They're not only getting things right, but getting things done: 1) Speaking to the junior Drs like humans 2) Holding water companies to account 3) Reaching out to the EU. 4) Planning, Prison & Education reform.
Plus, appointing an actual scientist (Patrick Vallance, a professional clinical researcher and a previous government chief scientific advisor) as science minister, and a King's Counsel with 30 years' courtroom experience (Richard Hermer KC) as Attorney General.
On Saturday, I was amazed that he had his first cabinet meeting when most new Prime Ministers are still deciding who to have in their cabinet and then the next day visited Edinburgh and Belfast. But he had to crack on as he was due to attend the NATaO conference this week.
Do you mean a government for the people by nationalising utilities like water maybe the railways or the post office ... or maybe by infrastructure projects which are 75% privately funded .... is that what you mean ?
I completely agree, it feels so disorientating to have a government governing for the country, reaching out to other nations, building bridges…. I hope they can continue
Definitely.. I had my head in my hands at Starmers first press conference.. I couldn’t believe that after 14 years we finally had a real Government that would put country first over party.. I hope to God the right stay out of office for at least as long as the rest of us had to endure them in office.! Thank God it’s actually over… ❤❤
I can remember the last labour government when we had lower mortgage rates, you could get a dentist easily, uni fees were a fraction of what they are now, lower nhs waiting times, you could see a doctor the same or next day, better roads, more job opportunities, cheaper cost of living, cheaper energy etc etc. Not saying everything Labour did was great but compared to the last 14 years it was chalk and cheese.
Your memory is playing tricks on you, We didnt have lower mortgage rates. For 12 of the 13 Labour years, mortgage rates were roughly what they are now or higher. We had ultra LOW mortgage rates for 13 of the 14 Tory years. We had lowr NHS waiting lists because you couldnt get on a list. You think its hard to get a dentist now, its about to get worse as we see huge numbers of boat arrivals who were waiting for a Labour government, they are going to be given priority for housing, and dentists. Cost of living was lower, but so were wages, it was just as hard to pay for things as it is now. Energy prices were not that much less, (petrol was about £1.30 in 2006, now about £1.42. Gas was about 4.5p a unit, now about 5.5p.) and the increase we have now is because of Ukraine war, it would have happened whoever was in government, But be prepared for big price increases now that Labour has scrapped new oil/gas licences. However bad things were, they are about to get a whole lot worse.
If you think starmer can or will emulate the Blair government without the booming economy he had, without the EU membership he had and without the charisma he had, I have some bad news for you. This is not new labour and never can be.
@@alberttatlock1541That’s absolute bollocks, that. Absolute nonsense. Life was far superior under the last Labour government than the Tories whose main objective was to enrich themselves and swindle the public purse. That’s a fact.
@@alberttatlock1541So everything is the fault of people in boats. They’re not going to get priority for housing and dentists. As for it was just as hard to pay for things is a load of garbage, people didn’t have to rely on food banks. The scrapping of oil and gas licences is a red herring as it takes up to 20 years for oil and gas fields to develop. Even then the price of oil and gas will be dictated by the world market. If you think things were as bad you’re living in cloud cuckoo land.
I am already feeling good about this government because they are doing exactly what a government should be doing….governing the country.No gaslighting, no useless policies focusing on immigration, just doing the basics extremely well. A great start
Considering the Tories main attack line was that Labour had “no plan” they sure as shoot look like their executing one with ruthless efficiency! Can’t believe it’s only been a week!
Actually ordering expert-led reviews of things like the Armed Forces and the NHS before making any decisions other than a commitment to fund the recommendations... Baffling.
I hope they overturn the PIP voucher scheme that's being talked about. I have lived experience of needing money for different things through disability and the voucher scheme is unfair. I've already got in touch with my newly elected MP. Love your videos.
Yep. I've only recently accepted that my disability ain't getting better any time soon, and I'm going to need to apply for PIP, and the Tory scheme just seemed so utterly unworkable to me. I used to be an OT, so I've a pretty good understanding of what a voucher scheme would need to look like, but also where it would absolutely fall down and end up costing the taxpayer more. I suspect it was a ruse for all the tories' mates to set up companies that would be the main equipment and services providers. Hopefully Labour see that, scrap it and do what SHOULD have being done, which is to employ a bunch of employment and disability specialists to help disabled people find and move into work without all the childish threats of sanctions. I WANT to work, but I can't get to that point on my tod because I fatigue too quickly and then have to spend three days in bed waiting for my heart to stop threatening to explode.
@@jasonharrison5765 As it's not a Labour policy they don't need to make any comment on it, they have more than enough to do without having to critique all the plans the Tories had. As the comment above says, the Tories lost the election - and so their policies are now as good as dust.
I think, I HOPE, that the voucher scheme was just some red meat to throw to the rabid dogs of the Mail and Telegraph readership. If Labours got any sense, they'll quietly bury it; if they try to implement it, something that the Tory press would've hailed as "a victory for common sense!" if passed under a Tory government will be vilifed as "unbelievably cruel" if passed under a Labour one.
