because blair was persuaded, persuaded of the economic interests by blunkett and that arguably, evene is an argument, of course, economically, that that has led to a lowering of wages in certain fields. also, i would also argue that polish people have actually contributed a lot. and so the economics suggest that the polish immigrants have actually over, over, over. >> i've never met a polish woman or a man on a sick day. >> yeah. yeah, exactly. they get on with it. anyway, the point is, but what it did do is lead then arguably to brexit. >> that's what i was going to say. i was not to boast, but i was on. this would be like one of your school days anecdotes. i was on bbc question time once back in the old days, and i was sat next to diane abbott and i said exactly that. it was about 2018. we were all discussing brexit. the exact deal hadn't been made, and i said that i thought blair's attitude to immigration in, you know, people watching the demographics change in front of their eyes, but it being denied. diane abbott accused me of spreading conspiracy theories. she specifically said

and the move comes despite senior labour figures such as lord blunkett warning against it with fears of any connections with right wing politicians could elevate their cause. well, joining now to discuss this in the studio is my beautiful panel tonight. as the former reform uk spokesman gordon taylor and gb news senior political commentator nigel nelson. gentlemen, welcome to the show. nigel, i'm going to start with you, long time observer of the labour party yourself. you know peter mandelson. yeah. very well. do you think this is a canny appointment? and more to the point, there's been there's been friction, shall we say, betwixt mandelson and trump in the past just seems to be all the labour party top brass call him a racist or a fascist of some kind. will nigel farage's addition make it a marriage made in heaven? >> it'll help. i don't know if it'll be a marriage made in heaven. i think that trump's relationship with the labour government's going to be very difficult, especially with what they've all said about it. but peter mandelson is a good choice for ambassador. he has plent

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