yourthoughts by heading to know .your thoughts by heading to gbnews.com/yoursay or tweet me at alex h armstrongd now by former spokesman for reform uk gwen taylor, and former deputy leader reform uk ben habib. okay look guys, political heavyweights, this is going to be a great debate i'm sure. but ben i'd love to start with you. look, you have been critical of nigel farage very openly, very honestly. do you think he's got this wrong on shemima or is this just a alleged misleading headline from itv? >> so just to be clear, i haven't been critical of nigel farage. what i've been critical of is some of the things that are coming out of reform uk and the constitution of the party. now that might be seen as being criticism of nigel, but i haven't had i haven't made any ad hominem attacks on nigel. for me it's all about policy and constitution. as far as shamima begum is concerned, i can see no case whatsoever for someone who is complicit in terroristic genocidal activity over a protracted period, however tragic her personal story might be for her to come back to the united kingdom, where we all know

and as ever, let me know your views at gbnews.com/yoursay and send your opinions to me on x at alex h. armstrongt now it's time for the news bulletins with sam francis. >> alex, thank you very much and good evening to you. just coming up to 8:02. we're following weeks of pressure. the home secretary has today announced a major shift in tackling grooming gangs. yvette cooper has ordered a nationwide review of evidence, with five government backed local inquiries and a rapid three month audit. but the review stopped short of a national inquiry, prompting criticism from the conservative party and some labour mps. even elon musk has weighed in, calling it a step in the right direction, but says results will speak for themselves. yvette cooper promised there will be a clear timetable for action, though, and vowed that shameful progress so far must change all those national inquiries, reports and hundreds of recommendations. >> far too little action has been taken and shamefully little progress has been made. most important task should be to increase police investigations into these horrific crimes an

and as ever, let me know your views at gbnews.com/yoursay and send your opinions to me on x at alex h. armstrongt now it's time for the news bulletins with sam francis. >> alex, thank you very much and good evening to you. just coming up to 8:02. we're following weeks of pressure. the home secretary has today announced a major shift in tackling grooming gangs. yvette cooper has ordered a nationwide review of evidence, with five government backed local inquiries and a rapid three month audit. but the review stopped short of a national inquiry, prompting criticism from the conservative party and some labour mps. even elon musk has weighed in, calling it a step in the right direction, but says results will speak for themselves. yvette cooper promised there will be a clear timetable for action, though, and vowed that shameful progress so far must change all those national inquiries, reports and hundreds of recommendations. >> far too little action has been taken and shamefully little progress has been made. most important task should be to increase police investigations into these horrific crimes an