Your election questions answered

Your election questions answered | The News Agents

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25 күн бұрын

Each Thursday during the election campaign we are answering your questions.
Do MPs get paid after Parliament breaks up? Why do majorities shrink so fast these days? What is purdah and what’s Farage up to?
Later, Salman Rushdie talks to Emily about the knife attack that nearly killed him and the premonition he had that it would happen. We discuss censorship, hate, Gaza and Iran. And whether the attack has changed his political leanings.
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@kevinmcguire1049 23 күн бұрын

There will be many Michael Portillo moments, and the smarter ones are already confirming they won't stand to save their embarrassment........

@nellyfett2681 23 күн бұрын

I'm still astonished at how much attention Farage gets - an MP who's never been an actual MP!!!

@andrewjohnston9115 23 күн бұрын

But he has inadvertantly achieved more than any other politician in this country, almost churchillian, he saved us from the right wing undemocratic EU ... think about that .. Europe is swerving inexorably to the hard right, and we don't want to be part of that.

@GorgeDawes 23 күн бұрын

Wow, a Lexiter. I thought you’d all gone exitinct.

@tilmanvondelft 23 күн бұрын

@@GorgeDawes😂

@Nice0n3 22 күн бұрын

@@andrewjohnston9115 *Laughs in unelected house of lords*

@stephfoxwell4620 22 күн бұрын

He was an MP in the EU Parliament.

@Babblebabble87 23 күн бұрын

Its probably why Gove has stood down, so he isn't a Portillo. I could see Rishi Sunak being the first Prime Minister voted out by the public.

@davidalderson7761 23 күн бұрын

Problem his Richmond North Yorkshire constituency is full of tweed wearing green wellie people like Tim but Dim.

@howlingwolf7280 23 күн бұрын

Ooooo that would be brilliant.

@spacechannelfiver 23 күн бұрын

He's in a pretty safe seat; Mogg or Mordaunt would be my guess.

@quintuscrinis8032 22 күн бұрын

If Sunak loses his seat that would be incredibly bad for the Tories. Gove, Redwood or anyone else in the south of the UK looks more vulnerable to the yellow peril

@pault1289 21 күн бұрын

@@quintuscrinis8032hence why Gove and Redwood have both announced they are standing down.

@SL89999 23 күн бұрын

My question - If I am a Conservative MP and I step down on Tuesday, are there any plum jobs left for me to head British Museums or Hedge Funds or foreign social media platforms or UN special envoys do I need to wait until I get appointed to the Lords to pay my Truss mortgage? Asking for a friend.

@stephfoxwell4620 22 күн бұрын

Museums ,Galleries and Theatres are now mostly run by black American female academics. No jobs for Tory MPs.

@RichWoods23 22 күн бұрын

There are several thinktanks looking for tiny-minded idiots with no self esteem willing to front their 'war on woke' in National Trust tea rooms up and down the country. Candidates will need to demonstrate their ability to dodge scones thrown by senior citizen tour groups who simply went for a nice day out admiring the gardens.

@juliewake4585 21 күн бұрын

Nice one.

@sarahp007 23 күн бұрын

I read Farage as being self serving and lazy.

@geraldbutler5484 22 күн бұрын

People living overseas find it fascinating that a ponce like Farage commands so much attention. Why?

@garybown2682 22 күн бұрын

He's the grifter who keeps on grifting

@castoputa 21 күн бұрын

@@geraldbutler5484we have the most corrupt press in the world

@juliewake4585 21 күн бұрын

That sounds about right.

@Fraz725 22 күн бұрын

Not to mention Johnson getting rid of just about every competent minister and administrator and replacing them with incompetent 'Yes Men'.

@pault1289 21 күн бұрын

Yes, effective in that he was able to control the party, but deeply damaging to the longer term health of the party. You can draw a line to Truss' appointment as PM from those moderate Tories being kicked out.

@laurak1545 22 күн бұрын

British patriot Farage is way more interested in the US

@RichWoods23 22 күн бұрын

So much for his promise to put on khaki and stand watch on the White Cliffs of Dover if called upon by his country.

