“Labour KNEW In 1997!" | Julia Hartley-Brewer SKEWERS Labour’s Commons Leader

Ministers are under pressure to spell out their plans to make schools safe from aerated concrete as pupils start the new term.
Children’s summer holidays are coming to an end and Parliament is returning from recess against a backdrop of uncertainty about how long disruption will last as any risks are mitigated.
Chancellor Jeremy Hunt moved to reassure parents the Government would “spend what it takes” to address the problem, but Treasury sources later said money for repairs would come from the Department for Education’s (DfE) existing capital budget.
More than 100 schools and colleges have been told by the Government to fully or partially shut buildings following the recent collapse of a beam previously considered safe.
But more classrooms could be forced to shut as further assessments are made of the risks of reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (Raac) in buildings, the Government has admitted.
TalkTV’s Julia Hartley-Brewer clashes with Shadow Commons Leader Thangam Debbonaire over whether Labour knew about risks of RAAC concrete in schools when they were in power.
Thangam: “The Government knew in 2018!”
Julia: "The Labour Government knew in 1997!”
#talktv #talkradio #labour #schools #education

[@thehairygolfer]

Politics - the art of blaming someone else for your own mistakes.

[@rocky76dude7]

Uk

[@oldbloke135]

Everybody knows what Labour's priority is here. It's not saving kids lives. They could have made RAAC a priority when Labour was in power. They didn't. This is about trying to get rid of Rishi Sunak. They hate him because he is rich and he is Asian. Labour supporters don't like either of those groups!

[@EugVR6]

That's Labour all over.

[@MrBuffalo2]

Thingdummy Debonaire..

[@MunsterIrons]

These political classes think we’re all stupid. I’m beginning to think they’re correct because how we’ve put up with them over recent years is a total mystery

[@Khox19]

Well said, we are stupid, and I mean majority of the voting people. They all sing from the same political hymn sheet. It looks like the gullible public will put in another Labour government, just watch how many of the policies they change that the rancid tories have brought in, it will be zero, zilch, none. Wake up people it’s a scam. Nothing really changes and if it did they would outlaw voting.

[@user-ne6pq8cw9q]

There are enough stupid people in the country to vote them in.

[@achosenman9376]

@@gordonburns9911 What do you propose we do about it?

[@lynncuthbert2307]

They're not Politicians.. They're actors. Bad ones at that.

[@commonconservative3724]

​@achosenman9376 I would cancel all diversity hires cut the money paid to the house of Lords that would be a good start

[@adh7129]

I’m sick to death of this political football being kicked around- they are all incompetent and dishonest

[@lordelpus2099]

Exactly.

[@anonnemo2504]

Indeed they are. Here we have another Labour politician lying through her teeth denying her party have any responsibility for yet another of today's problems. If the boot was on the other foot, the Tories would do exactly the same. A plague on both their houses and on the Liberal "Democrats" too.

[@saltnessmonster]

Labour built many schools in Blair’s government. But PFI means we are paying for bad buildings many times over. And Blair’s cronies got rich

[@creightonjason]

Exactly what I thought

[@libertasdemocratiam887]

And they built subpar hospitals, my local hospital still isn't finished and doesn't have enough beds. Labour never get challenged on these things.

[@MrDunkycraig]

@@libertasdemocratiam887exactly our cities new hospital in 2010 was less than half the beds we had prior to this. We only had 120k pop now we have 230kand a hospital that has £40 million a year deficit till 2040 andvthey wonder why nothing works.

[@tenniskinsella7768]

Yes a good point labour were in charge when these schools were built with inferior products

[@marumaru6084]

500% of the cost for little benefit all making people rich!

[@user-ne6pq8cw9q]

Mass uncontrolled immigration didn't put pressure on our public services of course.

[@run2cat4run]

What pressure? The immigration come here to work and maybe its the fat British people who putting a lot of pressure on badly built buildings

[@lostintranslation1957]

Nope, you can pile a million brown people from around the world on a 3mm piece of ply and when it snaps it doesn't matter as they are brown so it is acceptable. The ply is symbolic of the natives.

[@user-ne6pq8cw9q]

@@lostintranslation1957 Actually most of the people that came over under Labour were Europeans and they weren't brown

[@jasonwhite7677]

@@user-ne6pq8cw9qthat’s not my recollection. I remember London turning into Mogadishu overnight.

