David Dimbleby gives his stark analysis ahead of the UK General Election | Newscast

On the last full day of campaigning, legendary broadcaster David Dimbleby joins Newscast. Adam, and David discuss the issues the country faces whoever wins the election and what to expect on Thursday night’s election broadcast.
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[@stuartbaxter5611]

David Dimbleby. A true impartial journalist. He must be so disappointed in the standard of journalism today.

[@mr.mayhem7402]

He's talking to a yahoo nonentity but perfectly and measured in his outlook.

[@budweiser600]

Sounds like he has the perspective of someone suffering from clinical depression.

[@kanedNunable]

boris threatened to shut down the BBC if they criticised him. then rammed it full of tory cronies

[@stephfoxwell4620]

Journalists are a joke now.

[@lowland1]

He is unfortunately not impartial because he works for the BBC. The BBC would not have anything to do with an impartial journalist

[@damianleah6744]

He wasn’t making bold comments, Dimbleby was just stating the obvious.

[@jaapfolmer7791]

The interviewer was partial: pro-Tory

[@Dave_Br]

being flooded by men from Africa and the Middle East with no obvious signs of war injuries, missing limbs etc and put into poor areas to destabilise the British population with people favourable to the lefty globalist view and American corporations

[@FishingFan2]

I'm sorry did he mention IMMIGRATION? No, so that shoots your theory down.

[@sylviabriggs4087]

@@FishingFan2not really

[@kanedNunable]

@@FishingFan2 immigration is irrelevant to people who aren't thick as mince.

[@Cw90118]

The very fact that Adam thinks if you state "the country is in a dreadful state" that's not impartial demonstrates precisely what's wrong with journalism, and why coverage of this election has been absolutely shameful. Of course, Chris Mason, Laura K and Adam would never think the country is in a state as all 3 of them are privately educated - which is why journalists in this country like those 3 are absolutely DREADFUL at their jobs. At least Dimbleby knew and still knows how to do the job properly!

[@chaddraper8863]

but, for him to say anything otherwise would be delusional. That's just how far things have been allowed to decline

[@user-gd7cn4sy9l]

I agree. The bbc... .......

[@garypoulton7311]

Absolutely, absolute knob, first his says it's impartial, then immediately agrees it isn't.

[@julianfoot8748]

God forbid he tells the truth.

[@sylviabriggs4087]

👍

[@jimmyd9712]

The little activist disguised as a journalist just got schooled by Dimbleby on having the spine to speak the truth

[@kevycanavan]

The new breed don’t know what the truth is or have any interest. They’re just fluffers for whoever is in power

[@mr.mayhem7402]

David was typically moderate and retrained. Both political parties and the establishment have taken the whole country to a truly dark place. I fear our future.

[@raycollins7511]

⁠@@mr.mayhem7402Both political parties! What approx is the date of origin to this degeneration of which you refer?…

[@FishingFan2]

No mention of immigration there....

[@d.beaumont9157]

​@raycollins7511 Are you a bot. If you can't see the trouble we are in, then you are part of the problem.

[@bubbs2010]

David Dimbleby - the BBC is a poorer place without you. You are missed . ( by a former BBC viewer / listener )

[@paulleverton9569]

He doesn't look very well.

[@malacca1951]

Good to see the senior broadcaster speak clearly, concisely and intelligently. And then there is the teen with the tash: 'Erm, I mean, kindov like, you know, erm, mmmmm, kindov national, true true, actually do you know what? kindov like erm, yeah." How BBC standards have plummeted!

[@mr.mayhem7402]

Couldn't put it better myself. Have a like.

[@t.p.mckenna]

I genuinely hope that the new government will look at the BBC and address the outrageous appointments that were made under Boris Johnson's disreputable reign, especially with regard to the bogus application of 'impartiality' which has effectively been a mechanism by which to quell honest reporting on the government of the day.

[@bri_____]

Just decriminalise the licence fee. If people want to support the BBC, let them.

[@GraemetheGuiriLordHaHa]

The BBC has always had a duty to impartiality. You might want it to be Pravda, democrats want it to be impartial.