The Rwanda 'policy' is a good example of a bad idea. Furthermore - Smart Motorways, HS2 & the classic example that is 'brexit': other things that really need 'fixing'
You can tell by what's happening in sports. British driver winning a British grand prix, and England in the finals of the Euros. All of this since the Tories went out of government 😂
Brit expat in Aus here. My mom died in 2010, and I was in the UK when the election had just happened and it was a kind of hung parliament. By the time I left the UK Cameron was in and I have steadily watched with dismay how a thriving country that I was sad to leave has devolved so catastrophically. We were back in May this year and were dismayed at the state of the physical landscape (the potholes, dear god the potholes!), the decimation of the high street, and of course the increased poverty. I was so glad my mom was not around to see it. Now, though, we have hope for the UK. Living there it must feel like such a relief.
It is a bit odd. I'm still half expecting the next major scandal and for a week now there haven't been any. Just thoughtful, progressive action. I could get used to this.
It may feel amazing but at the same time I think it's sad that we've gotten so used to being abused by our govt that we're in shock when faced with one that actually does their job and serves the people.
The Conservatives were more interested in preserving the illusion of function, rather than taking action, they just preserved the impression of power, rather than actually using it, and were more committed to consolidating more draconian influence, rather than using the existing laws that already allowed them to do their job. It's just refreshing to have a government that does its job and doesn't constantly mope around how it cannot do anything without resorting to extreme ends.
I know that Labour are likely to be too influenced by lobbyists and are probably too neoliberal but they are nevertheless not engaging in culture wars, aren’t engaging in performative cruelty, aren’t going down conspiracy theory black holes. We might want more from them but they are still doing lots of good stuff.
Definitely feel the same, it is a wonderful feeling to feel a little proud again. Pleased to that we set a good example at a crucial time in France. I live in France and no doubt at all, the people here were watching what was happening over there. The turnout for the second round was energised I believe by the Labour win.
Felt the same here In Australia, switching from conservative to Labor after over a decade federal and state wide was just so strange to hear good news out of the government. I'm young to the point I hadn't remembered a time before being under a conservative government.
I agree, but I think Labour need to distance themselves from Blair. Blair has been saying some things recently, that have been making some uncomfortable. Not the PM, but how much influence does he have, over the current PM. Talking about disabled, sounds like Sunak and co. Well? Who closed Remploy Let's not forget. Cameron closed the few remaining, but it was Blair, who closed the majority, and it made no real sense.
The solution lies in a single national project. That project is 300,000 council houses a year rent caps on private sector as a stop gap, and immigration focused on key workers only for a while, so trades , engineering, architecture, teaching , Training our current stock of both new people and long term poor and working poor. Everyone at all levels climbing the skill ladder to build house,s Instead of the housing ladder to exploit others. Another big pet peeve on migration " They are doing the jobs we don't want to do !" No we can not afford to do those jobs , or we have toiled most of our lives doing them. Against impossible rents and we live single or in couples , not 10 to a house. If you build more homes you lower rent , more people take normal low paid work , less jobs available, migration organically reduces with out any hard nationalism or forced expulsion
Yep. I'm a firm believer that the single biggest blow to the UK came with the selling off of council houses at impossibly low prices, which then forced many of the next generations into the waiting claws of private landlords, while bankrupting councils, and killing our ability to have the stability necessary to raise the next generation without needing to own a home.
@@MiningForPies for balance ⚖️ I want to acknowledge that there will be some very hard working decent folks who didn't wait for this dream to ever come into fruition. It's worth at least acknowledging that they have put all their eggs in one basket ,( their own mortgage home etc) when these people get older they are going to told that they have to much money to qualify for state care and they will be expected to sell or partly liquidate their home to pay for a nurse or career. Also a sudden abundance of much cheaper housing will devalue their house from its loftly value to less than a third of the value. It's important to offer these people the appropriate guaranteed care and support possibly even options like being able to live out the rest of their lives in their own home but it is a council house after they death, in return they get round the clock care. If they give the home to a relative, then free child care can be offered to allow the house to be added to council stocks and that family remains in place unless they move by their own choice. Otherwise right wing party's will get their vote. As they stand to be disenfranchised by my proposal. Just being realistic
So where are they going to get the money to build 300k homes a year? And who is going to do it? Because the actual builders dont want to build council houses because the margins are too small. Not to mention the typical clientel of council houses are dole bludgers. In 2022 there were 205k homes built. How do you plan on getting them to more than double that?
@@HeliumFreak well the government can do a thing called “pass laws”. They could make it so you can’t get planning permission for your estate if you don’t build council estates. And guess what, refuse to build? Ok compulsory purchase of land and you can build nothing
Agree - they are trying to do the right things like grown ups, but I'm not holding my breath for our finances to get better, or the NHS to suddenly start working properly and all the welfare services to be restored, because there's no money to do much with. But it is such a relief there are grown ups in charge, even if we may not like everything they do. Braverman's speech in America a couple of days back made me shudder, it reminded me of what living under the tories had become, absolutely awful....
Given how much damage the Tories have done, the immediate need is to stanch the flow and fix what damage can be fixed immediately. They've at least been doing the right things out the gate.
