All eyes on Blackpool and Tees Valley as Sunak comes under pressure in the north

Rishi Sunak's northern 'Blue Wall' faces a major political stress test this week with a by-election in Blackpool and a mayoral vote in Tees Valley.
The two seats used to be solid Labour constituencies - part of the so-called Labour 'Red Wall' - until Boris Johnson persuaded them to vote Conservative.
So what now? Are voters happy with Rishi Sunak? Or are looking to return back to Labour?
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  • @tomspain6696
    @tomspain669616 күн бұрын

    Voting for a Prime Minister because they're "entertaining". The nation needs to get a grip

  • @zuzannanowicka6348

    @zuzannanowicka6348

    16 күн бұрын

    Voting for entertaining politicians have destroyed politics in my country of origin

  • @carlbland68

    @carlbland68

    16 күн бұрын

    @@zuzannanowicka6348 people r thick voting does not help us just the politicians but go ahead a vote

  • @aljaliah6868

    @aljaliah6868

    16 күн бұрын

    FOR REAL !!! If I Want to see a clown....................................I visit a circus !!!!

  • @_Area-51

    @_Area-51

    15 күн бұрын

    Beware of the clever fool

  • @speciesmg7537

    @speciesmg7537

    15 күн бұрын

    right? He's a conman. How can so many people still not see that?

  • @garyh1572
    @garyh157216 күн бұрын

    Fancy thinking that the Tories will help the working-class !!!!!!!

  • @barryscott1756

    @barryscott1756

    16 күн бұрын

    Fancy thinking any politician regardless of party will help it's citizens.

  • @dixie3058

    @dixie3058

    16 күн бұрын

    All tories are interested in is WHAT CAN WE TAX NEXT

  • @potnoogle5780

    @potnoogle5780

    16 күн бұрын

    The northerners did and now they are paying the bills 😂😂😂L-O-S-E-R-S

  • @garyh1572

    @garyh1572

    16 күн бұрын

    @@barryscott1756 Who created the NHS ??

  • @barryscott1756

    @barryscott1756

    16 күн бұрын

    @@garyh1572 add when was it created after world war 2 (5 July 1948) why was it needed I wounder it wasn't created because politicians wanted to do something good for the citizens it was created to solve a problem. Give me example of what modern politicians have done for the benefit of its citizens.

  • @user-ur2nn6xn9v
    @user-ur2nn6xn9v16 күн бұрын

    Voting for a party because the leader is entertaining, WTAF! Vote for someone who will do something for the people & that most definitely is NOT the Tories

  • @craig361

    @craig361

    15 күн бұрын

    nah country's already fucked it doesn't matter who's in charge just vote for the funniest outcome

  • @anatolydyatlov5196
    @anatolydyatlov519616 күн бұрын

    90% of the money coming in from the Tees valley freeports are going to pockets of stakeholders and investors

  • @davidk7262

    @davidk7262

    16 күн бұрын

    It is an utter con with the taxpayer footing the bill as always.

  • @anatolydyatlov5196

    @anatolydyatlov5196

    16 күн бұрын

    @@davidk7262 the worst part is that people actually think they're benefiting from it and will probably vote for Houchen as a result

  • @GerryT.

    @GerryT.

    16 күн бұрын

    Houchen and others need investigating, Private Eye have been following this for some time, and dodgy doesn't come close to describing it

  • @anatolydyatlov5196

    @anatolydyatlov5196

    16 күн бұрын

    @@GerryT. When Labour get in they've said they'll open an investigation, just gotta wait for Sunak to muster up the balls to call a GE

  • @dianeglanville
    @dianeglanville16 күн бұрын

    another lying tory bozo

  • @TheReddkatt
    @TheReddkatt16 күн бұрын

    The North hates Sunak

  • @amandagribbin2638

    @amandagribbin2638

    16 күн бұрын

    i hope so

  • @potnoogle5780

    @potnoogle5780

    16 күн бұрын

    Red wall 🧱 😂😂😂😂L-O-S-E-R-S

  • @alanhargreaves-thevoiceofr2361

    @alanhargreaves-thevoiceofr2361

    16 күн бұрын

    so does south east west ..everywhere really

  • @hilaryjohnson2386

    @hilaryjohnson2386

    15 күн бұрын

    I live in the Midlands.Most of us hate him as well.

