Nice, gentle panel. Mike great value as always. Read a v good article on Mike in The Spectator couple of weeks ago. Im proud to be one of his legions of fans.
Don't ever be a fan of anybody. Respect them In there field but never be foolish to be a fan. Like Taylor Swift!...be a spectator and enjoy her music but don't follow her entire message because she isn't you.
The mayor, council & councillors that voted to stop the Lincoln Christmas festival, used taxpayers money to goto a Christmas festival in Germany the following week,at the town Lincoln is twinned with. So they also threatened local shops and businesses if they tried to set up stalls they would be fined and done for it. The covid inquiry is a total waste of money and time. It will never get to the bottom of anything or solve anything. It’s a case of playing the blame game, but no one will get the blame in the end. The only inquiry for covid is how did the virus get out of China, why was it being made in the first place and who was responsible for funding it, and how much compensation is china going to pay for it. Government can learn from the lockdowns, it should learn from what happened and how it happened. An put in place a system in case something happens like that again. So a plan of action is in place for the future. The biggest mistakes, were from the nhs closing hospitals down, so departments built up major back logs, retirement homes going over the top and stopping access, businesses could have a restricted service. The uk could have still functioned on a limited basis, instead of locking everyone down. It’s clear that the science was not followed and uneducated mps let power got their heads. Khan blames every one apart from himself on everything. The reason he win two elections was because the first one the two biggest boroughs couldn’t vote and the sent ballots for each borough to the wrong locations. The second khan broke election rules, by claiming things he never did and postal voting which was not vetted correctly and needs to be stopped asap. As how can you have immigrants and foreigners that don’t speak English or read English voting when someone else is filling out the forms? These two elections were apparently being investigated, but nothing seems to come of these investigations and are still on going.
Good points, funding for that particular lab in Wuhan came indirectly from the US's NIH. I wonder if the Yanks will pay out compo to the rest of the world😅😅😅😅😅
State Pension based on contributions is regarded as a benefit and therefore all pensioner bank accounts could be checked by the state. I find this truly horrific and a step too far. State pensions are based on your tax contributions and should not be regarded as a benefit. Will the State start means-testing state pensions? So those who contribute all their working lives may lose their entitlement!!
Theresa May stated clearly when she came to office that the Pension is paid for and not a benefit. Pension Credit means the person has not paid in sufficient Nat Ins contributions and therefore is getting a benefit.
The thing is the old state pension used to have 2 parts so there was a lower rate and then pension credits so I’m assuming if u get credits it is means tested the government has done away with that system for newer pensions now everyone gets the same however maybe ontop of that u might be able to get help with rent and council tax so I guess there has to be some sort of check
Classic tory backroom comment. You can't even consider forcing people to vote. Its bad enough you & many others probably put the tories in power. And now your all whining. Those of you who did, are now getting the politics you deserve. Its just a shame many others are now finding life much harder due too the actions of a grossly incompetent & deceitful government.
Agree 💯 %. Don't watch TALK much now apart from Plank of the Week. In my opinion spoiled a good format now same format as BBC ITV and GB news. Spoiled a good thing.
Now I'm pretty much very right wing, but when I lived in London, Ken Livingstone was the best thing that ever happened to London, and Thatcher got rid of him by saying no more GLC. Politically your GLC is over, and Londoners were not asked, we were merely told. By putting down the tube fares, loads more money was actually collected, becuase people actually paid. The buses then were really cheap and good. Ken livingston actually understood London.
I’ve got to tell my son, he earns half of that as a painter decorator, go train as a train driver, and with these strikes they will earn even more, sack the lot, greedy gits
I used the paddington line for years travelling to Ledbury and it was diabolical load’s of delays. The costs are ridiculous, other countries like France and Italy have fast efficient trains and the costs to use the service are very reasonable
I got talking to a bloke in Avignon a few years back. He was quite high up in the SNCF (French railway system) engineering design and development, and I was full of praise for the French rail network, their lack of delays, the comfort, the lack of rip-off prices, and their overall efficiency, and I told him I was really envious! He replied "Yes, we have the best railway system in the world, and why? Because we are always planning 15 years ahead!" Not like our 🇬🇧 rubbish system!
That's because they own most of our railways we only own the track. As usual the poor old British Taxpayers subsidises foreign railways in paying high fares. Hence this enable them to modernise their stock and allow cheaper fares. Look it up.
To solve the migration problem stop the boats and return them to France because they are allowing the trade in sending people to sail across the Channel.
Who had the right to cancel the Lincoln Christmas …This is madness…What has happened to English people ? Could it be they are not English anymore that are making these decisions…This country is in a real mess….
What we as a family found out about the doctors that really stuck in our throat was their sheer arrogance and refusal to even look into new treatments for A situation they have never come across! but were prepared to take us to court so they could continue their barbaric treatment on our child! What we advocated is now the standard practice in most hospitals!
