Economy stalls with zero growth in April, as Sunak insists election isn’t over

His own defence minister is warning voters about the dangers of handing Labour a supermajority. (Subscribe: bit.ly/C4_News...)
But Rishi Sunak insists the election isn’t over. He has not given up on winning.
That’s despite wet weather continuing to plague his campaign - this time causing zero GDP growth in April. The news coming just a day after he declared that the economy has “turned the corner”.
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[@davehollowell2104]

The Tories had a large majority in 2019 and pushed anything they wanted to do through. So why complain about the Labour party doing the same.

[@GeoffV-k1h]

Because they are hypocrites.

[@Omenhachi]

​@@GeoffV-k1hokay userzydcycyydyyee, youre a bot

[@GaryV-p3h]

Because they're Tories, it's 1set of rules them & a different set for the rest of us, that's what happens when you have people running the circus who think they have a privileged level of superiority over everyone else due to their wealth or (in)breeding.

[@eekamoose]

Zero growth? How can this be? All the Brexit supporters who leave comments on KZbin are telling us that the British economy is racing ahead of all the other countries in the European Union...

[@nickcmy6596]

Taxation is certainly racing ahead. Our home is about 800ft but council tax is £2100. What a joke. 😂

[@grateberk6435]

Hahahaha

[@dapfordvondappington8306]

It is the fact that the current government do not know how to breed unicorns. When the Brexit supporter's unicorn breeder of choice is in charge of the herd the UK will be the envy of the world. Just you wait!

[@marfu1119]

​​@@nickcmy6596Council tax should be abolished I hardly pay any. The government are taking people for a fool bullying people to pay unnecessary taxes.

[@mattbrown-mb]

Tories love their little lies 👍

[@bronxcartel6193]

Zero Growth? *ZERO SEATS*!

[@daf-k2t]

We have turned a corner under the Conservatives ...Straight into another brick wall.

[@monkeyboy8424]

Lead the country ? - Ritchie Sunak couldn't lead starving kittens to a bowl of milk.

[@briangriffin2905]

Year's & years of lies incompetence & arrogance.

[@Christinebanks11]

Like grade school. 😆

[@kiantongho498]

Years and years of tory majority in parliament and government....

[@Craig121000]

The voting public caused fourteen years of chaos, not the Conservatives.

[@colinthompson3111]

I love how the political commentators have every excuse not to vote Labour. Except having a better policy. Looking forward to reports on a smaller Labour majority will reduce sunspots and solar flares.

[@hbt739]

Rejoin equals growth The uk needs to show the global markets that it is again sound. This will lead to new investment, and the slow hamorrhaga of money/exports will stop. To get growth not just for the uk but for all of the EU means to rejoin the EU, also it sends a clear signal that europe is again united to all autocratics in the world. It also will restore the trust lost in the politicians by the jounger generations labors manifesto must include a clear way to rejoin/to start the process. It will lead to stronger enviromental protection more power aginst migration and so on. It is time to rejoin She litteraly speaks about the industry restarting its manufacturing after the pandemic only to be killed by brexit 5:43 rejoin

[@ronthered138]

Watching Sunak is like watching a guy pass kidney stones right in front of you while he is pretending that everything is OK.

[@flynnrider4354]

Sunak is such a bad, amateur, pretentious politician

[@paulyneskipsey]

14 years running the country down I couldn’t get a dr’s appointment until a month time. No dentist appointment where I lived. Whatever you do make sure you are registered to vote and have your say.

[@rayjennings3637]

He's exactly what we want - a Prime Minister in complete denial!

[@Christinebanks11]

Ask and you shall receive

[@StevieSpiers-ru3mf]

The Tories deserve zero seats.

[@lokensicarius9347]

Love how all the kids were giving "If we ignore it hopefully it wont talk to me" look.

[@stephenford2758]

This is why Sunak has called the election in July and November. Because the economy is shrinking.

[@johnholkham2420]

Purple line = Brexit reality, unfortunately some Tories have just discovered we don’t have an Empire any more ( except in their heads)

[@grahamturner1290]

Vote the Tories OUT.

