0:00:06 > 0:00:10Tonight on the This Week Christmas special, the kingdoms are at war.
0:00:10 > 0:00:15So what's new?
0:00:15 > 0:00:17Enemies to the east, enemies to the west,
0:00:17 > 0:00:23enemies to the south, enemies to the north.
0:00:23 > 0:00:25Whatever stands in our way, we will defeat it.
0:00:25 > 0:00:27Winter is coming.
0:00:27 > 0:00:32Does that mean we get a winter fell allowance?
0:00:32 > 0:00:39Forget the stalking horse, beware of the dragon.
0:00:39 > 0:00:43My centrist eggs will hatch soon.
0:00:43 > 0:00:45It has been prophesied.
0:00:45 > 0:00:48The night watch begins, like seat belts, I'm strapped in.
0:00:48 > 0:00:51They said retreat, I scream attack.
0:00:51 > 0:00:54That's why they call me the mad king.
0:00:54 > 0:00:56Give us that magic wand.
0:00:56 > 0:00:58We shouldn't fight it out.
0:00:58 > 0:01:05I've resurrected the wrong John Snow.
0:01:13 > 0:01:16Are we heading for a cliff edge breakfast?
0:01:16 > 0:01:26The great war is here, all tonight, on Shame of Thrones.
0:01:29 > 0:01:34Good evening all. Welcome to this week and to our special end of the
0:01:34 > 0:01:39year show to celebrate yet another stellar 12 months for political
0:01:39 > 0:01:40pundits and
0:01:40 > 0:01:42stellar 12 months for political pundits and commentators. We told
0:01:42 > 0:01:47you there was no way Theresa May would call a snap election, clearly
0:01:47 > 0:01:52we were suptley hinting she'd already pencilled in June 6th.
0:01:52 > 0:01:56Didn't you see us winking? When you heard us forecast with certainty
0:01:56 > 0:02:01that the May bot would win by a landslide, you simply misheard us,
0:02:01 > 0:02:07we said it would end in a mudslide. When we said dear old Jezza would
0:02:07 > 0:02:11lead Labour to oblivion, you didn't realise that oblivion is a really
0:02:11 > 0:02:15nice place and puts you in shouting distance of winning the next
0:02:15 > 0:02:20election. When we bigged up Angela Merkel as the new leader of the
0:02:20 > 0:02:23western world, that didn't rule out the German Chancellor crashing in
0:02:23 > 0:02:27the German elections and almost three months after polling still
0:02:27 > 0:02:33struggling to form a new Government. Can't believe you didn't real thigh.
0:02:33 > 0:02:37-- realise that. When we were adamant there would be no stage one
0:02:37 > 0:02:41deal in the Brexit talks this year, you knew that counting is not our
0:02:41 > 0:02:49strong point and that what we meant was stage two. But even we are
0:02:49 > 0:02:53flummoxed by Parliament's decision this week to have a meaningful vote
0:02:53 > 0:02:58on the eventual Brexit deal. Meaningful. Does that imply that all
0:02:58 > 0:03:04the other Parliamentary votes are meaningless? As you ponder that, my
0:03:04 > 0:03:08viewers, have a listen to this year's festive banger. Here to see
0:03:08 > 0:03:23you all the way to 2018, our very own barber shop quartet.
0:03:23 > 0:03:35# Ding dong merrily on high
0:03:43 > 0:03:47# Ding dong merrily on high
0:04:08 > 0:04:11# Ding dong merrily on high
0:04:29 > 0:04:34APPLAUSE. How about that? More to come.
0:04:34 > 0:04:38Now my unpaid work experience elves tell me that some of you find me
0:04:38 > 0:04:41a little Scrooge-like when it comes to your comments on the Tweeter,
0:04:41 > 0:04:42the Fleecebook, and the Snapnumpty.
0:04:42 > 0:04:44Well Bah Bloody Humbug!
0:04:44 > 0:04:46But since it is Wintervale and the eggnog fumes
0:04:46 > 0:04:49are intoxicating, I've decided to relent just the once
0:04:49 > 0:04:53and invite you to tweet us your pathetic festive selfies,
0:04:53 > 0:04:55showing you and yours, huddled around the telly,
0:04:55 > 0:04:59watching the programme, adorned in your Yule-tide splendour.
0:04:59 > 0:05:04Special points will be awarded for bells, baubles and Blue Nun.
0:05:04 > 0:05:07Silly hats and ridiculous tinsel are positively encouraged.
0:05:07 > 0:05:12Why are we doing this?!
0:05:12 > 0:05:15Anyway the "This Week" pixies will be on hand
0:05:15 > 0:05:20to magic your heart-warming scenes into our end-credits,
0:05:20 > 0:05:23looking like the sentimental, boozed-up Bob Cratchets you are.
0:05:23 > 0:05:27Make sure you use "#Twelfie" when you tweet.
0:05:27 > 0:05:28Can you manage that?
0:05:28 > 0:05:29No.
0:05:29 > 0:05:30I thought not.
0:05:30 > 0:05:36Speaking of those who can barely write their own names,
0:05:36 > 0:05:38I'm joined on the sofa tonight by Westminster's equivalent of a
0:05:38 > 0:05:41Morecambe and Wise Christmas re-run.
0:05:41 > 0:05:45I refer of course to Michael "Choo-Choo" Portillo and Liz
0:05:45 > 0:05:48"Mrs Four Percent" Kendall.
0:05:48 > 0:05:51And even though there's no earthly political reason for having
0:05:51 > 0:05:54them on the programme, after their parties'
0:05:54 > 0:05:56useless performances in the general election,
0:05:56 > 0:05:58we're also joined by former SNP superstar,
0:05:58 > 0:06:02John Nicolson and the lovely Lib Dem-leaning Miranda Green for no
0:06:02 > 0:06:04better reason that we like them.
0:06:04 > 0:06:09Well, it is the season of good will.
