Torsten Bell looks like James Acaster sorted his life right out

Genuinely very excited for Torsten Bell in parliament, I hope he wins his seat and makes it to the front bench quickly!

"you're only filming from the waist up, right?"

Its nice to hear a politician actually talk of their beliefs and world views in an in-depth manner. There was no sound bite. No mud flinging. He set out his views, he articulated them well and gave a vision for Britain. This guy clearly is new to politics!

Absolutely front bench material here. Knows his field well but obviously smart enough to adapt.

I really want to see a conversation between Torsten Bell + Gary Stephenson. JOE PLZ MAKE THIS HAPPEN

I´m further left than Bell but nobody can deny he´s worth listening to. I´m happy to listen to people who can give good reasons for what they think based on evidence and actually have some expertise.

I've never watched someone I'm very familiar with become a politician before. I feel like seeing what happens to Torsten in this process will give me new insights into our nation's politics.

It's the same story. Denis Healey said back in the 1970s that one of the major problems with the British economy was chronic underinvestment. Nothing has changed.

That is the mullet of outfits my days

Love the WFH business meeting outfit

I don't feel as depressed about the future of the Labour Party any more. I hope there are more like him waiting to be elected in a month, and that they can make themselves heard in the party.

Watching as an outsider, he really comes across like a sensible and thoughtful man. Not like a from the mill politician at all. I would vote for him if I could.

Torsten’s outfit reveal was somewhat confusing

Not going to put Torsten Bell on a pedestal, but compared to the current lot this guy is on another level altogether. He answers the bloody question, even when he has gone off on a tangent, he still and comes back to it. He employs logic and arguments instead of empty slogans appealing to prejudice. He doesn't shy away from saying what the other lot have done right.

A politician who answers questions. What a breath of fresh air.

Wow, this man is wicked smart, highly entertaining, interesting, and energising to listen to, and actually a fair and humble mind / (hopefully) politician to boot. Good for you Torsten Bell. I wish i could vote for you. Politics desperately needs to be majoritively filled with people like you. Thank you Joe for having him on, had never heard of him before. This has ever so slightly calmed my dread about Kier Starmer's Labour being our next govt.

Man I'd love to vote for this chap, I'm already voting for my local labour candidate, but this is my ideal MP right here.

So he made a very good point about lack of investment since 1990. The obvious correlation is privatisation and neo liberalism. Unfortunately the Labour Party is still wedded to it and neo liberalisation.

Love that have Torsten is running for parliament now. I keep saying we just need competent people who genuinely are passionate about their specialism and have empathy for how it affects the everyday person.

Wow , didn't know he was standing, and my lord, imagine someone like that in government 🤯 it would be alien to us after last 14 years. Go on TB 👌🙏

The good thing about labour is they are being straight with voters

Wow Torsten Bell one of the few people that actually understand why we've had chronic low productivity... Even in the mid 90's British Business, Boards and CEO Choose to under invest relative to other countries.Creaming Profits with underinvestment over time leads to what we have.... Productivity correlates quite well with the Investment. Its our Mindset of our Business Leaders they've just preferred Short-termism ...

Love Torsten Bell, he's like James Acaster's younger, more responsible brother, who went to Uni and studied really hard.

More taxes, more regulations, more public spending, more immigrants. Let’s just keep doing what we’ve been doing for the last century, and maybe it will work this time. The real shame is that this isn’t a partisan issue, that’s Tory policy too, there just aren’t any other actual options. The Tories lie about their policies, and Labour just present the status quo as some dramatic change, and the country will just continue getting worse and worse.

Very glad that Torsten is standing for Parliament. We need people like him in government.

As a resident of Swansea, I’m all over the place re. Torsten Bell being a potential MP in my area… 1. I really don’t like parties parachuting members into constituencies that, let’s be fair, aren’t theirs. 2. Torsten Bell seems a bloomin’ good bloke. Wear a Swansea City top and learn a smidgen of the lingo and he’ll be alright in my book.

Labour need to put Torsten Bell up front and centre. People need to hear this stuff much more. Starmer and Reeves are trotting out the same old stuff about creating growth but making no narative argument that will win people round and just hoping that the polls are all acurate about people being fed up with the Conservatives and will lead to a big win.

Good luck Torsten! I wish you could stand in my constituency, as we desperately need more MPs like you, but Swansea have a great candidate and I’ll be cheering you on and wishing you all the best for the election. 🎉🎉

Is that the sartorial version of a Mullet? Business on top, rave party on the bottom…😂

The failure to invest in infrastructure by the Tories in the post recession decade when interest rates were rock bottom was such a missed opportunity.

