asylum seekers have would see asylum seekers have their claims processed in a second country, with successful applicants allowed to enter the uk. labour leader sir keir starmer has previously dismissed the government's rwanda scheme as gimmick . the government's rwanda scheme as gimmick. marks and as a gimmick. marks and spencer's and john lewis are among major retailers who have opted to remain closed this boxing day, trading only the day after christmas, is one of the busiest shopping days for high streets , with this year expected streets, with this year expected to biggest in five years. to be the biggest in five years. wicks pets at home and home bargains , as well as major bargains, as well as major supermarkets aldi , iceland and supermarkets aldi, iceland and the majority of waitrose stores will not open today . more than will not open today. more than three quarters of people are expected to do the majority of their shopping online instead , their shopping online instead, labour has been warned to stay away from traditional boxing day. fox hunt parades ahead of the next general election. countryside campaigners have told the party to end its running attack on rural communities . they say sir keir communities. they say sir keir starmer risks igniting a toxic culture war if his party repeats past attacks on rural life. fox

hunting was banned in england and wales in 2004. however labour has vowed to crack down on all hunts countryside alliance chief executive tim bonner says if sir keir chooses to tighten legislation further, there will be a fight . there will be a fight. >> and this really isn't about foxes and this debate never really has been. it's about people and it's about the fact that there are elements of the animal movement and animal rights movement and elements the political elements of the of the political left. the labour party, who cannot cope with the fact that hunt still exist, that they are still meeting today, that tens of thousands of people will be going out to support them. so i think bizarre, frankly, think it was bizarre, frankly, that that we're really that we're that we're really thinking again about going back to further on this to legislate further on this issue, have no doubt if they issue, but have no doubt if they do, there'll be a fight and queen camilla has hosted afternoon tea at windsor castle with a girl with a brain tumour. >> little girl , who has >> the little girl, who has spent most of her life on chemotherapy , sang a christmas chemotherapy, sang a christmas song the queen song and gave the queen a handmade she was handmade ring when she was ianed.

handmade ring when she was invited . olivia taylor has a invited. olivia taylor has a brain tumour which has left her blind, leapt up to say blind, but she leapt up to say hello your majesty. as she met queen camilla. the seven year hello your majesty. as she met quealso amilla. the seven year hello your majesty. as she met quealso trieda. the seven year hello your majesty. as she met quealso tried her|e seven year hello your majesty. as she met que also tried her very len year hello your majesty. as she met que also tried her very first 'ear old also tried her very first cup of tea, which was poured by the queen. this is gb news on tv, on digital radio and on your smart speaker by saying play . smart speaker by saying play. gb news. >> welcome to a year in politics with me, christopher hope , with me, christopher hope, political editor at gb news. well, last few months of this year have been bumpy, but the whole has been a heck of whole year has been a heck of a ride. i'm here to remind you what happened by going through the front pages and just looking at the drama that we played out for but it's for you at gb news, but it's pretty cold here in downing street. should we go to the pub.7 welcome to the red lion pub where shelter where people come to shelter from the political storm outside

where people come to shelter frongrab political storm outside where people come to shelter frongrab politiciof storm outside where people come to shelter frongrab politiciof storm and side where people come to shelter frongrab politiciof storm and plot and grab a pint of beer and plot ? i'm and grab a pint of beer and plot .7 i'm joined by two terrific journalists, the finest of their generation in westminster kevin maguire, of course , in the daily maguire, of course, in the daily mirror and quentin letts from the daily mail. we're going to have a review of the last six months of this year. sit tight. it's going to be a bumpy ride . it's going to be a bumpy ride. >> so our decision . >> so that's our decision. >> so that's our decision. >> and having honoured the independent pay review process, i urge all union leaders to accept these pay offers and call off their strikes. >> and so july started with rishi sunak finally caving in on pubuc rishi sunak finally caving in on public sector salaries. the unknown susan hall became the tory candidate for next year's london mayoral elections, and i pledge that i will stop the ulez expansion on day one of my mayoralty . it was to become one mayoralty. it was to become one of the biggest issues of the party. at one of the by elections that same month, which ended with a bang when three by elections were held on the same day and the lib won day, labour and the lib dems won one the previously safe one each of the previously safe tory but the tories used

tory seats, but the tories used anger about ulez to hang on to uxbndge anger about ulez to hang on to uxbridge and south ruislip . uxbridge and south ruislip. >> this by—election has been a referendum on ulez. it's absolutely been clear what the people of uxbridge and south ruislip want. they don't want ulez and khan ulez expanded and sadiq khan needs to the result of needs to listen to the result of this by—election. wasn't this by—election. i wasn't expecting to win labour were expecting to win it. labour were and forced the labour to and forced the labour party to rethink national strategy on rethink its national strategy on ulez type schemes. >> the month ended with a shocking scandal of nigel farage being debunked. >> this is not about politics, it's not about opinions . i've it's not about opinions. i've been treated disgustingly so many other people have been treated disgustingly . and the treated disgustingly. and the difference is i have a voice that can use on this, and i that i can use on this, and i now intend to be a voice for everybody else . everybody else. >> and that led to the resignation of the natwest chief executive for publicly disclosing information disclosing personal information about farage's accounts . august about farage's accounts. august started with the government trying to tackle the uk's migrant crisis, saw the first asylum seekers boarding the bibby stockholm barge only to leave the vessel a week later due to an outbreak of legionella

. the controversial ulez extension in greater london finally came into force at the end of that month. i'm always sorry for anybody who's suffering adverse consequences because our policies , but at because of our policies, but at the time, i've got to be the same time, i've got to be honest with people and a mini reshuffle saw ben wallace leave and grant shapps become the new defence secretary, while close ally of sunak, clare coutinho became energy secretary. but things started crumbling for the government in september as weak rak concrete closed schools and ministers were asked why they had taken so long to do anything about it . about it. >> does anyone ever say , you >> does anyone ever say, you know what, you've done a good job because everyone else has sat on there and done nothing? >> no, no, no signs of that? no. the interview had finished the news interview had finished or after it had or apparently after it had finished, and i'd like to apologise for my choice language that was, uh, unnecessary . that was, uh, unnecessary. >> labour conducted its own reshuffle . deputy leader angela reshuffle. deputy leader angela rayner was given the levelling up brief while pat mcfadden, a veteran of tony blair's government, became national