So I´m swedish but have lived in diffrent parts of Great Brittain for a while and still have loved ones in the country so this moves me including for the effect on politics in the rest of Europe. Actually started crying out of sheer bloody relief - just that water thing alone... YES!
Young adults today who have only known 14 years of conservatives, i feel sorry for. Labour wasn't perfect but things were so much better from buying a house to NHS
Serco run a lot of the prison services. They were in tories pockets. They do a bit of everything. A friend of mine worked for serco as a bin man. Horrible company to work for treated him like absolute shite. Now we look at the otherhand timpsons. Treat staff with huge respect give them free will with doing their job. Have holiday home that staff have free access to. Says it all really.
If Labour, open up a processing centre in France, then this summer might be the very last for illegal arrivals by small boats! Farage and the Daily Heil must be in mourning!
A processing centre allows legitimate refugees to enter the country legally. Most of the people coming on boats arent legit refugees. So a processing centre will not stop the boats.
@@HeliumFreak "A processing centre allows legitimate refugees to enter the country legally. " A good start, no? And those who are considered persona non grata will be identified and recorded. That leaves economic migrants, many of whom we actually need. Also, properly staffed processing centres in the UK and a system which is not just warehousing people indefinitely.
I'll wait to see how he acts regarding Scotland and don't forget the elephant in the room Gaza. I doubt very much that I'll agree with him on either of these.
Putting people in prison is terrible business. It costs a fortune, and you lack the tax from the prisoner. Very bad business. I am more for home prison. Home prison and allowed to go to work. I know a guy who did that. He never had any conviction after that. You can't believe how much he loved he's work, he was very happy when there were overtime, he's employer loved him. Also, he was never late for work. It was a successful rehabilitation. No cost for prison, and tax in the hungry chest.
Just boring get it done politics. Wouldn't be nice if they just delivered. No Willy's out no tractor porn no betting scandal no giving their mates contracts no grifters no Doctors strike no Old school tie. The stuff of dreams 🎉
They will raise tax but I can’t see it being on workers, eventually they will have to go down the capital gains tax route but I can’t see that happening for a while.
My biggest fear is Labour wont be able to make enough of a difference in one term. It will allow Farage and co to make the next election all about immigration. Even if Labour do some good it will be harder for them to convince the voters if living standards haven't improved including public services.
I share your fear. The only way they could really make a difference in one term would be drastically sorting out wealth inequality with capital gains tax but I can’t see it happening in the first term.
Why what's wrong with them? I saw their announcements in the King's Speech, they all sound pretty good frankly. They are also in line with what they were promising in their manifesto. Would be nice to get a government that actually does what it said it would do, unlike the Tories who just lied in their manifesto then didn't deliver on most of what they said they would.
@@Lisa-c1987 they did a lot last time they were in power, so yeah I don't see why not. Some of the policies will no doubt be watered down, but they have form in that regard and the Tories have form in letting the country down. 14 years of mismanagement, I won't forget it.
@@Lisa-c1987 this all just sounds like cope, I think either you're a bot or so committed to the Tories you've drank the kool aid and can't imagine a world without them.
Apologies from Australia, it was our corrupt Tory equivalents that advised your Tories to adopt our cruel indefinite detention in a third country. Thankfully your labour has been strong enough to completely dismantle it. Here our Murdoch media has an even stronger hold and labor would be mercilessly demonised, so they dare not try. Yes weak but a one term govt achieves very little. It is great to hear hope in your voice, it is nice when you feel the grownups are in charge. And one last comment, I really enjoyed the drive around, it’s been 30 odd years since being in the UK, it’s nice to see what a very small part looks like. Cheers
It's bizarre, but the Conservatives have boiled our brains to such an extent that it has lowered our expectations as to what a government should provide. Keir Starmer is now being praised for doing sensible things like appointing actual experts to run departments that they have expertise in, or cancelling expensive and useless gimmicks like the Rwanda plan. I thought these things were the minimum a government should do, but in post Tory Britain, these are now considered revolutionary.
It's bizarre to see entire comment sections on other channels that are entirely "well that's it, the country's destroyed" etc as if the Tories were on their A game and Labour hoodwinked them out of office.
Imagine how many tories are going to be crapping their pants right now knowing they're going to investigate into human trafficking and all the rest of it.
As you say, trained. I was looking at the appointments being made where people with actual experience in those areas were being picked and said it was such a novel idea, at least this time around. Who knows who they’ll put in when this lot mess up or a scandal hits. And that’s the Tory training, I don’t expect ministers to be good at or stay in their jobs for long.
Hope Emily Thornberry with her £4.5 million property portfolio is given a cabinet job, that will still allow her time to sneering at working class van drivers...
Definitely agree this government does feel better, but they need to not be Blair Mark 2 and for them to do more than just reverse Tory policies policy and offer a positive vision. Also pleasantly surprised by technocracy done well with Timpson and the new Attorney General.
