gb news. >> good afternoon. britain. it's 12:00 on thursday, the 2nd of may. >> ireland orders police to man the border after ministers claimed migrants are flooding in from the united kingdom. rishi sunak warned dublin not to jeopardise the good friday agreement >> meanwhile, in london, dozens of masked protesters attempt to prevent a bus from moving migrants to a hotel. from a hotel to the big e bibby stockholm barge, reportedly slashing tires to stop the removal and continuity. >> candidate john swinney throws his hat into the ring for the snp leadership. he was nicola sturgeon's deputy and helped craft the failed coalition with the greens. will kate forbes shake things up this afternoon

with her own declaration and after clashes with riot police on university campuses across the united states right now, united kingdom students have begun a new wave of protests, including with tents on those against that war in gaza . and against that war in gaza. and could civil servants thwart the government's rwanda plan? one union representing the supposedly impartial government workforce now launches legal action against the landmark legislation. >> and the polling stations are open. yes, voting is underway in swathes of england and wales, 107 councils across britain and 11 mayoral races. yes, and for the first time in many areas, you will need your photo id to cast your vote. >> so make sure you've got that

on you. if you are planning to put a tick on the ballot. >> yes, that would have been good information for one member of parliament who today can't find his. according to reports, ipswich member of parliament tom hunt asked local party members if they would vote on his behalf using an emergency proxy option, as he didn't have any valid id. >> this is quite funny, isn't it? we can't talk too much about the local elections, of course, because of all the broadcasting rules that we have, but this we could talk about. imagine that voter id for the first time in many areas , and a serving many areas, and a serving politician can't find his serving politician who voted to bnngin serving politician who voted to bring in those id rules. >> although it must be said he will still be able to cast a vote within the provisions for voter id, is that emergency proxy option? if you've left it to the very last minute and don't have a driver's license, a provisional driver's license , an provisional driver's license, an old age bus pass, a passport,

one of the many forms of id that i think most of us will usually have on us. >> so if i couldn't find my passport this morning or my driving license, i could ask my mum to do it for me. >> you'd have to go through an emergency proxy form. it would be a bit of a hassle, but you would be able to vote. >> a bit of a faff, but worth it to exercise our rights to vote anyway. please do get your views in post your comments by visiting gbnews.com forward slash your say. we've got lots on the agenda coming up for you. shall we get your headlines ? shall we get your headlines? >> good afternoon. it's 12:03. i'm sophia wenzler in the gb newsroom . i'm a spanish newsroom. i'm a spanish brazilian national, has appeared in court charged with the murder of schoolboy daniel anjorin in north—east london. marcus aurelio arduini monzo , from aurelio arduini monzo, from newham in london, is also charged with two counts of attempted murder and two counts of grievous bodily harm. the prosecutor alleges the defendant was armed with a samurai sword .

was armed with a samurai sword. daniel was fatally injured as he walked to school on tuesday morning. four other people, including two police officers, were injured . 711 people were were injured. 711 people were detected crossing the english channel on wednesday, the highest number on a single day so far this year. that's according to home office figures . it brings the total number who've crossed so far this year to nearly 8300. that's 34% higher than the total at the same point last year, former deputy first minister john swinney has confirmed he's running to succeed humza yousaf as both snp leader and scotland's first minister. if successful, it will be the second time mr swinney, who was deputy first minister for more than eight years under nicola sturgeon, has led his party. he previously held the post between 2000 and 2004. speaking in edinburgh, a short time ago, he confirmed he would be in the running to build on the wall of

the snp government to create a modern, diverse, dynamic scotland that will ensure opportunity for all of our citizens . citizens. >> i want to unite the snp and unite scotland for independence . unite scotland for independence. >> voters are heading to the polls today in a series of local elections across the country. there are elections in 107 local authorities across england, as well as 11 mayoral races. a by—election will elect a new blackpool south mp following the resignation of former conservative scott benton. police and crime commissioners will also be chosen. prime minister rishi sunak has been out and about campaigning today. meanwhile, labour leader keir starmer was at the polling station a little earlier and the lib dems ed davey. he was also at a polling station, as well as reform party leader richard tice, who was out casting his vote this morning. today could

be the warmest day of the year so far, after heavy rain and thunderstorms hit southern parts of england and wales overnight. two buildings in sussex were damaged by lightning strikes , damaged by lightning strikes, according to west sussex fire and rescue. a care home in elma was struck with damage to its roof, while a university building in chichester sustained damage to its roof and power system . the storms hit the system. the storms hit the south—east, south—west and wales . the met office has warned storms might cause travel disruption and some flooding, leading to difficult driving conditions and some road closures . in other news, closures. in other news, students have set up sit in camps at some uk universities to protest israel's war against hamas . students in leeds, hamas. students in leeds, newcastle and bristol set up tents outside campus buildings in protest against the war in gaza. it comes amid violent clashes between the police and protesters at universities in the us. hundreds of riot police are on the ucla campus in los angeles today as protests

continue . about 300 people were continue. about 300 people were arrested during police crackdown on demonstrations at us universities yesterday . now universities yesterday. now donald trump's been threatened with jail as he returns back to court later. the former us president will face another heanng president will face another hearing on further alleged breaches of a gag order. earlier in the week, he was fined over £7,000 for multiple breaches of different gag orders , with the different gag orders, with the judge suggesting he could be jailed if further breaches continued. us political analyst eric ham says donald trump is in a face off with the judge today , a face off with the judge today, in what will certainly send many people in a tizzy is in fact, if there's a way to actually jail donald trump, there are many who believe that it's nearly impossible to actually place a former president in jail because of the fact that there is a secret service , a duty to secret service, a duty to actually protect him. >> so of course , many people >> so of course, many people would be watching to see if, in fact, the judge is willing to go

that far. and i think what we're seeing here is donald trump and this judge in a, seeing here is donald trump and thisjudge in a, in a seeing here is donald trump and this judge in a, in a face off to actually determine who actually wins, because i think what we're seeing take place is a game of chicken between both of these men right now . of these men right now. >> and the prince and princess of wales have released a photograph of their daughter to mark her ninth birthday. catherine took the photo of princess charlotte with a beaming smile . it comes as the beaming smile. it comes as the family continues to navigate catherine's cancer treatment . catherine's cancer treatment. and for the latest stories , sign and for the latest stories, sign up to gb news alerts by scanning the qr code on your screen or go to gb news. common shirts now it's back to tom and . it's back to tom and. emily. >> good afternoon britain. it's 12:08 now. we begin the show with some breaking news coming to us in the last hour. >> yes, a 36 year old man has

appeared in court charged with the murder after a 14 year old boy was killed in a samurai sword attack in east london on tuesday . tuesday. >> well, our homeland security edhon >> well, our homeland security editor, mark white joins us now , editor, mark white joins us now, mark, you're outside the courts. what have we learned ? what have we learned? >> well, marcus aurelius monzo appeared here at westminster magistrates court some two days after this deadly attack in east london. he was driven to the court in a police van, which was escorted by two other police vans. he appeared in court number one here at westminster magistrates and he spoke only to confirm his name. he wore a prison issue grey tracksuit. now the crown say that he is charged with a number of offences . the crown say that he is charged with a number of offences. he's charged with murder, two counts of attempted murder, two counts of attempted murder, two counts of grievous bodily harm , a count of grievous bodily harm, a count of grievous bodily harm, a count of aggravated burglary and also

one count of possessing a bladed article . according to the article. according to the prosecution, this defendant crashed his van into a garage in laine close, which is not far from hainault tube station, just before 7 am. on tuesday morning. then they alleged that a series of attacks took place at. the first victim was attacked outside and struck in the neck by what the crown say was a samurai sword. the second victim, to according the crown, was attacked in their own bedroom . the third victim, 14 bedroom. the third victim, 14 year old school boy daniel ajuran, was attacked and fatally injured with a wound to the neck outside of his home address, and then two police officers, according to the crown as well, were attacked and seriously injured. this defendant, as i say, spoke only to confirm his name. he's been remanded back into custody and will appear in

court this time. the central criminal court , the old bailey criminal court, the old bailey on the 7th of may. although the prosecutors here did say they were trying to see whether they could get a court slot for this man to appear tomorrow. but failing that, it will be on the 7th of may at the central criminal court for the crown court appearance of this man accused of a deadly attack in east london on tuesday morning. >> so, mark, it seems they're attempting to expedite this process as quickly as possible . process as quickly as possible. >> yes, as always , when you have >> yes, as always, when you have a serious case like this, the crown court appearance is normally as quickly as possible. after that main magistrates court. it is an indictable after that main magistrates offence, a charge of murder, attempted murder and other serious offences, so it can only be heard at a crown court and it's normally happens within a few days of the magistrate's court hearing. but as i say ,

court hearing. but as i say, they are trying to get that expedited and to appear at the old bailey by tomorrow morning. but for the time being, this man is expected to leave court again under police escort back into custody to await that crown court appearance . court appearance. >> it's really fascinating, mark, the list of charges , mark, the list of charges, including aggravated burglary, lots of people on the day of the incident were bemused as to why on earth this could be happening. was this random assault? what on earth was going on here? it seems that the police at least, or the crown prosecution service at least believes that burglary may have been a part of all of this. >> yes. i mean, now that the case is active, of course . and case is active, of course. and there are very strict rules that we have to obey , especially with we have to obey, especially with the magistrates court hearing. but we can certainly say that it is part of the crown's case that this man having, according to the crown, crashed his van into

lane close , then set about lane close, then set about allegedly attacking individuals in one of that, or those incidents unfolded inside a property with a man assaulted in his own bedroom, so that is part of the crown prosecution case that will eventually go to trial at some point in the future . at some point in the future. five people, of course, injured in total in this deadly attack on saturday. and this 14 year old school boy fatally injured as a result of that blow to the neck with what the crown said was a samurai sword . was a samurai sword. >> thank you very much indeed. mark wyatt, our homeland security editor. good to speak to you, thank you. and we've seen pictures of the 14 year old, 14 year old boy who lost his life in this incident. he was described as a true scholar by the school that he went to, his teachers, his family have been pictured as well, truly

shocking and deeply sad. >> but in other news, tensions continue to rise as ireland's government has confirmed that there will be no irish police deployed to the border on the island. but of course, this all comes after there had been news of deployments to police near the border. yes near the border. >> and now this, of course, comes following ireland's justice minister claiming there had been an upsurge in asylum seekers crossing the border following the passing of the uk's safety of rwanda act. >> well, our very own political correspondent , olivia utley, correspondent, olivia utley, joins us now because olivia , a joins us now because olivia, a lot of people were frankly bemused when this first news came out that police would be being deployed to the border. subsequent clarification on that, that means sort of the area around the border. but of course, it led to some pretty harsh words from our own prime minister >> well, absolutely. i mean, this is turning into a really

ugly row, and we're getting into some quite important semantics here. so essentially, what happenedis here. so essentially, what happened is ireland has seen a huge influx of migrants crossing over from the uk. and the way they're getting in is over the irish border between northern ireland and southern ireland. now, obviously that border is very, very controversial for all sorts of reasons. and under the windsor framework and the brexit withdrawal agreement, etc, etc, there can be no hard checks at that border. that's what dublin and belfast and britain signed up to, and any hard checks at that border would be in contravening the good friday agreement. as well as the brexit withdrawal agreement. so obviously , eyebrows were very obviously, eyebrows were very much raised here in the uk when the irish premier suggested that, troops could be deployed to that border in order to stop about 100 troops deployed to that border in order to stop migrants crossing over from

northern ireland, which is obviously part of the uk to southern ireland, the secretary of state for northern ireland and, rishi sunak immediately asked for clarification from the irish government and the irish government clarified that although they wouldn't rule out sending troops to near the border area to stop those migrants crossing the border, it wouldn't be a case of police actually policing that border. now, if that sounds a little bit complicated and tortuous to you , complicated and tortuous to you, then that's not really surprising. it is complicated. it is tortuous . and i think that it is tortuous. and i think that if we get into a situation where troops are in the border area watching, finding out whether people are crossing the border and stopping them cross that border, then i think there will be a lot of questions about whether the terms of the good friday agreement are being adhered to. thanks very much indeed. >> olivia utley gb news, political correspondent , good to political correspondent, good to speak to you. and of course, tom, it's, the irish. they've been clearing out those tent

cities in dublin. i'm not sure where they're planning to put all of the migrants. they, of course, want to send them back to the united kingdom if they can do so. but at the moment, our government is standing firm and saying, absolutely not. but it's very interesting deploying police officers in near border areas. could you imagine if it was the uk government saying a similar thing, the uproar? >> yeah. the uproar. 100 police officers to quote unquote near the border. >> near the border. >> near the border. >> well, let's speak now with immigration lawyer hardeep singh bhangal for more on this, because haljarp this is, becoming a bit of a crisis between what the irish government is saying, what the uk government is saying. i suppose, though , there is suppose, though, there is politics at the heart of all of this. it very well suits the irish government to claim that its uk policy causing an influx of migrants to the republic of ireland, when that may not be actually the case. >> well, it's a political standoff. technically and, i

there's been growing sentiment in ireland . we've seen, a lot of in ireland. we've seen, a lot of people doing marches against anti immigration and sort of irish, pushback from the irish people that we don't want immigrants . however, people that we don't want immigrants. however, ireland is part of the eu. it will have to process asylum seekers that land on its shores. now ireland seems to be blaming the uk as why are you letting these people cross the border from northern ireland? and it's interesting as to how an asylum seeker gets to northern ireland in the first place, because they all land at the kent coast that we know. so how are they actually getting off, from, you know, ferries to northern ireland in the first place or via planes or, you know, which way that needs to be investigated. once again, that's a lack of security on our part, because if people are coming, if people are going to northern ireland from, england or say, scotland, then there's a possibility that people are coming from ireland and northern ireland or they were coming to england as well. so what technically now is going to