Sadly anything that is not taught at med school that they've been brainwashed with is off the table. These state sponsored drug dealers are programmed to keep repeat customers coming back for more and more. Most dr's push what brings in the guaranteed income. They, whether they know it or not are puppets for bid pharma. Instead of embracing all forms of treatment that may benefit people, they religiously stick to the path they've been told to/taught. This path ensures continual income. If dr's/pharma were interested in curing people they would eventually make themselves redundant, quadrillions £££ missed out on, wealth transfer negated. The system is designed to keep people sick, it keeps the wheels churning. Any Dr who dares go against the system sees their career progression halted and their opportunities restricted. So in the interest of personal gain many dr's play the game and tow the line.
DWP will have the powers to look into anybodys account who receives any payment from them. Child maintenance, pension ect. This will lead to means tested payments for all.
Maybe Boris could stand for mayor again. He was stitched up and i think the public know it. The civil service organised the parties and yet boris got the blame.
"It's all about emotion and feeling rather than facts." - that could summarise pretty concisely the problem at the heart of so much of Britain's woes at the moment.
Train drivers completely overpaid for their jobs. When nurses are being paid half their salary. They say they have a lot of responsibility so do nurses.
Train drivers should be careful . I think their jobs will soon no longer be required . The rapidity of technological advancement could make driverless trains reality , and the demands for more money will speed on the introduction of such change.
@@mickc7388 I do not doubt what you say, but what was technically possible in 1967 was perhaps not financially viable at that time . While I do not pretend to know the cost of installing a system for driverless trains then or now , reason tells me that bearing in mind technology tends to become less expensive over time the avaricious demands of train drivers will reach a point where like a cancer it kills the host . As always happens there comes a moment when it is cheaper to adopt new means of doing things than staying with outmoded methods . It is as though the train drivers wish to hasten the demise of their jobs. Looking at the demands of economics from the birth of the industrial revolution I see no change in the pattern of events.
Out of curiosity, the left of the Labour Party support renationization of the railways. How does this resonate with the drivers? Seems they are doing OK with privatisation.
Switzerland is paying migrants to go home! They get a lump sum until the end of this year, next year it's less and the year after even less. Some are going, but they'll probably sneak back in! 🙄🙄🙄
I agree, just get rid of them. I am looking at an article on homelessness with so called asylum seekers. They are being made homeless. I am very ill at the moment and cannot work, I have always paid tax and insurance, and I am looking for some help. I have been going to the council and am amazed at the number of illegal immigrants looking for housing and they are being given help. What about our own people?
I have received state benefits in this country, and I looked into the wording of this. The legislation requires the banks to check if you have £16,000 or more in your account, at the time you receive their payments. I am a militant privacy advocate, but even I have no problem with this! This really is a case, if you do nothing wrong you have nothing to hide! The problem could be that the legislation is strengthened later by a future government, but as it is, check away... carry on!
For now they also include disabled and carers in that are you ok with that? first they came for disabled and i said nothing then they came for carers and i said nothing now they come for me and there is no one left to say anything you are no privacy advocate
@@RottenPolitics which disabled people who need that money have 16,000 in their account? This is to stop easily detectable fraud, it is one way (triggered at bank, sent to government). You know little about privacy if this is a step too far. This is to stop Mohammed who owns 3 takeaways and 4 wives, all claiming benefits and sending money back. It won't touch genuine disable people. I'll let you know if it does!
@@RottenPolitics The whole Universal Credit thing and the assessments are where they are shafting genuine disabled people, killing them off even, the 16k threshold is not a problem for me. FFS, I can buy and sell a narrowboat without Santander notifying the DWP! (I have to tell them my change of address to the Bridgewater Canal, though!) lol
These wallies want everyone out of cars, yet offer possibly the worst rail service. I feel for people who pay season tickets for this guff. I would be spitting feathers if I'd outlaid hard earned
Respect for lawyer's has hit rock bottom, they appear to be more like a game show for gotcha moments, never thinking about what he was doing like keeping the people's spirit up. Rather Boris than Starmer or Nicholas Sturgeon, who wanted lockdown to go on forever with all the damage it has caused.
The cushiest public service job is a London tube train driver. They can earn up to £1500 a week with overtime. It's a job that a CROW could do !! The crow has an IQ of a 71/2 year old child. Put a pouch of bird seed in the drivers cabin. The crow could be taught in around an hour to pull a a single lever up and down. A tube train could and should be fully automatic,
Khan gets elected because of the simple fact that the Demographic makeup of the electorate has changed out of all recognition! London has become a magnet for a large number of immigrant voters , particularly from a certain ethnicity and religion who regardless of political affiliation will continue giving him their vote because he’s one of them! That’s his core base, and with the fact that their numbers will only increase over time, he believes that he’s on safe ground! A situation that ironically, illustrates perfectly, what will most likely, eventually be the fate of the whole of the UK and other parts of Europe within a few generations time! Unfortunately Pandoras box has irresponsibly been opened, and it’s going to be an extremely difficult task to get the lid back on!
