patel and legendary tv executive mike hollingsworth. now i'll be reacting to the brilliant news about the king in just two minutes time. but first, the news headlines and tamsin roberts . roberts. >> mark, thank you very much. here are the top stories from the gb newsroom. well—wishers outside buckingham palace are welcoming the news. the king is returning to public duties following the positive effect of his cancer treatment . but a his cancer treatment. but a palace spokesperson says king charles is greatly encouraged to be resuming some public facing dufies be resuming some public facing duties and very grateful to his medical team . he's been medical team. he's been receiving outpatient care since february for an undisclosed form of cancer. now charles and the queen will visit a cancer treatment centre on tuesday , the treatment centre on tuesday, the prime minister posted on exit. it was brilliant news to end the week. members of the public say it's great. >> yeah, it's great news. i

mean, it was sad to hear about the cancer diagnosis and what with him and catherine coming at the same time. so it's great that he's on the mend. >> we'll be happy to be out and about. and everyone, you know, seeing that he's in good in good health, it's good news for him, i suppose, and it's quite favourable news for the nation, isuppose. i suppose. >> the families of three men murdered in the reading terror attack are calling for urgent change, after a coroner ruled their deaths were probably avoidable. friends james furlong , doctor david wales and joseph ritchie—bennett were fatally stabbed in june 2020 when libyan refugee khairi saadallah targeted them in a town centre park. the coroner said failings by the home office and the local nhs community mental health team contributed to their deaths. james furlong's father , gary, james furlong's father, gary, said he has very little confidence that an attack like

this will not happen again . this will not happen again. humza yousaf says he will not resign as scotland's first minister, ahead of a crucial test of his leadership next week. he says that as a minority government , his week. he says that as a minority government, his party will week. he says that as a minority government , his party will need government, his party will need to make some concessions as it negotiates with other parties. it's after the collapse of the snp's power sharing deal with the greens yesterday , but humza the greens yesterday, but humza yousaf says he'll fight on. >> i fully intend to not just win that vote, but i intend to fight to make sure that the government stays, not just the government stays, not just the government continues to deliver on the priorities of the people, like for example, investing in affordable housing. so there's all that political game playing happening from the opposition. it will not be taking part. it will be getting, of course, on with the job. and when the vote comes, i fully intend to win the foreign office has summoned the russian ambassador after a british man was allegedly recruited as a russian spy, 20 year old dylan earl has been charged with conducting hostile

activity in the uk to benefit russia . russia. >> he's accused of masterminding an arson plot on london businesses. four other men were also charged in connection with the same investigation . well, the same investigation. well, those are the top stories and for all the latest , do sign up for all the latest, do sign up to gb news alerts. you can scan the qr code on your screen or go to gb news. common alerts now, though, it's back to . mark. though, it's back to. mark. >> we start the weekend with good news. no, gary lineker hasn't had a break from twitter , hasn't had a break from twitter, james blunt hasn't give up singing, and sir keir starmer hasn't worked out what a woman is yet. but our wonderful dynamic new king has announced he will return to public duties . he will return to public duties. britain might be in the grip of a worklessness crisis , but a worklessness crisis, but there's no sick note culture at there's no sick note culture at the palace. he doesn't need a document signed by his gp. he's not happy to sit at home baking banana bread, drinking his wine

cellar and watching the whole of netflix. king charles at the age of 75 years. and let's be honest, 75 years young, as you can see from this photo. well, he's shrugged off his cancer diagnosis to get back to his day job, a job he does so well. this is the morale boost that the country needs. it sends a clear message that, god willing , our message that, god willing, our monarch's health is going in the right direction, that he's got the energy to once again represent the nation and the queen. camilla probably wants him out of the house. men are a nightmare when they're ill. charles would be within his rights to take the next couple of years off, but this famous workaholic makes ellen i sleek in my factory. musk look lazy by comparison, and his commitment to public service representing the nation in a neutral, apolitical way is a timely reminder that the alternative would be a joyless republic. with an elected president , would be a joyless republic. with an elected president, some tired ex—politician or tv star president tony blair, president

theresa may or president piers morgan . so we celebrate the morgan. so we celebrate the king's return to royal duties , king's return to royal duties, his improved health and the robust health of the institution that he leads. the big man is back. king charles has been doing a brilliant job since day one.long doing a brilliant job since day one. long may it continue . great one. long may it continue. great news to start the weekend. let's get reaction from my friday a—team sally morgan, alpesh patel and mike hollingsworth. listen alpesh king charles has had cancer. it's devastating . had cancer. it's devastating. he's making what we hope is a recovery. but in a sense, it's been the making of him. >> i've met that wonderful man many, many times. he is warm . he many, many times. he is warm. he is incredibly hardworking, as you rightly say, and i'm so pleased he's back to work for one simple reason looking at me , one simple reason looking at me, you will know one thing about me. i want to bring back the

british empire. me. i want to bring back the british empire . no, me. i want to bring back the british empire. no, i me. i want to bring back the british empire . no, i want to british empire. no, i want to bnng british empire. no, i want to bring back the british empire. and you can't do that without a king. so that's why we need the king forget all this president stuff. no, you need him because you can't have an empire without i like you. >> i know the king. that is the ultimate namedrop, isn't it.7 i know king charles. can you do better than that .7 better than that? >> he's got a firm grip. he's got a firm grip. is that right? >> well, i knew his first wife. that maybe. is that better than that? no, but i'm so pleased that? no, but i'm so pleased that he's back to work. and of course, he wants to get back to work. because if he's darling wife, who he calls his darling, she has been holding it all up there for him and she's very tired at the moment. so i think that it gives him great pleasure to feel that he can go out there and he can be shaking the hands. give her a bit of a rest. >> yeah, most definitely, of course. you were diana's sidekick. were you not an adviser? well, confidant . adviser? well, confidant. >> i was her confidant. that's. i like that because four and a half years, every single day on the phone, you certainly do get to know someone. >> and if she were here, she would be rooting for his

