it's just 8:00, isn't it.7 the night is young, fearless tv news legend michael crick and the queen of truth bombs, bestselling author and journalist laura dodsworth , plus journalist laura dodsworth, plus maverick tory mp michael fabncant maverick tory mp michael fabricant joins us. former royal butler grant harold and 80s pop superstar and former i'm a celebrity campmate dave van day. my celebrity campmate dave van day. my friday big opinion is on the way. and let me tell you it's a corker is riots in ireland a warning to the west. the latest on the farage nudity scandal. why david walliams isn't funny anymore . and has rishi sunak anymore. and has rishi sunak lost his elgin marbles, lost to get through. but first, the news headunes get through. but first, the news headlines and ray addison . headlines and ray addison. >> thanks, mark. good evening . >> thanks, mark. good evening. here's the latest from the newsroom . greenpeace has accused newsroom. greenpeace has accused rishi sunak of showing no leadership over climate change following his speech at cop 28, addressing the summit i

michael crick i know that tough it crick i know that you'd tough it out in the jungle.nts that. out in the jungle. you've had harwell,|vironments that. out in the jungle. you've had harwell, i.ronments that. >> well, i. >> well, i. >> whitehall. >> whitehall. >> i'm not the number 10. >> i'm not the number 10. >> oh, the bbc newsnight set . >> oh, the bbc newsnight set. >> oh, the bbc newsnight set. >> i do. i have to confess , i >> i do. i have to confess, i only watched the first episode and i ought to be watching it all because, of course, i've written a book about nigel farage and need catch farage and i need to catch up with doing. i with what he's been doing. i have whether the people have no idea whether the people who've left a bottlers all i would say is you wouldn't get me jumping aeroplane as jumping out of an aeroplane as they to in the first episode they had to in the first episode or climbing down skyscraper. or climbing down a skyscraper. terrifying things. i wouldn't have any problems about eating a kangaroo's penis or whatever , or kangaroo's penis or w

journalist jo—anne nadler and broadcaster and author michael crick. l, great to have you back in the studio. what do you think about this story? the civil service allegedly thwarting the rwanda plan because they're ideologically against it? >> well, there's bound to be some civil servants who don't like the plan. >> and i'm sure there are thousands of civil servants who share your concerns about the levels of illegal migration action. >> and my concern as well, and indeed the levels of legal migration. but let's put this differently . supposing you were differently. supposing you were an afghan and you were as opinionated an afghan as you are opinionated an afghan as you are opinionated british, you wouldn't last five minutes in afghanistan. you'd be taken out and shot for expressing your views or hung or whatever . life views or hung or whatever. life would be pretty horrid. supposing you decided to have an opinion. ectomy and keep your head down and sell fruit on a street corner . you'd be bored street corner. you'd be bored within minutes and you wo

journalist jo—anne nadler and broadcaster and author michael crick. great to have you back in the studio. what do you think about this story? the civil service allegedly thwarting the rwanda plan because they're ideologically against it? >> well, there's bound to be some civil servants who don't like the plan. >> and i'm sure there are thousands of civil servants who share your concerns about the levels of illegal migration action. >> and my concern as well, and indeed the levels of legal migration. but let's put this differently . supposing you were differently. supposing you were an afghan and you were as opinionated an afghan as you are opinionated an afghan as you are opinionated british, you wouldn't last five minutes in afghanistan. you'd be taken out and shot for expressing your views or hung or whatever . life views or hung or whatever. life would be pretty horrid. supposing you decided to have an opinion. ectomy and keep your head down and sell fruit on a street corner . you'd be bored street corner. you'd be bored within minutes and you woul

on to cut through these knotty issues which my panel, jerry hayes and michael will continue to michael crick. michael regards of cut through. michael regards of whether you think rwanda is a goodidea whether you think rwanda is a good idea or not, if you were trying to make rwanda happen , do trying to make rwanda happen, do you think this is a good way of doing it? >> well, it goes i think it will go some of the way to answering the supreme court's objections . the supreme court's objections. >> and they're setting up this new appeals final appeal and things like that in rwanda. i think the problem they may have with the supreme court is the supreme court. all also said that the culture within rwanda was not friendly to refugees or asylum seekers from certain parts of the world, notably the middle east and from afghanistan . and that covers a lot of them. and i don't see how you deal with that with a treaty or some legislation in the rwandan parliament or our parliament. i mean, culture can only be changed over time . and so you changed over time. and so you know, i think the supreme court

