by someone pretending to have known the recipient . in have known the recipient. in this instance, a person claiming to be called charlie said, was

sad not to bump into you over conference season. it's been too long. this was then followed up by the flirtatious message do i need to do something better to grab your attention ? well, gb grab your attention? well, gb news understands messages were sent over a period spanning five months, and here gb news viewers can see persistent messages from the same number. well, i'm joined now in our studio by our political editor, christopher hope, to discuss a scandal that has gripped the nation. chris, thanks for coming back again . thanks for coming back again. it's got to be said, we've received hundreds of emails on this topic from gb news viewers. jeremy hunt, the chancellor of exchequer, that william exchequer, saying that william wragg has been brave and fulsome, but they use the words have viewers have been used by our viewers are more like this. brendan says this is naivety. will says. stupidity, a lack of morality . stupidity, a lack of morality. john said this was silly at best and a general feeling, chris,

that we really expect better of our elected representatives than this. >> yeah, i think william wragg might accept that. i think he probably feels he knows he's done something wrong. he has said in his statement how they . said in his statement how they. had compromising things on me. they wouldn't leave me alone. i've hurt people by being by being weak. was i am being weak. i was scared, i am mortified, so sorry. my mortified, i'm so sorry. my weakness caused other weakness has caused other people's hurt. that's him fronting done . he fronting up what he's done. he would accept. he would would probably accept. he would obviously he obviously admit he wished he hadnt obviously admit he wished he hadn't know, hadn't done it. you know, advisers wondering today, advisers are wondering today, why didn't he just go to the police? why did he feel he could get the pressure off by, you get the pressure off him by, you know, giving out numbers of friends and colleagues, that friends and colleagues, and that was thing to do . was obviously wrong thing to do. we've got two police forces investigating in leicestershire and the met police we've got the speaken speaker, lindsay hoyle, writing to night to mps and staff last night saying parliamentary saying that the parliamentary security working saying that the parliamentary secu1partners working saying that the parliamentary secu1partners in working saying that the parliamentary secu1partners in government�*ng saying that the parliamentary secu1partners in government to, with partners in government to, i understand, be security i understand, to be security experts in state to work out experts in the state to work out what were the nature these what were the nature of these messages and any related

security says security risk. but and he says he said it's unwise to speculate on the origin at this stage leads you to believe is a foreign country russia, china. are they going after mps who are weak, who can be give away information they shouldn't do, you know, i understand that more were coming forward today, but they as far as i know, senior sources saying them it's sources saying to them it's unlikely a foreign actor, unlikely to be a foreign actor, but difficult. but very difficult. a lot of mps, male are their own mps, male mps are on their own at time, three nights a at night time, three nights a week. they have a lot of thinking time. they look at their much. they get their phone too much. they get into a situation they're into a situation where they're helping the wrong we helping out the wrong people. we heard of course, heard neil parish, of course, caught pornography in caught looking at pornography in the chamber, resigned as the commons chamber, resigned as an happened before , but an mp. it's happened before, but that just do wrong that people just do the wrong thing. clearly . and i thing. and he did clearly. and i know how cross people are out there, a human story there, but there's a human story at the heart of this too. >> i don't i don't think it's cross. just think perhaps, >> i don't i don't think it's cross. jint think perhaps, >> i don't i don't think it's cross. jin our nk perhaps, >> i don't i don't think it's cross. jin our naivety,|ps, >> i don't i don't think it's cross. jin our naivety, we perhaps in our naivety, we expect more of our elected representatives. they're very highly paid. they're in positions of great

responsibility. you would think that moral code higher that their moral code is higher than us at least you than the rest of us at least you would chris, i say would hope so. and chris, i say to again, i say to my own to you again, i say to my own children who are ten and 14, never , ever, ever put never, ever, ever put a compromising image of yourself anywhere on the internet. surely they should do better, two mps replied to the to the messages that william wragg helped get to them with images themselves, which are compromising. >> so two people wasn't just william wragg here. it was two other mps fired back some pictures which were pretty shocking by all accounts. why did they happen? why do people, why do people feel they can do that to stranger looking at that to a stranger looking at those there it said those screengrabs there it said how message came from how the message came from charlie or abbie. this person is not in your contacts. it said they're not in a group of any group. you know, clearly no one you know is sending it. so why are responding this? are you responding with this? i think it's hard to understand are you responding with this? i thiniitt's hard to understand are you responding with this? i thiniit happens.» understand are you responding with this? i thiniit happens.» understa long why it happens. they're a long way men, on way from home. men, often on their in the week. you know, their own in the week. you know, they're doing the wrong thing. i mean, yeah, i mean, rightly so. why is it happening? i mean, you

