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Hello and welcome to this edition of The Westminster Hour with me, Ben Wright, and my guests.

Donald Trump, in his second term, is proving an even greater disruptor of the Old World Order.

We'll hear from the leading historian Timothy Gartenhash about the US president's impact

and discuss what the UK government's response should be. We'll also talk about the latest

developments in Iran. Closer to home, pubs are closing at the rate of several hundred a year

and there are concerns that changes to business rates could make their plight even worse.

Should the government climb down again under pressure from its backbenchers?

And we'll debate the pros and cons of banning children from accessing social media.

Should the UK follow Australia's example?

That is all coming up.

First, let's meet my panel.

Catherine West is the Labour MP for Hornsey and Fryan Barnett in North London,

born and raised in Australia. She was also, until the last reshuffle, a minister in the

Foreign Office with responsibility for the Indo-Pacific region. We'll be talking about

pubs later in the programme, Catherine, and with it being January and all, are you going dry for this month?

You don't mind me asking?

I always think January is quite a tough month to go completely dry, but maybe later in the year.

Sir Andrew Mitchell is also no stranger to the Foreign Office.

He was Deputy Foreign Secretary under Rishi Sunak and held the International Development Brief under

David Cameron. He is the Conservative MP for Royal Sutton Colfield and was first elected

to the Commons in 1987. And Sir Andrew, you were also the Minister responsible for the government's

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