[@user-ne6pq8cw9q]

@@jasonwhite7677 lots of them as well but when you have 6 to 8 children per family it doesn't take long to fill up the place.

[@sammic7492]

Here we go, Labour won't tell you what they would do, because they have no idea.

[@Miller4866]

Exactly 👍

[@martynjones8560]

Do you ever bother to try to find out?

[@sammic7492]

@@martynjones8560 It's a bit difficult as they never make up their mind, Starmer changes his mind like the weather, and the only answer they ever come up with is 'windfall tax" for everything. May be if they try and innovate and have something to say it might be worth investing more time and energy.But I would never vote for them because women can't trust them to protect our rights so until they commit to that I will never vote for them.

[@gazzab3224]

So true

[@jimbo5973]

Oh they did have an idea alright. They discovered/created the problem under the Blair government and hid it in the long grass to land in the laps of the next Conservative Government when they release the details of the report. Just another primed Blair hand grenade ready to throw when required. The Labour Party have demonstrated on every possible occasion they have little to no concern about public well being and in fact are more than willing to weaponise the public sector and safety against their political opponents. Grooming gangs anyone? This is of course, unless you are a 'gimmegrant', when the 'red carpet' comes out. Yes that is a pun. We have seen this 'Modus Operandi' time and time again in the last decades from the left in general. A bomb carefully planted and concealed as much as possible by the last Labour government, under Blair, later set off to ensure they can force they way back into power by appealing to the desperate and gullable, as per usual. They just never mention the fact they help create the 'desperate' so they can abuse them and steer them at will.

[@BonusHole]

Oh man Labour are so terrible.

[@clivesweeting4410]

Never Labour ever !!

[@jimdavis8391]

Labour is that wierd guy with the headphones always on in the High Street that you carefully avoid.

[@sudodrive]

@@jimdavis8391 😂

[@dlogan3099]

Did they cut the school buildings programme by 50% ??

[@saudade369]

Is it perhaps the characters who seek election that we see again and again who are the problem ? , The same types of manipulative, ambitious , cowardly people who always seem to want to control how others live , who think they know best what we want or need .perhaps it’s those we elect to implement policies and of course, craft them in the first place, not always for our benefit . Surely every country can’t always have such low 444people to choose from , maybe it just that the same type of people want to be in political power ? They’re all terrible people , usually . One or two may be honorable but they soon get sidelined and attacked by the ones like her in the interview .

[@VG32123]

The only thing worse than the shameful Tory party are Kier Starmers' Labour.

[@koggism]

No no no, Welsh Labour in wales are a complete rabble of idiots - total planks

[@terencewhite8105]

This problem with beams failing has been known since Labour were in government ,I have worked for over 30 years for a builders merchant and this problem with these beams has been well known for decades the main problem is the steel reinforcing rusting and failing,why keep making it Political about schools when the same building process has been used in buildings of types across the country,I have supplied these beams for houses,blocks of flats,and many other situations,where many people are living or working unaware

[@Miller4866]

This is typical Labour blame everything on someone else!!! They really do Bore me 💤

[@lindark28]

Labour will blame anyone but themselves, this is the blame game from labour again, now calling Julia kay ffs and people will vote these hypocritical LIARS into government,and I'm not sticking up for Conservatives they are USELESS too,good on you Julia for calling her out

[@tonyconnor5691]

​@@Miller4866liebour are always lying, as bad as the tories are you can times that by 10 for liebour

[@Miller4866]

@@tonyconnor5691 Yes your right..

[@Mighty5754]

There is no one as bad as the Tories they have the country on its knees 😊

[@baldrick574]

How can the safety of our schools be turned into a Party Political Broadcast by the Labour Party? This one has a gob on her!

[@paulchristopher8634]

Quite simple really. They blame each other all the time

[@SuperStella1111]

If you’re in charge for a decade and a half, you need to take responsibility. Sorry.

[@andyquelch5754]

​@@SuperStella1111So Labour also have to take responsibility for the years they did nothing about RAAC while they were in Govt? Yes or no?

[@stephenbeckwith8919]

@@andyquelch5754 i see no reply to that one mate lol

[@andyquelch5754]

@@stephenbeckwith8919 I hate it when people play politics with things like this. 👍🏻

[@chocksaway100]

Heavens above ...the thought of her on the Labour front bench governing the country and preaching to the country a blind man can see how useless she will be.

