Meet the 'normal' Tories choosing the next prime minister

We went to to the Tory leadership hustings in Eastbourne to meet the 'normal' people choosing the next prime minister.
Reporter: Ed Campbell
Camera: Harry Ainsworth
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[@PoliticsJOE]

And who will they choose? The completely normal Liz Truss: kzbin.info/www/bejne/pqnOc5eZjMuInMU

[@SmashAllah]

I think you mean Dizzy Lizzy 🤣🤣🤣

[@thedailyjab662]

Lizzy Wizzy couldn't put a beer mat in it's place nor organize a piss up in a Brewery...... It's not looking good for Brexit repercussions.....but I'm sure they now have enough dinghies in the UK to make their escape to Europe...

[@neilburns8869]

Hell, if she's "normal" what does that say about everyone else? To be honest I don't really think a change in personnel at the top is really going to make a lot of difference. I believe that it's a whole new political party I.e. the UK Labour Party that is required via a General Election. Will it happen? Who knows but that is what is needed.

[@kitcht]

Sorry but who cares. it makes no difference. They all take from the same pot

[@Ndlanding]

@@cdfmmcc Ya lost me there! (Unless it was dead obvious, in which case it was shallow crap). Maybe I need to visit England.

[@AngSco30]

"I'm at an age where I don't really care about saving the planet" is exactly the attitude that has got us where we are. Just me, me, me.

[@mrindecisive100]

I'm sure this Dicky Attenborough lookalike has always been at an age where he doesn't care about saving the planet.

[@danthefugueguy]

Typical Boomer attitude from that bearded guy in the vid. Selfish, indifferent, greedy, closed-minded. Everything wrong with the Tory party. Why people keep voting for them I have no idea.

[@sneakyone9865]

The same old colonial attitude

[@blotski]

What a prick he was. I am 65. I have two children in their thirties and I have a 4 year old granddaughter and a 2 year old grandson who mean the absolute world to me. I DO want to save the world for them.

[@dcarbs2979]

I was at an age where I didn't care about saving the planet - and that was in my 20s earlier this century.

[@danowat4302]

The cons are an anti-establishment party?, holy shit, I haven't laughed so much in ages.

[@user-gp6cc8jj6d]

Yes, amazing how he doesn't see a greedy right wing government as the establishment

[@cathrynharrison4734]

he meant that too

[@tohellorbarbados7119]

The NSDAP presented itself that way too... and in some respects at some levels it actually was... despite being the extreme representatives of German Finance Capital.

[@JBengey]

I had to start the video again in disbelief. Delusion is palpable.

[@Fast_Ultralight]

It makes you wonder what people have under their skullcaps. It can't be brain.

[@marke5701]

‘I’m at an age where I don’t care about the climate’. One of the most selfish sentences i remember hearing.

[@themagicroundabout2528]

That's a tory for you

[@Jaysonbc1234]

I'll be honest if we all really "cared" about the environment, we'd all be living in Mud huts in the Middle if Wales, raising our own live stock and growing vegetables in a community that was off grid. There's no such thing as free. Somebody is paying for our freedom.

[@GG-hu9dn]

Dinosaur mentality for you?! Consolation being they will die off?!!

[@sonictelephone1526]

I'm all for protecting the planet. I don't live a lavish lifestyle. I don't drive, not been on a plane for years. I'm not too keen on the idea of freezing to death though.

[@GG-hu9dn]

@@sonictelephone1526 its not quite freeziing to death but it is cold?! I've had no heating in this cold country for years!

[@somebloke2238]

Honestly the amount of times my internal monologue said "Ooohh fuck off" during this video

[@forgottenartform]

At least you kept it inside I just kept saying it 🤣

[@djsmithe]

I'm speechless. I don't know where to start. The UK is doomed.

[@mikeyoung8293]

Same here we're doomed

[@wibblewabblewoo6249]

This

[@3rodox]

They walk among us.

[@TheKnexMaker]

"left wing runs the media" LMAOOOOHAHHAHAHAH BIGGEST JOKE OF THIS DECADE LMAO

[@alanlittle4589]

Rupert Murdoch and Viscount Rothermere are working class heroes! They do so much for equality and public service, and fill their newspapers with woke left wing ideas. You can even collect a free copy of the communist manifesto with every Sunday edition. They also fill their newspapers with their vile hatred of the Tory party, regularly attacking poor Boris, Rishi and Liz whilst heaping praise on Jeremy Corbyn. Poor Tory's with decades fighting this left wing media establishment. However do they cope? 🤷‍♂️ Hang on... 🤔

[@crunchynuts793]

That was the best one!!! 😳🤦‍♂️

[@TheKnexMaker]

@@alanlittle4589 😂 flipping it around makes it sound even more stupid lol

[@saadselkent367]

These people think Rishi Sunak is left wing so by their metrics i guess yeah the left does run some of the media.

[@glowwurm9365]

Yeah the socialists own the media, not the billionaires…. the logical fallacy and cognitive dissonance are strong in that one.

[@GraemeRoberts]

"Lockdown without question killed more people than it saved." Citation needed.

[@jezwilde2376]

@Thisis Gettinboring it would be difficult to quantify how many it saved but excess deaths of a higher order did drop (once lag was taken into account) when lockdowns were imposed. It was a blunt tool engaged in panic and no doubt had a negative effect on many i.e. mental health and medical issues. It also had positive effects for a few who re-evaluated their lives.

[@anglodoomer5995]

you didn't need a citation to believe it in the first place and follow the rules like a good little boy

[@jezwilde2376]

@Thisis Gettinboring From the ONS (updated this May): While most deaths due to COVID-19 have occurred among those aged over 80 years, the increased risk of death compared with flu and pneumonia has been greatest for those aged 40 to 79 years. In January 2021, when COVID-19 deaths were at their peak, the number of deaths due to COVID-19 was nearly 32 times higher than the number due to flu and pneumonia for this age group. Among those aged over 80 years, deaths due to COVID-19 were 16 times higher than those due to flu and pneumonia.