@greghill7759 22 күн бұрын

By scuttling back to Trump, he's repeating his actions following brexit, (where he sank without trace,) but hoping for a better outcome.

@nco1970 23 күн бұрын

The system in the USA was built to let enough time for the boxes containing the votes of each State to be brought to Washington at a time when it was mostly on horse back. This is the origin of the long period between election day in each State and the change at the federal level. The UK is not the only country where the change is immediate. It is the case in a lot of countries.

@Daithai96 23 күн бұрын

Absolutely love the term "Portilli moments" - I think even Jacob would appreciate that pluralisation.

@davidwright7193 23 күн бұрын

I don’t care what Rite-Smugg thinks of the word so long as its meaning is demonstrated to him at 3am in a drafty sports hall.

@quintuscrinis8032 22 күн бұрын

-o is a more Grerk ending, so the plural would probably end in -os

@anthonyrybicki1000 22 күн бұрын

Portillo is Spanish so the plural would end in -os as in Portillos.

@italotter 20 күн бұрын

And in Italian (generally) O pluralises to I in the masculine as A pluralises to E in feminine.

@localshaman 23 күн бұрын

I think this isnthe first time I've seen pundits admit 2019 had absolutely nothing to do with the leaders and everything to do with Brexit exhaustion

@user-ob4wo9po2y 22 күн бұрын

I wonder also if the Corbyn factor contributed. A life long Labour supporter like me could not vote for Corbyn as much as I hated the Tories. I voted Liberal.

@meldwebb 22 күн бұрын

Remember 2017 and Corbyn ensured May lost her majority.

@pault1289 21 күн бұрын

@@meldwebbhe was undoubtedly popular then, but I think the 2019 Labour manifesto was not seen as credible and Corbyn had made several misteps by then.

@CDSarahMillward 21 күн бұрын

Voices of sanity in insane times!

@hiteshpattni8836 20 күн бұрын

#curtain. Great interview with Uncle Rushdie

@izzyhawkins3631 22 күн бұрын

I'm convinced that 100% of the reason he went is he saw the rain and said "f this, I'm off to California"

@nightw4tchman 23 күн бұрын

Can political journalists please stop acting like Farage is the second coming? If a left wing or centre politician lost out that many times they'd be never spoken of again but for some bizarre reason political journalists can't help themselves, is it because they agree with him?

@andrewjohnston9115 23 күн бұрын

Farage hasn't lost anything, he made Cameron have a referendum which took the country out of the EU ... that place where the hard right is thriving and spreading ...

@kevinwillis6707 22 күн бұрын

No it's because his look at me sensationalism means he does their jobs for them and they are lazy, sopel suggesting Farage could be appointed ambassador with a straight face is laughable.

@kiljaeden7663 21 күн бұрын

Man got less votes than a guy in a dolphin suit and still commands disproportionate media attention.

@jonathanashworth353 21 күн бұрын

We have a professional civil service. We have some of the most intelligent individuals in the Foreign and Commonwealth office. Nah, sod that; let's have a dodgy used car salesman from Kent as our ambassador.

@InfernalPasquale 23 күн бұрын

You three are brilliant

@garethgriffiths1674 22 күн бұрын

If I was part of the opposition parties in Rees-Mogg's constituency, I'd put up a billboard quoting his words: "Their is no moral reason why workers should receive paid leave."

@rabthesmelly 22 күн бұрын

Salman should have his own video!!

@stephfoxwell4620 21 күн бұрын

Will Sunak play the Conscription Card?

@dennismay1023 22 күн бұрын

Best Portillo moment? Truss.

@ianjones8610 19 күн бұрын

But she hasn't expressed regret. Wasn't that the beauty of Portillo? He had to admit that Tory policies were unpopular because they were heartless.

@dennismay1023 19 күн бұрын

@@ianjones8610 Before or after he was kicked out? IT will take such a shock to teach #thickLizzy the same lesson.

@ianjones8610 19 күн бұрын

@@dennismay1023 He expressed regret AFTER he lost. He wasn't likely to eat humble pie before the event.

