PoliticsJOE reacts to the King's Speech

As the first State Opening of Parliament of Keir Starmer's Labour government comes to a close, we break down some of the key points of the King's Speech.
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[@EmPoulter]

Surely it's actually the first King's speech under a labour government since 1950?

[@brusselssprouts560]

Who cares. We have a new Government of adults, unlike this sixth form giggly detritus.

[@hc-nj3ve]

🤓

[@jezzat3778]

very well played

[@ince55ant]

regardless of monarch gender, it feels like the first labour government since 1950

[@LimeyRedneck]

🫡

[@1pauljs]

Best of luck to Ava with her new role. Definitely her calling in these difficult times for the tobacco industry.

[@Rella19]

Hard agree with Ava about wealthy people complaining about local planning 👏👏👏👏

[@StratsRUs]

Green Party fail too.

[@DGalious]

Last week I took a 6pm train from London to Leeds and LNER charged £72 for a single ticket! Since when it is okay?! Just checking now: a single ticket from London to Glasgow costs £114 for a Thursday 10:30am train and £130 for a 3:30pm train. Single! For each passenger! Not even a return ticket!

[@markmcintyre9893]

Privatisation and capitalism at its best

[@GerinoMorn]

I get not wanting to live directly under a pylon and the lines, but just having them in the view I think is actually nice. They are kind of symbol of humanity, connection etc.

[@StratsRUs]

Haha

[@DaNinjaGhostDog]

Is Ollie dead?

[@spicyboi544]

He had to go, HIS PLANET NEEDED HIM!!!

[@conornaughton7257]

Hes probably just busy harrasing welsh people

[@subroy7123]

Died in childbirth, RIP

[@SirWhig-esq.]

He said nonce one too many times

[@ferrerror]

He's actually created LIFE

[@ruairihair]

Audio quality is remarkably adequate, well done.

[@MarkusSimpson]

... But that random occasional banging 😒... Perhaps Oli stuck in a cupboard 👀

[@Cashback13]

Can you guys please make markers on the minute bar to divide the various topics of conversation in the podcast please. Thanks :)

[@ppetal1]

Is there a subject?

[@Gobhnait]

​@ppetal1 yes putting people in prison for selling vapes, Red Bull, Monster etc

[@raylder6339]

Yeah tbh time codes in the description would even be enough for me

[@ppetal1]

@@Gobhnait about time.

[@keycuz]

Reacts to the kings speech. It's a 53 minute segment.

[@theshadowdirector]

So regulators can press criminal charges against executives at failing water companies? Not just fines? More of this please!

[@colinthompson3111]

Did Ollie join the Labour Cabinet?

[@tntyler]

new minister of Cornwall??

[@PostingCringeOnMain]

Secretary of State for the love of podcasts and hatred of nonces

[@stanogden8864]

Minister for Wales.

[@2020_Visi0n]

Minister for Lovepodcastshatenonces

[@TEHBILB]

@@stanogden8864 welsh language tsar

[@pastyman001]

My late Father worked for the former Central Electricity Generating Board, planning power station sites into the future. He said laying underground cables to avoid pylons cost 3 to 3.5 times as much. Serious overheads.

[@TEHBILB]

plus I imagine the maintenance costs drastically more

[@danielkelley2403]

Engineer here. Underground costs 8x-10x as much compared to overhead.

[@chrishowell6469]

Genuine query, is Oli no longer on the Pubcast? It's been ages since we've seen him.

[@JoQeZzZ]

He's gone because of woke

[@jessery475]

Ever since the live show he's been MIA. People who went to the live show... What did he do? 🤣🤣

[@bilbofaggin5]

​@jessery475 his wife was delivered of a human child so I presume he's doing something with that

[@enemywithin1295]

He got MeToo'd smh

[@thomasandrewclifford]

@@JoQeZzZ Cancelled by the matrix for daring to reproduce.

[@JazzaTheKid]

EFL encapsulates the three divisions below the Premier League (Championship, League One and League Two) but not the Premier League itself

[@charliethegooner8729]

actually 74 years guys!!!!

