Lewis Goodall followed by MP Sir John Hayes as he explores safest Tory seat | The News Agents

[@FoghornLeghorny]

Top marks to whoever zoomed in on the scooter 😂😂😂

[@wendystevenson1364]

The only kids visible in the piece.

[@geezerbutler4582]

I think this was a reference to the bumper sticker on the mobility scooter

[@RuanJones-gn4xh]

@@geezerbutler4582Priceless 😂

[@luminousfractal420]

did you catch the second sticker inside the cab?😂 airbags

[@FoghornLeghorny]

@@luminousfractal420 I didn’t! Thanks.

[@happychappy7115]

"Country's going down the drain, getting worse and worse - I'm voting Tory "😢

[@taykitrleevitt4314]

When the country, governed by a bunch of well educated idiots has finished burning to the ground - give yourself a satisfactory pat on the back for contributing to the present shitstorm... sleep well.

[@daikucoffee5316]

@NigelBlancmange?

[@realnoahsimpson]

😭

[@darriendastar3941]

I think I owe Sir John Hayes and apology. Until I saw his constituents just now, I didn't realise he was a dangerously intellectual and radical left-winger. Oh well. The people of Spalding will get whatever they deserve - such is the nature of democracy.

[@realhorrorshow8547]

"The cognoscenti of Spalding"? Jesus Christ!

[@Number9s]

@NigelBlancmange Which bit?

[@KevinMeeds]

My part of the country. Where Turkeys really do vote for Christmas…

[@stevenhoward3358]

All gobbled up by capitalism

[@hg82met]

I don't think these ones can even spell Christmas.

[@DeanoOwls]

The Tories have always relied on the uninformed fool vote..

[@jibjub2121]

likewise, very strange seeing somewhere so familiar and usually insignificant on youtube

[@alexjeffrey3981]

That's a great phrase - exactly what it is. Working people voting for extreme neoliberalism. Who on earth thinks that Farage, a trader, is in favour of reindustrialisation? Madness.

[@danlees3815]

That guys mobility scooter sticker 😂😂😂

[@starmersbarber]

The 82-year-old talking about labour governments leaving the country 'on the floor'....surely he must realise the damage that the Tories have done over the last 14 years. Silly old fool.

[@alangaughran]

He would have been young then and living in that town the chances of him hearing anything other than Tories lying about Labour would be low. Tories have always lied and been hostile personally to political opponents in my lifetime. It's not a recent phenomenon.

[@Stephen647]

what an insufferable sad-act

[@dianeglanville]

some time the old generation can't see through how bad tories are that's the problem

[@stewartellinson8846]

you'd think that after 54 of the last 79 years having had tory governments, we'd be living in a utopia. And yet no...... I wonder if anyone in spalding has made a link.....

[@indricotherium4802]

He's wrong but that makes it no less of a continual failure by Labour to rebut the claims of the Tories and also fail to articulate and convince the electorate of their own achievements. What a relief for them that the Tories at last got round to self-destruction.

[@davidellis1355]

Really makes me sad how thick some people can be

[@michaeladkins6]

Their echo chamber.

[@bitcoinisfreedommoney.fckt2663]

Then stop looking in the mirror every morning

[@maxwild3516]

It's worse than thick as it is actually unthinking! At best they think that there is a simple solution to every problem.

[@biddlybongdavinport5995]

Reform voters come to mind. Thick as mince..

[@semfronken6176]

I think this all the time, but you have to remember that the narrow minded bigoted views that get attention are being propagated through the media for a reason, as that's the narrative and norm that they want to push. I have a mild sense of hope that there's plenty of sound-minded individuals out there. And if reform or conservatives win, I'll be applying to be sent to rawanda too.

[@alexharrison2743]

I absolutely lost it when the cameraman zoomed in on the mobility scooter stickers. Excellent spot, top quality reporting 😂

[@davesandall4530]

Wow Spalding embarrassing the whole of Lincolnshire

[@StevieSpiers-ru3mf]

The whole of the UK.

