Oh my he's boring.... how BEAUTIFUL that is.

@Fresch_K

24 күн бұрын

Right? Surprisingly refreshing to see a politician who doesn't try to be some kind of grand personality and just focuses on his job.

@jamesmmcgill

24 күн бұрын

A dull yet competent politician is more preferable than an outstanding yet incompetent outsider.

@jamesrowden303

24 күн бұрын

Boring is good, interesting is Boris.

@lighting7508

24 күн бұрын

@@jamesrowden303that’s a good way to put it 🤣

@philbrainy2399

24 күн бұрын

I have never voted Labour. But so far I trust Keir more than probably any PM we’ve had in my lifetime

that's funny cnn guy says UK's health care is broken, so what do you call american health care?

@barbra7562

24 күн бұрын

Absent!

@MrLucozadeFTW

24 күн бұрын

it’s like comparing a rundown city to a nuked city, they’re both bad just one is clearly miles worse

@redlightmax

24 күн бұрын

@@barbra7562 Can't call American healthcare system broken, if it doesn't exist. [taps head]

@lowboyyy

24 күн бұрын

aren't the wait times sht?

@MrLucozadeFTW

24 күн бұрын

@@lowboyyy yes they’re awful, 2 months ago i was waiting 7 hours in accident and emergency just to see a doctor and they sent me home because it wasn’t serious enough to be treated, the NHS has been run into the ground

Even a "broken" UK healthcare service works far better than NO universal healthcare service in the US

@brafianblackfyre9220

24 күн бұрын

Our healthcare system barely functions; you wait months for a cancer test, and by then, you're cooked anyway. But it was pretty good 10 years ago.

@JB27888

24 күн бұрын

Not true, British healthcare satisfaction is even lower than the USA.

@noel7777noel

24 күн бұрын

Tr**p reversing the insurance mandate (at the same time keeping preexisting conditions covered) is pure ignorance.

@evonne_o

24 күн бұрын

You CLEARLY don't live in the UK.

@brafianblackfyre9220

24 күн бұрын

@@evonne_o Yeah, my weekly visits to Ealing Hospital are in my dreams, thank god

Comes off as humble, respectful, composed, actually answered the questions, no mixups or gaffes, and didn't take any chance to badmouth the other party. Man I miss the days when our politicians were like that. Also, the US is the last country that can talk about a broken healthcare system lol

@Danxr-k4j

24 күн бұрын

Won’t last. Honeymoon period

@carolynwestlake7670

24 күн бұрын

@@Danxr-k4jI don’t agree with you. This man is smart and he loves our country

@ricofung5371

24 күн бұрын

Good thing Tapper is an individual, not an entire country.

@sirrobinofloxley7156

23 күн бұрын

He's in unknown territory taking advice from Tony Blair, God help us!

@Fredthebountyhunter

23 күн бұрын

Look up the word humble.

Did an American just say UK health care is broken 🤣

@piusx8317

24 күн бұрын

It is 😂 Unless you know a different NHS than me?

@mwd331

24 күн бұрын

No, the PM says that. The NHS is in a terrible state which as a Brit I'm ashamed to say.

@piusx8317

24 күн бұрын

@@edger7425 Lucky you.

@chickentoucher55

24 күн бұрын

What’s wrong with the American system? They bring all the innovation, all the advancements, if you want high quality life saving healthcare you go to the USA, the problem is you have 340 million people with an average salary of some of the wealthiest countries on earth, that brings a lot of demand and when supply can’t meet that demand, price increases, you just can’t get free universal healthcare in the USA, you will have to tax the middle class and people don’t want that, you can’t tax the wealthy because their already taxed a reasonable amount to keep them innovating in the USA, and even if it were “free” that wait times would make Canada look trivial, you can’t have it all both systems have pros and cons, and for a wealthy country of this size this is really the only option, Americans have the largest disposable incomes on average out of any country, and they want to keep it that way, we live in a world where consumers what brings wealth not resources

@chickentoucher55

24 күн бұрын

@@edger7425you also have the average salary of the poorest state in the Union, Mississippi and far less people, that means less demand for high quality healthcare, people in the states expect state of the art healthcare and the click of a button and their 340 million of them, that’s going to cost

Critics pan Starmer for being boring, but damn is that man intelligent and articulate. He actually answers questions openly, while developing an argument that is convincing.

@HellBot-gi5si

24 күн бұрын

You have to understand all the tabloid British newspapers are all run by crazy right wing billionaires.

@sirrobinofloxley7156

23 күн бұрын

Talk is cheap, let's see what happens.

@YwY-ct5yq

23 күн бұрын

We actually need boring Polticians... Not the grand display and drama that just wastes time and plays with peoples hopes and feelings...

@YwY-ct5yq

23 күн бұрын

​@@sirrobinofloxley7156 So far they have alreDy started to enact the policies and plans they have stated in their manifesto... So long as they keep doing that, thats a very good sign

@sargfowler9603

23 күн бұрын

Damn, Starmer is a liar

He seems quietly competent. I wish my UK mates all the best, hope it works out.

@sirrobinofloxley7156

23 күн бұрын

Believe me, we're not optimistic. It's even looking like we're going to get a victory over the Spanish to help the absolute broken morale of the citizenry, who feel abandoned and squalid.

@Countryfever

23 күн бұрын

Thank you! 🇬🇧 🇺🇸

@maneshipocrates2264

23 күн бұрын

Hahaha right.

@pretentiouscritic6513

21 күн бұрын

I appreciate you being nice to us-but tarmer is actually a borderline sociopath.

@zakoohakoo9541

21 күн бұрын

​@@pretentiouscritic6513go on, explain?

I'm not sure he can do it all but he doesn't seem to overpromise, either. It's obvious that he's playing the long game here.

@johnpirie4804

23 күн бұрын

Underpromise and overdeliver.

Compare this man to the music hall act that was Boris Johnson. We might actually get five years of competent administration this time.

@WH-hi5ew

24 күн бұрын

Certainly an improvement - but unless there is structural change in the country then I fear our decline will continue.

