Keir Starmer's first crisis as Prime Minister!

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  • Опубликовано: 6 сен 2024
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Комментарии • 144

  • @rosemarystewart7405
    @rosemarystewart7405 Месяц назад +68

    Aw so glad Johnathan Goodenough is back.

  • @jeff__w
    @jeff__w Месяц назад +23

    Somehow the fact that Johnathan Goodenough starts off _each and every_ report with “Yes, that’s right” strikes me as funny every time. It’s perfectly mindless.

  • @Welgeldiguniekalias
    @Welgeldiguniekalias Месяц назад +54

    Bibi should come and give his speech in The Hague.

    • @adblocker276
      @adblocker276 Месяц назад +6

      He can bring Blair and Bush for moral support- The Hague can get three for one.

    • @davidty2006
      @davidty2006 Месяц назад

      @@adblocker276 Genocide is legal long as your arab it seems.

  • @Secretgeek2012
    @Secretgeek2012 Месяц назад +37

    Oh, that showjumper line was absolutely cracking! 😂

    • @RichWoods23
      @RichWoods23 Месяц назад +6

      Sharp as a... oh.

    • @simongiles9749
      @simongiles9749 Месяц назад +3

      Technically she's dressage, but hey....

    • @jahazbrooga309
      @jahazbrooga309 Месяц назад

      They make horses dance against their free will. Everyone knows horses hate dancing. Bring me the whip.

  • @vishmaster09
    @vishmaster09 Месяц назад +8

    In reality. I don't get this, MPs are meant to represent their constituents , not the boss. Not agreeing with the boss is basically a dictatorship

    • @user-xs6xc9qy5m
      @user-xs6xc9qy5m Месяц назад +1

      If you listen to it again you will hear 60% of voters agree with the cap, therefore that percentage could be taken to be representative of the wishes of those the 7 represent. That been the case they are in the wrong. Good sketch though.

  • @pansepot1490
    @pansepot1490 Месяц назад +9

    Thanks for the laughs and the news! In two minutes you explained the situation more clearly than professional political commentators. Difficult for tell if you are better as a comedian or as a reporter. 😊

  • @Tulkash01
    @Tulkash01 Месяц назад +7

    "Tartan can be pretty intimidating"... FOR SURE!!!!

  • @martineyles
    @martineyles Месяц назад +9

    It's not explicitly in the manifesto, but the following is:
    "Labour is committed to reviewing Universal Credit so that it makes work pay and tackles poverty. We want to end mass dependence on emergency food parcels, which is a moral scar on our society."

    • @Emanon...
      @Emanon... Месяц назад

      So they will end it by simply removing calories from people that need them? That's one way to go, I guess. The evil way.

    • @patchso
      @patchso Месяц назад +1

      Apparently it’s government policy, but they don’t want it to be / appear unfunded. Let’s keep an eye open and see if it goes after the budget!

    • @brianferguson7840
      @brianferguson7840 Месяц назад

      And your point is ?

    • @martineyles
      @martineyles Месяц назад

      @@brianferguson7840 That it is in the manifesto, even if not very explicitly.

    • @fergusdenoon1255
      @fergusdenoon1255 Месяц назад +1

      ​@martineyles not explicit, so... not in it.
      You could make that pledge mean anything, for example:, "scrap all universal credit and force everyone to work" fits that manifesto pledge perfectly...

  • @chrisstewart7420
    @chrisstewart7420 Месяц назад +9

    😂😂❤ just googled the Labour cabinet for a Labour Geoffrey-Geoff-Jefferey. There's material there once the honeymoon period is over and the tone is properly set. Keep on Matt😂😂❤

  • @Anmeteor9663
    @Anmeteor9663 Месяц назад +9

    There is no cap on child benefit numbers. The cap refers to UNIVERSAL CREDIT and TAX Credits only. Although we should also be talking about how little is paid in Child Benefit for second and subsequent children.

    • @Emanon...
      @Emanon... Месяц назад +4

      And how much does your average multimillionaire get to write off in taxes do you think?
      You're fighting over the scraps while they're eating your entire lunch, mate.

    • @patchso
      @patchso Месяц назад +3

      Yep. The real news is always hiding away somewhere.

  • @alasdairmcgregor4334
    @alasdairmcgregor4334 Месяц назад +3

    Tartan can be very intimidating. How very true.

