In 43 years. As. In 43 years. As. As always, we to love hear from you. This show is nothing without you. We especially want to hear about what you make of labours plans for compulsory toothbrushing in schools. Is that a good idea or is it a step too far for teachers who have too far for teachers who have too much on their plates already . Big question. Yeah big question. Yeah gbviews gbnews. Com. But first, get a news bulletin first, lets get a news bulletin with. Tamsin with. Tamsin elly thank you and good morning from the gb newsroom. Its 931 so sir keir starmer is celebrating what hes describing as a sign mic win for labour in the rutherglen and Hamilton West by election i declare that Michael Shanks is elected to serve in the United Kingdom parliament as a member for rutherglen and Hamilton West constituency. Hamilton west constituency. Michael shanks won the seat with 58 of the vote, more than double that of the snps. Katie loudon. The by election was called after a recall petitio
Covered as britain decides also. Yeah, were going all around the country for those local elections, Mayoral Elections and a by election as well. But this left wing comedian sent Death Threats to someone and still gets work as well. Remarkable. Now celebrate black friday. Yeah, which is not a bank houday yeah, which is not a bank holiday for my people. And, ive got all of tomorrows papers today. And on my panel this evening, ive got top telegraph columnist Allison Pearson. And im also joined by ex labour Party Adviser, matthew laza. Get ready, britain. Here we go. Massive issues at a migrant protest. Next. Protest. Next. Very good evening to you. Its just gone 9 00. And the top story from the newsroom this evening. More than 700 migrants arrived in the uk after crossing the channel in a single day. Thats a new record for the year so far. The Home Office Figures show 711 people made the journey in 14 boats on wednesday , in 14 boats on wednesday, suggesting an average of 51 people per bo
People coming into britain . Its going to be a jam packed 90 minutes of pure politics this morning, so you wont want to go anywhere. Its wet, its windy. Get a cup of tea and settle in for the next 90 minutes, because were going to be cramming in a great deal. Going to be cramming in a great deal. And its going to start, deal. And its going to start, of course, by going through the morning papers. Im delighted to be joined now by nicholas owen, former bbc broadcaster and journalist. Nicholas. Lovely to see you this morning. Loving that tie. Thank you. Bright and that tie. Thank you. Bright and fun for a sunday morning. Right the biggest story of the day, i think youll agree, is the defection of dan poulter, tory to labour. This is all over the observer, to be fair. A good scoop for them. Absolutely. And he writes a big column in it to explain why hes done it. Why is he doing it . Well, he says that as a conservative he cant look his patients in the eye anymore. He seems to spend most of
knowing what we did, but with hindsight, that is the moment we should have done it, three weeks earlier, and it would have saved many, many lives. alistair darling, the labour politician who was chancellor during the 2008 global financial crash, dies at the age of 70. members of the rmt union except a pay deal ending their involvement in a long running series of rail strikes. hello, i m matthew amroliwala. hello, i m lewis vaughanjones. welcome to the programme. the pogues frontman shane macgowan has died at the age of 65. he was discharge from hospital last week. his wife confirmed he had died in social media. macgowan fronted the pogues from 1982 until their break up in 2014. the band are best known for the christmas hit song fairytale of new york. our arts correspondent david sillito reports. # it was christmas eve, babe # in the drunk tank # an old man said to me. # happy christmas, your ours, i pray god it s our last. fairytale of new york, a bleak, drink sodden duet
as he s always said, labour say he won t commit to anything that cannot be funded in future. so that s, i guess, a sort of clarification from labour there just to kind of calm anyone who might have heard that and had any concerns. of course, there is another huge political race going on over the atlantic and last night we saw the first tv debate between joe atlantic and last night we saw the first tv debate betweenjoe biden and donald trump. let s get some more on that, i am joined by democratic strategist and former presidential campaign strategist to the republican party. thank you both very much for being here on bbc news. laura, ifi very much for being here on bbc news. laura, if i can start with you, we have seen a lot of reaction to joe you, we have seen a lot of reaction tojoe biden s performance described by some as panic. what would you say, what is your response to what you have seen? i say, what is your response to what you have seen? you have seen? i would call i