@Lisammifsud

22 күн бұрын

The Eton Cambridge Oxford Boys club train needs to end. Boris Johnson, James Cameron, Nigel Farage, Moggs...I could go on. Cameron and the Brexit vote was a arrogant under thought wouldn't happen disaster. Boris Johnsons father immediately applied for French citizenship, Moggs moved his company to Ireland and Farage glossed over declaring his EU parliamentary pension or his kids hsving dual citizenship. As for the NHS, yes it needs investment but I'm sorry the US needs to check itself. The insane prices charged in the US for things that are globally distributed. Hey rock on happily paying $650 for two epipens, over $250 for an inhaler, $5K for an ambulance because as you all keep saying the US is the poster child of capitalism and anything resemble socialism is evil.

@hanumaniam

21 күн бұрын

I'd take James Cameron!​@@Lisammifsud

@khaltsharivist365

21 күн бұрын

@@WH-hi5ewstructural changes like what?

@WH-hi5ew

21 күн бұрын

@@khaltsharivist365 whatever will turn around the economy, water companies, damage from Brexit, NHS, schools, care system etc. Anybody middle age or older has seen a decline in the country over the last 20-30 years. It's a difficult predicament.

"Country first, Party second." Exactly. If only America's Parties could manage that discipline.

@bcent5758

24 күн бұрын

As opposed to Trump’s mentality - Trump first

@sirrobinofloxley7156

23 күн бұрын

They do, they just won't commit as to what that country actually is...

@duddin91

22 күн бұрын

Except he doesn't follow this at all. Anywhere there is a local government who isn't his party, they sling sh*t & try to cause distrust. Google teesside & find out the meltdown starmer, the labour party & their minions have caused

@B1GLANDD

22 күн бұрын

It’s bullshit!

@shellovski

21 күн бұрын

The problem is that he is a compulsive liar! Nobody believes him in the UK.

You finally elected a normal, intellectually interesting, human being instead of the usual clowns. CONGRATS GB!!

@Censorshift

23 күн бұрын

I voted Reform, Starmer has 5 years to prove his worth

@ehnowthen

22 күн бұрын

This man has CIA links.

@ckingli

22 күн бұрын

No one voted this globalist in. The uk just wanted the useless tory government out, so he won by default

@satoshikamiya4636

22 күн бұрын

thanks bruv, hes exactly what the country needs right now. not a populist, just a normal guy who knows how government works and can win the trust of both businesses and working people.

@tomboss9940

22 күн бұрын

@@Censorshift Fascism is never good for the people.

Compare these answers to how either major U.S. candidate does in an interview. 😳

@Joe-ij6of

24 күн бұрын

In that context Starmer might as well be a Nobel Laureate rocket scientist

@demaciasolos

23 күн бұрын

@@Joe-ij6ofYour American masters live rent free in your head 24/7 and it is entertaining.

@infinitysynthesis

23 күн бұрын

Well he used to be Attorney General. The man knows how to put his point across.

@SimonFrack

23 күн бұрын

In the pre-election one question put to both Starmer and (then PM) Sunak was a sarcastic “Are you two really the choice we have?” which is laughable compared to what American is (unfortunately) going through.

Why can't the U.S. find a leader who can string 2 sentences together?

@jamesbyrne9312

24 күн бұрын

He's got a speech impediment, still a great leader

@smunro1983

22 күн бұрын

It's the same in the UK, why can't we find good political parties that care for the people and want to build a strong economy? Politics is a dirty game and honest people don't last long in it or quickly get vilified. The other problem is also a class issue. You'll never get a prime minister that was brought up in a council house and build himself/herself up to be someone. We (Scotland) had a Muslim first minister. He could have easily worked to improve Scotland and set an example. Instead, he had his notorious anti-white speech, his pro Islam initiatives like the hate crime bill and branded everyone that disagreed with him as "right-wing". Not a stellar example of a leader. I bet you if you took your average hard working Muslim off the street and made him Scotland's first minster. He/she would go a much better job than a self entitled man that's never done an honest days work in his life. So given this is a problem across the world, I can only assume that smart people stay the hell away from politics. If I gave you the option to surrender a signification portion of your life to vote on bills/laws getting passed and making the average citizen in charge, while reducing the number of MPs we have, would you do it? Most people try to skip court duty when it comes up, so don't have much faith that concept could be extended to agreeing on day to day politics. Bottom line is that people are lazy and value their own independence and would rather delegate that responsibility to an external party, but moan when that party doesn't do what they want.

@HenriHattar

21 күн бұрын

Well spotted, makes you wonder whose pulling the strings huh.

@donaldgraham6414

20 күн бұрын

You’ve never heard of Donald Trump??

@HenriHattar

20 күн бұрын

@@donaldgraham6414 I am CERAIN he is one of the reasons this guy made his very good , correct and astute observation, however that is being generous to D. T. a real dislectic, inarticulate , incompetent , neurological wasteoland if ever one had two legs and walked.

One of his first appointments was to run the prison service a businessman who is a conservative but has dedicated a huge amount of time to rehabilitating ex offenders and employing them. It feels good to have a serious government again but time will tell. As for the NHS it is broken but everything is relative, you’ll struggle to find anyone in the general public here who doesn’t cherish the NHS. I don’t think we can grasp what it’s like to live with US healthcare and vice versa but from what I’ve seen from Americans who’ve moved here it’s mind blowing and that’s not about what the hospitals look like or how you’re treated but the fact that you never have to think about it, if you’re sick you go to the doctor, if you need an ambulance you call an ambulance, there are never any other considerations.

@sirrobinofloxley7156

23 күн бұрын

There's no way this lot are impervious to the corruption that is left of what was UK politics. As soon as there's a sniff of equity to be had he'll be getting told how things will be going. How to have national politics in globalism?

