On Talk Drive, Peter Cardwell is joined by the associate director at the Academy of Ideas, Alastair Donald, to give his view on the government's aim to ban under 16s from social media, as well as a crackdown on X - after Grok has been used to create sexualised images.

Christine Jardine, Liberal Democrat MP for Edinburgh West, also weighs in on the issue and discusses her party's plan to end long waits in A&E and 'corridor care.'

Then, Independent MP for Great Yarmouth, Rupert Lowe, gives his opinion on the government's social media plans and the latest on Iran.

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On Talk Drive, Peter Cardwell is joined by Talk's international editor, Isabel Oakeshott, to give her view on Nadhim Zahawi defecting to Reform UK. She also discusses Ofcom's investigation into X over Grok's ability to create sexualised images.

Then Labour MP for Hartlepool, Jonathan Brash, provides his opinion on the possibility of a government ban on X.

Also, Labour MP for Kingston Upon Hull East, Karl Turner, explains why he is against Keir Starmer's plan to restrict jury trials.

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Peter Cardwell is joined by Tech Journalist, Jasper Hamill, to discuss AI. This comes as Britain contemplates banning Elon Musk’s X amid a row over its AI undressing women and children in photographs.

Shadow Foreign Minister and Conservative MP, Wendy Morton, discusses digital ID, a potential X ban, and the never-ending u-turns from Labour.

Plus, Amanda Thompson, the co-founder a homelessness charity Two Brews, joins Peter after two men were turned away from their prepaid hotel rooms in sub-zero temperatures. Two Brews had booked the accommodation, but the men were refused entry after a staff member said the company does not "allow" homeless people to stay there.

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Peter Cardwell is joined by Jonathan Greatorex - who runs The Hand at Llanarmon in Wales - and CEO of Night Time Industries Association, Michael Kill, to discuss Labour's potential u-turn on business rates for pubs, and what it will mean for them.

Former Conservative Defence Minister, Sir Gerald Howarth, says we're in "really challenging times" and that he's "not hopeful about America" or "Trump talking in transactional terms" regarding Venezuela.

Plus, former Metropolitan Police Superintendent, Kevin Hurley, says he is 'appalled' by Scotland Yard, after it admitted it failed to properly vet thousands of officers – allowing rapists, racist and violent offenders to join the force. Hurley says: "it's a product of what's been going on in the UK for the last 20 years - austerity and cutting and underfunding the police force."

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On Talk Drive, Peter Cardwell is joined by head of lifestyle economics at the IEA, Christopher Snowdon, to give his view on motorists potentially facing stricter laws on drink-driving.

Then director of investigations and enforcement at the Campaign Against Anti-Semitism, Stephen Silverman, provides his opinion after the Chief Constable of West Midlands Police, Craig Guildford, was questioned at the Home Affairs Select Committee on Maccabi Tel Aviv fans being banned from attending a football match in Birmingham.

Also, former Justice Secretary, Alex Chalk KC, discusses Labour's plan to axe juries, the government having to pay £4million a year to lease Dartmoor prison despite it being unusable and two prisoners being arrested after absconding from HMP Leyhill.

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On Talk Drive, Peter Cardwell is joined by former U.S. Diplomat, Jim Jatras, and Chair of the All-Parliamentary Group on Greenland, Brendan O'Hara MP, to discuss Donald Trump's suggestion that the U.S. should take control over Greenland.

Former Labour MP and Aston Villa fan, Lord Austin, gives his opinion on Maccabi Tel Aviv fans being banned from attending a football match in Birmingham as Chief Constable of West Midlands Police, Craig Guildford, is questioned at the Home Affairs Select Committee.

Then lawyer and road safety campaigner, Nick Freeman, provides his view on a potential ban for older drivers if they fail an eye test.

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Peter Cardwell is joined by former British Army Commander, Colonel Richard Kemp, to take us through the latest, as Venezuela's president, Nicolás Maduro, is due in New York court.

Former Metropolitan Police Detective, Mike Neville, discusses Jonathan Carley who was fined £500 for illegally posing as a Royal Navy admiral at a Remembrance Sunday event. Meanwhile, at least 30 dangerous mental health patients - who were secretly freed from high security hospitals - have gone on to kill in recent years.

Plus, Labour MP, Jonathan Hinder, joins Peter to discuss the decision-making around the policing of the Maccabi Tel Aviv football match against Aston Villa, and the banning of Maccabi Tel Aviv fans.

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Alex Phillips is joined by Leader of Nottingham People's Alliance, Councillor Kirsty L Jones, to discuss the cancelled elections across the country. As Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer is under fire, former Labour councillor, Kirsty, states she "left labour because of their undemocratic practises."

Rabbi Jonathan Romain joins Alex to discuss his meeting with Metropolitan Police Commissioner, Sir Mark Rowley, as the rise in antisemitism has seen Jewish candelabra vandalised in London, and ten-year-old girls asking armed police to accompany them to Hanukkah parties.

Plus, Prisons, Justice and Crime Commentator, David Shipley, discusses the small boat crossings as numbers soar past 40,600 this year.

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