know, they are getting supportive house of supportive in the house of commons, made very clear by lindsay please take commons, made very clear by lindsyourself please take commons, made very clear by lindsyourself oflease take commons, made very clear by lindsyourself of thee take commons, made very clear by lindsyourself of the services; avail yourself of the services we have keep you safe online we have to keep you safe online and perhaps they should be. >> do you that there's >> do you think that there's a case of double standards here, i mean, we expect mean, i was saying we expect more of parliamentarians, more of our parliamentarians, but when they do things but it seems when they do things where they go askew, as it were, they get the full arm they then get the full arm around them and not always. >> yeah. jeremy hunt said he's he's the chancellor. he said it's a courageous and fulsome apology. let's leave him alone. perhaps aware of mental perhaps aware of the mental health issues we've talked health issues that we've talked about with william about on air before with william wragg, with gloria de piero, our colleague, he's very colleague, and also he's very open about the issues he's had. but but the labour are saying, well, you know, should they, should he lose his whip. not sure. >> okay, chris, thank you very much. have to cross back much. but we have to cross back now pro—palestine and now to that pro—palestine and pro—israel demonstrations and speak our reporter charlie speak to our reporter charlie peters. the latest? >> w- w— w just here as the >> well, we're just here as the crowds continue to pass towards downing street. and we've just

seen a placard that says resistance by any means necessary. another similar gestures and statements being made as these groups pass through parliament square on the way towards whitehall, where there will be speeches outside downing street . the sign their downing street. the sign their resistance by any means necessary and the hashtag boycott apartheid photos. there i think of malcolm x with a ak 47, an automatic rifle shown alongside him. we've also seen some very violent gestures from both sides here on this protest, some extremely strong language and accusations being made by both sides as they march towards downing street, where those speeches will be taking place. also in the last five minutes, we did see someone get arrested on parliament square. one of the pro—israeli demonstrators was cuffed and led away from the square towards the vans. here and we spoke to those around him. they said he'd been

arrested for threatening violence and the gestures he was making. those around him contested that he should be arrested, as this protest continues, now, we're seeing many signs saying weeds , amun many signs saying weeds, amun justice. we've also seen a significantly large placard of khamenei the supreme, the supreme leader of iran from 1979, when the islamic revolution took place in iran that led to the formation of the quds day marches, which we're seeing today. they started in 79 after the iranian revolution took place. the community security trust , a charity that security trust, a charity that deals in anti—semitism, says that these marches are born out of iran and the jewish board of depufies of iran and the jewish board of deputies has said that they are iran backed hate marches. now, the islamic human rights commission, the group that is the key group that is organising

this march, says that it's a collection of jews, christians and muslims marching against zionism and in favour of palestine in chorley, for those who don't know that area, the entrance of downing street is very near the cenotaph. of course, the cenotaph is the most sacred war memorial in the land , sacred war memorial in the land, all the police forming a cordon around that because, of course , around that because, of course, we've seen these monuments specifically targeted in the past, which has caused certain chagrin to the british public. >> i've just moved around to take a look for you, martin. it does appear there is significant barriers put up in place around the cenotaph. i'm also stood now by the churchill statue, which does have barriers put around it as well. there's a police car right in the middle of whitehall with lights blazing and three three vans of the tactical support group, which is the met police's counter kind of counter

protest organisation, the special task force here. so it is a significant presence of police officers over 500 deployed by the met. they announced that just a few hours before this march took place , before this march took place, with the home office urging the mets to take no tolerance towards any unlawful activity, chanting here saying terrorism waters off our streets. one man wearing a hoodie that says please do not arrest me, potentially in reference to some of the pro—israel demonstrators we've seen arrested and taken away from pro—palestinian protesters , then to be protesters, then to be de—arrested by the met. we have seen a man who held up a sign at some of these protests in the last couple of saturdays which said hamas are terrorists. he was arrested, reportedly due to pubuc was arrested, reportedly due to public order concerns. in effect, his sign could have

