'Marxist' Starmer, private schools and a 'safe pair of hands': Why are some still voting Tory? | LBC

[@nelty0987654321]

Calling Starmer Marxist is up there with some of the stupidest things I've heard. Have these people never read a book...

[@paulburton9386]

No, the Tories keep closing libraries.

[@factstrumpprejudice6740]

I spent many years knocking on doors asking folks about their voting choices, most people vote against things and not for things.

[@BLJ93]

Said with such confidence as well an can’t even explain what he means 😂

[@Tigger-roo1234]

I have read and studied on the matter and Starmer is the definition of marxist

[@Msax50]

Just the Daily Mail

[@TheySavedSoldeedsBrain]

Is there any Tory or Reform voter anywhere who knows what "Marxist" means?

[@Pauli-tm2zt]

A follower of Karl Marx's ideology. Not difficult is it.

[@BadgerBoy59]

@@Pauli-tm2zt and what are the main points of his ideology?

[@dub604]

Nope... They haven't got a clue. 😂

[@robwalker3417]

Anybody that believes Starmer is any where near being a Marxist clearly has no clue.

[@englishstark6100]

Sanity Clause isn’t that a Marxism?

[@alanwatterson2850]

"Sunak is a safe pair of hands" Hilarious! 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@PaulStargasm]

He's the political equivalent of Massimo Taibi.

[@DeTrOiTXX12]

I winced when he said that lol

[@MrChipz900]

The man who has failed on every single one of his pledges…except inflation…which he has no control over.

[@lisadefries6718]

Safe We can safely be assured we will have great difficulty getting a GP appointment even though there are thousands of doctors unemployed. We can safely know we can count on Sunak to do very little to make this country better be that housing, wages, taxes, roads, reliability of transport, drinking water, energy prices, education, public buildings, leisure centres, libraries our environment….. fill in the blanks Safe is overrated I prefer real change for the better for the majority.

[@stevegrim]

If you can't afford to send your children to public school without a 20% tax break then get a better job with more pay. Surely that is what all Conservatives believe.

[@monty6491]

Bootstraps, fewer lattes, etc

[@michal4705]

You don't have to vote for someone who wants to charge you 20% more tho

[@Steve-s8k]

A lot of those children going to private school have learning difficulties and would really struggle in a state school. So it isn't always a case of rich parents sending their kids to a private school just for a better education. What's going to happen to those children?

[@LB-eb2wx]

Excellent answer. They can always ask for it back from their children when they put that privilege to use

[@mattwebb5532]

Or just send your kids to state school and overwhelm the education system even more 👍👍👍👍👍

[@Alex-cw3rz]

Tax under the tories has gone up by £13,000 since 2019, the average disposable income is 11,000 pounds lower than 2010. He's getting poorer under the tories.

[@dextercool]

Stop muddying the waters with facts! /s JOB should have brought it up!

[@James_08_07]

Exactly

[@Dusty2feathers]

Where did you pluck those figures from?

[@Alex-cw3rz]

@@Dusty2feathers OBR for the £13,000 and ONS for the 11,000.

[@adrianbaron4994]

He is poorer under the Tories he adores and defers to, and he even admitted it. He is a classic Tory stooge " I may be poor, freezing and starving but at least I kept Corbyn out! "

[@julianlawrence-ball2279]

“I don’t trust Starmer because he said he supported Corbyn and then said he didn’t” next breath “I trust Sunak because he said he supported Johnson and said he didn’t” 😂

[@Mike20216]

Just worry that guy got the vote, and apparently 16-17 year olds should not vote.

[@shaun906]

you always support your leader, I did until he lost. the problem with corbyn was him being a purists. they expect the country to move to them. we gave it a go with the left of the party but it failed. we've moved on, I suggest you do the same vote Labour!

[@MrChipz900]

😂😂

[@chatham43]

@julian Another grammar school education wasted...and I don't say that lightly!

[@samuelfawell9159]

Hypocrisy thy name is the conservatives

[@James_08_07]

The fact people don't realise that voting Tory or Reform IS voting to make themselves poorer is why we're in this mess to begin with.