week with the deputy ceo of bbc news, jonathan monroe, but for now, with me here in the studio is michael crick there in his days as a reporter on newsnight, where he worked for almost 20 years. and joining us from cambridge is roger mosey, a former head of television news and editorial director here at the bbc. thank you both for coming on newswatch. rogerfirst, the broadcast industry has been talking for a while about whether newsnight might be seen as obsolete in the current media world and therefore a fair choice for the bbc�*s big budget cuts, do you agree? it's absolutely true that audiences are changing and behaviours are changing and programmes come and go. but i'm still very sad about this because newsnight, in its day, was a fantastic programme and still has many strengths. and i think what i regret particularly is the loss of some independent commissioning of a different editorial voice within the bbc news mix, and a fantastic team of reporters who do add to the overall lustre of bbc news but are not necessarily centrally controlled, which is what's going to happen in the future. mic

on x, formerly twitter, he says: not just strong words from gary neville, journalist and author michael crick and has written several books about the club. he says there's a lot to do before they can get back to the top again. the glazers are deeply unpopular, nearly every fan wants them out and would be delighted if the glazers left tomorrow but it doesn't look like that's going to happen and we've got this halfway house, not even halfway, where ratcliffe owns a quarter. but the glazers have, it seems, ceded him control of the football and he needs to bring in some good people, he needs to revamp the scouting operation. we keep buying bad players or players who are not worth we spent on them. but there seems to be a malaise at old trafford whereby good players suddenly become bad ones. rashford is a good example. he's barely scored this season. bruno fernandes. jadon sancho. goodness knows what happened there. there's something very, very wrong in the heart of old trafford. let's turn to football on the pitch. there was a premier league game today. no christmas miracle for chelsea fans. thei

last week, newsnight�*s former political editor, michael crick, told us that the centralised reporting to work. you lose the editorial distinctiveness that drives investigations on a programme, and one might mention the hannah barnes story and the tavistock clinic, for example. which was brilliant. and indeed, on the day we announced the changes, there was a really good investigation on newsnight about the culture in the nhs and how it affects patient care. the thing is, we want that sort of investigation to be available to the millions of people who come to us all day, whether whether it's on radio, television or online. so if you look at investigations that we've done away from newsnight, like, for example, whether members of the establishment in the uae are profiting in the oil market from hosting cop or whether it's sexual abuse allegations in abercrombie and fitch, they're done from the middle of bbc news and they're spread through all of our outputs — our podcasts, our linear programmes, ourwebsite. they reach far more people. and in the end, ourjob is to get thatjournalism to th

the author and journalist michael crick and the spectator columnist and former mep patrick o'flynn. a failure of successive governments . do you think this governments. do you think this threat has any chance of working ? >> well, 7- >> well, i ? >> well, i certainly believe something has to be done . something has to be done. >> uh, and we have to get we have to i mean , governments of have to i mean, governments of all colours have said 300,000, uh, homes a year. uh, i mean, harold macmillan managed it as housing minister back in the 50s, but that was really the only case, i think. and we have to, i think, accept that, that even if we do our very best to stop it, immigration levels are going to be very high for a very long time. uh and, uh, quite apart from the existing demand, the pressure that puts on house pnces the pressure that puts on house prices , on rents, on the ability prices, on rents, on the ability of people to buy their own homes and i think we have to have a cultural change in this country which accepts that we do need a lot , lot more which accepts that we do need

i was enjoying your chat with michael crick. he was listing the problems of manchester united fans.tled as well at the moment, despite the billions that have been pumped into stamford bridge over the last 12 months. the first premier league christmas eve game in 28 years and it in a 2—1win league christmas eve game in 28 years and it in a 2—1 win for wolves over the blues. chelsea had the best chances, especially in the first half but lemina's had put wolves in front and they doubled that in stoppage time, matt doherty storing. one of their new signings has only recently arrived and pulled one back. chelsea's fourth defeat in a row, they are in tenth place, level on points with wolves who are 11. to on points with wolves who are 11. trr be able to play a team like chelsea and notjust sit and defend, but goingto to toad was yeah, a big effort. i happy belief in the group and what they can do and achieve. sometimes that's why we turn the ball over a lot because i ask them to do complicated things and ask them to act and behave like a big team and today we were able to compete with one