The problem is I'm working in an nhs pathology service that is heading towards being turned into a private sector commissioning service, and im listening to what Reeves and Streeting are telling me about themselves and their judgements about what they should do about the NHS and the looming threats of privatisation and it doesn't leave me feeling hopeful for keeping the private sector out of the service.

Feed the 3rd, 4th, 5th child. Its not their fault they were borne so why should they suffer.

I'm not against you as a candidate and you do have my vote. But I wish I had been given the opportunity to choose to select you and I hope as an MP you will fight to repair the integrity of the local selection process.

Completely agree that UK does not invest in the UK. We raised a chunk of money for our business and less than 3% came from the UK

Wish he was my local MP someone talking sense and wanting the best for the country . Hope he wins his seat

It's very nice to hear an MP saying that he has faith in the other candidates. I mean Rishi Sunak seems incapable of being a grown up politician given that his entire debate strategy since becoming PM has been to make up lies, claim he has a plan that he's sticking to, and say anything he thinks old people want to hear. So bravo Mr Bell.

The huge challenge is how does UK climb out of this hole. Its going to be a long gradual climb up if Labour can get back in. Can UK voters be patient enough when they always get tempted by the snake oil sellers (Farage, Johnson etc)

I live in the constituency he’s running for. I would be glad to see him elected as my MP. We want good minds fighting for our areas. Hopefully a loyal MP and cabinet minister

Interesting outfit on Torsten Jeans and a tie with Airmaxs 😂😂😂

Torsten 'Business in the front party at the back' Bell

Seems a decent guy who explains things well and concisely

OMFG ! Why don't you (Ollie) get a job at the BBC or maybe Labour party HQ ? "Yes child poverty's a bit of a bummer but if we committed ourselves to doing anything about it then we wouldn't get endorsement from hundreds of businessmen ! " , " From the few days that I've spent here I can tell you that Swansea's a great place."

A suit and tie with jeans and trainers is a strong look

Clearly not just an economist when he admits to being a labour member and is running for government 😂

He's gonna be an excellent MP

Future chancellor please ... just not in that outfit 😂

So the country has got better at gay rights, and that's about it....

Man has taken the road Seb Payne wishes he could take. Seb Payne is no Torsten Bell.

Such a good point about thinking what leaders might be like. Unfortunately I fear that is a point against voting for Labour

Spoken very well, for a man whose outfit perfectly divides into two. Still kudos for matching your Airmax to your own book!

The guy seems really great, glad to see him on someones ballot

Darren Jones as PM, Thorsten Bell as Chancellor, that’s a amazing potential future Labour leadership lineup

On the large families, in terms of the thinking behind that policy, you can see parallels with the Rwanda bill in as much they use a punishing policy as a deterrent for poorer households having lots of children. This deterrent thinking is a major part of Tory policy making

Im sorry, but if you cant find money to abolish the 2-child cap, then that's a political choice! If it is the one policy that would impact child poverty the most signicantly, whetever youre spending money on instead is more important to you than starving children. What's the point of a diverity of opinion when, as you say, everyone campaigning wants this abolished and the only thing stopping it is the leadership.

Some of these comments point to a clear problem in our politics too. A lot care more about the dress sense than the intelligence of MP’s

I consider myself a floating voter, but if I lived in Swansea it would need to be an unbelievably strong rival candidate to sway my vote away from him.

Someone sensible who has an evidence based approach to policy and priority...that's refreshing!

I have watched most of your interviews with him. Comes across as the perfect person you would want to represent your constituency. He has a big future in politics if he gets elected and I really hope he does as British politics would be all the better for it. Good luck on 4th July.

Clever guy, serious politician. Something the country needs.

Wow what a refreshing politician 😁👍

A reminder that "an economist" is not and never will be impartial. He is most likely a well-earning middle-class or upper class individual and has (even subconciously) his own interests at heart.

Dman, could you imagine this guy as chancellor in a Starmer govt. might be one of the most qualified people in a ministerial position.

Torsten took smart / casual very literally. 😂

most sensible person to have worn light blue in several years

This is the first I've heard of this guy so I'm going to wait to form a firm opinion on him, but "I'll give you a concrete example" is such a refreshing phrase for a politician to say lmao.

Clicked for new Torsten Bell content, stayed for the surprise outfit reveal! 😆

Torsten Bell looks like he was drawn in a game of Picture Consequences

Without outwardly expressing it @3:45 , Mr Bell basically admitted that the government is just a revolt prevention body. Keep the population "satisfied" enough to keep the power you hold.

Unfortunately the incoming Labour Government needs to see the "books", not only is Britain broken where nothing works, the Tories have also max'd out the government credit cards and they have to be paid as well. Remembering that the £millions worth of "Gilts" sold by the Bank of England after the Truss debacle have to be repaid back to the lenders very soon...

Had no idea you were going to be my labour candidate!