@dennismay1023 19 күн бұрын

@@ianjones8610 Exactly my point, although even defenestration as PM still left her as the UK Ambassador to the State of Denial. Hopefully losing her seat will hit her like a ton of bricks. She deserves nothing less than to suffer such trauma.

@dougtsax 23 күн бұрын

Farage, what a waste of a question. Just politics.

@localshaman 23 күн бұрын

Farages only gift is playing the middle man for people like Murdoch, his success is all trickle down. The moment he stops being useful his entire grift falls down the well.

@judithdavidson2356 21 күн бұрын

Great podcast

@bigbarry8343 21 күн бұрын

it makes sense to have as many PM changes as possible during parliament, when departure of each creates Lords.

@catgladwell5684 22 күн бұрын

Portillo is a Spanish name, not Italian. So the plural would be Portillos, as in tortilla(s).

@joesoy9185 22 күн бұрын

Reform UK Party Ltd is listed at Companies House. One of its three Directors, a certain NIGEL PAUL FARAGE, claims that his occupation is "Leader Of A Political Party". It would appear that this is a case of LINO.

@RichWoods23 22 күн бұрын

It's a grift. It's a means of moving money from Richard Tice's bank account into Nigel Farage's account at Coutts. No, sorry, not Coutts: NatWest.

@joesoy9185 22 күн бұрын

@@RichWoods23 Don´t apologise, anyone can make an innocent mistake. 😂

@user-ol3xe5fz4u 21 күн бұрын

wowee..imagine getting a pension after just 14 years!!!!

@michaeladkins6 22 күн бұрын

We dont need Nigel either!

@johnbennett9630 19 күн бұрын

There is a personal invitation for Nigel Farage on a plaque inside the Statue of Liberty - "The wretched refuse of your teeming shore" is on the list of those it invites - how could he ignore such such a fitting call.

@1sostatic 23 күн бұрын

My Question ... What split in parliament does Emily, Jon, Lewis think we'll end up with ? ...btw thank you for your debate. 👍

@sianrevs 20 күн бұрын

*Cue nasal toned pedantry*… Actually, it’ll be “Portillos” not “Portilli”. 🤣 Portillo is Spanish for “little door”, and Spanish nouns are generally inflected for number by the addition of an -s or -es. In this house, we pronounce his name the way Spain intended: Por-TEE-yoh (or the alternative, Welsh pronunciation: c***). 😁

@davidalderson7761 18 күн бұрын

Change - What ? Grow the economy - How ?

@Aco747lyte 23 күн бұрын

I expected The Govester to be leaving, but I doubt Jacob Rees-Mogg will leave because he loves Parliament and politics too much and is well-embroiled in GB News. Also, Moggster is a Lord. Great show, The News Agents. ❤

@euanwalters8246 22 күн бұрын

They are not saying he will leave voluntarily. They are saying another candidate will get more votes than him at the election.

@annphillips1086 22 күн бұрын

@@euanwalters8246 As the Bard says, 'tis a consummation devoutly to be wish'd.

@judithdavidson2356 21 күн бұрын

He loves himself and the sound of his voice too much.

@Jade368 23 күн бұрын

This would be much better if filmed today or relevant to today's events. 🎉

@JohnWLewis 20 күн бұрын

Are you missing an important historical event in the Conservative party’s shenanigans? When party members chose Truss, their only choice was Sunak. In the emergency after she ran off the rails, he was the only obviously justifiable choice. But, in the previous rounds of voting by Conservative MPs, Truss was behind Mordaunt until the last round, and would (also) have, almost certainly, won and done far better. Sunak was, and still is politically too inexperienced and “should” never have progressed beyond Finance minister (or whatever we call it), to which he was well suited.

@mrD66M 22 күн бұрын

My choices for "Portilli moments" JRM Jenrick Truss Braverman Schapps Cleverley Atkins Keegan Harper McVey

@stevealharris6669 22 күн бұрын

Oh Please please let my MP Mad Liz have a Portillo moment.

@annphillips1086 22 күн бұрын

Couldn't happen to a nicer bunch.

