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it is not what keir starmer is doing. and prime ministers, if you read the books, there's some very good ones on the last ten prime ministers, they have to give us a tune to hum. they have to take us to the shining city on the hill. keir starmer may be very well advised to read the commentary i've seen in the statesman, the spectator. george osborne's been out on his podcast saying there's nothing wrong with a little bit of hope. i totally agree with paddy and actually it's really interesting that echoes across the water in america. kamala harris has completely embraced that, and i was talking to a couple of labour insiders about, you know, is there enough pain being talked about now that is going to overshadow the beginning of this labour government? but look, it's early days, it's two months in, so, keir starmer did a big speech on tuesday in the downing street garden, and we're using the oasis song lyric don't look back in anger to describe this section. and here is a little bit of keir starmer looking back, kind of in

keir starmer is more _ lied by distraction. keir starmer is more calculated.es that do not technically cost him financially. so he can _ technically cost him financially. so he can say— technically cost him financially. so he can say that we have the war in ukraine _ he can say that we have the war in ukraine and — he can say that we have the war in ukraine and the pandemic. but how does that— ukraine and the pandemic. but how does that affect a pledge like defending freedom of movement? i want defending freedom of movement? want to defending freedom of movement? i want to come back to freedom of movement. want to come back to freedom of movement-— want to come back to freedom of movement. . . ,, . ., movement. what keir starmer would sa that as movement. what keir starmer would say that as he _ movement. what keir starmer would say that as he had _ movement. what keir starmer would say that as he had those _ movement. what keir starmer would say that as he had those leadership i say that as he had those leadership pledges in early 2020 and there was a pandemi

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sir keir starmer is behind me. sir keir starmer is behind me. sir keir starmer is staying here.with olaf scholz tomorrow. the idea here is to , to six months to work out is to, to six months to work out a deal , a is to, to six months to work out a deal, a treaty is to, to six months to work out a deal , a treaty with is to, to six months to work out a deal, a treaty with germany covering all sorts of areas to boost trade, deepen defence security, increase action on illegal migration and the like. he wants this to be a model of other other deals with other eu countries as we go forward under this labour government, you know, the pm thinks privately that it's not reversing brexit, that it's not reversing brexit, that other treaties have done all the time. we've been trading with our our friends and neighbours on the continent for hundreds of years . and here's hundreds of years. and here's a case of strengthening those bonds, those bonds. but there's no question that tomorrow morning i think a lot of maybe tory brexiteers will be spitting out their cornflakes and dropping the mar

indeed, that's what i would be advising keir starmer to do, because if he doesn't, this notion of twoir is going to become embedded and it is going to become embedded in the national conversation. >> the reason why mosques are having additional security is because mosques are under attack. catholic churches for example, aren't having extra security because catholic churches aren't under attack. if they were , then they should of they were, then they should of course have it. there should be no attacks on any places of worship. now i just find this discussion so completely through the looking glass . why we? so the looking glass. why we? so let's take the met. we've had many discussions here sitting in these chairs or these newer, fancier chairs , but their their fancier chairs, but their their predecessors about failures in the met on racism in the police force. we've also had greater manchester having to suspend a number of police officers last week over issues of racism and the things that we're hearing about the two tier that i hear from matt goodwin and from nigel farage and from

so you're in keir starmer's team.ng at all the polling and it's saying two thirds of brits associate the protests and the riots with immigration. right. you're looking at the polling. it's also saying immigration is the number one issue facing the country. so here's my question. he's given a number of speeches since the riots and the protests. why hasn't he once mentioned the word immigration? why is he not once said, i get that this might actually be rooted in people's concerns over what's happening on the borders. and with immigration. >> go on. »- >> go on. >> so i can tell you what what i think, like, i don't know that they haven't consulted me about this, but, as you say, given all that , it's this, but, as you say, given all that, it's very unlikely indeed that, it's very unlikely indeed that they just forgot. isn't it? it's very unlikely to be an oversight . so what i think it's very unlikely to be an oversight. so what i think is going on is what i was talking about earlier. i think deliberately what they're s

