Keir Starmer hits the ground running as new prime minister | Kate McCann

“There’s a very clear strategy and they understand this, that they need to show the public delivery quite quickly.”
It will be key for Keir Starmer’s government to show the public that senior ministers are “determined to get on with the plan” during their first 100 days, says Times Radio’s Kate McCann.
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[@thomasfellows4712]

Didn't vote Labour, however, they are now our government, so instead of hoping they fail miserably, I actually hope they deliver some good stuff for Britain, and will judge them on what they do for us, rather than what their opposition say they will do to us.

[@Roy-gi5ul]

Maybe you'll see the light and come over next time. Keep your mind open.

[@thomasfellows4712]

Always❤

[@CC-fi9gp]

More immigration

[@jillkemp5521]

Thomas it's refreshing to read your measured and mature post. We all need to wish the government well in their endeavour to turn our country's disastrous state around. ❤

[@microwaves25]

The world would be such a better place if more people had this mentality. Seems so simple to want everyone to succeed but people can be so nasty and cynical.

[@2001perseus.]

Labour has always believed in paying for welfare out of growth. That's not new. With the exception of Blair, who preferred to pay for wars out of it.

[@georgesdelatour]

Attlee paid for it with a loan from the USA.

[@vibranium-riprich314]

Only after his first term. 1997-2001 were the best years to live in the UK, even up until 2006.

[@taverlisk3304]

Don't worry the wars will come

[@Bungle-UK]

I’m not sure that bring back expenses cheater Jacqui Smith is a sign of competence.

[@rb1062]

Particularly her husband's.

[@44johnburton]

We're not the Tories. Award winning policy.

[@leecudmore-ray6697]

that works for the majority of us.

[@robertcreighton4635]

Happy days then innit

[@1mlister]

tbf excellent policy

[@ChickenNugNugz2]

3 time election winning policy right there

[@richardcummins5465]

The Red resurrection of DISNEYLAND 😂😂😂

[@samantha9313]

BBC really into Starmer now and Rishi forgot about 😂

[@julianshepherd2038]

BBC works for the British Government. And the Tories wanted to privatise it. Idiots.

[@cupguin]

I mean first this isn't the BBC and second they referred to Labour winning the election as a coup. I'm not really sure you're even closer to being right about that. I mean they are covering the actual PM more now than when he was a candidate and isn't covering the former leader of the current opposition party as much but that's not exactly surprising.

[@stevejacobs9320]

What a surprise from our unbiased national broadcaster.

[@vincentdevos8982]

Its called politics that sells . One is now a limp lilly ( rishi) the other is a new bloom ! Lol . ( new blooms become limp too ) lol

[@1angelsigh]

we'll see about that. I might believe it if the beeb muzzle their chief tory attack dog Laura K and do something about the ludicrously unrepresentative Daily Politics and Question time panels.

[@The-General36]

Not a prayer 😕, anyone who thinks that the answer to small boats is to create and finance yet another "force" and layer of beurocacy when the Coast guard , uk border force, customs and exise , the police and the royal navy hasnt been enough, is completely deluded and needs a long lie down.

[@beaumont4045]

"adults in the room" shouldn't be a relief or a shock to anyone, but somehow it is. That in itself is a testament to the incompetence of the last government...

[@tetraquark2402]

Same policies different speed is all and I doubt they are listening to the working class either.

[@georgesdelatour]

The borrowing of spin from the Biden team isn't a surprise. Blair always wanted to remodel Labour after the US Democrats.

[@xonerate371]

@@tetraquark2402 They’re not, labour or tories same boss, the corporate oligarchy cartel, everyone knows this now, its coming to an end

[@MrJevman]

You think Labour are “adults in the room”? God help us.

[@georgesdelatour]

@@MrJevman The fact the phrase is a copy pasta from Team Biden makes me doubt it.

[@cupguin]

You have to love that framing. Labour's "tone" or this was always their "plan", cunningly appearing to be a competent and busy government by being busy and competent. It's almost Machiavellian, building public trust by getting on with their job as government. Whatever will this think of next? Clearly telling businesses what is going to happen and then not changing everything a week later?! Diabolical.

