Just Steve Barclay getting ripped to shreds for hanging the NHS out to dry on the morning round

[@TheInternetIsDeadToMe]

Blame the pandemic, compare the UK’s situation to other countries and normalise it, divide the public and the strikers into separate groups to give the impression they’re not the same. Give the impression they want to fix the NHS while providing the conditions to destroy it. Why are these people running the UK again?

[@TheCrash1983]

because we have to wait to vote them out, sadly its imposable to force a general election. I just hope the don't do any more damage before we can get them out.

[@Me0wish]

Because England thought funny hair , fired from 2 jobs for lying , cheating on wife man was good to lead the country

[@kanedNunable]

@@TheCrash1983 yeah but which morons voted for these crooks? why arent we out in the streets? they are wrecking the country more each day.

[@murray1607]

because FPTP is awful

[@shamanahaboolist]

Because the country is full of Boomers who hate Corbyn because they believe every bit of nonsense dribbled out from Rupert Murdoch's and Tory's proxies.

[@neilbowers6956]

When you have GB News on your back you know you're in trouble. This government is toast, the sooner we get another government in the better.

[@magyarbrit5631]

This is NOT happening all over Europe. I live in central Europe and follow all European news. The reason for the disaster in the NHS is the fact that the Conservative government has run it down to the extent that not only are there not enough hospitals and therefore hospital beds available but huge deficits of doctors, nurses, carers, drivers and all those essential for it to work. Couple that with poor wages at the bottom of the scale and poor conditions and you have the cause of the situation today. EVERY bit of this was foreseeable but the Conservatives DELIBERATELY turned a blind eye.

[@lordveteran9126]

They think the public cant see news from other countrys.....or read...

[@1man1bike1road]

the graph showing waiting lists from the time of Maggie to current times shows that waiting lists always go up massively under the tories even under blair waiting lists were reduced massively from 2010 they have been going up massively again

[@bobbojones8157]

I soo like what you’ve said. I’m not as eloquent as you . Keep it up.

[@aimeemacdn]

They lie. All the time. That's what they do.

[@tomhermens7698]

@LORD VETERAN yes Barclay think we are stupid. Wait for the ballot box.

[@michaelguckian5373]

I think its Mick Lynch that has awakened journalists in the UK. They are asking questions they should have asked 10 year's ago.

[@PoleiceCidcorn]

Muck Lynch for PM the only person for the job. I voted Torie, never again!!

[@PoleiceCidcorn]

Oh i can't listen to this crap..Physiotherapist for 23 years and YOU are completely clueless

[@thelisteningchair5283]

It's certainly not like this in Norway. Doctors appointment in two days. Ambulance ASAP. Simply a Tory mess.

[@kanedNunable]

norway gov using a bunch of crooks who are out to steal as much as they can. just look how they dealt with their natural gas compared to us.

[@thelisteningchair5283]

@@politicsJOE. The service is not underfunded. And never has been. They believe the state should provide the best healthcare for all.

[@thelisteningchair5283]

@@kanedNunable I think you mean the UK gov.

[@Limeyfrog]

@@Azureecosse Norway has their Oil fund. They did not waste their oil money like the UK did by selling off the rights to private companies and using it to patch over high unemployment. They invested it. It is now the biggest fund in the world.

[@jamesbarbour8400]

It so is ! The Government of this Country don't want people looking to Europe for a comparative measure, coz if they did, they'd realise that our own Government has been pulling the wool over our eyes for decades. To say that the NHS is the envy of the World is a total joke. Have a look at France and Italys' Health Care System - both easily head and shoulders above anything in the UK. But our Politicians don't want you to know that. Look behind the curtain of lies and you'll see what's really going on

[@paulwalker797]

Please Note: This is not happening in Europe. I live in the EU and get a Doctors appointment on the same day I need one, without a phonecall. I get scans and other tests within a couple of weeks, for more complex appointments I have to wait just over a month/6 weeks.The Tories have destroyed or sold off UK infrastructure and filled their pockets at the expense of people in the UK.

[@anggasurbakti8269]

Not happening in South East Asia too, so word 'happens in every countries' are simply a lie

[@daewooharvey]

Had a dental checkup yesterday, was told that I'd have to wait 18-24 months to have wisdom teeth removed due to the backlog. Fun times to be had by all!

