Paying Esther McVey"s wage is an example of Govermental waste

@lizdocherty3067

16 күн бұрын

The reason they rent a flat is because they are unable to claim mortgage payments on expenses, so claim expenses for rented flat, they rent out their own flat so win, win for them. The rent from their own flat pays the mortgage and they claim expenses for the flat they live in.

@profdrrameshkumarbiswas1337

16 күн бұрын

It’s the opposite of “common sense”!!

@TheBigMidweek1889

16 күн бұрын

​@@lizdocherty3067 And then they want the public to get angry at benefit claimants. Brilliant deflecting tactics!

@bluegold21

15 күн бұрын

@@TheBigMidweek1889 'Socialism for the rich, hard capitalism for the poor.' MLK. The right-wing politicians are desperate to implement a two-tier system of class, a totalitarian autocracy.

@kalponaahmed1762

15 күн бұрын

No common sense there?😅

If Esther McVey can't prove her worth, she doesn't pass the public interest test. Get rid of the idiotic post of Minister for Common Sense. Get rid of the Tories.

@BrianCharlesThomas-dp9du

15 күн бұрын

Her post is a contradiction in terms.

@gregorybiestek3431

14 күн бұрын

@@BrianCharlesThomas-dp9du The Tories still have a ways to go. After all if they are following the US-GOP then they need to adopt what Texas & 1/3 of all US-States did - make ALL Diversity programs ILLEGAL. per recent report the University of Texas along has had to fire 300 people & eliminate 600 activities on its campus to comply.

The Tories have imported their tactics from the GOP. And yeah 'minister of common sense' sounds ridiculous. They really are trying to appeal to the thickest of voters.

@Paul-eb4jp

16 күн бұрын

They always have, to vote tory you have to be very wealthy or thick.

@Ghengiskhansmum

16 күн бұрын

Why do you think teachers have been under attack from the right wing? They don't believe in educating ordinary children to a decent level...they want cheap labour or sheep to worry.

@paulbird3235

16 күн бұрын

WHAT NEXT! Are they going to deny the election result or are we going to have an insurrection?........

@lewis123417

16 күн бұрын

And the civil service hasn't done the exact same by adopting America DEI initiatives 😂

@MaxMisterC

16 күн бұрын

@@lewis123417 So if we live in a true meritocracy, what's wrong with trying to involve everyone in the drive to maximise our economy?

When are we getting prison sentences for their corruption

@user-dz8kk6gr5s

16 күн бұрын

That is what I define as a beautiful dream Tories breaking rocks sentenced to hard labour..but they wouldn't last long having never done a hard day's physical graft in there lives

@keithpanton

16 күн бұрын

Silly concept, rich people seeing any kind of punishment for massive criminality? That's only for the peasants!

@maxine2798

15 күн бұрын

This is why they are filling up the prisons so they can say "sorry, too full. We can fit any tories in"

@user-dz8kk6gr5s

15 күн бұрын

@@keithpanton one can dream of are they now censored

@ibexdnb2879

13 күн бұрын

Look what Tony Blair did in comparison. Prime ministers have impunity...

If the minister for "common sense" 🤭 had ANY common sense, she'd realise it's all over and it's nearly time to clear out the desk.... bye bye Tories 😂😂😂😂

@BrianCharlesThomas-dp9du

16 күн бұрын

Excellent!

@Gaza-vu6gl

16 күн бұрын

She has no common sense 🤣

@LWQ15881

16 күн бұрын

Great one mate

@7thDaughter

15 күн бұрын

It's not the Tories who started all this woke nonsense, I was a civil servant and the wokeness started with Diversity training in 2002. The civil service run this country not Labour or the Tories, it's the civil service that dictates policy.

@skapunkno1

15 күн бұрын

There's still systems to wreck and money to steal before they jump.

Fester McVile is the Tory equivalent of Marjorie Taylor Greene. Scary!

@badwolf5601

16 күн бұрын

I think you will find that title goes no Mad Nadine Dorries. But I can see the confusion 🤪

@tonyharpur8383

16 күн бұрын

I LOVE the name Fester McVile...! 😅

What about claiming back the large wedge given to Mone and other Tory friends and members.

