Rishi Sunak heading for likely defeat, and he's just thrown his legacy away | John Curtice analysis
Rishi Sunak's tobacco legislation, which would have been a big part of his legacy, has been "washed out" as a result of his surprise election announcement, leading Sir John Curtice to question the prime minister's wisdom.
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Legacy,what legacy. Sunak has been,just like Johnson and Truss ,a disaster. Good riddance to him and the Tories.
The Tories are heading for defeat? Let's help them get there. 😊
@catherinemartin6258
21 күн бұрын
👊✊
@grahamturner1290
21 күн бұрын
@@catherinemartin6258 🥂
@dragonfly6908
20 күн бұрын
Liebour it is then?.
@methanedirigible
20 күн бұрын
@@dragonfly6908 Yup. Deal with it.
@muhdhanif1048
20 күн бұрын
@@dragonfly6908 Cope
Sunak has no legacy. You can't throw away something you never had.
@elvishprincess321
22 күн бұрын
Exactly! The man has no leadership, no talent & no idea, he thought he would be popular just for being the first brown PM of England.
@TheRealEtaoinShrdlu
22 күн бұрын
I don't know...last Torie PM ever seems like a pretty good legacy to me 😂😂😂
@TheSuperPsychoKiller
22 күн бұрын
The first Asian PM. That’s about it.
@markoconnell2458
22 күн бұрын
@@TheSuperPsychoKiller Yes that's it
@rickykilby4672
22 күн бұрын
His legacy will be one of complete and utter incompetence,same goes for truss and johnson,staggering ineptitude all round.
His legacy?trail of destruction 🤡🤡🤡🤡😡😡😡😡
@redlightmax
22 күн бұрын
"His legacy?trail of destruction" But enough about the Conservative Party.🥁 [crickets] Is this thing on?
@catherinemartin6258
21 күн бұрын
@@redlightmaxwtf
@denisburgess2966
20 күн бұрын
His legacy is broken promises.
Zero seats.
@user-us9cf7me6w
22 күн бұрын
We can only dream....a more real prospect could be that the Tories will not even be the official opposition. Either way I have lots of popcorn ready...
@ANDY1985UK2011
22 күн бұрын
@user-us9cf7me6w that's not realistic either, the reform vote won't be as high as the polls say and the tories should get 150-200 seats
@gio-oz8gf
22 күн бұрын
@@ANDY1985UK2011 A soothsayer, any thoughts on next week's Euromillions numbers?
@alexharrington6459
22 күн бұрын
@@ANDY1985UK2011That many?
@ANDY1985UK2011
22 күн бұрын
@@alexharrington6459 yeah unfortunately, hope I'm wrong but that's my prediction
Sir Professor John is a top bloke.
Sunak has not EVEN been PM for 2 years. He achieved precisely nothing, but I guess that's better than his predecessor who was in power less than 2 months and crashed the entire economy and devalued the currency. Way to go Tories. The party of business and economic stability.
Whst legacy? He walked into the job after Liz Truss decided she wasn't going to see off a lettuce. He was Chancellor when the magic money tree became a massive forest.
ZERO SEATS!!!
@user-uv8bv4dm9f
22 күн бұрын
Please we are in a democracy- at least 2 seats so they can talk to each other and not feel lonely, have some pity!
@stephenmcdonald7908
22 күн бұрын
They could take it in turns to be leader.
@andymurday4538
20 күн бұрын
There are clowns that will still vote for the Tories in this election. Never forget that.
I suppose corruption, misery and division is a "legacy" of sorts.
Sunak wants out because he knows what's coming..
@susannamarker2582
20 күн бұрын
Just like Blair in 2007.
@anthonyferris8912
20 күн бұрын
@@susannamarker2582 Yup, but without leaving dead bodies behind him..
@JeffreyPullen-lp4oe
15 күн бұрын
And what is coming?
