Sophy Ridge Exposed This Labour Lie
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As much as I want the Tories out and not return to power for a generation, Starmer will most likely be a continuation of the status quo.
Absolutely thats why I'm not voting for neither. His just a tory in a red suit.
'new' Labour is just old Tories. For the 1st time in my life I'm not voting Labour and I'm voting either Green Party or independent socialist. Sick of neoliberal politics and we need to name Tory & Labour & Lib Dems as neoliberal.
My thoughts exactly. He is such a phoney.
You all are so right, underneath that suit is all blue. Don't be fooled people his only saying what you want to heat. Put your votes elsewhere
Anybody feel that that is why weve had tories in for the last 14 years?? All the bulshit strategic voting that goes on to show labour they are just tories ultimately leaves us with tories in power i would rather a tory in a red suit than a right wing populist millionaire tanking the economy to benefit his mates any day
It was such a huge mistake choosing Starmer to be leader
And trever chinn (Israeli lobbyist) payed 50 thousand pounds towards starmers leadership campaign.
We didn't!
The Israeli Lobby did.
Is that it? @@jake751
Have you seen the racist Tory donor that's provided 20x that amount for the upcoming election?
Pretty tragic
it would be a mistake to vote labour or tory!!
Tax the millionaires and billionaires!!
If we just push the tax on dividends so it's equal to income tax we could generate so much fucking wealth. I hate it.
@@JasonAtlas
Absolutely👍
Basically tax everyone that’s not you!
If Keir breaks this country and pound spirals out of control we all may end up millionaires, and then, he will happily tax us
@@peterzak765tories already broke the country, plenty of countries have high tax on the wealthy and they do far better than us, the state has lost huge amounts of wealth thanks to corrupt and stupid Tory ideology
I bet he finds money for Israel though.
@YsocdudeSelf proclaimed!
Of course he will find it for his wifes people he is most likely a mossad agent
@Ysocdude, huh?
@Ysocdude yes, hell fire technically gives off light.
He will find money for weapons and then send them to Israel and Ukraine, so there will be no benefit to the uk economy…
He's a snake. I dont trust him. Does anybody??
nope
Problem is..... They're all snakes!
We're only GIVEN snakes to vote for.
They're all snakes!
The choices are always corrupt
He;s not looking for your vote. He's looking for Tory votes. Because he's a Thatcher-loving drone looking for approval from Rupert Murdoch
Starver is a joke, he's just embarrassing. We are all fucked with 3 Conservative Parties.
I hope you don't mean lib Dems are the 3rd one and think Reform aren't
None of them are conservative.
You can tax the rich...
...sorted.
lalalala not listening... (Starmer, probably)
They’ll just tax the middle classes more until there’s no upward mobility possible for anyone. The rich still won’t pay a penny.
Which isn’t a popular option for some voters, so get them on side, get them in power, and THEN we can start demanding change from a party that will at least be willing to make those changes that benefit more than just the wealthy.
@@87Fluorescent I think you're underestimating how many people in this country want that.
In polling- taxing the rich more is always one of the most popular potential policies -they never do that because of the party donors @@joeallen9104
"I speak to private investors all the time"
Thank you for confirming
Tax the Rich. Tax the wealth of those worth more than 10 million.
Wealth tax doesn’t work, too complex to administer
@@RobinHarris-nf4yv Easy to administer if we cared to. Make ownership of all private (not personal) wealth subject to public disclosure on websites that we can all see.
Make Income Tax returns public as well.
We need to stop serving the greed and ego of the Rich.
@@RobinHarris-nf4yv Bullshit. It absolutely would work and wouldn't be prohibitively complex. You just prefer having the working class shoulder higher taxes and the wealthy getting tax cuts.
@@RobinHarris-nf4yv Bollocks. Most wealth is held in captial assets; i.e bricks and mortar, do you think they're going to move those assets brick by brick to Dubai mate? Use your head and stop buying the lies of the uber-wealthy. I mean, they can but; a 6 mil 8 bed in Belgravia ain't a 6 mill 8 bed in Dubai now is it? THINK ABOUT IT.
So how much extra tax will you pay then?
Private investors say they have the money to invest.... but isn't that exactly what's got us into this mess? Privatisation has FAILED.