[@TheTreherne]

Do you think Labour will make us any richer? They’ll tax us just as much, if not more so than the Tories.

[@Steve-s8k]

Looking at Reforms policies I wouldn't of said so and they are nothing to do with the Tories mess. Meanwhile with Labours obvious tax rises and strict net-zero policies, you are guaranteed to be poorer

[@chatham43]

@James......parallels with all this climate change nonsense...it'll just make the poor poorer. Totally agree. We must save the planet for the poor to be poorer.

[@chad0x]

​@@Steve-s8knet zero policies create thousands of jobs in the renewables industry. We have to oay taxes to get services. The Tories used oir taxes to give tax cuts to the rich.

[@Steve-s8k]

@@chad0x If you don't mind paying higher taxes for non-jobs that's fair enough but you are paying higher taxes and higher energy costs when there is no need to and the money could be better spent elsewhere. Also stop obsessing about the Tories, yes we all know how badly they have done and we want to get away from that, not add to it.

[@phil637]

Sorry If you want to send your children to private school ... you will have to tighen your belt ..get rid of netflix.. no avacardo on toast.. no more holidays... downsize your house... move to a cheaper area..maybe take in a lodger... get a second job... private school is a luxury not a right. Hence VAT.

[@LeafHuntress]

No more Sky tv!

[@angelascott4073]

Go to a food bank

[@GazC-qt6lh]

😂😂😂😂 excellent, got the worlds smallest violin for these muppets

[@christiansimmons630]

Don’t forget no more Starbucks either!

[@Ghs--173]

Also, turn your heating down in winter and get some thick socks.

[@avrilneilson8005]

This caller's a sandwich short of a picnic

[@jeffsimon9594]

Ironically that is a bit of a classic hard left tactic, label your political opponent insane instead of arguing

[@subroy7123]

@@jeffsimon9594 Ironically that is a bit of a classic hard right tactic, label your opponent "Marxist" and "hard left" instead of arguing.

[@hammerofolympia3716]

He's a picnic short let alone sandwich.

[@abebe5017]

Which one? All of them were absolutely crazy!

[@Phuqarf]

@@jeffsimon9594bit like the right wing tactics of calling people ‘loony lefties’ and ‘marxist’

[@weswheel4834]

"I can't vote for Labour because they'd make me poorer". M'kay, so how's the last 14 years been going for you?

[@Dynasty1818]

My finances have improved, just because you're "suffering" and probably lying about your money, doesn't mean the rest of us are.

[@nickdee24]

@@Dynasty1818actually.... you may be one of the few, my guy.

[@nickdee24]

@@Dynasty1818 I love how their comment wasn't even directed at you and you took offence on their behalf. Classic.

[@SpenceJS87]

@Jackssw lol, never your fault is it?

[@weswheel4834]

@@Dynasty1818 You seem to be assuming that you wouldn't be doing any better if austerity and Brexit hadn't been such dismal failures.

[@Jourifouler]

Weatherspoon's drinkers and Daily mail readers

[@robertcreighton4635]

Gammons who take gbeebies seriously

[@phoenixwright1296]

Woah there buddy. I've had much better chats at wetherspoons

[@Al-Hunt-acrylic-painter]

Gammon

[@glennbateman4483]

I'm off to Wetherspoons later for cheap drink because I'm scared of being labelled a champagne socialist

[@THQMAS]

Woah i like weatherspoons but dont think this way :( Mostly cause im poor due to the tories

[@monty6491]

Labour aren't putting up private school fees by 20%, they're ending the tax break - i.e. subsidy - that private schools currently enjoy. It's up to the schools to decide how much of that increase in their tax bill, if any, they pass on to their customers. If Labour had a policy to make Amazon pay more tax, would people be complaining about Labour making their online purchases more expensive?

[@adrianoyorkshire]

Some of the callers who have strong opinions about issues they clearly don't have a clue.

[@Jdsfbgfvbvxv]

Easy to spot the Deform voters 🧟‍♂️

[@evidence4all-re6gf]

But democrarcy does not require any understanding for the elector except how to mark a ballot card in a polling booth.