@user-dz8kk6gr5s

16 күн бұрын

Seems to have gone very quiet on that front..but if you had over claimed benefit by 30p you would be up in front of a judge

@roderickjoyce6716

16 күн бұрын

Wedge? It's at least the size of Ben Nevis.

The trouble is sociopaths have a different view of whats common sense compared to the rest of us! They also don’t share the same reality as the rest of us either 🤮

@wumpyjumps

16 күн бұрын

No such thing as common sense, it's a thought-terminating cliché meant to make one's own beliefs automatically right without justification by claiming it's obvious and what everyone supposedly already knows. Hence, the Tory party and people similar to them like to use it because there are no real arguments justifying their ideology.

@BrianCharlesThomas-dp9du

16 күн бұрын

I agree. And also they don't give a dam about anyone or anything except for themselves. That's why authoritarianism appeals to them.

McVey's household arrangements are far more deserving of investigation than Rayner's.

@BrianCharlesThomas-dp9du

15 күн бұрын

This is what happens when you have the police in your pocket.

@KevenHutchinson-gt1nn

14 күн бұрын

She is having a pretty taxing time at the moment.

Are we going to get a minister for spelling properly, a minister for doings sums right, and a minister for knowing arses from elbows?

@EthanKristopherHartley

16 күн бұрын

The qualifications required would be too high. 😉 😁

@SteveLoughran

16 күн бұрын

Careful: As far as the Truss faction is concerned-people who can get sums right are part of the Anti-growth coalition

@andybrice2711

16 күн бұрын

I look forward to the _Minister for Street Smarts._

@Weirdisjustabrownandyellowword

15 күн бұрын

And a minister for silly walks!

@gregorybiestek3431

14 күн бұрын

@@Weirdisjustabrownandyellowword The Tories still have a ways to go. After all if they are following the US-GOP then they need to adopt what Texas & 1/3 of all US-States did - make ALL Diversity programs ILLEGAL. Per recent report the University of Texas along has had to fire 300 people & eliminate 600 activities on its campus to comply.

More like Minister for Culture Wars. Such a waste of time and money.

The problem with 'common sense' is that it is usually used as a simplistic solution to complex problems.

@Edward-cv2gw

16 күн бұрын

No. The left hate the words common sense because they know that expression neatly summarises a lot of their identity hogwash.

They just seem to be breaking everything apart as a final, spiteful act before the end.

@Dynasty1818

16 күн бұрын

Wait until Labour get in charge and things get properly bad

@robinrdale8318

16 күн бұрын

@@Dynasty1818it will be like Canada on steroids

@Edward-cv2gw

16 күн бұрын

Lol oh please don't break the woke diversity quotas Esther. How will we cope ?

@user-hd8fj2mb5p

16 күн бұрын

​@@Edward-cv2gwGo back to sleep after giving your head a quick wobble.

@janewright2800

13 күн бұрын

@stephenreeds it really seems so!!!

And they were bad mouthing Angela Raynor! more like minister for 'NO STANDARDS WHATSOEVER'....

Disgusting......the whole lot needs clearing out and replacing with MPs with integrity and arent morally bankrupt.....minister of common sense......what next minister of funny walks?

@Edward-cv2gw

16 күн бұрын

Do you think common sense is common, though ? No, its not,so trying to bolster it has merit.

@Edward-cv2gw

16 күн бұрын

Disgusting ? Lol what's disgusting about common sense ? It's only because hard leftists want to enforce their own dogma, and so traditional common sense gets in the way of that indoctrination.

@andrewjones-productions

16 күн бұрын

@@Edward-cv2gw You cannot be serious!! Common sense isn't something you can "bolster" by appointing a Minister of the Crown.

@pauln6803

16 күн бұрын

​@@Edward-cv2gw Common sense cannot be preached, it has to be learned.

@reiw5802

16 күн бұрын

​@@Edward-cv2gw Common sense is nothing more than a deposit of prejudices laid down in the mind before you reach eighteen Albert Einstein. You've ASSUMED everyones definition of common sense is the same.

