as astrazeneca admits tv as astrazeneca admits dangerous side effects and pull their product globally? have the anti—vax answers been proved right all along? and as as he is reduced to tears in nigeria, is king charles right to give prince harry a bit of tough . love? to fall out over those topics and many more. tonight, my friday team, the wisest young person in britain, political commentator reem ibrahim, ex bbc local radio icon. he was lucky to get out alex dyke and world renowned business guru. the dnnks renowned business guru. the drinks are on him. doctor roger gewolb . so my friday feeling gewolb. so my friday feeling monologue is coming . can labour monologue is coming. can labour stop the boats? my verdict after

the news headlines with someone you'll never stop . you'll never stop. >> mark, thank you very much. and good evening from the newsroom just after 8:00. the top story tonight, a man who led an armed robbery during which a police officer was shot dead, has been sentenced today to a minimum of 40 years behind bars. 38 year old pc sharon beshenivsky was fatally shot when she interrupted the raid in bradford, nearly 20 years ago. 75 year old piran ditta khan fled to pakistan three months after her death and spent 15 years on the run. three other men are already in prison for beshenivsky murder . murder beshenivsky murder. murder retired detective chief superintendent andy brennan described ditta khan as a violent man. >> the reason why he's here at 75 years of age is on the basis that he decided to flee the country in order to try and make good his escape and avoid being held responsible and accountable for his part in what had taken

place . and let's be absolutely place. and let's be absolutely clear, he is clearly the one person that was responsible for organising and planning this and making sure that those that went in there had firearms and loaded firearms in that case. >> well, we've heard today that the uk is officially out of recession, with the latest figures showing the economy has grown by more than expected. the office for national statistics estimates gdp rose by 0.6% in the first three months of the yeah the first three months of the year. predictions were suggesting 0.4. the prime minister says the figures show the uk economy, he says, has real momentum . the shadow real momentum. the shadow chancellor, rachel reeves, claims people are worse off since rishi sunak came to power. >> if you look at this prime minister's record since rishi sunak became prime minister, the economy is still £300 worse off per person in the country . so per person in the country. so this these numbers today are not deserving of the victory lap that rishi sunak and jeremy hunt seem to want to go on. >> a psychotic ex—prisoner who

attacked and killed a grandfather has been handed an indefinite hospital order at the old bailey. thomas o'halloran was riding his mobility scooter in west london when lee byers stabbed him. the 87 year old suffered multiple stab wounds to his neck, his chest and abdomen. police say the motiveless attack has left his family shocked and horrified . sir keir starmer says horrified. sir keir starmer says that he would scrap to scrap rishi sunak's flagship rwanda scheme on day one of a labour government. the labour leader wants to create a new border security command instead, and vowed to make british shores hostile territory for people smuggling gangs. dover mp natalie elphicke, who has just switched from the conservatives to labour, welcomes the approach she's accused rishi sunak of failing to keep the borders secure. but the prime minister has claimed many of sir keir starmer's proposals are already in place . in place. >> the question for keir starmer, then, is if he cares so much about that, why did he vote against the new laws that we pass to give our law enforcement

officers new powers? they've now used those to arrest almost a thousand people connected with illegal migration, sentenced them to hundreds of years in prison . and if it was up to him, prison. and if it was up to him, all those people will be out on our streets. so i just think it's a rank hypocrisy of this position. >> scotland's new first minister, john swinney, has admitted it's legally impossible to implement controversial gender recognition reforms in 2022. msps voted to pass a bill, making it simpler for people to change their gender without having to obtain a medical diagnosis. the legislation would have also reduced the minimum age and the time required for someone to live in their chosen genden someone to live in their chosen gender, but campaigners argue the move is the wrong one and said it could affect protections for women and girls . and for women and girls. and finally, before we head back to mach two, elderly just stop oil protesters have taken a hammer and chisel to a glass case protecting the historic magna carta at the british library. today, the vicar and retired biology teacher, both in their

80s, also held up a banner claiming the government is breaking its own climate laws before gluing themselves to the display . scotland yard says two display. scotland yard says two people have been arrested on suspicion of criminal damage . suspicion of criminal damage. that's the latest from the newsroom . another update at newsroom. another update at 9:00. until then, you can sign up to gb news alerts. just scan the qr code on your screen or go to gb news. carmelites . to gb news. carmelites. >> oh dear. only sir keir starmer could snatch defeat from the jaws of victory following his excitable photo op with natalie elphicke, a former tory mp who has defected to labour, his own party are up in arms about it. given that elphicke is about it. given that elphicke is a former member of the brexit loving european research group, a supporter of the rwanda plan and on a whole range of issues, she makes attila the hun look like a raging leftie. but starmer has never allowed

principle to trump political opportunity, which is why he has welcomed her into the party. many on his backbenches and in the party are unhappy. well get used to five years of that folks. disgruntled former labour supporter owen jones has said. it proves that starmer has no integrity whatsoever. proof if you needed it, that yes, a broken clock is at least right twice a day. also, that famous election winning machine. neil kinnock has criticised elphick's arrival, saying we have to be choosy about who we allow to join our party. sorry, neil should have thought about that. when you made jeremy corbyn your leader . when you made jeremy corbyn your leader. kinnock went on to say, and i quote labour is a broad church, but churches have walls and there are limits to those walls . oh, how i've missed and there are limits to those walls. oh, how i've missed his elegant metaphors. deployed so effectively to win no elections ever. effectively to win no elections ever . to be fair, elphicke

