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to the keir starmers a danger to the british community, if i'm honest, given what he's done with chagoswell, there you go. you've just teed me up nicely there because, he says about what the brits think about donald trump before the end of the programme. we'll be looking at that election results over in the states and asking, what does that mean for the future of britain? you've just mentioned there starmer and his popularity after the break. it'd be rude, wouldn't it, not to look then at labour's first budget. what did you think 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 dewbs& co. jubilee tavern 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

plus reparations to give away our chagos islands.e that his mate is the lawyer for mauritius? i think not also 2014, when michael gove introduced the national curriculum, he erased any blackness from from the curriculum. >> the curriculum was essentially whitewashed and its problematic black culture, black history, black achievement. it doesn't feature on the curriculum or in education hardly at all. the truth is not

government says it is confident a deal can still be struck with mauritius over the sovereignty of the chagosents original terms. in october, it was announced that the islands would be returned to the east african country, but britain would lease diego garcia — which is home to a uk—us military base. at least 1a people are known to have died and hundreds have been left injured following a powerful earthquake which struck the pacific island nation of vanuatu yesterday. the 7.3 magnitude tremor flattened multiple buildings and triggered landslides. officials say the full extent of the damage is still being assessed. two astronauts who were due to return from the international space station in the summer will now have to wait even longer to get home. butch wilmore and suni williams were supposed to be back on earth injune but had their stay extended until february after technical issues. nasa says the pair will now remain on board until late march at the earliest. the health secretary, wes streeting has reiterated a promise he made on bbc breakfast — that the funding allocation for hospices in e

one. >> one. >> i think the chagos islands dealis >> i think the chagos islands deal is bizarre.d by just about everyone. it's hated by the chagossians who live, many of them who live in the uk. it's hated now by the incoming mauritian government who say it's not a good deal. it's hated by the americans. and they have an interest in this because there is a joint us, uk military base in chagos. the only people in favour of it seem to be keir starmer and the labour government. and their last answer, the last time the mauritians kicked up a fuss, was to offer them more money, to offer them more money to take away british sovereignty. it's an absolutely bizarre situation that labour has got itself into. the negotiations did begin under the conservatives, but it seems as if keir starmer is basically prioritising the view of quite an obscure foreign court that has given an advisory ruling that it has

tonight the secretive deal to give away the chagos islands to mauritius has been exposed. today in a shocking revelation, can you guess just how much british taxpayers could be forced to cough up every year forced to cough up every year for the privilege of giving away our overseas territory? the figure will rock you. also tonight, at least under blair, we were told things could only get better. now, a damning new poll reveals half of brits think next year will be worse than this year. so can sir keir starmer survive 2025? elsewhere, the boats keep coming and the deaths continue. three more fatalities in the english channel this morning. so when do we start calling labour's smash the gangs policy a failure? and after a huge poll of 11,000 brits shows labour would lose 200 seats in a general election under a hung parliament, is it time for reform and the tories to end the squabbling for the sake of the nation? tonight's panel are ready to go. i'm joined by editor at large at the mail on sunday. charlotte griffiths, former conservative mp neil parish and the former labour ad

we'll also discuss chagos once again and waspi women. but before all of that, let's get the news with katie bowen. >> and nigel. thank you. and a very good evening to you. your top stories from the gb newsroom at 7:00. a downing street spokesperson said a short time ago that the prime minister, sir keir starmer, had a call with us president elect donald trump this afternoon. the spokesperson said that both men agreed on their joint said that both men agreed on theirjoint ambition said that both men agreed on their joint ambition to strengthen the close and historic relationship between the uk and the us. sir keir starmer and mr trump reiterated the need for allies to stand together with ukraine in the face of russian aggression. the prime minister also underscored the importance of securing peace in the middle east. the downing street spokesperson shared that the two men looked forward to seeing one another at the earliest opportunity. pleas of not guilty have been entered on behalf of axel rudakubana valdo calocane after he failed to re

