27/06/2011 The One Show

Hello and welcome to the One Show, with Matt Baker. And Alex Jones.

Tonight we are joined by a real hard man. He has tackled near Nazi

skinheads in California. Confronted policemen in Brazil. Been shot at

in Afghanistan. And even stood up to Peggy Mitchell. It is Ross Kemp.

Good to see you. Thankfully, you are here, because you have had a

nightmare. I capitulated to the London traffic and dumped on the

tube and got here. It is good lock out there. I have just got back

from Afghanistan, and that was easier than getting here. It is

quite hot out there, there but not as hot as Afghanistan. My

sympathies to everybody stuck there at the moment. The hottest place in

the UK today was Gravesend in Kent, where they recorded a whopping 32

degrees. But the thunderclouds have stopped the farm. So if it is

raining or hailing way you are, send us a picture of somebody stood

outside, braving the elements. Could be yourself, the family, or a

pet. This week may see more people go on strike than at any time since

the 1920s. Our Economics man, Adam Shaw, has joined us. What is going

on on Thursday? A lot of unions are going on strike, principally

teachers, but also the civil service union. The big effect will

be a secondary effect. If you teach us do not turn up, you cannot turn

up to work if you have to look after the kids. So if you run a

hospital or whatever, that will close down. That will be the tough

thing. The whole country could close down.

Now, some people believe public sector workers have it too easy.

One of those is except -- ex- Apprentice motor-mouth Katy Hopkins.

We asked her to express her opinions. This is strong stuff.

According to research by the think tank the Policy Exchange, over

their working life, people in the private sector work equivalent of

9.2 years extra than those in the public sector. Whilst any claim

that this is always disputed, in my opinion, there is more than just a

bit of truth in it. And unlike many, I am prepared to say so. These use

our mind and not those of the BBC. I have been told to make that clear.

I work in the private sector, and whilst I know we might be comparing

different roles here, according to the Office of National Statistics,

the average level of full-time earnings is 17% higher in the

public sector, with the gap growing. Yet the private sector still

thrives. The Government say how familiarly in jobs have been

created by private business, helping to plug the gap from those

being lost in the public sector. It is hoped that this will continue as

the cuts begin to bite. But was the private sector are working hard to

make this happen, the cosy, protected public sector seemed

intent on throwing their dummies out of the pram and going on strike.

No ifs, no buts, no public service cuts! You can go in now. It is no

secret that public sector workers are a bunch of clock-watching,

boring Brians. We all know that frontline staff, teachers, nurses

and firefighters, are incredibly hard-working. But for me, the pen

pushing public sector workers will never know what it really means to

put in the hours. Striking is just another day out of the office. One

place this you will not go down well is that the conference of one

of the largest public sector unions, Unison. From a private sector

perspective, I would say we get in earlier, work harder, work till

later. That is how we are dealing with tough times and the recession.

We are working longer and harder. The way the public sector is

dealing with the recession is a strike. What is your response?

have a two-year pay freeze. There has not been a strike over that.

There is an attack on terms and conditions of service and no

striking over that. But there is an issue now about pensions. Everybody

is frightened about their future. They are frightened about working

until they are 68. They are frightened about contributing 50%

more towards their pension, and at a time when things are so difficult,

they may not be able to afford to make that contribution. If they

cannot contribute to their pension, they will not have much to retire

on. I believe in being driven by the market, being responsible,

turning up for work every day no matter what. That is the ethos I

teach my children. How do axe explain to my children why their

teachers will not be there? How do I explain that a national sulkies

the way to change anything at a personal level? It is not a

national sulk, it is people standing up for their rights, for

what they earn and what they're entitled to. The are fighting to

keep their pension entitlement, but do they realise only one in three

private sector employees have a company pension? In the public

sector, it is nearly 90%. So what do public sector workers themselves

think? I have come to Gloucester to find out. Better make sure we are

done by four. A selection of middle management public sector workers

versus little Miss Hopkins. Bring it on. It is something I have said

about the public sector, it has a reputation for having people in it

that are a bit dull, a bit aside, that like to push paper around all

day and twiddle a few pens, watch the clock and go home. What do you

say to that? That perception comes from the regulations and legal

restrictions we have on us. There is a lot of creative thinking in

local government. We are doing more for less. We have a decision-making

process in the public sector which is restricted because of the way we

are governed politically. That can be perceived as taking a long time

and therefore add to the pen pushing idea. I have trouble

getting my staff to take their holidays because they are dedicated

to the job. Despite what the public sector themselves at say, I remain

unconvinced. Job losses are never easy, but when the pen-pushers from

the public sector need to get a proper job, they had better get

ready for a lot more hard work. We had an interesting reaction

after Katy made a maternity leave from. Looking forward to reading

the inbox in the morning. Those people that she called boring must

be thrilled. She is not alone in her views and many will be

inconvenienced by the strikes, so how good a case to the strikers

have? The deal was always that if you went into the public sector,

you often did not get paid as much, but there was security. You would

have a job for life and you were looked after with a guaranteed

pension. That is now under attack, and that is why they are striking.

