The Prime Minister’s campaign director forced to go AWOL just two weeks away from probably the most significant General Election this century. I never thought I would say this but I almost feel sorry for Sunak, being surrounded by these snakes. Looks like this will be yet another scandal that’s not going to go away any time soon.
"Some people died, people were a bit unhappy with us because we were in government". This is why they're so despised. The disconnect. The blame shifting. The lack of accountability for WHY we were unprepared for covid, the lack of accountability for boris and his leadership during covid, the lack of accountability for the party who allowed boris and mad liz to ascend and drive the country further into the ground. And he dares to claim it's a vocation and not a profession. Listen not to what they say, listen to what they don't and then observe what they do.
“Some people died.” Some people?? Over 230,000 people died in the UK. And a lot of us are still angry because of this government’s useless approach to tackling it, and the way that they then went on to give millions to their friends and families with corrupt contracts.
Emergency leave of absence... Let me remind you that two months ago a certain Rishi Sunak (You may remember him) pledged to "tackle Britain's sicknote culture". One wonders why the copper is arrested, but the two candidates get to plead "I'm sad".
Just when you thought it couldn't get any worse... This has to be the worst election campaign in the history of election campaigns. If someone had presented this as a script for a TV Drama/Movie it would've been rejected as being to ridiculous/far fetched.
What disaster we only officially left the EU 2020 and while trying to deal with the brexit negotiations along came the worse crisis since WW2 the unprecedented pandemic followed by Afghanistan evacuation climate change war in Ukraine all in just 3 years. Brexit has not had a chance.
@@snowyowel7961 Apparently Brexit was going to benefit us, so all of those things that you listed should have had less of an impact on us because of the positive effects of Brexit But you seem to suggesting otherwise and indirectly admitting that Brexit isn't having a positive effect on the UK
Let's hope they give the Libdems the post of HM's opposition. Only then will we see any real positive change to uk politics. The tories kicked out to oblivion.
@@keithjackson8076if the Lib/Dems became the kings official opposition then you’d have the Tories mark 2 in opposition. Have you forgotten that the L/D’s when in a coalition government with their bedmates,the Tories voted for austerity and all the other rotten policies that threw people into despair and poverty. Also Davey who was the minister that covered the Post Office and knew what awful things the directors of P.O were doing did eff all. Innocent people served time in gaol because of the leader of the Lib/Dems🤬 #VoteLibDemsGetTories
No criminal activity here. They are Tory time travellers who nipped ahead a few days, got the gist, returned and who could have blamed them for having a flutter.
I would expect nothing less from the people who surround a PM who, before becoming a so-called politician, is alleged to have made a mint betting against British banks in the 2008 financial crash. Sunak and all those around him are disgusting. And it throws his Rwanda flights bet with Piers Morgan under a new light. You have to wonder what other things these Tories have put bets on happening in the next few weeks.
So he’s proud that he had apart in saving a local library, that due to his government’s austerity measures meant it probably would have closed. Is it now run by volunteers, where once there would have been paid staff? Not really something to be proud of when you were partly the architect of it having to close.
IDS should be in Prison for all the dead disabled people, killed by his DWP when he was Secretary of state. That's the real scandal not some dodgy bets.
Rishi and his mates and grifters are doing exactly the same as what he was doing with his bankers mates back in 2007-8, contributing to the Great Crash.
Brexit In December 2019, Duncan Smith voted in favour of the Brexit withdrawal agreement.[109] When the House of Commons debated the agreement at the time, Duncan Smith argued against further scrutiny by the House, stating that Members of the House "had more than 100 hours in committee over the last 3 and a half years ... If there is anything about this arrangement that we have not now debated, thrashed to death, I would love to know what it is."[110] He later bemoaned the "fine print" in the Withdrawal Agreement.[111]
When I worked at William Hill at Uni, £50 was the max bet for any political market, because of the risk of insider knowledge. Sounds like these Tories are risking prison for a grand payout max. Greedy grifters
I think what we're learning isn't that Sunaks inner circle were tight lipped but there's a large swathe of the party who kept their mouths shut to protect the odds.
Integrity. Professionalism and Accountability at every level. Words of little corrupt Rishi Squatter. Don't suspend them then.... the electorate will suspend you at the ballot box.
