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New: GBN Tonight
Monday 7 September 2026 · 19:00 BST · 1h · 3 stories · 15 annotated moments · 31 of 60 min on news stories (52%)
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The programme opened with coverage of protests against illegal immigration in Portsmouth and Dover following the arrival of a migrant mega-dinghy carrying around 120 people. The government condemned the behaviour as intimidating and thuggish, while the policing minister addressed MPs. Nigel Farage warned that Britain was on the edge of serious civil disturbance. The report noted that no arrests were made at the protests, and the Home Office issued a statement condemning the disorder.
A Times report was discussed, citing a Home Office whistleblower who claimed that only one in a hundred asylum claims are genuine, with examples of fabricated claims. The Home Office responded that it has robust processes and noted that grant rates have fallen from 77% in 2022 to 38% this year. A separate report from Big Brother Watch was also covered, claiming that over 60,000 people have been arrested for communications offences in the last five years, including a case of a 14-year-old girl interviewed for watching a TikTok video.
The programme also covered Jamaica's petition to King Charles for reparations and the return of artefacts from the British Museum. The panel discussed the issue, and a Buckingham Palace spokesperson stated the King's commitment to addressing historic wrongs, though Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg criticised the statement as too political.
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Charged quote Anti-migrant protests in Portsmouth and Dover over small boat crossings
he uttered about wildfires and mini barbecues just a few weeks ago, would so perfectly embody Britain's political atmosphere right now. Britain is a tinderbox right now. Yeah, Britain is a tinderbox. It's got nothing to do with mini barbecues, because in the last few moments the government has responded to last night's events in Portsmouth.
GB News, New: GBN Tonight, 7 September 2026, 8:11-8:14
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Claim Anti-migrant protests in Portsmouth and Dover over small boat crossings
The government condemned the behaviour.
GB News, New: GBN Tonight, 7 September 2026, 8:25-8:32
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Claim Anti-migrant protests in Portsmouth and Dover over small boat crossings
The government condemned the behaviour.
GB News, New: GBN Tonight, 7 September 2026, 8:25-8:32
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Claim Big Brother Watch report reveals 62,000 arrests for communications offences
62,000 people were arrested for communications offences over the last five years.
GB News, New: GBN Tonight, 7 September 2026, 36:34-36:38
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- 47:02 Story begins Jamaica files slavery petition with King Charles
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Contested quote Jamaica files slavery petition with King Charles
And demand the repatriation of artefacts taken during the colonial era from the British Museum. But tonight we wanted to debate this bigger question. Is it time to simply sever ties with countries like Jamaica that engage in this sort of reparations nonsense? Now if you want to play the reparations game, then surely you can say goodbye to visas,
GB News, New: GBN Tonight, 7 September 2026, 47:36-47:43
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Charged quote Jamaica files slavery petition with King Charles
Now if you want to play the reparations game, then surely you can say goodbye to visas, goodbye to free trade, to cultural exchange, and indeed to the monarchy itself. Is it time to tell Jamaica and the whole lot of them to go whistle? I'm delighted to be joined in the studio by my panel, the historian, the broadcaster, Rafe Heydel-Mankoo,
GB News, New: GBN Tonight, 7 September 2026, 47:53-47:55
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Charged quote Jamaica files slavery petition with King Charles
You're an encyclopedic, Nigel, on this nonsense. Surely it's time to tell them to get lost? Yes, I've had enough of this from Jamaica and everywhere else. I would remind those people who were lamenting colonialism that in 2011, 60% of Jamaicans said Jamaica would be better off if it was still run by the British versus only 17% who said otherwise.
GB News, New: GBN Tonight, 7 September 2026, 48:16-48:18
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Charged quote Jamaica files slavery petition with King Charles
But I do agree with that. I don't think you tell Jamaica to get lost. I don't think we should pay reparations. The kind of money that's been talked about is 18 trillion pounds, which would be six times our annual GDP. I mean, it's a ludicrous figure. Broadly, I think that when we're thinking about redress for previous errors, it should only be in living memory.
GB News, New: GBN Tonight, 7 September 2026, 49:31-49:35
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Contested quote Jamaica files slavery petition with King Charles
That is immediate and it is relevant. Once you start going back, you discover that the people who were trading these slaves were their fellow Africans. It wasn't the evil British who decided that we were going to go into the midst of Africa. It was fellow Africans who brought them to us and we should bear that in mind.
GB News, New: GBN Tonight, 7 September 2026, 50:41-50:51
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Claim Jamaica files slavery petition with King Charles
The petition asks the king to refer three questions to the Privy Council.
GB News, New: GBN Tonight, 7 September 2026, 51:00-51:08
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Charged quote Jamaica files slavery petition with King Charles
… the Left seems to have is modern day slavery. Why do they get worked up about that? Well, precisely, and that's why we know this isn't really about slavery at all. This is a cudgel with which to attack Britain and the West. It's an avaricious cash grab by failed states in the Caribbean who rather than admit that the reason for their economic inactivity is their own economic mismanagement and corruption, it's far easier …
GB News, New: GBN Tonight, 7 September 2026, 51:29-51:34
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Contested quote Jamaica files slavery petition with King Charles
Well, precisely, and that's why we know this isn't really about slavery at all. This is a cudgel with which to attack Britain and the West. It's an avaricious cash grab by failed states in the Caribbean who rather than admit that the reason for their economic inactivity is their own economic mismanagement and corruption, it's far easier to blame victimhood.
GB News, New: GBN Tonight, 7 September 2026, 51:34-51:45
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Charged quote Jamaica files slavery petition with King Charles
And we know that because those people who are so vocal about things from two centuries ago are silent about the fact that five in every one thousand Africans is a slave today, ten million people, and yet they say nothing about any of that. Michael Nelson, isn't this another example of the student politics of opposition, from blowhards like David Lammy coming back to haunt them now they're in power? It's absurd.
GB News, New: GBN Tonight, 7 September 2026, 51:58-52:08
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Charged quote Jamaica files slavery petition with King Charles
Now, Sir Jacob, before I come to what's on your show tonight, is the King, Paul, the problem here is showing a weakness that's been chiselled at by countries like Jamaica? I think that statement is ill advised. I don't think His Majesty's government has quite that policy. I think he's going further than his own main government. He is, of course, the head of several governments around the world.
GB News, New: GBN Tonight, 7 September 2026, 53:12-53:18
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Charged quote Jamaica files slavery petition with King Charles
I think he's going further than his own main government. He is, of course, the head of several governments around the world. I thought that statement was too political and the King is well advised to keep out of politics and his advisors ought to be careful. He has no support in the country for this. The British people hate the idea of reparations.
GB News, New: GBN Tonight, 7 September 2026, 53:26-53:31
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