happenis technically now is going to happen is ireland are saying we're going to send these people back to the uk . the uk is back to the uk. the uk is saying, well, no, actually, if that's the case, then we can send them all back to france. which something which the eu is opposed to. so this will be very interesting to see how this standoff sort of plays out. i mean, but putting, putting a police, man on the border is a very clear signal of intent from the irish government that it you know, it will be tough on immigration and perhaps it won't allow immigrants. and that will be interesting how it plays out with his eu counterparts, because recently they've been speaking tough, you know, due to their vote, banks . but actually their vote, banks. but actually they're bound to accept these asylum seekers and process their claims. >> yeah, absolutely. it does look like a statement of intent. i want to ask you about another story that's in the press today. civil servants threatening to scupper the rwanda plan. you've got a union that represents some senior civil servants there launching their first legal challenge against the legislation. they're saying

that, essentially civil servants could be in violation of the civil service code by going through with this legislation and in in enacting it through the home office. what are your thoughts on that? do you think they stand a chance of actually bringing down the rwanda scheme? >> i don't think they'll bring their scheme down. essentially because, but what their argument is, we're being asked to do something which the uk supreme court has ruled will hold on. it might be illegal and the government has legislated otherwise on, however, we will be interesting to see how this affects affects their employment rights , the government will say, rights, the government will say, well, if you don't like it, you can resign. you know, but we we've got this legislation. it's through its law, and we've sent somebody on a flight and, you know, we've got the all clear. so the government will argue that aspect. the civil service will say, well, hold on. if we go on strike, then you've got no machinery. once again, it just shows how badly the home office is run. i mean, if you've got a good boss, the employees do the work for you . they keep

everyone. >> if you keep well, hang on, they might be ideologically opposed to the scheme. they might be ideologically opposed to the scheme . to the scheme. >> yeah, they might be ideologically opposed to the scheme. but however, there's plenty of things that people are ideological opposed to. but we still have to do it for yourselves . you have to read yourselves. you have to read a news report which, you know, you might be ideal, logically opposed to, but you still do because you're getting paid to do that. so the argument will be there. they'll say , well, hold there. they'll say, well, hold on, we think this is unlawful, you know, and, we don't think we can we, we should be forced to do this. the government will say, well, you're being paid to do a job. >> looks a bit like political activism to me. hajib we're going to have to leave it there. we're going to have to leave it there. immigration lawyer hardeep singh bangor, always good to speak to you on all matters to do with immigration. >> well, coming up next, students in the uk have set up sit in camps across our universities . we're going to be universities. we're going to be live at one of them. good grief.

good afternoon. britain. it's 12:24. now. students in the uk have set up sit in camps across universities to protest israel's war with hamas. yes there are reports coming in from leeds, sheffield and newcastle too. >> so is this gaining momentum? well this is after 300 people were arrested in new york alone over pro—palestinian protests yesterday. >> so what's going on with all of these protests? they seem to be spreading from university city to university city, from country to country. >> yes. shall we talk to the director of the new culture forum, peter whittle, about all this, peter, your reaction to

what we're seeing? so we've seen the riot police get involved on in campuses in the united states . we've seen hundreds of students barricade themselves into buildings claiming that they are pro—palestine protesters. we're now seeing in this country a little bit of copycat . copycat. >> we indeed are seeing that, emily. but i would say that really, for many of these people, i would say for most of these people, it's not really about palestine at all, what we've seen over the past six months, whether it be on campuses like we're seeing now orindeed campuses like we're seeing now or indeed in the demonstrations that we've seen in london on a regular basis, is a kind of alliance between the hard left and, islamist fundamentalists and, islamist fundamentalists and what they have in common is and what they have in common is a hatred for their own societies. they have a hatred for britain . they have a hatred for britain. they have a hatred for britain. they have a hatred for america. they have a hatred, in fact , for western in fact, for western civilisation. and so i think

that this is the thing that binds them all together. this is the motivating factor in all of this, and it is the result, quite frankly, of years of indoctrination that basically these students from the time that they were at school have just learned that our countries, which, let's face it, are the most successful, the freest, the richest countries in history. we are, in fact, the cause of everything that is evil in the world. israel is a kind of proxy for that at the very, very most we have seen time and again on social media and indeed on your channel, the level of ignorance about the actual situation , about the actual situation, between israel and gaza, amongst many of these protesters, they don't even know really what's going on. many of them, they are motivated more than anything by a kind of hatred for what they

are themselves and a hatred for their society . that's why it's their society. that's why it's growing, because, in fact , this growing, because, in fact, this has taken root right across the we st. west. >> yes. and peter, it's so interesting you talk about the success, the wealth, the freedom of the countries across the west because perhaps there is a paradox there that it is that very freedom that created that wealth and that success of countries like the united kingdom and the united states. it's that same freedom that surely grants the rights of many people to protest, even in an ugly or a historical way. >> yes, you're quite right there , tom, on paper, but the fact is that this generation is unique. i think certainly compared to, you know, when we were at university or whatever, in that they don't particularly believe in free speech, poll after poll shows this. it's very, very worrying. they don't believe in

those fundamental, foundations of what our democracy is about, what it's actually founded on free speech being, i'd say, the most important, they don't particularly believe in it for them , their idea of what they them, their idea of what they would call hate speech trumps everything else, they don't allow other forms of speech . allow other forms of speech. they deplatform these protests. you're seeing in, particularly in america. and obviously they're coming here now and they're coming here now and they're very strict, it seems, on who they allow into their camps. and you've got to be absolutely ideologically, pure, i think it's a huge worry. i think the problem is this is what we're facing going forward , what we're facing going forward, the majority of our governments , the majority of our governments, of our political class over years and years have always been infected with a kind of self—loathing. right but at the very at the very nice, sorry, at the very nicest way of putting it is that they've been complacent about it. they don't quite understand it. all of our

institutions are universities, our schools, our cultural institutions . they have all been institutions. they have all been pretty much captured. >> i guess you could call it. i guess you could call it progressive authoritarianism . progressive authoritarianism. but, peter, i must put to you what do you say to i'm sure there are many protesters on these campuses in the united states and also here in the uk at our universities, who claim that all they want is peace and that all they want is peace and that they're protesting against violence, they're protesting against deaths in gaza. >> no, they don't want peace. they want to destroy us. it's as simple as that enemy , emily, simple as that enemy, emily, they don't actually care about peace. they don't actually care about peace . they are very, very peace. they are very, very selective in what they choose to have protests about, i don't see many protests about human rights abuses in china. i don't see any protests about the way that, say, like, gay people are treated under islamic, regimes in islamic countries. none. never nothing. >> and i haven't seen protests against hamas really on the same

scale. >> it's not we're not they're now actually being quite open and talking about hamas is being freedom fighters. you're hearing this. you're hearing it, on the steps of american colleges as, you will hear it here, too, if you will hear it here, too, if you haven't already . most of the you haven't already. most of the people, many of the people don't even understand what from the river to the sea means, this is profoundly important, emily, for our future and changing this is actually going to be a generation long thing. i'll just add one more thing for my point here. and that is that when you look at these demonstrations , look at these demonstrations, you never see, a union flag , you you never see, a union flag, you never see, an american flag . never see, an american flag. they would be, you know, absolutely scorch . ed, however, absolutely scorch. ed, however, when you go on a demonstration , when you go on a demonstration, like i have a pro—israel demonstration, some months ago, there were many union jacks. it was done in a different kind of,

paradigm , if you like. these paradigm, if you like. these people are an alliance between the hard left and islamists , and the hard left and islamists, and they basically what they want more than anything is the destruction of who we are. >> well, peter whittle, i'm sure many, many people listening will be in resolute agreement with you, their director of the new culture forum, peter whittle. thank you for your thoughts on what is a growing, growing phenomenon. >> yes, it's pretty lame, though, that the students are just copying the tactics of what they're seeing in the united states. >> i bet they're wishing that the police would come in and riot gear. >> i probably just, you know, they've all got these instagram pages and their twitter accounts are going all getting all excited . anyway, this is good excited. anyway, this is good afternoon, britain. we're on gb news. we're britain's news channel coming up. we're going to be discussing a new dispute between schools and parents after an independent school in scotland reported parents for misgendering their own children . misgendering their own children. curious, we'll have the news with sofia first.

>> emily. thank you. it's 1232. >> emily. thank you. it's1232. i'm sophia wenzler in the gb newsroom. a spanish brazilian national has appeared in court charged with the murder of schoolboy daniel anjorin in north—east london. marcos aurelio arduini monzo, from newham in london, is also charged with two counts of attempted murder and two counts of grievous bodily harm. the prosecution alleges the defendant was armed with a samurai sword . daniel was samurai sword. daniel was fatally injured as he walked to school on tuesday morning. four other people, including two police officers, were injured . police officers, were injured. 711 people were detected crossing the english channel on wednesday, the highest number on a single day so far this year, according to home office figures . it brings the total number who've crossed so far this year to nearly 8300. that's 34% higher than the total at the same point last year. former

deputy first minister john swinney has confirmed he's running to succeed humza yousaf as both snp leader and scotland's first minister. if successful, it will be the second time mr swinney, who was deputy first minister for more than eight years under nicola sturgeon , has led his party. he sturgeon, has led his party. he previously held the post between 2000 and 2004, and voters are heading to the polls today in a series of local elections across the country . there are elections the country. there are elections in 107 local authorities across england, as well as 11 mayoral races. a by—election will elect a new blackpool south mp following the resignation of former conservative scott benton . police and crime commissioners will also be chosen . prime will also be chosen. prime minister rishi sunak has been seen out and about campaigning today. meanwhile, labour leader keir starmer was at the polling stations as well and lib dems leader ed davey was at the

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i >> -- >> well, it's 1238. you're watching and listening to good afternoon britain. now, an independent school in scotland has come under fire after it had parents investigated by social workers after they fought teachers attempts to affirm their daughter's transgender identity . so essentially, the identity. so essentially, the school reported parents to the social services because they had been misgendering their child .

been misgendering their child. >> well, george watson's college in edinburgh called social services in late 2020. so some years ago, after a long running dispute with the parents who wanted to adopt a watchful waiting approach on the advice of psychologists , that's of psychologists, that's according to them. so was the school wrong to report them? >> well, we're joined now by the founder of our duty group who support parents around transgender issues, keith jordan. keith, this is an interesting case, and i imagine it's something that a lot of parents and teachers have to deal with on a well on a regular bafis deal with on a well on a regular basis around the country. if a child turns up to school and they tell their teacher that their parents are misgendering them and they'd like to go by a different gender, a different name, etc, etc. can teachers then actually report those parents to the social services , parents to the social services, i think it's crazy that, schools feel that they need to behave that way , so social services that way, so social services should really only be involved

where there's, a genuine safeguarding risk, to the child and the schools, who believe in, this idea that a child can be transgender. i've got this complete upside down, and i think a big problem that, happened at this george watson's college. i mean, this, poor family have been enduring this for four years, trying to solve this problem. and all the while, the school has not been supporting the parents in their pursuit of the best interests of their child , then, that that their child, then, that that poor girl , is their child, then, that that poor girl, is having the idea that she could be a boy reinforced by the school, reinforced by the school, reinforced by the school, reinforced by lgbt youth scotland, against the wishes of the parents. and, i'm glad to see in this, particular case that social services took one look at it and said, yeah, no.

fine carry on as you were, especially since that's occurring in scotland, which we know has got a bit of a, interesting history when it comes to dealing with transgender issues. >> isn't that the system working as intended, then, that that there must be some examples of really horrific agony between disagreements with parents and children where it could get to a point of safeguarding concern? can't you see a situation whereby it might be appropriate to refer that to an authority in this case, clearly it wasn't a concern. they passed it on. that was the system working in this instance, the it did appear to work. yes. and i think the, the, the referral to social services was, was , was like a, a bump in was, was, was like a, a bump in the road on this really long journey that this family had been on, and i think, the whole idea that the school even felt

that it was within their remit to report to social services was wrong headed. >> well, that's the thing, isn't it ? because imagine if you were it? because imagine if you were parents and you decided to take this watch and waiting approach to your child who's claiming they're a different gender and feelings of gender dysphoria and so on. you've decided this as parents, and then a school gets involved and you're reported to the social services that does seem to me an outrageous overreach on the part of teachers . teachers. >> yeah, it absolutely is. and it's, and it's because these schools have got a complete misunder standing of the nature of what happens when a child identifies as transgender. and thatis identifies as transgender. and that is because they've been told by organisations such as lgbt youth scotland, that they need to, you know, celebrate, a child of a transgender identity. they need to affirm their identity . and of course, none of

identity. and of course, none of these things are true. that's only the belief of the ideology of organisations like lgbt youth scotland and there are various other organisations dotted around the country , selling the around the country, selling the same snake oil. the reality is that if a child identifies as transgender at school, there has been a safeguarding failure. it might not have necessarily single case. >> keith , you know, in in every >> keith, you know, in in every single case, i was going to qualify that by saying that safeguarding failure might not necessarily have occurred at school, it might have occurred in the privacy of that child's bedroom if they were online in spaces that are not helpful to them. >> but at the moment, a child starts thinking to themselves that they are transgender, something has already gone wrong i >>i -- >> i that seems like quite an extreme comment to me. we all saw the tragic case of the

murder of brianna ghey last year . she was a 16 year old transgender girl . . she was a 16 year old transgender girl. i think society accepted that she was , a society accepted that she was, a transgender girl at the age of 16. in your view, was she not? >> no. indeed. in my view, he was a 16 year old boy, and it's very tragic what happens. >> are you saying that brianna ghey was a 16 year old boy ? yes. ghey was a 16 year old boy? yes. i think that's an appalling thing to say . an appalling thing. >> well, i'm sorry, it's, it's. well, it's. i i believe that's a statement of fact . statement of fact. >> well, i'm. >> well, i'm. >> well, i'm. >> well, on that note, thank you very much for joining >> well, on that note, thank you very much forjoining us. keith jordan, who is the founder of our deputy group, a spokesman for george watson's college, the school we're talking about said social and gender transitioning are amongst the most challenging and polarising issues facing