[@georgesdelatour]

The "competence" framing is about making Labour appear apolitical. Funnily enough, they aren't.

[@cupguin]

@@georgesdelatour An active political party currently running a major government isn't apolitical? Say it ain't so!! My point is this isn't framing or a cunning plan. They campaigned saying this is what they would do in office and now they're doing it. It's not a trick or an illusion. They're not pretending to do things while secretly setting up a betting syndicate or a VIP express lane for donors. They're just doing their job as a government and people can judge them on their priorities, their choices and results. Also one of Labour's first moves was cancelling the Tory party's signature policy that had already cost hundreds of millions while calling it a gimmick that never worked. Not really sure apolitical is what they're aiming for.

[@georgesdelatour]

@@cupguin Labour's obsession is with constitutional change. They avoided talking about it during the General Election.

[@TheShortStory]

@@georgesdelatourcitation needed

[@georgesdelatour]

@@TheShortStory If you search the Labour Party's website, you'll find "A New Britain". It's Gordon Brown's plan for a new constitution for the UK.

[@kathleenswift7979]

Starmer will just carry on where Sunak left off, both Schwab stooges. More boats, more crime, more wasting our money.

[@alana8863]

Please, check your claims using sources other than conspiracy theory sites. You are being lied to. The people who are lying to you don't have your best interests at heart.

[@direnova6284]

And you base that on a couple of days in government? You must be an analytical genius. Why aren't you running for Government ? your being able to see into the future would be an asset. Or, are you just throwing shade based on nothing but your deeply ingrained personal prejudice ?

[@szeevster5767]

Infrastructue also means fiber-optic/faster internet.

[@julianshepherd2038]

That is a small part of it.

[@szeevster5767]

@@julianshepherd2038 - But an increasingly important part. The UK is falling behind....

[@rb1062]

It means 5G!

[@GaryFuller]

A bit unfair to suggest planning issues are all about nimbyism. Our infrastructure is creaking on the point of collapse and that's not something that planners are generally able to force a fix for. Developers spend so much effort arguing they can't make a profit if they provide infrastructure or social housing that we end up with housing of the wrong type in the wrong places, and there's rarely a way to prevent it within planning law.

[@rb1062]

It's also about preserving the countryside we have left.

[@julianshepherd2038]

Going to be odd have a government in London that talks to Edinburgh.

[@AntonSmyth-od6rc]

It's great. Truly a "united" Kingdom again

[@jsd8981]

LoL but it feels cool...😅

[@richardcummins5465]

They talked before, in Pakistani 😂😂. Both history now.

[@simonjess8471]

It is a bit easier without 50+ SNP seats.

[@tedthesailor172]

They talked before, but Blair gave Scotland so much autonomy that the SNP stopped listening...

[@aleccap5946]

Remember labour supporters wanted this

[@gherkamum]

UK is a very small country, we are full, why is Labour making it worse..we have our own sleeping on the streets...

[@mark-wh2qc]

But were not full, nowhere near full but we don't have the infrastructure in place, we don't have the housing needed, once those things are in place we'l be in a much better position..

[@johnparr5879]

It's in plain sight.... Exactly who... this...... main stream... So called media...................... Prop up*

[@Evelynlouise089]

‘Hits the ground running’ ‘Competence’ Sits down with Blair the war criminal to take advice 👍

[@trondaas9685]

Labour have to deliver as they are held to a different standard than the former crew. Also, the press is not friendly to them too........

[@georgesdelatour]

Labour control OFCOM.

[@ChickenNugNugz2]

The press is controlled by a handful of far right billionaires, of course they're gonna be hostile. I just hope we get some press reforms and regulations which mandate factual coverage and will prevent another newspaper publishing a front page of British judges calling them enemies of the people. If you allow a Hitlerite media it's not a surprise when their consumers become more Hitlerite.

[@thomasfellows4712]

Are you kidding?, or do you not watch TV or listen to the press?

[@simonjess8471]

I am not sure you can say the press are less friendly to them. The BBC is a totally leftist organisation.

