Asking the safest Conservative seat in Britain if they regret it | Extreme Britain

Castle Point in Essex is one of the safest Conservative seats in the country, with MP Rebecca Harris looking after a healthy majority of 76.7%
Ed Campbell went to Canvey Island, in the heart of Castle Point, to find out if voters regret it.
Reporter: Ed Campbell
Camera: Kesia Evans
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[@PoliticsJOE]

We also asked the most Brexit place in Britain if they regret it: kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y2HPpXR4nL2co9E&ab_channel=PoliticsJOE

[@clairecalder6530]

NO WE DONT REGRET BREXIT! Brussels = dictatorship!

[@hindenpeter2.04]

The same concentrations of secret society membership in all partays.. And it is sum masonic party💩

[@YourBeingParanoid]

Could you imagine the hell it would be to live in such a racist shithole.

[@imemine6494]

.. Why should they regret it???

[@markperrin8098]

@@imemine6494 Its a mystery to me, this channel is full of loonies.

[@hamishf7444]

The political literacy of this country is embarrassing

[@Mark-Haddow]

What country?

[@caboosealmighty3735]

@@Mark-Haddow England, the others in the UK seem to be doing abit better in their choices.

[@dotsgrey]

1000s of years later and Socrates' warning continues to play out

[@c1carnage933]

@@dotsgrey I'm interested, what was the message?

[@davidlegrice4207]

At least it's not as bad as it is in the US.

[@rolandscriven6060]

"We've sold everything off to foreign companies" "I always vote Conservative". There you have it. The Great British Idiocy has spoken.

[@evolassunglasses4673]

But the Left embraced open borders Globalisation and has no solutions to.

[@donaldellis3609]

Where do these numb nuts come from is there a place where they turn them into what they are if so it wants closing down asp🤯

[@maccagrabme]

Explain how Liebore are any different please? Your precious EU have closed down 3000 farms. Good luck with that, hope you like bugs.

[@SingularityMedia]

@@maccagrabme whataboutism doesn't cut it in this case. The country is in ruins because of the government that has been in power for 12 years. Your cognitive dissonance won't let you admit that you voted for the downfall of this country. But you did.

[@jerryorange6983]

@@maccagrabme The guy is right. The Cons sold our water , energy companies, fishing quotas and whatever they could to foreign companies and those companies milk us out. But that was a will of the Tory voters.

[@hot5and77]

It amazes me that someone can say that they always voted Conservative and then, with no hint of irony, complains about all of the nationalised industries being sold off.

[@steveprice9737]

Yep, that struck me as an indication of complete political ignorance.

[@mohamedabdi1802]

We don’t like people coming to our country. Ukrainian, yes they can come.

[@tempejkl]

That’s why they don’t educate us… then we’d know what’s up.

[@martinspeer262]

It was Blair who partly privatised the NHS with his trusts

[@hot5and77]

@@martinspeer262 This guy is old enough to have voted for Thatcher though. You would have thought that if he didn't like nationalised industries being sold off then he wouldn't have liked the conservatives. British Telecom, British Gas, British Steel, British Airways... Need I go on. I'm not arguing whether it's a good or bad thing, but this guy is expressly saying that he thinks it's a bad thing, yet has always voted conservative and doesn't see the irony. Tony Blair was just a diet tory anyway.

[@Sarcastix7]

Unbelievable. They've convinced these people the single mother at the food bank is the enemy and not the tory billionaire that put her there.

[@flightlesslord2688]

yep. Wild

[@davidbrewer7937]

You don't fix wealth inequality by dragging the top down to your level... you fix it by raising the bottom up to a better place!

[@har3036]

​@@davidbrewer7937The better-off seem to have been made wealthier by the Tories, not the 99 percent.

[@michaelmurray5148]

Dragging the top down ? They have their foot on the heads of people at the bottom

[@robertexley5193]

Yeah, then we can all individually have 90% of the pie@@davidbrewer7937

[@billsmoke3929]

Seeing poor people consistently voting against their interests is pretty depressing.

[@evolassunglasses4673]

But the Left has embraced open borders Globalisation (rule by international finance) and has no solutions

[@ordohereticus3427]

@@evolassunglasses4673 calm down, Enoch. This subject is about 30 IQ points above your reach. If your right wing media hadn’t kept you agitated and your alternative media hadn’t fed you so much disinformation, you wouldn’t be too disoriented today and realise just how silly what you’re saying is in practice. And of greater importance... If you were better informed rather than constantly manipulated and contorted by that same press (there are practically books and studies on how effectively this works), you would stop voting for the very types of people who've made your lives miserable and then redirected your anger to trivial issues. Those parties/political entities being the entire odious mess of right wing parties, whose ideology and policies are aimed at making your lives even more pathetic and miserable, while telling you to get angry about trivialities.

[@markperrin8098]

@@ordohereticus3427 Says the guy watching this edited left wing tripe channel.

[@lekesssak]

Nah I used to feel bad for them but they are cowards

[@tomashre7896]

Because they focus on hanging foreigners instead of looking at what politicians do

[@alfresco8442]

"They treat us like we've got no brains." She voted Tory and for Brexit and thinks Johnson did a good job. 'Nuff said.

[@domfjbrown75]

Right on!

[@ascaris5062]

Reminds me of my family. Utterly depressing.

[@evolassunglasses4673]

Yes, because Corbyn was the answer. Lol

[@oxymoron02]

@@evolassunglasses4673 This isn't about Corbyn though. Why do you need to disingenuously shift the topic of discussion rather than address what was being talked about? 🤔

[@dondoodat]

@@evolassunglasses4673 Yes, which of Corbyn's policies were you against ?

[@raphaelandrews3617]

I am so sick of people telling me that I spend money on alcohol and drugs when I do not get enough money to even pay for my food and heat. It must be nice to tell people how they should spend money they do not have on things they can not buy and feel so superior

[@VonFreklstein]

Even if you did, people dont abuse substances if they are doing well in general

[@sirianofmorley]

@@VonFreklstein How many entertainers have died due to substance abuse?

[@VoidDragon82]

I have 2 mates that voted a mixture of Greens and Labour for years; then they became self-employed. Once they worked for themselves then their whole attitude changed, it was all about the Tories. When I asked why, they said "because I pay waaaaaay less taxes owning my own business than I did working for someone else". When it comes down to it, it's just about self-interest and greed; that's the only reason to ever vote Tory.