[@paulwalker797]

@@daewooharvey If I ring my dentist tomorrow I might get an acute appointment the same day I call, if not I will be seen by the middle of next week. That's in Germany.

[@daewooharvey]

@@paulwalker797 Think there's around a 2 week lead period for dental, surgery on the other hand...

[@MrLeeFTW]

"We don't accept these figures." 🤦🏻 No wonder why they all think there is no crisis. Denialism seems to be the lead policy in the Conservative party. 🙄

[@davidlulham9327]

How often do we hear now the government refusing to accept it's own published figures!

[@joey3088]

And they all have private healthcare, so would never experience the pain of waiting on an ambulance for a loved one dying, or waiting 6+ hours in A&E

[@iannoble404]

I’m old enough to remember when saying you didn’t accept figures for you labelled as a covid sceptic and got you a 30 day social media ban.

[@janetmalcolm6191]

Totally true. They deny the figures...on any reports... They just point the blame elsewhere...then deny the facts. We are all wising up....hopefully.

[@julielevinge266]

Or spouting their own convenient figures? No good perpetually saying how much they have spent if it’s not enough & not going where it’s needed!! I agree with you, their in charge for Christ’s sake sort it out!!

[@robertgraves8843]

""I don't accept those figures". Outright, blatant denial. Dear God, this country,'s finished.

[@Christinebanks11]

I don't accept getting arrested . "Ok sir , you're free to go." 😆

[@theworldaccordingto4555]

I don't accept the Tories as a legitimate government, no one voted for them. Fishi Rishi didn't even win the Tory leadership race!?! And no public voted for Dizzy Lizzy or Fishi Rishi. We now have an unelected plutocratic oligarch for PM. (I thought it was only countries with dictatorships where this sort of government existed?). Democracy is now well and truly dead in the UK.

[@cabaroigcostablanca]

Yeah... almost in denial, wouldn't be surprised if he said "I challenge those figures to a duel ⚔️"...batty as a coot.

[@politicsJOE.]

Let's discuss 👆..

[@andrewclarke6916]

'I don't accept those figures'. Are the Tories going to continue to use this phrase from now on every time they are presented with data they don't agree with?

[@petelorimer6252]

You can tell he has zero empathy towards the nurses or the extra 50,000 dead. What's also troubling is how many people will be deterred from joining the public services after watching how nurses get treated.

[@janetmalcolm6191]

That is why they are leaving in droves. Britain has always needed foreign doctors and nurses but the Tory policies are hostile and no money put in to train British nurses here. Why work here when you can't live on the pay even. Cost of living is exorbitant....and they think food banks are a good idea. Rishi should be ashamed of them...not proud he has served in them. Soup kitchens should be a thing of the past in a modern age.

[@petelorimer6252]

@@janetmalcolm6191 I wholeheartedly agree

[@bob23301]

"Let the bodies pile high", is now a tory manifesto.

[@mrdaveythebaby]

Only if they can get volunteers to pile the bodies up while Michelle Mone cashes in on the Body Pile contract...

[@ganrimmonim]

"And there is a delay with removing bodies in ALL! European countries so just keep the body of grandma, or your son, in your fridge in your outhouse until someone can come pick it up".

[@kanedNunable]

500k excess deaths in 12 years. hitler killed 200k brits in 6 years

[@GraemePryce1978]

@@ganrimmonim Yeah, and blame Putin's illegal war in Ukraine.

[@obtuse1291]

Along with "f**k business.

[@timmennel3237]

Writing from Germany, I can assure you that Steve Barclay is wrong to say that the public health situation here is in any way comparable to the crisis in England / Britain. Indeed, viral deseases are spiking across Europe, and some regions experience high usage of hospital beds. However, regional cooperation and the system of GPs ensures that the waiting times for treatment, in particular for serious deseases, are much shorter and there is no talk of excess mortality.

[@dafyddthomas7299]

Thanks for your comment - extremely unlikely with German efficiency - Vorsprung durch Technik that Germany / German people would ever get their country / Health service in a dangerous mess like we have in this country - 500-1000 deaths (only at A&E / ER stage) per week is a Nation Scandal and State emergency needs to be called or a General Election if current GOV can't fix the NHS.

[@anitahusband1333]

I lived in Germany when my husband was in the armed forces, and the way they looked after their elderly puts our government to shame.

