Are you clear on what Labour and the Tories stand for? | LBC debate

As Keir Starmer sets out Labour's 'first-steps' in government and Jeremy Hunt promises further tax cuts, Matthew Wright asks are you clear on what either the Labour Party or the Conservatives stand for?
The Labour leader promised to deliver economic security, cut NHS waiting times, create a new border security command, set up a nationalised energy company, crack down on anti social behaviour, and recruit 6,500 new teachers.
Chancellor Jeremy Hunt vowed to deliver further tax cuts if the Conservatives win the next general election, while hitting out at Labour over "playground politics".
Matthew Wright was joined by author and journalist Paul Mason and Tory MP Sir John Redwood to discuss.
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  • @johnrussell3961
    @johnrussell396115 күн бұрын

    Ask centre right Tories if they think they are the same. The Tories are now a far right party with bonkers idea that don’t work. Starmers Labour is a centre left party with policies attractive to those centre right tories.

  • @shaun906

    @shaun906

    15 күн бұрын

    I was going to say the same thing

  • @GuzziHeroV50

    @GuzziHeroV50

    15 күн бұрын

    I'd say that under Starmer, Labour is soft right.

  • @daveruda

    @daveruda

    15 күн бұрын

    Starmers labour have ousted the leftists and have broken every promise he made. A rightwing snake

  • @shaun906

    @shaun906

    15 күн бұрын

    @@GuzziHeroV50 I bet you put your left shoe on your right foot!

  • @GuzziHeroV50

    @GuzziHeroV50

    15 күн бұрын

    @@shaun906 Nah, but Starmer is so far right, he has two right feet.

  • @RuMixesButBetter
    @RuMixesButBetter15 күн бұрын

    Absolutely not. One main point of difference: Rwanda. Labour aren’t hellbent on throwing red meat to their base unlike the Tories

  • @rw31415

    @rw31415

    15 күн бұрын

    Agreed. One has also been in power for over a decade while the other hasn't. It is a deeply cynical approach saying 'oh, they're all the same' (as well as being meaningless).

  • @RuMixesButBetter

    @RuMixesButBetter

    15 күн бұрын

    @@rw31415 exactly! Any party who only appeals to their base will lose. I understand why people on the left are upset with Starmer, but you can’t carry on as you were and expect to win

  • @gooner7331

    @gooner7331

    15 күн бұрын

    To me (much like Blair) Starmer and the rest of the leadership group are center right Tories without the incompetence and same levels of corruption and yes they're corrupt and in the pockets of big business because they rolled back promises of extra worker protections as soon as Reeves received donations from business leaders. Or how about Streeting that accepts donations from American healthcare insurers and providers and then starts slagging off the NHS and says that they always moan about being underfunded, especially around Christmas time and that they need to manage their finances better. Where have we heard that before or him pushing to "have private healthcare be involved more with the NHS to help with the backlog of patients". Pretty sure that private healthcare isn't going to leave the NHS alone once the backlog is lowered 🙄. Which in the medium and long term is going to drain what little money is left and leave us with worse and unaffordable care. Just take a look at the USA for proof of what happens when for profit private healthcare gets involved and private insurance companies

  • @malcolmmitchell6529

    @malcolmmitchell6529

    15 күн бұрын

    Oh they will.

  • @gooner7331

    @gooner7331

    15 күн бұрын

    @@malcolmmitchell6529 already have by accepting Elphicke into the party. If that isn't throwing red meat to the Tory base, i don't know what is

  • @MegaKapo12
    @MegaKapo1215 күн бұрын

    Sir conservatives MP telling how much it will cost us but not telling us how much this has already cost ustime to go 15 years is enough.

  • @user-zc4yd9ss7h
    @user-zc4yd9ss7h15 күн бұрын

    New Labour delivered all of its 1997 pledges and went far beyond them.

  • @melodic-cactus

    @melodic-cactus

    15 күн бұрын

    Yes we remember their biggest pledge " let's invade Iraq" just another imperialist party

  • @malcolmmitchell6529

    @malcolmmitchell6529

    15 күн бұрын

    On the road to insanity

  • @malcolmmitchell6529

    @malcolmmitchell6529

    15 күн бұрын

    Oh dear.

  • @johnrussell3961

    @johnrussell3961

    15 күн бұрын

    They promised to keep those Thatcherite policies the centre right thought reasonable. Repealing everything would have lost them the election..

  • @olibirkett331

    @olibirkett331

    15 күн бұрын

    More importantly, they gave us a minimum wage.

  • @shugieshugied2269
    @shugieshugied226915 күн бұрын

    Whenever I hear the likes of Redwood wittering on about efficiency, the more I understand what he really means is paying people lower wages to do more work. I'm sure lots of people will vote for that, as long as it's not them getting less money and more grief.