[@biscuit4259]

You don’t pay less tax, but you can write off work costs - which you can also do when employed.

[@VoidDragon82]

@@biscuit4259 having never owned my own business nor had the desire to pay less than what should be paid out, I wouldn't know any of these contemptible loopholes. What I do know is that both of their construction and cleaning business folded within 18 months of the brexit result. They voted brexit because of "foreigners", and yet between 80-85% of their employees were foreigners; which they didn't declare and paid less than minimum wage. They took advantage of tax loopholes because that how the scum Tories set it it; so they and their rich donor friends can pay less, percentage wise, than regular people.

[@ianking8315]

like the majority of the world's population.

[@rodolphodecastrorodrigues7457]

@@biscuit4259 that is not true.

[@jwpercy]

What about the working class people who don't own businesses and vote Tory? Tories don't get near power with the votes of business owners and rich people alone.

[@timeandspace_3.142]

"they treat us like we haven't got a brain" "I would vote for Boris again, I think he was a good leader" Well.

[@uuabbit]

_right???_

[@msbee-xj8ni]

yeah thick as shit, mate.

[@vaazig]

🎯

[@albertbrammer9263]

Then proves she hasn't got much intelligence.

[@Real_badda]

she didnt even use the a lmaoooo...... "we havent got brain" looooooool

[@ThePatto56]

Nothing worse than working class Tories unbelievable.

[@Mircose]

Amen

[@philwill0123]

@@Mircose all happy to suppress others while being "I'm alright"

[@evolassunglasses4673]

When the Left embraced open borders Globalisation (rule by international finance) it was always going to lose the working class.

[@thefirm4606]

It’s an oxymoron 🤦🏾‍♀️

[@JM-yf3ol]

This is the safest Tory seat as well!! They don’t seem to care that the Tories make them way poorer. As long as benefit claimants and immigrants are inflicted with pain.

[@JohnL692]

My old man always used to say that "To vote tory you either have to be very rich or very stupid", this video proves it.

[@benlee8436]

These people are so depressing. They don't seem able to admit that they are why things are so screwed up. It makes me angry. These people have screwed my life up!

[@norfolknchanceudumbfook8166]

How’s that then

[@GetGwapThisYear]

That’s Canvey for ya. All pretty thick people, same as all the areas nearby.

[@superimmersivebeats8063]

@@GetGwapThisYear most northern towns are the same too.

[@johnmoore9862]

I want to be paid less, I want no job security, I want to be be one payday from homelessness, I want no education for my children, I want no right to strike, I want no way to voice any dissent I may have, if I get ill I deserve to die, & not burden the wealthy, the conservatives are better than people like me, they know better than the likes of us, that’s why I always vote for them.

[@daftdigital]

They're morons, the majority.

[@jhamPlays]

"Stop giving out benefits to those that don't need it" Like bank and corporation bailouts.

[@markperrin8098]

Typical commie talk.

[@jhamPlays]

@@markperrin8098 Do you think that corporations should get hand outs of taxpayers' when their risks don't pay off?

[@Jono1982]

Tories throwing parties at the tax payers expense.

[@fnfcgdcv15873]

😂👍

[@stephenhill8790]

Also if there's enough jobs paying a living wage perhaps you wouldn't need those befits.

[@SlimesmoreUK]

The craziest thing that's ever happened is the Tories convincing these types of people into voting against their own interests.

[@woowoo2914]

Well, that was the billionaire owners of newscorp, the daily mail etc really. Convincing people to vote against their own interests so the billionaires get their tax breaks, starving government coffers, while the public blame refugees, people on benefits and single mothers.

[@charlesm5080]

The greatest job all politicians have done is convince you that any government no matter what the party colour is has your best interest at heart. You are playing chequers while the politicians are playing 4D chess. Their job is to convince you the reason the country is in a mess is because others vote for a different party than yours and you will blame the public rather than the government. Keep dancing away puppets 🚨🚨🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🚨🚨 People don't like to face reality or take self responsibility, it's always easier to blame someone else for your problems.

[@SlimesmoreUK]

@Charles M I'd say fair play to some extent however its quite clear in this case who are the worse of the bunch. One side tanked the economy to the worst its been in a very very long time and has been investigated in for multiple wrongdoings. The other while isn't the best has at least stated they want to raise tax of the mega rich. I know who would get my vote its not that difficult of a decision.

[@scooby1992]

All they ahve to say is ' but look at all those people in dingees ' and it distracts them long enough

[@sphinx1017]

These people are very easily fooled and the Torys know it. Instead of helping them, they take advantage. Disgusting.

[@astrotitch9650]

Reminder: Other people who are suffering aren't the enemy.

[@jamesmccarthy4777]

Exactly, the real enemy is the establishment that is pitting the people against each other.

[@PsalmoftheStars]

Rage at the machine. Not at other poor/disadvantaged people

[@tempejkl]

No struggle but class struggle.

[@damenwhelan3236]

Anyone says "living off of benifits" doesn't know how benefits work.

[@NoJusticeMTG]

"We used to own all these nationalised companies. It was better then. Yes I vote Conservative." 🤦🏼‍♀️🤦🏼‍♀️🤦🏼‍♀️🤦🏼‍♀️

[@philwill0123]

Yep, conveniently forgetting who is in charge last 12 years...

[@parametr]

All this money could go to the NHS. I vote Conservative 🤦🏼‍♀🤦🏼‍♀🤦🏼‍♀🤦🏼‍♀

[@MrWhodini22]

@@philwill0123 And who it was who privatised pretty much everything we had.

[@gem278]

@@MrWhodini22 Oooh, I know, I know....The Conservatives! The people in These people are racist, uneducated and an embarrassment to our country, I really hope they watch themselves back and then decide to fact check what they've said, they will soon realise just how unqualified...of course that isn't going to happen is it because these people can't apple critical thinking, nor do they self analyse.

[@evolassunglasses4673]

We live in a 2 party system. Corbyn particularly when he committed to rerunning the Referendum was always going to crash.

[@johnwright9372]

Winston Churchill once said "The best argument against democracy is to have a 5 minute conversation with the average voter." The ignorance of these people is staggering.

[@njkip]

That's why we're fu*ked and always will be....ignorant voters!