[@TheVRSofa]

So cringe we even have these events....like how many hospitals could you build from the cleaning bill on all that gold crap alone. Just the cleaning bill would pay for it 😂

[@Tom-bs1em]

It doesn’t cost much at all. It’s not cringe at all

[@AndyRossism]

Like Ava's point about the residents and paying for the underground work, I would also say Royalists should pay for the Royals, and people like me be spared. Let's see how much more they are happy to pay in taxes for Charlie Boy and his Missus to ride in fairy tale carriages. (Agree about Camilla prob being good fun tho, she will be relived the smoking ban will never touch her !)

[@alexharrison2743]

Yeah I agree, there should be an opt in for things like the monarchy, and the government will fund a project but if the locals have unrealistic/unreasonable stipulations, they can crowdfund for the extra cost.

[@liammccabe05]

Tbf to Motherwell, I think they've had two seperate bids from foreign parties to buy out the fan consortium in the last year. Probably other Scottish teams are more repellant than them 😂

[@bailey3209]

What's happened to slug-daddy?

[@MrCallumDennis]

He has been in full-time training for his knebworth show

[@ianedmonds9191]

I think you missed out talking about workers rights. You were just away to start talking about it and Ava made another point on the previous topic.

[@grizredford8407]

Subtitle just came up with "love podcasts hate nonsense".

[@philipgibson2643]

I remember going to my doctor's surgery with chest palpitations a while back and he asked if I drank caffeine, and when I said I drink coffee (a lot) and at least 8 Monsters. He said, "That's quite a lot of caffeine to be drinking 8 of those a week". I stared at him in wonder and said "No, a day. 8 a day minimum." He almost fell off his chair and asked if I was shocked I was having palpitations. I immediately stopped drinking coffee and went over to tea (and 6 Monsters a day). Think he saved my life.

[@tonymccann1978]

Spot who doesn't have kids. These energy drinks need to be regulated

[@catdogfishcake]

I didn't know virgin media did gas..

[@GenerationCX]

00:26 King (Prince then) Charles read “The Old Man of Lochnagar” a children’s story that he wrote, on Jackanory in 1984 (before CBeebies)

[@samhaskell8868]

What if it was a nut vape and the kid was allergic to nuts?

[@sbmoonbeam]

So at first I thought trains are just land boats on rails so would obviously be referred to as "she", but then I realised that Thomas the Tank Engine and other such kids' shows have set a precedent and most trains will actually be male except for one girl train for representation which will be pink and have a big pink bow and will probably be the main character's love interest.

[@LeafHuntress]

Not Just Bikes, trains in Japan.

[@Strato5]

It's one of those jokes somewhat based in reality that the most expensive thing utility companies do is dig holes in the ground.

[@metalhead2550]

And Yes NFL abroad games are a part of the actual season

[@NemoMangelk]

Ava was on a tear this ep. Absolutely on fire. Very funny.

[@robadams12]

Would you be able to interview and discuss more about ehy we dont have rent control anymore? And if it could be brought back? Thanks

[@olb3587]

I think the Greens (including Adrian Ramsay) could actually be quite pleased with the NIMBYism ban, because their MPs and councillors can now just shrug at local planning if there's nothing they can do about it. Previously they've had a huge conflict of interest because every MP has massive local pressure to oppose infrastructure like wind farms, but now they can more cleanly focus their campaigning on environmental policies.

[@_xeere]

I think NIMBYs are given a bad time when they actually are pretty reasonable people. Imagine you've spent decades saving for a house and it becomes you most valuable asset then someone threatens to hugely devalue it. It's pretty reasonable to refuse that. It's essentially asking local people to pay for government projects. The problem here isn't the people who own houses, but that housing is treated as an investment. People shouldn't be forced to tie a huge portion of their personal wealth up in a random building.

