Joe Biden bids farewell: Can the Democrats now win in November? | The News Agents
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- Опубліковано 7 вер 2024
- It was an act of supreme selflessness. And one of utmost urgency. Joe Biden acknowledged both things in his speech to the nation last night confirming he wouldn’t seek re-election. His rhetoric was rousing. But his speech faltering. He confirmed for many why he had to go, and left questions as to what happens in this final stretch of his presidency.
Later, why are some Labour candidates accusing the Independent “pro Gaza“ MPs of running “toxic” electoral campaigns?
In response to our interview with Heather Iqbal, The Workers Party said:
"The Workers Party was closely associated with a number of Independent candidates who stood on a platform opposed to the genocide unfolding in Gaza. Our candidates and those with whom we were most closely associated polled a quarter of a million votes.
In Manchester our supporters were the victim of a hit and run attack in May, during the general election. In Littleborough a female campaigner of ours was assaulted outside the polling station and in Birmingham, masked men attacked our canvassers with machetes and bats in Sutton Coldfield. No other party received this sort of violent harassment. All cases are reported in local and national media if you Google them, and all were caught on CCTV."
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Hands down the most entertaining and well informed political podcast. I miss you folks on the BBC so will stick with you
They could not reasonably stay on the BBC.Their bias had become so evident that they just couldn’t stay. I do not have an issue with some level of evident bias in a broadcaster. The BBC’s unparalleled reputation for unbiased reportage was under threat from these guys.
@@VaucluseVanguardPure nonsense They left equally because of the right wing management foisted upon the institution by a rabid dogma obsessed govt
@VaucluseVanguard Yes they were aways giving the Tories an easy ride.
@@amcgowan1970 If telling the truth is giving the tories a hard time then maybe the fault lies with the tories and not the BBC? Has that thought ever occurred to you or have you just been lavishing praise on the govt for their stunning achievements over the last 5 years?
@@VaucluseVanguard The BBC is jammed to the throat with right wingers and indeed right whingers.
Heather is a clear speaking, rational and open politician that seems to know how politics and party politics works… doesn’t mater from what party, we need more like her.
She was parachuted in, campaigned like she was owed the seat and defended an indefensible position on Gaza in a constituency with a huge Muslim population. Glad she lost.
@@david030491 Hmm. A standing VP already on the ticket was "parachuted" in? How do you figure that?
@@stevemitchell9176 I was talking about the MP they interviewed if you’d read my comment.
@@david030491 Apologies - I assumed "Heather" was an auto spell correct for Harris which in retrospect makes no sense. My bad.
@@stevemitchell9176 no worries :)
I'm not afraid to admit that when I watched Biden’s address live it made me so emotional. Not because Biden is ageing, a little stumbley - he's always had a stutter. Not because he's 81, and recovering from Covid. It's the words. It's the graciousness and the purity of the words. It's the evident self sacrifice in his actions. It's his conviction and honesty. I knew I was watching history right there. This is one of those moments, this is an address that will not be forgotten and ranks alongside the very best Presidential addresses. It's the passing of the baton to a new generation, full of honour, optimism, ambition and hope. This is what public service and politics can and should be about.
An unashamed supporter of every crime ever committed by israel. He lied repeatedly about seeing film of non existent atrocities. He is complicit in the deaths of 40,000 Palestinians. I hope Kamala Harris is a better person.
I'd like to agree with you but I feel it was pride that stopped him reaching the same decision at least a year ago. Far too late and history will not look back on him kindly if Trump wins
@@evanedwards2501It could turn out to be perfect timing
Agree 100%. I’m afraid there was no great honour in his decision to stand down. He had to be told in no uncertain terms that he was not going to win.
He wanted to step down about as much as Boris Johnson did.
Harold Wilson pretty much left the stage the way he wanted. He’d brought Labour back to power
@briandelaney9710 Blair too? If that is your criterion.
@@quintuscrinis8032forced out due to unpopularity followijg the war
@@quintuscrinis8032 he had made that deal years earlier with Gordon Brown
@@briandelaney9710 And was putting off holding up his end of that deal as much as he could. Fighting until he'd matched Thatcher's time in office was a clear expression of ego and nothing else.