[@Alex-hj]

Churchill never said this, my irony detector is going off

[@FEWGEE1]

@@Alex-hj he did actually.

[@andiidoode]

Winston Churchill said a lot of things 🤨

[@dondoodat]

Churchill did say it, but it's not known who originally came up with it. But whoever it was they were bang on.

[@Uabhasach]

The fact he has £16,000 in the bank and didn't want to pay rent just tells you who the real leeches in the country are.

[@JackMBradley]

"It aint cost him 10p for the coffee and he's charging me £3.50, where's the logic in it?" Well the logic in it is them having to pay for rent, electricity, gas, equipment, wages, PAYE, tax, business rates, insurance etc all while trying to generate a level of profit that allows them to keep a roof over their head.

[@IndigoIndustrial]

I can't believe a place that sells hot drinks, cakes and sandwiches can make enough profit to support a person.

[@MepsiPaxBerri]

Irony here is the guy was self employed, surely he knows its more complicated than a bit of coffee and water?

[@rachelthecool2880]

​@@IndigoIndustrialthe teahouse is a pretty damn ancient concept

[@IndigoIndustrial]

@@rachelthecool2880 Think about how much it takes to support a person in a place that has enough economic activity for a viable cafe e.g. not out in the remote countryside.

[@DeanFWilson]

Plus he says the government don't want anything to do with it. That's called free enterprise. The government can't go and regulate the price of coffee. It's bizarre to see these viewpoints at all, but especially from Conservative voters, who you'd typically think as being more business-friendly. It just seems like yet another case of the poor voting for the rich.

[@SKARTLEAD]

It’s always so shocking seeing these people who have spent entire lifetimes not understanding what they’ve been voting for.

[@zebcode]

I was thinking exactly the same.

[@Jojohumf]

If voting mattered it wouldn’t be allowed. Same dog different collar

[@davidgreen6490]

Whats more shocking is that the UK was in a political union since 1992 but its people were never asked if they wanted political union until 2016!!!!!!! The leftism infection Europe is enduring at the moment is being looked at very carefully around the rest of the world.

[@AppByDesign]

Doesn't sound in the lease bit patronising

[@aminulhussain2277]

@@AppByDesign Swallow that pride of yours. It serves only your masters.

[@Dartanius100]

"Stop giving out benefits to those who don't need it. Most of them spend it on alcohol or drugs." - Woman who has clearly never spoken to a poor person in her life.

[@damienmorrison7226]

but she is a poor person shes just ignorant

[@MrHsox]

She wasn’t all that well off herself from the looks of it

[@colinb9183]

​@@MrHsox I don't know about that she'd got three chins obviously isn't starving 😂😂😂

[@billybob-jp7eh]

She should try smoking a joint while getting eaten out, might open her eyes.you know eat out to help out😁

[@PersonalPariah]

She looked like a Mrs Bucket who would sneer sideways at the other poor people nearby.

[@GoodKingMort]

My blood pressure rose during this video. These people don’t seem to be bad in any way, they just seem like they have Stockholm Syndrome. They’re ignorant and seem to all be in their conservative filter bubbles. It’s so important they open their mind up to the other view points, but it’s hard when all you read and hear are viewpoints which suite your own viewpoint.

[@ads13924]

All of these working class people voting against their own interests is just scary. Scary scary scary scary....nothing less Also, people with half of the facts are far more scary than the people with none. Terrifying

[@spare1793]

I feel ill hearing them. Slightly sympathy to them but I can imagine the tirade they would release you confronted their ignorance.

[@edfash9976]

How are they voting against Thier interests

[@spare1793]

@@edfash9976 I've seen your other comments. Racism and sexism wrapped in a single person.

[@edfash9976]

@@spare1793 I don't even know what that means. If you've been following my comments you clearly don't have a life

[@FECIKO123]

Brainwashed by the MSM ....especially the Daily Fail ....

[@janetdavies9056]

It’s heartbreaking how much power the right wing media has on the poorly educated! The pensioner who thought she was better off reminded me entirely of my mother who saw herself as a step up from these common people struggling to live because they don’t know how to budget! Ffs they would be dead if they didn’t know how to budget.

[@evolassunglasses4673]

When the Left embraced open borders Globalisation (rule by international finance) it was always going to lose the working class (and have no solutions).

[@donaldellis3609]

Istabout right some people just don't want to grab the facts 🙄🙄🙄

[@gmanlee575]

They deserve nothing more than a first class ticket to the food banks👉

[@MichaelStubbs]

Exactly. People get one tiny step up and think "I'm rich" or "I must be upper class now, better vote Tory". They are not grounded in reality. Sadly, these people remind me of my own parents as well - you're definitely not alone.

[@maccagrabme]

I bet that pensioner you are slagging off knows how to budget better than you and has lived a better life and has more manners and respect for others.

[@DinnenG]

The woman at the beginning knew she was poor but essentially admitted to voting Conservative because it makes her feel like she isn't. Depressing.

[@teabagtowers3823]

What because she voted for some people with posh accents.

[@matthews1082]

It speaks volumes of how Labour has failed even as an opposition party running against a lousy Tory government that they failed to convince people to support them.

[@DinnenG]

@@matthews1082 absolute rubbish they've convinced me to vote for them. A large part of that admittedly is to vote out the Tories

[@matthews1082]

@@DinnenG Sure, Sir Starmer (from the very posh Reigate Grammar School) will Sir Tony look a Saint in comparison - at least Sir Tony became a Lord a decade after he left No.10.

[@DinnenG]

@@matthews1082 Attack personality when you have nothing of substance to say about policy right? As you probably know he got his knighthood by proxy of becoming head of the CPS, not from being a generous Tory donor... You can criticise his education but his parents were a nurse and toolmaker respectively so it's not as if he was born into wealth and power like 2 of our 3 previous Tory PMs

[@bobblebob100]

"No one knew covid was coming" Except all the scientific experts who said it was only a matter of time before the next pandemic

[@elainekerslake6865]

And another on the way for sure.

[@DeanFWilson]

Exactly. People will be saying the same thing about climate change in years to come.

[@jimmac919]

A very good argument to turn Canvey island into a flood plain 🤦‍♂️

[@leonbrooks2107]

I genuinely feel like I lost intelligence after watching that. Even though virtually everyone spoke about their dismay with the Tories, hearing people basically parrot what the press are printing regarding immigration rather than hearing someone who can genuinely think for themselves is terrifying.