If someone dies after the qualifying date their estate still gets the money, that is bonkers. If someone living on their own dies it should be possible for the money to be stopped after all the DWP stops the DSS Pension immediately so why not the Winter Fuel Allowance?
My BIL died in debt, to 2 banks and the DWP, who insisted they had overpaid him. He lived life to the full - a fun loving man to the end. I enjoyed telling the DWP to stuff themselves, as they'd previously given him a really hard time of it. No! he died in debt . You are getting nothing and telling the 2 banks that, made me even happier. They all talked about his "estate". What estate? he had none!!! I remember and loved thier reaction to this, to this day!!! The fury, the anger, the disbelief, that my BIL, shortly before he died , had totally ripped them off, and he had worked in banking and insurenace!!!!!
What does an Aslef train driver earn? Reed says: “Train drivers can expect to begin with an average starting salary of £30,000, with the highest with overtime salaries often exceeding £65,000. “Train driver salaries can also differ between commercial or freight roles and the unsociable hours they work . The average freight train driver salary in the UK is £44,418. Mike has all the wonderful, uncollaborated anecdotes, with a willing panel to add humour to his stories as Talk tv is Murdock owned, he who pays the piper calls the tune,
Train drivers go in straight lines, no roundabouts or bus lanes or cyclists to worry about. We have had the technology to replace them for over sixty years. Any child can run a trainset.....
I got fed up with the train strikes so bought an EV. Now I drive to central London from Croydon for 50p return plus parking on the street you only pay the first 10 minutes of every four hours or 96p twice. The train ticket is £13.90 and that's if it's running. My EV has 280 miles of real range but a cheap old EV would be enough as the distance from Croydon to Central London is only 12 miles. Being an EV you don't pay any ULEZ or congestion charge either.
@@heathermcdougall8023 Exactly, I can't wait to move out but can't afford it, I need to save. The only good thing is being near London, I just ignore Croydon altogether. At least now I'm saving a few hundred per month having an EV to put towards eventually moving away.
@@maxdamageIQ Thanks I appreciate it. EV fires run hotter but they're always started by ICE cars so the two don't mix very well, good idea to park away from each other.
I think they should do a little homework on certain topics b4 they discuss. At times the panel appear to be waffling and making silly comments e.g. the govt passing a bill to investigate bank accounts re benefit fraud. Mike made a comment ‘they just won’t put their benefits in their back account’ how does he think benefits are paid? People aren’t given a wad of cash! The money has to paid into a bank account! Anyway, I’m off to India to get a job and in the first week I’m going to have a breakdown because I’m the only white person in my office..I wonder how far my appeal will get?
Ah Mike Graham… I remember him on the radio prime time morning slot, before he was moved to the graveyard evening slot. I suspect the recent reshuffle has resulted in less listening- it has for me.
What is it with privileged middle class women like these two who genuinely believe they can do other peoples jobs, men’s in particular? I’m fed up of the train strike too, but the nerve of a GP, who are endlessly mocked for complaining about over worked and underpaid, when they earn £92 grand a year and can’t even be arsed to meet patients one on one anymore, and never work weekends. Isabella’s raked it in writing a book and gets paid more per hour than every train driver for giving her opinions, whilst sat in nice warm studios. They are deluded
Rather than letting her mother die why didn't Isabel Oakeshott pay for her mother to go to a private hospital-----I am damn sure that she could afford it!
No one could tell us what COVID would do but people just want to blame someone I’m sick of it , I’m sorry for those who suffered but it happens get on with your lives for god sake
Why don't they sack them all , there's loads of people would like to do a semi skilled job for that money including myself , can't be that hard i'm an HGV driver , i would do it for £50 grande .
What’s stopping you. If you’re not satisfied with your lot. Truth is rather then wanting deserving people like nurses to go up the earning ladder people think those up that ladder should be brought down. This is called a race to the bottom.
My last reply has gone missing. If you are unhappy with your lot what’s stopping you. Truth is rather then wanting deserving people like nurses to climb the earning ladder people want those up the ladder to be brought down.This is called a race to the bottom.
Not disagreeing with that sentiment. But take train drivers out of the equation we have a habit in this country of jealousy of those doing better for themselves and wanting them brought down. Rather then wanting those below to catch up.
Boris ...last thing I saw on him was he was reading on the motions of 'COWS' ...true ...em ....Like bonkers Boris ...but not in power over anything! London's Court Jester! perfect role.
