Question Time Beckenham 12 12 24

[@clansey1973]

It’s like the last days of Rome. Fiona Bruce earning £400k+ of public money, critiquing public policy & spending.

[@kevingallagher2385]

She never shuts up too.

[@chris5634C3PO]

I watched Angela Raynor being interviewed by Trevor Philips on housing (Bearing in mind she is the housing minister), she made no sense at all.

[@chiefluke112]

Angela Rainer, the Brains of Britain!😂😂😂😂😂

[@theskinner3040]

Lots of new social housing is a complete waste of time …. People do not look after them and they aren’t held to account … I deliver to these “new” estates everyday and they look like they’ve been up for 500 years … everything broken and wrecked …. Couches and fridges lying in the street …. 10 just eat delivery’s a day to most of them. This country’s beyond repair

[@SeanRoberts-c4o]

This shortage of houses is a myth, in my area the amount of new builds going up is crazy, the problem is they are not affordable, thank God I brought 11 years ago, I'd have no hope now, this myth is right up there with the NHS needing more money, no it doesn't, it simply needs running better.

[@green856w]

Rayner admitted as much during an interview on Sky recently.

[@theauldscientist]

The problem with new housing that is being flung up, is that it is an asset that is only affordable to the wealthy, who hoover these new assets up, rent them out, or sit on them until the price inevitably goes up. We need housing built for ordinary people at an affordable level to us, can anybody see this happening? You won't find a housebuilder in the land that will agree to build cheap housing for almost no profit. The answer is to tax the super rich properly, but the super rich control litereally every narrative the people the consume, so anybody who takes on this insurmountable challenge will get absolutely dismantled and ruined.

[@banksy3169]

Rayner sold her council house

[@dannyjameshoward]

It’s all well and good building all these homes, but where I’m from, the sheer number of cars and the unbelievable traffic jams are the real problem because of where they are building them. The infrastructure just isn’t there to support it. Towns are becoming overpopulated, and getting an appointment with a dentist for example is nearly impossible compared to five years ago due to the amount of people now.

[@FRM101]

"it's like, you know like, defunding, like, and like, really like" ... perhaps a better screening of guests is in order, like

[@MotivateHouse]

She is black and a female it's just tokenism by the BBC as always

[@stuartgroves8761]

Absolutely agree like. Appallingly lazy use of language but this form of speech seems to be normal now , rather than pausing for thought the empty vessel prefers to continue to talk with nothing coherent to say like.

[@robinusher5707]

@@stuartgroves8761 Sadly, the American argot has taken hold everywhere in the Anglosphere, like. It's literally like infuriating.

[@gangrenousgoblingangrounou7583]

Classic

[@Anthony-z7b3v]

Why dont they admit it. The government needs to build more houses for the illegal immigrants.

[@mogzybuster]

delusional

[@Anthony-z7b3v]

I agree with you . They are.

[@mogzybuster]

@Anthony-z7b3v No, your comment exhibits delusion; illegal immigration represents a very small portion of the overall immigration levels. While the last government banged on about Rwanda and 'stop the boats' they also ramped up legal immigration levels to record highs, while also slowing down the processing of asylum claims to a trickle, that being the main reason for the hiring of hotels and barges at huge expense to the taxpayer. The need to build housing has multiple reasons not to do with immigration, affordability for young people and a need for social housing with reasonable rents to help lower income families away from poverty etc. there are more reasons, but that'll do for starters. But I'm sure you already know these things being a well informed individual not intentionally misrepresenting the facts ...

[@Anthony-z7b3v]

You sound very nice. I’m sure you could put a few illegals in your house.

[@DFandV]

​@mogzybuster If he had said. For immigrants in general, he would've looked more credible, I think that's what he initially meant but he thinks every migrant probably are illegal, which is absolutely not true. And those that come illegally are of a very small proportion, which wouldn't cause a housing shortage.

[@davidkennedy6612]

So build 1.5 million homes in 5 years. Yet we know 4-5million people will come into the UK in that time, doesn't even include the internal growth of people already here. It's Utterly ridiculous.

[@spitefulbob9254]

However Britain has a declining birth rate. 2.1 is the number Britain needs for a steady population but now has a birth rate of 1.2. Young people can’t afford to buy a house so therefore not having or having children much later. Unfortunately Britain needs immigrants to fill those gaps.

[@Anthony-z7b3v]

@@davidkennedy6612 Yes but not ILLEGAL immigrants.