effectively to win no elections ever. to be fair, elphicke is a problematic figure with more baggage than heathrow terminal three. she's been very disloyal to her own party. she has shown political double standards and even defended her ex—husband when he was charged with sexual assault. starmer won't care. he doesn't have scruples. he backed corbyn when he backed the reversal of brexit, masking lockdowns, school closures, trans madness and the highly discredited blm movement all because it suited him at the time . starmer is a walking time. starmer is a walking political algorithm , a human political algorithm, a human manifestation of chatgpt software gone horribly wrong, and this new union with the ultra conservative elphicke is awkward because shadow chancellor rachel reeves used some very unpopular language about her in the past, saying that she can f off. ouch. and elphicke previously said that

labour has no plan to stop the boats. well, as luck would have it, heading down to dover today, keir starmer announced that he will use counter—terror police to smash the people smuggling gangs. good luck with that. it's not like these gangs are clever, ruthless, mobile and have the internet . but yes, labour is internet. but yes, labour is going to stop the boats with lawyers and a couple of extra border cops. labour's exciting new policy is really just a rebadged and souped up version of what's already happening at the moment . better resourcing the moment. better resourcing efforts which don't currently work . it's a bit like watering a work. it's a bit like watering a dead plant, except that labour's plan might actually help the criminal gangs. plan might actually help the criminal gangs . at the moment criminal gangs. at the moment you cannot apply for asylum if you cannot apply for asylum if you enter the country illegally, labour will reverse that and they're going to get rid of the rwanda plan even. that's right. even if it works . the fact that even if it works. the fact that the irish government have

already proved that the plan is working won't make a jot of difference. labour don't want to set the dangerous precedent of having policies that actually work when in government. it's all a shame , really. the economy all a shame, really. the economy is recovering as today's figures demonstrate, there is a viable plan to stop the boats and the woke fight back under sunak has begun. woke fight back under sunak has begun . none of this matters. begun. none of this matters. a labour government is coming and more defections from the tory party will likely follow in the months ahead. in fact, perhaps rishi sunak is right that there will be a hung parliament. but before the election , not after, before the election, not after, with his own mps running into the arms of labour. so, given that labour have accepted arch right winger natalie elphicke , right winger natalie elphicke, how might this change the makeup of their shadow cabinet? we've been busy all afternoon. ben, greg and myself are drawing up what might look like keir starmer's more small c conservative opposition. here's what it might look like. shadow

employment minister norman tebbit on your bike. shadow chancellor crunching the numbers katie hopkins, shadow foreign secretary tucker carlson taking no nonsense. how about that shadow levelling up russell brand, new shadow defence secretary benito mussolini. he'll tell you who's in charge . he'll tell you who's in charge. and shadow deputy prime minister replacing angela rayner . tommy robinson. >> oh, god. >> oh, god. >> there you go, folks . labour >> there you go, folks. labour quite literally on the right side of history. quite literally on the right side of history . okay. full side of history. okay. full reaction from reem ibrahim alex dyke and roger gewolb, a doctor roger gewolb. by the way, we mustn't demote you your first time on friday night live. you're very welcome. thank you. can labour stop the boats? no do they want to? >> no. it's cultural, isn't it? >> no. it's cultural, isn't it? >> it's ideological. >> it's ideological. >> it's ideological. >> i think labour thinks that

open immigration is a wonderful idea . i think that i've been idea. i think that i've been saying in the press and on the media the last few days that i. i've decided now that keir starmer and rishi sunak are actually in a vicious contest vying to be the most mistrusted and disliked political figure in british history. and i think natalie has just entered the race. >> so you're suggesting that what's happened with labour and conservatives is that they've become the uni party and that voters don't really have a choice anymore ? two what is it? choice anymore? two what is it? two cheeks of the same, but there isn't an overtaxed cigarette paper between the two of them at this point. reem, you're nodding your head furiously. i am, yes. >> i think what's really interesting about the current state of british politics is that we don't have choice. you know, as a voter, i cannot choose how high my taxes are because both parties are pro higher taxes. we've got a conservative so—called conservative government with an almost 80 year tax hike , which

almost 80 year tax hike, which is what we've seen this week in reports this week that effectively, the tax burden is at an 80 year high, higher than any labour government since second world war, might i add. and what this means is that they are actively driving out business. then you've got huge amounts of people that are coming to this country illegally. so we've effectively done away with the rule of law. and at the same time of this overregulating, the housing market. so people my age are unable to buy their homes. thatcher's vision of a property owning democracy has entirely failed. and it's this government's fault. >> it's friday night. you've not cheered me up, i've >> it's friday night. you've not cheered me up , i've got to say, cheered me up, i've got to say, but you've dropped some truth bombs, alex dyke. there is a flip side to this. labour could easily argue that the tories have presided over mass illegal immigration and also legal net migration . this is a crisis of migration. this is a crisis of the tories making, and labour will fix it. >> no, no they won't. and funnily enough, you mentioned mrs. t, margaret thatcher. god bless her. she wouldn't have let this happen. >> she'd margaret thatcher have stopped the boats. >> she would have stopped the

