Keir Starmer has “hit the ground running” | Election 2024

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After just 72 hours in power, the Prime Minister and his new government have made some big policy changes.
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@hollycook7497 Ай бұрын

You said the majority of people didn't vote labour, and you're right. However, I voted lib dem to get rid of the tory where I live, but I wanted a labour government. There was no point voting labour here. How many people do you think voted lib dem for exactly the same reason. Voting tactically should be talked about when talking about vote share.

@lorraine7960 Ай бұрын

Exactly, this isn't being mentioned.

@user-td4do3op2d Ай бұрын

This is a poor argument. Labour were the main challengers for the tories in the majority of seats. By your own logic, there will have been far more tactical voting for labour than anyone else.

@marklanahan7289 Ай бұрын

Ever considered that Sunac deliberately called an early election and that both parties did a pincer movement on us?

@robertmcross1 Ай бұрын

Me too, there was no way Labour would have got in where I live but Lib Dems were just 3K behind in last election, now Lib Dems have a 7K majority

@jaybee4288 Ай бұрын

It can’t be because there’s no way of knowing if you voted tactically or not. You voted for the Liberal Democrat’s not for Labour whatever your motivation. Not saying you’re wrong to do so but it’s “gaming” our system and can’t be taken seriously in discourse or figures because we can’t guess your reason for voting Lib Dem’s and have to assume they are popular.

@paulcook7986 Ай бұрын

I see that David Cameron has resigned from the position of shadow foreign secretary. In my opinion he should never be allowed into Parliament again, he is a complete disappointment.

@hawsrulebegin7768 Ай бұрын

Ha he ran away once he stopped having any power. Classic Dave.

@adrianthoroughgood1191 Ай бұрын

He was made a Lord. He gets to be in the Lords for life.

@robertmcross1 Ай бұрын

He’s in it for the money, there’s not much of that around when you’re shadow foreign secretary as he would find it difficult to offer his ‘consultancy services’ when in that position, particularly as he’d have to declare his income and it’s source.

@Youalleatmuffins Ай бұрын

Everything since 2016 is directly his fault

@bopndop2347 Ай бұрын

Disappointment? You mean an actual disgrace!

@JoeWedgwood-ik9zo Ай бұрын

The grownups are in charge 👍🏻

@jayggg Ай бұрын

lol

@RasmusDyhrFrederiksen Ай бұрын

Yeah, what a relief. Childish, evil, corrupt, short term, populist tories are out. And worse - they were also incompetent.

@stevenhoward3358 Ай бұрын

Careful, there's a whole five years to roast the gammons, don't want it charred before the week is out.

@thomaswilliams6690 Ай бұрын

Very glad Labour is in charge, but ile tell you a secret, there are no grown ups, just people with motivations

@josephshortt3171 Ай бұрын

@@JoeWedgwood-ik9zo I wish that were true but sadly it's not

@EadwinTomlinson Ай бұрын

@bendaniel2271 Ай бұрын

Liz Truss is thinking "but why is he running when he hits the ground?"

@paulcook7986 Ай бұрын

Do you think that Dizzy Lizzie knows what 'running' or 'the ground' is?

@bendaniel2271 Ай бұрын

@@paulcook7986 I seem to remember her talking about a previous campaign where she described her start as "hitting the ground" but omitting the "running". She probably put an ellipsis after 'ground' when brainstorming in her hello kitty notepad.

@MichaelDowds1986 Ай бұрын

😂😂😂

@jasonkoch3182 Ай бұрын

@@paulcook7986given how many times she’s buried herself, I hope she knows what the ground is.

@BrianMartin-ox2ru Ай бұрын

@@bendaniel2271 I think it's more waddling - greedy Starmer has been overdoing it on the taxpayer funded food..

@squeakyproductions Ай бұрын

To be fair to Starmer he thought that the speed of prosecution was an important aspect in bringing the riots under control, he didn't feel that long prison sentences were necessary at all.

@annishilcock4587 Ай бұрын

The problem for Keir Starmer is either people lie about what he did or didn't do, or deliberately misinterpret what he did.It's been Tory spin for years. Boris Johnsons senior advisor resigned because of his lie in Parliament.

