Owen Jones meets Anna Soubry | 'I'll never forgive Boris Johnson'

I went to meet Conservative MP and remain supporter Anna Soubry to talk about Brexit and its effect on Britain. She says she will never forgive Boris Johnson for his role in the leave campaign because she thinks he ‘didn’t believe in Brexit’ and that he did it for his ‘own personal advancement’. She also reveals that during the campaign she was told by David Cameron's Number 10 not to debate immigration on the day the figures came out.
We also discussed her views on Jeremy Corbyn's Labour party, whether the Tories are becoming 'Ukip-lite' as Nigel Farage claims and Donald Trump's proposed state visit to Britain.
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[@splashstrike]

What does freedom of speech have to do with freedom of movement!?!

[@Headwind-1]

@@spencerdodds2207 And a total hypocrite

[@2490debrick]

@@Headwind-1 She's a champagne socialists lol!

[@thisisMRJAMES]

@@Headwind-1 how ?

[@chriswicker6672]

Neolib equivalency

[@Iamharryparker]

Remember, the middle-class fully understand the benefits on immigration, summarised beautiful with: "ohh spices, cheap gardeners". Wonderful.

[@nikamota]

The editing and cuts to Owen's face to show his "really badly acted and rehearsed" fake non-real time reactions to this "conversation" are absolutely,skin crawlingy,cringe worthy!! I mean...bloody hell...how can he not be embarrassed!

[@elainewilkes1937]

I can't watch this Pair ...i feel sick!

[@johnlane2257]

Why?

[@richardsevern6156]

Think I need a bucket too

[@johnlane2257]

@@richardsevern6156 ignorance is bliss!

[@richardsevern6156]

The bucket is full now. Anyone got a spare and some Alka Seltzer?

[@michaelheeheejackson7255]

richard severn no, but I have a knife and a sharpener

[@chairwood44]

her first point was about not having free speech, but then she talked about immigration. She didn't even justify her point.

[@clarky_697]

I got up at 3am to work the other day...... and no I’m not a migrant 🤦🏻‍♂️😡😡😡

[@Cashback13]

So you are gonna do the work of 100s and 1000s all on your own then?

[@Aspartame69]

"Sovereignty is rubbish" - Anna Soubry, 2019.

[@Aspartame69]

@@shoelessjoe428 Theres always someone else that would love to rule you if you are not interested in ruling yourself.

[@thewomble1509]

"These are my principles, if you don't like , i have others......." Grouch Marx..

[@NikoleiBellic]

And now she's GONE! HAHA

[@michaelstevenson9648]

@@shoelessjoe428 Feel free to leave the UK at any time.

[@briansquibb2127]

How did her constituents vote in the referendum? She claims that tories who vote differently from her are right wing externits - yet she comes over as a left wing Libdem ….

[@tomgibson6801]

>Lib dems > Left wing

[@paulyoung4649]

I didn't hear her complaining about tax avoidance when DC was implemented in the Panama papers.

[@RichVideoW]

What is she doing being a Tory?? She would be such a valuable asset to the left!

[@kayem3824]

The only good thing that Brexit has done is to have broken down the party lines and the predictable alliances.

[@polaris7122]

@Mr Spoon Then twice!! Hahahahahah

[@ant1georgiou]

I remember the good old days before Europeans picked the vegetables, the carrots and turnips just uprooted themselves and walked to the supermarket.

[@BobBob-tr9bc]

Well said

[@Conservator.]

ant1georgiou Yes, until the EU came up with a stupid rule and made it illegal. 😂

[@anonimouse4678]

Yeah five a day

[@kevinwillis6707]

this comment aged well, comnsidering farmers are ploughing crops back in because they cant find uk pickers...

[@martynfenton4862]

Er the same people will do the work that allways have Anna. The difference is that without FOM the employers will be forced to train and pay higher wages The supermarkets need to get their act together and stop paying farmers minimum rates also. Oh one minute her husband is a supermarket director 😃 Well now she is no more an MP I wonder where her angry face will surface

[@mogznwaz]

Exactly! They just don't get it do they.