boats. she would have stopped people. in 2001 or whenever it was 2000, 2001, coming through the tunnel like they used to on a daily basis. yeah, it's not going to happen. the i just don't think the politicians in power or any politicians really have the actual power to stop it . if we took the money that we were spending on bed and breakfast and accommodation for these people that were coming across, and i know there's some very real cases of people that need to get across, but not these young men from a safe country like france, like, i mean, genuinely can we have this conversation? >> why are people that are claiming that they are fearing for their lives, leaving mainland europe and risking their lives across the sea to get to britain? >> it's not going to it's not going to happen unless they get really, really tough and then they wouldn't be winning votes. i think that's what a lot of them are worried about. >> however, homeland security voices have welcomed keir starmer's plan today , roger starmer's plan today, roger suggesting that actually it is right to tackle the problem at

source and to smash those criminal gangs that is what keir starmer is going to do. >> well, i mean, they're quite right to say that, but they're speaking about principles like everything else that labour talks about. they criticise but they never give you the details. so nobody's got any idea how m15 agents who should be deployed need to do much more important things than more cops to police the border, more court cases to actually put these gangsters out of business. >> and that's what labour wants to do. >> what are they going to do with them? where are they going to send them? rwanda >> well, this is the other issue, the cost of rwanda. that's what labour are arguing, is that it's disproportionately expensive and that it can't be justified. >> yeah, but where are they going to cover it? what what do you think of rwanda? >> i actually agree with that assessment. but the labour party have absolutely no standing to call for policies that are too expensive. i mean, the majority of the policies they have called for, if any, have been incredibly expensive. but just talking about rwanda

specifically, i mean, the only person that has been sent to rwanda so far was on the voluntary scheme. so they're already being paid £3,000 plus the cost of actually sending them on a commercial flight. i think what's really interesting about this is that we seem to be, you know, so disinterested in the amount of money we're actually spending on these people. and again, as you said, there are genuinely many people that are fearing for their lives that are fearing for their lives that are fearing for their lives that are being exploited by those criminal gangs. the labour party have done the right thing in sort of saying, actually, we need to outbid those criminal gangs. but the way to do it is not, as you said in your monologue, spending more money on effectively the same system that clearly at the moment does not work. the interesting thing about you, you're very nuanced in your views and you're quite relaxed about immigration, aren't you? >> but but is it the legal net migration side of it that you're more relaxed about? what is your position on immigration? >> so my position on immigration at the moment is that i think that immigration is overall and this is statistically proven, a net gain to the economy. businesses like, you know, lord wolfson that owns next last year was calling out for more to immigration effectively plug in those vacancies that are required. there are so many jobs in this country at the moment,

and on average, about 5.3 million people are on out of work benefit. so at the moment we've got a system where the government are subsidising people in the uk to stay at home and businesses need to grow, they need more people working there. if we want the uk to be a dynamic, growing economy, we need more people working. >> roger, you don't look so sure. >> no, i mean net migration. i mean, look, i came here tonight looking for a good hell of an argument, but the thing is that all of these people are so bad that we can't help the three of us, but agree. but on this one, i did an interview with nigel farage. some months ago. name drop. yeah. if you if you google farage and my surname, you'll see the interview. the interview was why are all leaders in the west so bad? and nigel gives some very good answers. it's because they're career politicians , not people who want politicians, not people who want to put something back. but i can disagree with something which is at that point, i think that as a moral principle , net migration moral principle, net migration legally is a good thing. but we've had so many illegal immigrants , so many problems immigrants, so many problems that we need to stop it for a

while. and then go back to. >> and i don't buy this argument at all. i don't think it's right to say that we should just stop immigration at the moment, and then we'll figure it out later on. >> we'll stop illegal immigration, perhaps. >> well, don't you think? should the boats go to zero? well, absolutely. >> we should be stopping criminal activity and people crossing the channel legally. that's that's criminal activity. and then legal net migration. >> what's a good figure? >> what's a good figure? >> there's no whatever figure the businesses want. and this is the businesses want. and this is the point. you can't sit here and say as a government, as a as and say as a government, as a as a politician, i'm going to arbitrarily pick what about those skivers sitting at home not doing any work? >> why do we why do we import labour khalife there? >> what we should cut off their benefits is the point. >> like we've. i misheard you, yes. >> what do you think about that? what do you think raheem has to say? >> well, i'm all for cutting off benefits. if people aren't putting anything back into the country. >> okay. by the way, would you accept £3,000 tax free to leave britain? because i think i would probably at the moment. >> sorry, sorry. it's three grand plus free room and board for five years. >> oh my goodness gracious. where do i sign, alex, very briefly, is the labour party now

too right wing. they've got natalie elphicke in there from the erg. your reaction to the political shift under keir starmer? >> i don't think i don't think they're as right wing as they were with tony blair new labour in 97. but it's getting that way okay. >> well listen lots more to come. >> next up we have this. yes. my guest. >> don't do this to me pierce . >> don't do this to me pierce. >> don't do this to me pierce. >> keeping people in separate phones as well. and maybe that makes me a maniac or a stalker or something. >> but yes. is piers morgan wrong to keep putting vulnerable women on tv? plus lots more. see you in two.

