Tory MP asked to justify austerity | LBC debate
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- Опубликовано: 22 май 2024
- "Working people with children can't afford a bed. Working people with children get the absolute basics sorted and then can't afford a single frippery. And by frippery I mean a suite when they're out during the summer holidays. What the hell do we do? Where do we take them in the summer holidays? You know, a picnic in the park can only go so far. That kind of thing. People have been tightened and tightened and tightened in terms of what they're able to offer their children. And I'm talking about working people."
Shelagh Fogarty questions Transport Secretary Mark Harper over various policies that his Party have taken since they got into power in 2010 which may have negatively impacted the UK population - Harper reasons why his Party have done well for people, citing "Eat out to Help out" as one of the schemes that have helped people in hard times.
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The tory plan is to make the rich richer and the poor poorer . Their plan has been a massive success.
That's labours plan too.
@@Godfrey_first_tarnishedno it’s not just because your Tory party are corrupt you have to say the same for every other party.
Yes, that is plain to see from the EVIDENCE.
@@stevenhoward3358 I rest my case!
@@Godfrey_first_tarnished I disagree, but even if so, they have a plan to increase the percentage of middle class families, rather than put the boot on the neck's of the poor as the tories do. Look at the numbers where a dismal 36% of the UK are middle class, compared to Ireland (69%) and Denmark (80%). Social Democracy works, but apparently fear mongering works just as well.
This guy is literally pure waffle and lies. Insane.
Why are we pretending that Conservatives have any idea about economy. All they know is austerity and protecting the rich.
It's Neoliberalism disguised as 'austerity' = NO PUBLIC SPENDING!
Exactly, those are their policy pillars. Time for the 99% to stop voting against their own interests.
They have delivered nothing but pain and heartbreak. It makes me angry they pat themselves on the back.
These Tories are such liars ! Tories out !
After 14 years of Tory mismanagement and cronyism, nothing works. The working and middle classes are poorer. The rich are significantly richer, which goes to show that austerity was a political decision and not an economic one. All public services are on their knees. But Tories deny all responsibility.
This is so true and if you look at the numbers of other European countries in terms of middle classes - Ireland (69%), Denmark (80%) - compared to UK (39%). It's dismal. At least Labour have a plan to increase the middle class and not just enrich the rich by putting their boot on the neck of the working class.
I can't even work out how many lies spilled out of his mouth.
The problems began witn austerity. This was a political decision. Look how quickly those countries which chose to circulate money via infrastructure projects bounced back.
Further, poverty has been caused by employers refusing to pay living wages. The biggest cruelty committed was to make workers pay other workers' wages. Specifically, make employers richer via universal credit.
These past 14 years have massively increased the country's debt. Simultaneously the inequality has mushroomed to victorian levels.
Anyone who still supports the Tories should be ashamed
The majority of benefit claimants are also in work. Forcing people to work even more hours is tantamount to slavery when they are paid your minimum wage.
Evidence please. The former Tory Treasurer, Nadhim Zahawi ,was penalized for not declaring income and had to pay some 5 million pounds to the IR. Typically, you go after the workers and not the rich and powerful who cheat the UK out of billions. Evidence. The Panama Papers and 58 billion stashed in British tax free havens.(Bank Suisse). What has forces people to work is this Tory Government and advocates of Brexit. Did you vote to stay in the EU?
Worse, the Tories are subsidising bad employers to keep salaries low and using our own tax money to help with universal credit. They should force employers to pay a decent salaries instead. Tax gains, not low salaries.
Minimum wage is slavery. You simply have no time to do anything bar recover
The tories haven had that 'plan' for over a decade and delivered nothing. Trust them again at your own peril.
We need our press to say “you are a liar” that is a lie”
The main stream media are the biggest liars going.
im glad she at least said 'thats not true'
The Tories have done more damage than WW2 did. What Atlee had to do after the war wasn’t fun.
Does this guy have children? A family?
Are they not ashamed of him?
He, like many of them do not feel it because they have saved a lot of money for their families.
Not at all. They understand perfectly, as most of us do, that double talk and lying is essential to the job.
Family is getting the money
If he could cut it now why not then? Oh shut up Tory your days are done. Thanks for pushing back a bit
Lies, lies and more lies 🫠
Full of lies - so casual about it too.
It is the Bank of England's responsibility to control inflation. The government has nothing to do with it.
No no, its nothing to do with them when it's going up but everything to do when it's going down, right?? 😂😂😂😂
No More Austerity it is always aimed at the Disabled, The Sick and the Poorest.