@PeppermintPatties 22 күн бұрын

And Patel.

@rosemarycuthbert4623 23 күн бұрын

Aye. Farage who moved to France

@emmaredgate 23 күн бұрын

Emily do you remember when you came to my house in Highgate and put your feet on my coffee table?

@darumagenki6271 23 күн бұрын

Got any pictures?

@emmaredgate 22 күн бұрын

@@darumagenki6271 no i don't sorry. She was filming something for the bbc. We rented our house out back in those days. It was probably 10 years ago. But who does that?

@salsmith1323 20 күн бұрын

Portillo s. Portilli pl. I love your channel.

@accomuk 23 күн бұрын

My Question, do you think Sunak will lose his seat?

@anthonyrybicki1000 22 күн бұрын

Unlikely as Richmond Yorks is a rich rural seat with diehard Tories who have done so well under Tory governments. Tactical votes wouldn't overcome his large majority unless every other party votes went to Labour.

@howlingwolf7280 23 күн бұрын

Sorry, big fan of all three of you, but to even suggest or hint that Starmer would appoint Farage as his US ambassador, stretches playing devils advocate beyond its limits and just makes you sound ridiculous. Do better Jon.

@DisleyDavid 22 күн бұрын

Farage would be even worse than Johnson at diplomacy.

@dianaworley3275 20 күн бұрын

Are the labour party going to sort out the stealth tax and raise level that you start to pay tax in line with inflation?

@dorothyb. 23 күн бұрын

My question is this. Who is running the country and what happens if something terrible happens that needs a response?

@RichWoods23 22 күн бұрын

And if there's no one to respond, will we be able to tell the difference?

@jemshadow123 19 күн бұрын

Id love it if Trump stiffs Nige like he did Rudi with the AG spot

@carlharding5311 22 күн бұрын

There won’t be many Portillo moments because the cowards will resign before they can be sacked by the public.

@Neilhuny 22 күн бұрын

"pasta". Emily? That's your pleural of choice? Portillo, Portilli - OK, I get that: like graffito, graffiti ... q&A thursDAY

@RichWoods23 22 күн бұрын

My pleural of choice protects my lungs.

@trevorsimmons3811 21 күн бұрын

He did win. closest wins

@alecporter1784 23 күн бұрын

I think John won, I'm sure the Council elections played a part but it took some time to work out when to call the election

@slacker2101 22 күн бұрын

Pedantic perhaps but Ms Maitlis shd really bone up on Romance language plurals. Portillo is Spanish and plural wd be Portillos; pasta is Italian, fem noun; plural is paste. 65 years ago I was in Italy, before much mass tourism, and restaurant loos just had signore or signori on the door, no pictograms; which wd you choose?

@davidwaddell6063 22 күн бұрын

“It’s John. It’s Lewis. It’s Emily.” NOOOO. Inconsistent with title card. Think Ant & Dec consistency.

@dougtsax 23 күн бұрын

If you say anything worth listening to then you can turn up you mics so that I don't have to turn up my TV to 11.

@nibor503 23 күн бұрын

A lot of people are saying that the only way to

@stevenwilliamson6236 23 күн бұрын

If Starmer imposes candidates, people won't be happy. What was the name of Euan Blair's girlfriend?

@davidjamesrumsey 22 күн бұрын

Jon won.

@charlesflouvat1829 23 күн бұрын

Nothing to say

@tana1234 22 күн бұрын

As soon as you notice Emily's ear lobe there is nothing else you can look at

@catgladwell5684 22 күн бұрын

I find Lewis's hair compelling.

@marigoldwhite867 22 күн бұрын

Enjoy michael portillo's train journeys

@eddouglas 22 күн бұрын

🥸👺favourite emotes

@Test-hw5fn 22 күн бұрын

You can’t keep in with Trump.

@raylder6339 22 күн бұрын

Massive respect to Salman Rushdie, but I’m still yet to come across these events where Jewish people have been threatened by anti-israel encampments or that these demos have turned into pro-Hamas demos.

