Rishi, Coffey, Kigali and...Count Binface | The News Agents

Rishi won his Rwanda bill as the rebels all but melted away.
But how much of a victory is it - and can he convince the Lords to leave it alone?
The former deputy prime minister is having trouble finding Rwanda. And the former Deputy Chair is unhappy with Labour sniggling(?) at him. Rishi's poll position just got worse.
Later, we look at the issue raising alarm bells for the medical community. As the government passes new legislation on their regulation - are physicians associates putting patients lives at risk?
And before we go Count Binface graces The News Agents galaxy so we never again forget his name....
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[@Daibenswan]

If he can pass a law to say Rwanda is a safe country, surely he can just pass another law to say that NHS waiting lists have been abolished.

[@hg82met]

Don't give him ideas. Isn't that how they dealt with A&E waiting times, anyway? They abolished the 4-hour target and - voila! -problem solved.

[@ScotGardi]

Glad to see the count is safe after the storm. Many bins didn't make it.

[@rowejon]

Lee Anderson had a political career as a Labour counsellor. I presume he saw more personal advantage in switching to the Conservatives. I suspect he will now migrate to Reform UK. I see him as an archetypal "what's in it for me" politician.

[@DellaWilliams-vo3ez]

He didn't switch till later, he got suspended for reprehensible behaviour as a Lab Councillor. You're right though, he is a grifter.

[@nickpage7333]

Square one, under Labour. Where the NHS was no1 health service. Lower taxes. Higher growth. Fewer children in poverty. EVERYTHING better. Sq 1 please.

[@One-Goth]

We want more Binface!

[@helipeek2736]

Please make Count Binface a regular contributor - you know it makes sense.

[@sir-chat-a-lot]

Loved count Bin Face and a valid point about participation ... think Dolphin

[@paintMonkey_]

"stick to the plan" makes me laugh. I didn't know there was a plan, I thought it was all just damage control. I'm looking forward to square one. Happier days are ahead of us, maybe.

[@David-j9h9g]

will of the people..was this in the Tory manifesto..NO!!!!!!

[@thatfenderbloke]

And a Tory created problem

[@michaelwilliams3232]

HoL may delay for that reason.

[@sarahp007]

Sunak is not even elected by the people

[@keithrandell2433]

Brilliant stuff, loved Binface, really funny. thank you guys.

[@MickeySpoonK]

Please release these quicker, not sure whats happened lately but whoever has moved on or gone on holiday, needs to come back asap.

[@deltakilo75bon61]

Well said John. Jelly Spine Anderson did bottle it. All of his bluster is so fake. Taxi for Lee

[@mikedignum1868]

I haven't seen a real doctor at my surgery in over three years. It's either a Practioner Nurse or a Paramedic. And then they wonder why people are going private...I've actually seen one of my doctors as a private patient at a private hospital .

[@luke7708]

I want to go back to 'square one'...14 years ago

[@AntSudbury-tv3we]

Count Binface,,,a true honest politician,,,vote binface into Parliament,,,the futures bright,,

[@alexmalex82]

The future is binface

[@simonwood1402]

This man is a Member of Parliament!? 😮

[@stevenhoward3358]

poor Lee, what a political chameleon, a chancer, grifter and all-round wastrel.

[@Mil-w6d]

….and he’s the chairman of the mob

[@jonathanfell688]

It's a top priority because he needs the Reform votes. Without Rwanda he has nothing to offer them. If you spend any time on their pages it's so obvious.

[@stephengrice1678]

The next big promise about childcare. No plan for a year, and now the panic has set in because there was no plan. Told a year ago that the infrstructure was not in place, no idea about cost, The mud just keeps on sticking.

[@jonathanperry4189]

Lee Anderson kept saying they (opposition MPs) were sniggling. That's fishing for eels with a baited hook. Exposé by 30p !

[@grahammearns5492]

When Rishi said the "Rwanda bill had passed" for a moment I hoped he meant it had died

[@rowejon]

There are already Nurse Practitioners & Nurse Consultants who have a grounding in health care. I have experience of how useless some graduates can be. It's frightening to give someone health care responsibilities just because they have a degree in another discipline.

[@lynnehayward7309]

Nurses who are motivated have been restricted for decades. A base or first degree doesn't mean they haven't done clinical modules, often above what some doctors have done. A nurse can now be trained to prescribe, I understand a PA cannot. Ideally, we need transition for all health professionals who choose to change or advance direction. Most of these share post grad training with doctors.

[@johnbell6507]

how on earth did we ever get such low level politicians

[@noursleiman1306]

So true. Say what you want about politics during the Blair/Brown years, even the worst of the Tory and Labour politicans had a level of respectability about them.

[@barrieroberts75]

They are what you voted fir ,Boris threw out the only tories with any decency and that's my view as a socialist

[@bendaniel2271]

Lewis encouraging Jon to say the f word and then Jon saying it had the dynamics of a primary school classroom and i loved it.

[@seannolan2259]

Cooper and kinnock sniggling.

[@MrGeorgFTW]

A prime minister with approval ratings like Sunak claiming to represent the 'will of the people' is hilarious. I am going to start describing everything that's personally important to me as the will of the people.