@@RichWoods23 and now he attends Billionaire elite Indian weddings
I think John forgets that the thinking of Americans is NOT that he is not able to finish his term but he was not able to stand for four more years. That is why many of us are comfortable with him finishing his term. The opposition of course asks John’s question but that isn’t what rational people have been seriously debating with each other and within our heads.
I am also an "old, old person" and it disturbs me greatly to see how Biden has been vilified by the media on appearance yet so little attention is paid to his accomplishments in this current administration. I am not suggesting that he shouldn't have passed the baton, but I do think he is most likely capable of carrying on for six more months. The physical stress of the campaign is now removed and things can get done. Kamala has been very successful in re-invigorating people's interest in the election and I support her completely. However this underlying ageism that exists throughout western culture is an issue that creates a subtle damage. Yes, vitality counts enormously but that should not happen at the expense of what age, experience and accomplish have achieved.
81yo - too old
@@colincampbell4261for Biden yes, for some others, not so.
Way WAY too old ! Out to pasture
Completely agree with you, the media makes its worse.
Old people have never been so privileged in Western society.
As an American (hi from South Carolina!), I strongly disagree with the ideas that Biden dropped out due to his health and that the ability to ferociously campaign equates to the ability to govern. Firstly, Biden (as of now) dropped out because they concluded that he can’t win, not that he’s unfit to serve; Biden & his camp believe he could still do the job, just not win it. Winning the presidency requires barnstorming an entire continent, meeting with people all day every day, while continuing governance. It requires a different skill set.
Also, Donald Trump doesn’t care about Republicans winning the presidency, he cares about Trump winning the presidency. He may very well ditch Vance, but Trump cares only for his own self interest.
I 💝 this Podcast !
Gotta say Emily's concluding remarks sound like the stuff that'll be cited by political scientists and yet be relevant for decades to come.
Looking after my father upto his death it was suprising how quickly he went from being ok to being bed ridden. I think when real old age catches up with you it suprises you as much as those around you.
You two are just brilliant
Yes Kamala Harris is way ahead now.
He deteriorated significantly since State of the Union address.
Lets now focus on Poopy Pants and expose his cognitive* decline.
*No real cognition to lose.
STOP … Talking that way about Trump !
@@Northcountry1926what - poopy pants it is!
@@Northcountry1926You mean the failed former President Poopy Pants?
🎯🎯🎯
I'd put money on Vance being replaced.
He’s on the ticket, don’t think he can be now.
💯 agree
@simony2801 Biden was on the ticket and was replaced - Biden and Trump even had to win a vote to get on said ticket, so I don't see any reason that someone unelected to the ticket like Vance couldn't be dropped from it this far before polling day.
That would require Trump admitting he's made a mistake.
@@quintuscrinis8032 once you’ve had the national convention they are actually on the ticket, Biden hadn’t had the convention, that’s my understanding. The republicans have had their convention and announced the two candidates.
It’s the thinnest gruel.
The youngsters will push the youngest through the presidential race.young people like Kamala.
Thanks for posting
Calling a man by his surname is a mate like gesture.. Almost nickname like. Not referring to a woman by her surname is defo a respect thing. It is strange how we differentiate.
Yeah, I don't think the prospective MP who lost can really complain when she literally hasn't got an opinion of her own
Let it go.
Get behind the message.
Yes they can! No going back. HARRIS 2024 🔵🔵🔵🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🇺🇸
I do feel some sympathy for the Labour candidates being shouted at and abused in the streets or online during this election.
Mainly because I remember what it was like as a Lib Dem campaigning against Labour (especially female) activists as a uni student in the eaely 2010s.
Vance has a strong view on cat ladies too.
Everyone keeps forgetting that this guy has a speach impedement.
Speech impediment
A stutter yes, which he's always had. But not slurring his words, looking for words, stumbling over words, and not pronouncing or finishing words properly. Clearly struggling.
The Workers' Party response is pathetic.
Emily Maitlis, Jon Sopel i like your work
So pleased to hear Emily pronounce Bad (short "e") e noch correctly.
Dignity
What a pleasant young lady ....
Campaigning is very gruelling.
