From the bottom of my heart I genuinely hope things will get better again for the people of the UK. With love from Germany ❤

@Bowden99

24 күн бұрын

I'm glad that all of Europe doesn't hate us after the debacle of the last 14 years. I wish we could be one again.

@jakehowie442

24 күн бұрын

How do you view the UK right now as a German?

@tgm_rka8888

24 күн бұрын

😂😂😂 get better? It’s going to be the same labour and Tory are the same

@spring_in_paris

24 күн бұрын

@jakehowie442 Please keep in mind that I am just a bystander. I think it will take a long time and a lot of patience and commitment on the part of the people to correct the damage that has been done. I have been to your beautiful country several times over the last 35 years. Most recently in 2023 and I was shocked by the prominent poverty. But I think a lot will be gained by reversing the harshest social cuts and implementing an effective economic program that is geared towards benefiting the majority and not just a minority. And, if the majority of Britons want it, back into the EU. However, this time without a special agreement.

@missaj5623

23 күн бұрын

Thanks that is really kind of you. With love from the UK

Former PM Liz Truss being slow clapped onto the stage to hear that she has lost her seat. And then shuffling off defiantly without saying a word to her constituents is surely the proper coda to this miserable 14 year Tory government.

@user-vz7xf5vf6j

24 күн бұрын

Pork futures?

@peterb9407

24 күн бұрын

The reason why she was tardy was because they’re told the poll results just before they go on stage, sounds to me like she heard of her loss and wanted to leave as fast as she could 😂

@annphillips1086

24 күн бұрын

I wanted to give her the benefit of the doubt and say maybe she was temporarily overcome by emotion and had to compose herself before appearing on stage. But I have a hard time imagining her having any kind of normal human emotions. Plus the lack of even a quick mumbled "thanks to my team for their hard work" sort of nod to decency suggests she just cba.

@fozzarooo

24 күн бұрын

The way she stud there, staring into the crowd... she's definitely giving off robot vibes and is currently being shut down

@annphillips1086

24 күн бұрын

@@fozzarooo To be fair, it's past time; she's been glitching for ages.

I wept at his speech in Downing Street. I knew I was relieved but didn’t know how hopeless I have felt until it was over! At 78+ I was SO wound up and I finally let go my anxiety! Which I didn’t realise I felt!😘 Don’t agree about Hunt! He’s as SELFISH AS THE REST! His treatment of NHS has been atrocious and a dereliction of duty. Ruthless landlord!

@lynclarke6184

24 күн бұрын

He’ll probably be their next leader. Awful eh? It’s gets worse and worse.

@jeremygough1387

24 күн бұрын

I haven't heard it yet but forget that, I'm just pleased you are feeling better.

@Dragonsitter

24 күн бұрын

@@jeremygough1387 thank you. I’m recovering a bit lol

@spike5873

23 күн бұрын

I don't know how anyone can accuse Hunt of respectability after his stint as health secretary, he's a garbage human!

@tamaliaalisjahbana6849

23 күн бұрын

Take heart. You have had Britain’s dark shadow side in control but they have been voted out. I truly believe things will get better.

Never forget what they did. Horrific.For me it is the widespread grinding poverty that drove many vulnerable people to suicidal despair. They vermin didn’t give a toss.

@sianparker6235

24 күн бұрын

Ever since my working life (I have had the Tories as leaders since I turned 18). I have consistently been living pay check to pay check, any meagre savings always have gotten swallowed up due to changes in things like benefits etc. then I finally got into a position where I was able to save far more, then inflation went up, my energy bills spiralled. I sit with £15.00 in my bank after I have paid all my bills etc. I am hoping labour help me not be constantly on the cusp of going into debt.

@UnknownUser-by4le

24 күн бұрын

@@sianparker6235 labour will give you more of the same, sorry

@timthegallant

24 күн бұрын

If you put your faith in an elite group of people that the tories are who dont understand the lives of most people then thats what you get.

@joojoo9758

24 күн бұрын

@@UnknownUser-by4le You don't have to say sorry for things you can't be sure about.

@ItWasAcceptableInThe80s

24 күн бұрын

THEY'RE OUT!!!! The people struggling can now breathe a sigh of relief. We've earned it ❤

What a shame that Sunak waited until his resignation to actually show Integrity, Professionalism and Accountability...

