Sketchy Politics: can anything save Sunak? | FT
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- Опубліковано 16 тра 2024
- The FT's chief UK political commentator Robert Shrimsley and deputy opinion editor Miranda Green examine whether there is anything the prime minister and the Tories can do to recover in the polls. They also look ahead to the local elections, and examine Labour's 'Ming vase' strategy
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At 18:04 and 20:13, while describing election campaigning in England and Wales over the next few weeks, we incorrectly said in this video that there are local council seats up for election in Wales on May 2. In Wales these elections are for police and crime commissioners. Local council seats are being contested in many in parts of England. We apologise for any confusion.
Was just about to jump on this, good spot!
You should be happy that Rachel Reeves can't sue cartoonists for inaccuracy🙃😊
Former #1 trader for Citibank and economist Gary Stevenson put it best.
The economy has been in a recession for working people for 15 years. We need a meaningful tax on the mega rich.
Not constantly applying more and more tax pressure on normal working people.
When we wanted to tax the russian oligarchs it was done immediately. Do the same with billionaires. Why should they pay less tax than a nurse, bin man or small business owner.
Enough is a enough.
When the Tories say "cut taxes" they mean on the mega-rich (or very rich) - as demonstrated in the Truss/Kwarteng budget.
They really don't mean knocking off a penny or two for ordinary people. While they may have knocked 4p off NI contributions, they put it up early on to pay for social care. In any case, they have done nothing towards raising tax threshholds and removing fiscal drag. It's as though they think the public is too dumb to notice. They may be right.
Apply a more tax to the rich and less to the working classes and then public spending power increases, the economy grows and those tax rises on the rich are cancelled out by them earning more.
good idea then sunak and his dad out of law can move to the u.s
Jeremy Hunt certainly is a long streak of something
2 simple rules for life;
No.1 - Never trust a tory
No.2 - Never forget rule number 1
and also No. 3 - Never, ever, ever vote Tory..... Anyone who still votes Tory should be considered to be a Traitor...
3 years of UK politics in a snapshot and great informed insights, and genuinely authentic presenters …. Fantastic, love the format
18:50 "London" - 🖍Bedford
"West Midlands" - 🖍Sheffield!
"Tees Valley" - 🖍Alnwick!!!
The prop department can only help so much with the maps. 😂😉
Pretty basic UK geography :D London you can literally follow the Thames Estuary, and if only there was a clue hiding somewhere in the name "West Midlands" to suggest what part of England it might cover.
"Tees Valley, I think this is too low", as he basically places it on the Scottish Border
2:36 Rishi looks happy to see Hunt’s giant… approval rating(?) 🥴
If when he started his premiership he actually bothered to try and improve the country, he could have had a chance. Investing in Britain. Obviously only to the election and after that he could go back to tory ideology which is economically illiterate and all about fitting a tax cut shaped object into a starved of funding shaped hole.
He was known for Help out to Eat out and Furlough and it made him oopular when it seemed like he wanted to support the nation. Now that good will has vanished and we can see what he is after money for him, his wife and father-in-law.
People think they are paying too much tax. Is this true?
It is very different from people thinking they are not paid enough, and their wages/salaries have not kept up with inflation for many years.
Yes. Taxation in the UK is ridiculous.
I don't care whether my taxes are cut or wages rise as long as the amount of money I have at the end of the month is more.
@@stevec6427 You'd care if the amount of money is the same but you can't afford to buy a loaf of bread with it.
Who knew the BFG passes a hyperbolic arc of approval ratings in the bathroom
"Rishi was right about furlough"....apart from the fact he just copied an entirely normal support system found in other countries every day of the year. Oh and the 3 million self employed who got shafted. Oh and giving billions to dodgy PPE supplier buddies.