keir starmer wasn't 0k, wasn't he. — country. keir starmer wasn't 0k, wasn't he, because _ country.'t he, because he _ country. keir starmer wasn't 0k, wasn't he, because he didn't - country. keir starmer wasn't ok, | wasn't he, because he didn't spell out the plans ahead, he just said things will get worse before they get better, there is a question whether you can deliver improvements within the next four or five years before the next election. to within the next four or five years before the next election.- before the next election. to fix this country. — before the next election. to fix this country, the _ before the next election. to fix this country, the first - before the next election. to fix this country, the first thing - before the next election. to fix this country, the first thing you have to do is look at the problems that we face. you can't fix a house if you are ignoring the cracks in the foundation. and there are deep fissures in the foundations of this country. the worst squeeze in wages since napoleon, the highest waitlist in our history, the highest energy price

i want to see keir starmer.ally reign it in and actually reign it in and actually see those kind of reforms being implemented. but unfortunately, i think the kind of political problems do tend to ensue. >> i mean, we actually hearing any kind of reason why this £3 billion is the number that they need to cut waiting lists. i mean, you know, we've already got what, however many million people it is, 8 million people or something on an nhs waiting list, you know, where have they got this arbitrary. give us another three bill. i mean, it's almost like we're being held hostage by a group of medics, isn't it? >> it does feel that way. and of course, we know that there are huge numbers of those particular individuals that are in unions that then end up negotiating with the government, i.e. tax payers for higher and higher pay- payers for higher and higher pay. and yet they don't turn up to work in the first place. this is the point. the national health service was established in the 1940s to provide universal healthcar

and keir starmer now must be seen to be taking _ prime minister and keir starmer now must be seen to seen to be taking a leadership role and - must be seen to be taking a leadership role and try - must be seen to be taking a leadership role and try to i must be seen to be taking a . leadership role and try to make must be seen to be taking a - leadership role and try to make sure we don't _ leadership role and try to make sure we don't keep— leadership role and try to make sure we don't keep going _ leadership role and try to make sure we don't keep going round - leadership role and try to make sure we don't keep going round in - we don't keep going round in circles and having — we don't keep going round in circles and having this _ we don't keep going round in circles and having this moment, _ we don't keep going round in circles and having this moment, we - we don't keep going round in circles and having this moment, we can't. and having this moment, we can't wait _ and having this moment, we can't wait every— and having this moment, we can't wait. every single _ and having this mo

somebody take keir starmer apart. do that, i'll vote for them. >> everyone's been perfectly plausible, a very tactful answer there from david davis. thank you so much forjoining us on the show. i'm now joined by mike tapp, labour mp for dover and deal tapp, labour mp for dover and deal. so you've been in the us for the last week or so. i think speaking to kamala harris's team, what have you been doing there? can you tell us a bit about your trip? >> it was a really interesting trip , essentially what we're trip, essentially what we're doing. we went over in january, a group of candidates at the time to learn from the americans and the democrats and looking at their campaign methods , etc. we their campaign methods, etc. we went back out, obviously, after our landslide victory, to impart some of our knowledge as to what we learn on the campaign trail and look at what they're doing with their campaign. it's really interesting, actually. and one of the big messages that i was taking over there was to ensure that with the

>> well what keir starmer, what keir starmer should have done.in his manifesto, if that's what he wanted to do. and so should the liberal democrats. but perhaps the liberal democrats, you know, it appears that their only policy is going back into the european union, but perhaps they should concentrate more on productivity and some of the things that really impact the lives of people throughout this country , people throughout this country, rather than their ideological preoccupations . preoccupations. >> okay, gentlemen, a spirited debate with both sides of the argument there. former liberal democrat mp mark oaten and of course, james day, the former deputy chair of the conservative party. let's admit it, lads, haven't we missed arguing about brexit? superb stuff. i hope you enjoyed that as much as i do. thank you to you also, katherine forster for joining thank you to you also, katherine forster forjoining me in the studio. now brace yourselves, it's studio. now brace yourselves, wsfime studio. now brace yourselves, it's time for the great britis