[@naxxtor]

"without question". Yeah, it's a core Tory principle of "if you think something hard enough, it must be true"

[@TheDandonian]

@@anglodoomer5995 I needed a basic science education to realise lockdown was the way forward. It was then supported by the head of the South Korean COVID response team, they were the epicentre of COVID 8 weeks before it hit our land and knew how to get rid of it. Sadly, we had a Conservative in charge and as a result almost 200,000 Brits have died from poor leadership.

[@jonnycopley9031]

Calling the Torys the anti-establishment party is the stupidest thing I've heard this week, the whole thing had me banging my head against a wall

[@iainprendergast8311]

I’m of an age where I basically don’t give a fuck about anybody else but myself. Tory motto

[@dcarbs2979]

Damn right. Alan B'stard is my favourite candidate.

[@anthonyrybicki1000]

You might blame age but if people are selfish then that begins earlier on life. Toryism is about self preservation of wealth and tribal interests. I have yet to meet a Tory voter that really cared about morality.

[@dazzag371]

@@anthonyrybicki1000 that’s why Tories are going to hell when they die

[@lorenzobianchini4415]

Tories young and old have never cared about anyone else. Dispicable people

[@lorenzobianchini4415]

Am proud I would and have never voted Tory.There is no way there is more that unites us than divides us.That statement is false and insulting to all good people with moral fibre something Tories lack

[@davesmith826]

The 'woke issue is really the fight of our times' - he says as the climate collapses and fuel bills rise to £4k a year. No education could remedy such idiocy.

[@glowwurm9365]

Cultural wars stoked up by the right wing media is a distraction, and it sadly works.

[@geoffpoole483]

Not to mention inflation, a possible recession and Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

[@SpenceJS87]

That's the right wing playbook, distract from actual issues by using minority groups as a boogieman.

[@richardmetcalfe920]

The issue with the "woke" argument is that people like this gentleman are very succeptible to echo chambers. He sounds like he's been indoctrinated.

[@writerinprogress]

I know, right? "This is what happens when you let The Gays get married and turn Doctor Who into a BLACK PERSON -- the entire country falls apaaaarrrtt!!!" **chokes on their vintage port.**

[@josiahcole3186]

“The conservatives are an anti-establishment party” I think I lost some brain cells as a result of processing that

[@richardisaacs567]

It's some real mental gymnastics ay but it is actually the whole basis of the libertarian neoliberal psychology. Guess where it derived, yep America

[@jaywalker3087]

I'm 62 . When I was young, my dad taught me to Never Trust A Tory!

[@JohnSmith-ji6lu]

I'm 60 and agree 100%.

[@zzcanasta]

@@JohnSmith-ji6lu I'm of a similar age, and can remember my dad telling me he wouldn't piss on a Tory if he/she was on fire. Very sound advice that I passed on to my kids.😉

[@doctorfunkshock]

Arguments for involuntary euthanasia abound here

[@rolandhawken6628]

Funny my dad said the same about lefties

[@jaywalker3087]

@@rolandhawken6628 but my dad was correct.

[@mathieuleader8601]

how can a party that has been the most electorally successful over the last century be deemed anti-establishment

[@dmo8895]

These people have been brain washed by the right wing media

[@sirskullington9213]

You need to be especially thick to balance that cognitive dissonance. So it’s quite easy for them.

[@thedailyjab662]

It's not about logic and fact ....it about lies and dissimulation....

[@silverapples75]

A party to whose upper echelons admittance, over centuries, relies solely on two colleges in two elite universities.

[@redbloodcell4047]

Well he later goes onto lambast people who focus on identity politics - which is all we've heard these past few months, coming direct from Tory MP's foghorn-like gobs.

[@SoFarSoGoodSoWhat14]

Nothing says "anti-establishment" like an 80 seat majority

[@DJWESG1]

And 400 year old history of violent rule.

[@TheOnlyCathyCat]

...except for an eighty-seat majority run by rich people from public schools....damn.

[@VPhantom-rf3qo]

The establishment can't be voted out... you can't vote the head of the bbc out

[@TheOnlyCathyCat]

@@VPhantom-rf3qo who runs the country the BBC or the government? (putting aside that the BBC is stuffed to the gills with Tories and chums of Tories)

[@VPhantom-rf3qo]

@@TheOnlyCathyCat No and this is why I don't like the tories. They are literally all talk and do nothing whilst in power. The house of Lords and the heads of big tech, advertising companies etc

[@xanthias2001]

I’ve attempted to watch this several times but can’t go for more than 2 minutes without feeling violently angry at the self-satisfied lack of empathy on display by all participants. I won’t go as far as to say they lack intelligence, but their intelligence is that of a swarm of locusts - “strip the field bare and and move on…” Works great if you’ve got off-shore accounts, but not a good idea for long-term investment in society…

[@SophieM-it1zn]

Same, I got as far as 1 minute and couldn't stand to watch more

[@safk4910]

Conservative party: We lie we cheat we steal. Voters: I don't see anything wrong here.

[@rolandhawken6628]

When the expenses scandal blew up we found all politicians lying and cheating in fact Labour politicians excel at cheating and stealing . Never heard of the Polson affair ? Only a fool would make a post like your s

[@hvhvgitaar]

Being Conservative seems to mean being selfish and having an intelligence somewhat in the lower third of the range. Best example is the guy who claims Conservatives are being anti-establishment. That more or less destroyed his credibility as a thinking adult .

[@killthomas8373]

Conservatism in a nutshell is “Fuck you, I got mine”

[@CR-og5ho]

Being Conservative means believing that good things are difficult to create but easy to destroy. If you're ever of the mind that everyone who disagrees with you politically is an idiot I'm afraid that means you are the idiot.