riled up more people in the crowd . lots of children here as crowd. lots of children here as well. at this protest . families, well. at this protest. families, people of all ages, over a thousand here. and we can see in the distance a big panel here. al—quds day is a universal day to support the oppressed against the oppressor. that's a quote from khamenei, the supreme leader of iran . back to you, leader of iran. back to you, martin. >> thank you. sean peters , live >> thank you. sean peters, live from parliament square. and of course, cross back throughout the show to cover more developments. placards. they're saying uk and israel are partners in war crimes resistance by any means necessary. picture of malcolm x with an ak 47 earlier outside the home office, an individual intercepted with adolf hitler placards in the back of a car that said the irony of becoming what you once hated. we'll have all the latest on that story throughout the rest of the show . throughout the rest of the show. now it's our biggest giveaway of the year, so far, and your

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welcome back. it's 524. i'm martin daubney , and this is gb news. daubney, and this is gb news. now let's get back now to that pro—palestine and pro—israel demonstrations outside parliament and speak to our reporter, charlie peters. charlie, what's the latest? >> it's coming to the end of the march past parliament square here. now the could stay

protest. the pro—palestinian group now entering whitehall, the bulk of them approaching the cenotaph as they go towards downing street. here to begin the speeches. you can see this space totally shut off the entire street here. totally cleared as the police monitor this group going through now, it has been a tense and heated atmosphere for the last couple of hours here at parliament square and down towards the home office where this march started. we have seen very strong language being used by both sides , gestures and slurs. this sides, gestures and slurs. this has been an extremely tense moment. this has been a moment lacking in calm for sure, with violent language being used by both sides. we saw a man arrested earlier on the pro—israel side report for inciting violence. we've also seen photos of adolf hitler in a back of a car from the

pro—palestinian side. some of the gestures being shown towards both sides. extreme language being used. one of the pro—israeli chants of terrorist and terrorist towards the pro—palestinian group. at the same time, we have seen placards from the pro—palestinian saying that they support resistance by any means necessary. we're not. when i spoke to protesters earlier and asked them to condemn hamas, some of them would not. and in tense moment here, as the police lead someone away , that does demonstrate the away, that does demonstrate the level of tension that has been constant throughout this march . constant throughout this march. >> okay. thank you. charlie peters, live from the pro—palestine and pro—israel protests at parliament square. and you make sure you stay safe out there, mate. thanks for giving us that update. now moving on. a mother has alleged that she discovered at a parents teacher meeting that her daughter now defines as a man, and the mother says the school

has started using male pronouns to refer to the 13 year old without even telling her. and it comes as a survey of equality and trans policies. comes as a survey of equality and trans policies . at more than and trans policies. at more than 600 schools in devon and cornwall showed , a large cornwall showed, a large majority reportedly misrepresented equality laws. some of the school policies reportedly claimed children as young as five could show signs of gender dysphoria. well, joining me now is the executive head at saint thomas the apostle school , and head at saint thomas the apostle school, and that's head at saint thomas the apostle school , and that's serge seifi. school, and that's serge seifi. welcome to the show , serge. welcome to the show, serge. thank you for joining welcome to the show, serge. thank you forjoining us. what thank you for joining us. what do you make of this situation that, despite the current equality laws, which prohibits this kind of thing happening , this kind of thing happening, it's clearly happening. and this report in over 70% of schools in devon and cornwall, surely enoughis devon and cornwall, surely enough is enough now. >> i mean, i'm appalled if this is true. >> you use the word alleged. >> you use the word alleged. >> if this is true, this is a

betrayal of trust . i'm 45 years betrayal of trust. i'm 45 years in this business, 20 years as a head. and i've always told the teachers when you know more about a child than the parents, do worry a little bit. the only exception to that is if the parents themselves , you know, parents themselves, you know, are perhaps being accused of, endangenng are perhaps being accused of, endangering the child themselves. >> other than that, it's supposed to be a partnership. >> you're bringing up children. but i think it goes beyond that. now. i'm sick to death of these stories . i find them stories. i find them embarrassing, you know? and whereas ofsted and forget these guidelines, let's make it law. i mean, these children aren't just bringing up this stuff themselves. they don't present and say it's due to these adults. i'm in the wrong body. okay? social media, i'll accept they're looking at things they shouldn't do, but we mustn't encourage this. it's dangerous. >> it's wrong . >> it's wrong. >> it's wrong. >> and how many more times do i have to listen to this? and i'm sure you get even more than me. you know, before we finally say enoughis you know, before we finally say enough is enough. >> this recruiting ? is this grooming?

