mandelson said it can't nigel farage has said it, i think the _ difference between mandelson and starmerr crossed the floor to chat to him, is telling. in 2016, the tories found themselves constitutionally unable to use the only brit with an entry into the white house, into the oval office to talk to him. i think that keir starmer is a little bit more sensible and i think that mandelson is much more pragmatic and he realises that if he wants to get in there... i have been talking to somebody, a uk—based american, kenney baden ox team are going to him and saying how can you help us to counter faraj in the white house. the tories do not have a way in. labour have a way in it because they are the government but they recognise that if they want to have open comms with the white house, if you want to have open comms with donald trump's cabinet then why reinvent the wheel, we have got faraj. nigel farage understands that it's not always what he wants, it's what is good for the country. when i did they trust and, being realistic, the conservatives, you think that... sign and i think the tories

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blair and mandelson as his friends.mandelson is one of the greatest political minds ever. mandelson is, as far as i'm concerned, a twice removed, at least twice removed from the labour party, morally corrupt, devious, cunning, reptilian or organism. and he should be nowhere near. >> okay, okay. >> okay, okay. >> just just to say, you know, peter mandelson is not here to defend himself. sorry. go ahead. >> i don't think i don't think you can defend yourself against that kind of opprobrium that i've just levelled against him. >> no, no, no, it's the point is it's just and i'm >> no, no, no, it's the point is it'sjust and i'm not >> no, no, no, it's the point is it's just and i'm not wildly disagreeing with you, ben on on his moral turpitude. however, to say he's not an effective political operation, a very able politician would be wrong. >> but you wouldn't want someone in reform chang. this has leo tonight with me. welcome back. i'm alex armstrong. now the chancellor says there's no choice but to engage with china as she

we don't know that they talked about the uk government's plan to make peter mandelson the ambassadortment. there are all sorts of tensions underlying about what was for now a very positive call. hello again. storm herminia is making its presence felt across our shores, so named by the spanish met service because of the impacts in spain. but the met office also has a couple of yellow weather warnings in force connected with the storm. so, wind for southern parts of england and wales valid until 6am tomorrow morning, and rain for wales valid until midnight tonight. so, we've got the rain that crossed us through the morning and overnight pushing up towards north—east scotland and rotating around the low pressure which is this storm. we've got squally showers — some heavy, some merging to give longer spells of rain — some hail and thunder mixed in there, and gusty winds — the strongest across the west and also the south. temperature—wise, around about average for the time of year. we're looking six to about nine degrees. as we head on through the rest of the afternoon and into the evenin

also, by the way, i think i'm right in saying peter mandelson.p camp are thinking and feeling when it comes to our labour government. >> well, i have to tell you, and it doesn't fill me with any glee to talk about it this way, because i am obviously interested in what's best for my home country, the united kingdom. but unfortunately, the labour apparatus, the labour staffers that have been sent down to sunny palm beach to kind of work the rooms over there, from my understanding, are getting pretty short shrift. now, i will caveat that by saying, if you've ever met president trump, if you if you've encountered him, if you've encountered him, if you've worked with him, people will know. and i've met him many, many times, will know that he's actually a pretty magnanimous person face to face. he's very welcoming, he's quite gentle. and so he will be trying to elicit the best out of them as possible. the problem is, you've obviously got everything that the labour party was doing throughout the campaign. you've now got a labour party that's at odds wit

they talked, we don't know that they talked, rather, that the uk government's plan to make peter mandelson as far as i'm uk, ambassador to the us. as faras i'm aware uk, ambassador to the us. as far as i'm aware donald trump doesn't have any views about that but people around him certainly do, urging him to block that appointment. there are all sorts of tensions underlying what clearly was, for now, a very positive call. henry, thank you very much. i know you'll keep an eye on all of those tensions for us, henry zeffman, chief political at westminster. there are reports of fighting around the democratic republic of the congo, amid reports that neighbouring rwanda has been closed. it follows claims that the un security council meeting by the us, france and uk that forces from rwanda had been supporting the 23 rebel group as it advanced the centre of goma with the rebels claiming they are in control of the city. our africa correspondent barbara plett usher has been following the movements of the m23 rebel forces over the past 2a hours. the m23 has been advancing on goma amid intense fighting

we had peter mandelson chosen to be the new u.k. ambassador to washington.s been a long advocate of better relations with china that might not endear him to the new u.s. administration. the european union is also trying to put pressure on china over the war in ukraine. there's a lot of short-term downside risk for something that we understand will not yield many big announcements. >> may be more to expect. how should the u.k. approach its economic relationship with china? we discussed that with vince cable at 7:30 a.m. time. wall s >> good morning. i'm tom mackenzie in london and these are the stories that sager agenda. asian stocks slide ahead of key u.s. jobs data that could shape the outlook for interest rates. china's central bank makes a surprise move to stop buying government bonds. and 180,000 people have been forced from their homes in los angeles with firefighters battling to control new blazes. president biden promises the government will cover the state's costs and donald trump says a meeting with vladimir putin is being set up as the president-el