[@chrysalis4126]

@@thomasfellows4712 Try reading the Daily Mail and Express. The amount of stick they are already giving Labour makes me think they are the new Meghan Markle.

[@edix1673]

There are some tough years ahead of us, we have a lot of work to do to fix the Tory mess, but given the time and the room to do it and Labour are going to fix it no doubt about that. It might take 5 years, it might take 10, but we will get there!

[@stevejacobs9320]

Like the success they had in their last term of government when starting with a good economy? Or have you forgotten?

[@kevindare3113]

You better hurry up because when Farage gets in parliament he will terrorise Starmer

[@louisdisbury9759]

Blair has done so much damage to the Uk that it is beyond repair expect more of the same from Starmer.

[@HelloRando]

@@stevejacobs9320 Yes, not to be rude but NPC's have very short term memories. Can't wait for their rude awakening.

[@bryangeake5826]

@@stevejacobs9320 The Labour governmnet had around 2% per annum growth and saved UK Plc when the international crash came in 2008/09. That is the basic fact. Tory austerity since 2010 has stymed growth and fueled inequality and Brexit has simply made a poor situation worse! Covid and Trussonomics were simply bad events on the way to stagnation Brexit Britannia, increasingly an Argentina on the Channel. Starmer has one chance to turn this around. Reversing Brexit is not in his manefesto; thus it will be a difficulty I fear he will fail in. Allowing the Tory banditary to recommence in 2029!

[@user-cd9tw3qk2u]

😂😂😂😂 day 1 hits the ground running, after 1 f ing day comical media

[@tedthesailor172]

Starmer hit the ground running because Blair just wound him up and dropped him...

[@advocate1563]

Funny how one can be so fundamentallly competent on the weekend. I'm clearly doing something wrong!!! LOL. Let's give it until Christmas.

[@Intubrew]

One thing I think that was missed was the reason local people are against planning and building. Where I live, the Vale of White Horse, we have had several new estates built in the last few years and it's almost impossible to get an appointment at the local GP. Infrastructre that was mentioned, such as roads, electricity, buses, etc is important, but also the local services people rely on also need more funding. Don't make shops, surgeries, and other services an afterthought.

[@jamietherooster]

Having effectively removed the tories, Is this the part where the North Korean like Labour supporting media transitions to the next stage and become total defendants of our new ruler, only speaking positively about him? Dissent is not allowed comrade

[@allandickman774]

How about lammy shocking appointment

[@hyperfocus4866]

People don't want their countryside destroyed, we're overpopulated. The rate of change too much, too quickly without adult management. Towns and cities are failed experiments with high crime, no community, rotting infrastructure. Life is more than productivity, this is why Reform will win eventually.

[@EdgyNumber1]

Got no choice. Country's a mess.

[@7neilk13]

Always a honeymoon period with Labour, everyone will think "this is good and that is good", then 18 months in it will be "hang on what do you mean I have to pay for it, what about the feckless and the idle". 24 months in and nobody can get anything done because the Unions are now demanding payback. 48 months and we are all desperate to see the back of them. Hope I`m wrong but history tells me different.

[@tenzingyurme4058]

Are you guys just Labour Cheerleaders?

[@dominiclane8538]

It seems that way ,

[@rb1062]

The WEF MSM going all out to cheerlead the puppets.

[@richardmerriman4347]

Bout time, through the ages they've back a corrupted and useless Tory party.

[@household6098]

Well he did say more war (ukraine) .. so clearly they are.... this propaganda channel is about that.

[@neilpike6758]

I looked closely at planning matters, there is no shortage of building land in every corner of the nation.

[@user-wq6sz7vt3w]

Labour and competence do not belong in the same sentence!

[@lesleylamy]

Yes they do ,we have grown ups

[@JonniePolyester]

Good luck with planning reform! 👍

[@hilaryjohnson2386]

With a 174 seat majority,they can pretty much do what they want.

[@georgesdelatour]

@@hilaryjohnson2386 The Conservatives didn't fail because an 80 seat majority wasn't big enough.