Who in their right minds would ever accept such a role?! And yes its beyond absurd to have such a minister😂

@Rachel_M_

16 күн бұрын

Picture ypurself in this situation. You are offered a promotion at work with a nonsense title (broom watcher for example). It comes with a large pay rise and enhanced expense account? Do you accept the job?

@neilburton6121

15 күн бұрын

Created just for her to get her back on the gravy train...

Just what do tories create? They cut, they stop, they reduce, they go for austerity. Just what for do they want to save money? If there's no more public services, why tax?

@trytellingthetruth.2068

16 күн бұрын

Where the Tories cut, Labour increase. They increase taxes, increase crime, increase debt and increase austerity. Labour is the Yin to the Tories Yang. Both parties are as bad as each other.

@christopherbradley7149

16 күн бұрын

That’s exactly the point. They use private services anyway. To them it’s a win win, destroy public services they don’t use anyway, continue enjoying their private services while they pay less tax and get more money.

@johnrussell3961

16 күн бұрын

To pay off their mammoth debt!

@trytellingthetruth.2068

16 күн бұрын

@@christopherbradley7149 You'll find Labour financed some of those public services using private institutions. Privatisation via the back door.

@johnrussell3961

16 күн бұрын

@@trytellingthetruth.2068. Back then the tax needed to repair Tory damage was deemed unacceptable . So was more debt. Now look at us. Debt labour would be condemned for creating , and high tax rates because the Tories shrunk the taxable economy. This is far left levels of incompetence..

The only "hobby horse" in this entire scenario is Esther McVey and her obsession with using lazy culture war tropes to get the gammon base onside.

@KevenHutchinson-gt1nn

14 күн бұрын

Whats pork got to do with her ?.

As Al Murray might say - as the Pub Landlord: "The Minister for Common Sense? I'd be EMBARRASSED to write that down if I were you, squire!"

It would be common sense to bring back Sangita

Ester McVile is such an odious character, a disgraceful stain on our country.

This group of tory MPs is a waste of public money !

Minister for common sense? Are you kidding? Who is Minister for stupidity, then All of them 😮?

@BrianCharlesThomas-dp9du

15 күн бұрын

Excellent!

@obijon7441

14 күн бұрын

Minister for Sadopopulist Doublespeak.

@janewright2800

13 күн бұрын

@allenhall😅 love that!

😂😂😂 Minster of common sense! Is this a joke? Isn't that essential a requirement in any job . No wonder none is reliable to do the job.

@johnrussell3961

16 күн бұрын

Like ethics. If you need someone to advise you it means you haven’t any.. now that’s common sense.

@Rachel_M_

16 күн бұрын

I'm Expecting a new "Department of Joined Up Thinking" next...

@weswheel4834

16 күн бұрын

The implication I think, Is she gets to tell us what common sense is. Personally I think that’s a bad thing.

@edvigq

16 күн бұрын

Common sense is required at the bottom of a hierarchy where things get done. It is ever less of a job requirement the higher up you go and the more your paycheck depends on noise and waffle

@vereferreus5262

16 күн бұрын

Woke = Common Sense, but she doesn't understand the word Woke, like the red necks in the USA don't understand it. McVey trying to be the british MTG?

If they had any common sense they would never have supported Brexit, let alone hard Brexit.

@Dynasty1818

16 күн бұрын

Ahhh hindsight, the perfect excuse for the uninformed to whine.

@BrianCharlesThomas-dp9du

16 күн бұрын

I absolutely agree with you.

@adrianwhyatt594

16 күн бұрын

@@Dynasty1818 No, the Remain Campaign warned what would happen at the time. How right we remainers were!

This is why I always refer her party as the Cons. It seems more appropriate than Tory.

@vereferreus5262

16 күн бұрын

More like the party of cons servative...

@TG-ts3xn

15 күн бұрын

We should call Labour the Islamists then?

@roobmcroob696

13 күн бұрын

Tory comes from the Gaelic Toraidh, meaning thief. Pretty apt i think

Why on earth are the tories even opening their greedy cake-holes? They should spend their time packing their bags.

Hypocrisy and dishonesty from the tory crime family! Typical!

I'm French and every time I hear Minister for Common sense, I burst out laughing.

Oh please just call an election and let's get them consigned to history....