[@dexbarry7715]

At what point does this stop being about politics and turn in manslaughter

[@kanedNunable]

this is a political choice by the tories tho.

[@geoffheslop3606]

Good question! Wonder what sort of ridiculous cobblers Barclay or any other minister would spout!

[@julielevinge266]

That should have happened when Boris failed to turn up to the first 5 emergency cobra meetings!!! Yet people are still so deluded that they defend him?????

[@royboy565]

@@julielevinge266 This rotten lying corrupt incompetent govt started when Johnson became P M.

[@kieranclarges2514]

Never... Because the UK justice system is just as corrupt! Don't believe me? look at matt hancock and Alexander de Pfeffel Johnson (Boris), both have broken the law on live television, 1) both have used their positions in public office for personal gain eg, im a Celebrity and corporate speeches... i.e, 'Corruption' and, 2) dereliction of duty, eg ignoring their role and constituency i.e 'Misconduct in Public Office'... And what have the police done about this? Thats right, nothing!

[@davidmaskew]

Why are the government so concerned with minimum service levels during strikes but won't agree to have them in place permanently? 🤔

[@fang_xianfu]

They want minimum service levels... and in these strikes just gone they agreed that with the union and it was fine, or at least no more messed up than a normal day which is what passes for fine in the NHS now. So why do they need new laws?

[@edwardwestmoreland-caunter6128]

If I have to hear one more tory saying it's like this in every country, I think I'll go loopy. Not only do the facts and figures clearly indicate we are doing so much worse than any other comparable country, but on every video like this, I've seen numerous comments from people in the EU saying that it's just not like this over there. Our government is solely responsible for this mess and the sooner they leave, the more lives will be saved

[@Christinebanks11]

It's like this in every country . Just not mine ! 🇺🇸😆

[@sarahclayton7751]

Absolutely! Also that excuse infuriates me more because it was Bris Johnson with his big red 'Vote for Brexit to fund the NHS' bus that promised a better NHS . I voted remain btw

[@Smannellites]

I live in France. It is absolutely not even remotely like that here.

[@kanedNunable]

yeah but tories rely on their voters to not look into facts, they get their news from the newspaper headlines.

[@mihaicostel5883]

I think they want to make nhs private that's why it is being underfunded every year ... All signs point to it at least

[@kathleenhammett7528]

13yrs of tory underfunding & privatisation is to blame and not anyone or anything else !!

[@blandoatmeal1273]

Tories can't give a single straight answer.

[@garysavage5675]

No mp can give a straight answer

[@jerryorange6983]

This works. They lie for last 12 years and people love them. We now pay 3 Boris' buses a week to save one and people are happy with the deal.

[@julienewman1761]

You can include labour into that sentence. They both are utter incompetent. Stop voting for them. We need a big change.

[@Dad_la_soul_JES]

@@garysavage5675 especially tories

[@kanedNunable]

@@garysavage5675 no other party is close to as bad as the tories. stop pretending they are all the same

[@awaitthegroom]

Two days ago I lay in an ambulance outside A and E for 5 hours after having Covid at Christmas followed by two seizures this week which resulted in a head injury too. The staff were great. I wonder how Sunak would feel in a cold wind trying to stand up eating a paper covered sandwhich and get to a toilet without keeling over., I have been a nurse for 44 years and know our pay is 40 years behind. I have worked for years seeing bed blocking and mismanagement making our job a sad and risky one. Well this episode has now ended my career so maybe the Government would be happy to hear that one less nurse to worry about. Steve Barclay is 50 years old. When he was born I was thinking about becoming a nurse.

[@razachaswills5076]

I agree totally with you, but your blaming the wrong person. It’s the excessive and inefficient admin that’s to blame. Look at all the money wasted on excessive admin! Who kept you waiting 5hrs in the ambulance. Not the Govt, it was the admin at the top. You must be aware of the growth in paperwork during your time as a nurse, the inefficiency is gross. Excessive Money spent on furniture, pictures, PAPERWORK, ADMIN, and it’s self preservation. This is what needs changing. Get rid of the hundreds of thousands doing unnecessary paperwork and you will have the money to improve nurses wages and improved efficiency. The NHS needs its top management completely overhauled and drastically reduced. Controlling top consultants, must be made to work full time at NHS hospitals, and held to account for their performances, and not allowed to spend most of their time working in Private hospitals. No one can work efficiently for two masters.