campaign coordinator to gear up the party for the next general election . sir keir starmer went election. sir keir starmer went to france to strengthen his personal relationship with president emmanuel macron. we had a very constructive and positive meeting which, as you can imagine, covered a wide range of issues. >> it was my first opportunity to, um, say how much i value the relationship between our two countries, particularly when it comes to prosperity and security i >> -- >> while the government decides to water down its net zero pledges, the test should be do we have the fairest, credible path to reach net zero by 2050? >> in a way that brings people with us now, since i've become prime minister, i've examined our plans and i don't think they meet that test. >> september finished with a lib dem party conference where members defied the leadership and voted to keep housing targets in england. >> and what people object to about housing development is that the conservative approach the developer led approach, has

meant that you haven't built communities. >> kevin quentin , let's get >> kevin quentin, let's get straight into ulez . >> kevin quentin, let's get straight into ulez. is that >> kevin quentin, let's get straight into ulez . is that why straight into ulez. is that why the tory party won that by—election in uxbridge? i guess so it certainly looked like it. >> i anything >> and i think anything associate ed with sadiq khan is probably difficult for labour because he may work in the centre of london, but i think in the outer outer suburbs, the boondocks , he doesn't, he boondocks, he doesn't, he doesn't fly quite so well there and there . i think there is a, and there. i think there is a, there was at that time , there was at that time, certainly, and i think it's still true now a certain, uh, fed up oddness, uh, of the population with the, with the green taxes and people are being told that they can't use their cars and can't, can't use their boilers and got to get rid of their boilers in a few years time. so i think that was, um, that's possibly going to be something more something that we, we hear more of during election. of during a general election. >> kevin, isn't it >> i ask you, kevin, isn't it massively brave to do that eight months election when months out from an election when you weren't re—election you weren't seeking re—election to a do a policy which is so

to to a do a policy which is so annoying so many people? why annoying for so many people? why not? why mandate to not? why not win a mandate to expect? expand expect? he did say it. expand ulez in the mayoral ulez in the last mayoral election, not as not. election, but not as not. >> not as not as much. people always say they want politicians who will do something. he's doing something, isn't he? and that's tackling dirty air, though, there's though, isn't it? there's no there's that was the there's no doubt that it was the factor in the uxbridge by—election why the tories held onto the seat despite labour getting its best result in 70 or 80 years there. but the reason it worked is it hadn't come in. it was coming in a week later. so or so. so there was a fear of it . now it's not an issue so or so. so there was a fear of it. now it's not an issue in central london. it won't become a in outer london a big issue in outer london because it's in now and most people realise that they're not paying people realise that they're not paying so think paying it. so i think the conservatives the wrong conservatives took the wrong message from it, from it and sunak thinking , right, i'll sunak thinking, right, i'll change the date for all electric cars, delay it to 2035. so 2030 got nothing in the polls, no bounce whatsoever because i think he's taken. it was a small bounce of polls on on on that speech in september . speech in september. >> it's gone. what's the lesson

from i is it it from this i mean is it is it to be the ulez party that when be the anti ulez party that when you're election, will it . you're in an election, will it. >> no of course. no. the >> no of course. no, no. the election on bigger election is won on much bigger things that and a mixture things than that and a mixture of things. but think there of things. but i think there is um a general public irritation at a lot of the net zero stuff. and uh, maybe sunak should have gone a bit further on that. the population sees the, the encumbrances and the charges that it's, it's , it's suffering. that it's, it's, it's suffering. and then it looks across the way to india or to china and sees them opening burning coal, coal and burning coal and just, you know, creating lots of pollution. and it just it just makes no sense. >> kevin sadiq khan believes he's right to push for this, this expansion and this is what he told us for gb news shortly shortly before as it came in in august . do you think one day august. do you think one day people will thank you for this across even even your across even your, even your critics will say, actually critics today will say, actually sadiq job. well, sadiq khan did a good job. well, there's people today there's been lot of people today who've not who've been thanking me, not just critics, the ones who concerned. you? concerned. will they thank you? one as mp and >> well, i remember as an mp and i you're in lobby, you

i know you're in the lobby, you know, seven, when i know you're in the lobby, you kno labour seven, when i know you're in the lobby, you kno labour governmenten, when i know you're in the lobby, you kno labour government ,|, when i know you're in the lobby, you kno labour government, uh,1en the labour government, uh, banned smoking in enclosed pubuc banned smoking in enclosed public spaces, you'll remember the noise being made then, you know , and now people won't think know, and now people won't think about reintroducing smoking in pubs. you study history. in the 19505, pubs. you study history. in the 1950s, a brave tory government passed the clean air act, which meant power stations were removed from the centre of our cities. battersea power station, what tate in the what is now the tate in the middle the middle of the 19th century, the great stink open sewers led to thousands of deaths by cholera. people weren't grateful then to the sewers when it comes to tackling public ill health, i think you've got to take bold action. do you think history will remember him kindly ? will remember him kindly? >> sadiq khan kevin craig i think he'll be. >> be relieved history . >> he'll be relieved of history. remembers all. i think remembers them at all. i think most do, don't they? most politicians do, don't they? i so, look , there's ulez i think so, look, there's ulez type charges in quite a few areas around britain now. it's not just london and most people accept them because they can see why why a charge has come in. that's what you have to do. you've got to convince people

there is a benefit from it. if you encourage them or you just encourage them or add costs any result, then costs without any result, then of course they're going to kick , of course they're going to kick, kick back. so look, it's kick back. so now look, it's a very it's a very important change. i don't i don't like charges normally because they're very very very blunt and by their very nature they'll hit those with the least money. but you want the least money. but do you want to keep breathing dirty air. the answer is no. i think people just look at officialdom and think, there's no point protesting against it. >> these so—and—sos are set out to make our lives more difficult , and we're fed up of being bossed about. but what can we do about it? and i think there's a general level of and the tories aren't really helping, are they? >> that's part of the problem. >> but sunak made a little effort , uh, with that speech on effort, uh, with that speech on with that speech and pushing it back years. i mean, it's back five years. i mean, it's going to come back, going it's going to come back, though, closer gets though, the closer it gets to people to of people having to get rid of their or being able their boilers or not being able to buy petrol people are to buy a petrol car, people are going really. going to get really. >> yeah, but but sunak is still through legislation. through the legislation. 80% of new in uh, 2030 will new cars sold in uh, 2030 will

be electric . be electric. >> don't go anywhere. we're back after the break with story of after the break with a story of why nigel farage got debunked. more .