@PassiveAgressive319 Ай бұрын

Finally a serious government. Just deliver please

@peteratkin3788 Ай бұрын

As we enter the first few weeks of the labour government, its been 3days? I know it feels like weeks with all they done.

@TimComley Ай бұрын

Haha get out of town they haven’t done a dam thing yet

@hawsrulebegin7768 Ай бұрын

@@TimComleytrue apart from already setting up their stall and laying out the plans. They’ve communicated very well and given many of us a bit of hope after the Tory disaster. It feels like adults are back in charge and they have skills and knowledge which even the most diehard Tory has to accept they lacked these last few years.

@SM-ce1uy Ай бұрын

@@TimComley I think it's hard to produce major changes in a capitalist inferno such as UK where people exist as resources only but at least they're trying. NHS will probably not be saved (I have spoken to a few who work in NHS) but wt the very least housing, zero hour contracts etc should be remediated

@BrianMartin-ox2ru Ай бұрын

Bot.

@stevebrooks9119 Ай бұрын

@@TimComley Still pursuing the anti Starmer narrative I see...It'll need a special type of nob to keep that up for the next 5 (10?) years...

@peterclarke7240 Ай бұрын

Starmer was Head of PROSECUTIONS, not Head of SENTENCING. He had no control over what sentences Judges handed down, he just had control over who got prosecuted, and with what. Good GRIEF. You should KNOW better. You're ADULTS.

@abcdef-uc1rj Ай бұрын

Journalists talk as much bullshit as politicians.

@robertdavies9099 Ай бұрын

Typical legacy media, nowhere near as clever as they think they are they've been anti Labour all through the campaign Freddie's a Reform booster thick as mince

@danthsmith Ай бұрын

The contrast with the venal shambles of Johnson's "government" is incredible

@matthewclifton2510 Ай бұрын

@danthsmith certainly no question of jobs for the boys or girls with Starmer's Labour, or hidden policies now being imposed upon the 66% of the country that didn't vote for them. No, we are blessed with a New Jerusalem.

@IM-ei5rb Ай бұрын

😵‍💫😂

@FarisKamal-l2m Ай бұрын

Ethiopia

@TootlinGeoff Ай бұрын

Just a note on France. Their system is not PR. It's a modified form of FPTP.

@DylanSargesson Ай бұрын

Having the Attorney General be a member of the House of Lords is actually a return to form - it was the case for the majority of the New Labour years.

@adrianthoroughgood1191 Ай бұрын

I think it's good. You want someone focussed on the law, I not someone with one eye on reelection.

@gchecosse Ай бұрын

Genuinely stunned that the panel don't know that France doesn't have PR and also uses first past the post.

@AlunParsons Ай бұрын

I came here to make that self same point. And to add that it is ridiculous to imply that FPTP has given the UK stable government over the past fourteen years. Cameron had to negotiate a coalition (common in PR systems), which was back then described as the most rebellious parliament of all time (whereas coalitions here in Finland are extremely stable, in my 25 years here every single government has gone its full term, despite them all being three to six party coalitions). Once Cameron got a slim majority he was forced to hold a referendum to leave the EU. That lead to huge divisions within parliament. Theresa May had two of the largest backbench rebellions in parliamentary history. Boris Johnson's government was the most chaotic in living memory (immediately following May's most chaotic parliament in living memory). Liz Truss lasted seven weeks! To describe that as "stable" is a joke! I'm also surprised and shocked that the New Statesman would express such a strongly nationalistic and xenophobic attitude. That smug "oh aren't we superior to those inferior foreigners" is the sort of thing I expect from the Telegraph, not a serious publication of the centre-left.

@user-oj4xp2lh4d Ай бұрын

This is a cabinet full of talent, unlike the oafs that were kicked out.

@paeric2345 7 күн бұрын

😂😂😂😂 talent ...civil war about to happen .. and you call it talent .😂😂😂😂

@SunofYork Ай бұрын

Isn't it great the UK fascists are really surly about it all

@jayggg Ай бұрын

I think you should look up the definition of fascist.

@paulinequinton1478 Ай бұрын

@@jayggg I think you should listen to some of the people representing Reform.

