Labour MP's fiery clash with Business Sec Grant Shapps in Select Committee hearing

[@MW-uh1xv]

Labour need to roll this guy out more often.

[@jamesharris2073]

OH yes ..what a performance

[@tamsinmccormick]

He is a good reminder of what the Tories truly are . Trot him out as often as you like . He is one of the best adverts for the Labour Movement.

[@Jonty-1944]

Dodgy, he's already made some high profile statements about the proposals to clobber Private Schools. He seems to be his own man. Blair gave all of his MP's Pagers to keep them 'on message'. Every time a Labour MP is interviewed they all seem to have a different view.

[@leroysimon5692]

👍🏽

[@taefravis]

@@Jonty-1944 Dodge, Grant has already pretended to be someone else in order to flog a get rich quick scheme and do we really need to show how the Tories support private education as they mostly went to private schools and are deeply against the poor? Do we really need to show how they see it as them versus us and we should all know our place? Do we really need to show how the Tories seems to think that a rifle range for Winchester College is FAR more important than a decent education for state schools? Do we really need to show how incompetent the Tories have been these past 12 years? Do we really need to show that Blair is no longe win charge of the Labour Party and neither is Corbyn? Keep on pretending all is fine and the Tories are perfect as they continue to place their boots on our necks and demand we enjoy every men too it!

[@gazza4230]

Another Tory trying to justify their shit performance over the last twelve years, love the questioner’s attitude of holding them to account

[@billyandrew]

I wish more Select Committee members took a similar line. Too many of them soft peddle through, letting politicians off the hook. Like this guy said, it's not a debate and the MPs are there to answer questions.

[@briancohenthepfjmassive.4769]

He's 3 cuntservatives in 1. Don't forget his pyramid scheme profiles.

[@Demun1649]

I loved the way that the Chair told him to stop interrupting, time after time. And that smug smile ought to be consider a case of contempt and breaking the ministerial codes.

[@aonone439]

Incompetent , deceitful, avoidance of the truth as usual , Shapps is just another Tory delusional greedy scumbag same as Mone , Sunak, and co , get them out , RIP Torys are finished , its a scandal every week now it never stopped when Johnson quit its got worse

[@B.A.Pilgrim]

​@@billyandrewthey're all exactly the same. Think about the report of Tony Blair and his illegal war in Iraq: everyone acted tough, nothing was done and its all worse now. The twerp in glasses (labour) is literally just acting. He doesn't give a shit and he's be no different in power because power corrupts, absolutely. Keep believing though, if it makes you feel better...

[@nalodailec]

Shapps doesn't know his arse from his elbow. Great Labour MP, more power to him.

[@billyandrew]

Oh, I disagree, as Shapps does now, because his arse got handed to him on a plate! 😂😂😂

[@dschoene57]

Shapps doesn't even know which fake name he's using this week. You need to get your head around this - this is a guy who peddled Ponzi schemes on the internet under false names, and he's a government minister now!

[@jaxcoss5790]

@@billyandrew 😂😂😂😂

[@clivecosta-correa2102]

But Grant Shapps knows Michael Green's elbow from Sebastian Fox's arse. So there!

[@ko6el]

@@billyandrewhe don't care he's got another one called Steven Green

[@mohm7047]

"First of all please don't interrupt me because it's rude and inappropriate". WOW. Darren Jones really tears them apart. Well done to him!

[@Tom_murray89]

What a legend he is and grant shapps should have apologised for interrupting him

[@ottconsulting7]

This is the second time I’ve seen Darren Jones. Very clinical and forensic in his questioning of these goons. Great stuff.

[@user-nx6ji9tk8i]

Darren Jones is excellent as Chair of this select committee. He uses his legal training effectively every time he speaks. Clear, succinct and straight on target.

[@fritzhenning1]

Ah the 'I'll write to you' get out clause when cornered. Translation: 'I will get an underling to give you a word salad which says absolutely nothing'.

[@gerry343]

I watched Jones grilling the CEO of Royal Mail and guessed from his persistant questioning that he had a background in law. I wish that all people with positions of power and influence would be subjected to such scrutiny. kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y5Kpg2V7lNp6las

[@martinwood6503]

Bungle from rainbow could run rings round this idiot

[@ukcarpjapan8722]

He comes across as brash, rude, and like a schoolboy who swats 5 mins before a test and holds onto the little bit of information he knows and regurgitates it constantly. The reality is 99.632% of statistics are made up on the spot ;) and there's always conflicting figures from somewhere to back up whatever point you want to make. In short the guy is a massive timewaster who needs to do his job properly.