0:06:10 > 0:06:16Your moment of the year, Michael? Well, when Betty of Bristol heard an
0:06:16 > 0:06:21election had been called, she commented by saying "what, another
0:06:21 > 0:06:30one? ! "What did she say?"What, another one? ! ". She put her finger
0:06:30 > 0:06:34on the point that the election was unnecessary. The Government had a
0:06:34 > 0:06:39majority, it had things to do, there was Brexit to be got on with. This
0:06:39 > 0:06:43was one of the reasons, amongst many, why Mrs May didn't pull off
0:06:43 > 0:06:47the result she intended. Of course the result she did not intend has
0:06:47 > 0:06:51been the biggest political story in Britain, transformed the position
0:06:51 > 0:06:56both for the Conservatives and of course for Jeremy Corbyn in hailing
0:06:56 > 0:07:00distance of Downing Street.Stop gloating, it's Christmas. Liz, your
0:07:00 > 0:07:08moment of the year?Of the year is that Time Magazine made its people
0:07:08 > 0:07:14of the year the women who've spoken out against sexual harassment and
0:07:14 > 0:07:20abuse. So many of us have had that experience from someone more senior
0:07:20 > 0:07:24and powerful than us and I was very proud of the women that spoke out
0:07:24 > 0:07:27and I think probably every single organisation in the land will have
0:07:27 > 0:07:30looked very seriously at what they are doing to tackle the problem. I
0:07:30 > 0:07:37think it will lead to real change. It was a strong magazine cover. I
0:07:37 > 0:07:41was surprised it wasn't Donald Trump... Again. John, your moment of
0:07:41 > 0:07:46the week.Of the year?Of the year I should say. You can make it week and
0:07:46 > 0:07:52year if you want.It's at Holyrood when the First Minister stood up and
0:07:52 > 0:07:57apologised to gay men for the way that they'd been treated throughout
0:07:57 > 0:08:01recent history. It's personal for me because I introduced the touring
0:08:01 > 0:08:07Bill at Westminster with the aim of pardoning gay men found guilty of
0:08:07 > 0:08:13gay crime.Named after the great mathematician.Precisely. The Bill
0:08:13 > 0:08:18was thrown out. The Scottish picked it up and issued this apology. It
0:08:18 > 0:08:21was very touching because there were some older gay men sitting on the
0:08:21 > 0:08:26balcony crying. I think it brought closure to people.Indeed. Three
0:08:26 > 0:08:32excellent moments of the year. No pressure, Miranda!Mine is a gloomy
0:08:32 > 0:08:41one. I live in West London and so it's the Grenfell Tower. The trauma
0:08:41 > 0:08:45for our part of London is ongoing and it's certain think worst thing
0:08:45 > 0:08:50that I've seen in my lifetime.The picture of that tower is the picture
0:08:50 > 0:08:56with which I'm afraid this year will always be synonymous with?For sure.
0:08:56 > 0:09:01I think being local, I think a lot of the commentary's missed the right
0:09:01 > 0:09:05tone but I think we really do have to learn some serious lessons from
0:09:05 > 0:09:09it and to have loss of life on that scale that seems to have been
0:09:09 > 0:09:14preventible is very difficult for us to digest.Gloomy but an excellent
0:09:14 > 0:09:18fourth moment. Thank you all four of you.
0:09:18 > 0:09:21Huddle close dear viewer, because I bring you a tale of ice and fire.
0:09:21 > 0:09:23And much turmoil.
0:09:23 > 0:09:25Yes when the chroniclers write of these times,
0:09:25 > 0:09:28they will relate stories of tribes riven; friendships torn apart; and
0:09:28 > 0:09:30leaders facing fiery destruction.
0:09:30 > 0:09:33Less than a year ago, Queen Theresa sat unchallenged
0:09:33 > 0:09:36on the Iron Throne with a secret plan to conquer all
0:09:36 > 0:09:39who stood in her way.
0:09:39 > 0:09:41But the stars did not align for the House of May.
0:09:41 > 0:09:49After the uncertain outcome of the Battle
0:09:49 > 0:09:51of the Unecessary Election - which historians have come to refer
0:09:51 > 0:09:56to as the greatest self-inflicted political wound of modern times -
0:09:56 > 0:09:59the House of May's defences were reduced to a hobbit's codpiece.
0:09:59 > 0:10:02Queen Theresa was forced to look to the North and spend much treasure
0:10:02 > 0:10:05on a troublesome tribal leader called Arlene of Ulster
0:10:05 > 0:10:07to preserve her precarious position on the Iron Throne.
0:10:07 > 0:10:12From which she watched in trepidation the power
0:10:12 > 0:10:15of the Zealot Red Prince, once scorned as a loser,
0:10:15 > 0:10:21grow stronger by the day, especially among those too young
0:10:21 > 0:10:24to have ever seen a British Rail sandwich, much less eaten one.
0:10:24 > 0:10:28Yes the House of Corbyn was on the march banishing its enemies,
0:10:28 > 0:10:32nationalising dragons and setting up a trade union for goblet-washers
0:10:32 > 0:10:34and sword-sharpeners.
0:10:34 > 0:10:37Winter was coming.
0:11:32 > 0:11:35Liz, I'm flipping freezing.
0:11:35 > 0:11:39Winter is coming.
0:11:39 > 0:11:42And, you know, you are on the roof.
0:11:42 > 0:11:45I feel like throwing myself off.
0:11:45 > 0:11:47The writing was on the wall, I suppose.
0:11:47 > 0:11:49House Corbyn leading us into the electoral
0:11:49 > 0:11:51wilderness.
0:11:51 > 0:11:53Yes, we have lost a bit of momentum.
0:11:53 > 0:11:54Wait a minute.
0:11:54 > 0:11:57I've got an idea.
0:11:57 > 0:12:01Liz?
0:12:01 > 0:12:02SHE CACKLES
0:12:02 > 0:12:08Liz!
0:12:08 > 0:12:09Strong and stable.
0:12:09 > 0:12:11Oh, Prime Minister.
0:12:11 > 0:12:14Strong and stable.
0:12:14 > 0:12:24I had David Davis on the phone.
0:12:28 > 0:12:29There's been a hiccup with the Brexit negotiations.
0:12:29 > 0:12:30Brexit means Brexit.
0:12:30 > 0:12:32Yes, quite so, Prime Minister.
0:12:32 > 0:12:35But these judges, they've ruled that all the banner men should
0:12:35 > 0:12:36have a say in triggering Article 50.
0:12:36 > 0:12:37Brexit means Brexit.
0:12:37 > 0:12:40And we are going to make a success of it.
0:12:40 > 0:12:41Perhaps I'll come back later, Prime Minister.
0:12:41 > 0:12:42Excuse me.
0:12:42 > 0:12:44Oh.
0:12:44 > 0:12:46There are boy jobs and girl jobs, you see.
0:12:46 > 0:12:56CHANTING:Oh, Jeremy Corbyn, oh, Jeremy Corbyn.
0:13:01 > 0:13:04Needs even more avocados.
0:13:04 > 0:13:14Come on, millennials.
0:13:16 > 0:13:18Hey, Kev, I mean, John Snow.
0:13:18 > 0:13:23The post's arrived.
0:13:23 > 0:13:25That looks a lot of ravens.
0:13:25 > 0:13:29Good news?
0:13:29 > 0:13:32This one says there's been a rebellion on the Article 50 vote.
0:13:32 > 0:13:34I told the banner men to shut up about
0:13:34 > 0:13:35Article 50.
0:13:35 > 0:13:40I told them it was a three-line whip.
0:13:40 > 0:13:42Yeah, it looks like the whips rebelled.
0:13:42 > 0:13:43And what about banner man Abbott?
0:13:43 > 0:13:45Was Diane loyal at least?
0:13:45 > 0:13:47It says here she was struck down by Brexit flu.
0:13:47 > 0:13:50Winter must be coming.
0:13:50 > 0:13:53By-elections are coming.
0:13:53 > 0:13:55Oh, God!
0:13:55 > 0:13:59Hang on, we won Stoke.
0:13:59 > 0:14:01But we lost Copeland.
0:14:01 > 0:14:11Where's Liz?
0:14:11 > 0:14:13Yes, what is it?
0:14:13 > 0:14:14I've got something on the hob.
0:14:14 > 0:14:15Call yourself a red witch!