@rhysrail Ай бұрын

@@jaygggthey are definitely authoritarian though, when that’s the Tory’s with conscription, reform with immigrant hate or labour with strict business policies

@jayggg Ай бұрын

@@paulinequinton1478 Pauline. Are all Labour voters anti-Semites? What a ridiculous comment.

@Andy1989 Ай бұрын

It's nice that for the first time in my adult life I do not feel burning shame for my country every time I hear political news now. Good riddance to nasty rubbish!

@rhysrail Ай бұрын

Hope you enjoy this brief period as the second they get onto economic policies we will look like the shocked union

@SM-ce1uy Ай бұрын

@@rhysrail oh please we were collapsing under the Tories, and they are the only reason I'm, now paying twice the mortgage others are. good riddance. it was the final nail in the coffin and I voted Labour. they should have managed finances better, and why on Earth is cheddar cheese in security boxes in a first world country (Tesco;s)? not even Russia has that

@wordfromabove7176 Ай бұрын

Great start for the new gov. Look and feel professional which is very welcome

@lucid4005 Ай бұрын

Keep up the videos guys. Love the analysis.

@gamemaker1234 Ай бұрын

What is this feeling? Optimism?

@rhysrail Ай бұрын

The only problem is it will be short lasted though when in a few years time he will further bankrupt the country and then want socialism

@lw1zfog Ай бұрын

delusional 😂

@markstephen9044 Ай бұрын

The French system IS NOT REGARDED AS PR!!!!

@TheJamesRedwood Ай бұрын

Because it isn't.

@TheJamesRedwood Ай бұрын

Pretty simple concept; % votes = % seats.

@jasonkoch3182 Ай бұрын

My question: there’s been all this talk about Labour only winning about a third of the vote. Why hasn’t there been more talk about the fact that the left of center parties and independents scoring well more than 50% of the vote while the right wing parties only reached about 37%? It seems to me that the majority of British voters wanted a left leaning government and because of that, is there a chance the LibDems, Greens, and independents could make a more effective opposition than the Conservatives? The Conservatives will try to pull Labour to the right, but given only about a third of voters want a right leaning or right wing government, can’t the parties on the left do more to pull Labour in that direction and give Labour cover to do the things they want to do on things like taxes, social care, the two child cap, etc?

@partlyflammable Ай бұрын

All the evidence so far is that this labour government is going to be more left leaning than new Labour was. I don't know that them being pulled more left would reflect the position of the UK population.

@eamonryan2198 Ай бұрын

If you had looked west instead of east, i e. Ireland, you would have seen a PR elected parliament, and a strong stable three party coalition government, with a rotating prime minister and finance minister also.

@user-ez8bx6ly8v Ай бұрын

Good breakdown and analysis of the government, very informative. 👍

@jeremynoble931 Ай бұрын

Yes, please let's have a podcast about PR - proportional representation, not public relations...

@adrianthoroughgood1191 Ай бұрын

I hope they will discuss the relative merits of STV and Proportional Past the Post (PPP).

@DrDanWeaver Ай бұрын

Enjoyable analysis. Enjoyable time; what a relief. PR+ etc should be talked about more- many people wanted to vote Green had the priority not been to rid ourselves of a corrupt incompetent mafia🎉😅

@johnandmarylouwilde7882 Ай бұрын

Rumpole's ghost must be chuckling. A Timson as prison minister.

@PassiveAgressive319 Ай бұрын

The irony! The Timpson Brand known for cutting keys is Prison Minister!😂😂😂

@wordfromabove7176 Ай бұрын

Would be great to have a podcast discussing the House of Lords. Its current size and any likely changes to it under Labour

@johnshull2454 Ай бұрын

The Boss of the Boring is scoring points on his opening lap.

@sbowesuk981 Ай бұрын

I'd rather a "boring" PM that does their job, than an "entertaining" PM that doesn't. Realise that PM's, cabinets, and governments aren't there to entertain us. There's in office to run an entire country. Priorities.