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from the mirror. great to have you back. now. nigel farage re—emerged. didn't he? in politics, but not in a way you might expect. >> ever gone >> not sure he'd ever gone anywhere, particularly, but he de—banking really de—banking channel isn't really where expect to emerge. where you expect him to emerge. >> to >> i always wanted to be de—banking course we did de—banking and of course we did get later. get that later. >> that later when he >> we did get that later when he went jungle saw went into the jungle and we saw him in shower. him de—banking in his shower. however this was a terrific scandal . it really was monstrous scandal. it really was monstrous . uh, the behaviour that farage suffered from having his his account closed, basically, and others too, by the way, and others, not just him. he became hero of the people, allegedly , hero of the people, allegedly, it was the behaviour of the natwest eight. um, uh , super natwest eight. um, uh, super executives who that was really stinky at and um, eventually, eventually he there was an element of justice there, but it did take a long time for farage to achieve his aim. >> find it funny, kevin? >> you find it funny, kevin? >> you find it funny, kevin? >> i always like it. a self—styled the people, self—styled man of the people, nigel farage. what yeah. coutts. the queen's bank, the snootiest. uh, you can get, uh, but

nevertheless, everybody should have the right to have a bank account. you need a bank account in in our economy and our democracy , and you should not democracy, and you should not have it taken away for political views, which i may deplore. i may not agree with, but nevertheless they are legal . nevertheless they are legal. >> what i found amazing was it kind of blew up because the bbc thought out thought they'd caught him out into exaggerating position into exaggerating his position on, um, and then then of course , on, um, and then then of course, some information about his bank accounts went bbc and accounts went to the bbc and that to resignation of that led to this resignation of the, the boss of one of the big, big to have big banks that seems to have been have been, uh, been seems to have been, uh, some indiscreet chatter at a dinner. >> dinner, which is a perfect place over, over, over drinks. >> drinks. yeah >> over drinks. yeah >> over drinks. yeah >> none of that on christmas day . no. >> um, mm were % there was an element >> um, and there was an element here of the, um, the elite just regarding farage as really sort of slightly below the salt. yes. and my goodness, they got there, but they've been under underestimated him for years. >> remember though, an inquiry found out politics had nothing to do with him losing his.

found out politics had nothing to do with him losing his . okay, to do with him losing his. okay, sorry, i didn't i didn't buy well, he did what's called a subject access request. >> of remarks about >> and some of the remarks about him was were pretty, pretty below the salt to use your. >> there might have been >> well there might have been accurate question, but nevertheless not nevertheless that is not a reason to take away a bank account. yeah. >> yeah. have >> would you. yeah. you can have anyone you anyone being bank account. you anyone being bank account. you anyone i mean anyone should be banked. i mean my ran a bank my late brother ran a bank which, which supplied accounts to otherwise would to people who otherwise would not accounts . not get accounts. >> and there are an awful lot of people , an awful lot of people people, an awful lot of people in that, in that state. so, you know , nigel was on to something know, nigel was on to something like concern for the million or so people who are considered too poor to be. >> yeah. no, there's exactly those rather than people like farage who could go to another bank. yes. >> eventually, although he found it quite difficult by his own, by own account , very, by his own account, but very, very happened very quickly, what happened in iraq concrete. the iraq? concrete. remember the iraq? concrete. remember the iracwell , this was, uh, gillian >> well, this was, uh, gillian keegan, uh, who, um , uh, then keegan, uh, who, um, uh, then said something indiscreet in front of a live microphone . good front of a live microphone. good for her. i think that made her a

bit of a character. and i think people were quite sort of attracted to her, uh, comprehensive, educated . comprehensive, educated. >> the one from speak worked in a factory like keir starmer. worked in a machine , a working class. >> uh, thatcher from merseyside. she really is in a youth. and who's done rather well in life. look i quite like their approach and i think she's daft. if she's expecting any, uh, any, any credit . uh, because she's, she's credit. uh, because she's, she's really a possible leader by some people. >> but nevertheless she was like nicola murray in the thick of it wasn't she. >> it was, it was, it was funny. why is no one thanking me? >> well, the itv journalist is not going to thank you for being a know, there's a minister. you know, there's a chance chunks back chance to knock some chunks back in michael brunson in a way to michael brunson and john the remark that john major with the remark that john major with the remark that john major with the remark that john major made about the cabinet members who weren't supporting him. >> is not the >> so i mean, this is not the first time that a politician's been a mic. been caught out with a live mic. >> unfair. they want >> are we be unfair. they want credit, don't they? >> being unfair? >> who's being unfair? >> who's being unfair? >> are laugh. >> tv journalists we are laugh. we laughing it. we were laughing about it. >> her problem . >> uh, you know her problem. >> uh, you know her problem.

>> apologise for it. >> apologise for it. >> she can look, i've >> she can say, look, i've inherited from inherited this problem from previous conservative education inherited this problem from prev labournservative education inherited this problem from prev labour governmentiucation inherited this problem from prev labour government .|cation inherited this problem from prev labour government . yeah.i and labour government. yeah. >> back years. >> goes back 30 years. >> goes back 30 years. >> i think. yeah. you're going back now to blame back a long way now to blame labour 30 years labour and give it 30 years anyway. but so i could see why she's a bit miffed. she said look, i'm the one who's tackling it. but when it thousands, tens of thousands of kids are not able to go to school , of thousands of kids are not able to go to school, you're not really to get a bouquet. really going to get a bouquet. >> just a quick question about media quentin , should media ethics, quentin, should itv have released that video because it was an explosion after the interview had rapped on itv and suddenly she said, is no one going to say well done to me? you know, that kind of should out? did go should have gone out? it did go out. and the fact it out. and to me and the fact it went out showed a government losing of , of, uh, losing a bit of, of, uh, discipline and, and its ability to tell off the, the media, media ethics. >> ah, yes. >> ah, yes. >> yeah. this is why i'm asked the mail come to the the daily mail come to the mirror on the media ethics. >> i not sure i think it was. i think it was a fair cop. fair cop. >> kevin. chris are you going to get vertigo on your moral,

ethical molehill here on you? gb news. morals. news. look, she's high morals. she front of a she said it in front of a rolling camera. it's a hot mic. come on, it's not, it's not. it's not a pr initiative to find out what she's. >> it's a hot mic. and as you say, michael brunson. and the bar well with john bar is famously. well with john major, gordon brown during an election in 2010. >> yes. a woman up in rochdale. >> yes. a woman up in rochdale. >> it's almost that that those hot mic moments, they can they can have an effect. governments at the of time. don't can have an effect. governments at tithink of time. don't can have an effect. governments at tithink of might me. don't can have an effect. governments at tithink of might me. d0|them you think you might forgive them at the beginning. the end at the beginning. at the end there's you look there's a problem where you look as out . and finally we as running out. and finally we got final three months of got to the final three months of this what this year. let's see what happened. this year. let's see what happened . the conservative party happened. the conservative party conference started in manchester with nigel farage stealing the show amid speculation that he might join the tory party. you may have noticed nigel farage is wandering around your conference. first time in decades. would you have him back as a member of the tory party? no >> no »- a no »- >> the tory party is a very broad church, i welcome broad church, right? i welcome lots who want to lots of people who want to subscribe ideals , to our values. >> but all broke loose when >> but all hell broke loose when the northern leg of the hs2