why i am gunning for an israel victory at eurovision tomorrow . victory at eurovision tomorrow. in just a moment. but first, piers morgan has been making waves on his youtube channel,

piers morgan uncensored .just piers morgan uncensored. just two weeks ago, he platformed a pro—palestine guest from america who doesn't appear to enjoy the best of mental health. that's my guest . guest. >> don't do this to me, pierce . >> don't do this to me, pierce. >> don't do this to me, pierce. >> oh, dear. that reminds me of my wedding night. >> oh, dear. that reminds me of my wedding night . and this week. my wedding night. and this week. some have been critical of piers morgan's interview with the woman at the heart of the netflix comedy drama baby reindeer, a woman who is accused of stalking. take a listen. >> i like keeping people on separate phones as well, and maybe that makes me a maniac or a stalker or something, but many considered last night's interview to be crushingly awkward. >> so is piers morgan wrong to keep putting people that some may consider vulnerable on tv ? may consider vulnerable on tv? alex, you've been in broadcasting for many decades. do you think that piers morgan has a duty of care to these people? is it wrong to platform them? >> well, he does have a duty of care, especially in this day and

age. but this has been going on in broadcasting since broadcasting began. you as a phonein broadcasting began. you as a phone in host, would just hope that someone who was a little bit different, a little bit colourful . colourful. >> my which you by which you mean crazy. >> a little bit of a nutter. my phone up had a few beers. yeah. >> let's call in, mike, phone up and give you some ridiculous story. >> because not only would they make good radio or good tv , you make good radio or good tv, you know this. they would also encourage other people to phone in. yeah, look at jasper carrott comedy sketch the nutter on the bus from the 1970s. look at jerry springer, look at jeremy kyle on itv, to only until a few years ago, the tide is turning. maybe he was wrong. maybe he was right. but where do you draw the line? well you don't. >> people have become so soft and this is ridiculous. i'm sorry. yes, this woman is very clearly mentally ill, but it made good tv, and that's the point. >> what do you mean? the pro—palestine lady? >> sorry, i actually meant the.

the woman that the baby reindeer lady. >> oh, yes. well, you don't think you could be careful because she might sue you. she might stalk you. she could she start getting text messages after the show? >> well, maybe i get. maybe i'll get some extra stalking. who knows? >> she might call you lady reindeer. oh, that's cute. >> i'd like that. look, i think i think we're being too soft. i think, you know, as you said, we had shows like, you know, the jeremy kyle show and jerry spnngen jeremy kyle show and jerry springer. people that actually looked at the public and some people in society are a little bit nuts. i think it's to okay put them on tv and have fun with it. >> well, i'm a big fan of piers morgan, but do you think these interviews are exploitative? >> roger i think that people are being very harsh with piers and perhaps with with fiona harvey as well, because i don't think this is the alleged stalker, isn't it? i don't yeah, this is the fiona harvey is the alleged no, fiona harvey is not alleged. fiona harvey is the self—identified martha in the series. she's the one who came forward. >> although i think she disputes some of the content of the show. >> that's my point exactly. i'm not sure that piers has been

exploitative , and i'm not sure exploitative, and i'm not sure that she's what she's being criticised because we don't have the facts. it's one of two things, mark, either, mr gad, who wrote this series, has exaggerated and lie, i don't want to say lied , but has has want to say lied, but has has obfuscated, has exaggerated some of the things he says that character did. but it's a drama. >> it's a tv drama begins by. >> it's a tv drama begins by. >> please let me finish it says this is a true story. >> yeah, but they always have it. now >> but they look at the crown. >> but they look at the crown. >> well, exactly. but based on based on this says this is a true story , as i recall. true story, as i recall. >> and my point is this either she did all those things that richard gadd says , in which case richard gadd says, in which case she does have some, mental whatever emotional issues. and piers maybe wasn't right to put her on or she didn't do those and gad made them up. >> but roger, it's not like ementary. it's not a documentary. it's a drama. it's

a true story. >> it is. it's being depicted as a true story. and whether or not netflix have done. no, but whether or not netflix have done the legal work. >> it's a true story in which everybody says , we took the everybody says, we took the greatest of care to make sure that no one can be identified. >> now, it took 30s to find her and richard osman says everybody in television knows who that boyfriend was. >> okay, well, look, folks , full >> okay, well, look, folks, full disclosure, you were all booked on tonight's show because you're all nutters . all nutters. >> i'm. >> i'm. >> but don't you think that maybe i'm proud? >> mark steyn reem ibrahim unhinged alex dyke, dangerous and totally out of it. >> up a gum tree, doctor. >> up a gum tree, doctor. >> roger gewolb. >> roger gewolb. >> don't you think that if you're a colourful character like piers morgan, like yourself. bless you, like jeremy clarkson . clarkson. >> blimey, what a sentence to be in there. >> maybe that's quite a sandwich, isn't it? you're a bit of a target in this woke magnolia world we live in. >> well, that's always a thought and that's always a worry. but

it's and that's always a worry. but wsfime and that's always a worry. but it's time to press on. i am not normally fussed about the outcome of the eurovision song contest. it's always struck me as a britain bashing festival, particularly since we had the temerity to leave the european union every time. isn't it true? every time that we receive nul points, it translates as revenge. plus, the show isn't as good as it used to be back in the day. we could laugh at ridiculous scandinavians in strange outfits, singing weird folk music and going round on bicycles. the commentary to this euro cheese was placed in the flawless hands of dry witted broadcasting genius terry wogan, whose mocking commentary always irritated our european neighbours, which made the event even more compelling. britain, a country so suffused in irony it could not and would not ever take this contest seriously . take this contest seriously. since then, though, it's become a more corporate affair with the bandsin a more corporate affair with the bands in europe getting far too cool for school , there's nothing