so are things already beginning to unravel for keir starmer? eg smith . conservative mp greg smith. greg, thank you very much. so i mean it's all gone a bit pete tong for keir hasn't it. >> yeah it's even surprised me how quickly the wheels seem to be coming off this labour government. but i mean we were all staggered that almost the first thing they did was mess around with pensioners taking away the winter fuel allowance . away the winter fuel allowance. we were then having to pick our jaws up off the floor as they offered these eye—watering pay rises to please their trade union masters. then they managed to get themselves embroiled in a scandal in downing street around labour donors getting passes . labour donors getting passes. the bad news seems to keep on coming. i mean, i'm not sure whether they'd even contemplated that they could win the election, whether they came into this with a with a plan at all, because it seems to be jumping from pillar to post. the obr called them out when rachel reeves tried to pretend there was a 20 billion bla

and that's clearly what keir starmer wants to do.to get germany on side, in order to really talk to the eu, in a broader sense. so i think we've got two things going on. on the one hand, bilateral talks with germany, particularly on defence. on the other hand, getting germany onside, in order to push forward broader eu collaboration between london and brussels. let's speak to our political correspondent henry zeffman, who's in berlin with the prime minister. we heard about that eu reset sir keir starmer would like. tell us what that means.— keir starmer would like. tell us what that means. ~ . ., what that means. well, we have heard that word reset _ what that means. well, we have heard that word reset an _ what that means. well, we have heard that word reset an awful— what that means. well, we have heard that word reset an awful lot _ what that means. well, we have heard that word reset an awful lot from - that word reset an awful lot from sir keir starmer whenever he has met a european leader in his two short months as prime minist

but of what keir starmer might be laying out? �* , . ., ., , out?er the _ out? an interesting contrast with the day after the election, - out? an interesting contrast with the day after the election, that i the day after the election, that early morning speech the prime minister gave in the tate modern in london when he talks about a new dawn and gave over a really optimistic vision, actually, although what was going to happen over the next few months. it is different to what the prime minister was saying during the election campaign. he always talked about this idea of a decade of renewal, about not being able to fix things overnight and taking time. in that sense the speech we are about to hear is perhaps slightly the greatest hits of keir starmer that we heard during the election campaign and in opposition. however, it matters more than ever. now he is actually a number ten he needs to put flesh on the bones, explain more about what it means in practice. it's all very well rolling the pitch for some difficult decisions but those decisions have to

and keir starmer is right.tarmer is right because he understands that there are certain communities that are under threat right now from rioters from far right thugs, and he's speaking the will of the british public. a yougov poll today came out saying that most of britain, most of british people, say that the writers should be described as thugs, rioters and racists and when keir starmer made that press conference, that's what he was relaying to the british public. so elon musk should understand that because of the great work he has done in other areas of spacex and tesla and starlink, his sort of knowledge has a has certain restrictions. okay okay. >> all right. i'll come back to you as well. harry, i'm just going to bring up on the screen now a couple of things that i think potentially might illustrate. elon musk's, points for him. so this was a report from the bbc after last night's incidents in birmingham, cars and pub attacks in birmingham . and pub attacks in birmingham. now, that basically failed to men

sir keir starmer there speaking earlier today with his german counterpart olaf scholz.set that relationship with germany post—brexit, a close ending of that relationship between these two countries. , relationship between these two countries. . �* . relationship between these two countries. , �*, ., , countries. yes, it's really quite strikin: countries. yes, it's really quite striking the _ countries. yes, it's really quite striking the number— countries. yes, it's really quite striking the number of- countries. yes, it's really quite striking the number of times . countries. yes, it's really quite | striking the number of times he countries. yes, it's really quite - striking the number of times he has now met chancellor scholz and made repeated attempts with various european leaders to use that word about resetting relationships with the eu. he clearly feels that under the eu. he clearly feels that under the previous conservative government, given everything that happened around the brexit negotiations, there was perhaps some hard feeling there towards the end and he

sir keir starmer speaking — real threat. sir keir starmer speaking on _ real threat.starmer speaking on a number - real threat. sir keir starmer speaking on a number of. real threat. sir keir starmer - speaking on a number of issues following his trip to paris and of course yesterday he was in berlin. we will stay with uk politics because we have got a developing news story. the bbc understands that colum eastwood is going to resign as the sdlp mp. he became leader of the party in 2015. he is due to give a news conference shortly to explain his decision and we are monitoring that, we will bring that to you life. our ireland correspondent joins us to talk us through the significance of this for those who are monitoring this closely. they will know that mr eastwood was talking about burnout but put it into context for us? it talking about burnout but put it into context for us?— talking about burnout but put it into context for us? it looks like colum eastwood _ into context for us? it looks like colum eastwood has _ into context for us? it looks like colum eastwood has

