The night Liz Truss’s government collapsed

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Ай бұрын

"Half an hour before the vote, the No 10 machine decided they were going to interfere."
Outgoing Conservative MP and former whip Craig Whittaker reveals what really happened on the night a fracking vote became a confidence motion in Liz Truss.
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@nickybee3731 Ай бұрын

Should have stayed in Australia because he has done so much damage to this country.

@bereal6590 Ай бұрын

👏👏👏✌

@sasserine Ай бұрын

He killed his own constituents, to spread anti-EU propaganda.

@TheLucanicLord Ай бұрын

They're getting revenge for sending all the convicts. See also: Rupert Murdoch & Lynton Crosby.

@kincaidwolf5184 Ай бұрын

Shut-up. He's British.

@ShowsOn Ай бұрын

We don’t want him.

@johnl7710 Ай бұрын

So this chap has basically been wrong about everything at the time when it mattered and still tries to justify it. Glad to see the back of him.

@brinjoness3386 Ай бұрын

Yep and his dad helped boiler making become a well paid job

@rogereynon4954 Ай бұрын

I was thinking the same. Sounded decent but admiting to some of those stances and decisions......well, they haven't aged well have they? Perhaps he should have left his own decision making influence to just his constituency. The UK is no better with him widening his scope. Denys the bleeding obvious. Bye-bye, Tory!

@BN-hk6wf Ай бұрын

Not wrong. But consistent in his views. We need more politicians who show the courage of their convictions. He also won 4 elections. So clearly not all that 'wrong.'

@thecondesce3904 Ай бұрын

Did this guy seriously say 'politicians shouldn't be changing the definition of things' weeks after he voted to change the definittion of a 'safe country'.

@1pauljs Ай бұрын

Guy thinks it was right not to rewrite the definition of marriage. But was happy to vote against reality to call Rwanda safe against all logic. Tory div in a nutshell. Not a coherent thought or principle to be found.

@kincaidwolf5184 Ай бұрын

You misunderstood. He is saying society has re-defined what marriage means. I don't think society has a view on Rwanda. Nobody cares aside those middle class lefties who own their own property

@daquidi Ай бұрын

"she is articulate with her mind"... lol. what an articulate fellar.

@justjackman Ай бұрын

Ha came to make the same comment but you beat me to it!

@Twy87 Ай бұрын

I think he's confusing her with the lettuce.

@neecierussell595 Ай бұрын

Brexit will never work and Truss, articulate? do me a favour... 😮

@barbaraarndt5293 Ай бұрын

He seems to live on a different planet.

@chrisdrakes2332 Ай бұрын

Articulate "with her mind"... What? You can say that about my dog.

@geraldbutler5484 Ай бұрын

He’s one of them however you look at it. Australia has enough of them already, check on Tony Abbott who was/is wrong on almost everything.

@tonywhite383 Ай бұрын

Tory Rot indeed. Utter drivel from start to finish.

@lee11991964 Ай бұрын

He still sounds pretty bigoted on gay marriage to me, and regarding Brexit what a disaster that turned out to be.

@megasizer5119 Ай бұрын

gay marriage is anti semitic anti christian secular extremism. it shouldnt even exist.

@BN-hk6wf Ай бұрын

He voted remain in the referendum. Check your facts 1st.

@fToo 24 күн бұрын

yes, sounds like he still opposes gay marriage

@danielgrunwell6026 7 күн бұрын

He is not a bigot on gay marriage. He is just following his faith and his beliefs. It is not an attack on the LGBT community to have an opinion and he accepts the result of the democratic process of the law change.

@hustlinmagic Ай бұрын

Oh of course the practical guarantee of losing his seat has nothing to do with him stepping down. How could we even suggest it?

@Sean006 Ай бұрын

Yeah, it's just a coincidence that they are all stepping down at the same time.

@geraldbutler5484 Ай бұрын

Strange he’s pulled the pin before he gets the bullet. They can’t even tell the truth as they toddle off to comfortable retirement or a fixed job. His fixed in super strong concrete views means he still thinks the nasty party can continue to wreck the UK by winning the next election.

@DivinaDeCampoTV Ай бұрын

So many people have absolute horror stories about this guy in Calderdale. Very glad he won’t be standing again. He is holding the area back and has for the entire time he has been elected.

