so benedict spence and precious muir. so let's get to more of the front pages.ensifies gaza files reveal hamas paranoia before october 7 and 1 in 4 parents now think it's fine for children to skip school . absolute scandal. okay school. absolute scandal. okay folks. well, listen, let me bnng folks. well, listen, let me bring you quite a stunning story from inside tomorrow's sunday telegraph. and it's in relation to the prime minister rishi sunak and nigel farage. uh, rishi sunak, his first political interview of the year. it's with the sunday telegraph and he said every vote for farage is a vote for starmer . the next election for starmer. the next election may be, according to rishi sunak, 11 months away. however, he may as well be in the middle of the campaign. all ready. his defence of the rwanda legislation, intended to unblock deportation flights for illegal migrants , is followed by migrants, is followed by a warning, a vote for anyone other than conservatives is a vote to put keir starmer back in power. senior tories say the paper are worried that should

benedict spence?s a big political constituent . constituent. >> he yeah votes much more regularly and much greater numbers than younger people do. younger generations are going to vote for labour anyway on average. you know, they are the cohort that feels most sort of let down by the conservatives. um i think precious is right that this is rather sad because actually there does need to be addressing the issues that do face younger people , be it the face younger people, be it the jobs market, be it housing, be it their own ability to have children, these are actually more pressing than the well—being of people in their 50s. but future. but the 50 people who are over 50 are the ones who are more likely to vote conservative. and those are therefore are the ones that he's going after because that going to go after because that is constituency, speak. >> i mean, is this good politics? diana moran targeting individual groups? >> so totally confused individual groups? >> it so totally confused individual gr

statland and benedict spence.id anything wrong, if and it's an important word there, then obviously he needs to be held to account in some form. >> i mean, you asked earlier whether his his knighthood should withdrawn. are should be withdrawn. there are plenty of questions as to whether should have whether he should have got a knighthood in first place, knighthood in the first place, given of the iraq given the disaster of the iraq war and what unfolded war strategy and what unfolded after invasion . on the after the invasion. on the specifics of this and in the telegraph piece, his own spokesman, and you might expect him to come out in defence of sir blair. his own sir tony blair. but his own spokesman said that blair blair's concern . really was blair's only concern. really was to get a viable system, agreed that would actually deliver what the government wanted, that that was, was the suggestion. was, that was the suggestion. so, mean, this is a so, look, i mean, this is a thorny issue. and there would have bee

that's benedict spence, the first time on the show. we've got the clinical lead for care after combat . that's doctor jane after combat. that's doctor jane jones and a very special guest. the landlord of the grosvenor arms, which is this place in pimlico. that's paul angelo. but first, let's go to the . first, let's go to the. news. >> good evening. your top stories from the gb news room, the uk's maritime organisation is warning vessels to sail with caution after reports of a new attack on a ship southeast of yemen's port of aden. this latest report is the first incident and security warning since the overnight uk us joint strikes on houthi rebels. the yemeni government says the rebels are responsible for dragging the country into military confrontation. houthi a spokesman for the military group, says they'll continue to block the passage of ships in the region in the uk, the prime minister says britain needs to send a strong signal that houthi rebel attacks in the red sea are wrong, and someone must take responsibility . responsibili

it really wouldn't. >> benedict spence , we're going >> benedict spence, we're going to create a sortrt their fellow fellow asylum seekers, i think. i mean, the problem is not bad idea. >> actually, this isn't going to be a debate, afraid. >> actually, this isn't going to be and a debate, afraid. >> actually, this isn't going to be and the a debate, afraid. >> actually, this isn't going to be and the other ate, afraid. >> actually, this isn't going to be and the other three, afraid. >> actually, this isn't going to be and the other three, uh, raid. >> and the other three, uh, members of this panel have all said points for me. said many of my points for me. uh, that, but uh, so sorry about that, but i do think that there's, um , i do think that there's, um, i think actually something think that actually something we've not touched because we've not touched upon because we've not touched upon because we've just about we've touched upon just about everything, is that actually this is rather cruel. think , this is rather cruel. i think, to people who are claiming asylum in this country ,

benedict spence, thank you much. you very much. >> benedict spence, >> that's benedict spence, politicalt story. now we have a on our panel. no a young person on our panel. no it's stadler. um, it's not matthew stadler. um, albee. young albee. albee, you're a young person , just 30. person, just 30. >> count as a young person i >> -- >> yes. okay. >> yes. okay. >> it depends on your perspective. it perspective. yeah. my world it does. um so obviously your you you don't need to be persuaded to vote for rishi sunak. no i don't need to be persuaded to vote for rishi sunak. >> i will be voting for rishi sunak. i believe that the prime minister's plan is working and that it will work . we've seen that it will work. we've seen tax cuts as of the 6th of january. we've seen inflation halved. we've seen small boat crossings down by a third. we're seeing the nhs waiting lists come we're seeing the come down. we're seeing the economy start grow. are economy start to grow. we are seeing action on the five action points that he has for the british people. the point british people. but on the point ab