If we are to believe that private investors will make this national wealth fund work, I reckon it's a step in the right direction actually. Taking the money out of their hands and channelling it through the government will do a lot to reduce the profit-driven strategies we're currently seeing in "public" services.
That is exactly why they are tip toeing around him, they want him to keep privatisation going.
So what we can expect from Kid Starver is more deregulation, corporate welfare and austerity.
Wrong.
Labour will strengthen regulation, I suggest you read their green paper on employment.
Corbyns 2017 manifesto did not reverse 2 child policy, so Corbyn is the real kid starver.
Red and Blue Tories.
Conservatives with a rainbow sticker on the bumper.
Probably more austerity and the excuses that they inherited this mess from the Tory's, nothing like a continuation of the slandering as they have nothing else to offer!! But all the experts state that we are still suffering economically from the last Liebour Government, As for deregulation they will have to encourage businesses somehow, nothing different from the Tory's. and like all other governments if he wants to encourage company's like Amazon and the like he will have to do tax deals just like other governments, If you want them to set up in the country where they will provide jobs which creates wealth(more than the Dole) you have to do a tax deal and offer other such economical benifits. But It suits their purpose to slag of the Tory's and scream about how these company do not pay as much tax as they should---Oh the Hypocrisy as they all do it!!!
Yep. He’s a David Cameron 2.0. Vote Green.
So basically PFI renamed to a National Wealth Fund and Growth a little new name for trickle down economics. No vision, no change, no hope, just the same old, same old , but with different faces.
Starmer is basically saying there are many 'investors' we can sell our country too, but first I have to make it easy for them to do it without the people realising it.
No he isn’t.
@@RobinHarris-nf4yvhe's already taken money from the banks and Shell., same as the other Tories. No one to vote for with any real ideas.
@@RobinHarris-nf4yv He is very much saying that!! Watch and see!!
@@RobinHarris-nf4yvwhy do you say that?
First he has to give them billions in incentives and promise not to tax them.
David Lammy on Question Time was asking the tory question "where's the money coming from?"
Perhaps they could ask Treesa May for tips on excuses : The Magic Money Tree anyone?
There were BILLIONS of pounds being handed out to mates during the pandemic for dodgy PPE, remember.
Money seems to dry up when peasants need something vital, innit.
That’s because there is a literal magic money tree. Tories (and Starmer) love to compare the economy to a household and likewise government debt to household debt, but they are completely different things and cannot be so simplistically compared.
He's the biggest disappointment of all
👍
Innit 🤣😂😂
As George Galloway says "two cheeks of the same backside".
Brexiteer Galloway is no different
The establishment have fully taken over the Labour party ... we now have three establishment parties and the greens ...
It really does seem that way 😔
4 establishment parties you forgot the SNP quislings.
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You're forgetting the "r" party from nigle garbage... that's set up by the establishment too.
ah the greens are still milquetoast reformists with no grasp on the political economy of our society and lacking politics regarding the class struggle, the antagonisms within our society that must be tackled, etc. They just don't have the answers, and they're not radical enough to ever reach them unfortunately. They will never actually challenge the hegemonic relations of capital.
‘Are you going to borrow the money or enact austerity?’ - err, what about TAXING THE RICH??
That won't work my friend, they just fuck off somewhere else with their money.
Flip flop Starmer thinks if he says the words 'grow the economy' it will just magically happen.
Brexit!
Reform voter then ?
@@AndrewLord Why do you think that?
@@shtarpark7938 Because that's how their narrow minds work!
The blairites think they caused the economy to grow during the great moderation. They learnt nothing from the financial crisis.
Well done Sophie Ridge!
Handing the NHS over to US corporations
Wrong. There’s no evidence of that
There is plenty of evidence of US corps with their tentacles in the NHS
That's what frigtens me the most.
@@RobinHarris-nf4yvthat is exactly what he will do
@@RobinHarris-nf4yv There's plenty of evidence for that!! He and his shadow health secretary have taken money from private health companies. They are not handing that money over for altruistic reasons, they will be wanting payback , and that will be infiltration into the NHS!!
