. political commentator benedict spence . os, we're spence. to politicos, we're quite politically heavy tonight . we've been asking you guys where do you stand on the so—called anti strike laws? jim says, why don't we ban picket lines? you posed an interesting question. you say, what is the purpose of them other than in your minds to intimidate people into not crossing them? hmm. interesting. i suspect people will have a view on that . jim, will have a view on that. jim, let's look. what else you guys are saying ?j w you're saying are saying? j w you're saying you don't support any strikes but the right to strike basically should be sacrosanct . basically should be sacrosanct. and once you start putting limits on it, slippery slope towards banning strikes altogether . you say i would say altogether. you say i would say you're kind of split on this one tonight. steve says the government is correct. we've been blackmailed by public sector workers and we need minimum cover essentials minimum cover in essentials services. don't fo

look at all the big stories in the papers with liz kershaw benedict kershaw and benedict spence. breakfast with stephen and angela . let's take stephen and angela. let's take a look at today's front pages . in look at today's front pages. in the mail today, jeremy hunt, it's the mail today, jeremy hunt, wsfime the mail today, jeremy hunt, it's time to stop talking britain down as he's going to set out his plans for growth at the telegraph says nicola sturgeon's trans law is in disarray after she was forced to announce that a prisoner, isle of bryce and who's just been convicted of rape have to stay in a male prison. convicted of rape have to stay in a male prison . the mirror in a male prison. the mirror leads with legend sir rod stewart , who's launched an stewart, who's launched an attack on the tories . their attack on the tories. their handung attack on the tories. their handling of the nhs . the handling of the nhs. the guardian says windrush campaign donors have described the government's decision to drop crucial reform commitments as a slap in the face. well, it's time to g

let's now talk to political commentator benedict spence about this. have you on the show. year, we are a the show. new year, we are a good festive period. you good festive period. do you think actually that red think that actually that red wall still vote or not? i wall could still vote or not? i think there's every opportunity that it could vote. tory, i have never been sort of entirely set the idea that it's all doom and gloom for the tories and the evidence for that is simply to look to what tories were look to what the tories were polling at two years ago. and you can see that johnson was still high amongst the still riding high amongst the general no general public. there's no reason if can collapse reason that if it can collapse that quickly, it can't be regained. as quickly regained. perhaps as quickly as it collapsed. can still it collapsed. but it can still be i think that lot be regained. i think that a lot of like to believe of people would like to believe in conservative. i think in the conservative. i think a lot of people are still have