I`m happy enough that lucy allen has gone though she was pushing her constituents to join reform after telling them for 10 years that tory is the way to go
The Tories IMO acted like they were still at university in debate world where everything means nothing . It was all a game to them. Starmer isn't my cup of tea but fair play to him he's putting in People with actual experience and expertise in each area . Take it seriously. Not like the tories playing games. At last some common sense. That's all we want!
i think we all miss tory apologists coming out on TV radio media every day [well it seemed like it] making excuses for the latest government scandal , i agree with you the lack of effort the tories made almost as soon as sunak came along
It's propositions and plans and talk so far. Will have to wait and see if it all works. I agree it makes sense for now but...let's wait for results before we speak.
The right does not want to rehabilitate people, because then they have to be a paid a "fair" wage. Prisoners are the cheapest labor force (excluding slaves)
I'm usually very cynical, but even I'm feeling optimistic about the direction the country's heading in. It's a very unfamiliar feeling! How wonderful it is to have a hard-working government who puts the electorate first. Some excellent appointments too. Long may it continue!
They're not only getting things right, but getting things done: 1) Speaking to the junior Drs like humans 2) Holding water companies to account 3) Reaching out to the EU. 4) Planning, Prison & Education reform.
Plus, appointing an actual scientist (Patrick Vallance, a professional clinical researcher and a previous government chief scientific advisor) as science minister, and a King's Counsel with 30 years' courtroom experience (Richard Hermer KC) as Attorney General.
they haven't done anything yet lol
@@dariusftw3378apart from the things already mentioned yeah?
On Saturday, I was amazed that he had his first cabinet meeting when most new Prime Ministers are still deciding who to have in their cabinet and then the next day visited Edinburgh and Belfast. But he had to crack on as he was due to attend the NATaO conference this week.
@@dariusftw3378Starmer has already attended the NATO summit and visited Edinburgh, Cardiff and Belfast.
We are so used to a self-serving government. At last we have a government that wants to serve the people - let's hope it lasts!
Do you mean a government for the people by nationalising utilities like water maybe the railways or the post office ... or maybe by infrastructure projects which are 75% privately funded .... is that what you mean ?
Self-Servatives...
@@giancarlorotter6331 🥱 it's been 1 week
If anything Starmer will accelerate the privatisation of the NHS by increasing private funding just like Tony Blair and Gordon Brown with PFI's
@@Northstander I don't care if the PM is boring - I care whether the government intercedes to stop the 1% from F'ing us in the A 24/7/365.
I love listening to the (political) news without fear of getting an ulcer.
😂😂 so true
well said - me too!
*(side eyes us politics)* indeed
Imagine the mental state of some Brits who cannot comprehend that after a single week of PM Starmer the UK still continues to exist...
History will show the previous government as a 14 year dark age in British politics!
Didn't Gove say 'the British public have had enough of experts'? Well he would know, what a knob
One of the shiniest knobs is British Politics.
Knob being a compliment in his case
@@davidkeeling5726 I tried my best...
Well they operated a government without any experts and look where that got us
I don't approve of references to male genitalia or female for that matter... Does that make me a snob ?
I completely agree, it feels so disorientating to have a government governing for the country, reaching out to other nations, building bridges…. I hope they can continue
Likewise- there will be mistakes but I have to believe that these will be genuine and not fuelled by croneyism, ignorance or plain laziness.
Definitely.. I had my head in my hands at Starmers first press conference.. I couldn’t believe that after 14 years we finally had a real Government that would put country first over party.. I hope to God the right stay out of office for at least as long as the rest of us had to endure them in office.! Thank God it’s actually over… ❤❤
I can remember the last labour government when we had lower mortgage rates, you could get a dentist easily, uni fees were a fraction of what they are now, lower nhs waiting times, you could see a doctor the same or next day, better roads, more job opportunities, cheaper cost of living, cheaper energy etc etc.
Not saying everything Labour did was great but compared to the last 14 years it was chalk and cheese.
Your memory is playing tricks on you, We didnt have lower mortgage rates. For 12 of the 13 Labour years, mortgage rates were roughly what they are now or higher. We had ultra LOW mortgage rates for 13 of the 14 Tory years. We had lowr NHS waiting lists because you couldnt get on a list. You think its hard to get a dentist now, its about to get worse as we see huge numbers of boat arrivals who were waiting for a Labour government, they are going to be given priority for housing, and dentists. Cost of living was lower, but so were wages, it was just as hard to pay for things as it is now. Energy prices were not that much less, (petrol was about £1.30 in 2006, now about £1.42. Gas was about 4.5p a unit, now about 5.5p.) and the increase we have now is because of Ukraine war, it would have happened whoever was in government, But be prepared for big price increases now that Labour has scrapped new oil/gas licences. However bad things were, they are about to get a whole lot worse.
If you think starmer can or will emulate the Blair government without the booming economy he had, without the EU membership he had and without the charisma he had, I have some bad news for you. This is not new labour and never can be.
@@alberttatlock1541That’s absolute bollocks, that. Absolute nonsense. Life was far superior under the last Labour government than the Tories whose main objective was to enrich themselves and swindle the public purse. That’s a fact.