[@markperrin8098]

They should have replaced Tories with "government", they are all feckless, left or right.

[@Ladynipchick2]

Me too.

[@si-hv3nu]

@@Ouroboros542 and the brainwashed, stupid comment of the year award goes to

[@kellymckeever.6]

Half way through the video I was starting to lose the will to live....

[@matthewhook3375]

@@kellymckeever.6 I’m at that exact point and have had to take to the comments for a break before I can face finishing the rest of it 😞

[@re1644]

As she said, "they should stop handing out benefits who dont really need it, they are only using it for drugs anyways" I thought of the millions handed out for that private school and other Tory donors and thought she was right, but somehow I got the feeling that is not who she was talking about

[@Jamie_golf]

Same here!

[@ohgosh5892]

It's all standard Daily Mail memes. People on benefits buy expensive toys like televisions and phones, so they do not deserve benefits. Pensioners, on the other hand, also buy expensive toys like televisions and phones, but that is fine, because they are Daily Mail readers, so they deserve it, living off working people, as they do.

[@mrdaveythebaby]

I honestly thought that lady was talking about giving public money to donors and cronies until she said 'then they spend it all know drugs and alcohol'. That guy talking about all the Tory lies and selling off public assets to private companies and not seeing how that means maybe voting for them isn't a good idea...

[@Edwinbraun20]

Don’t blame drugs… blame the overwhelmingly sophisticated jobs and general lack of exciting opportunities. Depending on drugs but… I don’t see the parallel between soft drugs and poverty. Holland is a great example of rather well functioning society while soft drugs are affordable and available all day long. There’s no harm in having a little bit of something after long day at work. Little beer or smoke… no problem. Question is more like… are you gonna tax and benefit from it or are you going to leave this opportunity for young opportunistic entrepreneurs on the streets. Tax money could fix roads and pay pensions.

[@memzepper6096]

I know yeah …she started well…and then Just nuked it !!🤦‍♀️

[@obiwann785]

When she talks about giving money to people that don't need it, she is talking about the royal family right?

[@Jimmy_Widders_Hunt]

They have no idea what they are talking about. Privatisation has been the cornerstone of conservative policy since Thatcher's Britain. She sold BT. Privatisation began in the late 1970s, and notable privatisations include the Central Electricity Generating Board, British Rail, and more recently Royal Mail. Conservative voters are extremely frustrating to listen to, it's a shame Murdoch press have so much control and market share in Britain, the same in Australia. He has created a majority of very poorly informed individuals who have relinquished their collective power to corporations that have completely diddled them and yet they still can't bring themselves to vote Labour and support unions or renationalise essential public services.

[@chloebidwell228]

Got to love the woman who's all like "Benefits is the problem" rather than the British people constantly being made fools of by the super rich. She would much rather go after further victims than the perpetrators of the problems.

[@hookooekoo2]

What character trait do you suppose explains this attitude?

[@KK-qu7jb]

I believe it is called Stockholm Syndrome

[@BillSikes.]

Oh come off it, the Welfare State will be the downfall of this country, the people that replied to your observation no doubt live in communities where they see that those claiming benefits are often better off than themselves even tho they work 40-60 hours per week

[@bigguy1230]

​@@BillSikes.There's a lot of people on benefits in my area. It's not a very well off area. But if there's one thing I can tell you it's that they are definitely not earning more than the average worker in the area. That notion is absurd.

[@morphuk1]

Should have asked for her statistical based evidence.

[@clagfest]

"They've sold everyfink orf to foreign interests" Yeah, that's what Tories do, yet you still put a cross in the blue box.

[@robertsymonds8087]

You couldn't make it up. Always voted tory, and complaining about privatisation 🤔🤔🤔

[@donaldellis3609]

Friday afternoon zombies 🙄🙄🙄🙄

[@maewest68]

Better to sell the companies to foreign investors than invite them to come and fucking live here.

[@sirgaymeerkat1994]

blair did it too! starmer is going to continue the tory policies!! Guess we're screwed ether way!!!

[@IanP1963]

Where do you live - under a rock ? Labour did it too before you were born, Bliar did it as well. Do you always talk rubbish or only sometimes ?

[@101088Albert]

The interviewer has such a perfect voice for this, the tone is so comforting and trustworthy. 👏👏

[@alexkeitch9840]

There should be a minimum IQ in order to vote. This is embarrassing.

[@tempejkl]

IQ is a terrible measure that is biased against actually smart people. A high amount of the smartest people have ADHD or Autism. IQ tests are highly biased AGAINST those with ADHD or Autism. IQ would make it even worse

[@ChrisPepper1989]

Infuriates me that everyone was annoyed about benefits and no one mentioned the sheer amount of cash tories poured into their mates businesses during covid. Especially that guy that was wondering why we sold all our assets...

[@jayharrison7782]

Most people are too thick and ignorant to even comprehend that activities like that go on

[@Adblockalypse]

@@jayharrison7782 Yeah, so much has been normalised by throwing some new scandal in its place. Matt Hancock's Contracts to his local pub owner & mate flew under the radar after his affair. In the past I've honestly thought about doin myself in from the shame of disability benefits, felt like a burden to everyone even tho I worked too, across healthcare but DWP spend more money on hounding people, making life harder for those who struggle & appealing lawsuits than supporting em, so it stings a little bit extra when they make comments like that after Liz Truss blew £100 Billion. 6 Weeks of work after Queen's death and she's set for life with her free salary, for quitting. Yet they go after us instead of their donors like Lady Mone, idiots like Truss & Boris, or murderers like Therese Coffey. Most people will agree with them and hate people like me. Or Roy Curtis, or Errol Graham, or Jodey Whiting and her Son, or James Harrison... It doesn't seem right. There was one homeless lad who got a lot of flack cause he couldn't find a job on UC, but was trying, he broke down. I shed a tear seeing it. I know this comment won't change anything but... Idk

[@JustIssybee]

7:10 it's your conservative party that sold and privatised everything that the U.K owned. Royal Mail, trains, BT, water suppliers, oil and gas in North Sea and many more things. If they had a chance they will sell your mum. 😂

[@clareowen2047]

Typical Tory mentality

[@vibranium-riprich314]

I laugh at the victim mentality of the Brits. Whenever benefit fraud is mentioned, Brits rush to defend poor fraudsters with whataboutism- ‘ but the rich are the true scammers! Rich evades taxes yadi yadi ya ‘. Yes, we know rich people try to pay less taxes, but that is natural when the wealthiest 5% of this country is getting shafted hand over fist. They pay the most tax, exceeding what the bottom 80% pay. I find benefit scum to be the worst as they are lazy slugs, preferring to rip off the hard working people rather than work.