schools today. we have always worked collaboratively with parents and apologise to those involved in this case for any distress caused by what are difficult and challenging circumstances as well. >> much more to come on the programme , of course, coming up programme, of course, coming up next on the show, we'll be talking about magic mushrooms. they are more effective, apparently, at dealing with issues like depression in than traditional medicines. could that possibly be the case? well, it's in the british medical journal. we'll see. we'll find out

good afternoon. britain. it's 12 minutes to one. now, here's an interesting one. magic mushrooms are more effective at treating depression in pensioners than young people. that's according

to a british medical journal study published this morning. >> yes, but should we start using these sorts of illegal drugs to treat these sorts of medical conditions? well, we're joined now by former home office adviser doctor david nutt, david, thank you very much for joining us. now i'm reading the headune joining us. now i'm reading the headline here, so bear with me . headline here, so bear with me. magic mushrooms are more effective at treating depression in pensioners than young people. that doesn't tell us whether they are actually effective or how effective are they ? how effective are they? >> well, that, paper in the bmj was what we call a meta analysis. it looked at all the studies that have been done with psilocybin, which is the active ingredient in magic mushrooms, so not mushrooms themselves. but the active ingredient. and they showed that a single dose of psilocybin is the most effective treatment we have for depression i >> -- >> and this 5mm >> and this is fascinating because there are many people in this country who are , very, very this country who are, very, very medicated on antidepressants,

having to take them every single day, but but with this treatment, it seems like that that's not how it works at all. just just 1 or 2 occasions of taking this treatment could replace that. that consistent level of medication . level of medication. >> exactly. that's why they're remarkable. and they are very, very different from conventional antidepressant since they work in a different part of the brain . they work on different receptor systems . and as you receptor systems. and as you pointed out, they change the brain to produce long lasting effects from a single administration. whereas the traditional antidepressants , traditional antidepressants, they're a bit like wallpapering over a crack in a wall, whereas psychedelics are like rebuilding the wall, david, any side effects ? effects? >> well, during the trip, people often get a headache, and they often get a headache, and they often get a headache, and they often get nausea. those are the two common side effects. but

depressed people are well prepared to put up with that if it lifts this enormous burden of depression, which many of them had for decades. >> and how many people has this been tried on? >> i think in that particular analysis, i think it was 460 patients. so it's a rather sizeable number. and important to note that the effect of psilocybin was better in people who had failed on other treatments. so it's a lifeline for those people who have not responded to classic treatments. >> and yet psilocybin is if i'm not mistaken, restricted by the government in what they call schedule one, where you need home office approval to even do medical trials with this. that's a that's a more restrictive scheduling than heroin or cocaine, which which seems like the most extraordinary level. why is it classified like that, well, the answer is because in 1971, america told us to

classify it like that, because america essentially classified psychedelics as the most dangerous drugs of all, because they were changing the way american youth were thinking about the vietnam war. so these drugs were banned because they were seen as encouraging social protest against war. they were put into a category which made them impossible pretty much to work with, with the intention , i work with, with the intention, i believe, of people not ever knowing that they were terminal therapies. it was a way of trying to close the book on them. but thankfully we've started to fight back. but it's really difficult , right? and really difficult, right? and what i would like to happen now is for our government to say that was wrong. it's denied the possibility of research and treatment to millions of people. move them out of schedule one, put them into schedule two alongside medical cannabis, alongside medical cannabis, alongside codeine. why don't we do that and let doctors then really find out how useful they are in the hundreds of millions of patients? >> i mean, people have argued

that things like ecstasy and other class a drugs can be good for things like depression and anxiety . is this, far less magic anxiety. is this, far less magic mushrooms don't have as many potential harms. can't be addictive , correct? addictive, correct? >> correct. yeah. and of course, we're in this really bizarre situation where we know about a million people a year who's maybe more now use magic mushrooms. there's almost no evidence of harm. so we know that psilocybin is safe , and yet that psilocybin is safe, and yet we're not allowed to use it because of this historical anomaly that it was thought to be dangerous 55 years ago. >> there'll be people who say there's a slippery slope argument here that if things are sort of granted medical use, people will be more likely to use these things in their personal lives. and that would be bad for society overall. what do you say to that argument? >> well, it's absurd, for several reasons , not least of

several reasons, not least of which there is. no there was never any evidence other than a political one for banning it in the first place. and in fact , the first place. and in fact, what we know is that many of the studies are being done with psilocybin now are based on research questionnaire research that we and others have done in people who are using them recreationally and discovering that mushrooms can help them stop smoking . it can help them stop smoking. it can help them stop smoking. it can help them stop drinking. it can help them with mood. so even use recreationally , they're safe. recreationally, they're safe. and if you bring them in to the clinic, they're very much safer. >> we're a bit sceptical. i remain sceptical, just the promise of this magic magic drug. but no more magic than penicillin. i'm intrigued though, i am very intrigued. thank you so much. doctor david nutt, a former home office adviser. there magic mushrooms could be the answer to your depression. >> it's fantastic finding these new these new treatments, i don't know, but people say all sorts, don't they, about all these different class a drugs. >> oh, it's going to help you

out of your depression or it's going to make you less anxious or any side effects though. any side effects, i think. >> i think if produced by scientists in the form of a pill rather than just, you know, having a random mushroom, maybe. >> well, would you take it? would you take it at home? let me know. but in other news, should you ever have to dumb down your accent to get a job, this is our question. because welsh singer bonnie tyler said she did exactly that. stay with . us. >> for a brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on . gb news. on. gb news. >> hello again. here's your latest gb news weather brought to you by the met office. northern parts will stay dry as we go through the rest of today, but further south we have some thundery, showery rain and that's in association with a front that's trailing across central parts at the moment. and we do have low pressure towards the southeast, and that's brought quite a blustery, breezy

theme for many of us. but it is theme for many of us. but it is the heavy, perhaps thundery downpours across central parts of england and wales as we go into the night. that's most likely to cause some disruption in a few places. there will be quite a bit of cloud for many of us, but towards northern northwestern parts of the uk, some clear skies. despite these, though, temperatures not dropping a huge amount. many towns and cities, especially where it stays cloudy , will hold where it stays cloudy, will hold up in double figures. a bit of a wet start , then across some wet start, then across some central parts as we go through into friday and also watch out for some showery outbreaks of rain which could turn thundery, pushing across northern parts of england and southern scotland. two to the north of the areas of wet and cloudy weather. there will be some decent sunshine, so for northern scotland and also to the south, so across southern parts of england, i'm expecting some bright sunny weather and where we see some sunshine it is going to feel pretty warm but under the cloud and rain feeling markedly cooler than it has done recently as we go into saturday and the weekend. as a whole, there's a fair bit of uncertainty at the moment. it does look like it will be quite cloudy, with some outbreaks of rain for scotland and northern

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gb news. >> good afternoon. britain. it's 1:00 on thursday, the 2nd of may. >> ireland orders police to man the border after ministers claimed migrants are flooding in from the uk . rishi sunak warns from the uk. rishi sunak warns dubun from the uk. rishi sunak warns dublin not to jeopardise the good friday agreement >> meanwhile, in london, dozens of masked protesters attempt to prevent a bus from moving migrants from a hotel to the bibby stockholm farage it's kicking off reportedly slashing tires to stop the removal and continuity . continuity. >> snp candidate john swinney throws his hat into the ring for the new leadership. he was nicola sturgeon's deputy and

helped craft the failed coalition with the greens . but coalition with the greens. but could kate forbes shake things up this very afternoon with her own declaration? >> yes, we'll be following that for you. >> and here's one for you. have you ever held back your own accent? >> have i ever held back my own accent, i don't want to admit, but i probably have. i probably have. i've probably tried to appear. have. i've probably tried to appear . i've have. i've probably tried to appear. i've got quite a posh accent. let's be honest. let's be honest. let's be honest. there's no point denying it. and, you know, sometimes you might want to, i don't know, sort of reduce it slightly. temper it slightly. >> when george osborne used to put me on the spot there. tom, it's like when george osborne used to drop his t's deliberately to sort of. >> oh no, i wouldn't, i wouldn't do that. that's just ridiculous. that's just ridiculous. but we're talking about this because a welsh singer, bonnie tyler , a welsh singer, bonnie tyler, has said that she did that. she tempered her welsh accent in

order to get work. >> yeah. which seems to me extraordinary because i think to some extent, perhaps these days it's the other way round. i think very often people love to hear regional accents and there's a big push to hear much more of it, particularly in the media. but but perhaps that wasn't so much the case 30 years ago. yeah. >> so we want to ask whether you would or should people temper their accent or tone it down. if you've got a strong regional accent in order to get on in your job, to accent in order to get on in yourjob, to get on in your your job, to get on in your career, to try and get a job in an industry where perhaps there aren't many regional accents. do you think that's right? is that an absolutely awful thing to do? yeah. >> is it fraud or have you ever bigged up your accent, egged on, sort of, wanted to sound more unique, more different? >> yeah, that's a good way of. i'm sure it might happen in in the other way as well. >> well, we're going to be debating this in a little bit. we've got two people with very different opinions on whether you should gbnews.com/yoursay let us know what you think. have

you ever have you ever tempered your accent? depending on the audience, let us know. let's get your headlines. >> good afternoon. it's 1:02. i'm sophia wenzler in the gb newsroom . i'm a spanish newsroom. i'm a spanish brazilian national, has appeared in court today charged with the murder of schoolboy daniel anjorin in north—east london. marcus aurelio audouini monzo, from newham in london, is also charged with two counts of attempted murder and two counts of grievous bodily harm. the prosecution alleges the defendant was armed with a samurai sword . daniel was samurai sword. daniel was fatally injured as he walked to school on tuesday morning. four other people, including two police officers, were injured . police officers, were injured. 711 people were detected crossing the english channel on wednesday, the highest number on a single day so far this year, according to home office figures

. it brings the total number who've crossed so far this year to nearly 8300. that's 34% higher than the total at the same point last year, former deputy first minister john swinney has confirmed. he is running to succeed humza yousaf as both snp leader and scotland's first minister. if successful , it will be the successful, it will be the second time mr swinney, who was deputy first minister for more than eight years under nicola sturgeon, has led his party. he previously held the post between 2000 and 2004. speaking in edinburgh, a short time ago, he confirmed he would be in the running to build on the work of the snp government to create a modern, diverse, dynamic scotland that will ensure opportunity for all of our citizens. >> i want to unite the snp and unite scotland for independence how. >> now. >> voters are heading to the polls today in a series of local

elections across the country. there are elections in 107 local authorities across england as well as 11 mayoral races. a by—election will elect a new blackpool south mp following the resignation of former conservative scott benton. police and crime commissioners will also be chosen. prime minister rishi sunak has been out and about campaigning today. meanwhile, labour leader keir starmer was at the polling station in and lib dems leader ed davey was also at the polling station this morning, as well as reform party leader richard tice, who was seen casting his vote. and today could be the warmest day of the year so far. after heavy rain and thunderstorms hit southern parts of england and wales overnight, two buildings in sussex were damaged by lightning strikes , damaged by lightning strikes, according to west sussex fire and rescue, a care home in alma was struck with damage to its roof, while a university building in chichester sustained damage to its roof and a power system. storms hit the

south—east, south—west and wales. the met office warned storms might cause travel disruption and some flooding, leading to difficult driving conditions and some road closures . now, violent clashes closures. now, violent clashes between the police and protesters at universities in the us continues today . protesters at universities in the us continues today. hundreds of riot police have moved in on protesters at the ucla campus in los angeles. about 300 people were arrested during police crackdowns on demonstrations at us universities yesterday . us universities yesterday. meanwhile, in the uk, students have set up sit in camps at some universities to protest israel's war against hamas. students in leeds, newcastle and bristol set up tents outside campus buildings to protest against the war in gaza . donald trump's been war in gaza. donald trump's been threatened with jail as he returns back to court. the former us president will face another hearing on further alleged breaches of a gag order. earlier in the week. he was

fined over £7,000 for multiple breaches of different gag orders, with the judge suggesting he could be jailed if further breaches continue. us political analyst eric hamm says donald trump is in a face off with the judge today. >> what will certainly send many people in a tizzy is in fact, if there's a way to actually jail donald trump, there are many who believe that it's nearly impossible to actually place a former president in jail because of the fact that there is a secret service duty to actually protect him. so of course, many people would be watching to see if, in fact, the judge is willing to go that far and i think what we're seeing here is donald trump and this judge in a, in a face to off actually determine who actually wins, because i think what we're seeing take place is a game of chicken between both of these men right now and the prince and princess of wales have released a photograph of their daughter to mark her ninth birthday.