@JeffreyPullen-lp4oe
15 күн бұрын
Blair helped labour win 3 terms some people forget we never had it so good and Blair helped the Queen from disaster when Diana was murdered in 97
Conscription the latest plan ! My grand daughters will not be forced into this,over my dead body !
@czhaok
21 күн бұрын
You’re right they won’t, because it would never mandatory to join any type of armed forces for them if the plan came into place. You’d know that if you knew how to read you silly old cow.
The whole of this video I was just waiting for an Uber Eats driver to turn up and ring the doorbell.
@hubertbreidenbach
20 күн бұрын
That would be a wise career change on Sunak's part.
There was a legacy? When did that happen?
@zakjuly6721
22 күн бұрын
When LIZ truss f ked up the economy
@davidmurphy563
22 күн бұрын
When Liz Truss crashed the economy I think. Oh, and the fixed penalty notices.
@TheSuperPsychoKiller
22 күн бұрын
July 4th, 2024. Sunak will give Independence Day for the British people to revolt and reject the Conservatives.
@markoconnell2458
22 күн бұрын
When he became the first Asian PM
@anonnymous4684
22 күн бұрын
🤣🤣🤣
Rishi Sunak has a legacy... really, for what, exactly ?
@zakjuly6721
22 күн бұрын
saving the economy and returning the Pound to its original strength ........ do you take drugs ?
@chrismurphy6070
22 күн бұрын
A brexiteer saving the economy/ pound, how ?
@DS9TREK
22 күн бұрын
He doesn't have one that's the point
@TheRealEtaoinShrdlu
22 күн бұрын
Last Torie PM ever...pretty good legacy if you ask me...
@gio-oz8gf
22 күн бұрын
@@zakjuly6721 Does he take drugs? What an utterly ridiculous question, what is wrong with you? Maybe you should try growing up.
Steve Bray should have followed up 'Things can only get better' with 'California Dreamin'
@daydays12
22 күн бұрын
lol!
@knobfieldfox
22 күн бұрын
Or ‘Who Wants To Be A Billionaire’
@TheKipperedOne
21 күн бұрын
I liked the Benny Hill theme tune.
That’s what happens when you have a rich, arrogant leader, who thinks that he knows everything. When an actuality he knows nothing.
@Norfolkbiker50
22 күн бұрын
It beggars belief that someone as unbelievably dumb as sunak has managed to accumulate such wealth?
Migration, Housing , Taxation . . . . where was the success story ?
What legacy did Sunak have. He raised taxes enormously, foisted the highest energy bills in the world on us, gave us economic decline and was steadfast in his support for Brexit
@user-uv8bv4dm9f
22 күн бұрын
Detest the man but he inherited the fallout from Spaffer Johnson and lettuce Truss.
@markstamp3937
22 күн бұрын
The only real positive thing I can think he did was get the Windsor framework done which of course wouldn't have been needed had Johnson not lied about his Brexit deal in 2019
@BrokenHill56
22 күн бұрын
@@markstamp3937 yes, true
@VincentRE79
22 күн бұрын
Taxes have been raised to cover the govt paying our wages during Covid, people have short memories.
@ogribiker8535
22 күн бұрын
@@VincentRE79Oh dear!, so why are taxes higher than anyone else's? or have you forgotten Truss and Tory corruption?!!!
What does Rishi, with his advisors know, that we don't, as yet! Something pushed him!
@tessjuel
22 күн бұрын
I don't think there are any secrets at all. Rishi's off to Americay but before he leaves, he wants revenge on all the rebel Tory MPs. So he's playing to loose as much as possible.
Legacy? 🤣 Only in Broken Brexit Britain this kind of comedy and lack of self-awareness.
@bigkanuna
22 күн бұрын
Hopefully Labour can take Britain out of the ECHR.