>> we will look. >> we will look. >> we will look. >> we will look back in ten years time and think, maybe this is another jimmy savile moment. >> how on earth have we allow this to happen? >> hang on, hang on, hang on, hang on. so we need to be very careful when we use words like grooming. a very, grooming. it's a very, very loaded tum. try and keep loaded tum. let's try and keep calm i also want to calm about this. i also want to say that, my as a teacher , say that, my mrs. as a teacher, this happens lot in schools. this happens a lot in schools. a lot teachers find themselves lot of teachers find themselves in difficult in very, very difficult circumstances now where children present to them believing they have gender dysphoria and if they are genuinely afraid that they are genuinely afraid that the parents may take a negative view and often don't forget parents, no teachers, no parents, no teachers, no parents, very, very well , well, parents, very, very well, well, they themselves are in a difficult . situation. but difficult. situation. but martin, have you forgotten about i >>i >> i mean, collectively, i'm sure you haven't. >> have we all forgotten about puberty and adolescence and the confusion that arises , you know, confusion that arises, you know, and the first people and therefore, the first people you're to tell if

you're supposed to tell if children present with any kind of difficulties are indeed the parents. >> so i'm sorry i trump everything you just said. i don't care what's going on. there's only one exception, which i've already mentioned. anything else? if a child is troubled, you get involved with the parents, you start to talking the parents carefully. you're very kind about it. let's work it out. let's talk it through. i've had a couple of incidents myself, but what you don't do, and again, you. maybe you won't like the word pandenng you won't like the word pandering to it. okay. you don't pandering to it. okay. you don't pander to it. children will make mistakes. they will get confused. you it confused. but you work it through always through together. i've always tried hard to make sure tried really hard to make sure myself and my staff work with parents to bring up children, which difficult enough . which is difficult enough. >> okay. thank you. very strong views, passionate views. there and that's the executive head at saint thomas apostle school. saint thomas the apostle school. serge cfi, thank you very much for joining us on the show on gb news this afternoon. now there's lots more still to come between

now and 6:00. and i'll be telling you how. despite his cancer diagnosis, the king is reportedly planning on a two week visit to australia as planned. but first, it's time for your latest news headlines with tatiana sanchez. >> martin. thank you. the top stories tensions are rising in westminster, where huge crowds are taking part in a pro—palestinian protest. the al—quds day march began at the home office with hundreds of demonstrators making their way towards downing street. these are now live pictures coming from westminster. pro—israel counter—protesters . in nearby counter—protesters. in nearby waving flags on parliament square, chanting for the release of the hostages being held by hamas . the met police says it hamas. the met police says it planned deploy more than 500 planned to deploy more than 500 police would take police officers who would take action protesters fly the

action if protesters fly the flag of proscribed groups or use any hate speech . police are any hate speech. police are searching for body parts after a torso was discovered wrapped in plastic at a salford nature reserve. greater manchester police says the human remains were found by a member of the pubuc were found by a member of the public at kersal dale. the gender and age of the person are currently unknown , but police currently unknown, but police believe it was an adult. a murder investigation is now underway and a search is taking place in the local area. government security experts have been called in to analyse whatsapp messages at the heart of the westminster sex scandal. so far, around a dozen mps , so far, around a dozen mps, staff and journalists are known to have been targeted and sources have told gb news more are coming forward. it's after tory mp william wragg told the times he'd sent intimate pictures of himself to someone on a gay dating app, and was then manipulated into providing then manipulated into providing the contacts . for the latest