Is this the best election show we have seen so far? Some people might think the longform interview with IDS was a softie, because the tone was warm and friendly - but it gave us valuable insights into the man who quite obviously believes that, in his own words, representing and helping the people of Chingford & Woodford Green is a vocation. Mind you I'm still struggling with the idea that this is now a marginal that Labour - candidate drama notwithstanding - is tipped to win. True confession time: Some 50 years ago I launched a local newspaper in the area, back in the days when the local MP was a certain Norman Tebbit. Labour councillors in the area were non-existent, and to stand for Labour in the general election was regarded as little more than a first step on the long and winding road for a safe seat. How things have changed - as IDS himself said: many of the older residents have now moved to the Essex seaside - places like Clacton.
Gotta love how IDS thinks there’s no factor of Tory corruption in all of this and they are the victims of external shocks. I love how the Yorkers think they can debate and get away with what’s about to come. Can’t wait for 5th July
I never thought I would ever say this but I almost feel sorry for Iain here, who wants to be associated with this craziness. He would be better off running as an independent.
And a lot are still suffering after-effects. That will explain at least some of the sick notes and early retirements. But no - it's all because the peasants aren't working hard enough.
Tim Montgomerie of Conservative Home said on Times Radio that he had heard there were six more who had placed bets the evening before the election were announced.
If they had just wandered into the bookies and passed cash over the counter they couldn’t have been traced. Maybe many others did this. The smart ones.
Did Irritable Duncan Syndrome just describe COVID as "some people died"??? There. Right there. That is why the Tories are getting their arses handed to them.
I disagree with IDS on his view that "the electorate doesn't care about what happened in the past and only look at the aftermath" when infact in all the leadership / election debates voters have been asking politicians about the decision they took in the past and how they justify those political choices. It is, infact, the politicians who are keen to move the conversation with words such as "...this election is about the future and not the past" and "...I can only tell you what we will do if we form the government..." etc. Unless the politicians can build trust with the electorate, I am afraid all they will see are these ghastly silhouettes of politicians saying whatever that gets them out of a tricky situation, one question at a time.
Faiza was treated very harshly. She's put in the miles and has earned the right to be there. I hope she wins the seat. Ian Duncan Smith does deserve a huge amount of respect and thanks. He has always been a remarkable publice servant, very unlike the Brexit cabal of Conservatives.
This line: "too many people think that a safe seat is safe you don't have to work it. We've never stopped working this seat ever, for 32 years I've constantly worked the seat..." we hear variations of this all the time. Have The Newsagents ever interviewed a sitting MP who claimed otherwise?
Rishi, genuine and wants to do the right thing, so pushing Multi Million ££ Contracts to his Wifes Company might be the right thing for her but possibly not for the UK.
I don’t agree he is cut from the same cloth as the tories over the last 3years. He’s just more subtle. I believe you were blinded by your lost youth Jon. I was a social worker for 30 years & dealt with the results of his commitment to ‘service’
Emily stop blaming Truss. The prices started to rise in 2021 and are now 20% higher than they were then. Inflation at 2% reported. Please report the truth.
I don't think they have given up, they have shame. Chris loder in west dorset has no blue on his paper mill. In fact using a lot of beige to almost look like the LDs.
And that national leaflet that was mostly red. Now you come to mention it, my local MP's leaflet did have a lot of blue on it, but the word Conservative didn't appear once, whilst the word Labour did (negatively, obviously) and Reform also gets a mention (as in, vote for me instead!). There's even a prominent picture of Keir Starmer in Kitchener mode, but no Sunak. Surely they're not ashamed of their own PM? Nah, can't be that. I don't think they do shame, actually. They're in self-preservation mode and that means going quietly local for the time being.
Have been enjoying the podcast for a while now, but it’s really Disappointing that Faiza Shaheen, one of the candidates, and a real contender, wasn’t even contacted for the podcast.
It would serve the Starmer Party right if the vote is split. Faiza was the obvious candidate but the Starmer Party can't be associated with anyone who supported Corbyn or democracy or socialism.
All I can think of is what Maitis said to have her audio muted for two sentences at 21.30 ? She was talking about the kind of people who make up the constituency. Maybe she made a faux pas.