[@Andy-Capp]

If engineers could find a way of using her jaw for energy purposes then this country would be energy independent forever.

[@m.bowyer5045]

🤣👍🏿

[@michaelhart895]

Bio gas , or bull💩 most politicians are full of it .

[@robertstewart9245]

If all MPs agreed to send home all illegal immigrants then would be loads of money for the schools

[@jonh9561]

Watching this from overseas and I have to say how sorry I feel for the folk in the UK if this is the calibre of your political representatives.

[@commonconservative3724]

Where do you live

[@frosty_soda]

It's the West. Total idiots running the show. That or deliberately screwing us

[@gavinforsyth321]

This is the one with the most brains, 😂

[@lesliehall7683]

Where do you live that is so perfect

[@limpethead]

Shes pretty good. You should see the rest. They are all dangerous idiots.

[@andrewthomas405]

You can smell the farm yard when any politician opens their mouth

[@m.bowyer5045]

🤣🐮💩

[@andymicklewright3749]

Horse, cow, sheep or bull?

[@lingolarker9318]

@@andymicklewright3749All of their muck mixed together.

[@relaxingrollup]

god help us when these clowns get in in 2024

[@Miller4866]

Please what makes you think this is a slam dunk for Labour.. I don't know anyone who have said they will vote Labour...

[@daylightdies7194]

@@Miller4866 blow labour there no better than old wishy washy who we have right now .

[@mariopantelli6248]

We have to vote for the reform party hopefully get a few seats…..

[@Miller4866]

@@mariopantelli6248 Yes Definitely 👍

[@Miller4866]

@@grahamr1234 Yes I agree 👍

[@bobc5678]

Well done Julia, keep calling them out, they always blame someone else.

[@madmelwood3778]

Yep

[@NikoHL]

13 years old Tory misrule.. Hows it going?

[@changnoi3637]

@@NikoHL so that makes 26 years of misrule by tories and labour then, time for a new party i think, Reform uk

[@georgecoyle7008]

“Labour would come clean” you got to be joking!

[@cnursery]

They are ALL incompetent - and yet we continue to vote for them!

[@DavidSmith-ip6tk]

Vote REFORM. Let's have change. A party for the people.

[@user-wn1dl3kk6r]

Reform UK next GE drain the swamp governments used to have our interests not any more give them a kicking vote Reform UK next GE 👍

[@rendezvouzwithrama]

As the saying goes, it doesn't matter who you vote for, the government always get in. Identikit politicians going to private school, then studying PPE, and going straight into politics.

[@johnvoice815]

Well......don't vote for ANY of them. 'Nuff said. (blimey,that's old!)

[@rendezvouzwithrama]

@@johnvoice815 And so you are as responsible for what they do as everyone else, thinking that because you didn't vote somehow makes you noble and absolves you. Bit like the guy watching someone kicked to death who says "it's not my fault, I didn't do anything".

[@DavidJohnson-yg8qm]

If Labour knew, they should have made this general knowledge in 1997

[@GaryJohnWalker1]

It was available. Nobody cared because nothing was known to have collapsed in the UK. Typical British see it to believe it attitude. Rest of the world where they have rules this has been actioned.

[@DavidSmith-ip6tk]

I really cant decide between Labour and Tory for who I detest the most. Vote REFORM.

[@stevedawg9588]

Dont waste your time, join the uprising.

[@tonyfincham6126]

King William built castles in 1067/8 . Germans built defences in the Channel Islands all still standing ,1950 /60 under Labour we built schools on the cheap that are falling down .

[@simonlilley]

Labour lost office in 1951 and were not re-elected until 1964 so almost all construction in that period 1950-1960 would have been under Conservative administrations not Labour.

[@knoxyish]

oh yeah knocking out comprehensives right left an centre if you watch the film scum you get an idea of what a comp was like in the late sixtys now there all academys an falling down!!

[@creightonjason]

Im going to use your comment on my facebook - Superb comment

[@stephenweir9871]

​@simonlilley so what you're saying is that labour knew that the buildings weren't safe since 1964 and didn't do anything about it even when they were in power

[@simonlilley]

@@stephenweir9871 No not at all. The first warnings of this were in 1995 when John Major was Prime Minister. Labour had a school rebuild programme in place which was delivering new build schools, which Michael Gove when he became Education Secretary in 2010 stopped. he has since said it was the worst decision he ever made.