the kind of thing lord mandelson has said it will be the next ambassador in america.e to consciously think about our diplomatic relations with the country that is one of our closest partners on trade and culture. [30 partners on trade and culture. do ou partners on trade and culture. do you think it isn't influencing how that government is handling this? wes streeting went as far as he could to say he is not in our position, we can say what we like, as far as he could as a cabinet minister and the only thing i hope is when you talk to chris he doesn't step down into the gutter with elon musk. and doesn't deny that keir starmer actually instigated the rick stein inquiry. he is loaded by the prosecutor in the north west for actually leading the way in changing the cps and changing the police in the cps and changing the police in the way they deal with crimes against women —— rochdale inquiry. is there a risk for 4224 00:39:27,342 --> 00:39:27

but peter mandelson is a senior and respected politician with a lot of experience on trade and tradingelationships between countries around the world. and i think that sets the type of relationship that we want to have going forward with the new administration. >> staying stateside now and social media app tiktok has reportedly gone dark in the us following a ban implemented by the outgoing biden administration. the ban came into force after the supreme court passed a law last april which stated that the platforms china based parent company bytedance must have sold the platform by today, which it has not done. however, despite the ban coming into effect, president elect donald trump has said he would, quote, most likely give tiktok a 90 day reprieve from the ban once he takes office tomorrow. and finally, a new photograph has been released in order to mark the 60th birthday of the duchess of edinburgh. sophie reaches the milestone birthday tomorrow and will celebrate the occasion privately at home with her husband, the duke of edinburgh. all of us here @gbnews wish the duchess many hap

the keir starmer has recently appointed lord peter mandelson as the british ambassador to the us, andte reports suggesting that trump may still reject that appointment, chief secretary to the treasury darren jones says this is a positive step for improved relations with the us. >> peter mandelson is a senior and experienced politician that has worked on the world stage as well as, as we all know, extensively at home here in uk government and he will be a brilliant ambassador for us in the united states. and look, this is the first time in 50 years that a british prime minister has picked a politician to be our ambassador in the united states. we want to do things differently. our diplomats have done a brilliant job, including karen pierce. but peter mandelson is a senior and respected politician with a lot of experience on trade and trading relationships between countries around the world. and i think that sets the type of relationship that we want to have going forward with the new administration. >> and those are the headlines. i'll be back in an hour for the very latest gb news dir

but peter mandelson is a senior and respected politician with a lot of experience on trade and tradingationships between countries around the world. and i think that sets the type of relationship that we want to have going forward with the new administration. >> and finally, in royal news, a new photograph has been released in order to mark the 60th birthday of the duchess of edinburgh. sophie reaches the milestone birthday tomorrow and will celebrate the occasion privately at home with her husband, the duke of edinburgh. all of us here @gbnews wish the duchess many happy returns, but for now, those are your latest gb news headlines. it's back to the ever fabulous dawn neesom. >> gb news direct to your smartphone. sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code or go to. gbnews.com/alerts. >> thank you very much, sophie. okay. and thank you very much for your company on this very important sunday afternoon. and we will be covering the live breaking situation with the hostages for you and hopefully bringing you the first release later on in the show. so please stay with us. you don't wan

a dossier reportedly handed to the fbi by american senators claimed mandelson had ties to state ownedhinese firms, once branding trump a danger to the world. mandelson had recently praised the president's straight talking instincts in an attempt to mend relations with whitehall, whitehall sources tonight have told gb news the process is still ongoing, but that the decision brings relief after weeks of uncertainty over his nomination, he'll now expected to take up that role next month , and the government next month, and the government is considering a major shake—up to how the bbc is funded, with households using streaming services like netflix and disney potentially being hit with the licence fee. it's reported the idea is part of a menu of opfions idea is part of a menu of options under discussion, including a tax on streaming services or asking bbc radio listeners to pay the fee. ministers are also exploring alternatives like advertising or alternatives like advertising or a subscription model, as viewing habhs a subscription model, as viewing habits slowly shift away from tradition

i'm surprised, though, because for a while i was thinking mandelson was a good pick for this law.lled lord. americans love all that stuff, isn't he? he sounds like americans think brits sound like. that's a good point. like evil villain, slightly hugh grant ish. so i thought he was going to do well, but it's. yeah, it's now getting a bit personal. we should also mention that they do say, how does sophie look so sensational now she's 60. we don't know. but we do know it takes two full pages to explain. so i am not