[@Pierrick2009]

April 2021: still waiting to see Brits applying for the jobs, yet we’re now fully out of the EU

[@martynfenton4862]

@@Pierrick2009 well farm workers are round the N West

[@oldishandwoke-ish1181]

So have your wages gone up?

[@burtingtune]

… and the winner of this year's Most-Insincere-Pained-Expression Face goes to A. Sourberry

[@PaulInPorirua]

@Suzie.q Popcorn123 You can both, I'm sure, find plenty of disagree with Anna and Owen about... but sincerity didn't ought to be one of them.

[@maxbacon4828]

@Suzie.q Popcorn123 Splendid!

[@annbywater]

'Who the frick's gonna do all the work in the Lincolnshire fields?' Very enlightened Anna! Bet we won't see you down there either.

[@everready2903]

Anna didn't vote Leave or want Brexit.

[@bazle64]

Chavs are too lazy to work though

[@herewardthewake5502]

@@everready2903 Her constituency did!

[@ianc7866]

I'm pretty sure, and forgive me if I am mistaken but vegetables got harvested before free movement of people. I have no recollection of farmers in Lincolnshire ( where I am from) planting crops and then not bothering to harvest them or saying there was no one t pick them. Please tell me if I am wrong.

[@guydavies3035]

Ian C you are not wrong. But it is irrelevant now. For decades many farmers have relied upon foreign labour to undertake manual seasonal work. If that pool of labour is cut off, then the crops will rot in the ground. There used to be a tradition of labour moving out of the cities to harvest hops in Kent (for example), it was a working holiday. Those traditions have long since gone. Farming will be damaged beyond recognition. Farmers will attempt to grow things that make money, as they always have done, but that will not be labour intensive crops, unlikely to be lamb, beef or diary if we lose the EU market, and only produce for the home market. I can’t see how many farmers could harvest wheat or barley and trade them at world prices. UK farming has been shaped by the EU and the Common Agricultural Policy, rightly or wrongly for decades and it would take decades to properly change that. My concern is that idiots like Gove will try to change this overnight, and I am sure we will see the suicide rate in the agricultural sector (already worryingly high) will soar.

[@robertdickson6317]

Two bookends or is that two bellends i think the latter

[@michaelbrown865]

Bellend bookends, could be a market for them on novelty / joke shelf

[@briantrend6675]

its got to be a communist plant

[@alexhughes5488]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@stevebbuk]

They should pay people a proper wage to pick cauliflowers and then they would get picked as they always have been. And how about building more houses and stopping the appalling buy-to-let which has priced millions out of a house, not to mention the cut price your party flogged them off at.

[@oakinwol]

Agreed, but all that's going to do is cause cauliflower to be ridiculously expensive. You cannot force the rich to reform via mini requirements. They will find loopholes or bail to another market with more loopholes. It has to be comprehensive. Top down and bottom up. Cultural consciousness revolution plus economic reform. But we need to listen to each other. We are all right and we are all wrong in different ways. We need to listen

[@WillWestonguitar]

Love how she completely slags off Cameron and Johnson, and then when it comes to May starts towing the party line again

[@geoffevans2489]

BOTH TO BE CONSIGNED TO THE DUSTBIN OF HISTORY with the rest of the establishment Trash

[@albertsmith1048]

The two most irritating and ludicrous people on TV, with Diane Abbott running them a close third.

[@bakedbeanishdragon]

Why do you watch him then?

[@aditierneu9651]

don't forget Lammy

[@albertsmith1048]

@@bakedbeanishdragon For the laugh, a little lefty spoilt brat.

[@johnnynrg]

Wow I can see straight into her ragged soul.... The destain she has for other people's views; when complaining people don't like her views is just signa duplici

[@nerida20]

she has just jailed AMY for 12 weeks for calling her what she is a TRAITOR

[@scotty686]

Will you invite Douglas Murray, Owen?

[@kayem3824]

The KKK should invite him.

[@davytornado9772]

He'd shit himself if he was forced to publicly head to head with Douglas. A brave clear speaking debater like Douglas would tear him a new asshole within minutes.