I’m a conservative but I like Starmer as a person. Good guy as far as I’m concerned. Wishing him the best in his term but I hope he is sensible about immigration and doesn’t raise taxes too much

@yehoshuamoleman

21 күн бұрын

He’s pledged not to raise taxes on the main forms of tax. We’ll see if he keeps to that. With immigration I hope he can have a strong position, hopefully a more respectful and positive relationship with France can allow us to have processing centres there as we did over a decade ago when illegal migration was lower.

Our healthcare broken? Perhaps it isnt the best especially when the tories were in power. But when i was hit by a car i was in a hospital within 5 minutes and home that same night. Costed me £0. No worries, no debts. Plus, id rather someone treated me because they care about caring. Not some quack who'll say anything just to get another paying patient in quicker

@Bingpot_Cowabunga

22 күн бұрын

Did you get hit by an ambulance?

@TheWaveGoodbye-Music

22 күн бұрын

@@Bingpot_Cowabunga I said what I was hit by... 🤣

@johnsometimeswrong8742

21 күн бұрын

NHS is a grest service...people take for granted what is a huge undertaking to run an organisation that size with 60 million customers.

@327legoman

21 күн бұрын

I do prefer Japan's. Whenever I've needed the NHS in the UK they've been unreliable. My mother was in pain for months, doctor just kept saying she was fat. After pushing for a new doctor, it was revealed to be galfstones which needed removing. My grandfather who tripped died before his time in an NHS hospital bed because the nurses forgot to administer his diabetes shots. For me personally every trip to the hospital has usually been a 8 hour wait of pain, just for a doctor to dismiss me and tell me to take paracetamol. Any scan or Xray takes months of being on a waiting list. In Japan I fractured my ankle. I went to the doctor and was recieivng a CT scan and Xray within 30 minutes of entering the building. I was given a cast and crutches and medicine and was out the door in an hour, all for the cost of £30.

My mum is having first rate cancer care by heroic doctors and nurses. The care has been incredible. The system may be broken but the staff are still providing first class care for those who need it despite all the damage the tories have done. For the first time in 14 years we have a serious, sincere, decent leader at the helm who really does seem to care for the people of the UK over party politics. Europe is going to need a stable UK more than anytime since the second world war, especially as we wont be able to depend on the US for support if Trump and his right hand man get into the whitehouse.

How delightfully, perfectly British is Keir Starmer. He looks like he should be Prime Minister.

@YwY-ct5yq

23 күн бұрын

He is boring, and thats a GOOD thing... No spectacle just work and delivery...

@nobreshit.9694

23 күн бұрын

@YwY-ct5yq he hasn't done anything yet, and promised to continue the same stupid brexit path...

@lestrem11

23 күн бұрын

He sounds like Boris, so maybe he should.😉

@nobreshit.9694

23 күн бұрын

@lestrem11 as in he sounds terribly stupid?

@lestrem11

23 күн бұрын

@@nobreshit.9694 He never explains HOW he is going to do anything. 🤔

Keir will make a very good PM

@leyubar1

24 күн бұрын

Sir Keir!

@piusx8317

24 күн бұрын

​@@leyubar1Mr Starmer

@ianHolmes-up2oc

24 күн бұрын

he is a proper leader

@Jamie-uk2zh

24 күн бұрын

@@leyubar1Jimmy was also a sir

@leyubar1

24 күн бұрын

@@Jamie-uk2zh I don’t know what that has to do with anything

Jake, you're not going to trip up Starmer as he is brutally efficient when it comes to detail and detailed answers.

@aarons2319

24 күн бұрын

Jake isn't a trumper. Just tells it straight. By the way, love Starmer and Rayner.

@sunseeker9581

24 күн бұрын

Unless you ask him why he wont rejoin the EU

@wanderingfool6312

24 күн бұрын

@@sunseeker9581He’s already started, but he’ll not say it on those terms, the Tory press would crucify him.

@user-bd9br4fe6s

24 күн бұрын

starmer is an empty joke ,his father made tools.....

@wanderingfool6312

24 күн бұрын

@@user-bd9br4fe6s Trumps name means fart, what’s your point?

Oh wow the UK actually elected someone considered and well spoken

@lr5777

22 күн бұрын

We can't quite believe it ourselves! It's been many years since we last had a grown-up in charge. Long may it continue!

I think the reason he is continually compared to Blair is that it's the first time since Blair that the UK has had an ethical, intelligent, articulate and dedicated Prime Minister. I was no fan of Blair's policy choices, nor his centrist populist approach to governance, but the man was a brilliant politician who understood cultures, governmental processes and diplomacy. I am so relieved to see the UK elect someone worthy of the role, and only hope the US does the same in November.

@aziza000

21 күн бұрын

Blair the war criminal? The one who is the cause of mass immigration?

@fitzstv8506

18 күн бұрын

Gordan Brown was also an ethical, highly intelligent and dedicated PM and only for his economic ideas and suggestions the global economic catastrophe of 2008 would have been much worse. It is a pity that Gordon Brown is not recognised and often forgotten for his contributions and even more of a pity that he was not reelected in 2010 because if he was the UK today would be a much better place and still in the EU where it belongs.

An American criticising the NHS, describing it as being "broken"...

@lancergbp

24 күн бұрын

LOL

@echochamber1234

24 күн бұрын

It's you guys who call it broken. We're just repeating it.

@jaxcoss5790

24 күн бұрын

The Tories called it broken, not the average UK citizen. Get it straight.

@aleph8888

24 күн бұрын

60 weeks to see a consultant. But it’s “free”.

@George-be4vn

24 күн бұрын

@@echochamber1234No, it’s the conservatives that tried to break it and privatise it. They only managed to worse in.

Glad he saw UK inward looking is a backward move. I agree with that.

Long live The UK 🇬🇧 ❤

At its worst, the UK healthcare system is amongst the best in the world.

@GotoHere

24 күн бұрын

Why does it take six months to get poor cancer treatment?

@somemistakes6091

24 күн бұрын

@@GotoHerebecause of how under funded it was by The Tories for the last 14 years, trust me I know, I work in the NHS

@sluglife9785

24 күн бұрын

Living here, I wouldn't go that far at this point. It's still far, far from the worst. But it's a total mess right now. Thanks Austerity.