[@amoondream]

By voting Reform, NOT Labour

[@JonoPS]

Labour are just as bad. The UK Political system needs a complete reset.

[@JonoPS]

@amoondream Reform won't win many seats, because of the way the system is set up. It's deliberately set up to benefit both Labour and the Tories. We need proportional representation.

[@Hartley_Hare]

@@amoondream The NSDAP in cheap suits.

[@chriswatson3464]

Reform aren't much better either.

[@MichaelBennett1]

Nah, it's over.

[@jakerowsell8752]

"the end of Britain as we know it".. With the state of public services, is that supposed to be a bad thing?

[@nazmaster1]

Brexit really f us

[@GaryV-p3h]

The gravy train has come to the the end of the line for the greedy Tories. It's time to put people before profits, heal the deliberately caused division in the country & rebuild the country so it best serves the needs of us all not just a few greedy individuals.

[@ponypong261]

No one is keen for more lies and ineptitude. Its time to end the tory madness, end the lies and hate.

[@jpsion]

brexit is all forgiven eh

[@alingard1]

When I was a kid we went without a tumble dryer

[@kquat7899]

Sunak doesn't look out of place with the school kids. And Micheal Green erm... Grant Schapps must be getting his next internet marketing scheme ready for next month when he loses his job.

[@danielw.2442]

Important Election Deadlines Register to vote June 18th Register for postal vote June 19th Apply for Voter Authority Certificate June 26th Apply for proxy vote June 26th Stop the Tories July 4th Celebrate July 5th

[@Jessjoe1956]

That sounds good to me. 🌹

[@geezerbutler4582]

Get the beers and curry in

[@OliverGrumitt]

Rishi Sunak insisting he could still win? That has to be the most optimistic thing that anyone has ever said, because it is - with the exception of Elon Musk’s Mars plans - the most unrealistic thing anyone has ever said.

[@GeoffV-k1h]

Shapps said today that the vaunted one year armed forces national service would be only 25 days. Total confusion.

[@VicePointGTAX-wd9iz]

lol it went from a "roaring barnstorm" policy to "christ we better drop that one" very fast that one did

[@davidmurphy563]

I actually felt sorry for the Tory there. Sunak car crashes an interview moaning about not having Sky and his advisor just fiddled a bet. All while the campaign nose dives in flames.

[@johnm2012]

Why on earth would you feel sorry for them? They don't feel sorry for the damage they've done to the country.

[@StevieSpiers-ru3mf]

But but but he likes Haribo and Twixes.

[@tarnopol]

“Oh, that’s one of those electric fans I’ve heard of. We had central air but no Sky News so I never actually saw one. It’s so deliciously working class!”

[@peterdollins3610]

Keir went to a State School that later became a private school. Keir became a lawyer from a working class background & made it with ability plus hard work. Do try not to lie Channel 4.

[@Roatanlova68fmp71lliiiak]

A bent lawyer

[@johnm2012]

Shapps will lose his seat and so will Michael Green, Sebastian Fox and Corinne Stockheath.

[@jeffmcninch6563]

Tories will realise on the 5th of July that Farage will destroy them

[@jonathanfell688]

So some of us working class kids didn't go on to get degrees? Labour made that possible.

[@marksimons8861]

Rishi might have better luck if he were to change his outfit every now and again.

[@stephenwalker2924]

He actually owns 2,786 identical blue half-zippy jumpers. And a black one.

[@gdwlaw5549]

My elderly mum just spent £ 3.000 on her teeth. The NHS is finished. Had she lived in France 80% would reimbursed and mutual would cover the rest. It’s a political decision to create solutions.

[@DDougz]

Waiting for all the reform bots to tell us how great brexit is

[@pickleonions4277]

If Sunak won't resign the party ministers should consider that they will all go down with him. They are standing idling knowing he is destroying the party by staying. There is not much time left for the entire party to come to terms with their direction of travel. If they are hoping for a miracle they will be disappointed. The sensible ones who see the writing on the wall should jump to the reform party while they have time and move back to real conservative.