0:14:15 > 0:14:16We lost Copeland, woman.
0:14:16 > 0:14:18Patience, patience.
0:14:18 > 0:14:28The night is dark before the elections.
0:14:43 > 0:14:46Tyrian, you can put the bow down, old boy.
0:14:46 > 0:14:49Spreadsheet Phil has stopped all that nonsense
0:14:49 > 0:14:51about national insurance contributions.
0:14:51 > 0:14:56Self-employed crossbow men are perfectly safe.
0:14:56 > 0:14:58And what's even better, Hammond is out
0:14:58 > 0:15:02and I am in.
0:15:02 > 0:15:04The hand of the Prime Minister.
0:15:04 > 0:15:10Now what she needs is a proper mandate, a general election.
0:15:10 > 0:15:14CHANTING:Oh, Jeremy Corbyn, oh, Jeremy Corbyn...
0:15:14 > 0:15:21Oh, Jeremy Corbyn, oh, Jeremy Corbyn.
0:15:31 > 0:15:37The youth vote!
0:15:37 > 0:15:41Not the majority!
0:15:41 > 0:15:51No!
0:15:58 > 0:16:08Thanks to Severndroog Castle in south east London.
0:16:08 > 0:16:12Theresa May ends the year much weaker than when she started. But
0:16:12 > 0:16:23she is still there. Why?There is a charismatic character who is Boris
0:16:23 > 0:16:26and there are noncharismatic characters and that is the rest of
0:16:26 > 0:16:31them really. All the others are either remain or leave, she at least
0:16:31 > 0:16:35is ambiguous because she campaigned for remain and now she leads us
0:16:35 > 0:16:39towards Brexit. But as I said last week, she seems to have acquired a
0:16:39 > 0:16:43certain longevity. She is of course much weaker than she was at the
0:16:43 > 0:16:46beginning of the year but I suppose much stronger than she was at the
0:16:46 > 0:16:50beginning of the month.Are you surprised, Liz, that she's still
0:16:50 > 0:16:56there after everything that's happened?No, because there isn't an
0:16:56 > 0:17:00alternative and also because the people who are rebelling now are
0:17:00 > 0:17:04actually people who voted remain and they think if they get rid of her,
0:17:04 > 0:17:09they'll have someone who's far more for a hard Brexit.John, would you
0:17:09 > 0:17:13have thought that given the election result, all the setbacks that
0:17:13 > 0:17:16Theresa May would survive through Christmas?I remember after the
0:17:16 > 0:17:20election they said she's only got weeks. She was considered incredibly
0:17:20 > 0:17:24vulnerable. She's been tenacious, hasn't she, in sticking there. I
0:17:24 > 0:17:28think these guys are right. One of the big problems is, who would you
0:17:28 > 0:17:34replace her with. Michael Gove is on manoeuvres and...That worked well
0:17:34 > 0:17:42last time.Everybody is terrified about Boris winning.Terrified of Mr
0:17:42 > 0:17:49Corbyn too if they provoke a general election.Exactly and of course the
0:17:49 > 0:17:53Ulster Unionists, DUP are terrified if there is a general election that
0:17:53 > 0:17:56Corbyn will get there, so they are propping her up. One thing about the
0:17:56 > 0:18:00Tories, you never know who the next Tory leader is going to be because
0:18:00 > 0:18:04it's never the person you expect. That was even true in 75 with
0:18:04 > 0:18:09Thatcher as well or John Major in 1992. So she's there because they
0:18:09 > 0:18:13can't agree an alternative?Indeed but this point of fear about an
0:18:13 > 0:18:17election is probably one of the most significant factors as well.Fear on
0:18:17 > 0:18:21the Tory back benches?Absolutely. I went to a focus group presentation a
0:18:21 > 0:18:26while ago and when asked to think of an image to sum up Theresa May and
0:18:26 > 0:18:32her extraordinary longevity that wasn't expected, they said, a
0:18:32 > 0:18:36reliant robin because it keeps going and you are not quite sure why. It's
0:18:36 > 0:18:41fascinating.Only got three wheels. That is right, you wouldn't think it
0:18:41 > 0:18:45would continue but it does and actually she's slightly earning my
0:18:45 > 0:18:48respect for keeping going. Nobody really knows whether it's by
0:18:48 > 0:18:52accident or design that she's been able to play off these two sides,
0:18:52 > 0:18:56leave and remain, against each other and of course it could come crashing
0:18:56 > 0:19:02down at any moment. She's still very, very vulnerable.Liz, Jeremy
0:19:02 > 0:19:08Corbyn is a surprise breakthrough of 2017. But how much does he need a
0:19:08 > 0:19:15quick election next year to capitalise on his popularity?I'm
0:19:15 > 0:19:24sure she'd be very eager for an election as soon as possible. We saw
0:19:24 > 0:19:29a big surge amongst younger people. That is still there. It wasn't just
0:19:29 > 0:19:36the 18-25s, it was a 30 and 40-year-old surge, many of whom came
0:19:36 > 0:19:39to us partly because they were inspired by his message but because
0:19:39 > 0:19:44they saw Labour as the anti-Brexit. Can they hold on? If they are right
0:19:44 > 0:19:49that there is a kind of Robin Reliant feature to Mrs May, she
0:19:49 > 0:19:54continues to trundle on, does he still hold on to them? Really what
0:19:54 > 0:20:07I'm asking is, is time on his side or is it not?
0:20:07 > 0:20:11To make improvements, we need to be clear on our alternative on Brexit
0:20:11 > 0:20:16and we have a lot of work to do to persuade people who voted
0:20:16 > 0:20:19Conservative.Particularly in smaller towns and coastal areas. Not
0:20:19 > 0:20:27just people in big metropolitan, diverse, socially Liberal cities.
0:20:27 > 0:20:33Why has Mr Corbyn confounded the consensus and become electable?For
0:20:33 > 0:20:39many reasons. One of the reasons is that the press overplayed their
0:20:39 > 0:20:44hand. They painted him as a monster. And when people saw him out and
0:20:44 > 0:20:49about, it was not the monster they had read about.The more out and
0:20:49 > 0:20:54about he was, the better he got.It is not like Neil Kinnock. People
0:20:54 > 0:20:58have access to the internet, they have myriad different sources for
0:20:58 > 0:21:05their news. People got to know him and they liked the message. Liz has
0:21:05 > 0:21:07touched on something important. They have to tell us what their message
0:21:07 > 0:21:12is on Europe. They say completely different things and I am not sure
0:21:12 > 0:21:16they can straddle all of these positions for months, all years on
0:21:16 > 0:21:21end. People want to know where they stand on Brexit and a second
0:21:21 > 0:21:26referendum, and they won't tell us. That might not be the defining issue
0:21:26 > 0:21:34for a lot of people. They seemed to vote for him despite the lack of it.