[@colecohen4581]

Re: putting the electricity transmission cables underground, Ava said something like "in principle, sure" but it's worse than that. Long distance electrical transmission is more efficient at extremely high voltages which requires it to be up in the air for safety and efficiency. If the wires were buried they would have to be at a lower voltage. This would lead to more energy being lost to the wires themselves, and the fact that they're buried would mean a lot of energy would be nicked by the earth. There's a good reason pylons are Like That.

[@huornaldarion781]

showering cold is better for your skin. I just turn the shower cold at the end to not shower cold completely.

[@GonadsOfGodrey]

Digital Information and Smart Data Bill: Thought Labour said they weren't intending to implement digital id cards after disregarding Blair's suggestion?

[@IndaloMan]

Get over it UK. We have ID cards in Spain and I wouldn't be without mine......🤔

[@Apefish98]

@@IndaloMan Just cause you lost your freedom doesnt mean we need to. (Yes i am aware how american that sounds)

[@MartinMc90]

There is talks about an investor for Motherwell. It's like a former Netflix executive that's interested in a similar Wrexham style story.

[@samlawrence2239]

I think a bill should come in that says landlords can't charge more in rent than the average mortgage repayments in the area (give or take 10%). Those that monetise the housing crisis should be fined!

[@metalhead2550]

Virgin Media doesn't own the gas network Ava, they're a water provider! 😛

[@chrisrye13]

In the interest of re-stoking a tense debate... Ava absolutely agrees that the person who suffers from a tragedy is not necessarily best placed to come up with legislation to prevent similar tragedies occuring, as per Martyn's Law. Yet she happily used Natasha's Law as an example of why she backed throwing people in prison if they mistakenly give a customer something they're allergic to. Discuss...😏

[@Frithogar]

Locomotives are fairly masculine according to the literature: "Have you seen the pistons gleam On the mighty C.P.R. With the driving force of a thousand horse. Well, you know what pistons are. Or you think you do. But you've yet to learn The ins and outs of the trick Of the work that's done on a non-stop run By a man like Dead-eye Dick."

[@LeafHuntress]

the obvious example is Thomas

[@hughcaskey9542]

Feel sorry for Charlie having to read out a load of waffle in speech form

[@Business101HQ]

As an avid monster drinker, I feel very attacked

[@IMelkor42]

Do your kidneys hurt sometimes? Assuming you still have kidneys

[@huornaldarion781]

Do you have headaches regurlarly?

[@Business101HQ]

No and no

[@IMelkor42]

@@Business101HQ You don't have kidneys?

[@Business101HQ]

Sometimes you just need a good slurp to get through the morning, ya know?

[@RobertMarks-bx1if]

Ava unhinged again, norfolk person here. Just check the living wage around these parts before suggesting that the natoves "stump up" our own cash

[@TEHBILB]

I think she was suggesting that people who don’t want overhead power lines and want them put underground should pay the difference, not that they should cover the entire cost of the lines. basically the lines are going up regardless, but if you’re being a NIMBY about the view, then you gotta stump up

[@RobertMarks-bx1if]

@TEHBILB I'm not a Nimby it was more just the fact people up here think were wealthy, when some of us have mass wealth and some of us are struggling to make ends meet. It's also a good thing adding more infrastructure to the area.

[@alpine_newt]

I was under the impression that the cables are on pylons because putting them underground would be much worse for the local environment. I'd love to know if this is correct or not.

[@cadmonkey2709]

You can safely divert powerlines underground with minimal impact to the local environment in most cases, but the construction and maintenance costs are much higher.

[@xXStumpyJoeXx]

They clapped in a polyrhythm today

[@alanhat5252]

0:08 to me he seemed angry at what he was forced to say though I've only caught part of it so far.

[@tbrooke3016]

White monster is also a transfemme icon 😎🏳️‍⚧️

[@adridaplague-boi]

yeeeah!!!!! love to see it

[@ReedoTV]

If I fell asleep at work I would be fired too

[@Czechbound]

I always get the impression that Pedro 'plays for the other team' so to speak, so Ava might be disappointed. Note : I know nothing

[@dansmith4766]

Did they also ban lenders from not accepting dss tenants because I think that's a criteria point for some mortgage providers?

