to this? was you cheering on some of those measures. do you think that they've got their priorities right or not? we'll discuss after the hello there. welcome back everybody, to this christmas special of dewbsavern is of course still open. so i send my cheers to each and every single one of you. it's a treat to be spending this christmas with you alongside me. he's very excited to be here. i've got to say, matt goodwin, have you ever. you could we could press pause on you doing that there. that could be the christmas card for next year. well, the cheesy thumbs up, couldn't it? look at that. there you go. that's a christmas card. havei you go. that's a christmas card. have i ever saw one? i'll order one alongside a lot of one. and alongside him, we've got the grinch. bill rammell the grinch. >> i'm not the grinch at all. >> i'm not the grinch at all. >> if you're listening on the radio, you're not watching on telly. you are missing the treat of the festive hats on display. i think yours looks the best, bill, just the way it's kind of balanced on your head. you can tell that you really want to be wearing this. i've got it. >> probably got it from lord alli. >> well, yeah, we're saying lord al

. >> welcome to dewbs& co with me , >> welcome to dewbs& co with me, miriam cates, and joining me until0. i've got my panel. charlie downs, political commentator and paul embery, trade unionist and broadcaster and as always, i want to know your views about the topics we're going to be discussing. so please go on. gbnews.com/win your say and we will be reading out some of your opinions later on in the show. well, our first story tonight, sir keir starmer has declined to rule out further tax rises before the next general election , despite general election, despite chancellor rachel reeves claiming less than two weeks ago that taxes will not increase again. take a listen. >> i don't want to in any way suggest that we're going to keep coming back for more, because that isn't the plan. so no more tax rises. so. so we did the tough stuff in order to stabilise because what individuals and particularly businesses have said to me is, look, do the tough stuff, but then we need the degree of certainty. we need to know that things aren't going to materially change. so that's the approach we've tak

welcome to dewbs& co with me, darren grimes in for michelle. joining me until seven. y panel tonight, lord moylan, conservative party peer. and james schneider, former adviser to jeremy corbyn. now my friends, as always, this show is as much about your views as it is ours. get your views in at gbnews.com/yoursay. i've got that open here now. the row between reform uk leader nigel farage and conservative party leader kemi badenoch has deepened today, with reform uk even hinting at legal action against the tory leader. they've actually opened up their back end on their website tonight to allow the papers to check the accounts and see what's actually going on in that website. it follows reform's claims that it now, of course, has more members than the conservative party. that's according to the digital tracker that you can see on your television sets right now. but however, kemi badenoch has slammed the announcement as fake and accused reform uk of issuing misleading figures. now, as you would expect, farage has hit back, accusing her of being bitter, upset and angry. the

. >> welcome to dewbs& co with me, miriam cates, and joining me until 7:00. i've got my panel, jake berry, former mp and chairman of the conservative party, and judith da silva, broadcaster and commentator. and of course, as always, please do sendin of course, as always, please do send in your views and opinions at gbnews.com/yoursay and we'll be reading out some of those throughout the set throughout the show. now, our first story tonight, which is a tragic and very disturbing story. frenchwoman gisele pelicot has said that she never regretted the decision to make her trial public, and that she respects the court's decision after her ex—husband has been sentenced to 20 years in jail. 72 year old dominique pelicot has been found guilty today of raping, drugging and inviting other men to rape his ex—wife, gisele. his lawyer says that he is considering lodging an appeal. now, the french court in avignon found 47 men guilty of rape, two guilty of attempted rape and two guilty of attempted rape and two guilty of sexual assault in a mass rape trial. so let's hear

. >> hello, welcome to dewbs& co with me dawn neesom and a very happy new year's eve to you. hope you're having a lovely evening out there. joining me until seven is my wonderful panel tonight, ben habib, a former reform uk co—leader, and paul richards, former labour adviser. gentlemen, thank you very much for joining adviser. gentlemen, thank you very much forjoining me on a special night and looking so smart as well. good to have your company. now this show is all about you, though it's not about us. so the most important thing to do on this show, remember, is get your views coming in and you do that very easily at gbnews.com/yoursay, it's all about you, remember. so get those views coming in now and we'll get through as many as we can, because we've got a cracking show and there's lots to talk about. now, how are you feeling about this one? there's been a furious backlash to london mayor sadiq khan receiving a knighthood in the new year's honours list, pointing to spiralling knife crime and the much hated ulez expansion that has hammered the working classes. so has khan be

welcome to dewbs& co with me, darren grimes joining me until seven. my panel. the political consultant alex dean and the former labour advisor matthew lazan former labour advisor matthew lazar. now, as always, this show, my friends, is as much about my opinion and their opinion as it is yours. so get your views in at gbnews.com/yoursay. now, as i said at the start, though, britain has reportedly been asked to pay up billions of pounds of taxpayers cash as part of the deal deal more like a surrender to hand back the chagos islands to mauritius. it's been revealed in the times. talks have stalled over the 99 year lease of a crucial anglo—american airbase on the island, which sources have suggested mauritius demanded £800 million a year for, as well as asking for billions in reparations. a grift if ever i've seen one. this comes as sir keir starmer is facing calls to abandon his surrender of the islands altogether after the new mauritian government rejected another proposal deal last week. now, matthew, if nigel farage is right and the trump administration say i d

. >> welcome to dewbs& co with me, miriam cates, and joining me until 7:00. i've got my panel, ben habib, who is the former co deputy leader of reform uk, and tom buick, a visiting professor at the university of staffordshire. and as always, please do let us know what you think about the topics we're discussing in today's show. get your views in @gbnews dot com forward slash your c. now we're all trying to get into the festive mood, but the uk's stalling economy is definitely becoming a dampener on the christmas spirit. the latest gdp figures released this morning show that the uk economy flatlined in the third quarter of this year. so between july and september the economy stood still at 0% growth. this was revised down from a previous estimate of 0.1% growth, and this was down from 0.5% growth in quarter two. now the chief secretary to the treasury, darren jones, has been commenting on those latest figures. >> so look, this labour government is going into 2025 with absolute resolve to work with absolute resolve to work with investors, wealth creators and wo

to get it down? see you after the break. welcome back to dewbs me miriam cates and keeping me company until 7:00. i've got ben habib, businessman and former deputy party leader of reform uk and bill rammell, former labour minister and mp . now some minister and mp. now some breaking news. the financial times is reporting that the labour mayor of london, sadiq khan, is to receive a knighthood in the new year's honours list. does he deserve it? ben ? what do does he deserve it? ben? what do you think? >> well, he deserves a lot of things and knighthood is not one of them. what for ? what is he of them. what for? what is he being given this knighthood? crossrail was late and over budget. knife crime in london is up. tfl doesn't work. it's basically bust and had to be rescued by the government. council taxes are going through the roof. police there aren't enough police on the streets in london. i mean, any metric you wish to choose about london? it's basically deteriorated over the last over his time in in office. i wouldn't give him anything. i'd be