Rishi Sunak is ‘flailing around’ with confusing Conservative election strategies
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- čas přidán 13. 05. 2024
- “He's completely flailing around. He doesn't know which strategy to take.”
Peter Mandelson, Polly Mackenzie and Daniel Finkelstein join Matt Chorley to discuss whether the prime minister’s game is up or if he can find a winning strategy as the general election draws nearer.
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2 simple rules for life;
No.1 - Never trust a tory
No.2 - Never forget rule number 1
of any colour
And the rest ffs 😂
Rule 3-If in doubt, refer to Rule 1😊
14 years of decay, eroding living standards, eroded rights, eroded services.... and yet the people who caused all that want us to believe THEY are the only people who can stop it? Abusive relationships springs to mind. Get these scumbags out
The likes of Rishi Sunak are nothing but abusive partners, the kind that beat you black and blue, steal your money and cheat and lie, but beg you for another chance as ‘they’ll change’. Until the next time, and the next….
It's not an abusive relationship since the electorate can simply walk away and vote for another party.
Just imagine what happened of 100% of the electorate voted Greens, LibDems or independent candidates in the next election.
Sunak is flailing about wildly like a non swimmer in deep water. He's utterly hopeless and desperate.
He has been like this since day 1 of his premiership.
You should do a special ‘How to Lose an Election’ devoted entirely to little Rishi Rich 😂
How very Peter Mandelson-like of Peter to deny saying something he was recorded saying... I'll always remember him speaking at a conference I attendend when doing my A-Levels in 1994. I've never seen a speaker so completely misjudge an audience as he did that day - he had the whole room against him within two paragraphs, and it was an audience that was overwhelmingly pro-Labour; he just radiated a contempt and arrogance perfectly designed to inspire hostility.
As it happens, I did eventually overcome that animosity towards him, but it took me years...
All the Labour Party need to do to in order to sway those undecided voters (if there are any) is to run an ad campaign showing a black and white picture of Liz Truss, looking at her most maniacal, with the slogan “I feel I have unfinished business”. Surefire winner.
or maybe a picture of dead kids in Iraq saying "remember the good times under labour"?
At least the Torys are moving in the right direction, towards the centre with the rest of us. Starmer is out running with the skinheads because that's his idea of ordinary people
@@Glasgow_kiss conservatives were absolutely on board with EVERYTHING George W. Bush did
Or the Conservative party could show Starmer weakly "kneeling" for a career criminal in the USA. It goes both ways.
@@seanoconnor8843 Example?
He is out of his depth. Not a clue.
Imagine watching a load of gamblers in Vegas one week and then just grabbing the man who made alot of cash and appointing him PM
I give you Rishi Sunak PM of the UK and someone completely unsuited for Prime Minister.
He's hanging on for dear life to fleece and squander every last penny the UK has
Just like Labour did last time in power. Reform required.
@@maccagrabmeName anything they did that was “squandered”. Try not to get your info from wiki or the Daily Mail.
If only we were as “ skint “ as 2010 …. Now debt trebled and debt to gdp doubled
@@Gary-le7dz that was a made up attack line by the tories. It was meant to be a joke line, that all previous incumbents used - as in left same type of letter. Yet the tories ran with it and the gullible idiotic public believed it and thus this myth was born.
Now look at the state of things.
@@Gary-le7dzand apart from the Tories’ personal wealth, can someone actually name ONE thing better today in this crumbling mess of a country that is better than in 2010? Just one thing?
Charitable of you to keep Daniel on to deliver his usual bucket of dull uninspired cope.
No real need for a Pod on this topic. 5 words says it all "DO NOT BE A TORY"
He should do what's best for the country and call an immediate election, instead he does what's best for Sunak and his cronies.
Not sure he even cares, lets face it the longer he stays the more money him, his wife, family and donors get, its not really that difficult a concept.
General Election is needed now.
What good would that do?
Come in Rishi Sunak - your time is up.
Putting yourself up as the change candidate followed by better the devil you know is about right for Sunak's level of competence.
The pendulum has swung in favour of the workers at last. It's time to tell the employers how it's going to be. They have absolutely no choice. The world economy is about to explode with activity as the main populations achieve a civilised existence. A rising tide lifts all boats. The economy is no longer a problem for anybody
Daniel being on the show as former Executive Editor of The Times and former Executive of Policy Exchange is a massive conflict of interest. Plus his constant nonsensical contradictions of Mandelson and his incessant compium inhalation is distracting, could we please mute his mic?
If a dog were struggling as much as Roshi is then the vet would say something to the effect of “… the kindest thing to do would be… “ - call the effing election already
deeply unserious "winning rather than principles" mentality
Can't believe they thought "Better the Devil you Know" was Sonya - it was by Kylie!