[@worldwidewayman]

What I am always amazed by is how conveniently Labour forget. They forgot they built the 30 year life schools yet didn't repair them 30 years later. And they constantly complain when policies are cancelled in 2010, completely forgetting they'd bankrupted the nation again so we had no money for such policies. And sadly they'll do it all again if they achieve power next year. Why? Because much of the electorate have poor memories too and the young electorate live in Dreamland. What a merry-go-round.

[@grwuk]

Do you remember when the Labour Party actually cared about the working class in the UK?

[@timporter9192]

Excellent comment . Labour want to think they care about the working class but only want to rule them . The Tories don't give a s**t about them and just want to exploit them.

[@marvelstarwarsgeek1511]

That's what I love about Julia she does not give these weaseley Politicians any wriggle room .

[@geoffreydron1496]

Labour's BSF programme was based on PFI, i.e. a hideously expensive way of funding. The Tories were right to cancel it.

[@kevonslims7269]

So you admit the torries canceled it and now the problems are theirs.

[@Earhairy]

"The Tories were right to cancel it." The tories introduced PFI under John Major.

[@bobsocks7575]

@@kevonslims7269The issue was known about in 1997!

[@mariastar8437]

Another reason not to vote Labour … never their fault .. whole cabinet nothing but goons

[@an-albumhole4400]

The Tories HAD to cancel a lot of things after Browns Labour left the "there's nothing left" note at the treasury! I voted for Blair/Brown, But won't be fooled again! (especially by Starmer and the useless bunch of excrement in Labour!)

[@tonyspenciusmaximus]

The "building schools for the future" policy she goes on about is acknowledged now as a green light for poor building standards and huge profits during the BLiar PFI initiatives. Liebour are just as guilty over this debacle. Yet another example of our declining country.

[@simonchristopher7]

Who’s been in govt for 13 years?

[@marydewar5675]

Plus non fireproof cladding debacle.

[@zoecurran4185]

My son was told at one point, when he was in sixth form, that a planned school trip to CERNE in Switzerland has to be cancelled as the PFI payments were so high the school couldn't afford it!

[@commonconservative3724]

​​@@zoecurran4185the school shouldn't be paying for this anyway if you want your children to go to such places pay for it yourself I would as I don't rely on daddy government for anything they just Rob me every month

[@seamuspadraigsanders431]

​@@simonchristopher7Yes they got into power because Labour flooded the country with immigrants, called everyone that questioned it a bigot and worse, then it turned out they had not only spent all of the budget, there was actually 0 in the government coffers.

[@johngraham6181]

They have been 'unsafe' for a decade. Why the knee jerk reaction to close all these schools. We now have a perfect storm. Illegal immigration out of control, Net Zero demanding a total rebuild of the power distribution and an explosion of wind farms and now most schools need rebuilding. Experts stating that at twenty years old the Schools are all needing replacement. The school I went to was built in 1640 and we still used the original buildings on a daily basis. Nothing ever fell down although there are times we may have wished it would!!

[@straightouttacornwall]

How do these politicians get the job? Seriously if this woman knocked on my door I don't think I could listen to her for more than 30 seconds

[@kenrussell7920]

She ticks the right boxes😊

[@straightouttacornwall]

@@kenrussell7920 What boxes are those? People have to leave their house to vote for her. I don't get it!

[@karenyoung8341]

I wish they would. I’d love to take all these gobshites to task

[@funkyboda]

Labour will finish off this country when they get it. If you think it's bad now, it's going to be so much worse under Labour

[@Jan-vl9yg]

Yes and Drakeford Wales will vouch for that.

[@sharonguest-ek1bd]

I totally agree with you well said

[@ASSASIN7-sd5sr]

typical alarmist maniac

[@biggobmalc8118]

Maybe the school building programme was cancelled in 2010 because the coalition government discovered PFI’s the way in which the Labour Party were financing a massive building programme for hospitals and schools was prohibitively expensive, and still is costing the NHS billions a year in interest payments. Something that Rhangham Debbonaire will very, very, conveniently forget to mention in her rant.

[@kevonslims7269]

So you admit the funding was there and now it’s not so how’s that labored fault since the torries slashed the funding?