>> catherine took the photo of princess charlotte with a beaming smile. it comes as the family continues to navigate catherine's cancer diagnosis . catherine's cancer diagnosis. and for the latest story , sign and for the latest story, sign up to gb news alerts by scanning the qr code on your screen or go to gb news. com slash alerts now it's back to tom and . it's back to tom and. emily. >> welcome back to good afternoon britain with me, emily and tom harwood. now we're going to get to some of your views because it seems to be a kicking off in the inbox about a discussion we had a little bit earlier, isn't it? >> tom certainly is . and lots of >> tom certainly is. and lots of people have lots of things to say, so we'll be sure to get to those in just a few moments time. but we've got reports of other protesters surrounding a bus stop in peckham now to stop migrants being taken to the bibby stockholm barge. >> it's quite incredible scenes,

really, really. this bus was clearly ready to take migrants who were staying in hotel accommodation in east london, south—east london, to the bibby stockholm barge. but as you can see, demonstrators wearing masks surrounded the coach before it could pick up the passengers. and there's now quite a large police presence there. we're also hearing reports that they slashed tires of the bus so that it couldn't go. also, apparently throwing e—bikes in front of the path . path. >> well, gb news political correspondent olivia utley joins us now for more on this. because, olivia, i think a lot of people will be concerned that this is a sign of more to come as the government tries to identify more people, not just to move them to the bibby stockholm, but for those crucial rwanda flights to resistance could be a large factor in all of this . of this. >> well, absolutely, tom, i think the government will be deeply, deeply concerned about what's happening in peckham today. what's happening in peckham today . we have seen so many today. we have seen so many problems with the bibby

stockholm policy, which the government installed late last yeah >> already at first we had migrants having to leave because of various safety concerns . of various safety concerns. we've had protesters, we've had migrants trying to take the government to court. we've had residents of nearby areas saying that they don't want to have migrants housed in their communities, and this is just going to go on and on and on. and as you say, this is just the beginning, because the rwanda plan will be getting off the ground in the next couple of months. and we know that there will be huge, huge resistance. we have seen resistance in the house of commons. we've seen resistance in the house of lords , and i think we can expect the to public start kicking up a fuss now in plenty of areas around the country, as the prime minister will no doubt remind us, a time and again, the rwanda policy is actually very popular and probably as a, as a if you poll on the issue, you will see that a majority of the british

pubuc that a majority of the british public are happy to see migrants who have come here illegally deported to rwanda . but there deported to rwanda. but there will be a very vocal minority, probably in urban areas like london, like manchester, like birmingham, where this policy is deeply, deeply unpopular. and i think we can expect to see scenes like we're seeing in peckham today, but far, far worse over the next weeks and months to come. >> yes, and olivia, we're going to be speaking very shortly to the general secretary of the fta, which is the union who are launching legal action against the government's rwanda plan. they say they need clarity when it comes to the legalities of the whole scheme. what do you know about that ? know about that? >> well, this is another huge headache for the government. the fta, which is the for union senior civil servants, wants to take the government to court over the rwanda policy on the grounds that they are worried that if they implement the law, that if they implement the law, that the rwanda bill, which rishi sunak just managed to get through parliament next week,

then they could be in breach of international law . and they say international law. and they say that if the government puts them in a position where they are potentially breaching international law, although remember that the government says that it thinks that we are, that the rwanda bill stays just in the boundaries of international law. but if civil servants are put at risk of breaking those international laws, then they believe the government has a case to answer. now, this is just the last thing that the government needs at this stage. it's taken five months between announcing that emergency legislation back in january to even get to this stage. and we are still expecting weeks and weeks and weeks of delays before migrants start leaving for rwanda in earnest. yes, there was one migrant who went to rwanda yesterday , but it was a slightly yesterday, but it was a slightly different set of circumstances. he was a man of african origin, and he agreed to go to rwanda voluntarily with a £3,000 sweetener from the british taxpayer. so by the time the rwanda the actual rwanda scheme

is properly implemented, sort of 10 to 12 weeks time , we will be 10 to 12 weeks time, we will be seeing lots and lots of disquiet from the public, from civil servants, probably from parliamentarians , to even now parliamentarians, to even now its breach that that commons hurdle. and i think this is going to get more and more and more difficult for rishi sunak. very interesting indeed. thank you. olivia olivia utley , our you. olivia olivia utley, our political correspondent there in westminster . westminster. >> well, as we've been discussing, civil servants have been trying to prevent deportation flights from taking off to rwanda by mounting this legal challenge against the flagship policy . vie. flagship policy. vie. >> yes. the fda, which represents senior civil servants, submitted an application for a judicial review over concerns home office staff could breach international law by enacting this policy. >> well, who better to speak to about this than the general secretary of the fda union, dave penman? dave, thank you so much for joining us here. a lot of forjoining us here. a lot of people will be raising an eyebrow, frankly, at this action. you're looking to take, because, of course, the civil

service is famously supposed to be impartial. why is this different , in your view, from different, in your view, from taking a view on government policy? >> so it's not taking a view on government policy ? i'm not government policy? i'm not trying to prevent flights. what we've been saying to the government since the beginning of march as they've passed legislation which potentially is going to break international law. they have said that ministers may choose to ignore rule 39 orders. those are injunctions from the european court and instruct civil servants to deport and asylum seekers to rwanda. despite that, and order from the european court, that would be a breach of international law. the pretender isn't, but it is a breach of international law, and parliament has said that civil servants have to obey the law. so civil servants are left in this bind of their professional code, which is a legal obugafion code, which is a legal obligation on them to uphold the rule of law and potentially an instruction from minister to break the law. so we've said to them, all you need to do is sort this change the legislation, change the civil service code.

that's fine. we're out. but they refuse to do so because they had to fudge the legislation to get it through parliament. they had one group within the conservative party that did not want to flout international law, and another group that was more gung ho on it. and so instead of resolving that and dealing with that in parliament, they fudged the legislation and have now kind of landed it onto the lap of civil servants. so we don't want to be in court. we don't want to be in court. we don't want to be in court. we don't want to obstruct government policy, because that's not what civil servants. >> but hang on, dave, you said you've said and do correct the record if this isn't what you've said, but you've said this is a political choice from the government made not for the good of the country, but to avoid upsetting either of the warring factions within its own party. is that not taking a political stance? >> no. it's telling me why we're in this position because the government could clarify this at any point in time. they could amend the civil service code. they could have changed the legislation. this isn't an accident . it's not bad drafting accident. it's not bad drafting of legislation. it was a deliberate political choice. we mean saying to them from march, avoid this . don't put civil

avoid this. don't put civil servants in this position. civil servants in this position. civil servants should never be in a position where they have to choose between acting on the instructions of ministers and obeying the law and the civil service code . they could have service code. they could have resolved it, but they're choosing not to. they have created dave. >> dave, are surely, surely there's a very simple solution here, and that's to follow our system as it has always existed. and that's the supremacy of parliament, specifically the supremacy of the commons. that should come before international obugafions should come before international obligations and given that the, rwanda act, as it is now, did suppues rwanda act, as it is now, did supplies various provisions of the human rights act, surely that should tell us all we need to know. >> so absolutely agree with the sovereignty of parliament. parliament have that parliament passed a law which said civil servants have to obey the law? yeah. and so what that means in terms of the law also includes international law . right. international law. right. because that's quite clear in the civil service code as well. so that's why we've got this bind, we've got this bind around

the minister potentially saying ignore a court order from the european court, which would be breaking international. >> dave, did your union. so, dave, i mean , it's entirely dave, i mean, it's entirely solvable by the government. >> and dave , did your union take >> and dave, did your union take the government to court on prisoner voting ? why would we prisoner voting? why would we have taken the government to court on on prisoner? >> because the echr demanded that prisoners be given the right to vote. the government of the united kingdom resisted for years , year after year after years, year after year after yeah years, year after year after year. the government of the united kingdom resisted implementing that international decree. surely, if you're a consistent union, you would have taken the government to court on that. >> we are a consistent union and what we deal with, we can't deal with everything that the government does. we deal with the issues that our members are facing and our members who are working in this area are saying they recognise their job is to deport people to rwanda, and they will do that. and they, like they deport them out of the country and time and time again. but they have to know that they

are also obeying the law. why is the government not addressing this? ask the government why they haven't. they could solve this in a moment, in a heartbeat. they can amend the civil service code now, bring it to parliament and do a vote that says civil servants have to break international law, but they won't because they know they won't because they know they can't get that past the conservative parliamentary party. that's why what they've doneis party. that's why what they've done is fudge it and left it up to civil servants. and that's simply not good enough. so dave, you're saying this isn't about trying to obstruct this policy ? trying to obstruct this policy? >> this isn't a civil servants being ideologically, ideological , well, ideologically taking a position on this policy. do they like the rwanda plan? do they think it's potentially workable? what's the view of the people you're representing ? because to you're representing? because to me, and i imagine to lots of our viewers and listeners, it does look like you're trying to obstruct this particular policy because you don't like it. >> it made you. and that's why this is so objectionable from government, because they know that this is a controversial policy , and they have policy, and they have deliberately put this onto the

shoulders of civil servants because they were in a political bind. and civil servants do not want to be in a position where it looks like they're acting politically. i talk to our members who work in government. they will serve the government of whatever colour they are doing. you don't go and work in the home office if you don't think you're going to be doing some controversial things, you don't work in the deportation unit. if you don't think you're going to be doing some controversial things. they know that if this bill passed parliament and it's entirely legal, that's what they're expected to do. but what they didn't expect was the government to fudge the legislation and put them in this constitutional hinterland between their own professional code backed by parliament. remember, it's parliament. remember, it's parliament who says civil servants have to obey the law, including international law, and then the instructions of ministers, ministers and the government should have solved this clear blue water. so there was never any doubt. and we've been saying to them since march to do that, and they've refused to do that, and they've refused to do that, and they've refused to do it, and they've refused to do it because they won't get it past their own party. this is their political bind. and now what they're doing is they're

leaving civil servants in this hinterland as a result. and that's why we've now got no choice but to go to court . choice but to go to court. >> interesting. you say you've got no choice now . it just got no choice now. it just seemed you did have a choice on the issue of prisoner voting. but we're going to have to leave it there, dave, i'm afraid we've run to the end of this segment. we're going to go to an outbreak. but dave penman, general secretary of the fda union, thank you so much for talking us through this quite extraordinary position. >> yes. >> yes. >> interested to know your thoughts at home. do you think they have every right to try and seek clarity on this law? could they be prosecuted or is it really seeking clarity, or is it just causing mischief, who knows. >> next, we're going to be debating accents. lots of your views coming in. some some of you have adopted a posh accent depending on the circumstances. so let us know. should you dumb down temper your accent in order to get a.

job? >> good afternoon. britain. it's 1:23 now. we asked earlier if people should have to change their accents in order to get by. in today's workplace. >> yes. well, joining us now to debate this is the host of saturday vie albie amankona . and saturday vie albie amankona. and we are going to be joined by someone else because, albie, you have a pretty posh accent. have you ever tried to temper it in order to get a job or played it up? >> no, i haven't ever. i haven't ever tempered my accent. i could say the same for both of you, tom, and emily, we all have posh accents, don't we? so i'm not really sure. speak for any of us have had much trouble when it comes to getting jobs and having to change our accents. i think actually it is a good thing that nowadays we hear a lot more diversity in the way that people speak on television. i think if my colleague darren grimes on the saturday five, 20, 30 years ago, it's not implausible that he wouldn't have got a job on

television because of his accent. i think he's got a lovely accent. >> he's got a lovely accent. >> he's got a lovely accent. >> i actually think accent diversity is a good thing. >> and i was quite troubled to hear bonnie tyler's comments, and i wouldn't like to think that today people are thinking they had to change their accent in order to get a job. certainly not in entertainment or in any other industry . other industry. >> yeah, i think i'll have to agree with you there, because it does seem very, very peculiar going back only only a couple of decades and looking at sort of old clips or full shows in the media, everyone sounds exactly the same. it's really quite dull i >> -- >> yes, they've all got that sort of that bbc english accent. and you had a lot of people that came from other regions of the united kingdom, not the southeast of the country, where they actually . would change they actually. would change their accents in order to fit in, in order to get jobs in television, jobs in law, jobs in finance. it was this very sort

of monolithic british bbc engush of monolithic british bbc english way of speaking. and i actually think nowadays it's much better that people sound a little bit more different on television. did it sound like the people watching us, not just the people watching us, not just the people watching us, not just the people who are in charge of us? >> yes, albie, as you know, we've got lots of regional accents in this studio, in this office space. we took a little bit of a straw poll earlier before we came on to came on to the television and said, very divided. some people saying yes , divided. some people saying yes, i've had to temper my accent a little bit to fit in, others saying i will absolutely not under any circumstances change my accent just to try and fit in or to improve my career prospects. so this is something about regional pride as well. i think a regional pride is important. >> look, you got a lot of snobbery about accents in this country. ultimately, if you can pronounce words properly and use the correct grammar, there's no need to change the way you speak. i think the problems come when people talk with the incorrect grammar, when they're dropping their ts, when they're not pronouncing things properly, that people have issues . that people have issues. >> but there's absolutely there are some accents, there are some

regional accents where dropping the t is part of the lingo intrinsic intrinsic to that accent ? accent? >> well, i think my mother's accent and she's from the north—west of england, and there are certainly some things that she pronounces differently , but she pronounces differently, but she pronounces differently, but she still pronounces them properly. and this is what i mean. i think you can have any accent in the united kingdom , accent in the united kingdom, still speak properly, still speak with the correct grammar and get by perfectly right. >> let's bring james matthewson in. who's let's bring james matthew mathewson in now. he's appeared there. james, what do you make of this? do you think people should temper their accents to try and get on with their career? >> no, no , i don't think we >> no, no, i don't think we should, and actually, it's happening though. >> it's happening, james. >> it's happening, james. >> it's happening, james. >> it is happening. and believe you me, in the house of commons, when i was in the house of commons, i felt the urge to i felt the need to. and it's absolutely outrageous. it's ridiculous because it shouldn't be the case. it shouldn't be the case. our country has a rich and

diverse spread of accents, you know, from village to village. i come from northumberland and we have pitmatic language , which is have pitmatic language, which is related to the coal mines, which, you know, in village to village there are different words, expressions, different tones. words, expressions, different tones . i words, expressions, different tones. i mean, i always get called geordie. i mean, i got called geordie. i mean, i got called geordie. i mean, i got called geordie jemmy when i was in parliament. i mean, that was like, i sound like a geordie. i'm not a geordie, i'm northumbrian. >> geordie. jemmy you are geordie because you're from the nonh geordie because you're from the north east. >> there are so many different languages, so many different, expressions of language and accent in this country that it's important to protect that. and celebrate it. and i think actually saying proper , if we actually saying proper, if we say proper language and proper accent, then what we're saying is that those accents are not proper. >> and let's be let's be frank, though . though. >> let's be frank, though, there are some very thick regional accents that can be quite difficult for people from other areas of the country to understand is that a problem? >> well, yeah. but why?