islands is.7 that sovereignty of the chagos islands is?t surely is the only fair solution that is going. >> mr speaker, we've been very clear that these were negotiations between the united kingdom and mauritius, and i have set out in the past the reasons for that. the interests of the chagos islands are absolutely at the heart of this agreement. as i said, i have repeatedly engaged with them. and i do find, mr speaker, the hon. gentleman continues to speculate with the greatest respect. he does not know the detail of what is agreed. he does not know the detail that has been shared. he does not know. mr speaker, the detail that the national security apparatus of the united states has considered. and i am confident that, mr speaker, that he would have his concerns allayed when he sees the detail of this deal. >> doctor andrew morris well, the idea that the chagossians have actually really been consulted at all is for the birds we've had previously on this show, the leader of their community at several thousand strong. fascinatingly, many of

indeed, and yet more globetrotting, possibly for keir starmer, the chagos islands and this is anotherreaking news story for you. is this another blow for. yes, that's sir keir starmer, the new mauritius prime minister says the chagos islands deal struck by our prime minister isn't good enough and he wants to reopen those talks. and finally, our waspi women, a subject very close to my heart. labour has ruled out compensation for almost 4 million women who claim they lost thousands of pounds because of changes to the state pension aid, ignoring an official payout recommendation. indeed, yes. just how much do labour hate old people? and in particular today, old women? it seems that's what we've got coming up in our show. you really don't want to miss anything, but it's not about me. it's not even about martin and what he's doing on his day off. you know, it is about you and your opinion. so get in touch with all the stories we're talking about today and let me know your views. you can talk about what we're talking about. and it's so close to christmas. are you ready? are you enjoying? an

is it time to admit defeat and actually keep chagos british?s long been considered that the bedrock of a healthy society is a healthy marriage, and one new report believes that remains the case even in a modern society. with marriage on the decline. and does pope francis owe his life to mi6? state of the nation starts now. i'll also be joined by my formidable panel, former conservative mp sirjohn redwood and historian and broadcaster doctor tessa dunlop. as ever, i want to hear from you. let me know your views. mail margaret gb news. com but now it's your favourite time of the day. the news bulletin with joe caspar. >> good evening. it's just gone. 8:00 i'm joe caspar in the gb newsroom and your top story this evening, sir keir starmer has today held a call with us president elect donald trump. the prime minister's spokesman said both men agreed on their joint ambition to strengthen the close and historic relationship between the us and the uk. mr starmer and mr trump reiterated the need for allies to stand together with ukraine in the face of

now it's being reported that the new prime minister of mauritius says the chagos islands deal struckr keir starmer isn't good enough and he wants to reopen talks. it's understood he rejects current terms as they would not produce the benefits that the nation could expect. his government has made counter—proposals to london and received a response, though no details have yet been provided. and fresh train strikes have been announced over new year after an offer was rejected by avanti west coast staff. workers are walking out after rejecting are walking out after rejecting a deal aimed at resolving a dispute over rest day working. the rmt union said its members working as train managers will strike on new year's eve, january the 2nd and sundays between january 12th and may 25th. those are the latest gb news headlines. now it's back to patrick for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code or go to gbnews.com/alerts. >> all right. good evening everybody. keir starmer is set to make a rare state visit to britain at some point soon. t

so british sovereignty over the chagos islands. therefore, since then , therefore, since then, a succession of ministers and officials are worried that they're going to all end up subject to the international court of justice. they're all going to be. now, this is this is this is this is the this is the panic that has set amongst the panic that has set amongst the official class, as it were. so they all think they need to comply with this. so this. so the tories thought about doing a deal. the tories thought about doing a deal . got close. didn't do one. yeah. >> lord cameron apparently told them to sing for their supper. yes. >> i think lord cameron did, having james cleverly having been a bit more relaxed about it, relaxed about it a bit more into doing a deal anyway. so the government does, the new government does, the new government does, the new government does a deal. and now two things have happened. the mauritian government has changed the new prime minister, who is demanding yet more cash. and obviously we have president t