benedict spence. you've been fabulous.s through know, through all those, uh, you know, very we very miscellaneous stories we had all sorts. thank had there on all sorts. thank you very much for time. you very much for your time. that from me. but coming you very much for your time. thait's from me. but coming you very much for your time. thait's newom me. but coming you very much for your time. thait's new year's;. but coming you very much for your time. tha it's new year's dayt coming you very much for your time. tha it's new year's day with1ing up, it's new year's day with michael what could be michael portillo. what could be better ? better? >> looks like things are heating up. boxt boilers as sponsors of whether on gb news . whether on gb news. >> hello there. happy new year. i'm jonathan vautrey here of your gb news weather forecast provided by the met office. the last few months of 2023 were rather wet and the start of 2024 is picking up on that theme because it's going to be a very wet to year's with wet end to new

joining me now for right versus left. >> we've got benedict spence.e first time. and we've also got matthew stadlen, both political commentators. >> no handshake for me, lee. no >> no handshake for me, lee. no >> you go . that's yeah. >> there you go. that's yeah. that's okay. okay look, this year we're going to have a general election, guys. and things are going to get a little bit nasty, a little bit heated. we've seen this week certain newspapers having a pop at sir keir starmer and other political leaders . yes. it's going to get leaders. yes. it's going to get nasty. is it warranted benedict i mean, first and foremost, i'd be very impressed if it does go particularly far because the two main leaders don't have much of a personality to take a pot shot at. >> see, i didn't waste any time. they're actually just coming straight out of the blocks. is it warranted? in lieu of it warranted? i think in lieu of policies are landing, policies that are landing, i think you'll members of the think you'll see members of the press, politicians means press, oth

that's benedict spence, the first time on the show.after combat . that's doctor jane after combat. that's doctor jane jones and a very special guest. the landlord of the grosvenor arms, which is this place in pimlico. that's paul angelo. but first, let's go to the .

that's benedict spence, the first time on the show.ne after combat. that's doctor jane jones and a very special guest. the landlord of the grosvenor arms, which is this place in pimlico. that's paul angelo. but first, let's go to the . first, let's go to the. news. >> good evening. your top stories from the gb news room, the uk's maritime organisation is warning vessels to sail with caution after reports of a new attack on a ship southeast of yemen's port of aden. this latest report is the first incident and security warning since the overnight uk us joint strikes on houthi rebels. the yemeni government says the rebels are responsible for dragging the country into military confrontation. houthi a spokesman for the military group, says they'll continue to block the passage of ships in the region in the uk, the prime minister says britain needs to send a strong signal that houthi rebel attacks in the red sea are wrong, and someone must take responsibility . responsibility. >> our aim is very clear. it's to de—escalate tensions and to res

are you like benedict spence. get more outraged. yes it does. >> and for something that's been sort of ongoing for so long, it's almost sort of amazing that it's almost sort of amazing that it's taken, you know, there is still the space, i suppose, for there to be this sort of crescendo of anger and almost disbelief at how people were treated and the fact that it's going to keep on going for some time, weeks, possibly months into as parliament into the summer as parliament looks at ways to potentially exonerate people cases , exonerate people and cases, investigations are brought against other parties to all of this. but yeah, no end to this in sight . no. in sight. no. >> and it seems to be increasingly the case the more we delve into it now that our attention is on it fully. um just how much the post office knew while still continuing with prosecutions . prosecutions. >> it's, i mean, not meaning to sort of broaden it out to other areas of the state. but, you know, it's interesting that this is sort of ongoing.

well joining me now is political commentator benedict spence. benedict, welcome to the show. it through. and presumably benedict, he wants to rush it through neither of the through because neither of the left or the right of the party are happy with it . are happy with it. >> yes. good afternoon. it's a sort of a remarkable situation that the prime minister has got himself into, which is he managed an immigration managed to find an immigration policy that suits neither the anti—image croatian uh loyalists or the zealots who are pro—immigration. both sides of his party and the opposition. everybody it's a bad everybody thinks that it's a bad idea. think it's a idea. the lawyers think it's a bad international courts bad idea. international courts don't turns out even bad idea. international courts don rwandans turns out even bad idea. international courts don rwandans don't; out even bad idea. international courts don rwandans don't particularly the rwandans don't particularly like it. but he is determined to get to it get it through and to get it through with as little scrutin

in a few moments time we will be clashing in a head to head with my political commentator benedict spencelet's get your latest news headlines. >> good afternoon to you. it is 3:00. i'm aaron armstrong, the government has dismissed reports claiming britain's aircraft carriers can't be sent to the middle east because of a personnel shortage. raf jets made a round trip of more than 3000 miles from cyprus on thursday to take part in a series of strikes on houthi positions in yemen, foreign secretary lord cameron says the uk may intervene again if the attacks on ships in the red sea continue to.