  • @catherinemartin6258
    @catherinemartin625815 күн бұрын

    No one is like the Tory’s.

  • @jimmeltonbradley1497
    @jimmeltonbradley149715 күн бұрын

    The "They're all the same" argument has been promoted for decades by those who really can't be bothered to think, or want an excuse not to make the effort to vote. Whether you like the current choices or not, there is a clear diffence. The Labour party is just to the left of centre, while the Tories have shifted to the far right, much closer to the politics of the bonkers Reform Party.

  • @craig3533

    @craig3533

    15 күн бұрын

    Actually, it's mostly the people targeting those who don't want to think, and to discourage any idea that things can change from people who only see politics in limited amounts. If you can sell people that the only difference is the colour of the rosette, then people don't vote, or at least don't vote for anything that can win. Which is great when you are, say, the only party in one half of the spectrum. It's why Reform makes the Tories freak out - "They're both the same" makes some Right wing voters vote Reform/UKIP/etc and hurts them too, rather than just hurts Labour.

  • @david030491

    @david030491

    15 күн бұрын

    Hahaha left of centre?

  • @gooner7331

    @gooner7331

    15 күн бұрын

    Labour are clearly not left of centre. They're what the Tories would be if they were still right of centre but without the incompetence and same levels of corruption and yes the Labour leadership are corrupt. Reeves receives donations from business leaders and immediately rolls back on the extra workers protection promises. Streeting receives money from the American private healthcare providers and insurers and goe on a tirade against the NHS (says that the NHS always cry about being underfunded at Christmas and that they need to manage finances better, where we heard that before 🤔) and pushes for more involvement of private healthcare providers within the NHS. Very left of centre

  • @InArgCroitheGoDeo

    @InArgCroitheGoDeo

    15 күн бұрын

    Labour are a liberal party not a social democratic party.

  • @jacknorman8236

    @jacknorman8236

    15 күн бұрын

    I agree with you on the large part, but these two really are the same at the minute. They both stand for exactly the same thing.

  • @Mikey72182
    @Mikey7218214 күн бұрын

    *Labour are no different to the Tories under Starmer. Vote Green!* 🇪🇺🇬🇧

  • @TheF1uffyOne.50
    @TheF1uffyOne.5015 күн бұрын

    After the last 14 years, its a tough sell to say they are all the same. Try leaving your bias at home.

  • @benwrong6855
    @benwrong685515 күн бұрын

    600milluon in Rwanda and no one mentions child poverty ...,

  • @MrDeadhead1952
    @MrDeadhead195215 күн бұрын

    It would help if Wright had taken the trouble to actually read what he is trashing, because if he had he would have found out that it folds out with a detailed explanation how each of the issues listed are going to be achieved. They don't replace any of the already stated plans they are as it says first steps. They will a point to this argument if the manifesto when it's issued once Rishi calls an election has any major differences.

  • @robc7162

    @robc7162

    15 күн бұрын

    I've noticed a number of "journalists & commentators" deliberately ignoring the pull-out detail.

  • @williamelewis464
    @williamelewis46415 күн бұрын

    15 yrs of Tory rule says otherwise

  • @seamuspadraigsanders431

    @seamuspadraigsanders431

    14 күн бұрын

    They're distancing themselves from the incoming disaster. The bottom line is they're saving their own necks from being in the chopping block after 14 years of saying the opposition could do better than the conservatives. That was a lie.

  • @chrisr3570
    @chrisr357015 күн бұрын

    So let a private company charge you x and take profit, or nationalise and then instead of profit, that money can go back into the service

  • @Tom_murray89
    @Tom_murray8915 күн бұрын

    I just wish Rishi would call an election

  • @sandyellis28
    @sandyellis2814 күн бұрын

    Redwood & the Tories don’t even see the problems let alone any grasp or ability to deal with them.

  • @1erkyrob2
    @1erkyrob215 күн бұрын

    Matthew Wright is a complete fool if he thinks the two are the same. When did you give up being a journalist?

  • @acrodave9287

    @acrodave9287

    15 күн бұрын

    At the same time that a lot of journalists gave up on journalism: when the prevailing wind blew in that direction.

  • @david030491

    @david030491

    15 күн бұрын

    But they are? Same fiscal rules. Same dogmatic slavishness to big business.

  • @hashburystumble8808
    @hashburystumble880815 күн бұрын

    Westminster is the problem not the solution.

  • @malcolmmitchell6529

    @malcolmmitchell6529

    15 күн бұрын

    At least its nice &clean.