  • @bryanbrookes6366
    @bryanbrookes636616 күн бұрын

    As a resident of Hartlepool, we have seen no improvement within the town under Ben Houchen. The only thing we have seen is an increase in people using food banks. We were promised jobs but we have not materialise

  • @debb6393

    @debb6393

    16 күн бұрын

    Private eye is worth a read about him making himself rich at tax payers expense.

  • @Silver-st2zq
    @Silver-st2zq16 күн бұрын

    Voting Tory and expecting them to help Red Wall areas 😆😂🤣

  • @potnoogle5780

    @potnoogle5780

    16 күн бұрын

    😂😂😂😂😂😂

  • @user-it7lf7kk8m

    @user-it7lf7kk8m

    15 күн бұрын

    And labour have helped more? Most of these places still have labour councils and MPs for decades and they have done nothing for the working class

  • @Silver-st2zq

    @Silver-st2zq

    15 күн бұрын

    @@user-it7lf7kk8m And voting Tory has helped in what way?

  • @user-it7lf7kk8m

    @user-it7lf7kk8m

    15 күн бұрын

    @@Silver-st2zq stopped the even worse labour getting in. Not saying it is ideal.

  • @Silver-st2zq

    @Silver-st2zq

    15 күн бұрын

    @@user-it7lf7kk8m The Tories always punch down so i fail to see the benefit over Labour.

  • @MattyGsterThe7th
    @MattyGsterThe7th16 күн бұрын

    I can't imagine anyone in Blackpool voting Conservative. I can't imagine many people voting for Conservative at all.

  • @user-cf3cr8ki7e

    @user-cf3cr8ki7e

    16 күн бұрын

    😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 Every one saw a nastiness of Tories cowany group of companies

  • @dub604
    @dub60416 күн бұрын

    "I can't believe the leopard ate my face" says the woman that voted for the Leopard Eat My Face party.

  • @user-it7lf7kk8m

    @user-it7lf7kk8m

    15 күн бұрын

    Is that labour?

  • @dub604

    @dub604

    15 күн бұрын

    @@user-it7lf7kk8m Nah, it's your mum.

  • @user-it7lf7kk8m

    @user-it7lf7kk8m

    15 күн бұрын

    @@dub604 it's my mum party. Never heard of them, tell us more

  • @chopperharris32
    @chopperharris3216 күн бұрын

    Larry the cat would do better

  • @isabelstokes4042

    @isabelstokes4042

    16 күн бұрын

    I agree! Vote for the Larry Party!

  • @GerryT.
    @GerryT.16 күн бұрын

    The Tees Valley Freeport....the word dodgy doesnt come close to describing the goings on there.

  • @paulsmith7162
    @paulsmith716216 күн бұрын

    This is the type of soft journaling ahoy allows characters like Boris and Ben to get away with it for years. The media are all too easily sucked into the showman side of the person but don’t delve into the character and substance of both men. Ben Houchen’s faces serious questions over corruption and cronyism at Teesworks and yet not a whisper about that in this report. Anyone who’s read Private Eye, the FT or the Yorkshire Post had read all about his murky dealings and yet the local/national papers and news barely mention it.

  • @richardbrown1189
    @richardbrown118916 күн бұрын

    "People like a showman." FFS, this is the criterion for an effective Prime Minister? Talk about distracting the masses with bread and circuses.

  • @hilaryjohnson2386
    @hilaryjohnson238615 күн бұрын

    Scott Benton basically sums up the current Tory Party.Cant wait to do my bit,and vote them out.

  • @BenonBoldstreet
    @BenonBoldstreet16 күн бұрын

    I am Leaving the UK .. Skilled and Just had enough of this terrrable Place

  • @debb6393

    @debb6393

    16 күн бұрын

    My daughters gone and I’m so relieved, they’re already better off in Canada 🇨🇦 I miss her but it’s better for youngsters as it will take years to get back on track after 14 years of this lot .