[@davidcolin6519]

@@GraemetheGuiriLordHaHa Why do you think that the OP doesn't want it to be impartial? Do you honestly think that it is impartial? Because the simple fact is that the BBC has never called out the Conservative Party for being extreme right wing, even when the party was thrown out of the centre right grouping in the EU, nor did the BBC point out that the party then joined the same political grouping as Germany's AfD, Greece's Golden Dawn and Spain's Vox. The idea that the BBC is impartial is so far out of date that it's embarrassing. Just because the Tories occasionally claim that the BBC is somehow left wing is simply a tactic to make people believe that there is some impartiality left. But you only need to look at how fawning Laura Kuensberg is with the Tories, and how aggressive she is with everybody else (let's not forget, she is apparently the BBC's "Star political journalist") to realise just how far from impartial the BBC is. That you automatically refer to Pravda makes it very clear right away, what you think on the subject. But I absolutely assure you that you are wrong. I certainly don't want a Labour party mouthpiece, just honest journalism and an organisation that doesn't constantly promote either Nigel Farage's agenda or regularly invite the Tufton Street mafia onto Question Time.

[@policematrixx]

no they wont you are voting for a change of tie colour nothing else

[@iandennis7836]

​@@GraemetheGuiriLordHaHayes it has always had a duty to be impartial......and no it has NOT lived up to that in recent years. Pravda? Oh dear.....(wanders off shaking head)🙄

[@dougieranger]

End the two party system.

[@Matthew-bu7fg]

well said

[@mr.mayhem7402]

PR would make the situation even worse, as seen in Spain and Italy. All politicians love PR because it minimises political accountability and allows them to cook up crooked backroom deals without a public mandate with minority single-issue groups who wag the dog. A 2 party system can work as long as both political parties understand that they have to represent their voters or they will go the way of the Tories.

[@edwardbernthal160]

@@mr.mayhem7402 this is complete nonsense and it is obviouse that you have no understanding of demovracy or PR.

[@JornMolt-mf6qo]

Lib Dem Surge

[@kanedNunable]

@@JornMolt-mf6qo hopefully they will get 2nd place.

[@LuckyLlamaLiam]

Yes we all know that the BBCs definition of impartiality is very different from a dictionaries.

[@kanedNunable]

its summer 'well we can't breach impartiality...., some people say its winter'

[@methanedirigible]

When I speak to Tory voters, the BBC is leftwing nonsense. When I speak to Labour voters, the BBC is rightwing propaganda. They can't both be right can they? Basically these people don't like hearing things they don't agree with.

[@philright8197]

No it's just in your silly little head.

[@SpencerAndersonn94]

Question Time isn’t the same without Mr Dimbleby.

[@marcokite]

It's better

[@thegoat11111]

@@marcokite Said no one ever until now. Bruce is a Tory and she spoils the show.

[@davidpearn2484]

​@@marcokitereally 😂😂😂.

[@Paul-qg3iw]

Totally unwatchable today. Pure Junk.

[@FishingFan2]

QT is just the BBC giving the public a lesson in Wokery.

[@peterstaples1]

"I don't know what impartiality is". That an interesting statement

[@martinholmes-ue9ko]

The bloke with the mustache should look up "impartial " in a dictionary.

[@martinhill9261]

I could have listened To David all day.He speaks from the heart and its is a dying art.Such a class broadcaster.

[@nolslifegren]

Ginger got taught a lesson there

[@WillyYang-qv6de]

As did you.

[@nolslifegren]

@@WillyYang-qv6de Bot

[@ma22_783]

I dreadful miss David. His intellect and gravitas are sorely missed.

[@dogriffiths]

Everyone at the BBC has been forced for years to be balanced and always give both sides of any argument equal weight. But it's nonsense. What matters is not balance but objectivity. A broadcaster should not express their broad political views but on any given issue they should present the facts as best they are known. Dimbleby has always been objective and I have never had a clue what his general political beliefs are. When he says that the country is in a terrible state, that's just true and should be reported.

[@stephenpiesse2870]

Listening to David was brilliant, as he saying what is happening and what the country is facing. Miss him on Question Time.

[@spinynorman8217]

Impartial? The BBC..lol.

[@malbert155]

BBC won't invite him on again, being impartial 🤦‍♀️ a real journalist 🇬🇧

[@mariokart6118]

Yes that isn’t the way the BBC rolls these days

[@streamdr1499]

"...BBC impartiality"...?? Clearly - and understandably - he couldn't keep a straight face when he actually used those very words. It's a phrase we can finally throw away once and for all as an historic artefact, along with "journalistic integrity".