[@gnome691]

I live in Spalding, full of Tory's. Virtually hopeless for any other party.

[@davesandall4530]

@@gnome691 I know been the same all over Lincolnshire, rich farmers prop them up everytime

[@Nawitisnae]

Embarrassing mankind.

[@gerardmackay8909]

@@davesandall4530 nope in rural Lincs there are a handful of rich farmers the Tory vote comes from the uneducated, the untravelled, and the pi$$ poor inadequates who make up Tory rural heartland.

[@EthanZoid]

As we were during world war 😂😂😂😂 you mean starving and asking for American bailout which we spent 80 years paying

[@jean-lucpicard5510]

Get it right. We paid off lend lease in 1996.

[@nicknewman7848]

Yeah.. but, like, Winston Churchill and Spitfire's an' that

[@TheBadger74]

@@jean-lucpicard5510 Get it right, it was 2006 actually.

[@geraldhornsby]

I think we all know what he means...

[@mchparity]

And 11 'RAF' bases.

[@jessrain3860]

Well done to the video editor! The 'scare' noise everytime the MP came scuttling around was hilarious! And the charismatic Lewis, oh Lewis my political crush, when he said 'go on, you can tell the truth because he's gone now' 😂😂😂😂 UK TV GOLD!!!❤

[@janetdavies9056]

Oh he’s my political crush too.

[@malcolmtaylor-s7n]

Marvelous piece, genuinely entertaining, original & funny. Thank you.

[@31Blaize]

Ah Tories still putting the CON in Conservative...

[@swarming1092]

Lewis Goodall is the best thing to happen to UK news media in years. Absolute gold lol. The sound effects and zoom-ins are hilarious. Also that guy at 5:48 "The Zionist Rothschilds, and the New World Order etc" it's like looking at a mirror image of the antisemitic corbynistas but on the right!

[@oitoitoi1]

and the tories in charge of the bbc pushed him out whilst promoting that horrific tory shill kuenssberg.

[@jessrain3860]

He really is!

[@PatSmith-d5w]

Absolutely agree, I am hoping LBC will give Lewis Nick Ferrari's program in the morning, he would make it more balanced and far more interesting.

[@swarming1092]

@@PatSmith-d5w tbh I really like Ferrari's morning program. It's exactly the sort of thing I enjoy in the morning before work. He's brutal against both Tories and Labour even if I don't always agree with his views, he runs an entertaining morning show

[@PatSmith-d5w]

@@swarming1092 I find he has a sense of humour but he is so biased, and when you look at his former employment, The Sun (Murdoch!), then I can't forgive him or his right wing leanings. Also, his so false, "look after your children", look after your granny, to callers, it's so false! I prefer Lewis he has such a pleasant personality.

[@supernoodles91]

I wish Lewis had asked the 82 year old who was still obsessing about Harold Wilson which party introduced the winter fuel allowance, which party gave him his free bus pass? He obviously hates Labour so much, hand both back........

[@Pollllz]

Useful piece - at least I know that Spalding is just another godawful place that I can add to the ‘never visit’ list

[@joeegg90]

Here's an useful map I use to avoid, "never visit" places. Scotland's always nice to see and Northern Ireland has some really picturesque locations, some sailing in Cardigan Bay if you don't mind the weather.

[@thedealermusic]

This is a prime example of why we need better education.

[@PatSmith-d5w]

Often thought it's not in the Tories interests to improve education standards for the last 14 years.

[@nicknewman7848]

That won't resolve the IQ issue I'm afraid. You'd have to stop them breeding.. ironically a policy they'd probably be open to if it was aimed at immigrants.

[@swanchamp5136]

One of those guys seems to think better education involves beating kids with sticks.

[@andi17ish]

Scotland does fine thanks 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@hawsrulebegin7768]

This place has a strong Whickerman vibe

[@paulusthewoodgnome]

Leave Alan Whicker out of this.