0:21:34 > 0:21:38I think it becomes more important as time ticks over, the idea of which
0:21:38 > 0:21:45way Labour will jump on Brexit. But you are right, the moment when the
0:21:45 > 0:21:48election campaign went disastrously wrong for May and fabulously right
0:21:48 > 0:21:54for the Labour leadership was the manifesto week. It is that idea that
0:21:54 > 0:21:58the country was looking for some sort of alternative and was not
0:21:58 > 0:22:03attracted to this unapologetic doom and gloom message from the Tories
0:22:03 > 0:22:08about the disastrous dementia tax, etc. There is a first for something
0:22:08 > 0:22:12else. I don't think we can quite say that Corbyn has proved himself
0:22:12 > 0:22:19electable yet.More so than most people thought.We were wrong, I
0:22:19 > 0:22:27admit that.I am not sure if time is on Jeremy Corbyn's side or not. Does
0:22:27 > 0:22:31he need to capitalise quickly, or even if there is not an election by
0:22:31 > 0:22:37this time next year, does it matter? You would think the sooner there was
0:22:37 > 0:22:41an election, the greater his chance of being elected. However, I do not
0:22:41 > 0:22:45think he is keen to be Prime Minister until Brexit is settled.
0:22:45 > 0:22:48One reason why I think Brexit will get through the House of Commons in
0:22:48 > 0:22:53the end is that I think Labour is going to make sure it goes through.
0:22:53 > 0:22:57The last thing we want is the British people, having voted for
0:22:57 > 0:23:02Brexit, and the British Parliament having voted against Brexit. A
0:23:02 > 0:23:07constitutional model that would be insoluble. Oh, yes, a general
0:23:07 > 0:23:10election and almost certainly a Corbyn government, but a Corbyn
0:23:10 > 0:23:12government wrestling with a nightmare even worse than the one at
0:23:12 > 0:23:16the moment. Although he must be tempted to have an early election,
0:23:16 > 0:23:22he would be like to see Brexit settled.It is about how you get
0:23:22 > 0:23:28there. There has to be a vote of no confidence in the government first
0:23:28 > 0:23:31of all, and for the reasons discussed earlier, particularly
0:23:31 > 0:23:38about the DUP, I don't see that happening soon. But I would be a
0:23:38 > 0:23:44full to predict it.Because usually the unlikely happens. Are the Labour
0:23:44 > 0:23:49moderates reconcile that 2017 was the EEA you lost your party perhaps
0:23:49 > 0:23:54for a generation?My bit of the party is not flavour of the month. I
0:23:54 > 0:24:01don't think that is news to anybody. You have lost your party.I wouldn't
0:24:01 > 0:24:05say that. There are many from the more moderate wing of the party who
0:24:05 > 0:24:09support us. We have always been a Broadchurch and that is how we have
0:24:09 > 0:24:15to stay.But the part of the church running the Labour Party has never
0:24:15 > 0:24:18done so before. And it looks like continuing to run it for the
0:24:18 > 0:24:24foreseeable future.Jeremy is the leader for as long as he once.That
0:24:24 > 0:24:29is my point, that you seem to have lost your party for a generation,
0:24:29 > 0:24:35and that is the significance of 2017.I think the challenge for us
0:24:35 > 0:24:41is to remain a Broadchurch. We have seen some talk about deselection,
0:24:41 > 0:24:45which I think would be a big mistake. We should be focusing on
0:24:45 > 0:24:49what the country once, turning our fire on the Tories. It was
0:24:49 > 0:24:51interesting after the vote in the House of Commons yesterday on the
0:24:51 > 0:24:57Conservative side that commentators and some MPs started talking about
0:24:57 > 0:25:04deselection, too. On the extremes of both parties you see a clamping down
0:25:04 > 0:25:10of discussion and debate, which has been one of the big things of 2017.
0:25:10 > 0:25:20Has any Tory had a good year?Ruth Davidson.Of course!You came to his
0:25:20 > 0:25:28help.You certainly did, spot on. Ruth Davidson had an amazing year.
0:25:28 > 0:25:35Other than Ruth Davidson, has any Tory had a good year? No conferring.
0:25:35 > 0:25:40Jacob Rees-Mogg has had a pretty good year.All right, I accept that,
0:25:40 > 0:25:45a difficult question and with help you got an answer. In Westminster
0:25:45 > 0:25:53terms, the SNP and the Lib Dems, the losers of the year. Discuss.Well,
0:25:53 > 0:25:59obviously the SNP lost seats, as I know to my cost.Did they really?
0:25:59 > 0:26:04But they won more seats than the other parties combined. The polls
0:26:04 > 0:26:09show the Tories in third place again in Scotland. And the polls also show
0:26:09 > 0:26:12that if there is an election tomorrow, the SNP would pick up ten
0:26:12 > 0:26:19seats.These are the reliable polls, which predicted victory for Mrs May.
0:26:19 > 0:26:25You are right and there are lots of qualifications. I think we are past
0:26:25 > 0:26:30peak roof. She is now talking about running for a Westminster seat, she
0:26:30 > 0:26:38has revealed.If she does not get Holyrood.Which she won't. She was
0:26:38 > 0:26:41originally a list MP in the west coast of Scotland, then did the
0:26:41 > 0:26:45chicken run to Edinburgh for a constituency seat and is now
0:26:45 > 0:26:47thinking of abandoning her constituents again to go to
0:26:47 > 0:26:52Westminster. There is a limit to how many times personal ambition
0:26:52 > 0:26:56expressed so nakedly works.John has put a fair amount of spin on the
0:26:56 > 0:27:01position of the SNP. This was not a good year for them. The problem for
0:27:01 > 0:27:08the Lib Dems, to finish on this, is that the other significance of 2017
0:27:08 > 0:27:12is that this is the year England returned to 2-party politics, and it
0:27:12 > 0:27:19has remained that way, and the Lib Dems remain marginalised.That is
0:27:19 > 0:27:24true, but Brexit has been this massive destabilising force, so we
0:27:24 > 0:27:27do not know where we are at the end of it. I think the Lib Dems are in
0:27:27 > 0:27:33serious trouble, because I think it is the case that, as Liz described
0:27:33 > 0:27:38eloquently, you have a push to the extremes in the two main parties, a
0:27:38 > 0:27:42gaping hole in the centre, and the Lib Dems cannot seem to find a voice
0:27:42 > 0:27:49to speak for that centre ground. If they fail to do that, as Brexit
0:27:49 > 0:27:54remodels things afterwards, they may find themselves lost. But who knows?
0:27:54 > 0:28:05It is very unpredictable.Who knows, that is the motif of 2017. Anyway...
0:28:05 > 0:28:07Now can I get a beat, Porty My Bro?
0:28:07 > 0:28:08Because it's late.
0:28:08 > 0:28:09Beat-box, bad boy, grime-time late.
0:28:09 > 0:28:11So listen to MC Andrew and don't hesitate.
0:28:11 > 0:28:12Pull out your Blue Nun.
0:28:12 > 0:28:14'Cause we're gonna have some fun.
0:28:14 > 0:28:15Forget about Newsnight and the Dimbleby posses.
0:28:15 > 0:28:18We make the others look like big wossies.
0:28:18 > 0:28:22We're bigger than Yentob, we're the first and the last-ie
0:28:22 > 0:28:24Cos comin' up next, it's our favourite
0:28:24 > 0:28:33rapper, Big Narstie!