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report. >> thank you tatiana. well, throughout the show you've been sending your emails in gb views at gb news. com of course, is the email address . and since we the email address. and since we did the, pictures from parliament square, absolutely. hundreds of you have been mailing in about the protests. now quickly do one. it's from margaret. says this . if margaret. margaret says this. if the people the pro—palestine the people on the pro—palestine march that about march feel that strongly about the situation, then why don't they palestine and help they go to palestine and help they go to palestine and help the locals there instead of causing this constant unrest on the streets in the uk ? well, i'm the streets in the uk? well, i'm joined now by nana akua, who's for in michelle dewberry on dewbs& co this evening. six till seven. now, what's on your menu? >> well, of course, there's the big story of the day. william wagg, the chancellor, has actually praised him for apologising. if we all know what's happened there, we'll talk more in detail about that. and civil servants have been offered help and given trigger warnings for. well, you guessed it, if they see something that upsets them. like any references to slavery . i mean, i don't know

to slavery. i mean, i don't know what's happening in this world. why this becomes a big deal for people who are triggered by something that may have happened many, years ago or did many, many years ago or did happen. the civil servants many, many years ago or did hapgetting the civil servants many, many years ago or did hapgetting alle civil servants many, many years ago or did hapgetting all sortsl servants many, many years ago or did hapgetting all sorts ofarvants are getting all sorts of training, which i find ridiculous . they're also ridiculous. they're also determining policy as to whether they will actually work. if the government wants, to continue to supply arms to israel. so we were looking at that. plus, if you're partner was, say, a conservative and you were, say, a labour supporter, could you actually go out with them? could you handle going out with somebody with completely different to different political views to you? date someone you? would you even date someone like and what your like that? and what are your views clubs ? and views on single sex clubs? and of course, the garrick club, very famous in london, is now potentially properly admitting very famous in london, is now potentiaalthough'ly admitting very famous in london, is now potentia although in admitting very famous in london, is now potentia although in someting very famous in london, is now potentia although in some way in women, although in some way in the literature they were able to anyway. but we'll be talking all about that as well. so join me at six. >> a feisty menu as ever. nana akua giving it both barrels as even akua giving it both barrels as ever. 6 or 7 nana in full. dewbs & co looks superb . now, a new & co looks superb. now, a new study has found that uniting

ireland could cost dublin more than £17 billion every year for 20 years. we'll discuss on that after this . i'm martin daubney after this. i'm martin daubney on gb news, britain's news channel

welcome back. it's 539. i'm martin daubney. this is gb news. we're on the final furlong now . after becoming the largest now. after becoming the largest party in the northern ireland assembly last year , sinn fein assembly last year, sinn fein has called for votes on a united ireland by 2030. however, would reunification be financially viable for the irish government ? viable for the irish government? well, a new study has suggested that a united ireland would cost dubun that a united ireland would cost dublin an eye—watering £17 billion every year for two decades, leading to a major reduction in irish living standards due to higher taxes

and much lower public spending. well joining me now to discuss this is kevin maher, who's the author of the book a united ireland why unification is inevitable and how it will come about . always a pleasure, kevin, about. always a pleasure, kevin, to speak to you. so is this an irish version of project fear, or is this merit heard and eye—watering? a stratospheric amount of money? kevin, where's the truth ? the truth? >> yes, i think i think what's happened here is i if you get any any economists to look at something, they can always come up with wildly different calculations. >> and of course it depends on what you're measuring. now, what the what these two economists, very eminent economists, are measuring. making very eminent economists, are mea argument making very eminent economists, are mea argument for, making very eminent economists, are mea argument for, for making very eminent economists, are mea argument for, for severalzing years. >> this is not new. >> this is not new. >> years ago they said the >> five years ago they said the cost will be 30 billion year. cost will be 30 billion a year. so it's actually gone down to 20. >> so perhaps in another 3 or 4 years it might ten. years it might be down to ten. but done is to but what they've done is to agglomerate all kinds of costs and be

and assume that these will be transferred on day they've transferred on day one. they've also think , in also assumed, i think, in a rather silly way, that there wouldn't any actual growth wouldn't be any actual growth and economic synergy between northern ireland and the rest of ireland, which, of course, there would be another report, for example , a few years ago showed example, a few years ago showed that within the first that actually within the first 5 or 6 years of irish unity, it would something in the would throw out something in the region billion worth region of £38 billion worth of extra activity . extra economic activity. >> so the devil's in >> so, so, so, so the devil's in the detail. always with the detail. it always is with any economist report. >> but what they've basically done, like going for done, it's a bit like going for a and getting the at a meal and getting the bill at the and then realising, as the end and then realising, as well the food that you've well as the food that you've eaten, being charged eaten, you're also being charged for and for the knife and fork and the plate and the tablecloth and the fixtures fittings. they've fixtures and fittings. they've piled costs into this piled lots of costs into this calculation arrived at what calculation and arrived at what is a pretty, as you say, pretty eye—watering figure. but i think, frankly, it doesn't bear an awful lot of scrutiny . there an awful lot of scrutiny. there are other economists, there are other political scientists that have the same issue other political scientists that havearrived the same issue other political scientists that havearrived at the same issue other political scientists that havearrived at figures me issue other political scientists that havearrived at figures thatssue other political scientists that havearrived at figures that are and arrived at figures that are and arrived at figures that are a of this cost, a fraction of this cost, probably somewhere in the region of costs of 2 to ,3 of transitional costs of 2 to ,3 billion a year, all right,