This rule about partners / spouses not being able to automatically come or being easy to bring them into the country and having harsh conditions ….. try being the spouse of an Australian. Almost impossible to EVER return home with your foreign spouse, AND VERY EXPENSIVE to do it, The new UK law itself isn’t much different to many other nations, not saying it’s right but probably necessary for Britain right now.
I am sorry nobody in any country knew about covid, it was all new to everybody, stop bloody pointing fingers, and yes i lost a family member member, but we did not know anything about this
the train companies should just train more drivers, the reason people get paid so much is because there is a shortage of that skill, or bite the bullet take on the govt and unions and bring in driverless trains
Perhaps one of the white employees in the BBC should take this man to court, saying that his words are causing them to fear of having the sack ,so the bbc can then employ some more ethnic minorities, so this man feels more at home.
The official poverty rate of the U.S. Black population reached a historic low of 17.1% in 2022, according to U.S. Census Bureau data released today.Sep 12, 2023.. In 2020, the Social Metrics Commission found that nearly half (46%, 900,000 people) of all people living in families where the household head was Black/African/Caribbean/Black British were in poverty, compared to just under one in five (19%) of those living in families where the head of household was White... THOSE ARE THE STATS... YOU ARE RACIST.
Who is your Plank Of The Week?
Sounds like the UK has all the same "problems" Canada has . . .
Ms Gay president of Harvard university
Peirs
My condolences to Isabel for the loss of her mother.🙏♥️
GOD Bless her✝
Nice, gentle panel. Mike great value as always. Read a v good article on Mike in The Spectator couple of weeks ago. Im proud to be one of his legions of fans.
He is just great. Best from Melbourne
Yes. He is gorgeous xxx
Don't ever be a fan of anybody.
Respect them In there field but never be foolish to be a fan.
Like Taylor Swift!...be a spectator and enjoy her music but don't follow her entire message because she isn't you.
You can't possibly vote Sad IQ Khan as plank of the week, he already has the award of plank of the YEAR!
The mayor, council & councillors that voted to stop the Lincoln Christmas festival, used taxpayers money to goto a Christmas festival in Germany the following week,at the town Lincoln is twinned with.
So they also threatened local shops and businesses if they tried to set up stalls they would be fined and done for it.
The covid inquiry is a total waste of money and time. It will never get to the bottom of anything or solve anything.
It’s a case of playing the blame game, but no one will get the blame in the end.
The only inquiry for covid is how did the virus get out of China, why was it being made in the first place and who was responsible for funding it, and how much compensation is china going to pay for it.
Government can learn from the lockdowns, it should learn from what happened and how it happened. An put in place a system in case something happens like that again. So a plan of action is in place for the future.
The biggest mistakes, were from the nhs closing hospitals down, so departments built up major back logs, retirement homes going over the top and stopping access, businesses could have a restricted service. The uk could have still functioned on a limited basis, instead of locking everyone down.
It’s clear that the science was not followed and uneducated mps let power got their heads.
Khan blames every one apart from himself on everything. The reason he win two elections was because the first one the two biggest boroughs couldn’t vote and the sent ballots for each borough to the wrong locations. The second khan broke election rules, by claiming things he never did and postal voting which was not vetted correctly and needs to be stopped asap. As how can you have immigrants and foreigners that don’t speak English or read English voting when someone else is filling out the forms?
These two elections were apparently being investigated, but nothing seems to come of these investigations and are still on going.
@Vince Paul Very well put and true.
Good points, funding for that particular lab in Wuhan came indirectly from the US's NIH.
I wonder if the Yanks will pay out compo to the rest of the world😅😅😅😅😅
that's so sad Isabel, very sorry for your loss.
I'm thinking of emigrating to Rwanda as it's probably much safer than large parts of this country.
State Pension based on contributions is regarded as a benefit and therefore all pensioner bank accounts could be checked by the state. I find this truly horrific and a step too far. State pensions are based on your tax contributions and should not be regarded as a benefit. Will the State start means-testing state pensions? So those who contribute all their working lives may lose their entitlement!!
Theresa May stated clearly when she came to office that the Pension is paid for and not a benefit. Pension Credit means the person has not paid in sufficient Nat Ins contributions and therefore is getting a benefit.
Probably.
The thing is the old state pension used to have 2 parts so there was a lower rate and then pension credits so I’m assuming if u get credits it is means tested the government has done away with that system for newer pensions now everyone gets the same however maybe ontop of that u might be able to get help with rent and council tax so I guess there has to be some sort of check
If this is regarded as a benefit ,
Give me back my contributions
@@dianeirvine7624 not sure u want that mate the amount we contribute is far less than we get back for the majority of people
VOTE REFORM UK 😀
Is Sadiq sent a Plank of the Week certificate each time he is awarded this magnificent token of recognition?
he would have enough of them to wallpaper his whole house.
We should all have a vote who is Mayor of London, it’s our capital especially since a lot of our taxes are spent in London !