[@Busybee65]

My late father always said " The working classes worst enemy, is the working class that vote Tory "

[@toomanysecrets7121]

I’m a proud working class Tory

[@DanielTheDestroyerXD]

@@toomanysecrets7121 why

[@alessandrolocascio2226]

🎯

[@PCDelorian]

@@toomanysecrets7121 How are you proud?

[@fethryduck]

@@DanielTheDestroyerXD Some People love it to get fu....

[@matt_9112]

That one guy who was all about "we sold it off" was awfully close to a realization: Privatization as an issue, especially wh2n it comes to basic services. Just doesn't matter if it's sold to foreigners (and the people facilitating it just line their pockets) or it's privatized domestically.

[@frituurvlieg]

"Stop giving money to the ones that dont need it." But she forgets that the problem is not the few people that resort to alcohol or drugs to soften their daily struggles. The problem is that upper-middle-class people use divide and conquer to keep the poor focused at eachother fighting over scraps instead of measures that increase government income to start building a society in which everyone can live in relative wealth.

[@vitocorleone7040]

Still some people blaming our troubles on benefits! Working class people saying it too! It’s absolutely ridiculous. The Benefits that people get in this country are so low it amazes me how people on benefits get by with such little money. DWP are also extremely extremely cruel with their decisions for disabled and long term sick citizens getting any benefits. DWP would say a washed up torso should work. Always remember you never know what’s round the corner in life, you may be in the same vulnerable position that other people are in. The people that blame benefits and immigration and not the liberty takers at the top it makes me so angry.

[@bereal6590]

Yup, I'm really offended by them. Worked 35 years got very sick, still sick no nhs help and ppl like her say stuff like that. The dwp process has killed hundreds and I don't know how I made it through. I wish I was fit and well and worked and could leave this now poxy isle full of idiots ✌

[@obscurazone]

Well said. I used to work for the DWP about 25 years ago, and it was shockingly bad back then for all the reasons you just listed. I cannot begin to fathom just how awful it is nowadays.

[@johnwright9372]

Turkeys voting for Christmas.

[@bobecks66]

I worked with citizens advice years ago when people were switched to ESA and I saw the cruel, deceitful and abhorrent ways the DWP handled their claimants. So sad to see it is still going on. Sad to see the contempt people have for those on benefits. Aren't we better than this as a nation? The alternative is to vehemently fight for every division within our society whilst the ruling class go about quitely robbing us, selling everything the possibly can to anyone that will buy it and cementing their power.

[@jayparry928]

Canvey is a great example where the rich have managed to convince the poor that other poor people are trying to take what they've got.

[@CASM-ze7lb]

“I take benefits, but the government should stop giving hand outs to people….” “The mayor wants to take car fumes off the streets, but wants to legalise cannabis…” Ricky Gervais once said; “LETS STOP ASKING THE AVERAGE PERSON WHAT THEY THINK!”

[@stejenkins8053]

All benefits NHS and social care funding. Was coverd by the profits of British Pharmasuticals. It was the first thing Privertised by Thatcher. Leaving Dummys. Blaming the poor and immigration. As the cause for the lack of funding.

[@andrewfrancis3591]

I just could not watch this, was it something in the water?

[@FDCAFOK]

Laughable. But there is some truth about the benefits. Our friends son was on UC and spent most of it on cannabis.

[@domfjbrown75]

Something in the water? Yeah, LSD by the looks of it!

[@SoFarSoGoodSoWhat14]

We should legalise cannabis

[@MrStrawberry86]

Sad how convinced these people are when they can't even form a coherent sentence

[@barbedienne1407]

"This is the coastal town That they forgot to close down" answers on a postcard please.

[@michaeloconnor7849]

I was hoping it was Dr Feelgood for irony's sake but as it's from the pen of Morrissey these days the irony's doubled down upon.

[@jaimiemclaughlin3126]

"Why did you vote conservative?" "Because I believed everything they said" "Would you vote for them again?" "Only if it was Boris" FFS

[@MrTidymark]

They know he is a liar but at least he is honest about it.

[@jaimiemclaughlin3126]

@@MrTidymark he was was never honest about a single thing he said and done. You could tell when he was lying though, because his lips moved.😉

[@michaelmouse4024]

As the Russians & the Americans, determined to destroy Hitler, approached Berlin in 1945 lots of Germans still believed in the Nazi cause. Idiots allow criminals to go unpunished.

[@Adblockalypse]

"They think that we're idiots"

[@Adblockalypse]

@@MrTidymark "Better the devil we know, eh?"

[@iainb1577]

Conservative voters never seem to give a sane, kind or unbigoted reason for doing so. It is always based on personal greed, fear or jealosy.

[@evolassunglasses4673]

People like you are why the Left lost the working class across the West

[@johnhollyoak9295]

Or pure stupidity!

[@inphanta]

Or spite. You forgot spite.

[@iainb1577]

@@inphanta Bung that one in too then.

[@kellymckeever.6]

Just plain thick...

[@allsorts-]

The general public depress the hell out of me.

[@ganrimmonim]

That was painful to watch. Wow have those people been taken in to act against their own best interests.

[@MrMonkeyHat]

The great tory con: The reason you're poor isn't because of us supporting the rich and giving them handouts, it's because of other poor people

[@htkm1179]

Nailed it in one! It’s the people below you making your life crap! Works every time!

[@markperrin8098]

The rich literally pay for everything. You sound like my broke scrounger uncle.

[@matty6762]

Spot on there

[@nifapz9596]

Jedi mind trick.

[@mrbearbear83]

That's that fkhead saying immigrants are his problem

[@Jacob_JRW]

The UK’s fixation on foreigners is its biggest downfall. It’s such a disproportionate issue when considering how many votes it rallies and how much it costs the country. It’s the exact same thing with benefits.