cool for school, there's nothing to mock anymore, as every artist from slovenia to sweden basically tries to be taylorswift . and how can you get taylorswift. and how can you get behind the british entry these days when they normally wind up slagging off the country they represent? don't like this year's entrant olly alexander , year's entrant olly alexander, who said he is ambivalent about the british flag ? well, i'm the british flag? well, i'm ambivalent about his musical entry , which looks doomed entry, which looks doomed tomorrow night, you can call it that. >> isn't it? >> isn't it? >> just a bit. but this year i do care about the contest. i'm praying for an israeli victory because whilst like any right minded human being, i want the war in gaza to end and the loss of life to stop woke progressives on those so—called peace marches and middle class numpties at elite british universities are hiding behind the fig leaf of anti—zionism to indulge in a festival of jew hate. they are , at worst, hamas hate. they are, at worst, hamas supporters, and at best they're

useful idiots. so i'm supporting israel at the eurovision song contest in order to push back on this hellish and fashionable wave of anti—semitism to all the israel haters out there, i'm giving you nul points. doctor roger gewolb , who are you roger gewolb, who are you supporting tomorrow night? >> i'm going to support israel. i don't think that in sport or music or entertainment, politics should have any influence at all. >> and eurovision has become too political, hasn't it ? political, hasn't it? >> your precise vision has become like, how dare you mark hypocrisy? moi? i'm sorry, but you are being a little bit hypocritical here. >> you're saying. you're saying that we shouldn't be politicising eurovision and that actually it's become so serious. but i'm going to support israel because of the war on gaza. >> that's pretty hypocritical. well, maybe you're right. or not. >> i might be guilty of double standards, but i certainly see supporting israel as an opportunity to push back on what i see as anti—semitism, posing as anti—zionism .

as anti—zionism. >> so. >> so. >> but that's political, right? well, i don't think. >> i don't think that i started this dynamic because you've got venues in london who are not screening tomorrow night's eurovision because israel are participating totally. >> like there are a huge amounts of sort of woke agenda politics being used in our in our, in our institutions and in these new song contests. but why are you sinking to that level? >> well, you raise a good point, isupposeif >> well, you raise a good point, i suppose if they're going to make it political, then i will return fire on. that's why i think so. guilty as charged. >> that's why i'm voting. because i want to depoliticise it. >> but you're not. if you're supporting israel because you want the war to end. >> but what you're both missing. what you're both missing is it's a dreadful television program which costs the bbc absolute millions. it's past its best. it's too long, it's too slow. yes, it's too political . but we yes, it's too political. but we as britain are way, way above it . we gave the world the beatles and the rolling stones and oasis and the rolling stones and oasis and adele. we shouldn't even be wasting our time. >> do you think britain should not participate in eurovision ?

not participate in eurovision? >> absolutely. if i was director general of the bbc, mark. and that's not impossible. it could happen one day. well, if they saw, if they wanted to get viewers and listeners for you. well, thank you very much. it would be the second thing i took off of the bbc television. >> i with the bbc altogether. >> i with the bbc altogether. >> but i'm curious about your shopping list of plans. >> eastenders, is that right? oh great. eastenders is dreadful. >> that's getting serious. >> that's getting serious. >> my grandmother would have a lot to say about. >> that's getting serious. >> that's getting serious. >> now we've got a real argument on this show. >> well, no, i'm just saying because i think it's just it's so derogatory of the people of the real eastenders. i think it's so depressing. i would never let my kids watch it . i'd never let my kids watch it. i'd never let my kids watch it. i'd never let my kids watch it. i'd never let it be on in the house when they were up as small kids, because i think it's all so authoritarian. >> now, listen, alex, are you not worried that the two shows that you want to axe are among the highest rated on the bbc network? >> do you not think you'll struggle as director—general axing popular shows? >> no, because i will put on better shows even better. ask yourself, would you put a bit in popular is a eurovision that popular? if the bbc stopped, it

would itv buy it and put it on a saturday night? i don't think they would. it's too long. yes. >> and also i think you've got, you've been speculating on how much you think eurovision actually costs the beeb and it could it be more than £10 million. >> yes, it could be 18 million. is that right? yes. it cost the beeb 18 costing the taxpayer. >> so what i would do is abolish the bbc altogether and instead allow people to actually watch what they want to watch. >> there you go. >> there you go. >> it's a novel thought, just like i've been caught guilty of double standards. i've been outed by reem ibrahim. well, keep it up because we've got many more double standards to indulge in next up, as astrazeneca admits dangerous side effects and pull their product globally, have the anti—vaxxers been proved right all along? plus, our cyclists now above the law will debate all of that