[@chatham43]

@adrian And you are here to give us that clue and we thankyou for taking time out to do just that.😊

[@Nickelodeon81]

And bizarrely the less informed seem to have the strongest opinions.

[@adrianoyorkshire]

@chatham43 Easy. Spend about 50 years studying and investigating history and its consequences. Science and human behaviour, politics and foreign affairs, and then you might give yourself the opportunity to have a strong opinion.

[@brianferguson7840]

Personally I have no problems being a little bit poorer if it helps the life outcomes of the less privileged in society. But that's just me !!!

[@zoranblackie5921]

Unfortunately it seems to be about what you care about, yourself or other people... I choose to put others first as I'm doing OK and I had advantages this generation don't have

[@chrisparker5796]

You sir are a lone Wolf sad to say...

[@Al-Hunt-acrylic-painter]

No he's not. Some of us believe in socialism

[@culturevulturepapi8948]

helping the lives and especially decent upbringing and opportunities for the youth and poorest will benefit us all in the future

[@culturevulturepapi8948]

​@@Al-Hunt-acrylic-painterI don't believe in single ideological labels .....no some socialist, some communist, some capitalist ideas all have their merits etc...... and their cons

[@1porter]

'Marxist lawyer' 😂😂😂

[@BadgerBoy59]

These people that say "Labour will make me poorer" are the selfish ones. Yes, they may have to pay more inheritance tax, VAT on private school, and POTENTIALLY more capital gains tax... But overall, they will still manage absolutely fine when compared to the vast majority of people in this country.

[@Alex-cw3rz]

Also tax under the tories has gone up by £13,000 since 2019, the average disposable income is 11,000 pounds lower than 2010. He's getting poorer under the tories.

[@dianeglanville]

tories make put taxes up not labour called desperation

[@Me-ui1zy]

School fees should absolutely have VAT on them, but if you are someone who sends their kid to a private school and you arent extremely wealthy its perfectly reasonable to not want to pay that extra tax. People, as individuals, rarely vote to directly make themselves poorer.

[@rb1062]

Yet you probably scream and howl at those who voted to Leave the EU for 'making us poorer'. Oh, the muddled hypocrisy!

[@Alex-cw3rz]

@@Me-ui1zy but all to often do it indirectly average disposable income 10,000 pounds lower and tax has gone up per household on average £13,000 since 2010. But as you say labours is a policy, whereas the tories will l ie, are economically illiterate and through inaction cause this, but inaction is never treated the same.

[@clivethomas6864]

I am just wondering what country most of these people are living in? How can they still voting Tory.

[@grahamlees4394]

which planet more like...

[@GaryTaylor-gp2qc]

or labour

[@Phuqarf]

@@GaryTaylor-gp2qclabour hasn’t been in power for 14 years, mate

[@GaryTaylor-gp2qc]

@@Phuqarf devolution and wales bud wake up and take note ffs

[@evidence4all-re6gf]

Policies are produced to keep enough people happy so that the Conservatives will regain power. In a democracy, 51% matter.

[@cardwitch91]

…I seriously can’t believe this man called in crying about having to pay VAT on private schools, that are already ridiculously expensive, and saying that will make him “poorer”. This man has never been born if he honestly thinks that. The typical “I’m alright Jack, so I’ll vote for the party that allows me to horde my wealth and waste it on a commodity that ought to be free for all children in this country rather than anyone else who might want to improve the lot of ALL.” You keep eating that gammon, sweetheart

[@stephenmarsden5379]

One can only despair at the reasonings of the British voter. Have these people not lived through the same last 14 years as me... did Brexit, the PPE scandal, liz Truss, the continuing cost of living crisis, etc etc not happen in their world? Is the potential increase in the cost of private education all they have to worry about?

[@TheTreherne]

I highly doubt the Tories will get in, that’s one less thing for you to despair about.

[@Steve-s8k]

Come back in 4 years time and then you will realise why they voted Tory. Not that I am voting Tory, mind you but I'm certainly not voting Labour either.

[@mattwebb5532]

You're right we should have gone for Corbyn. Putin would be half way across Europe by now

[@weareallbornmad410]

​@Jackssw What about _Tories'_ history?

