I wish PMQ's was like this more often. Professionals doing their job, asking questions, giving answers, explaining their positions. Some level of agreement and co-operation on things that make sense too is also welcome. It's a really nice change from the jeering and political points scoring
It’s utterly ridiculous. Let’s support Israel whilst they reduce Palestine to rubble, then let’s help them rebuild?? Why not just prevent the destruction in the first place!
The international community failed to prevent Hamas from firing rockets at Israel since 2007, and failed to prevent Hamas from Invading Israel on 7 October 2023.
@@timonsolusIsrael has one of the most advanced militaries in the world. More attention needs to be paid as to their underperformance there. However it is universally agreed that Hamas cannot continue as they have.
@@IILeinadIIhe literally could have just done what was in his power nothing more nothing less what he could and should have done is cut diplomatic ties, revoke all arms exports, and imposed sanctions
It's a bit late when Keir and the UK government played a part in allowing this situation to get to where it did by supplying weapons, providing RAF surveillance for air strikes and refused to condemn or prevent genocidal activities. It's a little bit like doing nothing to stop an arsonist despite knowing they threatened arson and saying afterwards "it's wrong"
@@sarcasticstartrek7719 Trump had nothing to do with it. In case you forget, he was not president until a few weeks ago.. How about you direct blame towards your heroes?
@@sarcasticstartrek7719 the pm is responsible. British weapons and surveillance helped Isr0el to achieve this outcome. Our unwavering support for US foreign policy is what continues to make the UK a laughing stock on the global stage, and cotinues to threaten our peace and security. It is also part of the wider reason why we fuel refugee claims and migration and why we're a target for terrorism. The UK never learns. The whole situation in Palestine was created by the Balfour Treaty, a British act of Parliament. So yes every UK prime minister and government since the 1900s is partky responsible for what's happening today.
It depends on how high the tariffs are. I hope that the UK are working hard to turn us away from the US. They have been an ethical and financial disaster of an ally for decades now. From Afghanistan to trying to bring down our healthcare system to, Ukraine and now to this.
O 3:09 Why is he waffling about aid and an already returned hostage when the matter firmly before him is the existential threat to Palestinians? His complicity up to this point is a causative factor in where we have arrived. Grow some balls and park a royal navy warship off the coast of Gaza now!
He "waffles" because they aren't the lives of UK citizens. That's my guess as to why................ Where were you and when was it when you first realized that the UK had elected Superman to office??? Is he supposed to solve all the problems across the world? Pull your head out of your ass. He's in office to protect the people of his own country from foreign threats. That's all. And no one actually believes you care about the lives of others. You're commenting to benefit yourself; to do what you believe is expected of you form this account. It's not genuine; nothing online is anymore. The terrorists and people online promoting escalations and chaos on these matters will be held accountable in due time. You can't remain anonymous forever.
Yes, partly Britain, but mostly America. The Balfour declaration wasn't great but it wasn't as bad as it's made out to be. It said that "nothing shall be done which may prejudice the civil and religious rights of the existing non-jewish communities in Palestine..."
You're all wrong ! The colonisation of Palestine began in the late 1800s following the publication of Theodore Herzle's treatise on zionism. This began the start of the influx of Jews mostly from eastern Europe who were supported by money from American zionist societies.
@@rothwellaudioyes but it essentially it came from either a place of naïveté or more likely apathy towards what would actually end up happening if you built a settler colony on top of the heads of the native population.
pretty much irrelevant. Even if the European nations stand together on this, so what? Unless they are prepared to go against the USA then they will be ignored.
@@calicocat8213 French, German, Irish and Spanish Foreign Ministers have all spoken out against Trump's plan and committed to Gaza being central to the Palestinian state.
Starmer did not mind the killing, the bombing and the total destruction of Gaza, in fact, he was actively helping the Jews to commit genocide, but this is where he draws the line? Criminal.
Pensioners (like myself)are the richest demographic in the UK by a huge margin due to the triple lock on Pension increases which have left them the only section of society who have seen raises in excess of inflation for 15 years. much more than say, nurses or firefighters. They benefited from cheap housing, private pensions, property values never seen before or since, the best of the NHS, free university education, but still they want the younger generations who are struggling to feed and clothe their children, to stay poor in order to retain their free transport and heating allowance for the richer pensioners.