Paid on taxpayer’s money for a breakfast that was over a third of disabled person budget. This was before Brexit, Covid or Ukraine. Why were your questions so limp on those facts when he states this is his vocation and talks about integrity? He also had his credit card taken away at a time he announced vouchers. A £1000 spend on taxpayers you didn’t question him on this when he was advocating vocation he shows little understanding of the word
IDS does NOT live in his constituency @maitlis He stood up in Parliament to protect Owen Patterson; does that really qualify as a class of politician who puts service and duty above personal gain @jonsopel ? Where was @lewis_goodall when you needed him? Yes, you should have discussed Brexit, the bedroom tax, free school dinners and inheritance tax with him.
The issue is the majority of people are not “consumed “ by the election. Maybe this is because they don’t feel that their vote really has any serious influence over the outcome. Maybe giving them a voting system that gives their vote genuine power might help them. How can you engage with something in which you feel irrelevant and powerless ?
I don’t believe either of them are conservatives, but they probably use different tactics in order to get their interviewees to be open. Duncan Smith has been around a long time so perhaps they need to be more wiley.
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The Tories had a campaign director??!!
I think he is a member of the Labour party :-)
It’s a magic 8 ball
Kier Starmer with a moustache and glasses
Tommy Wiseau
The Prime Minister’s campaign director forced to go AWOL just two weeks away from probably the most significant General Election this century. I never thought I would say this but I almost feel sorry for Sunak, being surrounded by these snakes. Looks like this will be yet another scandal that’s not going to go away any time soon.
Marvellous. Jon Sopel goes full Jonathan Pie on a park bench. I enjoyed that.
"Some people died, people were a bit unhappy with us because we were in government". This is why they're so despised. The disconnect. The blame shifting. The lack of accountability for WHY we were unprepared for covid, the lack of accountability for boris and his leadership during covid, the lack of accountability for the party who allowed boris and mad liz to ascend and drive the country further into the ground. And he dares to claim it's a vocation and not a profession. Listen not to what they say, listen to what they don't and then observe what they do.
“Some people died.” Some people?? Over 230,000 people died in the UK. And a lot of us are still angry because of this government’s useless approach to tackling it, and the way that they then went on to give millions to their friends and families with corrupt contracts.
Emergency leave of absence...
Let me remind you that two months ago a certain Rishi Sunak (You may remember him) pledged to "tackle Britain's sicknote culture".
One wonders why the copper is arrested, but the two candidates get to plead "I'm sad".
Yes! I thought that too…appalling!
Purely because MPs set the rules, so they didn’t make being an MP a public office.
Just when you thought it couldn't get any worse... This has to be the worst election campaign in the history of election campaigns. If someone had presented this as a script for a TV Drama/Movie it would've been rejected as being to ridiculous/far fetched.
Anybody thinking, judging by how their campaign has been run, the Tories must all have had a bet on Labour winning?
Now it all makes sense.🤯
COVID, Ukraine, cost of living.
What about the BREXIT disaster !!
shhhh!
What disaster we only officially left the EU 2020 and while trying to deal with the brexit negotiations along came the worse crisis since WW2 the unprecedented pandemic followed by Afghanistan evacuation climate change war in Ukraine all in just 3 years. Brexit has not had a chance.
@@snowyowel7961 Apparently Brexit was going to benefit us, so all of those things that you listed should have had less of an impact on us because of the positive effects of Brexit
But you seem to suggesting otherwise and indirectly admitting that Brexit isn't having a positive effect on the UK
@@snowyowel7961did you cut and paste this from a Tory pamphlet 😂
@CashelOConnolly
Definitely not. However, I know what goes on, and I'm not a tory..
The torys just keep on giving. The worst campaign ever!
Let's hope they give the Libdems the post of HM's opposition. Only then will we see any real positive change to uk politics. The tories kicked out to oblivion.
They are putting Borat out of his job.
@@keithjackson8076if the Lib/Dems became the kings official opposition then you’d have the Tories mark 2 in opposition. Have you forgotten that the L/D’s when in a coalition government with their bedmates,the Tories voted for austerity and all the other rotten policies that threw people into despair and poverty.
