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Delighted to say we're now joined by Dan Hodges, commentator at The Mail on Sunday.

I know it's Dan Hodges, but stop booing and hissing at the back.

Boo away.

Boo to your heart's

believe that he would actually

say that.

And I was saying earlier, Dan Hodges, I think that Kemi Bainot was speaking for the nation and indeed the Labour front bench, who looked equally stunned by that statement.

Balaclavas worn by Islamic people, okay.

Tells us a lot." But with the pressure on within Reform UK over these peaceful protesting patriots, the hardliners in the party, including Suella Braverman, Matt Goodwin, and Zia Yusuf appeared to defy Nigel Farage, with the Mail's Dan Hodges posting, "Reform are falling apart.

The last remnants of internal discipline are collapsing." And within this chaos, Tim Montgomerie, who's on the left side of the party, quit, posting, "I want Nigel Farage to be the next Prime Minister, Robert Jenrick to be the next Chancellor, and for Reform to implement its exciting first 100 days program.

But none of that will happen until it rejects all invitations of Restore and the far right, it professionalizes its HQ urgently, and full collective decision-making is introduced amongst its MPs immediately.

However, he has been completely demonized by the mainstream media and the mainstream political parties, which is why the mainstream political parties, it would've been brave of them, wouldn't it, one or two of them to actually say, "I understand why they've done this.

They're frustrated." Or, "I don't understand, but I want to understand, so I'm gonna talk to some of these people." But it's like the commentariat, the Matthew Stadlins, the, what's his name, Dan Hodges.

Dan Jackson.

He's Glenda Jackson's son.

Andrew's leaving the presenting duties to me today.

Our guest this week is the distinguished Mail on Sunday columnist, Dan Hodges.

Dan, who's the son of the actress and former Labour MP Glenda Jackson, has spent years chronicling the rise and fall of governments, the battles within the Labour Party, and the increasingly febrile state of British politics.

Recently, he's been focusing with laser-like passion on Reform.

This is Jubes and Co. We're keeping you company tonight until 7:00.

Keeping me company, political commentator Maajid Nawaz, and alongside him, columnist at the Mail on Sunday, Dan Hodges.

Good evening, gents.

Welcome back.

So recognizing that, the issue is so important that Burnham must now call an election, because let's remember, he does not have a mandate and to make a decision as important as this, he requires the consent of the British public, in particular because of the consequences of this decision.

So I say to Andy Burnham and the Labor Party, if you're so confident about this move and what you're doing here, call an election and see what the British public think of you and your decisions on foreign policy.

Dan Hodges?

Yeah, I agree with some of that.