Good on Starmer to support the Palestinians…they need to go home . I voted for you Sir,then I regretted. Voting for you because of the withdrawal of heating allowance…..but Sir I totally with you about Gaza. I’m aWhite UK Pensioner,but I’m with you about Gaza. xx
Oh shut up about the £200 heating allowance. Its a total embarrassment getting so old and somehow "unable" to afford £200. You people literally had the best decades to invest and buy houses but oh wait, "We cant give up our £200 extra free money".
@@davidanderson7138 Thats straight up lies, Jordan has the largest population of Palestinians who feld during the first Nakba to Jordan and many other muslims states
Apparently, the endless stream of dead Palestinians have left no indelible image on Starmers mind. That'll be because he is complicit in the Genocide...
If the outgoing Ambassador Pierce was still in post I think she could have dissuaded Trump from this or at the very least hear her out however given Trump's dislike for the incoming ambassador Mandelson I doubt very much he will make a blind bit of difference.
@@DoctorMooCow You have no choice but to follow. You are a nobody, your opinions will not affect global politics in the slightest. Completely irrelevant opinions.
And you seem so happy about it You are vile and disgusting maybe wake up and smell the coffee Do u think u ever have peace if he did it 🤔 as all game for muslim country's to decimate izreal
How about we just stay out of it and focus on our own country. The UK is not only small but fast, becoming an impoverished 3rd world country, crushing under the weight of high taxes and energy cost thanks to the failed policies of the con-lab uniparty.
The Palestinian people will never leave their land ! Israel has turned their homes to rubble, but they will return to "their" rubble. If Israel grinds the rubble into sand, then they will live upon "their" sand. The people of Gaza will never leave the land of the tens of thousands of graves of their families.
Yep, allow them to leave for UK, Germany and USA, if they want, and welcome them with open arms, UK being the mother of all the Tragedies that have befallen on the Palestinians and Germany being the mother of all the Tragedies that have befallen on the European Jews during the Nazi era and USA for blindly supporting the Holocaust perpetuated on Palestinians by Israelis.
Ed Davey's trousers are too tight around his calves, so after they ride up when he sits down they stay up when he stands. Either get wider trousers or get used to pulling them back down
If it was left to Trump, he'd relocate the entire Gaza strip to the UK or stick 30% tariffs on us as an ultimatum... Starmer actually had principles, shocking as that statement may seem
@@JonDal-w6e except those who actually need the winter fuel payment get pension credit to cover it. The right wing papers and media won't tell you that bit. On the homeless I agree. But it's been bloody awful for decades and the tories fed the rich with mates rates bonuses instead of helping
I suggested that US and UK work to integrant Palestinians in US . They are holy educated people they will be productive citizens automatically god for US. Gating million educated people…
Palestinians belong in Palestine, their NATIVE land (as admitted by Vladimir "Ze'ev" Jabotinsky in his 1923 "Iron Wall"). Take the izzyreli Ashkenazim, most of whom seem willing to leave anyway: no genuine roots to speak of, they'll do fine in the United States of Avarice.
@@calicocat8213 They cannot live there, there is nothing left. They have no homes, no food, no water, nothing. Why do you want to keep them there? That's disgusting..
Sir Ed Davey, the real leader of the opposition.
Or...... The leader of the real opposition.
It's so refreshing to see someone in opposition like Sir Ed
Your havin a laugh.
I wish PMQ's was like this more often. Professionals doing their job, asking questions, giving answers, explaining their positions. Some level of agreement and co-operation on things that make sense too is also welcome. It's a really nice change from the jeering and political points scoring
You evidently did not see Bad Enoch or Dick Lice. Solid responses again from Keir.
This is how it would be if lib dems were the main opposition
Thats because no Tories or Reformers were not involved.
@@martinmcdonald4207 yeah that’s kinda what I was getting it. You can really tell the difference without the rats involved
It’s utterly ridiculous. Let’s support Israel whilst they reduce Palestine to rubble, then let’s help them rebuild?? Why not just prevent the destruction in the first place!
no profit in peace
The international community failed to prevent Hamas from firing rockets at Israel since 2007, and failed to prevent Hamas from Invading Israel on 7 October 2023.
They had to wait for the cheques to clear first
@@ibraheemmonks8866 Palestinians don’t want peace they want the eradication of Jews
@@timonsolusIsrael has one of the most advanced militaries in the world. More attention needs to be paid as to their underperformance there.