@@alberttatlock1541So everything is the fault of people in boats. They’re not going to get priority for housing and dentists. As for it was just as hard to pay for things is a load of garbage, people didn’t have to rely on food banks. The scrapping of oil and gas licences is a red herring as it takes up to 20 years for oil and gas fields to develop. Even then the price of oil and gas will be dictated by the world market. If you think things were as bad you’re living in cloud cuckoo land.
Nurses got paid better too.
Nurses now get 20% less then they did in 2009.
I'm going for a lie down . The adults appear to be in charge
@@williamfence566 Blair's puppet
Remember this feeling of change when some muppet says “I don’t vote as they’re all the same!”
I believe the Tories had only spent half the prison budget . No wonder they where failing
Feels good for a change to have competent leaders, Lets hope it continues this way for the next 5 years
I am already feeling good about this government because they are doing exactly what a government should be doing….governing the country.No gaslighting, no useless policies focusing on immigration, just doing the basics extremely well. A great start
Considering the Tories main attack line was that Labour had “no plan” they sure as shoot look like their executing one with ruthless efficiency! Can’t believe it’s only been a week!
I know, right? Even having a govt that is actually trying to improve things is such a strange feeling...
It is quite unnerving, chasing up water companies . . . What the hell!
Actually ordering expert-led reviews of things like the Armed Forces and the NHS before making any decisions other than a commitment to fund the recommendations... Baffling.
I hope he gives those Private Equity Shit pedallers what for...
Things can only get better!!! 🎉❤🎉
I hope they overturn the PIP voucher scheme that's being talked about. I have lived experience of needing money for different things through disability and the voucher scheme is unfair. I've already got in touch with my newly elected MP. Love your videos.
Yep. I've only recently accepted that my disability ain't getting better any time soon, and I'm going to need to apply for PIP, and the Tory scheme just seemed so utterly unworkable to me. I used to be an OT, so I've a pretty good understanding of what a voucher scheme would need to look like, but also where it would absolutely fall down and end up costing the taxpayer more.
I suspect it was a ruse for all the tories' mates to set up companies that would be the main equipment and services providers. Hopefully Labour see that, scrap it and do what SHOULD have being done, which is to employ a bunch of employment and disability specialists to help disabled people find and move into work without all the childish threats of sanctions.
I WANT to work, but I can't get to that point on my tod because I fatigue too quickly and then have to spend three days in bed waiting for my heart to stop threatening to explode.
That was a Tory policy as I far as I know, that would've been implemented if the Conservatives had won again. It's not a Labour policy.
@@moomin7461 I wouldn't hold your breath - labour has been very quiet on the subject thus far 😢
@@jasonharrison5765 As it's not a Labour policy they don't need to make any comment on it, they have more than enough to do without having to critique all the plans the Tories had. As the comment above says, the Tories lost the election - and so their policies are now as good as dust.
I think, I HOPE, that the voucher scheme was just some red meat to throw to the rabid dogs of the Mail and Telegraph readership. If Labours got any sense, they'll quietly bury it; if they try to implement it, something that the Tory press would've hailed as "a victory for common sense!" if passed under a Tory government will be vilifed as "unbelievably cruel" if passed under a Labour one.
The Rwanda 'policy' is a good example of a bad idea. Furthermore - Smart Motorways, HS2 & the classic example that is 'brexit': other things that really need 'fixing'
The overall mood of the nation has been lifted even though nothing has actually happened yet
You can tell by what's happening in sports. British driver winning a British grand prix, and England in the finals of the Euros. All of this since the Tories went out of government 😂
@cantin8697 I'm joking. Of course the government hasn't affected the football
YES!!
Brit expat in Aus here. My mom died in 2010, and I was in the UK when the election had just happened and it was a kind of hung parliament. By the time I left the UK Cameron was in and I have steadily watched with dismay how a thriving country that I was sad to leave has devolved so catastrophically. We were back in May this year and were dismayed at the state of the physical landscape (the potholes, dear god the potholes!), the decimation of the high street, and of course the increased poverty. I was so glad my mom was not around to see it. Now, though, we have hope for the UK. Living there it must feel like such a relief.
It is a bit odd. I'm still half expecting the next major scandal and for a week now there haven't been any. Just thoughtful, progressive action. I could get used to this.
After what the Tories have done, it is going to be hard for Labour but at least the performative cruelty is gone.
It may feel amazing but at the same time I think it's sad that we've gotten so used to being abused by our govt that we're in shock when faced with one that actually does their job and serves the people.
Wouldn’t even call it laying traps, more like milking as much money as they can before being kicked out of power.
The Conservatives were more interested in preserving the illusion of function, rather than taking action, they just preserved the impression of power, rather than actually using it, and were more committed to consolidating more draconian influence, rather than using the existing laws that already allowed them to do their job. It's just refreshing to have a government that does its job and doesn't constantly mope around how it cannot do anything without resorting to extreme ends.
I know that Labour are likely to be too influenced by lobbyists and are probably too neoliberal but they are nevertheless not engaging in culture wars, aren’t engaging in performative cruelty, aren’t going down conspiracy theory black holes.
We might want more from them but they are still doing lots of good stuff.