@gijsbo2000 Ай бұрын

France does not have a system of proportional representation. The members of the French parliament are elected using a two-round system with single-member constituencies. To be elected in the first round, a candidate is required to secure an absolute majority of votes cast, and also to secure the votes of at least 25% of eligible voters in the candidate's constituency. If none of the candidates meets these criteria, a second round of voting follows. Normally this happens in most constituencies. Only first-round candidates with the support of at least 12.5% of voters in the constituency that are eligible are allowed to participate in that second round. However, if only one candidate meets that standard, the two candidates with the highest number of votes in the first round may continue to the second round. In the second round, the candidate with a plurality is elected. So in the end, each constituency is represented by only one person. Just like in the UK. (Source Wikipedia)

@user-ez8bx6ly8v Ай бұрын

It's a smart move Sunak was releasing prisoners 6 earlier before the end of their sentence... Because the prisons are full so the Tories can't pull labour up on it .

@martinbennett2228 Ай бұрын

Maria and Angela Eagle were twin sisters and ministers in government.

@goodbarbenie5477 Ай бұрын

U mean Twisted Sisters. 😊😅😂

@buzzukfiftythree Ай бұрын

I'm encouraged by Starmer's appointments.

@3thinking Ай бұрын

Everyone just wants an honest, straight talking, decent, effective, trustworthy, efficient, decisive, forward thinking, cohesive, fair, consistent, practical, ambitious and long term government. Everything we have been denied over the last 14 years.

@georgethompson453 11 күн бұрын

I think he’s hit the ground!

@disasterarea9341 Ай бұрын

there's some good signs from this cabinet but im terrified of how they are going to handle the NHS and also worried about disability benefits under liz kendall...

@thisismetoday Ай бұрын

Why are we talking so much about the majority of the country not having voted for labour. The Tories never had the majority vote for them in previous elections!! Why is this such a topic? It’s like this every single election.

@dmichael_m Ай бұрын

He’s started with a bang, good news on the legacy amnesty in NI.

@alayneperrott9693 Ай бұрын

@@stephfoxwell4620Northern Ireland!

@stephfoxwell4620 Ай бұрын

@@alayneperrott9693 Oh that. Wasn't that in the olden days?

@cybershadow136 Ай бұрын

@@stephfoxwell4620 The terrorist attacks from Ireland kept happening throughout the early 2000s

@harryscott3544 Ай бұрын

FPTP might deliver “strong government”, but does it deliver what people want?

@johnwright9372 Ай бұрын

"Hit the ground running" was New Labour's slogan in 1997.

@blackieblong8334 Ай бұрын

Australian here: it’s not just a choice between PR and first past the post. Preferential voting delivers a better representation of the will of the people, and functions well within the Westminster system. First past the post is madness for a democracy as large as the UK.

@sionsmedia8249 Ай бұрын

Weird to hear people say the French election results are good, if you support the EU, NATO, Ukraine, then Mélenchon's victory is equally as bad as one for the RN would have been. Also RN still got more votes than any other party (over 10 million compared to about 7 million for the NFP and Ensemble)

@jamesanthony9316 Ай бұрын

Yes the result is far from good and lots of UK commentators are either incredibly naive about this or of the belief that hard left is somehow better than hard right. They are as bad as each other just with different "enemies".

@mesamies123 Ай бұрын

This looks like the most uncomfortable seating arrangement.

@nickdc1987 Ай бұрын

France doesn’t have PR. It is a two-round FPTP.

@carlcassidy185 Ай бұрын

I have a feeling the Gaza stance was also a reason for the AG appointment. Labour lost seats and majority to Independents, Greens and Workers Party over Gaza. They need to attract the muslim and moderate left vote back to Labour over the next 5 years. I agree with Rachel; we haven't heard the last of Emily Thornberry yet.

@SSNewberry Ай бұрын

Only at a greekmyre can someone say "William Timpson to Prison's Administrator"

@user-sy3dg1vk4x Ай бұрын

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@stevenwilliamson6236 Ай бұрын

Did LOTO tell Nandy 'it could be you ' ?

@robc7162 Ай бұрын

Hannah's comment at the end re fptp is a point I've often thought about. Is it better to have clear strong government delivered by fptp or the potential hamstrung government that PR might deliver. For years I was a PR exponent, mainly because fptp always impacted the left. Now with Reform challenging the Tories, fptp is suddenly looking quite attractive again.