Common sense and the tories are opposites

The equalities act and advisors for inclusion in HR at the workplace are civilised and progress. The Tories are just horrible aren't they. Punching lower and lower, appealing to the most spiteful and resentful in society. Then they contradict themselves by saying they want to help Neuro diverse people and others with physical and mental conditions to start or carry on working. How doe's McVey (who despises the class she was born into ) reconcile that? the truth is they do not want to "help" people, they want to Force and coerce people into despair so they have to work, support or not. Just getting nastier and nastier will only distil their support to the most mean spirited.

After 14 years of cuts there is absolutely no waste left.

@johnrussell3961

16 күн бұрын

There was no waste in 2010. That’s why everything became dysfunctional immediately , including asylum processing .

@yvojo2862

16 күн бұрын

They have stripped away everything they can...to line the elite's pockets!

@pascaledowling6309

15 күн бұрын

Yes the waste of space that is the current government

Is disliking politician's discrimination.

@barbiedahl

16 күн бұрын

In today's dystopian reality it's a patriotic duty.

@kennylogue7947

16 күн бұрын

I don’t dislike the Tories I totally despise them and hope they are gone soon and never to cross our paths again. There should be investigations starting whenever they are out of office and get to the bottom of the VIP lanes and the Track n Trace money etc. There is definitely jail time to come out of any investigations. That would be juicy enough for The Daily Fail but no doubt it’s focus would still be on Angela Rayner

@user-dz8kk6gr5s

16 күн бұрын

I am not a hateful person but I find myself making e exception with them hate dispise and loathe then

@simonjohnson9055

16 күн бұрын

Which one?

Grifters got to grift.

@pauln6803

16 күн бұрын

McVey is possibly mental enough to think she has a responsibility to learn us plebs what common sense is.

@lindalaw5466

15 күн бұрын

I thought the comment was about Carole? Don’t let her near your husband.

The idiocy of this govt is getting out of hand. Goodness me, it is alarmingly shocking!

Common sense isn't common. It's the application of experience and rational thought brought to action.

She’s completely off her box. Shame on her. How does she show her face in Liverpool?

As a headline, it is sensational. I would like to know how much public money is being spent on these “woke hobby horses”, and then compare that cost against Tory hobby horses (ahem, Rwanda policy). Then we compare the value each policy is providing the public (and the percentage of the public). We could then determine which policy is worth keeping and which should be scrapped.

£250,000 in housing benefit for the minister of common sense, you couldn’t make it up. I have suffered ageism when I was made redundant in my late 50s even though my team had the best results across the organisation, I just didn't fit in any longer, it probably served me right because I'd probably been guilty of the same 15 yesrs earlier when I was in with the in crowd.

@user-dz8kk6gr5s

16 күн бұрын

And the misery she created at the DWP..bashing the vulnerable as always

@transformativelearning2186

15 күн бұрын

Employment is not a religion Tell'im! No devotion needed!

@user-dz8kk6gr5s

15 күн бұрын

The in crowd ?

@Paul-eb4jp

15 күн бұрын

@user-dz8kk6gr5s It's a well used phrase, in this case the "in crowd" were mostly university educated, middle class and aged between late 30s and late 40s, I no longer fitted in.

Tories are clowns. The rest of the world look at us as they do Argentina under Milei. We are not serious people.

@lewis123417

16 күн бұрын

Javier milei is quite popular with international organisations like the IMF

@TG-ts3xn

15 күн бұрын

I like Milei. He hates leftists.

Lets be real, the *only* part of EDI she has a problem with is the part that doesn't dehumanise trans women...

Esther McVey - Minister for Common sense !! Surely that’s an oxymoron!!!!!

Common sense says...Don't vote Conservative or Labour

It's ironic that LBC is talking about EDI now, after Sangita Myska was asked to leave by LBC management, for her frank interview with a Israeli govt official, which we all can understand comes in the purview of the EDI principles and values.

@andybrice2711

16 күн бұрын

Oh, EDI never includes diversity of thought. That's thoroughly verboten.

I didnt realise we have a minister for common sense 😂 creating jobs just to keep them employed. I would be embarrassed to have that title

This is something out of monty python sketch, ministry of silly walks..absolute bonkers.

