laboun said this is absolute nonsense. labour. yes they have, yes they have.ll. >> the obe a minute, bill, if they knew at the tory spring budget what they know now, their forecasts would have been materially different. that's as close as the obr comes to accusing the last government of. >> i don't know how many of those little drinks have you had, i'm telling you, because everybody in westminster knows, everybody in westminster knows, everybody knows. the numbers were there in the books and what labour are trying to do, understand why they're trying to do it. understand the politics. it's not us, guv. it was the people who came before. but no one's buying it anymore. which is why, as we sit here, december 24th, keir starmers ratings —32 rachel reeves is basically the same. that's what i'd call prince andrew territory in the polling world. everybody can see through this. and it's about, you know, i think for me this yean you know, i think for me this year, it was about the political choices that this labour government has made. like we always knew that labour

the state to give you a home because you're incapable of getting it yourself, because you voted for labounu voted for labour. and labour is taxing. >> i didn't vote for you. i voted for you. >> rent or do you own lewis? >> rent or do you own lewis? >> i was one of those foreigners who came to this country and bought a property. >> which was one of the people. >> which was one of the people. >> yeah, one of the people which. >> but you're living in the property. that's very different. it's a false equivalency to say that. >> no, let the people in this country, there's a british saying, god bless the british is it is a man's home is his castle. but not when you have the government telling you what you need to do with it. if the government wants to buy a property, they have eminent domain in this country, do they not? rydon eminent domain where they're allowed? >> it's just called compulsory purchase over compulsory. compulsory domain is one of those where they say, hey, there's a huge building that's owned by the chinese people. >> they haven't done anything with it. we're buying it. and the

because laboun strategy wouldn't it?labour, the way things are going, they're tanking themselves in the polls. so you want to attack the tories right now? that's how you win. >> i mean, but this is the thing about polls, isn't it? the elections four and a half years away potentially. so this is all about if this could this be part of his plan, labour's plan. and then we have the upswing in a couple of years. we'll see. but at the moment they've not had a great start obviously. >> and they've also i suppose our main story is middle class support , vat on private schools, support, vat on private schools, says phillipson. so bridget phillipson very objective on this policy. and she says people love it. middle class parents have largely been priced out of private schools, and that's why there's such support for our policy. >> so she thinks we're providing any evidence for that particular theory. >> this is biased as nigel farage being pro nigel farage. how dare they? >> yeah. >> yeah. >> it's ridiculous. >> it's ridiculous.

now, i'm obviously laboun politicians.but let's say gavin williamson, who , sir sorry, sir, williamson, who, sir sorry, sir, gavin williamson was given a knighthood six months after the exams failure that failed. so many of our children . so why? many of our children. so why? where was the monologue about that? >> where was i? i think i think you might find. well, i think you might find. well, i think you might find one actually, because i certainly wasn't impressed with gavin williamson ehhen impressed with gavin williamson either. and i would have definitely done one on that. and there is one somewhere. but look, emma, the fact that he's earned another term or three terms in a row, i think says more about our political system than you know, how competent he is, because if we look at his record on things like knife crime , attacks on women and crime, attacks on women and girls in his great capital and, you know , really strange you know, really strange decisions with regard to ads on tube on, you know, on tfl, which he ha

. >> but remember this was new laboun >> alastair campbell featured quite prominently in it.they might be pro bully. >> yeah, so maybe that was actually a compliment. maybe mr trump will take it as such. but it's interesting that farage is sitting there, has offered his services to act as a sort of bndge services to act as a sort of bridge to washington, which would make sense because he's got a very good relationship with trump. and j.d. vance has a relationship going back years and could probably build those bridges. and, you know, trump trump has made no secret of the fact that he's going to punish other countries, whether they're seen as friends or foes, if they have any sort of trade deficit. and we're getting into that later in the show. but there is a trade deficit. i think it runs about $1.5 billion a month. so, you know, trump is going to be looking to turn the screws on britain. and our screws are already quite turned. so we don't want that just quickly. >> that was satirical content about alastair campbell. please don't sue me alastair. it's christmas love the podc

feet as she kicks off this afternoon's debate on the divisive farming inheritance tax proposed by laboun inheritance tax proposed by labour. it is, of course, after the chancellor's recent budget, which could see farming families facing tax bills worth hundreds of thousands, even millions of pounds, with many farmers asset rich but cash poor. some may be forced to sell off land , forced to sell off land, threatening the future of food production. we will, of course, keep across the developments in the commons as that debate continues throughout the rest of this afternoon . in the meantime, this afternoon. in the meantime, though, our reporter jack carson is in lincoln for us and he's been speaking to one farmer, andrew ward , who's warned there andrew ward, who's warned there could be more plans for protests . could be more plans for protests. >> one thing is we won't stop. you know, we're not going to lie down. and if the government don't listen in the next week or two, we're not going to stop the other week, two weeks ago, we had 45,000 people in london, and that was only arranged two