@K_j_M Ай бұрын

No system is great but, FPTP at least let's us elect based on constituencies. I'd hate the likes of Farage getting a say based on national vote share and only winning in 5 areas and getting nothing or 2nd or 3rd etc in all others. If the tories move back to the centre, he'll bleed votes again. Tories will get all the ones back who would never vote Labour or any left leaning Party

@fintonmainz7845 14 күн бұрын

And he's still running. It is a long pier but he'll get to the end shortly

@StephenBeale Ай бұрын

I enjoyed reading James Timpson's new book a few months back and am glad he has got the job - re-offending is a major problem that no British govt. has yet fixed but he (and his father before him at Timpson) has put in place some positive initiatives that could be very positive at a national level. Hope they go well.

@rogerdines6244 Ай бұрын

It is a long time ago, but the 5th Marquis of Lansdowne was Foreign Secretary under Balfour, therefore a Conservative and would have been succeeded in the post by his brother, Lord Edmund Fitzmaurice, as a Liberal in Campbell-Bannerman's government if Sir Edward Grey had declined to serve.

@Tybourne1991 Ай бұрын

Hi all, Thanks for the engaging discussion. While it was enthusiastic, it felt a bit light on critical analysis. I genuinely hope Starmer and his cabinet succeed. However, so far we've mostly heard generic terms like "change", "service", and "growth", along with specific plans for prisons, schools, and house building. But where's the cohesive vision that ties these principles and initiatives together? As the saying goes, action without insight is blind. Andrew Marr also mentioned on Question Time last week that electoral reform is now a moral imperative, I think. Looking forward to seeing a clear direction emerge. Anyone else?

@jaybee4288 Ай бұрын

With respect it’s been a week. What have you done this week?

@paulembleton1733 Ай бұрын

I’d also like to see electoral reform, though very unsure what exactly the reform should be and how it should be decided. In the short term it’s not a priority for most people. But if things don’t improve it might be an ace card in the next GE.

@mrD66M Ай бұрын

Electoral Reform is a moral imperative esp given the GE results - but it cannot be driven from Govt, it needs to be pushed by the grassroots

@Tybourne1991 Ай бұрын

Hi @jaybee4288, thanks for your response. You've got a fair point. I'm just asking for a bit more clarity. We need to know the reasoning and direction behind their plans, rather than just hearing buzzwords like "change," "service," and "growth."

@rhysrail Ай бұрын

It depends on your definition of succeed, I think they will do a very good job at sorting out the issues short term but long term there massive debt pile will increase even more bringing inflation up with it and taxing the rich will just draw the rich out along with stupid regulations against zero hour contracts which could collapse many more especially small business, and the only reason labour doesn’t send us into inflation death spirals like in other country’s is because they are distributing the money out but it will catch up with them eventually, most likely through a collapse in trading and many businesses

@dotty1774 Ай бұрын

"FPTP delivers strong governments" We're less than a week out from the Tories and they're already starting to forget ffs

@stevenhoward3358 Ай бұрын

The Eagles have landed. Maria and Angela...

@GuntD-rz1xb Ай бұрын

Jonathan Ashworth was my Portillo moment. Jacob RM a close second.

@michaeladkins6 Ай бұрын

I didnt think Liz Truss was aware of her reality on the stage.

@adrianthoroughgood1191 Ай бұрын

Ate there any reasons to be pleased about Ashworth?

@GuntD-rz1xb Ай бұрын

@@adrianthoroughgood1191 He was a snake under Corbyn, working against electing a Labour government. Do you not recall the (most likely deliberately leaked) phone call before the 2019 election?

@lenabo9929 Ай бұрын

The elector system whatever it is has problems. PRs problem is government formation and it can be difficult ot understand.

@michaelstanley3961 Ай бұрын

Any drawers in this cabinet.......

@SunofYork Ай бұрын

Edwina Curry's

@TheJbsportstech Ай бұрын

Well he has done his first U turn on PR after saying in 2020 the system needed change, now he has control FPTP is ok now. I small gust of wind and Starma changes his position.

@stevenwilliamson6236 Ай бұрын

How many non Labour mayors are there?

@doubledigital_ Ай бұрын

Im not starmers biggest fan but wow what a difference when people n charge have a clue. just even the way they are going about things.. long may it continue .. please no more bs party infighting or bs wanting the top job or watever.. i dont care who you vote for we all pay tax and want this country to work for everyone.. and if not we we will boot em out like we did the tories.. give it time 14 years wont be fixed overnight thats for sure.