[@elliotjohnson9415]

​@@ukcarpjapan8722 Really? Or is he just doing a good job of holding this shambolic government to account?

[@headgirlblues]

The bottomless arrogance of Shapps is nauseating. "People watching this will be familiar with the...." What we are familiar with is constant bs and sidestepping actual issues, degrading lives of the citizenry daily, by this government (whilst pumping £££ into their friends' pockets). Peeing on our heads and telling us it's raining, as per. Well done Darren Jones for holding a tight line and not actually barfing.

[@clacton17]

Yes another is "everyone knows"---- meaning if you don't know, your a fool.

[@AntonyClayton-eq1ul]

Yes sir, this "Bottomless Arrogance" of the Tories was seen in Germany from 1933, to 1939. And is equally nauseating. History repeats itself, in this basket-case country, which the Tories would have you believe is a 'democracy'. But is actually a manifestation of what was seen in Germany, but in the post WW 2 age. In the UK. One aspect of which is the 'Church of Scientology' idealised mentality of the Tories. Where our take on the world, and factual reality; Our psychopathic judgement dictatorship, are the only ones that count; and take precedence. This is the reason why the Tories are at present acting like weasels in a rabbit warren. Foxes in a hen house. Bulls in a china shop. Is it not the case? Helped by their right wing press propaganda machine. Which has brainwashed and conditioned people into dumbly accepting their dictated status quo. And e.g. spreads the Tory poisons of divide, conquer and rule. As with the RMT union and the rail strikes. And misinformation, and disinformation. People have continued to vote for a continuation of this tyrant dictatorship, unconditionally - hence the present state of affairs. But there are clearly compelling reasons not to, any longer...

[@AlexNinoLDN]

He's got the smarm of a man who's never been slapped

[@chrisgibson7591]

He was a shill Internet Business Seller before he became an mp, And he Still acts like a shill Internet business Seller

[@soot.2146]

@@AlexNinoLDN Absolutely correct, if I had been responsible for the removal of motorway hardshoulders yet continuing to justify, I would have resigned in shame smug b*****d.

[@audreymcgready4329]

The state of the UK is down to years of the Tories. Not Putin.

[@rolandhawken6628]

If you think we have had a Tory government you are nuts these are liberal loons Cameron .May Boris liberals not Tory ,just pretending to be Consevative

[@mikebobbings9601]

We forgetting blair and brown ? Want talk economy damage ? Destroying the gold reserve and making money based on purely debt ... name me a conserative policy as damaging ? both party work together to shaft you. Wake up

[@whatsinaname11]

Like the last 12 years means nothing 😂, are they having a laugh? God, you couldn't write it could you. Been steadily in decline!

[@audreymcgready4329]

@@mikebobbings9601For starters i am wide awake. And i do not vote Liebour either. So i don't know who your telling to wake up?

[@audreymcgready4329]

@@rolandhawken6628 YOU don't know me to be calling me any names. Do you? No you don't. Lets get that clear. And i think you will find the party that have been in power IS THE TORIES. You can dress it up anyway you like. But don't tell people they are nuts. When they are actually correct. "TORIES" So i don't know who you think has been in.

[@markjefferson7492]

Darren Jones is a bloody legend

[@danielokeefe2072]

Darren Jones is an outstanding MP!

[@tilley6351]

It’s painful to have to listen to ALL the Tory ministers.

[@audreymcgready4329]

I hear you. I'm so sick of the lies and them thinking we are stupid.

[@public.public]

Their lies are obvious.

[@ahartify]

Who is this Labour MP? He's brilliant. Why don't we see more if him? He could be PM or Chancellor one day.

[@nicksimmons7234]

Darren Jones, he’ll be a minister when Labour get into government.

[@cookiemonster709]

It’s my MP!

[@dookoo443]

Bring him in NOW! 👌

[@morrrisjones5827]

Yeah, he's not putting up with his rubbish.

[@shauntaylor6040]

Personally thought he sounded like a pompous Tory.

[@mellowliam5498]

Darren Jones, whom I've never heard of before, is now 2nd place, just behind Mick Lynch, in my list of good people. Well played, Sir.

[@Anduril1974]

Fucking yes!