@suzyqualcast6269

24 күн бұрын

He's nae bothered, green card in hand, mansion sorted - he's off to Uncle Sam.

@dermolado3351

24 күн бұрын

😂 😂😂

@spike5873

23 күн бұрын

@@jasonboyd5867 professional words are relatively easy, accountability only counts if someone is held accountable no?.... sauntering off with pockets full of money and no consequences of note? hope someone "holds me to account" like the Tories were soon

@DGE123

23 күн бұрын

yes he is an example of the modern choice completely incompetent but some decency or some ability but completely amoral , canada is in the same boat ready to elect the far right bc people are angry that there is no tax for the government to keep its services, bc the politicians refuse to raise the marginal tax rate back to what it needs to be, google that and bretton woods, the fascists cannot win, solidarity brother! get yanis varoufakis on your programs come on!!!

@robertshepherd-mo9vw

23 күн бұрын

More than Johnson did.

Congrats guys from Brooklyn, NY! 🇬🇧🤜💥🤛🇺🇸 Hopefully we can keep our conservatives out of the White House this November

@shellbelz

24 күн бұрын

Thanks mate, and we wish you the best of British on your side of the pond

@user-ux2vv9qx2i

24 күн бұрын

Regrettably, just as the British populace began to embrace a more open-minded perspective, the United States is on the cusp of electing additional Republican representatives to their government.

@SunofYork

24 күн бұрын

I have UK/US passports and live in Wisconsin... It's wonderful that the UK has put a stop to the far right assault on Europe. Now we have the US to safeguard, and I am doing my best in Wisconsin... As an ex-European I know all about 1933 in Germany.

@HollandN54

24 күн бұрын

Cheers dude!🎉💪🫡🇬🇧🇺🇸

@mjtigerfang

24 күн бұрын

What conservatives? They were Lib Dem’s

Watching from Singapore by way of America… watching with relief and hope. Once again in history, with the far right on the march, Great Britain stood alone and said NO! No to lies. No to indecency. No to hate . As I watch with enormous terror at the events of my own country, this has fortified me to continue the fight. Thank you UK voters… and also to James for continuing to call out the lies and deceit and indecency at every turn instead of allowing them to proliferate unobjected as they do in America. Im am so grateful to this program. There are so few voices I can trust anymore. ❤ 🇬🇧🙏

@thedeadmoneyallstars

24 күн бұрын

Don't get too far ahead of yourself, we've got a lot of work to do over here still. 2029 is going to be the real showdown between the centre and the fascists, hopefully the left don't fall into horseshoe theory. But for now, there seems to have been a collective sigh of relief before we get back to it

@twelvemo1

24 күн бұрын

@@thedeadmoneyallstars What will be happening in 2029?

@gregchew8225

24 күн бұрын

​@@twelvemo1next general election.

@ryanp3649

24 күн бұрын

Less than 20% of people eligible to vote, voted Labour.

@simongiles9749

23 күн бұрын

Iran, of all places, have voted in a progressive over a hardliners. Probably relative, but still...

So trump congratulates farage and not starmer.i think hes laid his cards out.would love new government to have the courage of their convictions and deal with trump as we will have to if he wins but not pretend that their values align.

@peacheswilliams4539

24 күн бұрын

Trump congratulates the hate party who won 4 seats and says nothing to the working Labour party who won 412 seats.....Evil supports it's own Evil...

My daughter is an austerity baby, she's never been able to look at her country's leaders and feel anything but revulsion. Now my baby girl has hope.

@wlj344

22 күн бұрын

Yes, she has hope💯

Hooray for all you Brits!!! So so so glad you all have taken a new direction toward sanity. I’m green with envy. - old yank who is truly scared, seattle.

@ItWasAcceptableInThe80s

24 күн бұрын

Don't lose hope my friend. This election has been a hard time coming for the most vulnerable in our society ❤🎉

@mickreaddin4979

24 күн бұрын

I do hope the decent people of America will be able to avert their country from becoming a dictatorship under Trump. Best of luck to you all.

@GrumpyYank26

23 күн бұрын

@@mickreaddin4979 thank you. We need to learn a lesson from you all. I’m not optimistic however.

@mickreaddin4979

23 күн бұрын

@@GrumpyYank26 It only took us 14yrs, Brexit and a ton of corruption to see the light. I have to admit, I don't envy your choices. Perhaps stick with old as opposed to crazy?