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>> ooh! nice. >> tv icon richard madeley has upset middle aged men in lycra everywhere by saying that there should be a special law for selfish cyclists, arguing that even when they do break the law, they rarely get prosecuted . so they rarely get prosecuted. so should cyclists have the same status and the same responsibilities as motorists? should they have registration plates and a license? reem ibrahim oh, an insurance, an insurance, an insurance and licence. >> how dare you? what's next? a licence for my toaster. right >> so you're a libertarian, which means you believe in freedom. so you don't want any sort of paperwork around owning a bicycle. you just want to jump on your bicycle and off you go. >> yeah, and i think it's the nanny state, right? >> it's what happens if you run over a pensioner. if you run over a pensioner. if you run over a pensioner. if you run over a pensioner, well, you get arrested for manslaughter. >> you arrest arrested and not prosecuted. >> that's what richard madeley is pointing out. this is the point, right? >> this is the problem with the current, judicial system and the current, judicial system and the current prosecution. >> you don't get arrested if they can't find you. >> exactly. if you've not got a

registration plate on your bicycle, how are they going to find you? this is ridiculous. >> why don't you genuinely do you actually think why would anybody object one at a time? >> finish your point and i'll come to you. roger. >> so i think the fundamentally it's about allowing people to make choices. and if they want to go on a bicycle, they shouldn't be regulated by the state. the bureaucracy. this the sheer amount of bureaucracy that it takes to even get a car and a license plate is ridiculous to be insured on it as well. i mean, what's my five year old sister is going to need insurance? >> well, what happens if you hurt somebody whilst riding your bicycle? the bicycle is weapon. >> okay, mark, what happens if i'm walking on the street and i bump into somebody and hurt them? do i now need a license plate for my feet? >> no, because you're a hush. puppies are not a weapon. these bicycles can go quite fast, rogen bicycles can go quite fast, roger, because your home contents insurance covers you with public liability for exactly that. >> why anyone should object to having a number plate on a bicycle and insuring it so that they and anyone they may harm is protected and they don't get sued and lose their ruddy home is insane. >> so you're already protected. >> so you're already protected. >> but under the current system?

>> but under the current system? >> no, no, not necessarily riding your bicycle. >> and maybe you are, and maybe you're not. it depends on your insurance policy. but the real issue here is that they can't find you. you know, i have people i find that in london, half of the cyclists are nice and polite and responsible. the other half are not. i've had people. they're the ones delivering the food i've had. i've had people come and kick my car as they cut me off and do all sorts of things. if they caused any damage, i could never find them. i couldn't report them to what am i going to do? stop driving? they can't even recognise them with the cycle. >> hats on and take a photo. things across their face. >> should they object, they should all have number plates and insurance. >> well, i'm terrified of these cyclists because i'm always afraid that one of them will be jeremy vine. >> speaking of jeremy vine, i nearly fell off my stool. the world would be better. the world would be a safer place. everybody was riding bicycles. but they're not bicycles. they're like the horse and cart. they're like the horse and cart. they should have all the rights, but there's not enough room and they take up too much room. so

yeah, let's insure them. let's let's make sure that we can find these people that cause scream last word. >> i mean, this really is an encroachment on the nanny state, andifs encroachment on the nanny state, and it's effectively saying that people aren't responsible enough. >> they need the government to tell them what they can and cannot do. and i think that's ludicrous. >> and a liberal speaking of illiberal and the government telling you what you can and cannot do. another week, another mad conspiracy theory proved right. pharmaceutical giant astrazeneca withdraw the covid 19 vaccine globally after admitting in court that the british designed jab caused rare but dangerous side effects. that's right, dangerous side effects. this after it was stopped across much of europe dunng stopped across much of europe during the pandemic due to blood clot fears . calling these jabs clot fears. calling these jabs safe and effective was the biggest corporate fib since carlsberg claimed that they probably had the best lager in the world. that british airways is the world's favourite airline. doing me a favour and that the dfe sale is actually a

sale . sale. >> it's just always on safe and effective . effective. >> ask that to the families impacted by debilitating side effects. many are still afraid to speak out, even though they are the victims or indeed healthy people like former bbc journalist lisa shaw, who the vaccine tragically killed, it's on her death certificate as a fit woman in her early 40s, she faced no mortal threat from the virus. it's pretty obvious if she hadn't had the jab, she would still be with us today and still a mother to her young child and a wife to her loving husband . whilst the vaccine may husband. whilst the vaccine may have saved lives among vulnerable groups, and for that we thank it, no one has ever explained to me why there was a coercive campaign to get the entire healthy population jabbed, including children, against the advice and wishes of the government vaccine agency. the vai, who i guess are anti—vaxxers. two in the end, the authoritarian way in which

the authoritarian way in which the jab was rolled out has created a generation of new anti—vaxxers who are resisting important medications that we really need to have, like the mmr. well, you reap what you sow . i don't hate the vaccine, but i hate that we were made to take it in order to go to the cinema, to the pub, to travel, or to sneak out of the house during the pandemic and have a secret affair with sandra from sales and the authorities knew all along that this vaccine did not stop you catching covid or giving it to others, and the media were the big driving force behind this tyranny. take a listen to some of the things that have been said over the last couple of years. >> listen to the experts. one of the professors who worked on the oxford astrazeneca vaccine is a paediatrician who is one of the most intelligent, sensible and honest people i know, and i spoke to him. i was lucky enough to speak to him because i worked in a documentary that looked at the oxford vaccine. and you know

what? there is no conspiracy. there is no fake news. all medical treatments have potential side effects . but in potential side effects. but in the cases of these and we've looked at the trials, looked at tens of thousands of people, we've already immunised 1.5 million people in this country. that's a huge number of people. we haven't seen a huge number of significant side effects from it. we get . it. we get. >> we can debate the scale of injury and death from these vaccines. some would say that official numbers are the tip of the iceberg , but at the very the iceberg, but at the very least in court this week, the official figure from astrazeneca for dangerous side effects was wait for it 3 in 100,000. that doesn't sound like a lot, does it? but this is for a disease non—fatal to almost everyone. and actually that statistic is interesting. 3 in 100,000. that is three people at the elton john glastonbury gig. would you risk dangerous side effects at those odds just to see the rocket man? he's good, isn't he?