However it is universally agreed that Hamas cannot continue as they have.
Ed Davey, despite his jokey antics, is by far the best leader on show
Kier Starmer doing something positive for the Palestinians?? Only waited until Gaza had been levelled and 45k Palestinians had lost their lives
He doesn't want more terror loving perpetual fake refugees flooding into the UK
That's pretty much what I thought too.
It's hard to do something when you don't have the backing of other countries in an international affair.
@@IILeinadIIhe literally could have just done what was in his power nothing more nothing less what he could and should have done is cut diplomatic ties, revoke all arms exports, and imposed sanctions
@@IILeinadIIwhat about that requires the backing of other countries
It's a bit late when Keir and the UK government played a part in allowing this situation to get to where it did by supplying weapons, providing RAF surveillance for air strikes and refused to condemn or prevent genocidal activities. It's a little bit like doing nothing to stop an arsonist despite knowing they threatened arson and saying afterwards "it's wrong"
The PM is not responsible for Trump wanting to level Gaza. There's no "it's a bit late" on this. This happened last night.
@@sarcasticstartrek7719 Trump had nothing to do with it.
In case you forget, he was not president until a few weeks ago..
How about you direct blame towards your heroes?
@@sarcasticstartrek7719 the pm is responsible. British weapons and surveillance helped Isr0el to achieve this outcome. Our unwavering support for US foreign policy is what continues to make the UK a laughing stock on the global stage, and cotinues to threaten our peace and security. It is also part of the wider reason why we fuel refugee claims and migration and why we're a target for terrorism. The UK never learns. The whole situation in Palestine was created by the Balfour Treaty, a British act of Parliament. So yes every UK prime minister and government since the 1900s is partky responsible for what's happening today.
"pointy objects should be impossible to obtain"
was the opening sentence. this is not a real country
How long until he buckles
Who ?
@@brianferguson7840 Take a wild guess. There's only two to choose from.
It depends on how high the tariffs are. I hope that the UK are working hard to turn us away from the US. They have been an ethical and financial disaster of an ally for decades now. From Afghanistan to trying to bring down our healthcare system to, Ukraine and now to this.
@@rothwellaudio
Why would Ed Davie buckle ? And under what ?
@@self.construction.day1we should all stop buying American products because it's only a matter of time before UK and Eurozone tariffs come
thank god
O 3:09 Why is he waffling about aid and an already returned hostage when the matter firmly before him is the existential threat to Palestinians?
His complicity up to this point is a causative factor in where we have arrived.
Grow some balls and park a royal navy warship off the coast of Gaza now!
He "waffles" because they aren't the lives of UK citizens. That's my guess as to why................
Where were you and when was it when you first realized that the UK had elected Superman to office??? Is he supposed to solve all the problems across the world? Pull your head out of your ass. He's in office to protect the people of his own country from foreign threats. That's all.
And no one actually believes you care about the lives of others. You're commenting to benefit yourself; to do what you believe is expected of you form this account. It's not genuine; nothing online is anymore. The terrorists and people online promoting escalations and chaos on these matters will be held accountable in due time. You can't remain anonymous forever.
"These Are My Principles!"
- Kier Starmer -
"And if Donald Trump does not like them, well I have some others..."
Hear hear....are they really hearing
Trump has already dismissed Starmer as inconsequential…….
My experience of the department tribunials system is that they are like the gestapo.
Good. How to react to this practically will require international cooperation to stand against it, if Trump is serious.
Who started this Palestine dilemma?
Britain?
Churchill,before that was Lord Balfour.Bloody imperial elitist.
Yahweh.
Yes, partly Britain, but mostly America. The Balfour declaration wasn't great but it wasn't as bad as it's made out to be. It said that "nothing shall be done which may prejudice the civil and religious rights of the existing non-jewish communities in Palestine..."
You're all wrong ! The colonisation of Palestine began in the late 1800s following the publication of Theodore Herzle's treatise on zionism. This began the start of the influx of Jews mostly from eastern Europe who were supported by money from American zionist societies.
@@rothwellaudioyes but it essentially it came from either a place of naïveté or more likely apathy towards what would actually end up happening if you built a settler colony on top of the heads of the native population.
