talking about the vote tonight on those rape gangs. is it a wrecking amendment? what do you think? we'll have the latest on that. and oh gosh, really? there's more talk about potential lockdowns, masks. give me a break. should we be worried about all this stuff? would you ever go down that path again or not? and i thought we as a country were skint. and if we are, why then is our government offering to front load millions offering to front load millions of pounds to mauritius for the chagos islands in order to get that deal over the line? please enlighten me. does anyone even know what's going on with all of this anymore? and why on earth is this seemingly a priority to

the labour party and e—scooters, e—bikes, you name it, they seem to be all over the place. are they though in your area and if so, do you like them? one of my panellists suggests that they are a sign of a decline in our society. what says you? and my panel tonight back reunited by popular demand peter hitchens, the columnist at the mail on sunday, and aaron bastani, the co—founder of novara media. before we get stuck in, let's cross live for the 6:00 news headlines. >> good evening. i'm sophia wenzler with your headlines from the gb newsroom. mps are set to vote in just over an hour on kemi badenoch call for a new national inquiry into grooming gangs, after she warned sir keir starmer's refusal could fuel fears of a cover up. in a clash

at prime minister's questions, the conservative leader demanded to know if sir keir starmer is confident. we fully understand the scale of rape gangs. she also accused the prime minister of not wanting questions asked of not wanting questions asked of labour politicians who may be complicit. sir keir starmer fired back, urging kemi badenoch to drop her call, arguing another inquiry would only delay action with victims demanding progress rather than more investigations. meanwhile, nigel farage has suggested reform uk will fund an inquiry into child sexual abuse if the government fails to do so. the reform uk leader said his party will raise the money and appoint independent arbiters to conduct the national inquiry. in other news, at least two people have been killed and 70,000 have been ordered to evacuate as three massive wildfires tear through the suburbs of los angeles. in california, the fires, fuelled by dry weather and strong winds, are pushing dangerously close to

homes, forcing tens of thousands of residents to flee. the la city fire chief says there are a number of significant injuries and we are absolutely not out of danger yet. back in the uk, the mother of 14 year old kenyan boxer who was stabbed to death on a bus in south—east london, has said he was groomed by gangs after running away from care and living on the streets. his mother, mary, says he was kind, musical and talented at drawing with a love for football. kellyanne was attacked on a double decker bus in woolwich just after 2:30 pm. despite efforts from police, paramedics and the london air ambulance. he died shortly after the attack. detectives are working at pace to find those responsible, but no arrests have yet been made. and a new amber warning has been issued for snow for the south—west of england, likely to cause travel delays and stranding some vehicles and passengers. britain is bracing for a deep freeze as

temperatures are set to plunge as low as —15 degrees this week, the coldest of the winter so far and potentially the coldest january in 15 years. the met office has issued fresh snow and ice warnings for northern scotland and northern ireland, as well as the southern counties of england, with subzero conditions expected nationwide. the uk health security agency is also warning of rising health risks, extending its cold weather alert for england until sunday. those are the latest gb news headlines. now it's back to michelle 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. >> thank you very much for that, sofia and michelle dewberry and i'm with you till 7:00 tonight

here on dewbs& co. joining me till seven, my panel. we've reunited them back by popular demand. we've got peter hitchens, the columnist at the mail on sunday, and aaron bastani, the co—founder of novara media. good evening, gents, and a happy new year to you. >> good evening and a happy christmas to you. >> oh, he always does this. he does this when i am. why don't you say happy new year? >> because i don't recognise the new year. it's a total alien concept. it didn't even exist in this country until 1972, when ted, ted heath forced it on us. >> er. what do you say to that? i say bah humbug. so what do you do at midnight, then? nothing. >> i try to sleep if there aren't too many fireworks. >> so you don't go out and party. you don't get. >> will you be surprised to learn that? no, i don't do any of those things. why would anyone go out in late december and stand in the drizzle, in the cold, in the dark, watching fireworks? fun? does this appeal to you? is that is that your idea of fun? >> it's not my idea of fun anymore, but it has been in the past. >> you can have it. >> bah humbug. i say that anyway. i'll say happy new year

to you lot. you all say it back to you lot. you all say it back to me, won't you? when do we stop saying happy new year? i think probably by about the end of this week, i reckon. anyway, what's on all of your mind tonight other than new year's eve? now you can get in touch with me all the usual ways. there's a lot we need to discuss. email me gb views @gbnews. com go to the website gbnews.com/yoursay. or of course you can tweet or you can x me. you're very welcome wherever you are watching or listening tonight. but look at the start of the programme. i played a clip from our prime minister, keir starmer, talking about wrecking amendments. what was he referring to? well, it's a big night in the commons tonight. let's cross live there to our political editor christopher hope. good evening to you, christopher. >> yeah. good evening michelle. that's right. a huge moment in parliament in the building behind me. i'll be there reporting for the farage show, presenting that as the results come out. we have a vote tonight on whether there should be a national inquiry into the gang rape, rape, gang scandal. we've been covering in such depth on

gb news. it's got quite heated here in westminster in the past couple of hours. elon musk, of course, who owns x or twitter, he has been putting out messages telling people to contact their mp and tell them to vote that because the hundreds of thousands of his number of little girls in britain who were and still are being systematically, horrifically gang raped deserve some justice in the world, he said. it's vitally important. here's how to contact them, he has tweeted over a message by rupert lowe, who says tell them what you think rupert lowe has been saying in in the house of commons today that the government should pause all visas and foreign aid to pakistan until this government agrees to take back citizens who committed child abuse in the uk. he says the rape victims could be in the millions. i think that is the some doubt about that figure, but in the millions, rupert lowe says. you're seeing live pictures now from the chamber. as this debate winds up, the tories have launched a campaign. michel today demand an

inquiry. now.com and kevin badenoch, the leader of the tory party, has emailed supporters urging them to sign it. labour's cross because in that same email there's a plea for funds for the party. they're saying it kemi badenoch stooped to a new low by fundraising for the tory party and playing politics with the safety of vulnerable people. this is this amendment, if it goes through, will then kill off this welfare, this children's welfare and schools bill, which will have have an added impact on the government's work, because that that bill is going to limit the cost of school uniforms for students and other areas, too. so it's a wrecking amendment. it won't go through that very reason. you'll have labour mps whipped, told by the government to vote against a national inquiry into the grooming gang scandal. that will happen and that will be politically difficult for some labour mps at the next election. so very heated politics today. again, it won't really affect what will happen. it won't. it won't 150