[@dolorismachina2]

These people are the bottom of the barrel of humanity. To lie like this without even blinking is unimaginable.

[@James-bc1jk]

Omg so fucking true spot on well said 👍👍👍

[@rodgerq]

It's either that or theyre so inept that they believe the bullshit they're spouting and I don't know which situation is worse.

[@johntthomson7538]

What a louse

[@cmeonthemove]

"Defund. Make sure things don't work. People get angry. You hand it over to private capital". Noam Chomsky's description of privatisation - Government policy by the Tories. Every time.

[@philtreman9944]

Barclay would spend 20 mins arguing black is white - and convince himself he has succeeded. He is a grand master in the in the "art" of the filibuster - Tories train them in this art and school them to maintain a deliberate monotone. BBC interviewers, in particular ,fall for it.

[@kyorin6526]

The BBC is the Tories. Look at whose been put in to all the key positions since the Tories have been in power.

[@politicsJOE.]

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[@YA-hm5zy]

They don't fall for it, they are a part of it.

[@blidduth8946]

"BBC interviewers, in particular ,fall for it." Not quite. Majority of BBC interviewers are actors on the same stage, from the same schools, in the same circles with the same same paymasters -who is head of the BBC right now? They pretend to ask generic questions, but not really holding to account or challenging the lies.

[@cabaroigcostablanca]

Yes and 50,000 extra deaths this year, when asked twice "is he alarmed?"... but no "it's concerning".... definitely Tory speak for "de-escalation de-escalation"...do not admit to people how bad things are, and the s*it we've made of things for the last 13 years. No more hiding behind EU bad guys... ye'r on ye'r own proper bad bad guys.

[@ilirbajrami5229]

Gobsmacked about his attitude and how calm he is when they telling him about so many deaths , is like people's lives don't matter to him

[@politicsJOE.]

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[@blidduth8946]

I'm more gobsmacked you sound surprised that they dont care about peoples lives? They're the Tory Party ffs, they only care about profit and they despise the general public.

[@cabaroigcostablanca]

It's concerning to him , about old people dieing from heart conditions and waiting for operations... the great unwashed to him,..but his folks don't have to worry , neither does he.

[@isickofit]

My MP. A sociopath.

[@georginaclarke3212]

Tory genocidal policies!!

[@JohnStoddart1010]

You get an accurate feel for how well funded the NHS is by the waiting list, which is now extremely long and has been growing pre-pandemic. This Government has deliberately run down the capacity.

[@grumpy-dad3701]

We don't accept those figures, wtf.

[@dolorismachina2]

The equivalent of shouting "la la la" when somebody tries talk to you.

[@gent3284]

it's offensive to them, seeing how they destroyed everything since 2010. they don't accept their mistakes

[@grumpy-dad3701]

@@gent3284 they aren't their mistakes. It's everybody else's fault.

[@FSMDog]

More like 'We don't like those figures'....

[@tonystewart4543]

@@gent3284 they aren't mistakes. It's their ideology. Everything that they have done is planned

[@annebarr4908]

My husband suffered a stroke when I called 999 the operator asked me if the person was breathing when I said yes - he could not move his right arm, leg & his speech had gone. I was told an ambulance would be with us in 2 hours! My husband has 4 stents in his heart & I am disabled. Fortunately a friend was able to take us to the hospital. Listening to this politician is really frustrating.

[@user-bu9nb8wr6e]

He needs to be taken to court for lying and the individuals in government need to be charged with neglect.

[@jayplay8140]

When even GB News are giving Tories a hard time things have truly hit rock bottom

[@raybrouitt2918]

The population has increased and we do live longer so it might have been a good idea to use the the last 12 years to plan for it rather than make the NHS a victim of Austerity .

[@claudiafigueiredo4979]

Exactly

[@ch3rrikiss]

But that would require a government that does not have contempt for the working and middle class

[@davidlulham9327]

The worst part is that the ONS survey said an awful lot more people are now dying in middle-age of preventable illnesses like diabetes and heart disease. Life expectancy is actually getting shorter, not longer!

[@lolazal1]

Or sell parts of ot off.