>> well, yeah. but why? >> why would that be a problem? like, do you don't go to another country and say like, oh, sorry, i can't understand you. people might , you i can't understand you. people might, you know, i can't understand you. people might , you know, like, i can't understand you. people might, you know, like, i mean, some people might call them bigots, you know, like at the end of the day, an idiot said, i think, i think we have to assume the same thing when we come to this country and say, actually, you know, why is there a set standard and why does it seem to be southern middle class ? be southern middle class? because this is class related as well. don't forget that, because the other thing that people assume a lot of the time, and this was quite interesting when dominic cummings was in power, because obviously dominic cummings was from durham as well, and he had this northeast accent , and he well, and he had this northeast accent, and he had bumped into this a couple of times because he blogged about it. and he had even said at the time that, you know, this, this idea that somehow he was working class because he had a northeast accent. well, obviously he couldn't be further from the truth. so there's an assumption that a regional accent means that a regional accent means that you are somehow from a specific social background as

well. >> albert, do you think there are too many poshos on the telly? >> i would never say there were too many poshos on the telly. i think all three of us will be out of a job. look, we've got to be able to understand each other. so i think this is where i might take issue with saying that. well, it's fine for people not to speak properly. there's got to be some sort of common language with which we communicate with each other , and communicate with each other, and that we can all understand each other properly. which is why i think when it comes to actors which are particularly thick, if other people can't understand you, that is going to be a problem. but what i'm saying is, across all the different accents of the united kingdom, there are thicker versions, there are lighter versions. there are still ways that people in other parts of the country can understand each other, and we've got to still be able to understand each other no matter what accent we have . what accent we have. >> obe as i would say to you, if you're in the north east of england, me old mara, right? you need to listen to us well, and you need to say, right, why is it that i need to come to your level and speak like you, for you to understand me? why don't

you to understand me? why don't you speak like me? for me to understand you . understand you. >> a very good point. very good point. that was a great head to head. loved it. thank you very much. james matthewson and albie amankona. good to have that debate. interesting, isn't it ? debate. interesting, isn't it? >> it is interesting because i'm forever grateful that we don't have an academy franchise in this country that determines the proper way that words must be used, the proper way that people must speak. it's much more organic in the united kingdom and free. and that's our tradition . tradition. >> oh, they're still there. oh, no . i thought we were saying no. i thought we were saying goodbye, but clearly you're still on the screen . still on the screen. >> i have one more minute. i mean, what do we do with this oodles of time? oh, no. >> no, they're gone now. >> no, they're gone now. >> they've disappeared . i >> they've disappeared. i thought that was a good one. what do you think? do you think if you have a very, very thick accent that, some people can't understand, you should temper it in some company? is it just a natural thing to do sometimes ? natural thing to do sometimes? you know, some people, when they, they do it vice versa. less posh , more posh. less posh, more posh. >> you know, whatever steve has written in to say that he has changed his accent. steve says he was driving a van and went

into a royal park. a motorcycle cop pulled me over. no commercial vehicles allowed. now in his heaviest dorset accent, just like his granddad, he said , just like his granddad, he said, i don't know. oh no, i'm going to have to do a dorset accent. i'm not going to do the accent. i'm not going to do the accent. i don't know how i got here. a bloody taxi made me turn off down here. now i is stuck. he looked to heaven and said, oh god , just turn around and go god, just turn around and go back. thanks, mister. my goodness , it's a convoluted story. >> see, one of our producers is a is from dorset. we should have got her here to, to have a go at it. she should have done. keith says my dad would put on an over excessive posh accent whenever we had visitors. i think that does happen sometimes. yeah, and vice versa. if someone's a posh and they have, you know, their plumber or a construction worker oveh plumber or a construction worker over, they might sort of, you know, try and make dull the poshnessin know, try and make dull the poshness in their tone. >> although my favourite example is when politicians try and sort of drop consonants more often than they usually would. tony blair did it prolifically. there

were cases of, david cameron and george osborne doing it to the one person who never did, of course, was boris johnson. if anything, he, he bumbled it up and martin says, i'll be spot on. >> accents? yes. mispronunciation. no so there you go. that solves it. >> gbnews.com/yoursay pronunciation . pronunciation. >> mispronunciation. >> mispronunciation. >> anyway. anyway it's your headunes. headlines. >> good afternoon. it's 130. headlines. >> good afternoon. it's130. i'm >> good afternoon. it's 130. i'm sophia wenzler in the gb newsroom . 711 people were newsroom. 711 people were detected crossing the english channel on wednesday, the highest number on a single day so far this year, according to home office figures . it brings home office figures. it brings the total number who've crossed so far this year to nearly 8300. that's 34% higher than the total at the same point last year, a spanish brazilian national has appeared in court charged with

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i >> -- >> oh, -_ >> oh, tom makes me laugh in the breaks. anyway, it's 139. you're watching and listening to good afternoon, britain. now, john swinney has announced this morning that he will run for snp leader, and the race begins to find a replacement for humza yousaf following his resignation on monday . on monday. >> if swinney is successful, it will be the second time. of course, he's led the party after serving as as, leader of the snp back in the early 2000. he had to quit, though, after

disappointing election results. he was replaced by alex salmond, who was replaced by nicola sturgeon. >> but yet he thinks he's up for the job again. despite failing last time. second time lucky. but in other news, he's very much the continuity candidate. i think it's fair to say that as nicola's nicola sturgeon , deputy nicola's nicola sturgeon, deputy first minister for a long, long time. yes. and as as we said earlier, he helped build that coalition with the greens, which brought down humza yousaf in the end. but kate forbes, remember kate forbes, she's expected to make a statement later today. she's not confirmed yet her intention to enter the leadership contest, but she did fight in the last one. so will she fight again ? anne. she fight again? anne. >> well, joining us now from holyrood is our scotland reporter , tony maguire. and reporter, tony maguire. and tony, this afternoon it's all eyes on kate forbes will. she won't she . won't she. >> indeed. good afternoon. certainly you're right. everyone is really talking about kate forbes. you know, even minutes after john swinneys event this

morning and grassmarket in edinburgh. and, you know, he himself is not exactly known to be a broad speaking orator. and yet, you know, he definitely had stepped up. in fact, he used those very words. he was stepping up to take this role and to take the snp into the next election and beyond, for he said, i'm not a caretaker and he's not an interim . and of he's not an interim. and of response, of course, to many comments which thought that perhaps he would just be keeping the seat warm for whoever would eventually take his place. now of course, kate forbes, you know, she made a huge name for herself. and despite some early stumbles in her campaign last yeah stumbles in her campaign last year, you know, she didn't win any , public, i suppose adoration any, public, i suppose adoration for her initial views on gay marriage. but i think over the course of that 28 day campaign, she certainly made the case of how competent she was and how

clever and indeed, john swinney today, on his announcement, clever and indeed, john swinney today, on his announcement , this today, on his announcement, this morning, he said that he hoped to give kate forbes her place, should she not wish to run, and certainly recognised her intelligence and her creativity and as well as just her thoughtfulness as a person, certainly characteristics of a deputy, you might say, for somebody who wants to have a trustworthy soul beside them on the campaign trail, whenever that might be. but indeed, we're we're hearing sort of rumblings that perhaps within the next 60 minutes, we will hear from kate forbes at holyrood of course, first ministers questions took place this afternoon , and if place this afternoon, and if yesterday's vote of no confidence from scottish labour was a bit of a distraction, then unfortunately today's first minister's questions was something of a snooze fest in itself. the same old lines from those opposition parties , but those opposition parties, but humza yousaf letting it all brush off him , he's not caring. brush off him, he's not caring. certainly if kate forbes doesn't

decide to run, then today might very well be his final fmqs here at holyrood. >> very interesting indeed. thank you tony, tony maguire there. our scotland reporter . there. our scotland reporter. please do keep us up to date. if you hear that there will be this, state moment from kate forbes. very interesting indeed. it's interesting looking at how different these candidates are, tom, because kate, for example, she didn't vote on the very controversial gender self id law. she was on maternity leave , law. she was on maternity leave, but she has expressed her concerns about it since john voted for it. she was conveniently away, kate did vote for the 2019 climate change law, but she opposed some of the green measures. for example, the deposit return scheme, which proved to be quite controversial too. she's also talked about how it's important to be fiscally prudent and how actually it might not be a good idea to continue to increase taxes on the wealthy in the country. whereas john swinney seems to be very much establishment, very sort of, woke progressive in

favour of higher taxes in favour of everything to do with climate change and that lot. >> all of the msps seem to be sort of galloping behind him, thinking this guy is our saviour, thinking , you know saviour, thinking, you know what, the snp needs? needs now more than anything else . more of more than anything else. more of the same, more of the same. what will help them? >> yes, i was just reading that westminster leader steven flynn is backing him. the scottish health secretary is backing him. the education secretary is backing him. i'm sure lots of others are, but is it time for a change for the snp if not scotland as a whole? let us know what you make of it. but in other news, nice news. >> today is princess charlotte's ninth birthday. everyone @gbnews here wishes her a very happy birthday indeed. >> yes everyone. but it is under a week now until prince harry visits the uk. should he see his niece? because yes , it's lovely niece? because yes, it's lovely that she's turning nine. but does she have a relationship with her uncle? does she have a relationship with her? her cousins? everything's a little estranged at the moment. >> well, joining us now is royal

broadcast. helena. charles. helena, frankie , it's unlikely helena, frankie, it's unlikely that prince harry will, will meet his niece on his trip. >> absolutely. i don't see it at all. happy birthday. yes to prince, princess charlotte , prince, princess charlotte, really, really happy. lovely photo, no, i don't think so, he will meet king charles. i mean, it's a very. again, it's a fairly flying visit, prince harry is obviously coming over for the invictus games service of thanksgiving, at saint pauls. he'll be here. that's on the eighth, celebrating the 10th invictus games. i have to say, you know, applaud him for that. that's one of the things we can applaud him for , at the sporting applaud him for, at the sporting event, etc. and he'll be doing a reading. but, wouldn't it be lovely ? vie, if princess lovely? vie, if princess charlotte could have a lovely hug from his uncle harry, her uncle harry. but it's not going to happen, there's no way that

prince william will allow that. especially at the moment, with princess catherine still undergoing treatment. although we do know, just from a few little bits and pieces , we've little bits and pieces, we've heard that, prince william says that everybody's doing well. so i do do hope that's the case. and obviously, prince william has been working, which is great. it's the beginning of mental health awareness month, and we saw prince william at james's place, which was a mental health, place to help men. it's to do with helping men and suicide. so all in all, he's out and about, and, for on behalf of princess kate as well. but it would be great. but i do think prince harry has started to mend a few bridges or or hedges or whatever you call it. he's got to do something, to show a little bit of willing, there's been a lot of hurt there. and understandably, king charles, wants to see. i'm sure

wants to see his darling boy. it's easier for to repair that relationship. but i do feel that prince harry has to give a little bit more and also a nod to the late princess diana, their mother. i mean, they both gave that vow that they would men, you know, they would stay together through thick and thin, and it would be just wonderful if they could think and work towards that. but now is not the time , i think, you know, it will time, i think, you know, it will unsettle the family . unsettle the family. >> well, yes. and i, you know, as children get older, they get more curious about their family, don't they? why haven't i met my cousins? why haven't i met my uncle and his wife and all of that? >> absolutely . and hopefully the >> absolutely. and hopefully the children will. it will be the children will. it will be the children that mend the relationship because obviously they all want to see each other, and it will be really, really sad for that not to happen. in fact, it will sort of be like a damaged generation, really, if something doesn't work out. but, and hopefully king charles will also give a little push, helena, we're just going to cut in because we just want to show the

newly released, photograph of princess charlotte, there it is. there she is. this is taken by the, the princess of wales. her mum, of course. and there she is, sort of leaning on her, leaning on a hedge. there flowering hedge on a hedge, but, but clearly quite outdoorsy image being presented here. >> i think it's great. it's very outdoorsy and the family are very outdoorsy . they like the very outdoorsy. they like the simple life and it reflects it in this picture . and she's in this picture. and she's wearing that cardigan again that wearing that cardigan again that we saw on the mother's day. charlotte i know that kensington palace have assured us that it's not an edited image. and of course, prince, you know, princess of wales has put it out on social media rather than through the picture agencies. but it's lovely. >> it's lovely . helena, helena, >> it's lovely. helena, helena, we're going to have an honest, honest picture and it cheers everybody up. >> everyone wants to see the lovely thing . lovely thing. >> so charlotte and i think so thank you so much helena. helena, charlotte, thank you very much indeed for your time , very much indeed for your time, a lovely little story there. yes. >> well, coming up, we're going

to be, not doing anything remotely controversial . we're remotely controversial. we're just going to be having a merry little walk down that row between daniel radcliffe and jk rowling. don't go anywhere

good afternoon. britain. some breaking news for you. now we were discussing it in the last few minutes, but kate forbes has now declared that she's out of the race to become the next first minister. the next snp leader. kate forbes, the former finance secretary, has said she will not run. >> yes. this is very interesting . lots of people were saying she was going to do it. she was going to throw her hat in the ring once again. it would have provided a bit of diversity, or at least a choice. it would have provided a choice for the snp to choose their leadership. now it looks like it's going to be a coronation for the continuity

candidate, john swinney. interesting stuff. >> all the questions now will be what on earth is john swinney offered? kate forbes in order to see this course of action in the last couple of minutes. what do you reckon? she did? a senior cabinet job. >> you reckon she didn't just not fancy it. you think she's probably been given a little sweetener? >> i think it would have always been quite hard for her, because she's seen as being on the more moderate side of the snp, perhaps further away from where the greens are. and if the snp can't get the greens on board, they're very unlikely to be able to pass a budget . the government to pass a budget. the government would frankly not work, so it has to be someone who's palatable to the greens, i suppose, but there must have beenin suppose, but there must have been in the back of her mind this idea. she came within a couple of percentage points of winning the last time, and might it have been a bit smoother for the snp over the last year? if she'd have won it? yes. >> and perhaps she didn't. perhaps she didn't want to lose again. perhaps she didn't want to lose again , or maybe there to lose again, or maybe there was huge amounts of pressure on her not to run again from some

