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Patrick Christys Tonight Late
Friday 30 October 2026 · 23:00 GMT · 1h · 7 stories · 15 annotated moments · 38 of 60 min on news stories (63%)
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A late bulletin led by allegations against Thomas Markle, with the longest segment a 10 minute 50 second panel debate questioning a poll on EU rejoin support after Andy Burnham's Budget bounce. UK politics and newspaper review dominated the hour, while a US death penalty case took 5 minutes 51 seconds and the shortest item, on wind farms, ran 2 minutes 1 second.
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Andy Burnham, Prime Minister
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- 3:13
Claim Newspapers allege second Thomas Markle abuse image stash
Newspapers alleged that a second stash of child abuse images belonging to Thomas Markle was found in a lockup near his previous address in Mexico.
GB News, Patrick Christys Tonight Late, 30 October 2026, 3:13-3:22
- 3:41
Claim Newspapers allege second Thomas Markle abuse image stash
Thomas Markle, 82, denied all the allegations.
GB News, Patrick Christys Tonight Late, 30 October 2026, 3:41-3:44
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- 4:03
Claim GB News panel doubts poll showing EU rejoin support after Burnham Budget bounce
A poll reportedly indicated increased support for EU membership after Andy Burnham's comments and the Budget.
GB News, Patrick Christys Tonight Late, 30 October 2026, 4:03-4:13
- 6:45
Claim GB News panel doubts poll showing EU rejoin support after Burnham Budget bounce
A panellist said rejoining the EU would require accepting the euro and free movement.
GB News, Patrick Christys Tonight Late, 30 October 2026, 6:45-6:52
- 6:59
Claim GB News panel doubts poll showing EU rejoin support after Burnham Budget bounce
Andrew Rosindell said Britain could succeed as a global free-trading nation.
GB News, Patrick Christys Tonight Late, 30 October 2026, 6:59-7:06
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Claim Christa Pike speaks of pain after surviving lethal injection
Christa Pike survived a lethal-injection execution attempt involving two doses of pentobarbital, later gave her first public statement, and is thought to be the only person to survive such an attempt.
GB News, Patrick Christys Tonight Late, 30 October 2026, 15:00-15:03
- 15:03
Claim Christa Pike speaks of pain after surviving lethal injection
Pike has returned to prison and is speaking publicly.
GB News, Patrick Christys Tonight Late, 30 October 2026, 15:03-15:07
- 15:09
Claim Christa Pike speaks of pain after surviving lethal injection
Pike said she experienced mental and spiritual pain.
GB News, Patrick Christys Tonight Late, 30 October 2026, 15:09-15:11
- 15:34
Charged quote Christa Pike speaks of pain after surviving lethal injection
who had reached out to her after the botched execution. And it was almost as though she was thanking someone for an award. Or do you know what I mean? It felt wrong that she should be thanking people when at the end of the day, she's a murderer. She's a murderer. She's on death row. She's a criminal.
GB News, Patrick Christys Tonight Late, 30 October 2026, 15:34-15:41
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Charged quote Christa Pike speaks of pain after surviving lethal injection
And I just thought, oof. I'm just waiting for the book to come out now. I completely agree with you. And I was saying a bit earlier, she's been made as some kind of a martyr now. I don't like it. Imagine if you're sort of the victim's family and you're just seeing her plastered all over with this smirk on her face.
GB News, Patrick Christys Tonight Late, 30 October 2026, 16:48-16:54
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Contested quote Christa Pike speaks of pain after surviving lethal injection
Imagine if you're sort of the victim's family and you're just seeing her plastered all over with this smirk on her face. She's not a hero. She's not lucky or anything. She should really be dead. And I don't know why that's offensive to say. That's what they were trying to do. I read another sort of report that said,
GB News, Patrick Christys Tonight Late, 30 October 2026, 17:00-17:05
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Claim Labour MPs press Burnham to cut benefits bill over Red Wall fears
Senior Labour MPs from northern constituencies warned Burnham would lose support if welfare reform was minimal.
GB News, Patrick Christys Tonight Late, 30 October 2026, 24:24-24:35
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Claim Met Police reportedly planning to cut Trooping the Colour protection
The Met reduced the number of officers policing the King's Birthday Parade and other ceremonial events, with private contractors taking on most of the responsibility.
GB News, Patrick Christys Tonight Late, 30 October 2026, 30:59-31:09
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- 41:40 Story begins King Charles ends Caribbean tour with unity warning
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Claim King Charles ends Caribbean tour with unity warning
In a Guardian article ahead of the Commonwealth Leaders Summit, Andy Burnham indicated openness to a formal state apology for Britain's role in the transatlantic slave trade and offered talks with affected countries and campaign groups.
GB News, Patrick Christys Tonight Late, 30 October 2026, 41:45-41:59
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Claim King Charles ends Caribbean tour with unity warning
GB News panellists argued that apologising for the slave trade would lead to demands for reparations.
GB News, Patrick Christys Tonight Late, 30 October 2026, 44:06-44:12
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