[@andysmith3111]

Yet all ordinary people have asked is simple controls, yet they are consistently ignored so people vote to the Party that will listen. Do not expect people to vote Labour after leaving the Tories

[@paulgibbon5991]

​@@andysmith3111 "Control" (whatever Daily-Mail induced fantasy you mean by that) that the Tories have failed to accomplish, leading to ever rising immigration after Brexit was meant to stop all that. The Tories don't really WANT to fix it, of course, because that would deny them of a convenient punching bag to point to whenever they need a diversion they can sell to the "I'm not a racist BUT--" crowd such as yourself.

[@jamesanders7852]

@rgagregre I live in an ‘immigrant hotspot’ it’s fantastic, great restaurants, friendly people, shops that sell anything you could want, and no big fat gammon blokes. Spot on, 10 of of 10. Would recommend.

[@jamesanders7852]

@rgagregre is there a war yh? or are you just confused. I think you need to calm down. 😂

[@jamesanders7852]

@rgagregre ya ma collects Pokémon cards.

[@Shinysideup]

Wow some impressive points of view. I’m genuinely concerned 😮

[@MarkPhillips]

How does she know that benefits are being spent on alcohol and drugs?

[@cugal1613]

I was on benefits for a while. It was about £70 a week and I had to pay £10 of that into my rent. If anybody anywhere can survive on that and spend it all on alcohol and drugs they have my respect! And good luck to them.

[@Private-Hudson]

@@_Meng_Lan She needs to shut her mouth and watch I, Daniel Blake. and realise people in the 5th richest country in the world actually live like what is depicted in the film each and every day.

[@tessy28]

I was on £250 a month in 2018 at 23 years old before the pandemic. Thankfully I had just come out from university and was living at home with mum and dad. That's the benefits people are complaining about?? Oh yes I was really living the high life wasn't I? Absolutely pathetic they are.🤣 Thank God I have a property, side business and good career now. That experience pushed to me succeed like no other.

[@kebbs56]

@@tessy28 that sounds like an argument in favour of low benefits ngl.

[@chrissilver7719]

They must think you can buy drugs and booze like sports socks 2 for a £1 in the market.

[@chrissilver7719]

@@Private-Hudson I know someone who took some French relatives to see the film and they were sceptical it was a true depiction. They thought it was some dysfunctional nightmare. They couldn't believe people weren't out on the streets rioting.

[@jamesthompson7138]

“Food banks on the island” 😂😂😂 They’ve increased 3800% under the tories 🤦🏼‍♂️🤦🏼‍♂️

[@gmanlee575]

More food banks than mc donalds in this first world capitalist country 🤣🤣👉🚽

[@markperrin8098]

Free stuff is always a growth industry.

[@ceenone3310]

@@markperrin8098 It's not free, regular folks donate and pay this stuff. None of it comes from the government.

[@jamesthompson7138]

@@markperrin8098 the food banks do the job of the government. A tad ignorant

[@markperrin8098]

@@jamesthompson7138 Only if you love massive commie freebie governments, private charity is better. Not that many can afford it after having the shit taxed out of them.

[@spoop2111]

I work. At the time I was 19 and had to claim Benefits whilst out of College because I was earning minimum at the time (6.56). Because I was in education they closed my claim and now I'm in debt because of my advance. I needed that money badly, my family was in no position to help. Yet I never, ever spent a penny of it on drugs or alcohol. Turn the rats against the rest, brilliant crowd mentality.

[@brianwarden7250]

The gentleman with the black cap and glasses really knows the area.

[@wonderbat9]

This country is in deep trouble.

[@jibsmokestack1]

Deep deep trouble and mostly oblivious to what’s coming down the road!

[@gmanlee575]

Decouple from china decouple from eu. Only America left not like they give 2 fs about the uk. Japan and india both too insignificant to get the uk economy going, you tell me what this all adds up too.

[@markperrin8098]

@@jibsmokestack1 A labour government? Terrifying.

[@MichaelStubbs]

Until the boomers die.

[@ffi1001]

@@markperrin8098 the end of the uk. Scotland has checked out

[@lohphat]

Tribal affiliation is more important than grifting liars lining their pockets at the expense of the electorate.

[@mstrwul1]

I couldn't have put it better myself. 👍

[@robduncan599]

No matter how shite your team is , it's your team and will support them even if you lose your house .

[@ingridschmid1709]

Well that is what kind of happens when things go south except in this case the overarching tribal affiliation that is taking precedence is ethnic.

[@attackpatterndelta8949]

Just be thankful that a lot of these people have decided not to vote at the next election. They’re the ones who are truly responsible for the state of the nation.

[@ingridschmid1709]

@@attackpatterndelta8949 In so far they are responsible for anything . They've always done what they were told by their betters .

[@jameswillson9658]

Democracy is a fantastic idea in theory. It falls apart if the voting public are thick as sh*t.

[@peterburgess5974]

"I think I am better off, even though I am not, so I vote Conservative." What are these people talking about? They cannot see the conflict between the thoughts in their heads and what they say and do in public. You know it's going to go badly when people mention the fact that Britain has always accepted foreigners or that they, 'aren't racist' and proceed by saying 'but......' Anyway, I am increasingly disturbed by my compatriots. I suppose I am a moron. I am off to work so I better get ready to praise the tories for all the hard-work and excellent governance they are doing on my behalf. Hang on, no, I mean the opposite of that. Ad altiora! Power to you.

[@DonLorenzo]

I'm an Essex boy and very proud of but it never ceases to amaze me how many working class people continue to vote against their interest. Fuelled by the Sun and Daily Heil for sure but these people aren't even learning the hardest of ways. They're just TFG.

[@baltasarnoreno5973]

TFG?

[@powderandpaint14]

It would be interesting if they asked these people which newspapers they read and which news programmes they watch!

[@nickshale6926]

'TFG' - Too F*cking Gormless?

[@shauntaylor6040]

Don't blame media, blame Labour Party.

[@DonLorenzo]

@@baltasarnoreno5973 Too Far Gone, just can’t be reasoned with

[@KosmicCharley]

"I get £11 a day" "You can't vote Labour, not with that idiot in charge..." "We were a rich country when I was young but we sold it off"."Young guy says to me, Why am I paying your pension? I paid my national insurance for years mate" (doesn't seem to realise that young guy is him, they're one in the same mindset). You can guarantee he reads the Mail.