@danielgrunwell6026 7 күн бұрын

Yet the people of Calderdale have chosen to elect him as their MP four times in a democratic vote. He can’t be that bad at the job on that evidence.

@sasserine Ай бұрын

The idea that we should take lectures on the morality of marriage, from a Conservative MP, is ridiculous.

@BN-hk6wf Ай бұрын

A self entitled moraliser comments. How great it must be to be so virtuous.

@TheLiverpolitan Ай бұрын

He'll go back to Australia after the election, and not lose a wink of sleep over the damage he's done to this country.

@unusedsub3003 Ай бұрын

Dull, unimaginative and frequently wrong, so a pretty accurate representation of his party.

@cebusapella9125 Ай бұрын

"It's a 7-day a week job". Yet so many MPs, Tory, mainly, seem to have other (and some multiple) jobs!

@jareth0205 Ай бұрын

"its not for the government to change definitions" yeah, hows that Rwanda definition act comong along

@felixarbable Ай бұрын

He should have stuck with his dads ideas

@TheLucanicLord Ай бұрын

Just the other day I said to my son, "Lad, don't grow up to be a c***"

@brinjoness3386 Ай бұрын

@@TheLucanicLordI have 3 young nephews I will pass on that great advice.

@Malisteen Ай бұрын

Politicians didn't "change the definition of marriage," they just recognized that the definition had already changed. As it has done many times throughout history.

@christopherspavins9250 Ай бұрын

The Brexit delusion continues, whatever it is. You think Britain is broken, you haven't seen anything yet.

@jeffsmith3392 Ай бұрын

Leave

@kincaidwolf5184 Ай бұрын

You're boring. Move on. Everyone supported a Brexit referendum. It happened, move on.

@michaeladkins6 Ай бұрын

@@kincaidwolf5184 The checks, therefore the costs will keep mounting.

@marcusantoniusAfterDark Ай бұрын

@@kincaidwolf5184Nope. Move back and arrest them all inclusive the billionaires and evil elites with their prostitutes in politics. This was a total scam bought by criminals with „dark money“ .

@kiriakoz Ай бұрын

@@kincaidwolf5184 we wish we could move on, but the decision will continue to cost us.

@jasoncooper9391 Ай бұрын

Leaving a sinking ship 😂

@sarahbarrett1247 Ай бұрын

Isn’t it SUCH a coincidence that so many Tories are deciding NOW that this will be their last term? Also, how nice that he’s able to retire at 61 and spend time with his family? It’s a pity he didn’t think of his peers that are slightly older but don’t get that privilege. They too would love to spend time with their family but still need to work for a further six years.

@michaeladkins6 Ай бұрын

Few of them will have a choice.

@sarahbarrett1247 Ай бұрын

@@michaeladkins6 true yet they have done very little to avoid their fate. Apart from gerrymander and bring in idiotic ID rules.

@capt.bart.roberts4975 Ай бұрын

Translation of his pontifications on marriage:-"I want my bigotry encoded into law." Although I did notice, he didn't use the moral objection, he tried to make it about procreation. I'm straight and resolutely childless. Does that mean all my relationships have not been valid? I also know some very happy lgbtq+ families.

@capt.bart.roberts4975 Ай бұрын

Families do not all come in one flavour, there's a vast panorama of them, all unique.

@theshadowdirector Ай бұрын

You cant say that black is white, but you can legislate Rwamda as a safe country.

@justjackman Ай бұрын

It’s a shame that there’s no challenge of ideas like this. I guess it’s still an interesting interview

@TomJonesisback Ай бұрын

Remember its all Jeremy Corbyn's fault 😂

@gullygullible9774 Ай бұрын

Definitely 😊

@harrylyme2913 Ай бұрын

All the grifters are leaving now that they have stripped the corpse bare and filled the rivers with poo increased the price of food and choked off inward investment. No shame either. Amazing.

@MozzMonster Ай бұрын

Nine minutes in but I'm done this man is a total clown.

@Sean006 Ай бұрын

Hard to take someone seriously who deny that the polls have any influence on their decision to have some 'me time'!......would be interesting to do this interview when connected to a lie detector.

@annemoncrieff3875 Ай бұрын

Anyone else feel the irony in his statement 'I am in my sixties now so time for a break'. Shame his party cld not let the common folks with this benefit, but no, we have to work on tul we r 67 etc. Awesome! Once again different rules for different station in society.