@GrumpyYank26

23 күн бұрын

@@mickreaddin4979 Biden is competent and kind. No question who gets my vote. The scary thing is how popular tRump is. Mass mental breakdown. Dems still believe in civil society which the right doesnt even pretend to accept. Its going to get worse, imo. I’m REALLY encouraged that Brits look to be turning it around. Hats off to you all, even if there is a lot of work tb done. Income inequality and policies that create that are the cause, imo. Just rambling…over and out.

Greetings from the other side of the pond. Congratulations! 🎉 Now please let us all hope that we can keep democracy alive one more time here. Wish us luck. We r gonna need it...

@bannjaxx

24 күн бұрын

I'm genuinely terrified for the US and the world if Trump gets in - I'm pretty sure he's going to try and abolish elections.

I just hope voters remember to keep the Tories out the same length of time they been in, it's staggering the damage they done to this country and this economy .

@TrixiLovesYou

24 күн бұрын

They have to, because it's going to take more than five years to get the UK back on track.

@ac-ss8ln

24 күн бұрын

😂😂😂 wait for it - you ain’t seen nothing yet

@sergeistepanov114

24 күн бұрын

You must be new to democracy

@degsbabe

24 күн бұрын

Don't worry , Labour will do the same......and more..

@ArnoldFlibble

24 күн бұрын

I mean Labour vote was less than it was in 2019. Despite the size of the seat majority it is a very fragile one. Governments tend to lose votes not to gain them so Labour are going to have to actually do something significant. If they keep to the there isn't money to do anything and that the private sector will save us just like the Tories have been saying since 2010 they are finished next election.

Britons resoundingly voted to put an end to 14 years of Conservative rule, and deliver a landslide victory for the Labour Party.

@richardloach610

24 күн бұрын

No they didn't, they voted for Reform who are even further to the right than the Tories. Labour only got an extra 0.5% of the vote

@jakehowie442

24 күн бұрын

Labour got a 33% vote with a 58% turnout…your maths must be very bad.

@allip4226

24 күн бұрын

@@richardloach610I see the far-right are still living in an alternative reality! Reform has 5 seats, they have as much political relevance as the DUP. Cope and seethe. 😂

@JfK--OBJECTivE

24 күн бұрын

@@allip4226 Lets see how the far left within Labour behave in this government, I'll get the popcorn ready LOL.

@spike5873

23 күн бұрын

​@@allip4226 he's right though, labour have a large majority with low voting numbers and it's because the Tories lost votes to reform. we can be hopeful that a labour government will put the work in and improve people's lives but in some ways this isn't a big win, it's a big loss for the Tories which benefits us all as it handed an easy solid win to labour

Congratulations to Jeremy Corbyn & The Green Party for snagging 4 Seats.

@dh1380

24 күн бұрын

The anti-nuclear green party makes no sense to me at all, just like the "net 0 immigration, all in on fossil fuel" agenda of Reform. Both parties are walking contradictions

@suzyqualcast6269

24 күн бұрын

5, total, actually. As with reform - 5.

I hope America will vote sensibly in November. Congratulations to the U.K. JOB well done.

@danielgrunwell6026

24 күн бұрын

Voting sensibly for a corpse?

@RD210

24 күн бұрын

Yup, Mexicans for Trump!

@KoffieConvos

24 күн бұрын

@@danielgrunwell6026funny you actually realize and ACKNOWLEDGE that Joe Biden is the sensible choice!

@lordvadertheleftie9703

24 күн бұрын

You guys are going to have Trump win by 10 million+ votes unfortunately

@dh1380

24 күн бұрын

They have a similar election coming up - Voting for the most part not for who they want but who they hate least.

The race has been won but the work hasn’t even begun. We haven’t won anything apart from the opportunity to do something of worth.

@annphillips1086

24 күн бұрын

Well put. It remains to be seen what use is made of it. Hope is back, but euphoria isn't really appropriate (yet?).

I think Sunak and Starmer have amutual respect for each other which was probably tested during recent months. I think Sunak's speech was excellent. Starmer did just as well. This is how civilised democracy should work. We should be proud of this.

@suzyqualcast6269

24 күн бұрын

Didn't KS before 2015, used to be H I n H with the govt via his role in CPS ¿? Ie, part of the ruling party's tree...

