, and commentator nigel nelson, and the journalist and conservative peer paul goodman . , this peer paul goodman. nigel, this is dire, isn't it? >> i don't agree with everything you came up with there, but some of them. i mean, first of all, he's not the worst leader for 50 years. that i'm sure that that liz truss would have certainly beat that record. when you go through the various things, i do think it was a mistake to take the freebies from lord alli . i the freebies from lord alli. i think he should have actually had an explanation . ready for had an explanation. ready for the resignation of lou hague at pmqs yesterday, and i also think that the that today's speech, which wasn't a reset, but because the comms were so dire around it, that was the narrative that it became . so narrative that it became. so i don't know quite what's gone wrong. it feels like it's something to do with the communications . i know most of communications. i know most of the comms people, the senior comms people in downing street, they're really good. so either they've lost the plot suddenly

let's get the thoughts of my panel gb news senior political commentator nigel nelson, journalist, agony and novelist hilary freeman, and journalist and communications advisor linda jubilee. nigel, if i may start with you, as i don't know if you still vote labour, but obviously that's seems to be confidential. >> but i support the labour party. you support the labour party? >> fine. do you think there has been this paradigm shift over the last few years? >> oh yeah. no question about it. i mean, everything you're saying there about people being more engaged in politics, questioning politics, all that is to the good. the question really is, is reform a flash in the pan or can it or can it really last? the problem that reform has got is that the 1517

it's going taller and it's nigel nelson. we're going to have a great time tonight. that story about elon musk and the $100 million. what a cat amongst the pigeons moment. it's an absolute dynamite story. will it ever happen? more to the point, will the labour party ever allow to it happen? as far as i'm concerned, i predicted this on november the 21st on this show, when elon musk first tweeted all the political establishments in britain will get crushed. what a night we've got ahead. that's coming . okay. we're talking. coming. okay. we're talking. i've been told to keep talking. gawain, let's bring you in. let's talk about elon musk. elon musk, now you're you're connected to the party or you certainly have have your your finger in the pie. is it going to happen? >> i don't think it's going to happen today. >> here is your news headlines. we'll have more in a minute. >> very good evening. it's just gone. 7:00. i'm sylvia hill with your latest headlines from the gb newsroom. some breaking news in the last half hour. queen camilla will miss the ceremonial welcome for

as the former reform uk spokesman gordon taylor and gb news senior political commentator nigel nelson. gentlemen, welcome to the show. nigel, i'm going to start with you, long time observer of the labour party yourself. you know peter mandelson. yeah. very well. do you think this is a canny appointment? and more to the point, there's been there's been friction, shall we say, betwixt mandelson and trump in the past just seems to be all the labour party top brass call him a racist or a fascist of some kind. will nigel farage's addition make it a marriage made in heaven? >> it'll help. i don't know if it'll be a marriage made in heaven. i think that trump's relationship with the labour government's going to be very difficult, especially with what they've all said about it. but peter mandelson is a good choice for ambassador. he has plenty of experience behind him. and the great thing about peter is he's a total pragmatist. so as a result of that, the idea of actually talking to farage, knowing, talking to him about how do you deal with trump, what's the best way of handling it, that must

adviser claire pearsall, as well as her husband, political commentator for gb news, the wonderful nigel nelson, who has not made the effort to be yasmin. but before we get stuck into today's stories, let's get the news with the wonderful saint francis. >> dawn, thank you very much. it's just after 1:00, the top story this lunchtime. well, five people are dead and over 200 injured after a driver used an emergency vehicle lane to plough into a christmas market in magdeburg in germany. authorities there are coming under fire after warnings about the suspect were reportedly received last year but deemed unspecific at the time. chancellor olaf scholz and ministers have faced angry hecklers during a visit to the site of that incident, as questions now mount over security and how the attack could happen. social media giant x, owned by elon musk, is also being scrutinised for failing to act on the suspect's threatening post before the attack on friday evening. security has now been ramped up across germany and the rest of europe, with armed police patrolling, festive events and christmas markets here.

senior political commentator for gb news, nigel nelson. thank you very much. whose chair is you know, he's fiddling with his chair already. but before we get stuck into today's stories, here is the news headlines with sam francis, who is not fiddling with his chair. result . with his chair. result. >> dawn, thank you very much. good afternoon to you. just coming up to 1:03. well, strong winds are continuing to batter the uk following storm darrah, which left two men dead and thousands without power. a yellow weather warning, though, does remain in place, with gusts of up to 70 miles an hour expected in coastal areas, risking more power cuts and travel chaos. the storm, which saw a rare red warning on saturday, brought the highest wind of up to 93 miles an hour and left 250,000 homes without electricity. flooding, though, is now a major concern, with over 200 warnings and alerts issued across england, wales and scotland. train travel and roads are also heavily disrupted, with speed restrictions and closures including on the severn bridge. the uk has welcomed th