[@mellowliam5498]

@@wudu3214 Well I think there was than just Mick Lynch's position that swayed the vote for Brexit. Besides, I don't always agree with everything that everyone I admire says.

[@RonettePick]

My list too! They are what the country needs. And I am merely a distant observer in NZ

[@AntonyClayton-eq1ul]

Absolutely! Heartening to know there is still goodness, in a sea of corruption.

[@wendyjones5853]

mellow Liam ,TALK IS CHEAP ,YES THIS LABOUR MP IS GOOD AND KNOWS HIS ONIONS ,BUT NOWT IS DONE ABOUT THESE FAT CATS CREAMING OFF THE CASH AND DEMORALISING WORKERS ! LOOK AT THE SMUG FACE OF SHAPPE ,! HE TALKS HIS WAY OUT OF IT ! AND PUTS HIS BLAME AT PUTINS DOOR ,USING PUTIN AS A SCAPEGOAT FOR HIS OWN INCOMPETANCE ,LISTEN HOW SHAPPS JUST TALKS AND YAKS BECAUSE HE KNOWS NOTHING WILL HAPPEN TO HIM LEGALLY AND HE WILL STILL CARRY ON ! POINTLESS REALLY ?

[@tomkearney3255]

I went to University with Darren. He is a good man, the kind of person we need to lead the UK.

[@abigailweir7287]

I liked Darren Jones until he was elected on a Jeremy Corbyn Socialist 2017 manifesto, then threw the 2019 election by helping a far right Labour Party within a party, Britain First. Then when the '19 was lost, he blamed the public not liking the manifesto, which was a lie and didn't mention the contrived moral panic as the real reason. Very sneaky. He's a far right Blairite, however good he is as Chair of the Business Committee.

[@isotropisch82]

@@abigailweir7287 Momentum are country ruiners, as bad as the ERG, just disappear. There is no far right element in the labour party, centrist maybe, far right no.

[@abigailweir7287]

@isotropisch82 You don't even know what Momentum is. It was to get the youth vote out. You look at kieth Starmer's policies and how he aligns with far right Israel's Labor Party. Come back when you know what you're talking about. I'm watching a film.

[@mememachine5244]

@@abigailweir7287 I think you might have schizophenia.

[@HIOP0]

@@abigailweir7287 WELL ABI NUMBER 7287...FROM WHAT IS VISIBLE YOU SEEM TO BE REPLYING AND ATTACKING SOMEONE WHO DID NOT MAKE ANY COMMENT WITHIN THIS PARTICULAR DISCUSSION, SO PERHAPS YOU GOT YOUR LITTLE GIRLY UNDERWEAR ALL IN A TWIST, BEING SO EAGER TO THROW OUT YOUR RESPONSE...SUCH AS IT IS...OH AND WHO IS kieth Starmer...a relative of Sir Keir perchance? Your sentence structure and grammar are all over the joint, so you really should stop smoking them, before and during typing your trashy nonsense...what you do after that...if you are indeed watching a movie, whilst drafting your posts...perhaps give up on the myth that you as an apparent female can multi task...clearly that small ambition is forever beyond your reach.

[@thenitnurse]

Darren Jones!! Oh man! What a guy!

[@Anduril1974]

Holy shit.... he ripped him to pieces and reversed over them for good measure. I love this guy! More of him please!!!!

[@wendyjones5853]

Yes but smug snapps won't be arsed will he ? He will just carry on , knuckles rapped that's it !

[@tehs3raph1m]

"I've not asked you a question yet *secretary of state* " damn... That's cold, not even using his name. And well deserved. He's literally lying. Why don't they have a researcher in the room to pull up the figures he's quoting, they have internet surely

[@desoliver9712]

The problem though is that it doesn't matter. Tories have no concern for facts and evidence. As Gove said 'the UK has had enough of experts'.

[@dub604]

@@desoliver9712 It doesn't care much about exports either. 🤣😂

[@nkirk8740]

Very good point, this footage once again validates the statement NEVER TRUST A TORY, LOL!!!!! ✊👍👍👍👍👊✌️🇪🇺🌍.

[@nkirk8740]

@@dub604 LOL!!!!! 😂🤣😂😁✊👍👍👍👍👊✌️🇪🇺🌍.

[@keldsleepnot7961]

Stuff the researcher he should have the statistics and the name of the organization that produced them in front of him. Better still he should know them by heart!