[@biggobmalc8118]

​@@kevonslims7269 What are you talking about, the funding came through PFI’s so no it wasn't already in place it was money that would have to have been borrowed. FYI: - There are many NHS trusts paying millions if not billions of pounds in interest for up to 50 years because of PFI’s. PFI’s in certain circumstances can be a good idea but Blair & Brown took them to the extreme, to make themselves look good but it was just short term gain, for what a lot of then long term pain, just one of the reasons as to why the NHS is costing us so much because of these interest rates.

[@mikeserridge4547]

​@kevonslims7269 the government replaced BSF with the much more cost effective prior ity

[@mikeserridge4547]

​@kevonslims7269 the government replaced BSF with the much more cost effective prior ity

[@mikeserridge4547]

​@@biggobmalc8118to finish. Priority Schools Programme. Schools are still being repaired and built.

[@johnward9124]

I find it stange that they cant find money for ageing schools and hospitals but can find 8 million pounds + every day for migrants

[@kieranokeeffe1363]

Labour would have a full honest enquiry! Would that be like Rotherham, Bradford, Telford, Lambeth and many more cover ups for the sake of diversity 😡🤬

[@berlinritz1]

This country is screwed Hobson choice comes to mind .

[@paulberrington2773]

Why do I think of the Mersey tunnel everytime Debbonaire opens her mouth ?

[@arthurkeeton7141]

That's why we had austerity for 10 years due to the previous Labour governments, "There is no money left in the kitty"

[@marksmall8692]

Labour cannot organise a Piss Up in a brewery

[@andypaul4242]

Her facial expressions are pure gold.

[@ladylaois8184]

Little Britain 😊

[@raybrisco4071]

If labour knew in 1996 about schools failing due to structural issues, surely they already know where the schools are

[@paulshea7022]

Isn't it a pity that our politicians aren't as Sharpe as the media people like Julia .We might have some decent government if they were.

[@macmccartneymccartney1529]

It's a pity the Blair New Labour government didn't come clean about the Iraq war and the death of Dr. Kelly .IMO this country started going to the dogs at time of this government.

[@sylviabaxter265]

Totally agree with you BLAiR should be in jail

[@idgriffin56]

This interviewer is just fantastic.

[@DrawnInk1]

Just her usual high standards. Shame she isn’t a minister.

[@MarkLeytoniiis]

If you think it's bad now, it's going to be so much worse under Labour

[@CJGAMES4202]

Wouldn't trust a labour gov to run a bath, reform or reclaim take your pick 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧

[@davemargison2451]

👍👍👍👍

[@mani8050]

Clearly Labours fault! They could have fixed it 20 years before they expired and since then they could have told the Tories how to do their job!!!

[@amyshoneye5455]

Shame Shame Shame On All Of The Parties, Point Scoring 👉 👈 👇 Every Party is Complicit In All Of This! If They Gave A flying Squirrel About England 🇬🇧 They'd Be Working TOGETHER ❤️ 🙏

[@brianhall869]

"Where's the money coming from" This Labour politician didn't want to say ULEZ in every city town and village in the country that's what they are planning ask Angela Raynor

[@happyapple4269]

We can fund a war in ukraine, we can house migrants in our hotels at a cost of 6 million per day but we cant find extra cash to fix our schools?

[@mikiejheyhey]

Labour are incompetent in opposition never mind government!!! Vote Reform.

[@roysimpson9711]

I started school in1956 at an almost new building in Sheffield I remember classrooms being closed at certain times for decorating and maintenance . There was a full time caretaker and men employed to the upkeep of the buildings . Where are they now

[@lapisredux]

dead ?

[@roysimpson9711]

@@lapisredux you're probably right

[@libertasdemocratiam887]

Thank you Julia for ppinting out what many refuse too, Labour are just as complicit, arguably more so given they had the finda at the time to fix it quickly.

[@tenniskinsella7768]

Yes labour to blame as well

[@MrMikepettitt]

Ask this woman a question and she will answer 10 you haven’t asked and she wants to be part of the next labour government god help us all

[@Spences]

Interesting that Thangam is so positive that Labour would have gotten the necessary remedial action taken had they not lost the 2010 election. Has she forgotten that they left the incoming govt a note saying 'there's no money left'? How were they going to fund the remedial action having stated there weren't any funds left?

