Conservative MP Esther McVey discusses refusing to back tax rises unless HS2 is scrapped

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[@liahurst8575]

Well said Esther McVey! You should have also mentioned freezing Foreign Aid and stop giving our boaty friends everything free.

[@youngsteph1]

Stop sending billions to the likes of Zelensky & COP27.

[@stevejones2310]

@@youngsteph1 says a Russian

[@youngsteph1]

@@stevejones2310 Says a Globalist

[@dangermouse6561]

Well said.

[@roncollins9222]

@@stevejones2310 Russian or no... Young Steff1 is quite correct... Unless you want the U k to be the main SPONSORS...? ? ?

[@NPC--666]

Good for her! That said real conservatives should leave the party.

[@traceyrhoden9808]

And join reform UK

[@AthelstanEngland]

Just said the same on another video. They should leave and join Reform because Reform aren't gonna get anywhere without some big names, and at the moment you can change parties without a by-election - I happen to think that's wrong but it would mean Reform could have several MPs in place which would give them a great platform for the next GE. Simply seeing that senior Tories had moved over would possibly encourage others, but more importantly it would impress upon voters that voting Reform wasn't a wasted vote.

[@NPC--666]

@@AthelstanEngland some big names would be good for them, but not faux conservatives please!

[@bunclodyboy8968]

real torys want the lower paid out of london, HS2 is only being built to bring them back into london to do the low paid jobs. this means there will be thousands of houses for sale, millions to be made, real conservatives

[@johncatto5019]

Unlimited money for illegal immigrants and unlimited money for "net zero" so no shortage of money.

[@stevejones2310]

There will be more and more immigrants fleeing parched countries where crops have failed due to climate change. Do you see how net zero is a good thing, now?

[@rowan7658]

Absolutely right.

[@dermotmcglinchey282]

Unlimited funds for the calamitous test and trace £39 billion and not a trace of it anywhere except in the Tories ministers family fortunes🤦🏻‍♂️, even excluding that another 11 billion on PPE that in most cases was unfit for purpose…Wurzel Gummidge might have been kicked out of the hot seat but his losing legacy will live on miserably for the poor mugs paying all the taxes for his f**k ups…

[@RobertSmith-xl2lc]

Oi. Don't forget that begging millionaire Zelensky.

[@stevejones2310]

@@RobertSmith-xl2lc don't forget that begging billionaire, Putin

[@freespeechforever]

McVey speaks like a conservative unlike so many of her colleagues.

[@michaelicornelius]

Its what they do that matters not what they say!

[@stephenjohnson2800]

@@michaelicornelius let’s see a back bench revolt against the tax increases.

[@davidmiller7771]

Never has the truth been spoken so clearly , well said Ester , we are taxed to the hilt , enough is enough

[@RobertSmith-xl2lc]

A massive part of The Great Reset is to make "The middle classes" poor.

[@michaelicornelius]

Not just some but all, slash the civil servants, slash unnecessary layers of management in NHS, as well as dumping HS2 and every other project and stop spending money on illegal immigrants deport them as soon as they arrive.

[@stevejones2310]

You could deport illegal immigrants, but a lot of refugees would be entitled to stay in the UK. These people should be fast tracked and allowed to work and pay taxes.

[@myzamau428]

From £37 billion to over £150 billion. Someone with a basic GCSE in Economics would be challenged to screw the figures up that bad, but as nobody has their personal pocket affected by this for their failure, it's all fine.

[@michaelicornelius]

Thats how most Government projects go - it wasn't ever £37 Bn it was always £150 but they lie to start it then say - Oh well we cannot back out now.

[@leetaylor5350]

Maybe in 200 years it will all make sense

[@karlbillinger9945]

They could have paid for HS2, with all the money they wasted on the failed track n’ trace.

[@mikeoglen6848]

Yes, but that money was just wasted..

[@padiedo7213]

ESTHER talking sense 😒 MAKES A change well said that lady 👍👍

[@whysa4]

Well done to Ester McVey standing up and makiing a ccommonsense point

[@bridiesmith460]

No she didn’t cancelling hs2 would save nothing. By the time they paid the penalty clauses in the contract you would still pay out the same amount of money but nothing for it. Stop housing and funding the illegal migrants, which are a bigger every day burden, that would fill some of the gaps.

[@oliverkitkat6860]

Send every illegaal immigrant back now not next week next year next never

[@zuluwarrior1648]

No penalty clauses needed sunshine.