this issue than my next guest, tom tugendhat, who had this to say to gb news earlier today before chagosvealed. >> the labour party is frankly being reckless in reaching out to china as they did at the g20 and as rachel reeves is planning to do in january, without having the proper protections ready. look, the foreign influence registration scheme would have built up the pattern of life. that means that incidents like this would have been alerted, would have been brought to attention earlier, and we would have been able to deal with them because as the intelligence expression goes, if you want to find a needle in a haystack. first you need a haystack. and the first scheme, particularly with the enhanced here, would build up that haystack, which means that you can actually find out what's going on. >> well, tom, thank you very much for joining >> well, tom, thank you very much forjoining me. chagos has now been named, and the secrecy surrounding it is part of the problem, isn't it, that it makes the discussion about the risk thatis the discussion about the risk that is posed much harder t

i think the chagos thing is so funny because trump is having to tell us not to give away our own territoryght away our own territory. he might have to step in to stop us being absolute idiots. i think it will get quashed by by trump's influence. >> yeah, and it's like trump stepped in to say, oh no, europe and the uk please maintain western liberal values of freedom of speech. you know, he's had to step in to stop us being communist and to stop us giving away our own territory. >> all right . let's take a look >> all right. let's take a look at the sunday times. nick, what have they got? >> yeah. so the times has dying. bill piles pressure on courts and nhs. so it's once again the assisted dying bill we've talked so much about. but there's a new aspect to it here, which is that it will eclipse the government's priorities and heap pressure on the already broken nhs and justice system. so it's we can't even kill people because we're so inefficient. it's basically what's happened. the country's just broken so we can't manage to kill people. i'm completely against assisted dying. i'm being sat

demanded £800 million from britain every year, plus billions of pounds in reparations as part of the chagosislands surrender deal. fresh reports suggest these costs could increase further still. could this be the worst dealin still. could this be the worst deal in political history? >> what a question. and gangs remain unsmashed. despite freezing temperatures, 1500 people have crossed the channel in small boats since christmas alone. now, as another three people perish making their way to the united kingdom. is it time to take drastic action and the government plans to make the school curriculum more diverse by decolonising subjects, which has been branded too monocultural. >> while furious opponents claim changes could damage national cohesion simply by focusing on what divides us. >> and in other news, five people today have been charged in connection with the death of one direction star liam payne in argentina, including the star's hotel receptionist, head of security and one of his closest friends. we'll have the latest. >> well, welcome back to a full fledged week here at good afternoo

now it's being reported that the new prime minister of mauritius says the chagos islands deal strucky sir keir starmer isn't good enough and he wants to reopen talks. it's understood he rejects current terms as they would not produce the benefits that the nation could expect. his government has made counter—proposals to london and received a response, though no details have yet been provided. another seven asylum hotels will close in the new year. that's according to the home secretary, yvette cooper told the commons home affairs committee today that she had issued closure orders for the seven hotels as the backlog of asylum cases has now started coming down. in november, ministers admitted 14 hotels had been opened and seven closed since labour came to power, bringing the total use to 220. and the government has rejected calls for compensation for women affected by changes to the state pension age. the work and pensions secretary says paying and pensions secretary says paying a flat rate for all women born in the 1950s would cost taxpayers more than £10 billion and wouldn't be fair.

and just when you thought sir keir starmer could not be a worse negotiator, the chagos islands deal has just gotten a whole lot worse and a whole lot more expensive. all that and more expensive. all that and more on tonight's show. but first, it's time for your headlines. and here's tatiana sanchez. >> martin, thank you very much. and good evening. the top stories, three afghan nationals who were convicted in belgium over their involvement in a major people smuggling ring, have been arrested whilst on the run in the uk. prosecutors in belgium say they were part of a gang involved in organising the transport of migrants from afghanistan through iran and the balkans into western europe. authorities say they were also part of a group who committed serious sexual offences, including rape, against male migrant minors. the gang members now face being returned to belgium to serve their sentences, and extradition proceedings have also begun. a fourth body has been recovered from the english channel near calais, after three migrants died when they fell from a small boat yesterday. french media r

for question because we've the first thing on his agenda has got to be what is happening about the chagosds, because it's very obvious that trump does not agree with that deal. the mauritian government now wants to renegotiate it. the one party in that left arguing that this is a good idea is the uk government. >> the one thing it made me worry about is that peter mandelson obviously was was was staunch remainer, wanted a second referendum. this appointment makes me think how close he is to keir starmer and working behind the scenes of the current labour government. do you think this is just another tiny step in towards pushing us back into some kind of back door deal with the eu? >> well, mandy was also an eu commissioner as well >> well, mandy was