[@cavalierwiththetruth]

Isn't that a sea shanty? 😆

[@MsCharlieBrown78]

Why did that man get a 2 bed bungalow when he needed 1?? he would be the first to complain about others taking houses that they're not entitled to. Disgusting.

[@bobthegirl90]

Tories - we are against people having spare rooms (unless they vote for us)

[@elgee6202]

Because he was entitled to it, which means he would be well within his rights to complain about others taking house they're _not_ entitled to.

[@guyrichardson6556]

To be fair, people with disabilities often need extra room to store their mobility chairs. But the fact he needed his MP to sort it out suggests inadequate social services in his area.

[@MsCharlieBrown78]

@@elgee6202 he said the council wouldn't give him it, but the MP sorted it out for him. That tells us he wasn't entitled to it.

[@Blorp_]

@@MsCharlieBrown78councils famously never make mistakes

[@Irishgui83]

These people are..... quite something 🤯 That's as pleasant as I can be, so I'll leave it there.

[@Clive-js8ej]

My thoughts too, mate.

[@annphillips1086]

They were all polite and smiling though. I must admit I quite liked the first interviewee, with the beard and the pipe. He had Farage nailed to a T. 'Tis pity he's a Tory voter, but they're probably afraid not to with that hyperactive MP whizzing around keeping his eye on the whole populace.

[@DS-gz7bw]

Generations of Inbreeding

[@parametr]

"I want England to be like it was 60 years before I was born" "I want England to produce steel stuff, that's why I vote for an investment banker or a stock broker; never for a party born from workers' unions" xD

[@johndean1634]

workers' unions" . There is no such thing. They Never Represent the Working Class and are a Bunch of Spineless Box Ticking Morons. Was Shop Stewart for 20 Years. Before i realised they was Labours Puppets pushing there Race and Imigration Policy. Like you cannot ask for A Black Coffee, Its Not A Black Bag its a Refuse Sack at a meeting in the 1990s. We ALL WALKED OUT.

[@StealthBoyElite]

I think that one said Farage. So, you can imagine exactly what time "during the war" he'd be happiest, can't you? Right about when it started.

[@chrischarlescook]

Kudos to the editor. Lewis is an asset to UK journalism

[@MrBizteck]

I think someone should test the water in that town. There must be some SERIOUSLY dodgy chemicals in the water!

[@michaelsmedley7519]

Chem trails mate 😂

[@glyndavies5479]

Hopefully all the normal people of Spalding were busy at work when this was filmed!

[@alfsmith4936]

I'm from Lincolnshire and even we call them "fenners". There used to be a lot of inbreeding around those parts of the county. Boston is another place to avoid.

[@badbooks476]

@@alfsmith4936 Exactly why Tice is standing in Boston

[@alfsmith4936]

@@badbooks476 I'd forgotten about that.. It's real redneck country between Boston and Skegness. He might do well because they've always loved a conspiracy theory around there and there's a lot of early American history for his donors to buy.

[@alfsmith4936]

@@badbooks476 Repost because KZbin censored my reply for no apparent reason.. I'd forgotten about that.. It's real 'redneck country' between Boston and Skegness. He might do well because they've always loved a conspiracy theory around there and there's a lot of early American history for his donors to buy.

[@sheilaroddick5853]

Hard to imagine they are living in the 21st century.Frightening.

[@CharltonCharles]

That guys bumper stickers which they zoomed in on 🤣

[@djpandsmm]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@cavalierwiththetruth]

That being Spalding, it probably referred to his own mum. 🤮

[@Daithai96]

How did they get inflation down, when it wasn't their fault it went up? Never heard a Tory explain that yet - you can say it as often as you like, that's still not an explanation, so when does that make any sense?

[@daviniarobbins9298]

The inflation we had is their fault. It was caused by brexit. All the extra paperwork and the delays incurred was bound to send prices soaring. Inflation since 2021 has gone up 20% but you don't hear that. Oh no, you hear we got inflation down to 2.3% which is sort of true but that is only if you compare the average inflation rate in the last 12 months. It is spin and dishonest.