[@bazle64]

Should he invite the klan too?

[@GethHeratic]

@@bazle64 well the BBC have invited him loads of times.

[@jessicamahon3381]

There is alot of hate speach about the white working class on this video

[@2490debrick]

Of cause there it's the lefty propaganda bull shite you'd come to expect! I as a common working class man in the Private Sector can't afford to vote Labour they don't and have never represented the people at the bottom who make the countries money!

[@SocialHigh]

But I bet she has a black friend or an immigrant who cleans her house. LOL

[@mc-ec3bu]

Imagine being trapped in a lift with these two bowel movements ??.

[@richardamullens]

Worse would be to encounter a shit like you.

[@chubeye1187]

You chose to do that for over 15'. And you tell the world about it, without any sense of what you said.

[@lsmith992]

@@chubeye1187 No need to watch to put in a comment.

[@karyne826]

mc 007 aargh

[@rhydyard]

...the ultimate nightmare of disingenuous hysterical egocentrism.. Jones and Soubry ...Aaaarghh!!

[@david_arthur_brown]

Who's going to pick the vegetables? Change the UK unemployment culture. Unemployment benefit is a lifeline not a lifestyle. Offer the work instead of the dole. There are 1.4 million unemployed people in the UK. Give them the opportunity to support themselves and their families and regain their will to work and their self respect and for those who've never worked some experience of at least doing something more than just heading down to the dole office once a month. Make farmers offer a living wage for the work and set reasonable standards for supermarket produce that doesn't allow them to reject perfectly acceptable fruit and veg simply because it's not totally blemish free and of inconsistent size. In the past people would go to the country in different seasons and pick what's needed. It's not some ghastly throwback to a peasant life, it's work.

[@leonagraca2239]

Absolutely bang on I know people living another streets with booking range rovers parked outside their houses in invalid parking spaces and getting benefits for the pleasure this country is f****** totally dysfunctional all those people on benefits should be made to contribute something for their money no matter what it is even if it's licking stamps for the royal mail instead of sponging from the taxpayer all their lives

[@RossHamMil]

I voted leave and I've never regretted anything more in my life. How can I make up for my mistake? Can I get an official pardon from the remainders somehow?

[@paulyoung4649]

RossHamMil I voted leave and would vote for it even harder than before!

[@RossHamMil]

Joseph O'Connell yeah, I believed all the right wing horseshit before the vote. I'm honestly not sure why. The brexit I voted for is so different to the brexit being delivered

[@imaweerascal]

One good thing you could do would be to realise the power of a vote, and that you should try to put time and effort into deciding which way to vote. We don't take politics seriously enough in this country, and we also make almost no effort to actually find out facts and talk to people with different views. So my request is that you become more politically engaged in the future :)

[@RossHamMil]

rotater 84 take back control from hundreds of miles away? ahem I'm from the north east. I detest Westminster haha

[@RossHamMil]

imaweerascal I was and am politically engaged, I was just on the fence in the referendum and I voted the wrong way. I'm sure there are thousands in the exact same position as I am

[@markfisk2243]

I couldn't think of two more odious people who i could disagree with more.

[@32446]

totally agree. 1 fake Socialist and 1 bag of bitter wind.

[@marcherm]

Why don't you just leave it at "I can't think"?

[@plummetplum]

Totally.

[@kayem3824]

mark fisk When you say you disagree with these people, how valid is that statement? It would only matter if you were someone whose opinion was known to be of importance, which wouldn't apply in your case. YOUR comment, as a random poster could only mean something if you could present some kind of reasoned argument or information. For example, if you could say what it is that you disagreed with!

[@foppo100]

And who are the ones you agree with.farage boris or more of his kind?

[@Emm.Jaycee]

I've been wondering all along why I voted to leave the EU, now I know. Thanks Anna.

[@hannahtaybooks]

"Most people don't understand it" AKA what she wants to say " Don't give poor people a vote their to thick to understand anything" What a nice woman hahahaha

[@GabrielNicho]

That was the reason Swedish politicians used not to give people a vote on the Lisbon treaty. Any time a people got to vote on closer federal union they rejected it, and what did politicians do instead? Amend past treaties to include what people rejected in popular vote.