@llewev Ай бұрын

Who is this gonk and why would anyone listen to a word he says? We have a talent-free zone in all corners of our political system.

@user-xl6bk2gd3f Ай бұрын

He disagreed with "changing the definition of marriage" because politicians shouldn't change a definition but he agrees with politicians changing the definition of Rwanda to be safe for all eternity?

@jayrdee8542 Ай бұрын

Evil takes many forms, Conservatism is one of them.

@BN-hk6wf Ай бұрын

Deluded.

@ClannCholmain Ай бұрын

It takes a lot of effort to be that delusional.

@norwegianzound Ай бұрын

He and his ilk took a huge gamble with a Brexit vote. He lost. We all lost.

@pault1289 Ай бұрын

I would have liked to see Matt challenge the contradiction between legislating something as different - isn't that exactly what the Tory government is doing with declaring Rwanda safe, just like Whittaker thought legalising gay marriage was?

@sullafelix9681 Ай бұрын

Matt is pro-Tory. Whatever narrative he is conveying, we need to take it with a pinch of salt. His take on the local elections on Friday was laughable. He was stating Labour were in trouble and Tories had done reasonably ok.

@petemarchetto4998 Ай бұрын

That crossed my mind as well. It would have made for an interesting question. After all, marriage is whatever we decree it to be, whereas the safety of a country is factually based. The parallel was so obvious I wondered if Whittaker put it out there as a feed line. I was a little surprised Chorley didn't pick it up.

@johnmartin7158 Ай бұрын

@@sullafelix9681Even if the Tories won only one council seat, Matt would say that was a stunning victory. He’s leaving the sinking ship.

@johnproton259 Ай бұрын

Never ever trust a tory. Scorpion and snakes are far more trustworthy.

@capt.bart.roberts4975 Ай бұрын

So Whittaker is a class traitor?

@marcusantoniusAfterDark Ай бұрын

The damage is done and now they all run with their kleptocracy money on number accounts in tax havens 🤮 All these privatisations ITS A TOTAL SHAME.

@susanpettitt713 Ай бұрын

ENOUGH GE ..utter delusional

@capt.bart.roberts4975 Ай бұрын

The Human Hand Grenade intelligent? Now he's your usual run of the mill lying Tory.

@stephenhall9251 Ай бұрын

If his basis for marriage is the ‘procreation of children’ does that mean women who can’t have children for medical reasons shouldn’t be allowed to marry? I somehow doubt it? Double standards ?

@TheLucanicLord Ай бұрын

Menopause = divorce, presumably. These people never think things through.

@anastasiabeaverhausen5467 Ай бұрын

Boring, uninspired MP, glad he is retiring.

@michaels8638 Ай бұрын

Typical politician doesn’t want to take responsibility for unequivocally failed implementation of Brexit, failed policies, instead we hear I’ve had a lovely time being a whip, good riddance, let’s get MP’s who take self responsibility when their policy decisions fail.

@claudioricci1 Ай бұрын

He’s leaving because the writing’s on the wall simple as that. Funny how all these Tory MPs (I believe 64 at last count) are all leaving politics after the next GE. Such principled people.

@mysteriousfox88 Ай бұрын

so will this guy be involved in a grindr scandal in 4-5 days?

@colintofield1377 Ай бұрын

he is running away from his abject failures and away from being rejected by his constituents. what a shame he was allowed back into the country

@willhovell9019 Ай бұрын

Matt is such a lightweight, and useless interviewer

@greymouser8659 Ай бұрын

'incredibly bright'....'articulate with her mind' 🤣

@matthewframpton8737 Ай бұрын

I do think this is a great series. But it always amuses me that in All of these interviews the person in question is a perfect example of the ONE hard working, principled, honest, compassionate MP who never compromised their values. Given the public perception of the Tory party you must be doing a LOT of work to never interview any of the other kind.... Unless of course this is people writing their own epitaph and rose-coloured ink.

@derekstryjski6809 Ай бұрын

The worse tory is a working class one. What are the brexit benifits he mentioned? He stumped there...

@user-ln3lh2pz8h Ай бұрын

A fish rots from the head down.

@just_watching_you_tube Ай бұрын

We still don't know what Brexit is, the Tories never answered that. All we have is a declining economy since we left, no up-sides.

@kincaidwolf5184 Ай бұрын

Move on. Brexit happened.