There never was austerity - where and when did this mythical austerity happen??
Wow doesn't he sound desperate... The pleading cries of an almost dead political party.
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YES, I WANT A LABOUR PARTY Government!!!
I've been a Tory voter all my life. I even get a headache listening to the Tory Party STILL complaining about the Labour Government over 15 years ago- TODAY.
The UK was STILL part of the EU since then this Country has gone downhill- don't keep blaming it on COVID-19 & War in Ukraine.
They'll take us back to square one!!!! Well if that means we get some doctors in our surgery in town a dental practice in town a bank a building society some small shops a public convenience a police station some manufacturing and on and on, I for one will take square one! We had all of these just a few years ago. Just saying.
Mark harper the ex MP for the forest of dean, all rhe Tories can talk about is Keir Starmer and the imaginary Tory plan, goodbye Mark
So glad I’m cured of conservatism. Get these vandals gone.
No mention of Truss budget or Brexit. Who do they think they fooling.
Keeps forgetting about Brexit
It's nice to hear him say what lies ahead. Lies, lies, lies, lies, lies. The thing Conservatives do best!
Just get them out. none of them have a clue what they are doing to us
Not been tough for Tory donor tax evading billionaires
How many times did he say "Plan"? 10, 20, 30 times? They've had more 'plans' than the 'Loophole Insurance Company' Bet this latest plan is a plan of a plan for a plan to ensure that the plan to plan for a plan - inline with the official plan - actually works this time.... Classic Vaudeville....
Total gaslighting
Holding Rwanda as a carrot is disgusting
"We won't make your life better, but you do get to watch us make other people's life even worse" 🙁
Tax the rich , it's soo easy get some Robin Hood taxation implemented ASAP
Love to all people's always
Rishi Sunak can't even plan for the weather.
Just had a shot, 🥃 every time word “plan” was mentioned. Now, am Twated!! 🤪 Cheers. She… 👍
All nonsense as we've come to expect from the Tories nothing aligned to reality.
Lying is like breathing for Tories.
About Tory MP out in 6 weeks
Torie liar
Translate to English shows: Tory joke - made me laugh.
He couldn’t care less. He’ll be ok with some cushy number while everyone else suffers. I loathe tories and those who think like him.
it's just disgusting. The way they say words is bending the truth or lies and if not immediately called out on it then the message is out there. the thing he said how other countries in europe are doing similar thing with rwanda is wrong. Austria is considering it but in no way is their plan is a milder version. He phrases it as thougth a lot of ocuntries in euorope are doing teh exact same thing. But once it's said, it's said. unless ppl look into it further that's what people will think.
What a weasle
That's insulting to weasels.
Why doesn't anyone ask these Tory weapons what exactly they have done, specifically, to reduce inflation.
Yep, that would be nothing.
We have a cunning plan.....
They just can’t tell us about it. Also in their manifesto didn’t they promise 40 hospitals, 50k nurses, tens of thousands for police. Etc etc.
Typical Tory waffle,waffle and the stench of desperation.
Two years ago every tory who was asked about inflation would say, it's a global issue and government has no control of it, today, the message is rather different. 😂
The furlough was all over Europe all rishi did was give , NO SORRY LOAN US OUR MONEY.
and although they loaned it to us, we had to give it straight to landlords and power companies
And _they_ are who furlough was really protecting, not us!
@@markwelch3564 Indeed, if no furlough, big business and the rich would have lost out.
Landlords would have been evicting thousands of families and then realising no-one could afford to move in.
The tories must have a bet between themselves to see who can get the word plan most in one interview .
How can he get away with claiming that their small boats policy will remotely deal with immigration when that accounts for just 4% of arrivals?
14 years plan plan you jokeing me
Tories understand how tough things have been while they make an absolute mint for themselves
Don‘t mention Brexit! How ridiculous.
Spurious lies obvs… But “we’ve got the economy under control “ 😂
Only started to follow Shelagh Fogarty very recently. Don’t know why it took me so long because she really is a diamond👍👍
Typical Tory, it was someone else's fault. Bye bye, don't forget to close the door on your way out!
We are the post workers..the government are the postmasters
So when inflation is high it’s not ur fault but when it comes down u take the credit
How can you say that Labour has no plan and then in the next sentence criticise all of the things that Labour have said they will do?
It is the Tories who have had 14 years but are claiming it will start to pay off if we give them even more time. Absolute nonsense.
Note. No empathy for the person paying an extra £400 on their mortgage. I hope the public deliver a sensible result in July.