“I’m not going to provide easy answers”. “Or any answers.” 😂😂
Business as usual 😂😂😂
Business as usual 😂😂😂
How could he answer when Ridge kept chirping in? These interviewers really love themselves.
@@martinmurphy9679 Oh Martin how pathetic. When these career politicians speak in hyperbole and catch phrases they should be interrupted. They lie, obfuscate, talk in circles and propagandise the population and we the tax payers are expected to say, “more please”. I say hold them to account and more reporters should do the same.
@@ricecrash5225 Hang on a minute. After 14 years of tory incompetence, you think it's fair to ask Starmer how he'll fix it in a fortnight? Pathetic indeed.
Hmm what happened the last time the Labour Party brought private companies into the NHS and the education system ie PFI's. It's PFI's that are killing the NHS/Schools, it now cost £17000 for a simple £700 job done by a local builder or one Trust had two building's costing 1.3 billion built using PFI's the total cost of the PFI contract's will cost the Trust 7.5 billion with repayment's of 143 million a year.
Exactly. The public’s wealth and assets are being stolen, blatantly, in plain sight. Everything would be cheaper if it was done in house, but no, McKinsey needs their millions so they can make powerpoints
Starmer does not instill any confidence. He will probably still be PM by default, but don't expect any solutions to the country's economy.
Tories are making him PM, not the people; because he doesn’t have the qualities to be the leader except lies and flip-flop. If it was not for Tories, he would never become the PM.
Rachel reeves recently just said she wanted to abolish national insurance, Keir is now saying abolishing it would hurt people. Labour will operate like the Tories in terms of policy and in party fighting
Oh god....
They’re an absolute joke and don’t deserve the vote
Word salad snd nothing behind the smoke and mirrors
Labour have got to tax the ultra wealthy and close the loopholes
Trickle down economics doesn’t work
He needs to talk to Gary economics
never going to happen with Starmer!...his paymasters ie the rich won't allow it!
Yes but if he starts announcing that’s the plan, there is a possibility they won’t get in. Get them into government and then people can start to apply more pressure to make this happen.
@@87Fluorescent i totally agree with what you have said
Down to us to put the pressure on
You do realise that if he openly threatens the wealth of the wealthy before an election he is screwed in the next election.
@@87Fluorescent pish
Nothing will change until we stop ring fencing rich people from paying appropriate tax and shareholders, big business learn their free market cash storms are over. Starmer seems bent on following the Tory economic Status Quo which is a well and truely busted flush!
They'll do everything but what needs to be done.... Tax the rich and corporations properly.
Growth is not sustainability. Sustainability strengthens a country; growth enriches the oligarchy.
Starmer wants to be PM end of. He's the male equivalent of Theresa May, a terrible communicator of no substance, he'll just do what his handlers tell him - more austerity.
🤬 Same old tripe as the Tory's .
Tax wealth not work 👍🏻
He is a politician! Honesty is alien to politicians.
Like regular bathing was alien to European nobility circa 1600. 😅
Very good solution both party leaders must go
Not just the leaders. Many mps have to go too.
It’s no good asking Starmer to say what he plans to do because whatever he says he will go back on. He has broken all his pledges so expecting honesty from him is a waste of time.
Starmer did very little to challenge the running of CPS
Untrue
He allowed Jimmy savile to walk free and carry on abusing. He said there wasn't enough evidence??? FFS how much did he need?
A zing at Labour and Sheffield in the same sentence!
Zing?
He’s already decided to subject the working public to austerity - that’s what his donors want. There is no party of Labour, just a two Tory parties with different ties.
Is austerity the favorite word of politicians?
When you have had austerity with no results this is the end. Nobody is a magician.
@@janetmalcolm6191 never underestimate the unpredictability of stupidity
@@janetmalcolm6191 We need to get the word "magic" out of politics. If you want to use the money for public services, you can create it. It's not magic, it's not the magic money tree. Not doing that is a choice.
Red and blue Tories.
'Are you going to borrow more, or are you going to enact austerity?' The idea of raising taxes on the rich is totally outside the political imagination of this woman. Remarkable?