0:28:38 > 0:28:48Thirsty work. Before that, more music.
0:28:48 > 0:28:56# Mrs May, Mrs May # Oh, calamities
0:28:56 > 0:29:02# Oh, what fun to BPM with the help of the DUP
0:29:02 > 0:29:07# One day before the vote # Mrs May thought she was sacked
0:29:07 > 0:29:12# But then came polling day 's # What did Theresa get?
0:29:12 > 0:29:19# A grinning Labour bench # A small minority
0:29:19 > 0:29:28# What fun it is to be PM # With the help of the DUP
0:29:28 > 0:29:35# Oh, Mrs May, Mrs May # Oh, calamities
0:29:35 > 0:29:48# Oh, what fun to be PM # With the help of the DUP. #
0:29:48 > 0:29:50APPLAUSE
0:29:50 > 0:29:56Very good.
0:29:56 > 0:29:58Now for the Season Finale of the never-needing
0:29:58 > 0:30:00show of Ice and Fire that is the Westminster
0:30:00 > 0:30:01Palace of Varieties.
0:30:01 > 0:30:04A gut-wrenching tale of solipsism and stupidity in which a minor
0:30:04 > 0:30:06character came from nowhere to challenge the House of May.
0:30:06 > 0:30:09Called Dominic of Grieve - offspring of a long line
0:30:09 > 0:30:17of weeping widows - he led a brutal tribe
0:30:17 > 0:30:18of blood-suckers called The Lawyers.
0:30:18 > 0:30:21Infatuated by his self-importance - a common characteristic of the tribe
0:30:21 > 0:30:25- Dominic of Grieve led a mutiny against Queen Theresa,
0:30:25 > 0:30:30causing her to lose her first Brexit battle.
0:30:30 > 0:30:34"Treachery" cried a motley band of Brexiteers, who fawned
0:30:34 > 0:30:39round the House of May, forgetting that for most
0:30:39 > 0:30:43of their careers Treachery had been their default position.
0:30:43 > 0:30:45But the softly-spoken assassin was unfazed and merely unfurled
0:30:45 > 0:30:51in their faces his pro-Remain banner - a lion running backwards.
0:30:51 > 0:31:01Yes, dear viewer, the final Battle of Brexit is coming.
0:31:07 > 0:31:09What an unprecedented victory.
0:31:09 > 0:31:10We didn't win.
0:31:10 > 0:31:13King of the ballot box, King of the youth vote, King of the
0:31:13 > 0:31:14North.
0:31:14 > 0:31:16Let's celebrate.
0:31:16 > 0:31:16But we didn't win.
0:31:16 > 0:31:18Oh, shut up.
0:31:18 > 0:31:19Corbyn is coming.
0:31:19 > 0:31:24Yeah, coming second.
0:31:24 > 0:31:29CHANTING:Shame, shame, shame, shame...
0:31:29 > 0:31:30I can't believe it.
0:31:30 > 0:31:31What a result.
0:31:31 > 0:31:33And now she wants us to make an alliance
0:31:33 > 0:31:38with the DUP.
0:31:38 > 0:31:39Budge up, Theresa.
0:31:39 > 0:31:42We paid a billion for this seat, so.
0:31:42 > 0:31:44The party faithful are incomplete dismay.
0:31:44 > 0:31:51But the party conference is coming.
0:31:51 > 0:31:55The greatest event in the blue rinse calendar.
0:31:55 > 0:31:56She'll triumph.
0:31:56 > 0:31:57I know she will.
0:31:57 > 0:31:59COUGHING
0:31:59 > 0:32:05Excuse me.
0:32:05 > 0:32:07Poor PM.
0:32:07 > 0:32:08I almost feel sorry for her.
0:32:08 > 0:32:11Another caper?
0:32:11 > 0:32:13Don't mind if I do.
0:32:13 > 0:32:14SOBBING
0:32:14 > 0:32:19What's that?
0:32:19 > 0:32:21No majority, no stability, no strength.
0:32:21 > 0:32:24No hope.
0:32:24 > 0:32:26Cooee!
0:32:27 > 0:32:28Cooee!
0:32:28 > 0:32:31Oh, God.
0:32:31 > 0:32:33What do you think, wildfire him?
0:32:33 > 0:32:35No, the Lord of light is feeling merciful.
0:32:35 > 0:32:39Let him up.
0:32:39 > 0:32:42Come on, let's go meet him then.
0:32:49 > 0:32:50Hey, what's new?
0:32:50 > 0:32:51SHE COUGHS
0:32:51 > 0:32:58Don't worry, old chap, have a lozenge.
0:32:58 > 0:32:59Oh, grow up.
0:32:59 > 0:33:01If you were in government you'd realise
0:33:01 > 0:33:08that she's got far more important things to worry about than a cough.
0:33:09 > 0:33:11The clock is ticking very fast.
0:33:11 > 0:33:18Brexit is not a game.
0:33:18 > 0:33:20Well, negotiations have hit a brick wall.
0:33:20 > 0:33:23The prospect of a no deal Brexit cliff edge draws ever closer.
0:33:23 > 0:33:26Oi, who are you?
0:33:26 > 0:33:28Jon Snow, pleased to meet you.
0:33:28 > 0:33:30No, no, no.
0:33:30 > 0:33:31I'm John Snow.
0:33:31 > 0:33:32Lord Commander of the Knight's Watch, King
0:33:32 > 0:33:34of the North, BA Hons, etc.
0:33:34 > 0:33:37Give us that magic wand.
0:33:37 > 0:33:38Hang on a minute.
0:33:38 > 0:33:40No need to fight it out.
0:33:40 > 0:33:42You go and sort it out somewhere else.
0:33:51 > 0:33:54Liz, are you expecting anybody?
0:33:54 > 0:33:55No.
0:33:55 > 0:33:56Don't answer it.
0:33:56 > 0:34:02We can't ignore it.
0:34:02 > 0:34:08ALL:Brexit is coming!
0:34:10 > 0:34:12Not Brexit, Brian Blessed.
0:34:12 > 0:34:15I've come to join you.
0:34:15 > 0:34:25Merry Christmas.
0:34:25 > 0:34:28Thanks again to Severndroog Castle in south east London.
0:34:28 > 0:34:39We'll be round to collect Brian in the morning.
0:34:39 > 0:34:44How much progress has the Government made this year on Brexit, Michael?
0:34:44 > 0:34:47The interesting thing about last week was that it was the European
0:34:47 > 0:34:51Union that work so anxious to get a deal and move on. That was something
0:34:51 > 0:34:56entirely new. But I think entirely logical because the money's very
0:34:56 > 0:35:00important to the European Union and I think actually a mar knownious
0:35:00 > 0:35:02settlement with the United Kingdom is important to the European Union
0:35:02 > 0:35:07as well. The European Union's got a long list of other problems.