project was cancelled. i am ending this long running saga. >> i am cancelling the rest of the hs2 project. >> then it was on to labour where it felt the adults were back in the room. well, some of them true democracy, but that did not deter starmer from his mission to make labour electable. that will the tax burden come down? >> my speech will adapt. >> my speech will adapt. >> the burden come down on the laboun >> i'd like the overall burden, particularly on working people, >> i'd like the overall burden, pacome|rly on working people, >> i'd like the overall burden, pacome down, working people, >> i'd like the overall burden, pacome down, butking people, >> i'd like the overall burden, pacome down, but obviously.e, >> i'd like the overall burden, pa come down, but obviously we to come down, but obviously we will operate , of course, and will operate, of course, and always within our fiscal rules . always within our fiscal rules. >> which is reinforced by another double by—election defeat for the tory party which appeared to put labour on course to win the next general election . very, very important investing of confidence and trust in a changed labour party in october was dominated by the israeli—hamas conflict that broke out earlier that month , broke out earlier that month, creating division in the country and in the labour party to break

with the old corbynite labour, starmer gave a speech to unite his party. >> while i understand calls for a ceasefire at this stage , i do a ceasefire at this stage, i do not believe that it is the correct position now. >> but not everybody was convinced and the following month it was altered in eight frontbenchers losing their jobs for backing an amendment by the snp calling for a ceasefire unlocked. november witnessed the first state opening of parliament by a king in over 70 years. nadine dorries, a boris johnson ally , decided to stir johnson ally, decided to stir the plot . the plot. >> so what is the point of having rishi sunak as prime minister and rishi sunak conducted his much anticipated reshuffle , while shocking reshuffle, while shocking westminster with a return of former pm david cameron ? former pm david cameron? >> even gb news viewers got a surprise suella braverman was sacked for defying rishi sunak days before the supreme court gave its verdict on his rwanda plan. >> the home secretary's appeal is therefore dismissed. we have

a plan to deliver the rwanda deal and we will do whatever it takes to stop the boats. >> we'll get back to migration in a minute. jeremy hunts autumn statement had a surprise cut in taxes . this was the chancellor taxes. this was the chancellor in september. >> well, i'm saying that no tax cuts are possible in a substantial way at the moment. so it's not just inheritance tax, it's income tax. it's all the different taxes that people look at. if we start having big tax cuts, it would be inflationary . inflationary. >> but by november he had changed his tune. but instead i'm going to go further and cut the main rate of employee. >> national insurance by two percentage points from . 12% to percentage points from. 12% to 10, sorted changed the delight over tax cuts lasted a few hours before the net migration figures showed a huge increase in 2022. >> we took back control of our borders, but we've thrown them open and i think the people who

put us into power in 2019 are absolutely entitled to be furious about this. it was back to a week to talking about immigration with a new five point designed to kerb point plan designed to kerb legal arrivals , and rwanda was legal arrivals, and rwanda was back on the table with new home secretary james cleverly signing a new treaty and laying new emergency legislation to stop the boats . but not all were the boats. but not all were convinced , and suella braverman convinced, and suella braverman used a rare personal statement to warn the pm that the partys future was now at risk. the conservative party faces electoral oblivion in a matter of months , if we introduce yet of months, if we introduce yet another bill destined to fail, then immigration minister robert jenrick resigned . the year ended jenrick resigned. the year ended with the rwanda plan up in the air and a real risk to the future of rishi sunak's government . it will be a testing government. it will be a testing few months in the new year for the tory party .

channel, britain's news channel . channel, britain's news channel. >> welcome back to the red lion pub with quentin letts in the daily mail and kevin maguire from the mirror. we're reviewing the entire year of 2023 and we got to the final three months. now kevin , the party conference now kevin, the party conference season, how do you find it ? season, how do you find it? >> oh god. look soon act

presented himself as the change when he's in office. but i thought where he blew his speech was not making clear. right at the beginning of that week he was going to scrap hs2. i think it was the wrong decision. but if you're going to scrap it, get it out the way. instead just it out the way. instead it just rumbled all week. rumbled on all week. >> why was it allowed to be an issue? because my i think issue? because it is my i think it's the had to decide on a it's the obr had to decide on a big spending commitment week out from the autumn statement, and it to fall during it happened to fall during a party had to party conference. they had to decide what to about it. decide what to do about it. >> just a poor >> i think he's just a poor politician he doesn't. he politician and he doesn't. he doesn't he allowed doesn't get it. so he allowed it to all to overshadow manchester of all places because it was overshadowed by we have a bonus, quentin, i think you're getting a sort of issue that only the, um , only the elite , only the um, only the elite, only the daily mirror , all the well paid, daily mirror, all the well paid, only the sort of people who are going to ride on this train were upset it, it struck me upset about it, and it struck me as an entirely sensible thing to do . do. >> the thing should never have been commissioned in the first

place. >> david cameron's fault, david cameron's adonis's fault. >> david cameron's fault, david camer0|adonisonis's fault. >> david cameron's fault, david camer0|adonis ands fault. >> david cameron's fault, david camer0|adonis and gordon brown, andrew adonis and gordon brown, but not axed by cameron . they but not axed by cameron. they did as a stink bomb at the but not axed by cameron. they did ofis a stink bomb at the but not axed by cameron. they did ofis a labour)mb at the but not axed by cameron. they did ofis a labour years, the end of the labour years, and then decided then cameron decided to keep going it. this thing going with it. and this thing was pit and was a monstrous money pit and really does it matter if you're going to be 20 minutes earlier to a destination or not? it's also about capacity and freight and how many trains you can operate, but the tory mayor of the west midlands, andy street, wanted it to go ahead. >> boris johnson, david cameron didn't resign. if you're going to, if you're going to scrap it, i agree , i the case. i agree, i can see the case. don't but once you don't start it. but once you start you might as well start it, you might as well finish it. >> well, they're going to finish it to as far as birmingham. i think the whole is think the whole thing is completely is completely pointless. well it is going going to going to be, but it was going to be more, billions more be billions more, billions more and credit and the government got no credit for so he billion on >> so he spent 35 billion on smaller routes , i think linking smaller routes, i think linking hull liverpool important hull to liverpool important routes, but not as not as nationally . nationally. >> yeah, that's one of those things on which boris johnson was very blind as well, because bofis was very blind as well, because