kevin, well, before we get to the bill, what about the notion that these two, this couple even want to sit for down a meal with each other in the first place because, of course, reunification a reunification would mean a referendum both in both countries. >> how likely is that to happen? you know, your book says unification is inevitable. do you think that's the case? >> i think it was inevitable, frankly, from the from the moment that we, we both governments and both peoples signed up to the good friday agreement 25 years ago that, you know, in the in the middle of that agreement is the promise of a peaceful transfer of sovereignty of northern ireland to united ireland. if it's got the consent clearly of the, of the consent clearly of the, of the voters, the majority of voters in northern ireland and the voters in the south, now the, you know, every, every poll and i mean literally every opinion poll of voters in the south show, you know, two thirds to across to three quarters across all demographics, across all age groups, across all parts of

southern ireland in favour of irish unity. now if you ask them, do you want to pay more tax for it? that figure goes down again, down a bit, but then again, it always you people always does. if you ask people if want more for if they want to pay more for something in the north, it's a little bit more. a little little bit more. it's a little different. it's much more finely balanced. when you balanced. but again, when you tot combined votes in tot up the combined votes in real elections. so, for example, the 2023 local elections in northern ireland, all out elections, the first time ever a majority, a small majority of the overall vote went to parties. nationalist parties that favour irish unity. and that's the first time that's happenedin that's the first time that's happened in a hundred years. so, so, so you can roll that forward potentially and say there are demographic changes that are taking place in northern ireland. we've seen from the last there are now more last census, there are now more catholics than protestants in northern not northern ireland. that's not always, always always, you know, not always definitive in terms of what people do politically. but people will do politically. but it's a pretty good guide for the last hundred of what's last hundred years of what's likely . we're likely to happen. so we're starting the demography likely to happen. so we're stinorthern the demography likely to happen. so we're stinorthern ireland demography likely to happen. so we're stinorthern ireland change. phy of northern ireland change. we're starting to the we're starting to see the electoral of

electoral performance of northern ireland change. and from that comes a judgement a little bit further down the road, where the secretary of state the british government state and the british government are we are going to have to say, we think that there is think now that there is sufficient demand to test the constitutional position and call the referendum. if that referendum then says, you know, yes , we want irish unity, even yes, we want irish unity, even if it's a bit like brexit. 52 to 48. a vote is a vote is a vote and a majority wins. and at that point, we then have to get very, very serious about about irish unity. so i think that process, we're that definitely we're on that journey definitely it's going to take a few more years but within 5 to 10 years yet, but within 5 to 10 years, you know, people have got years yet, but within 5 to 10 ye get you know, people have got years yet, but within 5 to 10 ye get realknow, people have got years yet, but within 5 to 10 ye get real that ', people have got years yet, but within 5 to 10 ye get real that this)ple have got years yet, but within 5 to 10 ye get real that this is.e have got to get real that this is actually happening. >> kevin, need get >> well, kevin, we need to get real about the breakdown of the united because that's real about the breakdown of the unitethis because that's real about the breakdown of the unitethis would because that's real about the breakdown of the unitethis would signify. e that's real about the breakdown of the unitethis would signify. athat's what this would signify. a unhed what this would signify. a united ireland would smash united ireland would mean smash apart the united kingdom in a way that brexit never did constitutionally. and in terms of sovereignty , it would begin of sovereignty, it would begin the breakdown of the uk. what next? what ireland has a scotland wales and england left

