'Poverty shouldn't silence people in politics' | The view from Gateshead

[@EverywhereAndyMorrison]

Bless these community workers. They're making the real difference.

[@lifegenius763]

Huge thank you to all those workers and volunteers offer incredible support to their local communities 👍

[@angelachanelhuang1651]

america is not that bad

[@KristineMaitland]

What frightens me is that is you could have taped this in Canada or most countries in the world and you would have gotten the same responses: housing, medical care, etc.

[@RM-ti8nf]

Shame on the politicians who are not serving the people!

[@necromancer2367]

Shame on the people who vote for these politicians, despite others telling them their decisions are stupid

[@kanedNunable]

the tories you mean....

[@lifesjustanillusion246]

Wakey wakey !! They're all the same cheeks of the same arsehole.voting is the illusion of choice.the central bankers control everything.starmer/ sunak and all the political leaders of Europe belong to the wef.all carefully selected.we have no political representatives and we don't have democracy as you believe.welcome to the pantomime

[@AutismoGamer]

United States politics has become nothing more than a competition to see how long can the politicians lobby and keep themselves wealthy while we suffer.

[@AngelaVlahos]

FIFA 2025

[@mohamedali2858]

Poverty is not merely the consequence of the greed of the rich; it is a political tool to marginalize whole segments of the population. As more and more of the population is marginalized, obviously, decision-making is increasingly going to be in the hands of fewer and fewer people, and it will be in the hands of people whose interests and world view differ radically from the masses. Poverty is ultimately about political exclusion, not just financial deprivation.

[@MrShikaga]

Could you explain more? Everyone gets a vote, no matter how much money you have.

[@BenJ2020]

This is how labour gets its voter base to keep people down and poor just enough to live on and they will keep voting for you

[@MrShikaga]

@@imine2024 ah yes, I see what you mean. Thanks!

[@GustavoHeinlein]

The rich are not greedy, they're innovative and industrious. You seem to think poverty is a modern phenomena and that in the 'past' nobody was ever poor, not for a single day. Poverty, in general terms is down to laziness, rare do you find 'poor' hard working people. Now, what we do have is a culture of 'benefit dependency' whereby generation after generation of 'lower class' citizens come to aspire nothing greater than their welfare payment every fortnight.

[@RoofLight00]

@@GustavoHeinlein Your sweeping generalisations are straight out of the ayn rand playbook. Do you not think that Someone can be ill, disabled and unable to work or does your warped world view exclude different reasons for poverty. Central government decides what budgets go to regions, and the current government are on video explaining to constituents how they have redirected funding from poor areas to more wealthy ones. To think this is not politically motivated is wilful ignorance or propaganda.

[@Marenqo]

Gateahead here, we are proud of our city!

[@EdLeslie-h4w]

I'm a Brit living in Austria.... How many Food Banks in Austria? 79. How many Food Banks in the UK? 2000 plus.... '?'

[@adamstockley3569]

3000+ 😡, there were less than 40 in 2010!

[@da90sReAlvloc]

​@@adamstockley3569 same year the Tories came to power funny that isn't it

[@alfonsohorcajada4399]

Shamefull!! Ans you will still have working class people voting Tories....that is beyond me. Never got that. ​@@da90sReAlvloc

[@babajaga158]

​@@da90sReAlvlocwhats funny is that you guys were keep re-electing them for 14 years!!! That is a funny part for me

[@agentopaque3776]

9 million vs 65 million population bro...

[@rickylocock9068]

The only reason the cost of living crisis has gained so much traction, is because it's started to affect the middle classes. Once the majority middle classes start using food banks, then the government will be forced to do something about poverty.