[@keitheglon-ic9ws]

Brilliant journalists.brilliant entertainers.read and weep bbc

[@charmainepriestman915]

I love this show. Thank you for your brilliant journalism 👏

[@mrdaveythebaby]

Funny to think that 50p Leandarthal thinks he has mates in the Tory Party 😂

[@dirtycitydisco]

That's 20p more than he's worth - a-hem!😉

[@ReedoTV]

​@@dirtycitydisco Adjusted for inflation since he first said it

[@gavinreid9184]

Tory inflation even affects nicknames!

[@geraldbutler5484]

Most Tories secretly despise him but are not averse to using the Oaf if there is a little advantage to be wrung out of him.

[@ejbvermont]

Well that brought me more joy than they could know 😂🎉❤

[@alisonwoodrow6424]

If he is shy of people laughing at him he should avoid Lammas Leisure Centre on election night...

[@jacquipope6222]

Coffey ...oh dear!!!

[@geraldbutler5484]

She’s head of the list but the list is long.

[@capt.bart.roberts4975]

Poor 30p Lee, can't handle being giggled at...❄

[@johnbennett9630]

Lee Anderson - Rebel-end.

[@curtistim]

Definitely election season when Count Binface is out and about

[@WhichDoctor1]

Surely waiting till the autumn will render the Rwanda bill pointless. Because either they won’t have gotten it working by then and will look utterly incompetent. Or they will have gotten it working and everyone will have had enough time to see that it’s utterly ineffective. If they want to use this bill for anything they have to jump now while it’s still a hot issue and before it inevitably fails

[@alan_davis]

Lee A has the spine of a jellyfish, votes on how people laughing at him make him feel. Gave up his job for nothing. Clueless.

[@taekwanlew]

The Rwanda bill is not a national priority. What a shambles

[@NapoleonSolo61]

The will of the people 🤣

[@rafaelmartinvannostrand2084]

I'm so curious on how the elections are going to go this year and how the public are going to respond to all this

[@localshaman]

Ngl Count Binface is more appealing than both Starmer and Sunak atm

[@redemptivepete]

Maybe both brain cells were rubbing together and that can hurt!😂

[@vivwindsor4055]

The Rwanda policy started two years ago with Nigel Farage at the south coast filming people landing on the beaches in small boats. Two years later we have this ridiiculous policy, which shows more than anything the influence Farage has on the Tory party. Does anyone really believe Lee Anderson's constituents in Derbyshire care more than anything else about boats landing on the beaches of the south coast, I would suggest they care more about the cost of living, getting a doctors appointment etc.

[@Ub40g101]

Count binface! 🤗

[@Coops5361]

I subscribe to The News Agents and am very interested to hear their views, however, is there any particular reason why some/most podcasts are posted nearly a week after the event? Is it because it gives us time to reflect before The News Agents weigh in?

[@StratsRUs]

It's a memory test

[@wcfields547]

They aren’t they do quite frequently put them out same day ? Are you meaning on here KZbin? Because they do put them up couple days sometimes after initial podcast

[@Coops5361]

@@wcfields547 Yes, I meant on YT. Thanks for letting me know.

[@davidhall7744]

Rishi, I have news for you, it is NOT a national priority. As for the ‘unelected’ House of Lords, who voted for your Foreign Secretary?

[@catherinehanner284]

How did he ever win an election? His voters need to do some soul searching and ask themselves if they need lessons in critical thinking.

[@frankydaulman2291]

The whole Rwanda debacle is a waste of money and Parliamentary time

[@deltakilo75bon61]

Nurse practitioners are far better qualified and more experienced than physicians associates. Please do your research

[@lynnehayward7309]

That's true. I wondered why a new profession appeared when so many nurses leaving through lack of career progression, often working for GPs in primary care who do as few updates as possible & have no clue on nurse grading, skill mix, and nurses motivated to help patients by doing advanced training beyond that in a medical degree.

[@simontitchmarsh3956]

More Count Binface please! He's more of a political heavyweight than most of the dross that gets put on news panels across the media

[@markendicott6874]

I get the feeling somebody started showing Rishi episodes of The Day Today and Brass Eye as a lark and then regretted that he thought they were actually The Evening News.......

[@chrish961]

Is this urgent...NO NO NO..

[@adrianaspalinky1986]

Vote #Binface

[@PaulStargasm]

The thing is Lewis, if he was backing the party who gave him a platform then why did he not vote for it and instead abstain? He was a coward, total snowflake.

[@ryanharriss7950]

I think the nurse practitioners are very helpful. Have helped me many times and reduced waiting. The system has been stripped! Now the surgery is closing anyway. Brilliant!

[@silvanostagni]

I would respectfully point out that not all the old people vote Conservative.

[@SusanScarrott]

The will of the people?????

[@richardbyrnes8398]

The week old news agents.

[@buntyjoy1800]

"Progress"?? What effing progress Rishi?

[@John-qq8he]

Further proof that Sunak has no idea of the priorities of the people still struggling to cope with the pressures on them.

[@Speedmaster1200-d8u]

a week late...

[@Coops5361]

It usually is. I wonder why.