[@adamboley5902]

The shocking thing is that this guy is allowed to use scissors!

[@glynnettleton9900]

I think his responsible adult had popped into a shop to buy him new crayons & he was left unnatended when they interviewd him 🤣

[@steveosborne2297]

I’m not a labour supporter but my God this lot are terrifying

[@_____alyptic]

It gets so much more worse 🙈 🫠

[@Alex-cw3rz]

Remember in the next election vote who is most likely to win who isn't a tory. As we need to get them out, Labour have proposed proportional vote, which will mean you no longer have to tactical vote and who you prefer is more likely to win

[@_____alyptic]

@@Alex-cw3rz They really need to make that progressive alliance with libdems & greens to flip as many blue seats away from this crapfest as possible... 😬 Now while I know a lot of people in these comments might agree but viewers in sky news comments, or of articles, or of Twitter still paint the same picture. I really don't want another repeat result after over a decade of this...

[@mickeythompson9537]

@@Alex-cw3rz Exactly - depending on your area, you MUST vote LAbour or Lib Dem - if you really want Tories out, and an assured future for progression. A vote for Greens, TUSC, or whoever is simply a vote for the Tory scum.

[@esme8944]

They are very scary, forsure

[@emilian7052]

Fun fact: Tory is an old Irish slang word meaning thief. It was given to tories as a nickname in the 17 th century. 😂

[@Kuiruben]

No, it was the "Tory party" that fell apart in the 19th century, the founder then went on to form the conservatives. In essence they were the same party, just a rebrand to save the idea of right wing politics. They thus just called them tories

[@rhysbrighton8278]

The guy who said the Tory party is anti-establishment is so deluded and brainwashed by right wing press/ideology. It’s scary the amount of people that think like him

[@JP-sm4cs]

Don't let the accents fool you these people are on the same intellectual level as a trump supporter.

[@qxqp]

Don't be ridiculous. Just having an English school education alone is enough to make them smarter than your average trump supporter.

[@wolf6543211]

And what about Labour supporters? Not too much intellect there.

[@TamDNB]

The 'Left Wing media establishment'....in Britain? Lol they're delusional

[@mikeeroony6683]

@@wolf6543211 left wing is what gave us the NHS and all the economic benefits thr working class enjoy, yes left wing Labour don't vote against their own economic interests

[@notjustforhackers4252]

Judging by the state of the US at the moment its becoming apparent "Trump supporters" ARE the American intellectuals.

[@c0222]

"Woke tendencies" Definition of Woke: "alert to injustice and discrimination in society, especially racism" These are the people who Tories target.

[@jeffrey44]

You've done the same as this guy though. You've used your own definition of 'woke' to attack someone even though I think you know really that he wasn't using the same definition of woke as you. Woke means whatever the person using it wants it to mean so it was good that the interviewer asked for a definition. His definition of woke was "the focus on identity politics". Using that definition, I am also anti-woke. Using your definition, I am pro-woke. It's why people who claim to either be anti-woke or pro-woke without any further explanation aren't really saying anything. It's why politicians are so keen to use it.

[@thatleftyjames2893]

It’s about people who find this injustice where there is none and are totally insincere

[@Tom-uy6te]

@@jeffrey44 yeah, 'woke' is an all-purpose strawman

[@TheSynthnut]

Nope, that’s the dictionary definition.

[@c0222]

@@TheSynthnut What other type of definition is there?

[@philipbauckham52]

Tory: "You can't tax energy companies profits because they need them to invest." Energy companies: "We're rich beyond our wildest dreams!"

[@alphamikeomega5728]

Tory economic geniuses have apparently never heard of businesses borrowing to invest.

[@Sinewmire]

I bet they'll be ploughing those profits right back into the company, of course, rather than, say shareholders' pockets.

[@MTCoblivsicas12345]

The investments are already planned in the balance sheet before net profits even established. Also why would an oil company which sells its commodity want to invest quickly into green energy which would replace it's commodity.

[@jasongarfitt1147]

Profits definitely used to be invested more than they are

[@sneakyone9865]

“I will choose the more optimistic view of the future” - exactly why Plato argued democracy can’t quite work in practise because the people can’t and won’t inform themselves with complete information and will always choose the vision that sounds nicer, no matter how ridiculous or unachievable it is.

[@edjj7218]

Or as I would put it, they just have thick skulls

[@michaelkelly339]

Well, to be fair. when the choice is "you're screwed" or "You're REALLY screwed" then optimism is relative.

[@sneakyone9865]

@@michaelkelly339 🤣💯

[@doppies2000]

Democracy: "Tyranny of the uninformed, indoctrinated Masses !" M.D.

[@jezwilde2376]

"Optimistic" read "deluded". And Truss is a masterclass of delusion.

[@LORDUnLuCkY13]

Imagine being a grown adult, at least 50, and crying about "wokeness"

[@pjmathison9787]

Then struggling to explain it

[@RealmDesigner]

It's just a new way to stoke good ol' fashioned bigotry, racisim, homophobia and xenophobia. The right wing press love it because it is all encompassing and just enough of a dog-whistle that they don't have to explicitly state the aformentioned afflictions. It's sad, but also utterly transparent. Every single one of those tory twats interviewed are being disingenuous snakes.

[@araweelospirit4180]

They are not crying about wholeness they are crying because whiteness might lose an atom of privilege to fairness

[@toffeebear7133]

Its targetted heavily in conserative media

[@SpenceJS87]

When people started complaining about it I thought it was the same people watching 'SJW owned' compilations, assumed it was teenagers, not fucking grown adults.

[@barrydaly7174]

At what age do Tories stop encouraging Children to share and play fairly, and start telling them to get what they can, keep it all and take from the weak child as it's the weak child's fault they are weak so get stuck in.

