to happen there then? meanwhile. ihave to happen there then? meanwhile. i have an update on the jaguar rebranding scandal. their boss has finally spoken out and he's thrown someone under the bus. can you guess who also sophia worringer. narinder kaur. >> chelsea. >> chelsea. >> why have christmas carols been cancelled? plus, look at these beautiful wonder lights. britain gets into the christmas spirit without even uttering the all important word . so why is all important word. so why is society losing faith with christianity? and the king could reportedly swipe treasure from his brother prince andrew's house as he struggles to kick him out. meanwhile, the queen's health troubles continue. tonight's panel are ready to go. i'm joined by former labour minister bill rammell, political commentator will kingston and senior reporter at guido fawkes , senior reporter at guido fawkes, ellie wheatley. and what do you reckon is going on here , then? reckon is going on here, then? bruv, bruv, bruv .

bruv, bruv, bruv. just who is responsible for the jaguar rebrand controversy? find out next. >> ben. thank you. good evening. it's just gone . 9:00. these are it's just gone. 9:00. these are your headlines. irish mma fighter conor mcgregor has said he intends to appeal after women who said he raped her won a civil claim for damages. nikita haaland has been awarded £206,000. however, she has lost her lawsuit against conor mcgregor's friend james lawrence, who she also accused of raping her in a dublin hotel in 2018. mr mcgregor posted on x saying he was disappointed with the verdict and would appeal, while miss hand spoke outside court saying the weeks of her civil case against the fighter have been a nightmare.

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the second named storm of the season will bring a multi—hazard event of snow, rain and strong winds to parts of the uk this weekend. that's according to the met office . storm babet is set met office. storm babet is set to reach the uk tomorrow, bringing freezing temperatures and snow over the weekend. much of the uk has already experienced snow this week and as bert gets closer, the forecaster is now warning of potential flooding power outages and travel disruption . those are and travel disruption. those are the latest gb news headlines. now it's back to ben for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone. >> sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code or go to gb news. com forward slash alerts . news. com forward slash alerts. >> good evening. i have an update for you on the woke scandal at jaguar. after this controversial rebrand .

so if you've forgotten, those so if you've forgotten, those are the guys who sell cars. are the guys who sell cars. anyway, their big boss has come anyway, their big boss has come out today and given a response out today and given a response to allegations they've quite to allegations they've quite frankly blown up the brand. so frankly blown up the brand. so did he fire the branding team? did he fire the branding team? did he pledge to throw millions did he pledge to throw millions at a new masculine petrolhead at a new masculine petrolhead such as jeremy clarkson to such as jeremy clarkson to launch a brand new campaign or launch a brand new campaign or dare i say it? did he apologise? dare i say it? did he apologise? well, actually , it turns out well, actually , it turns out well, actually, it turns out it's all your fault at home for well, actually, it turns out it's all your fault at home for being too bigoted. rawdon being too bigoted. rawdon glover, the managing director of glover, the managing director of jaguan glover, the managing director of jaguan glover, the managing director of jaguar, said the campaign message had been lost in a, jaguar, said the campaign message had been lost in a, quote, blaze of intolerance, quote, blaze of intolerance, adding that the carmaker must adding that the carmaker must move away from traditional move away from traditional automotive stereotypes. glover automotive stereotypes. glover added that while the overall added that while the overall buzz of the new campaign had buzz of the new campaign had

been very been fawkes, lee

reporter at guido fawkes, lee wheatley. good evening to you all. thank you for your company on this very chilly evening. bill rammell , they've doubled bill rammell, they've doubled down, and if you don't like it, you're just a bigoted racist. >> yeah, it's totally weird . >> yeah, it's totally weird. when you sent it to me this afternoon, i thought this was a gb news wind up and it's got echoes for my sins. i'm still the only british minister ever to have been to north korea and negotiated there. and i remember being taken around a goat farm, and it was only when we left we realised we hadn't seen any goats and was there, and just lots of other stuff. and this has got similarities. there's nothing about cars within it. and you know, look, i believe that diversity is important , but that diversity is important, but i saw a clip from i think it was the chief executive a few months ago lauding the fact that they got 15 equality and diversity teams. they're throwing out cars at 100 grand a pop. you know , at 100 grand a pop. you know, it's difficult to be inclusive on that basis . and i think

on that basis. and i think they've got it wrong. the only thing i'd say in their favour is one measure of advertising is if people are talking about it and people are talking about it and people are. >> yes . yeah. ellie, is that a >> yes. yeah. ellie, is that a point? and would this make you go and buy a jag ? go and buy a jag? >> absolutely not. i mean, there is such thing as bad publicity. i mean, we saw it with bud light. you know, they lost nearly 1.8 billion in sales after they advertised the transgender influencer . but, you transgender influencer. but, you know, as elon musk said, do you sell cars? this advert has nothing to do with cars. and actually people are fed up with this woke nonsense and they are just not appealing to their audience. and actually, now the boss has come out and just said the audience and my consumers are wrong. >> i can't believe he's doubled down. will, if that was you, if you were the managing director of jaguar land rover , what would of jaguar land rover, what would your response be to this marketing controversy ? marketing controversy? >> well, i never would have done it because i'd actually be listening to my customers. there's a bigger question here, and i think it's a bigger question for the left more broadly. and that is , we know

broadly. and that is, we know now that these woke campaigns don't work. we've seen the bud light experience, and yet they continue to cling on to them. and the question has to be why? and the question has to be why? and i think it is because this identity politics virus is so ingrained in the modern left. and the modern left is the institutions. it's the corporates, it's politics, it's the media. and as a result, despite the fact that they need to get back to actually engaging with people, they can't let it go. and i think there's lessons for, for, dare i say it, the labour party in the uk, there's lessons for the democrats, there