[@carelgoodheir692]

And yet - BBC reporting online (the place I see it, too deaf for TV) is as balanced as anything else I read or see. The most diverse activists, people who see the others are having cloven hoofs, agree to denounce the BBC. That suggests to me that it's still by and large refusing to become the mouthpiece of any partisan group in our society.

[@philright8197]

Go back to reading the Daily Mail.

[@bri_____]

The country died 20 years ago, and nobody attended the funeral 😢

[@kim007250]

Please take a 10/10 for that comment Sir

[@col.hertford9855]

Why 20 years ago?

[@randomdaveUK]

No, the country died in 2015 The divisiveness began there. Before that we had multiple parties, the ability to release steam by voting for someone other than the "big two", but Brexit was binary. Us vs Them. That ruined our nation, our reputation, our economy, strained our politics.

[@Noddy656]

@@randomdaveUK How can asking the nation in a referendum be divisive - oh yes if the losers don't accept the outcome.

[@adriftinaboat3452]

@@col.hertford9855Iraq war-lies and failed foreign policy still affecting us to this day

[@timothywakely7854]

The host wouldn’t know what impartiality was even if it hit him in the face.

[@ChrisumChrisumChrisum666]

Neither would you.

[@kevycanavan]

Giving Adam a masterclass

[@ianbutcher6132]

The gulf between these two, today vesus yesterday, a clear indication of why our country is in such a perilous state.

[@stephenguppy7882]

David Dimbleby should be doing the coverage on tv tonight. He should also have done the Coronation. Wise words from a proper journalist.

[@keithatkinson7649]

I miss David Dimbleby, hes a class act

[@edbop]

I really is depressing the state of the beeb, how do they find these people so lacking in personality or intellect?

[@heraliogomezchatsandsnac-ts8ki]

He's employed for his DEI "credentials".

[@ddjr6673]

@@heraliogomezchatsandsnac-ts8ki?/

[@starofdavid9919]

They don't employ thinkers.

[@martinhill9261]

The worrying thing is ,he thinks he's got bags of personality and a unique intellect.The reality is he's extremely bland and a very basic thinker.

[@albertbrammer9263]

BloJo placed people into the BBC that put the fear of God into journalists there. That is why they fear saying things.

[@fatbelly27]

Scrapping the licence fee is one step the new government needs to take

[@connorparsfield7456]

Agreed they act like the gestapo

[@ChubbyChecker182]

Wish he was back on Question Time, that Fiona woman who presents it now is terrible

[@lyndonjones2753]

14 years of Tory rule and and mass immigration and following WEF policies have led the UK to near collapse. 8 billion pounds a year spent on illegal young men economic migrants, think how many houses could have been built for the UK young who have no chance of getting a home, it's madness I cry for my country 😢😢

[@LG-jn5fx]

8 billion pounds is a lot of money. It is also 0.8% of Government spending which means 99.2% of spending goes elsewhere. Migrants are not the reason this country is in a poor state it is mismanagment, outright corruption and Brexit that are the main culprits. It is easy to blame others for our problems but the main issues we have to deal with are all self inflicted and the result of an aging population.

[@lyndonjones2753]

@@LG-jn5fx Thank you for your comment I agree with most of what you said.

[@wendynb100]

Agree entirely with David. The BBC does not know what ‘impartiality’ means. Journalists should stand up to the stupidity. Doing analysis is not being ‘partial’!

[@John_G69]

Once puberty kicks in that moustache could really take off.

[@Brain_Juice]

Cleaning up the countries streets and dealing with the illegal fly tipping problems would be a good start and creating long term environmental solutions to ensure clean streams, rivers, lakes and waterways.

[@annaclarke7643]

How about people STOP dropping their rubbish on the streets. Every time I come back to the UK, the piles of rubbish on the streets grow higher.

[@davidcolin6519]

But they'll have to employ a lot more Police officers, and experienced ones at that, just to get close to the numbers per capita before the Tories wrecked the country. TBF, I'm sure that Starmer will try his best, after all, much of his life has been spent in the legal profession, but the Tories really have evicerated the UK's economy, and it isn't going to be easy to return to anything like what existed before. I'd also point out that the UK's truly bizarre rules on rubbish collection and sorting are a major contributor. The sheer cost of getting rid of rubbish is astonishing, nor does it even make any sense. I live in Spain where fly tipping is virtually unheard of. That is because our council PAYS us to take rubbish to the tip. And I've seen the receipts for the bonuses that the rubbish truck drivers get for collecting it. It simply makes no sense what the UK does.