and now this announcement, with keir starmer saying today , with, keir starmer saying today, with, with would consider looking around this, pointing on people saying that 80,000 people lose their lives every year to something like smoking. it's a preventable cause of death, but it is going to hit the hospitality industry hard. katie mcphilemy from davenport's brewery, who run this pub where i'm in the beer garden now, the elms pub in shareshill. she spoke to us. she spoke to us earlier. she talked about, you know, just how much of a of a of an actual effect this is going to have on this industry, talking about the viability of the hospitality industry over a broader period of time because of the way people use this space, this beer garden, where i am today is a social space. and her argument is, is that it just drives people away. that's also the opinion of the chief executive of the british beer and pub association, the idea that pubs are community spaces. that's the concern with this bill. >> this conversation, i'm joined by the ceo of the night time industries and that's michael kill

keir starmer tojoin his german counterpart.cussion earlier today regarding a treaty. now it's time for the weather with carol kirkwood. hello again. we've had some heavy showers this morning, particularly so across wales and southwest england. now, as we go through today, the weather front responsible for that will still be with us. here it is here — it's moving northwards and eastwards. it's the dregs of yesterday's weather front. and then we have another one coming in across the northwest, introducing some heavy showers for northern ireland and western scotland. and you may well hear the odd rumble of thunder from those too. but in between these two areas, a lot of dry weather, some sunshine, areas of cloud floating around at times, but it will feel quite warm in the southeastern corner. we could reach 28 degrees today, fresher across the northwest where we're looking at 15 to about 18 degrees. now, through this evening and overnight, everything pushes into the north sea. we'll have clear skies for a time, but then further sh

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is the honeymoon over for sir keir starmer's labour party? ship and already 52% of brits are unhappy about the direction of travel of the country. only 22% are happy. sir keir starmer's personal popularity opinion has gone down by a full seven points in the wake of the recent riots, and also those union pay rises. what's your take? do you think the honeymoon is over? is this normal? we were just getting used to a new government. it's your show. get in touch. you know how gbnews.com/yoursay get over your comments and i'll read out the best before the end of the show. but now it's your latest news headlines. >> good afternoon. i'm sophia wenzler from the gb newsroom at 4:00. your top story this hour. one person has died and six are missing after a superyacht carrying british passengers sank off the coast of sicily . the off the coast of sicily. the british registered 56 metre bayocean, had 22 people on board when it went down after being struck by a tornado. the yachts, owned by the family of british tech entrepreneur mike lynch, who is believed

the bit that really struck me was _ tangible from keir starmer? seems pretty clear to me that keir starmer is rolling the pitch for the next few months to be full of decisions by the government that will be pretty unpopular. short—term pain for long—term gain was the way the prime minister put it. he is doing that at the start of his administration because this is the easiest time to do it. he hasjust won a comfortable majority in parliament. it�*s anotherfour won a comfortable majority in parliament. it�*s another four and a half years until there is another general election, so this is the time the government can perhaps afford to do the really unpopular stuff. but as we have seen with winter fuel payments, and as we may see with more decisions the government announces, see with more decisions the governmentannounces, unpopular government announces, unpopular decisions governmentannounces, unpopular decisions can lead to a lot of pressure, notjust from the public but also from mps as well. the decision number ten now has to weigh up decision num

keir starmer, my point is keir starmer keeps rabbiting on about the so—called far right, but no one evenbe able to define what it is and even just in your definition, we've gone from you defined the far right as people that rioted. then you said, okay, it's not the kids, it's the leaders. then when i've put you allow the harehills riots is far right. then you say, no, they're not far right. then when you say you mean the far right, people are the ones that are targeting the mosque. and then he points out that it was actually some random fella in pakistan that spread all those rumours. then you don't think he didn't target the mosque? >> i mean, i'm anas sarwar very long arms. >> if he's sitting in pakistan, isn't he to be able to target a mosque in the uk? all i'm saying is, is i think that people, people who go to a mosque to try and set it on fire, which is what happened, right? >> i mean, it's disgraceful. >> i mean, it's disgraceful. >> it's criminal behaviour. >> it's criminal behaviour. >> it's criminal behaviour. >> i mean that that is clear, right? there's no one at this table wh