20:52 I checked Spotify - "Better The Devil You Know" was a song by Sonia, from her album of the same name. But Kylie's song is much better.
35:00 Polly is absolutely correct about the recklessness within government, especially with regard to higher education sector. I was told last week that I was losing my job at uni. at the end of August. But I will keep my rainbow lanyard- it represents something far more profound than this government will ever achieved or represent.
Forget an election just pack up and get out.
The tory lib dem labour talking about greens was just so painful. As if their parties have a clear view of what they stand for and idea of how they will get there.
What is Daniel Finkelsteins point, he goes round and round
Excellent discussion
“IS” ….. he will be voted out end of
Wow, so it's not good if Unions have input to a political party.
However, it is to OK for companies to literally purchase MPs as lobbyists to enable those companies to gain influence over legislation.
I must be blind, I can't see any difference in out comes between the two.
it was Kylie not Sonya - BETTER the devil you know.
There are two entirely different songs with that title. Kylie's is the earlier one from 1990. Sonia came 2nd in the 1993 Eurovision Song Contest with hers.
I'm a middle England, middle class man, who is an independent voter. My vote is up for grabs. I have voted Labour before and i wont be voting for them this time. Why? Precisely because of people like Mandelson's characterisation of those who are deeply troubled by our support for Israel's horrific actions in Palestine as "Corbynista left wing extremists".
To quote Andrew Neil "if you knew how ridiculous that statement was you wouldn't have said it."
GET RID OF THE TORIES
To much devils in both party's
Mandy liked Russian super yachts and cheap aluminium + Mates with Prince Andrew & Epstine. Why is he getting rolled out?
Can you tell me your source for all that ?
@@yuna-1971 passive aggressive and lazy comment. Do your own research, form an opinion, comment. Have a nice day
Mandelson remains as clueless and out of touch as this government.
People just want to be able to afford a home and a decent quality of life
That means massively raising wages, or massively reducing the costs of housing and household bills
Alternatively, see what "solution" the far right offer. It will be a total con, but people who are desperate may well take that chance
Is anyone in the big parties really looking at the cost of housing and household bills?
They clearly are scared of the Greens.
First they laugh at us, then they fight us, then we win
The Green Party refused to let Ken Livingstone join.
You can only negatively campaign if you have nothing positive to offer.
*Mandelson probably said "suppository". He has a one-track mind.*
Homophobic much?
@@yuna-1971 It may seem so, but not really, I simply don't like Peter Mandelson... Sorry! 👍 ❤
@@davidjames2083 that’s fair enough. I think he speaks a lot of good points tbh
A lot of us know starmer will be just the same as sunak. We need an alternative
An unelected NIGHTMARE.
PM....COULD OPEN A RESTURANT.
I'd say run a bath
What car does Rhishi Sunak drive
A Ford Fiasco
HA HA...HE IS TAPPED.
Nah, he and his wife and kids will head to California to spend more time with his (and her) money
Or even a chemists
A camel
Yes
Listen, the Prime Minature is way, way out of his depth, the sooner the sTories go th3 better !
" prime miniature " very good! he certainly is.
Pretty funny now the Unions and Labour have come out and they agree and it’s not been watered down.
The fact that Sunak ever occupied No 10 still boggles the mind brought up on an educational system based on the one left behind by the British Raj.
Nevertheless, it was a real life the empire strikes back situation between England and India.
However, the weakness was in the spearhead who think and behave more British than the average modern British politician. So, it won't surprise too many observers if Sunak does not survive the first real challenge that blows his way though that could very well betray a very limited understanding of modern English politics.
In France I used to vote for the Socialists or the Greens, sometimes both (Green at the first round of the presidential election, Socialist at the second round). Then the French Greens merged with another pro environment party, that was also pro Europe and in a way more centrist, and I liked them even more. Then they turned watermelon (green on the outside, red on the inside), obsessed with culture wars, trans issues, being anti business, etc., they hardly ever mention the environment. They have become unelectable as a result.
He's good at spread sheets n that's about it.
Look at them through the glass window again… the cast of the inbetweeners!
Jesus how bad can times journalism get.
The area of workers rights that is needed is unions in contract labour and IT as the near slavery in gaming firms is literally destroying the industry with shareholders with unrealistic expectations.