[@mcbunson]

The advert just after you talked about energy drinks is one about energy drinks

[@Andreweroo]

Ed Campbell "Cbeebies Bedtime booking producer" 😂

[@LDN-pup]

“Alexa can you rate our outfits?” Do you realise how many echo devices you just triggered!? 😖

[@yurifelipe2020]

Where is Ollie dugmore?

[@Funglutton]

Gow about Landlordsust pay a deposit which is held by the Tenants Protection Org and provided to the tenant to cover the initial costs of any action taken against them for breach of contract.

[@fergusdenoon1255]

There's a major issue with nationalising the railways: when prices go up (which they inevitably will) you can vote out the people who did it... Private companies waiting in the wings to take over the rail we just paid to repair... aaaasnd the cycle continues... The wheels on the train go round and round...

[@chrism3701]

Taxpayer subsidies to the rail sector have reached astronomical levels. At £6 billion per year (including Crossrail), they have roughly trebled in real terms over the last twenty years. But the high rate of subsidy has not led to a reduction in fares, which recently have risen above the official rate of inflation. Where do you think all that money has gone to ? the shareholders of course. Good old privatisation for you.

[@fergusdenoon1255]

@@chrism3701 how long has it taken to get to this point? The point is that the nameless faces of the shareholders don't get voted out, they just invest in something else, they've never been held accountable, they actually need the sector to be nationalised so they can justify their price hikes when it's privatised again. The government actually get held accountable, they WILL get voted out for merely doing exactly the same as the private company, in fact they'll get voted out for doing less damage than a company, because the electorate can actually do that, and they will actually do that. It's called "a long con"

[@fergusdenoon1255]

@@chrism3701 non of that matters. The issue is there's no accountability for shareholders. We, the electorate can't do anything about their greed. Prices have to go up, and this is the thing we don't like, when a government is in charge and they put the prices up, because they have to, we, the electorate can easily do something about it, we vote them out. Then it gets privatised, costs are cut at the expense of service and infrastructure and...we must nationalise it. Honestly, nationalisation is not the answer, it's actually part of the problem.

[@mrschneebly2438]

Day 2 of the Ed & Ava love story: Ava to Ed - “Why don’t you give me a Nut”

[@shantz123]

😂 I've thought the same thing.

[@jameseden9380]

Ava is a solid 10/10 obviously

[@Michael-s1m8s]

A rouge state had me howling 😂

[@raylder6339]

**Thought experiment** If everyone, (or everyone above say… 5yrs old) had one vote regardless of qualifiers. What amount of votes should 18+ ppl have to fairly represent how much more valid those people’s votes are: Final question - and how old or competent enough to work and pay taxes would you say it should go back to 1 vote??

[@raylder6339]

Alternatively, above the age of X. If X is too young to vote but old enough to have opinions whether they be too immature to be allowed to vote by most ppls standards.

[@Zen-rd9np]

I think it would be good to have bookmark points for different parts. It would be funny for Shaun to have to name them

[@ILikedGooglePlus]

Oli the new Minister for Farms?

[@taranjk1]

FFS xD I feel called out by this Monster(TM) Slander 🤣

[@williamcrann155]

Good drawing Ava ❤

[@ThomasBoyd-d7j]

Awesome. Brilliant content. Excellent Italy they care about you Thomas as Italian citizen nurse with British passport retired. Is that low conservative party get 122 seats yes.

[@DivinaDeCampoTV]

Currently on an Avanti and strong agree it’s a terrible service.

[@mehmetemin4713]

Is Laura the Monster Queen?

[@gopic1511]

Good drawing Ava.

[@sophiejohere]

Where is Olly?

[@missbobbypinn2165]

45:41 we do it’s called invacutation

[@Rog3rY]

16 year old vote can be done later, its not urgent, will be 5 years before needed, lot of urgent stuff going in.