recovery. >> she would. she would, because even though they were divorced , even though they were divorced, she loved him very much there. and of course the boys. so she would be there for rooting for the king. >> indeed. so. and i think importantly, mike hollingsworth , importantly, mike hollingsworth, what king charles has achieved is to remove the stigma around cancer. >> cancen >> yes, he has indeed. and that's a good thing. i'm not a monarchist, but i, i wish him well, obviously. and as a joint cancer sufferer, i empathise with him and i met him. i haven't met him as many times as you have, but you're not his bosom buddy. >> no, i invite you. >> no, i invite you. >> i'm not his bosom buddy. but i did go to the palace, not many weeks ago with my ex—wife. anne diamond . and i was amazed. diamond. and i was amazed. somebody who'd never really been a monarchist herself was absolutely struck by him. and, like a lot of people, almost went weak at the knees when she was talking to him. you can see

her there. and if you look very closely, she's she looks like she's gone weak in the knees. most definitely. yeah. >> and , you are in the >> and, you are in the background there. did your trip to the palace turn you into a monarchist, no . i like all the. monarchist, no. i like all the. all the palace stuff , but then all the palace stuff, but then i'm. when i, for instance , i go i'm. when i, for instance, i go to france, which hasn't had a monarch for a very long time, but i still like going around the palaces and having a look at all the things that they've done. i'm very fond of that. and actually, i think that's one of the reasons that in this country, if we did away with the monarchy, we would still get the number of visitors we do. >> you know, we wouldn't have the stability, though . what do the stability, though. what do you think, sally? >> you think stability? >> you think stability? >> well, i'm a great monarchist and i'm a royalist, and i love them. and i think that they bnng them. and i think that they bring so much money into our country , they. and look how country, they. and look how everyone is thrilled that he's back to work. you know, we need a monarchy . we need a monarchy. a monarchy. we need a monarchy. we need it because we need stability at the moment. and they bring that to us.

>> well, yeah, because you have to worry. alpesh. if it wasn't king charles, it could be president blair or president lineker. >> we'd be revolting on the streets at the thought of any of it. >> oh, come back, come off it, come off it! >> given his recovery, i think the channel should be called uk news, not gb news. i mean, that's not a bad . that's not a bad. >> come on mike, you don't like you're not happy with the suggestion. >> that's what everybody comes up with. president blair or president. you know the wrong names. but when you look at ireland , which has had a very ireland, which has had a very good succession of presidents and also if the all you get is the family of the president, you don't get all the hangers on that our royal family does. and you know , as for bringing in you know, as for bringing in a lot of money, i still maintain that money would come into the into the country regardless of whether we had a monarchy. >> but what about the what about he's really trimmed it down, hasn't he? >> he's trimmed it down. he's trimmed it down too much, i think i think i think they need enough people on the balcony. >> i am happy to volunteer my

services as part of the royal family. there you go . family. there you go. >> you got to. why do we need them all? why do we need them all? bring back prince andrew. what? what else? >> oh, there's so many duties and there aren't enough people to go around. >> now, michael, i agree with you. i think people would still come to the uk because it's a great destination globally. anyway london one of the best cities in the world. the palace will still be there all the pomp and ceremony. but what about the soft international diplomatic power? the fact is that when king charles where is the palace? he stays in the elysee palace, where, when he goes to washington, he stays in the white house. >> where has king charles gone ? >> where has king charles gone? since he's been. since he since his coronation. >> well, he's not been. >> well, he's not been. >> well, he's not been. >> well, give him a chance. he wasn't well. >> he wasn't well when he wasn't, he was very shortly. >> it's almost the year long anniversary of the coronation. and he was empowered before then. and he hasn't gone anywhere australia, new zealand, they haven't seen him. and those countries were expecting to keep the monarch as their head of state. >> answer my question. the soft diplomatic power of the royal

family is second to none. if it was an ex—politician that was our president, they wouldn't get the red card. >> doesn't have to be an ex politician. >> like i say, in the case of ireland it was lawyers, it was barristers. it was people who were internationally. >> well known. >> well known. >> do you really want a dusty lawyer representing the nation? michael i mean, mike, you're the king of showbiz. you've launched so many careers . how can king of showbiz. you've launched so many careers. how can you possibly get behind the idea of some boring old president? >> well, if you're a box office, if you're challenging me like that, i could find you quite a number of people. >> well , you number of people. >> well, you raise a absolutely tantalising question. >> alpesh patel and sally, if we had a president, who should it be that? >> come on. i don't even want to know. i'm going to be at the tower of london before the end of the evening. i answer that question and i'm going to be marched off by the guards. >> charles knows where you live because he's your mate. >> yeah, yeah, he's round quite often. >> so they are. >> so they are. >> oh, my goodness me. we'll have to have a little conversation. what do you think? >> who would make a good president if we didn't have monarchy. >> well, not not farage first of