@riceboiii2937

24 күн бұрын

well no matter how bad the nhs gets i doubt many in the uk would rather not have it

@davidread7492

24 күн бұрын

Rubbish. The NHS is a woke bottomless pit. Too many chiefs mate. It's a disgrace and you know it.

It's too bad Jake Tapper's the interviewer. Love Keir Starmer -- UK is finally on the right track with this serious politician unlike the buffoon Boris Johnson.

@Strafuzz

24 күн бұрын

Boris is an insult to Buffons

@sunseeker9581

24 күн бұрын

Starmer has been terrible. He only won because tories didnt vote

@barbra7562

24 күн бұрын

@@sunseeker9581 How is he terrible when he’s only been in power a week?

@Hardboiledeggandtoast

24 күн бұрын

Starmer is a WEF puppet lol 😊​@@barbra7562

@Altolin

24 күн бұрын

​@@barbra7562 Talk about a self-fulfilling prophesy 😂

It must be tough to be a politician because no one ever leaves you alone.

@sunseeker9581

24 күн бұрын

The salary softens the blow

@sandponics

24 күн бұрын

Only crazy people who want to get rich, and can't get a proper job go into politics.

@Blorp_

23 күн бұрын

@@sunseeker9581Keir starmer was a very successful lawyer before going into politics

@sirrobinofloxley7156

23 күн бұрын

80% of the electorate left him alone, and 20% is called a majority in UK, go figure.

@Countryfever

23 күн бұрын

@@sunseeker9581But his salary before becoming PM was very similar. So he didn’t get in the job for the money

Competent and boring = stability, thought out decisions and a wall of investment

Great interview. Tapper asks important questions but he does it respectfully, and gives Keir Starmer the opportunity to reply in depth. Which he does exceptionally well. No sniping, no undermining from Tapper. UK journalists could learn from it.

Beautiful. Go Sir Keir, we’re rooting for you. I’m delighted at how he is approaching his premiership. You can see maturity and leadership in him.

Pity that America has 2 such Ancient people as presidential Candidates !!! Just look at how this Honorable young Leader is representing the United Kingdom! Compared to what you all have to deal with he is streets ahead and it is so clear to see!

@hydra66

24 күн бұрын

Starmer isn't young. But the presidential candidates are ancient

@danielbliss1988

22 күн бұрын

Ironically enough, Starmer, at 61, is the oldest person to become Prime Minister since Jim Callaghan did so at age 64 in 1976 when the Labour caucus in the House of Commons elected him to replace Harold Wilson, who had retired at 60. And the last person to be newly installed into the office by way of a general election at an age older than Starmer was Winston Churchill in 1951 for his second stint as PM aged 77; the last person to be installed by way of a general election first time to the office older than Starmer was Clement Attlee in 1945, at age 62. So by UK standards Starmer's an old hand, and so is his cabinet by the standards of newly installed British governments, with Starmer and eight others having previously held government (i.e. executive branch) office.

@Farzlepot

21 күн бұрын

"Young" is doing some heavy lifting there.

@andrewtucker94

19 күн бұрын

He's one of our oldest PMs to take office, but still two decades younger than Biden!

@thesedreamsarefree

18 күн бұрын

@@danielbliss1988 Clem Attlee was one of our greatest Prime Ministers.

An American calling their healthcare system broken is hilarious.

@fgcpeak9591

22 күн бұрын

They're aware of the irony of that statement, trust me

@Vostok7789

22 күн бұрын

Their hospitals are doing pretty poorly right now.

@zacharyamaris

21 күн бұрын

its working as intended the britsh system is not

@MarkEliasGrant

20 күн бұрын

@@zacharyamaris As intended? You mean worse outcomes, and spending more? You realize you're a laughing stock: the French and Swiss and Dutch and Swedish and Germans have stellar healthcare and spend less than the US. The US can't even vaccinate all children from diseases, diseases long gone from Europe are sprouting up in the US again. Absurd.

@navebushes5717

20 күн бұрын

Our healthcare system is broken, waiting lists and efficiency are at all time worst rates, but it is just a better system in general for the average person compared to the American system. Honestly though if you want anything non life threatening things medically dealt with quickly here private healthcare is the way to go

He’s Sir Keir Starmer

@piusx8317

24 күн бұрын

Mr Keir Starmer actually

@martinjenkins6467

24 күн бұрын

Yeah funny a Sir incharge of the labour party.

@scubajean

24 күн бұрын

He literally said "call me Keir" in his first press conference as PM. Or, for those working in civil service, "Prime Minister", and he explained why that's important.

@ehnowthen

24 күн бұрын

Sir Beer Korma

@maxgregor3201

24 күн бұрын

Sir isn't a inherited title in my country it's an honour given to people for outstanding contribution to society. He got the title for being the chief prosecutor in the country and for being a human rights lawyer. Its got nothing to do with class

An american calling the UK health care system broken is ironic - the UK surgeons are better trained, more humble, more educated, and FREE. Taxes and healthcare payments are within 1% of the uk's tax bracket for anyone under 200k

@jonnydavison9222

19 күн бұрын

The UK surgeons and Doctors are also leaving in their drives for better pay deals in Europe. The NHS was sooooo much better before the cuts, we need to bring it back to that level

Very lucky to have Starmer as Prime Minister he’s a good 1👍

@andrewtucker94

19 күн бұрын

Friend of a friend used to play squash with him. Decent, intelligent man I'm told.

Wow what a change. So glad to have this guy representing my country! Hard to believe he is a Labour politician. Congratulations and make us all proud and fix our country

@user-dg6bl2ry2y

24 күн бұрын

I'm so happy!

No one cares what you have to say anymore JT. You have a daughter. You’re being dg walked by DT at this point. Willingly. How will you tell your daughter you did his bidding? At the expense of her freedom and rights?

Keir Starmer has A LOT of work to do. To reverse what the torries did is going to take a long time.