The opposite view is that the rest of the country does not have these

guarantees, so why should you? It is natural that those conditions

should be under attack, so they are doing what they can, which is

striking. It is a confusing situation. It is about where you

are at in your career compared to 2015, when the legislation comes in.

If you read the headlines, it could be misleading. When these come in

in 2015, your pension up to that stage will be guaranteed under the

old regime. So if you are nearing the end of your career, it does not

affect you. The new regime were only take effect over the last few

years. If you are just starting as a nurse, your whole career will be

under the new regime. You will work longer, pay more and get less. So

you are affected substantially. where is the incentive to become

part of the change? The incentive is the money. If you want to work

for the police or hospitals, you have no other option. You cannot go

to the private sector, because the private sector is not offering

those guarantees. But as Ross said, the public sector would offer a

draw for a lot of people in the pension. If you were a teacher, you

had those benefits. But if you take that away, where is the incentive

to go into those careers? Why are they doing this? There was a report

that talked about pensions. The good news is that we are living

longer. But the downside is that you have to live off your pension

for a longer time. You used to retire and die after a few years.

The something to look forward to! The good news is that you do not

die now. But the pensions are costing a fortune and the

Government feels it has to do something. Ross, with a top about

your pension later. First, over the weekend a new king

did to his throne. Lucy Siegle went to his coronation.

The 50,000 Roma gypsies in the UK makes them by far the biggest gypsy

group in Britain, but behind the music and smiles lie serious

questions about crime and community cohesion. The One Show has been

granted special access to spend the day with these Roma gypsies as they

elect their first ever did seeking to represent them in the UK. This

is Roman Xisco, the power behind the throne and my guide to the

image of gypsies not trying hard enough to integrate. Do you have

British friends? Of course. I have British friends, Asian friends.

Which person has a good heart is my friend. But some who live alongside

the Roma have found them less friendly. They do not interact a

lot. They keep themselves to themselves. If they want to live in

Britain, they should be part of the community. It is not just living in

a different country, it is being able to give to your community.

experience of the Roma community is the children fighting, drinking,

openly drug-taking. I do not want my children to be involved in that.

Time to make my way to the election. It is not often I get a limousine

ride with a dozen big men in hats. It is cramped. What will the King

be expected to do? If we have a king, we can do a lot of things

differently. There are five different Roma communities here.

But we have the same language. We want to integrate in this country,

because we live here. Do you think that will be an easy thing to do?

Nothing is easy, but we have to try our best. It is time for the secret

behind closed doors vote, protected by a level of security Fort Knox

could only dream of. Could the King get the respect of a young Roma

community? Of course. Young people respect older people. But do they

always? Yeah. But in every community, one black sheep. It is

not just the Roma gypsies waiting for the result. So are council

representatives and the police. How will what has happened today held

at the wider community? An election like this enables us to have key

people to get in touch with to address any issues of perceived

criminality. So this Gypsy King is good news for the police? Good news

for everybody. Suddenly we are allowed in. The candidate from

Peter Brett is the Roma King of Britain. But -- the candidate from

Peterborough. It is time for the all-important first speech.

TRANSLATION: I want to do everything to integrate the people

into the British community and I will try to do my best.

But as the party starts, it is not words, but actions that matter. Up

to 80% of the men here are unemployed. How do you feel when

you hear members of your community referred to as benefit scroungers?

If we want to have a better life, we have to do something. Not only

sit and wait. We know what the country can do for us. What can we

do for the country? After the party ends, those are the criteria the

new Gypsy King will be judged on. Back in 2008, you had dealings with

the darker side of the Roma gypsy communities. Try and on that

experience, do you think aching can help? They have always had kings,

people who are elected to be the mouthpiece of an organisation. It

has a lot to do with where you sit in the community. People can be

elected to that position. It is an honourable position. We are quick

to categorise people and say that all people from the Roma community

are pickpockets or involved in illegal activities. That is not

necessarily true. But there are some who were involved in it. There

were others who were not. But it is a very organised bunch of people at

the top end. They know what they are doing. You have found yourself

in all sorts of places, Afghanistan being one. It is five years since

he went out there. What changes have you seen? I do not want to

give away the end of the documentary, because I have to go

back two more times over the next few months. Is it a different place

to how it was? Afghanistan is a big place. We have always looked at

Helmand Province, which is like looking at the eastern counties of

the UK. There are other provinces where there are no British or

American troops or ISAF trips. It is too difficult to get in. It is

along the border with Pakistan. Some of those places are too

dangerous to get in. There have been big changes in terms of our

area of operation being condensed in terms of British forces'