Plan,plan,,,,,,,,plan 🥱🥱😴😴
Really should have pressed him more there, every time its said he can't take the credit foe inflation coming down they say we made tough decisions and then change the subject. Transport, raw material and energy prices have come down. Thats it, services is sticky and home ownerships costs rising. They are responsible for one of those five and thats the single worst impact being inflicted on the entire nation but acutely on first time buyers up for their firet renewal.
They failed to meet the targets they chose for themselves. There's absolutely no reason to have any faith in anything they say.
I can’t listen to this, just makes me angry!
What a snivelling little runt.
these bunglers do the same thing every time ,cut taxes for the rich at the expense of the rest of us . ENOUGH 1
It was wrong.
Sunak's furlough scheme wasn't "leading the way", as the Covid furlough scheme was very similar to other country's *normal* furlough scheme. In Norway, if your employer doesn't need you for the next 4 months (eg you work in a tea shop in a coastal tourist spot) you get paid 60% of your wages for those 4 months. This is normal, not exceptional, in countries that put people ahead of party.
Tories can lie without blinking.
Lies, lies and more lies.
Oh dear! does that man believe a word of those words escaping from his mouth?Describing Gordan Browns policies to reduce child poverty as moving people from one line to another? How about describing the reality of reducing child poverty, enough nutritious food, a warm bed, books and parents that are actualy there to read them a bedtime story, rather than working an 80 hour week, and not there, or are just too tired and stressed to do so. Poverty is traumatising. But as Tories MPs know the poor are not their voters, so why help them thrive? Except those very silly traditional working class voters that like turkeys vote for xmas, sadly.
"This was once you heart this swarm of flies, this was once your mouth this bowl of lies"
Labour as no plan but we can not tell ours 😂😂😂
Get Public pay under control= a pay cut for working people, nuff said
We got inflation down but who was in power when it got out of control not responsible?
Stop going on about Labour,they can talk for themselves,just hope the Forest of Dean wake up,
That was a party political broadcast on behalf of the Conservative Party
The Tory plan more government debt more illegal emigration more bills going up and the poor becoming poorer
Mark mark mark, how far you have fallen. You’ve sold your soul to these grifters. The Johnsons the Trusses etc. Grifters. You were better than that. Not now though.
After the first week of campaigning I hope they stop talking about their “plans” because if they cannot even work out a campaign plan they have no hope with planning for the country.
I'm so fed up of hearing the word "plan"
We do a regular online shop. Same stuff everytime as its just basics. It was around £55 a week when we started in 2020, now the same shop is over £100! I wish my income had gone up by that kind of percentage too...
did i hear that right? (9 min in) "you're better off working more hours, than getting a pay rise"???
Where can I read through this plan? Is it in the manifesto on which they were elected in 2019?
Doing more work is not a pay rise 💩💩💩💩💩🐂🐂🐂
What pay rise?
Redwood was a nightmare. He made budget cuts to Wales which was financially the poorest part of the UK and boasted about returning money to Westminster. Horrible little man.
"people need to understand what they are voting for" - they do, most are just voting anything but tory 👍
You can tell when he's lying, his lips move.
Interviewer says what he's saying isn't true gently but doesn't stop him. Just allows him to spread more.
Bye bye Nasty Party, dont let the door hit you on the way out👋👋👋👋
im not a labour voter but labour have clearly been laying out costed plans. tori's have soundbites
It's been tough for some people.🤔💰🤑🤑🤑🤑🤑🤑🤑🤑🤑🤑🤑🤑🤑🤑🤑🤑
Will someone tell harper its too little too late, DOH.
Was this an interview or a party political broadcast ? Get a grip Fogarty call out the lies.
They just think we're all idiots .out of touch or wot unfuckingbelievable .
Ang on plebs I just need to give a tax cut to my Multi-Millionaire doner, b4 I worry about the people that voted me into office
When all you can do is make things up about the opposition you know you have nothing to offer.
More cuts to the wellfare I say. Get a job or get on the streets.
But how come in other countries in Europe, working families can afford to live a decent life and take their kids on holiday and not just a picnic in the park? The Corona virus was an international pandemic and the war in Ukraine effects most, if not all, European countries. This argument that "it's not our fault - it's due to external circumstances" doesn't hold water.
The Bank of England raised interest rates from 0.1% to 5.25% and that brought down inflation. The Tories making everyone poorer did f all
Tories out
The cut in NI left me paying more. Wish he'd been called on his lie.
Inflation going up, not our fault. Inflation coming down, all us...