[@weareallbornmad410]

​@@mattwebb5532 Ah yes, Britain is the last bastion keeping Europe first. You'll save us all 🙄

[@jamietful]

Starmer a ‘Marxist lawyer’? Seriously? FFS🤦🏼🤣🤣 As for truth - its a complete stranger to Rishi Sunak🤣🤣

[@phillydavison]

Marxist Starmer.. ohh how I miss politics being boring.

[@mixodorians12]

Wales is funded by England. England forced wales into massive austerity.

[@Batters56]

Rishi Sunak isn’t the prime minister of Wales or Scotland. If he was he wouldn’t talk them down all the time because that would be ridiculous!

[@GaryTaylor-gp2qc]

no labour run it

[@thepoliticalhousethatjackbuilt]

@@GaryTaylor-gp2qc So if Labour run Wales why are the Welsh voting in the General Election to select the next Government of the UK if they are a completely separate and independent country?

[@garytaylor6382]

Look up devolution and wales ​@@thepoliticalhousethatjackbuilt

[@operationgoldfish8331]

@@Batters56 He was leading the UK Parliament. There is no separate 'English' Parliament. This business of comparing Wales, as if Labour was truly in charge, is just more Tory gaslighting, just like the way that they manage to convince some numpties that having a Labour council means that Labour are in charge of what is happening in an area. The only time Labour is truly in charge is when they are in power in Whitehall. You have to be either very deceived or very naive to believe otherwise.

[@ericaceous1652]

Rishi gets an awful lot of credit for the furlough scheme - "his" furlough scheme. It wasn't a magnanimous gesture by Rishi, it was a whole government policy to keep the economic ship afloat during a time of crisis. All he had to do was sign it off.

[@gordoncharles741]

Wasn't too hard for him to sign it off, his wife benefitted from it.

[@tomarse99]

It wasn't like every other developed country had similar.. and most were better than ours as well.

[@Jonnyonthespot123]

Furlough was very anti-Conservative. They wouldn't have done it if we weren't in an emergency situation. I expect a Labour government would have gone further than the Conservative one did but sadly we'll never know

[@Steve-s8k]

@@Jonnyonthespot123 They most certainly would have, as they wanted to continue the lockdown.

[@hughwilson-gm9bw]

The ignorance of some callers is unbelievable! The biggest problem is education and the medias propaganda.

[@kenfox7007]

"willful blindness" - the best answer I can think of as to why people still vote Tory

[@tgwu64]

We get it. People are selfish and would rather see millions suffer just so they don’t have to pay VAT on private schools. Why should private schools be exempt from paying their correct tax? Perhaps the money this raises could make state education better and level that uneven playing field.

[@krishnagondhea7428]

Your deluded if you think the standards of state schools will increase. The projection is that 25% of private school kids will leave and join the state schools. Class sizes will increase and the profession is not appealing to many because of the low pay and in London cost of living is high for teachers. So the government are going to use the money from VAT to pay for those private school kids who have shifted to the state school system.

[@Alex-cw3rz]

I find it fascinating how their argument is state school is so horrible, that I can't vote labour and therefore will vote Conservative which is the reason that state schools are so underfunded. Labour is bascially blamed for the state of the education system, there is also this idea that it will alwags be like this that Labours plan is not to make state education better.

[@sailingmrnice]

You want a slice of pineapple with that gammon?

[@karllonsdale4878]

Or a nice fried egg ? 😂😂

[@CBM902Q]

​@@karllonsdale4878or sweet n sour chicken and boil rice

[@ewenkelly6646]

I don't get the concept that private schools aren't subject to vat as it is

[@robertcreighton4635]

True. Vat seems to be on everything. Its strange is it not.

[@Alex-cw3rz]

10:56 when will it get pointed out Wales budget is set by central government.

[@JT71087]

What don't these private school people get? People work very hard and still can't afford to feed their kids or heat their homes yet they're whining about 20% VAT on what is, without doubt, a luxury.

[@krishnagondhea7428]

Education should never be taxed. It’s extremely wrong. Majority of people who go to Private school are not rich. Most are professionals working hard to send their children there. Doesn’t it make you think? Why does he not raise corporation tax or something?

