the preparations are meticulous. safety para mou nt. mention clinical trials and many still remember when six volunteers in london fell dangerously ill within minutes of receiving an experimental drug. that was 1a years ago. now, doctors must wait 2a hours after the first person is dosed. after northwick park it was recognised that we must have a pause between dosing our first individual and dosing the rest of the cohort, so 2a hours is a reasonable time period for most medicines. it gives that time for the emergence of any unusual side effects. so, we have the go—ahead. yesterday's volunteer is fine so that means catherine, a nurse, can be given the trial drug — these antiviral tablets, which are designed to prevent her

covid infection getting worse. i've got it quite mild so i can stay at home. i don't need a hospital admission. so, if we could treat more people in the community with this medication, if it does work, it will reduce hospital admissions. the research team wants to see how quickly the drug — called molnupirivir — is absorbed into her blood stream and saliva, where it should get to work. when coronavirus infects human cells, it hijacks the machinery within to make multiple copies of itself. molnupirivir is designed to incorporate into the virus‘ genetic code, introducing mutations which will hopefully neutralise the virus and prevent it from infecting more cells. there are several medicines against coronavirus which looked promising in the laboratory and animal trials but the only way

we can know if they work and don't have unwanted side effects is through rigorous clinical trials. jake is the other volunteer today. he's not worried about being on a drug trial but his mum is. when she found out i was taking a trial drug she wasn't happy whatsoever. why is your mum worried? just the risk involved. she worries about everything, really. she looks at the worst possible scenarios that could happen. you are just trying to do your bit? yeah, i'm just trying to help out, really, and obviously it could help me as well. once the follow—up checks are done, jake and catherine will take the rest of their five—day treatment at home. just think about what a potent antiviral could achieve. schools could stay open, trains could run, planes could fly, the whole economy could get back on its feet and we could somehow get back to life as we once knew it. it will be months before we know if molnupiravir is the next big thing orjust another failed experiment. the answers will come only through the dedication of research

staff and volunteers, working together to find new ways to beat coronavirus. fergus walsh, bbc news, liverpool. that's it. now on bbc one, time for the news where you are. have a very good night. hello, and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are the conservative commentator, tim montgomerie and the political correspondent, for the daily mirror, lizzy buchan. lovely to see you both. we willjust ta ke lovely to see you both. we willjust take you through some of those front pages. the guardian says labour have been plunged into "turmoil" after suspending keir starmer‘s predecessor, jeremy corbyn,

in the wake of a damning report into anti—semitism that found the party responsible for unlawful acts of harassment and discrimination. according to the daily mail, labour is in open warfare afterjeremy corbyn‘s suspension. the i also highlights the report into anti—semitism, suggesting the party broke the law three times underjeremy corbyn‘s leadership. the daily telegraph reports that jeremy corbyn has vowed to fight his suspension from labour, as his allies accused sir keir starmer of inciting a party war. the metro has sir kier starmer saying his party "failed jewish people." and a few days before the us election, the financial times reports that the us economy grew at its fastest post—war pace in the third quarter, bouncing back from coronavirus lockdowns and offering donald trump the opportunity to tout the recovery — in a late pitch to voters

before tuesday's poll. so that was a little look at some of those front pages. let's begin our chat. lizzy, kick us off with the front page of the guardian and the headline there, "labour plunged into crisis after corbyn‘s suspension." what did you make of today's events? it's been a hugely dramatic day for labour. this long—awaited report from the eh rc looking into anti—semitism allegations and how these were handled. this was launched last may and was long—awaited. and we knew today would be a dramatic day anyway, but it all unfolded in a completely unexpected way. the day began with the briefing from the eh rc, saying that labour had breached the

equalities laws in three areas, including political interference and harassment ofjewish members. this was extraordinarily damaging and very difficult for the party, obviously keir starmer describing it asa obviously keir starmer describing it as a day of shame for labour. all of this was happening, he came out to give a press conference and, just before that, jeremy corbyn released a statement where he said that he had done his best to deal with the issue when he had been labour leader, and that anyone anti—semite in the party was too many. but in it, he critically said that there we re it, he critically said that there were — he didn't accept all the findings of the report, and that some of the scale had been dramatically overstated in the media and by his critics. now this in reached many people who had been

critical of corbyn‘s stance on anti—semitism in the last few years. —— and raged. and it puts her keir starmer in a difficult position because when he was doing a press conference about it, journalists we re conference about it, journalists were asking him, and he said that any denial of anti—semitism, any suggestion that it's a factual attack, there's no room for that and the party. and that led to questions about what he would do aboutjeremy corbyn? shortly afterwards, a statement from keir starmer and's spokesman, saying that mr corbyn had been suspended. so hugely dramatic turn of events, you know, corbyn is the first former labour leader to be suspended from the party since 1931. six months ago he was the leader, and this time a year ago he was