@Censorshift

23 күн бұрын

He also has A Lot of work undoing what the Blair administration did also along with a few people before Blair that also royally screwed the country

@johnsometimeswrong8742

21 күн бұрын

Yes but at the nxt election if he has not pulled of a miricle of historic proportions the Tories and Farrage will brand him a failure

As much as i have optimism for Starmer and quite like him, it is just words at the moment. I hope he does deliver results

@jaxcoss5790

24 күн бұрын

Blimey, give the bloke a chance. He's only been PM for just over a week!

@archie7218

24 күн бұрын

@@jaxcoss5790 True 😂. Its just I can see a situation where he doesn’t improve things much and it goes downhill for Labour. I hope im wrong

@dominickirby2568

23 күн бұрын

Amen to this! Although I am feeling hopeful

@jackwright517

23 күн бұрын

If it helps within his first week he's actioned a lot of progressive and positive moves that lead to an improving UK. We're just not seeing the fruits of those results yet. Scrappage of the Rwanda scheme, appointment of more competent ministers, negotiations with NHS trusts to get things moving faster, ring fenced spending legislation for water companies, prison reform just getting started, ministers specific to improving EU relationship and communication etc. etc.

can he run for potus?

Worth pointing out when he says that Labour went too far left and lost votes, he got a landslide this election with fewer votes than Labour won in 2017 or 2019 under a leftist leader. I don't say this to criticise the idea of representing the centre, and I don't mean he's inherently bad. I just don't like this spin that there was some rousing rejection of left-wing politics in Britain. Starmer's centrists won fewer votes and more seats. Worth bearing in mind.

@alana8863

18 күн бұрын

But you can't compare them. In this election far fewer people voted, so to get the same number of votes would have been impressive. In addition, the share of votes going to smaller parties was so much bigger. In addition, there were far more votes being used tactically, and this was why the Libs did so incredibly well - Labour voters, desperate to get the Tories out, voted Lib wherever it made sense. Apples and oranges.

@SliceOfDog

18 күн бұрын

@@alana8863 I agree that no two elections are directly comparable, and you give a good set of reasons why. However, first of all, if elections aren't to be compared, when will Starmer stop comparing his 'landslide' to Corbyn's 'disaster'? If we accept that there are different factors at play each time, why can we compare them favourably to previous elections but not unfavourably? Secondly, if you're talking vote share as the more reliable metric, Starmer beat Corbyn's worst and lost to Corbyn's best. In 2017 Labour got 40%, compared to 2024's 34% and 2019's 32.2%. Thirdly, you mention a lot of Labour voters voting tactically. What about Libs/Greens/Ind/nationalist parties voting Labour tactically? I personally know people who don't care for Starmer who voted Labour this time around to boot out the Tories. Do you have any statistical evidence that Labour lost more votes to tactical voting than they gained? Finally, the quality of candidates and belief in the electoral system are both massive drivers of turnout. If more people turned out to vote for Corbyn and Boris, but fewer turned out to vote for Starmer and Sunak, that tells us people didn't think much of either candidate. That matters. We can't just brush over that. "He didn't get as many votes because fewer people voted." Well WHY did fewer people vote? And if we're going to blame voter turnout and tactical voting, we have to address First Past the Post, the leading cause of tactical voting. And what's Starmer's stance on FPTP? Of course, he wants to keep it. So with all of that in mind, are you telling me, a committed leftist who has voted many times for Labour in the past, that I should sit silently and nod my head when people boast of this landslide victory that was based on a smaller share of fewer voters?

He's a very intelligent man. Perhaps the most intelligent prime minister we've had in a long time.

@tomw4322

17 күн бұрын

Rishi had a Fulbright scholarship at Stanford

@hoagie911

17 күн бұрын

@@tomw4322 yeah but he managed to screw everything up. Also he wasn't the head of the CPS for years

@tomw4322

17 күн бұрын

@@hoagie911 Don't think getting inflation back to normal and growing the economy faster than any country in the G7 counts as screwing everything up. Quite the opposite in fact

@hoagie911

17 күн бұрын

@@tomw4322 agree to disagree

@tomw4322

16 күн бұрын

@user-rq5sd1sq8o Seems like you're happy to give Rishi zero credit for turning around Truss' mess. I expect you think furlough and cheaper energy bills should be brushed under the carpet too

We are very lucky to have the NHS it mite be struggling a bit but it’s still the best health care around

@fitzstv8506

18 күн бұрын

No it is not the best health care system around! this myth must be challenged, there are many better health systems globally particularly in Europe but in saying that the NHS remains a good system.

If the super-wealthy paid the same proportion of income tax as most working-class, the UK economy would be fixed within a year.

@Robc--jd6yh

23 күн бұрын

They pay 45% tax v 20%. What are you talking about?

@gk2811

23 күн бұрын

@@Robc--jd6yh Not on ‘all their income, they don't.

@ab-ym3bf

23 күн бұрын

@@Robc--jd6yh you seriously believe that? Ever heard of tax evasion?

@Dellboy56

23 күн бұрын

⁠​⁠@@ab-ym3bfOn top of tax evasion, they have the legal loophole of tax avoidance.

@Robc--jd6yh

23 күн бұрын

@@gk2811 40% from 37k and 45% after 150k. Why should they suddenly pay too tax on all their income? Doesn’t make any sense. The brackets are in place.

I think Starmer can be ruthless to be honest,,, he ll sort this sh** out.

@lr5777

22 күн бұрын

Agreed. I get the impression that he's not afraid to make difficult decisions. Definitely the PM we need right now.

What a wonderful interview and I think he's the right man for the job and he is wishing the UK the very best❤

I think Tapper's glasshouse is more fragile than Keir's at this stage. Perhaps the answer to the question posed in the headline should be "How are you going to fix your own broken country?"

I think Britain should vote again on Brexit. I suspect many have had buyer's remorse on leaving.

@sickpup820

23 күн бұрын

You can't keep having referendums until you get the result you want. Starmer has billed himself on bringing stability back, another EU Ref would go against that.