Autistic people like me face so much discrimination that most of us are unemployed. It's not like I don't want to work. Most jobs aren't very accessible for us anyway when they easily could be. I'm looking into self employment now.

Anyone who drags the lazy word "woke" into a discussion has already lost the argument.

The direction of attack here is disgusting, not surprising, but disgusting. Once again, trying to highlight that difference is the problem, marginalising and ruling by division. However, there are far too many back room staff in the civil service, NHS etc, which are often paid better than the frontline service jobs which are what we need our taxes to be paid on. Part of the strategy to improve our public services needs to be focused on cutting back on these jobs so there is more money to attract high calibre people to frontline services and keep the existing hard workers in their frontline jobs. As for diversity-based roles, there is a need for them, but I do cynically worry that these jobs are put into place so companies and services can cover their backsides in the case of being accused of discrimination, rather than actually wanting to help the people who are discriminated against, though that may be a by-product of the role.

@Rachel_M_

16 күн бұрын

I can't speak about my case for legal reasons but you are spot on by saying it's a backside covering exercise.

Wouldn’t it be common sense for someone who owns a property to live in it rather than charge the tax payers to rent a property

@Steve_Coates

16 күн бұрын

And miss out on the rental income of the property they own? You'll never become a minister/wealthy parasite with an attitude like that.

From a non-Brit: The UK - being the country with the least amount of detectable common sense - having a minister for common sense is so farcical, I cannot

@rosemarycuthbert4623

15 күн бұрын

Utterly laughable 😅

if she had any common sense she would not be a conservative person working for a wage

Really hope McVile loses her seat

Where is SANGITTA ?????

@ne-ht4zx

16 күн бұрын

I don't know, perhaps enjoying a relaxing holiday? Why not ask her directly?

@Strapsrx7

16 күн бұрын

She's been replaced by this shill ✊🏼🇵🇸

@gumusluk05

16 күн бұрын

She's left the station. Get over it 🤗

@colincampbell4261

16 күн бұрын

​@@Strapsrx7 nah - VatVuk Vanessa.

@django3422

16 күн бұрын

​@@Strapsrx7Vorderman worked for the platform prior to Sangita's departure.

If employees vocalise or promote their "gender critical" views openly and critically in the workplace, and face zero disciplinary action from the employer, you can be absolutely certain that I'll be handing my notice in at the end of the week. I won't work anywhere that tolerates any form of discrimination.

Common sense is not as common as advertised

@Dynasty1818

16 күн бұрын

As proven by the overwhelming majority of LBC listeners and their comments on every video.

For a bunch of people that would struggle to tie a shoelace, wire a plug or knock a nail in the Tories sure do a lot of bleating about "common " sense.

Our last PM of Australia had an empathy coach. So I think we win.

@barbaradavies4061

15 күн бұрын

😂😂😂😂😂

Mcvey is absolutely right, regardless of her history, beleifs or hipocrisy. how many useless ministers and government departments do we really need?

Do we have a minister for silly walks 😂😂😂😂😂😂

FO McVey. Shed have women in twin sets and men with short back and sides. What shed really like is only employees who vote tory. Surely the city of liverpool must be embarrassed and disgusted by this thing.

I would love it if My employer paid for my rent which is nowhere near £39,000. It’s closer to £12,000 per year and it’s a flat full of damp which the council has been refusing to repair for the last 18 years. understand if the politician for Newcastle needs for the night when he travels down to London for work business. But one thing everybody needs to realise it’s just not the conservatives doing this it’s every single party who has been elected

Attacking wasteful job roles whilst employed as 'Minister for common sense', in a Government that brought about Brexit. My irony pipe just ruptured.

Time to replace the word woke with a person with a conscience

Minister for Conmen excuses for giving public money to their wealthy chums.

Discriminated in following way: I spoke at meetings, floating an idea. A man dismissed it. Another man then floated the very same idea and got praise. It happened so often that I recorded a meeting and then went to the union with it, they agreed it was vile but they could not do anything. My female colleagues were fuming too as this was experienced by most of us. We then tried to brinng a united front to praise each other's ideas. It did work to some extent.

Where is Sangita?

It is only the Conservative party that needs a common sense minister, labour always had common sense.