[@GabrielNicho]

Think UKIP has more to do with immigration than the EU. But both angers people.

[@owenowen212]

they're too thick*

[@boyceyuk]

Most people didn't understand it, despite thinking they did. Why do you associate a lack of knowledge about something with being poor? That's your comparison, not hers. Seems like maybe you are the one generalising. Why can't you just take what she has said in the words she said it in? Seems like a fair enough comment.

[@Oh4Chrissake]

@ Hannah Tay 'Most people' means most people, whether they are educated or not. The economic outcome of Brexit is an immensely complicated issue; so much so, that different economists who have dedicated their lives to the subject have differing views. And that's just the economic impact. We then have the different (but related) _social_ implications. These, of course, are something the economists are perhaps no longer expert upon (with good reason) and therefore we perhaps have to look to a different set of experts for their forecasts on those. So how are these decisions _supposed_ to be made? By a *representative* democracy (as distinct from a *referendum* democracy). Politicians don't understand these issues any better than the rest of us. What they _do_ have though is ready access to a plethora of expert civil servants who advise them on the various subjects. We vote for people not because we have any confidence in their expertise in some particular issue. We vote for them because we assume (or hope) that they will take advice from experts on the best course of action _on our behalf._ If they don't, we vote them out again in four years time. I consider myself a reasonably intelligent person, but I certainly did not want to be given a vote on Brexit, (a) because I didn't know the first thing about it and (b) because I quickly realised that to understand it enough to make anything like an informed decision on it would take years and years of dedicated study.

[@Theexsquaddie.]

Let me just preface this comment by saying I don't like Owen Jones and his general political stance and I feel very much the same about Nigel Farage. I voted for Brexit because I'm of the belief that the EU is a failed communist ideal that I want no part of. The issue of immigration isn't one based on racism but one of economic sustainability. If you keep letting people come into your house it doesn't take long before you can't cope and it becomes uncomfortable to live. Things like sleeping arrangements, washing and laundry, cooking and cleaning become difficult. Then when you can't sit down in your own house it's easy to blame the people who have come in. It is of course the fault of the people who let them in. The solution is either to move some people out or build an extension. The first seems simple but doesn't solve the problem. The second does solve the problem but takes vast amounts of time and money. This is only a temporary solution if you continue to let people in, you will need to build another extension. Put this problem on a national level and it's easy to see the problem isn't immigration it's the rate of immigration and it's the fault of the people who let them in. This is why we need to end FREE movement of people NOT movement of people. WE CANNOT DO THIS WHILE SIGNED UPTO ANY PART OF THE EU. Free movement of people will always be a part of any deal and it's not sustainable at it's current levels and will cause bad feeling. Free movement of people also puts huge strain on our infrastructure.

[@oldishandwoke-ish1181]

What about all the money that has disappeared into tax havens since 1979?

[@shrimpy8188]

0:24 startled out of her drunken glaze...

[@dogeatdog555]

And many of us will never forgive her.

[@hudldevice1092]

Still, she's gone now, so we had the last laugh. Merry Brexmas!

[@iforgotmyoldname]

I don't think anyone would give a flying f**k what either of them two think

[@UwU_for_Christ]

Funny, she talks about labour politicians being disconnected while completely missing the point of the immigration debate: the concerns about the destruction of local communities and cultures, the feeling of abandonment this causes in the population, the depreciation of wages it causes, the crime it brings etc. Also, this whole 'they wont work the fields' shite is not only plainly untrue, its completely mad; what you're saying is that we should utilise freedom of movement to create a perpetual social underclass!

[@ffi1001]

Sam what does 'destruction of local communities' mean?

[@sheep3370]

Not every ill and facet of society is tied to immigration believe it or not

[@sheilalythgoe386]

Ore you blind Our country is not our own any more Get real

[@philipjacobs7044]

As a working-class boy, brought up in the 1970/80s, I can safely say "our country" has never been mine. Moreover, most of the immigrants I met were better educated and, frankly, more interesting than the locals.