boris building boris just like building things he sets. yeah. he liked train sets. yeah. bridges. never have he liked train sets. yeah. bricinvolved never have he liked train sets. yeah. bricinvolved it never have he liked train sets. yeah. bricinvolved it either.r have he liked train sets. yeah. bricinvolved it either. and e got involved in it either. and he many fewer he would have had many fewer financial problems if he'd pulled out of it earlier every week. did this . it was week. they did this. it was costing a he was a big critic, of course, of hs2, wasn't he ? of course, of hs2, wasn't he? no.bons of course, of hs2, wasn't he? no. boris was pro. well he talked about the cost i think i remember a column when he was against it. >> i think he went both ways. well was boris johnson. >> well two johnson. >> well johnson. » wen >> well look in two ways at the same unusual for same time. wasn't unusual for bofis same time. wasn't unusual for boris right, boris johnson. quite right, quite right. >> and we heard that we saw that interview to do interview that i was able to do for having arrived for gb news, um, having arrived here with um, here in the summer with um, rishi saying it's a broad rishi sunak saying it's a broad church, tory party. when i church, the tory party. when i asked farage join? but asked him could farage join? but he accept farage he was saying we accept farage the farage can join the party of churchill, the party of thatcher, the party of major. >> i mean, he had to say that, didn't he? because if he'd come out and said, there's no way that going join that man's ever going to join david way. david cameron said, no way. well, and then cameron cameron paid didn't paid a price for that, didn't he? fruitcakes, uh, he? with his fruitcakes, uh, nutters and closet racists. >> never said that. was nutters and closet racists. >.but never said that. was nutters and closet racists. >.but that er said that. was nutters and closet racists. >.but that wasaid that. was nutters and closet racists. >.but that was that|at. was nutters and closet racists. >.but that was that|at. that was a but that was that was that was a but that was that was that was a bad thing to have said for cameron. be cameron. now you've got to be open, whether

open, haven't you? but whether or not, uh, mr sunak would welcome mr farage seems to me as a quite different matter. >> would labour welcome him joining the tory party? but they would. >> @ because en— >> oh, yeah. because he'd cause mayhem . he's so simplistic. mayhem. he's so simplistic. no, no , no, absolutely. and there'd no, no, absolutely. and there'd be tory mps who'd want be so many tory mps who'd want to get out. no, no that's it. but you know, of course, when you've farage feted at the you've seen farage feted at the tory conference and you ask sunak who can go in an empty room and nobody notices , you room and nobody notices, you know, or wants to go in and join him? i mean, because he hasn't got the charisma for that meeting actually which one? meeting and actually which one? >> with the growth >> the one with the growth growth meeting, the growth coalition meeting, the one which, uh, turned one at which, uh, nigel turned up liz truss he wasn't up liz truss and he wasn't actually, a surprise when actually, it was a surprise when he came in. actually, it was a surprise when he s01e in. sure that he >> so i'm not sure that he himself draw. no. himself was the draw. no. for the liz truss. mainly the big it was liz truss. mainly it was more it was no. i think it was more of jacob rees—mogg actually. of a jacob rees—mogg actually. and ? well, you and um, remember him? well, you know, for know, it's speaking for a certain part of the party and it was a question of what they represented. but but could nigel farage, uh, join the tory party it seems to me a very difficult

thing to arrange unless they have electoral have complete electoral wipe—out. yes >> so it's under sunak and >> so it's not under sunak and labour's conference after labour's conference was after a rare moment, i can't remember in my time the striking thing about the labour conference was a vast turnout. >> yes, it was a vast lobbyists or members. um both or both . but or members. um both or both. but a heck of a lot of lobbyists. and i saw a former a former top man from the cbi there who would not been at a not normally have been at a labour conference. yes and there was sense of, um, and was just a sense of, um, and from the, from the lobbyists , from the, from the lobbyists, the money is flowing into the party. question party. uh a question of let's, let's and get in with this. let's try and get in with this. >> for me, it was the cardigans have are back. have gone. the suits are back. the corbyn the cardigans of the corbyn years because the suits years are gone because the suits corporate change corporate britain consent change in the money. >> it's following the politics s and you're right it was it was, it was huge. it was more like a trade fair or the cbi. it was. it and it was the labour conference and the labour conference. >> they passed some big tests though. didn't they. for, for laboun though. didn't they. for, for labour, the, the outrage, labour, the, the, the outrage, the fighting in gaza was a test would been difficult had would have been difficult had corbyn been leader hold that corbyn been leader to hold that that only just

happening. >> it, it only it was only 2 or 3 days old. it would have been more of a problem if it had been. more of a problem if it had bee but silences more of a problem if it had beebut silences in more of a problem if it had bee but silences in the >> but those silences in the hall, which are called by david lammy, angie called hall, which are called by david lammywell. angie called one as well. >> think reading too >> i think you're reading too much christopher. it >> i think you're reading too muctoo christopher. it >> i think you're reading too muctoo the �*istopher. it >> i think you're reading too muctoo the time.|er. it was too new at the time. >> yeah, but i think but >> yeah, but but i think but i think now would think starmer now would be a problem controls, party problem for controls, a party with iron. can with a rod of iron. you can think good or in a think that's good or bad in a democracy, it the case. democracy, but it is the case. and even had the good and then he even had the good fortune having the protester fortune of having the protester sprinkling glitter, stardust on him where he didn't move, did he? >> he stood there, he stood there. >> he sort of kangaroo boxing. he he plays football. so he put his arm out as he would when you were trying shield the ball were trying to shield the ball and hold off somebody attacking you. looking the you. he was he was looking the guy was non—violent. it could have anything . have been anything. >> so i was with farage when he when milkshaked york , uh, when his milkshaked in york, uh, which laughed at on which everyone laughed at on twitter. newcastle. twitter. but newcastle. newcastle. . yeah. newcastle. i was with him. yeah. newcastle. i was with him. yeah. newcastle. sorry. on that bus and he was shaking he and he was shaking because he was for could have been was for him. it could have been anything we know it was milkshake and for this guy it could have could have could have been, it could have been anything. could have been, it could have bee it anything. could have been, it could have bee it was anything.