@WillJBailey Ай бұрын

Er, France doesn't have Proportional Representation...

@betterfinances-UK Ай бұрын

I had reservations on the incoming government. However hearing the prison reform. Now I would love to see a skill based education that plays to people who aren't academics but hold talent and huge potential in manual and creative industries. 76% of kids go to the grinder year in year out. I work with teenagers on a Monday and they look defeated after day one. I look forward to seeing how this government lays down it's tracks. I am however sceptical of the new prime minister after his flip flopping on some things he's said.

@DLT739 Ай бұрын

Apart from anything else, the appointments of Harmer and Timpson are excellent examples of the Lords done right. That's not to say they justify the continued existence of the Lords in its current form, but actually using it to get experts into Government, rather than using it for patronage, appointing relatives and illegitimate daughters is an example of grown-up government

@Afterthoughtbtw Ай бұрын

I always feel that people should wait until the cabinet has been successful before being proud of its makeup. I mean, Tories were proud about May as the second female PM, and Sunak as the first ethnically Asian PM. Maybe a little less proud of each now. Let's just hope that we are feeling proud of them after 5 years, and the Tories aren't bragging about how bad an idea it is to have a near total working class cabinet(!) Also - the council thing is a Tory problem... but it was a national Tory problem more than it was a local Tory problem. The national Tory plan seems to have been to make them all bankrupt in time for Labour to take over so they can blame Labour for raising taxes. That said, my own locality was recently taken over by the Lib Dems from the Tories, and from what I understand they couldn't believe what they discovered when they took over, so maybe there were some local problems too - that said, they in the same breath will talk about how a huge number of councils are set to go bankrupt all over the country that everyone considers to be run really well, and clearly are not a fault for their finances.

@gregfowler957 Ай бұрын

Do you think the labour government will be more compassionate regarding the disabled and dwp pip esa just wondered what people thought GOD BLESS

@Queenofgreen515 Ай бұрын

I think so. Liz Kendall is in charge of that. I’m sure they will get to it soon because the sick and disabled have been treated abominably under the tories.

@BrokenHill56 Ай бұрын

Labour has made a great start to government. However, the scale of the problems are immense. I watched Reeves giving her speech at the Treasury today. It did not fill me with confidence and they have boxed themselves in to Tory spending plans which severely limit their room for manoeuvre. My fear is that Reeves and Starmer are administrators, not politicians of vision who will take the steps to urgently deal with inequality, low pay, health disparities and much more. I hope I am proved wrong but my fears persist.

@PassiveAgressive319 Ай бұрын

Their manifesto made no promises about finding new money ie increase taxes. So it will be interesting to see how they fund their ambitious programs

@BrokenHill56 Ай бұрын

@@PassiveAgressive319 yes, exactly

@leor7870 Ай бұрын

@@PassiveAgressive319 Financial engineering. Article in the FT

@SittaCarolinensis Ай бұрын

Quite happy with efficient administrators!

@DiegoFuego87 Ай бұрын

The national debt is 500% higher than it was in 2010. We spend 60bn a year servicing the debt alone. I’m sure they would love to throw the cash around but the truth is there’s less cash than when labour were last in. All of that austerity really worked out.

@kevinmcguire1049 Ай бұрын

He’s hit the ground running…… Last few PM’s just hit the ground…..😂

@georgeholmer8563 Ай бұрын

Macron had no choice, he had to do something.

@bronwenperry2245 Ай бұрын

unfortunate slip-up on PR [in France], which is what I assume she was referring to … here in the Great South Land we have PR and compulsory voting … in general, I think, it works for us and is a stable system, but every country is different

@stevenwilliamson6236 Ай бұрын

Is he going to stand in NI?

@WhichDoctor1 Ай бұрын

“Politics doesn’t have to be tribal” says the man who did his best to purge everyone from the ‘wrong tribe’ out of the labour candidate lists just a few weeks ago

@user-sd3ik9rt6d Ай бұрын

Who?

@Serpsss Ай бұрын

It's ruthless and decisive but not necessarily bad. Look at the mess the Tories ended up in because they tried to appease groups in their party with opposing views to each other.