. >> when the prime minister gave the chagos islands away, he signed us up to take sri lankan nationals who might be child abusers. does he even care about britain? also ? happy christmas britain? also? happy christmas everybody. don't get blown up by a jihadi at a christmas market. that's the message from our police forces this year. and they're trying to claim that it's normal . it's not. it's normal. it's not. >> plus, the one premier league captain who refused to wear the lgbtq+ armband at the weekend has been revealed. ipswich town captain sam morsy . captain sam morsy. >> outrage as premier league footballers are pressured into wearing rainbow armbands to push stonewall's lgbtq+ agenda. a muslim player refused. interesting england legend peter shilton will debate this and. our royal family have to apologise for slavery . but apologise for slavery. but they've welcomed qatar, a country that housed hamas and used slaves to build world cup stadiums. the world's gone mad. also, the man who threatened to kill lee anderson avoids prison. lee joins me live. he's angry, but not as angry a

then there was the bizarre decision to hand the chagos islands to mauritius, the staunch ally of chinaich of course put into doubt all our other overseas territories. then came the budget, the greatest failure of all with the brutal tax rises, the worst in modern history, worth £40 billion, putting labour's economic illiteracy on full display. whatever confidence this government had left is well and truly departed. this was also the moment read rachel broke her number one promise by increasing taxes on working people, and she knows she's let everyone down just look at her sitting next to starmer at prime minister's questions. she is a study in gloom. we recently had louise hague, the former transport secretary, resigning after it emerged she had committed fraud, which was fine as long as only keir knew about it, but was a resigning offence once the information was public and all of this has culminated not just in labour slipping behind the tories in the opinion polls, but behind the reform party too. so far, under starmer's labour, we have had six national policy forum priorities. keir

now it's being reported that the new prime minister of mauritius says the chagos islands deal struckby sir keir starmer isn't good enough and he wants to reopen talks. it's understood he rejected current terms as they would not produce the benefits that the nation could expect. his government has made counter—proposals to london and received a response, though no details have been provided. another seven asylum hotels will close in the new year. that's according to the home secretary, yvette cooper told the commons home affairs committee today that she had issued closure orders for the seven hotels as the backlog of asylum cases was now starting to come down. in november, ministers admitted 14 hotels had been opened and seven closed since labour came to power, bringing the total in use to 2020. and a good christmas deed gone wrong as radio dj jordan north was rescued from the river thames after trying to save a struggling dog from the water. the 34 year old got in the water near hammersmith bridge after spotting the labrador, but said he soon became panicky. fortunately, a crew from

plus reparations to give away our chagos islands.is it just a coincidence that his mate is the lawyer for mauritius? i think not also 2014, when michael gove introduced the national curriculum, he erased any blackness from from the curriculum. >> the curriculum was essentially whitewashed and its problematic black culture, black history, black achievement. it doesn't feature on the curriculum or in education hardly at all. the truth is not taught on britain's colonial past. >> is labour going to brainwash your kids? they're forcing your children into state schools and now they're decolonising the curriculum. >> plus , they've come here in >> plus, they've come here in solidarity to show how frustrated they are with this stupid inheritance tax and a lot of other things as well that are damaging british agriculture. >> now farmers are threatening a supermarket blockade. would you support them? >> and after £22 billion black hole, the government has inherited a £22 billion black hole in the public finances. we have inherited a projected

and we've had the chaos, the absurd surrender of the chagos islands, which has enraged not just presidentct donald trump but the new premier of mauritius too. not so much statecraft there as what a state. there was there as what a state. there was the rachel reeves cv fiasco and her claims to be an economist, but possibly only an economist with the truth. and the transport secretary, louise haigh , resigns following an haigh, resigns following an historic conviction for fraud over a work mobile. well, she's got plenty of time on her hands now to choose a new model from the carphone warehouse . perhaps the carphone warehouse. perhaps she's still got a few nokia 82 tens knocking around in a drawer at home. there was labour's sell—out to the unions and the inflation busting pay rise awarded to junior doctors and train drivers. and this week, sir keir starmer criticised open borders and that crazy figure of over a million people entering the uk in 2023 alone, even though he himself has previously blocked measures to get numbers down. and he axed the rwanda plan. our only deterrent to stop the