  • @andrewmoorhouse687
    @andrewmoorhouse687 Месяц назад +2

    I was worried with the right wing loons out of power, who were almost writing their own material, it would be harder to keep the satire flowing. I’m one of the happiest men alive to have my worries proved to be totally unfounded. So many brilliant lines in this. Top work Matt 🤣😂❤️

  • @weswheel4834
    @weswheel4834 Месяц назад +11

    There's definitely a "Props to Stephen Flynn" joke in there somewhere (as he got mildly told off by the speaker for using a newspaper as a prop).

  • @zlamanit
    @zlamanit Месяц назад +7

    To make it more funny, the vote wasn’t even about the 2 child benefit cap as the video and some MPs suggested. It was about the tax credit.

  • @recklessroges
    @recklessroges Месяц назад +2

    Cracking good whip jokes.

  • @darriendastar3941
    @darriendastar3941 Месяц назад +7

    Oooh very good.
    Tremendously clever. Loved that 😀

  • @Loneman_OG
    @Loneman_OG Месяц назад +1

    Absolutely spot on! 👍

  • @monkeytron5061
    @monkeytron5061 Месяц назад +1

    So glad you got Goodenough on this one. I was worried for a second it would be somebody else.

  • @Calzaki
    @Calzaki Месяц назад +1

    That showjumper joke... Well done sir

  • @seanduggan3453
    @seanduggan3453 Месяц назад

    Who knew tartan could be so intimidating.

  • @2lefThumbs
    @2lefThumbs Месяц назад

    Showing that satire doesn't depend on the shade of the government, but the wit of the satirist👍

  • @coppershark1973
    @coppershark1973 Месяц назад +1

    A 24 hour crisis. That’s nice.

  • @JaneAustenAteMyCat
    @JaneAustenAteMyCat Месяц назад

    That last line was a killer. Well done!

  • @grahamturner1290
    @grahamturner1290 Месяц назад +6

    Nicely summarised. 😊

  • @Cancun771
    @Cancun771 Месяц назад +1

    *_There is no two-child benefit cap._*
    The SNP amendment was about the two-child *_universal credit_* cap. Not about any putative "two-child benefit cap." Because there is no two-child benefit cap.
    It means that leading politicians pushing this amendment either did not understand what it was for, or they were deliberately being dishonest and misrepresenting it.
    If the amendment was about what they were talking about in the debate itself, then even if it had passed, it would not have achieved anything because there is no child benefit cap.
    The two-child universal credit cap is _popular with voters,_ including Labour voters.
    It means that they were in effect trying to do what Liz Truss did, and see if it worked out any better for _them._ Except instead of unfunded tax cuts, it was about unfunded spending.

  • @weswheel4834
    @weswheel4834 Месяц назад +5

    So Netanyahu was invited over just to tell them that everything was fine?

    • @FakeSchrodingersCat
      @FakeSchrodingersCat Месяц назад

      He also met with Trump.

    • @weswheel4834
      @weswheel4834 Месяц назад +3

      @@FakeSchrodingersCat Quoting the Toymaker, "Well, that's alright then!"

    • @cpuuk
      @cpuuk Месяц назад

      He loves the extra air miles he's accumulating.

    • @JohnPark-xf2gq
      @JohnPark-xf2gq Месяц назад +2

      Not many countries he's welcome in UK being the exception.funny i always thought labour did not support right wing goverments.must have got that wrong.

  • @mochynddu723
    @mochynddu723 Месяц назад +2

    Bibi's just racking up the air-miles.

  • @ninja-mouse
    @ninja-mouse Месяц назад

    1:07 I have the same view when someone is so clever that you can't follow them intellectually.

  • @pierremartini2229
    @pierremartini2229 Месяц назад +7

    Great stuff, Matt. Another excellent video 'whipped' out really smartly.

  • @notadoctora7956
    @notadoctora7956 Месяц назад

    Thank

  • @Mattheq
    @Mattheq Месяц назад

    I was shocked when I heard part of the news. Wow, seven Labour Mps voted against scrapping the 2 child benefit cap? That's awful! Then heard the full story, which is worse

  • @billlynn8256
    @billlynn8256 Месяц назад

    It's always the bloody whip..