[@susanjaques6601]

Labour wont do it .starmer same as rishi .wishy washy

[@macsmiffy2197]

Governments could choose to reduce inequality in society. Other countries such as Norway have done it without the economy being compromised. Trickledown economics has well and truly failed. It makes me really angry. 😡

[@bereal6590]

Unfortunately as you here the numpties in this video, they think farage would be the solution. That's how dumb people have be ome and that's the problem and reason inequality continues. Hating foreigners, the eu, gays, trans is more important to them than fairness and equality. They don't care if someone is sick and cant work, they'll call them lazy. Every trope that's pushed out there, they believe it!

[@ogilvienator]

Totally not true , there are places that has totally poverty in Norway.

[@TheSuperPsychoKiller]

Poverty is a political choice. Always money available for wars.

[@tennesseejermyn7705]

Up the toon lads Newcastle n Tyne still kickin ass regardless

[@RaggedRomeo]

'Poverty shouldn't silence people in this election' Except that it will, poverty leads to apathy and the apathetic don't vote.

[@GustavoHeinlein]

You make a bold assertion here, 'poverty leads to apathy and the apathetic don't vote'. Apart from in 2019 with the Tory majority and apart from 2016 with the Brexit referendum. I would say it is more the case that when the English working class vote in a way that displeases the Woke privileged middle classes, what we get is a flurry of pejorative aimed at the 'thick nationalistic gammon' for daring to have the temerity to vote how they wish and not how you demand!

[@goonerboz6023]

If you have a independents or new political parties vote for them the torys are not going to do anything the red ones blue and yellow

[@sarahann530]

​@@GustavoHeinlein The working class really helped themselves with their Brexit vote . Life is now the best it's ever been

[@GustavoHeinlein]

@@sarahann530 Political autonomy is the ability to make political decisions. What we have, is a rabid kind of Woke faux intellectualism that sneers at any political choice they personally disapprove of. So, we get affluent White (mostly) middle class men and women, celebrities and politicians who simply can't fathom how anybody else, can possibly think differently to them - these are the same Woke class you preach about tolerance, acceptance and political freedoms. Yet, as soon as the 'working class' vote how they wish and to how the privileged classes wish, we get very malicious and condescending rhetoric. 'You stupid gammon, how dare you not vote how I tell you!'

[@babajaga158]

Maybe it should be compulsory to vote like in Austrslia.

[@chris5634C3PO]

And now we have Labour, the party of the working person. Heating allowance stopped for the majority of pensioners who worked all their lives, now looking at stopping state pension for anyone who worked all their lives with a half decent job. Whilst happy to import thousands of benefit claimants a month and give my tax payers money away in foreign aid. Big Thanks to the Tories and now Labour......slow clap. Remember, we are the many YOU are the few! Try considering the actual working class that make this economy work now and again eh?

[@Destide]

They've done a great job dividing and creating apathy, You might not be able to change the world but you can change your part of it. Go vote even if you draw Mr Blobby on the ballot

[@MrShikaga]

Who is “they”? The conservatives for the last 14 years? Who should we vote for who will unify the nation again? I personally voted for the greens, but having spoken to people, that seems to be even more divisive!

[@droolio]

@@MrShikaga Any party who advocates for proportional representation. FPTP is THE reason why our democracy is so fucked, why so many are apathetic, why we don't get the policies we deserve. Fuck party politics, but DO go out and put your vote ... for a fairer voting system. This election is void, but 5 years down the road everyone will be apathetic once again and wondering how we get into this mess where Labour didn't help improve their lives either, yet don't tackle the broken system. The cycle needs to end - vote greens vote lib dems, vote tactically if you have to, but demand PR above all else. Sure as shit this coming Friday you'll be hearing from Farage about how unfair the voting system is when they only get 1 seat with double digit popular vote - and they'll be right. Didn't need to come to this, but Starmer is to blame.