Goddammit America, 😡 Why do you only ever bump off the good Presidents.
All hot air. He'll sign off anything Trump wants and couch it in cute language
If so then vote accordingly in international contexts
He'll U-turn when Trump places some form of tariff on the UK. As much as I disagree with that happening, it shows how fickle politics is.
But we don’t make anything
I hope you're happy - you helped this happen. You got what you campaigned for.
@@jimmyjam6197we export £60.4B worth of goods to America and £126.3B worth of services
Trump has little to gain from tariffing the UK, it’s not a priority to him
@@henryburton6529Who was your choice? Reform or the Tories?
Let me guess, we should pay for it too?
Give it few weeks 2 face Starmer would flip like a coin on his stance
pretty much irrelevant. Even if the European nations stand together on this, so what? Unless they are prepared to go against the USA then they will be ignored.
EU and China together might do it. Unlikely, but China has spoken out for the Palestinians right to their homes.
@Pobotrol
China yes, but the EU Toady Lackeys?
Highly doubtful.
Good.
We have enough problems, in case you have not noticed.
@@calicocat8213 French, German, Irish and Spanish Foreign Ministers have all spoken out against Trump's plan and committed to Gaza being central to the Palestinian state.
He's moved to tears now. But fully backed levelling the place a few weeks ago.
No, he didn't.
thats because the UK are hypocrites
Starmer did not mind the killing, the bombing and the total destruction of Gaza,
in fact, he was actively helping the Jews to commit genocide,
but this is where he draws the line? Criminal.
Hmm not sure that's the takeaway here. "They must be allowed to rebuild" sounds like Trump's idea
What about the image of pensioners feeling warmth during the cold winter nights.
yes there are pensioners in gaza too.
Pensioners (like myself)are the richest demographic in the UK by a huge margin due to the triple lock on Pension increases which have left them the only section of society who have seen raises in excess of inflation for 15 years. much more than say, nurses or firefighters. They benefited from cheap housing, private pensions, property values never seen before or since, the best of the NHS, free university education, but still they want the younger generations who are struggling to feed and clothe their children, to stay poor in order to retain their free transport and heating allowance for the richer pensioners.
Pensions are the highest tax consumer. Maybe we should prioritise hospitals and schools instead.
@@versioncity1 Oh did those pensioners pay into our treasury their whole lives too?
Why are they our problem exactly?
Is it just words, if not stop sending israel weapons...
Lets see him put is money where his mouth is
Lets see him put OUR money where his mouth is, you mean.
Keir Starmer worrying about losing his Islamist voter base.
What "Islamist voter base"?
Muslims voted in FAR lower numbers for Starmer than Corbyn
Hes a filthy Zionist supporter not an "Islamist"
Good on Starmer to support the Palestinians…they need to go home . I voted for you Sir,then I regretted. Voting for you because of the withdrawal of heating allowance…..but Sir I totally with you about Gaza. I’m aWhite UK Pensioner,but I’m with you about Gaza. xx
there home is Egypt and Jordan, most are 1st and 2nd generation immigrants. They came for work when the Jews developed the land
I hope you're happy - you helped this happen. You got what you campaigned for.
Oh shut up about the £200 heating allowance. Its a total embarrassment getting so old and somehow "unable" to afford £200. You people literally had the best decades to invest and buy houses but oh wait, "We cant give up our £200 extra free money".
Had to voted for the Tories, and they got in, you would have regretted that far more. I understand your sentiment. :)
@@davidanderson7138 Thats straight up lies, Jordan has the largest population of Palestinians who feld during the first Nakba to Jordan and many other muslims states
pointy objects should be impossible to obtain
Apparently, the endless stream of dead Palestinians have left no indelible image on Starmers mind. That'll be because he is complicit in the Genocide...
The British tradition at its best, again.
If the outgoing Ambassador Pierce was still in post I think she could have dissuaded Trump from this or at the very least hear her out however given Trump's dislike for the incoming ambassador Mandelson I doubt very much he will make a blind bit of difference.
GOOD! Glad to see the grown up in charge!
Blah blah blah blah
Ok am sure trump will do a u turn now 🤣🤣🤣
So we should follow him blindly? What even is your point?
@@DoctorMooCow You have no choice but to follow.
You are a nobody, your opinions will not affect global politics in the slightest.