i'm surprised, though, because for a while i was thinking mandelson was a good pick for this law.called lord. americans love all that stuff, isn't he? he sounds like americans think brits sound like. that's a good point. like evil villain, slightly hugh grant ish. so i thought he was going to do well, but it's. yeah, it's now getting a bit personal. we should also mention that they do say, how does sophie look so sensational now she's 60. we don't know. but we do know it takes two full pages to explain. so i am not going to stick to that regime. yeah, absolutely. >> and i think to be honest, probably the person helping farage get elected the most is keir starmer. so maybe, maybe, maybe trump should just fund starmer and make sure there's plenty of attention on starmer. and that'll that'll help reform mmp and that'll that'll help reform romp home. >> they are friends. >> they are friends. >> they've chess. >> they've chess. >> he crossed. he crossed the floor to have a chat with farage. so maybe maybe he wants that too. >> yeah, maybe he does. and moving on. we've got the observer.

we don't have a decision yet, a formal decision yet on whether lord mandelson, peter mandelson is going to be the uk ambassador to washington. that's still in donald trump's in—tray. is he going to approve it? the chagos island deals. two weeks ago, the foreign office were trying to get it over the line. then, of course, we knew that donald trump and marco rubio, the incoming secretary of state, were going to look very dimly on it because, of course, it would give a key influence to china and a very strategic, just very close to a strategic military base at diego garcia for the united states. no decision on that.in united states. no decision on that. in fact, the uk has now handedit that. in fact, the uk has now handed it over to donald trump to have the final say on the deal to have the final say on the deal. and then the key issue, another key issue is defence spending. of course, donald trump would like us, all countries, nato countries to be pulling their weight when it comes to spending on defence. he's sick and tired of the united states funding nato, supporting nato, especially w

. 7 lord mandelson said something similar before he was appointed as ambassador. could labour works with nigel farage7i ambassador. could labour works with nigel farage7 i am ambassador. could labour works with nigel farage?— nigel farage7 i am willing to work with anybody _ nigel farage7 i am willing to work with anybody who _ nigel farage7 i am willing to work with anybody who is _ nigel farage7 i am willing to work with anybody who is willing - nigel farage7 i am willing to work with anybody who is willing to - with anybody who is willing to go out there — with anybody who is willing to go out there in the best interest of the united kingdom and make life better_ the united kingdom and make life better for the people that i am elected — better for the people that i am elected to represent. i do not care what _ elected to represent. i do not care what colour, what party they represent. if they're willing to go out there — represent. if they're willing to go out there and do what is best for this country, i am willing to work with them — this country, i am willin

question marks over whether lord mandelson will still be able to be the uk ambassador to the us.ill it be blocked by trump? and then we have this morning sadiq khan warning about the march of fascism as trump takes power again, suggesting that there is going to be resurgent fascism, not only as a result of trump re—entering the white house, but also because of the rise of people like italy's prime minister, giorgia meloni. is this helpful rhetoric? >> no, of course it's not. and i think sadiq khan's comments are absolutely unacceptable. there is so much that's unacceptable about sadiq khan's views and comments, but you won't be surprised by by what i think about that. look, the reality is president trump is going to be inaugurated tomorrow in that building behind me. he has won a huge mandate. the american people have put their hopes and trust and confidence in him to deliver for the people of america, for this great country, but also importantly for us. and i say this as a conservative, you know, i've been invited here by our sister party, the republican party. we have strong an

question marks over whether lord mandelson will still be able to be the uk ambassador to the us. will it be blocked by trump.7 and then we have this morning sadiq khan warning about the march of fascism as trump takes power again, suggesting that there is going to be resurgent fascism, not only as a result of trump re—entering the white house, but also because of the rise of people like italy's prime minister, giorgia meloni. is this helpful rhetoric? >> no, of course it's not. and i think sadiq khan's comments are absolutely unacceptable. there is so much that's unacceptable about sadiq khan's views and comments, but you won't be surprised by what i think about that. look, the reality is president trump is going to be inaugurated tomorrow in that building behind me. he has won a huge mandate. the american people have put their hopes and trust and confidence in him to deliver for the people of america, for this great country, but also importantly for us. and i say this as a conservative, you know, i've been invited here by our sister party, the republican party. we have strong an