[@JT71087]

@@krishnagondhea7428 you think that taxing education is wrong? What about all the other essentials that are taxed that people simply cannot afford. You want a posh school, pay the VAT, it's not a necessity. People literally cannot afford energy and are paying VAT on it. Corporation tax should increase, tax on the wealthiest should increase. The money has to come from somewhere.

[@krishnagondhea7428]

@@JT71087 and let also point out that majority of the people who send their kids to private school are hard working professionals. No one is ultra rich.

[@JT71087]

@@krishnagondhea7428 yawn, hard working, blah blah. It's a luxury, an optional luxury, a choice. Pay the VAT. You don't think the working class, the people keeping the country working work hard? You don't think the cleaners and cooks at the private schools work hard? If you're sending a kid to private school you are rich compared to someone struggling to make ends meet.

[@krishnagondhea7428]

@@JT71087 I didn't say they didn't work hard. Its about the children at the end of the day. Their education. And no we are not rich. Very average infact. You didn't answer why cannot the actually rich people pay more tax? Labour love taxing so should they not tax the rich and recoup the extra money from that side? Rather disrupting the education of children?

[@SwatantraNandanwar]

Many PhD students could earn a doctrrate in finding out why the ignorance of the voting public to vote conservative after all the chaos and upheavals of 14 years. It defies commonsense.

[@harrydebastardeharris987]

Well Starmer would not of thrown out all the so called “Lefties” if he was a “Marxist”.

[@DrMontague]

There is really no such thing as a Marxist. Marx was a philosopher , his main argument was that capitalism would inevitably produce it's own grave diggers , Even if Marx never lived capitalism will destroy itself.

[@ManGoatHamburger]

@@DrMontagueTrue: he didn’t invent something, he saw something.

[@Steve-s8k]

Oh dear, you do realise he hasn't thrown out all the lefties.

[@robertduluth8994]

@@Steve-s8kthe uk’s second richest man praises starmer 😂 how bourgeois is too much for you?

[@ManGoatHamburger]

@@robertduluth8994 Ah, yes, but he’s obviously a woke, Marxist, lefty, deep state, WEF, globalist, Soros, plandemic, replacement, big pharma, Schwab capitalist, rather than a proper doesn’t-like-market-forces alt-right-approved capitalist 😉

[@therealrobertbirchall]

If these wealthy gammonati are so bothered about paying 20% VAT on school fees, perhaps they should pay more income tax then we can abolish VAT, which is a regressive tax and which punishes the poor for being poor.

[@redlightmax]

4:15 Caller Don: "Well I believe he was Marxist because he was sort of very very extreme left-wing." Keir Starmer dragged Labour from the election-losing far-left to the election-winning centre-left - how on Earth can he be extreme left-wing?

[@IMBlakeley]

Labour under Starmer is right wing, just nowhere near as right wing as the tories.

[@stingersplash]

And there it is. Some people would rather have an extra 20 quid a month than help others, help society. It needs to end.

[@Alex-cw3rz]

Taxes since 2019 have gone up an average per household of £13,000 and he's complaining about getting poorer, because of 20% on a fee similar to that.

[@evidence4all-re6gf]

Interest rates went up five times. It is laughable taxes will be cut with a 2.4 trillion pound debt. Just the interest in April was over 8 billion pounds.

[@Moscow_Will_Burn]

Let the posh kids go to a local comprehensive and enjoy a sink or swim moments as they fight for their survival. It'll build character.

[@anthonyryan9706]

If starmer is a Marxist then I am an astronaut

[@martingarner4505]

How can you complain about class sizes, mainly a consequence of austerity and government policy, and still choose to vote tory because VAT will be added to private school fees under Labour? The Tories are the reason the class sizes are "too big" Mary-jane! If the Tories were serious about improving schools, they would have done so over the last 14 years.