[@heem6619]

I think it's a low priority because they earn less from KZbin. On apple and spotify there are ads.

[@capt.bart.roberts4975]

Did he just call the interviewer, "Chopper"?

[@capt.bart.roberts4975]

He did! WTAFF?!?

[@plumduff3303]

Poor bully 😂

[@borachon26]

Coffey is one of the thickest individuals ever to sit in parliament. I take it her parents were extraordinarily rich?

[@paintMonkey_]

Also... "Will of course the people" is doing a lot of carrying there for a PM who wasn't even voted in by the majority of his own party membership nevermind the majority of British people. At least Boris was entertaining.

[@monged4life442]

It's crazy that he can call a conference to stand up in front of journalists and say "I got a bill through with a 60 seat majority!" then lie about the oppositions plans... Why was this a conference? What's stopping him holding a conference every day of the election campaign to go "Labour haven't got a plan. Don't listen to their plan, they don't have one!"

[@Dave-kg9bb]

Spent far too long unpicking, what is essentially the hard of thinking finding it hard to think.

[@nattytom7777]

I am still 😂😂😅😅

[@jayeatman1]

'Will of the people'.😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆

[@drkseidis8055]

Not gonna lie Emily & Jon been dissapointing on Gaza. Respect theyre Jewish so its really difficult to perhaps face or reflect some of these serious & ontologically conflicting situations but leaving it to Lewis to do the hard work for the brand + platforming count binface...when so much has happened since 2 3rds of the pod have covered it; is sad frankly

[@nickd.6365]

30p Flee

[@DarkFire515]

VOTE. THEM. OUT.

[@StratsRUs]

Lewis doing the Contrarian for the Algorithmic urge.

[@davidwright7193]

How could you compare a group of joke candidates with the sophisticated political operator and renowned statesman Count Binface.

[@_caswell]

A little bit better qualified than a nurse!? Not sure the news agents know how well qualified nurses are. We do the majority of reporting and already do injections!

[@lynnehayward7309]

...and sometimes train doctors!

[@cakesmithofnorwich]

Emily I think you are downplaying the training and qualification held by nurses.

[@pepelepew2690]

Wow, her face is melting

[@CoreyCarrington-g6h]

A little bit more Tory Rohipnol, and we'll al be OK 👍 against better judgement. What RISHI!?

[@g-r-a-e-m-e-]

Stop the flights.

[@barrieroberts75]

They haven't got any planes,and do you think any airlines that fly into Europe will dare fly any one to Rwanda, and the military already have said they are not able

[@boxingday11]

He sounded like he'd been in the free bar to me, what a tw-t !

[@samanthabennington308]

What day did the bill go through 🤭

[@petercorbett3794]

Where’s Buckethead? The one who plays guitar is an imposter. Where is the Real Buckethead? Aha, he’s the PM and has taken off the bucket…

[@biscuit4259]

Is Count bin face brother’s judge Rinder?

[@CoreyCarrington-g6h]

I'm defending a guy nicknamed "trigger" aka "half a job"by his mining colleagues, your mental Louis 😂

[@squillfish1691]

can you do a bit on charter cities, SEZ etc?

[@liambrophy6542]

Something something, square one.

[@clivecosta-correa2102]

Coffeve Land....

[@janephilpott6565]

Emily Maitlis finally overcame her self proclaimed prosopagnosia and recognised someone 😂

[@thatfenderbloke]

9mins in he sounds like the opposition

[@ChrisArmstrong-qn1ob]

10 p Lee another joke 😂😂😂

[@alexmorgan8029]

Confused “little man”. Yikes, not the language I expect from a podcast of this calibre.

[@sslaia]

LOL Lewis try to defend Lee. Neee...

[@anthonyedwards7796]

Time to wake up but GP’s are a think of the past, primary care in 15 years will be dominated by nurse and paramedic practitioners who will be able to offer same day appointments, telephone triage and referral services to “consultants”. You simply do not need to see a Dr in primary care initially and the clinical assessment and diagnostic skills of advanced practitioners is second to none. Not a popular option but anyone who thinks primary care will be saved by more Dr’s is delusional when the majority do not work even close to full time hours in their practice. This underplaying of the clinical ability/safty of advanced practitioners/physician associates also needs to stop, they are amazing clinicians who don’t skip basic observations and certainly know when someone is bug sick better then most GP’s.

[@tw1sted1nc]

I won't spoil it, but watch to the very end.

[@jeffreyastor5394]

Pitiful…..

[@kacrichton4434]

Binface for PM 🤣

[@paulkennedy477]

Vote Square One.

[@lindesayirvine9677]

Such a small thing, but I wonder how many other listeners feel alienated that a serious news broadcast has presenters that only use first names? I suppose it must have been a deliberate production decision to 'friendly' things up. OId fashioned maybe but I do think it spoils things a bit - I don't want to be mates with my news providers

[@jamessteel9016]

Count bin face would make a better PM than Rishi

[@123boat]

Lee 🤔🐓🐓🐓🐓🐓🐓🐓🐓🐓🐓🐓🐓🐓🐓🐓🐓🐓🐓🐓🐓🐓🐓🐓