@Youalleatmuffins

23 күн бұрын

💯

@ab-ym3bf

23 күн бұрын

yes, they can have one everyday of the week if they want. Doesn´t change much though, since one can vote themselves out of an organization, but not into it.

@khaeugriefshade6456

22 күн бұрын

Honestly, at some point, things become so much of a political gaffe that there isn't anything to build upon. Brexit is one of those things. The UK basically put up a middle finger to the EU and then awkwardly walked to the door with no idea how to open it for a few years before finally leaving. It was embarrassing.

@mrandquist2653

21 күн бұрын

@@ab-ym3bf I felt that they should have had another vote prior to formally leaving because it seemed even then that a lot of people felt they had been misled. Had the second vote been to remain than things would have been different.

British people understand that the NHS, needs support, good decisions making hella funding, which it has had from the Conservatives. But it's laughable to hear broken from an American. I've had two c-sections on the NHS at a reputable maternity hospital, and had to stay 4 5 days both times. The upfront cost was £0. The most money I spent at the hospital was from getting snacks from the vending machine. Say what you will but no healthcare should charge you to have a baby.

@chrisholland7367

18 күн бұрын

It's a great system it's not perfect there is room for vast improvement. The previous government wanted to dismantle the entire system from top to bottom, forcing people into a US style health care service. The National Health Service was established after ww2 and is held in high regard. But unfortunately it's going to take a while before it's anything like it used to be. I'm glad that your experience was positive

Where are labour going to find the money? Well they won't have to fund michelle Mones lifestyle, so that'll help

No drama Stahmer 🇬🇧. Good for him. 7:46 Reliable. Respectful. Trustworthy partners on the international stage. USA needs this very much.

@johnsometimeswrong8742

21 күн бұрын

Remindes me of John Major a very good PM and person in my opinion

@emilydavison2053

21 күн бұрын

Stable, serious, hard working and not corrupt. Simple, obvious requirements in a politician. Plenty of better choices for entertainment.

@fitzstv8506

18 күн бұрын

Starmer would be no friend of a Trump Presidency! and for that matter all European leaders with the exception of Orban would also be the same.

The outlook for the UK economy is very positive already.

Great Sir Keir !

The British Labour Party has a YOU in it. 😊

@jonnydavison9222

19 күн бұрын

It doesn't though 🤣

@andrewrobinson2565

19 күн бұрын

@@jonnydavison9222 you certainly don't 🤣🤣🤣.

Hey Jake, “good job” failing at fact checking Don the con

@Doc_Holiday

24 күн бұрын

CNN cares more about surviving than continuing to lie and dupe you .The gig is up ,figure it out

@helpAmerica1

24 күн бұрын

Can't even manage a debate. Does not even follow up.

@rasco1521

24 күн бұрын

The rules of the debate, agreed to by both campaigns included a rule of no fact checking by the hosts. I would also just remind you that Biden is the one who challenged Trump to the debate and then lost it.

@redcomet0079

24 күн бұрын

@@rasco1521 false. Get a new brain

@helpAmerica1

24 күн бұрын

@@redcomet0079 It was not a debate, had nothing to do with fact checking post the show Tapper flopped.

Great move to visit US so early.

@Blorp_

23 күн бұрын

NATO summit

@danielbliss1988

22 күн бұрын

The NATO summit came at a good time.

World number one pm

I thought Brexit was going to fix the British Healthcare system.

@barrysteven5964

18 күн бұрын

I regret to say you were lied to.

@BlagoP

18 күн бұрын

@@barrysteven5964 LOL The irony escaped you.

The UK have a Labour Government , How good is that... Brilliant..

Labour received a little over 9m votes in 2024. About the same as they got in 2019. Difference being a low turnout and Tory votes deserting to Reform. They just won the right seats. They played the FPTP system. They didn't win the public opinion.

@Jalex0021

20 күн бұрын

The people voting tactically knew what they were doing.

We’re going to fix the economy “with economic growth”. It’s a tautology, isn’t it? Rebuilding the economy means having economic growth. The question was: HOW are you going to achieve that, but Tapper didn't challenge him on this (or anything else, for that matter).

@arthurbiggins

24 күн бұрын

Very easy, re-engage with Eurooe and recover a healthy chunk of the lost economy due to Brexit. There is opportunity in Science, Finance and Entertajnment there. The Tories were philosophically unable to do this.

@HmmInteresting478

24 күн бұрын

@@arthurbiggins can you point to any tangible policy moves that would enable that?

@arthurbiggins

24 күн бұрын

@@HmmInteresting478 Sure, reintroducing freedom of movement would be best, but failing that, a reciprocal deal to travel and work for artists and performers and those connected with the film industry (UK's film and music industry was booming pre-Brexit, dead now), including allowances for festivals. Introduce EU-level financial regulation in order to allow London to still operate as a European money hub (not taking anything away from it's global role) - may be too late for this now, but worth a try. Re-sign up to European science initiatives, I suspect the door is open on this, the Tories wouldn't do it out of arrogance "Britain is best we don't need them", of course this is bollocks and we would be much better leveraging scale along with our European partners. This is all possible now.

@aleph8888

24 күн бұрын

Starmer said in the interview that Brexit won’t be reversed, and the EU says no cherry picking from the outside. Only way to really improve UK economic growth is increasing productivity which happened under Blair.

@MrArchie800

24 күн бұрын

He has answered that question many times elsewhere. There are many levers that can encourage economic growth purely from a policy and ideological standpoint e.g. around planning laws, around regulatory and bureaucratic limitations, policy around which large infrastructure projects should and should NOT be sold off to foreign investors, when to privatise vs taking back into public ownership, closer alignment with EU (meaning cheaper goods, more exports and better logistics). All of which creates jobs and growth driven entirely by government policy The list goes on. And even though I'm not a traditional Labour supporter I am optimistic that, after a disastrous period, we now seem to have normal adults back in the room that are making pragmatic and adult decisions rather than playing to the populists. All of these things are now openly within the government's plans - I hope they are good as their word (and to be fair their first week in office is very encouraging).

