but think what quentin letts but i think what quentin letts was there is right.nk that, um, the concern for the pm is going to be that some tory mps have chosen today to signal to reform the party to the right of the tory party with, as many as 10% of voting in the polls. they are willing that they tried to make this bill harder and they failed . so bill harder and they failed. so they're almost it's they're saying almost it's better loyal to better to be loyal to themselves. than their own themselves. maybe than their own party. they're trying to show to their own electors coming with their own electors coming with the election coming barely ten months away, i expect that they want to show to them that they tried make this bill work , tried to make this bill work, and blocked by the and it was blocked by the government is, mps fighting government that is, mps fighting for future , disregarding for their future, disregarding maybe the interests of their party. >> mhm. interesting stuff there. stay where you are though christopher. we'll be coming. uh live back to

quentin letts and kevin craig remain alongside side me. david, uh, says about the bibby stockholm. one of these barges. many times whilst working in the oil and gas sector. he basically does not approve of the description that these things are essentially floating prisons. and i've got to say , many of you and i've got to say, many of you have that sense as well. on the on the score one, someone said, michelle, we need to bring back truancy assistance , but i don't truancy assistance, but i don't know what that was. what is what was truancy assistant? think was a truancy assistant? i think too i'm young. >> we have one. >> no, we didn't have one. >> no, we didn't have one. >> yeah, i don't know what that is. i was probably too busy running away from anyway. running away from them anyway. look, have you look, uh, flooding. have you got, flooding in your area? got, uh, flooding in your area? apparently, there's more than 100 place 100 flood warnings in place across alone . uh, why across england alone. uh, why on earth, right in 2023? are we so bad, quentin at managing bad, quentin l

got >> and i can tell you i've got difference my difference of opinions on my panel tonight. got quentin letts. >> they see eye to eye on >> they don't see eye to eye on this issue. so it'll be interesting or interesting to see whether or not bottom of not we can get to the bottom of what we should be doing in this situation or not. >> what want. >> that's what you want. politics that's all politics with punch. that's all coming on dewbs& six till coming up on dewbs& co six till seven. fantastic stuff . and i seven. fantastic stuff. and i see i did mean it. it's my favourite part of the show now. moving favourite part of the show now. m0'i'lli favourite part of the show now. m0'i'll give you give you >> i'll give you i'll give you a fee later. >> superb. you have a great one. all right. now moving to on one of those topics you've just talked labour wants talked about. labour wants to reset relationship reset the broken relationship between and families. between schools and families. it's a recent data on school absences shows they have doubled since the pandemic. nick and a keynote speech toda

i've got quentin letts joining me as well. is letts joining me as well.lways manages smile and manages to bring a smile and i like we need that these like that we need that these days, don't we? like that we need that these daysuperb. we? like that we need that these daysuperb. dewbs & co always >> superb. dewbs& co always a pleasure. six till seven. something to tuck into with your tea. fantastic show coming up. dewbs& co six. still seven. thank you very much. now moving on. former president donald trump swept to victory last night in the iowa caucus , night in the iowa caucus, blowing his rivals out of the water and winning in all but one of the states 99 counties. florida governor ron desantis came second, a distant second. it must be said, with former un ambassador nikki haley third. but with trump so far ahead , is but with trump so far ahead, is there now any for hope any of his rivals as well? joining me now to discuss this is bob mulholland , who is a member of mulholland, who is a member of the democratic national committee for california. bob th