@VaucluseVanguard 22 күн бұрын

Is Emily going for the Trump look? Very orange.

@BinanceUSD 23 күн бұрын

Blame the economy on the loose independent Bank of England not Rishi Sunak

@user-ob4wo9po2y 22 күн бұрын

Isn’t Rishi the latest chaotic Tory Pm ? Ruined the country

@stephfoxwell4620 22 күн бұрын

@@user-ob4wo9po2yDidn't he borrow and print £900 billion in his 30 months as Chancellor?

@alridd7038 21 күн бұрын

It doesn’t matter one jot who wins.they’re all friends and they all eat out the same trough.

@RealDareel 23 күн бұрын

I CANNOT believe yous think in your groupthink the 2019 coalition was difficult to maintain. All they had to do was actually do levelling up, they refused to do that and they’ll suffer for it. Labour voters who’d been abandoned for decades would reward them and upper class Tory voters would not punish tories for taxing billionaires. It’s a much easier thing politically for the tories to do redistribution than Labour unfortunately.

@christopherblackburn6811 22 күн бұрын

Levelling Up was always going to be hard for the Conservatives to do when you look at their other 2019 policies. Reducing debt, reducing tax, putting up trade barriers and Levelling Up were all going to cost the government money. Their electoral coalition wanted different policies from the list. The policies could conceivably have been believable together if Brexit had provided large economic benefits. However this has not been the case so different parts of the coalition have been disappointed by different policy failures.

@mattgs1671 22 күн бұрын

They could have sold the debt needed to level up the north to wealthy southerners a special 'infrastructure gilts' with tax breaks with a guaranteed return.

@jaisriram295 23 күн бұрын

Oh so suddenly poor old Labour are inheriting a bad situation...so basically what the Tories inherited from the last Labour government

@GorgeDawes 23 күн бұрын

Yes, if only the Tories had a decent amount of time to put things right…..

@jaisriram295 23 күн бұрын

@@GorgeDawes I know you would think something may have happened that ruined the global economy or something 😂

@user-ob4wo9po2y 22 күн бұрын

Cameron split the country by Brexit and Austerity May couldn’t stop the disaster that Brexit became BJ botched the pandemic and had partygate Truss crashed the economy Sunak failed with the boats, silly Rwanda policy, failed on his pledges on NHS waiting lists - generally is the latest Tory disaster

@user-ob4wo9po2y 22 күн бұрын

Tory’s inherited a better country. Labour made the country stronger over 10 years, lifting people out of poverty and making it robust to withstand 2008. Cameron and Osborne ruined it with austerity and then Brexit.

@Nice0n3 22 күн бұрын

@@jaisriram295 Its interesting how many other countries recovered waaaaay better from said ruining of the global economy. Yet the UK is just as worse, if not more... What would be different than other nations... I wonder.

@user-vs7nv8mo4e 23 күн бұрын

the TORY PARTY might still win....

@joesoy9185 22 күн бұрын

At Betfair, the odds of the Tories losing 201 seats or more are 4/6.

@user-rz4re9tu3r 23 күн бұрын

Ud think after losing an eye and nearly being killed u would give the book writing a rest.

@dannyquinn9128 23 күн бұрын

That's his whole point. He's not going to give up the career he loves because some religious fundamentalists are out to get him. I commend his bravery. And read "midnight's children", great book.

@davidjamesrumsey 22 күн бұрын

It's called courage.

@rosemarycuthbert4623 23 күн бұрын

Starmer will impose his puppets

@dougtsax 23 күн бұрын

Your questions are a waste of breath. Talk about the policies not just politics, politics, politics.

@paulsamson6039 23 күн бұрын

Who cares? Labour and the Conservatives are two cheeks of the same backside and I will never be as rich as people who have worked for the BBC.

@dannyquinn9128 23 күн бұрын

Trust me, the BBC, unless you are a top presenter or executive, does not pay well at all.

@Rexel4th 23 күн бұрын

The "they are all the same as each other!" line is a Tory propaganda strategy to encourage voter apathy. I feel sorry for anyone who is naïve enough to repeat it.