Also Davey who was the minister that covered the Post Office and knew what awful things the directors of P.O were doing did eff all. Innocent people served time in gaol because of the leader of the Lib/Dems🤬 #VoteLibDemsGetTories
Glosses over Liz Trust and no mention of Brexit - meaning less.
Hugely disingenuous of IDS to say that people have forgotten COVID! We are not goldfish….we are the ones keeping you in your vocation!
My friend died of Covid I’ll not forget 🤬
Copper gets immediately arrested, politicians say oopsie and carry on as normal! Typical...
"Rules are for thee not for meeeee"
Better start packing, IDS
BYE! BYE!!
I'm shocked, SHOCKED, to learn that gambling is going on in here!
Lovely ❤
IDS - they weren't betting on the outcome of the election, they were using inside info to bet on the date of the election.
I don’t think they can constantly blame Covid!
No criminal activity here. They are Tory time travellers who nipped ahead a few days, got the gist, returned and who could have blamed them for having a flutter.
Vote out to help out vote Labour 👍
I would expect nothing less from the people who surround a PM who, before becoming a so-called politician, is alleged to have made a mint betting against British banks in the 2008 financial crash. Sunak and all those around him are disgusting. And it throws his Rwanda flights bet with Piers Morgan under a new light. You have to wonder what other things these Tories have put bets on happening in the next few weeks.
Labour winning the election Sunnack is doing his best to throw. Kerchief.
So he’s proud that he had apart in saving a local library, that due to his government’s austerity measures meant it probably would have closed. Is it now run by volunteers, where once there would have been paid staff? Not really something to be proud of when you were partly the architect of it having to close.
IDS should be in Prison for all the dead disabled people, killed by his DWP when he was Secretary of state. That's the real scandal not some dodgy bets.
It can be both.
AMEN!
Someone remembers 👏👏👏👏 Cameron and Osborne are the architects of that and to think they thought rolling it out again would become an election winner
He would certainly be serving the public interest better from inside a jail cell. I hear you, brother.
Should be in jail I'd chuck the key away @@MajorCharlesCarringtonV.C
"STOP THE BETS"
Rishi and his mates and grifters are doing exactly the same as what he was doing with his bankers mates back in 2007-8, contributing to the Great Crash.
IBS needs to lose. Get out and vote Labour.
This a reflection of the kind of people attracted to the great Conservative party. Sad day for British democracy.
"I don't think we've seen anything like it" she says, setting the new world record for putting it mildly.
They can't even organise a betting coup without being found out😂😂
Brexit
In December 2019, Duncan Smith voted in favour of the Brexit withdrawal agreement.[109] When the House of Commons debated the agreement at the time, Duncan Smith argued against further scrutiny by the House, stating that Members of the House "had more than 100 hours in committee over the last 3 and a half years ... If there is anything about this arrangement that we have not now debated, thrashed to death, I would love to know what it is."[110] He later bemoaned the "fine print" in the Withdrawal Agreement.[111]
This is how the Tory’s have been for 14 years.
When I worked at William Hill at Uni, £50 was the max bet for any political market, because of the risk of insider knowledge. Sounds like these Tories are risking prison for a grand payout max. Greedy grifters
Vote for Faiza Shaheen in Chingford and Woodford Green.
I think what we're learning isn't that Sunaks inner circle were tight lipped but there's a large swathe of the party who kept their mouths shut to protect the odds.
Integrity. Professionalism and Accountability at every level. Words of little corrupt Rishi Squatter. Don't suspend them then.... the electorate will suspend you at the ballot box.
Is this the best election show we have seen so far? Some people might think the longform interview with IDS was a softie, because the tone was warm and friendly - but it gave us valuable insights into the man who quite obviously believes that, in his own words, representing and helping the people of Chingford & Woodford Green is a vocation.
Mind you I'm still struggling with the idea that this is now a marginal that Labour - candidate drama notwithstanding - is tipped to win.
True confession time: Some 50 years ago I launched a local newspaper in the area, back in the days when the local MP was a certain Norman Tebbit. Labour councillors in the area were non-existent, and to stand for Labour in the general election was regarded as little more than a first step on the long and winding road for a safe seat.
How things have changed - as IDS himself said: many of the older residents have now moved to the Essex seaside - places like Clacton.
