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Tories have completely lost the plot. They are fixated on cult of leader whilst ignoring the fact that the last 14 years has seen increasing poverty, widespread corruption and annihilation of public infrastructure. Though I doubt anything can be worse than them, the main alternatives are hardly inspiring. I am so sad to see the slow demise of my country.
Agree with everything you said, particularly the last sentence......
@@gyzmo181And yet they are STILL SO ABSOLUTELY Oblivious to what WE can clearly see! ITs The LOT OF THEM...and what They have ALL done!
Bannerman is correct 👍
@@IanP1963 The Tory twat? About what?
Sunak is a disgrace. He's froze the personal tax allowance (the point at which people start paying tax) for 5 years. This obviously hits the retired and those on low incomes disproportionately. It shows how out of touch with reality he actually is.
Sunak is not bothered about the future of the Tory Party.
WEF agent that he is.
Johnson was only made PM because a “funny man” was required to “get brexit done”. That was his purpose.
Sunak appears to live in a bubble of arrogance and denial, one feels that he considers the populace not quite worthy of his input.
But he's happy to divert their output towards Infosys
The PM is probably congratulating himself with these fantastic results for his party.
He took a voluntary, sole Rwanda person as a win. I genuinely would not be surprised if he did as you say.
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
and his sycophants applaud him!
He sent someone to the all-night garage for a Snickers.
(Campbell-Bannerman) To describe the Starmer Labour Party as "hard left" is to reveal a shocking lack of political insight. The phrase is void of all meaning.
The hard right despise social justice. I guess it gets in the way of killing unions, ripping up our rights, and putting machine guns on lifeboats.
The Starmar Labour Party is just the British Branch of the Likud Party.
That's right, but it's the fashion these days.
@@jonzu217 Funny that righty types were calling Labour antisemitic last week.
It is now the continuity Conservative party, the Labour party is dead to me, at the age of 70 I have only EVER voted Labour.... NEVER AGAIN, I simply CAN not and WILL not vote for ANYONE who refuses to denounce genocide and the flouting of international laws, they can 'call' themselves whatever soothes their conscience, if they have such a thing,
but we see you Starmer, we see you.
FREE PALESTINE AND ALL HOSTAGES FROM BOTH SIDES.
For the last 14 years the only thing the Tories have prioritised is transferring public money to the private purse. How can anybody be surprised at the state of our country after that. Some lessons, it seems, are hard learned.
Excellent point. Privatise the profits, nationalise the losses. You're shortly going to see it in action when someone eventually sorts out the mess which goes by the name of Thames Water. I'd guess, since Thames Water allegedly has enough cash to keep going for another 12 months, that will become the next Government's problem i.e. not a Tory one.
Thank you for the update Professor. I care about poverty corruption, our assets transport, future investments, armed forces, judiciary law and order, transparency, scrutiny accountability, MPs lying, and the media. Party funding. Interference in our democracy by foreign governments. Electoral reform. Constituency tampering. Tufton street and government lobbing. Tax avoiding. NHS funding. "And so do my Sisters and my Cousins and my Aunts"
Little Rishi is toast
😂
It's always the wrong time, the wrong place - or the wrong ID!
You're right Proff 👍
I don't ask what friends family vote, definitly a feeling of what's the point for awhile now.
It’s pretty grim that cranks void of everything necessary to be a leader can become PM. Sunak and Truss. Johnson was voted in by a majority, so God help them, for they know not what they do.
The two main parties need to go if we want change in these beautiful Isles of OURS. And I am not suggesting that reform are the party to do that before I get loads of comments about that.
We cannot keep bouncing from one set of values to the other but need to value all.
All we can do is hope.
Sunak is so small, it's frightening. Run to the hills, Rishi.
I will say, I found myself chuckling at George Galloway when he said when Sunak walks into parliament you can’t see him but you can hear him.
Totally.. collapse of Tories have been a long time coming .,sunak really doesn’t give a damn .. and Starmer is no different.. ! Interesting story about WH smith sums it up perfectly!
Anybody here remmeber Derek Lewis, Prisons Boss back in the 1990s? His business expertise was as the boss for Granada, which at the time ran a commercial TV channel and motorway service stations, he had no expertise whatever as regards prisons. He later became famous as the subject of the question, asked 13 times and never answered once, when Paxo gave the Home Secretary responsible for Lewis's sacking, Michael Howard (who later became Tory leader) a good stuffing, when he queried on Newsnight if Howard was actually responsible for the sacking. Over 25 years later, we still haven't had the answer to that particular question....
Where I live it's always been conservative, just checked on line and Labour has won control for the first time ever!!!!
The Conservative party is in total disarray. What is the point of them ?
Perhaps they'll serve as another lesson of history.
This is what happens when you trust a populist government run on corruption and scandals.
