At 18:04 and 20:13, while describing election campaigning in England and Wales over the next few weeks, we incorrectly said in this video that there are local council seats up for election in Wales on May 2. In Wales these elections are for police and crime commissioners. Local council seats are being contested in many in parts of England. We apologise for any confusion.

Former #1 trader for Citibank and economist Gary Stevenson put it best. The economy has been in a recession for working people for 15 years. We need a meaningful tax on the mega rich. Not constantly applying more and more tax pressure on normal working people. When we wanted to tax the russian oligarchs it was done immediately. Do the same with billionaires. Why should they pay less tax than a nurse, bin man or small business owner. Enough is a enough.

Jeremy Hunt certainly is a long streak of something

2 simple rules for life; No.1 - Never trust a tory No.2 - Never forget rule number 1

2:36 Rishi looks happy to see Hunt’s giant… approval rating(?) 🥴

3 years of UK politics in a snapshot and great informed insights, and genuinely authentic presenters …. Fantastic, love the format

If when he started his premiership he actually bothered to try and improve the country, he could have had a chance. Investing in Britain. Obviously only to the election and after that he could go back to tory ideology which is economically illiterate and all about fitting a tax cut shaped object into a starved of funding shaped hole. He was known for Help out to Eat out and Furlough and it made him oopular when it seemed like he wanted to support the nation. Now that good will has vanished and we can see what he is after money for him, his wife and father-in-law.

18:50 "London" - 🖍Bedford "West Midlands" - 🖍Sheffield! "Tees Valley" - 🖍Alnwick!!! The prop department can only help so much with the maps. 😂😉

Who knew the BFG passes a hyperbolic arc of approval ratings in the bathroom

People think they are paying too much tax. Is this true? It is very different from people thinking they are not paid enough, and their wages/salaries have not kept up with inflation for many years.

Abolish NI (3:02)? The 2nd-largest source of Government Revenue... Income Tax £250 billion, NI £177 billion, VAT £160 billion, Corporation Tax £78 billion (2022/2023 figures). Where's the revenue going to come from or are there plans for £177 billion savings in Govt. spending ?

Massive housebuilding programme - does UK have enough construction workers?

Might someone care to discuss the state of the Armed Forces? Where will the extra money come from?

The reason he had a higher approval rating than the party was because of Help Out To Eat Out and Furlough, it took a few months to release he was no different than any of the other tories, the only thing is more money is going missing to his wifes and father-in-laws bank account

"Tees valley, I think this is a bit low" you've put it on the Scottish border 😂

Mancunians and Sheffielders will be very offended at: 18:55 The West Midlands basically just covers Wolverhampton, Birmingham and Coventry.

Are they perhaps adding to the tax burden elsewhere ??

There only hope is the economy? The uk economy is in the toilet its been going west since Osborne on Austerity Average wages are -7% on 2010 a decade and a half of stagnation and borrowed 1.6 trillion doing it Were 6 months behind the US in terms of BOE Rate cuts and the Fed hasn't

"Rishi was right about furlough"....apart from the fact he just copied an entirely normal support system found in other countries every day of the year. Oh and the 3 million self employed who got shafted. Oh and giving billions to dodgy PPE supplier buddies.

Where is the National Interest in all of this Tory infighting ? It should be paramount. That is why the U.K. needs a General Election as soon as possible, not while the Tories play their games at the countries expense.

7:20 this is so frustrating to me, because its exactly the same in Australia. People think that Labor/Labour will come in and fix the great bloody mess the conservatives made, and then once everything is starting to go okay again, its right back the tories they go.

Those are her initials on her chest by the way!

Thought you'll say something about tories heading to reform

You need a third column in your chart...neither of them...a third or more of voters?? I am one of a number of Independent candidates who will be standing in the general election...we're ready.

Dead Party walking. The fact they think changing the Party Leader will do anything shows how out of touch this mob of Tim Nice-but-Dims really is.

Whilst I enjoy these videos and the informative/illustrative style it brings, I do get very annoyed at the lack of geographic knowledge they have. Putting the West Midlands in South Yorkshire/Derbyshire and Tees Valley on the Scottish Borders is just plain stupidity

i work as a nurse we normally should get our payris in april but will be late getting it this year as the government was late submitting its evidence to the body that makes the recommendation. maybe he will call an election after the pay recommendation to show how generous the government is?

This was so unbalanced lol, dripping with Tory cope.

Great to have two people who agree on everything chat about politics

'the voters are in the middle' 14:02 ? A majority of the electorate believe in re-nationalisation of the 5 main industries, higher taxes on the rich, rent caps, and more supposedly 'far left' economic policies.

Question :- Can anything save Sunak ?......... Answer :- NO ...... Next question please ?

You've put London in Luton, the west Midlands in Sheffield and Teesside in Scotland!