[@Scotland2306]

Day 1, no community, no sharing. Hide your piggy bank and this is how to steal.

[@dijital4801]

Soon as they come out

[@alanlittle4589]

As soon as they can get on their bike. (For those who are younger this is a paraphrased comment from Tory MP Norman Tebbit, who used to be seen as being on the right of the party. So many have rushed past him dragging the party ever further to the right)

[@rogernichols1124]

The moral code is so utterly f....d up.

[@YllaStar95970]

It probably occurs just after de-bagging.

[@ryansvarc]

Quick review from your Australian cousins: Man in the street interviews a bunch of jerks about why they’re proud to be a bunch of jerks. Enlightening. 5 stars.

[@Gleifel]

Lol

[@MrMmnngghh]

I remember Sunrise doing something like this. Interviewing Gladys Berejiklian voters when she resigned / was sacked / jumped before she was pushed (delete as applicable). Except Sunrise weren't being satirical, even though the piece came across that way.

[@Marvhead]

These people don't live in the real world, yet they will be deciding who gets to be the next prime minister. Terrifying.

[@rcm926]

Nobody: Tories: "shut up with all this identity politics, you guys are obsessed over it" Nobody: Tories: "I said stop it"

[@matttrevers2552]

France: *Remains visibly French* Germany: *Remains visibly German* Italy: *Remains visibly Italian* Tories: "Stop stealing our English identity" Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland: Tories: "Shut up!"

[@geraintroberts7212]

I also like that the political right have no idea that flag worship and statue fetish and pretty much everything they blather on about is identity politics.

[@_schonwald]

Exactly. It’s just a diversion tactic and gives them something new to moan about.

[@CR-og5ho]

@@_schonwald no it isn't, plenty of minorities are sick of being pondered to and then attacked because they don't support a certain thing. Identity politics is cancer

[@anglodoomer5995]

@@matttrevers2552 Germany is German? Ok racist

[@arrenwright5681]

How can people be so ignorant or do they just want to be lied too.

[@CyclingSteve]

They are as bad as their politicians, the smile at 2:11 says it all. A party of trolls using distraction as cover while they live off the work of others.

[@mickeythompson9537]

Both!

[@ingridschmid1709]

Privilege they refuse to even acknowledge .

[@notwhatitwasbefore]

yes

[@c0222]

The Tories improve their lives, and they don't care about the people who's lives are ruined by them.

[@alexanders7569]

The major fight of our times 🤣. This guy's living on a whole other planet

[@Teddy0567]

he struggles to describe the threat as well.

[@davidvestey6014]

I feel better now. I was worried about catastrophic climate change but now I realise the big issue of our time is whether you are Woke or not. That’s a relief.

[@criztofe]

Redefining the word 'Deluded'

[@delcat8168]

Tories are "Anti estabblishment" deluded or what???

[@matt821]

Strange. Because when I think 'establishment', I think tories.

[@CR-og5ho]

@@matt821 that's because you've misunderstood what was said. Tories are a vote for smaller government, less regulations etc. That's what the man was talking about. Obviously.

[@samrogers7657]

The “left are controlling the media” bit made me die a little inside.

[@grrr.9998]

I've never met a tory yet who doesn't deserve a slap in the mouth.

[@re1644]

that is what being immune to reality looks like, poses like and talks like wow, just wow

[@martin-1965]

2 minutes and 24 seconds. I couldn't listen any longer. If you believe the biggest issue in the country is "wokeism" then... speechless. Sorry... I think I would do something I regret if I met any of them.

[@bwebb90]

@K F they have been allowed to, they can get away with thinking the world owes them everything. They are never challenged, so much so that they think the mainstream media is left wing hahaha

[@josephedwards4325]

@K F with lots of money, power and privilege that buys you the ignorance required not to have any cognitive dissonance.

[@glynnettleton9900]

Is it a law of nature that hasn't been published yet that after a certain age we are allowed to talk juvinile nonsense to stray jounalists in the street whils wearing appalling outfits that make even our own families cringe with embarrasment? 🤔🤣🤣🤣

[@jamessherburn]

Greed is the core Tory motive. I want, therefore I scam.

[@southney7211]

And if it’s looking like I’ll get rumbled, well.. I’ll just change the law to suit.

[@jamessherburn]

@@southney7211 Yes! Am just watching this ... kzbin.info/www/bejne/g6qyomt9jMuLh7c James O'Obrien properly exasperated!

[@garymac5571]

Greed is the most fundamental aspect of human nature. We'd still be hunter gatherers if greed wasn't a prime motivating force.

[@michaelel650]

@@garymac5571 It might seem that way excepting that security and looking for an easier way seem to be the prime motivators. Children naturally seem to prioritise fairness over greed according to most relevant psychological studies. (See the book 'The Selfish Capitalist' for the psychological harm greed does.) Young adults and older adults seem to prioritise status, although this does not always work out well, see the book 'Status Syndrome' and also research studies by Marmot. If we humans do have an animal nature then surely we are different from animals in that we can make rational, moral judgements regarding the consequences of our behaviour, especially for others, and can choose to behave with compassion. Or we can choose to behave in line with our animal nature and entirely out of self-interest (noting that even baboons are capable of altruism - see the old ethological study, 'The Soul of the Ape'. Conversely if we are just biological machines doomed to act in accordance to 'human nature', whatever that really is, then there is no rationale for having laws or locking up criminals, after all they are just behaving in line with 'human nature', as are we all apparently. Finally N.B. Galbraith: 'The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior justification for selfishness.' The people interviewed seem to prove this. All the best.

[@jamessherburn]

@@garymac5571 Overcome your greed to find happiness.

[@matttaylor9716]

"The focus on identity politics" or "calling out my racism, sexism and homophobia"

[@ishi2k8]

The 90 year old Tory spoke the most sense of everyone lol

[@matthewsmith2787]

Age comes wisdom

[@TheSmart-CasualGamer]

@@matthewsmith2787 Not enough though if they're still voting Tory.