[@TristanJ22]

@@georgesdelatourthe tories failed cause they didn’t care about building new houses they listened to the nimbys

[@georgesdelatour]

@@TristanJ22 They built around 250,000 a year. But that’s not enough if you have net immigration of 685,000 a year.

[@glassmuxxic]

@@georgesdelatourIt was more to do with *where* those seats are. Poshos in the south who are happy to see the country decline over decades without investing in infrastructure and housing as long as the precious asset bubble they’ve built their future on doesn’t deflate or burst.

[@BurningTNT]

“I didn’t say growth was Liz Truss’ plan I said it was her aim” Well you said that it was what she thought would heal the nations ills which… you could argue is both. It certainly feels disingenuous to compare them because Growth is generally considered the aim of any Prime Minister/Chancellor. Sunak said he wanted growth. The difference is in how you plan to get it, and what Reeves is saying does not rhyme with Truss’ “I’ll cut taxes for the wealthy and expect it to just happen”

[@stigmontgomery7901]

'Competence' and a Labour Government: a contradiction in terms...

[@fredo1070]

Times Radio also claims Ukraine is winning.

[@kevinralph5305]

Hits the ground running! Yeah running in the wrong direction.

[@everTriumph]

There will be a lot of innocent people trampled in the next few months and years. Hope things get better. They will probably tax it.

[@davidpearson243]

You get the feeling that the new government hasn’t got “their hands in the till” and not enriching themselves and supporters!!!

[@GerardLinehan-mk8xs]

Give them time

[@georgesdelatour]

Labour definitely has client groups who expect to get paid or get their minority interest policies implemented. The planned Race Equality Act will prioritise minorities over white Britons in the awarding of government contracts, for instance. And we're going to get an Islamic blasphemy law.

[@DarkNog]

@@GerardLinehan-mk8xs Thank you, bot account from February 2024

[@letsdisagree]

And so the hypnotists watch swings again....

[@smoozerish]

grown ups are back in charge despite how times radio hates it.

[@xonerate371]

No use pretending we don’t live in a uniparty state, that spell is broken, labour like tories are now digging their own grave for next five years, at which point this tyranny will end! They’ve all lied too much, it’s over.

[@tomdonovan5341]

Serriously.... Hit the ground running 😮😮. It's all hot air , no substance. Mandate.... Only 33% of voters elected Labour. 2/3red voted for center/right wing parties. That is not an overwhelming vote of confidence , less votes than Cornyn 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@ProTantoQuid]

You misrepresent Truss. She believed in magic growth through cutting taxes for the well off and the reduction of regulation. Not the same thing as "Growth, growth, growth".

[@michelleneeds4165]

Yeah theres a difference between an enconomy growing nicely at each individual strata of the population and it just all ballooning to the top where it can be dumped into ofshore accounts forever lol.

[@glassmuxxic]

A large part of her programme was supply-side reform with a particular focus on land, planning, pensions/investment. Things that Labour is very likely to pick up and run with. Her idiocy on messaging, choosing to start with absurd tax cuts and justified downfall does not change this.

[@alana8863]

And Truss believed in cutting the tax on owning unicorns.

[@screamboy8]

It ain't what you do, it's the way that you do it. That's what gets results. Bananarama and Fun Boy Three

[@lokischildren8714]

Labour are professional qnd its fantastic to have the Grown ups back

[@user-vz7sn9hh9d]

Labour are acting at being professional. We all know what a rabble they are, the cracks in this facade will start to show pretty soon.

[@Irishgui83]

Isn't it just.

[@heathercooper6043]

Labour will have no opposition from the civil service because they are their men/women. Labour will have the might on the globalist/WEF institutions to back them. Labour will not have the Unions purposefully throwing spanners in the spokes......well only as long as they do as the Unions tell them too and of course the mainstream media will do the usual promotion and slight of hand by omission for Labours benefit. It is hardly a sign of competence/or being grown up is it when the playing field is less than level.

[@addy5572]

Why because they've appointed a new cabinet? Like every prime minister ever?

