i'm darren grimes . and for the next two grimes.you company on tv, online and on digital radio. we'll keep you up to date on the stories that really matter to you . coming up really matter to you. coming up this next hour, reform . the uk's this next hour, reform. the uk's surge in support could cost the tories up to 35 seats at the next general election. is sunak snookered? reform has seen its share of the vote more than double now. is it poised to blow a mortal blow to rishi sunak? then boris johnson has launched a defence of his leadership dunng a defence of his leadership during the covid pandemic. he said it was simply not right to say he didn't care about people's suffering in his final comments to the covid inquiry bofis comments to the covid inquiry boris johnson says the world still needs to find out where the virus came from. we'll discuss. and thousands of pro—palestinian protesters are once again marching in central london to demand straight against israel's campaign in gaza. but there's been mounting pressure on the metr

i'm darren grimes. and for the next houn darren grimes.eping you company on tv, online and on digital radio. coming up in this houn digital radio. coming up in this hour. has multiculturalism failed ? and the former home failed? and the former home secretary, suella braverman, has taken a swing at the policy in the telegraph today, saying that the telegraph today, saying that the hate on britain's streets proves that multiculturalism has failed. highlighting her concern about radicalisation in our schools and the normalisation of anti—semitism, i'm asking , is anti—semitism, i'm asking, is she right? then almost twice as many as uk voters now actually believe that a close relationship with the eu is more important for peace prospect and security than ties with the united states ? do they have united states? do they have a point? i can see. ben habib wanting to get in there or should these remainers just pipe down and bristol university have banned the singing of the national anthem at their graduation survey ? so i'll be graduation survey?

i'm darren grimes . thank day. i'm darren grimes.our company coming up this hour. it's one of the busiest days of the year for our high streets. as shoppers make the most boxing day make the most of boxing day sales . we'll be crossing to sales. we'll be crossing to leeds see shoppers are leeds to see what shoppers are getting up to. is this the latest attack on rural lifestyles? as tens of thousands of people turn out for a local boxing day hunt, campaigners are now urging sir keir starmer to ban the practice, and a very royal christmas will be looking back at how the royals celebrate christmas and the surprise reappearance of sarah ferguson duchess of york. plus a star of the crown reveals why prince harry cut him off as a fresh eyed. and do you get in touch ? send me and do you get in touch? send me your thoughts on gb views at gb news. com or message us on socials. we're at at gb news. i've got some of them to read out here. first of all though, we're going to get the news with sophia . sophia. >> thank you darren. good afternoon

you're watching merry christmas britain with me darren grimes . now, before we darren grimes.nkona . cracker with albie amankona. who's with me now in the studio . who's with me now in the studio. >> who's going to win? you to win you? >> what did you get ? >> what did you get? >> what did you get? >> well, let's have a look. i mean, normally they're not actually very good. >> the jokes are abysmal . >> the jokes are abysmal. >> the jokes are abysmal. >> so i think i've got some sort of cardboard reindeer, which is right . so useful. i certainly right. so useful. i certainly will be having this with me until my dying days. and then what does the joke say? how does a psychic know when santa is near? >> how does he know? yeah well, you tell me. >> yes . >> yes. >> yes. >> gosh, i don't know. >> gosh, i don't know. >> they can sense his presence. >> they can sense his presence. >> oh, wow . >> oh, wow. >> oh, wow. >> i thought that was actually quite good. >> all right. as far as they go, as far as they go, some of them are absolutely abysmal. very much is it very much is now whe

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i'm darren grimes , and before i'm darren grimes, and before yourjanuary diet begins, it's time for somet opinion. let's crack on with tonight's first debate and to kick things off tonight, it's darren. >> what have you got for us tonight, dazza. well i'm going tonight, dazza. well i'm going to talk to you about wetherspoons, my favourite place. >> be popping there after >> i'll be popping there after this. so tim martin, the pub landlord extraordinaire, he's been knighted. and the pearl clutch bigots are clutch and ramona bigots are having meltdown having a collective meltdown down. you'd think he'd claimed that turned to wine that he'd turned water to wine as opposed to being successful at selling it. this nhs nurses account their account on twitter. bless their hearts, can't seem to wrap hearts, they can't seem to wrap their heads around why a bloke who's made it possible to buy a pint in london for less than the price of a designer latte, deserves a knighthood, perhaps they're too busy navigating the labyrinth bureaucracy of the nhs to notice the real world out side, sir tim's not ju