. >> now the now it's being reported that the new prime minister of mauritius says the chagos islandseal struck by sir keir starmer isn't good enough and he wants to reopen talks. it's understood he rejects current terms as they would not produce the benefits that the nation could expect. his government has made counter—proposals to london and received a response, though no details have yet been provided. in other news, the government has rejected calls for compensation for women affected by changes to the state pension age.the by changes to the state pension age. the work and pensions secretary says paying a flat rate to all women born in the 19505 rate to all women born in the 1950s would cost taxpayers more than £10 billion and wouldn't be fair. women against state pension inequality, also known as waspi, say they weren't informed properly about the information of changes. while liz kendall admitted there was a delay in notifying women. she insisted most were aware of the pension age rise. she has now confirmed there will be no compensation scheme, despite calls for one and some br

marbles , which, you the elgin marbles, which, you know, a short while after starmer's giving away the chagoss, he's now working his way through the museums and we may as well just give the whole museum away. really? basically, around 200 years ago, greece lost their marbles and have been acting pretty mad ever since. and they want them back and we've we've given them. but i feel they should be paying us rent for looking after them. >> i think that's a reparations . reparations? >> yeah. >> yeah. >> maybe if they just if they handled it a bit better and said, listen, thank you. thank you for, you know, for taking care of them. >> we polish them everything. yeah. >> and we'd send them back and we'd say, look at what a great job we did. >> i mean, it would be like the end of the raiders of the lost art, though when they're reinstalled in 1548

sri lankan criminals and child abusers to britain, all as part of its deal with mauritius over the chagos islands? it sounds crazy. it sounds bizarre, but one mp urgently wants answers and will speak to him . speak to him. >> well, yes, we have just heard some breaking news that andrew rt davies has resigned as leader of the welsh conservatives in the senate, saying a substantial minority of his party do not support him and his position is untenable. now this is interesting because you just told me only a few minutes ago that he'd won a vote of no confidence. >> he had, but but there had been a small minority of tory welsh assembly members that voted against him. so perhaps that's what he's talking about, because there are a few of his group that just don't support him. that's why he's out. this is all in the context, of course, of that extraordinary poll. we saw last week where plaid cymru in reform were the two largest parties by vote share in the senate. now they're having elections. not until the year after next, but but significant . a year in may significant. a year in may i think i

marbles , which, you the elgin marbles, which, you know, a short while after starmer's giving away the chagosnds, he's now working his way through the museums and we may as well just give the whole museum away. really? basically, around 200 years ago, greece lost their marbles and have been acting pretty mad 1553 0

and nigel farage challenges the government over self—determination for the chagos islands.re we witnessing a case of two tiered territories ? but first, it's territories? but first, it's time for your news. and here's sofia hill. in fact, actually, we're going to wait to get to the news. look at this lovely christmas tree. look at my lovely panel. it's going taller andifs lovely panel. it's going taller and it's nigel nelson. we're going to have a great time tonight. that story about elon musk and the $100 million. what a cat amongst the pigeons moment. it's an absolute dynamite story. will it ever happen? more to the point, will the labour party ever allow to it happen? as far as i'm concerned, i predicted this on november the 21st on this show, when elon musk first tweeted all the political establishments in britain will get crushed. what a night we've got ahead. that's coming . okay. we're talking. coming. okay. we're talking. i've been told to keep talking. gawain, let's bring you in. let's talk about elon musk. elon musk, now you're you're connected to the party or you