Wish I could vote for Torsten in my constituency!

Love the interview and I think Torsten will do well! I do think the title is slightly misleading though, I know he is an economist but he’s also a labour candidate breaking down the election promises

Agree with almost everything said, apart from the 2 child benefit cap comments. Although I dont deny I am sure there are families with 3+ children in poverty, the question should be why are families having children multiples of children if they cant even afford a coat for the ones they already have. I mean, you have families taking home £60k a year who want 3 kids but cant afford it so sticking to 1 or 2, and families not working with 5+ kids. This is wrong and unfair and something should be done to limit this - nobody who cant afford 4 kids needs a 5th and if you cant afford 4 kids you shouldnt be able to pay for them by having a 5th.

Can't believe Torsten is in his 40s (according to a quick google search)?!!??!?

Nice to listen to someone actually wanting to talk about the economy and the way the lack of investment and short termist thinking has led to where we are at, fixing this is for me more key than any social or cultural issues that the majority of politicians want to discuss.

I enjoyed this video very much. Mr. Bell knows his subjects and was able to clearly communicate his knowledge to an audience. I hope he wins. The interviewer for the program was excellent. He asked solid questions and responded well to Mr. Bell's analysis. I upvoted this video. I will now go and watch "Tory claims of Labour tax hike debunked, and Vaughan Gething's no confidence vote" from the channel. I will likely not make it through that video as the same interviewer will be all over the place in the discussion with his smart colleagues. Hope Labour wins this election.

Torsten Bell ☝ The Next Labour Leader.

More politicians like this please. Educated, well informed and compassionate to the population

I'm pleased that an experienced and knowledgeable candidate, who is honest about the facts and is led by the evidence, is standing for parliament. I hope he is elected and has an impact.

This guy looks like he got dressed not thinking his bottom half would be on camera.

Really glad Torsten is standing, and I wish him all the best. However, it was a bitter pill near the end where he was saying that you should judge the team and what the Leader/MP is telling you about themselves, considering those currently at the top of the Labour Party... Because that's very much been the problem many of us are having with them right now, and it certainly goes beyond mere compromises for the sake of addressing what matters.

Tax the rich Torsten? Borrowing why is it bad, and you can print money.thete is never no money. Its a choice.

You’re going to make such a welcome addition to the political scene #grownUpsAreBackInTown 🙌

Bloody impressive interview

He’s my favourite of your guests. Always watch your interviews with him. Keeps my poor attention 😂

People like this is whats wrong with society.

This is the kind of person we actually need in politics - professional with actual knowledge of economics and the causes of poverty. On the other side there seem to be many people in politics who come from the legal world (where any truth is debatable and is open to be re-defined) or career politicians with no actual work experience or connection with the majority of the population. An unfortunate truth is that politics is easier for the rich to get into than the poor meaning that as far as representing the large amount of people on lower wages is concerned, the majority of politicians have no clue what their lives are like.

I went to be taxed less, lower cost of living and I want to be able to buy a house. Is this possible?

I love Torsten 😻 Plus his name is awesome 💯 Torsten is one of those rare few that gives me hope for the future of this country

WHAT A GREAT INTERVIEW 😮👍🥳🎉+1.

This video just cost me £15ish quid. It will be awesome if Torsten Bell wins his seat. I can easily see him doing great things in as a minister for something. Wouldn't it be great to see him on Question Time.

When it comes to why we didn't invest is because we built ourselves over the last 30 years over cooperation with the continent. We didnt need more energy because France had it covered, we didnt need to build our manufacturing sector because we worked seamlessly with companies on the continent and many other things. I dont give the government much slack but Brexit was never in the long term plans and now it's hurting us.

A lot of people who are on low wages, often first generation immigrants live in many of the impoverished areas in London. These are the ghettos shes referring to that are generally separated ethnically with higher portions of Middle eastern and Asian people living there. Its understandable why ethnic groups live near one another because there is a sense of belonging and safety.

Highly interesting and thought provoking

I've taught in several schools in areas of poverty and high deprivation. You get kids without proper clothes and skipping meals... Yet they all have smartphones and nice trainers Someone knowledgeable needs to explain this to me. Not saying that we shouldn't also do all he says, but I think we also need better budgeting education.

When you being interviewed on a podcast at lunch, then you off to an 80's roller disco after.

He points out nothing been invested in energy or water since the 90s the assets have been sweated, yet forgets to mention this was when they were PRIVATISED, so maybe privatisation is a bad plan for vital infrastructure that forms natural monopolies.

Thanks

I hate that it's refreshing that a (now-)politician actually answers questions fairly, succinctly & honestly, with a positive & warm attitude. This should be commonplace, where real good people want to make a difference, but it doesn't seem that way at all.