To be fair she's asking "what are you going to do to fix this on day one" and even raising taxes is a long-term approach. There are holes that need filling NOW and the reality is that either money needs to be borrowed to pay for things, or the things get scrapped so there's nothing to pay for. I wish she'd pinned him on his "private investment in a wealth fund!" bit which seems like borrowing but pretending it's not, and also worse than just issuing some bonds like a normal country
He is full of BS
Strange how politicians always tell use what we already know and what needs to be done but never actually do anything!
TAX WEALTH FULL STOP
He talks “to private investors all of the time”.
snake forked tongue
Starmer has had countless opportunities to explain how he will improve the economy. He hasn't done it. However one might feel about Jeremy Corbyn, he had a fully costed manifesto that had the approval of over 150 top UK economists. The problem is for Starmer, the only way to achieve his goal is to tax the rich, which he simply won't do.
The top tier of the Labour Party has completely rejected any ideas from the left. They handed the country to Johnson rather than have left wing politicians and policies.
Jeremy Corbyn was treated shockingly by the media. His policies were far more sensible than any of the party leaders that have come after him. The media are responsible for the shit show we have been in ever since. We could have had five years of actual investment in this country.
Council taxes have already gone up, Birningham had a massive rise, it will most likely go up again
Birmingham has been completely destroyed by the Tories.
Starmer is a fool!
No he isn’t.
Look at the polls.
When did polls have ideas, vision or integrity?
He's not, he's worse than that; he's a complete integrity void.
He's not a fool he knows full well what he's doing. He's a neo-con of the most dangerous type.
@@RobinHarris-nf4yvonly because conservative are so bad.
The economy was growing while the vast majority was getting poorer and public services demolished (through underfunding and privatisation). Starmer is yet another Cameronian Tory.
This is the same thing centrists are mocking people for in the States: measuring the economy as healthy purely by the pool of wealth and not by how much people can individually spend. The people say, "I can't afford to pay my rent so I think the economy isn't great for me at the moment," and centrist figureheads pull out charts of the macro-economy and scold people for "wanting Trump to win".
He's changed his glasses, looks forensic.
Might have to reconsider my vote.
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The issue is not about taxing them more, it’s about them not investing the profits 😡
What have our taxes been spent on to improve any service in this country?? Exactly, so why give inept governments more to waste and hide.
Why would they invest the profits? The only reason they invest is to get a return, more profits and a bigger share of the wealth. Public services don't turn a profit because that's not what they're for. Taxation to fund investment is basically forcing them to do it, in a way, because society should be run for the benefit of ordinary people, not the benefit of the rich minority
@@cactustactics 💯
@@cactustacticsyeah why would any company invest profits? Let me think 🤔 to improve the product, or outlandish as it sounds the customers may get value for money, I know I said it was outlandish. God forbid they plan ahead and not merely squirrel away profits.
but it's the same question, why would they want to "improve the product" or "give customers value for money"? Their ~only~ concern is making profit (especially when it's literally just a financial investment). Actual competition can force them to do those things so they can sell more and generate more profit, but absent that pressure, there's no incentive to do anything but wring out as much profit as possible. It's not a moral thing, this is just how capitalism fundamentally operates
And that's why we have things like regulation and taxation, to limit the damage they can do and force more socially useful behaviour. So when the government deregulates and privatises, that enables companies and investors to exploit public services for profit, instead of providing a social good. They have no need to develop and maintain those services, because what are you gonna do about it? Where are you gonna go?
Running a service well and running it as cheaply as possible to max your profits are two completely opposed things, and the profit is the whole reason they're in the game. It's also why there's a revolving door between business and finance, the government and the media, all the same people with the same interests in making sure the game is rigged in their favour. The lack of investment and restrictions on profiteering is deliberately engineered situation. That's why I asked "why would they?" They've invested a lot time and money into making sure they ~don't need to~
NHS has the right to defend her self
Say what you want about corbyn, at least he gave us an alternative vision about what this country should look like and how to fix this country. Austerity has failed and is deeply unpopular, that's the main reason the Tories are flopping electorally so Starmers strategy is... to do the same thing. Bizarre
❤ I love Jeremy corbyn 😢
Naturally she’s about as inquisitive as a nursery school teaching assistant with tories 😡
The worst thing you can do after deposing a decade long tory government is replace it with a weak sauce Labour government with little vision.