[@christinasibley2791]

@@user-vz7sn9hh9dnot really. We know what a rabble the Tories were, but carry on with your sour grapes 😂

[@Hail_To_The_King]

Debt to GDP 2001 28.1% Debt to GDP 2008 50.6% Debt to GDP 2015 81.3% Debt to GDP 2022 95.7%

[@Edward-vo5pr]

Nonse is that starmer 😂 He knew about jimmy & co 😢

[@eturfrey]

Running to the coast to see the dinghies in.

[@Jessicajanelove]

As a woman i am TERRIFIED 😢

[@seriousoldman8997]

Oh dear.

[@ChrisTowner-wc8zj]

This is the end of democracy .

[@danl5592]

Keir Starmer prosecuted Julian Assarge and allowed Jimmy Saville to go scot free. Says alot about his character, and he done know what a woman is 😂😅😂😅

[@janettedewar6617]

Slow & steady is the best person for the job not those who hit the ground running, they will never keep up that pace furthermore, what is he running for/from& why???

[@BIBIWCICC]

He needs to ditch Israel and remove it from our defence industry before spending any of our defence budget. We must not allow Israel to be funded by under the table!

[@francisravenscroft-dw6gi]

Build entirely new towns in development zones, and intergrate MANUFACTURING into the planning- because high quality manuafacturing creates sustainable economic hubs. ' sevice industrusies' can relocate any where on the planet.

[@markusass]

The poor bloke is, figuratively speaking, putting his head slowly into an open lion's mouth. The next couple of years are going to be a testing time for Labour.

[@Sidb26]

Labour voters Get used to people telling you, I TOLD YOU SO

[@RealDareel]

There would be no nimbys if people in the local area to developments directly benefited from it. If houses are built on the edge of my town it should be the people in my town who profit from that not billionaire developers. Ooooo how radical 🙄

[@heathercooper6043]

but you miss out the bit about how housing shouldn't be going to shore up mass immigration, only the bit about millionaire developers, of which not all are millionaires.

[@RedRussianPedro]

what developer can develop without millions?

[@julianshepherd2038]

You'd think but they won't want people near them, locals or not.

[@garethhhhh]

Even if it was those within that benefited. Village I live in has kids stuck at home because they can't afford it. Single mums that don't benefit from the council housing as they move grown men in to fill them. The issues with towns and village is that they're used to solve the problems cities have. The land near me is flooded every single year to solve problems nottingham has with too much water. It's always much of the same, they'll never change. How will they build more houses? They miss the key issue, no one wants to build houses these days. The gangs near me are flat out busy and there is more money in them building a new wall in someone's existing front garden that there is in building a new house with a wall in the front garden. We simply don't have enough builders, and you can't import builders that understand our regulations. Friend of mine owns a building company, the type that labour want to build more houses. He laughs that city folk think they can fix house building with regulations. Make getting permission easier, they won't build the houses anyway

[@RealDareel]

@@heathercooper6043 isn’t it funny in your answer you attack immigrants who have nothing but defend billionaires. You are a product of indoctrination and you don’t realise.

[@marumaru6084]

This comment is the same as saying mass immigration of low wage migrants is good for the country!

[@ColinMaxwell-oc1ok]

Hits the ground slithering more like..

[@johnkean6852]

They polished a Td and made it pm

[@jayzee9149]

Why so surprised about competence ? Johnson gutted the Cabinet of any intellectual talent and ended up with a shower of morons. Labour's front bench has been superior for the last 3 years. The Tories with their pathetic culture wars as they had nothing else. Labour slowly developing policies under an efficient if boring leader. Hoping for at least 10 years of this competence..We've just had 14 years of absolute disaster..

[@kenpaine4799]

I thought the new Chancellor was using an ouija board to consult Anthony Crosland on economic policies.

[@Goozo612]

ULEZ COMING TO A STREET NEAR YOU IMMINENTLY 🤡

[@Martynjs]

The people are fed-up with talk and no action so it will be interesting if Labour can deliver.

[@PassiveAgressive319]

I gave Rishi a chance and that lasted 2 hrs until she appointed Braverman. I hope this lasts longer

[@BrokenHill56]

Truss had growth that crashed the economy, Reeves has growth that is real. Notice the difference. We do.