  • @RF_Burns

    @RF_Burns

    16 күн бұрын

    Where to?

  • @BenonBoldstreet

    @BenonBoldstreet

    16 күн бұрын

    ​@RF_Burns The Azores it's amazing and a better life

  • @MrLaking123
    @MrLaking12316 күн бұрын

    don't know why Red Wall areas voted Tories as if the Tories were going to help them it's their fault for the last 14 years

  • @robdegoyim4023
    @robdegoyim402316 күн бұрын

    Cornflake tart and custard £5.10... wtf

  • @LobsterBox
    @LobsterBox15 күн бұрын

    The best argument against democracy is a 5 minute conversation with the average voter

  • @johnh23z
    @johnh23z16 күн бұрын

    Sunak and Charles have the same looking ears and hair part. 😁🤠

  • @Silver-st2zq

    @Silver-st2zq

    16 күн бұрын

    But poor! Sunak hasn't the same wealth bless him.

  • @philcarson6731

    @philcarson6731

    16 күн бұрын

    His wife actually has more wealth than Charlie

  • @perolagrande

    @perolagrande

    16 күн бұрын

    Nonsense, Sunak's ears don't stick out like Charles'.

  • @Silver-st2zq

    @Silver-st2zq

    16 күн бұрын

    @@perolagrande 😆😂

  • @dommccabe17

    @dommccabe17

    16 күн бұрын

    @@philcarson6731 Possibly. Don't forget the Royals don't actually reveal their true wealth for fear of upsetting their subjects.

  • @Cookieviolet
    @Cookieviolet16 күн бұрын

    THIS PIC OF FISH AND CHIPS IS SOOOOOOO TEMPTING THATS ALL

  • @rorymoore9269
    @rorymoore926915 күн бұрын

    Time to Rebuild the Red wall!

  • @user-rc1fi5gz6g
    @user-rc1fi5gz6g16 күн бұрын

    What a condescending story about the north of England

  • @user-wx6hy4kr3j
    @user-wx6hy4kr3j16 күн бұрын

    Ppl need to vote independent or workers party

  • @ab8865
    @ab886516 күн бұрын

    A bet they have noticed how crap the tories have been and by being greedy and decline in there area with public services

  • @GarethMachin-rb2sg
    @GarethMachin-rb2sg16 күн бұрын

    Big bad Ben

  • @ivantsang2156
    @ivantsang215615 күн бұрын

    Fish and chips are expensive these days, used to be 7,8 pounds. Now is like more then 10 pounds for a fish and chips in these days 😮

  • @sol2746
    @sol274616 күн бұрын

    People have changed,He's trying to tap into the mindset of yesteryear,Peoples attitudes have changed Sunak so do the right thing & quit.

  • @illegalsmirf
    @illegalsmirf16 күн бұрын

    Mushy peas and cheese please, Louise!

  • @routeone4790
    @routeone479016 күн бұрын

    "convseratives let me down" then she said she might vote for him?? So they let her down but will still vote for them, that makes no sense.

  • @peter0010
    @peter001015 күн бұрын

    He's bringing nothing to help the area, love. Wake up.

  • @hugosaurus
    @hugosaurus15 күн бұрын

    What was with that weird visual effect on the footage of Boris at Hartlepool? Sky News doing the time warp

  • @everythinginbetween4440
    @everythinginbetween444016 күн бұрын

    So who's everyone voting in replacement of Sunak. Surely people are not voting that twonk in again or are they? 🤔

  • @hmq9052
    @hmq905216 күн бұрын

    The Surrey stockbroker belt would like to extend its warm thanks to the doughty people of the north for voting Tory. We couldn't quite believe it.

  • @Withnail1969

    @Withnail1969

    16 күн бұрын

    as if labour would have somehow been different.