[@phillipimran7377]

You clearly haven't a clue how the immigration system works. Legal Immigrants do not get access to social housing, benefits, free healthcare, and free education unless you have the indefinite leave to remain, refugee status after your asylum claim has been processed and the home office decides you are entitled to that, settled status under the EU Settlement Scheme, or the right of abode as a commonwealth citizen. My step father is a legal immigrant, he has to pay for everything, hell, he can't even apply for a mortgage.

[@phillipimran7377]

@Anthony-z7b3v You do realize that the vast majority of immigrants coming over are legal right? The number of illegal immigrants is in the 10s of thousands while legal immigration is in the 100s of thousands. Suella Braverman was in a BBC documentary explaining this, she wanted to focus on bringing down the numbers of legal immigrants since that's the vast majority who are coming to the UK, but Rishi Sunak just wanted to focus on the boats and illegal immigration because bringing down the numbers of legal immigration would of cost us at least 3BN in order to do that.

[@Anthony-z7b3v]

Your living in dream world.

[@chrisjbawn]

Thanks the upload, great to see you back uploading QT again

[@Rob1nson]

The standard of the panel members is so chronic now. I think ‘son of QT’ is the audience raising and answering their own questions.

[@keithpanton7486]

I do wish they'd stop inviting professional trolls, but it gets viewers and clicks I guess.

[@scottbuckingham5626]

Building 1.5 million home is for the birds 😂

[@James-pyon]

And fixing the NHS

[@ronaldtinson]

Housing mention, NHS mentioned . Population mentioned, all these three are impacted by immigration which was not memtion by anyone, It is obvious why a Reform MP was not asked to attend. Still it did allow a black person to take part, and that's a good thing.

[@markwhite3444]

Cheers for the upload...

[@MotivateHouse]

Why do they always stack leftists on this show?

[@dolmen6613]

-it's the BBC for chrissakes

[@keithpanton7486]

Stack leftists? Wes isn't left, nor is Morgan or the Tory. I don't know Emma, but I know the right really can't bear anyone known for being an academic.

[@MotivateHouse]

@@keithpanton7486 Wes is labour, the woman is labour, Emma is a lefty, Piers morgan is insufferable so why would anyone watch this propaganda piece?

[@green856w]

What hypocrites. Labour MPs defending open spaces within their, areas but want to take away that same option from most people.

[@Idkjdjwhxnd]

Was at my school 🔥🔥

[@tomfinney3416]

approx one fifth of all mps are private landlords this cross party sizeable lobby oversee happily 350-000 homeless whilst 250000 properties are boarded up in the uk ,limiting the supply so landlords can demand more if wes streeting wants to resolve this ,he could , all that is required is parliament passing a law stating no property to be empty whilst society needs it this ends homelessness instantly , , its that easy , go on just do it

[@ravens-crypt]

That would require the building to be habitable for people so that would need money to make it possible depending on the location and the duration of the property being abandoned . Like where I’m from there’s three buildings that could be refurbished into a place to live in but all three need work done but at the same time two of them might be cheaper to destroy and then rebuild because of the state they have been left to become .

[@tomfinney3416]

@@ravens-crypt yeah ravens , you highlight an obvious concern there , location first as thats the easiest to answer , most empties are in urban areas , infrastructure is in place alredy generally , saving some costs , condition of property ,,,, this one is tougher to answer , i could argue that landlords should be legally bound to maintain a property to a certain standard , but i accept that the landlord lobby in parliament have certainly voted into law a lesser standard under the previous govt and i dont think that has changed now isit possible instead to say ok dones done but now its done differently ,imagine if you trained folk toget these properties upto standard whilst giving them a wage and then allowing them to rent what theyve restored i cant answer all raven but i will try to answer you you ask good questions

[@deborahcoveney8846]

And stop all immigration

[@sarahWITAF]

I'm no fan of Labour, the Conservatives, or any of the parties actually, but I had to laugh (considering they have a mere 130 constituencies), when the Tory said of planning reform "It's often Labour cities trying to solve their housing problems, by building on generally Conservative countryside"

[@robertstubbs8062]

None on the people on the panel clearly haven't got a clue about building houses and builders. The number of houses to be built is simply not acheavable. As for the lady saying we need more migrants because we have a shortage of builders. Clueless !!!

[@jamesmacdonald1116]

We don't have a supply issue, we have a pricing issue. also with the trains the way they are, why the hell would anyone want to live in central Bedfordshire and commute into London? We need houses where the jobs are not in the middle of bum-F nowhere.