Definitely feel the same, it is a wonderful feeling to feel a little proud again. Pleased to that we set a good example at a crucial time in France. I live in France and no doubt at all, the people here were watching what was happening over there. The turnout for the second round was energised I believe by the Labour win.
France is now in the hands of of the Far left and radical Islamists good luck your going to need it
As soon as anything good comes along the Tories will say: "That was our idea, but if you'd voted for us, we'd have done it even better."
Felt the same here In Australia, switching from conservative to Labor after over a decade federal and state wide was just so strange to hear good news out of the government. I'm young to the point I hadn't remembered a time before being under a conservative government.
"Things can only get better!"
Don't jinx us with that tune, some tunes have a shelf life and that's one of em'. You'll make Mandelson start appearing on the telly again.
I agree, but I think Labour need to distance themselves from Blair. Blair has been saying some things recently, that have been making some uncomfortable. Not the PM, but how much influence does he have, over the current PM. Talking about disabled, sounds like Sunak and co. Well? Who closed Remploy Let's not forget. Cameron closed the few remaining, but it was Blair, who closed the majority, and it made no real sense.
Blair.iraq.war crimes
Sir Flipflop-a-lot has no ideas of his own. He’s just Blair’s globalist puppet.
Blair should butt out. He forever blotted his copy book by trotting at Bush's heels into Iraq.
The solution lies in a single national project.
That project is 300,000 council houses a year rent caps on private sector as a stop gap, and immigration focused on key workers only for a while, so trades , engineering, architecture, teaching , Training our current stock of both new people and long term poor and working poor.
Everyone at all levels climbing the skill ladder to build house,s Instead of the housing ladder to exploit others.
Another big pet peeve on migration " They are doing the jobs we don't want to do !"
No we can not afford to do those jobs , or we have toiled most of our lives doing them. Against impossible rents and we live single or in couples , not 10 to a house.
If you build more homes you lower rent , more people take normal low paid work , less jobs available, migration organically reduces with out any hard nationalism or forced expulsion
Yep. I'm a firm believer that the single biggest blow to the UK came with the selling off of council houses at impossibly low prices, which then forced many of the next generations into the waiting claws of private landlords, while bankrupting councils, and killing our ability to have the stability necessary to raise the next generation without needing to own a home.
Ban buy to let mortgages to.
@@MiningForPies for balance ⚖️ I want to acknowledge that there will be some very hard working decent folks who didn't wait for this dream to ever come into fruition.
It's worth at least acknowledging that they have put all their eggs in one basket ,( their own mortgage home etc) when these people get older they are going to told that they have to much money to qualify for state care and they will be expected to sell or partly liquidate their home to pay for a nurse or career. Also a sudden abundance of much cheaper housing will devalue their house from its loftly value to less than a third of the value. It's important to offer these people the appropriate guaranteed care and support possibly even options like being able to live out the rest of their lives in their own home but it is a council house after they death, in return they get round the clock care.
If they give the home to a relative, then free child care can be offered to allow the house to be added to council stocks and that family remains in place unless they move by their own choice.
Otherwise right wing party's will get their vote. As they stand to be disenfranchised by my proposal.
Just being realistic
So where are they going to get the money to build 300k homes a year? And who is going to do it? Because the actual builders dont want to build council houses because the margins are too small. Not to mention the typical clientel of council houses are dole bludgers. In 2022 there were 205k homes built. How do you plan on getting them to more than double that?
@@HeliumFreak well the government can do a thing called “pass laws”. They could make it so you can’t get planning permission for your estate if you don’t build council estates. And guess what, refuse to build? Ok compulsory purchase of land and you can build nothing
Agree - they are trying to do the right things like grown ups, but I'm not holding my breath for our finances to get better, or the NHS to suddenly start working properly and all the welfare services to be restored, because there's no money to do much with. But it is such a relief there are grown ups in charge, even if we may not like everything they do. Braverman's speech in America a couple of days back made me shudder, it reminded me of what living under the tories had become, absolutely awful....
Given how much damage the Tories have done, the immediate need is to stanch the flow and fix what damage can be fixed immediately. They've at least been doing the right things out the gate.
So I´m swedish but have lived in diffrent parts of Great Brittain for a while and still have loved ones in the country so this moves me including for the effect on politics in the rest of Europe. Actually started crying out of sheer bloody relief - just that water thing alone... YES!
Genuine thanks for that statement! The last 14 years have been the worst of my 70 year life and I mean that with utter sincerity.
@@JeffDavies-i8q Yep. I thought Heath and Thatcher were bad, but they were rank amateurs compared to the last lot, starting with that simp Camoron.
@@JeffDavies-i8q Get that and totally understandable.
Young adults today who have only known 14 years of conservatives, i feel sorry for.
Labour wasn't perfect but things were so much better from buying a house to NHS
Bringing in experts in their field is something Tories never did because they are all so up their own asses they believed only they knew best
For the past 14 years the country has been subjected to stockholme syndrome
Still enjoying the relief even though it is probably because the tories were so awful , my blood pressure says thanks 🙏
Serco run a lot of the prison services. They were in tories pockets. They do a bit of everything. A friend of mine worked for serco as a bin man. Horrible company to work for treated him like absolute shite. Now we look at the otherhand timpsons. Treat staff with huge respect give them free will with doing their job. Have holiday home that staff have free access to. Says it all really.