  • @seanfindlay1521
    @seanfindlay152116 күн бұрын

    I have many friends in Hartlepool, and travel there often. I wouldnt be suprised if they go reform :/

  • @SirJellyFish08
    @SirJellyFish0815 күн бұрын

    It shows why they’re one of the most improvised parts of the uk, if they would vote in a prime minster that has done nothing but hold them back instead of one that could make real change for them because the other is a ‘real character” and is “entertaining” is hilarious. These lot have lost the plot

  • @uselessoldman7964
    @uselessoldman796416 күн бұрын

    Lets be honest, NO PARYT is interested in any of us or the North.

  • @Rob-uv8bu
    @Rob-uv8bu16 күн бұрын

    Yeah look what they did. Can't turn boats back. Reform uk

  • @Cherrytune386
    @Cherrytune38614 күн бұрын

    Come on lets do this. Tories OUT. Labour IN!

  • @iiTz-Greed
    @iiTz-Greed16 күн бұрын

    Sunak Is A Problem

  • @jaywalker3087
    @jaywalker308716 күн бұрын

    Winker !!

  • @philcarson6731
    @philcarson673116 күн бұрын

    Larger than life character beats anyone than has gold policy that will help me .........British electorate

  • @_Lady-Konga
    @_Lady-Konga16 күн бұрын

    BOJO was better than BB Ding Ding £2.99

  • @potnoogle5780

    @potnoogle5780

    16 күн бұрын

    It's bud bud ting ting £2.99

  • @paulagilbert1982
    @paulagilbert198216 күн бұрын

    Reform what the hell would i vote for labour or Conservative.

  • @chrisd5964

    @chrisd5964

    16 күн бұрын

    Reform are just far right Tories.

  • @wessexfox5197

    @wessexfox5197

    16 күн бұрын

    @@chrisd5964Far right? They’ve literally suspended candidates because Hope Not Hate wanted them to.

  • @chrisd5964

    @chrisd5964

    15 күн бұрын

    @@wessexfox5197 Reform’s policies are almost identical to the BNP’s from 2010, seriously. Do some research and then tell me they are not far right.

  • @backgroundknowledgeisevery3089
    @backgroundknowledgeisevery308914 күн бұрын

    I am old enough to remember watching British television in 1968. At that point there was a lot of commentary, informed analysis and commentary from experts, as well as a lot of statistics. Now it is just vox pops, and “ask the punter what s/he thinks, especially the thickest punters we can find on the street.” Sad to see a country in decline.

  • @burlhorse61
    @burlhorse6116 күн бұрын

    Voting for a conman seems weird

  • @user-es3hq5zk4e
    @user-es3hq5zk4e16 күн бұрын

    Blackpool is pure filth.

  • @elijahheyes9061

    @elijahheyes9061

    15 күн бұрын

    Totally agree...Awful place.

  • @SirKeefyKeef
    @SirKeefyKeef16 күн бұрын

    Only 2 choices of the same old decrepit nags? Vote for Principles and Policies NOT Party. Think Different, Vote for an Independent Candidate.

  • @SlowhandGreg

    @SlowhandGreg

    16 күн бұрын

    wasted vote we need the Tories out

  • @budweiser600
    @budweiser60016 күн бұрын

    I don't know why SKY News is on my timeline. I more trust the authenticity of the direction of a worm.

  • @SheeplessShepherd
    @SheeplessShepherd16 күн бұрын

    Personality 😂😂😂 that will fix everything

  • @bm8516
    @bm851613 күн бұрын

    Was this just a huge campaign promo for Ben?

  • @_Lady-Konga
    @_Lady-Konga16 күн бұрын

    VOTE 🗳️ 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 REFORM UK 🇬🇧

  • @Gunner-rear

    @Gunner-rear

    16 күн бұрын

    😂😂😂😂😂

  • @isabelstokes4042

    @isabelstokes4042

    16 күн бұрын

    If we wanted fascists we could have voted for Oswald Mosely all those years ago. God knows what would happen if that lot got in.

  • @kirstyx
    @kirstyx16 күн бұрын

    Voting on the 5th please let's get rid of zunack!!!!!