[@jmp9035]

​@@annaclarke7643that's what you get for importing the 3rd world you slowly look like it.

[@rokadaprliinnysystemyaczno4761]

It's a pity journalists couldn't ask the painful questions in this election, like can Britain cope with 750,000 immigrants a year and no build new houses etc.

[@paulukjames7799]

He is right he does not know what impartiality is and never has done

[@ChrisumChrisumChrisum666]

Does anyone?

[@patrickh8602]

"Speak truth to power". If only the BBC could learn how to do that and be genuinely impartial.

[@lucianopavarotti2843]

There's a clip of David Dimbleby in the 1955(!) election broadcast, from the count at Exeter. He hands back to the studio, where his father Richard is leading the coverage, and Richard says "thank you my boy".

[@jakehowie442]

Britain needs modernizing in every way, especially infrastructure roads, hospitals, transport, airports etc and especially the housing market. Where these big corporate house builders seem to build exactly same crappy housing estates for incredibly overpriced £300,000! More apartment complexes and condos with garages needed

[@kjmcindoe3014]

This segment encapsulated what broadcast journalism used to be and what it has become.

[@bigkdog5091]

One of my memories of Dimnlebey was when i woke up on the morning of the day after the brexit vote to see him sitting utterly bewildered saying, "we are out..." It's the first and last time i actually queationed his reporting. I couldn't believe it either. He knew then, like i and miklions of others, that this was a masaive blunder on the part of the UK and that has been found to be the case

[@jackpellegrini-g7w]

“BBC impartial” 😂😂😂😂 good joke

[@TheIceyeddy]

The nerve of the host to mention BBC and impartiality in the same sentence 😅

[@truckerfromreno]

I won't be watching the BBC again after Question Time.

[@MrThelocalpsycho]

booohooo our racist russian puppet got held to account i'm sobbing for you

[@415volts]

Vote reform - they will defund the licence at last

[@passmybongback]

@@MrThelocalpsychoyou’re talking tripe

[@jonathanlarge8158]

You must really like not getting a doctor's or dentist appointment, paying ridiculous taxes so a Labour or Tory government can fill their pockets. Or do you think yourself one of those super wise clever people and like to think you're superior to others. Bigotry of another kind.

[@paulukjames7799]

@@MrThelocalpsycho David is not that bad

[@user-dc8sr2fx6v]

Thanks Adam and David. It's 2.27 and i've been having big trouble sleeping but your conversations has done the trick. Night night.

[@pinxtownington4645]

In his era BBC was respected today it's opposite and if reform perform well might have different BBC in days to come

[@garethking1639]

Thank God they won’t

[@methanedirigible]

The country is in a horrible mess. Regardless of who you vote for, for god's sake not those Tory jokers every again. Let's learn our lesson, Britain.

[@stevedavy2878]

Adam needs to find a different area of media. He comes across as a chatterbox, He would be right at home on daytime TV and reality TV. Hes not for deeply serious issues Im afraid.

[@christopherbentley7289]

No matter what one's political allegiances are I think everybody would agree that the country, along with much of the rest of the world, is in an unsettled, anxious position, so to state that fact, as David Dimbleby did, is being impartial.

[@MartinJG100]

0:39 Understatement. 1:46 You mean Mr Dimbleby said exactly what he thinks. Shock horror for all those silly little jelly babies with their book of rules in the BBC.

[@mrb.5610]

Worked with him once - a nice guy !

[@ronpeel1878]

This is the country we live in folks, Don't dare tell the truth if you want to be elected.

[@finlybenyunes8385]

Good man!

[@pipoo1]

How I wish Dimbleby was hosting tonight’s election coverage. He had real gravitas and gave the event the importance and urgency it deserved.

[@elizabethwindsong5689]

Wouldn't call this fool a journalist at all. So miss Dimbleby!

[@TheGinglymus]

The difference in quality between old journalists and new ones

[@jonathaneffemey944]

Thanks for posting

[@rosienorton665]

Oh I love him. I've watched him for easily 50 years. Brilliant

[@pauljane3323]

I miss Dimbleby. Respect him as an interviewer, never afraid to say it as it is.