going into a general election against borisjohnson. going into a general election against boris johnson. it's extraordinary. tim? well, look, i'm a conservative, but i would have to recognise that what keir starmer did todayis recognise that what keir starmer did today is a really brave thing to have done an absolutely the right thing, as well. i say brave because yes, keirstarmer thing, as well. i say brave because yes, keir starmer will thing, as well. i say brave because yes, keir starmerwill get thing, as well. i say brave because yes, keir starmer will get some good headlines today, particularly from the middle—of—the—road press. but jeremy corbyn was not only the last leader of the labour party, he brought in a massive proportion of its current membership. lots of people join the labour, they formed of the electorate that only recently elected keir starmer. and keir starmer is now taking on the person who brought them into political activism. and i think there could be

trouble ahead for the labour party, but i think keir starmer absolutely did the right thing. the problem withjeremy did the right thing. the problem with jeremy corbyn is did the right thing. the problem withjeremy corbyn is he essentially has the same beliefs today that he did 40 years ago. decades of past, crises have happened, anything is exactly the same thing. he can never admit error, and he could have been gracious about the report today, he could've acknowledged some of his weaknesses, but he can't ever really say sorry. so he's put keir starmer in this position where we've had one of the most dramatic and perhaps consequential days in british politics for a very long time. lizzie, turning to the front of the daily mail, the headline there is, "rip corbyn‘s legacy of hate." but many are talking about this internal wa rfa re many are talking about this internal warfare assaulting the labour party, talking about this change of culture. because the watchdog

concluded that the analysis within the labour party which did not do enough to prevent anti—semitism, and at worst could be seen to accept it. so how do you start to change that culture ? so how do you start to change that culture? it's a really, really difficult thing to do. labour has been given six weeks by the equalities watchdog to come up with a plan to reform its complaints process to make sure that it won't be repeating the mistakes that the ehrc has identified — which particularly included political interference in complaints. i think it found 23 examples where the labour leader's office had intervened for varying different reasons in cases, including one involving the labour leader himself -it involving the labour leader himself — it was to do with a case of an

anti—semitic mural thatjeremy corbyn supported on social media, which he hadn't realised at the time was anti—semitic. but it's going to bea was anti—semitic. but it's going to be a very challenging thing for labour to overhaul its complaints processes , labour to overhaul its complaints processes, which were described as chaotic. and clearly it was unable to deal initially with the number of complaints coming in. so that'll be a big challenge for the leadership to do, and they're under a lot of pressure to do this because the action plan is legally implausible. so if they're found to not be taking seriously, there will be serious problems. and i think tim is right as well, that there is trouble ahead for the party. this is a big moment and there's going to be — it won't be straightforward for the leadership to plot this course,

because they've absolutely enraged the of the party and their decision to re m ove the of the party and their decision to removejeremy corbyn —— the left of the party, and there are a number of the party, and there are a number of union backers are very upset about this. the unions are big donors to the labour party, and it's going to be very challenging to find a way through this whilst dealing with, you know, all of the new — not new, but the resurgence of the splits in the civil war. so if we turn to the front of the ft in the comments section, we are talking about echoes of the struggles that we saw between neil kendrick and tony blair. sorry lizzie, can i direct that to tim? i think everyone

is drawing this comparison. i'm old enough to rememberwhen is drawing this comparison. i'm old enough to remember when i was at school, actually, and i was a very political student, but even then when neil kendrick gave his big speech against the excesses of militant and liverpool. no, it was not the sort of thing a politician normally did, speaking at the front of their party conference announcing labour activists. this in a way is bigger. what keir starmer has done is taken on the very leader of the party, who still very popular amongst lots of activists. keir starmer is doing it at a relatively good time for him because labour is advancing in the opinion polls, benefiting from the government's difficulties with covert max. and that i think will give him some protection for the time being —— covid—19. the left of the party won't want to unsettle him while he's doing relatively well. but the left won't forget what he's done,

and keirstarmer left won't forget what he's done, and keir starmer should worry if he runs into any electoral trouble because he's created a good number of enemies inside this party. not just on this issue, but some of the other reforms he's been making. staying on the front of the ft, let's change subjects and talk about covid—19. scientists have identified a new variant that spread across europe by risky tourists, but originated from spanish farm workers. yes, this is very worrying. they refer to some scientific research which has found this mutation of the virus that originated in farm workers in spain. they raise some really interesting questions about how this could have spread throughout europe, and the role of foreign travel during the

summer. because obviously during the summer. because obviously during the summer holidays, a lot of people went abroad, there was a lot of — because the coronavirus rates at the time in the uk certainly had fallen and people were feeling more relaxed, perhaps not observing social distancing as much. and it kind of raises the question about whether, you know, there were problems with testing at the time, and the fact that there wasn't testing at airports, no proper screenings, that sort of thing. they raise the question about if there had been screening in airports like some were calling for, whether that would've made a difference. and i suppose this also raises the question about what implications this has on a current vaccine? absolutely, and i think it was the bbc's absolutely, and i think it was the bbc's health correspondent fergus walsh talking earlier this week that the vaccine may arrive tomorrow, but it will actually still take a