  • @josephmalik3861
    @josephmalik386113 күн бұрын

    Brexit / Gammon # melt down 🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • @dean70
    @dean7016 күн бұрын

    It's time for a bit of fresh new blood in politics the old crews are no longer any use of purpose

  • @TaylorMarsden
    @TaylorMarsden16 күн бұрын

    I’m voting REFORM!!!

  • @Gunner-rear

    @Gunner-rear

    16 күн бұрын

    😂😂😂😂😂

  • @alastairwallace6153

    @alastairwallace6153

    16 күн бұрын

    your voting tory then.

  • @stephenball-qo7ug
    @stephenball-qo7ug16 күн бұрын

    We in the north should ask London to leave the UK.

  • @backgroundknowledgeisevery3089

    @backgroundknowledgeisevery3089

    14 күн бұрын

    The UK’s GDP (income) last year was approximately £2.6 trillion. About £650 billion of that came from London alone. Good luck making up that shortfall without our capital city.

  • @margaretcalarco1528
    @margaretcalarco152816 күн бұрын

    I’m voting REFORM

  • @Gunner-rear

    @Gunner-rear

    16 күн бұрын

    😂😂😂😂😂

  • @TheVicar

    @TheVicar

    16 күн бұрын

    I'm having unicorn soup as a starter

  • @alastairwallace6153

    @alastairwallace6153

    16 күн бұрын

    your voting tory then, more of the same.

  • @chrisd5964

    @chrisd5964

    16 күн бұрын

    MaRgaRet. 😂

  • @richardg5881
    @richardg588116 күн бұрын

    Reform!

  • @alastairwallace6153

    @alastairwallace6153

    16 күн бұрын

    reform = tory.

  • @chrisd5964

    @chrisd5964

    16 күн бұрын

    Deform!

  • @Cherrytune386

    @Cherrytune386

    14 күн бұрын

    NO! 😂😂😂😂

  • @aleccap5946
    @aleccap594616 күн бұрын

    Bring back Boris

  • @Cherrytune386

    @Cherrytune386

    14 күн бұрын

    NEVER!

  • @kiransingh9510
    @kiransingh951012 күн бұрын

    Vote reform

  • @sol2746
    @sol274615 күн бұрын

    Labour for the big win👍

  • @VegasMilgauss
    @VegasMilgauss16 күн бұрын

    Let’s get the Tories out and get back into the single market. #EU #strongertogether

  • @Withnail1969

    @Withnail1969

    16 күн бұрын

    Why?

  • @grahamhavercroft4203

    @grahamhavercroft4203

    16 күн бұрын

    Hear hear

  • @chrimbus71
    @chrimbus7116 күн бұрын

    Sky news pretending they are for the common man 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

  • @user-cf3cr8ki7e
    @user-cf3cr8ki7e16 күн бұрын

    Labour

  • @dhmonkey50
    @dhmonkey5016 күн бұрын

    😅😅😅😅😅😅😅

  • @DavidBrown-bs7gg
    @DavidBrown-bs7gg15 күн бұрын

    As awful as the Tories are, Labour is never the answer

  • @danielbutler760
    @danielbutler76016 күн бұрын

    kzread.info/dash/bejne/dXeWwbqbnaXFmag.htmlsi=ksgtb-ZXutqVoLGH "OE

  • @alexmitchell9336
    @alexmitchell933616 күн бұрын

    I'm voting for Boris

  • @colinmassey527

    @colinmassey527

    16 күн бұрын

    🤡

  • @laurawalker6431
    @laurawalker643116 күн бұрын

    We want Boris back!!!

  • @potnoogle5780
    @potnoogle578016 күн бұрын

    There is a reason why its called the north/south divide😂😂😂😂

  • @potnoogle5780
    @potnoogle578016 күн бұрын

    The north red walls going to vote for tory😂😂😂

  • @MohammadthePeadophile
    @MohammadthePeadophile16 күн бұрын

    The north east is still a predominately brittish area, so wont get any real investment until it gets islamised like the south

  • @RDZWorldNews
    @RDZWorldNews16 күн бұрын

    Voting for a Prime Minister because they're "entertaining". The nation needs to get a grip

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