0:35:07 > 0:35:12Actually, it's to my mind completely unthinkable that this will all end
0:35:12 > 0:35:17up with the European Union imposing tariffs on Britain and Britain
0:35:17 > 0:35:20imposing tariffs on the European Union. We are going to pay for a
0:35:20 > 0:35:26free trade deal and I think that is now the clear way forward.Amanda,
0:35:26 > 0:35:32for much of the year, the coverage was gloomy of how the Brexit talks
0:35:32 > 0:35:36were going and the media was generally highly critical. But is
0:35:36 > 0:35:40Michael right, was there a watershed in the past month or so when it
0:35:40 > 0:35:46looked like the commission and Mr Macron in Paris, Mrs Merkel in
0:35:46 > 0:35:49Berlin, for the reasons Michael gives, that they now kind of want to
0:35:49 > 0:35:54get on with it -- Miranda?Clearly there was a breakthrough which is,
0:35:54 > 0:35:59you know, much to be commended and actually, if this leads to sort of
0:35:59 > 0:36:04goodwill on both sides for the next stages, that is all to the good. We
0:36:04 > 0:36:08all want a good outcome.It will need goodwill to get through stage
0:36:08 > 0:36:13two.It really will because it gets much more complicated now. Agreeing
0:36:13 > 0:36:16these three principles was the simplest part, as Michael said. What
0:36:16 > 0:36:21we move on to now, unfortunately, will actually depend on the UK
0:36:21 > 0:36:25knowing what it wants.And we don't know that yet?No. That is the
0:36:25 > 0:36:29really difficult thing. Now we are about to have an argument that we
0:36:29 > 0:36:34should have had during the Brexit referendum which is what is our end
0:36:34 > 0:36:37point relationship with the EU. And we still don't know.The Government
0:36:37 > 0:36:42will have to make its mind up on that. It hasn't yet, as I understand
0:36:42 > 0:36:48it, and there will have to be discussions in Cabinet. The
0:36:48 > 0:36:51European's can't negotiate with us unless they know what it is we want.
0:36:51 > 0:36:56We are the ones that are leaving. If the Government does come out and has
0:36:56 > 0:37:03to come out and tell us what the end game is to be, do you think a deal
0:37:03 > 0:37:08will now be done?I think there is still a huge fudge. Yes, there was a
0:37:08 > 0:37:14breakthrough. But when you lack at it, particularly around the Northern
0:37:14 > 0:37:19Ireland issue, actually it wasn't the money, it wasn't EU citizens, it
0:37:19 > 0:37:24was the Northern Ireland issue and I think that's still fudged.But they
0:37:24 > 0:37:27said they couldn't do more on Northern Ireland until they knew
0:37:27 > 0:37:30what the end state would be for the UK.We have just kicked it down the
0:37:30 > 0:37:35line.That is inevitable.No, because either you say you don't
0:37:35 > 0:37:39want a hard border so you have got to be in the customs union and
0:37:39 > 0:37:41because you don't want Northern Ireland to be separate from the rest
0:37:41 > 0:37:45of the UK, then all of the UK has to be in the customs union. It either
0:37:45 > 0:37:53is or it isn't. There is a choice and at the moment...Norway is in
0:37:53 > 0:37:58the customs union and doesn't have a hard border.They are saying they
0:37:58 > 0:38:03want us out and they won't be able to resolve the border issue and it's
0:38:03 > 0:38:06being pushed further down the line. It is a fudge. Choices have to be
0:38:06 > 0:38:09made and we are kidding ourselves if we think they don't.It's
0:38:09 > 0:38:12interesting what Liz said. It's not what the Brussels commission is
0:38:12 > 0:38:19saying. The Brussels commission is not saying that it's either a fudge
0:38:19 > 0:38:23or that you cannot resolve Northern Ireland unless you stay in the
0:38:23 > 0:38:33customs union. The view in Brussels, which I've been speaking to recently
0:38:33 > 0:38:36is clear, they don't want us in the single market, because that is
0:38:36 > 0:38:40called having your cake and eating it.They made that clear from the
0:38:40 > 0:38:46outset.From day one.The nature of the Brexit negotiations which
0:38:46 > 0:38:50Brexiteers haven't cottoned on to yet is, they cannot allow us to have
0:38:50 > 0:38:58a deal that is better than the deal that we'd have.By staying in.Yes.
0:38:58 > 0:39:02You get very little acknowledgement of the reality of that. The other
0:39:02 > 0:39:06thing I found interesting was the ex-don't which the rest of the
0:39:06 > 0:39:16European Union was united. He was asked who his best friend was and he
0:39:16 > 0:39:20said the 27. They stood behind us over the course of this week, he
0:39:20 > 0:39:25said. That shows how united they are. The Brexiteers told us that as
0:39:25 > 0:39:29soon as the Brexit process began, the remaining members would begin to
0:39:29 > 0:39:36fragment. I think one of the key features of these negotiations thus
0:39:36 > 0:39:39far is how united they've been.It's true. They are staying united too
0:39:39 > 0:39:43but it's not quite as you say, because when the money was agreed,
0:39:43 > 0:39:48when the £39 billion was agreed, but the British had to renegotiate
0:39:48 > 0:39:54elements of the Northern Ireland bit, the commission, Paris, Berlin,
0:39:54 > 0:39:58told Dublin, you have to fall in line. The pressure was there. They
0:39:58 > 0:40:02were used by the commission to cause the British problems, but the money
0:40:02 > 0:40:07matters more to the commission than Dublin does. So they had to fall in
0:40:07 > 0:40:12line in the end.To a certain extent of course that's true. Dublin's a
0:40:12 > 0:40:18small country. But nonetheless, Dublin certainly punched above its
0:40:18 > 0:40:25weight.Of course because it's pivotal.It's amazing people haven't
0:40:25 > 0:40:28been more bothered on the impact of the Good Friday Agreement. This
0:40:28 > 0:40:33isn't just about trade and money, it's about peace.How little did the
0:40:33 > 0:40:37unionists think about the Irish dimension when they pushed forward
0:40:37 > 0:40:40with this.I have a completely different view. The European
0:40:40 > 0:40:43Commission tried to get the Irish to make trouble for the British. They
0:40:43 > 0:40:47then found that the thing...So patronising.They did not realise
0:40:47 > 0:40:51how the DUP would react and then the commission ran scared because they
0:40:51 > 0:40:53then thought that the whole thing was going to collapse, remember they
0:40:53 > 0:40:57are worried Mrs May will go, they are worried there'll be no deal and
0:40:57 > 0:41:04they then, as Andrew said, put pressure on Ireland.I need to move
0:41:04 > 0:41:08on. I want to ask a wider question about Brexit. Is it sucking the life
0:41:08 > 0:41:20out of British politics?Yes.Liz said yes.It's infusing the whole of
0:41:20 > 0:41:26politics with some slightly sort of ugly characteristics and drawing...