[@ChartreuseDan]

​@@droolio What the Tory coalitioning lib Dems who turned abolishing of university fees and proportional representation into 9k p.a. and fifteen years of conservative austerity? They were Ed Davey's party then, regardless of the fresh young faces he tried to plaster over it, and it still is now. It cannot be trusted anymore than it could be in 2010. "Vote tactically if you have to." YOU HAVE TO. LOOK AROUND. Think I wouldn't like to vote green? It's not an option because I've looked up my green party candidate and, like a lot of green party candidates actually, THEY BARELY EXIST. For most people in the UK a vote for green is a vote in the rubbish because, while I'm sure there's lots of nice and principled people in the party with agreeable policies, there just aren't enough green candidates willing to do the campaigning and marketing necessary to really be in the running. I'm happy for people who can tactically vote green and have it probably be worth doing, but they're a pretty stark minority

[@aremedyfrosty]

All the men in this country have swapped their loyalty from their people to football now. The country is literally dying but they can still meet up at the weekend to support some stupid team.

[@roddychristodoulou9111]

I've been saying this for years , we could have any political party in power for 100 years . We will still have poverty , homelessness , and unlivable benefits pensions and minimum wages . The problem we have is this form of capitalism known as disaster capitalism . It really is there only to serve the richest in society , this is why we see the richer getting richer and the poorer getting poorer .

[@youcantalwaysgetwhatyouwan8419]

Gateshead has been on its backside for decades but I moved back a few years ago after a decade away and it’s just grim now. Good people tho, great communities in the area.

[@SkintLivingUK]

Too many people struggling in the UK. I just hope things change after the election. It makes me sick that millions of kids, families and pensioners are starving. I hope the government gives out free school meals to the kiddies and increases Universal Credit as people in work have no money to live. Before people moan about UC but 41% of people on UC are in work - this is because wages are so low. They were kept low on purpose by the Tories as they only look after big businesses - who have had record breaking profits while their workers are literally starving. The vast majority of anyone else on UC are ill or long term sick/disabled. Many of which are on an NHS waiting list, like myself. So to all those horrible people slagging of people on UC you need some compassion.

[@juliet7703]

Thankyou from a UC claimant

[@GustavoHeinlein]

"...too many people struggling in the UK..." So let's import 1million asylum seekers - the best way to solve a housing/living standards crisis is to bring in more people who demand homes.

[@goonerboz6023]

Labour have said they need to cut the benefits its costs to much

[@thankstocalebchung1556]

The problem is landlords leeching best part of people’s salaries. It’s pointless increasing benefit levels & salaries without bringing regulation to cap ever increasing rents.

[@kevinsyd2012]

There's no money for food but plenty for piercings and tattoos...

[@bobjames6622]

What I never understand is why huge numbers of people want somebody to lead them, and be in charge of them. Are they still toddlers, needing mummy and daddy to hold their hands?

[@Maliceless100]

Poverty begets more poverty. The answer lies with the HMRC. As titans of industry continue centralizing power, will-of-the-people democracies are turning into minority-rule governments. And the widening gap between haves and have nots is swallowing up the middle class.

[@MrShikaga]

But the HMRC has no policy making power. Surely the answer lies with the Treasury?

[@RoofLight00]

@@MrShikaga The answer has already been given by Sunak who is on video explaining how they have diverted funding from poorer areas to more wealthy ones.

[@MrShikaga]

@@RoofLight00 Sure, but what does that have to do with the HMRC? You realise Sunak does not work at the HMRC right? He was Chancellor and now PM.

[@RoofLight00]

@@MrShikaga What has HMRC got to do with poverty? I’ve demonstrated how funding is taken away from poorer areas to more wealthy ones which causes poverty. The very reason for this video clip. That is the reason for the nations inequality and social deprivation. Why dismiss that overwhelming evidence with ‘sure but….’?

[@MrShikaga]

​@@RoofLight00 The HMRC does not set policy! The Treasury does! It's like blaming the army for the invasion of Iraq. They aren't the decision makers, they simply follow the orders of the government. The HMRC's functions are to administer and collect taxes, enforce tax laws, and ensure compliance. What those laws are are set by ministers in Parliment, the Treasury and the Chancellor of the Exchequer. Are you suggesting that all the civil servants in the HMRC should break the law and just unilaterally decide to collect whatever taxes they want to themselves and funnel the money wherever they decide it should go?