[@darrenwithers3628]

Stop immigration because you have bad feels.

[@lennysprent6900]

Owen I love your interview style. You ask clever, well thought out questions. You don't interrupt, even if you might be in opposition to a point. You give real space for someone to expand on their opinion. These are the kind of clear conversations we need in a time full of fake news and misconstrued messages. Thank you Thank you!

[@joelea4123]

Owen mate why don't you interview Douglas Murray

[@SAHBfan]

I want to see him interview Tommy Robinson...

[@rejects101]

Fascinating conversation and such an eye opener, thanks.

[@Darkmooncaverns19]

Two patient people listening to each other and making measured and thoughtful responses. Compare this to Owen talking to Piers Morgan!

[@johnweaver66]

Two extremely unpleasant individuals full of self-importance, undemocratic opinions and a hatred of the UK being run by anyone who isn't controlled by the EU or left wing policies.

[@amigaamigo5307]

So wages haven’t been kept down? Such a positive effect that I quit my job.

[@artourious6346]

Owen and Anna appear to be from the chattering classes, the chattering classes who do not understand what has happened to them... :)

[@oldishandwoke-ish1181]

Yeah, because a country run by public school psychopaths and their knuckle-dragging fan club is really going places.. Death to the intellectuals!

[@jamesm9534]

She says that she respects the result of the referendum. But she does not...lt's just hot air. She has caused most of the division herself.

[@dommidavros2211]

James M - To be fair no one should respect the result of something 17.4 million morons voted for! They don’t deserve it as they were too stupid to vote the right way!

[@stopsponge7504]

Dommi is that feminine fir dominic same applies for you like your opinion is more valid then the MAJORITY learn what democratic voting means you wet wipe !! ......... dommi 😂 what a confused vulnerable person you are .........wanker ✊🏻💦 go have a fruit shoot and calm down silly bollocks

[@anubis6864]

@@dommidavros2211 You're another one of those Remainiacs that can't string a sentence together without being insulting. It's a pity EU-loving people like you can't be shipped off to a country that's an EU member so we can be rid of you and your offensive remarks.

[@anubis6864]

@@dommidavros2211 The right way? Who the hell are you to tell us what the right way is? What you mean is YOUR way is right because you're a committed Europhile and those that disagree are wrong.Given that attitude I'd vote against you just to be bloody minded!

[@johnnyreggae969]

She should never have been allowed into the Conservative party More conservatives voted to leave than Labour people

[@johnnyreggae969]

@Flibbertigibbet6 I’m an ex Labour supporter , if your statement is true how did Tony Blair get elected twice

[@johnnyreggae969]

@Flibbertigibbet6 I live in the North of England Labour voters around here voted to leave The Labour voters of wales voted to leave The Labour voters of the north east voted to leave Ps It’s the best decision the British public have ever made

[@propheticwitness8624]

Who in their right mind,would want to meet these two lunatics,mind boggling!!!!?

[@capitanvonchickenpants8492]

I didn't think owen Jones liked Nazis

[@brian5154]

For controllong immigration, try compulsory home registration and compulsory ID's as we practice here in ther Netherlands. Brian Oosterbeek,, Netherlands

[@creelbait]

Can't happen in Britain Brian. Asking a black or brown face to identify themselves would be RACIST RACIST RACIST. the new No1 crime in cowardly Liberal Britain. So we're wide open to illegal immigration.

[@Ktrivv]

Talks a good talk, but why did she vote for triggering article 50?

[@paulyoung4649]

Kiran Trivedy self preservation at its best. just like dianne abbot pulling a sicky.

[@christopheringram1605]

Kiran Trivedy because the people voted for Brexit? You know the democratic will of the peopl

[@ropa2142]

Anna said to some of her constituents that she did not want their vote....and guess what she lost her seat!

[@zarakhan3887]

It's a big shame that Ms. Anna Soubry is not our Prime Minister she could have made so many positive changes in our society and i like her because she's courageous.