[@rb1062]

Let's see, shall we?

[@BradleyWilliams-vu4us]

He bals…d up the cps god help us as pm … I don’t think he knows what he’s up against

[@pickeledminister317]

He's obviously an establishment asset, with establishment stenographers like you backing him. 😂

[@lion73266]

He's fallen flat on his face, is that what you are saying?

[@anthonymichaelwilson8401]

If Stanmer is good politician, We need peace in Ukraine for global stability 😊

[@SSNewberry]

Truss believed in "Tax Cuts! Cax Tuts! Cax Tuts!" There are times for that. This is not one.

[@Sexyoldgeraldorivera]

Yes it is. Uk has the highest taxes since Ww2 and less toshow for it every day. Its stifling growth.The problem is inefficiency. But no, clowns like you beg to be taxed more

[@nicholaspowell3294]

I think Labour will do a good job for all of the people, not just the rich and privileged,give them a chance.

[@davidfoster2006]

Ha,ha,ha.

[@nicholaspowell3294]

@@davidfoster2006 obviously a tory with such educated reply, losers

[@TheT0nedude]

Blind and foolish.

[@allancowley2254]

While there are no doubt some people who oppose everything on principle, there are too many examples of poor quality new development, with poor housing standards, lack of public open space and other facilities, lack of adequate road works and traffic management etc that mean that opposition can be well founded. Equally, lack of access to areas with real employment potential and lack of coordination, provision and financing of major infrastructure and services (schools, health care, public transport etc) see new development increasing pressure on existing communities - town "cramming" rather than town planning. De-regulation can mean "cutting red tape" or dropping valid standards - as per the Grenfell disaster - or less drastically the loss of energy efficiency standards. Finally, I fully agree with the need for an appropriate level of public value capture - rather than simply handing excessive windfall profits to developers - particularly in the "value uplift" created by rezoning, which involves no "risk" to the private sector. "Growth" for its own sake is not worth having - and proven examples of development which meet the need for well designed and affordable housing as part of sustainable communities will do more to 'defuse' the NIMBY syndrome than any amount of rhetoric.

[@markmccallum8733]

Does he though....🤷‍♂️

[@AntonSmyth-od6rc]

Such a relief to have grown ups back

[@clairduffy60]

Grown ups who don't lie, party and idle.

[@BraveInstance]

People said the same of Biden. That sentiment will evapourate quickly.

[@edix1673]

@@BraveInstance Compared to Trump, Biden is an astute statesman. Biden is a bit old and forgetful.... Trump is a narcassistic, entitled, 80yr old man child, who lies so much I honestly dont think he can recognise what the truth is anymore... He has actually managed to brainwash himself with epic levels of narcissism.... Ill take the adult whos a little forgetful thanks....

[@HelloRando]

@@BraveInstance Exactly., it's the same psychological tricks they play on the general public every time. It's sickening to see how gullible people are. "ThE gRoWnUp'S aRe bAcK!" And the 50 other slogans being repeated word for word that week in the press. 😮‍💨

[@rb1062]

Maybe a grown up MP wouldn't have posted spiteful comments about the likely future US President on his social media, just in case he became Foreign Secretary.

[@katharinereynolds25]

Labours competence 😂😂😂 how many are dreaming

[@montysmythe579]

Hopefully from the 12th story

[@Pogoproject]

Jimmy savilles Lawyer is prime minister 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 You're watching a movie NCSWIC NOTHING

[@johnkean6852]

It should not be in gov let alone pm noone voted for it

[@user-pl4ut8xf8c]

If he loves them so much.Thry can go and llive with him

[@African_Rose]

he send them back yet?

[@brianferguson7840]

THINGS 🎵CAN ONLY🎶 GET BETTER !🎶 THINGS CAN 🎶ONLY 🎶GET BETTER !🎵😂😂😂😂

[@richardmurphy9006]

Britain is utterly hooped best hope is get the property market going but honestly the old Gray Mare is just fit for the knanckers yard

[@deklane3139]

He doesn't look fit enough to be good at jumping hurdles.