you could say it was a baptism of fire for keir starmer.in the 2011 riots it is i think when you were in government. how well do you were in government. how well do you think he survived that test? t you think he survived that test? i think he survived that test very well indeed. he applied exactly the same process that was applied in 2011 with some success, namely the absolute necessity of bringing writers to justice quickly and dealing with them in a way that sends out a clear deterrent to message to other people not to repeat the behaviour. and it works. i think it is quite clear that has happened. from that point of view, the immediate problem has been dealt with. it is still of course leaving the wider issues behind the riots and what to do about them, but it seems to me that he acted entirely properly, and the government rallied in doing it, notwithstanding the fact the criminal justice in doing it, notwithstanding the fact the criminaljustice system in this country is in a pretty bad state. they were able to pull the stops out, and i

keir starmer has been manauuin better? keir starmer has been managing expectations - better?or— seen the weather is the biggest factor in — seen the weather is the biggest factor in small boat crossings and it gets _ factor in small boat crossings and it gets worse over the summer and he is letting _ it gets worse over the summer and he is letting everyone know that is the case so _ is letting everyone know that is the case so they expect that. i think people — case so they expect that. i think people will give the new labour government a bit of breathing space to deal— government a bit of breathing space to deal with the issue. they have not had _ to deal with the issue. they have not had much of a honeymoon, there has been _ not had much of a honeymoon, there has been a _ not had much of a honeymoon, there has been a domestic crisis, this huge _ has been a domestic crisis, this huge camera foreign affairs crisis at the _ huge camera foreign affairs crisis at the same time, a massively challenging context for a new prime challenging context fora new prime minister— challengi

so what should keir starmer do ? so what should keir starmer do?hould resign. he should either resign or rethink his strategy. he calls the whole way that labour's deau the whole way that labour's dealt with this situation utter stupidity. i find it very difficult to disagree with boris's words on this. had it not been for him overseeing the largest immigration figures on record coming into this country. so in one hand he calls for tighter security and immigration. on the other, he's now battling it out. but it seems to be the to be the leader of the opposition in de facto while rishi sunak in beverly hills. but he is right about what he's saying nonetheless. >> right. i mean, should we just unpack this for a second? is bofis unpack this for a second? is boris johnson right, no . no, he boris johnson right, no. no, he really isn't. now, i'm not a supporter of sir keir starmer. i'm not a labour party member, but i find myself in the uncomfortable position of having to defend an awful lot of his actions. but if we take some of the accusations from bor

keir starmer keir starmer keir starmer . he keir starmer keir starmer keir starmer. he also said that a million people died from covid and that was a total lie. okay, sorry for saying that. number one, but what about the what about pubs, paul? >> because i mean, this is going to hit pubs. they're just recovering from covid. it's interesting that lewis brings up pubs had a terrible time under covid obviously, because you couldn't go to the pub and they're just recovering. and now starmer hits them with this. now people are going to be dissuaded from going to the pub because to the nhs. it would solve the problem immediately. and if people out there are thinking, well, you know, the world will implode, well, let it implode because it will solve all our problems at the moment. yeah. >> but lewis, i mean, paul makes some good points, but also people are still dying from smoking. 80,000 people a year are dying from smoking. shouldn't shouldn't the government come in and nanny us into not smoking? >> you know what? paul doesn't understand why they're doing this. they're do

parliament is back next week and sir keir starmer will say it won't be business as usual.e speech as a performative attempt to distract the public from promises they claim sir keir starmer never had any intention of keeping. but the prime minister hopes that by spelling out bluntly how tough things are, voters will be on board. ben wright, bbc news. let's advise you that if you're watching bbc news here in the uk, from ten o'clock local time, you will be able to see that speech by sir keir starmer live here on the bbc -- bbc sir keir starmer live here on the bbc —— bbc news channel and there will be a special break—out of coverage for viewers in the uk. we understand that sir keir starmer�*s speech is also going to suggest that the riots earlier this month showed the riots earlier this month showed the cracks in society after what he described as 1a years of populism and failure. so we will bring that to you from ten o'clock. in the last hour, it's been announced that one of the biggest music groups of the britpop era of the 1990s, 0asis, are reuniting. brothers liam and n