@michaelclayton5124
22 күн бұрын
Why ? @@bigkanuna
@roseanncampbell3168
22 күн бұрын
@@bigkanuna if we are taken out of the EHCR we will lose all our rights. Dont believe these politicians saying it wont affect anyone except migrants
@randomdaveUK
22 күн бұрын
@@bigkanunaonly Russia has left. Let's not follow that example. Would have to be a total idiot to leave the ECHR now
@davidhodgson3901
22 күн бұрын
@@michaelclayton5124because he’s another fool who wants fewer human rights..
Now there’s a legacy , ending tobacco smoking , that signifies just how low they have sunk .
BREXIT HAS MADE THE PASSPORTS BLUE!! AND THE RIVERS BROWN!!
@bigkanuna
22 күн бұрын
The Conservatives are more left wing then Labour. At this rate Britain will be broke in five years.
@daydays12
22 күн бұрын
that's about it - and even the passports could have been blue while remaining in the EU!
@user-rt1rh9py4v
22 күн бұрын
And the sky grey.
@pip1723
22 күн бұрын
And the wallet empty.
@user-uv8bv4dm9f
22 күн бұрын
given our international reputation the passports could be brown as well.
I’m having cheese on toast for dinner tonight.
@user-uv8bv4dm9f
22 күн бұрын
not sirloin then?
Vote out to help out 🥳
Banning smoking within an entire country? Yeah. It worked out well for the States with alcohol during Prohibition. You’re only going to begin an underground culture of smokers which your sales (VAT) tax will not receive any money. Good thinking in ‘unicorn land.’ 👍
@Norfolkbiker50
22 күн бұрын
What is it with this governments obsession with smokers? Apparently the NHS spends 64 times more treating obesity than it spends treating smoking related illnesses, and I'm a non smoker.
GOODBYE TORIES, GO & COUNT YOUR MILLIONS - SOMETHING THAT MOST UNEMPLOYED CAN'T DO
Legacy - in your dreams !!!
Sunak pretending like he isn’t headed to a total wipeout is so embarrassing to watch, it’s like he’s always in politician mode, no human feelings at all 😮
There's just one word to describe the Conservative Party. Reckless.
@user-uv8bv4dm9f
22 күн бұрын
You certainly show a high level of restraint with your vocabulary.
@Norfolkbiker50
22 күн бұрын
I don't believe that for a second, everything this government has done has been carefully orchestrated and has gone exactly to plan and once the baton is passed to starmer he'll continue their work.
Curtice is a national treasure.
@rory4605
22 күн бұрын
I'm convinced he has so much foresight that he knows who'll win the UK election in 2050.
No one voted for him, no one voted for Truss, we want our prime ministers elected not coronated
@James_36
18 күн бұрын
we elect a party not a prime minister
@carelgoodheir692
16 күн бұрын
@@James_36 Keep reminding people of that. And invite them to look at the snarl ups that happen when the US executive (president) and the tax-granting body are elected separately. Our system works better, our PM has by definition the support of a majority of MPs. Now fix our outdated electoral system and we'll have a sound democratic structure. And then - it really becomes up to us the voters to make sound choices.
Hold on guys! You're forgetting! He's about to Conscript 2,000,000 Gen-Z'ers. That'll win him a few thousand votes from out-of-touch 70 year olds in the shires...
@christinecaldwell4514
21 күн бұрын
Yeah, but even 70 year olds in the shires never experienced conscriptions. They’re too young.
@matthewframpton8737
21 күн бұрын
It's not about experiencing it themselves - it's about a demographic that seems to take a bizarre pleasure in the narrative of lazy/entitled "Young People snowflakes" and are weirdly attracted to any policy that makes life worse for them.
@BlyatimirPootin
21 күн бұрын
@@matthewframpton8737tory voters anyway lol, won't help
This is client media's legacy, they reported on the Tories and Farage's lies regarding Brexit with any critical analysis. This publication has to share much of the blame too.
He was doomed from the beginning and he knew it. He is just admitting it now.
Rishi's legacy is that he was the richest prime minister ever,and mostly useless,where he wasn't incompetent.
Legacy? Oh the hubris 😂
A legacy to equal that of Theresa Mays.....next to nothing, but he did steady the ship after the Truss fiasco.