on its own. all we si king do you think kevin a an an inexorable journey towards independence? or is it just pie independence? or is it just pie in the sky? is it simply too expensive? don't forget, the barnett formula means that northern ireland, wales and scotland need a much higher rate of the tax cut to even keep their heads above water from westminster. >> they do. i mean, it's very interesting the debate in ireland , even today, has been ireland, even today, has been that irish government is that the irish government is establishing a sovereign wealth fund, which is obviously something kind oil rich something that kind of oil rich countries tend to do, which is which that their which means that their corporation in corporation tax receipts in ireland at the ireland are overflowing at the moment. got moment. it's got it's got an economy very much on big economy very much based on big pharma, lots of pharma, big tech, lots of american companies headquartered there working into the single market what have you . you market and what have you. you know, tax receipts, know, the irish tax receipts, corporation receipts corporation tax receipts are overflowing to the degree that you know you know that you know that you know that ireland's population is about 13 times smaller than the uk. but in terms of corporation tax is about a quarter of the corporation tax. we make in this

country. so ireland is in a very different place than it would have been 30, 40 years ago. its economic foundations are very, very solid. it's got a high young, highly skilled workforce . young, highly skilled workforce. it's got a very, very dynamic private sector economy. and it is it is capable of absorbing any residual costs of taking northern ireland on and frankly, northern ireland on and frankly, northern ireland on and frankly, northern ireland would benefit enormously from being part of the irish economy . the irish economy. >> okay. superb stuff. kevin moran. always an absolute joy to talk to you. have a great weekend. thank you very much. now could be preparing now the king could be preparing for two week visit in for a two week state visit in australia a few months australia and just a few months after course, that cancer after of course, that cancer diagnosis. great news! i'm martin daubney on gb news britain's news channel

welcome back. it's 550. we're on the final. final furlong now. i'm

martin daubney. this is gb news now. let's get back now to that pro—palestine and pro—israel demonstrations outside parliament and speak to our reporter, charlie peters. charlie, welcome the charlie, welcome back to the show. what's the latest on the ground ? ground? >> well, we're here now at whitehall , where the quds day whitehall, where the quds day march has reached its final position for giving speeches there on whitehall, opposite downing street, you can see the crowds gathered in front of me here and downing street is just to my right, and they're directing a message towards rishi sunak and the government. this group organised by the islamic human rights commission, calling for an end to uk arms, a two way embargo on arms with the britain and with israel. now, in the last hour, we've heard from the last hour, we've heard from the met the demonstration that took place here, over a thousand people marching from the home office for two hours towards whitehall. we saw some placards. photos were taken said photos were taken that said resistance means resistance by any means necessary. the met police said

that if these were distributed , that if these were distributed, they would take action. we saw dozens of these placards in the march as they went across parliament square and saw no arrests for those signs, the home office said to the met police before they deployed 500 officers today that they must take a zero tolerance approach to law breaking. we did see two arrests, some pro—israeli demonstrators have now been arrested on suspicion of calling for violence, but other than that, it was a very tense atmosphere at parliament square as the two sides passed each other, a much smaller protest demonstration drowned out really by the loud voices here from the pro—palestinian side . they will pro—palestinian side. they will now deliver their speeches. >> thank you, charlie peters , >> thank you, charlie peters, for that report. live from westminster and make sure you stay safe out there. now let's end this week with some good news, a positive news story to end. and the king has reportedly told aides to ramp up plans for a two week state visit to

australia after a positive start to his cancer treatment . and to his cancer treatment. and joining me now for a positive story is the very positive former royal correspondent michael cole. michael, well to the show. what a great end to the show. what a great end to the week. this is a great, fabulous news story. king charles doggedly carrying on with those plans. will he actually make it ? actually make it? >> yeah. good afternoon martin. i think the vast majority of australians will say, good on you, king, and fair dinkum, which is a uniquely australian expression, meaning unquestionably good. >> and i think i have to salute the king. >> if i may , it's very gutsy. >> if i may, it's very gutsy. i think this, tenacity , ity and think this, tenacity, ity and devotion to duty. and when we saw him on easter sunday, there he is. having just come out of saint george's chapel , he really saint george's chapel, he really enjoyed it. and he was full of bonhomie. >> and i watched him many, many, many times over many years. but

ineven many times over many years. but i never, ever remember him going along a line and shaking every single, single hand. >> i think he was very pleased to be back in the swing of it. it's not every 75 year old who wants to, spend nearly 24 hours in a pressurised cigar tube , in a pressurised cigar tube, flying to australia. and certainly the lady behind the king there, queen camilla, does not like long haul flights. particularly difficult for him when he's undergoing chemotherapy. >> but i admire his guts. >> but i admire his guts. >> he was smiling like i've rarely seen me smile before. he obviously feels the treatment is going well. and it's not just australia, martin, it's new zealand as well. and then he will go on to samoa in the south pacific for the commonwealth heads meeting , heads of government meeting, which happens every two years. and you may remember back in 2018, her majesty the queen, the late queen lobbied very hard for him to be made head of the commonwealth, and that did come to pass . i mean, the