@TheQuestionTheAnswer Ай бұрын

Not mad about this. The harder left won't listen to anybody but themselves - that made them a problem that needed quietening down.

@jonathankennedy1715 Ай бұрын

OMG they are wanting to build more houses and release prisoners God help us 😢

@stevebrooks9119 Ай бұрын

The ex prisoners need somewhere to live to stop them offending again...

@jonathankennedy1715 Ай бұрын

@@stevebrooks9119 Yeah Rwanda

@karlpedersen7 Ай бұрын

Your country is doomed.. 🤣

@prideofdurham4776 Ай бұрын

New brooms sweep clean.Let me see the headlines on July 8th 2025.

@stevenfz5296 Ай бұрын

I think the way the election went & how people voted shows that people don’t that old fashioned ways of doing things.They want change not more Incompetent politicians or Extreme Separatist Right Wing Nationalists & populists & culture wars Trump light style leaders in the U.K. They want more moderate close to home politics that work out everyday problems not more Extreme GB News style Politics.

@disasterarea9341 Ай бұрын

timpson seems like a good appointment with a goal to reduce recitivism. however i'd note that if labour really wanted to grow the economy they could private prisons and just build more of them. now i wouldn't support that, I think reducing recitivism is great. but the point is that some things which are damaging to the social fabric are good for economic growth which is "good for the economy" according to the status quo in politics & media. the point is that we can and should make sacrifices on economic growth in order to make a better society. this is why the green party doesn't prioritise economic growth - we should measure what makes a good society in different ways.

@anonnymous4684 Ай бұрын

Great discussion and analysis....until the end, when Hannah Barnes incorrectly stated that France uses PR. In fact it's the only other country in Europe, apart from the UK, that doesn't use some form of proportional representation.

@MyMpc1 Ай бұрын

Jeez thank god LOTO was explained! Seriously - I think your audience is a bit wider than people who live and breath politics.

@Divedown_25 Ай бұрын

I think that what we have to remember is that Labour has not gained in popularity in UK, they did not attract more voters in numbers vs. last election, but their voters went out to vote. On Tory's side, it looks like many of their voters were too disappointed of their party that they simply didn't go out and vote and of those who did go out and vote, some voted Reform. It is up now to Labour to gain voters for next election.

@jaybee4288 Ай бұрын

Yeah Labour are no more popular than they were under Corbyn. The Tory vote collapsed and we exist in a two party system. As people kept saying a vote for reform was a vote for Labour. As was a vote for anyone but the Tories really.

@leecudmore-ray6697 Ай бұрын

you are ignoring the tactical vote though. I voted LIb Dem, because I wanted Labour.....

@jbaidley Ай бұрын

France, of course, doesn't have Proportional Representation either.

@niteglow980 Ай бұрын

Loto 😂

@JudePi-jx7yo Ай бұрын

A key copying company hires former prisoners?

@jamesjamesdavis5050 Ай бұрын

Hit the ground running to?

@johnandmarylouwilde7882 Ай бұрын

And we are Americans.

@jonb5493 Ай бұрын

Impressive talk so far, but just talk, or "a difference in tone". We'll see how far it gets against a barrage of litigation and whatever shenanigans can be brought to bear. I hope I'm wrong, but I doubt they will stand up a single onshore wind turbine by the next election.

@LeslieOgilvie Ай бұрын

Starmer hit the ground running yes on his face. Nigel looking forward to hearing you in question time getting stuck into Starmer and his clowns.

@nickwalsh527 Ай бұрын

Excellent podcast spoiled by a throw away comment about PR at the end. France does NOT have PR - it has a first past the post system which differs from ours only in that you have to win 50% + of the vote to take a seat. So, if you manage that in round 1, you have the seat. If no-one does, then the top two contenders (plus others if specified conditions are met) run off in round 2 and the winner of more than 50% of the votes then takes the seat. That is NOT PR - you can easily see how, if in every seat candidates take 50.1% of the vote in round 1, then they all win - and the 49.9% of the people who didnt vote for them are 'unrepresented'.