[@kojo8770]

Sad too see probably a nice fella but years and years of drip drip drip from client journalist makes people vote against their own interests

[@paulgibbon5991]

The Daily Mail, never forget, described Liz Truss's failbudget as "A True Tory Budget". They've told you who they are. Will you listen?

[@GetGwapThisYear]

Bloke is a clown.

[@athek7081]

Trouble is, we no longer have a true conservative party. Haven't for years. They are no different than labour now.

[@wabalaladabdab]

Give the simple people someone (imaginary or real) they can look down on no matter how poor they themselves are, someone they can fear of, and they will gladly vote against their own interests.

[@charliecroker7380]

The "benefits" are going to those people who buy mansions and yachts, not alcohol and weed.

[@188basstrom]

They probably buy that as well

[@richardjohnvxpro]

I’m a newbie to this channel, this video is gold. 😊 well done 👍🏻

[@JYCrazy1]

This is thoroughly depressing and saddening, but it basically sums up why the Tories have remained in power for so long. The influence of right-wing media moguls really shouldn’t be underestimated, it seeps into every home and poisons minds against each other. The Tories rely on othering the working class against themselves, and othering immigrants against everybody, because it distracts from the true causes of the misery that so many people are suffering these days. They scapegoat the voiceless in society, then demonise anything bordering on progressive social reform, and in doing so they obfuscate their own amoral behaviours for their own self-enrichment and the pursuit of their ever increasing power… I don’t see how this can lead us to anywhere other than extremism, each time the pendulum swings… I’m so thoroughly hopeless about the future of democracy.

[@politicaled7247]

“He wants the fumes off the road but wants to legalise cannabis” The logic here is astounding.

[@dafuzz1500]

He's not seeing the big picture. If everyone starts smoking drugs they'll be too wasted to drive.

[@Ma55ey]

This video needs cutting to the video of Peter hitchens saying that the problem with most conservates is that they don't think....

[@Station9.75]

The fact that anyone’s against cannabis in 2023 is crazy. Alcohol and tobacco are way worse.

[@Tamachan87]

"It costs 7 million pounds a day, that can all go into the NHS" Oh boy, back on this rollercoaster ride again?

[@georgiosyiannakou734]

She has the memory of a goldfish.

[@rhodrijohn7411]

Wasn't it £250million a week? Where's that gone?

[@wumpty93]

@@rhodrijohn7411 350 million? Tory donors...

[@rhodrijohn7411]

@@wumpty93 29 million to some baroness for sucking Rishi off

[@chootastic]

7mi would be a TINY amount on a national budget.

[@bristolfashion4421]

It's said that the thing the Tories most fear is the sight of a working-class kid reading a book...

[@petertr2000]

How on earth can anyone hope to form a government for the people, when the people are so wildly unaware of the actual situation and live in a bizarre anternate reality based on media lies?

[@Deborahstormfoster]

The level of spite in these folks is strong

[@paulbird3235]

The level of spite may be strong, but the common sense and reasoning is non - existent.

[@mrbearbear83]

Don't underestimate voters ability to be spiteful.

[@hannofranz7973]

The tricky thing with the "common people" is often that they complain that the politicians treat them as if they were stupid but then their way of arguing is the best proof that they actually are.

[@markperrin8098]

The only stupid people around here are the ones who don't realise these people were carefully chosen to make left wing twits feel smug.

[@thehound9638]

@@markperrin8098 Well said, I watch right wing channels too and they tend to interview idiots with blue hair and strange pronouns!

[@markperrin8098]

@@thehound9638 Lol, true.

[@lolmeercatz10]

Precisely this sadly, people get upset in the comments for saying stuff like this but most people do need to be treated like idiots as much as they don't like to hear it, imagine putting actual important country changing decisions in the hands of these people! Oh wait... we did...

[@aquilamflammeus5569]

@@thehound9638 well yeah if you were actually politically engaged and poor you would be out protesting with your Union.

[@westgabandon2463]

Unreal how politically thick these lot are. How how how is this possibly?

[@mateomaderas5504]

"They vote Labour because they see Conservatives as better off" - honestly, what pills are these people taking

[@MegaTerryNutkins]

The state of England, our education system isn't the best but even that isn't an excuse for this level of wilful ignorance.

[@billsmoke3929]

It isn't. I've been in developing countries across the world and spoken to cleaners and janitors who earn less than £2 a day, but still have an understanding of politics and which party will work in their interests. This video really reveals how you can have people like the woman at 6:37 who would happily vote Boris Johnson back in, but in the same breath complain about the rate of homelessness and how much people are financially struggling. It's ridiculous.

[@petercoe8175]

Exactly, certainly not the most erudite people in the world.

[@dondoodat]

Educated at the University of Wetherspoons.

[@JM-yf3ol]

Add tabloids to the mix also. Some of these talking points are straight from the red tops.

[@johnwright9372]

That's what reading the Daily Mail gets you. Cuts in public spending including education result in these levels of ignorance.

[@Scotland2306]

I voted conservative because I’m better off and I know voting Tory keeps me above the poor. -Most tories.

[@donaldellis3609]

Go have a look in mirror and ask yourself do I really believe what I just said 🤔if you do you should go sit in a darkend room for a few hours then have a rethink.

[@Scotland2306]

@@donaldellis3609 You think I have the psychology of tories wrong? Enlighten me.

[@Cyclone718]

@@donaldellis3609 I think Scott was just saying something that a tory would say.

[@Scotland2306]

@@Cyclone718 Yes

[@stephentaylor1637]

Sicko

[@philpritchard1737]

Great idea turn Canvey Island into a staging area for those seeking asylum. That should work out well

[@jse3449]

I want to know the conversation you guys had on the way home after listening to these people. I cannot wrap my head around how they have come to the conclusions they have.

[@leonjford]

"Sometimes MPs treat the public like we haven't got a brain" well each time we've had a vote so far (particularly over the past 6 years) we prove them right, so it's unsurprising that they then continue to behave like this towards us

[@davidbates3057]

To be fair though, all of those votes have gone in the favour of those very politicians. The issue is not the public that lacks intelligence. The issue is the information sources that are designed to manufacture the results those in power want. When you listen to arguments even by the people in this video, I roll my eyes. But it's not like they just came up with the BS coming out of their mouths. Somebody has nurtured it in their head, and sadly, until we deal with the sources of that propaganda nothing's going to get better.