all. no, no, no, he would love to be. no no no not king. no no no no it hasn't no, it hasn't come on nigel. >> he's a he's a very i can't think of anyone except him and of course william eventually you know, they're just they're perfect. >> mike, might you like to see at the end of the monarchy? but will it happen? >> i'd be happy to see a transition which included someone like prince william, a trans monarch. >> that's quite interesting. >> that's quite interesting. >> yeah, that's an idea, mike. >> yeah, that's an idea, mike. >> no, i'm not suggesting that queen slash king. >> no, they . >> no, they. >> no, they. >> you know, i think you'd like to see. >> are you thinking that the charles stays king and then the repubuc charles stays king and then the republic comes in after that , republic comes in after that, what's your what's the. >> and then. and then maybe william could be william and kate could be the first president. >> that's an interesting thought. >> what about that? >> what about that? >> no. we've had a republic and it didn't turn out that well, did it? lots of heads on spikes and it would just divide the country even more than it already is divided. >> sally, is it too soon for the king to go back to work ? he's king to go back to work? he's a famous workaholic. shouldn't he stay home and get well?

>> well, i think he should, because i don't think he is well at the moment. yeah, but you're not going to stop him. as i said, i think he's looking at camilla. he's looking at the queen and he's seeing how tired she is. he's also seeing how he is needed. he's needed at the moment . the country need him and moment. the country need him and he's decided that he will go back. but i do think it is too soon. but they won't let him . soon. but they won't let him. you know, the system will not let him become too tired. he's still going to be having lots of treatment . and possibly i feel treatment. and possibly i feel sally morgan prediction coming up everybody. and this will happen a little procedure that he might have to go in and have. and i then i think maybe another couple of months and you could say he's almost on the mend, but he's not on the mend just yet. right. >> so you mean you are a renowned psychic? your belief, your instinct and your expertise tells you you think in the end, in the long run, following possibly one more procedure. yeah, he's going to have another procedure go into potential operation. yep. and then . but operation. yep. and then. but you think the prognosis is good

that he'll be all right in the long run? >> well, i do, i think that he's having the best treatment, but i think that i thought your question was, you know, is he going back to work too soon? at the moment i feel he is. but he's a workaholic. i mean, he is. i'm a workaholic . you're workaholic. >> do you know what it is? also, alpesh, he's watched baby reindeer on netflix. okay. he's he's done. how i met your mother and the sopranos. he's seen enough box sets and he'd rather shake hands with people, receive flowers and open hospital wings. >> i think he is the number one patriot by definition. and we need more of those in the country. and he's a role model for people. definitely who are thinking, well, should i put my feet up or shall i actually go out and do something better for the country? and i think that's what we have in the king. >> well, even mike hollingsworth, an absolutely devoted republican, is smiling at the news that the king is making a recovery back at work on monday. congratulations king charles, as a poll suggests, they now back labour have gb news viewers gone woke? we'll debate that

next. a shock poll commissioned exclusively for gb news has revealed that sir keir starmer is now more popular than rishi sunak among gb news viewers. and labour are more popular than the tories, so have gb news viewers gone? woke alpesh patel ? gone? woke alpesh patel? >> look, the audience can't see the bookshelf . but you've got the bookshelf. but you've got das kapital, the complete works of karl marx. you've got what you've got, you've got the little red book, jeremy corbyn, my little red book, jeremy corbyn, my life. >> yeah, yeah. >> yeah, yeah. >> and times. they can't see all of that. last time i was in here, you had mein kampf. you guys have gone completely left wing. >> most definitely . listen, does >> most definitely. listen, does it surprise you? is that the final nail in the coffin for rishi sunak that the gb news viewers would rather have a labour government? >> well, yeah. >> well, yeah. >> i mean, you just count the numbers . you've got, what, 50

numbers. you've got, what, 50 million people watching tonight. and obviously if they've all gone labour then labour win. but l, gone labour then labour win. but i, i think people would agree it's more rishi is lost now i've got to say being brown being of indian origin, i mean he's buggered it up for me ever becoming pm for probably a couple of generations now . so, couple of generations now. so, you know, i'm feeling this pain personally on twitter crying out i had ambition. can't be can't be in the royal family. can't be prime minister. it's working my way down right now. yeah, but he's the king. >> he's going to be knighted next. gerry's going to be, sir. we'll all be bowing to you the next time . next time. >> but he doesn't take any boxes. >> don't wait. >> don't wait. >> we've had a british asian prime minister. so your concern is you don't tick boxes anymore. >> look at the scottish first minister, i really think. >> i think that survey says more about gb news than it says about sunak or starmer. and i think what it shows is that you've got a really good cross section of the population viewing, very attracted, and it's growing as well. yes. >> i mean i've met them, but you're right. >> and i think, mike, what you're saying is that both that mike, contrary to what our

critics might say, gb news is no echo chamber. >> no, it isn't true. and that's exactly the point. i'm making, that gb news actually doesn't just serve one particular wing of the of the political. >> it stands on its own. and it's, i think, gb news is saying what the person at home is saying . it's saying what the saying. it's saying what the pubucis saying. it's saying what the public is saying. yeah, i think you represent the majority of what people are thinking. >> but don't you think it's sad that it's only a choice between starmer and sunak? don't you think it's sad that the, the sort of election process that we have is still only first past the post and it's not not pr. >> well, i hear what you're saying, mike, but what worries me about first part, first part, isuppose me about first part, first part, i suppose going is that you'll have hung parliaments forever. and we don't have a great history with hung parliaments, do we? >> we don't. >> we don't. >> but do you remember the theresa may years, the brexit deadlock? we didn't get anything done. >> yeah, but but if it's properly constructed , you get a properly constructed, you get a better i think you get a better