@adrianaspalinky1986 Ай бұрын

We find it very exciting. 😐

@californiadreamin8423 Ай бұрын

Let’s have Farage on the Fisheries Committee. He displayed his expertise when he served on that committee when he was an MEP.

@stuartjameswright Ай бұрын

Could you tell me if you are being sarcastic or trolling?

@nealgriffin1480 Ай бұрын

I heard how hard he worked to get to the Committee Meetings.....................

@californiadreamin8423 Ай бұрын

@@stuartjameswright I understand that he only attended ONE meeting ( out of 40 ? ) claiming it was a waste of time. He then used the U.K. fishing industry as a lever to campaign to leave the EU…..exploiting inshore fishermen who appear to have genuine grievances, but in fact hobnobbing with some of the big names in fishing…..Greenpeace exposed the way the industry works, primarily for 10 big families who control the industry. So Her Farage can take his place on a parliamentary committee, and demonstrates his expertise (lack of ) and show U.K. fishermen how he proposes to sort out the mess he caused.

@stuartjameswright Ай бұрын

@@californiadreamin8423 that’s why your comment threw me. Sarcasm doesn’t translate well into KZfaq comments these days. I’m sure Reform supporters think he’s a genius.

@californiadreamin8423 Ай бұрын

@@stuartjameswright I doubt Farage now has the support of the broader fishing communities , who have learnt the hard way that he lied and exploited them. I believe he is an agent of chaos and subversion of the state. I’m baffled why he gets the support he does .

@TheJamesRedwood Ай бұрын

Tapping out, 6 minutes in...

@allansmythe5822 Ай бұрын

Look how the media are covering starmer from the get go. Will this honeymoon ever end?

@davyirvine3951 Ай бұрын

Blair puppet

@spenstrangward5126 Ай бұрын

Cant wait till them ex tory voters that voted Labour get 500 crappy new builds in there village 😂😂😂

@riaz8783 Ай бұрын

Once upon a time your home was seen as a crappy new build

@abcdef-uc1rj Ай бұрын

I somehow think the people moving into those 500 crappy new builds will be favourable to the party that put them on the housing ladder.

@stevewooldridge1872 Ай бұрын

Starmer certainly has hit the ground running won’t work Friday night or Saturday,Sunday but expects all Consultants,Surgeons, Doctors, Nurses and all NHS staff to work 24/7 to clear the back log of appointments caused by the Covid pandemic.Good luck with that.

@stevebrooks9119 Ай бұрын

I think you'll find it was just Friday nights...

@EamonCoyle Ай бұрын

I think the purging of Emily Thornberry to the back benches shows that Starmer is both ruthless and unwilling to accept his own failings as the obvious reason is how she backed up his LBC comments and further highlighted his true opinions on Gaza and the crimes being committed against it !!

@Afterthoughtbtw Ай бұрын

France not really PR, although there are plenty of PR results elsewhere in Europe that prove that FPTP is still a very good system (even if I want AV instead). The crazy thing is that all of these democratic system work differently, and so comparing FPTP to PR as if they are somehow like for like is asinine. FPTP's job is to produce as moderate a candidate as possible for each set, so that the most possible amount of people will be represented fairly by them, even if they don't exactly fit any of their preconceived notions. FPTP will always beat PR at the job FPTP does, and vice versa. Sadly, the level of discourse at the moment seems to suggest that the only thing that matters is proportional voting, and therefore PR is miles better than FPTP. Which is just a tautology. It would be nice if what was being discussed were the strengths and weakness of each system, rather than try to judge all systems by what one particularly flawed system is best at doing. I like FPTP because it guarantees that neither the far right nor the far left will ever come to power. That doesn't mean they don't have a voice, it just means that by making enough noise, any good idea gets filtered out as it the right and left wing get a look at them and then the central get a chance to look over it too.

@hippopotoftea Ай бұрын

France does not have PR, it has a two round voting system. Nonetheless I am sure in the current political climate there almost any system could deliver chaos. Don't forget the UK with its FPTP has not been a beacon of stability for the last decade and a half either with its revolving door PMs!

@annamorrison6090 Ай бұрын

Australia has had PR *for more than 100 years* and I doubt you can point to a more stable system in the world. It is a domestic situation in France, nothing to do with voting system. Silly/ignorant comment to make, really.