  • @ZER0--
    @ZER0-- Месяц назад +1

    Starmer has said there is no money. That's a problem. Not that there isn't any money, but that Starmer is saying there is no money. There's plenty of money, it is up to Starmer whether he collects it by taxing the wealthy for example. Theoretically it's quite simple.
    Clever that you realised the majority was reduced by 14 and not 7. Even more clever, and funny, was the horse and whip joke.

  • @roderickmain9697
    @roderickmain9697 Месяц назад +1

    Yeeeeeesss. (in Paxman like voice) Always a tricky one when people try to drive your agenda before you are ready and have checked the piggy bank to see if theres money it. But enough about my ex. (Tartan can definitely be intimidating - especially if accompanied by bagpipes)
    Goodeneough is right on the money ...or lack of it. Thanks Matt.

  • @MauraNolan-ky7xr
    @MauraNolan-ky7xr Месяц назад

    Usual Goodenough.Hahaha

  • @Oliver-l1c
    @Oliver-l1c Месяц назад

    And we thought there would be no material for satire now

  •  24 дня назад +1

    Yes, is it true Starmer struggled to find the lavatory and shat his pants?

  • @emmabrooker166
    @emmabrooker166 Месяц назад +7

    It’s the voting FOR an amendment brought by a different party that’s the problem.
    Glad to see a party leader who instils discipline and doesn’t respond to tantrums.
    I don’t know how many times Starmer, Reeves and others have to keep repeating that they WANT to change the situation but the money isn’t there just yet.

    • @Emanon...
      @Emanon... Месяц назад +4

      The money IS there.
      It's called raising taxes on large businesses, capital gains and closing tax loop holes for billionaires.
      Starving children is now what, 25% of all British children? What society can prioritise anything more than children having enough to eat?

    • @erebusvonmori8050
      @erebusvonmori8050 Месяц назад +3

      They can repeat the lie as much as they like. It doesn't make it true.

    • @DebatingWombat
      @DebatingWombat Месяц назад +2

      @@erebusvonmori8050 But it’s really useful if you want to seem “serious” and “fiscally prudent” and govern on the principle that “I’d really like to help, but I can’t”.
      Gee, I wonder if there are any other examples of supposedly leftist governments choosing this “austerity light” (or not so light) path and what consequences that had in future elections?

    • @silvershocknicktail6638
      @silvershocknicktail6638 Месяц назад +1

      "I love it when voting for amendments based on personal values rather than the party line results in total excommunication, that seems perfectly reasonable and a good way to handle discussion." You hear yourself, right?

    • @KevinMeeds
      @KevinMeeds Месяц назад

      @@silvershocknicktail6638 But they got elected on the Labour manifesto. If they are so opposed why didn't they run as independents?

  • @DemonDethchase
    @DemonDethchase Месяц назад +2

    Country before party though, eh Keir. Meanwhile the multi, multi millionaire king sees a 50% pay increase, but yet we're all in it together.

  • @KenPassey-hd2mc
    @KenPassey-hd2mc Месяц назад +2

    You can be a millionaire and still get child benefit!!!

  • @charleswillcock3235
    @charleswillcock3235 Месяц назад +3

    The problem with scrapping the cap, that will cost £2.5bn per year. Over 5-years that is £12.5bn. That is starting to add up.

    • @raggedcritical
      @raggedcritical Месяц назад +7

      It's more that it's unfunded, and Labour ran on fiscal responsibility. Odds are they'll strap it in the next budget, but only if they can say where the money's coming from when they do so.

    • @JohnPark-xf2gq
      @JohnPark-xf2gq Месяц назад +3

      12,5 billion that's about how much rwanda debacle would have cost.or 1 third of money wasted on track and trace.l could go on and on. Torys priority are never about taking poor people out of poverty and that includes labour tories.

    • @EthanKristopherHartley
      @EthanKristopherHartley Месяц назад +1

      ​@@JohnPark-xf2gq Oooh, Letters *and* numbers. It looks like the Russians and Troll farms are truly pushing the boat out for making accounts.
      Поздравляю Komrade NotABot-xf2gq! (Although you might want to make your next alt look a little less like you banged your head on the keyboard to make it. 😉)

    • @erebusvonmori8050
      @erebusvonmori8050 Месяц назад +1

      Except scrapping the cap pays for itself in improved health outcomes, more stable housing etc for those it benefits. The fiscally responsible thing to do is scrap it, but Starmer's a monetarist and thus knows F all about economics.