Completely agree, it feels weird! I'm gonna have to watch closely in case I see myself in the vid 😂
If Labour, open up a processing centre in France, then this summer might be the very last for illegal arrivals by small boats! Farage and the Daily Heil must be in mourning!
The French have been offering for years but the Tories preferred to have small boats to scare the bigots.
@@EdDueim yup. In a year or two we might see the likes of Farage and the Tories desperately sponsoring people smugglers...!
A processing centre allows legitimate refugees to enter the country legally. Most of the people coming on boats arent legit refugees. So a processing centre will not stop the boats.
@@HeliumFreak ?? That doesn't make sense
@@HeliumFreak "A processing centre allows legitimate refugees to enter the country legally. " A good start, no? And those who are considered persona non grata will be identified and recorded. That leaves economic migrants, many of whom we actually need. Also, properly staffed processing centres in the UK and a system which is not just warehousing people indefinitely.
It’s so much better now feels like a proper government
Labour have hit the ground running, very good cabinet put together
Putting together a cabinet is one thing. It is what that cabinet chooses to do that is the important thig.
1:53 - You drove through a red light turning left off Queens Road. Spot on video though.
I'll wait to see how he acts regarding Scotland and don't forget the elephant in the room Gaza. I doubt very much that I'll agree with him on either of these.
Well seeing as they have only been in office 6 days, I would hold off on the presumptive opinions.
Could have called for a ceasefire immediately @@damianleah6744
He is at least speaking to the Scottish which is a step up from the last "Government".
He did already call for a ceasefire
There isn't anything he ought to do for Scotland, there was no mandate for Scottish independence in the GE. None whatsoever.
Putting people in prison is terrible business. It costs a fortune, and you lack the tax from the prisoner. Very bad business. I am more for home prison. Home prison and allowed to go to work. I know a guy who did that. He never had any conviction after that. You can't believe how much he loved he's work, he was very happy when there were overtime, he's employer loved him. Also, he was never late for work. It was a successful rehabilitation.
No cost for prison, and tax in the hungry chest.
Spot on, have to say the bar was set low by the Tories but things and people felt better from day 1.
Been having this conversation frequently!
Just boring get it done politics. Wouldn't be nice if they just delivered. No Willy's out no tractor porn no betting scandal no giving their mates contracts no grifters no Doctors strike no Old school tie. The stuff of dreams 🎉
Competent people running things. What a novel concept 😂. Isn't it great to feel like we're not being lied to and gaslit about nonsense.
Just wait until the honeymoon period is over...
@@clmclmn21 so is that next year or in 4 years 🤔 😂
It’s about other options instead of sending people to prison as well !
Completely agree, starting with drug possession and better use of community services
I know what you mean. It just feels bloody good, doesn't it.😊
Even more bizarre is that 3 of the 4 opposition parties are daggers drawn at each other - and Ed Davey of the LDs looks the most sensible.
Aren't the tories still busy sharpening knives for each other?
@@TheKompromissi 1 of the 3!
i can see traditional tories switching to liberal party soon
Ed Davey, who spent the election week bungee jumping and grinning and splashing about in water?
@@routeman680 Did you even notice the LDs in politics before he did that?
I like your points, but...did you run a red at 1:56?
Lets hope they make the correct decision on tax. Instead of taxing workers they can tax cars and fuel to pay for everything.
They will raise tax but I can’t see it being on workers, eventually they will have to go down the capital gains tax route but I can’t see that happening for a while.
@@vanmantalks Middleclass pay most tax, so they will be the ones to get taxed
They all sit in the right lane for me and then want to go up the 23😂 it is weird to have a proper government again. Long may it last!
What is going on! Government using logic instead of ideology! Its weird
So good to have adults in charge again
All is not what it seems.
Completely agree. It feels a bit weird to have a mature adult at the helm. I'm still sick of seeing and hearing farage though.
Tired of Farage already? I can't think why!
My biggest fear is Labour wont be able to make enough of a difference in one term. It will allow Farage and co to make the next election all about immigration. Even if Labour do some good it will be harder for them to convince the voters if living standards haven't improved including public services.
I share your fear.
The only way they could really make a difference in one term would be drastically sorting out wealth inequality with capital gains tax but I can’t see it happening in the first term.
Everyones been taking magic mushrooms on this video imagining labour is a good government 😂😂
Why what's wrong with them? I saw their announcements in the King's Speech, they all sound pretty good frankly. They are also in line with what they were promising in their manifesto. Would be nice to get a government that actually does what it said it would do, unlike the Tories who just lied in their manifesto then didn't deliver on most of what they said they would.
@lloroshastar6347 seriously you are an absolute idiot they are not gonna do what they promise amd that fact you think they will makes me pmsl 🤣🤣🤣
@lloroshastar6347 seriously you believe they will do what they promise? 🤣🤣🤣🤣
@@Lisa-c1987 they did a lot last time they were in power, so yeah I don't see why not. Some of the policies will no doubt be watered down, but they have form in that regard and the Tories have form in letting the country down. 14 years of mismanagement, I won't forget it.