[@niclee1863]

“Just for future reference it shouldn’t be a surprise that I want to talk to you about the economy” 😂

[@beechwood2247]

That final slap down killed me 😂😂😂😂

[@calumpiober1535]

LOVED it!! A comment from an angry, but restrained person doing his job well in the face of an arrogant, lazy and mendatious bastard.

[@catbwoy]

That was gold!

[@seanodonnell3683]

This is EXACTLY how the Tories turned up to the Brexit negotiations. No figures, no notebooks, no clue. Top job Darren!

[@private9402]

Darren Jones, we salute you.

[@michaelrch]

I have a little secret for you Grant. The reason all these people aren't returning to the workforce is that with wages falling and working conditions deteriorating, *it's not worth their while!* Oh and you letting the NHS fall to pieces means that those who get sick of injured don't get treated for months or years... meaning misery and poverty growing rapidly across the country. Not that you give a toss about that of course. Your only problem is that they can't generate profits for your rich mates.

[@jamespaul6315]

Not only that, he goes on about record low unemployment, but worse than ever living standards …whats the point of getting employed if peoples wages wont page bills?

[@PeterPete]

Imo the reason many 50+ aren't returning to work is because they realised during the pandemic the workplace is BS!!!

[@321backlip]

They didn't let the NHS fall they orchestrated it's collapse while allowing Private to co-opt services.

[@teabagtowers3823]

@@jamespaul6315 Exactly you can't brag about record unemployment when a lot people can barely make it by. That statistic is as useful as Anne Frank's drum kit because it completely ignores the wider economic reality/picture. It is frankly desperate he comes across like a desperate toddler screeching "but mwuuuh unemployment is low" I mean what fucking difference does that make. If we consider the simple fact a lot of employed people are running up debt trying to heat their homes and can barely put food on the table. You can count them as employed but they are barely making it by they don't have a good standard of living. That is not even mentioning the fact wages since what 2008 have not moved at all so in real terms people are losing their spending power. The Tories operate in fucking economic la la land they'll some fucking stupid vague statistic and think that, that statistic wins the argument. It's primary school level economics with the Tories.... If the Tories want a more accurate statistic reflecting our current economic situation they should look at the number of working people in poverty. Or as its known the working poverty statistic its horrendously high.....

[@Jojohumf]

People are going abroad, why work and suffer in the UK when you can go to other countries that pay better, have better conditions for staff. The UK has poor working conditions

[@trevellyanblack4101]

What a beautiful take down. Shapps being presented with a range of firm figures and refuting them with figures 'off the top of his head' (and promising to bring his homework next time).

[@enawilson3210]

This should be on rolling TV every station .the lies of shapps is so obviousl . Please Darren your a star .we need more MPs like you . thankyou sie .

[@silverliteway]

The dog ate it "teach"

[@keithashley6298]

Well done Mr Jones, Shapps is squirming here.

[@jas2819]

Had his arse felt.... 😂😂😂

[@thecrimsondragon9744]

Damn, I love watching that vile creature squirm...

[@jasonminton9681]

Darren Jones is a total legend. Just brilliant. Absolutely love watching him take these idiots apart.

[@chriscain7463]

Darren Jones is a legend, says it how it is.

[@karinhurst2329]

Excellent work Darren Jones

[@DaveyNaples]

I love how he says 'I'm able to quote figures off the top of my head'but won't say where they're from. That's not quoting, that's just saying random figures

[@TruthTortoise81]

He pull the figures directly from his backside.

[@richardhowlett4097]

Which they always do....

[@whatsinaname11]

@@TruthTortoise81 was just about to say the very same thing!

[@blindstagehand]

There are lies, damn lies and statistics... he is more that not just quoting random statistics, he's barefaced lying! Absolute glossolalia from softly spoken gas lit Tory spell box of deciet!

[@aimeemacdn]

Proven fraud.

[@reggied1250]

This should be required of viewing for all journalists because they need to learn how to question politicians and make them accountable

[@alanjones4622]

A bit pointless because the majority of journalists are surely employed by the right wing Tory media and press and the editors determine what is printed, not the journalists who gathered the evidence.

[@reggied1250]

@@alanjones4622 but thankfully not all

[@wendyjones5853]

Media !!! the pet poodle of the government !

[@brigold3352]

He cant avoid laughing while he is lying, absolute disgrace.

[@maryburke2680]

I love the way Darren chews them up and spits them out. He takes no rubbish. Love it!!!

[@markbrown3908]

These select committees are great. The Tories should be held accountable.