responsibility. There are now more helicopters available. We have more

eyes in the sky of different varieties. I think the people in

Helmand have a better relationship and understanding of why it ISAF

are there. Now that it has been made clear to them that the combat

troops, according to the Prime Minister, will be pulling out, that

has changed the attitude of people on the ground. You have written a

new novel based around Afghanistan. Yeah, this is a men's book. It is

not a portrayal of what is going on. And a new venture for you. You have

done documentaries and so on. is my pension! Did you need much

help with it? I had some advice. I came up with the idea, and they

asked me to do a series of three books based on a character of which

I came up with. The first one is set in Afghanistan. The second one

will be in Mexico with drug cartels, and the third will only get written

We are fortunate to have two are standing tepees with us. Over the

next few weeks our doctoring duo will be on call treating the

nation's aches and pains. Their first appointment, Glasgow. We're

on a mission to make Britain healthier. And we are coming to you.

A no appointments, no waiting, we are ready to diagnose your right

here, right now. This week we are in Glasgow, one of Scotland's

biggest cities, there are bound to be people here who need our help.

My first port of call is the airport where I am catching the

early risers. Raymond is about to fly to Florida. The holiday of a

lifetime. A few hours ago he was experiencing severe nausea and an

intense pain in his stomach. I had to lie on the floor. I was really

worried. I was asking the wife to phone an ambulance. I have never

felt like that. Every time I tried to get comfy, it would not help.

am sure he has gallstones. This pain he suffered could have been

them getting lodged. When this kind of intense stomach pain is

accompanied by nausea and vomiting it is vital to see a doctor. I

think you have had colic, wary gallstone get stuck but you cannot

get comfortable, you have to keep moving. It is often accompanied by

feeling sick, or being sick. There is a chance you have not passed

this stone. You could get this pain again. You know what I'm going to

say, don't you? I am advising you not to fly. It is a tough decision.

I leave him to discuss things with his wife. I have been treating

traders at the wholesale fruit and veg market in Glasgow. Need a

doctor? This man is only 20. How much do you drink a day? So it's

hundred people work here and there are no shortage of patients wanting

advice. Are you going to cure me?! Gary has a problem with his scalp.

A bald patch on the top. When did you notice this? About six weeks

ago it was that size. You have a little sore in the middle. That

looks like something called alopecia Arie art of. A complicated

name. It means your immune system attacks the hair follicles and it

falls out. Hopefully the hair will come back. The bit in the middle

could be where you're scratching at, or have been bitten, but the two

together rather unusual. If it is not healed other than a couple of

weeks you should get your doctor to look. After an event for the

morning we head to the shopping street. Open wide. That must have

heard. You have had a bleed behind the surface of your eyeball.

may need to have an operation. next case today is Lorna, with an

unwelcome addition to a body. have a lump on my back. It is

concerning and quite big. I have had it for a few years. It does not

give me pain but it is hard. have a fatty lump, it is

technically a tumour, any growth, but it is totally not cancerous and

no consequence whatsoever. However, sometimes they get to the stage

they get so big they catch on things, they get sore, if that

happens you could get it removed. Is it a simple operation? It is.

Removed under local anaesthetic, just a cut in the skin. If you have

a lump and are not sure, or worried it could be something more serious,

you should always get it checked out with your doctor. Our day is

drawing to a close and it has been a busy one, meeting, greeting and

treating the people of Glasgow. We caught up with Gary you told us

that the sawn his scalp is healing after he got cream from his doctor

and his hair has started to grow back. A Raymond decided to go on

holiday in the end. He did not want to let down his extended family in

Florida. Thankfully his health was fine while he was away and he has

not experienced any pain since he got home. Next week we're out and

about again, ready with more remedies on the streets. Dr Sarah

has joined us. Does it annoy you when people do not listen to your

advice, like the man with the gallstone problem? It is irritating

when people come back and say I am no better but they did not take the

tablets. What really upsets me is that means they are taking up an

appointment somebody else is waiting to have. Raymond had a

tough choice there. Family holiday, everybody waiting... He was, bless

him. Tough, but Glasgow, 99 per cent of people would have been in

hospital with that. I was very impressed. I could not tell him it

was going to come back so of course he had a hard decision. In the end

he made the right one. It's amazing how keen people are to reveal their

problems. I was not quite sure how it would go but they were all there.