FT are useless at reporting on politics, solely good for business and economics
The reason he had a higher approval rating than the party was because of Help Out To Eat Out and Furlough, it took a few months to release he was no different than any of the other tories, the only thing is more money is going missing to his wifes and father-in-laws bank account
The help out to eat out cost thousands more Covid deaths extra
Might someone care to discuss the state of the Armed Forces? Where will the extra money come from?
maybe we should rejoin the EU to create more economic growth
Massive housebuilding programme - does UK have enough construction workers?
no but sunaks stating he is building for immigrants from rwanda so many comming here to build their own homes seemingly lol
"Tees valley, I think this is a bit low" you've put it on the Scottish border 😂
Abolish NI (3:02)? The 2nd-largest source of Government Revenue... Income Tax £250 billion, NI £177 billion, VAT £160 billion, Corporation Tax £78 billion (2022/2023 figures). Where's the revenue going to come from or are there plans for £177 billion savings in Govt. spending ?
I think it's only employee NICs in their immediate plans. They're just trying to stop taxing working people higher than those earning the same from other means.
The trick is to use fiscal drag to subtly increase income tax.
Mancunians and Sheffielders will be very offended at: 18:55
The West Midlands basically just covers Wolverhampton, Birmingham and Coventry.
Where is the National Interest in all of this Tory infighting ? It should be paramount. That is why the U.K. needs a General Election as soon as possible, not while the Tories play their games at the countries expense.
This was so unbalanced lol, dripping with Tory cope.
Absolute twaddle about Sunak getting the big things right. His government did nothing to help with inflation and Brexit is and will always be a ridiculous endeavour.
Question :- Can anything save Sunak ?......... Answer :- NO ...... Next question please ?
Are they perhaps adding to the tax burden elsewhere ??
7:20 this is so frustrating to me, because its exactly the same in Australia. People think that Labor/Labour will come in and fix the great bloody mess the conservatives made, and then once everything is starting to go okay again, its right back the tories they go.
Except that this time, the voters are SO angry with the Tories, that it is likely that most of the sitting Tory MP's, will lose their seats ( irrespective of how much of a majority they had )... This could be a ' once in a Century ' moment for British politics... The voters do not have any faith in ANY of the politicians, after decades of incompetence... We are all looking forward to the coming GE, and I guess that there will be GREAT interest when the results start to come in... Exciting times !
@@richardruff8712 here's hoping
@@hyperfeen Well, it is up to us, THE PEOPLE, to act, and not just talk about it !... The coming GE, ( whenever it occurs ) is THE time for us all to do something ' brave ' and get rid of both these useless parties.... !
There only hope is the economy?
The uk economy is in the toilet its been going west since Osborne on Austerity
Average wages are -7% on 2010 a decade and a half of stagnation and borrowed 1.6 trillion doing it
Were 6 months behind the US in terms of BOE Rate cuts and the Fed hasn't
'the voters are in the middle' 14:02 ? A majority of the electorate believe in re-nationalisation of the 5 main industries, higher taxes on the rich, rent caps, and more supposedly 'far left' economic policies.
Dead Party walking. The fact they think changing the Party Leader will do anything shows how out of touch this mob of Tim Nice-but-Dims really is.
Those are her initials on her chest by the way!
I was worried momentarily
The root cause of UK problems is a series of weak and incompetent Conservative Prime Ministers:
• David Cameron: he set the house in fire with his Brexit referendum and then he quit and ran away.
• Theresa May: her call for a snap election resulted in a loss of parliament majority and a loss of credibility.
• Boris Johnson: the Brexit Joker who succeeded in convincing a majority of UK voters to jump out of an airplane without a parachute.
• Liz Tuss: did the UK hit the bottom with Liz?
• Rishi Sunak: can he do miracles?
I wouldn't stop at David Cameron... If we consider all parties, I would say we should look right back to the Wilson and Heath times, we thought it couldn't get any worse then !... 50 years of chaos, incompetence, ignoring the wishes of the people, and now the people have had enough !
You need a third column in your chart...neither of them...a third or more of voters?? I am one of a number of Independent candidates who will be standing in the general election...we're ready.
I'm not British, and I'm trying to figure this out. So.. if I'm understanding correctly, the FT is the Conservative Party's official propaganda apparatus?