[@jammin8300]

How can patient and staff satisfaction in the NHS, drop so dramatically from 2010. One reason the torys

[@hastingsboy0413]

He's a Tory therefore he doesn't give a *hit.

[@julienewman1761]

Labour doesn't give a shit either.

[@hastingsboy0413]

@@julienewman1761 don't be silly.

[@julienewman1761]

@@hastingsboy0413 what has Labour done in the past. Which has been good for the country. Labour and Conservative are both shit.

[@corvus1238]

@@hastingsboy0413 Central tenet of Tory philosophy is ' What I've got is mine and I don't have to share it'. Of course they don't give a shit as long as their pockets are lined.

[@ch3rrikiss]

Plain as day here. The tories are being who they truly are - the imperial elite

[@raziel4435]

“We don’t accept those figures” I keep saying that to the bathroom scales, yet I still need to loosen my belt.

[@politicsJOE.]

Let's discuss 👆.

[@davidwilliams116]

He's blames everything and everyone for the state the health service is in , but not him or the government.

[@politicsJOE.]

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[@JuanAristi]

They started destroying the NHS since they came to power in 2010… just look at response times whenever there is a conservative Gov vs a Labour Gob

[@mikeharvey9811]

The interviewer should call out the lies. They’ve got away with lies for too long it’s Been normalised! Barb

[@Katon001]

Hold all these MPs for treason and/or fine and exile them.

[@julianshepherd2038]

Just stop voting tory

[@iancollins4320]

@@julianshepherd2038 just stop voting 🗳

[@Mike_5]

Rwanda for them

[@paulwilliams5013]

..or worse!

[@Rapanior]

@@iancollins4320I have never voted for either party, due to the lies and incompetence of both parties. However I would strongly urge you to vote for labour when the next elections arises…the lesser evil is better right? I think labour deserve a shot to show us they can fulfil their policies & mission statement. If they get elected & nothing changes as usual, then the only real solution is to use guy fawkes as a martyr.

[@miakeogh6844]

There are not enough doctors or nurses so even if the ambulance arrives in time it will probably spend hours and hours parked outside A&E

[@moohHa22]

I’m 39 seconds in and I’d bet anything that at some point he’s going to blame Putin for the NHS’s circumstance…

[@robclark4507]

Every bloody interview they do it starts like that

[@politicsJOE.]

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[@cabaroigcostablanca]

No it's Europe's fault,he probably meant the EU ...and France and Spain are guess what ??? "democratic countries "...some earth shattering news from the man in charge of the NHS.

[@user-s1o3nr532]

I remember the days when you'd only realise a politician hadn't really answered the question once the interview had concluded. Now you know it as soon as they open their mouths.

[@frothe42]

These Conservatives couldn't give a FF because THEY DO NOT CARE.

[@chrishartley3582]

The Tories only care for the Rich. Why people keep voting for them is a mystery. It's a pity so many people have to pay for it with their lives.

[@kingozymandias8370]

Overworked nurses are leaving their jobs to work for agencies and earn as much money for two shifts a week , this is deliberate action to undermine the NHS , cold and calculated.

[@roberttalbot6397]

They never answer the questions directly,. They are guilty, if this were court they would be found out

[@politicsJOE.]

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[@Oliver-gb3ds]

Did he really just say to everyone that if someone has a stroke to call 999? NO SHIT SHERLOCK!! I despair at these people honestly!

[@peterfox2538]

The government must be held accountable and must face manslaughter if not murder charges we won't forgive or forget.

[@nav8908]

Accountability is not a word they’ve heard of…hence boris David Cameron liz truss and sunak get way with all their fuckeries

[@alanpatrick6831]

This is what it needs! The media and news outlets' be honest and grill for the truth to facts instead of siding with the lies that come from the Tory Government.

[@politicsJOE.]

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[@Adamnlaw]

We need a real-time fact check in the corner of the programme where these MP's like to make things up on-the-fly or cherry picked facts. Desperately needed in house of commons sit coms.

[@politicsJOE.]

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[@chrissouthgate4554]

The House of Commons is what's in need of serious reform & efficiency savings. The MPs tuning up for debates would be a good start.

[@nearlythere9443]

It never ceases to amaze me, its a skill, how an MP like Barclay can continuously respond to questions with a completely different answers to the one required.

[@dafyddthomas7299]

Most Mp's are like this.