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and, you know, keir starmer behaves in an incredibly arrogant fashion. t starmer on so many fronts, including his sort of woke authoritarian, instincts, his complete lack of seriousness about dealing with illegal migration, for example, the looming tax rises on the horizon. i think the damage that starmer and his labour government will do to britain will be absolutely immense. margaret thatcher would be horrified. i think, by what is happening in britain today, the state of the country under under laboun state of the country under under labour. and this decision by by starmer, of course, to remove thatcher's portrait, says everything we need to know about keir starmer, about his lack of class character and his poor, his poor judgement. >> okay, nigel. well, say what you really think. you know . get you really think. you know. get off that fence. thank you so much. i'll catch up with you soon, nigel. thank you. panel. andrew. andrew. it was . it was andrew. andrew. it was. it was his labour colleague who commissioned the portrait. gordon brown. absolutely.

keir starmer it's not working.s own plan which is obviously centred around smashing the smashing the criminal gangs. the question will be obviously they've only beenin will be obviously they've only been in four weeks when they've been in four weeks when they've beenin been in four weeks when they've been in four weeks when they've been in four months a year, two years. will their policy have worked if it has, they'll get huge political credit for it. if they haven't , then it's going to they haven't, then it's going to become a very, very serious political problem. >> so far. maybe sir keir starmer has passed this test and it was a severe test on his authority in the country. >> yeah, i think it was so far. yeah. it was exactly. obviously we'll have to see how things play we'll have to see how things play out over the weekend. but it was being framed as his first test and you touched on it. i certainly think that the fast tracking of the sentences and the sort of the exemplary sentencing that we've put through, i

i just wonder whether or not keir starmer missed the point .ir starmer missed the point. from many of you responding to me tonight. it certainly feels so. judyta. kelvin thank you for your company. thank you to each and every one of you. this conversation, i'm sure, will continue again, but that's all from me. up next farage night. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar, sponsors of weather on gb news >> hello. good evening. welcome to your latest gb news weather update brought to you from the met office . warm and sunny for met office. warm and sunny for many of us into tomorrow. some further heavy downpours though across eastern england at first and through the evening we could still see some heavy downpours into friday though we will see a weather front arrive from the north—west that's going to introduce much fresher air, but before then, still a fairly muqqy before then, still a fairly muggy night to come. and as i said, it's the risk of thunderstorms first thing this evening across eastern areas of england. but those should die down as the

keir starmer wasn't given any detail away at all.00 or so. are people just above that level or even at that level like to be counted as those with the broader shoulders? are they going to be hit badly in october? i shoulders? are they going to be hit badly in october?— badly in october? i don't know what's going — badly in october? i don't know what's going to _ badly in october? i don't know what's going to be _ badly in october? i don't know what's going to be in - badly in october? i don't know what's going to be in rachel. badly in october? i don't know - what's going to be in rachel reeves budget. they've been very specific up budget. they've been very specific up until now in saying that they are not going to hit these people. the income tax is the easiest and most effective tax from which you can gather money. they have ruled that out. so if it down to inheritance tax and capital gains tax these people will not be so affected. but what was a shame today is that i thought in his speech, i think the public knows that the economy

that is politics the danger for keir starmer is.es dysfunctional and there are not here -- not clear lines. whose job ends where and who is in charge of who. getting those things bedded in and sorted out will make things easier. they have only been in power for five weeks. some of that is being worked through. it has been a period of high tension. there are a few teething problems. . i'm sure it will be sorted out. >>>> we have got a few seconds. i want to ask you. we are hearing keir starmer who had postponed his holiday because of the rights has canceled it altogether. i su announcer: funding for presentation of this program is provided by... financial services firm, raymond james. announcer: funding was also provided by, the freeman foundation. and by judy and peter blum kovler foundation, pursuing solutions for america's neglected needs. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ announcer: "usa today" calls it, "arguably the best bargain in streaming." that's because the free pbs app lets you watch the best of pbs anytime, anywhere. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ announcer: funding fo