Whilst I enjoy these videos and the informative/illustrative style it brings, I do get very annoyed at the lack of geographic knowledge they have. Putting the West Midlands in South Yorkshire/Derbyshire and Tees Valley on the Scottish Borders is just plain stupidity
May have been asleep during the Geography lessons then....?
Yeah, really doesn't help allay fears of southerners not knowing anything about the country (but with strong opinions about it). Pointing directly at 18:56 Liverpool/Manchester/South Yorks as the WM is pretty egregious, should at least know that WM isn't more north than Wales.
@@howmanybeansmakefive They are obviously referring to the Tees Valley which is next to Berwick on Tweed ! .... Simples !
That's a good point actually. "The party have dragged him down to their level". Seems accurate.
Agreed - begs the question would the Conservatives have a lower approval rating by this point if they'd got someone else in the top job post-Truss?
Do you mean.... The Tories seem to have the natural ability to start at the bottom, and go down ?
Could Rishi be dragging the current bunch up a bit?
Thought you'll say something about tories heading to reform
i work as a nurse we normally should get our payris in april but will be late getting it this year as the government was late submitting its evidence to the body that makes the recommendation. maybe he will call an election after the pay recommendation to show how generous the government is?
I'm a nurse too.
I think Sunak knows he is heading for annihilation.
So he'll offer NHS workers a 1% rise as a final "Up yours" to people his government has treated like dog excrement since 2010 😒😒
Can definitely tell they are both Tory voters, completely missed the absolute cock-up of the ‘stop the boats’ and Rawanda schemes that will certainly tank any support or good favour Sunak has had thus far
Yup, and it will probably be this summer when the first flight takes off. And they will be very costly and filled sparsely. And that rate it will probably be too little, too late for Sunak to soothe his rambunctious rightwingers.
Great to have two people who agree on everything chat about politics
great video love it!
Nothing can save him, he wasn't supposed to be in the position of PM in the first place , the decision to make him PM has caused majority of the electorate to be very furious
As someone who believes in PARLIAMENTARY democracy I don't understand this. What did "wasn't supposed to be in the position" even mean?
You carry on believing in your parliamentary democracy lets see what will become of this country when we have people that are not really invested in this country running it. Naive or what ?@@andytc4840
A bit too forgiving of Tory failures and historical record and too one-sidedly critical of Labour. The presenters sounded like press liasons for the Conservatives. I know this is FT, but more balance would go a long way.
How many did Sunak kill with his 'eat out to help out'
Might have saved more. I know my mental health was going down the pan!
Calm down
10:31 what he just said here is factually inaccurate, firstly he's acting like you can only tax everyone Secondly studies show people are fine with high taxes if they get good public services, if they don't that is when you get this situation. Thirdly that even just closing tax avoidance will generate around 50 billion.
Spot on, my thoughts exactly. They are totally missing the point that the country is in ruins
Ming vase should be the looted Ming vase
The critique that the country is "stuck in a rut" overlooks the deliberate economic measures taken to slow inflation, much like ignoring the structural supports necessary for a building under renovation. Similarly, this view is as short-sighted as underestimating the slow, steady progress a child makes through consistent guidance and support, missing the bigger picture for immediate results.
Expecting rapid economic growth from a mature economy is as unrealistic as anticipating the immediate transformation of a period property into a high-yield investment. Both require a recognition of inherent limitations and potentials. Just as a parent understands the unique strengths and growth pace of their child, policymakers recognise the UK's economic strengths and realistic growth prospects.
You've put London in Luton, the west Midlands in Sheffield and Teesside in Scotland!
You seem surprised that London-based journalists know nothing and care less about matters beyond the M25.
You shouldn't be
Teesvally or Berwick upon tweed 😂
Lets skip over the covid deaths?
Made my mind up about yourselves after hearing that.
lol, focus on the economy don't mention the Sunak "Eat Out to Help Out" slaughter of the witless.
