to heard earlier from geoffrey cox, the here on college., talking to heard earlier from geoffrey coxom geoffrey cox, the here on college green. he) me here on college green. he said that thinks it can get said that he thinks it can get through lords eventually through the lords eventually and he it. martin you like he gives it. martin you like this a better than evens chance of flights taking off in of these flights taking off in may, so i might lose my beer. after all, i don't think you will, chris. >> i think it's safe. the nightmare before christmas was avoided, but think plenty more avoided, but i think plenty more tears new year for rishi tears in the new year for rishi sunak en rwanda. chris hope, thank joining on thank you for joining us on the show. course, ever . now, show. of course, as ever. now, rishi sunak thought things couldn't worse than i'm couldn't get much worse than i'm afraid because nigel afraid he's wrong because nigel farage arrived back in blighty this morning and he's told the tories that they're heading for a catastrophic defeat at the next election. a warn

we'll talk to conservative mp sir geoffrey cox, a former attorney general, who supports the bill.lso tonight: an exclusive report from newsnight discovers that elite afghan soldiers trained by the uk are facing imminent deportation back to taliban—controlled afghanistan. the afghans will say, well, you manage to mount a complex, comprehensive— manage to mount a complex, comprehensive enduring military o eration comprehensive enduring military operation into _ comprehensive enduring military operation into afghanistan, - comprehensive enduring military operation into afghanistan, so i comprehensive enduring military. operation into afghanistan, so the fact you cannot help us with this small thing of managing the migration of maybe a couple of thousand, you are either guilty of incompetence or ill will. you can't have it both ways. the full report in a quarter of an hour. and as the prime minister spent the day giving evidence at the covid inquiry about his actions when he was chancellor, how did the decisions of the government fare in comparison to other countries? we will ask whet

but geoffrey cox with a warning.s to the commons, we could be facing withdrawal rights withdrawal of the human rights act echr at the election act of the echr at the election as a campaign issue next year. back to you. thank you, christopher. >> we got to lots of breaking news, one about gary lineker. we're going to talk about in a moment, also james bulger's moment, but also james bulger's killer, venables , has been killer, jon venables, has been denied with the panel denied parole with the panel ruling that he still poses poses a to the public. he a threat to the public. he murdered the toddler when he was ten years old 1993. of course ten years old in 1993. of course , you are very relieved about this because he's been back in prison twice for engaging in paedophile acts. >> and i'm afraid i think there is evidence that you can't cure a paedophile and of course, and he's a menace to children and there was controversy around this recently because the parents of jamie bulger wanted to the parole hearing and parents

and geoffrey cox do take off? two hours ago, forgive me now that he thinks is a better than even chance that flights take in may. now, given the take off in may. now, given the majority night , take off in may. now, given the majority night, i asked the majority last night, i asked the spokesman for labour what will happenif spokesman for labour what will happen if the flights take off, if it's starting to work. they said they would they would repeal if it's repeal it even if it's successful. fascinating . successful. that's fascinating. they see the problem they've got with it's deportation with it is it's a deportation plan, not an offshore processing plan. so at the heart of it, it is not necessarily the successful they like the successful. they don't like the idea deporting people from idea of deporting people from here protest in rwanda. here to protest in rwanda. they're not so not so against an offshore processing one. but it's the deportation part of rwanda they hate and they will withdraw it . even if it'

but i also thought geoffrey cox thought that geoffrey cox answered a lot of rob's points.ally, i think getting this bill through will be an important tool and hope we can important tool and i hope we can get those flights going and that will act as a massive deterrent effect. we reduce effect. and we can reduce illegal migration also. martin we need to be reducing legal migration as well. we need to be delivering what our voters and the british people want to us deliver. >> yeah, absolutely. i think people would agree with that. 745 net is simply too much . people would agree with that. 745 net is simply too much. but back to this debate tonight, question 200 £290 million rumoured to have been spent on the policy so far, not a single person has been deported . and person has been deported. and tonight's vote isn't just around the idea at all. it's about the legal principality. it's watertightness . and that is what watertightness. and that is what the star chamber were concerned about yesterday . we took legal about yesterday. we took legal counsel ourselves last week here

we caught up with geoffrey cox, mp earlier . i with geoffrey cox, mp earlier.ite pathetic. >> yeah. what are the odds on flights taking off with migrants in the spring in may, as the pm has promised ? has promised? >> i would put it at slightly higher than evens . higher than evens. >> oh, great. are we can we can all live off that can't we? almost as pathetic as the utter contempt that our snot nosed pubuc contempt that our snot nosed public school boy civil servants have you , me and ordinary have for you, me and ordinary people like anderson assam jumped up, overpaid home office civil servants . how many people civil servants. how many people had been deported a couple of weeks ago? they couldn't answer. they didn't care . well, the they didn't care. well, the ironically named immigration delivery minister, tom pursglove , was before that select committee today not answering questions again from lee anderson. what are the minister's first, the mr ryecroft and mr ridley, who to my knowledge didn't answer one simple single question throughout the whole session