keir starmer, more peeple _ do people view that?armer, more people believe _ do people view that? keir starmer, more people believe he _ do people view that? keir starmer, more people believe he is - do people view that? keir starmer, more people believe he is handling| more people believe he is handling the situation badly then think he is handling the situation well. but that tends to be along political lines. if you are a supporter of keir starmer or indeed labour you probably believe he is handling it well and the opposite is true for others. but what is interesting to me is the distinction for reform uk supporters, because supporters of the unrest tend to be older, more likely to be male, but there is a substantially different response from reform uk supporters. roundabout eight in ten believe that the protests themselves are justified. between one and five, and one in three, of that group of reform uk supporters believe that the unrest at these events, or at least thinking about it, is justified, and that is the interesting po

keir starmer- your bandwidth. keir starmer the other— your bandwidth.her day said there is a problem with angry people _ other day said there is a problem with angry people and _ other day said there is a problem with angry people and populist, i other day said there is a problem i with angry people and populist, left and right, _ with angry people and populist, left and right, the— with angry people and populist, left and right, the way— with angry people and populist, left and right, the way to _ with angry people and populist, left and right, the way to beat - with angry people and populist, leftl and right, the way to beat populism, and right, the way to beat populism, and that is— and right, the way to beat populism, and that is what _ and right, the way to beat populism, and that is what these _ and right, the way to beat populism, and that is what these twitter - and that is what these twitter trolls — and that is what these twitter trolls feed _ and that is what these twitter trolls feed off, _ and that is what these twitter trolls feed off, is

that keir starmer was in some way far right? no, of that keir starmer was in some way far right ?ay far right? no, of course not. so why is there that mental link between people with the flag of this country and the fact that you must be some kind of frothing racist if you want to put it on a flagpole in your front lawn or at your local pansh front lawn or at your local parish hall. why is that? >> i think because there is a there's a historical link between the union jack and issues of racism that isn't to say that anyone that flies the union jack is racist. i have a union jack is racist. i have a union jack. i'm really proud a of our flag in our country. i think what keir starmer did was try to embrace more patriotism , try to embrace more patriotism, patriotic values, which is the right thing to do. and if we're going to long term solve this problem, we have to get to a place where everyone in our country is proud of it and they don't feel uncomfortable flying the flag because it has links to far right. i think what you're talking about is that the left people like keir starmer

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but we won't because the keir starmer's mates, we say it's not political, but keir starmer is looking club of the civil service at the top there, who are going to get these massive, massive payouts when we could be giving that to the people who might actually die this winter. i don't know what happened to the labour party overnight. >> they've seen to the country, have private pensions and then they get this money like that's their hard earned cash jo—anne nadler, that's their hard earned private cash. look at what i do disagree with actually, is the fact that i think it was eight point. sorry 11.4 million pensioners that were getting it. and then now 10 million are losing it. maybe that's too far. but in terms of, you know, the thresholds, i do think that they should because it's like, why am i going to be sending myself on a yacht if i'm a pensioner and then receiving extra benefits? it makes no sense. >> it does not make sense to give everybody this money. it's easy to do because you then don't have to do any testing and all the rest of it. but if you look at it again sensibly from

is this a victory for keir starmer ? victory for keir starmer?ictory for real britain proper britain. it's a victory for what our country really is. it's a victory for our democracy and our institutions is certainly a great credit to the police and the security services who have handled this whole disgraceful episode really well and with impressive professionalism, and the government has handled it well enough, but they haven't done anything amazing and extraordinary . they've done what extraordinary. they've done what you know, they've done sensible, reasonable things that you would hope that a british government would do. but to talk about the feelings that people have and the government not understanding people's concerns and blah, blah , people's concerns and blah, blah, blah, missing the point, like talking about deep frustrations is just making an excuse and apologise . being an apologist apologise. being an apologist for this behaviour, it doesn't matter what they feel or what they wanted , they are criminal, they wanted, they are criminal