@michaeladkins6 Ай бұрын

@@kincaidwolf5184 Pain keeps getting worse. boris and nigel should be taken to the town square once per week for public humiliations.

@just_watching_you_tube Ай бұрын

@@kincaidwolf5184 how can we move on, the country is stuck with it! Business’s are still failing because of it. But I have a blue passport. Yay.

@ChuckY229 Ай бұрын

"I'm leaving because if I stay I will get thrashed and humiliated."

@boota1979 Ай бұрын

The City of London were the winners, well done Truss!

@chickenbites8877 Ай бұрын

Liz truss bright? LOL

@TheLucanicLord Ай бұрын

Sunak is tall, compared to Danny DeVito.

@rupes3618 Ай бұрын

what an unimaginative set of answers! Normally this is a fab answers but this was bland.

@alanchamberlain4173 Ай бұрын

Around 12'10" you have the stuff that makes our present government what it is: and they keep digging.

@russellmasters5764 Ай бұрын

Behold! A turkey not voting for Christmas.

@rupertjpb Ай бұрын

Anybody that says ‘Journey’ I lose the will to live… apples off the trees, meat off the bone, blah blah blah 🥱

@corinnefirket5738 Ай бұрын

Ah brexiteer, brexiteer, brexiteer.;;.;; they will never improve and never regret not to

@salva_75 29 күн бұрын

Thank Christ he left Australia to influct his damage elsewhere

@catherinemartin6258 Ай бұрын

Good don’t come bk .

@andrewabel3927 Ай бұрын

A very interesting and enjoyable interview. The views expressed about the outcome of the next General Election are deluded.

@user-os1df1nm6j Ай бұрын

Was brought down by outside sources

@darrenhoskins8382 Ай бұрын

He thought without question… hmmmm…

@darrenhoskins8382 Ай бұрын

Would have liked more details on why he went over to the dark side…

@brinjoness3386 Ай бұрын

Or if he knew how much a licensed boiler maker earns in Australia thanks to people like his dad.

@davidboskett5581 Ай бұрын

I have not lived in the UK since leaving at the age of 16 but have always had an interest in politics. Listening to this guy was interesting and beforehand knew nothing about him but reading the comments I could not find any one saying anything positive about him. As he was probably a moderate I think the outlook for the Conservative party at the nest election is grim

@johnthekeane Ай бұрын

Well, he seems like a reasonable chap.

@marygem Ай бұрын

Liz Truss is very delusional in every aspect of governance and with such weird ideas of reality, can only cause social chaos.

@Lowdenjim Ай бұрын

Click-bait Video title for an interview that is a yawn

@douglaswinton826 Ай бұрын

Apathy like the pm not voting for the conservative Susan Hall!!! Say no more!!!!

@user-us9cf7me6w Ай бұрын

Wrecked the country then retires...good job pal give yourself a pat on the back

@charlesabboud1613 Ай бұрын

All the doors he knocks on tells him that the Tories could well form the next govt. he should read the comments, he’ll be in for a mighty shock…

@joelcolyer2240 Ай бұрын

It would be interesting to get Dehenna Davison on this. Standing down after just one term

@james6901 Ай бұрын

Yeah mate its going swimingly bell end

@FullmetalSP1 Ай бұрын

Wrong on everything and glad to have been.

@l33jcm Ай бұрын

"Calder Valley" has full order books! Really?????

@russellmasters5764 Ай бұрын

Not a guy that most would warm to.

@nikamichi Ай бұрын

Calls Liz Truss deluded ? I guess it takes one to know one.

@davidclarke6329 Ай бұрын

A real politician. Nothing to say about actually running the country just nonsense about whips and in-house arguments.

@PooleyX Ай бұрын

"We were redefining marriage." Imagine the Tories redefining something like, I don't know, what a safe country is.

@annaharvey8729 Ай бұрын

Truss and intelligence, in the same sentence. Come off it Mr, hardly! 😏

@ondank Ай бұрын

This man just claimed that he knocked doors for 30 years, and that issues on the door step were so often related to the EU and the only two examples he could come up with were immigration, which is totally fair, can imagine that came up plenty... And "exchange rates". He clearly hasnt been paying attention to his constituents

@anneunfairworld4671 Ай бұрын

So Calder Valley residents were soooo concerned about the exchange rate! Not housing, NHS, education? Calder Valley must be a very special place.