YES because Tories pinched things are they going to set things out. NO is the answer.
@@burni988 it's explicit in the question that this is not happening...
A tenner that Starmer is loathed more than Boris and Sunak within a year of being in office.
6 months
Why's he talking to private investors all the time? 🤔
Just another conservative politician 🙄
The best quote I recently heard to describe Labour policy was 'Waiting for the plant to grow before you water it"'. Labour have completely disconnected capital investment, national initiatives, development programs and reinstating the funding of local government to rebuild the UK from 'economic growth' that they constantly use as an excuse to hide the absence of any ideas.
The man is so full of shit, I honestly think he would end up being worse than the Tories.
Many people have a great expectations of him but not much will be delivered. He is just a windbag
And for that reason, I'm voting the Tories since labour are the worst of the 2 evils for once
If people want more of the Tories let them. How can they do this and that straight away? Nobody going to be a miracle worker after what this lot have done!!
No he isn’t.
Keir Starmer is a good leader
If you think Labour would be worse than Tories you’ve not been paying attention
@@janetmalcolm6191 That's also what the Tories said when they came to power. They also set about enacting the same policies Starmer is proposing now. The point is, people don't want more of the Tories, hence Starmer's unpopularity.
Labour have become alt-Tory. There is no point whatsoever in voting for them. Vote Green, independent, SNP, Plaid etc. Anything but the 3 Neoliberal parties or the Far Right like Reform.
'We're gonna inherit an economy thats been really badly damaged after 14 years of Tory rule.' And his answer to this is to enact the same basic policy of austerity. What's that saying about madness and doing the same thing over and over?...
Tax Starmer’s hair gel. That would solve this country’s economic woes alone.
"Private investment " is Starmers answer- AKA Public Private Partnerships- which are being used globally to enrich Private companies and impoverish nations.
Tory letter for incoming Labour chancellor. "There's no money left, we stole it all"
Yeah and this time we Tories crashed the economy all by ourselves! No world wide crash...didn't need that.
@@ianmangham4570I have always seen the truth. Labour not Tory for me.
Not voting for this wolf in sheep's clothing. Not voting for anyone. Not the Tories, not the Greens or any other party. They're all full of crap
Found the tree that votes for the axe because its handle is made of wood .
@@lythalls this tree won't be voting. At all. All the parties are useless. But you go ahead and vote for the same lot again (we all know Labour and the Tories are the same).
@@lythalls That's literally the opposite of what that saying means.
Guy Fawkes had it right. Aaaaaaaaahhhhhgghh.
I don't want the tories to win but also want starmer to lose.
Tax the very rich it's a no brainer why are they not talking about this?
Amazon, hasn't paid a penny tax in all these years.
It got out about this a good few years ago, and the government said they'd make them pay.
They lied.
Because it would take money from their own pockets. It won't happen, ever.
Why do you think the media crucified Corbyn?
By they I mean these two so called lefties.
Three minutes into this vid, it's the longest I've ever heard that man speak for, that's really enough for me!
Sophy,Keir Starmer is proud of you !
The only thing I believe from him is when he says he's been talking to investors. I bet he takes all those meetings all right.
He just wants to be PM, not upset the establishment, tweek a few minor things, very little will change. Tories and starmers labour are just too similar
Why does he think Sunak is hated? Does he want to be the most hated Labour PM, he's certainly going that way? Reeves is eve worst?
Taxes go down for the rich. The poor end up paying more to compensate
I’m surprised he just didn’t utter “ antisemitism and Corbyn” in the same sentence.
He missed an opportunity . 😮
They all act as if there are only 2 options: borrow more or enact austerity.
What about option number 3: tax the rich?! Don't even mention it!
Well Corbyn's government did and look what happened.
@@burni988 yeah it's a rigged system alright
I've said it since he started doing things that are politically suspicious.
I'll say it again.
Kier Starmer is determined to make the General Election competitive when it should be a complete walkover.
Oh Boy, this guy is full of...
He doesn t have a clue!!
Just what a Tory would say …. Sit down.
'There are no easy answers Sophy so let's instead talk about my father being a toolmaker'
Another 5 years of ‘ we can’t do anything because of the Tories’ rinse and repeat. Vote out the UniParty dogshit.