cross representation of the population's feelings. i mean yeah at the moment we've got two parties which actually seesaw between them and they're so close to the middle that sometimes you can't tell them apart. >> well, i think you raise a point because in 2017, if ukip had been part of a proportional system, they could have had 20, 30, 40 mp5 system, they could have had 20, 30, 40 mps maybe held the balance of power. >> and this time reform could do the same thing. >> well, how about that then? >> well, how about that then? >> what about. yeah, we definitely need more uncertainty in politics and more jostling for position. >> listen, an elected dictatorship. i've even got my doubts about democracy right now. i mean , royalist, i'm now. i mean, royalist, i'm thinking somewhere between extreme royalist chinese communist party, as your viewers would agree. they're leaning that way already. they've got elected dictatorship. that's what you need. and a benevolent dictator in a monarch. well, thatis dictator in a monarch. well, that is what they job done. >> the current parliamentary system is an elected. yeah, exactly what the idea is. strong government. but do you agree with mike that britain deserves

a better choice of starmer versus sunak? well, of course, but they're not going to get it. >> i mean you've got what sunak's going out . starmer is sunak's going out. starmer is coming in. people want to change. end of and he will he will bring to the table . keir will bring to the table. keir will bring to the table. keir will bring to the table new beginning thames. >> good friend of yours. >> good friend of yours. >> no. special. no. well you never know after this. i mean come on. yeah, definitely . come on. yeah, definitely. definitely. the country wants change and we're going to get it andifs change and we're going to get it and it's amazing. >> do you see as a as a psychic you do expect a labour government. >> oh definitely. months time. and i predicted that way way way back. >> and any thoughts on the date of the election november is predicted. could could sunak go to january ? to january? >> no. >> no. >> why doesn't he go to january? mike. and then just in january say we've given up. >> i think i think he could. >> i think i think he could. >> do you know what historic precedent. >> i've got a date. >> i've got a date. >> then the 14th of november, and he could be our permanent glorious leader for the next 50 years. >> indeed he could. >> indeed he could. >> but a week is a long time. who knows what's going to happen

between now and, say, january ? between now and, say, january? >> well, what are you saying? reading between the lines. are you suggesting that events could conspire to keep rishi sunak in power? >> a plane takes off for rwanda. you know , and suddenly people you know, and suddenly people start to think, oh, yes, maybe he's right . he's right. >> well, we're going to discuss rwanda in just a moment and why it looks like it's already working, as you suggested. 14th of november. >> sorry, i got the 14th. i didn't mean to interrupt you. no, i don't know. 14th of november. i don't know what day. >> i don't have a bookie, but i'm going to call a bookie. >> let's bet of paddy power there. yeah i think yeah. >> there are other betting agencies . yeah. agencies. yeah. >> and there are others. yeah. >> and there are others. yeah. >> yes. we're closing the deal with some william hill sponsorship, so be nice. oh, right. >> okay. all right. there you go i >> -- >> or is it ladbrokes. listen. there you go. well look fascinating stuff . that debate fascinating stuff. that debate is going to run and run. but parting is such sweet sorrow. having found a candidate to run scotland even more badly than nicola sturgeon, the snp will rue the day they chose humza yousaf, who has outlasted liz

truss lettuce but who lacks the staying power of a scottish turnip. like the popular scottish root vegetable . usaf scottish root vegetable. usaf himself probably wants to get mashed tonight because following the collapse of his deal with the collapse of his deal with the green party , he is reliant the green party, he is reliant on the support of one single ex snp politician , ash regan. when snp politician, ash regan. when she left the snp over the party's mad trans policies, yousef said it was no loss, a remark that will come back to haunt him. yeah, he will be no loss to scotland when he eventually goes. this is a guy who was installed by the party to continue nicola sturgeon's legacy. well, he has achieved just that. a legacy of drug and alcohol deaths, a scottish nhs close to bankruptcy, low attainment in schools, crime through the roof and a brilliant country populated by brilliant people in the grip of woke ideology . the sturgeon usaf ideology. the sturgeon usaf dream team have seen women's

rights eviscerated to placate trans extremists. they've caused a public spat with the world's greatest author, j.k. rowling. and don't pick a fight with someone who has access to wizards and their true low points. a double rapist accommodated in a women's prison, scotland has now become so terminally woke that this monster, isla bryson real name adam graham, has received an apology from a top scottish prison officer for misgendering him. well, i'm not one for compelled speech , but i'd be compelled speech, but i'd be tempted to make misgendering rapists obligatory or released a national sport. i'll bryson is a man and a despicable one at that. but this fall from grace for a party of rapid nationalism is good news for the country. first of all, even the mad snp have realised that an unthinking race to net zero would pretty

much finish off scotland's already ailing economy, which is why they've ditched the green party. trans madness cost sturgeon her job, in part at sturgeon herjob, in part at least. and jk rowling, fuelled by the cass report, is winning the argument that trans women are not women and the scottish pubuc are not women and the scottish public have had enough of tribal politics with the pathetic spectacle of usaf blaming the westminster government for the fact that scottish postmasters won't get justice for the honzon won't get justice for the horizon scandal, even though it's because he couldn't be bothered to draft legislation in holyrood, as it's a devolved matter. sturgeon played the same kind of games during the pandemic, always trying to steal bofis pandemic, always trying to steal boris johnson's thunder with a message that my lockdown is bigger than yours. scotland will rise again, but i'm going to miss the snp and i'm going to miss the snp and i'm going to miss humza yousaf. firstly for being on the wrong side of every argument and secondly for comedy gold. like this .