@dorothyb. Ай бұрын

Not sure why anyone would want to be an MP in this day and age regardless what party they are in. Thankless and impossible job I reckon

@brinjoness3386 Ай бұрын

Well you definitely don't want to be an MP that employs your daughter as a constituency support officer while your wife is involved in a bankruptcy case owing 300 000.

@jonescrusher1 Ай бұрын

Getting so tired of brexit hindsight.

@carlishiggins Ай бұрын

we need to Tax more RGN Nurses in blue uniforms and consultanta are having so much fun with driving brand new expensive cars , labour needs to tax these high salary earners , if labour raises taxes for benefit of nhs then poverty line people will become more poorer , they need to raise taxes for super rich only and ceo, doctors, directors high salary earners only

@johnproton259 Ай бұрын

Never heard of this tory. Why? Because he seems like a normal human being.

@brinjoness3386 Ай бұрын

You might be like me and never looked into him. I just scanned the net and found out he employs his daughter as a constituency support officer and his wife's company is going bankrupt owing 300 000 to creditors and 20k to HMRC.

@StuartSouter Ай бұрын

Deeeeeeee-luded! 32:20

@georgec7899 Ай бұрын

Truss perfect example of FASCISM 100%

@sonofsomerset1695 Ай бұрын

You clearly dont know the meaning of the word. No doubt an ignorant Labour voter.

@michaeladkins6 Ай бұрын

@@sonofsomerset1695 Not a fascist, but on the road.

@georgec7899 Ай бұрын

@@sonofsomerset1695 assuming things is far more ignorant. Learn that!

@sonofsomerset1695 Ай бұрын

@@georgec7899 So you're not a Labour voter then? You should be wih your bad grasp of reality.

@petemarchetto4998 Ай бұрын

Not my sort of politician - I was a Corbynite and still am - but a very interesting, (at times very amusing), honest and open interview... interviewer and interviewee both. Good to get this sort of peek behind the scenes, nicely done. Thank you, gentlemen. Oh, and for the usual hyperpartisans who will find any sort of compliment objectionable, bloody Tories, bunch of smellies etc. Happy now? [Sigh]

@Morf3000 Ай бұрын

10:25 He's quite happy to change the definition of the word "unsafe" though. Hypocrite.

@StephenUren-qb6ff Ай бұрын

I was trying to give him the benefit of my initial impression on his up-bringing until he mention........LIZ TRUSS!!! Pleased you are spending mor time with your wife.... Please don't return to politics, I think you have done enough damage in your lifetime!

@luskvideoproductions869 Ай бұрын

I stopped listening at the gay marriage opposition point of this interview...opposing it on the grounds that they were "redefining" marriage 10 years ago, and thinking that still applies...just means its great he's finally letting the door hit him while he's getting out.

@TheLucanicLord Ай бұрын

7:56 Rule number one! (And three and five).

@idavo Ай бұрын

I'd rather vote for 'Jimmy Saville' than vote Labour....... Voted against same sex marriage. He fits the boot of true Conservatives me thinks.

@PifflePrattle Ай бұрын

29:27 Here, if nowhere else I think we can all agree.

@tbrooke3016 Ай бұрын

I'm glad Craig is standing down because as a labour supporter I can't support his party but he's a damn good constituency MP

@kincaidwolf5184 Ай бұрын

That's the point. You vote for your local MP first, and Party second.

@tbrooke3016 Ай бұрын

@@kincaidwolf5184 People vote for MPs based upon their own criteria and for their own reasons. The Tory party's policies are deplorable enough that I couldn't vote for them whoever they put up because of the whipping system. Voting based on the party is ENTIRELY valid.

@kincaidwolf5184 Ай бұрын

@tbrooke3016 i don't really see them being much different from Labour. Labour has been in power for nearly 30 years in Wales. The country isn't any better and arguably worse than England. I vote for my MP based on his skillset and connection to the area.

@tbrooke3016 Ай бұрын

@@kincaidwolf5184 that's an entirely valid way to vote too. I'm just saying for me it's important. People try to spin the Labour party and the Tories as the same and honestly I can sort of see where you're coming from but it's the lesser of two evils in my opinion. Labour is closer to the center than the Tories which is why they're doing a bit better in the polls and elections because the Tories wandered away chasing the Reform voters (forgetting that they're a relatively small percentage).