[@lesleyannjones3697]

James you really shouldn't have let that person who was trying to say about Wales being worse than England in Covid and the NHS go on spouting his nonsense. The Westminster Government controlled everything if not directly then indirectly. The devolved administrations were very restricted in what they could do. Slight differences in the lengths of lockdowns and rules about how many people could meet where and when were all that was involved. When you asked him what Countries had done worse than we did, he said Wales. Wales is part of the UK and as such all the Economic factors such as the rate of inflation, interest rates and the majority of taxes are not devolved.

[@vincentblack7467]

Wales Labour been in power for 25 years and what a mess they have made of of Wales...

[@kevinsmarts9953]

@@vincentblack7467 Ask the Welsh if they would have preferred a Tory devolved council for that time. Let me know if any of them don't laugh in your face.

[@parametr]

The guy who doesn't want to pay VAT sounds the most reasonable... But... the average private school cost 15k/year, so that's 3k/year in VAT he wants to save. Even for a that dude, sure it's worth the poo in the river? The energy prices doubling? The mortgage going 50% up?

[@martinwestney1444]

Me me me politics It's going to cost me vat on school fees but fk everyone else Ridiculous

[@dandybean]

The last caller who said "The point I'm trying to make is..." is a an absolute Tory through and through.

[@Dynasty1818]

And you're a Labour drone, so?

[@chatham43]

@dandy And should be admonished and thrown off the show. Brilliant spot!

[@8369378]

Marxist? Easy to throw these terms around. Not so easy to understand them. Bell end.

[@newanas5271]

He s Marxist, he shops in Marks and Spencer.

[@tonybrett5209]

Many of us worked 60+ hours during Lockdown to keep the Country running. We got nothing apart from MH conditions.

[@tobywhitehead7488]

Cry your salty tears private school parents. Also you'll now be £24k better of per year thanks to Starmer, so chin up.

[@stephanguitar9778]

Can have Sky T V

[@jamiemorris2826]

Always love it when JOB asks these neanderthals to explain the words they use 😂😂😂😂

[@dethrocker]

"Marxist lawyer "😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@thefamousjmc]

The Tories froze the limits on savings and ISAs. the tories raised captial gains tax, the tories froze the VAT threshold, the tories reduced Income tax Dividend Allowance, the tories froze Inheritance tax threshold, the tories raised council tax in 2020 and 2022, the tories increased bank surcharges, the tories raised the energy price cap, the tories froze the student loan repayment threshold, the tories raised dividend tax, the tories froze the capital gains exemption, the tories raised cooporation tax, the tories reduced entrepreneurs’ relief for CGT, the tories created the climate change levy, the tories created the plastic packaging tax, the tories created the sugar tax, the tories created the Annual Tax on Enveloped Dwellings -- but… LABOUR ARE MAKING US POORER!

[@richardhowlett4097]

The tories are running the government. So how is Labour making you poorer?

[@Steve-s8k]

Two wrongs don't make a right.

[@thefamousjmc]

@@Steve-s8k True yeah, we should not give the tories any more chances to wrong us.

[@waverleyjournalise5757]

The denial these people are living in is unreal.

[@andrewjones-productions]

Private schools should be banned and all children must go to the stipulated catchment area of the state school where their homes are located. Everyone going through the same system is the best way of improving the education level of the country as people of all walks of life will have a vested interest in the same system. This should also apply to the royals.

[@jonlivesley]

The main downside with strict catchment areas is that over time, wealthier people price out poorer people from around the better schools and it then self-reinforces.

[@Jdsfbgfvbvxv]

Just add to that, maybe set a stipulation that a % of students at every school must be from a low income household.

[@benmarr352]

Perhaps look at the reality of this, an additional 7% of students with no extra money - that would not really help overall education.

[@lesleyannjones3697]

Just as they do in Finland, where Education is free past Graduate Level

[@LeafHuntress]

Why would you need catchment areas?

[@RobertRainbird]

I despair when I listen to some of these callers. I'm sorry to say this but I think these Conservatives who phone up these programmes are ignorant.

[@Al-Hunt-acrylic-painter]

I swear Tories just say words without actually knowing what they mean

[@themasqueradingcow91]

If there were no private schools, would these people who have been riled up by teh Telegraph and Mail be against extra tax to make state schools better? I can almost imagine the outrage of a government taxing slightly more to enable schools to be adequately funded. 'I've already been to school and I read to my children every night. I resent having to pay extra so that other peoples children can benefit from MY money!'