gold. like this. >> too good. >> too good. >> there's a metaphor in there somewhere on your bike, humza. or should i say scooter for full reaction. sally morgan alpesh patel and mike hollingsworth who are my friday a team? sally, will you miss humza yousaf when he eventually goes, no, he's going to go, no, i won't miss him. he's got days , not weeks, him. he's got days, not weeks, hasn't he? >> a days, hours, perhaps even . >> a days, hours, perhaps even. you know, i think that he's saying i'm staying, i'm staying . saying i'm staying, i'm staying. and you know, i just profess too much. i think that he's going to go pretty soon. and yeah , in go pretty soon. and yeah, in with the new one. >> mike, this isn't about the end of one political career, is it? the snp are in trouble. >> i well i wonder i think we haven't seen the last of alex salmond and i wonder whether this is his move after all. as you say, ash, ash, regan, she's she's the, the sort of person

who's going to hold the balance and she's, she's already made demands party, the alba party she is and maybe something's going to happen there which we could see that the whole issue of scottish nationalism is not dead. >> so what might happen? are you suggesting that somehow alex salmond could do a farage and take over the snp, or can he make alba the main pro—indy party of scotland? >> i think i think your first choice was right. i think he's he's just waiting in the wings and he's been fairly quiet. i know he's been through a trial, but there and there were other reasons that people felt, slightly difficult about him. yeah, but i think he's he's got a reputation. he's got the gift of the gab as well. most definitely. and his history shows that he's really liked by people . people. >> well, indeed. and his legal woes are behind him with no case to answer. what about that? alex salmond saves the snp, potentially saves scotland

alpesh. >> look, i've got to say to the viewers , brown leaders are not viewers, brown leaders are not all unpopular , okay? because all unpopular, okay? because i've got a future somewhere at some point. so that's the first thing, as i said, and i've noficed thing, as i said, and i've noticed the good ones, barack obama pretty good. come on. narendra modi, for instance, incredibly popular in india. >> get your hand off of that. >> get your hand off of that. >> yeah, right. >> yeah, right. >> i don't like separatism. i'm a unionist as well as a royalist. the only part of the united kingdom that should be separate, and i was born in leeds is the people's republic of yorkshire . other than that, of yorkshire. other than that, i don't like separatists. >> your benefit or theirs? >> your benefit or theirs? >> well, i need to be a monarch somewhere. yeah, okay, so that's what we call it. independence no, it's separatism, and i'm afraid i don't like it. no, it's separatism, and i'm afraid i don't like it . now, afraid i don't like it. now, there's another thing. when you have a big constitutional change like brexit or like the independence referendum , don't independence referendum, don't make it just 50% plus one vote. do what every other country in the world does for constitution changes a supermajority 75. and

that proves the point. with scotland . can you imagine if scotland. can you imagine if they had got independence now? they'd be looking at this and going, oh my god, what did we do? look who the leader is. that's why you need a supermajority, which will last generations. >> i totally agree, but that's even though i'm a brexiteer. i think the idea of coming out on the basis of a 52% vote was was wrong , but i think it should wrong, but i think it should have been thought of again, because that's anti—democratic. because that's anti —democratic. >> because that's anti—democratic. >> no, it's more democracy because if you required a supermajority for brexit, it would never happen. >> no, i think it would. it would have done. people would have. yes. i think people would have. yes. i think people would have thought about it more carefully. maybe the arguments would have been different. but i certainly think it should have been at least 60, briefly , been at least 60, briefly, sally, do you think that the snp are done for and do you think that independence is now dead in the water for a generation? >> well, i think it is. >> well, i think it is. >> and i also think that alex salmond would only want his party. alba. i don't think he would want to go back to the snp. it holds too many bad memories and too, too much ill

feeling for him . yeah, so feeling for him. yeah, so i think that he could. i think you're right, chris. i think he could come back on the scene politically, but it will be for his party. >> but on that question, you go to edinburgh quite a lot, especially during august. yeah. don't you feel you're going to a different country when you go there. >> no i do, do you. yeah. yeah definitely. >> it's, it's because it's more, it's more nationalistic now i think, i think scotland and the people are fantastic and it's more integrated too. >> amazingly. yeah. >> amazingly. yeah. >> no, i think i think that's right. and i think, though that scotland can be saved . but in scotland can be saved. but in the absence of humza yousaf , as the absence of humza yousaf, as donald trump's top aide predicts britain's future , will nigel britain's future, will nigel farage be the conservative party's next prime minister and will he save britain? plus the rwanda plan is already working. find out why .

next. donald trump's former right hand man, steve bannon , a man who man, steve bannon, a man who looks like everyone's favourite irish uncle has predicted that gb news star nigel farage will become uk prime minister after a global financial meltdown knocks sir keir starmer out of power. so will nigel farage save britain? >> mike hollingsworth i think nigel's playing his cards very close to his chest at the moment . i'm not surprised by the prediction which comes from the trump camp, obviously. and they always do a lot to bolster each other's prospects . but i've got other's prospects. but i've got other's prospects. but i've got other thoughts about who's going to lead this country, because i actually am getting into a position where i think actually, it doesn't matter which politicians are in power, the civil service is running this country. you're right. >> and also international financiers. we saw that during the liz truss period. she tried to cut taxes and essentially the