I presume she'll stop the wokery of women having the equal right to be MPs?

Her and her husband use taxpayers money to rent a flat because they can use the money they get from the tenant that rents the flat they own to pay their mortgage. It’s against the rules to directly use public money to pay off a mortgage. They’re using a loophole to use taxpayers cash to pay their mortgage. Snouts well and true in the trough.

My exact thought...and you are absolutely spot on. First time, I heard that there is a Minister for Common Sense.

She doesn't realize that DEI programs are why women's hiring is up also

Britain is becoming American 🤦🏼‍♂️🤦🏼‍♂️🤦🏼‍♂️🤦🏼‍♂️ it’s embarrassing

@melontusk9660

16 күн бұрын

We need to ban American social media and KZread. You are what you eat and we consume so much American media.

Esther is basically this country’s Marjorie Taylor Green

Conservatives just cannot stop digging...

How ironic her current position is when previously she was the SoS for DWP so she was in charge of the Criminal , uh, I mean 'Child' Maintenance Service. She should be in prison.

How much public money is wasted on having a "Minister for common sense" ? Surely common sense is the minimum requirement of any Minister. Is there also a department for common sense? I think common sense (whatever that might be) is also difficult to measure the benefits of, is not transparent and also does not pass any kind of public interest test.

Carol, you are priceless and therefore worth every penny. This IS common sense! As for discrimination, it is blatant and covered up with full approval of those in power who have 'devotion' instead of capability, determination and intelligence. As the old skills become obsolete or even irrelevant, things are about to change so fundamentally that the current workplace will become unrecognisable which is what is SO frightening for those who are presently holding the reins...

A minister for commons sense is necessary for a government where the majority of it’s own MPs are the result of a public school education’

It's quite ironic that "the minister for common sense" views other civil service jobs as pointless.

They need a minister for common sense because theres so little of it in the commons.... not sure McVey is the right MP for the job.

The minister for a made up job has the cheek to comment on the worth of real jobs

Certainly would be common sense to have a general election.

Well said Carol! Tories are repugnant.

Send them down.

Mcvey and her husband have claimed 39 thousand for rent on a flat when they own a flat in London which they rent out and they go on about Raynor disgusting

Who is her landlord that charges nearly £40k per year?

The oddest thing is that "common sense" is a term which is a falsity. There is no such thing as "common sense" - if we all had it we would all react to everthing in the same way. If there were such a thing as "common sense" no one would vote Conservative, surely?

What a load of BS what is a woke civil service job . .???? Seriously 😧

The same people who check whether people should get benefits should audit the MPs to the same standard. We'd save a fortune.

She's a minister without portfolio. We could start by banning ministers without a core service.

As a foreigner ( Dutch) I only can say that this minister for common sense is the embodiment of the Ministry of Silly Walks. But as this a real position one could argue that this even funnier.

Why does no one talk about the gender pay gap in the 21-30 age bracket, when women earn more than men? You know, that age bracket when the hours worked outside the home are more comparable...

Do we still have a minister of food security?

@johnrussell3961

16 күн бұрын

Covey is guarding the tuck shop!

The new Man UTD football owner has stated nobody can now work at home!! He said if the employees don’t like it they can leave. A prime example why we need EDI at the very top of organisations. He employs the majority of his workforce outside the UK to avoid Workers Rights. I hope he loses his best staff to local rivals. Dinosaur

@johnrussell3961

16 күн бұрын

Most jobs relate to running the stadium. Those can’t be done at home. Why should a lucky few in offices get to work from home? Footballers cant work from home.

@Trebornudd69

16 күн бұрын

@@johnrussell3961 Did you listen to a word Carol and the expert said?

'The Minister for Common Sense' is a bit of a give away, If you have any common sense, you don't need to spout it. It's obvious.

How about bring Sangita back, you hypocrites!

Removing diversity offices from all government and civil service departments is 100% the right move but it's pointless because htey did it 15 years too late . they could have stopped it 15 years ago and it would have made a big difference. they could have stopped it 10 years ago and it still would have made a big difference. They could even have stopped it 5 years ago and it would have made some difference, but doing it now a few months away from a general election they're bound to lose is pointless.

Well done Esther.