It's a shame that labour candidate didn't have the courage to raise the issue surrounding the existence of a WhatsApp group, making a hidden political movement which can therefore not be argued about in public. If discourse can be hidden then that is anti-democratic in my opinion
Sorry, are you guys out of your minds!!! how can he be around and participate? he has DEMENTIA what kind they have to announce soon
"We're not in any wars" (We convinced other countries to fight them for us and we make a fortune off weapon sales)
There are just over 3 months!
Just the best analysis of the current. Political land scape and I think john is right trump will give up
Harold Wilson left on his own decision
@grunt22 sort of - but much like Blair a few decades later, his reputation was in a state and his party were very quickly turfed out as soon as he stepped down.
Anyone else seeing Sunaks sister? 😅
Can't you let "fulsome" keep its principle meaning - "excessively flattering or positive"? It was doing a very useful job. Now nobody knows whether you mean it sincerely. "Ample and/or Generous" would be so much more powerful.
Faiza Shaheen had six years of her life and work stolen. Any comment on that?
? She still stood. She doesn’t have a divine right to be a Labour MP, no matter how much work you put into it. It’s up to the voters.
Not stolen, she lost a democratic vote.
They did a piece from her constituency a fortnight before the election.
Maitlis didn't get what Sopel was saying what Trump dropping out of the race. Poor Sopel kept listening 🤣
Emily is morphing into the Nan from the Benidorm TV show.
I'm enjoying this tory leadership contest - a collection of clowns each trying to be more national socialist than each other. Ultimately the only rhing the tory circus will achieve will be a labour 2nd term. Excellent work, carry on!
I support Mr Cleverly. He's a Lewisham boy.
@@marksimons8861 To be fair to him he may be least insane of the candidates. There would definitely be worse choices.
also I think the argument that if he can't do 4 and a half years, he can't do 6 month is bizarre. You can easily say "I notice that I´m feeling a bit more tired. I know it's taking me longer to get through the work and concentrate 100%. I can currently do all that's required, but I can't promise that I can keep up this pace for nearly 5 years." Why is that not a perfectly sensible thing to say?
Having worked on Labour policies/ advisor to Rachel Reeves. Weren't there lots of cronies parachuted into safe seats? Next time Netanyahu is in town get him arrested. Actions not words.
13:27 John’s right, the GOP may have to re-consider Trump’s choice of running mate.
He's already been nominated and approved by delegates at the convention. He's on the ticket, end of story.
'The rhetoric is soaring and lofty'. What does that mean exactly? Journo's vacuous use of the word rhetoric is rather amusing
It means that the political language has been positive, optimistic, confident, and concerned with the big picture.
That could arguably be described as ‘vacuous’, but the use of the word rhetoric is not.
Rhetoric is hugely overused. So is the expression 'ramping up the rhetoric'.
@@MikePhillips-pl6ov That one is the worst!!!
@@jamieparry6420 You say that with some authority, but your comment is as vague and vacuous as the quote I cite. Rhetoric is not a study of linguistics. That's an American-borne fallacy as is the notion that rhetoric=discourse. Check out, for example, the 'Copenhagen School' of rhetorical argumentation or the Rhetoric department at Tubingen University in Germany. Rhetoric is about argumentation that attempts to move people to make decisions or take action. It's not just a descriptive word for stuff people say. I have a PhD in rhetoric theory. But thanks for your lesson!
You.guys are always a week behind
Why is Heather Iqbal mixing up people voting on issues they care about and those who have - obviously wrongly - subjected her and others to abuse? The former are not in any way responsible for the latter. We are all free to vote on one issue if we want to. We are all free to hate Labour's stance on Israel and decide to reject the party for that reason alone. It's called democracy and can - rightly - cause people like her to lose. Get used to it, sister.
Did you make it four minutes into the interview? She specifically distinguishes between those subjecting her to abuse with everyone else at both 24:00 and again at 24:43.
Where is Lewis?
...on a case with Morse.....
His voice is almost a carbon copy of John Sopel's.
Is the library not automatic?
No Trump Library yet.
"President 45" crest on a book cart rolling past the cell door in a wing of a Federal SuperMax prison doesn't count 😂 !
@@d.e.7210 to be fair, he doesn't seem like a big reader
@@stevenwilliamson6236 He'll just nick a couple of Reagan's colouring books.
The same level of idiocy.
Too much time spent on talking about Biden. Get the message- We are not going back.