[@hungo7720]

The immense wealth of London has been fostered at the expense of scant comfort of other regions. People feel jaded and are disgruntled with the Tories' mismanagement and lingering austerity measures.

[@1Strawbz1]

its not just benefits.. i work full time on mininum wage in retail. Mentally exhausting.. and basically part of the working poor. Cant go on any flash holidays its alton towers this year

[@charlesdean3089]

These very same sentiments I heard back in the 80’s during Thatcher. Nothing’s changed.

[@janecarney3492]

well nothing has changed because people have voted for the same party over and over and then are in shock when they do the same thing its insane

[@A190xx]

And during Blair's years. He tripled the national debt and never solved poverty.

[@Oharadanny123abcdefg]

Bless the community workers. Genuinely, why are asylum seekers placed in places like Gateshead with zero work?

[@IbnShahid]

That’s a VERY good question.

[@GeraldineShart]

Sick to the back teeth of hearing the same old people complain about poverty and how much they struggle yet go and vote for the same party their father did and grandfather did. Don’t vote for the same shit and expect a different outcome.

[@ChristianeWinzenburg-uo4xb]

People and citizens deserve soooo much better. They appear to be in no doubt as to what is needed and sadly neglected. I hope that sense prevails and that communities will rise to the challenges. A sense of belonging and identity matters. Vote for change and not demagoguery💯👌🤞🤞🤞

[@AbigailBrown-wk7xl]

God bless the angels that help people in are community ❤

[@AngelaVlahos]

my great grandmother was from germany. witnessed all the wars.

[@TheMadAfrican1]

As someone who also moved from Africa to find a better life elsewhere, it is heartbreaking to see these people still dealing with the same issues they had back home.

[@scotuslaurentius2763]

Jeremy Corbyn really would have helped the UK - but they wanted Boris ... good move.

[@BenJ2020]

His own party didn't want him, he got stabbed in the back by Rayner and Keir. How long before she stabs him in the back?

[@notjustforhackers4252]

No "they" wanted democracy. Corbyn wanted a re-vote. He also sat in parliament when the Tories passed "The investigatory powers act" , which breaks Article 8 of the ECHR and did nothing to prevent it.

[@MrShikaga]

True, but given his comments on Ukraine, Europe has been extremely lucky he wasn’t leader in 2022

[@Da1Dez]

How would he have responded to Covid though?

[@Jomo-x6n]

They voted Boris to get Brexit done.

[@wba6787]

Starts and ends with housing. Build houses on the scale of the Baldwin government and provide cheap places for people to live and do business and the rest will follow. Instead we've incentivized a hierarchy of petty land barons and shit, unaffordable hovels. Labour's proposals on this just aren't good enough.

[@goonerboz6023]

The biggest problem is liz kendall has said we need to punish the people on benefits because it costs to much

[@NathanEllisBodi]

Yet the multinational companies who avoid paying tax in the uk underpaid £5,6 billion in the year 2022-2023 But why go after that when you can demonise folk on benefits instead.

[@shauncameron8390]

@@NathanEllisBodi MNC's still provide jobs and are the biggest private employers in the country.

[@A190xx]

The cost of living crisis was fuelled by the response to the pandemic with lockdowns stopping the economy, printing over £500bn and dropping rates. This was never going to be free. What scares me is Starmer was calling for more lockdowns, which would have resulted in more misery.

[@Mechanical-Animal]

He wanted someone that could provide a proper direction for the country and he thought Nigel farage was that man 😂😂

[@SkeletonDrums1]

Head in hands at that moment!