[@sausagembape677]

What planet do these people live on ffs? Everything they say is so ridiculous, the only way to understand it is to see it from a perspective that feels entitled to more, more, more. If you believe you are the centre of the Universe and the most deserving thing in it then every measure or institution that doesn't acknowledge that will be unacceptable.

[@captainwin6333]

They live on Planet Daily Express.

[@marksykes5434]

Love the name BTW

[@proo560]

The same one as me… unfortunately 😆

[@roberttaylor7462]

Planet Deluded

[@mattstanbridge]

When I hear someone that's heavily on the right, here in the UK or in the US, talk about what they want or believe, they often sound like a teenager. And by that I mean they sound like someone with an immature brain, not childish, just undeveloped and adolescent. Next time you hear someone from the right speak, imagine a grumpy teenager saying it and see if it fits. I find most of the time it does.

[@britishrose9417]

"What do you define Woke-ism as?" - Cue massive gap while man tries not to say "I want to be openly racist and homophobic" but has to think of something else, hence the delay.

[@forestsunset9617]

i vote Tory because i like the good old days when you could laugh at the foreigner living here and no one minded, even the foreigner.

[@mathieuleader8601]

@@forestsunset9617 pretty silly reason if you ask me

[@forestsunset9617]

i vote tory because I miss the days of Empire when we stole land and owned people rather than giving brownies benefit money.

[@cynicalpenguin]

It's not as simple as this. I can't speak for this guy but the problem with the term woke is its ambiguity, different people interpret it in different ways which makes it hard to define; it's not always some form bigotry. I don't use the term because it's awful but if I were to use it it would be to describe the people on the left, not who simply champion minority rights or environmentalism or ethics, but those who take it to daft extremes. This is a stupid example, but it still conveys the point: yesterday I saw someone complaining that it is racist for a company to ban smelly foods from being eaten in workplace cubicles because smelly food is apparently non-white food, and as a result her culture was being suppressed because it doesn't appeal to the white man's palette. This is the sort of first world problem person I would describe as woke if I had to, and it's all down to her politics, nothing else. I suppose in a nutshell it's blue checks on Twitter.

[@forestsunset9617]

i vote tory because I love our royal family. I love the fact these people are better than families who don't work, have affairs, do stuff with underage girls and claim lots of public money for nothing. dole scum.

[@paulharrion3398]

"What does being a Tory mean to you?" "The ability to believe the nonsense that appears in The Daily Mail, The Telegraph, The Express, The Times and The Daily Star. I also believe Boris Johnson is a genius and his honesty and integrity align with mine. The Country has never been in better shape and Brexit is monumental success. In short, I'm a Conservative because I can't think for myself and my parents voted Tory!"

[@petewilliamson6512]

And to also believe that the media is run by a left wing cabal pushing socialism down our throats!

[@woc9224]

Seems a little presumptuous Paul

[@paulharrion3398]

@@woc9224 I know. But at my age I'm a bit jaded and have seen this Tory bullshit my entire life...

[@SavageBroadcast]

@@woc9224 But not entirely wrong, sadly.

[@Cinephileofmany]

And if anyone says otherwise they’re just a doomsaying leftie.

[@tomatbebo]

“I am going to vote for the most optimistic vision of the future”, is the same Brexit blinders logic

[@wendysimpson6395]

They really live in a parallel universe don't they? Very disturbing indeed.

[@gazmalman]

Anti establishment party😂😂😂😂😂 Utterly utterly clueless. It’s amazing that a Tory doesn’t even know the history of the party’s formation.

[@danielcrafter9349]

"Cut taxation to grow the economy" Ah, you mean, "I don't know how economics or inflation works, so I'll just be gullible and follow whatever people tell me"

[@56postoffice]

*"The left wing runs the media."* 😂😂That's it. I'm dead. Oh my days!

[@ratking1608]

See how he squirmed when asked to define "Wokeism"

[@D6Soldier]

7:04 Should we introduce a windfall tax on BP who are making record profts? "No.... The only reason why (BP) are making massive profits are because the oil prices have gone sky high" Bestow more wisdom upon us O wise one.

[@writerinprogress]

But first, someone needs to at the very least explain to said wise one what the definition of "profits" is.

[@thephantom2man]

i love the guy going on about how labour is all just "identity politics" as if they didnt all vote in droves for boris because he's "such a character"

[@TristanBanks]

The most important thing we can do as a country is to make sure these people never have a say in our political system again. Its really sad how out of touch they are.

[@liamoneill4706]

Think of the country as a building and the tories as japanese knotweed. Removal can be a slow and delicate process..but its do-able

[@cuongtruong6043]

Videos like this highlight just how misinformed and wilfully ignorant some sections of the public are.

[@ingridschmid1709]

Those people are Tory party members and are going to choose the next PM .....and are absolute and often vile idiots .

[@noneofyourbizness]

the direct result of a ruinously partisan news media. the people are so heavily propagandised that they now confidently pronounce that black IS in fact white after all . we're doomed. i'm terrified

[@ingridschmid1709]

@@noneofyourbizness Such brute stupidity flourishing unimpeded in the ruling class was not caused by the media IMHO but rather by education . At most the media have been reinforcing the Pavlovian training that is dispensed as education .

[@sirmeowthelibrarycat]

@@ingridschmid1709 🤔 I hope that you are referring to private education in Britain? Most of the Conservative Prime Ministers have attended Eton and Oxford University.

[@ingridschmid1709]

@@sirmeowthelibrarycat Yep that was the case , the perversely so called Public schools.

[@cad4246]

Yeah, we're building too many houses. For sure, that's the problem...

[@ingridschmid1709]

He'd want them built yonder north and the revenue generated yonder south , since no revenue could be generated that way no house's built is a logical solution .