[@johnwright9372]

Aren't the committees great? Best development in TV that has happened for many years.

[@bigbruce1517]

They simply will not face the facts that they have made an absolute arse of running the country.

[@johnwright9372]

It is much worse. They have sold the country out to line their own and their corrupt, greedy friends' pockets.

[@uniteddreamer]

@Some kind of Wonderful they could run a piss up in 10 downing Street mind

[@lindacurrie8817]

​@@uniteddreamerBrilliant. Not only a piss up but a brawl and breaking the law and yet no just deserves come their way. Now if latter was a member of the public doing that ......

[@aimeemacdn]

They don't care. They took the money and ran years ago. Why is a privatized rail company being subsidized by tax payers because their workers are striking for better wages and conditions. It's nuts!

[@camxi2416]

i love this guy. cant believe ive never seen him before these select committees he has done in the last couple months

[@alanross1106]

He needs to run for labour leader . Great orator and takes no BS off anyone. Well done .

[@greerbox]

Totally agree with you

[@terryloftus3207]

Is there anything worse than a man who knows his brief completely,and a man who hasnt a clue what hes on about.

[@yetidodger6650]

Shapps the man who had fake names whilst running get rich quick schemes on the internet.

[@jamespaul6315]

How did he legally get away with that? Wtf

[@normanchristie4524]

This the calibre of politician you want to be in charge of running this country?

[@darthudd6721]

@@jamespaul6315 He joined the Tories.

[@garygalt4146]

@@jamespaul6315 he wrote glowing reports about his get rich schemes using fake names on his web site. When caught out by a reporter he finally said everybody does it. Why he wasn’t arrested. Well he had become a Tory MP. Better known as the grifter party.

[@jamespaul6315]

@@garygalt4146 cant they be arrested for this shit? Seems like they should be

[@themanmrbijok7364]

I think with someone like Darren Jones MP, they show how we need to push for MPs that represent us and also for more campaigning and awareness on who these MPs are in our constituencies. Darren Jones is among only a small number of MPs that attend these conference questionings that put the government and businesses to question with appropriate questioning.

[@Funglutton]

He attended because he is chair of this committee and I believe only committee members get to put questions to the government in these select committee processes. If other MPs aren't attending, it's not because they're lazy it's because there are cross party representatives delegated to this office.

[@mypointofview1111]

We need complete reform of the political system in the UK.

[@terrywilliams8864]

A proper MP being proper MP. How lucky Bristol NW are to have a diligent honest man, taking to task Grant Shapps, or whoever he calls himself

[@TheLukeGeach]

Totally agree, I have been lucky to have him, and hope for another 5 years after tomorrow

[@johnny141093]

Grant Shapps (if that's really his name): "it depends what figures you cherry pick" *proceeds to cherry pick a singular figure*

[@kieranharwood7186]

To be fair to Michael Green, I mean Corinne Stockheath, or is it Sebastian Fox, no wait, I remember, it's Grant Shapps, who among us hasn't run online pyramid schemes under fake names while they were supposed to be doing their job and then lied about it and, when found out, threatened people with legal action? It's a totally normal thing to do, right? :)

[@HIOP0]

"If that's really his name"?...seems to be much more acceptable than johnnnnnnnyyyyyy84624364858463524254758659

[@maejohllegator3806]

"I'm not asking you a question yet if you'll bear with me, Secretary of State" Hell yes.

[@HIOP0]

Oops we must have missed that part...so grateful to you for your assistance...

[@KissTheGreat]

Looking forward to seeing him as minister soon!

[@willlawrence8756]

As PM?

[@r8chlletters]

It’s insane how hard they are working on suppressing wages

[@whatsinaname11]

I think they've bankrupt the country on the sly 🤪

[@drunkengamer1977]

@@whatsinaname11 That's the plan then they'll have to sell off the NHS it's been their goal for decades

[@Batters56]

Not that hard. The best thing for business and GDP would be unfettered immigration. But the Tories don’t do that for their friends.

[@208markbrown]

Apart from their own💷💷

[@GADNEWTRON]

Tories WANT a non-union England, will be of course a low-wage England! Most people will work harder for less. Employer contributions to pensions and health care will be a thing of the past. No longer even remotely threatened with Union resistance! kzbin.info/www/bejne/n5SpnJWYlMiCj6M

[@clivejbarrett]

Grant Shapps has no original thought. "I don't have the numbers in front of me."

