put up, suggesting basically that nigel farage was not welcome in birmingham. i can tell you a lot of people criticised her for that tweet. well, it's all escalated today because now she's issued a statement saying that she regards basically reform uk in a similar vein to that of the bnp and the national front. blimey. and talking about a war of words, a dictator without elections, who wants to keep the gravy train of other people's cash going? that is how donald trump has today described the ukrainian president, volodymyr zelenskyy. your thoughts on that? and do you think that welsh politicians are being caught lying should lose their seats in the senate? yes, i hear you shout. and why stop at welsh ones either? i hear you. well, we've got all of that and a lot more. and look who's keeping me

company tonight. my panel and rees—mogg, the head of comms for the popular conservatism, and matthew corbett, the former labour adviser. but before we get stuck in, let's cross live and give you your 6:00 news headlines. >> michelle, thank you. and good evening to you. the top story tonight at six, donald trump has launched a scathing attack on volodymyr zelenskyy, calling him a dictator who has done a terrible job, he says, and shattered the country. in a post on truth social, the us president suggested zelenskyy was prolonging the war to keep the so—called gravy train of support flowing. trump also claimed he alone could negotiate an end to the war, saying his predecessor, joe biden, never tried and europe has failed to bnng tried and europe has failed to bring peace. well, the conservative leader kemi badenoch, has hit back at those comments from donald trump defending president zelenskyy as ukraine's democratically elected

leader, not a dictator. the conservative leader praised zelenskyy's leadership against putin's invasion and reiterated the uk will always stand with ukraine. she did, though, agree with trump that europe, including the uk, must do more. urging sir keir starmer to increase the uk's defence spending. well, in other news, inflation has jumped 3%, the fastest rise in ten months, dnven fastest rise in ten months, driven by soaring food prices, airfares and private school fees, with energy, water and council tax bills also set to rise in april. households are bracing for more pressure on budgets. meanwhile, businesses say higher wages and national insurance hikes could push up pnces insurance hikes could push up prices even further. the government is warning the road to low inflation will be bumpy, while political parties trade blame over tax and spending policies. here's the shadow chancellor mel stride. >> unexpectedly large rise that is going to impact families right up and down the country. but look, this has happened because of choices this government has made. it's gone

out and spent a lot of money, borrowed a lot of money that's been inflationary. it has also neglected productivity when it cut those public sector wage deals. there were no productivity requirements attached to that. and of course, the national insurance increases for employers will in part at least be passed on and is being passed on by way of higher prices. so those are decisions that this government took and they were the wrong decisions. >> a 74 year old woman has become the first person in scotland to be arrested under the nation's new abortion buffer zones law. police were called to the queen elizabeth university hospital in glasgow after reports of an anti—abortion protest. the woman was arrested for breaching the exclusion zone, which prevents protesters from gathering within 200m of an abortion clinic. the safe access zones act, passed last year, aims to protect women from harassment when accessing healthcare services. a huge sinkhole has swallowed part of a road in surrey, forcing residents in godstone from their

homes. a major incident was declared after the collapse on monday night, with a 100 metre cordon still in place. structural experts are assessing the site while engineers have restored water supplies. business owners, though, say the road closure is hitting trade, while those evacuated still don't know when they can return home. and the uk's cold and grey spell is finally coming to an end, with much milder weather on the way by the end of this week. temperatures will be will be above average across the country. warmer than greece, in fact, which is in the grip of an unusual cold snap. some eastern areas of the uk could see highs of 16 degrees on friday. that is a big jump from the usual nine degrees for this time of the month, but with low pressure soon to take over, unsettled conditions will follow. i'm sorry to tell you. wind and rain are on the way. that's the news on gb news. i'll be back with you for a full round up at the top of the hour. now though, it's over 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 the qr code, or go to gbnews.com/advent. >> thank you very much for that. i like the sound of it getting warmer, but then talk of a storm again. goodness me. i do hope that many of you are managing to stay warm, because it has been so cold. and i know that lots of you get in touch and tell me that you often watch this programme with goodness knows how many duvets and layers on. it's absolutely appalling. so hopefully warmer days are soon to be upon us. and i really do hope that you're all staying safe and well. i am michelle dewberry. this is dewbs& co and i'm with you until 7:00 tonight alongside me, my panel, i've got annunziata rees—mogg, the head of comms at popular conservatism, and alongside her matthew torbitt, the former

labour adviser. good evening to both of you. you're allowed back. he was a new face last week. matthew was absolutely inundated with positive comments about you. so he's back and you can see whether or not the positive comments continue for another week or not. look, you know the drill, don't you? it's not just about us then it is about you guys at home as well. what's on your mind tonight? it's been a very strange day. i mean, what did we all used to do before social media? the insults are flying left, right and centre today, ladies and gents, i'll have all the details in just a minute and you can join the conversation all the usual ways. email gbviews@gbnews.uk. go to the website gbnews.com/yoursay. or of course you can tweet or text me. so get yourself sit comfortably then and let's go. through what on earth has been going on? do you remember what a couple of days ago it feels like now? perhaps not even as long as that. you've got the former labour mp, now an independent mp. did i call her a labour mp at the top? i think i did anyway, she's an independent one. apologies about that. zarah sultana. she has been reported

to the parliamentary standards committee. she's been labelled, quote a disgrace and a whole lot more. other things that are not suitable for teatime tv, ladies and gents, because she put out a graphic basically on twitter. basically, if you're watching on the radio, it's a no entry sign, essentially with nigel farages headin essentially with nigel farages head in the middle of it, calling for people to gather in birmingham on a particular day to reject nigel farage. now, a lot of people are upset about this, as i've said, reported her and saying there was she was essentially creating hatred towards nigel farage. then the story moved on, because what's happened now, today is that lots of people have been challenging zara on this, saying that you shouldn't have done this post and so on. she's issued a statement on social media. it's quite a lengthy statement, but the essence of it is that she essentially compares things that reform uk have said to being comparable to the national front and the bnp, she says. she's a

born and bred, proud brummie. her parents suffered the violent consequences of what she calls far right politics, and she speaks for many, she says, in the proud, multicultural city when she says she rejects the politics of hatred, hatred and division, she goes on to say that she thinks reform uk is a party bankrolled by billionaires, led by an ex banker and public school boys and so on and so forth. she says we stand for solutions, not scapegoats. i mean calling, comparing the reform uk annunziata to the bnp and the national front. i mean, what do you think to that? >> i think it's ludicrous. they're quite clearly not that if anyone has put his head above the parapet to stand against that imagery for people on the social right in this country, not the far right it has been,

nigel. he n