[@ellensamir374]

The outlook of a country is based on its people. Are we getting the best people of India, China, Middle East, Africa?

[@georgek3398]

Under a normal country this sharps guy wouldn’t even be qualified to be a butler

[@Christinebanks11]

Hed be qualified in my coyntry. 🇺🇸 ....................................... i take that back. 😆

[@axehussain4412]

Too many people want the pie of privatisation n want us to believe its a crises

[@wickharr]

Thought that woman was Micheal fabricant for the first few seconds

[@xavierhucklenbruch1798]

The tories are going down by the bow

[@illuminatedtiger]

Why shouldn't they have a super majority?

[@marfu1119]

The UK need a completely new government not Conservative and Labour

[@GaryV-p3h]

Who do you suggest, the LibDems, the Greens, the SNP or Plaid Cymru, because Reform UK would never be an option.

[@PKWeaver74]

Nah mate, what we want is a non-Tory government held to account by a non-Tory opposition.

[@loopwithers]

Although I am staunchly anti Tory, I believe Labour's Louise Haigh was trained in 'TV Interview Skills' by someone who was born in 1902

[@Christinebanks11]

They must be VERY VERY OLD ! 😆

[@VicePointGTAX-wd9iz]

A lot of the current opposition's main people never actually been in power - there will be a reasonably long period of settling in when they get in, most won't know what they're walking in to I still think inexperienced and eager leaders are better than actively hostile and experienced ones though, I'd saw my own arm off before voting these aresholes in again.

[@keepgoing7533]

Guys where to but new sheets, now that they closed Wilko?

[@danien8222]

KGM: "people who are pretending to be people like us". ... KGM a multimillionaire, Oxbridge graduate, privately educated son of a consultant Dr.... KGM is pretty much like Rishi Sunak and nothing like Sir Keir Starmer... Usually KGM hits the mark but, bro what you on about!?!

[@BattleDrunk]

So we had how many terrible years under Blairs labour now 14 years under tory (disaster) and now we are about to get another 5 years under another terrible labour government... When does it end? Vote reform if you vote for labour or tory you will be voting for more of the same... Time to REFORM time to WAKE UP! Once labour mess it up even more we WILL get in and reform the political system totally no more first past the post no more mass migration no more ECHR no more strain on the NHS/housing/dentists/police force/social benefits/erosion of our culture. Our largest three cities we are now minority's due to mass migration. There is only one choice there really is. REFROM! WAKE UP!

[@TadgNokomis]

It's almost like Kwarteng had a point point about growth

[@AdeleKakwandi]

If only they could have done something over these 14 years to stop Starmer having a majority

[@gulagga371]

Prosecuter as a PM is frightening

[@j.a.motteux2785]

Zero growth; zero seats.

[@subroy7123]

We need to uproot not only the Tories, but the entire conservative establishment, like that old who was talking about how bad a Labour supermajority will be (I bet he never said that about the Tories in 2019). Only then can any improvement happen.

[@samuelfawell9159]

Notice that the “huge majority” is only a “problem” when it’s NOT the Tories with it.

[@PNETriffid]

What happened to 'coalition of chaos'?

[@marumaru6084]

Lets talk GDP per capita it is an effective measure of an economy not GDP! UK now 30th in the world!

[@hariowen3840]

And those horrendous glasses styles prevail eh! (Thanks Helia.)

[@jameshansell5466]

For a second I thought Boris was stood next to him but it was the teacher 😂

[@jonathaneffemey944]

Thanks for posting

[@PtolemyJones]

Can't lose what you never had and don't say the situation the Tories find themselves in, it's the position the Tories put themselves into.

[@sharnachristina7504]

Britain loves a pantomime🙄 im claiming a different country from now on, im so embarrassed of this one🤢

[@karlos543]

Better make sure that reform gets our vote then.