You don't have compulsory voting in the UK . Maybe then you will have a better election result.
Don't Doctors take the Hippocratic oath?
Classic tory backroom comment.
You can't even consider forcing people to vote.
Its bad enough you & many others probably put the tories in power.
And now your all whining.
Those of you who did, are now getting the politics you deserve.
Its just a shame many others are now finding life much harder due too the actions of a grossly incompetent & deceitful government.
London will stay under islamic rule. It's lost and we'll never get it back without mass deportations
I’ve always said the same it’s our capital I.e capital of the whole U.K. we should all have a say in who runs it
Can we have Mike Graham back in the morning with real time debate ..
Yes please. 10am please.
Julia only does four day's so don't see why she can't go back to the 6am slot and Mike back to his 10am show
Agree 💯 %. Don't watch TALK much now apart from Plank of the Week. In my opinion spoiled a good format now same format as BBC ITV and GB news. Spoiled a good thing.
Yeah he needy educating on the USA virus
The Mayor of London is Plank of the Year and the plank should be recycled into a more useful product
Toilet paper !
Now I'm pretty much very right wing, but when I lived in London, Ken Livingstone was the best thing that ever
happened to London, and Thatcher got rid of him by saying no more GLC. Politically your GLC is over, and Londoners were not asked, we were merely told. By putting down the tube fares, loads more money was actually collected, becuase people actually paid. The buses then were really cheap and good. Ken livingston actually understood London.
why does Khan gets voted to be Mayor because there is 1.1million muslims in London.
Sixty thousand grand!!!!!! Those drivers are well paid.
I’ve got to tell my son, he earns half of that as a painter decorator, go train as a train driver, and with these strikes they will earn even more, sack the lot, greedy gits
Great program.Very enjoyable
I used the paddington line for years travelling to Ledbury and it was diabolical load’s of delays.
The costs are ridiculous, other countries like France and Italy have fast efficient trains and the costs to use the service are very reasonable
I got talking to a bloke in Avignon a few years back. He was quite high up in the SNCF (French railway system) engineering design and development, and I was full of praise for the French rail network, their lack of delays, the comfort, the lack of rip-off prices, and their overall efficiency, and I told him I was really envious! He replied "Yes, we have the best railway system in the world, and why? Because we are always planning 15 years ahead!"
Not like our 🇬🇧 rubbish system!
My aunty Betty used to whistle the Beatles "A hard day's night"
Try it.
It was astonishing and once blew my socks off.
My oh my. I miss her x
That's because they own most of our railways we only own the track. As usual the poor old British Taxpayers subsidises foreign railways in paying high fares. Hence this enable them to modernise their stock and allow cheaper fares. Look it up.
I was so uncomfortable as a white person in Pakistan, it badly affected my mental health because the population was 99% Pakistani
To solve the migration problem stop the boats and return them to France because they are allowing the trade in sending people to sail across the Channel.
Tax payers paying £175 million pounds a MONTH for train companies?? that's f*****g insane !!
C eo,s pocketing nit all……..
I remember the outrage when the local Pub put a condom machine in the Ladies toilet! And that was in the 80s!😂
You could pay train drivers £100k a year and the service would still be rubbish….😤 it’s a work ethic issue that has been packaged as class war … 😣
When I lived in london in the early 70 s there was no such thing as trains cancelled or strikes. British rail owned them😮😢
Who had the right to cancel the Lincoln Christmas …This is madness…What has happened to English people ? Could it be they are not English anymore that are making these decisions…This country is in a real mess….
What we as a family found out about the doctors that really stuck in our throat was their sheer arrogance and refusal to even look into new treatments for A situation they have never come across! but were prepared to take us to court so they could continue their barbaric treatment on our child! What we advocated is now the standard practice in most hospitals!
Sadly anything that is not taught at med school that they've been brainwashed with is off the table. These state sponsored drug dealers are programmed to keep repeat customers coming back for more and more. Most dr's push what brings in the guaranteed income. They, whether they know it or not are puppets for bid pharma. Instead of embracing all forms of treatment that may benefit people, they religiously stick to the path they've been told to/taught. This path ensures continual income. If dr's/pharma were interested in curing people they would eventually make themselves redundant, quadrillions £££ missed out on, wealth transfer negated. The system is designed to keep people sick, it keeps the wheels churning. Any Dr who dares go against the system sees their career progression halted and their opportunities restricted. So in the interest of personal gain many dr's play the game and tow the line.
You would have to elaborate more on that for us I think
Why am I not surprised that the threat of strikes is happening in the UK. Am waiting to hear that the postal workers are considering the same thing.
Judging by the end perhaps the plank of the week award should go to the plank.
I keep asking this question no one seems to know the answer. Why do we not take the boat people straight back to where they came from FRANCE?