i know labour don't care about the working class is because i come from this area and we had a laboun area and we had a labour. we had a labour mp for nearly 100 years consistently and we're still bloody poor. so you know, and labour council and labour councils, i live in nottingham now we've got a labour council which is bankrupt. you know, we've had labour politicians when, when we talk about governments. yeah, governments come and go. but those of us who've lived in the red wall, we've had labour politicians for 100 years. what is it about that then, andy? >> because we've still point. i make this point sometimes on my political journey that you look at all the red wall areas, they've all got a couple of things in common. they're all poon things in common. they're all poor. they're the high streets are devastated, all the industries are gone. and what have they had over the last 100 years? they've had a labour mp and the labour councils. why is that? >> i think it's probably a loyalty based thing. you know, when we did have industry, when we did have real communities, the unions we

laboun on politically, isn't there? labour. the gift. i mean, christmas terms.ift that keep on giving. >> well, they do, don't they? and this is this a good, good gift, though? i mean, seriously, peter mandelson. who is he? what kind of a man is he? labour peer peter mandelson. he's set to be made the british ambassador to the us as the prime minister attempts to forge a relationship with the incoming trump administration. yes. >> lord mandelson, who was instrumental in the new labour movement under tony blair. of course he'll take over as donald trump begins his second term as us president. >> now this comes as the prime minister's chief of staff, morgan mcsweeney, held a secret meeting with donald trump top his top team this week. so can labour get trump onside to speak to former labour special adviser paul richards? listen, paul, it's going to be a tall order, isn't it? surely. i know lots of people have said horrible things to donald trump and he seems to get over it. but let's not forget our foreign secretary david lammy and his words, calling him a neo—naz

another show and she had praised reform and said they were surging ahead and were actually a danger to labounctually a danger to labour. and that is absolutely true. and labour have seen this. they know what's happening. they you know, the reform party is what happens in a country where the ruling party is not listening to the needs and the wants of the electorate. and listening to the needs and the want

you know, absolutely extraordinary headune absolutely extraordinary headline figure of victory for labounine figure of victory for labour. there is this massive splintering of the electorate as as never before. frankly, i think as never before. fr

but laboun 0.4% in the second quarter.t labour, the self—proclaimed adults in the room, the purveyors of economics, the people who vowed never to play fast and loose with the country's finances have delivered 0% growth for the first quarter in charge, with an actual decline in gdp per capita, which is even more important as that means every individual in the country is getting poorer. indeed, early estimates suggest that in october, the first month in the fourth quarter of this year, the economy contracted. which means, if true, labour has actually shrunk the economy since taking power. all of this stems from labour's disastrous anti—growth, anti—business and indeed anti—working people budget. here's what chief secretary of the treasury red rachel ayers number two had to say in response to today's news. >> so look, this labour government is going into 2025 with absolute resolve to work with absolute resolve to work with investors, wealth creators and workers across the country to stimulate economic growth and improve livin

as expected, working from home is returning to the civil service under laboun to the civil service underr, with office attendance falling in 13 government departments, with france's government having collapsed. south korea in and out of martial law and romania possibly going to elect a russophile right wing leader, will be looking at the state of our allies political turmoil. plus, the former prime minister boris johnson, the great man has accused the reverend keir starmer of misleading the house after he claimed he had a criminal conviction. so will the privileges committee reopen the kangaroo court? state of the nafion kangaroo court? state of the nation starts now . nation starts now. also be joined by my most formidable panel joined by my most formidable panel, former conservative mp and cabinet minister sirjohn and cabinet minister sir john redwood, and the historian and broadcaster tessa dunlop. as even broadcaster tessa dunlop. as ever, it's a crucial part of the programme. let me know your views mailmogg@gbnews.com. but now it's your favourite time of the day. the news bulletin wi