  • @hylens5111
    @hylens5111 Месяц назад +2

    Very Tory-like. Starmer showing his true colors. (Not that it's any revelation.)

  • @tinagibbs618
    @tinagibbs618 Месяц назад

    Starmer needs to get his act together. He's there to look after the people of this land. I'm still holding my breath. Come on we voted for youhoping things would get better.

  • @lllordllloyd
    @lllordllloyd Месяц назад

    Australian here. Welcome to Murdoch's Labo(u)r parties: willing to go against very popular, progressive policies in an unsuccessful attempt to appease the very rich, and all so far from any election as to be irrelevant.
    Soon you'll have the real Tories back, willing to go against any promise and economic commonsense, to help the very rich.

  • @sandrafrancis3631
    @sandrafrancis3631 Месяц назад +1

    😂👏👏👍

  • @markherzog9484
    @markherzog9484 Месяц назад

    Bang on…..

  • @sulalee7413
    @sulalee7413 Месяц назад

    Thank god Johnathan is back with calm reason and logic. 🤔 What I don't get is this: Sunak dithered and dallied and made virutally no decisions ever, while the loose canons attacked him. Stammer proves he will pounce on any rebellions immediately. And someone is complaining? 🙄 Good grief. He has a plan, based on the manifesto. He can't fix everything immediately. Johnathan will make it clear, won't he Matt? Won't he?😑

  • @user-fj9vh2ms5g
    @user-fj9vh2ms5g Месяц назад

    excellant

  • @viperscot1
    @viperscot1 Месяц назад

    Hi Matt
    Actually they did say that they would scrap the two child cap on the door steps when they campaign in Scotland
    liebour in Scotland were putting it out big time to get people to vote for liebour
    So i hope they have buyers remorse on the way they voted
    Scotlands still having to mitigate the two child cap , bedroom tax with the funds getting cut last by 3%then this year another 3%
    Keep up with the excellent quality content
    Bestest from Scotland

  • @ChristianeWinzenburg-uo4xb
    @ChristianeWinzenburg-uo4xb Месяц назад

    Yeah’ where would we be without Jonathan Goodenough.
    Aaaaaah’ …your next topic…😬😮👏👏👏💯🤟😁

  • @Rick-mf3gh
    @Rick-mf3gh Месяц назад +6

    When Keith showed people who he was, they should have believed him the first time.

  • @tonyclewes8
    @tonyclewes8 Месяц назад

    Politics!

  • @veegerman6135
    @veegerman6135 Месяц назад

    Applaud Netanyahu. Keep children in poverty. What the absolute f*** !

  • @AlyceIsFree
    @AlyceIsFree Месяц назад +5

    Is it me, or does Matt have a slight Mr Bean Quality?

    • @MattGreenComedy
      @MattGreenComedy  Месяц назад +4

      You’re very much not the first person to suggest that 😀

    • @LeafHuntress
      @LeafHuntress Месяц назад

      @@MattGreenComedy I wouldn't have said that, but Rowan Atkinson in the "life of Brian" sketch on "not the nine o'clock news" playing the role of the CoE bishop & perfectly imitating the mannerisms? Yes, yes i can definitely see that.

    • @Grim_Beard
      @Grim_Beard Месяц назад +1

      No, Matt's funny.

    • @JohnPark-xf2gq
      @JohnPark-xf2gq Месяц назад

      Bean said before.

  • @smorris12
    @smorris12 Месяц назад

    If you vote against the cap you could the up with more children..........

  • @captainshakenbake5101
    @captainshakenbake5101 Месяц назад +13

    I can’t stand this Labour ‘There’s no money so fiscal rules/austerity’ bollocks. There’s plenty of money, gone into the wrong hands but they’re terrified of even trying to hint at getting it back.
    But sure, the money we do have, let’s dole out on foreign wars 🤦‍♂️

    • @weswheel4834
      @weswheel4834 Месяц назад +6

      @@captainshakenbake5101 If we’d stood up (if that’s the right word) when they invaded Crimea, it would have been cheaper.