[@estebanrey]

"Who's gonna do the work" How about the seemingly endless stream of unemployed guests Jeremy Kyle manages to find on a daily basis?

[@caeserromero3013]

Or unemployed ex MP's Anna? Get ya wellies on!

[@fredatlas4396]

@@caeserromero3013 and what about our royal family, who have been scrounging off the state for yrs

[@chrismajor69]

Owen did you really get Douglas Murray blocked from appearing on channel 4 news with you ? He says you did

[@tennis5011]

Yes, in Douglas' words, the "wrong type of gay", apparently. Either that or little boy Owen was frightened that Douglas would wrap him up in stitches.

[@kayem3824]

Douglas (what an archaic name - much like Jacob) has more in common with that other pripaganda con artist, your Sam).

[@ant7699]

More than likely. He blocked me from his twitter because I disagreed with him

[@dianamincher6479]

With respect Anna what about workers' rights to secure employment and reasonable working conditions?

[@globaleye8]

If we needed foreign workers, which we do not, why not use the tried and tested Gastarbeiter scheme utilised by the Germans in the 1970s when they still had some sense. No families, no settlement just single people on a contract. I think we know why do you ?

[@tune7333]

agree

[@Vempsterful]

She's over the top in her talk of freedom of speech going because she hasn't had a debate on the single market is outstandingly idiotic. Also her lack of faith in the British people when it comes to working, she believes if immigrants don't do the hard jobs no one will. If a market of work is out of staff and no immigrants are hear to take it (hypothetically) believe me, British people will do it, and they will have to give better wages as well instead of mass influx of immigration driving down the wage gap, killing the middle class family and making a housing crisis.

[@delazzuro]

Had to watch, its great to see 2 enormous plonkers together.

[@MARTINA-gc3tq]

how do you report offensive items on KZbin

[@shamster7182]

Jones and soubry, the two worst people in politics.

[@aVengefulGod]

So, the logic is, local workers will be gifted a life on benefits and to make up the shortfall we use immigrant workers. Right.

[@PristianoPenaldoSUIIII]

Replace immigrants with automation and you've basically got UBI. I have a better idea, workers should own their own workplaces.

[@kanusuggondese489]

People like her would be waving the Soviet flag 100 years ago.

[@christopheringram1605]

100 years ago... I'm still flying it...

[@Ben-ko4zz]

@@christopheringram1605 Yeah and communism killed more people than any other Jewish made ism, shows how utterly thick you are lol

[@christopheringram1605]

Truth Spotting the Soviet Union was a fascist state. It’s safe to say my opinion has changed since that comment, still no need for personal attack, just makes it seem like you have no points.

[@Ben-ko4zz]

Just like the EU fascist. communist state, this is what the Nazi's were fighting? Are you that far along yet?

[@amywilliams753]

Never thought I'd agree with a Tory, but she reminds me a lot of myself. Brilliant interview and fascinating woman!

[@dommidavros2211]

I keep seeing this 6th form student, Owen Jones popping up everywhere! Why is this kid being given the time of day?? Doesn’t he have exams to revise for?

[@mariekennedy43]

What an interesting and eloquent woman. Thanks for another great video Owen. I'm a labour voter from Stockport who voted remain. I agree with nearly everything that Anna said which surprises me but I admire her honesty in this video!

[@traceyvickers1638]

The only tragedy is those two remoneing muppets get payed by the public

[@stevest3v3]

MP Anna Soubry held a majority of only 1.5% in the 2017 General Election........... surely as an Independent it would now be appalling & disgraceful not to stand down so as to see how constituents vote in a byelection?

[@dannybruff]

Watching these two just screeches to me as more of a "performance" than an interview.

[@jennyhoward7390]

Having watched and heard this video, l am of the conclusion that Anna Soubry is totally confused, she contradicted herself several times, she slagged Trump off then proceeded to give him praise. She went on about work ethics claiming the immigrates that come to this country do all the work, that there are more British people out of work and signing on, because it seems these people won't do the work the immigrants do, this is both insulting and degrading to all those people signing on, who have spent many hours looking for work that does not appear to be out there, she also claims that mass immigration isn't happening, that the crime rates have gone up since the 2016 vote to leave took place. I conclude by saying to Anna Soubry one thing, get out there and take a long hard look at the real world, see the problems for yourself instead of sitting in your little bubble of Fantasy and Fairy tales....