we caught up with geoffrey cox, mp earlier . i with geoffrey cox, mp earlier.tic. >> yeah. what are the odds on flights taking off with migrants in the spring in may, as the pm has promised ? has promised? >> i would put it at slightly higher than evens . higher than evens. >> oh, great. are we can we can all live off that can't we? almost as pathetic as the utter contempt that our snot nosed pubuc contempt that our snot nosed public school boy civil servants have you , me and ordinary have for you, me and ordinary people like anderson assam jumped up, overpaid home office civil servants . how many people civil servants. how many people had been deported a couple of weeks ago? they couldn't answer. they didn't care . well, the they didn't care. well, the ironically named immigration delivery minister, tom pursglove , was before that select committee today not answering questions again from lee anderson. what are the minister's first, the mr ryecroft and mr ridley, who to my knowledge didn't answer one simple single question throughout the whole session. >> do y

i mean, i'm with geoffrey cox. things about cox. there's a few things about it. legal, legal, tax.than even chance of flights taking off in may. i think it's a less may. so i think it's a bit less safe. going hold my beer safe. i'm going to hold my beer a so it's a bit tighter so it's not grabbed by rishi sunak. >> well, i like your glass half full but think the full attitude, but i think the beer safe now. moving on beer is safe now. moving on to the the battle to stop the latest on the battle to stop migrants housed on the migrants being housed on the former essex, raf former raf base in essex, raf wethersfield, of course, could house as many as 1700 male asylum seekers . but the charity asylum seekers. but the charity care for calais is taking legal action against the government. it says its efforts are a bid to literally safeguard people's lives . well, i'm joined now by lives. well, i'm joined now by alan mckenzie , who is the chair alan mckenzie, who is the chair of the fields association. thanks for joining of the fields association. thanks forjoining us on the thanks for jo

i remember that geoffrey legal advice over geoffrey cox, legal advice over the , the rails, the the brexit the rails, the weeks of consternation about whether or not that should be published the government in published and the government in the end doing this half house sort of doing summary sort of doing the summary publishing, is it your understanding the government is not publish not going to just publish a summary advice, but the summary of this advice, but the advice full? that would be advice in full? that would be a very remarkably unusual step , very remarkably unusual step, and that's not happening for that reason. >> tom that never happens really . we get summaries even . >> tom that never happens really . we get summaries even. i'm an old enough to remember the iraq war in 2003. that was a summary of legal advice, and that went through lots iterations with through lots of iterations with freedom of information battles. but this very happens. but this very rarely happens. viewers understand this viewers should understand this almost . you see it almost never happens. you see it d

. >> thinking of geoffrey >> i'm thinking of geoffrey cox, the general, the former attorney general,be fine. and i, lord pannick, probably one of the most high, highly paid lawyers the highly paid lawyers in the country. if not europe. he country. yeah, if not europe. he says this is going work. says this is going to work. well, why don't you trust their judgement? >> well, we've had a range of different i mean, different legal opinion. i mean, we've star chamber , we've also had the star chamber, which raised significant concerns the bill. concerns about the bill. >> they not in the same >> are they not in the same league as lawyers the star league as lawyers, the star chamber, are they? bill is league as lawyers, the star cigreater, are they? bill is league as lawyers, the star cigreat man, they? bill is league as lawyers, the star cigreat man, buty? bill is league as lawyers, the star cigreat man, but he'sll is league as lawyers, the star cigreat man, but he'sll a is a great man, but he's not a lawyer. i think what it's not just mark, i'm bill cash on the star chamber. just mark,

morigeoffrey cox are 'ise people say, well, we should pay them morigeoffrey cox are 'ise peito.e like geoffrey coxp having a second job is anathema me. second job is anathema to me. well, these well, they've got all these constituents. they should be looking them . constituents. they should be loo rishi them . constituents. they should be loo rishi th has the second >> rishi sunak has the second job. minister. jeremy job. he's prime minister. jeremy hunt a second job, 100 hunt has a second job, 100 ministers ministers and their ministers or ministers and their mps as well. but they are, i think, i think every mp should have at least a second job. >> no no no no no no no no no no >> n0 [10 [10 [10 [10 [10 [10 [10 [10 [10 [10 [10. >> no no. >> that's how they go out and they get more experience in the world the properly. >> have time. >> you don't have time. >> you don't have time. >> rishi not doing the job >> it's rishi not doing the job properly. starmer doing properly. keir starmer not doing as people. as many people. >> doing the >> and rishi has not doing the job he has many people job properl