@user-uv8bv4dm9f
22 күн бұрын
What ship? The Titanic?
@eddieharris6004
22 күн бұрын
@@user-uv8bv4dm9f The good ship Brittania. 😄
@Manu-Official
22 күн бұрын
Is that the steady ship tories are now jumping from?
@springchicken893
21 күн бұрын
😊
@BlyatimirPootin
21 күн бұрын
@@Manu-Officialthat very one
I'd venture that Sunk's legacy is something which Sunk would love to see forgotten!
Sunak is the kind of person who looks at proliferation of Food Banks and thinks National Obesity Prevention Strategy is working very well.
Why do they make him do this in the hall? Poor soul needs a little room that could be an office
Worst prime minister ever after Truss
Let’s face it, Rishi got the job by default. Being too clever by half by scheming to get rid of Penny Mordant we ended up with a lettuce 🥬 then the lettuce 🥬 went off and was replaced by a cucumber 🥒
He’s done nothing, except prove that he is politically vacuous.
Legacy???? 😂😂😂😂😂
Oh god it's still so long to wait
Sir John, correction, expired passport is acceptable the important point is whether the photo in the passport is a good enough likeness of the person standing I front of the polling station staff
Lets hope so.
It’s a shame as there are so many more able and talented British Indians than Rishi. Yet he somehow slimes his way to the highest office in the land.
@gio-oz8gf
22 күн бұрын
Why are you talking about British Indians? There are many more talented British people than Sunak is what you meant to say.
Legacy? 😢😅😅😅😂😂😂 which Legacy? 😂😂😂🤮
@TheRealEtaoinShrdlu
22 күн бұрын
Last Torie PM ever...pretty good legacy, actually.
Careful whatcha wish for….. 🤣😂🤣
Have I missed something, what legacy?
@TheRealEtaoinShrdlu
22 күн бұрын
Last Torie PM ever. 😂😂😂
“heading for a likely defeat” is the understatement of the week. Sunak is jobless even as we speak.
@stephengraham1153
21 күн бұрын
With his wealth he doesn't need to work.
Sunak has never ever had legacy only lieing to the public
He didn't have a legacy, and nor did that greedy cabal of traitors known as Tories.
Only if corruption and destruction is the legacy referred to does Sunak and the Tories have one
Yes
Come on South Park, time to make an episode about the Tories and Sunak…
"thrown his legacy away". Which requires a definition of "legacy" that doesn't appear on the Oxford English Dictionary. "Legacy" meaning an insubstantial tissue of nothingness.
It can only get better!
Sunaks legacy is dumping over a million immigrants on us in a year. A legacy of nastiness.
@stuplant6693
22 күн бұрын
I doubt it's 1 million per year. Our population is only 60 million. Let's be real
@viperzvapourz4738
22 күн бұрын
@@stuplant6693*68M and expected to be 69 by 2025. So about a million a year isn't far off.
@Norfolkbiker50
22 күн бұрын
@@stuplant6693 our population was 60 million 20 years ago. It's at least 70 million now, and that's just the amount the government will admit to.
@iainmclaughlan1557
21 күн бұрын
@@stuplant6693it was 1.2 million last year.
I will never trust labour or cons ever . I'm voting reform 100%
It's harsh to say he lacks a legacy. He bumped up landlords portfolios 20%, when he scrapped stamp duty for all.
It's never a good idea to broadcast when you are away on holiday.
Be nice if Rishi put a few million out of his own billions back to the taxpayer by way of “ sorry I lost you your country!”
@user-uv8bv4dm9f
22 күн бұрын
Er millions will not cover a fraction of the damage caused since 2010 by the Tories (And up to 2015 the so called Lib Dems as well)
@Mozart69938
22 күн бұрын
Why would he be sorry. That was the “Plan”
Can someone please turn the lights out ?
Sunak was brought in to sink the ship and pass the baton to Labour.