[@alancadwallender]

Sorry but I find it sickening listening to this woman, whose arguments are totally illogical and nonsensical. And to cap it all, she insults white working class people and claims that they have probably never seen an immigrant, when the fact is that white working class areas are where most immigrants end up. She also complains about the lack of free speech and lack of democracy, when she is going out of her way to silence Brexiteers and undermine the Brexit that 17.4million people voted for. If there was an Oscar for Drama Queen Hypocrisy, she would win it hands down.

[@MARTINA-gc3tq]

fact: the population of the UK is increasing by near one million every two years. Freedom of Movement is part of the reason.

[@adamhumphreys2430]

There's a huge difference between managed immigration and open borders.

[@sirjohnfoolstaff3920]

You guys look alike in the thumbnails The prospect of sitting through this videos is unbearable

[@amjid300]

Sorry Owen but this was just a 15 minute moan from both of you. Anna is the most opportunistic and cynical of Tory MPs and sad to see you embracing her because she happens to share your views on this one issue. Stop moaning and get over it.

[@stuartknight1369]

How is she opportunist when she speaks out against her party and government and the so called 'Will of the people' She's actually a breath of fresh air and most of the critism she receives is funnily enough from men. And men much like yourself with no actual argument.

[@Iamharryparker]

She's talks about the working-class like they're so ignorant

[@iangibblet8165]

Your interviewees seems to speak more openly to you than they do in the wider media. I really like that. I also really respect the fact you interview people you politically disagree with.

[@jesus05uk]

Owen (as a leftwing person) I think the most valuable and eye-opening videos you've done, for me personally, have been these interviews with Conservative MPs - Hope very much for more. x

[@SpiritualInsanity01]

I'm not even going to watch this video as Anna Soubry makes my blood boil. She is without a doubt one of the most emotionally unstable MP's alive today, and considering the fact that she has stiff competition from the likes of Dianne Abbott, that really is saying something. Considering how sulky she's been over Brexit, I'm quite frankly surprised she isn't on the loony left.

[@terencequinn2682]

I'm not even going to read what you say as intolerant idiots like you make my blood boil.

[@SpiritualInsanity01]

Then why did you? And why did you also go one step further by using up more of your valuable time dignifying something that apparently wasn't worth dignifying?

[@jameslyon2338]

so basically all opinionated women are 'emotionally unstable'? you fossil.

[@Dimlien]

I believe he was mocking you. Which seems like the appropriate course of action.

[@pastafarian3209]

I actually met her in a business context and she didn't impress. I can't imagine she would ever prioritise the sentiments of her constituents over her own opinion. I doubt she will be re-elected and she probably knows it. Good for her sticking to her beliefs but she needs to adapt to the direction and make the best of a crappy situation along with the rest of us instead of bitching endlessly.

[@paulhumphreys9096]

I've just said to my wife, "who's going to get the crops in"?

[@pr4442]

Great interview.

[@HelenaBlack80]

I'm absolutely flabbergasted by the utter contempt and snobbery shown by this woman toward working class people and Owen leaves her unchallenged! People voted leave because they don't appreciate spices. Is she serious!? I can't decide whether she believes she's being funny, contrary or controversial. As a remain voter i'm disgusted by the undercurrent of this discussion, the picture they paint of the working classes is appalling and does nothing but perpetuate this picture of what leave voters look like and then she sits there and talks about tolerance and stereotyping.

[@zorro34us]

HelenaBlack80, that's not actually what she said about spices. She was making a point about the so called 'remain elite' not making a proper case for immigration, - and instead talking about it the terms of - "look, it's great, look at all the different spices and cultures it brings." So not about leave voters under appreciating spices at all.

[@gilbertwilliamson2894]

HelenaBlack80 .