of the snp members, some of the msps up in scotland, but very interesting. they are very different . kate forbes was would different. kate forbes was would have provided quite a different policy agenda, i imagine. i get the impression she's far more of a back to basics type of politician , focused on fiscal politician, focused on fiscal prudence to an extent not so in hock to the sort of extremes of the climate change lobby she was. she was critical of the gender self—id stuff. so perhaps that's a shame for some people in scotland who wanted a, a difference of, of opinion on. >> but i will be shocked if she doesn't have a senior role in john swinney's government, assuming there is now a coronation, and if there is now a coronation this is humza yousaf's last first minister's questions today. but also it sort of has this weird echo of the tory leadership contest after the fall of liz truss, where there was all this discussion of who will stand. could penny mordaunt get through? she won't . oh no, it's through? she won't. oh no, it's a coronation. suddenly, rishi sunak's prime minister there's a

there's almost a sort of similar sort of, vein here that perhaps many people within the snp, they want a quick transition, they want a quick transition, they want it to be tidy. they don't want it to be tidy. they don't want the mess of a leadership election. >> so there we go. good for scotland. another continuity candidate in the place of first minister. let us know what you think this is. good afternoon britain. we're on gb news. britain's election . channel. britain's election. channel. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar , sponsors of weather on . solar, sponsors of weather on. gb news. >> hello again. here's your latest gb news weather brought to you by the met office. northern parts will stay dry as we go through the rest of today, but further south we have some thundery showery rain and that's in association with a front that's trailing across central parts at the moment. that's trailing across central parts at the moment . and we do parts at the moment. and we do have low pressure towards the southeast. and that's brought quite a blustery, breezy theme for many of us. but it is the

heavy perhaps thundery downpours across central parts of england and wales as we go into the night. that's most likely to cause some disruption in a few places. there will be quite a bit of cloud for many of us, but towards northern northwestern parts of the uk, some clear skies. despite these, though , skies. despite these, though, temperatures not dropping a huge amount. many towns and cities, especially where it stays cloudy, will hold up in double figures . a bit of a wet start, figures. a bit of a wet start, then across some central parts as we go through into friday, and also watch out for some showery outbreaks of rain which could turn thundery, pushing across northern parts of england and southern scotland . two to and southern scotland. two to the north of the areas of wet and cloudy weather. there will be some decent sunshine, so for northern scotland and also to the south, so across southern parts of england, i'm expecting some bright sunny weather and where we see some sunshine it is going to feel pretty warm but under the cloud and rain feeling markedly cooler than it has done recently. as we go into saturday and the weekend as a whole, there's a fair bit of uncertainty at the moment. it does look like it will be quite cloudy, with some outbreaks of rain for scotland and northern ireland, and some showers feeding up from the south and

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gb news. >> good afternoon. britain. it is 2:00 on what is thursday , the is 2:00 on what is thursday, the 2nd of may. there. we're >> continuity candidate john swinney throws his hat into the ring for the snp leadership. and breaking news just now, kate forbes has pulled out of the race altogether. we cross live to holyrood next. for more on that bombshell announcement and ireland orders the police to man the border after ministers claimed that migrants are flooding in from the uk. >> rishi sunak warns dublin not to jeopardise the good friday agreement. oh how the tables have turned. >> and meanwhile, in london,

dozens of masked protesters attempt to prevent a bus from moving migrants from a hotel to the bibby stockholm barge. we're heanng the bibby stockholm barge. we're hearing that things turned violent. >> now, it's not just that kate forbes has said she will not be standing to be the next first minister. there's another half of her announcement that perhaps shows where all of this is going. she's endorsed john swinney. curious. curious because they are quite different. they are quite different. they are quite different political vie whether it's on climate change, whether it's on climate change, whether it's on climate change, whether it's on gender, self id, whether it's on gender, self id, whether it's on gender, self id, whether it's on fiscal prudence and tax rates, i'm sure there are many other issues where they differ. so that's quite interesting. she's endorsed john swinney, the continuity nicola sturgeon humza yousaf candidate for the top job. >> but what could have been

going on behind the scenes? what might kate forbes have extracted as her price from john swinney ? as her price from john swinney? could it be a senior government post? could it be like one of these deals that were done in these deals that were done in the 1990s between tony blair and gordon brown , that gave us the gordon brown, that gave us the heebie jeebies and that friction at the top of the new labour government? could we see perhaps an even less stable snp government going forward with these two poles at the head and yapping these two poles at the head and yapping at each other? now, this is very interesting. >> i mean , broader context, what >> i mean, broader context, what does this mean for independence ? does this mean for independence? what does this mean for the pursuit of independence? would john swinney have a better go at it? would he be able to , extract it? would he be able to, extract scotland from the rest of the united kingdom? what do you reckon? >> last time he was party leader, he had to resign after disappointing, election results. so? so, dream at the moment. maybe he's got a lot better in the intervening decade. who knows? >> we shall see. scotland does like to promote failed

politicians anyway. gbnews.com forward slash your essay. let us know what you make of it all. what does this mean for scotland? are you disappointed that kate forbes hasn't stepped up for the leadership? let us know . but let's get your know. but let's get your headunes. headlines. >> good afternoon. it's 2:02. i'm sophia wenzler in the gb newsroom . i'm 711. people were newsroom. i'm 711. people were detected crossing the english channel on wednesday. the highest number on a single day so far this year, according to the home office figures. it bnngs the home office figures. it brings the total number who've crossed so far this year to nearly 8300. that's 34% higher than the total at the same point last year . than the total at the same point last year. meanwhile, than the total at the same point last year . meanwhile, protesters last year. meanwhile, protesters have surrounded a coach at an asylum seeker accommodation centre in south london trying to stop them from detaining the migrants set for flights to rwanda. the activists formed a wall around the coach in peckham

and jammed a rental scooter under the vehicle in order to prevent the vehicle leaving with migrants on board. it's believed the coach was due to take asylum seekers to the bibby stockholm barge accommodation centre in dorset. it comes a day after the home office confirmed that it had started the process of detaining illegal migrants ahead of the first flight to rwanda, which is to take off in july. of the first flight to rwanda, which is to take off in july . a which is to take off in july. a spanish brazilian national has appeared in court charged with the murder of schoolboy daniel anjorin in north—east london. marcus aurelio audouini monzo, from newham in london, is also charged with two counts of attempted murder and two counts of grievous bodily harm. the prosecutor alleges the defendant was armed with a samurai sword . was armed with a samurai sword. daniel was fatally injured as he walked to school on tuesday morning. four other people, including two police officers, were injured . voters are heading were injured. voters are heading to the polls today in a series of local elections across the

country . there are elections in country. there are elections in 107 local authorities across england, as well as 11 mayoral races. a by—election will elect a new blackpool south mp following the resignation of former conservative scott benton. police and crime commissioners will also be chosen. prime minister rishi sunak has been out and about campaigning today. sunak has been out and about campaigning today . meanwhile, campaigning today. meanwhile, labour leader keir starmer was at the polling station and lib dems leader ed davey was also casting his vote, as well as reform party leader richard tice, who was also out casting his vote. this morning. former deputy first minister john swinney has confirmed he's running to succeed humza yousaf as both snp leader and scotland's first minister. it comes as former scottish finance secretary kate forbes has confirmed she will not be standing. if successful, it will be the second time mr swinney, who was deputy first minister for more than eight years under nicola sturgeon , has led his

nicola sturgeon, has led his party. he previously held the post between 2000 and 2004. speaking in edinburgh a short time ago, he confirmed he would be in the running. >> i want to build on the work of the snp government to create a modern, diverse, dynamic scotland that will ensure opportunity for all of our citizens. i want to unite the snp and unite scotland for independence . independence. >> in other news, today could be the warmest day of the year so far after heavy rain and thunderstorms hit southern parts of england and wales overnight. two buildings in sussex were damaged by lightning strikes, according to west sussex fire and rescue. a care home in elma was struck with damage to its roof, while a university building in chichester sustained damage to its roof and power system . storms hit the system. storms hit the southeast, southwest and wales . southeast, southwest and wales. the met office has warned storms might cause travel disruption and some flooding, leading to difficult driving conditions and

some road closures . violent some road closures. violent clashes between police and protesters at universities in the us continue today . protesters at universities in the us continue today. hundreds of riot police have moved in on protesters at the ucla campus in los angeles about 300 people were arrested during police crackdowns on demonstrations at us universities yesterday. meanwhile, in the uk, students have set up sit in camps at some universities to protest israel's war against hamas. students in leeds, newcastle and bristol set up tents outside campus buildings in protest against the war, and the prince and princess of wales have released a photograph of their daughter to mark her ninth birthday. katherine took the photo of princess charlotte with a beaming smile. it comes as the family continues to navigate catherine's cancer treatment . catherine's cancer treatment. and for the latest stories , sign and for the latest stories, sign up to gb news alerts by scanning

the qr code on your screen or go to gb news. com slash alerts. now it's back to tom and . now it's back to tom and. emily. >> well, as we were just discussing, john swinney has announced this morning that he will run for snp leader in the race. begins to find a replacement for humza yousaf following his resignation on monday. >> well, if john is successful , >> well, if john is successful, john, that's very familial. if mr swinney is successful , it mr swinney is successful, it will be the second time he's led the party. of course, he had to resign the first time he led the party after some rather disappointing election results. >> yes, very interesting indeed . >> yes, very interesting indeed. he's very much a continuity candidate. and also we bring you the breaking news that kate forbes has confirmed she will not enter the leadership contest. is that a wise decision on her part? i mean, should she let the snp sort of clean up their own mess before she, takes over? i don't know , but of

over? i don't know, but of course she has endorsed john swinney, so let's get the detail now from grassmarket, edinburgh is our scotland reporter, tony mcguire. >> tony. oh, i'm sorry you're in holyrood, but perhaps that's. anyway. tony, what does this all mean ? mean? >> good afternoon. well, yes, about 16 minutes ago, kate forbes, she posted her message . forbes, she posted her message. it's quite a mammoth 12 part, post on x, and then she talked through about how she listened quite closely and intently to john swinney this morning when he announced his intention to run in the race to replace humza yousaf . and of course, these two yousaf. and of course, these two names kate forbes, john swinney , names kate forbes, john swinney, that's all really everyone's been talking about since about five minutes after humza yousaf handedin five minutes after humza yousaf handed in his resignation in front of the nation. now kate forbes, as we know she ran last time and though she came exceedingly close in that second vote system, just behind humza

yousaf, she did come second. and, you know, we wonder whether perhaps she's thought, well, if we if she runs again, this time with a character who is as well known and liked within the actual party, you know, would she come in second again? and how would that maybe harm her chances for the next time for i think, after all the discourse this week, it's quite clear that kate forbes is capable women able to be first minister, but obviously she has come to this decision that she is not thinking this is the right time. so in that huge post that she put out, you know, i was listening to just there, we were talking about how different they are, you know, and she is actually come out to say that what emerged was that they actually share a powerful common purpose for the country, which includes a past passion to revitalise their party and reach out to those who feel

disenfranchised , and also to disenfranchised, and also to put, you know, the economy back on the dial because , of course, on the dial because, of course, a lot of questions being raised about humza yousaf's leadership of scotland in the last 13 months. so it's quite interesting to see. well, yes, on the on paper, these are two extremely different candidates for this role . indeed. kate for this role. indeed. kate forbes has now bowed out and it looks like baring any any out of from the left field contenders . from the left field contenders. and this time next week, we all kind of have the feeling up here now that john swinney will be our next first minister of scotland. >> very interesting indeed. thanks so much, tony mcguire, for following everything for us. it's been a chaotic couple of weeks for the snp and for scotland as a whole. she does say kate forbes in her statement, though, that they've agreed that a just transition to net zero must work with and not against our community and businesses, which is quite

interesting. a little bit more of a pragmatic approach to green issues despite that coalition. >> i love this right. issues despite that coalition. >> i love this right . you have >> i love this right. you have people saying we're going to do net zero, and then you have people on the left saying, we have to do a just net zero. and then people on the perhaps more economically pragmatist side of things say, okay, we're going to do a just net zero, but it has to be a pro—business, just net zero. how many more words are we going to add to the pro—business, just net zero train? are we going to does it have to be does it have to fit in with any other sort of, favourite, hobby horse of people ? are we going to add many, many more words to this chain? does it have to have, you know, people say, you know, climate change and they put it with free palestine. >> they put it with lgbtq issues. they put it with, i don't know, blm. they put it with all sorts of different activist issues. but i think, yes, maybe, perhaps a bit of a word salad there from kate forbes. but you know, let us know what you think. now there's loads of stories going around about immigration, this morning,

whether it's the diplomatic row with ireland, whether it's the tents being cleared in ireland , tents being cleared in ireland, there's huge tent cities in dubun there's huge tent cities in dublin at the moment, whether it's the rwanda deportations and, the government detaining people to send them. but yesterday, with all this going on, yesterday marked the busiest day for small boat arrivals of this year. so far, 711 small boat arrivals in just one day. >> well, it takes the total for the year to 8278. now ironically, that's exactly a third more than last year. ironically, that's exactly a third more than last year . and third more than last year. and last year, of course, was a was a third down on the year before. so we're perhaps back to square one. but 14 boats were detected one. but 14 boats were detected on wednesday suggesting an average of 51 people per boat. >> now, a home office spokesperson has said the unacceptable number of people who continue to cross the channel demonstrates exactly why we must get flights to rwanda off the ground as soon as possible, while our home and security editor, mark white, joins us now. mark, it's hard to

know where to begin with with all the immigration stories that are floating around. of course, the government have put out lots of, adverts. i guess you could say propaganda , or you might say propaganda, or you might say, too, about how they're detaining people to get them off to rwanda. but yet we see the numbers are higher than ever. >> yeah. i mean, let's begin with those numbers. the optics could not be worse. really for the government this week. >> sorry, mark. we're going to interrupt you. we've got live pictures of donald trump now as he enters the new york courthouse. yes. >> so, as you know, late last night, we got back from michigan. we went to wisconsin and michigan yesterday, and we had tremendous rallies sold out rallies. they were packed. and the enthusiasm has never been better. so that was a great thing. and it was nice to be able to campaign one day without being in this ridiculous show. trial beau biden trial. i call it . but it's it trial beau biden trial. i call it. but it's it was trial beau biden trial. i call it . but it's it was quite a day it. but it's it was quite a day yesterday and many of you were there, and i appreciate your