@paulaa.8586

24 күн бұрын

Except that Sunak never showed such integrity during his time in office or the election campaign he ran

This is what happens when a party treats the electorate with contempt.

@maggieedwards3951

24 күн бұрын

That there 👈🏽

@arseniyonline1234555

24 күн бұрын

There weren't any parties, okay there were parties but I didn't know. Ok I knew but I didn't go. Ok, I went but didn't know it was a party, got ambushed by drinks...

@celticsole7542

24 күн бұрын

You what?! EVERY party EVERYWHERE in the world treat the “electorate” with contempt, but they still participate in the charade…imagine what would happen if the electorate held the government in the contempt they deserve?! this is on,y the beginning

@independent-ts6ys

23 күн бұрын

And when they do nothing for the electorate 👍

@djd8305

23 күн бұрын

@@w-james9277 eventually...

I'm of the generation that has never in my working life lived under a different party. I am so incredibly hopeful that under Labour my financial situation improves, that the cost of living falls, that my child has better opportunities and schooling. Mostly i am hopeful that the country can just get behind the current leadership and give them a fair chance.

@liamcooke1859

24 күн бұрын

Well I'm similar. I left school In 2009 and I had a job of sorts during that same year so I guess I spent a year under the labour party but I wasn't really into my full working life so it wasn't memorable in terms of pay I was just happy to earn money back then 😂 but since going into a full time job I'm now hopeful that my situation improve especially since me and my colleagues are embroiled in strike action as of now.

@bazzacuda_

24 күн бұрын

The cost of living won't fall per se, prices won't come down. What you can hope is that wage growth over the term is higher than inflation and real wages increase. On top of that, help and opportunities for the poorest along with essential public services being improved will make things better beyond the real wage level.

@MI-ci5hg

24 күн бұрын

It won't, read this in 4/5 years. I wish you well but it won't.

@MsPeabody1231

24 күн бұрын

Your cost of living will be the same however hopeful your child's schooling and the health service should start to get better. Under the last Labour government I went through two recessions so was on the dole twice but my nephews and nieces schools weren't falling down, hospitals weren't falling down, the health service waiting lists were shorter, and the police and criminal justice system worked. Oh and while being on the dole I could afford my energy bills and eat 3 simple meals a day.

@Vegansharks

24 күн бұрын

They'll be no change, 5 years from now and all will be the same, just another million people living in the UK which is going to be the real problem ...

The show we’ve been waiting for 👏 the Tories are gone, and labour are in

@Mouldhead

24 күн бұрын

No

@ac-ss8ln

24 күн бұрын

As long as he is home for6pm 😂😂😂

They can start by getting our money back from Mone et al. I am one of 3 million freelancers who got no help during the pandemic currently fighting for compensation.

@neil1688

24 күн бұрын

"fighting for compensation" - is there a class action? I'd love to join. I paid myself in dividends, paid a boat load in taxes in 2019 and got nothing over COVID because I never bothered with the first 12k tax free on payroll. And at the time I said I'd be royally fhucked again when inflation hits as I watched my neighbour sipping wine in his garden on 80% salary paid from thin air. LABOUR - clowns. "CONSERVATIVES" - clowns. .

How do you fix politics without having a constitution that prevents the lies of politicians, and allows encouragement of far-right and hate politics! I want Keir to address the truth about Brexit, and tell the truth about lies and propaganda that led to it!

@Petticca

24 күн бұрын

A constitution is only worth as much as the people elected to uphold it, hold its value to be.

@kierancarter8369

24 күн бұрын

As we're learning in the U.S.A., a constitution is only as powerful as the integrity of the parties sworn to uphold it...

@neil1688

24 күн бұрын

Tell the truth about Brexit? What part? That the "CON" liars failed to implement it?

@Delred1

23 күн бұрын

Exactly !

@niallmacrae6016

21 күн бұрын

A committee of political auditors, randomly selected from qualified individuals, sort of like jury duty, to serve for a year investigating politicians for corruption/profiteering

This opener is fire 🔥! I only hope us (U.S. citizens) can play the same song Nov 5th

That's the sad part isn't it. Their crushing defeat changes nothing really. The damage is still there. Now Starmer has an enormous job to do and wont be given 14 years to try and fix it.