They were fabulous. Thank you! During the surgery, you can't get

an appointment, your run the street. I have just spent 10 hours in

surgery today! You get a free diagnosis. A couple of medical

issues have hit the news, the more mature patients are buying their

own over the counter medicines. This was a weird story and a shock

for me because I have been a doctor for a long time and not much

surprises me but this was a real surprise. These are medicine's we

never thought I have as going together. Antihistamines for

hayfever, waterworks tablets, anti- depressants, but then together and

they seem to boost your chance of dying. Trevor it over the course of

a few years, it was a big problem. The problem is we did not know

about it and the last thing I want people to do is stop taking the

tablets. In the great scheme of things we do not know what has

caused this, if it is because people who take these tablets are

more sick and likely to die anyway, but do talk to your GP. The other

thing is man flu, apparently they might have a case. I read this as

well! Our immune system is not as good as yours because you have

children. Fair play! We are more vulnerable. It says you get colds

more often but it does not excuse... I rest my case! It does not excuse

the way you moan about it when you Warren! Time for another film in

our series about houses that have been homes to legends. Lord Learie

Constantine was an old cricketer who took the crease between 1928

and 1939. But it was once he hung up his whites that he really break

the boundaries... -- broke. In this house in Meredith Street Lancashire

lived a West Indian legend, Leary Constantine. He did not just where

whites, he took a few of them on. What are we like to live with here?

There is no doubt about it, discrimination exists in this

country. After 35 years in white Britain that polite cricketer from

Trinidad had become a hardened race campaigner. Those who knew him new

a softer side. He was the considered diplomat, when he had to

fight discrimination he did it with grace, style, great dignity. He was

very warm. But the warm cricketer was cold-shouldered by his mother

country when he first arrived in the 1920s. He taught later in his

autobiography about miserable journeys and freezing rain from one

damn hotel to another. And afternoons in the field where it

was impossible to pay attention because all he could think about

was overcoats. I see what he means! In England at Lord Learie

Constantine and the title Electric heels. The legendary game in 1928

he notched up one of the fastest ever Fifties in just 18 minutes.

Not only was he a great, fast bowler and a -- and exciting hard-

hitting batsman, but an absolutely superb fielder. Soon he was

headhunted by a team of Nelson and was earning �25 a week, not much by

Freddie Flintoff's standards, though he was one of the highest

paid sportsmen in Britain. He was knocked for six by the reaction of

the pitch, as the only black man in this northern mill town, the locals

were more than curious. At mealtime in his home the local children used

to looking at the window. -- look in. Very few people had ever seen a

black man. There were little boys in the shop and he would shake

hands with them and they would look at their hands and say I do not --

I told you it would not rub off! It was not easy for him at first. Then

he got upset about it. There were racial insults in the game, often

uttered by empires. -- umpires. He was about to pack his bags but then

He really was a showman. He just loved to entertain. He was a light

in a time of darkness for the whole area. But the dark times during the

Great Depression were to be overshadowed by war. He was drafted

in to help the 20,000 West Indians brought into Britain's munitions

factories. Then, in 1943, he joined another field of play. Politics.

When he was sent packing from London's Imperial Hotel for being

black he took them to court. He bowled the judge over with evidence

and won the case. This small victory would be seen to be a

landmark in the years to come. have had half a million people in

this country over the last few years, they find discrimination in

respect of housing, education, employment. This prejudice he

described in 1964 was finally outlawed just a year later in the

race Relations Act. The cricketer Constantine had played a big part

in making the Act law. What made him victorious when he was was

because of his personality. He was an enormous ambassador, that is how

I would sum up his legacy. When he died in 1971 the Grid cricketer had

played the field as broadcaster, Barrister, High Commissioner and

Britain's first black Lord. In the last few months the local council

has put up a plaque to Lord Learie Constantine, an emperor of the

North. A legend. Early on we asked you to prove it if the heavens had

opened while we were on air. We have had a great response. Taking

shelter from thundery showers in Paignton, Devon. Really pretty.

This is Chris Thomas, it is his children in the rain. They are in

the Vale of Glamorgan. Clare in Manchester decided to have a

barbecue, one hour later the heavens opened! Look at this man

here. He is desperate for air, either that or we caught a robbery

live on air! Ross, we wish you well best for your journey home. Safe