[@tonyclark6297]

"Hit the ground running", that's what they said in 1997 about Blair and he left the economy in a dreadful state, as all Labour governments have. What will be different this time?

[@isag.7468]

Jim will fix it!

[@roycampbell5605]

What competance.

[@Stephenhayes-jg3qs]

Welsh flag Scottish flag and the British flag in pic. Where is the English flag?

[@Stephenhayes-jg3qs]

Woke at its best. England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 is not Britain.

[@snotwurfit]

So refreshing to have this Labour government

[@michaelc821]

Haven't heard anything..

[@jomurphy1654]

Oh dear, what a tragic statement. They are exactly the same as the WEF-run Tories. They do not have the interests of the UK population at heart. As you will very shortly witness.

[@bigrigjoe5130]

Whoa she's pretty So much for "You have a face for radio" lol

[@shawngrinter2747]

Infinite Growth on a Finite Planet…. How’s that going for you?

[@davedraycott5779]

You can’t address the problem via stagnation. How is the transition to zero carbon going to be achieved without growth? How are problems like not enough housing and the need for doctor’s surgeries etc going to be achieved without growth?Don’t tell me, you live in a cosy bit of the country where you’ve got what you need.

[@jonm7272]

Money is a human concept, as is relative growth. The issue is the current approach of basing wealth on the ability to exploit the global environment's finite capacity to absorb the residues of fossil derived carbon. The solution is a move to base growth on renewable resources (your introduction of the word 'infinite' is a pointless 'straw-man' argument).

[@seriousoldman8997]

Infinite pensioners and not enough young people. How's that going to work out for you?

[@jonm7272]

@@seriousoldman8997 'infinite pensioners'? Is English not your first language?

[@alana8863]

@@jonm7272 He was using the original commentator's language. It's a common way of responding in the English language - and all others, I assume.

[@Buddha2024-w7y]

Get a room radio times. 🤮

[@wilde1049]

Oh really 😮

[@rossmurray6849]

Businesses have not been waiting to invest for the last 3 years - they've been waiting since 2008! Productivity growth in the UK averaged 2.0% from 1970 to 2008 and averaged 0.7% since 2008. You would expect productivity to stall for a while after a deep recession like to GFC of 2008. The Tories then applied the worst possible policy to jump start productivity when they came to power ion 2010. And then the never-ending uncertainties of Brexit since the referendum in 2016 has seen businesses putting off investments even longer. Planning reform and cutting frictions on trade with the EU are good choices for where to start trying to boost productivity. There are many others including infrastructure, education and skills training, and cutting the costs of running a business.

[@georgesdelatour]

1) The UK first started recording ultra-low productivity growth during the Blair years - in 2005. So BEFORE the 2007 crash. 2) Services never have as high productivity growth as manufacturing. So we need to start making stuff again. 2) We have the lowest uptake of industrial robots in the OECD. We should tweak corporate taxes to increase capital investment per worker hired - which is the strongest determinant of productivity growth. We currently have R&D tax relief, but we should move towards the US system, which allows companies to write off much more of their capital expenditures against tax.

[@chips1889]

backwards?

[@Applied_Theory]

The title for this video is an oxymoron

[@michaelc821]

No he didn't, ran away to Ireland.

[@vincentdevos8982]

Wish Sir Starmer and his staff well with his new venture !

[@Amielbakshi]

It does feel odd but quite refreshing to not feel annoyed at new government policies and decisions anymore.

[@StinkingBishop]

Give it time.

[@jomurphy1654]

Never heard a more tragically naive statement. Starmer is Sunak, Sunak is Starmer, both charisma-free WEF puppets. Do you do any research at all?

[@V.C.S69]

He can keep his claws out of Wales, 27 years of corrupt Labour is enough.

[@mjones4083]

Labour has had a century of corrupt (and financially inept ) Labour dominance and that won't change .

[@jayjay-71]

What a terrible thing times radio is..

[@JeremyLivitt-qn2io]

The times showing its complete lack of biad