  • @hashburystumble8808

    @hashburystumble8808

    15 күн бұрын

    @@malcolmmitchell6529 🤣

  • @ElemennoP
    @ElemennoP15 күн бұрын

    tbf there's not any party that would be capable of sorting the mess this country has got itself into..🙄..

  • @DinnenG

    @DinnenG

    15 күн бұрын

    Agreed. The best thing we can do is put the children who got us here in the naughty corner

  • @Jonnyonthespot123

    @Jonnyonthespot123

    15 күн бұрын

    ​@@DinnenG Jail would be nice. Shame that the rules don't apply to the rich

  • @susanthompson5381
    @susanthompson538115 күн бұрын

    We need a labour government to get the country back on track and look after the working people of our country

  • @DoneDunning
    @DoneDunning15 күн бұрын

    Voters don't know any different. That's an issue.

  • @user-sd3ik9rt6d
    @user-sd3ik9rt6d15 күн бұрын

    It should be a broad church but they are totally ignoring their foundations even though some in the left of the party would rather have unelectable purity.

  • @johnrussell3961

    @johnrussell3961

    15 күн бұрын

    They don’t get democracy under FPTP. You have to win most seats to win power. And currently most seats are held by the Tories. Offering left wing policies is not gong to make them flip.

  • @sanchezz4387

    @sanchezz4387

    15 күн бұрын

    Corbyn tried appealing to the left wingers....and I supported him.....look what happened. The UK is a predominantly conservative country by nature. Labour MUST attract Tory voters and Scottish voters To win

  • @SirKeefyKeef
    @SirKeefyKeef15 күн бұрын

    I am convinced now after watching Paul Mason that there will be more than just one election within the next two years.

  • @stephenadams5349
    @stephenadams534915 күн бұрын

    When was he elected?

  • @morizwan123

    @morizwan123

    15 күн бұрын

    Conservatives were re-elected in 2019. You voted for the party 😊

  • @nojuice457
    @nojuice45715 күн бұрын

    because the people funding both are of the same tribe with the same interests.

  • @StephenFentiman
    @StephenFentiman11 күн бұрын

    What a shock, the tory lies with every breath.

  • @MiPointIs
    @MiPointIs14 күн бұрын

    Why do all media outlets fail to report the Labour presentation correctly? Have they only skimmed the presentation or are they reporting via secondhand reports? The pledges made by Labour are the first 6 steps laying foundations to deliver the 5 missions, giving details of how they will be funded. Starmer acknowledged the need for inclusion of peripheral issues to attain success. Labour are already preparing so that no time is wasted once they are running the government and their key pledge is to delivered realistic targets rather than making unrealistic promises which never come to fruition.

  • @seamuspadraigsanders431

    @seamuspadraigsanders431

    14 күн бұрын

    They have 0 policies, they're keeping current tory policies. The policies laid out in the Labour manifesto are vanity projects that are unfunded.

  • @sanchezz4387
    @sanchezz438715 күн бұрын

    Sunak jas just made £150 million in a year where the country is on the Verge of collapse.....how much does the prime minister getbpaid again?

  • @rebeccanoble6797

    @rebeccanoble6797

    15 күн бұрын

    On the verge of collapse? What do you mean? Explain.

  • @rebeccanoble6797

    @rebeccanoble6797

    15 күн бұрын

    I'm pretty sure ministerial pay is published by law.

  • @michaelsmedley7519

    @michaelsmedley7519

    13 күн бұрын

    By passive income on his wealth. Including some invested 'blind' in Russia

  • @Human_Herbivore
    @Human_Herbivore15 күн бұрын

    The current opposition doesn't have to be specific because they are not in control of when the elections happens, so, don't need to publish a manifesto yet.

  • @user-hl1ex6py8l
    @user-hl1ex6py8l15 күн бұрын

    Yes I am totally clear what they stand for. The Tories stand for more of the same or even worse and Labour stand for not being the Tories. That is all I need to know. In fact I would vote for whatever party stands the best chance of winning in my constituency for not being the Tories. VOTE TACTICALLY GET THE TORY OUT.

  • @robc7162
    @robc716215 күн бұрын

    Matthew, time you put yourself up for election and find out how hard it actually is. Not sure how political parties are supposed to try and get their messages out other than making pledges until a manifesto is published. And how many people actually read a manifesto? What's your alternative?

  • @CRINOTH

    @CRINOTH

    15 күн бұрын

    Exactly. I'm an active member of one of the political parties and I very much doubt that I'll read our manifesto... Elections have to fought with bullet points and broad strokes, not fine print. Funnily enough, manifestos these days only come into play way after elections when whichever party is elected fails to deliver on parts of whatever was written in them and the media, rightly, point it out to the voters.