[@obadiahvondeath8048]

at first i liked the bloke in the flat cap, talking how the Tories are finished, but when he starts going on about "This isn't England, anymore! We're 2nd class ciotizens!" i rolled my eyes...

[@oxymoron02]

Same here. I thought they'd actually found a rational voter who seemed to know a little more than the average Tory voter, but nope. Peel off the top layer and there's the festering racism and nationalism all over again.

[@ilikehorses57]

He actually said the last couple of years have been really good but it's going downhill now 🤣 the history books will always remember the delirious days of 2019-2021 when everything was just so nice and so good, and then the building materials increased in price in 2022 and ruined it!

[@maewest68]

Why? Because he's right and you don't like hearing it, you fucking parasite :D

[@DaveHorrocks-px4dy]

"£7M a day that could go to the NHS" - we clearly learned nothing from the Brexit lies

[@garrywallace1007]

This downward envy is sickening...it is not poorer people that are ruining the country !!!

[@nuttynancy96]

Hearing fellow working class people be so ignorant and cruel to people is painful. It’s all me, me, me, white, white, white and not how we can help everyone which is possible.

[@jaxcoss5790]

Exactly. It's shocking

[@shauntaylor6040]

I don't want to help everyone.

[@charliecollings2295]

What part of this was cruel to people? And what has “white, white, white” got to do with anything.

[@tessy28]

It's a tale as old as time with the British public

[@velvetinedrapes4359]

Lol its not only Brits who see themselves and their own community before others

[@johnbuchanan1004]

"Socrates's point is that voting in an election is a skill, not a random intuition. And like any skill, it needs to be taught systematically to people. Letting the citizenry vote without an education is as irresponsible as putting them in charge of a trireme sailing to Samos in a storm." not my words but pretty spot on.

[@sadpee7710]

damn amazing quote ty

[@QT5656]

But it's exactly what the billionaires class want, hence why they lobby governments to not invest in public education, universities, and state libraries.

[@Aer0flash]

Spot on!! The people in power want you to stay dumb

[@zarach9459]

Let me remind everyone how Socrates died, he was tried by a jury made up of 500 athenians, the death sentence was achieved by a narrow margin, so his life was decided by citizens who intellectually did not reach his ankle.

[@aminulhussain2277]

@@zarach9459 If he pissed off over 250 people to the point that they were willing to kill him he got what was coming to him.

[@BertSmithLondon]

The total lack of guts to tackle the migrant crisis means I'll never vote Conservative again.

[@nicholasharwood3254]

To that one lady who might not vote next time, please do not vote next time.

[@davidwarburton-burley9967]

Would be easier to just look at Telegraph, Express and Daily Mail headlines of you want Tory supporters opinions. They don't seem to have any thoughts of their own

[@aktarhussain4437]

“ it’s Easier To Fool People Than To Convince Them That They’ve Been Fooled”

[@philsearle8783]

So much ignorance in one place

[@SamanthaMadison197]

“Stop handing out benefits to those that don’t need it” - that would be the Tories’ friends and family members who got £billions in dodgy PPE contracts!!!

[@Ma55ey]

Don't forget those bankers... we're still paying the Intrest on the money the treasury borrowed from them to artificially keep them afloat....

[@paulthompson8996]

@@Ma55ey Yeah, that was actually a Labour government.

[@Ma55ey]

@@paulthompson8996 exactly..

[@davidbarrett1006]

"Who would sell a business that's making that kind of money" - the people he voted for.

[@nameisamine]

Exactly. Did he not realise it’s the Conservative Party who are pro-privatisation? 😅

[@lewismcdonald9691]

@@nameisamine yeah I actually think if you sat these people down and went though the issues, they would find that actually they are far more left leaning than they think they are.

[@dondoodat]

@@lewismcdonald9691 But tomorrow they'd still spout the same nonsense.

[@ingridschmid1709]

Well they mostly sold wasn't theirs to themselves...so not totally wrong he just missed the fact he wasn't part of the club he voted for .

[@gem278]

@@lewismcdonald9691 Often the way unfortunately, political literacy is horrendous in this country.

[@lillyess385]

These people will vote Conservative until the bitter end.

[@dlilwon]

Not Fishy Sunak 😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣 am 💀💀💀

[@ValBLdn]

If this really is the average person, we have no hope

[@aceman0000099]

These are all 45+ year olds in the most Tory part of the UK. They're not average but they're not to be ignored either. It's people like this that labour struggle with, when they could easily get votes

[@weeksy79]

These are the people that are out on the high street during during hours on a weekday (if I had to guess). Always got to keep that in mind with surveys, generally only done by people with nothing better to do.

[@heldertorres4296]

After listening to this people, they actually deserve the mess they are in.

[@jamespaul6315]

The problem is they fuck over all of us. If they deserve it thats fair but a lot of people dont

[@111doomer]

They do. We don't.

[@pureplay7071]

Yeah but what about the rest of us.

[@barriewilliams4526]

You haven't thought that comment through😂

[@jamesmcbride6304]

The trouble is we all suffer because of there ignorance.

[@Gr-hi1im]

This is the reason why the British deserve where they are currently.

[@mats7492]

Voting against thewir own interest has to be among the dumbest things anyone can do

[@annemoncrieff3875]

The man who states rishi forced Boris out didn't realise rishi is a brexiteer. God their lack of knowledge is scary. Even for the party they vote for!! C'est incredible!

[@donaldellis3609]

Help stop the bus I want to get off are they real 😵😵😵😵

[@ordohereticus3427]

I bet at their cores, BoJo is more remain inclined and “progressive” than Sunak, who is an outright Brexiteer of the Thatcher variety, but perhaps not as unhinged as Liz Truss.

[@maccagrabme]

If you believe Rishi is a genuine brexiteer you must still believe in Santa..... I mean Liebore Party. Are you for real?

[@mrbearbear83]

Did you see the Joe interview were Conservative members got asked about why they vote tory and one said its because they are the anti establishment party?

[@patrikfloding7985]

He's a bit brown, isn't he? So must be bad, of course. And Boris was just so much fun...