[@swarming1092]

It wasn't entirely their fault it went up, but it was the Bank of England who got it down. I suppose if they'd spent wildly the BoE might have needed to use even higher interest rates, but that's a counter-factual

[@Nawitisnae]

​@@swarming1092Nothing to do with Truss's disastrous mini budget? Had the Bank of England not stepped in immediately after Truss's disastrous mini budget, a lot of these Tory fools in this clip might have lost their pensions.

[@SashaGrace94]

Predicting inflation would go down is like predicting the sun will come up or the tide will go out - it goes up and down over time. It’ll bounce as the negative, deflationary months of nearly a year ago drop off the 12 month rolling count as the next 4 months predictions for inflation are an average of 0.45% per month. CPI is measured with some weird stuff in it that lots of people don’t buy and I don’t think it’s unreasonable to suggest that the better measure is core CPIH which is still very high due to sticky service inflation. Betting the farm on growth instead of additional funding the public sector properly from the get go is a risk from Labour too so it’s not like either main party have nailed this.

[@Daithai96]

@@SashaGrace94 I was making a fairly glib point over nonsensical Tory commentary, but I absolutely agree with the rest of your analysis

[@andrewcoulson2375]

This has 30p lee phoning his pal before knocking his door vibes......🙄

[@XhoowieX]

Nah this guy was hilarious and endearing (in this video at least). A far cry from Leanderthal.

[@hg82met]

"Lewis, Lewis, look, I found another one! Lewis! LEWIS!"

[@EthanZoid]

Comedy gold. That guy about WHO and WEF 😂 can we have him on comedy stage

[@mup_pet]

It's not funny at all! Poor guy has unwittingly undergone a lobotomy by hanging around the dregs of the internet. Where's your compassion? 😅

[@PatrickWhelan-sp1th]

Im loving Lewis these days

[@anthonyrybicki1000]

Hard job he has slogging around brain dead zombie parts of the UK in search of intelligent life forms.

[@Stephen_Lafferty]

5:57 - I had no idea that there was this level of fruitcakiness at large in the country! He genuinely hit the bingo on the New World Order cabal meter!

[@hg82met]

A very well-read fruitcake - he even knew about American conspiracies too. Clearly has been down a lot of rabbit holes on Facebook.

[@MrTopeakeremale]

😂😂😂😂

[@sadies2820]

My thoughts exactly.

[@mildlydispleased3221]

Oh my giddy aunt. This man is insane.

[@karensmith7738]

This is hilarious! Couldn't stop laughing. Love Lewis. 😂

[@Mike-zz5kz]

Well done Lewis and Team. This was very refreshing reporting. Light-hearted but insightful. More like this please.

[@Me-ui1zy]

The next leader of the conservative party. He'll be the only one left

[@hg82met]

Maybe the right-wing vote will be split and he'll lose his seat. We can only hope.

[@Hat101]

And some say 16 year olds aren't knowledgeable enough to vote.

[@leejnew]

The sudden jump scares 😂

[@elspethgibson7625]

How could ordinary people vote Tory. How can they represent their interests

[@nicknewman7848]

They're either morons or masochists.. or both.

[@redlightmax]

2:49 To be fair, they don't look that ordinary.

[@stephenhill545]

They tell people which voiceless minority group to blame, and it works a treat.

[@darrens2601]

Because there benefit claiming idiots

[@mufccharliemufcglazersout]

True 👍🏽

[@artsed08]

We need a voters' test - you have to sit an exam before you get a vote.

[@markmoran916]

17.4m would fail it 😂😂😂

[@moomin7461]

IQ test.

[@58JMG]

A few million would eat the crayon.

[@stringbok]

This video is genuinely scary

[@jonathonwheatcroft754]

Only if politicians take a common sense exam

[@trevaudio]

Braverman’s mentor….enough said !

[@sanjayboro1]

Where has that 82 year old been for the past 14yrs in a coma?

[@POWERtothePEOPLE-GP78]

Reading the Daily Mail every morning and watching GB News, I'd imagine!