[@justgeneric2876]

It shows how little people care in the area, it reminds me of those who voted Boris for London Mayor. He then was a very similar candidate, peddling promises he had no intent to keep.

[@ommk9650]

Sneer

[@bereal6590]

That's how dumb and lazy minded they are. Until these idiots start learning history politics and economics they'll make the same stupid voting mistakes

[@da90sReAlvloc]

The north-south divide, this just ain't happening in Gateshead but also Newcastle upon Tyne

[@SkeletonDrums1]

The Tories of the 70's and 80's killed off the industries in the north of the country, leaving communities without jobs and purpose. Despicable, self serving toffs that care not a hoot for the people. We need government that wants to encourage industry, investments, training and jobs! Not line their own pockets or sow division between average people.

[@SharonaPJ]

Imo....drugs & alcohol are a CHOICE.

[@A190xx]

Labour thinks they are victims.

[@martinobrien7110]

Labour ' s largest challenge . Poverty . Question is , Do they even know it .

[@rodgerhargoon3402]

Hiw can the greatest empire in the world experience hunger .... where the sun never sets ...😂😂😂😂

[@BookOfVampires]

Why do they keep having a king? And have this happening?

[@drkarenbukharibukhari9931]

In Lauret ward food was good as I was unable to purchase food for my survivors as orphan lady Dr unemployed for 4 years after UK relocation

[@annfoster6116]

Reform !! Get out and vote reform !

[@rahuldahoob]

Jeremy corbyn would have saved the UK❤

[@A190xx]

How?

[@underarmbowlingincidentof1981]

as you can hear the people want conscription !

[@Chloe_LXXXIII]

At least they didnt vote Leave

[@HappyinJapan358]

The north is especially sedated with football and beer. Take those away and there would be revolution. That’s real change

[@MalcolmXpat]

regardless of which way the economy goes it's simply not fair that full time working tax payers should have to subsidize parents with multiple kids. simply not sustainable for a country who's economy has been in a 20 year decline.

[@cureforintroversion1262]

I wager it’ll make no difference to them anyway

[@john-fr5yd]

Did sunak created poverty in the UK

[@A190xx]

How?

[@realnoahsimpson]

Tories out but LABOUR OUT too

[@pip1723]

Labour aren't in they haven't been for 15 year's.....this is the result of Tory austerity.

[@jsmoothie7001]

Don’t Trust the tories!! Again * 😅

[@harbster2]

Tories out! But unfortunately things will get worse under Labour because inflation will rise again.

[@AbigailBrown-wk7xl]

Vote reform 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧

[@Resologist]

The Times cannot find anyone to analyze the vote results? Just dumb music and hope to see the results in one riding at a time? Ridiculous!

[@drkarenbukharibukhari9931]

Thanks govt of rishi sunak I have suffered externally domestic abuse and hatred by my ex neighbour and hate crime and starved in the past Eid and Christmas 🎄🎁 I survived on trusel and find my city charity in UK extreme poor I was made homeless infection unable to wash my clothes and unable to purchase food and clothes

[@sarahann530]

Have you sought help from the Mental Health charities ?

[@houseoffry3204]

Full disclosure, Gateshead & Newcastle are not some run down deprived areas like this report will have you believe. Yes there are people struggling but the narrative that the north east is poor and rundown is a bit offensive for the people up here.

[@MrMmnngghh]

A little bit further afield in, say, Jarrow would have served the narrative better. Or, just go to Middlesbrough.

[@KorruptDZN]

Why is Gateshead particularly afflicted by child poverty? Genuine question

[@ay2257]

Lack of levelling up funding, cost of living crisis, not enough jobs, expensive childcare costs

[@warrickhelme3973]

Mainly due to de-industrialisation, many of the heavy industries were lost in the latter half of the 20th century, lots of families and communities across the north east were affected, with no replacement or investment in those areas afterwards a process of managed decline began were local authorities tried to manage the loss of well paid jobs and industry as best they could but couldn't stop the process. Add onto that 14 years of Tory rule and austerity, places like Gateshead were particularly affected due to their heavy reliance on public sector spending to make up for the shortfall in private sector investment, as government departments were cut this disproportionately affected the area compared to somewhere like London where public sector spending doesn't make up nearly as much of the local economy. Hope that answers your question.