They say they are aware of the issues, people voted for these people to fix them, yet they never do

3:09 That is not true, and he knows it. Labour actually got MORE votes under Corbyn’s leadership in the 2019 election (he is basically our Bernie Sanders). The difference was, that this time around the remaining votes were much more spread out over all other parties (and the Conservatives lost significantly), so that Labour ended up being the strongest party by a mile. But they did get less votes than they got in 2019…

I have never cared for British politics. Well, I might begin.

One fix for healthcare systems is prevention & health promotion. But that takes effort from both the system and the people. It saves money though.

@Nannyirene

24 күн бұрын

And that is built into the reforms that will save us billions, that and stopping the private sector cashing in on big dividends while they give feeble service to us. Goodbye Privatisation, we have solutions and cost-effective buying power without you, why should we be charged 8 times as much for the cheapest option. No more Tory get rich quick schemes that offload our taxes I to your offshore bank accounts when you have billions of our money from selling all our much needed utilities to foreign investment companies that cream off not just profits but money needed to Maintain and upgrade our water, has, electric transport, social care of the elderly and disabled. Gone for good, you and your rich elderly supporter's, your Tufton st con artists that make up your lies and spread fear. Gone and good riddance.

@alicianpig

22 күн бұрын

Thankfully the new health minister Wes Streeting is very into preventative healthcare

@emilydavison2053

21 күн бұрын

Maybe 3 years ago ? Uk introduced a sugar tax which made fizzy drinks more expensive. A recent report has found that children's sugar consumption has gone right down and their teeth are improved. Now looking at applying it to cereals, ready meals and lots of other foods.

@wiretom

19 күн бұрын

Eduction! It all starts there

@presence5426

19 күн бұрын

@@wiretom The right education. They used to teach us to eat loads of refined carbs. That was in college nutrition class...

UK👍 Jake👎

In Keir Starmer we have, at last, got a decent guy at the helm. Similar to Gareth Southgate our soccer/football manager. Two decent fellows who get things done too

@matthewprince9705

24 күн бұрын

Gareth Southgate? Who led an England team to the final of Euro 2024, through the LUCK of superior teams getting knocked out in early rounds plus scraping through matches in goals and penalties in extra time? Don't make me laugh!

@astrotravellin

21 күн бұрын

bot

@cupcakefairy87

21 күн бұрын

They lost the final to Spain.

so... where is the money coming from? He never answered the question.

@cmmgray

22 күн бұрын

Tax tax tax

@giocanni3590

22 күн бұрын

@@cmmgray the middle class will have to pick up the bits...

@jean-lucpicard5510

19 күн бұрын

Never asked the Torys that question I bet.

@giocanni3590

19 күн бұрын

@@jean-lucpicard5510 I don't know about that, but I think it's a quite obvious question to ask when presented with ideas which are going to cost money. "Fixing" the NHS (whatever that means) and buildings homes is presumably going to cost money, so as a tax payer I am interested to know where is that money going to come from.

Holy fuck we lucked out so randomly with this guy ☠️ he seemed like a muppet on the campaign trail but now that he can speak more naturally he really seems like someone I align with. Finally a quiet 5 years.

@lr5777

22 күн бұрын

Agreed. About time the UK had a bit of luck! I'm feeling optimistic for the first time in years.

The NHS is 'broken' but if I should fall ill or have an accident, an ambulance will be despatched in short order, I will see the right medical specialists according to my needs and I will be well looked after by incredible nursing staff for as long as takes and it wont cost me a penny more than what I already pay in income tax. No payment at point of use, no co-payment and no health insurance.

“Incredible results” I enjoy that phrase here

Jake why?

Why didn’t he ever ask Biden this question?

@da90sReAlvloc

24 күн бұрын

Or trump covfefe. Man woman. Person. Camera TV , Obama is going to lead us in to ww2

If Reform UK had not stood aside in 2019. Corbyn would have been PM

The main problem with the NHS is that the Tory government over the last 14 years have failed to fund it in accordance with rising costs and inflation. Add to that the growing population through immigration and not a corresponding rise in national insurance has left it stuttering but still servicing.

@NeilOB9

24 күн бұрын

No it isn’t, the NHS’s main probably is efficiency and organisation. It needs internal reforms so that money isn’t wasted, it doesn’t necessarily need a massive increase in funding or privatisation.

@DanteNeverWaits

24 күн бұрын

Lol a rise in NI? You think I want to pay more for a system that is completely failing? The NHS has had more investment year by year, funds aren't the problem.

@sirrobinofloxley7156

23 күн бұрын

They funded it perfectly well, with nothing that needed funding, and what needed funding they ignored. Classic parliamentary business.

@PassiveAgressive319

23 күн бұрын

This notion that immigration has impacted the NHS is laughable. In fact, it is legal immigration workforce that are propping it up

@Farzlepot

21 күн бұрын

​@@NeilOB9The NHS is one of the most efficient organisations on the planet (seriously, compare its funding levels versus what it delivers to any other healthcare organisation on the planet - it's phenomenal), because weird rich people keep barking "it doesn't need more money, it needs to be more efficient!" What it needs *is* more funding, a profound increase in pay for its workers, and a considerable amount of investment in training systems.

Man looks like a Kingsman - return of the British gentleman under no drama Starmer

@821Drifter128

21 күн бұрын

No drama starmer 😂😂😂

Finally, when the rich in the UK actually pay their fair share of taxes, the NHS can get funded.

@Robc--jd6yh

23 күн бұрын

Silly broad statement. Vast majority of wealthy do pay their taxes and 45%. Without them there would be no NHS. Try to be more mature in your arguments and express exactly who you mean rather than bracketing “the rich” as one.

What a breath of fresh air. And I'm a UK conservative.

American will be more surprised to know that private schools in UK is "charity"; hence no VAT. And Labour will get this straight and get them to pay VAT.