[@moohHa22]

If Angela Rayner and Darren Jones had a baby I think it would come out like Judge Judy. These Labour MPs are like dogs with a bone and I love it! It’s so refreshing to see corrupt or senseless politicians being scrutinised so directly. Many of the public want to know the answers to these questions, I’m so glad we get to watch it for ourselves.

[@mariacrouch7109]

Darren Jones well done no messing about straight to the point and spot on with your questions and knowledge

[@michaelrch]

10:18 😂😂😂 Shapps horrified that the committee chair actually uses data in his hearings!! And the committee chair is genuinely hilarious!!

[@stuartkennedy4202]

Glad someone is holding them to account. Great questions taking no bull.

[@RatluBoogerbag]

Summary: Look over there not over here. War is our excuse for everything. Here are figures we've fabricated to say we're brilliant.

[@josephedwards4325]

Wow. That was great.

[@cody2470]

Love this guy, straight talking. Takes no bullshit, knows how to put them in their place.

[@Charmander943]

That's by far the most arrogant thing I've ever seen... that Labour mp handled himself so professionally

[@simoncelt5590]

Oh God that last parting shot was fucking brilliant

[@caspar_gomez]

so british though, when are we going to stop being so polite and dry and actually get angry

[@jeffsuter344]

BURN.

[@edwardbernthal160]

@@caspar_gomez you must be joking, do we need something like a PMQ's pantomime?

[@caspar_gomez]

@@edwardbernthal160 youre right I think a punch and judy show is about as violent as its going to get

[@rjkmusicmedia]

The parting shot was him admitting he didn't ask him to bring info on a subject he is now asking about. - so his parting shot was a self-own.

[@markfirmin7748]

Still not talking about the elephant in the room “ Brexit “ until we admit the damage done, we can’t move on.

[@nickchivers9029]

Why would we talk about something that happened 8 years ago?

[@pleakhouse]

“It shouldn’t be a surprise that I want to ask you about the economy.” 🔥🔥🔥

[@tyronegray4036]

This was a thing of beauty!!!!! My God!!!! Darren Jones has always been thorough and precise about his work. Serves him very well!!!!!

[@philtreman9944]

Jones is a breath of fresh air.

[@grantmck9659]

The new tactic is "I don't recognize those results/figures". Facts aren't open to interpretation they either are or they are not. This man totally banjod this clown with the truth. More of this accross the board please.

[@maejohllegator3806]

Darren Jones is gold. Well-spoken (Tory Home Counties types should love him), centre-to-left-of-centre (as are the majority of the electorate when not riled up by Brexit-type rubbish) and obviously intelligent and (as yet) not beholden to any big corporates. Long may he reign.

[@craigsteven9665]

how these people ended up in the positions they're in is beyond me

[@jakobthelibrarycard6261]

Not alltogether stiff competition. The Mediocrity Party. Bunch of entitled, bumbling twats.

[@HIOP0]

BASIC LIVING ALSO SEEMS WELLL BEYOND YOU AND YOUR MEAGRE CAPABILITIES.

[@minzy421]

Shapps be like "putin is to be blamed for knifecrimes in london, putin is to be blamed for violent crimes on women, putin is to be blamed for shortage of nhs staff, putin is to be blamed for england losing at the world cup"

[@BH-ui5eb]

No Sadiq khan is to blame for that

[@TruthTortoise81]

@@BH-ui5eb Sure, swap one bogeyman for another.

[@charlyhammond5280]

@@BH-ui5eb no he’s not boris Johnson caused a riot and he was on holiday so he allowed it to carry on even when he came back sooo

[@charlyhammond5280]

@@BH-ui5eb your just a racist go away

[@AA-gg9ul]

Don’t forget the snow that messed traffic up yesterday, definitely Putin’s fault and we can maybe also trace it somehow to covid

[@midlandgeordie]

Tories find every excuse not to pay public sector a decent wage!!

[@any-car-will-do]

Yeah, cos they too busy seeing there mates and donors are ok

[@Dogboy73]

Because they want to privatise EVERYTHING! There's no profit in public sector services and Tories have a real hard time dealing with this. That's why Thatcher sold off half the bloody country back in her day.

[@julielevinge266]

Demonisation of unions is at last getting far more difficult,with inflation at a whopping 11%, offering a pay cut in real terms to public sector workers( already trailing behind private sector) is unacceptable.

[@ahotmic]

Except when it's THEIR pay of course!