but he's not that good. yes, indeed. 100,000 people, three of whom are not still standing . in whom are not still standing. in fact, here is friday night live's elton john vaccine set list. here we go, benny and the jabs. someone didn't save my life tonight. can you feel the jab tonight ? blue eyes. jab tonight? blue eyes. actually, they're a bit red. hope that's not a clot. and last but not least, for those fans of myocarditis. don't go breaking myocarditis. don't go breaking my heart . my heart. >> oh my god, mark, what are those? >> it's all kicked off for those behind this needless and damaging vaccine tyranny. sorry seems to be the hardest word now. astrazeneca have said as multiple variant covid 19 vaccines have since been developed, there's a surplus of available updated vaccines. it's also very clear from the authorities, the government experts and medical experts around the world that the vaccines have saved millions, if not tens of millions of lives.

i'm triple vaxxed myself, but i just regret that we were pressurised and coerced into having it. but someone that doesn't agree is doctor roger gewolb. and that's why you're here. roger, what do you think? >> yeah, and i'm not a medical doctor. i'm a doctor of law. so let me start with that. >> well, then why did you examine me earlier? can i just say i enjoyed every minute ? say i enjoyed every minute? >> i know i feel better. >> i know i feel better. >> i'm glad i examined you because i wanted to find out what could make someone so obviously intelligent and articulate deliver a monologue just now of such utter nonsense . just now of such utter nonsense. >> go on. »- >> go on. >> what was wrong about it? >> what was wrong about it? >> well, i mean, first of all, i'm not up for conspiracy theories about vaccinations. secondly, this story is a non—story . vie you just gave the non—story. vie you just gave the most overly one sided waited monologue i could imagine at least you stopped to mention that astrazeneca has pointed out that astrazeneca has pointed out that their vaccine is obsolete. the new vaccines cover the new variants. the astra zeneca is

being withdrawn, apparently because it doesn't , and they because it doesn't, and they have admitted that in some very rare cases it has caused these deaths and these problems. >> do you like those odds, though ? though? >> 3 in 100,000. that is three people at the elton john gig in glastonbury are faced with what covid looked like to me at the time, and i'm not willing to admit that i was brainwashed or the world economic forum. but why can't you get vaccinated and let others choose not to be? why is it predicated on travel, on going to work, or indeed being ianed going to work, or indeed being invited to dinner parties ? and invited to dinner parties? and this is. >> can i just add, this is exactly the point that mark is making you are intelligent enough to make your own choices if you wish to, but the fact that the government have forced every single person in this country that would forced me to get a jab. >> you are coerced. you were coerced by government. coerced you were. you were. >> you were. >> the ads that government put out were instilling fear in everyone. and actually, i think mark made this point in the monologue that many people have now become vaccine sceptics and are not getting and not letting

their children get the mmr jab or the or the otherjabs that or the or the other jabs that are really required, which you should have, which you should have. absolutely. and so what you've then done is governments have effectively coerced people and then resulted in a new generation . generation. >> what we're going to do, it's all kicked off. >> so i've just spoken to producer greg. we're going to carry this on over the break because tensions are running high. plus we're going to discuss this other very big story as he's reduced to tears in nigeria . story as he's reduced to tears in nigeria. is king charles right to give prince harry a bit of tough love? all of that next plus more vaccine fisticuffs. see you in

i don't hate the vaccine. i hate that we were coerced into having it. but my brilliant friday friends don't agree. particularly doctor roger gewolb . so do you want to finish your points? you couldn't disagree with me more about the withdrawal of the astrazeneca

vaccine. what are your closing thoughts on this? >> my closing thoughts are that i know when i'm being coerced. i wasn't coerced, i was invited by my nhs surgery. everybody i know was fighting to get an appointment , was fighting to get an appointment, i think it did save the lives of billions of billions of people . i'm not up billions of people. i'm not up for the conspiracy theory. and i think with respect , you're think with respect, you're totally 287% wrong. >> there you go. >> there you go. >> well, listen, he knows his numbers, so i could be in trouble. but let us see about this final thoughts on this rhiannon i think people were coerced. >> undoubtedly governments spent huge amounts of money on campaigns in order to instil fear in people , and they were fear in people, and they were forced to get the vaccine effectively. >> alex, if there was another pandemic, would you get jabbed? >> i really don't know now, but the thing that i think you're you're missing, if you don't mind me saying, is you're doing this with the benefit of hindsight, that vaccine should have taken ten years to develop. they did it in ten months. and at the time we all wanted a vaccine because we all wanted to get out there and we didn't know the difference between this vaccine and that vaccine. so i