@@Lisa-c1987 this all just sounds like cope, I think either you're a bot or so committed to the Tories you've drank the kool aid and can't imagine a world without them.
Apologies from Australia, it was our corrupt Tory equivalents that advised your Tories to adopt our cruel indefinite detention in a third country. Thankfully your labour has been strong enough to completely dismantle it. Here our Murdoch media has an even stronger hold and labor would be mercilessly demonised, so they dare not try. Yes weak but a one term govt achieves very little. It is great to hear hope in your voice, it is nice when you feel the grownups are in charge.
And one last comment, I really enjoyed the drive around, it’s been 30 odd years since being in the UK, it’s nice to see what a very small part looks like. Cheers
Isn't it refreshing having a government doing things for the good of the country rather than feathering their own nests.
Nice to see my old home town again, especially Seven Dials and Queens Road.
It's bizarre, but the Conservatives have boiled our brains to such an extent that it has lowered our expectations as to what a government should provide.
Keir Starmer is now being praised for doing sensible things like appointing actual experts to run departments that they have expertise in, or cancelling expensive and useless gimmicks like the Rwanda plan.
I thought these things were the minimum a government should do, but in post Tory Britain, these are now considered revolutionary.
300 mil wasted by the tories and no one went,it was a stupid idea anyway
It's bizarre to see entire comment sections on other channels that are entirely "well that's it, the country's destroyed" etc as if the Tories were on their A game and Labour hoodwinked them out of office.
Don't be silly, Sunak knows everything, even how the people have felt all this time why would he need experts? HE IS the expert.
^^^^^^
Sarcasm
It's like people forgot how a competency looks like.
I so agree! This new government just gives me a good feeling. They are serious adults getting on with things 🙂
Agree! It feels as if the folk in charge are interested in making the country function like a 21st Century democracy instead of a middle ages fiefdom.
Did you run a red light turning into North road ? Naughty lad !
Makes you realise how grossly incompetent the Tories have been doesn’t it.
Thanks 🙏 🤞🤞🤞💯👍😄
we have had no political scandals for a week!? what on earth!
Is that Brighton? Happy days.
It certainly is 👍
Imagine how many tories are going to be crapping their pants right now knowing they're going to investigate into human trafficking and all the rest of it.
As you say, trained. I was looking at the appointments being made where people with actual experience in those areas were being picked and said it was such a novel idea, at least this time around. Who knows who they’ll put in when this lot mess up or a scandal hits. And that’s the Tory training, I don’t expect ministers to be good at or stay in their jobs for long.
Hope Emily Thornberry with her £4.5 million property portfolio is given a cabinet job, that will still allow her time to sneering at working class van drivers...
Ok pleb, we'll see what we can do......😂
She’s just another champagne socialist snob.
Yep feel the same long May it last
with a pinch of salt. but the phrase of the day is indeed "at least"
you nearly ran a red at the start... be careful!
Really It literally turned amber as I passed the light
Us Brits feel like we have just left prison ourselves.everyone seems so happy now
The grown ups are back in charge and the toddlers are confined to to the play room where they can bicker amongst themselves.
Definitely agree this government does feel better, but they need to not be Blair Mark 2 and for them to do more than just reverse Tory policies policy and offer a positive vision. Also pleasantly surprised by technocracy done well with Timpson and the new Attorney General.
I`m happy enough that lucy allen has gone though she was pushing her constituents to join reform after telling them for 10 years that tory is the way to go
The Tories IMO acted like they were still at university in debate world where everything means nothing . It was all a game to them. Starmer isn't my cup of tea but fair play to him he's putting in People with actual experience and expertise in each area . Take it seriously. Not like the tories playing games.
At last some common sense. That's all we want!
Angela's green trouser suit is disgusting...but I do like her a lot anyway
Yes 100%. The country feels better already even though nothing has really changed yet
Yes, it's like "and...breathe"..
But it still smells like pollution so perhaps hold your breath again, until Reform can do a little more.
They’ve just agreed for a raise in water rates. Not exactly renationalising is it
i think we all miss tory apologists coming out on TV radio media every day [well it seemed like it] making excuses for the latest government scandal , i agree with you the lack of effort the tories made almost as soon as sunak came along
Omg that car nearly hit you at the end 😅
It's propositions and plans and talk so far. Will have to wait and see if it all works. I agree it makes sense for now but...let's wait for results before we speak.
It's the feel good factor
To be fair, they’re just in. 😊
Even more strange is watching you drive on the wrong side of the road.. hello from europe
The right does not want to rehabilitate people, because then they have to be a paid a "fair" wage. Prisoners are the cheapest labor force (excluding slaves)
Slavery is illegal in the UK.
I'm usually very cynical, but even I'm feeling optimistic about the direction the country's heading in. It's a very unfamiliar feeling! How wonderful it is to have a hard-working government who puts the electorate first. Some excellent appointments too. Long may it continue!