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i'm darren grimes along with albie amankona ben leo, benjamin butterworth and belinda de lucy.eremy clarkson is right. london is lost. >> time to ban social media for all under eighteens. >> why i've got bad blood with taylor swift . we need to stop taylor swift. we need to stop throwing hundreds of millions at the rwanda scheme , and it has the rwanda scheme, and it has wokery gone too far in the office place . office place. >> it's 7 pm. and this is the saturday five. welcome along to the saturday five. question of sport has been axed by the bbc, so we're only 52 years away

i'm darren grimes , along with elliot care, grimes, along with elliot care, chloe dobbs, benjamin butterwortht on the show , king tonight on the show, king charles is making a big mistake by making himself the poster boy of net zero. >> uk taxpayers have given global quangos £85 billion. are they getting their money's worth? >> it's time to scrap the nhs model. even labour are finally realising it. harry and meghan need to stop talking double dutch and name the royal racists themselves . themselves. >> the london borough is flip flopping over hanukkah shows how morally perverse we have become. >> it's 7 pm. and this is the. saturday five. welcome to the saturday five, baby, it's cold outside, but it's about to warm up in here as we treat you to an hour of very heated debate. i'm delighted to say i'm joined by three new faces tonight, the brilliant head of campaigns at the taxpayers alliance, elliot kay. fantastic political commentator chloe dobbs, and she's director of the common sense society. so we might finally get some rational discussion around here. welcome. emma webb now, with all thes

i'm i'm darren grimes.hours, i'll be keeping you company on tv, online and on digital radio. coming up this houn digital radio. coming up this hour, former immigration minister robert jenrick has said the government's latest proposal to ensure it can send asylum seekers to rwanda will fail to end the merry go round of the scheme. getting caught up in legal issues will the government ever get this sorted then? rishi sunak will be questioned by the covid inquiry next week over his claims that scientists had too much power and that ministers failed to properly consider either the economic and societal impacts of lockdown. how will the prime minister fare in the inquiry ? and diane abbott has inquiry? and diane abbott has been given a trigger warning to protect school pupils from abuse. i want to know should politicians come with a trigger warning? and of course our very own nigel farage could become king of the jungle if you want to vote for him . to vote for him. >> i've been stuck in here a long time. i've g

i'm darren grimes along with albie amankona beunda grimes along with albie amankona belinda de lucy,on the show. if you want your bends to have houses, reduce mass migrate an suella was wrong about many things, but she was right to talk about the values of migrants crossing the channel. >> it's time to celebrate the stiff upper lip after nigel farage demonstrates it so well in the jungle. >> last night. >> last night. >> why? i agree with her late majesty, we must pay for the security of harry and meghan. and why it's time to end the covid inquiry farce once and for all. >> it's 7 pm. and this is the. saturday five. >> welcome to the saturday five. now, folks. nigel farage might be in the jungle, but it's going to be much more wild in here over the next hour . every week over the next hour. every week join i'll be benjamin and myself along with our guest stars tonight, it's the former brexit party mep belinda de lucy and a new face to the show, the assistant us opinion editor at

i'm darren grimes , along with elliot care, grimes, along with elliot care, chloe dobbs, benjamin butterworth , king tonight on the show, king charles is making a big mistake by making himself the poster boy of net zero. >> uk taxpayers have given global quangos £85 billion. are they getting their money's worth? >> it's time to scrap the nhs model. even labour are finally realising it. harry and meghan need to stop talking double dutch and name the royal racists themselves . themselves. >> the london borough is flip flopping over hanukkah shows how morally perverse we have become. >> it's 7 pm. and this is the. saturday five. welcome to the saturday five, baby, it's cold outside, but it's about to warm up in here as we treat you to an hour of very heated debate. i'm delighted to say i'm joined by three new faces tonight, the brilliant head of campaigns at the taxpayers alliance, elliot kay. fantastic political commentator chloe dobbs, and she's director of the common sense society. so we might finally get some rational discussion around here. welcome. emma webb now, with all these new faces ,

i'm darren grimes and i can promise that you're in for a very lively hour. s crack on with tonight's first debate. first up, it's albee. albee what are you kicking things off with tonight ? tonight? >> darren, i've got something new for you this week. praise for suella braverman . now, look, for suella braverman. now, look, my views on suella braverman are very well known . whilst i don't very well known. whilst i don't think she was the best home secretary and that she got a lot of stuff wrong during her time in government, i do think she got one thing right that was got one thing right and that was in her debate westminster in her debate in westminster earlier let's take earlier on this week. let's take a tens of thousands of mostly >> tens of thousands of mostly young men, many with values and social mores , at odds with our social mores, at odds with our own pouring into our country day after day , month after month , after day, month after month, year after year. is right. >> suella is right to say that there are many migrants crossing there are many mig

i'm darren grimes and i can promise that you're in for a very lively hour.o crack on now with tonight's first debate. belinda is kicking us off tonight. belinda, what have you got for us this evening? well of all the old christmas traditions is sadly in decline. >> there is one i feel we must hold on to dearly alongside christingle and flame lit puds and doorstep carolling. it is the very british tradition of kissing under the mistletoe . it kissing under the mistletoe. it has been reported that 45% of brits today have never been kissed under the mistletoe , and kissed under the mistletoe, and this gesture of hope and spontaneous romantic encounter at christmas is not being passed down to the next generation. kissing under the mistletoe is a true british tradition. gary lineker can't gleefully claim this one has nothing to do with being british. it is uniquely british. our druid ancestors hailed the healing powers of this ancient white berry during their winter solstice . it is in their winter solstice. it is in shakespeare, charles dickens 18th century poet