could have been, it could have bee it was when anything. could have been, it could have bee it was when blair|ing. could have been, it could have bee it was when blair blair had, >> it was when blair blair had, uh, powder at uh, purple powder thrown at him in and, uh, purple powder thrown at him in tony and, uh, purple powder thrown at him in tony blair and, uh, purple powder thrown at him in tony blair was and, uh, purple powder thrown at him in tony blair was very and, uh, purple powder thrown at him in tony blair was very calm. uh, tony blair was very calm. i remember the rest of us in the house of commons were rather, rather calm . and, uh, we rather less calm. and, uh, we thought it could have been something nastier. >> but they did show that he was a ready to govern you both a party ready to govern you both say. i mean, you say. i mean, i think you can overplay things. say. i mean, i think you can ovei)lay things. say. i mean, i think you can ovei thought things. say. i mean, i think you can ovei thought there gs. very >> i thought there were very few policies yeah but to policies there. yeah but to cunch policies there. yeah but to clinch deal, you need to clinch the deal, you need to paint vivid primary colours paint in vivid primary colours how you would actually benefit people's lives, how you handle big . big issues. >> i no, but i can see >> but i can. no, but i can see why because if why they haven't. because if your rivals are like having a pub fight. yeah uh, then why do you want to intervene ? yeah, you want to intervene? yeah, yeah, just let him get on. they're destroying themselves. >> was at the >> gb news was at the conference. interview >> gb news was at the c( lot rence. interview >> gb news was at the c( lot of, ce. interview >> gb news was at the c( lot of, um, interview >> gb news was at the c(lot of, um, shadow interview >> gb news was at the c(lot of, um, shadow cabinet�*w a lot of, um, shadow cabinet ministers, but one time peter mandelson appeared through the gloaming the gloaming and approached the stand we stand from behind. and we interviewed , leaning over interviewed him, leaning over the he was half in and the back, and he was half in and half out, and it was a fascinating there's fascinating moment. there's a man behind you. you should come on peter mandelson. on the show. peter mandelson. look on the show. peter mandelson. loo look this. andrew are you

>> look at this. andrew are you going to come on, look at this . going to come on, look at this. >> come on. won't. come on. >> come on. he won't. come on. >> about you. >> we're talking about you. we're new labour's we're talking about new labour's wonderful and wonderful labour government and what it's going to offer the country. peter and i go back many, years. are many, many years. how are you? my lord? five pledges or five missions? missions? no, the missions? five missions? no, the five write them down. >> the restart the economy. >> the restart the economy. >> you are. >> there you are. >> there you are. >> green energy . >> unlock cheap green energy. get the nhs back on its safer streets. form unlock educational opportunities , safer streets. opportunities, safer streets. >> you're on. he knows them. >> you're on. he knows them. >> yeah . six class. your >> yeah. six class. your question. why were you on the front row? yeah. of a speech yesterday with the shadow cabinet. you're in politics cabinet. you're not in politics anymore. andrew, andrew anymore. well andrew, andrew there's microphone. >> i was, i was i was put there in order to show my support for johnny reynolds and rachel reeves speeches, which i did with great enthusiasm because they were great speeches and, and uh, i was put there in sadiq khan. we were like two bookends. i've never really previously

seen myself as a bookend to. but, you know how the mighty have fallen . i mean, you know, have fallen. i mean, you know, we've been reduced , reduced to we've been reduced, reduced to being a stage prop when we lost our last interview. >> you my podcast, you said you missed government every single day , i do. do you think this day, i do. do you think this party misses it every single day? >>i day? >> i think the bulk of it miss government every single day. there's still that sort of small minority who prefer to be protesting in the streets. yeah yeah. >> he was leaning against the, um, press office, uh, wall through a lot of that week. >> he's so desperate to be involved, isn't he? >> well, i think he is involved. do you think involved? do you think he's involved? i think think think he is involved. i think gordon involved well. >> he toxic? he was always >> is he toxic? he was always toxic elders for a long periods. >> well, think forgotten >> well, i think forgotten people. people forget . look, people. people forget. look, he's a very smart , calculating he's a very smart, calculating guy. he's got the experience of winning elections. he wants to be seen to be part of it. and he is part of it. because, of course , you know, success has

course, you know, success has many parents and he's not going to it's not going to harm, is it? he's commercial prospects with his clients . if he can show with his clients. if he can show really cynical . but but it's not really cynical. but but it's not is it . it's really cynical. but but it's not is it. it's not gonna it's not gonna harm him when he's he's he's company. gonna harm him when he's he's he's company . and he can say to he's company. and he can say to clients, look, i'm in the job. >> he told me there's day clients, look, i'm in the job. >> hbyold me there's day clients, look, i'm in the job. >> hby whens there's day clients, look, i'm in the job. >> hby when he |ere's day clients, look, i'm in the job. >> hby when he doesn't day clients, look, i'm in the job. >> hby when he doesn't missay goes by when he doesn't miss being he's being in government. he's told me question how me that the question is, how does gray? does he get on with sue gray? >> get on with him? >> how does she get on with him? what does she think his what does she think of his involvement think involvement? what does she think he's menace. involvement? what does she think he's rheiace. involvement? what does she think he's rhe is:e. involvement? what does she think he's rhe is he's he's he's >> but he is he's he's he's a smart politician. you can agree disagree with him, but he's very clever . clever. >> well, we're nearly at the end of review political of our review of the political yean of our review of the political year, but the year was crowned by the re—emergence of david cameron , the former prime cameron, the former prime minister, foreign secretary. minister, as foreign secretary. walking up this street on camera for first time during that for the first time during that cabinet reshuffle in november, find out what happened after the . break hello . . break hello. >> thank you for being a big

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cameron . cameron. >> what a return . >> what a return. >> what a return. >> what a return. >> what in government. >> what in government. >> what in government. >> what a return in the moment. did you see it coming quickly? no, not at all. >> no, no . >> no, no. >> no, no. >> can i say i once wrote an article in 2017 after he had gone six years ago. >> yes, i often it because like a stopped clock, i'm right. >> once, once a day . um, or >> once, once a day. um, or twice a day. forgive me . it's twice a day. forgive me. it's not like one thing. >> it's been like the return of a of an old fashioned leather upholstered walnut veneer . um, upholstered walnut veneer. um, rover. upholstered walnut veneer. um, rover . one of those old things rover. one of those old things that jim callaghan used to drive around in magnificent purring engine and just wisps of engine and just a wisps of exhaust coming out of the exhaust coming out of the exhaust pipe . he's a very old exhaust pipe. he's a very old fashioned figure now . really fashioned figure now. really feels, uh, doesn't it? an earlier time and the problem for, uh, for him is that, you know, a lot of the personnel have changed, but also the nature of politics become nature of politics has become because parliament is now again sovereign. thank goodness , is sovereign. thank goodness, is that much more that the politics is much more feral than it used to be. and

