the biggest minister. that's the biggest milestone in just five months, quicker than rishi sunak during his time in number 10, where it took. his time in number 10, where it took . i his time in number 10, where it took. i believe his time in number 10, where it took . i believe we can head took. i believe we can head straight back to mark. >> for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code or go to gbnews.com/alerts . gbnews.com/alerts. >> thank you sam francis. let me tell you that things are going from bad to worse for the bbc with this shocking , shocking with this shocking, shocking story about greg wallace. well, he's digging deep. he seems to be getting the worst possible advice. so that is my take at ten. lots to get through. but we start with my big opinion. oh, dean start with my big opinion. oh, dear. after a honeymoon shorter

than tom cruise's trousers, this new labour administration is to have a reset. now it defies the laws of political gravity that following 14 years of tory rule, a new government could be this unpopular this soon, particularly having had over a decade in opposition to make a plan for power. well, it seems that the plan was to say anything you have to get into number 10 and hope for the best from there. well, it's not going well. we had the freebie gate row, which does matter because sir keir starmer promised to clean up politics and tackle sleaze. it emerged that, frankly, he is the greediest of all 650 mps, having taken clothes, glasses, accommodation and concert and football tickets worth over £100,000, far more than any of his peers in the house of commons. we had the

assault on pensioners and farmers, neither of which were in the manifesto, and rachel reeves october budget is starting to make. liz truss's mini—budget look like a masterclass in prudent economics, given that it has seen growth collapse from 0.5% under rishi sunak in july. the highest in the g7 to 0.1% now, with the obr predicting anaemic growth for years as well as higher inflation and interest rates. plus, the cost of government debt was higher after reevess budget than truss's. funny that . now the guardian funny that. now the guardian report that rachel reeves tax raid has sent business confidence plunging to the lowest level since the first covid lockdown. the institute of directors say that the chancellor's record tax rises are undermining economic growth and cutting off investment plans, with bosses forced to slash pay rises, sack staff and raise prices to cope with the

£25 billion national insurance increase. now sir tim martin, the wetherspoons boss and one of my total heroes, said the following this week. he said all democratic governments need to manage the relationship between an economic horse and a public services cards. society needs both this government has disincentivized and discouraged the horse. he's right. we are headed for the knacker's yard. in the last four months, we've seen the scrapping of the ofsted . seen the scrapping of the ofsted. one word inspection, taking choice and important information away from parents. we've seen a tax raid on private schools devastating for the more than 3000 kids whose education will be disrupted as they add a burden to an already oversubscribed state sector. burden to an already oversubscribed state sector . and oversubscribed state sector. and we've had the chaos, the absurd surrender of the chagos islands, which has enraged not just president elect donald trump but

the new premier of mauritius too. not so much statecraft there as what a state. there was there as what a state. there was the rachel reeves cv fiasco and her claims to be an economist, but possibly only an economist with the truth. and the transport secretary, louise haigh , resigns following an haigh, resigns following an historic conviction for fraud over a work mobile. well, she's got plenty of time on her hands now to choose a new model from the carphone warehouse . perhaps the carphone warehouse. perhaps she's still got a few nokia 82 tens knocking around in a drawer at home. there was labour's sell—out to the unions and the inflation busting pay rise awarded to junior doctors and train drivers. and this week, sir keir starmer criticised open borders and that crazy figure of over a million people entering the uk in 2023 alone, even though he himself has previously blocked measures to get numbers down. and he axed the rwanda plan. our only deterrent to stop

the boats. and as the closure of ellesmere port demonstrates, this government's pursuit of net zero is going to hurt business hurt the economy, cost taxpayers and cost jobs. so whether it's the bacon sandwich mutilating, ed miliband, sharon stone tribute act angela rayner or slavery reparations fan and donald trump troll david lammy, it's hard to see any member of the cabinet that isn't an astonishing liability, and that's why last night's panel on this show speculated that if starmer were to go, his replacement would probably be even less popular. and now there's talk of a reboot that's right. a terrifying sequel to this labour government like the hangover part two, but worse. this new administration is proving to be the nightmare on downing street, made up of the good, the bad and the ugly, and it's embarked on a mission impossible, a bit like titanic .

impossible, a bit like titanic. we know how this one ends. your reaction? are you excited about labour's reboot? can keir starmer turn this around and win back the confidence of the british people? let me know your thoughts gbnews.com/yoursay. first up, tonight's top pundits. we have former conservative mp michael fabricant. we also have the editor at large at the mail newspaper that is charlotte griffiths. mail on sunday, i should add, and television news legend michael crick. great to see all three of you. charlotte, let me start with you. can keir starmer turn this one around? he's going to have a reboot, a refresh. will it work? >> i don't think it's going to work. i think it's an admission of guilt. it's so embarrassing that he's even planning this thing. and he's claiming that it's been in the works for ages and wasn't conducted in the last few weeks, but i think it's a sort of admission that things have gone horribly wrong and

people are going to see it for what it is. it's going to fall flat. >> wouldn't any government have a bumpy ride with their inheritance, whether it's the economy, broken public services, international wars, you know, haven't they inherited an almighty mess? >> they have. and god knows they've told us that a thousand times. but how many governments sort of then plan this sort of reboot? four months in, it's almost like he's saying, okay, well, some of this actually is our fault, actually. and we do realise it's going a bit bumpily wrong and it's a little bit of , wrong and it's a little bit of, but maybe it's a bit of an admission really. >> michael , admission really. >> michael, is admission really. >> michael , is this admission really. >> michael, is this talk of a reboot an admission by labour that things aren't working at the moment? >> well, it is internally, yes. and i think that i mean, labour did have an awful hand, dealt it both in the economy and the pubuc both in the economy and the public finances, and it looks like it's difficult to see the economy getting better very quickly, particularly with the prospect of tariffs. thanks to president trump . already we are president trump. already we are if you measure gdp and gdp per

head, we're heading for recession or maybe even in recession or maybe even in recession right now. given that the population, because of the net migration figures, is now going up at the rate of more than 1% a year. labour's problem was it didn't plan enough for government . it didn't expect to government. it didn't expect to win, actually, until very late in the day. second, i think the government lacks talent and i think the government also lacks, particularly starmer himself. people with political instincts and a lot of the mistakes they've made would not have been made by blair and the people around him who had long standing political instincts. starmer is new to politics. >> remember sir keir starmer needs a peter mandelson, a john prescott and alastair campbell, people like that. >> yeah, i mean he's got 1 or 2 of them. he's got jonathan powell, he's the national security adviser . he's got security adviser. he's got morgan mcsweeney. morgan mcsweeney, i think is more of an election campaigner than a somebody who knows the workings of government. starmer is going to i mean , his ministerial team to i mean, his ministerial team is very weak. that's partly

because the parliamentary labour party was very weak, because nobody wanted to be a labour mp in in the corbyn years, some very talented people came in at the election and starmer is clearly fast tracking them into high ministerial office. you saw that with heidi , heidi alexander that with heidi, heidi alexander this week. but it is, i think labouris this week. but it is, i think labour is going to find it really difficult to win a second term. >> fascinating. well, listen, earlier , gb news spoke to the earlier, gb news spoke to the chancellor of the duchy of lancaster, pat mcfadden, about how labour are doing in power so far . take a how labour are doing in power so far. take a listen. >> it's been an absolutely disastrous start to the labour administration, hasn't it? >> not