[@stephenhill545]

Selective memory, too. Thatcher gave us stagflation.

[@BossySwan]

Spalding

[@tablechair]

Love the effects.

[@mark_ire]

3:10 is some of the best camera work I've ever seen during an election interview, thank you whoever was behind the camera!

[@dazaaw]

Haha

[@sue8046]

This was just bizarre 😭😭

[@fatley23]

That was highly entertaining!,all that was missing was a Donald Trump impression!

[@Moxiecore]

The stickers on the mobility scooter at 3:00... *facepalm*🤦🤦‍♂🤦‍♀

[@benhayward2597]

This was comedy gold.

[@shanek1195]

The tories can have that place. What a lost cause 😂

[@1pauljs]

Hopefully demographics will help fix it 🫠

[@shanek1195]

@@1pauljs 4:40 "Yes, mate!"

[@MontyCantsin5]

‘I’ve never had someone who’s still angry about Harold Wilson before.’ I’m dying. 😂

[@vinba8234]

Probably still angry about the 1834 Slavery Abolition Act...

[@MontyCantsin5]

@vinba8234: Nothing would surprise me.

[@woodencreatures]

'Things we've achieved as a govt' Uhhhhhh

[@tanjanikola9489]

People are so utterly confused. No wonder Brexit vote went through, as people just do not understand even the basics and have incredibly short memories of what the people they want to vote for have done and said in the past.

[@Northcountry1926]

Sir John… We see him here, We see him there, We see him everywhere… Crazy … 😂

[@stevenhoward3358]

Hayes... Wasn't he the fellow that pushed, promoted and coached Liz Truss? I wonder if the lettuce that beat her came from one of Spalding's hot houses?

[@cdeaker]

And Braverman!

[@semfronken6176]

The timing on that zoom to the bumper stickers was hilarious.

[@TheAncientBiker]

The shear political ignorance is unsurprising but so, so depressing.

[@nicholasgodleman7520]

If you’re going to criticise others on big boy topics you need to make sure your spelling is correct.

[@TheAncientBiker]

@@nicholasgodleman7520 If you're going to criticise one spelling error then you are not one of the big boys but an insecure one of the little boys.

[@stewarthayhurst1079]

The same situation the country is in is the same as a certain country was in back in the 30's when a similar figure to farage took advantage to progress his career on simplistic policies and blaming foreigners

[@hg82met]

Hayes' constituency "delivered the nation's second-highest Leave vote in the 2016 Brexit referendum, with a Leave vote of 73.6%". Looking at this electorate, it's not surprising.

[@chrisstones1249]

Lewis ,is a journalist of the highest order .👍👍👍👍👍

[@hg82met]

3:17 - The stickers on that mobility scooter. My gawd.

[@cavalierwiththetruth]

In Spalding they probably refer to his own mum.

[@matthewgotliffe960]

Love this video, completely unhinged 🤣

[@maryj5593]

Lewis I know this is supposed to be serious but I have not laughed so much for a while. Thank you

[@damianleah6744]

After 14 years of this political circus it’s still somebody else’s fault.

[@keithlevoir608]

Make that 50 years

[@lyr5436]

You won't be surprised to hear that the 25% figure the old chap quoted about Harold Wilson's government was wildly false - shame Lewis didn't correct him

[@AuldScot1888]

Sweet Feckin Jeezus. I just googled to see he got voted back in. Is that the village of the dammed or what?! 😮

[@carrie4696]

I’m absolutely dying. Dying.

[@JohnEboy73]

Nice town Spalding, but the pesticides have gotten to the people there..

[@martins4518]

​@@imogenhobson7278There's a nice stretch on the Welland, and the A16 out of there

[@Nomoreanons]

Lewis describing the Spalding residents support of the Torys as 'congenital' was hilarious.

[@hencole]

That ladies and gentlemen is why it was so important to ban leaded petrol....particularly the drinking of it.