[@jensatts7125]

Hence why I left. Started under Labour in 2009 and watched as the Tories dismantled our department (DWP) to the point where nobody was providing a decent service. I felt so sad. We were honestly doing our best on very little money and worsening conditions. It was awful to watch

[@JustKevH]

"under your government the country has been in decline for a decade" "yeah but over a decade ago we had some growth off the back of a labour recession" pretty much all i heard over and over there

[@kevinhancock9475]

I’ve watched hundreds of these people brought in for questioning for various things and different matters. It’s all very well questioning theses modern day criminals, who seamlessly have a endless line of excuses . But know one is ever brought to justice, or held accountable for their inexcusable actions.

[@christinestanding]

"Thugs in suits"?

[@shanemul3837]

Imagine how good things would be if they worked that hard to rise wages rather than suppress them 😕

[@stephenwakeman3074]

Darren Jones bodied Shapps here, at least 4 times. Steadfast against the Tory bluster, he refused to buy any of it. Loved it when he told him to let him finish asking a question and reminded the SOS that talking over someone like that is rude.

[@Pathofplenty]

We need change. Everyone's feeling the unease that a stuttering government is instilling with their seeming dismantlement of stability.

[@richardhowlett4097]

Absolutely right, the government are are trying to steer without a wheel.

[@whatsinaname11]

Revealed for the gang of charlatans they are.

[@ricardoortez9812]

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[@ilovetrafficcones]

We did it! ❤

[@alfredpiper5715]

“Just for future reference it shouldn’t be a surprise that I ask you about the economy” what a line

[@grahamfearnley1681]

Total Denial from the Minister!!!

[@maryburke2680]

He's far too clever for Schapps showing him up for what he is a clown. 🥳🥳

[@smileytall]

What an utter plumb Grant Shapps truly is. Shapps: "I don't believe your (official statistics) figures.... " Jones: "okay, show me yours ..." Shapps: "Errrmmm .... I'll get back to you."

[@isnitjustkit]

Worst Transport Secretary we’ve ever had

[@tilley6351]

The WORST human being ever.

[@howshecuttingbogman8999]

Wrong, check out Chris Grayling.

[@tilley6351]

@@howshecuttingbogman8999 Grayling is incompetent but Shapps is laughing at our faces with contempt.

[@isnitjustkit]

@@howshecuttingbogman8999 Shapps was worse by miles

[@howshecuttingbogman8999]

@@isnitjustkit so you think shapps is worse than a guy who awarded a ferry contract to a company with no prior experience and........no ships!!!

[@MrDominicg90]

God I love that guy! No bullshit, they should clone him and make it law that every politician should be accompanied by him at all times

[@davekeith576]

Yes , but unfortunately the Tories have only been cloning fruadsters and liers in a massive production line ..Can we have some arrests now .The EU government have shown the light .We want our money back in this country ,not in an offshore account .

[@mbrierley144brierley3]

Yes. It's called 'being in command of the detail'.

[@garyt123]

@@mbrierley144brierley3 Also called being responsible and competent in one's job. Those who turn up quoting figures they "don't have here" or "don't know off the top of my head", etc. are just those who get paid a fortune, but are too lazy or arrogant to even bother to prepare, beforehand, to _actually do_ the job they are being paid that fortune to do.

[@patrickyorke3028]

Get this man on the Front Bench.

[@deydododontdedoh.5672]

'Depends how you move the baseline' Tory speak for moving the goalposts! 🤣

[@hg82met]

An incompetent, lazy Tory minister who rocks up to a select committee hearing totally unprepared with nothing to back up his claims. We expect so little of this Tory government, and at every turn they prove that we've actually overestimated them.

[@jonathanbarraclough5917]

Sadly looking stupid is the Government main play and they are really good at looking dumb.

[@HIOP0]

Was it the immediate past labour govt that left a note upon leaving office for over a decade, saying sorry, no money left, we wasted it on union jollies and backhanders to the boys?

[@riccagiaco]

Brutal, I love this guy! definitely need to see more of him, roasting these useless charlatan

[@lindacurrie8817]

Not brutal enough. Show Tories no mercy or grace. Heinous government

[@maureennewman905]

Not to mention the state of the NHS , rise in deaths they are ignoring

[@35geordielad]

The arrogance and ineptitude of this Tory and Tory goverment is sitting right there

[@HIOP0]

You seem to have forgotten, if you ever knew....the electorate gets the govt they deserve (voted in)...get it now?