Good to see rishi sunak apologising to the victims of the taited blood scandal ,perhaps he can reinforce this with some on going revolutionary legal action ,insuring that all politicians ,civil servants ,andgovernment departures must be legally bound to report any dishonesty or potential cover up ,relzting to their actions regarding citizens . YOU HAVE BEEN AN ABJECT FAILURE ,EVEN FOR YOUR OWN PARTY ,GO OUT WITH A MODICUM OF ACHIEVEMENT AND LET ACTION IN THIS AREA BE A LEGACY OF RESPECT AND SAFETY ,FOR THE CITIZENS YOU HAVE REPEATEDLY FAILED THROUGH OUT THE WHOLE SPECTRUM OF GOVT SERVICE
Problem is, Starmer is the Devil in waiting. The Devil has two faces, one Tory the other one Labour.
It couldn't be that clearer!
What a load of tosh!! But it's made me laugh!!!😂😂
Give me Starmer over Sunak any day
Clicked so fast…. Couldn’t wait after his nonsense speech
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Strategy?
is Mandelson being disingenuous (with his "advice" to the Greens / Tories / LDs) just to be provocative ... or because he's so tribal he can't do anything else?
😂WELCOME TO STARMERGEDDON 😂
How so? What policies don’t you agree with?
Things can only get better with Starmer.
@@LesHentschel-hk2hd ABSOLUTELY! 🌹🌹🌹 bring on the landslide
'Better the devil you know' was Kylie.
Who bloody cares?
His game was over before it started. The policies did him in from the get go.
Daniel Finkelstein must have been a very frustrating adviser he just goes round and round in endless circles never reaching a conclusion.
Not him
I would rather have Corbynistas in my party than a Far Right Tory like Natalie Elphicke.
I refuse to vote for a party that are willing to jam up their benches with the very people we want out of office.
Elphicke is standing down at the next election
He was fine in his role in The Jungle Book, but playing the PM, he is out of his depth.
I can't listen to this tripe
Sorry just realised this is TR . I'm out. Ta Ta
He should not be pm
Imagine taking moral lectures from Epsteins mate Peter Mandelson
Hahahaha hahahaha hahahaha hahahaha hahahaha hahahaha hahahaha hahahaha hahahaha hahahaha
I don't have time for idiotic chatter.
So let's not discuss politics.
So vote Labour ✅🌹
Rishi Sunak is making angrier and angrier. I have never voted, but I will be voting Labour. I can't be gaslit by that man anymore 😢
reform...
@@davidclapham8078 Why Reform?
Vote Labour ✅🌹
Sunak may change Squtting laws to stay in number 10
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You need a tax system that benefits entrapraneurs. Otherwise more decline masked by deficit spenting.
Do you mean landlords, or entrepreneurs? They're not the same thing
what's wrong with u people???
Re. Elphicke - whilst I wouldn't argue she behaved well in relation to her husband's case, I'm slightly surprised that it's apparently impossible for anyone to even attempt a degree of understanding. We all support the importance of making sure that victims feel they'll be believed if they come forward, but surely we get that the offender's wife might at least initially not react that way. She probably wouldn't have been with him if she'd thought him capable of that behaviour? In cases like this, the spouses and family of offenders are in a sense secondary victims, and I think we should have a tiny bit of empathy for the idea that it might take them a while to come round to accepting the truth of the allegations.
Too slimy god awful peter meddlesome
Mandy is riding the shirt tails of Starmer. Matt is such a lightweight, and the only serious person is Danny F, I'm a Labour supporter and party member
Vile commentary from an entitled dismissive Toraidh
Have you joined the Greens?
Vote Reform UK 🇬🇧
I think the tide has turned. Whatever you say about Sunak he measures up to Starmer all of a sudden. Everything seems to have changed
which tide are you looking at? its not the one the rest of the country is looking at.
@@brianm.9062 I tell you. Starmer has taken the Labour party outside and shot it. People are forced to reassess their views now. The shock is only just being felt
@@seanoconnor8843 hahaha
@@seanoconnor8843 You are a nut
@@dj_cakes it crushed me
Tory will wn . Not labour.
awwww bless.... forgot to take your meds again or is this just you, grieving?
NUUUUUURRRSE😵💫😵💫😵💫
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nice one, had me going for a minute I actually thought you meant it. ;)
Of course little imps time is up, but why have Dracula's brother himself on to say so ....
It's entertaining he wound up the Greens last week
@@SlowhandGregI found it very informative to know that Mandelson sees no place in Labour for the sort of policies that would be moderate centre-left social democracy in the Nordic countries
@@markwelch3564 when did he say that been listening to the podcasts?
@@SlowhandGreg because he's derogatory towards "corbynistas" - but the Corbyn platform was entirely unremarkable moderate social democrat policy
@markwelch3564 it was rewinding Thatcherism for ideological reasons while spending well over a trillion doing it.
If you want to have public ownership of say energy then build replacement capacity as its needed don't buy old clapped out coal stations or gas standby stations.