How many did Sunak kill with his 'eat out to help out'

Teesvally or Berwick upon tweed 😂

Absolute twaddle about Sunak getting the big things right. His government did nothing to help with inflation and Brexit is and will always be a ridiculous endeavour.

Ming vase should be the looted Ming vase

That's a good point actually. "The party have dragged him down to their level". Seems accurate.

GDP per capita is down 7 quarters straight

great video love it!

London finance, Scottish oil, pharma exports… Where else can the uk economy get some big growth from industry to make more rather than charge more tax. Property price general movements driving sentiment in peoples wealth perception and impact their spending. Inflation driven by worldwide factors, not uk govt. looks a mess at 5000ft level, I am out.

Sir Keir? Looks more like Alvin Stardust

10:31 what he just said here is factually inaccurate, firstly he's acting like you can only tax everyone Secondly studies show people are fine with high taxes if they get good public services, if they don't that is when you get this situation. Thirdly that even just closing tax avoidance will generate around 50 billion.

Grooooobur

Can definitely tell they are both Tory voters, completely missed the absolute cock-up of the ‘stop the boats’ and Rawanda schemes that will certainly tank any support or good favour Sunak has had thus far

Nothing can save him, he wasn't supposed to be in the position of PM in the first place , the decision to make him PM has caused majority of the electorate to be very furious

It was Gordon Brown who said ‘best when we’re boldest’, certainly not TB!

The table is too high for the speakers to comfortably draw on!

The root cause of UK problems is a series of weak and incompetent Conservative Prime Ministers: • David Cameron: he set the house in fire with his Brexit referendum and then he quit and ran away. • Theresa May: her call for a snap election resulted in a loss of parliament majority and a loss of credibility. • Boris Johnson: the Brexit Joker who succeeded in convincing a majority of UK voters to jump out of an airplane without a parachute. • Liz Tuss: did the UK hit the bottom with Liz? • Rishi Sunak: can he do miracles?

A bit too forgiving of Tory failures and historical record and too one-sidedly critical of Labour. The presenters sounded like press liasons for the Conservatives. I know this is FT, but more balance would go a long way.

They just don't get the fact they're caught on personality.

I do like thos format. Gives a bit more background and isnt so dry

Lets skip over the covid deaths? Made my mind up about yourselves after hearing that.

The critique that the country is "stuck in a rut" overlooks the deliberate economic measures taken to slow inflation, much like ignoring the structural supports necessary for a building under renovation. Similarly, this view is as short-sighted as underestimating the slow, steady progress a child makes through consistent guidance and support, missing the bigger picture for immediate results. Expecting rapid economic growth from a mature economy is as unrealistic as anticipating the immediate transformation of a period property into a high-yield investment. Both require a recognition of inherent limitations and potentials. Just as a parent understands the unique strengths and growth pace of their child, policymakers recognise the UK's economic strengths and realistic growth prospects.

Growth = Devaluation

Not just about tax levels - wages are 💩 relative to our euro neighbours and thats been going downhill since circa 2008...what a coinkidink

Am from a council estate in Manchester and still live on one, from a Labour voting family,have voted Labour all my life am not voting this election .And are FT journalist's "normal voters"?

This is naff

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I'm not British, and I'm trying to figure this out. So.. if I'm understanding correctly, the FT is the Conservative Party's official propaganda apparatus?

What needs to be done is for the UK government to own and utilize a natural resource such as the North Sea oil and gas so as to pay for the government expenditures just as countries like Qatar and Kuwait have done. This will be good for the NHS; students would no longer have to be pay any loan debts and there will be a fund for investing in infrastructure and more money will be available for potential entrepreneurs to borrow and grow.

Sunak is an intelligent hardworking chap! If the Tories are mad enough to get rid of Sunak, they will be finished for good

Rather biased against Labour.... judge the Tori£s on their merits, then vote them OUT. Indeed, we must get the TORI£S OUT and OUT forever. And I write that as a long term tory voter (humble apologies) who will never, ever vote tory again. OUT NOW! 🤬

This is definitely my favourite regular show on the FT channel

ah yes a CON centrated campaign lol

This seems a cross between Blue Peter and political analysis. Waste of time, sorry

Penny Mordaunt?

They should have started this video with their fingers crossed holding four leaf clovers.

Curry

Christ. This was utterly rubbish and pointless. I expect more from the FT.

Typical tory 'jounalism'. talking down to the childish peasants. You are smug , patronising agents for the propaganda factory.

Rishi is a pragmatic fiscal guy and the most intelligent PM in years, the man gets things done! Would choose him over FLIP FLOP Starmer and that copy paste Reeves any day.

CON and LAB. Not Con and Labour. I can see your political bias.

No no no he must go NOW,