Tim the best advice Sunak can get is to go to the Country and go to Rwanda.
Awesome. Celebrating it Conservative party misfortunes yes Thomas.
The remaining Conservative mps are trying to play the same tune much like the band on the Titanic . It's worth remembering that none of the band survived the sinking . Nearer, My God, to Thee
We have a sad situation in the UK: The Tories have become a MAGA Republican style party and Labour is totally in hock to and in thrall of Likud. The less said about the fascists of Reform UK ltd the better
I disagree!
@@firestar7774 I don't. Mr McIntyre is spot on.
@@firestar7774 Why if I may ask?
@@firestar7774 Please prove evidence I am wrong that can be verified
Likud? Labour were being called antisemitic last week.
Hi Professor Tim how u doing
I honestly think if the tories don’t call an early general election that will be seen in a negative way by voters and finish off the party. Sunak need to come out fighting Monday morning and announce a general sometime next month. He must acknowledge his party done badly in local elections but his party is up for the challenge of a general election for the good of the country. This would help save the party from annihilation. They are nothing more than a care taker government with no clue on how to reverse the damage they created to the country.
Forget now, but I have even watched a Conservative MP suggest, David Cameron replace Rishi Sunak. 🙃
I definitely agree we are only swapping one smart suit for another when l comes to Labour but surely the new smart suit will be a lot better then what we have now... It seems to be a race to the bottom with the tories on how they can grind public services into the ground.. While saying they are spending more money then ever but we all know the will be some private companies involved stuffing the money in their back pockets + some tory MP's having share in the private companies
“Hard left woke labour”. - Oh my.
Professor Tim, The thing nobody is mentioning is the abysmal turn outs in 90% of election's.
This is bad for democracy and i think if we had a No vote on every ballot paper.
None of the above that would be interesting
The Tories left the centre ground long ago.
The song I think I better leave right now. Before I fall Any deeper I feel weaker and weaker.
And it's all over now baby blue 💙
People are calling out Starmer because he is an alleged bland politician. I want bland politicians, go to the theatre to be entertained, vote for somebody to run the country.
Here, here. It will not surprise me to see politics lurch further into ‘reality tv’ like having Ant and Dec host the general election. Most people cannot ‘read’ other people effectively, they give trust where they ought not to. So we end up more and more with people who can talk the talk but cannot walk the walk. Starmer has experience working at the higher level of the state, and if any job required 20 years experience, PM is the one.
"The country is in danger of the hard left under Labour"....that is utter rhubarb.
The Billionaires and Millionaires are selling their mansions and fleeing the country terrified of Starmar's Socialist Workers Party filled with middle-class elites spouting Cultural Marxism.
There is no chance of ' hard left ' governance under Starmer.
He is a globalist and Blair lite politician.
@@jonzu217 The Billionaires rarely pay any tax, so good riddance.
@@Geffo555 I have to see my tax consultant I am still paying tax 😀
@@jonzu217 Not a billionaire then. Me neither.
Labour should keep the champagne on ice. There was a shock result on Tyneside last night, in South Tyneside Labour lost ten seats and the Cons their last seat.
Ever heard the expression 'One swallow does not a summer make?'. You're as deluded as Sunak here, he thinks Houchen remaining as Teesside area mayor and Andy Street hanging on as mayor in hte West Midlands indicates he's on course to win the next General Election. The polls say otherwise. I bet those Labour seats were lost to independents. It will be interesting to see how many independents end up as MPs after the next General Election. My bet will be under 5 of the 659 seats on offfer i.e. less than 1%. Time will tell.
The Tories needed to invest in fixing things 10 years ago. They might have made a difference if they invested 5 years ago
It's too late now. They can't turn the country around in mere months, and their only choice is how gracefully or disgracefully they bow out
Yes, if it ain't broke, don't fix it seems to be their motto. Unfortunately, following the collapse of a roof yesterday at Stepping Hill Hospital Stockport, the second incident in the last few weeks (thankfully no one was injured), that particular attitude doesn't seem very effective or indeed practical.. Witness the QE 2 Hospital at Kings Lynn, Norfolk, where over 1,000 props are holding up the roof, made of RAAC, which is now disintegrating after 44 years. The life span of these flat roofs, used in order to save money short term, is reckoned to be only around 30 years, so their collapse is hardly surprising.
@paultaylor7082 they've gone beyond "if it isn't broken" - they just don't fix _anything_ !
I think this has been coming a while Thatcher said of Blair that he was dangerous in his ability to sell himself and his beliefs or product, todays politics appear to be absent of beliefs or product this if possible worsened by poor beliefs
Question. Why is replacing Sunac extremism?
All this we shouldn’t have got rid of Boris business makes me laugh. The man who would be king, the man that introduced voter suppression with the requirement of photo id at the ballot box, yesterday only went and forgot his. For me there is only one six letter to describe him , starts with a W & ends in an R .