parliament is really punchy now. yeah, in a way that it wasn't dunng yeah, in a way that it wasn't during the cameron years. >> that's that's fascinating . >> that's that's fascinating. >> that's that's fascinating. >> his his presence in the house of lords , the house of lords, of lords, the house of lords, the old boobies the house of the old boobies of the house of lords to have him lords are delighted to have him there feel there because they feel a certain as reapplied, certain relevance as reapplied, uh, . and he's uh, itself to them. and he's very good with the old peers because he he , he sort of drips because he he, he sort of drips honey over them and they feel important. he's super seemly sketchable it has to be said for those of us who are in the sketch writing business and to see ermine , when he'd see him in ermine, when he'd been introduced into the house of lords, was just like seeing him walking steve bell cartoon him a walking steve bell cartoon , because mel on the some of the other cartoonists used to cartoon him as, as this member of the aristocracy . and now he of the aristocracy. and now he is one. >> yeah. lord kavanagh of chipping norton. >> well, it's got the older tony in which like. in flannel, which they like. they're now they've got a foreign makes foreign secretary, so that makes them important. but look, them feel important. but look, let's, remember got let's, let's remember we've got a secretary, man who a foreign secretary, a man who lost europe. yeah. i call it a calling, a referendum . he didn't

calling, a referendum. he didn't have to, but he lost it. so i don't think that says much about his grasp of foreign affairs. he had a huge financial lobbying scandal, so he wants to come back and be remembered in a in a different way. well, he was cut down in his prime, kevin, by a vote. >> he wasn't meant to lose . >> he wasn't meant to lose. >> he wasn't meant to lose. >> he wasn't meant to lose. >> he cut himself down in his prime. or nigel. >> he cut himself down in his prime. or nigel . farage and prime. or nigel. farage and bofis prime. or nigel. farage and boris johnson and all those who voted for, for and watch in voted for, for and watch him in a michael gove. a cabinet with michael gove. >> the enemy who >> you know, the enemy who aned >> you know, the enemy who knifed him what it knifed him over. what does it say? it say about sunak >> what does it say about sunak in the state of the uk ? well, it in the state of the uk? well, it says that they've got to get away from the grave. a blast from the past to show him after, after at the party conference speech. so wahaca said it's all about change now. it's the 30 years of old consensus , years of old consensus, including cameron. exactly. and then all of a sudden he's u—turn i >> -- >> and that photo, that photo quentin, which emerged in november of him walking along. and who was the prime minister? was it cameron or was it sunak? it like junior figure

it looked like the junior figure was sunak. >> rishi sunak has a problem in his stature , uh, physical his stature, uh, physical stature is, you know, way below that of david cameron . and there that of david cameron. and there was a handshake where they weren't actually shaking hands. there apart because there was some way apart because i think that sunak wanted to be kept as apart as possible, kept as far apart as possible, because the closer you are, the more noticeable it is. the height difference. it's very bad luck, and it has to be luck, very bad. and it has to be said, there been said, you know, there have been very the past. very short leaders in the past. >> think got think >> i think they've got to think about performs about how he how he performs with because i'm with cameron now, because i'm often in number 10 downing street when they leave cabinet, cameron always leaves with mitchell. walks out with mitchell. he walks out with mitchell. he walks out with mitchell knows that mitchell because he knows that because his weakness, he's not not in the house of commons. he's walking mitchell. he's he's walking with mitchell. >> andrew mitchell is his deputy. effectively he answers for the house as it for him in the house as it comes. smarter comes. yes. he's a smarter politician. yes cameron politician. yes he is cameron and he knows how to capture the limelight and the camera. he's so he's also funny. >> we always a throwaway remarks. i saw him on the his first cabinet and we had lunch in the carlton club, the home of the tory party in mayfair. way.

we walked and we have to be. he walked in and said, chopper, you? said, oh, chopper, how are you? and enjoy that? and i said, did you enjoy that? you emerging and all the you know, emerging and all the all the shouts from the, the cameramen the and stuff. and cameramen and the and stuff. and he said, yeah, really he said, yeah, it's really funny because shouted at me, because someone shouted at me, do being shouted in because someone shouted at me, do street, being shouted in because someone shouted at me, do street, bcameron?:ed in because someone shouted at me, do street, bcameron?:ed he n the street, mr cameron? was he found totally because found totally hilarious? because of didn't miss of course he didn't. didn't miss anything about it. anything at all about it. >> it's going to tee him up >> but it's going to tee him up nicely for the second part of his life. he's a young his life. he's still a young man. that he man. he still thinks that he wants things wants to do things internationally and to have been foreign secretary for will it be just a few months, or will it be a bit more than that? you don't know. it is it is a good know. well, it is it is a good career move for personally. career move for him personally. for all rumpus, he laundering? >> laundering >> he's laundering because he's blamed brexit. is he blamed for brexit. is he laundering that reputation? >> better laundering laundering that reputation? >> reputation better laundering laundering that reputation? >> reputation .better laundering his reputation. >> he to whitewash what >> he wants to whitewash what happened gleaming happened and come out gleaming white. but said his white. but it's said by his associates to guarantee associates he's got to guarantee it'll be foreign secretary for years. there no may years. there will be no may general election. >> though. >> lots more happen though. apart reshuffle , apart from that reshuffle, suella suella braverman. now she she was sacked over, um, a an op

ed which was sent to the times about the permission of number 10 and her views were on on taking a stronger stronger action with with the police . i action with with the police. i mean it's failing to review what she resigned. resigned over now. >> well she she made a cruel remark about homeless people. said that it was a career choice. you know, a lot of people agreed with that on twitter, though not, you know, with tweets. hang a lot of with tweets. hang on. a lot of people with that, but a people agreed with that, but a lot people didn't . and so it lot of people didn't. and so it was question whether or not was a question of whether or not are divisive? you seen was a question of whether or not ar