[@juliegregory3900]

Stop quoting that old chestnut re no money left. All outgoing govts have left similar ''notes''. When Labour left office growth was at 2.5% ( something the tories haven't managed in 13 years!) Imagine the revenue from that and what could be put into our public services. Labour were also paying down the debt from the GLOBAL financial crash. If anyone here thinks the tories have their best interests at heart, I invite them to check out Britannia Unchained written by Truss Kwarteng Raab and Patel etc where they say British workers are the worst idlers in the world and other derogatory things. Obviously don't if you're a millionaire/billionaire hedgefund manager Russian oligarch or KGB or tory donor.....

[@PAUL25926]

She won’t remember that I bet she was on a boat then🤔

[@bobsocks7575]

@@juliegregory3900However they did leave an annual deficit of £142bn which both Labour and the Conservatives had strict austerity plans in place to reduce, so it’s disingenuous to say that the growth would have carried on under Labour. It’s also interesting you refer to a global banking issue, but when Labour complain about recent global issues eg record inflation, COVID, fuel supply issues they are less keen to explain they are happening all over the World, instead insinuating it is a purely Government led problem. Ultimately we have seen the worst group of politicians from all parties in living memory, the standards are appalling.

[@juliegregory3900]

@@bobsocks7575 I agree this current tory govt is the worst I've ever known. How you can say Labour are when they've been in opposition for 13 years.....I notice you haven't mentioned 'Britannia Unchained ' that's what they really think of you. Labour weren't perfect but they did invest in our public services unlike the tories who only ever strip money from them. Under Labour; NHS: 85,000 more nurses 32,000 more doctors, 150,000 less heart disease deaths, 50,000 less cancer deaths inpatient waiting lists down by half a million EDUCATION ; 36,000 more teachers 274,000 teaching/support staff per pupil funding doubled, record levels of literacy and numeracy in schools best results for 14, 16 and 18 year olds delivered 2,200 Sure Start centres for children .I chose these areas because we all benefit from a healthy and educated population, do you agree? Check out Labour's top 50 achievements online easy to find. Tell me why you wouldn't want that again. Tell me what you think the Tories top achievements have been in 13 years.

[@bobsocks7575]

@@juliegregory3900 and left a £142bn annual deficit which needed to be dealt with. I don’t think the current government have been great, but to suggest Labour are not a similar bunch of hypocritical, self serving, misleading liars is just plain wrong.

[@martinsigley3957]

our community centre was originally the senior school, as was the Catholic primary school, both built in the 1880's. Both still in use, both in good repair. New secondary completed in 1960, constantly needing repairs, new primary school, replacing one built in the 1920's, is need of renovation after only 10 years. Oh the wonderful modern way of building, buildings designed to last 25 years, with mortgages of 50 years. Must be progress.

[@abazely2743]

The nation's moral compass is also disintegrating in sympathy.

[@paulchristopher8634]

A lot of old buildings were built soundly and that is why they still stand today. Buildings built in the last 50 years was about cutting corners and in using cheap,materials

[@krob2327]

Agreed. Raac is rubbish. Modern building and architecture is all about profit

[@CountryGalB]

And to think there are people out there calling for MPs to be paid Singaporean style salaries - which is $1,000,000 per MP - so that they 'perform' better. 😂😂 I say give us Singaporean style competence, safety, public services, cleanliness, education and prosperity and then get back to us. 😆

[@madmelwood3778]

100% agree

[@CountryGalB]

@@madmelwood3778 Couldn't believe the cheek of it. It was some Tory MP, Peter Bottomley that said it. So that makes it even worse. 🤣

[@madmelwood3778]

@@CountryGalB 🤣🤣🤣

[@Pythagarous]

Blair’s government knew about this problem, Thatcher’s government knew about it as did Majors government and nothing was done about it.

[@allanashton5187]

Labour and Conservative both cheeks of the same backside.

[@techo2k9]

Where was Labours thoughts for the safety of kids, when they could have been dealing with this issue! Instead they were to busy not finding WMD's and sending our Brothers, Fathers and Sons to die in Afghan!

[@granthallam7644]

Julia cut her heart out with a spoon..... excellent research and planning such a joy to watch. Keep sticking it to them Julia.

[@Fre667Roger-Ring]

Labour party blame blame blame that's their policy agenda.😴

[@philipwood9526]

And Where exactly would labour have found the money for these repairs I remember a note left after the election that stated there was no money left.