Sir Keir Starmer hails from a working class background; his father was a tool maker and his mother was a nurse. Sadly, Sir Keir Starmer’s mother developed Still’s disease and was generally quite debilitated during her later years. He attended university to study law and after graduating he specialised in human rights and became a barrister. Overall, unlike the former PM Rishi Sunak and the previous Labour PM Tony Blair, Sir Keir Starmer was not born into wealth or affluence and has worked hard to achieve his goals. Of his other three siblings, he was the only one to have attended university. There are many criticisms of Sir Keir Starmer, I for one am glad that he’s the new PM and that the torrid, terrible and utterly feckless tories have been booted out of the government. Fourteen years of incompetent and corrupt tory rule had done much harm to the UK and I hope that Labour under the leadership of Sir Keir Starmer can help build the UK and undo the damage.

Did Rishi do the US press rounds?

He is saying all the right words but let us see if he can back them up

@alana8863

18 күн бұрын

He's already doing this!

Starmer another neoliberalist war cheerleader .

Perhaps Keir Starmer for president! He’s a lot more sensible than many American politicians!

@Just-Ignore-It_88

24 күн бұрын

Jeremy Corbyn is better

@ehnowthen

24 күн бұрын

This man has links to the CIA

You have to figure out free trade and free movement with the uk again. Maybe that's not a formal rejoin of the EU, but need something.

It depends where you live. If you're lucky and in an area like mine, you can see a doctor the same day and get a hospital appointment the same week. If you're in a city full of immigrants, you may struggle to get anything within months.

@ts4366

24 күн бұрын

The massive majority of immigrants into the uk are here on work visas. The majority of those work visas are for people working health and social care. Get a grip on reality, stop supporting reform and blaming immigration for the problems in the NHS 🤡

@dominickirby2568

23 күн бұрын

No immigrants where I live.... Also no appointments?

@jean-lucpicard5510

19 күн бұрын

Ah use that as an excuse to peddle your racist shit.

Good luck prime minister ❤😊

Not sure why anyone would take to Jake or cnn any more

@tophat593

24 күн бұрын

Then why are you on CNN commenting? You're either not watching it and don't know or you are and you disprove your own point.

@sunseeker9581

24 күн бұрын

Ratings

@ThomasFromTN

24 күн бұрын

@@tophat593 How can someone credibly critique something or someone...if they don't research and observe it, first hand? It's your comment that reflects nonsense.

@tophat593

24 күн бұрын

@@ThomasFromTN A credible criticism is based on some underlying point. The OP's comment did nothing but express incredulity that anyone would watch which fairly opens him up to the point I made.

@yolibart

24 күн бұрын

That’s because you don’t realize or accept that points of view other than your own exist.

Tapper doing his best to earn back his reputation, good one👍🏽

Labour got more votes under Corbyn, its just that the tories collapsed to the reform party, that is why he won, we need more radical politics that works for the working and middle class, my hope is that the greens grow

Jake Tapper should be paying more attention to the unfolding crises in the USA, which threaten the entire planet.

@GotoHere

24 күн бұрын

You mean the crises that a dementia ridden warmongering politician has the nuclear lunch codes, which threatens the entire planet?

Rejoin the EU, brexit was a disaster

@Just-Ignore-It_88

24 күн бұрын

It's not that simple... It will take decades to get back into the eu.

@paulkirkland3263

24 күн бұрын

There is no appetite within the EU to have Britain rejoin.

@TheVesko95

24 күн бұрын

It was but it's done. I am not a brexit supporter BUT with all reason and facts the UK needs a similar deal to Norway/Switzerland than actually being a full member of the EU. Also look at all the european countries, I know it may not seem like it to you but I travel across Europe on a monthy basis and work with a ton of european companies (I am EU myself) and I can confidently tell you that the UK is overtaking most of the european countries and not only that but I actually think there is a backwards movement in europe. Again this is just an observation and an opinion based on my experience but given that the UK is out, the best thing to do is stay out but actually make the country more competitive than the EU, then the real money will start flowing in (and this process has alreasy begun, it'll just take awhile for the people to feel)

@teddypicker8799

22 күн бұрын

​@paulkirkland3263 I voted remain and still want to rejoin but the eurozone has struggled without britain tbh. They would love us back 😅

@paulkirkland3263

22 күн бұрын

@@teddypicker8799 Britain was never in the Eurozone. I too would love to rejoin the EU, but according to EU politicians and political commentators interviewed by the BBC's World at One on Radio 4, Britain rejoining is a peripheral issue, with no great desire or sense of urgency attached to it.

Economy was already on the way up.

Does anyone else remember when vat used to be 17.5%? Seems such a long time ago which is what was mentioned (higher tax for such a long time, 14 years apparently)

1/3 of the people voted Labour, who won 2/3 of the seats - while 21% voted Green Party and reform party get 1% of th seats. The UK needs PR not a two party first past the post

I hate it, when the say...Mr Prime Minister..its Prime Minister; full Stopp

@WH-hi5ew

24 күн бұрын

Americans think Mr. President.

@user-lk9lp3br3g

24 күн бұрын

@@WH-hi5ew i under stand...in germany Prime Minister is Ministerpräsident and they say Herr Ministerpräsident....but in England its just Prime Minister

@WH-hi5ew

24 күн бұрын

@@user-lk9lp3br3g Agreed.

Broken NHS,,, not so sure.. a couple of weeks ago my 90 year old mother made a next day appointment with her General Practitioner. I took her and the GP said he wanted her to have an MRI scan that day. We had to go to our local hospital immediately with a letter from the GP. Admittedly we had to do some waiting about but she had the MRI scan and as a precaution they wanted to observe her by keeping her in over night. She already has a follow up out patient appointment to see a consultant physician in regards to this episode. For the GP appointment, care and MRI the cost to her was absolutely nothing.

This centrist is at the helm of a party who wants to privatise the NHS.

Unfortunately, he answers with outcomes / aims and never the how. That part is either unknnown, or more likely, simply unpopular....i.e. raise taxes, raiding pensions etc.