[@roncollins9222]

IF YOU KEEP FIGHTING IN THE POSH SEATS... YOULL MISS THE BOXING MATCH...!

[@bridiesmith460]

@@zuluwarrior1648 we are still paying for other cancelled contracts which is why the cannot afford to cancel hs2.

[@DontBeNaiveGuys]

I totally agree with her.. it makes total common sense.. Especially with our current financial situation. It needs to be scrapped because by the time we can afford again it’ll be obsolete.

[@avid8921]

40.000 people will be out if work if hs2 is stoped. Plus the penalty clause in the contracts would mean the government would still have to pay but get nothing for it.

[@rjones6219]

@@avid8921 it has been known for the government to pull out of contracts and pay nothing

[@kevinmassey7675]

@@avid8921 what happens to 40000 workers when the contract is complete?

[@avid8921]

@@kevinmassey7675 thay start looking for other contracts 6-12 Months before the end of the job to retain the work force and keep the Business open. But just stopping it dead out the blue will leave a big number with nowhere to go.

[@kevinmassey7675]

@@avid8921 oh OK , so we'll just carry on subsidising that many workers , carry on destroying eco systems and wildlife habitats , ruin communities and turf prople out of their homes , just to complete a contract that next to no one wants ?

[@dontuno]

Couldn't agree more with her. Why on earth should we be paying through the nose safe in the knowledge we can get to Birmingham 10 minutes sooner!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@mickp222]

Churchill said " raising taxes to help the economy is like standing in a bucket and trying to lift yourself up in it".

[@laceandwhisky]

Basic economics if in debt you don't go buy a new car that you can't afford 🥺

[@garryirvin1013]

Richard Tice, get this woman onboard at Reform asap !!!

[@MaverickSeventySeven]

With the Majority if surviving businesses in the North having their employees working at home and NOT requiring faster transport back and forth to London, then HS2 is blatantly NOT viable cost wise!!!

[@Emperor-Inker]

We need both but we can afford neither. What a dilemma we're in. Doomed with out of control inflation if we keep spend without raising enough funds. Doomed with higher taxes to pay for the current & future costs along with inflation. Damned if you do, damned if you don't basically. 🤦🏿‍♂️

[@philipdurling1964]

Remember when Labour and all the other "opposition" parties supported the government throughout the pandemic. Not once did they question government policies, allowing the government unprecedented powers to go through "on the nod." They are as much responsible as the government for the current mess. Not just HS2 but also other government spending, like foreign aid, needs to be reviewed.

[@vincemarshall8550]

whats the point of a new train line when they dont want us travelling anywhere? i loved her in the moment she said scrap hs2 ,then i hated her when she said she liked jeremy "hunt"

[@michaelicornelius]

Agree was with her till she fawned for Hunt!

[@alienthed.e.i.9165]

I was too busy thinking she's a fit bird & then I thought she said 'I like a juicy cunt' & I thought she was reading my mind !

[@jab-gn3sw]

WEF Sunak needs to stand down , reduce taxes on the poor increase it on the rich

[@joanofarc708]

God almighty he's vile , not in two minutes and his true colours are coming out

[@Emperor-Inker]

@@joanofarc708 yep & unfortunately if he performs negatively as in if the British public don't think he did a good job or sells us out, then that will unfortunately reflect & affect ethnic british people in the country. First off he wasn't voted in we voted in Boris as the leader of the Conservatives, since he had to step down we should of had an general election & if Rishi got voted in with the Conservatives then so be it. We don't live in a Demcracy sadly, but the question is how long have they've been pulling the wool over our eyes. 🤦🏿‍♂️

[@tomwilkins9847]

That's my thoughts too but he won't pull out of the WEF as their plan's are finished yet but they want to ruin everything...🤷‍♂️🤔

[@RobertSmith-xl2lc]

WEF run almost all the European and Commonwealth governments.

[@joycejnn]

Good woman . A true Conservative .

[@garryirvin1013]

In that case, let's hope Richard Tice can entice her over to Reform

[@mauricemoore6679]

Esther Mc Vey I LOVE YOU someone with common sense what a change.

[@daffytree2605]

hs2 should have NEVER been started,my understanding is it will save 20mins big whoop.

[@alcord2540]

Hs2 was always a white elephant. When complete,only those who could afford to fly the journey in their own plane will afford the ticket price.