GDP per capita is down 7 quarters straight
They just don't get the fact they're caught on personality.
Sir Keir? Looks more like Alvin Stardust
...or Morrissey. 🤣🤣🤣
I do like thos format. Gives a bit more background and isnt so dry
Growth = Devaluation
London finance, Scottish oil, pharma exports… Where else can the uk economy get some big growth from industry to make more rather than charge more tax. Property price general movements driving sentiment in peoples wealth perception and impact their spending. Inflation driven by worldwide factors, not uk govt. looks a mess at 5000ft level, I am out.
Grooooobur
It was Gordon Brown who said ‘best when we’re boldest’, certainly not TB!
Hello and thanks so much for watching! Miranda here. TB said "At our best when we are boldest" in October 2002 at his Labour conference speech. Then, as relations were souring, GB retorted in 2003 with what was taken as a more tribal response - this is the BBC commentary on the GB speech at the time: "he added with a conscious back-reference reprimand: "This Labour Party. Best when we're boldest. Best when we are united. Best when we are Labour."
Hands up Miranda thank you for correcting me, look fwd to the next show @@MirandaGreen-ft3sz
The table is too high for the speakers to comfortably draw on!
What needs to be done is for the UK government to own and utilize a natural resource such as the North Sea oil and gas so as to pay for the government expenditures just as countries like Qatar and Kuwait have done. This will be good for the NHS; students would no longer have to be pay any loan debts and there will be a fund for investing in infrastructure and more money will be available for potential entrepreneurs to borrow and grow.
This is naff
This is definitely my favourite regular show on the FT channel
Not just about tax levels - wages are 💩 relative to our euro neighbours and thats been going downhill since circa 2008...what a coinkidink
Sunak is an intelligent hardworking chap! If the Tories are mad enough to get rid of Sunak, they will be finished for good
The reality is that he's going to lose because of a combination of austerity, global economic factors, Boris Johnson and Liz Truss more than anything else. (Having said that his privilege is an issue and he's no Obama when it comes to public speaking. Oh and he was charged within the Partygate stuff.)
Literally nothing anyone could do when put in charge of a ship with as many holes in it as the Tory party had. And yet the truss lot will blame him for an election loss that is far more her fault than his.
Rather biased against Labour.... judge the Tori£s on their merits, then vote them OUT. Indeed, we must get the TORI£S OUT and OUT forever. And I write that as a long term tory voter (humble apologies) who will never, ever vote tory again. OUT NOW! 🤬
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They should have started this video with their fingers crossed holding four leaf clovers.
ah yes a CON centrated campaign lol
This seems a cross between Blue Peter and political analysis. Waste of time, sorry
Christ. This was utterly rubbish and pointless. I expect more from the FT.
Penny Mordaunt?
Typical tory 'jounalism'. talking down to the childish peasants. You are smug , patronising agents for the propaganda factory.
Pathetic post 😂
Curry
CON and LAB. Not Con and Labour. I can see your political bias.
Rishi is a pragmatic fiscal guy and the most intelligent PM in years, the man gets things done! Would choose him over FLIP FLOP Starmer and that copy paste Reeves any day.
What did he do to make you think that? He is just incompetent and very bad at politics. I hope he stays on so that the tories are beaten badly. Only he is capable of that. He does not stand for anything. All he cares about is just staying on as PM. I am a tory voter myself. They are not conservatives. They are just labour lite.
Am from a council estate in Manchester and still live on one, from a Labour voting family,have voted Labour all my life am not voting this election .And are FT journalist's "normal voters"?
Even the worst Labour government would be a vast improvement on the Tories at this point.
They’re normal Tory voters
Rather than not bothering to vote at all, why not go and vote for ANYBODY else, rather than Tory or Labour.... At least you are using your vote wisely .....?
@@anonnymous4684 Considering these Tories are only a mild departure from Blair's New Labour, this statement doesn't really work.
@@Pan_Z Mick Lynch agrees with me, and he knows what he's talking about when it comes to politics.
No no no he must go NOW,