>>i >>i >> i love that festive jingle. >> i love that festive jingle. >> i love that festive jingle. >> a very , very good afternoon >> i love that festive jingle. >> a very , very good afternoon >> a very, very good afternoon to you. >> a very, very good afternoon to you. >> it's 3 pm. welcome to the >> it's 3 pm. welcome to the martin daubney show here on gb martin daubney show here on gb news. we're broadcasting live news. we're broadcasting live from the heart of westminster from the heart of westminster and all across the uk. and all across the uk. >> on today's show, boris >> on today's show, boris johnson has sensationally johnson has sensationally claimed that sir keir starmer claimed that sir keir starmer must apologise for misleading must apologise for misleading the house at pmqs early today. the house at pmqs early today. >> for these comments. >> for these comments. >> for these comments. >> mr speaker, i gently remind >> for these comments. >> mr speaker, i gently remind her that two of her predecessors her that two of her predecessors had convictions for to break, had convictions for to break, for breaking the covid rules . for breaking the covid rules . for breaking the covid rules. >> sir keir claimed two of his for breaking the covid rules. >> sir keir claimed two of his

predecessors had convictions for breaking covid rules, but, crucially, fixed penalties are not convictions. did criminal barrister sir keir starmer make a criminal mistake? and should he be forced to apologise? and yesterday, on pop. and

that was me having a pop. and they're shaking hands with my old adversary in brussels, michel barnier. and that he of course he was the chief, the former chief brexit negotiator in the european parliament in 2019, who today is on the brink of being ousted as the french prime minister in a no confidence vote. the les poulet have come home to roost for michel barnier will be heading to france to bring you right up to france to bring you right up to date on this massive political story. what a show that's all coming up in your next hour . welcome to the show. next hour. welcome to the show. so as i was saying, sir keir starmer, the forensic and criminal barrister, seemed to make an amateurish error in parliament earlier on. is that something he'll have to do, a cap in hand apology for? and the farmers revolt continues. yesterday, farmers told us that that things would escalate unless the government did a u—turn. that's unlikely. they

are ploughing the same old furrow to use the farming pun. around 4 pm. later on today, we expected that vote and michel barnier looks almost certain to be the shortest serving prime minister in french history. that's also happening in this show. will mr barnier bite the bullet? get in touch gbnews.com/yoursay. now here's your headlines with that man, the magnificent lewis mckenzie . the magnificent lewis mckenzie. >> martin, you're far too kind. good afternoon. it's just after 3:00. here are your latest headunes 3:00. here are your latest headlines from the gb newsroom. what was he thinking? that was kemi badenoch challenge to sir keir starmer over his decision to appoint a, quote, fraudster as his former transport secretary. the conservative leader wasted no time at pmqs, accusing starmer of making a major mistake. >> the truth is he appointed a person convicted of fraud to the cabinet. the first thing she did was hundreds of millions of

poundsin was hundreds of millions of pounds in pay rises to her trade union friends. wasn't this a fraud on the british people? >> well , fraud on the british people? >> well, moving on from louise haigh, kemi badenoch claimed to the commons that labour's budget is an even bigger fraud on the british people. >> she accused sir keir starmer of refusing to listen to businesses who are calling his plans catastrophic. however , in plans catastrophic. however, in a heated response, the prime minister defended his approach and insisted the measures were the best choice for economic growth. she complains about the rise in national insurance week after week. >> but then two weeks ago, she says that she would not reverse it. she signed trade deals. mr speaken it. she signed trade deals. mr speaker, that had farmers protesting in whitehall . now she protesting in whitehall. now she pretends that she's their champion. she campaigned to remove the cap on migrant worker visas and now she pretends she's furious about the open borders policy of the last government. >> the conservatives are holding