eight months, and another blow for sir keir starmer as the prime minister of mauritius rejects the chagosl and demands that talks reopen. >> the government can't even surrender british sovereign territory. >> yeah, so the prime minister, he's been out and about lots of different countries. he comes back to blighty and there's quite a lot on his plate. >> there certainly is. i mean, inflation news, not pretty, not good for the government. this waspi decision. i mean, it's understandable in my view. yeah. yeah, yeah. it's i mean the previous government made the same call. the country doesn't have tens of billions of pounds to send to people, 90, 90% of whom knew exactly what this change was. no. >> that's true. you don't know. that's true. the ombudsman, the ombudsman, the ombudsman also said that there is a case for compensation. and they said exactly how much there is a case for compensation. >> the ombudsman said that 90% of women. they also said that there is a case for compensation. and let's let's be real. let's be real about this. let's be real about this. let's be real. in 1995, thi

hugh, chagos and aleppo. there is you hugo. what kind of order is taking shape now and aleppo?rder is taking shape now and aleppo?— kind of order is taking shape now and aleppo? a lot of people will be paying — now and aleppo? a lot of people will be paying attention - now and aleppo? a lot of people will be paying attention to - will be paying attention to what happens here in aleppo because this was the first major city to be captured by the rebels in their astonishing offensive earlier this month. it is busy, as you can see. this is the main square here in central aleppo. this is the main square here in centralaleppo. i this is the main square here in central aleppo. i want to show you the poster here. this is a poster i found across the city. there is a qr code here and people can scan with their phones to get access to information about basic services, public services. there is an effort from the new authorities here to show that they are very much in power. it is also about the new signs in the city. i came to aleppo for the city. i came to aleppo for the first time when

foreign secretary is reportedly offering mauritius even more money than before, to just take the chagos islands. >> plus, please tell me, counsellor, what unfair advantages white people have in your force. >> i would hope not. none. >> i would hope not. none. >> do they have any advantages? no . then how can you be no. then how can you be institutionally racist ? institutionally racist? >> yeah. diversity training . >> yeah. diversity training. shock. horror is leading to a load of false racism claims . you load of false racism claims. you want to do an over the shoulder ? want to do an over the shoulder? >> this way ? >> this way? >> this way? >> talking of diversity, britain's top model is trans, apparently, and the usual types were on question time last night and don't forget, because those populist policies in the 30s are certain adolf hitler was elected. why do they always have to bring up hitler? i've got tomorrow's front pages tonight with my wonderful panel. this evening we are joined by guido fawkes. ollie wheatley, the director of migration, economic prosperity, steven woolfe

there is the issue of tariffs, defence spending, the government's proposed handover of the chagos islandsd what comes next, plus sir keir starmer�*s recent rapprochement with china. we are still a month from the inauguration. but power is shifting quite discernably in washington. it will be interesting to learn who initiated this call. but starmer would not be the first to have made advances to the president—elect. let's bring in our panel tonight, the former british ambassador to washington at kim darroch, and also here, the washington bureau chief for bloomberg news peggy collins. thank you, both public to have you alongside. saricam, let me start with you. the backdrop to this is really interesting, because our front pages full of nigel farage speaking next to elon musk and that today this phone call is arranged with the president—elect. for what purpose? do you think it is a coincidence or are there concerns about the relationship and even before it has begun? christian, it will be natural if there were concerns, because some of the things that the president elect said on the campaign

government has said it is confident a deal can still be struck with mauritius over the sovereignty of the chagosr the mauritian prime minister rejected the agreement s original terms. in october, the uk announced it had struck a deal which included leasing back the strategically important military base on diego garcia. negotiations have now restarted. australia is flying in emergency medical teams to vanuatu, following the powerful earthquake that struck the pacific island nation yesterday. at least 1a people are known to have been killed, and more than 200 people have been injured. the government has set out how it's going to spend £1 billion in england over the next year, tackling homelessness. the number of people living in temporary accommodation is at record levels, and those rough sleeping is on the increase too. 0ur social affairs correspondent michael buchanan reports. homelessness is at record levels. rough sleeping is on the increase, while the number of families in temporary accommodation has never been higher. more than 160,000 children are staying in such council funded properties,