@BlyatimirPootin
21 күн бұрын
Seems that way doesn't it
6:49 Sir John is the UK’s answer to Steve Kornacki in the USA and Antony Green/Malcolm Mackerras in Australia. Enjoy it, sir! 😆
Scared of putting heating on....that says it all...4 jobs getting nowhere...taxed to the hills money goes abroad.list too long
The famous Sir John Curtice front door in Glasgow...
What legacy one of corruption ?
We still have the highest energy bills in Europe - that is Sunaks legacy. Vote them out and keep them out.
Brighton council Greens have been a nightmare tbh
Curtice is the David Attenborough of politics. Could listen to him all day
What legacy is he referring to? However Rishi's legacy will be the destruction of the Tory party . He'll be remembered a long time for that.
He got ideal weather for his smoking ban
If only we could throw away that legacy
And what is the plan in our broken country.......
Why is John Curtis now a regular on GBNews?
It will be interesting to see what happens in the election and also how Labour solve injustice in society if they win.
What legacy and he destroy his image by pledging things he didn’t deliver
He's thought about it and has come the decision that the climate in California has to be far more welcoming
The legacy, under Risky and his government. We have poo in the tap water and rivers😂😂
There should be no head-to-head debates which would be unfair to the other parties. Neither should there be debates between the leaders of the devolved parliaments' parties as the General Election is solely about matters Reserved to Westminster, particularly after 14 years of austerity.
Has Sunak got a legacy?
Legacy,REALLY,he never had a leg to stand on.
Was John waiting for a delivery from Amazon when he did this interview?
@user-uv8bv4dm9f
22 күн бұрын
Don't wish that on him.
Not if he puts a rocket where the sun dont shine..
Sunak and his “Plan”. Just tell us when you plan to leave.
Er!! Sunak,??, Legacy?? What precisely links these two terms???? Please, please advise????
John Curtice says ?
And another with the same agenda will be installed.
@GG-hu9dn
22 күн бұрын
Any suggestions?? :-)
Good Lord, what a shambolic interview. Get the pollster-in-chief on. Then ask him about his selfie policy, childhood... All over the place.
@dorothyb.
22 күн бұрын
And what’s more he has told us when potentially his house is empty!
It sums up 14 years of Tory government. Of disaster and incompetence. Things can only get better!!😅
He should have listened to what the majority of the people voted for
@boota1979
22 күн бұрын
@jimoconnor2594 Well that's never happened, so yeah that would be some kind of legacy.
@daydays12
22 күн бұрын
What was that?
@alanpage3973
22 күн бұрын
The majority voted to leave the eu and we have left the eu what's the problem?
@user-uv8bv4dm9f
22 күн бұрын
@@alanpage3973 😂😂😂
@Norfolkbiker50
22 күн бұрын
@@alanpage3973 except we haven't
What legacy!
@Mozart69938
22 күн бұрын
Rwanda. People will soon talk about it!
Likely😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
There is the Windsor framework, to keep N.Ireland in the EU. He did that .
@daraorourke5798
22 күн бұрын
True indeed.
@davekeating.
22 күн бұрын
And an amnesty for state sponsored terrorism.
So people grow up not smoking. That's the big thing he can point to as an achievement? For someone who has never smoked that means sod all.
@Joe-og6br
22 күн бұрын
He's dropped that legislation so that's not even part of his legacy. 😂
@oitoitoi1
22 күн бұрын
Seems a deeply unconservative position tbh, what about freedom of choice? We already have laws regarding young people smoking and plent of health warnings regarding it.. I mean even in the most authoritarian regimes in the planet people can still get a smoke.
@richardcummins5465
22 күн бұрын
They'll all be on Cannabis instead😂😂😂
Remember the euros will be on if these debates actually take place? People will probably turn on the football channel, I personally think Keir should avoid these debates why give Sunak a platform for him to spout off his mythological plan and never actually answer the question ❓⁉️ just like he did and PMQ's