I hope for a Woke government..in reality this is code for be nice to everyone..what's so scary about that
A woke government, what the hell does that mean, people that don't believe in reality
Some people would rather have a comatose authoritarian junta.
But fortunately they are just a demented minority.
Woke seems to just one name for someone or some thing (like a government) that you don't agree with or dislike.
Hope you're better fella.
But you were terribly enthusiastic about little Rishi a year ago Prof. The Tories have crushed the country with their stupidity and arrogance. Time for the people to have their say, and it won't be nice for the Tories. Thank God for that.
Bye bye Tories, Tories bye bye
Yes tories done bad .but did labour do that well , a lot of independent/others seems to show people are fed up with the two major liars
Sometimes your understatement is simply amazing.♥
Far, Far to late to do anything, I think the biggest complaint is we have a prime Minister who was not elected by the people, and he replaced a very very public popular PM. THE Torys really should follow the public vote, they deserve what they get.
By the time Johnson resigned in September 2022, he was no longer popular, nor were the Tories (any opinion poll taken at the time will confirm this), as the rather obvious shortcomings of both Johnson (the pathological liar), the Tory Party and Brexit became ever more apparent. People eventually cottoned on that in 2019, by voting for Johnson, the Tories and Brexit, the reality was it was all one big sack of shit. The Tories' falling popularity with the electorate started under Johnson and has continued since on its downward spiral. I think after 3 years of his incompetence as PM and the continual lying, most people are glad to see the back of Johnson as regards politics. However, rather like a very bad smell, only a fool would say the rather malodorous odour he emits will never return to the field of politics. Anybody so lacking in self awareness as he is and displaying such an obvious denial as to their lack of ability and limitations should keep well away from public office. I somehow don't think his overbloated ego will prevent him from trying to return to mainstream politics, a bit like the Orange Clown from the US.
Just how successful were Labour at the local elections? Across the board the vote was down on previous local elections. You would expect, just before an election, Labour voters to be coming out to vote in larger numbers. They actually lost seats to greens and independents. For the first time, I can remember, foreign affairs have impacted on local elections. Gaza has seen the youth and Muslim vote desert the Labour party. They will face a plethora of left wing candidates running against them who will cut into their vote in a similar way that reform is cutting into the conservatives. The general election could end up being a good time for the lib dems
Call an election now in my opinion.
The sooner we see how rubbish it will be under Labour the better, and no better time to pass the reins over ........one hell of an uphill struggle for Labour to try and save the day, and look good lol
Morning Professor.
As to "staying at home", the Turnout at Blackpool South, apparently, was just 32%.
Lee Anderson always "flapping his Gums, not exactly 'Man Bites Dog' (not real news)
Wish that the CDO 'Spokesperson' and others would invest in a new Dictionary also a new Thesaurus and learn some fresher words.
Thanks for the anecdote about W H SMITH.
Good Day to you.
One of the main reasons Labour is ahead in the polls is not because Keir Starmer is popular he isn't but purely because the Conservatives have this dogma of pure authoritarianism that makes people hot under the collar;similar protests etc. erupted in different places in the world because people just want to be free nothing more also one more reason why people want asylum in free nations.
A case in point is females without hijab being dragged by the morality police in Iran when they haven't committed a crime;freedom is sacrosanct to human beings to the extent that Sting sang it loud in his song "If You Love Somebody Set Them Free" that should drive the point home more than anything else.
"Man was born free but everywhere he is in chains". In the land of freedom and Democracy (USA), only the Right-wing Republicans supporting Zionism have the right to free speech.
Isn't the BoJo fanboy David Campbell-Bannerman related to Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman, Liberal PM 1905-1908? Sir Henry was known for being sensitive to the plight of the poor and downtrodden. His present day relative would probably call him 'woke'. Of course, BoJo fanboys throw the 'woke' label at opponents when they wouldn't be able to give you a coherent definition of 'woke'. Truss, God help us, can't even pronounce it.
If he is related then it is not directly since Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman left no family. In addition, he changed his name to Campbell-Bannerman to secure an inheritance in 1872 - he was formerly named Campbell.
Sonic knows he’s finished. I think he knows the country is probably finished as well after Brexit. Something has to be done the longer he stays the worse it will get. I know he’s only got five months. It would be better for him to go now. Why don’t you give Rwanda a try him in his family what’s the betting he’s applied for his little green card if you have to reapply I bet he has replied and will be gone this time. in a few months, hopefully will get somebody in that gives a fuck about people and poverty and bring prosperity to all
This is all predictable, it was certain bad results which where inevitable would be met by the far right of the Conservative party attempting to have Sunak replaced and either failing and further damaging the Conservative party, or succeeding and further damaging the Conservative party.