Love Mike G
DWP will have the powers to look into anybodys account who receives any payment from them. Child maintenance, pension ect. This will lead to means tested payments for all.
Would Nihal be happy if some of his white colleagues wore black face?! LOL
He lives in Arnside, Cumbria which is 95.7 % white residency! Why such a palaver about a few brown / black faces at work?🤔
The bank accounts of the Governments mates should have been checked for the fraudulent claims by them during lockdowns!🤬
And back handers from big pharma
If we can have self driving cars self driving trains would be easy to introduce. Sack the drivers, automate the system and trains would run on time.
Maybe Boris could stand for mayor again. He was stitched up and i think the public know it. The civil service organised the parties and yet boris got the blame.
Like he stitched up people with booster's 😢
Train drivers working from home.
🇬🇧🏴🏴🏴👍
"It's all about emotion and feeling rather than facts." - that could summarise pretty concisely the problem at the heart of so much of Britain's woes at the moment.
Train drivers completely overpaid for their jobs. When nurses are being paid half their salary. They say they have a lot of responsibility so do nurses.
Train drivers should be careful . I think their jobs will soon no longer be required . The rapidity of technological advancement could make driverless trains reality , and the demands for more money will speed on the introduction of such change.
@@kennethslade8468 The technology was available & capable in 1967 for the underground trains, you can guess why it's not being used now.
@@mickc7388 I do not doubt what you say, but what was technically possible in 1967 was perhaps not financially viable at that time . While I do not pretend to know the cost of installing a system for driverless trains then or now , reason tells me that bearing in mind technology tends to become less expensive over time the avaricious demands of train drivers will reach a point where like a cancer it kills the host . As always happens there comes a moment when it is cheaper to adopt new means of doing things than staying with outmoded methods . It is as though the train drivers wish to hasten the demise of their jobs. Looking at the demands of economics from the birth of the industrial revolution I see no change in the pattern of events.
@@kennethslade8468🤞🤞🤞
Out of curiosity, the left of the Labour Party support renationization of the railways. How does this resonate with the drivers? Seems they are doing OK with privatisation.
Friday night ❗️plank of the week❗️ I'm in the USA, and LMAO at this show.
Would be cheaper to gift 50,000 pounds to every refugee to get them to leave - Rwanda will cost upwards of 160,000 pounds per person.
Switzerland is paying migrants to go home! They get a lump sum until the end of this year, next year it's less and the year after even less. Some are going, but they'll probably sneak back in! 🙄🙄🙄
Good idea.
Sueella did nothing about it. Is it just lip service. ???
I agree, just get rid of them. I am looking at an article on homelessness with so called asylum seekers. They are being made homeless. I am very ill at the moment and cannot work, I have always paid tax and insurance, and I am looking for some help. I have been going to the council and am amazed at the number of illegal immigrants looking for housing and they are being given help. What about our own people?
I remember JHB at 6.30, Mike at 10....happy days. Now ive got to suffer the awful Nicola Thorp
Yes. MG needs to come back to the 10am slot. At 9-30am they have Kevin on together with the frenetic Alex Philips.
@@nickhickson8738 I like Alex but nothing will beat MG
I have received state benefits in this country, and I looked into the wording of this. The legislation requires the banks to check if you have £16,000 or more in your account, at the time you receive their payments. I am a militant privacy advocate, but even I have no problem with this! This really is a case, if you do nothing wrong you have nothing to hide! The problem could be that the legislation is strengthened later by a future government, but as it is, check away... carry on!
For now
they also include disabled and carers in that
are you ok with that?
first they came for disabled and i said nothing
then they came for carers and i said nothing
now they come for me and there is no one left to say anything
you are no privacy advocate
@@RottenPolitics which disabled people who need that money have 16,000 in their account? This is to stop easily detectable fraud, it is one way (triggered at bank, sent to government). You know little about privacy if this is a step too far. This is to stop Mohammed who owns 3 takeaways and 4 wives, all claiming benefits and sending money back. It won't touch genuine disable people. I'll let you know if it does!
@@RottenPolitics The whole Universal Credit thing and the assessments are where they are shafting genuine disabled people, killing them off even, the 16k threshold is not a problem for me. FFS, I can buy and sell a narrowboat without Santander notifying the DWP! (I have to tell them my change of address to the Bridgewater Canal, though!) lol
Take your party off to Mr Mike Graham 🎉👍
Khan looks like a green gremlin on that interview.😂😂 Or a Dijin as the followers of Mohamed think. Khan the dijin😂😂
He's the plank of every week.
Who's he?
These wallies want everyone out of cars, yet offer possibly the worst rail service. I feel for people who pay season tickets for this guff. I would be spitting feathers if I'd outlaid hard earned
Respect for lawyer's has hit rock bottom, they appear to be more like a game show for gotcha moments, never thinking about what he was doing like keeping the people's spirit up. Rather Boris than Starmer or Nicholas Sturgeon, who wanted lockdown to go on forever with all the damage it has caused.