0:41:26 > 0:41:30It's poisoning the lives of the British public?Yes and it's drawing
0:41:30 > 0:41:35the oxygen away from other issues we should be focussing on. Actually,
0:41:35 > 0:41:39for me, the Brexit vote, had it gone by this similar margin the other
0:41:39 > 0:41:42way, would have been a very good wake-up call for all the issues we
0:41:42 > 0:41:46have been neglecting in this country. As it is, we can't pay
0:41:46 > 0:41:54proper attention to those.Because of Brexit?Yes.I find whole Brexit
0:41:54 > 0:41:56process enormously depressing, narrow minded.That is because you
0:41:56 > 0:42:04lost?No. I've always thought that about the anti-EU element within
0:42:04 > 0:42:09this country and I think they'll be given full reign. I think what the
0:42:09 > 0:42:12papers are doing, the Daily Mail headline, they went for the judges
0:42:12 > 0:42:18and now they are going for politicians. I thought this from the
0:42:18 > 0:42:21Brexiteers' perspective was meant to be about returning power to
0:42:21 > 0:42:25Parliament. That's what yesterday's vote was about.Two years ago we sat
0:42:25 > 0:42:30around here worrying about apathy. We are not any more. People are
0:42:30 > 0:42:38highly engaged.Not much time. We need to... We can't be too
0:42:38 > 0:42:43parochial. I want to ask you this, Liz. Trump one year on. Reassured or
0:42:43 > 0:42:56even more scared?Even more scared. He is unleashing the demons. He
0:42:56 > 0:43:02doesn't just thrive, he survives off division. He's broken...He
0:43:02 > 0:43:06sometimes encourages it.Absolutely. He's broken the rule book. All the
0:43:06 > 0:43:10people who said he'll be different when he's President, he'll calm down
0:43:10 > 0:43:15and will be more diplomatic. He's doubled down and if we fear that
0:43:15 > 0:43:20Britain is still divided after our referendum, the United States is
0:43:20 > 0:43:23still unbelievably divided. One of the interesting things has been
0:43:23 > 0:43:37how...Not too much time. I need other people to talk. He supported a
0:43:37 > 0:43:42person in Alabama who said Muslims shouldn't be allowed to be served in
0:43:42 > 0:43:45the congress. There is no good amendments to the constitution after
0:43:45 > 0:43:48the tenth amendment. I would point out the 14th abolished slavery, I
0:43:48 > 0:43:53think it was the 16th that required voting rights for people who weren't
0:43:53 > 0:43:58white and the 18th or 17th, which gave women the vote.We don't have
0:43:58 > 0:44:07much time, Andrew.And he backed all that! Rereassured or scared?That
0:44:07 > 0:44:09candidate lost in Alabama, absolutely extraordinary that the
0:44:09 > 0:44:17democrats won a seat in Alabama in the senate. He shows no dignity.
0:44:17 > 0:44:21Here we are a year on, the Secretary of State 'tillerson is still in
0:44:21 > 0:44:26position, he's saying that he's going to talk to the North Koreans
0:44:26 > 0:44:32or that that is an open option Tillerson. The North Koreans seem to
0:44:32 > 0:44:38have calmed down. No mayhem seems to have come out of his new positions
0:44:38 > 0:44:42on global warming or Iran. The American ship of state continues to
0:44:42 > 0:44:48sail its course despite the President.
0:44:48 > 0:44:54He has no legislative achievements of any kind.He has the tax reform.
0:44:54 > 0:44:57He has failed on most of his significant promises. Building a
0:44:57 > 0:45:05wall, failed. Obama care, failed. The result in Alabama was
0:45:05 > 0:45:09encouraging.Why did the Democrats only win by 1.5 points?It is
0:45:09 > 0:45:18Alabama.They have not won there since 92, not the dark ages.The
0:45:18 > 0:45:23Democrats won the African-American vote and also the young vote.What
0:45:23 > 0:45:26they did get was the suburban Republican vote. They stayed at home
0:45:26 > 0:45:33all voted for them. Reassured, or scared?I don't think you can count
0:45:33 > 0:45:38on every Trump candidate being as repellent as Roy Moore in Alabama.
0:45:38 > 0:45:43For that reason, I am not as cheered as the others by the result, but I
0:45:43 > 0:45:48don't necessarily think Trump will last the course. He will do great
0:45:48 > 0:46:00damage to America and the world as long as he is in power.
0:46:01 > 0:46:04Let's get a bit more festive cheer from our resident Barbershop boys.
0:46:04 > 0:46:11Take it away lads.
0:46:11 > 0:46:16# Michael, the Brexit reindeer # Had a very shiny shirt
0:46:16 > 0:46:23# And if you ever saw it # It would make your eyeballs hurt
0:46:23 > 0:46:29# All of the other reindeer # Used to laugh and call him names
0:46:29 > 0:46:36# They never let poor Michael # Join in any Brexit games
0:46:36 > 0:46:42# Then one Christmas Eve # Santa came to say
0:46:42 > 0:46:51# Michael, with your shirt so bright # Might buy Brexit late tonight
0:46:51 > 0:46:57# Then how the reindeer loved him # As they shouted out with glee 's
0:46:57 > 0:47:03# Michael the Brexit reindeer # You will go down in history
0:47:03 > 0:47:14# Michael the Brexit # Michael the Brexit reindeer. #
0:47:14 > 0:47:16Thank you, boys.
0:47:16 > 0:47:19Your cheque's in the post.
0:47:19 > 0:47:21And we hear you have a Christmas album.
0:47:21 > 0:47:24Good luck with that.
0:47:24 > 0:47:27And back by popular demand, Brixton's finest,
0:47:27 > 0:47:35Big Narstie is here.
0:47:35 > 0:47:44Hello.Good to see you. Have you missed us?Hundred percent, man. How
0:47:44 > 0:47:50are you doing? I feel overdressed for the occasion.Since it is
0:47:50 > 0:47:56Christmas, I have presents for you all. The first one is from -- it is
0:47:56 > 0:48:02formally the dog. I will give that to her for Christmas. Molly is
0:48:02 > 0:48:07French and she is in France for Christmas. Liz, Merry Christmas to
0:48:07 > 0:48:22you. A big present for you, my man. There you go.I ain't got nothing
0:48:22 > 0:48:31for you.You being here is my present. Michael, small but heavy.
0:48:31 > 0:48:37What have we here? John, Merry Christmas.Can we unwrap them?Of
0:48:37 > 0:48:49course. Miranda Hart. There we go. What could be down here? You see
0:48:49 > 0:48:59this expensive bag?Just what I have always wanted.Here is one for Iris
0:48:59 > 0:49:02Bailey.This is something I am really going to use and get on
0:49:02 > 0:49:09people's nerves with.I can't believe that. You got a megaphone.
0:49:09 > 0:49:17Great. You got a book on Jeremy Corbyn.I've got a crystal ball.
0:49:17 > 0:49:26We've known that for years.House of Lords shortbread.Not bad. And a
0:49:26 > 0:49:35European flag. Speak to me.I'm on some stuff right now. We are on BBC
0:49:35 > 0:49:40right now. This is my Christmas present. We are having it big right
0:49:40 > 0:49:49now on the show. Sexy ladies inside. Oh, my God, it's going down.I was
0:49:49 > 0:49:53going to ask what your moment of the year was, but I think this has been
0:49:53 > 0:50:03your moment of the year.My moment right now is my microphone.Have you
0:50:03 > 0:50:10had a good year?Wonderful. My year has been so epic. It's like...