[@johnpirie4804]

Over 65 year old Daily Mail/Express readers. Closed ignorant minds.

[@slipperywinston4076]

I don't even get what he's on about when he said Starmer wanted to abolish the police and how that makes him a marxist, one he never even said that, he's always been on the side of the police. Two, abolishing the police isn't exactly something that's associated with Marxists.

[@phoenixwright1296]

The idea of a criminal lawyer- either in prosecution or defence, wanting to abolish the police is just nonsensical

[@BJWT1047]

The guy is just spouting nonsense they’ve seen on Facebook.

[@johnpirie4804]

How could a former Director of Public Prosecutions want to abolish the Police?

[@cardwitch91]

Especially since Starmer was literally a lawyer and prosecutor, who was obligated to deal with the worst of humanity, either as their defence or prosecution, the idea he’d ever want to get rid of the police is frankly insane. You can tell this person is so far up the right-wing conspiracy theories, he’s lost all sense and logic

[@Neutron66]

I dont know where to begin with these idiots. Saying you will send your kids to private school because of the state of education in the public sector and then saying you will support the Tories who diminished the public education system over 14 years beggars belief.

[@keithreynolds]

What is the charity that the VAT exemption for private schools is supporting? Who is paying to subsidise the recipients of the Private school charities?

[@brianclark9145]

Was this a “call us if you’re a turkey that votes for Christmas” special!!!??

[@emtaylor597]

Death rates in England and Scotland were similar with Scotland being slightly lower. Wales and NI were about 1/2 the death rate. Possibly due to being more rural in nature. Furlough was filled out from the UK treasury to the whole of the UK. Maybe Mr England on the phone might want to find out what devolution means.

[@Alex-cw3rz]

Just to point out the reason Wales and Scotland had huge issues with covid, was because people in England would come over on day trips because they had different restrictions, both being more touristy areas, which would then jump our covid numbers up. So basically even if his numbers that I can find zero evidence of were true. It is exactly because of England that they had it worse. I remember being in Wales when we had different restrictions to try and lower numbers here and every weekend tens of thousands of people from England would stream into the country with no restrictions coughing all over the place and then our low number spiked

[@kevinbrum9940]

This is why an I.Q. test should be used to ascertain if you can at least do your shoe laces up,before you.can vote

[@django3422]

Nah, we just need to improve education in England, particularly in regards to critical thinking, history and politics.

[@JohnSmith-bh4zx]

Charging the rich VAT on private school fees how will they be able to put bread on the table!

[@frewthelookingglass860]

“I’ve worked hard all my life” So has everyone

[@DDyes]

Marxist lawyer?? Tf

[@Mike20216]

Marxist lawyer, there are some right headbangers out there.🤣

[@breenjasper]

The caller who James seems to think has unassailable reasoning for not voting Labour. I would suggest to him to follow the advice from Conservatives over the last 14 years to poor people. He should give up Netflix, Sky, Amazon Prime, obviously the cigs and lager, evidently that’s the way to prosperity.

[@robertlegge5231]

25% of labour front benchers went to private school

[@AnkhGirl]

Okay, at least 2x that % of Tories went to private school too, it's still been 14 years and little progress, what's your point???

[@mikewallace1723]

Selfishness. They don’t want the rest to benefit. I want better education for all, not the few. A functioning NHS. A functioning prison service and police. Better services that we all benefit from. 14 years and it’s pretty dire. So you pay VAT, on top of very high fees! Have one less holiday per year, downsize the car. We all make choices based on finances. And many financial issues are caused by the government of the day, e.g Truss. My pension and mortgage still impacted. No sympathy for VAT on private schools. Choice. Cut your cloth accordingly as the Tories have told us over the years🤬🤬🤬

[@angelascott4073]

My son went to private school and he wouldn’t vote Tory

[@IMBlakeley]

A young couple I know one of whom was privately educated and who send their kids private never vote tory.