you make a very good point, but you're doing it with hindsight, my friend. okay. >> well, let us say that we can be very grateful that the vaccine did arrive for the lives that it saved. yes. well, we broke the internet last weekend with my suggestion that harry should be staying at his old family home in central london. take a listen. harry will not be accommodated at buckingham palace, even though it's emptier than a branch of wilkos. so where is he going to stay? the ritz, the dorchester ? well, his ritz, the dorchester? well, his media gigs are drying up, so he might have to go budget. he might have to go budget. he might like the premier inn where he can bunk up with the face of that hotel chain, comedian lenny henry. what a laugh a minute. those two would make. how about a holiday inn express where he can enjoy the wide ranging choice offered by the vending machine if he gets peckish in the middle of the night and i'm delighted to say that britain's favourite pub chain , jd favourite pub chain, jd wetherspoons, now have rooms

available in some of their venues. the hotel wetherspoons, where you can check out any time you like , but you can't leave you like, but you can't leave until you've drunk 12 pints of old speckled hen and got into a fight with an off duty electrician . well, harry's blink electrician. well, harry's blink and you'll miss it. trip to the uk in which he was snubbed by his father, who, let's not forget his battling cancer wouldn't have done much for the young princes increasingly fragile self—esteem crumbs . it's fragile self—esteem crumbs. it's almost like you reap what you sow. well in a shock. new development the express newspaper report that prince harry was left in tears when his father bestowed a major new military honour on his brother william, the prince of wales is now the colonel in chief of the army air corps . if he hadn't army air corps. if he hadn't burnt his bridges, that is a gong that would have likely gone to harry, who served himself with the air corps in afghanistan. in the end, harry's week can be summed up by this footage of a boeing plane landing at istanbul airport in a

less than elegant manner. poor old harry. it's been a long time since he was flying high. alex dyke, prince harry i think that he should have stayed at the palace. i think that the king needs to love bomb him. it's very sad they didn't meet this week. >> i kind of agree. we all loved harry. then he seemed to lose the plot and we could talk about this for an hour. he's made a lot of money with netflix in america. i believe one day he's going to really regret this, but we've got to think what is at the root of all this? you know, we need to think of diana, 1997. he's probably never got over it. i feel for the guy. >> okay. team harry or team charles. roger. >> team charles, team king i think you're both just way too soft. >> and i think actually, the fundamental point here is that harry has betrayed the royal family by airing dirty laundry in public. and i think that it's right that king charles is giving him some tough love. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> okay. next up in for patrick christys is the majestic nana.

akua nana. what's coming up? >> well, i mean, we've got an exclusive of deta hedman now. she was the darts player who refused. a female darts player who refused to go up against a trans darts player. so that's the first big interview that she's going to be giving me. stick around for that. plus, we're talking about eurovision . we're talking about eurovision. has it become so overly politicised that actually we don't even think about whether the song is any good, but loads of stuff coming up, so stay tuned. >> i cannot wait nana looking forward to that. this weekend, the legendary south african captain francois pienaar on mark dolan tonight. see you at nine tomorrow evening. nana is next thanks to my brilliant guests . thanks to my brilliant guests. see you tomorrow . see you tomorrow. >> that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers, sponsors of weather on gb news. >> good evening. >> good evening. >> welcome to your latest weather update from the met office here on gb news. >> the warm weather will continue into the weekend for many. another cracking day

tomorrow if you like. it's sunny, but we are in for a change by sunday. in the west where we could well see some thunderstorms in the east. it's mist and low cloud that's just dribbling back in from the north sea, turning things fairly murky for the start of the weekend. across eastern england. but elsewhere, long clear spells decent night for spotting the aurora. >> there is a chance, particularly across the northern half of the uk. not too chilly ehhen half of the uk. not too chilly either, temperatures mostly holding up in double digits , holding up in double digits, certainly in towns and cities, and a fine sunny start. then to come on saturday. >> the main exception will be lincolnshire, down through to cambridgeshire. >> the london area may well start a bit murky, but by mid to late morning that mist and low cloud will have cleared. just a potential for it to affect some eastern coast of england at times, and we'll see cloud bubbung times, and we'll see cloud bubbling up through the day with 1 or 2 scattered but potentially heavy showers over central and northern scotland. but most will stay dry and fine and warm, with temperatures in the low to mid 20s. sunday's still pretty warm , 20s. sunday's still pretty warm, but more of that mist and low cloud, particularly in eastern scotland, so some ha on that

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gb news. >> good evening. welcome it's 9:00. i know you're thinking. who is she? it's me. nana akua . who is she? it's me. nana akua. i'm in for patrick christys tonight. >> i think they should be everywhere. and once again, young people are leading the way. >> greta thunberg has had enough of saving the planet. and now she wants to free palestine. and this lot don't look like eurovision fans to me. i'll move

on to the c. i'll also play you more of that shocking footage from sweden and tackle this problem at source and replace the rwanda policy permanently . the rwanda policy permanently. so do you trust sir keir starmer to stop the small boats? could he be any worse than rishi sunak? >> also tonight more opportunities for noah lynn van leuven women's darts is under threat. >> i speak to a legend of the game who is refusing to compete against that trans opponent. plus, it is fantastic to be here in nigeria with you all and to be here at the school for our first visit. >> hi . >> hi. >> hi. >> who gave harry and meghan the right to conduct a royal tour? well, listen, i've got all of tomorrow's newspapers from front pages for you with my panel. former bbc political correspondent john sergeant and political commentators alex armstrong and joana jarjue. oh, and find out why our country's eurovision entry for this year

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