bond market said, no, we won't lend you the money. so somehow power is now outside of parliament. >> and of course, the worry is that blair actually managed to get a few people into the civil service of his persuasion , and service of his persuasion, and they're still there. >> wow. >> wow. >> a few truth bombs from mike hollingsworth. do you care to challenge any of that? >> alpesh my wife is a civil servant and i can tell you, mike, she not only runs my house, but she is actually running the whole government. >> there you go . >> there you go. >> there you go. >> pretty much. i mean, that's an exclusive. i'm going to give you another exclusive on gb news. i have met nigel farage and i'm going to tell you, and i met him without any cameras . met him without any cameras. >> more impressive than knowing the king, by the way. >> well, i thought you'd agree. i'm sure the viewers would. and i'm sure the viewers would. and i met him in the green room. not here before . and i'm going to here before. and i'm going to tell you something. why? he won't be leader of the country or the saviour. that man is a pussy cat. okay he is an awkward hesitation bit. quick, let me finish the word pussy cat. >> call me psychic. i know what you're going to say. >> he's the soft people said to me because he interviewed me. i

said, what was he like? what was he like? was he ferocious? he's a little pussy cat. he's too soft. he's soft on immigration, for a start. and we'll come to that later. right. and i think he'd be too soft as a leader. >> but he's got claws, hasn't he? no. look he's done to the tories. >> he's destroyed them and he's going to destroy them . going to destroy them. >> only when you get him in the green room. that is just a quiet , nice little man. doesn't talk too much, actually . too much, actually. >> where do you get this soft on immigration from? well surely he's the greatest sceptic of open borders in the country . open borders in the country. >> yeah, well, what you should actually be doing with people who are trafficking other humans and trafficking children and involved in the traffic trafficking of sex slaves. what you should be doing is extrajudicial killings. you should say this is a danger to our national security. if you're the scumbags who are going to move kids around, then we're not going to wait for the lawyers, and we're not even going to wait for legislation . we're going to for legislation. we're going to do the gibraltar thing that we did with the ira. >> my goodness gracious, he's too soft for that powerful

tonight, i should say, although i'm a patel, i'm not related to priti, but but you're more like soft as well on immigration. >> but no . come on, that's it. >> but no. come on, that's it. little laser dot. you're getting on a boat. you're a bloke. >> capital punishment for. >> capital punishment for. >> it's not capital punishment. it's extrajudicial capital punishment would be after a trial. this is pre—trial. i agree. that's what you're doing with kids. oh, that will get them . that will stop them them. that will stop them crossing bloody borders into the country. then sending them to rwanda is an attraction. they've come with nothing but the shirts on their back. no money, everything spent . and you're everything spent. and you're sending them to rwanda, by the way? looked it up on a map right next door to door to lake victoria in tanzania . what's victoria in tanzania. what's next to tanzania? seychelles? that's a pull that's too soft as well. >> no. okay. i mean, live liveli stuff. >> what do you think about this? and nigel, a gifted man, i mean, he's a broadcaster. he's not in politics. but if he went into politics, well, he's going back into my prediction. >> sally morgan prediction, nigel farage will head the reform party. he's definitely

won the election. definitely. he's definitely going back into politics. trump is backing him. he's backing trump without a doubt. nigel wants to be a politician again. he's a celebrity, but he's going to sort of set that aside. and it will be politics, politics, politics. he will never run this country. but there are lots of people that want to, i think, see him as the leader of the reform party, and that's what he will be. >> i don't think he'll come. i don't think he'll come back to the reform party until after the election. i think at the moment his broadcasting commitments give him the freedom to say what he likes. no, and he knows that he likes. no, and he knows that he can actually carry on broadcasting while politicians are looking elsewhere . yeah, are looking elsewhere. yeah, yeah, yeah. >> but i do think that i just got this feeling . i've got this got this feeling. i've got this sense, you know, this is how i work, which is, which is well proven, which is well proven. that definitely we will hear you will hear that that nigel farage is back in politics. what will he do? >> he can't stand for that

question, mike. he can't stand for anywhere because he's been defeated ten times. here's what i think. >> i don't have sally psychic powers , but i think that his powers, but i think that his stated aim is to destroy the tory party. yes. and if he led reform uk into the next election in november, i think he could do that. in november, i think he could do that . he in november, i think he could do that. he could make a material difference in wouldn't necessarily get any reform uk mps, but wipe out the tory party so that he can then go in and rescue the thing . rescue the thing. >> well, i don't think i think he'll be a surrogate. i don't think he'll stand for anywhere. i think he'll he'll talk on behalf of other people and they will because wherever he stands, people turn up to compete against him. we had al murray competing against him last time . competing against him last time. i mean, who else is going to turn up wasn't his victory is to destroy the tories rather than necessarily get himself into. >> exactly. >> exactly. >> i know i tell you what, nigel's next step is right. he's going to float a tech company, which is going to have a social media app because paul, nigel, you guys don't pay him enough .

you guys don't pay him enough. he can't even open a natwest bank account. that's exactly. he needs to do what donald trump did. he needs money. you float a tech company with donald. nigel, have your people call my people. we'll get it sorted. now you're talking. that's what he needs to do. >> well, listen, rwanda came up in that conversation . strap in that conversation. strap yourselves in whilst i have a go at the irish. i'm a dolan, so it's allowed politicians in dubun it's allowed politicians in dublin spat out their guinness this week when they discovered that the uk government's rwanda plan is causing hundreds of migrants to head for ireland instead of the uk . ireland's instead of the uk. ireland's deputy prime minister, micheal martin, has said the rwanda bill was already affecting ireland , was already affecting ireland, with illegal migrants fearful of staying in the uk. i'm so confused. i thought the rwanda plan was an expensive white elephant. well maybe not, it's cost millions of pounds, but it sounds like good value because it's a policy so effective it's working before it has begun. well, that puts the leader of the opposition , sir keir the opposition, sir keir starmer, in a difficult position