[@mikeoglen6848]

Well said, Esther!

[@lindajones2837]

We in the NW of England need better local transport and better East/West links, not north/south. Just imagine how many trucks from Scotland, the North and the Midlands could be taken off the motorway network, below Birmingham, if they utilised Hull on the east coast. I also live on a mainline train route between Manchester and Liverpool and the line still isn't electrified! We are often using old rolling stock, too.

[@MarcBolan1959]

Don’t forget the 7million a day to keep the criminal immigrants.2555million a year?

[@garyb455]

She is a rate sight a real Conservative

[@bobbailey7024]

Why are we wasting £7 MILLION per day sheltering and feeding uninvited guests in 4 star hotels? Why haven't the been sent back from whence they came? How can there be Remainers in Parliament? I thought we lived in a democracy. The people voted to leave and still they are trying to thwart the process. I'm voting Reform UK. I am sick of the current bunch. We need a good clear out of those who sit in Parliament but do not support a democratic decision.

[@christopherforster6555]

Trouble is we are looking after the rest of the world and not us this government must go as soon as possible.

[@RobertSmith-xl2lc]

Globalists want to destroy Britain and they are using traitorous politicians like Sunak to do so.

[@paulstewart7759]

How much has the reaction /over-reaction to covid 19 cost?

[@julienewman1761]

Way too frigging much.

[@MELLYBOY58]

Way to many lives thats for sure ✌️✌️🇬🇧🇬🇧

[@johannabarry4672]

1 trillion.

[@RobertSmith-xl2lc]

billions and billions.

[@colintipper1965]

Hunt always able to deliver! For whom? Have u forgotten his stint running the nhs?

[@kevinthomson6810]

And the post office he messed that up as well

[@dangermouse6561]

Not overspending. Simple WASTE.

[@royboy1901]

It’s refreshingly interesting to hear an English mp trying to protect the U.K. public very nice .may I also add ,Esther Mcvey yes I definitely would

[@edstock9864]

Its always easy for MP's to spend someone else's money

[@philipclemoes9458]

And stop funding hotels for invaders.

[@user-wp9jj2qx7y]

Add to that £11bn for climate reparations, billions for Ukraine, the race to so called net zero...

[@jamiebeecham7020]

What about the trillion he wants to pay out? What about the billions they have already paid to other countries in aid whilst their own country turns into a 3rd world country. What about all the billions we pay in benefits, free housing, free food, free clothing, free phones and free nhs for immigrants. We could actually cut taxes if we stopped it all.

[@oriel229]

Tory MP's need to transfer their flags to Reform.

[@Sophie333C]

There is no need for HS2, the amount of money all splashed out already on this project is ridiculous. People need to be held to account regarding HS2!

[@karenbarker9474]

Thank you Ester❤

[@francesbrown5116]

Where are the rest of the mp s saying the same to have restraints put on the gov and councils spending . .

[@michaelburnhill123]

One of the real conservatives left! Well said Ester Mc Vey

[@kevinthomson6810]

This comes from a woman who treaded the disabled with distain

[@fatwhitebloke9851]

We could save 7 million a day by refuseing to except them that come from france.

[@kym1160]

Well said Esther 👏

[@darrenmcmellon8575]

Quite right too

[@davidmcdonnell767]

WOW ! Surely Esther is not the only MP who smells a rat and they say in London you are never more than a few feet away from one!

[@alps9444]

well done !

[@stephenrichards5386]

Good girl. Stick to your guns

[@happyslappy5203]

HS2 phase 1, 225 km, opening 2029-2033. HS2 phase 2, ? km, opening 2035-2040. Meanwhile, French TGV: opened in 1981. World speed record on rails: 1981: 380 kph. 1990: 515 kph. 2007: 574 kph…. Paris-Bordeaux 630 km : Wednesday 23 Nov 2022, Paris 9h11mn - Bordeaux 11h16mn, duration 2h05mn, 25euros...

[@talullahlabelle]

Scrap HS2, Ukraine, Foreign Aid & Illegal Immigration problem solved!!! 🇬🇧🇬🇧

[@cheakyblinder]

All engineered by uncle Klaus. Lockdown 3.0 all designed to crush middle class.

[@stephenjohnson2800]

Congratulations Esther. We do not want or need a socialist budget. I look forward to Conservative back benchers speaking out against the budget and likewise voting against the new highly leaked package of tax increases.