[@Mickster1977]

we need more council houses and flats to be built

[@malikrahman8649]

Who funding your project? The working taxpayers who have pay thier own mortgage or rent? Get a grip and get off the gravy train.

[@johnderrick2501]

Thanks for the upload !

[@James-pyon]

Can't fix a bridge, can't build enough houses, can't fix the NHS.

[@timsyer3540]

This labour mp don't have a clue

[@balance3201]

Labour said they d scrap leasehold.

[@nancystewart5370]

I think social services are a lot to blame for letting children back into bad situations most of them have no experience in life they should be older adults who knows a bit more on life .

[@rjjcms1]

If teachers suspect a child in their classes bears signs of physical abuse,they should be able to get as close to an immediate referral to a doctor as possible for examination. If it's established that a mark or injury is likely to be the result of abuse the police should be involved forthwith and an investigation launched. If it means the child not returning home until the matter is investigated then so be it.

[@portzi2]

It's parents fault

[@tuborice4571]

You have no idea how the children's services work. You have thresholds that need to be met before a strat can be made. You have different layers with different thresholds. You also have budget cuts. Etc.

[@hypnotics7886]

Whatever your views on the substance (and I have many issues with his politics), Wes Streeting is a much more effective communicator than Kier Starmer.

[@chris5634C3PO]

So is a battery powered toy robot.

[@portzi2]

Fair point he's just more convincing at telling porkie pies 😂

[@supremeworld87]

He's a better communicator than anyone else on the front bench but he's also an arch blairite and so far right in the party hes practically tory

[@hypnotics7886]

@ See my bracketed comments 😉

[@kanesta5517]

The tories arent right anymore l, they all lefties ​@@supremeworld87

[@tuborice4571]

Piers Morgan loves his voice 😂

[@robertanderson6776]

Put douglas murray on there Sir Douglas ❤

[@martinobrien7110]

Christmas Cheer . Piers Morgan .

[@FRM101]

they may have as well just had Piers, Wes and Nigel on 😂

[@ryp6627]

The doctors are not the bad guys, when you’re ill getting well is priceless

[@t.dmytryshyn2615]

When interest rates were so high in the 1980's, the Government of Canada matched half of the downpayment. It helped us get into a house years before we would have been able to save for one. Something like that needs to be put into place in the UK.

[@FRM101]

it will spike home prices ... government needs to untangle itself from home building, not dive further in

[@martinobrien7110]

The Question of the Day is Syria . What do we get squabbling about Planning .

[@heyguysimaj5614]

Who gives a shit about Syria?

[@nickstibbs1]

What if UK involvement on decisive military action against Syria had sparked conflict with Russia, who were clear allies of Putin and have bases in Syria? Pier's narrative seems to put huge responsibility on Ed Miliband's shoulders, whereas large parts of UK population were war-weary/sceptical by 2013 after Iraq, Afghanistan and Libya, all three of which resulted in absolute disaster for those countries (or in case of Afghanistan a sustained conflict and then reversal to Taliban rule after Western withdrawl). Obvs the process in Syria was horrific, but it happened mostly through regional forces, except for NATO and Russian action against ISIL.

[@andrewdaws7275]

It's the Wes Streeting show!

[@ronaldtinson]

Surly not QT fixing the panel and audiance

[@supremeworld87]

He's starmers best communicator so it's no surprise starmer puts him on the tv spots so much. And I'd rather hear from someone in government than the rest of them on that panel

[@Tree_Expert]

Love that no one applauds Piers

[@mattm.7]

He would rather get booed. He has always played the Mr Nasty character.

[@filltheglass2618]

He was trying so hard to get a round of applause

[@portzi2]

Applauded by hard left eco zealots 😂

[@AnthonyClay-y6h]

Not my fav .... but he made some very astute points ... he's been around a long time and does know what he's talking about ... but wrong over Brexit and wrong over the jabs.

[@JUSTAMFG2005]

Listening to Labor and the BBC is so painful. Such a waste of money. Just deregulate, cut taxes, attract investment, pause immigration, and audit the government.

[@nickstibbs1]

Has anyone noticed Piers Morgan's lips? They seem a bit drawn and he doesn't seem to smile. He seems locked into a sense of not quite being sure (but of course being incredibly opinionated and also constantly hearing the opinions of other opionated people!). I definitely noticed Simon Cowell changed over the years (illness and having a child, plus perhaps some self-reflection). Anyone else think something may have happened to Piers?