you know, absolutely extraordinary headune absolutely extraordinary headline figure of victory for labounine figure of victory for labour. there is this massive splintering of the electorate as as never before. frankly, i think it almost takes us back to the kind of unstable coalitions and the ever changing politics of the 1920s, when we actually saw a similarly fragmented picture. if you talk to labour mps privately, particularly those who won unexpected seats, those who won unexpected seats, those in the red wall, they often, i don't think, like to talk about this too much publicly. they want to put on a bullish front, but i think many of them are absolutely terrified and there are great many seats where reform came in second place. and frankly, although the conservative brand has been thoroughly trashed and they were deservedly beaten, i think another story of this year has been a very, very hasty fall from grace for keir starmer and his labour party. and i think reform has the double advantage of being able to be a lot of different things to different voters across the country. you kn

we are going to become the challengers of laboun become the challengers of labour. we are becoming the real opposition. they can say what they like. the conservative brand is broken. so many broken promises. time and time again. people have had enough. they are looking for something fresh, new and honest. >> now. russian air defences were responsible for downing an azerbaijan airlines plane that crashed in kazakhstan, killing 38 people, according to the reuters news agency, all sources speaking to them. the plane has been diverting from an area of southern russia where moscow has repeatedly used air defence systems against ukrainian drone strikes. a period of national rail disruption has begun today in efforts to allow for major engineering works, including for hs2. meanwhile, avanti workers are preparing to stage a five month long series of strikes after pay negotiations broke down. travellers are being advised to check before they travel. and brits across the country have swapped the boxing day sales for the beach as they embrace the cold water for a festive swim.

green energy baron, dale vince, the multi—millionaire eco warrior who bankrolled just stop oil and labounho bankrolled just stop oil and labour, is in court for a bitter divorce battle. dale is always preaching about the environment and how we need to live a sustainable lifestyle, but his ex—wife has blown the lid on his lifestyle. she claims he's not knitting his own yoghurt, he's swigging imported champagne on private jets and swanning around in yachts and helicopters. it doesn't sound very low carbon to me. what a hypocrite. and should we be allowed to marry our own cousins? british politician iqbal mohammed stood up in parliament this week and defended the practice, saying it builds family bonds. yeah, i mean, i guess it does, but if you want a family activity, couldn't you just go to alton towers instead of pumping your cousin? the problem is getting so bad. 75% of pakistani families in bradford are cousin marriages, that this is getting so bad that the nhs is hiring midwives specialised in cousin marriage. i think it's great though. with rising sea levels, those webbed fingers will

laboun steeper rises of up to 84%., though, says the extra money will be ring fenced for fixing pipes and building reservoirs, with any unused funds returned to customers. new laws are also being introduced to force water bosses to report sewage leaks, with tougher penalties for non—compliance. those are the latest headlines for now. i'll be back with you in an hour. now, though, it's back over to michael 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. >> gbnews.com/alerts. >> thank you very much, sam. a key to margaret thatcher's success was boosting the property owning democracy. it was assumed that home owners were more likely to be tory and to breed conservative voters for future elections. britain used to have one of the highest rates of home ownership, but the proportion has sunk, and many young voters now see little hope of stepping onto the ownership ladden of stepping onto the ownership ladder. with annual immigrants vastly o

laboun we're all footing the bill.labour, meanwhile, is reportedly drawing up brand new plans to diversify the curriculum taught in britain's schools and to breathe new life into our outdated system. and elon musk says that keir starmers britain is not good for investment, and a record number of young people at the same time are now leaving britain to look for work elsewhere. is britain in the midst of a catastrophic brain drain? that's the question we'll be debating tonight. and concerns have been raised that up to 100 radical extremists could be allowed back into britain if shamima begum gets her citizenship back. are we about to open the floodgates to more danger on britain's streets? state of the nation with me. matt goodwin starts right now. i'll also be joined tonight by my panel, former labour mp lloyd russell—moyle and political commentator alex armstrong. as even commentator alex armstrong. as ever, let me know your views. gbnews.com/yoursay. but right now it's time for the news bulletin with tatiana sanchez.

laboun a look at our top story today? labour.re pledging to tackle the nimbys and launch a golden age of housebuilding. >> it's part of sir keir starmer's six milestones, announced yesterday that he says voters can use to judge him at the next election. >> well, let's take a listen to the pledges that he made higher living standards in every region of the country. >> britain rebuilt with 1.5 million new homes, safer streets, more police on the beat, the best start in life for every child with a record proportion of five year olds starting school ready to learn clean power by 2030. home grown british energy waiting lists in our nhs cut. >> well, the announcement has been met with criticism, with warnings that his pledge to build 1.5 million homes by the end of this parliament could be unattainable. >> well, the prime minister has also faced criticism for not outlining any new targets on migration. >> let's talk to the deputy political editor of the mail on sunday. anna mikhailova. who's here? good to see you, anna. good morning. w