i'm joined in the studio by susie stride, former political adviser to the labour party , and adviserparty, and richard drax, former conservative member of parliament. richard, you've actually been to the chagos islands? i understand. >> well, i wish i had. right, okay, i haven't, but as a former service man myself, yeah, i'm well aware of how vital strategically this island is to nato. quite apart from the us. understand that the president of the new president of america is very upset by this , because the very upset by this, because the chinese influence is clearly a threat. and i think it's a very rash move to rush into this, whether the island goes back to the mauritians is another moot point. but to rush into this like this is highly irresponsible in my view. >> very interesting . susie, >> very interesting. susie, a lot of labour veterans at mdl who was in the commons for nearly half a century, jeremy corbyn and i have got common cause on this. i never thought that would happen in the house of commons. >> they strange, very odd because what happens is the labour government remov

i'm also joined by susie stride , former labour susie stride, former labour party adviser and activisty adviser and activist. so tom pursglove , i mean, these tom pursglove, i mean, these figures are from the last year of your government. they're awful. >> well, i thought the numbers were too high, and that's why we got on and did something about it. and james cleverly is home secretary and me as the illegal as the legal migration minister in more recent times took steps to address this. and as has been touched on, the numbers will be down very considerably. this yeah down very considerably. this year. and there was quite senior commentary around the fact that actually, even without those measures, you would see the numbers drop organically. but we thought it was the right thing to do to really bring those numbers down, pulling the levers that you and i campaigned for in that you and i campaigned for in that referendum. no, i know we wanted to decide what our fate should be when it comes to immigration. that's precisely why we introduced the points based system responding to the mandat

so party candidate susie stride. so two hours of big opinion, big debate and big entertainment. the vile leftists attacking kemi badenoch is my take. it's and you won't want to miss it. that's in an hour. and don't forget this show has a golden rule. we don't do boring. not on my watch. i just won't have it. this dishonest, duplicitous government are getting the big opinion treatment. straight after the headlines and tatiana sanchez. >> mark. thank you. the top stories while kemi badenoch has made her first senior appointment as the new conservative party leader, it's understood that dame rebecca harris will be the party's chief whip, replacing stuart andrew. now the job of chief whip is to maintain party discipline and try to ensure mps vote as the leadership would like them to. well, meanwhile, kemi badenoch says she'll tell hard truths to both the country and her party as she began her first full day as she began her first full day as conservative leader . she also as conservative leader. she also says partygate was overblown and the government shouldn't have fined people for

. candidate susie stride. two hours of big debate, big opinion and big entertainment in just a moment has rachel reeves been economical with the truth about her past as an economist, and why it matters to you and me? first, the news headlines and the highly qualified sophia wenzler . wenzler. >> mark, thank you and good evening. these are your headunes evening. these are your headlines from the gb news room at 9:00. joe biden's administration has lifted the ban on ukraine using us. weapons to strike deep inside russia. it's understood ukraine plans to conduct its first long—range attacks in the coming days. the us. u—turn comes after months of requests by volodymyr zelenskyy to allow ukraine's military to use us. weapons. it's not clear if donald trump will reverse biden's decision when he takes office. trump has long criticised the scale of us. financial and military aid to ukraine. meanwhile, sir keir starmer has no plans to speak to russian president vladimir putin, as he said we need to double down on supp

i'm also joined by susie stride , former labour susie stride, former labour party adviser and activisty adviser and activist. so tom pursglove , i mean, these tom pursglove, i mean, these figures are from the last year of your government. they're awful. >> well, i thought the numbers were too high, and that's why we got on and did something about it. and james cleverly is home secretary and me as the illegal as the legal migration minister in more recent times took steps to address this. and as has been touched on, the numbers will be down very

the mail on sunday, charlotte griffiths and former labour prospective parliamentary candidate susie strideto see all three of you. charlotte, let me start with you. welcome back to the show. is this a big political problem for rachel reeves .7 problem for rachel reeves? >> i think so, because for me, i was very brought into that goody two shoes honest school mistresses, rachel reeves and she all that negativity, by the way, dealing with complaints of clearly worn off on her because she was so doom and gloom. but i did buy into it. i thought, this is an honest politician and she's just warning us it's going to be tough. >> grown ups back in charge. >> grown ups back in charge. >> yeah, a little bit of that. and then now, of course, we know she's just lying on her cv, just like the rest of us, i suppose, have done at one point or another. especially you. correct. but she's not true about luke skywalker, by the way. >> and the swimmers, bill, i'll show you later, david. i'll show you later. >> anyway, thank you. >> anyway, thank you. >> though far from being mrs. school mistress goody two sho

armstrong, will kingston, and susie stride tonight on the show. the world mourns after the guardian quits twitter. >> are we sleepwalking into a social credit system? >> i cannot believe this internal home office report on grooming gangs rachel reeves cv , grooming gangs rachel reeves cv, disease and hygiene poverty. >> can we believe it's happening in this country? >> it's 6 pm. and this is the saturday five. a very warm welcome to the saturday five, but my friends, before we kick off tonight's show, i've got a confession. i only just watched the original gladiator for the first time last night. i know what you're thinking , grimbsy. what you're thinking, grimbsy. you have quite the friday night. turns out russell crowe's maximus wasn't the only one fed up with corrupt politicians. i'll tell you, if he'd lived in 2024, he'd have his work cut out for him. lies about pensioner heating , council tax hikes and heating, council tax hikes and a man richer than croesus dishing out designer outfits to members of parliament. it's enough to make even a rom

so joining me today, political commentator susie stride, also broadcaster and journalist danny kelly. yeah , journalist danny kelly. yeah, right. well listen, you know, it's remembrance sunday, 11:00 this morning. the country led by his majesty the king paid tribute to the fallen soldiers. those who truly put the great in britain. throughout the show, we will remember those who gave their lives for our freedoms. then, coming up in my niggle, i will be paying tribute to those who sacrificed their lives for this great country. all of that on the way just after 4:00. then for the great british debate this hour, i'm asking should sir keir starmer use nigel to farage broker a trade deal with trump.7 the reform uk leader has offered to become the interlocutor between the uk and the us, saying it is a name of national interest. however, the labour party have said it's unlikely to accept the offer and that perhaps he should just go back to clacton . well, i've got to to clacton. well, i've got to pull up on asking you that very question. should keir starmer use nigel farage as an interlocutor

so joining me for the next few hours, political commentator susie mel stride. welcome to susie. so first time on the show with me and also broadcaster and columnist lizzie cundy. she's always here, can't get rid of her. coming up is kemi badenoch the right person to lead the tory party now.7 she to lead the tory party now? she pipped to lead the tory party now? she pipped robert jenrick to the post. well , pipped robert jenrick to the post. well, i've pipped robert jenrick to the post. well , i've got to pipped robert jenrick to the post. well, i've got to pull up on x. asking you that very question. is kemi badenoch the right person to lead the tory party? then , in difficult party? then, in difficult conversations, as the labour party doubled down on their vat raid on private schools and independent schools prepare to sue the government, i'll be joined by the spokesperson from education, not taxation. and of course, farmers are up in arms over the proposed changes to inheritance tax, which could see many family farms not being passed down. is elon musk right? are the labour pa