to pass. i mean, the commonwealth is important, was very important to the queen. it wasn't just a nice place to go in the wintertime where it was sunny. she really believed in the values of the commonwealth and as indeed so do i. and i know the king is a big supporter, so he will be going to samoa and taking his place rightly at the head of the commonwealth. so big times ahead . a very interesting time in australia too, with the coming appointment of a new governor general , a appointment of a new governor general, a woman called sam mostyn, who is republican by her sentiments. but the king will get on perfectly well with her, and it will be. i already predict, a great success. >> superb. well, michael cole , i >> superb. well, michael cole, i have to say good day to you, mate. thank you very much for joining us. always an absolute pleasure the pleasure to have you on the show. i'll be back on monday show. now i'll be back on monday three till six. after this. it's nana akua standing for in michelle dewberry. have a fantastic weekend. see you monday! first it's time for your

weather with annie shuttleworth. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on . gb news. >> hello. good afternoon. welcome to your latest gb news. weather update while storm kathleen is on the way for this weekend, but it will be turning much warmer than it has been lately. the winds will also pick up here is storm kathleen developing out to the west of the uk . ahead of that, we have the uk. ahead of that, we have got a weather front across northern areas that's brought some today. that's some snow earlier today. that's much rain now the much turning to rain now as the temperatures start to pick up through rest the evening, through the rest of the evening, temperatures rise as well through the rest of the evening, tempthe ures rise as well through the rest of the evening, tempthe southwest se as well through the rest of the evening, tempthe southwest throughell through the rest of the evening, tempthe southwest through the from the southwest through the night. to be night. so it's going to be a very mild night, but there will be some very heavy rain for parts of northern ireland, much of scotland as well. for time, of scotland as well. for a time, much should clear much of the rain should clear through by tomorrow morning, though, dry through by tomorrow morning, thougfor dry through by tomorrow morning, thougfor the dry through by tomorrow morning, thougfor the bulk dry through by tomorrow morning, thougfor the bulk of dry through by tomorrow morning, thougfor the bulk of england start for the bulk of england and as i said, it and wales. and, as i said, it will be a very mild start to the day. those temperatures are

closer average closer to the daytime average for year throughout for this time of year throughout the across eastern areas the day across eastern areas of england, areas of england, southeastern areas of scotland, largely england, southeastern areas of scothrough largely england, southeastern areas of scothrough the largely england, southeastern areas of scothrough the day, largely england, southeastern areas of scothrough the day, but.argely england, southeastern areas of scothrough the day, but storm dry through the day, but storm kathleen is developing. it will push up to the west of the uk. there are wind warnings in force. likely to be some force. it's likely to be some delays to travel across western areas of england , wales and areas of england, wales and scotland, as well northern scotland, as well as northern ireland. some waves ireland. some large waves as well, east, where it well, but in the east, where it stays there'll be stays fairly dry, there'll be highs of 22 degrees. sunday is going to be another fairly mild day, but it will be more in the way of showers, particularly across areas wales, across western areas wales, northwestern across western areas wales, northweste seeing some of those particular, seeing some of those heavier showers. and going heavier showers. and it's going to in the far north to stay windy in the far north next week. it does look like it's going to little bit it's going to turn a little bit dner it's going to turn a little bit drier southern areas , drier across southern areas, however, temperatures will fall a little more closer to average. >> looks like things are heating up boxt boilers as sponsors of weather on

he admitted that he gave other mps personal phone numbers to a man on a dating app. it's understood that over a dozen figures in parliament have also been targeted, so we'll be discussing mp safety and the honey trap sixteen scandals this evening. then the home office has been offering staff trigger support if they read about wait for it slavery. an investigation by gb news has revealed. meanwhile, civil servants are threatening to stop working over giving arms to israel. are civil servants taking control? the infamous garrick club is a step closer to admitting women members following a historic decision by the club's general committee. can we no longer have single sex clubs and an ideological divide has opened

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