[@chrispygingerpie]

Just for future reference, it shouldn’t be a surprise that I want to talk to you about the economy… brilliant!

[@lindacurrie8817]

Rules to remember. 1. Never trust a Torie 2. Never forget rule number 1

[@duanepipe5277]

This labour mp ,has a very bright future, impressed

[@eugenemorice8545]

Mr Jones to Mr Schapps 'Here's your arse .Would you like it?"

[@patriciahiggins9188]

Pass the parcel shapps

[@BB-sm8ey]

The rate of change (speed of growth) is an absolutely irrelevant metric without realising that we've also fallen the furthest in Europe, and that growth is nowhere near enough to catch up. Tories.

[@re1644]

exactly, if you have nothing and suddenly you earn a Pound, Shapps would brag "the growth is immeasurable" but if you say we lost everything and now got 1 Pound back instead... sounds quite different

[@UdoBloss]

Full marks to this guy love the way he rinses Grunt Sh*tes.

[@kevinkevin-ug9po]

Shapps blaming everything wrong with the UKs crisis on Putin

[@ip3948]

You have to say "Putin's illegal war" or it doesn't count

[@bobjohnbowles]

Well he may have a point. I am sure the Kremlin's funding of the tories has taken a huge knock.

[@alasdaircook5673]

Its a wonder Shapps didn't blame it on Corbyn as well

[@sof5858]

I can say as a Civil Servant, I am still at minimum of my pay grade, even after 10 years of experience in my role. Meaning newly promoted staff will be on the same wage as myself. Fuckin joke.

[@paulkay8986]

Darren Jones is superb at holding the feet of these duplicitous charlatans to the fire...

[@TheSynthnut]

Shapps accuses hi m of being "selective" with a wide set data whilst all the time being hyper-selective with his own. Shapps is also being disingenuous with his use of "fastest growth" as it's only in relation to the depth of fall that this can be seen. Also, Shapps' reference to automation is concerning. The Tories idea of success is to allow employers to make heaps of cash with the bare minimum of staff,with no pay leverage, but this is a one-way ticket to hell. We need a populous with spending money, else it all grinds to a halt.

[@Alex-cw3rz]

11:31 he straight up l ied here, this means he should have his MP-ship removed, he l ied to a committee.

[@ValkyiaTV]

Gods.. If we fired every politician that lied we'd have an empty house.. Though.. That might not be the worst development..

[@RifeSpeculation]

Anyone who wants to see more of Darren Jones on top form should check out his complete decimation of the P&O ferries Chief Executive, it's a thing of beauty!

[@theglaceonchannel658]

Agreed! It's gorgeous x

[@BAD_A_MOTHER_F]

Darren Jones to replace Starmer......this bloke knows his stuff and how to approach taking knobs down.....

[@atlasgabriel5461]

Darren Jones should be the Prime Minister.

[@davidbrown5362]

Shapps is completely out of his depth and the guy opposite is in a class of his own completely demoralised Shapps.

[@johnwright9372]

Shapps or whatever his real name is will soon be back to lying.

[@williamkennedy5492]

Who is in the chair, absolutely brilliant to see him in action especially against such a tory who is being evasive, Look at shapps body language arms folded across his body that speaks volumes .The man is afraid and so he should be 12 years of tory mismanagement of our country. The sooner they are gone the better, and those of us with a memory realise its not Putin its the tories ! ,

[@Annie-cb]

Darren Jones, Labour MP {edit: Bristol NW}. Fantastic chair.

[@Alex-cw3rz]

4:22 So he's bascially saying when there was a coalition government 2010 to 2015 it was going a lot better, but then under a tory only government which started in 2015, it went horribly... I don't think the coalition was good it's just that's what his statement implys without him realising it.

[@neilmchardy9061]

That’s about it

[@dedoc7143]

Not that the coalition was great...But ot was slightly better than under the Tories.

[@Alex-cw3rz]

@@dedoc7143 I don't think the coalition was good it's just that's what his statement implys without him realising it.

[@SpencerF6]

Shapps refuting these figures....and refusing the answer the questions. The Tories need to go, NOW!!!

[@WarrenFinlay1994]

Joe Gato making an appearance behind the business sec 😂😂

[@russell2369]

What a fantastic example of questioning: with confidence and informed by data.

[@DaveMitten-bu9dw]

Darren Jones ended that with pure gold!