[@rgsnr8702]

in the late 70's our kids went through the same chaos with the failures of the CLASP build system ,our kids were taught in portakabin's for 2 years ,i find it odd that all this has come to light just as the kids are going back to school ,and why was this not sorted while the kids were on 6 weeks holiday

[@crispyduck1706]

They did sod all and neither did the Tories - Labour would destroy our country starting with such a large budget deficit after the pandemic

[@knoxyish]

they started destroying our country in 97 with blair now we have the 3rd world coming here illegally in droves looking for a handout .

[@GarciasRoboBunnyWorkshop]

Personally, I think all of them are to blame.

[@paulanderton9424]

Pmsl. Loving a Labour MP getting "owned" and "burned". She was an embarrassment 😂

[@Andy-kd5or]

Our politicians need to be overhauled,these people are not good for Britain.

[@SmartCookie2022]

It's all very heartening to hear how Labour supposedly tried to do something about our ageing state-subsidized buildings with their PFI scheme, but where did they think all the future money was going to come from to keep this PFI racket going after they bankrupted the country in 2010? Labour would have introduced pay-per-mile back in 2011 to help subsidize their future schemes and policies just like they're threatening to do now. Labour really are the tax and spend government.

[@derekcable]

Just as they've always been.

[@stuartwilliams3164]

Tax and spend mismanagement,they know how to spend other people's money!

[@derekcable]

@@stuartwilliams3164 Labour is alike a vegans running a butcher shop......Haven't a clue. Shame the present conservative government isn't the same as those of the past.

[@dazryan3463]

Hilarious. Well done Julia

[@Andy-kd5or]

Vote reform and end this invasion❤

[@juliegregory3900]

Reform are just Tories in a different guise ie publicly schooled millionaire/billionaires hedgefund managers and property magnates etc who will only ever look after themselves and people like them.....

[@verityledner3927]

I'd like to see Labour accept some of the responsibility for some of this. 😂

[@benjiskitts]

Welldone Julia ❤ good work as usual 👏

[@andrewburman9469]

Labour are becoming ever more emotional and less and less believable.

[@FeckWoke]

Look at the state of this Labour bint. You're going to vote for that??? In which universe does that make any sense?

[@petermainwaringsx]

Thangam thought she was going to be able to get an easy ride as she assumed she was talking to "Kay".

[@lynnedyer8714]

The utopia we’ll have if Labour get in. God help us all!

[@juliegregory3900]

As opposed to the wonderful tory govt now.....

[@nolickspittle4753]

Tories may be unpopular but should the country vote for Labour in this age of social media and podcasts where it is so obvious that Labour are incompetent in real time - they will have themselves to blame!

[@alangilbert8627]

I'm not defending the Tories with this, but that Labour bint must think we have memories of gold fish. They governed during a period of prosperity and ran up so much debt that they left the public purse with.

[@paulharris719]

Our guv is clueless and labour is brainless (Abandon all hope)

[@fivish]

It is not the PMs duty to repair school buildings, that the job of the Local Education Authority. Its was not the Duty of the PM to buy PPE for hospitals. That was the job of the hospital managers. Why do managers try to offload their duties and responsibilities to the PM?

[@user-wu8cf5he4w]

Bored of both sides of the government just being outright liars. Julia is correct here 100%, very convenient labour hasn't mentioned this until now when they knew about this for decades - not particularly wise to play the blame game considering they themselves knew and didn't prioritize it. It just really shows both sides couldn't care less about the general population, their priority is the same - making money for themselves and their friends, never mind the public.

[@timcomley5948]

Both sides of the government 🙄😊

[@Paratus7]

Tired of politicians trying to score points. Maybe they should start trying to Solve problems. Never vote again for Lib/Lab/Con.

[@peterd788]

I really wish Labour would stop using media trainers who instruct their politicians to use the "talk out" technique. They know the time allocation for a slot and talk until time runs out. Labour use it far more than the Tories.

[@Land-of-reason]

This Thangam women is a complete liability - god help us.

[@paullambillion6828]

Anyone who blames someone else in discussing a problem is certainly not remotely worth voting for.

[@rjw4762]

Just last week, I read about a construction company that has been liquidated. They have built three BRAND NEW schools - all of which has failed safety inspections upon their handing over to the relevant LEA !!! The ONE Director concerned may be struck off. My point being that this sort of thing is happening even today !

[@markw1685]

GOD HELP US!! IF THIS DOPE GETS INTO POWER

[@sidnotvicious8442]

Slip of the tongue, she said "Where Labour would have left them in 2010" - So why didn't they!! They were still in government and the state of the economy was worse even than it is today and that's saying something.