What a strange word resign is... to my ears it sounds 'for instance a footballer who resigns gets a new contract with the same club....l suppose
its all down to the additional words...from or for,.
Wonder what you Yorkshire fans will be singing next season...One????..there's only
one????!
He is right about Sunak not being a natural campaigner. How gracious of him to say…hmm! I will go as further to say rishi sunak ( wishy washy) doesn’t have the skills to be a prime minister in any capacity now not that his predecessors did any better but wishy washy wasn’t voted in ( not that it would make much of a difference ) now the question is if he was put there then he wouldn’t be resigning or maybe until his masters tell him otherwise!
Watch this space I suppose!
Thank you for the WHSmith story by the way, very interesting!
Even if they appointed the perfect PM, that is not the problem.
Even if the Conservative party had performed well, the public would be tired of them after this time.
What happened to the election updates?
Are you embarrassed to speak about the heavy losses Tim?
no, I am struggling with heavy flu...!
Oh how id love a "a hard left woke government" but that isnt 2024 Labour is it. Still better than the Tories though.
We will never have a hard left woke government, the people of this country are not as stupid as you, and the only reason the Tories are doing so poorly is they aren't Tory anymore, I voted SDP yesterday and not for my local Tory
Funny that certain people ignore the fact that the Tories have lost popularity as they've gone further right. I'm not sure that a hard left woke government will ever get elected. Corbyn's defeat showed that I think. Centrist socialistic governments just work for the country as a whole.
@@DropdudeJohn "the Tories are doing so poorly is they aren't Tory anymore" and the electorate is changing.
Wow, you don't have a clue 🤫🤐
I find it very difficult to pick which Tory I prefer, blue or red, so I shall NOT be voting for the red Tories at the next election for the first election in my 71 summers I shall be more than happy to vote green,
and for every election I may live to see. I shall NEVER vote Labour again,
no if's no but's if you are a Labour MP or party worker or Labour party memeber then you too support genocide, war crimes, and contempt for international law, the fact that you still remain an MP or supporters of this party in the face of it's leaderships blatant support for genocide and the flouting of international laws, means that you are, at best, prepared to look the other way, or at worst actually support the mass killing of unarmed civilians.
NOT IN OUR NAME
Sunak is not a leader,he,s dull ,boring ,drab,he as no charm,charisma,,you need someone who at least is dynamic, Labour ain't no different,starmar just looks like a second hand car salesman, just as dull ,drab,
He do feel very tired actually watch it Britain elects told you truth Thomas. Blackpool ever vote Labour party no 18 years non stop conservative MP's two seats Blackpool 1979 to 1992 UK general elections. Whig party it better people it Max fosh Englishman he super rich he Liberal Democrats he a friend.
Reform is what the Conservative Party should be - centre right, anti-woke and pro-Brexit.
And unelectable.
@@accomuk Definitely electable. Reform is only just starting as a political force. It has increased its support from 3% in the polls in April 2022 to 7% in April 2023 and is now around 14%. If Farage returns to the front line, that will turbo-charge them - and then we could well see some defections to Reform as it becomes clear that the Tories are a spent force. That's not a prediction - but it is a possibility. From tiny acorns etc.
@dogglebird4430 Reform are not getting enough increase in its support to win anything at present. It is doing less well than UKIP did which did actually win some Council Seats. As for Farrage he failed multiple times to win a Parliamentary seat. Came behind a man dressed as a Dolphin. Anyone now still preaching Brexit is not going to change anything as Brexit is now blamed for the misery it has caused alongside the Tories. Reforms only hope is if the UK abolishes the first Past the Post System. Thing is any party that is in Government has won on that system so feel no need to change to PR.
@@dogglebird4430 The whole right wing is a spent force. They got what they wanted with Brexit and Boris and Truss. But the product was rubbish. It says a lot when even righty types turn their backs on the Tories. They clearly are that bad. But repackaging the same ideology as Reform won't deliver anything better. I suspect it would be far worse.
@@dogglebird4430Dream on, Fuhrage is too engrossed shining trumps trainers.
The Conservatives have moved to far to the left, they are more like a liberal Democratic Party, the Conservatives would have been better off with Liz Truss, if they continued the course, a bit like when Ronald Reagon got in, he was pilloried for is economic plans, but it turned out well, the same would have happened for Liz Truss.
This spin about the Tories being socialist is absurd. Let me know when they fix the NHS rather than use it to channel money to loaded donors. And how come they haven't instigated a massive social housing program? Why do they pick fights with unions? Reagan's economic policies tripled US federal debt by the way. And the average American just got poorer. So actually very close to Truss in that respect.
What you are seeing is Tory voters not turning out because the Tories are no longer Tory, they need to shift to the right and get back to being Tory, I voted SDP yesterday not because I particularly wanted an SDP candidate, I just didn't want to waste my vote and not take part so for me it was about voting against my local Tory