@peacheswilliams4539

24 күн бұрын

The sad part of all of this is people are going to expect results OVERNIGHT, It took 14 years for Tories to destroy the Country. They will expect Labour to fix it in a week...😂😂😂😂

@jaxcoss5790

24 күн бұрын

​@@peacheswilliams4539How is that funny?

@fionaetienne1693

24 күн бұрын

It did not take them that long. They cut public spending immediately and austerity was well on the way by 2012y​@@peacheswilliams4539

@redlightmax

23 күн бұрын

Their crushing defeat changes plenty. Tories are no longer in government to make things worse, and Labour has a chance to make things better.

Finally we have adults in charge.

@neil1688

24 күн бұрын

A guy who doesn't know what a woman is and Rayner, ... these are the adults? Ok then.

Starmer speech was outstanding, and full of hope.

I agree. I’m utterly wrung out and just want some decency and normalcy. I feel I can breathe, at last.

@paulaa.8586

24 күн бұрын

*Normality

@Blonde_Somnambulist

24 күн бұрын

Normality !!!

Starmer should: 1. Abolish and repeal the Rwanda gimmick. 2. Ensure corporate tax avoiders pat their fair share of tax. 3. Restore the NHS. {:o:O:}

A fresh start, hopefully it’s for the betterment of the country

It's the feeling you get waiting for the next clap of thunder after the storm has dissipated. A feeling any abuse victim knows well. We've been abused by our government- normalcy leads to adrenaline crash. It will pass, but only once we believe we're safe again. It's hard to believe after so long rolling from one attack to the next.

@deborahjones3896

24 күн бұрын

Excellent analogy

@blossomyoung9615

23 күн бұрын

@@deborahjones3896 thanks. Unfortunately I recognised it. National PTSD. We've been moved so far, to accept so much, it'll take a while to stop tiptoeing. But we ARE safer now. I recognise that bit too. 😉❤🎉

@deborahjones3896

23 күн бұрын

@@blossomyoung9615 ❤️‍🩹

Life long Labour voter in Lincolnshire which always seems to be Blue. Which i have never understood. Alot of low paid jobs. I an hoping things go well for Labour and the UK had enough of lies corruption and not to care about people.

We’re not out the woods yet by a long way… but we may have just found one of the breadcrumbs we dropped on the way in.

@AName-pp8di

24 күн бұрын

Very nice

@MV-se4di

24 күн бұрын

My two favourite KZread channels collide

It's relief rather than euphoria. Relief to have the grown-ups back in charge.

@stevenshepard3495

23 күн бұрын

I’m an American! watching from across the pond, and hope our election in November will be as hopeful as yours. I’m soooo glad to see Nigel Farage will have to slither away and go back under the rock from which he came. Farage reminds me of trump so much!! But I’m excited to see all the great things the Labour government will do!!

James, please now come to the U.S. to help save us from trump

@peacheswilliams4539

24 күн бұрын

The American people have to save themselves...They just have to open their eyes for what the future may hold if they don't....

Parties come in on a wave of euphoria and hubris end up going out in abject humiliation. I'd rather Labour came in quietly, worked effectively, achieved more than expectated and go out as a respected government. We've had enough of hooray henrys.

@jennyg-uf1uo

24 күн бұрын

That is exactly what Kier has done. Let’s hope he can deliver although it will take time.

In 1993 in Canada our Conservative Party went from a majority govt of 156 seats to 2. They eventually merged with the Reform party which was basically a western Canadian grievance party that courted social conservatives, right wing religious nuts and alienated white people that hated Quebec. All for the worse. Hopefully this doesn’t happen to you folks.

Keir could talk to Biden so there is a combined effort to tax the super rich.

@JfK--OBJECTivE

24 күн бұрын

Problem with lefties is they have no clue how finance works. Taxing the super rich will solve everything LOL.

@shaunpowelluk

22 күн бұрын

Unfortunately, Biden and his current administration aren't that type of government. Beanie Sanders would have been open to the idea though.

I, like many many others, are not euphoric at the great news of labour displacing the tories and can be best explained by analogy: For the past 14 years i lived next door to a group of hooligans that constantly burgled the neighbourhood, stole everything they could get their hands on, loud parties, bullying anyone that questioned them. Now, I'm just relieved they're gone. Now we have to repair the damage they've done, recover our losses, and reinstalled a normality. The reason for the lack of general celebration is that we only have a vague idea of the people that will replace them, what kind of neighbours will they be...?