i'm darren grimes along with albie amankona beunda grimes along with albie amankona belinda de lucy, you want your bends to have houses, reduce mass migrate an suella was wrong about many things, but she was right to talk about the values of migrants crossing the channel. >> it's time to celebrate the stiff upper lip after nigel farage demonstrates it so well in the jungle. >> last night. >> last night. >> why? i agree with her late majesty, we must pay for the security of harry and meghan. and why it's time to end the covid inquiry farce once and for all. >> it's 7 pm. and this is the. saturday five. >> welcome to the saturday five. now, folks. nigel farage might be in the jungle, but it's going to be much more wild in here over the next hour . every week over the next hour. every week join i'll be benjamin and myself along with our guest stars tonight, it's the former brexit party mep belinda de lucy and a new face to the show, the assistant us opinion editor at the telegraph and gb news contributor poppy colburn. this is going to be a bumpy ride. you know the ropes. each of us get

i'm darren grimes and thank you very much for joining us on this boxing day. thank you very much forurs, i'll be keeping you on tv, online and on you company on tv, online and on digital radio. we'll keep you up to date on the stories that really matter to coming . up really matter to you. coming. up this hour. it's one of the busiest days of the year for our high streets, as shoppers make the day sales . the most of boxing day sales. we'll be crossing to leeds to see shoppers are getting up see what shoppers are getting up to as the tories fumble with their rwanda asylum plan . labour their rwanda asylum plan. labour are now considering alternative lives as migration is set to be the battleground of 2024. it might be a white christmas for some, but the met office have provisionally recorded the hottest christmas day on record and a very royal christmas. we'll be looking back at how the royals celebrated christmas and the surprise reappearance of sarah ferguson, duchess of york . sarah ferguson, duchess of york. and do get in touch. send me your thoughts. much more important than min

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i'm darren grimes along with albie amankona ben leo, benjamin butterworth and belinda de lucy.t. london is lost. >> time to ban social media for all under eighteens. >> why i've got bad blood with taylor swift . we need to stop taylor swift. we need to stop throwing hundreds of millions at the rwanda scheme , and it has the rwanda scheme, and it has wokery gone too far in the office place . office place. >> it's 7 pm. and this is the saturday five. welcome along to the saturday five. question of sport has been axed by the bbc, so we're only 52 years away from being britain's longest running running panel show. and as always, i'm alongside alby and benjamin and we're also joined by the brilliant belinda de lucy . plus back after many a long week, it's ben leo, he , of week, it's ben leo, he, of course, boldly ventured somewhere very few englishmen dare to tread, and even fewer survive unscathed . and as well survive unscathed. and as well as getting married, he was also popping as getting married, he was also popping over to australia for a bit. so you know, you know the drill.

i'm darren grimes and i can promise that you're in for a very lively hour.'s crack on with tonight's first debate. first up, it's albee. albee what are you kicking things off with tonight .7 tonight? >> darren, i've got something new for you this week. praise for suella braverman . now, look, for suella braverman. now, look, my views on suella braverman are very well known . whilst i don't very well known. whilst i don't think she was the best home secretary and that she got a lot of stuff wrong during her time in government, i do think she got one thing right that was got one thing right and that was in her debate westminster in her debate in westminster earlier let's take earlier on this week. let's take a tens of thousands of mostly >> tens of thousands of mostly young men, many with values and social mores , at odds with our social mores, at odds with our own pouring into our country day after day , month after month , after day, month after month, year after year. is right. >> suella is right to say that there are many migrants crossing there are many m

i'm darren grimes.nune keeping you company on tv, online and on digital radio. i'll keep you up to date on the stories that really matter to you coming up this hour, reform uk's search and support could cost tories up to 35 seats in the next general election. reform has seen its share of the vote more than double. that's according to the most recent polls. so is it poised to inflict a mortal blow to rishi sunak? then robert jenrick , who sunak? then robert jenrick, who was the immigration minister until he quit earlier this week, has written a damning article warning that the conservative party faces a red hot fury from voters over its handling of the migration crisis. he says there are too many migrants to integrate it into society. i'll be asking, is he right? and thousands of pro—palestinian protesters are once again marching in central london to demonstrate against israel's bombing of gaza. but there has been mounting pressure on the metropolitan police

. >> hello and welcome to gb news saturday i'm darren grimes and for the next three hours i'll be keepingou up to date on the stories that really matter to you coming up this hour, we'll be speaking to a psychologist about the walls of awkward christmas gifts. >> i mean, what do you do, folks? when you get a pair of socks or a lynx? africa box set from third twice from your third cousin twice removed? we'll have the answers shortly. a new research has suggested brits could be opting for cups of tea over fizz and beer this christmas. we'll be heanng beer this christmas. we'll be hearing from the head of the uk tea infusions association . tea and infusions association. will you be saying cheers with a clink of your china this year ? clink of your china this year? let me know by getting in touch. send we're at send us your thoughts. we're at gbviews@gbnews.com or message us where on socials at gb news. first of all though we're going to get you news with the fabulously festive polly middlehurst . at. middlehurst. at. >> darren thank you. good afternoon to you. well our top story from the gb