Completely irrelevant opinions.
Big up Prime minister huge respect 🙏 🫡
It’s like a jungle in there
Great to see a British PM stand against an American President.
Mr. President Trump won’t give a dam about UK’s PM opinion 😂😂😂 he is not asking for permission… he is doing it.
And you seem so happy about it
You are vile and disgusting maybe wake up and smell the coffee
Do u think u ever have peace if he did it 🤔 as all game for muslim country's to decimate izreal
Kier is gutless he won't see it through !
He will change his stance very soon !😊
Ed who?
Better than nothing
Starmer you are complicit in this evil generside
How?
Oh really? Then how? Care to explain? Yet I bet you like Trump.
Make palasteen country
Utter hypocrisy
I hope you're happy - you helped this happen. You got what you campaigned for.
How do you trust the word of a snake?
How about we just stay out of it and focus on our own country. The UK is not only small but fast, becoming an impoverished 3rd world country, crushing under the weight of high taxes and energy cost thanks to the failed policies of the con-lab uniparty.
No we’re not 😂 daft sod
Why don’t you worry about Brits?
He was asked a question about Gaza. Is this confusing for you?
@@weswheel4834 That was not his question. Are you confused?
Actually, they must be allowed to leave, no one has asked what Gazans want, we just assume they all want to stay living in tents for 20 years
They are only living in tents because of Israel you melon most of them probably don’t want to move country just like most people in most countries
The Palestinian people will never leave their land ! Israel has turned their homes to rubble, but they will return to "their" rubble. If Israel grinds the rubble into sand, then they will live upon "their" sand. The people of Gaza will never leave the land of the tens of thousands of graves of their families.
Yep, allow them to leave for UK, Germany and USA, if they want, and welcome them with open arms, UK being the mother of all the Tragedies that have befallen on the Palestinians and Germany being the mother of all the Tragedies that have befallen on the European Jews during the Nazi era and USA for blindly supporting the Holocaust perpetuated on Palestinians by Israelis.
God i HATE the Labour party!
Funny, they speak highly of you. 😂
A two state solution is never going to happen so get that out of your thick head
Ed Davey's trousers are too tight around his calves, so after they ride up when he sits down they stay up when he stands. Either get wider trousers or get used to pulling them back down
You have some rather strange priorities…
If it was left to Starmer he'd invite every Palestinian to live in a uk hotel.
If it was left to Trump, he'd relocate the entire Gaza strip to the UK or stick 30% tariffs on us as an ultimatum...
Starmer actually had principles, shocking as that statement may seem
@randomdaveUK Smarmy Starmer is a liar who couldn't be trusted to run a bath never mind a country.
while pensioners and homeless freez.
I married one and adopted another one 🙂
@@JonDal-w6e except those who actually need the winter fuel payment get pension credit to cover it.
The right wing papers and media won't tell you that bit.
On the homeless I agree. But it's been bloody awful for decades and the tories fed the rich with mates rates bonuses instead of helping
This man is gold at least speaking against the dictators of the time
U-turn starmer
I hope you're happy - you helped this happen. You got what you campaigned for.
@@henryburton6529ok Henry.
@@henryburton6529 I didn’t vote for labour only a fool would do that or an immigrant
@ I didn't say you did vote Labour.
You voted for the fascist party which is part of the level Gaza coalition
@ Gazans voted in a terrorist group to do their bidding
I suggested that US and UK work to integrant Palestinians in US . They are holy educated people they will be productive citizens automatically god for US. Gating million educated people…
I have no idea what you are talking about. But I'm pretty sure neither do you either.
Palestinians belong in Palestine, their NATIVE land (as admitted by Vladimir "Ze'ev" Jabotinsky in his 1923 "Iron Wall").
Take the izzyreli Ashkenazim, most of whom seem willing to leave anyway: no genuine roots to speak of, they'll do fine in the United States of Avarice.
@@calicocat8213 They cannot live there, there is nothing left.
They have no homes, no food, no water, nothing.
Why do you want to keep them there?
That's disgusting..
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I tried to repeat the trick from this video, and now I have a new dream: to never try to repeat tricks from the internet again😛
Bot, reported under "spam" but little faith in Google removing it.
@@appalingbehaviour But weirdly, 4 people have liked the other comment about their grandmother watching it and becoming a blogger.