here to discuss this, i am joined in the studio by the broadcaster and journalist michael crick, and down the line we have got ross , who wrote about this ross clark, who wrote about this for the telegraph this week. good evening, for the telegraph this week. good evening , gentlemen. for the telegraph this week. good evening, gentlemen. thank you me. you very much for joining me. look, ross, start with you look, ross, i'll start with you because teed look, ross, i'll start with you become teed look, ross, i'll start with you becon it. teed look, ross, i'll start with you becon it. you teed look, ross, i'll start with you becon it. you think teed look, ross, i'll start with you becon it. you think it's teed look, ross, i'll start with you becon it. you think it's a teed off on it. you think it's a disgrace? do you? >> i think, well, i mean, let's be honest . be honest. >> as you, as you, as you just said, not the only said, he's not the only politician appeared politician who's appeared in military garb . military garb. >> johnson, liz truss. and >> boris johnson, liz truss. and so o

so yeah, one only michael crick.atest britain's and union jackasses as well. but stay tuned because we've got a lively end to this show. don't go anywhere yeah welcome back. now we're going to round off the paper review with broadcast and journalist michael craig, who i'm very grateful to. he joins me in the studio right now. got a couple of other front pages that we haven't shown to you so far. i've the times, far. so i've got the times, which is pm's chance of rwanda plan success 50% at best. rishi sunak's emergency rwanda migration scheme is only a 50% at best chance of enabling flies to take off before the next general election. that is according to the government's official legal advice. apparently craig king stuff apparently so craig king stuff there at the independent . it there at the independent. it goesin there at the independent. it goes in with johnny depp and bono. goes in with johnny depp and bono . join thousands bono. join thousands bidding farewell pogues singer shane farewell to pogues singer shane

so yeah, one only michael crick.eatest britain's and union jackasses as well. but stay tuned because we've got a lively end to this show. don't go anywhere yeah welcome back. now we're going to round off the paper review with broadcast and journalist michael craig, who i'm very grateful to. he joins me in the studio right now. got a couple of other front pages that we haven't shown to you so far. i've the times, far. so i've got the times, which is pm's chance of rwanda plan success 50% at best. rishi sunak's emergency rwanda migration scheme is only a 50% at best chance of enabling flies to take off before the next general election. that is according to the government's official legal advice. apparently craig king stuff apparently so craig king stuff there at the independent . it there at the independent. it goesin there at the independent. it goes in with johnny depp and bono. goes in with johnny depp and bono . join thousands bono. join thousands bidding farewell pogues singer shane farewell to pogues singer shane

the night is young, fearless tv news legend michael crick and the queen of truth bombs, bestselling authorrnalist laura dodsworth, plus maverick tory mp michael fabncant maverick tory mp michael fabricant joins us. former royal butler grant harold and 80s pop superstar and former i'm a celebrity campmate dave van day. my celebrity campmate dave van day. my friday big opinion is on the way. and let me tell you it's a corker is riots in ireland a warning to the west. the latest on the farage nudity scandal. why david walliams isn't funny anymore . and has rishi sunak anymore. and has rishi sunak lost his elgin marbles, lost to get through. but first, the news headunes get through. but first, the news headlines and ray addison . headlines and ray addison. >> thanks, mark. good evening . >> thanks, mark. good evening. here's the latest from the newsroom . greenpeace has accused newsroom. greenpeace has accused rishi sunak of showing no leadership over climate change following his speech at cop 28,

the night is young, fearless tv news legend michael crick and the queen of truth bombs, bestselling authors journalist laura dodsworth, plus maverick tory mp michael fabncant maverick tory mp michael fabricant joins us. former royal butler grant harold and 80s pop superstar and former i'm a celebrity campmate dave van day. my celebrity campmate dave van day. my friday big opinion is on the way. and let me tell you it's a corker is riots in ireland a warning to the west. the latest on the farage nudity scandal. why david walliams isn't funny anymore . and has rishi sunak anymore. and has rishi sunak lost his elgin marbles, lost to get through. but first, the news headunes get through. but first, the news headlines and ray addison . headlines and ray addison. >> thanks, mark. good evening . >> thanks, mark. good evening. here's the latest from the newsroom . greenpeace has accused newsroom. greenpeace has accused rishi sunak of showing no leadership over climate change following his speech at cop 28, addressing the summit in dubai, the prime minister urged major polluting countries to follow