[@dama054]

Labour built schools and hospitals using PFI s and most of them were sub standard,walls were falling down and schools closed and we are still paying for them now because of the PFIs

[@johnprosser5035]

Schools knew about this a while ago...... But basically took their summer holiday and then shut schools after the 6 weeks.... So they now get a further holiday!!! Why didn't they say about it before the summer holidays to enable parents to plan.

[@mashm6866]

They were on strike 😊

[@djpj9174]

Typical Liebore. Never ever miss a trick when it comes to political point scoring and furthering their own political cause by keeping to the script. Those that deviate from that script know what happens to them. Ask all those that got demoted in todays reshuffle. Politics is completely broken. We know it, they know it and they know that we know it. They just don't give a toss because there is absolutely no personal responsibility and even less accountability.

[@richboyo8306]

Pathetic politician as always. She cannot handle the truth. How these people sleep at night knowing they spout rubbish and lies to the public. Great work Julia holding the slugs to account.

[@tonyconnor5691]

Because if you keep lying you start to believe your own lies

[@mannie7028]

So labour had 13 years between 1997 and 2010 to do something but did nothing and now it’s someone else’s problem ... what a load of lies lies and lies. I’m voting Tory next time! This mp is disgraceful

[@neiltimney3041]

All political partys are to blame and all politicians are a waste of time

[@mashm6866]

Sorry if I'm confused, but Debonair saying she can't say where the money would come from, but yesterday the Labour shadow education minister said it would come from money raised by removing the tax status of private schools, and stopping non_dom tax status. Clearly another case of Labour not having a clue, and saying anything to sound as if they have a plan. Laughable.

[@paulchristopher8634]

How can you take Labour seriously when the sell the Bank of Englands Gold reserves and steal all the Pension pot

[@1crannog]

Sadly every party since then has mad no effort to rectify this problem. Every government has put it off till tomorrow. ALL are to blame!

[@rossturner8581]

What gets me is we always hear from Labour, we did all this when we were last in power, which is true! but what the never mention is the fact they took over a heathy economy from the Tories and proceeded to nearly bankrupt the country in doing it all, having to sell off our gold reserves trying bankroll their overspending in the process!

[@lostintranslation1957]

She's been caught out so Strawman is thr only way out.

[@grumpyoldman-uk]

Thingum has always been high on volume and wordcount and low on detail. This is a golden opportunity for Labour so they are going at it full tilt. But this has been a known problem for 30 years. Politicians from all parties kicked the can down the road because while it was a known problem the buildings were declared still safe. The buildings have now been declared unsafe so the government has been forced to act and appears to be doing so at pace. Those of us with longer memories than Thingum will recall the note left by Liam Byrne for the incoming 2010 government that all the money had been spent. That plus the financial crisis led to a tightening of the budget belts. Labour would have been forced to do the same or borrow ever more and it is disingenuous of Thingum to say otherwise. She knew nothing about the subject apart from her short briefing. Julia had researched. Portacabins are now derided. I spent three years educated in Portacabins at my primary school. Put up in a hurry to house us baby boomers who had outgrown the Victorian primary school. These were dry and heated and properly equipped. Did not do me any harm. Finally the terrible mini budget - Labour supported it except for the proposed tax cuts for the rich which were a small element of the overall cost. There needs to be more push back on that.

[@daviddusaro]

i believe they are using school buildings as an excuse to stop teaching face to face with the pupils, the big question is.. what are they teaching the children those day's, and why are they banning parents from reading the books presented to the children,and who or what groups are telling the Teachers what they must teach, and has their approval been agreed with the parents ... of course not. .. a parable..the road down hill is easier than the road up hill.

[@derekupson4489]

The irony of Labour talking of building schools while encouraging thousands of other country's citizens to make their way to Britain. My local schools cannot cope because of uncontrolled immigration. Labour haven't represented the working class for decades.

[@andrewelliott4436]

Anyone remember Blair's "Education. Education. Education?" What did it mean? It meant nothing.

[@folly7533]

A bit like Sturgeon’s.

[@andrewelliott4436]

@@folly7533With "Spin Doctors" and "Advisors" and "Focus Groups" the politicians realised that words spoke louder than deeds -.and that actions were unnecessary, as long as you told the public the same fairy tale often enough.

[@abazely2743]

STEM was played down and humanities and media studies flourished in the newly created low value 'universities'.