a debate targeted over labour's controversial new farming inheritance tax. it follows significant protests in westminster after the chancellor's recent budget included plans that could see farming families facing tax bills worth hundreds of thousands, even millions of pounds. our reporterjack thousands, even millions of pounds. our reporter jack carson is in lincoln for us. he's been speaking to farmer andrew ward, who warned that there are more protests on the way . protests on the way. >> one thing is we won't stop. you know, we're not going to lie down. and if the government don't listen in the next week or two, we're not going to stop the other week. two weeks ago, we had 45,000 people in london, and that was only arranged two weeks earlier. that says the sheer volume of strength of thought of people in the countryside. so that's one event on, on on december, the 11th, there is another tractor rally in london, which i'm not part of. there's going to be a huge number of tractors going through london and ending up at parliament

square. that, again, is a show of strength and showing the government that we really do mean business. >> well, breaking in the last hour, >> well, breaking in the last hour , masterchef presenter john hour, masterchef presenter john torode says he loves being a part of the programme and will continue to be a part of it after gregg wallace stepped back from the show amid an investigation into allegations of inappropriate behaviour. australian born torode, who has presented the bbc one cooking show alongside wallace since 2005, said in a statement on social media he found the recent reports truly upsetting and the thought of anyone who has appeared on our show not having appeared on our show not having a brilliant experience is awful. to hear. mr wallace's lawyers strongly deny he engages in behaviour of a sexually harassing nature . police in harassing nature. police in germany have carried out a major series of dawn raids targeting people smugglers who bring migrants to the uk in small

boats. more than 500 officers launched operations in several cities, with uk authorities supporting the crackdown. the smugglers are accused of facilitating deadly channel crossings from france to britain. the investigation is being led by france, but the uk is closely involved as crossings continue to surge. over 20,000 migrants have reached the uk since labour took office in july . since labour took office in july. lucy letby has been questioned in prison over more deaths, more baby deaths at two hospitals, police confirmed . she was police confirmed. she was interviewed under caution about incidents at liverpool women's hosphal incidents at liverpool women's hospital, where she worked before her conviction. letby is serving life for murdering seven infants at countess of chester hospital in 2015 and 2016. detectives are now reviewing 4000 neonatal admissions linked to her career . a public inquiry to her career. a public inquiry into the case is ongoing . three

into the case is ongoing. three british rail operators are set to be nationalised next year in what's being called a major shake up. south western rail will be the first to return to pubuc will be the first to return to public ownership, followed by c tuc in july and greater anglia in the autumn. transport secretary heidi alexander says it marks the end of 30 years of privatisation and aims to fix a system that's failed its users . system that's failed its users. thousands of protesters are flooding the streets of the south korean capital seoul, demanding president yoon suk yeol steps down after his shocking declaration of martial law. the president claimed the measure was needed to defend against north korean communist forces. however, afterjust two forces. however, after just two hours, he withdrew the order after mps stormed the national assembly and overturned the decision. he's now facing calls to stand down immediately or face impeachment . the country's

face impeachment. the country's defence minister has seemed to be driving . the crackdown has be driving. the crackdown has also reportedly been offered to resign . and finally, crystal resign. and finally, crystal palace captain mark gay will face no action from the fa despite wearing a religious message on his armband for the second time after being warned for displaying i love jesus on saturday. gay he wore jesus loves you during tuesday's match against ipswich. fa rules prohibit religious messages on kit, but gay has only been reminded of the regulations. his actions came during the premier league's rainbow laces campaign , league's rainbow laces campaign, supporting lgbtq+ inclusion in football . well, those have been football. well, those have been your latest gb news headlines. for now, i'm lewis mackenzie. there's more from me in half an hours there's more from me in half an hour's time, but now it's back to martin.

>> so smooth. lewis. mackenzie. now they're moving into the show . now they're moving into the show. bofis now they're moving into the show. boris johnson has claimed that sir keir starmer must apologise for misleading the house at pmqs. earlier, sir keir claimed that two of his predecessors and he meant basically rishi sunak and boris johnson had convictions for breaking covid rules. but here's the crucial point fixed penalties are not convictions. the criminal barrister sir keir starmer make a criminal error and might now be forced into an embarrassing apology. well, let's just remind you once more of those comments earlier on, mr speaker. >> i earl