well, let's speak now to journalist michael crick about this. ou're a terme observer of you on the show today because you're many terme observer of you on the show today because you're many generalobserver of you on the show today because you're many general elections.f many, many general elections. you've seen them come, you've seen them go. and i wanted to say to you, everyone's assuming that that starmer's got this in the bag. do you think that's necessarily the case? >> well, i think it would be dangerous for labour to assume that. dangerous for labour to assume that . i think dangerous for labour to assume that. i think the dangerous for labour to assume that . i think the government that. i think the government probably will eat into labour's majority in the polls over the coming months , over the next coming months, over the next nine, ten months before , in my nine, ten months before, in my view, the general election is called next autumn. >> um, and everybody in the labour party, well, the ones who are old enough, remembers what happened

of michael crick the >> many. calais is the producer of the show. after her dad started the tradition three decades ago . decades ago. >> i suppose this is trying to make christmas the first christmas as real as possible, andifs christmas as real as possible, and it's not about spending money, it's about a journey that mary and joseph, as a young couple, had to take. and we follow them on their journey . follow them on their journey. >> um, and it was sort of a political thing, you know, the romans were telling everybody to go and be counted and, you know, were still counting people coming over the channel today. >> so it's the same thing with just 2000 years on. they have a baby for every performance , and baby for every performance, and charlotte recruits them from unlikely places. >> i meet people in the supermarket and i see they've got a baby. >> and i say, would you like to be in a nativity play? >> to have a real baby >> but to have a real baby really a difference. even really makes a difference. even if he

michael crick, roger mosey, thank you both. thank you for all your comments this week. escape the fighting — a un official describes the scene at a hospital. this hospital simply cannot take more children with deep wounds of war. there are children everywhere. these children were sleeping. there was a bomb literally 50 metres from here. borisjohnson's expected to apologise to the covid inquiry for mistakes made during the pandemic but will insist his government got many of the big calls right. one down, six ultra—marathons to go. we catch up with kevin sinfield as he continues his epic challenge in support of his friend rob burrow. it is not just it is notjust rob. he is also supporting the thousands of others across the uk and ireland living with motor neurone disease. it is notjust with motor neurone disease. it is not just an with motor neurone disease. it is notjust an epic, it is an odyssey as well. today it is cardiff. stoking up old rivalry with a snooker cue. remember this when hosein vafai smashed the balls, pub player style, to wind up ronnie o'sullivan earlie

joining me now to go over this is broadcaster michael crick. ow. always a pleasure. it's now or neven always a pleasure. it's now or never. conservative party never. the conservative party faces oblivion in a faces electoral oblivion in a matter of months if we introduce yet another bill destined to fail . and as we speak, michael, fail. and as we speak, michael, that bill is being presented to the 1922 committee. the tories are revolting . you must be are revolting. you must be delighted . delighted. >> well , it's not for delighted. >> well, it's not for me to be delighted or not on that particular matter, but i think she exaggerates a bit when she says the conservatives face electoral oblivion. >> but certainly i think a lot rests on this in terms of the next election . and you could see next election. and you could see the conservatives reduced to 100, 150 seats if they don't really if they don't get a grip on this because they promise to get a grip on it and the public were also promised that brexit would mean that immigration levels would

last week, newsnight�*s former political editor, michael crick, told us that the centralised reporting bbc�*s reputation. i think the bbc�*s reputation does rest a lot on what the public service bit that the bbc does, and news is at the forefront of that. i saw roger's interview and i saw michael couric�*s interview on the programme last week. i think if you had representatives of other parts of the bbc sitting with me today, whether it's daytime or entertainment or comedy or drama or sport or whatever, they would also... we've tightened our belts, too, over the years. there's very little original programming in parts of daytime, now, for example, on bbc two, and other parts of the bbc have taken some very difficult decisions. these decisions are not easy. the focus on the shift to digital, which the bbc is making a big thing of, there is a concern that you risk losing a very big core and a loyal audience who watch news on tv and they listen to the radio. what do you say to them who say, "look, we're not interested in digital." why do you risk throwing them away? you're totally right.