do so in an optimistic way. >> josh is one of the >> josh howie is one of the three home secretaries who's been to rwanda. unlike any migrant asylum seeker or refugee. her crimes weren't refugee. but her crimes weren't weren't just the homeless. it's a lifestyle choice. and there's somebody in an earlier life worked in a hostel for homeless men. it's not a lifestyle choice. it's pretty, pretty grim. why people end up homeless on the on streets . but then on the on the streets. but then she everybody marching for she said, everybody marching for palestine was march and palestine was a hate march and not case. and she incited not the case. and she incited a whole node of nutters who then came the far right, violent activists who then were attack in the police, uh, near the cenotaph. >> why is she saying is it all about leadership? is it all about leadership? is it all about after the election? she'll stand sunak sunak did a dodgy deal with her by making her home secretary after she'd been sacked by liz truss for a security breach, so he didn't have to face an election. >> and it . i have to face an election. >> and it. i think just felt >> and it. i think she just felt empowered do and empowered and she could do and say whatever she liked. >> she certainly ambitious. uh, whether or not those ambitions

have any basis in in reality is going to be something for the voters. is she being proved right gradually. >> i mean, we're you know, we haven't yet seen the whole immigration row being played out. we robert jenrick out. but we robert jenrick resigned, didn't he, earlier this month. well i think it's and you know, the question of where does politics go next will depend largely on whether or not or will be influenced to a great degree, on whether or not the conservative government can get a flight to rwanda. >> if they do it, then that will be a big moment for them. >> no, she she has not proved right. she's been proved wrong. rwanda watch . rwanda no flight on her watch. net migration far, far higher than during european union membership and free movement on her watch. she was always blaming other people, always pointing other, you know , the pointing other, you know, the finger at somebody else. her rhetoric , i thought, was pretty rhetoric, i thought, was pretty vile . when she would talk about vile. when she would talk about hurricanes and invasions and she she paid a price. >> that's what i mean about she didn't she wasn't able to do the

jollity that need. you've jollity that you need. you've got not jollities perhaps to georgia's home. >> i mean, theresa may was not jolly in the six years she was home secretary. and at home secretary. no. and look at what she was as what a glum bucket she was as pm. prime pm. but she became prime minister miserable i >> -- >> she did. hm- m- hum- >> she did. but it was not a success, ? you've got to success, was it? you've got to have. got create . and have. you've got to create. and this is where starmer doesn't do it either. you've got to create this is where starmer doesn't do it (oomph'ou've got to create this is where starmer doesn't do it (oomph of�*ve got to create this is where starmer doesn't do it (oomph of positivity. create an oomph of positivity. >> it? who's >> yes. where is it? who's got it? them it? ed davey we mentioned them once this hour, and once on this entire hour, and that probably quite that probably tells you quite a lot that is looking for some byelections. looking forward to into next next year. is it going to be the immigration general election ? that is what some are election? that is what some are saying. tice he needs saying. richard tice he needs reform. on gb news reform. he presents on gb news he thinks that he's found the big dividing line is immigration. >> that may be part of it. but if they could get that solved, if they could get that solved, if could flight off if they could get a flight off in february before easter, say, then that might then become less of an issue. uh, it will be the economy. it's almost always the economy, but also a sense of , economy, but also a sense of, uh, of optimism about the future. and where does it go next? and that's where the

labour party's lack of policies needs addressed. i'm sure needs to be addressed. i'm sure that will providing that they will start providing some some policies. and if i were sir keir starmer, i would use little wes streeting a lot more. i don't know why they're not using. more. i don't know why they're not yeah.. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> think issue is the >> i think the issue is the economy, . uh, economy, cost of living. uh, number one. number two, the nhs state of that public services . state of that public services. number migration . and number three, migration. and then you'll have other issues like the environment. they tickle some people . uh, and then tickle some people. uh, and then it'll be, it is you're right about optimism. it's about confidence optimism. and confidence and optimism. um, and britain moving forward not going backwards. >> but labour's got no answer on migration has really. mean, migration has it really. i mean, it's as the tory migration has it really. i mean, it's the as the tory migration has it really. i mean, it's the tories as the tory migration has it really. i mean, it's the tories a adding�*ry party. the tories are adding adding labour, the adding a bit of the labour, the problem for labour party on problem for the labour party on immigration, there is no easy answer is that is the truth . answer is that is the truth. >> there no. so you've got to >> there is no. so you've got to avoid false promises. yvette cooper vote shredder, absolute vote shredder for labour disaster i if i were keir starmer, i'd stick her on catapult. >> i'd send her to rwanda. >> i'd send her to rwanda. >> she shredded james cleverly who we know she hasn't. we know . who we know she hasn't. we know. we know doesn't agree with the

rwanda he calls it. but rwanda plan. he calls it. but she's terrible. who she's terrible . terrible. >> and the election is when windows, i suspect october. yes, yes. but certainly that's what the pm is suggesting. long terme i think october, november. >> i think we might see the party conferences and extort them. >> and because they make money them. >> of|d because they make money them. >> of|d b> of|d b> ofso don't erences, don't�*noney them. >> ofso don't never�*s, don't�*noney them. >> ofso don't never forget't�*noney that. >> and m- m to the order >> and we're back to the order where liberal where it's the liberal democrats, labour, the conservatives. so sunak will get the last word. can see raise the last word. you can see raise expectations, back to expectations, come back to london by november 2nd, later off to the palace . and where do off to the palace. and where do you go? >> as long as january, i mean, that will give always that will give him i always imagine, the imagine, because on the on the stairs downing stairs going down to downing street, with street, all the photographs with the 2025 is a long the dates 2022, 2025 is a long period, think . period, not 24. i think. >> i voters would really >> i think voters would really thank him for having political ruining . christmas. ruining christmas. christmas. yeah, . how could he be the yeah, yeah. how could he be the ultimate grinch ? ultimate grinch? >> lose the lose the sketchwriter . sketchwriter. >> well, on a festive note from a very festively crowned red lion pub , thank you for joining lion pub, thank you for joining us for a review of the year with my friends brilliant

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hazy at times. thicker cloud will begin to move into the southwest, bringing some outbreaks rain and outbreaks of rain and temperatures generally nearer to average for the time of year. between five seven celsius. average for the time of year. betw mild ive seven celsius. average for the time of year. betw mild across seven celsius. average for the time of year. betw mild across southernelsius. still mild across southern counties of england, up to around 10 or 11 degrees, then through this evening, time is when start to see the rain when we start to see the rain pushin when we start to see the rain push in from southwest, this push in from the southwest, this spreading eastwards we spreading north eastwards as we head into early hours, head into the early hours, turning particularly heavy. strong developing to gales strong winds developing to gales around coasts . and then around the coasts. and then overnight we'll see that rain bump into the colder air and start snow the start to turn to snow over the scottish high ground temperatures further south, staying above freezing , some icy staying above freezing, some icy stretches developing across scotland. then wednesday multiple warnings out from the met office . heavy rain, very met office. heavy rain, very strong winds across the country, blizzards across the higher ground of scotland too

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