[@daveygee434]

The utter shamelessness of being a Tory voter. The “I’m alright Jack’ and sod the rest! Not a single thought for helping those around them. As long as they are okay. They make me sick‼️🤮⛔️

[@robertlawrence5275]

Daily Mail reader right there! Can’t give any reasons for his arguments 🤡

[@thegoat11111]

I went to what is recognised as the worst performing school in the whole of the UK. But these callers make me realise that I'm an intellectual giant in comparison to them.

[@l33jcm]

Logical thinking? Perhaps Hard of thinking!

[@eugdee7293]

They are not adding 20% to anything, they are closing a ridiculous tax loophole. They need to close so many more tax loopholes, but with Starmers new donors those real tax loopholes that bleed money into the hands of the rich will never be closed.

[@zxbzxbzxb1]

Omg 😥 "I've said it before and I'll say it again - Democracy simply doesn't work"

[@Dynasty1818]

SOCIALISM doesn't work, ie Left and Labour. People want growth and more jobs. That doesn't happen with a Left-wing government.

[@Me-ui1zy]

Does that last guy not understand that he is the prime minister of Wales? He isnt just in charge of England. Yes Wales has a devolved parliament but Westminister is still ultimately the highest power.

[@neonwired4978]

Have they not been paying attention to what Starmer does to anyone left of centre?

[@sandydobbie1255]

The insanity of some people is absolutely astounding !!!

[@PhantomRaspberryBlower]

I think it's cruel exploiting people who are quite obviously mentally ill for a phone in.

[@pompey76]

I do worry for our country. These callers are all so clueless. I bet the guy who thinks starmer was a Marxist lawyer doesn't even know what Marxism is

[@mattwebb5532]

Seems you don't know that he actually was at the start of his career. DOH!!

[@Andyreally]

Marxist Starmer 😂😂🤣 For goodness sake, he’s not even mildly left wing.

[@Andyreally]

@Jackssw so what? Look at him now, he’s answerable to lobbyists and other parties that have no connection with Marxism.

[@alanavery2002]

I wouldn't trust Fishi Rishi to run my bath

[@petefl1818]

Listening to some of the callers in this LBC episode you just have to wonder which planet they live on.

[@flyagaric23]

This is more like the caliber of callers I'm used to, speaking their mind, no funny business. Pure emotion.

[@BookBurrow]

The irony of referring to "the rich people" as if you arent one of them yourself when you're sending your kid to a private school costing TWENTY FOUR GRAND A YEAR. Private schools are not essential, they are a luxury. And there is no way that anyone can reasonably argue otherwise.

[@JohnTaylor-b5z]

Labour will make working people better off unlike the tories who look after the rich

[@stewartdavis8618]

The Propaganda is working with some people !!! There is no hope !!

[@Jon-hb6gx]

So the economic effects of the Ukraine war and COVID are not Tories' fault and yet these people still maintain that the economic effects of the global financial crisis WERE Labour's fault. Do these people actually hear themselves?

[@sionyn]

Private schools don’t have to pass on the vat to parents. They also increase their prices all the time, even without vat.

[@ArrowfieldMan]

James must rub his hands together when he gets callers like this.

[@PaulWelsh]

2:45 i was waiting on O'Brien circling back to that comment. Marxist Lawyer is a weird term.

[@mused89]

Selfishness, stupidity, bigotry. Pretty much the only reasons left.

[@davidsmith8921]

Why will the price of private school go up? If those schools cared about the students, they would reduce their profits. If those teachers cared about the students, they would reduce their salaries. So, charging a private company VAT is not caring about students.

[@skippythemagnificent8103]

One of the funniest ends to your videos yet James, '"Boris Johnson???"...😄😄😄

[@Glasgow_kiss]

scotland a wales health budgets are decided in westminster, their budgets are even more cut than englands because of population density. blaming occupied nations whos pocket money you decide in a very bad argument.

[@harrydebastardeharris987]

I’m amazed how badly these callers have bothered to research the subject their calling in about and are generally in need of a brain.

[@S-I-T]

Love how that first caller was eloquently dismantled bit by bit.

[@markpierce8674]

Some strange people around isn’t there