[@elliotlane3225]

Great to see David Dimbleby again. He should be interviewed more often as a commentator on politics now he isn't the BBC figurehead. Much more informed than many talking heads we hear.

[@JetsG2020]

End the BBC licence fee tax which takes £4bn from the public each year

[@swanvictor887]

no, it doesn't. not even close.

[@Jablicek]

I get snippy at paying my licence fee and it does pay for people like our presenter here, but it also pays for interesting documentaries, dramas, and comedies. Not to mention soft power abroad through BBC World and other channels. In the wider context I'd rather keep it. You *can* opt out of paying it, it's not a tax.

[@JetsG2020]

@@Jablicek I used to say the same things but if you divide £4 billion by the number of quality programmes that it produces each year (that cannot be produced by the private sector) and compare to competing or free services it is low value. The value of its soft power effect shouldn't be taken as read without scrutiny of the costs to achieve it. It is a tax for anyone that wants to watch non-BBC live television. The £13.25 monthly charge represents 0.6% of the average UK after tax salary or about 0.8% for someone on minimum wage. That's a lot of money.

[@Jablicek]

@@JetsG2020 It's not that the private sector can't produce the same media as the BBC, it's that they often don't. Do you know how many radio stations they have, and how many are now digital only? Like, it's a lot. They do some pretty good children's programming, and some excellent educational, too. There's BBC Bitesize, which is educational content that broadly follows the BNC. It's not just period dramas, Eastenders and Attenborough.

[@JetsG2020]

@@Jablicek sure, and I used to say that too, but the BBC content is nothing compared to the freely available educational content here on KZbin. That is, I read, one of the reasons why the BBC is going to struggle; its business model of enforced revenue collection and ability to crowd out the private sector is being neutered by the internet. Perhaps the BBC will attempt to move to direct gvt funding in the future to support their (inflated) cost base if licence payees continue to fall, or maybe we will need a BBC internet licence 😅

[@kellyhawkes3191]

But David, there was a lovely dawn on Friday morning, I saw it, it was magnificent.

[@donalobrien7582]

WHAT A Difference between the Brilliant Dimbleby & this Cue Card Reader. Same as Chalk & Cheese

[@HalesBales-j8c]

I VOTED REFORM - Give us our country back!

[@LauraDavis-tc5sq]

Has it been taken?

[@ljt3084]

His journalism is almost as convincing as his 1940's moustache.

[@grahamkearnon6682]

He is & will always be a legend in his own mind, to the rest of us utterly boring!

[@andrewjohnclose429]

That was brilliant

[@ianjames3078]

I love how age, intelligence and experience allows you the ability to tell it as it really is with confidence and the most eloquent put downs of a silly interviewer.

[@5578pedro]

Those were the halcyon days of the BBC when gentlemen like David Dimbleby and his colleagues were employed to present the facts not their opinions. Modern tv types are full of their own importance and like the sound of their own voice too much. They should use their ears more and their mouths less.

[@matthewclifton2510]

Britain is broken. Choose the real solution. Vote Reform. Get everyone out to vote with photo ID. Show them what we want and what we can do. Britain is broken and needs Reform. Vote Reform X, vote Reform X, vote Reform X

[@howardjones3875]

David Dimbleby shows a great deal of gravitas.

[@philipstrachan6212]

'The country is going to the dogs!' When havn't we heard that eve of an election?

[@jamesjukebox2386]

Another pampered, PC interviewer, well said David.

[@paulbird3235]

We have been digging this hole we are now stood in for fourteen years!. It won't be filled in months, it will take years and years.🤔🤨😒......

[@ProfessorPesca]

Wow, this is like when we seen Bilbo at Rivendell.

[@gilesbrown9361]

who is this dude with the tache? Never seen him before

[@AngusmacTV]

There's absolutely nothing 'bold' about speaking the truth... or maybe in today's world that is the 'bold' stance.

[@matthewstokes1608]

Has anyone read 1984? If so, remember O’Brien (O’Brian?)… this man sums him up to me.

[@Robbo1966]

Dimbleby's remarks are what you would expect of someone who has probably done very well himself

[@normanmeharry58]

Humanity is full filling its destiny.

[@markguest2698]

Vote Reform everybody

[@johnsmith-sv3qq]

What an opening statement ...........