after he painted himself into yet another corner by saying that he would scrap rwanda . even that he would scrap rwanda. even if it works well, he's going to be our next labour prime minister, so he has to keep the tradition going and make sure that everything they do doesn't work. the irish deputy pm is basically saying that migrants should be staying in the first safe country in which they arrive. well, we agree, but tell that to france and they're president emmanuel macron, who's been raging about the rwanda plan, saying it's a betrayal of european values. well, mr macron, i'd say that open borders are a betrayal of european values. and as the french navy effectively escorts illegal migrants across the channel into britain, i'd say that your actions are a betrayal of the millions of pounds that we've given you to stop the boats. meanwhile, more good news for fans of the rwanda plan . for fans of the rwanda plan. ryanair boss michael o'leary has annoyed at woke lefties who luckilly can't afford to fly

anyway , that he's going to take anyway, that he's going to take the government contract to transport migrants to rwanda. at least ryanair are happy to take that gig now. there's an ongoing debate about whether rwanda is a safe country. we've got to make sure that it is. but i do think subjecting innocent human beings to the ryanair food menu, the gansh to the ryanair food menu, the garish blue and yellow colour scheme, the tint seats only posh spice can fit into, and £28 for a cup of tea is a bit harsh. these brave folk are willing to cross the channel in a perilous dinghy, but three hours on a ryanair flight dealing with overworked, passive aggressive staff on the minimum wage and wearing too much makeup might just be too much to take. but either way, it seems like the rwanda plan has already taken flight. now, sadly, i haven't got long on this , but you've got got long on this, but you've got the irish deputy pm complaining that the rwanda plan is basically already working . basically already working. >> well, exactly. but there will

be. we will have a flight. it will go to rwanda. and i think that i only see one flight. that's really interesting. why is that? >> but is that not significant? one rather than none? is politically significant for one flight to take off. >> oh is it? well what do you think, alpesh i'm going to go houday think, alpesh i'm going to go holiday there because i hear so much about it. >> i want to check it out myself. right. because i tell you, i'm telling you it's a pull. you're you're going to get a free ride to a place with far better weather than britain . and better weather than britain. and i'll tell you why they went to ireland, because i posted on twitter the weather forecast for the next week in the uk and it's freezing. it's blooming , raining freezing. it's blooming, raining all the time. i'm just trying to put people off. yeah, don't come right too. >> right. >> right. >> listen, rwanda definitely safer than tenerife. mike hollingsworth i think macron's got a real bloody nerve. >> i really do to say what he said and to watch what happened on the beaches near calais. yeah, in the last week. correct. was appalling. i mean, even after they brought the whole lot of them back, they allowed them to to vote go back into the boat

and push them out towards dover. >> i tell you what's a betrayal of european values? peace come on. >> yeah. we can't have that. >> yeah. we can't have that. >> that's crazy talk that we'll get you cancelled. >> alpesh patel as the bbc. >> alpesh patel as the bbc. >> throw him under the bus. does huw edwards deserve to be back on the box? and who should give him a gig? also, why are the bbc paying him a gig? also, why are the bbc paying thousands of pounds for meghan markle? find out

next. a difficult week for our troubled state broadcaster . as troubled state broadcaster. as the face of its news operation. huw edwards, resign from the bbc. bbc accounts which are due out shortly, are expected to show that edwards is the channel's, or certainly was the channel's, or certainly was the channel's highest paid news presenter at almost half £1 million a year. even by bbc standards , that's not great

standards, that's not great value for money, is it? hundreds of thousands of pounds for doing no work? that's right. he's been off for air nine months on full pay- off for air nine months on full pay. but who cares when it's your money and mine now, huw edwards, we are told, has been battling mental health issues and in his recovery he we wish him well, but the beeb don't seem to wish him well. following his departure. their 55 word statement was as frosty as a night out with william and harry. no, thank you for your many years of service or good luck in the future. he has left the corporation with his tail between his legs . perhaps he between his legs. perhaps he likes that position. >> i haven't seen the alleged photo . photo. >> meanwhile, the bbc have splashed the cash this week by paying splashed the cash this week by paying for the right to suits . paying for the right to suits. that's right. a little known us legal drama made famous only by one of its stars. former actress. one meghan markle. her performance in it was panned by critics, but it's quite clear

that she's had plenty of acting lessons since, especially by the time she appeared in the oprah winfrey interview with her husband harry. itv boss kevin lygo is furious as itv, a private company, were outbid for the rights by the beeb . is this the rights by the beeb. is this really a good use of bbc funds? well i would say the bbc are the wrong people to ask because they pay a wrong people to ask because they pay a potato salesman £1.3 million a year to introduce football highlights on a saturday night. so what next for huw edwards? perhaps he could present a show about photography . he loves photographs, allegedly. or maybe a documentary about connecting with young people. he's so good at connecting with young people, and if it all goes wrong, he could come here. why not? gb news breakfast won't present itself. i can see the slogan now get it up first thing in the morning with huw edwards. on second thoughts, i think we're