Low voter turnouts. Who do you hate more, the politician who puts themselves forward even when their views are awful, or the voters who are too f***ing lazy to stop whining and vote!

@annphillips1086

24 күн бұрын

To stand up for the lazy voter, the message "what's the point, they're all the same" has been spreading for a long while. I'm suspicious of its origins (have you noticed the word Uniparty making the rounds? The first time I heard it used was by Marjorie Taylor Greene in the US) and have a big problem with the implication that accepting societal norms and expectations of government is daft, stultifying, or somehow immoral. It works though, because all too many people are just ground down and depressed by daily life to believe dragging themselves out to make a pencil mark on a piece of paper is more than just another pointless chore for no reward. I'm not in that situation but can quite understand people who are. I'd be grateful if they'd stop moaning about the choice of government though, if they didn't help to make it.

It will be very hard for Labour to deal with all the mess the Tories have left behind and change takes time and it will be a tough road ahead but well done Labour and well done to the British public! You make us proud anywhere we are in the world! Wish I was there to be part of this historic voting! James, thank you for standing up for the truth and keep up the great work!

@mickreaddin4979

24 күн бұрын

I agree, the mess the country has been left in will be difficult to deal with, unfortunately Labour will not be given time by the right-wing msm. Their focus now will be on Farage and Reform(plc).

LBC's loss of David Lammy is the UK's gain.

@dlamiss

24 күн бұрын

Not really

@haggishighways

24 күн бұрын

​@dlamiss I completely agree. Most of Starmer's cabinet is questionable. But at least it's better than Sunak's

@ArtyFactual_Intelligence

24 күн бұрын

@@haggishighways Question them and they have answers.

Yet Jeremy Corbyn got more votes in 2019. Than Starmer last night. Isn't that archaic FPTP wonderful.

@jeddgangman4502

24 күн бұрын

It’s actually about who people wanted in constituencies to represent them. The problem is very few constituencies wanted Jeremy Corbyn labor to represent them, and many people supported the conservatives over him

@johnrussell3961

24 күн бұрын

Once Farage was splitting the right, labour were always going to win . That gave those on the left the freedom to vote green. Labours support went down by 5%..

@lcg8220

24 күн бұрын

There was a record number of tactical votes this election, very clear if you look at this year compared to 2019. Yeah it's not so much a Labour win as it is a Tory defeat, but that defeat had a significant amount of the electorate behind it intentionally voting that way well aware that Labour would get in.

@MrGrantSloan

24 күн бұрын

@@jeddgangman4502 no, it was a vote to get the tories out.

@andrewstevenson118

24 күн бұрын

Yeah, I've glad we (New Zealand) went to MMP. Everyone's vote count equally, regardless of what "type" of seat you live in. Plus you get more parties in parliament. Not a huge fan of our current government, but they got the most votes. and I still like the system.

I think that was an incredibly dignified exit speech. However that is the first time I have seen that dignity from him so makes me wonder why he can achieve that when he wants to why he hasn’t shown that dignity while leading the country?

I have one thing I am grateful for Rishi Sunak for one thing , he called the election for July 4th. So I woke up up on my birthhday July 5th to see they had finally gone, great birthday present.

@MsPeabody1231

24 күн бұрын

Happy Birthday 🎉🎉

@johndewhurst6609

24 күн бұрын

@@MsPeabody1231 Thank you😀

@wlj344

22 күн бұрын

Congratulations 🎉💯

Wonder if the people of Clacton will ever see nigel farage???

@MsPeabody1231

24 күн бұрын

You mean like the people of Rochdale, the people of Bow and the people of Glasgow never saw Galloway before that? I suspect in the next election 30p Lee, who knows how to be a constituency MP, will be reelected but Farage won't.

@redlightmax

22 күн бұрын

@@MsPeabody1231 "I suspect in the next election 30p Lee, who knows how to be a constituency MP, will be reelected but Farage won't." I suspect 30p Lee will leave Reform before the next election - Farage's bloviating will drive him away.