0:50:10 > 0:50:22Vibes.Do you think the country has had a good year? I will take that as
0:50:22 > 0:50:31a no.This is how I think our country feels...Is next year going
0:50:31 > 0:50:39to be better than this year?100%. How do you know?Because the future
0:50:39 > 0:50:44is bright, the future is orange, and I'm in the future.The future is
0:50:44 > 0:50:52orange? Good News for Arlene Foster. So you are just going to build on
0:50:52 > 0:50:592017. You liked it?2017 has been a very good year. It's had its ups and
0:50:59 > 0:51:05downs like everything, but so much has changed. Obviously we've got
0:51:05 > 0:51:11Brexit. We've had our catastrophes, but so much good things as well. And
0:51:11 > 0:51:17the snow was epic not long ago.I like this optimism because they are
0:51:17 > 0:51:23all a bit miserable.Not at all, very optimistic.You have got to be.
0:51:23 > 0:51:27The only way we can make the world and our country better is all of us
0:51:27 > 0:51:32doing a bit ourselves, do you know what time? If we see trash on the
0:51:32 > 0:51:37floor, it is all good to say, look at that, but if someone takes their
0:51:37 > 0:51:42pride away and says, there is a bit of trash and picks it up, you may
0:51:42 > 0:51:48not have the whole clean street. There is a bit of trash.Already we
0:51:48 > 0:51:56are learning from you. They are quite a messy crowd.My album is
0:51:56 > 0:52:07coming out. BDL bipolar. Next year, April. I have to watch my figure.
0:52:07 > 0:52:13You have plenty of time to worry about that. This lot are useless at
0:52:13 > 0:52:18predictions so I will embarrass them by asking for a prediction for next
0:52:18 > 0:52:24year, starting with Liz.On the 70th anniversary of the NHS you will see
0:52:24 > 0:52:26cross-party work to deliver a sustainable funding system,
0:52:26 > 0:52:36including social care.You are optimistic! Michael?I foresee a
0:52:36 > 0:52:43royal wedding.We know that already! You don't know it, I made a real
0:52:43 > 0:52:49prediction.We do know it's going to happen.All right, no state visit by
0:52:49 > 0:52:57President Trump.He is really out on a limb there, isn't he?!It is
0:52:57 > 0:53:01tricky. We are so bad at these. I predict that this time next year we
0:53:01 > 0:53:07will be discussing the same questions.Stop trying to cheer me
0:53:07 > 0:53:13up! You can feel people switching off.I think the noose might tighten
0:53:13 > 0:53:17on trumpet in the States with the special prosecutor and a lot more
0:53:17 > 0:53:25detail about Russia and Russian links. -- on Trump in the states.We
0:53:25 > 0:53:29will keep an eye on that. I will make a prediction for you. Your
0:53:29 > 0:53:36album will be a great success.Yes, and I will dedicate some money to
0:53:36 > 0:53:44A&E, NHS. Ambulance gang.Ambulance gang, love it.I love the Ambulance
0:53:44 > 0:53:51Service.You have got what they have got on their car, too. Let's hear it
0:53:51 > 0:53:58again.Wait until I hit the streets with this bad boy. Whoever sees me
0:53:58 > 0:54:07at the traffic lights, I am going to rock your world, I swear to God.
0:54:07 > 0:54:12That is your lot for tonight, but not for us. We are off to Lulu's for
0:54:12 > 0:54:19panto. Phillip Hammond is playing Baron hard up. Michael is pulling on
0:54:19 > 0:54:25his tights to be widowed 20. Which I am told is Cockney rhyming slang for
0:54:25 > 0:54:31his nickname. Liz will be joining him as Cinderella, reflecting her
0:54:31 > 0:54:35current status in the Labour Party. And after he said he did not need to
0:54:35 > 0:54:42be clever, David Davis is making a guest appearance as dopey. Don't let
0:54:42 > 0:54:46the big nasty bite.
0:54:46 > 0:54:48This Week, BBC One, big up.
0:54:48 > 0:54:49All the people locked in.
0:54:49 > 0:54:52Big up Mike delinquent.
0:54:52 > 0:54:55Merry Christmas.
0:54:55 > 0:55:01Big up the ravers locked in on your telly box right now.
0:55:01 > 0:55:05Bass.
0:55:09 > 0:55:10Club with the Henny, it's on.
0:55:10 > 0:55:11Lambrini girls want to have fun.
0:55:11 > 0:55:13Jack Daniels popping on.
0:55:13 > 0:55:16Two stepping, know that I'm gone.
0:55:16 > 0:55:18We don't stop, blood, till we see sun.
0:55:18 > 0:55:19Hennessy drunk, vodka and Red Bull drunk.
0:55:19 > 0:55:21Bora Bora sun.
0:55:21 > 0:55:23Man like A, Blue Nun.
0:55:23 > 0:55:25Sexy, show me how you flex it.
0:55:25 > 0:55:27Are you ready to buy Brexit?
0:55:27 > 0:55:29What will you do for the breakfast?
0:55:29 > 0:55:30Will you wear the pearl necklace?
0:55:30 > 0:55:32Will you start going on reckless?
0:55:32 > 0:55:34Text your friend and exes, tell them I am the best.
0:55:34 > 0:55:37I come through the walls like Nexus.
0:55:37 > 0:55:39Mad!
0:55:40 > 0:55:41Party time.
0:55:41 > 0:55:43This is the Ibiza special.
0:55:43 > 0:55:45Coming out next year.
0:55:45 > 0:55:48Bass.
0:55:48 > 0:55:51Yeah!
0:55:51 > 0:55:57Big up Mike delinquent on the buttons.
0:55:57 > 0:56:00BBC This Week.
0:56:00 > 0:56:03I need a holiday, I need a getaway, I need to touch Stansted
0:56:03 > 0:56:06on a runway, need to touch Gatwick on a runway, on a one-way.
0:56:06 > 0:56:10I need a break, I need a getaway, I need a holiday, I need to hit
0:56:10 > 0:56:13Stansted on a one-way, need to touch Gatwick on a one-way.
0:56:13 > 0:56:14On a one-way.
0:56:14 > 0:56:15Hola, amigo, soy Big Narstie, amigo.
0:56:15 > 0:56:18I'm MJ, never been Tito.
0:56:18 > 0:56:20You're a soft drink.
0:56:20 > 0:56:21You're a bloody mojito.
0:56:21 > 0:56:23You suck, you bloody mosquito.
0:56:23 > 0:56:24Hit the swag with a splash of Moschino.
0:56:24 > 0:56:28You know how we roll.
0:56:28 > 0:56:29Big up This Week.
0:56:29 > 0:56:38Shout.
0:56:41 > 0:56:46Yeah, yeah, yeah.
0:56:46 > 0:56:48You got the moves, you got the vibes.
0:56:48 > 0:56:56Yeah, baby.
0:56:56 > 0:56:59Big up the sexy ladies watching the TV.
0:56:59 > 0:57:06We are here, flexing.
0:57:06 > 0:57:07Rasta Boom.
0:57:07 > 0:57:08Merry Christmas.
0:57:08 > 0:57:11Flexing.
0:57:19 > 0:57:22Every woman is the architect of her own fortune.