adam brooks and kai wilshire. tonight on the show two tier nhs for those who have no right to be here. >> labour hates the working class. >> keir starmer is as guilty as anyone over the grooming gangs. >> why are the police putting women's safety and dignity at risk with their gender bending nonsense? >> it's 6 pm. and this is the saturday five. >> and finally quitting. labour councillors should stop playing student politics. >> that's right. kai is going to go in on those 20 councillors that quit the labour party. good evening everybody. this is the saturday five with me, alex armstrong. and before you ask, i know everyone's burning to get to know where where on earth darren grimes is. well, all that

chatter about butterworth's adventures in syria and the middle east last weekend, i half expected to darren to embark on his own little crusade. but no. our very own political maverick isn't gallivanting in the foreign lands. he's decided to wage his own cultural war right here on home soil. he's up north, gates crashing, and it's tory candidates birthday party in yorkshire. i actually think that might be a little bit more dangerous from him for him than going to the middle east. but tonight i'm joined by peter barnes, the political strategist who seems to have mastered the art of losing gracefully. and if you mean losing gracefully, it's still defending the tories after taking a tanking in the polls. and it turns out, calling reform voters farage and alienating the base isn't quite a winning strategy. he thought it was. and now, instead of crafting campaign slogans, he's stuck brainstorming excuses for why the tories have lost in a landslide. sorry, peter. an

apple a day won't keep doctor renee at bay, though. her prescription for the nation, a healthy dose of common sense, served with a side of doctor no to anything that even whispers of being woke. she's on a mission to strengthen the immune system of the nation by denying patients antibiotics and instead prescribing the country with a spoonful of traditional values and strict avoidance of cultural fads. we've also got superstar gb news panellist adam brookes back on the show. he's the triple threat you didn't know you needed a pub landlord who can serve you a pint with one hand, while verbally knocking out the far left in the next. yes, adam is ready to fight for your right to enjoy an old, good old english roast and take down those knife crimes while he's at it. and yes, kai wilshire is back. the only way we could lure him here this week was faking auditions for the wokeist man in wales. and when he's not on tv, he spends his time in the

countryside handing out non—crime hate incident reports to anyone walking their dog in his turf. so let's get this show on the road. each hosts outlines their argument about a chosen topic. then we all pile in and things get a little bit scrappy, as you all know. and of course i want to know your views, so please send your views in to gbnews.com/yoursay. and don't forget to put your questions in forget to put your questions in for ask the five. no topics are off limits other than calling me errol flynn, which i've had quite a lot of over the last yeah quite a lot of over the last year. but before we start tearing each other apart, it's your saturday night news with sam francis. >> very good evening from the newsroom. the top story tonight. nigel farage has vowed to target the conservative leader's seat at the next general election, accusing kemi badenoch of being accusing kemi badenoch of being a rude and ranting conspiracy

theorist at a reform uk. east of england conference. earlier in chelmsford, he held up a phone showing the party's membership had passed 170,000 people. >> oh. oh the ticker and the ticker says 170,000. kimmy, are you watching on the live stream? did we deliberately fiddle it so that it happened during my speech? did it? hell. it's happening, folks, because this party is on the march. >> well, that follows claims from kemi badenoch that reform's onune from kemi badenoch that reform's online membership figures are fake. that's despite several news outlets now reporting the membership data is, in fact, accurate. farage told supporters he was offended by accusations of being a fraudster, saying that he's never been dishonest and will never be. he also

ianed and will never be. he also invited supporters to an event later this month to prove the numbers are real, adding that her criticism had fuelled a surge in new members. well, the chairman of the reform party, zia yousef, claimed that over 46,000 people joined the party in late december alone and credited badenoch comments for making the party the talk of the western world. >> we all know that we should be very grateful to kemi. we should be very, very grateful to the leader of the tory party because in the preceding 24 hours of her ill advised outburst, reform uk signed up more members than in any 24 hour period in our entire history. so can we please give a big reform round of applause to kemi badenoch? >> in other news tonight, the prince of wales says he and his wife, princess catherine, are shocked and saddened by the death of his former nanny's stepson. that was in a vehicle attack in new orleans. 31 year old edward pettyfer was one of 14 people killed when a pickup

truck ploughed through crowds on new year's day, injuring at least 35 others. his majesty the king has also offered his personal condolences to the pettyfer family, who say edward was a wonderful son, and added that they are devastated. meanwhile, police in the united states say the suspect, shamsuddin jabbar, also fired shots before being killed by officers at the scene. and the fbi have now confirmed an islamic state flag was found in the vehicle, with president joe biden linking the attack to terrorist motives. the first boatload of illegal migrants this year has crossed the channel today, with 50 people intercepted by border force early this morning and now brought to dover. it comes as figures show the number of people arriving in small boats in 2024 was up by a quarter on the previous 12 months. reform ukip leader nigel farage has called it a national security emergency and blamed mass immigration for what he described as a complete cultural

disaster. well, the news and the uk is bracing for heavy snow and icy rain set to hit within just hours, with the met office warning there could be considerable disruption in some areas. two amber and two yellow alerts have been issued by the met office across most of the country, with up to 40cm of snow expected. forecasters say power cuts are also likely and that vehicles could become stranded on roads as wintry conditions continue. and we're being warned that trains and flights could also be delayed or even cancelled. and in the us, a judge has ordered donald trump to be sentenced next week in his new york hush money case. but he has suggested the us president elect won't be jailed. in a surprise move, the sentencing has been set for the 10th of january, just ten days before the inauguration. trump's spokesperson, though, has called the case lawless and a witch hunt, in a statement released after that date was announced.

that's the news on gb news. i'll be back with you for another update in an hour 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. >> it's saturday night and you're with the saturday five. i'm alex armstrong, and i can promise you that you're in for a very lively show. let's crack on with tonight's first debate, and i'm going to kick us off, because this has been the biggest topic of the week. this week, ministers like jess phillips have finally been exposed over their hypocrisy on the grooming gang epidemic. but one man, not even in the country right now, is finally facing his long overdue accountability. that man is our prime minister, sir keir starmer. and if he

hadnt sir keir starmer. and if he hadn't said it enough already. starmer was the head of the crown prosecution service from 2009 to 2013. for years under his watch, the cps covered up, buned his watch, the cps covered up, buried its head in the sand and turned the other cheek to countless victims of sexual assault and grooming rape gangs. why? all for the sake of diversity. starmer himself admitted that his authorities were too scared to prosecute grooming gangs because they were afraid of being called racist. in one of the most devastating cases in 2009, nine months after keir starmer had taken the helm of the cps, they abandoned a case against a rape gang in manchester. a victim of one of those gangs was then discredited by the cps, even after she provided dna evidence to 150