[@markc3258]

They waffle to eat up the time … They know the clock is ticking

[@janehamilton2542]

The scary thing is that he, and other MPs (all Parties imo) actually BELIEVE what they're saying 🫣😳

[@anthonywilson8998]

This govmt is beyond belief. They just don’t accept there are problems so we don’t get solutions. They just point to other countries but not the ones that are ok. NOT FIT FOR PURPOSE. YHEY CANNOT SORTOUT IN A WEEK WHAT HAS BEEN GOING WRONG OVER 10 years. At least they could get the staff better pay and better conditions.

[@politicsJOE.]

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[@kevyarham]

The Tories couldn't give a toss about the NHS or the man in the street.

[@cupguin]

It feels like the Tories want people to think England is just like everywhere else and not check to see if that's true. And it mostly works, keep saying the same thing over and over again and people assume there must be some true to nonsense.

[@davidlulham9327]

It's taken a full decade but I think most people now realise that you can't believe a word these people say.

[@politicsJOE.]

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[@TankUni]

'Well Kay, what I'm saying is that we were underfunding the NHS for years so we could sell chunks off to our donors, but then Covid came along and ripped the curtain aside, so to speak. Now the public can see what we've been doing (which is never a good idea) and it's a dreadful mess.'

[@BrianMcGuirkBMG]

I had to call an ambulance after a pedestrian was hit by a car 4 weeks ago. I asked for the ambulance service. I was put through to an automated system holding on for 3 minutes during which the recording urged me "not to hang up" and then it hung up. I called back immediately and waited on the same automated system for another 7 minutes until a person answered and asked a lot of questions for a long time searching for reasons why they could avoid sending an ambulance. Tory policy has all the participants in the system having their time wasted by wrestling with the effects of inadequate resources instead of actually doing their job. These murderous tories should be jailed.

[@politicsJOE.]

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[@Timphipps2]

In 2010 the nhs had its highest ever customer satisfaction rating in its history when it was gifted into tory hands. What we are seeing now is no accident. Its been a deliberate and concerted effort to drive our nhs into the ground. Party politics aside. If you value free, world class health care at point of use then labour is your only option. It's taken 13 years to drive it into the ground so I presume it'll take labour 13 years to bring it back to its former glory.

[@yourawaywiththefairy]

I can not understand how these news channels don't ask the tories mp's about them not having pay cuts, why it ok for them to have pay rises along with expenses. I wouldn't mind if they actually do a full days work that they are getting paid to do. They need to GO.

[@dolorismachina2]

I'm afraid they do exactly what they're getting paid to do in most cases.

[@Neil-qg9cw]

Where are our minimum service levels in Government? They only need to turn up to 1 session a week and are not held to account. Imagine getting paid £84k+ and probably more than that in expenses and only have to work an hour a week, where you can lie and work against the interests of your employer. They are beyond hypocrits and the biggest scroungers in any public UK institution - and cause far more harm to the population than a healthcare strike. They are far too comfortable for how outrageously poor they are at their jobs. Johnson has been missing in action since getting the boot yet still collects a cheque while working another job for millions of £, that is obviously a corrupt payback for policies in office! Their corruption is disgustingly blatant! 🤬

[@politicsJOE.]

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[@dafyddthomas7299]

To be un/fair All MP's are accepting their new inflation busting pay rise this year - excluding cushy expenses like energy bills paid. If Labour had some ethics in this depression era they would reject the forthcoming pay increase - 84K and paid expenses. N.B Not a 7ory boy and many of my friends said you'd and me be at complete loon cake to revote them back in power based on past and current lack of performance.

[@yourawaywiththefairy]

@dafyddthomas7299 labour is just as bad as them. They've become more like Conservative since starmer.

[@sa296]

What does a law graduate know about being a doctor? 😂 can’t believe he’s been given the health secretary position. Ofcourse he won’t give the NHS what he is due because he has never worked within the NHS.

[@novigogrants5424]

This man just does not get it at all. I honestly believe that he believes his own party nonsense. He's talking about productivity...for nurses working 18 hour shifts and people dropping dead in ambulances and waiting room. Yes, we need productivity improvements, but not in the NHS, IN OUR GOVERNMENT.