Gotta love how IDS thinks there’s no factor of Tory corruption in all of this and they are the victims of external shocks. I love how the Yorkers think they can debate and get away with what’s about to come. Can’t wait for 5th July
The wheels had already come off before this scandal broke. I guess this is just pouring petrol on the wreckage and setting it alight.
Forget the politics. It was hot in London today and Jon is out here like hes on the French Riviera enjoying a champagne. Very nice look.
Someone will write a book about this campaign. “How to sabotage an election”.
I never thought I would ever say this but I almost feel sorry for Iain here, who wants to be associated with this craziness. He would be better off running as an independent.
He should have copied Rory Stewart in 2019.
He’s a MONSTER 👹
Don't waste any sympathy on this nasty character who has destroyed people's lifes
“Covid hit, some people died”. 232,000 people.
And a lot are still suffering after-effects. That will explain at least some of the sick notes and early retirements. But no - it's all because the peasants aren't working hard enough.
Just when you think the Tories can't sink lower,they find a new level.its some achievement.
Tim Montgomerie of Conservative Home said on Times Radio that he had heard there were six more who had placed bets the evening before the election were announced.
He was furious about it, it's hilarious
If they had just wandered into the bookies and passed cash over the counter they couldn’t have been traced. Maybe many others did this. The smart ones.
Did Irritable Duncan Syndrome just describe COVID as "some people died"???
There. Right there. That is why the Tories are getting their arses handed to them.
Are there large bets on large number of Tories being flushed out, and how much does Rishi stand to make?
Nothing
Why am I not surprised
I think Ian Duncan Smith should be in prison himself for causing the death of a number of impoverished people wnen he was in charge of benefits cuts
The latest news is that there could be as many as SIX under investigation ..
I want to see the WhatsApp messages that were undoubtedly going around in the Tory camp on the betting
All those people he Scapegoated in the past ? He should be ashamed of himself !
Much more interesting seeing you out of the studio. More please 👍
I disagree with IDS on his view that "the electorate doesn't care about what happened in the past and only look at the aftermath" when infact in all the leadership / election debates voters have been asking politicians about the decision they took in the past and how they justify those political choices. It is, infact, the politicians who are keen to move the conversation with words such as "...this election is about the future and not the past" and "...I can only tell you what we will do if we form the government..." etc. Unless the politicians can build trust with the electorate, I am afraid all they will see are these ghastly silhouettes of politicians saying whatever that gets them out of a tricky situation, one question at a time.
Faiza was treated very harshly. She's put in the miles and has earned the right to be there. I hope she wins the seat.
Ian Duncan Smith does deserve a huge amount of respect and thanks. He has always been a remarkable publice servant, very unlike the Brexit cabal of Conservatives.
''Caeser's wife-------'' Suspend them all immediately!
Love this podcast
This line: "too many people think that a safe seat is safe you don't have to work it. We've never stopped working this seat ever, for 32 years I've constantly worked the seat..." we hear variations of this all the time. Have The Newsagents ever interviewed a sitting MP who claimed otherwise?
Didn’t he slash benefits for the poorest?
He was responsible for universal credit.
Love ❤️ 😍 💖 ❣️ 💕 this show 😅😊
Rishi, genuine and wants to do the right thing, so pushing Multi Million ££ Contracts to his Wifes Company might be the right thing for her but possibly not for the UK.
Remember, this was IDS speaking. His idea of the right thing may not coincide with others'. Or perhaps he meant the Right thing.
I will bet you that they will not get paid out
Utterly corrupt. I’m not the biggest fan of Starmer, but I do believe he’ll clean up Politics, a bit. We desperately need that.
Why did they place bets on the date of the GE? It’s not exactly rocket science!
I don’t agree he is cut from the same cloth as the tories over the last 3years. He’s just more subtle. I believe you were blinded by your lost youth Jon. I was a social worker for 30 years & dealt with the results of his commitment to ‘service’
Great, groovy show. Love the glasses.
Why not ask Ian, when he is talking about blows” what about the blow of brexit that he supported.
Neither Tory OR Labour deserve the Woodford seat.
Pretty impressed with the Labour candidate for Chingford, she was direct and honest. These constituents could do a lot worse
Emily stop blaming Truss. The prices started to rise in 2021 and are now 20% higher than they were then. Inflation at 2% reported. Please report the truth.