being there. i thought the coverage was very fair, the economy people are asking me about the economy. it's doing terribly, and interest rates are obviously not going to be able to be reduced prior to the election because inflation is roaring back. gasoline is way up. other things are way up and it's roaring back like they are very surprised i'm not surprised, but they're surprised. i guess they're surprised. i guess they're surprised. that's what they say anyway . so that's on the anyway. so that's on the economy. it looks pretty bleak for interest rates and i don't think there's any way they can cut them because inflation is very inflation. remember is a country buster. when you have inflation that breaks countries i mean literally breaks countries. and we can't take that chance. so we'll see what they do. but it was sort of announced yesterday they can't do much with the interest rates. they'll have to remain very high. and that's very unfortunate . we had low interest unfortunate. we had low interest rates. they have high interest rates. they have high interest rates. that's very unfortunate. when you compare my economy to this economy , not even this economy, not even a contest. we had the greatest

economy in history. and now we have sort of a lousy economy. but the problem with the economy is the inflation. and anything you may do more than gave back, we call it a 50% tax. it's a biden tax . it's called an biden tax. it's called an inflationary tax. and it's about 50. and that's what it is whether you like it or not. and it's too bad we're down at the trial now getting ready to spend another day in the courthouse, which is bogus trial that every leading authority on law says this should never have been brought, that alvin bragg didn't want to bring it until the election happened and that he brought it. you just do know that this case could have been brought eight years ago. it could have been brought eight years ago . instead, they wait years ago. instead, they wait and wait and wait. they know it's not a good case. and now it's not a good case. and now it's turned out to be. they've lost every i mean, they have no case. they have no case. but we have a very, conflicted judge , have a very, conflicted judge, unfortunately. and so you never know. but other than that, there's no case, and it should

have never been brought. but if it was going to be brought, it should have been brought eight years ago. you know, we're talking about two 2015, 2016. nobody's ever seen anything like it. and they wait till i announce and then they start their action and then they wait till prime time. super tuesday , till prime time. super tuesday, it all started super tuesday, the biggest day which we won every single thing. i mean, super tuesday was a big day for me, but that's what it all really came into being. and who starts a case right smack in the middle of somebody's elections ? middle of somebody's elections? it should be illegal because it's election interference . so it's election interference. so we're going to go in right now and i will comment just quickly on the colleges and universities. it's a shame. i'm so proud of the new york's finest , they're great. they're finest, they're great. they're great people, too. i know so many of them. they're incredible. they did a job at columbia and likewise in los angeles. they did a really good job at ucla. it was , very much job at ucla. it was, very much embedded. and just so you understand, this is the radical left. this is a movement from

the left, not from the right. the right is not your problem. despite what like law enforcement likes to say, the fbi director said that he worries about the right now. don't worry about the right. the right is fine. worry about the left. because this is a movement from the left. these are radical left lunatics . and they got to left lunatics. and they got to be stopped now because it's going to go on and on and it's going to go on and on and it's going to go on and on and it's going to get worse and worse. and you know, they take over countries, okay. and we're not letting them take over the usa. we're not letting the radical left morons take over this country . you can't let that country. you can't let that happen. and the law enforcement and the people at doj , instead and the people at doj, instead of going after donald trump, they ought to look at what's happening in their own offices because you load it up with radical left people that want this country to fail. and we're not going to let this country fail. thank you very much. what is a fair election look like to you? >> right? >> right? >> donald trump, they're ostensibly talking about his

court appearance, but also talking about, the, presidential election to quite a degree as well. >> and the radical left lunatics, in his words. he was talking a lot about them, a lot about the economy, too. i heard the word economy many, many times. he says this is all a sham, continues to say it's a bogus trial. it's day ten. day ten. >> yes, he did find a little bit of time to talk about the trial that he was actually there for. yes. he said that the judge was conflicted and, which seems like i don't know if you'd be allowed to say that in this country and still. well, i mean, he doesn't really help himself, does he? if i was the judge sitting who had to make the decision on this and donald trump just said this, that and the other about me , i that and the other about me, i mean, my goodness. >> well, he's not very happy about this, unconstitutional gag order, in his words, unconstitutional . he said, of unconstitutional. he said, of course, the case could have been brought eight years ago. eight years ago. but they waited. that's what he says anyway. now we rudely interrupted mark white, our homeland security edhoh white, our homeland security editor, who was just about to, to answer. or you were mid—flow actually , mark, tell us about

actually, mark, tell us about the latest on, migration nation . the latest on, migration nation. >> yeah, just talking about these record figures. 711 migrants crossing the english channel illegally yesterday. and the optics are terrible for the government in terms of the timing here, because this really was supposed to be a week in which the government was determined to show momentum. finally, in the long stalled rwanda policy, having just gained royal assent that rwanda bill meant that the government could now prepared for those first flights to fly off to the east african country in about 2 to 3 months time, and as such , to 3 months time, and as such, just yesterday the government announced in the form of the home office, announced that the operation to start rounding up these asylum seekers, the first cohort who will go to rwanda was underway. 800 immigration enforcement officers, we were told, involved in that. and on

that very same day, 711 crossed the english channel in a move that effectively reverses the gains that were made last year when they were a third down on the numbers that crossed compared to the year before. now, this year , we're a third now, this year, we're a third ahead of last year, completely cancelling out those gains. now, the government might say that, well , look, none of the flights well, look, none of the flights have gone off to east africa yet. so wait and judging judges when the rwanda policy is up and running. but this is the very same government, the same ministers who are already , ministers who are already, trumpeting the success of rwanda in pushing lots of asylum seekers down to the republic of ireland. according to the government in dublin . so you government in dublin. so you can't have it both ways, regardless , we had a record day regardless, we had a record day yesterday. it just goes to show you the very significant challenges that the government

will have, as they hope clearly that the rwanda policy will be a deterrent to trying to stop these people crossing the channel and the huge challenges and just think about the cost to the taxpayer to over 700 people in just one day who have to be accommodated , fed, paid for accommodated, fed, paid for through the whole asylum system process, unless they're, you know, detained and deported to rwanda, which hasn't happened yet. >> the costs are mounting. thank you very much indeed. mark white, our homeland security editor . edhoh >> well, up next, chaotic pro—palestine protests in america. well, they've now been imported to the united kingdom. a young people acting as useful idiots for extremists. that's what the mayor of new york seemed to suggest yesterday. don't go anywhere

good afternoon. britain. it's 2:25. now. students in the uk have set up sit in camps across universities here in britain to protest israel's war against hamas. yes rather copying what's happening in the states. >> i fear there are reports coming in from leeds, sheffield and newcastle from those campuses. >> well, that's after the 300 arrests in new york alone, with those united states pro—palestinian protests attracting riot police from coast to coast. >> it's quite extraordinary actually, actually. so joining us now to discuss this is errol moorcock from republicans overseas . errol, i'm hoping you overseas. errol, i'm hoping you can give us some insight into what's going on in the states, as we speak, there is still a police presence. there are still tents. there are still protesters very much there, bnng protesters very much there, bring us the latest . bring us the latest. >> well, the latest actually kind of goes back to what

happened four years ago with the election around donald trump , election around donald trump, not to give these students and these sort of malcontents a free pass, but in many of these cases, you're seeing a lot of outside agitators. you're seeing coordinated marxist movements, much like occurred when i was a student at uc berkeley, where you go into the protest, you go into these occupied zones, whatever they are, the flavour of the week for each generation. and you realise half these people are not students and there's a lot of outside funding and that outside funding coupled with these sort of vocal malcontent pc individuals , has malcontent pc individuals, has created this tinderbox. and this tinderbox is viral, as in it's spreading from university to university. we used to only i mean, i'm reading here that the police are all are using stun grenades to clear the camp at the ucla . the ucla. >> i mean, stun grenades. >> i mean, stun grenades. >> yeah. only because of the grave danger that they're facing. they're not going up against just students. they're going up against masked bandits who don't have any identification, who sworn

violence, who are chanting, you know, very violent slogans toward the police . i won't toward the police. i won't repeat any of them. and these these officers are going in there risking their lives to basically bring public property back under control of the public right now. is it antifa? >> do you think, is antifa involved, that, far left organisation ? organisation? >> yes, antifa is always involved, especially when it comes to campus organisations. again, when i was a student at berkeley, we had antifa brought into the university to speak in our classes before the lectures. wow. predating the riots that would go on at night. and that goes on throughout the entire uc, which ucla is a part of. so the idea of antifa is there is like saying that there's, you know, roaches in the sewer. it's guaranteed. and they're very similar, as in they both have almost no value to our society , almost no value to our society, and they're attempting to destroy our, like, the best institutions we have. the best things we have in america is this great liberal education system. and it's been completely cannibalised by these fake liberals who've now put it into a serious police escalation situation. and they've been very

violent . they've been very, violent. they've been very, let's say, vocal in their demands . but oftentimes you've demands. but oftentimes you've seen the videos when they get pressed on the nitty gritty, why are you here? what exactly are you saying? they have no idea what they're doing because they're they're not involved. they're they're they're being used. >> we're saying we're seeing a very small version of what you're seeing in the states, on campuses in the uk , the odd campuses in the uk, the odd tent, some protesters who have been very vocal, there have been complaints on quite a few campuses about anti—semitic chants and the like, what's your warning then, to, to us in the uk ? uk? >> thank you for giving me the chance. the warning is that if you keep down this, this line of fire, your your institutions will become corrupted and bankrupted, as is happening in the united states. you're going to see the venerable british institutions. keep in mind, i did my postgrad in saint andrews. i'm a huge fan of your university system, and to see that this could happen here and what has happened in the us, your your voters and constituents and everybody in

your country should be terrified, horrified, mortified of copying the american failure that has been academia. >> errol, what do you say to those who would point to the history of student protests? i mean, after all, it was ronald reagan as governor of california in 1969 who had to send in the state guard to turf out protesters at uc berkeley. i mean, this has been going on for decades and decades and decades, and ultimately, people grow out of it . of it. >> i oh, absolutely, they do grow out of it. the data shows it. i think the issue now is that, yes , yes, students have that, yes, yes, students have the right to protest. and occupying student buildings , as occupying student buildings, as they did in berkeley when reagan came down and put the kibosh on, it was effectively the main , it was effectively the main, operational modality for these protests . however, they've protests. however, they've crossed over from occupy sit ins, hunger strikes, and they've become violent, they've become unsafe, they've become fire hazards. they have definitely crossed the line from, you know,

all, all speech is protected. the united states hate speech is protected. that's fine. but these are private universities and there's other students there. so they've crossed the line on private discourse . and line on private discourse. and it's gone from being a protest to being a violent , seditious, to being a violent, seditious, terrorist inspired. let's go with encampment. and as an encampment, as we saw with the occupy wall street encampments back in 2009 and ten, they devolved into very dirty, unclean and unsafe places . and unclean and unsafe places. and this isn't really the same kind of protest, but i will concede that students should have the right to protest. and if they want to take over a building peacefully, that's traditional. but what they're doing here is not that well, thank you very much for joining not that well, thank you very much forjoining us, errol malkovich. >> great to speak to you. or from the republicans overseas . from the republicans overseas. now, our gb news reporter editor anna o'reilly joins us now, anna, thank you very much. tell us where you are and what you're seeing . good. seeing. good. >> hello. i'm here in sheffield and there's been a collaboration

between the university of sheffield and sheffield hallam university as part of the sheffield campus coalition for palestine. >> they've set up several tents outside the university of sheffield. students union gazebos as well. >> palestine flags, writing as well . well. >> palestine should be free both on boards and chalk written on the ground. >> and there's also about 20 to 30 students there gathered. one of them i saw with a megaphone he was giving that chant from the river to the sea. they believe that sheffield university is complicit in funding arms to israel as part of the israel gaza war, and that's what they say they're standing against, it has been peaceful , though, from from what peaceful, though, from from what ihave peaceful, though, from from what i have seen, not like the violence that we've seen breaking out in america. and it was obviously as we'd been heanng was obviously as we'd been hearing from our previous guests there as violence broke out on there as violence broke out on the other side of the atlantic yesterday, students at russell

group university cities like sheffield, manchester, leeds, bristol and newcastle have pitched up these tents and erected the anti israel signs saying that their actions had been inspired by those in america. >> well, i hope at least they're getting their coursework and university work done at the same time. anna, we're going to have to leave it there because we're pressed for time. but really great to speak to you and interesting to see the pictures there. it's on a smaller scale so far, a smaller scale, i'm sure. >> i'm sure they're sitting there in their tents doing their required reading. i'm sure they're sitting there in the lovely sunshine , studiously studying. >> yes, we're going to be back very quickly with more on this. this is good afternoon, britain. we're on . gb news. we're on. gb news. >> it's 233. i'm sofia wenzler in the gb newsroom. your headunes in the gb newsroom. your headlines 711 people were detected crossing the english channel on wednesday, the highest number on a single day

so far this year, according to home office figures . it brings home office figures. it brings the total number who've crossed so far this year to nearly 8300. that's 34% higher than the total at the same point last year. meanwhile, protesters have surrounded a coach at an asylum seeker accommodation centre in south london to try and stop the detaining of migrants set for flights to rwanda. the activists formed a wall around the coach in peckham and jammed a rental scooter under the vehicle in order to prevent the vehicle leaving. with migrants on board. it's believed the coach was due to take asylum seekers to the bibby stockholm barge accommodation in dorset . a accommodation in dorset. a spanish brazilian national has appeared in court charged with the murder of schoolboy daniel anjorin in north east london. daniel was fatally injured as he walked to school on tuesday morning. marcos aurelio audouini monzo, from newham in london, is also charged with two counts of

