breaking the promises that he made, and also other big news from reform uk today is, well, dame andrea jenkinsunced her as a defection and an upcoming mayoral candidate. >> tell us more . >> tell us more. >> tell us more. >> yeah, i mean, andrea has been a very loyal tory mp. she very much hoped that robert jenrick would win the leadership election campaign because jenrick had very much come to my position. it was like a tribute act really, that we should leave the echr, reduce net migration to down pretty much zero. but of course he lost. kemi badenoch has won. she gave an absolutely farcical press conference yesterday afternoon and remember these figures today are the responsibility of that conservative government. and mr andrews said, look, i think reform, you know, is where my heart is. so she's joined us and she will stand for us for the newly created position of mayor of greater lincolnshire and i think she's got a very good chance of winning . chance of winning. >> what would you say? i have to ask you as well. you've got andrew jenkins in one of the things that many gb news viewers hav

smashed the 100,000 membership barrier and then sensationally unveiled former tory minister dame andrea jenkinss their latest big name defection. and she blasted the tories are a sinking ship. but it wasn't all rosy for reform because today their former deputy leader , ben their former deputy leader, ben habib, dramatically quit the party, claiming he'd been banned from speaking at events. i'll speak exclusively to ben habib on today's show and that's all coming up in your next hour. on today's show and that's all coming up in your nelive our. on today's show and that's all coming up in your nelive on . on today's show and that's all coming up in your nelive on gb broadcasting for you live on gb news from the heart of westminster and all across the uk. on today's show , the prime uk. on today's show, the prime minister will speak to the nafion minister will speak to the nation shortly . in a short while nation shortly. in a short while on the day it was announced that net immigration hit almost 1 million last year after a mystery 170,000 were found, it seems down the back of the sofa at downing

instalments by 230,000, and reform took a victory lap after announcing former tory minister dame andrea jenkinsa new recruit to the party. >> she'll be the reform candidate for mayor of greater lincolnshire in may next year. >> today i've joined the party of the brave. our once great country is at a crisis point . country is at a crisis point. labour's record speaks volumes already. you must agree they have compromised our british territories, fleeced our farmers, and they're punishing our pensioners. in the past five months, as we have seen , our months, as we have seen, our british people have been locked up for expressing their opinions while real criminals are being released early onto our streets. this is not the britain that we deserve. >> so there we have it. lots of talk, lots of promises. but britain continues to bulge under the weight of its open borders. can anyone be trusted to slam the door shut? let's get the thoughts of my panel now. joining me this evening is the woman of the hour, dame andrea jenkyns. herself reform uk's party candidate for the mayor. elections in lincolnshire.

plus, reform uk has announced that former tory mp dame andrea jenkins is its new surprise candidate for lincolnshire mayor. meanwhile, the assisted dying bill is to be voted on tomorrow night as nigel farage was saying after my interviews with a tory mp and a labour mp on it for chopper's political podcast will be debating that topic. plus, after closure of centuries old smithfield and billingsgate markets in london, icaught billingsgate markets in london, i caught up with city of london councillor and lawyerjames councillor and lawyer james tonbridge, who voted against that controversial decision. state of the nation starts right now . i'iow. now. i'll also be joined by my panel gb news senior political commentator nigel nelson, and the journalist and conservative peer paul goodman. the email remains the same. mail @gbnews .com. send me your thoughts about immigration, assisted suicide and smithfield and billingsgate markets. but first, here are the headlines with sophia wenzler. >> chris thank you. good evening. it'sjust >> chris thank you. good evening. it's just gone. 8:00. these ar