[@crispyduck1706]

The more I hear Labour speak the more I believe they haven’t got a clue And the more I hear Fiona Bruce the more I realise she is a woke lefty and not impartial and not fit for the job

[@supremeworld87]

Spoken like a true right winger. To you lot anyone who doesn't attack Labour is biased

[@michaelmcdonald2348]

2 words. LIZ TRUSS

[@keithpanton7486]

Bruce a leftie, you ARE funny!

[@Secret19977]

Poor audience

[@patchorley1140]

scrubland is an important habitat Wes actually

[@Shez-dc3fn]

38 billion covid app . down the drain. wish someone would have mentioned

[@paddervey7765]

also as this is a national emergency force compulsory purchase on the owners of held over land to stop profiteering, there would be some funny looks from the greedy landlords and landowners wouldnt there

[@nickstibbs1]

I'm sure Piers Morgan's sons will be fine with a bit of help from Dad, who earns $10 million a year and has wealth of at least $70 million, according to AI overview. Wish people would be honest when attempting to demonstrate class solidarity with large swathes of British population who would genuinely struggle to get on property ladder in all but most destitute/troubled parts of UK.

[@Arpit89]

You are right he will help but he said the problem is they could not buy it on their own and majority of uk people are not rich enough to buy house on their own and that is the issue

[@Derekduval963]

Streeting never shuts up. He had half the airtime yet again.

[@radiofanuk]

Spot the ringers

[@TraceyPlanson-x9p]

This weeks Kevin o Sullivan what just happened

[@Greenpower-t9y]

Who will end up in the new houses? Brits first I hope?

[@scottishguy924]

Thanks for the upload

[@chrislewis-n3v]

piers morgan is a joke that just repeats the same old crap over and over again- trying to impress the british public as to how wealthy he is by offering yet another multi thousand pound bet "for charidee", thinking that the public could care less that he is an Arsenal supporter but reminding us anyway for the zillionth time, and telling us for at least the third time that i have personally heard, the story of his mother being stuck on a nhs hospital bed for hours

[@keithpanton7486]

The end of an egg emoji was a woke attack on traditional values, because Morgan always has his finger on the pulse of what the public truly care about :D

[@deborahcoveney8846]

Labour talk the talk they wont deliver

[@adamgrimsley2900]

32:34 good point!

[@user-ns5yn8ux2u]

I wonder if China would struggle to build so many houses

[@dolmen6613]

China doesn't have a million extra people coming in every year

[@user-ns5yn8ux2u]

@dolmen6613 nor really the point that I'm making. My point is that when China wants to get something done, it gets it done because there isn't any red tape

[@dolmen6613]

@@user-ns5yn8ux2u -true

[@Arpit89]

In China the local council get money for building the houses because the land on which houses are going to be built is owned by them whereas in Britain the council tax is dependent on house prices of 1991 so there is no incentive for council to build more houses and they have other taxes to earn money

[@RichardCalladine-u1o]

Take that smirk off your face bruce you should never have got this gig....sophie raworth is your superior on every level...as for you steering surely brownfield sites are your preference?

[@edwardsalt1594]

Piers Morgan should be ashamed of himself, if my dear mother had had a heart attack and I was a millionaire like Morgan my mother would have had the best treatment money could buy… I bet bet has private healthcare… but not his mother… disgraceful… typical selfish Morgan…..

[@RichardCalladine-u1o]

Piers Morgan....slimeball...a legend in his own head...streeting....slimeball in govt....cleancut image is not real....what goes on in portcullis house and the parliamentary lavatories?

[@michaelmcdonald2348]

tory scumbag he is - or probably britain first now

[@CharmingReality]

Why is piers talking with a lisp 😅 so distracting

[@t.dmytryshyn2615]

That was quite the speech by Piers Morgan. Is he running for office? It's easy to be cynical Piers, you don't have to get the work done. At least Labour is trying to do something.

[@portzi2]

No different from the tories though except labours policy of keeping pensioners frozen of course

[@Secret19977]

Do you enjoy being the 27% who support the dystopian labour government

[@FRM101]

@@portzi2 😂

[@michaelmcdonald2348]

@@portzi2 nonsense - not all pensioners are poor. those that are can get pension credit and receive extra help towards energy bills

[@keithpanton7486]

See also Reform and Farage, promising that everything can be fixed easily if only you send them your money and votes. Fortunately we'll get to see how populist idiocy works across the pond.

[@geminienigma4421]

Utter joke the lot of them. Guy fawkes was right

[@petermclelland278]

It's all so artificial, and her smug chops.

[@sorayacox3811]

Blah blah blah blah !!!!

[@Adworxprintingcom]

what about Palestine?