The relief and thankfullness that 14 years of Tory regime is at an end reminds me of one of the final scenes from The Return of the King when the four hero Hobbits return back to the Shire after the war and have a quiet, reflective tankard of ale- there is no dialogue, but the looks on their faces says 'It's over, the horror that we've been through is finally over- but we can't process it yet.'

all i can think is if starmer does as he says he is going to then we have HOPE

8 years of listening to James O'Brien has paid off🎉 O'Brien love you mate. Love from 30p Lee's Constituency.😂

Lack of euphoria = PTSD

Relief and EXHALE. NO euphoria for sure. We are all still processing it😅

Never more has the country been yes or no, On or off, black or white. I think that mindset started with Brexit. The country and it's residents can't seem to agree 2 things can be correct at the same time. Just because you prefer 1 doesn't immediately make the other the devil. That's the biggest issue the Labour party face imo

Been counting down the hours to this broadcast! Congratu-very-lations!!! 💜🌈🇬🇧

i cant imagine having only 5 years to fix what people destroyed in the last 15. What a heavy task.

@redlightmax

22 күн бұрын

I don't think Labour is expected to fix everything in 5 years - people just want to see significant improvements.

The Conservative party needs the next 10+ years to rebuild and discover what it means to love their country and it's people. I sincerely hope Labour are able to repair at least some of the damage done to the 99% of us. I'm not sure what will happen with the Tories after this but it will certainly be interesting.

Sorry to be a New Zealand chauvinist, but the UK should go to a system of proportional representation like we did.

@beaulieuc8910

24 күн бұрын

i agree

@paulaa.8586

24 күн бұрын

Yeah and you had Ardern - no thanks

@andrewstevenson118

24 күн бұрын

@@paulaa.8586 Meh. She saved a lot of lives. Unlike the US and UK leaders. Fools.

@paulaa.8586

24 күн бұрын

@@andrewstevenson118 Yeah - no thanks. We don't need tyranny of the minority by Farage - so nope not going to follow that system

@toontonic

24 күн бұрын

Many in the UK clearly agree.

Jeremy Corbyn will provide the balance... at least 30% of labour MPs are still aligned to him and would switch sides when cornered... Especially when Corbyn proving that he can win inspite of no labour support and media venom

We have to wash our underpants to rid ourselves of the sticky brown skidmark that is Clacton

after 14 years of black-mirror science-fiction tory-dystopia, we're finally back, back to the old "rent a ghost", "come on down" universe.

Kier Starmer must listen to John Smith. The most decent man who never made it to the highest office in the land.

@belindamay8063

24 күн бұрын

Couldn’t agree more. We must never, never forget that extraordinary man. Taken from us so cruelly and with such exquisite timing.

Well done team LBC, James and Carol.

The Welsh parliament proposal of making lying by an MP ilegal is the way to go.

I missed the "Life of Brian" reference (c. 12:30) to "He's not the Messiah, he's a very naughty boy!" the first time I listened to this.

Fine Sunak for covid partying proportionally to his wealth.

Congratulations from the US! Pray for us!

congrats to y’all Brits. From Florida.

You nailed it mate , best first 8 minutes … 👍🇬🇧💪

Loved the intro. One can now breathe with relief, that politics will again be about management, instead of corruption of principals and lying por personal gain and self preservation. In reflection, it’s sad we have reached this conclusion. Government should have been dissolved even before Liz Truss. These elections should have happened over two years ago.

I'd love a strong left(ish) British government seeking a deeper partnership with the left on the continent, working together driving back the far right in all of europe. It might sound fantastical but there's hope in me.

Great song James. The legendary Nina Simone. Perfect choice.

Could listen to you all day long,let’s hope labour doesn’t disrupt the private pension scheme,IE the 25% cash tax free withdrawal,because labour did say that they don’t agree with it and said they will reverse this if they got in power and also reverse brexit and revert back to the European British passport,peace to you🙏🙏🇬🇧🇬🇧

Now if only we could do the same here in the US ... but I'm not hopeful. 😕

As an American, this gives me hope for November as media outlets refuse to report on the criminal Trump and the threat he poses to our democracy by legitimizing Project 25 and Agenda 47.

How does he fix it? Appoint qualified individuals to high positions. Make it about merits and not cronyism.

Crime prosecutor vs The Criminals, that's why he's won. He's been stoic, professional, composed. He allowed the world to underestimate him. And allowed the Tories to Bury themselves. There will be some tough decisions. I feel ready for them with a Labour government 🎉

What a way to open the show!