    • @KevinMeeds
      @KevinMeeds Месяц назад +3

      Absolutely! Let's get the Tories back in with their outstanding record of financial prudence and compassion...ffs

    • @wonderfullife3108
      @wonderfullife3108 Месяц назад +2

      People hated the Tories for their corruption and incompetence. People hate labour because they're Labour and they've always hated Labour and they're not the Tories.

    • @captainshakenbake5101
      @captainshakenbake5101 Месяц назад +1

      @@KevinMeeds No, absolutely don’t. But Labour need to grow a spine and properly tax the abhorrent corrupt wealth in this country.

    • @DebatingWombat
      @DebatingWombat Месяц назад

      @@wonderfullife3108 Yes, it’s not like disappointment that Labour is twiddling their thumbs and emulating Tory austerity rhetoric and not using their landslide win could ever possibly be grounds for such criticism. No, it clearly must be all about some unfathomable unreasonable hate for Labour.

  • @jodders619
    @jodders619 Месяц назад +16

    Imagine being OK with leaving kids in poverty. The Tories were supposed to be gone.

    • @weswheel4834
      @weswheel4834 Месяц назад +4

      No one has said they're OK with leaving kids in poverty.

    • @martinwest7250
      @martinwest7250 Месяц назад

      They're very sad about it just not going to do anything about it . Sounds about right@@weswheel4834

    • @thebobbrom7176
      @thebobbrom7176 Месяц назад +8

      ​@@weswheel4834 If you're not ok with something then you vote against it
      Believing that they wouldn't is pure delusion

    • @jodders619
      @jodders619 Месяц назад

      @@weswheel4834 By not voting to get rid of the cap they've shown they're OK with having kids in poverty.
      It's hardly a surprise from a party leader that's pretty relaxed about the bombing of kids in Gaza.

    • @weswheel4834
      @weswheel4834 Месяц назад +3

      @@thebobbrom7176 What you are suggesting involves Labour having sat down and said "Can we afford to drop the 2 child benefit cap? Nope. Okay, unfortunately that's not going in the manifesto." and then a couple of weeks later, "Oh, the SNP have tabled an amendment, let's all vote for it."

  • @Emanon...
    @Emanon... Месяц назад +3

    Sir Kid Starver.
    7 MPs sanctioned for voting for benefits to kids not getting enough to eat.
    Try reading that sentence again and tell me if this guy isn't pure evil.

    • @KevinMeeds
      @KevinMeeds Месяц назад +1

      Grow up you Corbynite muppet...

  • @Wilbtube
    @Wilbtube Месяц назад

    Starmer basically increased Corbyn´s presence in parliament from 1 to 8.

    • @KevinMeeds
      @KevinMeeds Месяц назад

      So what?

    • @Wilbtube
      @Wilbtube Месяц назад

      @@KevinMeeds So... add the three independent MPs who defeated Labour in its stronghold, and their combined force is already greater than the SNP´s.
      Seems like Corbyn will be back, at this rate.

    • @KevinMeeds
      @KevinMeeds Месяц назад

      @@Wilbtube In your dreams maybe…

    • @Wilbtube
      @Wilbtube Месяц назад

      @@KevinMeeds Not really, and I admit to some hyperbole. But I think it entirely possible that Labour will not be able to hold on the full 5 years. Not at this rate.
      I also think it entirely possible that someone will start a loose amalgamate of independent left-leaning MPs including Corbyn, and give Starmer some Hell/ payback from the left.

  • @ajwright5512
    @ajwright5512 Месяц назад +1

    Quick question - Do you know who Jonathan (B) Goodenough is, or is it just a funny name?

    • @MattGreenComedy
      @MattGreenComedy  Месяц назад +4

      I just made it up but I have been told now!

    • @ajwright5512
      @ajwright5512 Месяц назад

      @@MattGreenComedy Zero criticism, just made me smile.
      Part of the point of comedy as I understand it.
      Can't say I think it'll catch on.

  • @Cancun771
    @Cancun771 Месяц назад

    Also the "rebels" get to look like complete morons, not martyrs.

  • @georgeatkinson759
    @georgeatkinson759 Месяц назад

    His dad was a tool maker...what do you expect from a tool?

  • @Lyndalewinder
    @Lyndalewinder Месяц назад +2

    First!😄