[@stugil1986]

Landlord 100% ... self preservation

[@miracletortoise6224]

I was absolutely astonished when he said he thought people were voting Green because there were too many houses being built. Completely inability to reckon with the facts on the ground.

[@JB-hp5ii]

Until we can move on from the perception that a strong, well-funded and empowered public sector is communism, there is no talking to these people. These people who love not having to pay thousands for healthcare or life saving surgery, would love a resurgence of British industry (which the market can't deliver) and who would love to pay less for better public transport, social care for the elderly and local public services... 🤦

[@tonyali1044]

The problem with the ‘they shouldn’t pay a windfall tax because they need profit to invest’ argument is that they will only ‘invest’ in what’s good for profit, not what’s good for the consumer, ethics or this fragile little planet we inhabit.

[@DJWESG1]

'Everyday beastness' You had it right the first time tory boy.

[@Cyberpit2000]

These people are all doing a great Ostrich impression.

[@susangavaghan]

So he is at an age where he doesn't care about saving the planet - does he have children or even nieces and nephews? He said he wants to make money and do his own thing - if his house got flooded by storms he wouldn't be able to do his own thing I'm afraid. These type of people only listen when it affects them personally.

[@snitchitysnitch4887]

He’s a commercial estate agent 😡

[@livingangrycheese2668]

I'm glad these people are a minority, but it's really scaring me how a growing proportion of people are willfully ignoring reality when it comes to politics now. How can a democracy function in such a circumstance?

[@dcarbs2979]

How are they a minority?

[@calderarecords]

What is Democracy? The freedom to elect one of two dictators, who are controlled through force & violence by those with the most accumulated wealth. We have to leave Democracy & Capitalism behind if we are to progress. Such concepts are beyond anyone with no scientific repertoire.

[@jgmediting7770]

@@dcarbs2979 the right wing is a minority in any population. It relies on propaganda and as little democracy as they can get away with to gather populist support and maintain power.

[@dcarbs2979]

@@jgmediting7770 I'm not sure that's even possible to be true, let alone actually be true. *Any* population? Seriously? If it's so 'populist', why is it a minority, in general? Sounds like to opposing situations. I say in general, because 'right wing' (whatever you mean by that) is LONG way from the current Conservative govt! Therefore doesn't apply to the specific situation in this video. As far as little democracy as possible, I gather you don't know the history of how it was formed in this country. If you did, that wouldn't be part of your comment. Gaining and maintaining power is the goal of every ruling class of every political persuasion in history. It's how being in power works. In England, it was created by those in power to ease unrest and constructed in such a way that the ruling class are near impossible to lose influence even in the unlikely event that they lose absolute direct power. Deliberately. It's not just a single point in time, but several since the Norman conquest. I go back that far because, if you know your history, some of the power structures in place today date back to then. Those that don't, still owe their origins to it. It's no coincidence that 20% of the UK is still owned by William I's baron's descendents to this day.

[@dcarbs2979]

@@jgmediting7770 They might be a minority within the party. Could explain why there's not a single patriot in the cabinet.

[@redbloodcell4047]

If I ever, without so much as a hint of irony, describe myself as a "fan" of _any_ politician - just bury me six feet under.

[@Ndlanding]

Sure, but it will really be 3 feet, to save a bit of dosh. No one will ever know until the floods get really, er, floodish.

[@inlizwetrusst7904]

Darren turner

[@RunOfTheHind]

I'm gonna go to the HMRC come April "Sorry, I ain't paying tax this year coz I'm investing the money instead" and see how it goes.

[@jgmediting7770]

He doesn’t realise he’s pointing out a major problem with energy companies and concentrated power, and why the right wing shouldn’t be anywhere near power. Yes the profits have only gone up because price has gone up. So what is that really saying? In any decent democracy and economic system, the price wouldn’t have gone up and the profits would have stayed the same or declined as a result. Or to put it politically, the ownership class would have shouldered the burden of rising costs in the industry via a fall in profits instead of workers suffering the burden via declining value of wages in relation to prices. Thats a politely decision. The political decision to protect and increase profits of private capital to the cost of the rest of society. That is fundamentally what the right wing is, and why the political and economic system wouldn’t be right wing in any real democracy because the majority are workers, not private capital.

[@Wanielyo]

My god how hard must it have been to ask and listen without countering their statements!

[@markwhittington8198]

As a resident of Eastbourne all I can say is I'm not only ashamed but very very scared :(

[@steveharrison76]

They sound to be like they’re having to tie themselves in knots to reach the conclusions they already agree with ahead of time whilst trying to keep their “ideas” intact. Like, the government that has been in power for over a decade isn’t actually the establishment. Christ. I think that ray-gun sound is people’s brain cells dying.

[@mikeystorm275]

“The left-liberal media” Fruit loops out!

[@CR-og5ho]

Culturally the media isn't right wing at all. I think people are mostly talking about popular culture wjen they criticise the media

[@annemoncrieff3875]

Thank u for laugh here too.

[@michaelkelly339]

Thanks for the best laugh I've had all day. Hilarious!

[@-xirx-]

*"Most* of the Tories now are just everyday people going about their _beast_ -ness" Not wrong there mate 🙄

[@attackpatterndelta8949]

That guy who kept talking about The Establishment but struggled to define Wokeism, really scares me. The fact that any of these people are allowed to vote should be a real cause for concern to the rest of the country.

[@powderandpaint14]

Everyone should always b allowed to vote, it's much more worrying that the mainstream media have been spouting that stuff for ages. that's probably where he got it from.

[@robinmcara793]

Not only allowed to vote but these clowns decide our next PM, who was as complicit as the old one. Bizarre stuff.

[@buttyboy100]

They merely parrot the same old nonsense that passes for journalism at the Mail, Express etc. You can hear similar views in most towns from working class Tories and those that fancy themselves as being middle class.