[@VoiceSriLanka]

Two checks of the same backside. Both are controlled by by outside lobbyists

[@pastyman001]

First TV I saw as a kid was tiny, black & white and at a neighbours. There was no Sky dish. It was Coronation Street with Ena Sharples

[@Notmehimorthem]

They HAVE succeeded, the rich are richer. The fact that the people are not convinced they are better off is a failure of PR, it was never their intention to save education police NHS , housing, councils social care or anything that makes a civilised state. Cut taxes and pump the gains upwards😊😊

[@therub2191]

12:58 krishnan suppressing a laugh at such a ridiculous photo 😂

[@johnholkham2420]

Funny Bet Fred didn’t want to know when I wanted to bet on Labour winning, what are the odds. Perhaps I could get a bet on the day Sunak leaves uk for his California home.

[@JesusLordOfLords455]

REFORM 💯

[@edc8388]

"Dead Man Walking Here"

[@alexanderstefanov6474]

Make sure these Tory criminals are in third place at most

[@sandelica4253]

liz truss's disastrous minibus

[@GaryV-p3h]

Sunak must have been partaking in the same bottle of optimism that Bonkers Boris used to get high on thinking he could run the country on pure wishful thinking & fantasies.

[@pastyman001]

Silverstone - isolated from the public, so no embarrassing moments being haggled by medical staff

[@Kwippy]

As unlikely as it seems, he could be lying.

[@kriskalpa]

she attended public school?

[@martinhumble]

So, populist right-wing, conservative right wing and Labour right wing

[@maneshipocrates2264]

Those right wingers have been ruling Britain for decades. The Tories have won more elections than your so-called right wing Labour party. If you want to be in power, become a right wing.

[@vanhooler358]

It's frightening every time i see a Labour minister, Transport this has to be a joke, the cpc has ruined this country's transport.

[@star-ed7fj]

Do you remember when he asked an homeless man do you have any business ideas 😂 and poor man reply i don't where to sleep and eat 😢

[@nigelcard2028]

It is as far as Sunak is concerned.no votes for Sunak .

[@michaelkavanagh5947]

It's over.

[@verymozart]

Serial liar and totally out of depth and respectful towards the common human life of people in the UK

[@kennethvenezia4400]

I just spoke to my cat, who in turn just spoke to Larry the cat, and we all came to the same conclusion. Anyone involved in the betting Scandal should go to prison for 50 years. professionalism, integrity, and ACCOUNTABILITY 😾(👈My cat) 😽(👈Larry the cat)

[@s-qc9ns]

India's growth in 2023 was 8%, If anyone wants to invest.

[@johnriley9742]

Seriously Channel 4 you wasted how much time talking about where the leaders come from.? Does it really matter? NO. The improvement of people's lives matter.

[@comeoutdoorswithus4406]

Both parties are working class they are not for the few who are not able to work

[@paul8161]

Listening to sunak is like Listening to a echo chamber with just him in it...if only.😂

[@PedroMiguel-if3ll]

And the winner for the "Most Fake Smile" award goes to Rishi Sunak!

[@bernardfox9078]

I see a monty python sketch coming up😂 When i were a lad....

[@raymondpulham1600]

When i hear Tories waffle on, liento voters it just reinforces my view that we need restrospective birth control

[@Simplemankind]

But of course it’s only not bad news for the country if tories have majority as we can see in the country’s current state. Thanks for Brexit tories and can you think of any other damaging plan ? 😂😂😂😂

[@sararichardson737]

Skinner’s aged well.

[@hanselmansell7555]

My dad was a tool maker over and over again... he literally made tools.

[@violinstar5948]

I’ve not lost hope of the Conservatives of losing

[@jimichang5903]

absolutely vote winner labour party increase spending on pot!!!🤭🤗🤣👽🕉

[@silentwitness247]

I really wish I had Sky TV when I was a child!

[@MelindaSordinoIsLiterallyMe]

5:40 she's so cute 🥰

[@LuisRivera-jk1vo]

Don't gets hope up Sunak

[@hyperbiped9913]

Biased Tory Newsreader!