in newspapers about how trump was determined to get keir out, how he was going to turn down peter mandelsoniliate this government. and then and then you hear him saying, you know, i don't agree with him, but he's doing a good job and he hasn't been there. so i'm as surprised as you. >> this is because donald trump is famously a great diplomat. >> i think i'm not sure that the danish prime minister would feel the same. after listening to 45 minutes of being shouted at. >> about, where's the truth in all this? >> so i think the truth is that actually donald trump is behaving like a grown up, as keir starmer has been. and it's really, really important that the countries get on and they do their best and that we don't have silly game playing about who's the but but what's i mean when if we go back to rachel reeves right. is that what she was talking about is the thing is, is about talking countries up and donald trump, i have to say, having been talked america down for four years, is now saying that, you know, we've got a new thing and it is really, really important that rachel says finally, yo

will he be the conduit between peter mandelson and donald trump? heaven forbid. and the managing director of the pubuc and the managing director of the public safety foundation, oliver lawrence, will join me in on the show to offer a policing perspective on the child rape gang scandal that has been developing this week. and i'm also going to be hearing from the pollster scarlett mccgwire and former labour minister bill rammell. we're going to discuss what might be coming ahead for all of the parties. and i include reform in that who are rising through the ranks. there's a poll that we're going to be speaking about in the pay per view in just a moment, and just ask them what is really going to be the thing that we need to look out for in 2025. so again, 90 minutes of punchy british politics to come. do not think of going anywhere. let's get stuck into the sunday front pages now with former bbc broadcaster nicholas owen. nicholas, happy new year to you. chat to you. lovely to see you. right. let's get stuck into this mail on sunday poll. i love a poll. i love i lov

we don't know that they talked about the uk government's plan to make peter mandelson, former cabinetthe uk ambassador to the us. as far as i'm aware, donald trump doesn't have views on the people around him certainly do, urging him to block that appointment. there are all sorts of tensions underlying what clearly was, for now, very positive call. henry zeffman. commemorations are being held to mark the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the auschwitz—birkenau concentration camp. we have heard from polish president duda today talking about the poles being the preservation as a memory. the focus of today's commemorations is very much the victims of the holocaust. here at auschwitz, there is one building that is on the edge of the camp and it is a very ordinary building which has more significance than others because if it did belong to rudolf hoss, who was the notorious commandant, some of the butcher of auschwitz. it was from inside this building that he choreographed the horror we saw here. this has been bought after being lived in by a polish family for years by an anti—extremism

the mortgage fraud thing was nothing like as bad as peter mandelson's mortgage fraud, for instance.u know, it was basically he basically sort of, you know, smudged a few lines on his sister's mortgage application to make it look like she was a safer bet. well, most of us in the late 90s got mortgages and self accreditation mortgages. the banks basically asking you whether you thought you were good for it or yes, lawfare. we should have a look at the guardian, lewis, the guardian, the guardian, which is tomorrow is i think it's £2. >> it's £3 on a monday. that's how much the guardian is. they think they're a real newspaper. ukrainian troops in. i mean, what kind of news is this? ukrainian troops in new push into kurtz, which is that it's like. it's like the ukraine war still going on, i think i think there's a really hot phase at there's a really hot phase at the moment because, you know, they're heading into peace negotiations with trump coming into power. >> so they're both putting so much into putting all their resources into grabbing as much land as possible. so kursk being part

will he be the conduit between peter mandelson and donald trump? heaven forbid. and i'm also going to be hearing from the pollster scarlett mccgwire and former labour minister bill rammell. we're going to discuss what might be coming ahead for all of the parties. and i include reform in that who are rising through the ranks. there's a poll that we're going to be speaking about in the pay per view in just a moment, and just ask them what is really going to be the thing that we need to look out for in 2025? wes streeting hopefully you can hear me. health secretary, lovely to speak to you this morning. let's very swiftly move on to your announcement about your nhs app. now, this target, you're going to reduce the 18 month wait to an 18 week wait by the end of parliament. is that right? that's quite ambitious. will you stand down from your post if you do not achieve that target? >> well, i don't think the prime minister will keep me in my job if i'm not delivering for patients. that's what he expects me to do, because we've got what is objectively the worst crisis in

yeah, let's think what peter mandelson and others, tony blair and others were saying. >> i mean, the ambassador to washington, well, we'll see whether trump wants him gone up to trump, whether he has, you know what, in a way it is, though, isn't it? well, i think it would be wise to pursue that, but. >> well, yeah. but you know, they all talked about diversity as if diversity for its own sake was a good thing. and we all accept diversity actually can be accept diversity actually can be a very good thing. but provided it comes with a degree of integration as well, isn't this a failure of integration of communities? isn't it a failure of the sort of the multicultural experiment? absolutely. >> i mean, nigel, you're more aware than most that we're now in a new era. this this stuff is not going to stand anymore. so we have to understand that people were part of their era, including the conservative government, was part of its era. they were reluctant to inflame. however, there's no compromise on this. the truth of this has got to we know that there's more coming out. look, i've talked to