[@jroobz]

and emperor palpatine is here! hello sheev

[@ideploeg3470]

Problems mentioned… He forgot : IMMIGRATION… WHY?

[@dougieranger]

Not on the bbc agenda.

[@marcokite]

Because it's the BBC!

[@davidcolin6519]

Because immigration isn't a problem, it is a symptom. Just go and look at the break down of UK immigration if you don't believe me. When you have 7 MILLION people waiting for non-urgent surgery, who TF do you think is doing their jobs? Or do you expect people from Newcastle to commute down to London every day to work in the hospitality sector? Maybe you want to force Britons to work for what pathetic sum that now passes for a subsistance wage? Maybe you'd like to volunteer to work in the fields of Lincolnshire, picking potatoes in the driving rain for minimum wage? Or maybe you're some sort of genius who can become a qualified nurse in 6 months rather than the 4 years a real nurse needs? How about becoming a family GP? I'm sure that someone as brainy as you can get their Doctor's qualifications in less than a year, even though it takes the NHS 7 years to train a junior doctor! Or maybe you think that foreing students shouldn't be allowed in? That in spite of the fact that those foreign students help to subsidise the education of every single UK University student. Are you going to to tell all those parents that they're going to have to pay AT LEAST 25% more than they currently have to pay? So, I have just got one question for you; WHY do you think that immigration is such a huge problem? Seriously, I'd like to know, because I literally do not know who you think will do the jobs that those poor damned innocents currently do.

[@TheIceyeddy]

And the housing crisis (which is linked to mass immigration). Literally the TWO biggest issues were forgotten.

[@Dave_Br]

they went all these men from Africa and the Middle East with no obvious war wounds. Thats why they get a free lawyer on legal aid. It is to destabilise the domestic population and make them long term more divided, more controllable and more favourable to globalism

[@keithwilkins1437]

Was this recorded from his huge mansion on the river Dart or has he sold it . ?

[@christophernewcombe9524]

Wait - you asked about Gaza and Ivonne Ridley, then the other presenters came in and diverted the theme. Why?

[@lj6079]

I wish people would check their comments before posting 😂

[@bgoode2903]

The excuses have began and the winner hasn’t been selected yet…how can the problems be fixed if we don’t have standards of service for politicians…do they get measured against performance related statistics? Until the establishment hold politicians to similar standards as the working man or woman then there really isn’t any point in voting…politicians need to be put through disciplinary protocols and asked to explain why they didn’t honour their manifesto promises…I’m 57 and I’m registered disabled and privileged intellectual types from private education backgrounds can’t work this out - I reckon that alone is either deliberate manipulation or negligence..!😇

[@davidcolin6519]

At least Labouyr and the Lib Dems have said that they want to clean up UK politics AND hold those responsible for corruption to account. The Tories don't even think that they've done anything wrong!

[@drdjnorg]

"I don't know what impartiality is." admission of the blindingly obvious!

[@lloydbayliss4921]

This is the problem with the media be honest and speak ur mind

[@mariannewarner9252]

Rome wasn't built in a day but surely 14 years was more than long enough for improvement. Time to vote them out

[@Imran-Khan-v12]

The ginger host is a clown, im voting reform

[@letsseeif]

This bloke's treading water. He's too scared to state the obvious.

[@mrhobsonschoice]

Adam, Laura and Chris are extremely frustrating to listen to. David Dimbleby is talking sense.

[@mikeoglen6848]

Why, precisely, are we in a "bad way", david?

[@Mr_Cheekbones_]

He's looking progressively more like Palpatine every day

[@user-kf5mn5vn3t]

The problem will be ..... Voter turnout! ... And lack of it!

[@adam-yk6yd]

“I can tell you don’t have to be impartial anymore(!!)” “I think that’s a perfectly impartial thing to say.” “True, true…” 🤔

[@Cragsidebaz]

Nice to see DD again. Presenter needs to learn to listen more carefully. His faux pas at 1:05 could have led to the interview breaking down. Good job DD was above this.

[@tesserakt54]

Perhaps it's time for Putney Debates 2.0? In our civil wars we learnt many bitter lessons.

[@hiyadroogs]

For Starmer to lay out what he will do once in office, would absolutely decimate any possibility whatsoever of Labour ever getting elected, now, or ever.