Surely the Tories can’t present candidates who may have conducted insider trading. The PM can simply ask the candidates to tell him the truth.
Please ask conservative mps why death rates declined from 97-2010 and increased over the period of this conservative government
These two are so cool. They look like they’re recreating the album cover for Sonic Youth’s “Goo”
A Tory talking about integrity. Then defends abandoning his own Partys brand. Sickening
Ahh poor IDS 😢
IDS made punishing the poorest and most vulnerable in our society his "vocation". How vile.
Irritable Duncan Syndrome.
One's heart bleeds innit.
News Agents - X Files Edition 😎
Vote Reform
I don't think they have given up, they have shame. Chris loder in west dorset has no blue on his paper mill. In fact using a lot of beige to almost look like the LDs.
And that national leaflet that was mostly red. Now you come to mention it, my local MP's leaflet did have a lot of blue on it, but the word Conservative didn't appear once, whilst the word Labour did (negatively, obviously) and Reform also gets a mention (as in, vote for me instead!). There's even a prominent picture of Keir Starmer in Kitchener mode, but no Sunak. Surely they're not ashamed of their own PM? Nah, can't be that. I don't think they do shame, actually. They're in self-preservation mode and that means going quietly local for the time being.
Have been enjoying the podcast for a while now, but it’s really Disappointing that Faiza Shaheen, one of the candidates, and a real contender, wasn’t even contacted for the podcast.
Ask him about Brexit!!!!!
It would serve the Starmer Party right if the vote is split. Faiza was the obvious candidate but the Starmer Party can't be associated with anyone who supported Corbyn or democracy or socialism.
I would bet money that the pint-sized liar somehow gambled on the date via a third party. We know he gambled on cricket.
Wonder what the winnings were on 100 quid ? Omg. Wish I had known 😅
In 2017, the Labour Party led by Jeremy Corbyn almost took the Chingford and Wood Green seat. Under Jeremy Corbyn.
But they didn't.
Have watched Grant Schapps & Jeremy Hunt & you can tell they know a seismic change is going to happen.
I see it in IDS also.
Concerned for Lewis..
The Tory's are making a spiffing job of it so far...LoL...
All I can think of is what Maitis said to have her audio muted for two sentences at 21.30 ? She was talking about the kind of people who make up the constituency. Maybe she made a faux pas.
No it's his grift.
Nothing will happen to any of them ' u wanna bet 🤑
Paid on taxpayer’s money for a breakfast that was over a third of disabled person budget. This was before Brexit, Covid or Ukraine. Why were your questions so limp on those facts when he states this is his vocation and talks about integrity?
He also had his credit card taken away at a time he announced vouchers. A £1000 spend on taxpayers you didn’t question him on this when he was advocating vocation he shows little understanding of the word
IDS does NOT live in his constituency @maitlis He stood up in Parliament to protect Owen Patterson; does that really qualify as a class of politician who puts service and duty above personal gain @jonsopel ? Where was @lewis_goodall when you needed him? Yes, you should have discussed Brexit, the bedroom tax, free school dinners and inheritance tax with him.
What were the odds?
Really wish you took the time to speak to Faiza Shaheen. 😢
Who’s bookshelf is that, some top books on there!
It’s the library.
Worse than insider trading... Emily not wearing any Snoopy type stuff. 🤪🤪😋😋🧚♀
The issue is the majority of people are not “consumed “ by the election. Maybe this is because they don’t feel that their vote really has any serious influence over the outcome. Maybe giving them a voting system that gives their vote genuine power might help them. How can you engage with something in which you feel irrelevant and powerless ?
At least Tory gaffs are down to just one per week now …
Come to MY DOOR CRAIG!!!
I dare you!
Ask him to speak Italian.
Im not a Brit. Are the two presenters conservatives?
A llot of condescension towards Labour. Read the room
I don’t believe either of them are conservatives, but they probably use different tactics in order to get their interviewees to be open. Duncan Smith has been around a long time so perhaps they need to be more wiley.
I'm not a Tory voter - but I have a lot of respect for Iain. He comes across as a man that actually cares for his community.
I wonder if there are more than 3 Tories involved ?
Ask him about the last 40 years, Thatcher, Neo Liberalism.
Get Jonathan Pie