in safer hands with eamonn. sally morgan alpesh patel and mike hollingsworth are my friday team . mike, you have launched team. mike, you have launched many careers. you are a top television impresario and an agent as well. what do you make of the huw edwards scandal? >> you're very cruel about him and i have known him and i was very surprised at what happened. and the disappearance. i mean, he's been airbrushed, hasn't he? it was almost like empty silence. yeah. nobody said a word when he when he was suddenly taken off. and i was totally shocked when somebody that i know quite close to me produced a texts, a series of texts from him that the person had preserved in their phone, showing how flirty he was to quite a lot of people around him in his texting. so i there was a dimension to hugh that i never realised was there. i always thought of him slightly coldly , thought of him slightly coldly, but very, very professional, a very briefly, and i didn't think

he had a home life, you know, he was that sort of totally committed broadcaster very briefly clocks against us. >> do you think he'll get himself back on the box? does he deserve to be back on telly somewhere? mike >> gosh, deserve. i don't know what that word means in this case because do we know exactly what's happened? do we know exactly what's happening? well, you'll never find out until we. >> until we know. then he can't really know . really know. >> we were just talking about michael barrymore as well. >> there's another person who's tried to get back on the box after not not being guilty of anything, apparently. and i see the same thing for hugh. he's just disappeared without trace. >> alpesh yes or no? huw edwards back on the box. >> definitely. >> definitely. >> as my six year old son would say, let's be kind. he didn't do anything criminal, okay? and . anything criminal, okay? and. the domestic stuff is between him and his wife. >> okay. >> okay. >> fascinating debate. well, listen, we do wish huw edwards well. apparently he has got mental health issues, and i do hope that he's able to make a speedy recovery under excellent medical supervision. someone that requires no medication is

patrick christys. he's up next. hey, pat. >> yeah. not anymore. mark. anyway, great show. look, we've all heard of the hook handed hate cleric , haven't we? well, hate cleric, haven't we? well, there's someone worse than he could be out prowling the streets of britain in just a couple of months. i'll reveal all shortly at the king is back . all shortly at the king is back. but will the anti—monarchy protesters be out campaigning against him, also a christian man who raised concerns about islamism and his door knocked him by the police. the truth about rwanda with simon danczuk and his new rwandan wife . and of and his new rwandan wife. and of course, what is really going on with humza yousaf. >> great stuff. patrick >> great stuff. patrick >> that warm feeling inside . >> that warm feeling inside. aside from boxt boilers sponsors of weather on gb news. >> hello again. good evening. welcome to your latest gb news weather update. it's going to be another cold night tonight and rain will spread into the south and east through this weekend, with the best of the dry weather around the north and west once

again. much as it has been throughout this week . but to the throughout this week. but to the south we've got low pressure arriving and some weather fronts through this evening, so some heavy rain for many southern counties of england through this evening, as well as southern areas of wales by tomorrow morning, there's going to be a lot of cloud around. it will be a milder night across the south, however, in the north, with cloud clearing and turning much dnen cloud clearing and turning much drier, it's going to be another cold start on saturday morning. we could be down as low as —4 or 5, so expect a frost really. for parts of scotland and northern ireland. but there will be, as today, lots of sunshine around , today, lots of sunshine around, particularly across the north and west. the best of the sunshine will be through the morning. cloud will bubble up into the afternoon, but across central areas, parts of wales and into the midlands are going to be quite a cloudy and cold feeling day. and into the southeast we'll start to see some showery outbreaks of rain, but in any sunshine it will start to feel that much milder, with highs of 14 or 15 degrees. now on sunday, as i said, it is turning much wetter. this swathe of rain moves up to the north and east of the uk, bringing

outbreaks of rain across many eastern areas but particularly across the southeast . throughout across the southeast. throughout the morning. that area of rain will push away to the east for sunday evening and into monday. then we pick up a southerly wind, which is going to pick up our temperatures closer to 19 degrees for tuesday. >> looks like things are heating up. boxt boilers sponsors of weather on

gb news. >> good evening. i'm tamsin roberts in the gb newsroom. here are the headlines. the prime minister has welcomed the news. king charles is returning to pubuc king charles is returning to public facing duties following the positive effect of his cancer treatment. a palace spokesperson says king charles is greatly encouraged to be resuming some public facing duties, and very grateful to his medical team. he's been

receiving outpatient care since february for an undisclosed form of cancer. rishi sunak posted on x that it was brilliant news to end the week. these well—wishers outside buckingham palace agree. yeah it's great news. >> i mean, it was sad to hear about the cancer diagnosis and what with him and catherine coming at the same time. so it's great that he's on the mend. >> we'll be happy to be out and about and everyone , you know, about and everyone, you know, seeing that he's in good, in good health, it's good news for him, i suppose. >> and it's quite favourable news for the nation , i suppose news for the nation, i suppose the families of three men murdered in the reading terror attack are calling for urgent change, after a coroner ruled their deaths were probably avoidable. >> friends james furlong, doctor david wales and joseph ritchie—bennett were fatally stabbed in june 2020 when libyan refugee kyrees saadallah targeted them in a town centre park. the coroner said failings

by the home office and the local nhs community mental health team contributed to their deaths . contributed to their deaths. james furlong's father, gary, said he has very little confidence that an attack like this will not happen again. humza yousaf says he will not resign as scotland's first minister, ahead of a crucial test of his leadership next week . he says that as a minority government, his party will need to make some concessions as it negotiates with other parties. it's after the collapse of the snp's power sharing deal with the greens yesterday. but humza yousaf says he'll fight on. >> i fully intend to not just win that vote, but i intend to fight to make sure that the government stays, not just the government stays, not just the government continues to deliver on the priorities of the people, like, for example, investing in affordable housing. so there's all that political game playing happening from the opposition . happening from the opposition. it will not be taking part. it will be getting, of course, on with the job. and when the vote comes, i fully intend to win .