[@octaviamcdougall7170]

if you sell someone under 18+ alcohol you should go to prison

[@aidancottrell-boyce5648]

EFL is a different thing from the Premier League

[@owix2]

Good drawing Ava

[@Deedumdee]

love podcast hate nonsense it's the paal podcast ladies and gentlemen (Why the google dictionary has obscure things like "paal" in it but not "nonces" I'll never know)

[@benadams6019]

Day 40 of asking for a production team microphone

[@m.j.nicholls]

If you stop asking they'll get one to spite you

[@SpideyGin]

Love you all, but seriously where's Ollie? (Idea for book series there 😅). Don't say he's in Cornwall. I live in Cornwall and haven't seen him once.

[@TEHBILB]

he’s behind you

[@robertlaw.]

If only his bestie Sir Jimmy had lived to see it.

[@AndyRossism]

Saville was a Tory, his political 'Bestie' , was Thatcher. She pushed for his Knighthood against advice, and had him round hers for Xmas.

[@lhopo2647]

Sunak's legacy is losing to Truss

[@LimeyRedneck]

On gendered trains: Stephan Waxley-Lemon has been *pointing in horror* at trans-trains!! 🚄🌈

[@SashaGrace94]

If Avanti put as much effort into their service as they did into the Prideolino livery I’d legit book a ticket with them and go where I wanted to go on the Prideolino 😂 I don’t care if it’s pink washing, I’m down for the #trainbow

[@LimeyRedneck]

@@SashaGrace94 Sounds like you do have a little bit of a problem though... The real issue shouldn't be about the colour of the trains, or Stephan Waxley-Lemon's am-dram and neither are responsible for the state of train services here. Nationalise the whole kit and caboodle and while that won't be perfect because services aren't, it'd be a big improvement on what exists now. Also build more lines and capacity 🤠

[@thomasandrewclifford]

What is Ollie?

[@MusicTheoryNerd]

WHERE'S THE SLUG DADDY

[@oneiyyar]

Has Ollie died?

[@PEPG2024]

Not 16 year olds because he now has the power; it was his only reason for suggesting it.

[@bilbofaggin5]

the next locals will be next year and turnout is always sooooo low, that changing it before that is not important. it will also be absolutely dragged by the commons and lords so it would take a lot of time

[@SkinTightJaguar]

Jesus Christ, the lad constantly sounds like he's doing a SouthPark 'Timmmmy' impersonation. Surely a basic requirement of being a podcast host is being able to talk without having a nervous fit. Get your words out, lad!

[@leeroychang]

We've just given £3b to Ukraine. Child benefit comes second to that is good to know...

[@failedrockstar]

We've all seen Thomas the Tank Engine. Trains are Men and carriages are women. It's the natural way.

[@jaycondron1063]

Tad-ah ferret

[@Michael-s1m8s]

Avea 9/10 Ed 8/10 (based on his personality

[@propersensitive8776]

Comment 2/10 based on spelling Ava's name wrong and lack of a closing parenthesis.

[@Michael_Milne]

'nationalised by default'

[@aslate]

I like casual podcasts but I'm nearly 20 minutes of innane chatter (one fifth of the video) in and know nothing about the King's speech. I like PoliticsJOE a lot but this is getting ridiculous.

[@enemywithin1295]

@@aslate Yeah I agree. They’re not nearly as funny as they think they are - but they do make insightful points, so I have no idea why they lean so much into the “kooky” comedy..

[@TEHBILB]

I think it’s a great format, if you want it more “dry” and to the point there’s always Novara

[@jameshowarth4801]

uh oh, a prison discussion again :D

[@RandallSlick]

All this talk of coils has alienated at least two thirds of your target demographic. Hold your heads in shame.

[@Ferrybobbins]

That is so interesting

[@bilbofaggin5]

avanti is she LNER is he Northern is he Transpennine is she i won't be elaborating

[@Insertnamehere1119]

Transpenine used to be he when she was just penine

[@adridaplague-boi]

I agree

[@lazorr3260]

Obligatory anti monachist post.

[@dantrizchan]

Official poljoe ratings - Laura: 10 Everyone else: 1 Like if you agree 👍

[@Votefreedom]

Prevention of lifelong illnesses.

[@OnikaMCPE]

Yasss mamas