[@jt-hi3ti]

Deindustrialisation, deindustrialisation and deindustrialisation. From a resident of neighbouring Newcastle, shipbuilders, miners, manufacturers and steel workers were the lifeblood of the working class, not only just in Gateshead but all across the North East. This is why much of the North East is particularly acutely poverty stricken.

[@SkeletonDrums1]

@@jt-hi3ti You're absolutely right, the clobbering the north took under thatcher was criminal! Robbed you all of your livelihoods and squandered the talents of generations, the tories are a despicable bunch! The incoming government needs to look at the long game, promote the north as a serious place for investment, which may pave the way for a brighter future! The likes of sunk Sunak would'nt be able to look down his nose far enough to see the real issues!

[@jackflapjackflap]

Full of lazy people. Plenty of work in Team Valley and automotive factories supplying Nissan.

[@angelachanelhuang1651]

ok

[@AaronOkeanos]

Why do people think "they are equally bad"? Tories controlled government and House of Commons now for 14 years even if your local MP was not a Tory. The other parties were nowhere near having a chance to impact your life. Give Labour power so they can show they are different.

[@ChartreuseDan]

They could have shown us they're different with their policies and voting records but instead those things have shown them to be more alike than they are different. That's why people think the two main parties are equally bad; they're not equally bad but they're too close to it for their and our good. Both seem to plan to keep the two-child benefit cap for crying out loud. Most conservative governments wouldn't have gone that far. Can you blame people for not being impressed?

[@A190xx]

Labour had 13 years and tripled the national debt, but still had poverty. Indeed, they left the economy in such a bad state, it did not matter who took over.

[@AppleAirsoft]

The guardian helped this happen by attacking Corbyn to preserve the Oligarchy.

[@tombartram7384]

In the gardy world ppl on council estates ppl can barely eat. In the real world that i see every day ppl on council estates go to Spain every year. Duh.

[@Pierrick2009]

Luckily the people of Gateshead have the option of relocating to another part of Europe in order to escape poverty….except….wait … they voted 57% Leave .

[@TravelTeleport]

Nice unbiased journalism right here.

[@richardscullion9381]

labour are not perfect - who is but they will try far harder than the tories to help people out of poverty

[@goonerboz6023]

No they wont they said benefits are costing way to much

[@janecarney3492]

@@goonerboz6023 they definitely will and whilst i think benefits have been restricted far too much compared to what this country can afford, labours policies go way further than just increasing benefits, they had the bright starts programme which was proven to improve the GCSE results of children in poverty by 2 grades, they had a massive increase in apprenticeships, they want to get rid of 0 hour contracts that exploit people in hospitality, sounds like you just read daily mail headlines and take it as gospel mate

[@thankstocalebchung1556]

@@goonerboz6023 We need rent controls.

[@shauncameron8390]

@@thankstocalebchung1556 And future housing shortages.

[@shauncameron8390]

You mean help people stay in poverty as the people take the benefits over a job.

[@nick8002]

Did they say how they go to fund this tax allowance? I thought we have 350 millions per week since Brexit, mentioned by Farage and Johnson, and people like to be deluded by them twice, so we deserve having little Britain like this tbh.

[@MrShikaga]

£350M pounds a week is very little money. That is only £18B a year. Our annual budget is £1.1 Trillion, with a T. £350M a week is such a small number it gets lost down the back of the sofa in Westminster. That reallocated money will not be felt by anyone.