  • @keiranmorrisart
    @keiranmorrisart15 күн бұрын

    They both stand for big brother and lbc is part of the ministry of truth

  • @malcolmmitchell6529
    @malcolmmitchell652915 күн бұрын

    Watch starmer plead poverty continuously, " we can't t afford" will be repeated ad infinitum. He will be no different and just as annoying. The whole scam of party politics has proven unworkable. Glad I'm old, the future looks grim.

  • @johnrussell3961

    @johnrussell3961

    15 күн бұрын

    Atllee said we can only afford things by having enough tax to pay for them.. Tax was hiked and put everyone into Austrity. But that tax made the state able to pay off war debt, create the NHS and start massive welfare. It was the Tories who said let’s have tax cuts and fund things with borrowing.

  • @chrisrobinson1209
    @chrisrobinson120915 күн бұрын

    Paul Mason isn’t well, there should be a duty of care, don’t give him a platform until he gets help.

  • @derekwhite2929
    @derekwhite292915 күн бұрын

    Balderdash deflection and distractions, nothing more! We'll all be too distracted by the war with Russia to be worrying about it for much longer! The political equivalent of whackamole!

  • @hilaryporter7841
    @hilaryporter784115 күн бұрын

    We need to protect our borders from foreign financial interests who own our water, rail, mail, energy, increasingly our NHS, our buses, lots of residential housing blocks and also own our members of parliament (through lobbying). We have little to fear from small boats; we have most to fear from being conquered financially, I fear the worst has already hapoened and the people have been put back to feudal conditions. That is what I think of that 'dear listeners'.

  • @jeffsuter344
    @jeffsuter34413 күн бұрын

    I could stop the boats overnight. Just create safe routes and allow Asylum Seekers to use planes, trains and ferries. Or open a processing Centre in France as the French offered.

  • @SirKeefyKeef
    @SirKeefyKeef15 күн бұрын

    Mason is more of an activist than a journalist.

  • @kablegames2446
    @kablegames244615 күн бұрын

    i can tell you why they are in bed together in 7 council in scotland

  • @christinavuyk2026
    @christinavuyk202615 күн бұрын

    Labour aren’t concentrating on housing because social housing won’t make them any money. Pink tories the lot of them 😐

  • @StuartSouter
    @StuartSouter14 күн бұрын

    Redwood is at it.

  • @archiemcberry7102
    @archiemcberry710215 күн бұрын

    They are basically the same because the both want to be in the middle of the road. Straddle the fence. Be friend with everyone and be universally loved. Love at both parties and their feeble response to the illegals crossing the Channel. Middle of the road = feebleness.

  • @robc7162

    @robc7162

    15 күн бұрын

    That's where the majority of the votes are.

  • @johnrussell3961

    @johnrussell3961

    15 күн бұрын

    Are China feeble for realising communism doesn’t work, nor does liberal free markets?

  • @melodic-cactus
    @melodic-cactus15 күн бұрын

    A true democracy would have equal representation of every colour creed and gender, someone to represent everybody and dual nationals or representatives of other states or corporates would be banned

  • @johnrussell3961

    @johnrussell3961

    15 күн бұрын

    That requires PR.

  • @MurphyOCP-001
    @MurphyOCP-00115 күн бұрын

    They aren’t the same. End of video

  • @michaelfairclough6039
    @michaelfairclough603915 күн бұрын

    Chalk &Cheese

  • @Transformers-oe5jj
    @Transformers-oe5jj15 күн бұрын

    Both Z10 run and payed

  • @MichaelSmith-ns8ow
    @MichaelSmith-ns8ow15 күн бұрын

    Doom

  • @anthonymcnamee6297
    @anthonymcnamee629715 күн бұрын

    Both blue 👎same people

  • @Jonnyonthespot123

    @Jonnyonthespot123

    15 күн бұрын

    15 years of Conservative rule shows us people don't want/are brainwashed to vote against a Labour government. If the only way you can win an election is to look and speak like a Tory then don't be surprised when Labour start looking and sounding like Tories.

  • @Dr_Raja_King_Quotes_
    @Dr_Raja_King_Quotes_14 күн бұрын

    Keir starmar keeps breaking promises...

  • @rebeccanoble6797
    @rebeccanoble679715 күн бұрын

    The UK is commencing CPTPP participation in mid October or thereabouts. And we are close to landing an FTA with India. There's not going to be any announcement until that happens.

  • @mwd331

    @mwd331

    14 күн бұрын

    The unicorns have come! We are saved..

  • @rebeccanoble6797

    @rebeccanoble6797

    14 күн бұрын

    @@mwd331 Fool.

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