[@blidduth8946]

Count the amount of times he says "Technology". That's what we need. More and better "Technology". That's the underlying problem here. "Technology" is a big big market, and the Tories about to handover millions more taxpayers money in contracts for cheap tech to their Tory donors and Rishi's Father in Law. "Technology" think about what Tories really mean when they say that...

[@markt5426]

How about measuring the productivity of our MP's?.... Now that would be interesting!

[@hiigara2085]

13 years later and his best answer is the one George Osborne gave 13 years ago

[@politicsJOE.]

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[@shingerz]

Always blaming something else always bringing up other country's in Europe what a joke this government is

[@replikantenklaar]

Steve Barclays is as thick as they come.

[@julienewman1761]

Have you heard Dianne Abbott speak? She is thick as shit..

[@politicsJOE.]

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[@andrewclarke6916]

Not so much thick, just a devious liar.

[@patrickgray6571]

He is not thick...he has been trained in the "dark arts" of not answering a direct question with a direct answer...and excelling at it....!

[@danriggott5764]

@@patrickgray6571 Just devious then...

[@robwebber1217]

The hypocrisy! Talking about a minimum service level when the NHS is already running that due to underfunding beggars belief, it really does!

[@juanribeiro73]

Just keep asking the same question til they answer it and fact check everything they say in real time.

[@politicsJOE.]

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[@paullittle5200]

Trouble is they never answer, or give euphemisms so it can be misinterpreted,then they deny that they ever said it at a later date.

[@Dai-Verse-IT]

Using interviews to run the clock down evading answering questions, disgusting.

[@Mike_5]

Steve went into the negotiation table meeting wearing a 'NO' baseball cap and then took his suit jacket off to reveal his tee shirt with a logo 'Ask me anything but the answer is NO' so it is a complete mystery what went wrong here

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[@cabaroigcostablanca]

The question was...if I dial for an emergency ambulance,will one arrive ? when eventually it does arrive how many days do I have to live in it?...if I need to use the loo,will they just put a nappy on me again?

[@TheMixCurator]

Why does this health secretary look like a failed bank manager?

[@drake128]

It's like asking higher management about what it's like to work on a shop floor ..then remove that even more by asking someone who doesn't even work in the same company.They have not got a clue what they're talking about. Its like asking Steve to pilot a plane and him blaming the tarmac for not being able to take off..

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[@johnblackshaw7282]

Why didn't someone tell Barcley to stop taking bollox?

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[@johnevans9897]

They have been properly found out......

[@rodericklawley2846]

Simple way of putting it, but 100% accurate.

[@sammydingdong4540]

Everyone remember who gave these monsters an 80 + majority......................

[@julielevinge266]

How can they possibly defend the fact that ambulances just can’t get to people who are in danger of loosing their lives!! All they can do is deny, figures, deny massive increase in people dying who shouldn’t have? These people are deeply amoral, very offensive to the people in the UK!!

[@paullittle5200]

I agree it's absolutely repugnant.

[@182britania]

For the love of god will these Tories just step aside and stop destroying the country and killing its people.

[@AbidHussain-dw1uj]

They'll give themselves a pay rise and also claim more back via expenses!

[@globalist1990]

Tories took healthcare providers for granted. They call it vocation, willing to sacrifice. And consistently don't try to relieve their burden, quite the opposite. Tories and rich people rely on predictability and stability. Without it, most can't make money. We need to shake the boat.

[@patrickhockey245]

Liar

[@maxitown7]

13 years of Tory cuts. No other reason.

[@raymondbonington9355]

Never done physical job in his life , easy chatting or telling people to do more .

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[@julianroberts5407]

Why is he the health secretary, when he is making us all sick with his outrageous lies?!!!!!

[@joelee9144]

These guys are clueless. They are watching a building burn down and arguing that they need to ban fires and punish the fire brigade.

[@MrBobWareham]

12 YEARS OF NO INPUT TO ANY PUBLIC SERVICES, I WONDER WHAT THEY HAVE DONE WITH ALL THE MONEY THAT THEY SHOULD HAVE USED?

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[@neorich59]

"They have old people in France, Secretary of State!" Wonderful, don't let these people off of the hook! They have old people in Norway too. They look after them there!

[@saa3578]

It’s not like this all over Europe, what a load of rubbish

[@JohnClark-ew8dh]

How does better technology help a depleted workforce jumping ship or striking due to unreasonable working conditions and dropping wages?

