welcome jack blanchard. to you both.t jack blanchard. what somebody come in and we wi start at what somebody come in and we will start with the metro. the metro. the metro leads with the coronavirus ‘vaccine brea kthrough', speculating that ten million doses ‘could be ready by christmas'. the telegraph hails the news as ‘a great day for humanity', with scientists saying britain could return to normal life by spring. the guardian calls the vaccine test results a ‘significant breakthrough‘, adding that it offers the ‘distant prospect of a potential end‘ to the pandemic. the mail describes it as ‘one small jab for man‘ and a ‘giant leap for humanity‘ and says that the vaccine could be rolled out within weeks. the i writes that ‘the world celebrates‘ — and quotes vaccine developers on its front page who say they‘re ‘on the cusp of one of the biggest medical advances in 100 years‘. the financial times reports on its impact on what it calls ‘battered global markets‘ — saying news of a vaccine has given some sectors a boost. so

jack blanchard of politico. a look at the papers with our reviewers giles kenningham and miatta fahnbulleh. that's coming up after the national bulletin with mishal husain. most of the debilitating effects of statins are not caused by the drug, but by people believing it will make them sick, according to a study by imperial college london. the phenomenon is known as the "nocebo effect" and may account for 90% of the ill health associated with the drugs. earlier i spoke to one of the co—authors of the study, dr howard jones — and asked him to explain more about the nocebo effect. as people now, the nocebo effect is where you take a drug where you think it will help you and even if it is just think it will help you and even if it isjust a think it will help you and even if it is just a shepherd tablet, you truly do feel a lot better. —— the placebo effect. the nocebo effect is the opposite and we wondered with statins that this could be a problem because when people pick up their newspaper and the point they learn

jack blanchard is the uk political editor of politico. hejoins us now. o he joins us now. jack, nice to see you. how significant is the timing of this. we know dominic cummings and lee kane left only at the end of this week, packed their boxes and off they went. this was supposed to be the weak borisjohnson reasserted control over number ten. it never rains but falls for this prime minister. had a big plan in downing street they had been dreaming up over the weekend for a big relaunch after the chaos we had seen in number ten over the last few days. we had —— they had a big speech planned and he was planning to meet with unhappy mps, and prime minister's questions on wednesday in the house of commons, another event as well. instead he will find himself locked back in his home for another ten days. it is naturally critical time for him. imagine the look on his face when the call comes through from test entries on a sunday telling him he has to stay in for ten days. —— test and trace. cynics will say it serves him well because he does not have to face the m

this was spotted by jack blanchard, the uk political editor of politico ‘should somebody tell them?n his plot to blow up the houses of parliament. but it does seem because americans think they are the centre of the world that some americans thought that actually people in britain was celebrating joe biden in his victory when maybe it was bonfire night. yes, bonfire night and my dog did not like it at all. very beautiful but goodness me, new parents and pet owners were not happy. it‘s been an absolute pleasure working with you, lore and washington. from me in london, thank you forjoining aforethought right back at you, baby. hello there. it has been a rather grey and gloomy sunday for many of you, but for the stage in november it‘s actually been incredibly mild, and that mild story continues this week. what we‘ve got at the moment, two swirls of cloud, two areas of low pressure out to the west and this one will bring some showers tomorrow. this is what‘s with us today bringing cloud and patchy rain, but both coming up from a general, southerly direction and with that southerly flow,

with me are the defence editor of the times, lucy fisher, and the uk editor of politico, jack blanchard. a few more papers in since we last spoke, both of you, but let's kick off first with — in fact we haven't got the stack, i don't think. or maybe we have, we call it the stack. we've got the graphics now, let's look at what we've already got in. the metro leads with the coronavirus "vaccine brea kthrough", speculating that ten million doses "could be ready by christmas". the times says the vaccine milestone "heralds normal life by next spring". the telegraph hails the news as "a great day for humanity", writing that drugs giant pfizer says its jab is safe and ready to be deployed. the guardian calls the vaccine test results a "significa nt breakthrough", adding that it offers the "distant prospect of a potential end" to the pandemic. the mail describes it as "one small jab for man" and a "giant leap for humanity" and says that the vaccine could be rolled out within weeks. the i writes that "the world celebrates" — and quotes vaccine developers on its front page who say they're "on the

this was spotted by jack blanchard —— the uk political editor of politico —— "should somebody tell them this out that it was forjoe biden, and she insists it was actually forjoe biden and her part, but the truth is, of course, when bonfire night is in the middle of the week and i think when was it, wednesday this week? they tend to roll them over, don't they come into saturday? so there were loads of fireworks last night. i'm sure some of them were celebrating joe biden's victory, but most of them... typical of it though, christian, to think that the world revolves around them and that the brits were not having their little parochial celebration. you can say they're sitting out in washington, but i can't say that. i can say that as a dual citizen. yes can you can come asa dual citizen. yes can you can come as a dual citizen. there have been celebrations in the vice president—elect‘s ancestral village in india. the people of thula—sendra—puram, a small village in the indian state of tamil nadu, woke up early to celebrate the first south asian american to win the second—highest us office.

if we go to jack blanchard. thanks very much.ngers of them. how will you combat that over the next few weeks and how concerned are you take up will not be taken up. and how can we do this so be taken up. and how can we do this so the virus is defeated next year? on priti patel, what is the point of having an independent adviser on priti patel, what is the point of on ministerial standards if the prime minister will ignore the advice when it is one of his mates in the firing line? i've answered the question on the home secretary and the prime minister has been clear that he doesn't think the home secretary has broken the ministerial code. on the substantive question about the vaccine, i will turn to jonathan van tam in a second because he has been very clear about the best way to explain to people the benefits of having a vaccine. and all of mainstream science supports the use of vaccines where they are safe. and their safety can be assured by the fact that no vaccine would be rolled out unless it is signed off by the regulator, w