If people vote for him, it's just more of the same... British politics is in a really sad place 😢
Well I don't see why you'd vote for the option that is ACTUALLY the same when Labour exists.
He really is out of his depth-but never properly challenged
Labour hasn't represented any opposition this whole time, Starmer is a liar
Two grown adults talking past each other. Hmmm
Conditions for vulture capital ism
I will not vote for this career politician...!!.
We need journalists like this in France. Can you send her over for a brief spell, say a year or two so she has time to work her charm on all our corrupt politicians ?
In with the old boss same as the old boss .
Hopefully at least London will turn green. Since they overwhelming voted Corbyn last time.
Keir talks to private investors will invest provided he bends over the public and lets us be used.
Green Party " leader " Baerbock, in Germany just sent a blessing to Gaza, wishing them a good Ramadan and coping well under Hamas Terror :( Holy Christ what an insult to Islam
starmer looks wide eyed an troubled with these hypothetical questions.
You think it can’t possibly get any worse, and then you listen to
Keith Starmer speak.
2:02 is all you need to know. "Bring in private investment, I TALK TO PRIVATE INVESTORS ALL THE TIME. They say to me Keir we've got the money to invest right now in your country, but we are not going to do that because we don't see the stability. WE DON'T SEE THE CONDITIONS IN WHICH WE ARE GOING TO INVEST.
So making it easier for businesses to provide cheap services and products while maximising profits and dividend payments.
This is what he has been doing. He's courting donors, investors in HIM and his loyal lab dogs. He has abandoned any progressive plans already, expelled anyone even remotely left leaning and shot down any social plans proposed. Government assets are below zero in terms of wealth so we are spending all of our taxes on debt, interest and paying for services we used to own and manage ourselves. This means the local and central governments are basically broke and a vast majority of the public are the same or getting there. TAX THE BLOODY COMPANIES AND PEOPLE THAT ACTUALLY HAVE MONEY. EVERY SINGLE study conducted has shown that government investment in public services, assets and infrastructure has GROWN the economy while relying on investment has done the opposite.
Yeah - plus we could also just borrow money on our terms the usual way, as much as we need, and invest that to create "stability". Instead of creating a fund and passively waiting for private money to come in when the deal has been sweetened enough. He's just talking about a worse and less predictable and more expensive form of national debt, and there's absolutely no justification for it over the Keynesian approach of just "borrow and use the money to fix things". Straight up Thatcher brain
Massive wealth tax now
Fantastic journalism there from Ridge. what’s upsetting is the sour mix of economic illiteracy combined with a steadfast ideological commitment to neoliberalism.
Political suicide to say you will raise taxes or make spending cuts. Saying that he does need to come up with answers if he wants to win power.
The man's a fool if he thinks changing planning rules will grow the economy and benefit ordinary people. Creating another housing boom will obviously create more jobs and increase economic growth, but it will be on the back of higher consumer borrowing, which is already at record highs. (£2.646 trillion at end if January)
To increase growth, we need to export more than we import, which we haven't done for any significant length of time since the 1980s.
The growing the size of the pie argument is nonsensical if that growth is driven by debt.
Changing planning rules is a dead wnd without huge investment in the national grid and related frameworks.
There are already 'green' developments that are having to abandon heat pumps/etc in plans and replace with gas powered facilities, due to the grid being insufficient and aged.
So any thin profits made from private developers taking advantage from changes in planning laws will be dwarfed by the cost of strengthing the infrastructure.
@@johndavies4801 I agree about planning rules, but renewable energy is now the main source of electricity in the UK and is growing every year. In 2023, 51% of our electricity came from renewables and just 32% from gas. There is no shortage of energy as far as the National Grid is concerned, but if course, there will need to be future investment as with any growing industry.
Why haven't the Tories simply pushed the "Grow the economy" button?
I had major concerns when he became leader but I was prepared to give him a chance but he has only increasingly confirmed my concerns were correct. To me he has no investment in any of the things I believe in. Nationalisation of major infrastructure, wealth tax, no privatisation of the NHS, holding Israel to account, no reduction in the benefit system. He’s a Tory by inclination.
are you listening humza time for independance
I doubt if useless would watch any left leaning socialist podcast.