[@davidlewis2377]

what's about the £80b that Sunak promised climate change effected countries we dont owe.

[@adamadamant5061]

We have a winner! There she is, giving it the old 'three sixes'. Still think these masons aren't all in it together?

[@Timsvideochannel1]

Get rid of Sunak, Vote "Reform".

[@franceswhitehouse1533]

Agree millionaires raising our taxes and cutting back they cutting the billions we give abroad as well and keeping illegal immigrants in hotels

[@timneale8869]

That is going fall on deaf ears.

[@richardbedford2835]

A politician with common sense. Didn’t realise such a thing existed.

[@JesterEric]

It can't be scrapped. It's was part of the EUs strategic European railway network. The network is designed to be used to transport the EU Army quickly all over Europe to suppress dissent. Pro EU civil servants will not allow it to be scrapped

[@davidpaterson2309]

Woooo. The EU’s coming to get you! It’s all a big plot thingy and we’re all going to die when the Belgians invade in their secret trains! The fifth column is planning it all secretly in the basement of St Pancras.

[@VERIDIQUE-z4u]

This woman is responsible in part for the needless deaths of vulnerable adults in the UK. The current figure since 2013 stands at 310,000. Her response to relatives of those killed was the situation was ""complicated". A former TV presenter who lost her original seat then takes up George Osborne's safe seat and is back in. She should be in court for crimes against humanity and this will happen. The UN's Olivier de Schutter has announced his continuing concerns about the UK breaches in Human rights legislation but this TV presenter or Minister without a clue is a figurehead for the Tory party along with 30p Lee or Coffey.

[@miketw3068]

She probs owns a fair few rental properties in London, no wonder she doesn’t like this project

[@ClaymateDesigner]

When it's still cheaper to fly board delegates to Spain for a meeting than all travel by train to London, you have to question HS2 every foot of the way.

[@Gilberto90]

It's almost like the price of train tickets is driven by demand and the current capacity for rail passengers is too low?

[@ClaymateDesigner]

@@Gilberto90 Private companies more worried about their share holders and directors dividend payments. The whole public transport deal is sickening. Getting to and from WORK shouldn't demand a tax of getting there, paid for by already taxed earnings. Respect.

[@JamesSmith-qy3eu]

Why do I see that hand symbol in the thumbnail again? That's the about the fourth time I've seen it used as a thumbnail.

[@jackhadroom4540]

How much money could be recovered? (The contracts are sealed). What would it cost to dismantle HS2?

[@paulstewart7759]

More than it would cost to finish by now

[@mikestead3804]

We have one decent MP

[@johnnicol64]

So far down the line with HS2 .Difficult to waste all the cash spent so far. However no penalty clauses ,seems odd to have a open ended cost.We have been building the things for a couple hundred years.But are apparently unable to cost one. Again bit odd.

[@timwilson161]

Sunak will be having her gagged

[@controversy77]

How many mps are paying tax . Pm wife nom dom be wrong on the public. Why dont they stop there expenses for a year .

[@macca476]

Not sure I have even met any public that thinks HS2 was a good idea or value for money . The only people that did were MP's and big business BUT SURELY They are not only looking out for their own interests!!

[@johnparr5879]

Takes a individual from... Liverpool... To say...... IT...... Like IT. ACTUALLY......... *IS*

[@jonathanhadley2555]

I just thought that she was just a GB News presenter, obviously she must need the money......................!

[@JC-yc7of]

As a life time conservative, I will never ever vote for this bunch of liars ever again. Manifesto fraudsters.

[@MELLYBOY58]

Cant knock her 👍✌️✌️🇬🇧🇬🇧

[@garyburton7697]

Articulating what I think. Politicians have no money, just tax money. Conservatives need to dump this, and other wasteful, projects. Charity starts at home, and stay out of wars to cover "allies" dirty secrets

[@soniafell8267]

We want a new party. To many old as beens

[@BILLVANNER]

Chris Stokes, A great comment.There are still quite a few right wing(proper conservatives) left and,as you said,might help by leaving. Perhaps they could join Reform uk. Alas it will not happen.

[@stephfoxwell4620]

Another narcissist looking for publicity.

[@Brassneck7888]

At last a Tory MP who lives in the real world and is spot on about HS2 and why throw taxpayers money into a bottemless pit whilst the cost of living soars. There is billions saved. The only place for these deaf MPs is a Circus as clowns.