[@attackpatterndelta8949]

@@powderandpaint14 why should everyone be allowed to vote? The general public have shown repeatedly that they can’t be trusted to vote in their own interests. That’s why we’re in the mess that we’re in.

[@powderandpaint14]

@@attackpatterndelta8949 that's because they haven't been allowed to know the real facts, not because people are stupid.

[@juliewake4585]

“I’m at a certain age where I don’t really care about saving the planet” ooer….

[@_____alyptic]

...It really takes a certain level of insanity for someone to say something like that 😬

[@somerelativleyuninterestin4763]

@Simon John “to save the planet” means to keep it livable. Means to keep it from being too polluted to breathe or too hot to grow food

[@G1NZOU]

@Simon John It's a figure of speech my guy, the point of actions that "save the planet" as it were is not just to let the planet continue, but to avoid human caused accellerated climate change that future generations, especially those in less developed regions. Of course the planet will go on, but certain climate issues make life harder for our most vulnerable communities. Does climate change on its own? Yes, but that doesn't mean we should be in a rush to change it faster than we can adapt to it.

[@shiftystylin]

The notion that they require profit to invest in new technologies... The fossil fuel companies have made $52 trillion collectively over the years - how much MORE profit is enough until they start investing!? This guy's a f*&$ing brainless shill...

[@nathanaelsmith3553]

I suspect he's saying what many older people think. Selfish, mean spirited and deplorable - but honest at least.

[@Mikethebike721]

The level of ignorance among this group is truly frightening. There is no hope…except for Scotland which has a way out

[@samgrainger1554]

Its amazing how confident they are

[@stephanguitar9778]

They see tory rule as being the law of nature, inevitable and forever. They are completely oblivious to the massive groundswell of anti tory sentiment coming to eat them. Their only concern is the petty differences between Sunnak the snake and Dizzy Lizzy.

[@matthewcoombs3282]

You find intelligent people have doubts and stupid people are supremely confident and have few doubts.

[@dr.umkit.444u]

lol. 'I've always thought of the Tories as anti-establishment'... Well then, you've always been wrong. They ARE the establishment

[@forestsunset9617]

a party by the rich for the rich

[@ingridschmid1709]

And when the establishment is mainly dumb what usually happens ?

[@dr.umkit.444u]

@@ingridschmid1709 what is happening!

[@ingridschmid1709]

@@dr.umkit.444u People suffer ....and then ?

[@Paul-eb4jp]

They're usually quite thick but were born into money.

[@billseymour-jones3224]

If these people are 'normal', I suppose I am completely 'abnormal' and, boy, am I happy to be counted as such!

[@nathanfurnival8724]

Jones 🤔 yeah it’s not normal to have sex with sheep 😬

[@billseymour-jones3224]

@@nathanfurnival8724 only if you are another sheep......

[@morzee94]

Seeing these views from my hometown breaks my heart. I promise Eastbourne has nice people in it too!

[@jp9108]

I grew up in this part of the country and lived in Eastbourne for 8 years before moving to Hastings. It's a great place to live cursed by older generations who blindly vote without understanding all of the facts or wanting to have any kind of discussion. And their kids who listen to the same arguments over and over without hearing a difference in opinion. Many of the people I knew at my old work had never even left the town

[@julianshepherd2038]

I'm white but Eastbourne is so white I felt v uneasy.

[@Ndlanding]

I worked in Eastbourne for four summers, and got so sick of the locals that I rarely went out at night.

[@kquat7899]

The same type of halfwit answers that you'd get at a MAGA campaign.

[@redbloodcell4047]

Stinks of red-hat melts touting whatever the latest punchy headline is.

[@ashleighnoel9857]

Ya just with posh accents 😖😱😒

[@Ndlanding]

@@ashleighnoel9857 Were those posh accents? They sounded English, to me. Och aye.

[@1_5RCBiker]

This is as unhinged as Jordan Klepper asking the MAGA crowd about Trump. Truly frightning!

[@samf6173]

Excellent scholars of the Daily Mail one and all...

[@c0222]

"I'm here to judge their character" I'm afraid the old man is completely oblivious to anything the Tories want to keep hidden, for example the man who was elected as prime minister, having had cheated on his wife who was battling cancer at the time. What does that say about his character?

[@Ndlanding]

If your name is "Boris", you can only expect a monster.

[@c0222]

@@Ndlanding I mean that's not fair, though he does remind me of the villian in Men in Black 3

[@Ndlanding]

@@c0222 Stopped watching MIB after V2. Can't remember why, tho prolly cos it was shite. Same thoughts about the Tories, No. Wrong. They have always been bloodsucking bastards.

[@rogerhearn5243]

Indeed and what does it say about a party electing this corrupt, immoral buffoon to lead them. It shows a party in terminal decline. Talentless, corrupt, desperate and bereft of ideas but even more worrying is that they could still wipe the floor with the so called opposition.

[@Melissa.Garrett]

Some of these interviews truly disgusted me. Selfish, and looking for any excuse to continue being selfish.

[@davemills6881]

That's an improvement for some Tories. Many don't even see the need for an excuse to be selfish.

[@shady2322]

"So long as I am OK I could not care less about anyone else..."

[@andrewclarke6916]

So to summarise this, it's 'Sod the rest of you, as long as I'm okay, I'm not bothered'.

[@nggy85]

The crazy thing… they were actually serious and believe there own nonsense

[@gilldanier4129]

I've reached the age where I dont care about the planet because I'm a selfish bastard and dont care about the next generation, Im tory.

[@zzcanasta]

I've reached the age where I wouldn't give a f**k if every card-carrying Tory in the UK was accidentally run over by a steamroller. Preferably tomorrow, if anybody's organising it.

