>> good morning and welcome to the camilla tominey show on gb news. it has of course been a huge week for news with the ceasefire in gaza, which has come into effect within the past 15 minutes. we will of course be keeping you updated with the release of three hostages. there's also donald trump's inauguration tomorrow night and chancellor rachel reeves future still hanging in the balance, despite the prime minister's insistence that she's doing a fantastic job. and as ever, we've got a stellar line up of guests to discuss it all. chief secretary to the treasury darren jones will be on today's show. i'll be asking him whether the chancellor can weather the financial storm caused by their autumn budget. priti patel, the shadow foreign secretary, will be joining me from washington dc, ahead of the president elect trump's return to the white house. i'll also be speaking to the veteran conservative mp, sir david davis, about kemi badenoch performance so far, and why he

thinks the killer, nurse lucy letby, may be innocent. tory peer and businessman lord moynihan will join me in the studio to talk about the new volume of his book, return to growth how to fix the economy. let's hope darren jones stays around for that. and i'll be talking to the former defence minister, tobias ellwood, who is also in washington, dc. he's going to be speaking about trump's inauguration along with tim hames, the author of a new book, trump two why he won. as we usher in this new world order. as ever, we've got 90 minutes of punchy politics to get through, so don't go anywhere. so don't worry, we're still going to have a look at the sunday papers, and there's a lot to get through because of course, we've got the latest on the ceasefire. and actually sunday papers are slightly out of date because of what's been developing here this morning. we're going to keep you posted

with that. just to remind you, we've got the names of three hostages that are due to be released at 2 pm. our time. so thatis released at 2 pm. our time. so that is the british hostage, emily de—man, who's 28. also romy gonin, who is 24. she was at that nova music festival when she was kidnapped on october the 7th, and doran steinbrecher, who is 31 and a veterinary nurse. so three young women there and we will hopefully be seeing them being released this afternoon. and gb news will, of course, be keeping you abreast of breaking news. there are lots of stories in the papers today about team trump, and whether they're going to be able to get on very well with keir starmer, but somebody who is in washington dc now is the shadow foreign secretary, priti patel, who joins us. lovely to see you this morning. shadow foreign secretary. thank you for getting up early for this media round. lovely to see you. look, what do you make of the reports coming out of the middle east? we think that emily demari, who is one of the british hostages, will be

released this afternoon. strikes me that this ceasefire has seemed as if it's in on a bit of a knife edge. we've had the resignation of ben gvir, a very hard right minister in netanyahu's government. how do you think the coming hours are going to play out? >> well, look, camilla, first of all, thank you for having me on the programme this morning. this is an incredibly fragile and delicate time. there's no question about that. and, you know, as we're speaking in the last hour, we heard that there were some challenges around the ceasefire. but importantly, we now know that three names, three hostages will be released today. and none of us can imagine the level of anxiety that those families of the hostages will be feeling right now. so i think, you know, we've got to really think of them. and as ever, we urge everyone to really work together. this is a really, really pivotal time. the ceasefire, the negotiation, the talks that have taken place, everything that's led us to this

particular moment is, you know, is incredible. but at the same time, we have to be deeply, deeply careful, i think quite cautious as well, because this is this is fragile. it's a very fragile and delicate situation. we know that this will be phased over a period of time with hostage release releases. but i think, importantly, all parties must really come together. and one, you know, we can't imagine as well. you know, there are big burdens and pressures on the israeli government. they have a duty to the hostage families as well, to do everything they possibly can to get the hostages released, all the hostages released. and i think that's what we all want to see. >> i think we can agree that donald trump's role in all this has been instrumental, not least after he threatened that all hell would break out if the hostages weren't released, or at least news of a ceasefire by the time he has his inauguration on monday night. we've got quite a lot of reporting in the papers here about team trump wanting to exact revenge on starmer for

meddling in the us election. question marks over whether lord mandelson will still be able to be the uk ambassador to the us. will it be blocked by trump? and then we have this morning sadiq khan warning about the march of fascism as trump takes power again, suggesting that there is going to be resurgent fascism, not only as a result of trump re—entering the white house, but also because of the rise of people like italy's prime minister, giorgia meloni. is this helpful rhetoric? >> no, of course it's not. and i think sadiq khan's comments are absolutely unacceptable. there is so much that's unacceptable about sadiq khan's views and comments, but you won't be surprised by by what i think about that. look, the reality is president trump is going to be inaugurated tomorrow in that building behind me. he has won a huge mandate. the american people have put their hopes and trust and confidence in him to deliver for the people of

america, for this great country, but also importantly for us. and i say this as a conservative, you know, i've been invited here by our sister party, the republican party. we have strong and enduring ties and links with our sister party. we've always stood shoulder to shoulder as two countries, and that's where we should be. again, the challenge and the onus now is on sir keir starmer, his labour government, perhaps his mayor should, you know, really now just keep his views to himself because trump has a mandate and a big majority and we should respect that. and i would also say the same about khan's comments about giorgia meloni. she has a mandate and a majority to run her country. it's not for him to give a running commentary. it really isn't. the onus now is on keir starmers government to step up and rebuild links and relationships with the trump administration. with the new coming administration, it is not surprising that i think the newspapers are speculating about what that relationship is going to be. it's inevitable,

primarily because labour do not have a good, strong, solid track record, unlike the conservative party. when it comes to working with the trump government. i was in the last conservative government where i worked with the first trump government on major issues such as national security, homeland security, home affairs. and so we have a solid track record both in government and out of government with priti patel. >> is it true to say, and i know you have got good relationships with republicans, but isn't it true to say that actually the person with the best relationship with donald trump right now, who could be the conduh right now, who could be the conduit between the uk and the us, is actually your rival in reform nigel farage. >> well, look, i don't agree with that whatsoever because as i've said, both in government and out of government, our ties are enduring. and, you know, we work with the republican party and we support each other. our relationship is based on long standing values. you know, volumes about freedom, democracy

and what we have achieved historically together. you can't airbrush that out. and we know labour like to airbrush history and rewrite history. but specifically you've asked me about reform. there's a massive difference. our ties are enduring. we're not a pop up in the way in which reform are. and of course, there's a lot of interest. there's a lot of interest. there's a lot of interest in the relationship. you know, politics is built upon relationships and trust, but also mutual respect. and that's something that is really deep. it's entrenched in 1497 0