[@janecarney3492]

it is crazy to me that labour have only been in power for 10 years out of the last 40, yet they are still considered by a lot of working class people as one of two "evils", if it wasnt for blairs government which isnt as left wing as i would have liked, we would have no public infrastructure left and no constitutional reform (irish and welsh assembleys, scottish parliament, human rights act, separation of powers with the introduction of a supreme court outside the legislature and an end to hereditary peers setting a precedent to democratise our second legislative chamber) yet people are still let by the nose by proven charlatans like farage and boris, who have massively spiked child poverty and made everyone poorer, it truly bends the mind

[@justgeneric2876]

Its not so hard to believe, Thatcher was the beginning, they not cared since Heath and the old tories departed. Breaking up the union because they opposed her, smashing coal industries because they strengthen unions, breaking the welsh industries that have taken decades to slowly recover and the north still has yet to recover, creating the greatest property shortage by moving away from the state owned builders to private contractors. The list is quite endless, we need to rip up 50 years of policy suggestions and Americanisation to undo the mess.

[@flaauws]

The Guardian: let's do a video asking people in a deprived area about their feelings towards politicians Also The Guardian: let's make sure someone who could improve things for people in deprived areas can't get into power.

[@christine-r1j]

Labour will be even worse, more high taxes and no homes for young people, vote REFORM or do not complain when things get worse

[@JousungKim-ji6hz]

“GDP continues to grow by 8%”... Indian economy racing✨[Hello India]

[@rodgerhargoon3402]

That's because great Britain no more rules it

[@garyh5541]

Vote Reform

[@mavinashraju5682]

Usually bills , household care are paid when u r employed ..strange that they expect the govt to pay !!!!!

[@jackkruese4258]

If a lot of these people got a worthwhile trade and maybe moved they’d be fine. Don’t expect the govt to carry you because they won’t. I learned that 30 years ago.

[@dhmonkey50]

Proud 🎉🎉🎉 for election 😮😮😮😮

[@karenrobinson129]

It certainly proves people who work in charity and foodbanks could be working full-time.

[@bryanotieno7106]

The UK should borrow a leaf from Portugal economy on how they managed to get out of the debt trap. Reduce taxation, reduce borrowing and spending because it perfectly illustrates inflation

[@mrmeldrew693]

Reform's £20,000 personal allowance would do the most for the poorest/average worker in this country.

[@EdwardOberon]

Can't trust Farage

[@nigelgarrett7970]

Without saying how they will pay for it. I take it that you are also happy with raising the tax threshold for the higher band of income tax and providing tax relief on private school fees and healthcare too. Policies designed to help the poorer / average workers in this country.

[@mrmeldrew693]

@@nigelgarrett7970 how much money has been magically found for Ukraine? How much gets spent on foreign aid/hotels for blokes without documents? Plenty of cash about, it's just the political will to improve things for our people that is missing.

[@nigelgarrett7970]

@@mrmeldrew693 So far, the UK had pledged to spend £12.5bn in aid to Ukraine. Reform's tax cuts would cost £90bn PER YEAR. Does that put it in perspective? And just a few questions that you dodged: Are you in favour of raising the threshold for higher rate tax payers? Are you in favour of tax relief on private education? Are you in favour of tax relief on private healthcare? These are all Reform policies. What does that say about Reform?

[@mrmeldrew693]

@@nigelgarrett7970exactly - 12.5 billion from nowhere because of a foreign conflict - 90 billion to help out our workers seems good value. Removing tax relief on private education would COST the taxpayer money as the thousands of kids put back into state school would need funding. How much have we spent on that pointless train so far? We have money, (OUR MONEY). We just have politicians who hate us.

[@chris-ub8in]

Child poverty is rife in UK but people continue to breed.

[@IbnShahid]

Really? Have you seen the latest fertility rate figure for the UK? We’re well below replacement rate. Mind you, people like Boris Johnson and Jacob Rees-Mogg are happy to have six kids each. Maybe THEY should be tying a knot in it….