[@maryj5593]

😂😂😂😂 Love it, PMSL

[@PeterFailey-Smith]

Is this an old Monty Python sketch ?

[@bobsmith2794]

mainly disabled people in the village. has there mp told them there gonna get there benefits stopped?

[@jask00]

"Nigel Farage said our borders would definitely close but they didn't. He makes a lot of sense. I will vote for him" Can you spell "cognitive dissonance".

[@shanecagney7451]

Finally managed to shake Sir John. Lewis' epitaph.

[@RH1812]

Spalding looks a great place to avoid

[@RichWoods23]

They mostly come out at night. Mostly.

[@ajs41]

Expand your horizons.

[@matlew1960]

"He's standing behind me again isn't he?"

[@klausbinn777]

More of this please. Lewis Goodall is the new Chris Morris.

[@SuperLamarrio64DS]

This is actually really funny - The parts with Sir John Hayes, not the crazy people

[@dominikclarke6545]

The sound effects 😂

[@jamesfielding3127]

gammon town

[@fritzhenning1]

No longer true that you can put a blue rosette on a pig and the thicko locals will vote for it. Now it's light blue or dark blue....but still same thickos.

[@TheVicar]

"Coming out of Brexit" What's that, if its not a call to rejoin?

[@PassiveAgressive319]

Why are people saying they are voting Farage when he’s not standing in their constituency🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@michealhunt6607]

Blame the media for the way it presents elections nowadays. Very Americanised and Presidential Its not just a thing thats localised to this area or Nigel Farage

[@tomsyme8282]

Love the chaotic vibe of this town lol

[@Runts-j8i]

Give the editor a raise pls

[@luminousfractal420]

that zoom in 😂😂😂😂😂👌🏼

[@hg82met]

I love the dramatic klaxon every time he pops up in the picture.

[@beecee2205]

the guy at 6.02 thinks that Farage/Lice are not bonkers enough.

[@stevebell6057]

Lewis - are you sure that you haven’t stumbled into the Appalachian Mountains by chance?

[@nicknewman7848]

You've clearly never been to an East Anglian town centre during working hours. I grew up in a town like this. These people think a trip to Peterborough is a high culture experience.

[@MontyCantsin5]

@nicknewman7848: 🤣

[@robertpearce8394]

The mythical perfect past that never actually existed.

[@DylanSargesson]

As much as I don't agree with his politics I respect him for being out and about in his constituency and trying. Being the safest seat you wouldn't be shocked if they completely ignored it during a campaign.

[@cavalierwiththetruth]

The contempt he showed for those voters though - his irony was palpable when he called them the cognoscenti to their faces. What a vile, patronising c**t.

[@markmoran916]

Not the brightest the mob up in Spalding 😂😂😂😂

[@garyblinston193]

Having watched this the only comfort is the median height of the constituency and the projected rise in sea levels.

[@leonardosimm3536]

Hilarious. And deeply depressing.

[@TheRC78]

Top-notch editing! 👏

[@927ismynumber]

That sound effect! 😆

[@thomasleach6212]

3:09 the sticker on the mobility scooter 😩💀😂

[@daveb3989]

Ah yes the conspiracy bingo card....

[@redlightmax]

7:21 I've heard of looking at things through rose-coloured glasses but... nostalgia for the World War?

[@Jonnycrouch]

I grew up in South Holland and went to school in Spalding. We were taught about "brain drain" in year 8 geography, using the local area as an example. John Hayes has always done an excellent job of turning up to all manner of local events, and getting his face and person known to the locals. Whether or not his parliamentary votes reflect the will (or at least, the interests) of his local constituents is probably up for debate, but I'm sure that many vote for him because - as you can see - he is ever present.

[@fritzhenning1]

I'm voting for Sir John, he got me a two bed council house when I was only due a one-bed house....how does that work?

[@AndySquire]

Amazing who you can find on the street with time to talk during the work day.

[@stephenblanchard8973]

Wasn't Hayes a close advisor too Truss...that worked well....?

[@mattym8038]

this is terrifying