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i >> right now. shocking scenes from peckham . protesters are from peckham. protesters are blocking a coach that was set to take asylum seekers to the bibby stockholm barge. now, what you can see now is a rather large group of people. and i must say, it seems to have multiplied. many have their faces covered entirely . entirely. >> now, this is, of course, a pretty stark example of the problems that the police face. it looks like they're wildly outnumbered there, despite there being a solid number of police officers, two police vans, at least from this shot, people are simply ignoring the police. let's be frank. >> the police aren't doing anything by the looks of things, the police aren't moving them on. doesn't appear to have been any arrests. although we'll keep any arrests. although we'll keep an update on that, of course. i mean, gb news presenter patrick

christys has been down there, earlier today , and he says that earlier today, and he says that it's just been like this. more people have come. there's been scuffles. we were hearing reports of the tires on the bus being slashed , e—bikes being being slashed, e—bikes being thrown under the bus to prevent it from departing, of thrown under the bus to prevent it from departing , of course. it from departing, of course. and this group of activists seems to have, grown and grown. >> of course it is . >> of course it is. >>— >> of course it is. >> they're having fun and dancing. >> it is illegal to block a highway, so you'd think that there could be some action taken here, but , there could be some action taken here, but, but there could be some action taken here, but , but the police there could be some action taken here, but, but the police are simply standing there. >> james cleverly , our home >> james cleverly, our home secretary, has said housing migrants in hotels costs the british taxpayer millions of pounds every day. we will not allow this small group of students posing for social media to deter us from doing what is right for the british public. well, isn't that exactly what's happening here? they are actually stopping the government, from implementing their policy here. but. hey, they look like they're having a good time banging the drums. they've got their covid masks

on. some of them sat down that they're all wearing those masks. >> this is this to hide their identity? >> i think so, i think so i'm not sure they're worried about, diseases, but, you know , maybe diseases, but, you know, maybe maybe you're there. correct me if i'm wrong. >> well, if i know anything about freshers flu, i'm pretty sure they're not worried about diseases , but no, it does look diseases, but no, it does look absolutely peculiar. it reminds me of the extinction rebellion protests of the summer of , of protests of the summer of, of 2019 and 2018. it was just you couldn't move through a lot of london, and it was just people brazenly sort of taking over areas that they suddenly demanded were theirs. suddenly, ignonng demanded were theirs. suddenly, ignoring any sort of rules by which we, we normally expect of a civilised society. >> and i don't know where the so this is outside a hotel in london which was being used for migrant accommodation, the government wants to transfer those people to the bibby stockholm barge. i'm not sure where the migrants are now. i

don't know if they're still in the hotel , whether they were the hotel, whether they were moved onto the bus and then taken off because of all this drama and protest, but it's difficult for the home secretary to say, we're not going to allow this to deter us. >> i suppose from an operational police perspective, what they'll be doing here is just thinking, you know what? what do we do? there's a bunch of students here. they're going to get bored eventually. we don't have to take this busload of migrants down to the bibby stockholm today. we'll do it tomorrow instead. and these students can just sit there and have their little singsong. and actually, you know what? we'll get on and it'll be easier for everyone if we just do it tomorrow. >> gosh, imagine if you lived there. be a right pain in the in there. be a right pain in the in the behind, wouldn't it? >> well, what if an ambulance needs to get through. >> yeah. what if an ambulance needs to get through? but anyway, those are the scenes from peckham in south—east london. the government is finding it terribly hard to enact their migration policies, but yes, we'll bring you more as we get it. >> in other news, the co—op arena in manchester, it's supposed to be the largest new music arena in the country. well

it has to. it's had to postpone several events now, a further one today after a series of technical issues in the troubled arena. >> now apparently this arena has cost something like £365 million. and some of these cancellations have really upset people because they've been right at the last minute, including for concerts with the singer olivia rodrigo. that was after technical and safety issues were identified. what's going on? >> well, joining us to tell us exactly what's going on of the latest surrounding this troubled arena is the sports journalist chris skudder. chris this was supposed to open, quite a while ago with peter kay that was cancelled . this is supposed to cancelled. this is supposed to be the largest arena in the country, but they simply can't get it off the ground . get it off the ground. >> yeah. safety stuff. >> yeah. safety stuff. >> i mean, it's, predictable, really , but, yeah, i mean, you really, but, yeah, i mean, you feel sorry for all the fans that have been trying to get in the, the guy i wouldn't try and pronounce the name. the guy with a hoodie. they were queuing outside on wednesday. i think , outside on wednesday. i think, and told to go home, which is

appalling. really? how can that happen? people spending all that money to get there? loads of big gigs coming up. i mean, they've got they've got some legends like the eagles coming up, they've got, eric clapton and billie eilish should have been opened already . and there is opened already. and there is a big sporting event coming up as well , but big sporting event coming up as well, but it's big sporting event coming up as well , but it's not till the big sporting event coming up as well, but it's not till the end of july that's, ufc mixed martial arts, big, ultimate fighting championship event, which, they will hope goes ahead. it's a shambles. you're right. >> chris, we're looking at it here. and may i just take this opportunity to say what an ugly building it is? perhaps. perhaps you know what? perhaps, given that they're not opening it yet, they could sort of have a bit of a revamp of the design. my goodness me, if i was the co—op, i wouldn't want my brand stuck on this ugly black box. >> yeah, well, the city football group as well. you can see the picture there in the background is the etihad football stadium. this is part of the manchester city football, campus. so city only partially involved as a group called the oak view group who are responsible for getting

events on. i think they are the ones who have to answer the questions. and they put a statement out so far saying , statement out so far saying, that, you know, basically there's a problem with the ducting and stuff has been falling down. now you can't have 23,000 people inside an event like that, there's basically a standing floor where you're watching rock groups. now, i mentioned the ufc that the mma event coming up at the end of july , why they would have the july, why they would have the equivalent of the boxing ring, what they call the octagon right in the middle there, so , you in the middle there, so, you know, you can imagine if stuff's dropping down, it's not going to happen. not what you want. three months away. that's three months away. i mean, chris, was this a stadium supposed to be sort of this eco friendly, sustainable, visionary type of stadium? >> and actually, it turns out it's quite, quite tricky . it's quite, quite tricky. >> yeah. listen, i mean, listen, things get pushed back. we know that. things get pushed back. we know that . but i things get pushed back. we know that. but i mean, it's really not good to be having fans standing outside and having to call things off at the last moment. now you know, manchester city wouldn't want their name

associated with that. and they say they only partially involved. harry styles is involved. harry styles is involved in this as well. really, and the cooperative which goes right back to the 19th century, it's all about giving stuff back to the community. that's the idea sustainability. they've got solar panels on the roof, they've got redirecting rainfall, all that kind of thing. so it's all funky. it's very green. it's very 21st century. but, you know, when you construction, sometimes you can't get it done. but you know, if you're selling tickets, quite simply, you've got to get it on and there's some big events coming on. and those fans who have been standing outside the last few days, olivia rodrigo, this weekend, you know, she's massively popular, you know, and it's not going to happen. you know, the artists are not happy ehheh >> very disappointing. and lots of people will have not only paid for tickets, but also accommodation, travel. they were literally about to go into the stadium just to be told the hang on mate, sorry, it's not going ahead. >> things falling from the ceiling. thanks chris. >> goodness me chris skudder there. sports journalist good to speak to you. yes, lots of disappointed people. you can't just call a building ugly tom.

>> it is a building. it is an ugly building. it's a stupid beauty building. >> beauty is in the eye of the beholder, isn't it? >> it should be an enormous sphere. i'd be very happy if it was a big sphere with screens all the way outside. forget the solar panels, it should be. what i'm referring to, of course, is the scheme that, certain politicians in london cancelled. >> this is one of tom's hobbyhorse is he wants the sphere, but it's been axed. so there you go. now we're going to take a quick break, but up next we're going to be talking about the bbc and its curious weather maps. are they trying to perpetuate the idea of an emergency, a climate emergency, global boiling

i >> -- >> good afternoon. britain. it's ten minutes to three. now. the bbc is in the hot seat. ten minutes to three. now. the bbc is in the hot seat . let's bbc is in the hot seat. let's see what we did there. the hot seat over the colour scale it uses to represent temperature on

its weather. with lows of 11 degrees. shown as yellow , while degrees. shown as yellow, while 41 degrees is depicted as dark red. >> well, that would make sense. 41 degrees is very hot indeed . 41 degrees is very hot indeed. >> very hot. what are we talking about? 15 degrees and 2018 degrees looks very hot. but i think there was a map that showed 15 degrees as some of the darkest , deepest colours. darkest, deepest colours. >> now, the colour scheme was introduced in 2017. the bbc at the time said it was intended to help those with colour blindness, but some say that yellow or orange to represent a temperature as low as 11 degrees, is going a bit far and wondering whether there's an agenda behind it. >> and where has all the blue gone ? gone? >> where is the blue gone? >> where is the blue gone? >> it's all been never cold. never cold. well, we're joined now by the meteorologist and author jim dale. jim, are people authorjim dale. jim, are people just, getting a bit overexcited about this, or is there genuinely a problem here of representing 11 degrees in a sort of warm colour? i mean, that's a bit silly, isn't it? >> 11 degrees isn't warm. >> 11 degrees isn't warm. >> some some facts for a second. >> some some facts for a second. >> this is the meteogroup in,

not the met office. >> so there's a bit of a difference. so the one thing that's lacking between all the weather operators, if you like, is a little bit of consistency there on their own. >> i guess, in terms of what they decide and different organisations decide different things. >> but to be honest, this thing has been battered around on social media for some time now. >> and you know what? >> and you know what? >> i just think it's it. >> i just think it's it. >> can i say this? it's a red herring. it really is a red herring. >> because i think, to be honest with you, you know, anybody can work these things out. they can look at the figures. >> if they can't understand the crayon, the crayon colours, then. yeah. the figures are there for for, good reason. yeah. >> but jim, you know as well as i do jim, you know, as well as i do why it winds people up. it winds people up because people think that the bbc or the company behind these weather maps is trying to promote the idea that our country is on, on fire, that it's far too hot than it should be, that we're having heat waves when the temperature

goes above 15 degrees. can you, can you see that, jim , to can you see that, jim, to a degree i can, but not not. i mean, it's like jumping on a bandwagon. it's like jumping on that conspiracy theory. i can see it, but. but i don't think it means a job. what means a job is actually what's going on. and it might not necessarily be this country at this time , or even country at this time, or even even the last 2 or 3 months. it's been been relatively cool to warm, and that's about as good as it's got. but there are other places in the world that, to be honest with you, i don't know whether purple would be at the top end or the bottom end of the top end or the bottom end of the scale. cold or very hot. the dress that you're wearing, you know, there's places like last week, so the highest temperature eveh week, so the highest temperature ever. and not just cambodia, but thailand , day after day after thailand, day after day after day, parts of africa, it'll soon be in the united states. so these temperatures are very real. >> jim, i think we'd all understand if it was 45 degrees to have a red blob around london. if it was, you know, absolutely boiling. and there was a genuine heat wave not so

much when it's 18, 19 degrees. but you said one. you said we have to leave it there. i'm so sorry. we've come to the end of the show. we'll have to talk again about this, because it is an interesting one and it does get people talking. why is it orange and red when it's not very hot? >> well goodness me, of course people will be able to see how gb news do it, or at least how the met office do it for gb news when we get to the weather in just one minutes time. but before then, martin daubney is up next. >> hang on, let me just say that tomorrow i'm on with gloria de piero. tom harwood is on all night tonight doing the general general election, local elections . so he's general election, local elections. so he's going to be on all night, so don't miss it, but, martin, what's coming up on your show ? your show? >> well, jim dale was certainly seeing red there, wasn't he? he could do with taking a chill pill. >> is it time for to rishi admit he can't stop the boat? >> 711 yesterday, 45,000 since he was the prime minister. >> meanwhile, borderline insanity in ireland. they're deploying 100 cops to stop

asylum seekers crossing the border. well there were 35,000 dunng border. well there were 35,000 during the troubles. good luck with that . donald trump has just with that. donald trump has just said radical left morons are taking over our country. we must stop them. is the same true here? they they're stopping coaches leaving peckham. is it time to send in the water cannons? do you think it is? anyway, now it's time for your weather forecast . weather forecast. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on gb news. who's . news. who's. >> hello again! here's your latest gb news. weather brought to you by the met office. northern parts will stay dry as we go through the rest of today, but further south we have some thundery, showery rain and that's in association with a front that's trailing across central parts at the moment. and we do have low pressure towards the southeast, and that's brought quite a blustery, breezy theme for many of us. but it is theme for many of us. but it is the heavy, perhaps thundery downpours across central parts of england and wales as we go into the night. that's most likely to cause some disruption

in a few places. there will be quite a bit of cloud for many of us, but towards northern northwestern parts of the uk, some clear skies. despite these, though, temperatures not dropping a huge amount. many towns and cities, especially where it stays cloudy , will hold where it stays cloudy, will hold up in double figures. a bit of a wet start, then across some central parts as we go through into friday and also watch out for some showery outbreaks of rain which could turn thundery, pushing across northern parts of england and southern scotland. two to the north of the areas of wet and cloudy weather. there will be some decent sunshine, so for northern scotland and also to the south, so across southern parts of england, i'm expecting some bright sunny weather and where we see some sunshine it is going to feel pretty warm but under the cloud and rain feeling markedly cooler than it has done recently. as we go into saturday and the weekend as a whole, there's a fair bit of uncertainty at the moment. it does look like it will be quite cloudy, with some outbreaks of rain for scotland and northern ireland, and some showers feeding up from the south and the risk of showers continues as we go through sunday and into bank holiday monday as well. could turn heavy and possibly thundery at times .

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gb news. >> hey. very good afternoon to you. 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. >> all across the uk. >> on today's show, 711 people were detected crossing the engush were detected crossing the english channel on wednesday. yesterday, the highest number on a single day so far this year. we get stuck into that story. is it time to admit we simply cannot stop the boats and civil servants have been trying to prevent deportation flights taking off from rwanda by mounting a legal challenge against rishi sunak's flagship policy. i'll ask who's really running this country next up,