[@pip1723]

Are you suggesting the rich should only be allowed to have children?

[@notjustforhackers4252]

Tories out, Labour out.

[@annalieff-saxby568]

Thanks, Vlad.

[@EdwardOberon]

Labour in pls... Reform is UKIP part 2... No ta..

[@da90sReAlvloc]

Tories out labour out, @notjustforhackers4252. Labour aren't in to get out, Simple you have to be in somewhere to get out , and as labour ain't in power. Then they can't get out of power,

[@AaronOkeanos]

Labour wasn't even in, in the last 14 years.

[@notjustforhackers4252]

@@AaronOkeanos Labour have been in parliament for ALL of those 14 years.

[@hermitcrabinavan7244]

It would be interesting to find out about locus of control of those who vote for Nigel Farage. I am not sorry to say that if you vote for Nigel Farage again, you have it coming.

[@DatFwad]

Nigel Farage 😂. That man is selling snake oil. Don’t fall for it. He would be like the Tories jakked up on steroids.

[@FraserBailey-jm5yz]

Well it looks quite nice to me. Lots of people spending a lot of money on beer and watching football. Happy days!

[@ChartreuseDan]

If you want an economy to recover you *need* people to spend money, otherwise employment just keeps going down and access to credit gets even worse

[@realnoahsimpson]

vote Green for real hope and real CHANGE 💚

[@PaulStratford-vn8ed]

Vote reform

[@AaronOkeanos]

You want even worse than Tories? Mr. Brexit himself? Have you learned nothing in the last 5 years?

[@PoliticalRegality]

Reform! FARAGE! REFORM!

[@da90sReAlvloc]

No.not. Reichform uk

[@insertname2035]

No

[@AaronOkeanos]

Mr. Brexit himself? Are you sure about that?

[@grey3987]

cold outside and it is summer , Labour green tax will bankrupt everyone

[@ChartreuseDan]

Think that ship already sailed

[@BenJ2020]

Vote Reform! A 20k tax allowence would be massive for those on the bottom end of the scale. Foodbanks provide an incredible service but they should not exist. Its a sad state when reform want to scrap the two child limit but labour wont!

[@mikeydread62]

From the clowns that b(r)ought you Brexit, you’ve got to be kidding

[@edwardbernthal160]

and the band played believe it if you like. Unfunded promises from the beast who never did a days work as an MEP, lied about the benefits of leaving the EU, Trump loving Putin arse kissing beer swilling fat mouth.

[@EdwardOberon]

Lying Clowns the Reform Lot...

[@matt69nice]

The money would come from gutting the public sector, which working people are more reliant on for basic services

[@BenJ2020]

@matt69nice The interest we are paying on QE? Neither party has mentioned it, it's like me lending you 50 quid monopoly money and asking you to pay real money back in interest. I would argue you could go further than saving £5 in every £100, we spent 1.6 million researching how to make folk music less white and another £600,000 on researching if milk is racist Your benefits bill would come down as uc is worked off take home pay. These are the tip of the iceberg of waste

[@saveBRITAIN-e3n]

Vote for the guy that speaks his/her mind, truth matters. Acknowledge the problems so they can be resloved. Only Reform UK is offering us the Truth.

[@nigelgarrett7970]

Reform is offering something, but truth isn't it.

[@europainvicta3907]

The truth? LOL. Where are those brexthick benefits then?

[@HistoryonYouTube]

Only traitors support Reform.

[@insertname2035]

Delusion

[@da90sReAlvloc]

Reichform uk offers lies , conspiracy theories, division and hate

[@IAmSoMuchBetterThanYou]

I lived in Sunderland forty years ago, just down the road. It was a shithole. I couldn’t imagine it getting worse. Yet here we are.

[@drkarenbukharibukhari9931]

Madam Amanda and sir Ian saved me from during COVID survivors in UK hotel 🛏️🏨

[@Crmsnraider]

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