[@vyomeshdave7305]

Respectfully inquire does not looking at spending stop robbing Peter to pay Paul?🤔

[@sonny2593]

Aye but she rolled out Universal Credit knowing it was hugely flawed and caused dozens of suicides due to her incompetence so... she can do one

[@anthonywilson8998]

Reducing tax and duty is affordable due to increased costs and help inflation drastically.

[@roncollins9222]

Esther is right... Hunt, everyone will have to keep their eye on him... Night and Day...! ! !

[@Jj-ng8hh]

She's his mate !!!..

[@roncollins9222]

@@Jj-ng8hh I still Trust None of those in Parliament...!

[@jimosullivan1389]

HS2 shaves 20 mins off an existing route. How about the 100 BILLION could have been spent on 100...1billion pound individual businesses across the country using UK resources producing items we in the UK need and use. . Stops imports, and the socio-economic and green aspects are all addressed perfectly. But that would be too easy.

[@johnwade1095]

Throw in border security.

[@gary1961]

If they DID scrap it, imagine how all those people will feel who had a compulsory purchase order on their homes to make way for it.

[@paddycoleman1472]

I appreciate Esther’s sentiments but I suspect canceling HS2 will still cost tens of billions due to contractual commitments. If we cancel HS2 we will have spent billions with nothing to show for it. Difficult one…

[@stevekitt52]

I wonder if there are escape options in the small print?

[@paddycoleman1472]

@@stevekitt52 One can but hope Steve.

[@dalewainwright881]

@@paddycoleman1472 I’ve never believed in chucking good money after bad especially my own. Write it off before Hs2 becomes the bottomless pit for our taxes like Wembley and the NHS became. This is nothing but more wealth transfer to gain what 30 mins maybe for a very small percentage of the Uks tax paying public. Saddling the Country with more debt whilst raising taxes is nonsensical imo.

[@twothesstwoone]

It doesn't have enough money to fund the war either.

[@djrichylaurence8991]

They could save a shed load of cash if channel migrants were returned directly to their home country providing it is safe for them to do so. They should put advertising hoardings along along the French coast saying 'You will be repatriated to your home country if you enter Britain illegally'. In the main languages of the migrants.

[@davidgreenwood5241]

Dead right this should have scrapped during mays government

[@Dougharr100]

Dear tori’s, Could I please have a conservative government for Christmas.

[@Elizabeth-jd3mn]

They were discontinued about 30 years ago. They only have the progressive globalist variety that doesn't seem as popular

[@Paul2377]

It makes me livid that people keep trying to cancel HS2. Our railways are creaking at the seams - we need something like this. So much money has already been spent and they want to scrap it all and flush all that money down the loo? Utter luddites.

[@MG-eh6bx]

Money to Pakistan? No.

[@lepew1]

‘bai lan’: -- ‘let it rot’ (we need do it)

[@fortuner123]

I agree.

[@robo9725]

No wonder politics is polarising left and right, read the comments and everyone agrees because it fits their political persuasion. It's hardly poignant journalism.

[@meradceu]

Hs2 is a waste of money! We dont need trains

[@stevejones2310]

We clearly do need trains. They're packed round our way where there's been no real investment for decades.

[@meradceu]

@@stevejones2310 no. We do not need trains. Strengthen work from home and upgrade our road network where capacity is lacking. And maintain local town and village bus routes. Trains are not needed

[@stevejones2310]

@@meradceu nonsense comment. Try getting into the centre of any city by car and then find a parking space.

[@meradceu]

@@stevejones2310 Ask your local mp for more parking. I agree, more car parking is needed everywhere.

[@stevejones2310]

@@meradceu yeah, knock down a few buildings in the city centre and create some space for some more car parks. And knock down some more houses to widen the roads. And concrete over the railway tracks to create more roads. Great plan.

[@philipwhiteman6134]

its a manufactured cost of living crisis for gods sake

[@controversy77]

Also didnt the mps get a pay rise of 3.000 . Not sure if true but thats what i heard .

[@davidmcdonnell767]

Correct mate !! They always manage to award themselves the pay rises - just the rest of us get pay decreases with inflation !!

[@controversy77]

@@davidmcdonnell767 so true . Sick of them now vote reclaim party .

[@nigelaston2546]

HS2 is a EU idea to link yhr major urban areas with a modern high speed railway... Well there is the reason.