[@kanedNunable]

it helps him with his shares in tech companies etc. its their plan to privatise.

[@azoriusmage]

Self driving ambulances? if you could just walk into it yourself with that broken leg

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[@kevindudley1424]

This government has had 13 years to sort out the NHS

[@StickyBud9395]

It's about time there was a revolution, surely the population is sick of this government, I'm 62 and in a care home recovering from an accident and need lots more surgery, this is terrifying in these times, I've never mentioned a revolution before but surely we can't go on like this with the government in denial or don't give a sh*t, I've come to the point where I hate politicians.

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[@dafyddthomas7299]

Feel for you and hope you can get better - for me as full time carer to my mum life is a big worry for me now and in the future.

[@StickyBud9395]

@@dafyddthomas7299 Thank you, I wish you strength to look after your Mum, mothers are very special, I lost mine about 4 years ago, look after her she's worth it.

[@jennydavis4872]

I've been saying this for so long REVOLT and show this government what for 😠😠😡😤 they are simply a bunch of murders and should be held accountable Now !! People Fucking wake up our children's future is at stake FFS

[@paulslater9061]

Who does he think he's kidding

[@haydenharris3059]

He must practice in front of a mirror

[@mrdaveythebaby]

I doubt he can look directly into a mirror.

[@danleary123]

Hed probably just end up stuck infront of it as hes so imcompatent at making a yes or no choice he'd be eternally stuck in his own bathroom

[@alerojas2952]

@@danleary123 incompetent*

[@craigterry6072]

he has no reflection, no soul.

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[@mamaduck9370]

Tories refuse to acknowledge that Boris sent most of the well trained Healthcare service staff home to their EU countries and every English graduate immediately absconds to Australia for better salaries.

[@markuscastineira4243]

The dibble that comes from theses mps is ridiculous

[@fablan3308]

In the last 5 years they have spent 280 billion pounds that was meant to be spent on 100 brand new hospitals not one has been built yet but the money's gone they don't have that rule in other countries farmers strike in France few years ago

[@davemoore5222]

How bad must he be when, as a Tory minister, Nick Ferrari feels that it is okay to (s)hit on you…? 🤔

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[@CADJewellerySkills]

Well, he really is a well trained gaslighter. He responds to simple questions with endlessly spiralling details that have less and less to do with the original question and cause most people to blank out. It’s the same tactic Jordan Peterson uses.

[@tovavaserzug8352]

He has a smirk on his face...knows he's talking trash

[@patrickfoster3229]

You can see that Barclay does not believe what he is saying.Productivity increases for higher pay??Even GB News are giving him a hard time!!

[@mrdaveythebaby]

When a Tory MP is getting ripped apart by Nick Ferrari then you know they ate messing up. I still remember Ferrari sulking off Johnson in Ukraine half-way through PartyGate

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[@simoncardie9371]

Well done! He never answered one single question. God I hate the Tories.

[@ganrimmonim]

That snear he gives is most unpleasant. The NHS is on its knees. And the Tories are largely to blame (they have been in power for years). They the government ought to be able to find someone less unpleasant. It's clear they've picked a bad person because even right-wing leaning media programs are dealing with him in anger and contempt.

[@janetmalcolm6191]

A lot of them are unpleasant. They forget who exactly is in Govt. Someone needs to remind them it's NOT Labour!!

[@stevecoppin6396]

Of course,if we had funded the NHS properly,we wouldn't have needed such severe lockdown conditions

[@goattm2]

This isn't ripping him apart. If they were they would interrupt his lies. All they do is placate the turd.

[@CimonSowel1]

It's called flinging them enough rope.

[@nav8908]

I don’t understand why news reporters must be kind and polite at all times…especially when they’re blatantly lying to your face like you’re too stupid to notice

[@zeddeka]

He's always got that horrible kind of smirk. Like he's thinking to himself "I can't believe I'm actually saying this".

[@andypsunshineisle5655]

The Technology that hinders in many cases. When you go to hospital and keep having to tell people the same thing time and time again and they fill in the screen on their laptop and no one shares it with the next person.

[@androo4519]

The only reason Barclay has this job is because he can defend the indefensible without blanching. That's his only job.

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[@robertmcghee6243]

This man is plain nasty. We really need to get this Govt out and soon. Dont think we can take much more of this.