The cushiest public service job is a London tube train driver. They can earn up to £1500 a week with overtime. It's a
job that a CROW could do !! The crow has an IQ of a 71/2 year old child. Put a pouch of bird seed in the
drivers cabin. The crow could be taught in around an hour to pull a a single lever up and down. A tube train
could and should be fully automatic,
Khan gets elected because of the simple fact that the Demographic makeup of the electorate has changed out of all recognition! London has become a magnet for a large number of immigrant voters , particularly from a certain ethnicity and religion who regardless of political affiliation will continue giving him their vote because he’s one of them! That’s his core base, and with the fact that their numbers will only increase over time, he believes that he’s on safe ground! A situation that ironically, illustrates perfectly, what will most likely, eventually be the fate of the whole of the UK and other parts of Europe within a few generations time! Unfortunately Pandoras box has irresponsibly been opened, and it’s going to be an extremely difficult task to get the lid back on!
Knife welders are young, anything else they have in common I wonder?
Knives?
In all fairness, of all the times I've had trains cancelled on me, 999 times out of 1000 they've said sorry.
😂😂😂😂
Khan is plank of every week
He is plank of every thing…..He should not be.Lord Mayor of London or anywhere in this country……
What you talking about that guy has always been a pure plank he needs to go apply for an ather job as he is st at been a mayor go go go keep going
Has everyone gone mad? 😱
Just about.
I get the winter fuel payment. It goes straight on coal. Yes!
If someone dies after the qualifying date their estate still gets the money, that is bonkers. If someone living on their own dies it should be possible for the money to be stopped after all the DWP stops the DSS Pension immediately so why not the Winter Fuel Allowance?
My BIL died in debt, to 2 banks and the DWP, who insisted they had overpaid him. He lived life to the full - a fun loving man to the end. I enjoyed telling the DWP to stuff themselves, as they'd previously given him a really hard time of it. No! he died in debt . You are getting nothing and telling the 2 banks that, made me even happier. They all talked about his "estate". What estate? he had none!!! I remember and loved thier reaction to this, to this day!!!
The fury, the anger, the disbelief, that my BIL, shortly before he died , had totally ripped them off, and he had worked in banking and insurenace!!!!!
@@heathermcdougall8023my dad always said its better to die owing the bank than them owing you
We need driverless trains especially on the underground.
We also need an underground with cleaner quality air.
What does an Aslef train driver earn?
Reed says: “Train drivers can expect to begin with an average starting salary of £30,000, with the highest with overtime salaries often exceeding £65,000. “Train driver salaries can also differ between commercial or freight roles and the unsociable hours they work . The average freight train driver salary in the UK is £44,418. Mike has all the wonderful, uncollaborated anecdotes, with a willing panel to add humour to his stories as Talk tv is Murdock owned, he who pays the piper calls the tune,
When will these men who menstruate realise that it’s not a period it’s piles
So many of those put forward are worthy of the accolade. Maybe there should plank splinters awarded for 2nd. and 3rd.
Men don't have periods.
i want to look at sunaks bank account and Hancocks /johnsons infact every politician
Khan's especially.
Train drivers go in straight lines, no roundabouts or bus lanes or cyclists to worry about. We have had the technology to replace them for over sixty years. Any child can run a trainset.....
Obviously totally fallen in love with Isobel ❤
Labour's connection with the colour red is becoming very tenuous indeed. They appear devoid of any core electorate.
Tampons for men? Bloody hell I've heard it all now. 😅
Where has Isabel gone?
Re. The BBC: that sounds like racism!
Old age pension is now called a benefit! So can access ur account
Good one.
I got fed up with the train strikes so bought an EV. Now I drive to central London from Croydon for 50p return plus parking on the street you only pay the first 10 minutes of every four hours or 96p twice. The train ticket is £13.90 and that's if it's running. My EV has 280 miles of real range but a cheap old EV would be enough as the distance from Croydon to Central London is only 12 miles. Being an EV you don't pay any ULEZ or congestion charge either.
yeah, but you live in Croydon, I mean, you should be paid for living there!!
@@heathermcdougall8023
Exactly, I can't wait to move out but can't afford it, I need to save. The only good thing is being near London, I just ignore Croydon altogether. At least now I'm saving a few hundred per month having an EV to put towards eventually moving away.
I've stopped parking next to EV cars in car parks...🔥
@@maxdamageIQ
Thanks I appreciate it. EV fires run hotter but they're always started by ICE cars so the two don't mix very well, good idea to park away from each other.
@@synthmakereV are not cheap to buy
I think they should do a little homework on certain topics b4 they discuss. At times the panel appear to be waffling and making silly comments e.g. the govt passing a bill to investigate bank accounts re benefit fraud. Mike made a comment ‘they just won’t put their benefits in their back account’ how does he think benefits are paid? People aren’t given a wad of cash! The money has to paid into a bank account!