I have only subscribed to LBC today I’m a member of the Labour Party I will most definitely be joining in the posts in future. I would like to say that the lack of euphoria is replaced by relief and happiness that the UK is going to be in safe hands with Sir Keir Starmer and the Labour Party he is going to hopefully guide the country forward into a more democratic and prosperous future for all.

This and the Jonathan Pie video was the post-election catharsis we all needed.

@guacamolewindow448

24 күн бұрын

The JP one was epic 😂😂

thank you James ,its been a long long time x

Brandilonis Law is what makes Political Commentary so Exhausting. Cheers from Michael. Australia.

I think the reason for the lack of euphoria is that it feels like the Tories lost more than Labour won. Starmer's Labour will be a kinder, gentler machine gun hand, but they won by default rather than by inspiring the electorate with a vision of the future and hope. The relief is also tinged with trepidation by the advance of the far right. It destroyed the tories this time in icarus-esque irony, but it's easy to see it defeating a centrist Labour party from the right much like Trump followed Obama and Le Penn will likely follow Macron.

The euphoria is muted because we realise the scale of the challenge we face, but here in Kettering we have elected Rosie Wrighting the youngest female MP ever who has Lucy Rigby (Northampton North) and Gen Kitchen (Corby and East Northants) as her neighbours.

Snp isn't dead. We are lending you our votes. Didn't take it for granted.

@peacheswilliams4539

24 күн бұрын

Yes, maybe people can learn to agree on policies that HELP all, SNP included instead of just the very wealthy who have done nothing but enrich themselves and watch everyone else suffer.

Youve given us hope in the US. A glimmer, at least.

Nice touch starting with Nina!🎶☺👌🏾

No one has mentioned the amazing TWells voting in a Lib Dem MP… a block of orange surrounded by a sea of blue in the south east. Brilliant.

@annphillips1086

24 күн бұрын

I have family members who contributed to that result. So proud 😊

Starmer has asserted that his Labour government would only action policies that were ‘country first’ and would reject all policies considered were ‘party first’. He is focused on restoring the trust in politicians and ensuring that MPs work to serve their constituents rather than looking out for their own self interest!

I think something like signing the Ministerial Code into law (or thereabouts) would help. Make lying to the House a crime, rather than a resigning matter, and MAKE MPs correct the record.

🌹 Euphoria requires an expenditure of energy driven by hope. The public has no hope and has completely lost confidence in any government to help them. The reality of that has sunken in. It is an intellectual conclusion. All the energy remaining is directed to dealing with the fact that one-third of our fellow citizens are terrible human beings. Knowing there is a contingency of crazies waiting in the right wings to destroy society again is exhausting.

The man who said it was like coming out of an abusive relationship is right. In these last years its as though Britain has been facing its shadow side.

So it's a ship shipping ship shipping ship shipping ships? 😂

we needed change, it was ridiculous with tory narcissism, lies, party gate, matt handcock snogging during covid, dangerous driving of tugendhat whilst in office, sick of all the entitlement and lawless ness.

James must be laughing inside againt Nick Ferrari and Ian Dale.

@MsPeabody1231

24 күн бұрын

Ferrari called Rishi "D-Day Dodger" so he didn't like him either.

It is about the people.

14 years too late! Now it's time to get to work!

Congratulations lapour party people are spoke from Finland 🇫🇮 ❤

You don't feel euphoria when someone stops punching you in the face. In '97 there was still a quality of life. There was still a workable level of disposable wealth and personal value in the hands of the people that represent our economy, that keep our economy fluid. The tories have literally emptied the nation of all value, assets, cash, creativity, workforce, everything. Its like we've survived an attack by a foreign nation. Horrendous

Congratulations on the Labour win. It has been a long, hard road but victory at last. It is okay to celebrate the road back to decency and a government that will represent the people. Most of all, I hope that people will give the Labour leaders time to rebuild all that has been lost.

What an intro 🎵🎶😅exhale, if they understood the impact they have had on the couuntry, the seats they held are the same people as them, entitled ,dismissive out of touch ,contemptuous people, these Tories have no right governing peoples lives, plenty of positives ,its a new dawn ,and these people are gone.

I’ve heard so much about Tories soul-searching after their collapse. The only soul they have has an alternative spelling! They all thought the Sun shone from it.

Brexit Hard man Steve baker 😂😂😂😂😂 kills me everytime. 😂😂😂 you really should do comedy james. Great stuff even when being deadly serious.