[@bannjaxx]

Judging by the tie, sunglasses and outlook, he has nobody in his life to question his choices. Obviously no kids. Inherited wealth because he isn't smart enough to make his own money and no one on this planet would employ him. So he spends his days being stoked by the Daily Mail to hate. He's quite possibly the saddest person I've ever seen on KZbin. So you go mate, do not go quietly into the night. We hear you. You matter. Wear your crazy sunglasses and your wacky ties! That's personality! And don't let anyone tell you different!! (Not that anyone ever actually talks to you do they? Sure, the folks down the local conservative members club nod and say hi, but, you're never invited over or asked to meet up, eh? They're always ALWAYS busy, hectic even! What lives they must have! Oh can you imagine? No, you can't. You've got no one.) So listen, crazy sunglasses and wacky tie guy and listen good, no matter how much you try and make everyone's life more miserable, no matter how much money you try to keep, you'll always be sad. And lonely. And unmissed.

[@nickconnor6078]

respect for not purposely editing this to make them look ridiculous, they did that themselves.

[@WarrenCromartie2]

The usual confusing of liberal with left wing. They're not the same thing. The conservatives and labour are both liberal parties. We've never had an actual left wing government at any time in modern history. Labour at their most 'left' were still free market advocates, and liberal.

[@johnwalters5410]

An important distinction indeed.

[@virbrevan4365]

Labour is absolutely a left-wing party. Left wing =/= full-on socialist (in the "public ownership of the whole economy" definition). Just because you're so far to the left that you believe even a person like Clem Attlee isn't left-wing doesn't mean that's what reality actually is like. Labour is a centre-left to left-wing party. Also, I really dislike it when leftists disavow the achievements of their own governments. Even if Labour was never as good as it could be in your view, they still are left-wing and their achievements *are* achievements of the left-wing. Disavowing Labour as a left-wing movement means disavowing its achievements, refusing to take credit for what the left has fought for and the many victories it has achieved.

[@liamoneill4706]

@@virbrevan4365 If labour is a left wing party right now then they wouldnt have a cat in hells chance of taking over the reins(an illusion)in 18 months time. They are being rinsed and sanitised so the real controllers of this country can keep you, me and everyone else earning under 50k a year DOWN while giving you the illusion of change. Same in the U.S

[@alphamikeomega5728]

Social democrats are left wing. New Labour embraced liberalism and social democracy, even as it rejected socialism. Beyond that, traditionally, liberals have been the left wing - although this tends to describe the situation before labour politics and universal suffrage, when in the UK you had Liberals vs Conservatives.

[@RossKempOnYourMum01]

To be fair that guy does look and sound good for 90

[@jjefferyworboys8138]

its the sea air !

[@Alan-xxxxxx]

He is a junior member of the Young Conservatives

[@BernieHollandMusic]

It's the nine year olds that I fear for. . . . . . .

[@dazzag371]

Not long until he’s in hell for being a Tory

[@sallymeredith5476]

Please please let this bunch be in the minority, if not we are seriously doomed

[@kevincox8905]

Absolutely terrifying

[@timwoodger7896]

Low empathy and a lack of emotional intelligence with a sense of entitlement with an inner belief that they are better than most people And feel others need authority to keep them inline.

[@oblodoblodob]

The one thing I somewhat agree with is that conservative governments have been the most radical, although I think the word extreme is more accurate. "Conservative" is the biggest misnomer in British politics

[@georgec7899]

Coruptservatives

[@davidjones5223]

@@georgec7899 Totally agree with both, they have been radical in ensuring the wealth and tax payers money in the hands of wealthly, whilst massively screwing over the rest of society. A total Keptocracy in action, just rather than hold resources they sell it off to their mates and the mates then control the party...absolute bunch of scum bags and the difference the Tories boys in this miss is that the difference between those that vote Tory and the rest is that we aren't a bunch of self entitled arseholes who only look out for ourselves, but from a bunch of Thatcherites and their sprogs what do you expect as they don't believe in society only the individual. I say next time we have a pandemic let them go out and party and then refuse them any form of care....then they will feel the realities of the individual, as no fecker will be looking at for them like they do the same on others

[@glowwurm9365]

What would you say was radical?

[@geoffpoole483]

@@glowwurm9365 "Radical" doesn't necessarily mean left-wing. There's a valid argument that lettingcouncil tenants buy their homes was a radical policy.

[@stephanguitar9778]

@@glowwurm9365 Thatcher destroying manufacturing and mining purely to get rid of unions, privatisation of utilities and services that are an absolute necessity to life, destroying social housing, deregulating the banks, poll tax, then Camerons austerity which did nothing good for the economy and Cameron's Brexit referendum which turned out to be the disaster it could only have ever have been. Then we had the covid heist of £billions into the pockets of cronies. And much more to come.

[@ZoeSummers1701A]

I still fail to understand how these men can be so selfish, ignorant of facts and evil.

[@leecudmore-ray6697]

"I quite like Liz Truss's economic package" is a mental image I can't escape now.......

[@redbloodcell4047]

Yellow glasses guy would be the first to complain if the UK suddenly turned around and started building coal powerstations in his back yard. The mantra boils down to "screw everyone else, I'm in it for myself"

[@paulfromdevon4707]

Anti-establishment!!!!!! WTF

[@BambiTrout]

"The only reason BP have made massive profits is because the oil prices have gone through the roof." Finish that fucking thought: why have the oil prices gone through the roof? Because the oil companies saw an opportunity to make massive profits by not bringing the prices down after the initial spike caused by the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The "additional investment" is investment in the CEOs' pocket books. The average British citizen will see NONE of that money, and some of us have to live on the planet for more than 10 years. Fucking trickle down economics has never worked and will never work - it's feudalism with extra steps.

[@cheese2742]

Absolute nonsense this. Get Sir Sean Dyche in as Prime Minister to ride us through the recession 🍺🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇬🇧⚔