Anyway, I’m off to India to get a job and in the first week I’m going to have a breakdown because I’m the only white person in my office..I wonder how far my appeal will get?
Ah Mike Graham… I remember him on the radio prime time morning slot, before he was moved to the graveyard evening slot. I suspect the recent reshuffle has resulted in less listening- it has for me.
What is it with privileged middle class women like these two who genuinely believe they can do other peoples jobs, men’s in particular? I’m fed up of the train strike too, but the nerve of a GP, who are endlessly mocked for complaining about over worked and underpaid, when they earn £92 grand a year and can’t even be arsed to meet patients one on one anymore, and never work weekends. Isabella’s raked it in writing a book and gets paid more per hour than every train driver for giving her opinions, whilst sat in nice warm studios. They are deluded
I work for a council. No one pays my heating. What’s that comment about?
Didn’t think socialism believes in Christmas
Sad-iQ-Khan
Rather than letting her mother die why didn't Isabel Oakeshott pay for her mother to go to a private hospital-----I am damn sure that she could afford it!
Plank of the week is the panel
No one could tell us what COVID would do but people just want to blame someone I’m sick of it , I’m sorry for those who suffered but it happens get on with your lives for god sake
Same with the jabs
Why don't they sack them all , there's loads of people would like to do a semi skilled job for that money including myself , can't be that hard i'm an HGV driver , i would do it for £50 grande .
What’s stopping you. If you’re not satisfied with your lot. Truth is rather then wanting deserving people like nurses to go up the earning ladder people think those up that ladder should be brought down. This is called a race to the bottom.
My last reply has gone missing. If you are unhappy with your lot what’s stopping you. Truth is rather then wanting deserving people like nurses to climb the earning ladder people want those up the ladder to be brought down.This is called a race to the bottom.
@@chrisbennett1243 Nurses should be paid £65 grande a year not train drivers striking because they are on $65 grande a year and it's not enough .
Not disagreeing with that sentiment. But take train drivers out of the equation we have a habit in this country of jealousy of those doing better for themselves and wanting them brought down. Rather then wanting those below to catch up.
@@chrisbennett1243 I agree Chris thats a good comment
Google train drivers salaries against European equivalents. You will be gob smacked at how high we pay our drivers.
Boris ...last thing I saw on him was he was reading on the motions of 'COWS' ...true ...em ....Like bonkers Boris ...but not in power over anything! London's Court Jester! perfect role.
Re: Sadiq Kahn.
Be warned. His predecessor ended up as Prime Minister.
Boris was a great PM, unfortunately the remainers in his party saw things differently. Bring back BORIS!
Graham has got to learn to stop shouting YES! every 30 seconds.
This rule about partners / spouses not being able to automatically come or being easy to bring them into the country and having harsh conditions ….. try being the spouse of an Australian. Almost impossible to EVER return home with your foreign spouse, AND VERY EXPENSIVE to do it,
The new UK law itself isn’t much different to many other nations, not saying it’s right but probably necessary for Britain right now.
Don’t they know if you stop them they will just keep coming by the boats 🤬
It seems there is no accountability in parliament so presumably there is no accountability on the streets.
Sadik again. English Londoners, how does it feel that you'll never have English mayor ever again?
Its never tough its always Khan
If made enough seats n only have 1 1stclass carriage n if no seat 75% discount n if reserved a seat n don't turn up 2 strikes no more bookings
I am sorry nobody in any country knew about covid, it was all new to everybody, stop bloody pointing fingers, and yes i lost a family member member, but we did not know anything about this
the train companies should just train more drivers, the reason people get paid so much is because there is a shortage of that skill, or bite the bullet take on the govt and unions and bring in driverless trains
More like plank of the year.
Reply to a yes/no question - at 13:48. In this language, "The point is...", which roughly translates as "yes".
I dont like Talk TV but Mike is incredibly funny!!! You watch he'll get cancelled soon. Comedy is illegal today
I wonder how Bob Hope would go down in today's society.
Perhaps one of the white employees in the BBC should take this man to court, saying that his words are causing them to fear of having the sack ,so the bbc can then employ some more ethnic minorities, so this man feels more at home.
The official poverty rate of the U.S. Black population reached a historic low of 17.1% in 2022, according to U.S. Census Bureau data released today.Sep 12, 2023..
In 2020, the Social Metrics Commission found that nearly half (46%, 900,000 people) of all people living in families where the household head was Black/African/Caribbean/Black British were in poverty, compared to just under one in five (19%) of those living in families where the head of household was White...
THOSE ARE THE STATS... YOU ARE RACIST.
Is Boris wearing a wig? His hair seems thicker on the scalp and uniformly thick and less flyaway all round.