[@philipjacobs7044]

Unfortunately, the fact that you have misunderstood her point appears to underscore her argument.

[@IBIZABIKE]

Have you met the poor?, marvelous people !

[@darrenwithers3628]

Did you listen to a word she said?

[@brownsfamily24]

Trump, a politician who actually delivers on his promises. No wonder he is derided by the media and British politicians.😂😂😂

[@oakinwol]

Lol, are you American? You cannot be. Which promise? Mexico paying for the wall? How about the best health care ever? How about tax cuts helping the middle class? Yeah, no. The guy lies more than nearly any other politician in modern memory. Do you love lies? Do you enjoy when people lie to you?

[@TheChandranath]

Nothing to agree on but like her personality very much. Actually I admire anyone who has the courage of their convictions even if I don't agree with them. Thanks for the interview Owen.

[@williamsmith1671]

how do you work out free trade how much money do we give them each year

[@stephenwilkinson1272]

I just love to see them two so upset 😁

[@roblloyd6082]

Done well to catch her soberish TBH. Must of been early morning. Mind you it's never to early for her clink clink

[@kronossonork6994]

How did our grandparents survive before we joined the Common Market? The same grandparents who built the country, the sons and pioneers of the Industrial Revolution?

[@davidlondon9696]

Britain was the most successful economy in the world in the 1890s but went into the relative economic decline from the 1900s onwards as the USA and Germany caught up and overtook us. We had a massive empire. But, by the 1970s we were one of the least successful major economies: we had rested on our past wealth. Under Thatcher we improved for a while but, per capita,we are still one of the least successful of the major economies in terms of productivity, export performance and in terms of patents for new inventions. It has nothing to do with the EU and by leaving we are just shooting ourselves in the head.

[@mikepett4575]

When I was a young boy I used to go spud, fruit, veg picking. The EU stopped all that, that is why they now employ foreigners.

[@paulmiller7671]

Love your in depth analysis of this complex situation. Have you ever thought of being a politician. You would have it sorted in no time.

[@cherrytime22]

The whimpering and odious Owen Jones plus the fake conservative Anna Soubry. What a win double these two are. If they cannot stand the thought of a UK out of the EU, then please BOTH of you leave UK ASAP. Also a one way ticket for Owen to go and live in one of his beloved Muslim countries and pray daily in the local Mosque, whatever you do though Owen.....dont tell anyone you are a gay man, could get awkward !!

[@karyne826]

cherrytime22 😂

[@lauradavies4243]

Ho yes that could be very bad for his wedding!!!...

[@Seb7795]

Maybe people who don't live in high migration voted to leave after leaving high migrant areas

[@DennisBloodnokPhotographyVideo]

Having seen his recent interview on "Real Time" with Bill Maher on HBO, Owen simply must interview Milo Yiannopoulos. That really would be an interview to watch !!

[@wisdomoffered1903]

my goodness he made sure he is speaking to an mp who is far from bright, how she was ever voted in, amazres me

[@bjpcorp]

Anna Soubry loves to divide us into classes!

[@callumsymons7991]

thanks owen, more interviews please.

[@neilnash5661]

Laughed at the Conservative election ad at the start of your video Owen 😂😂😂

[@richardsevern6156]

Owen Moans and Spanner Sourpuss. A perfect Pair.

[@krystianbelliere]

I officially love this woman. Passionate and compassionate, eloquent and honest. We need more of her ilk. Excellent interview.

[@percy832]

These are like 2 peas in a pod but are supposedly from opposite ends of the political spectrum. Sums it up really. This is the political class. Both are clueless because they live in a bubble.

[@vicbishop145]

Not since Jayne Mansfield have I seen a bigger pair of tits.

[@vycanismelodis]

thought this was a 2019 video, turns out it's from 2017, funny how certain things repeat

[@huwllewelynjones]

Why is it that no one is prepared to point out to the anti immigrant brigade that one reason that we have so many foreigners harvesting crops, is that we changed the law to make it hard for Gypsies to do that job. We also allowed the sale of village houses as holiday homes, which reduced the number of local people to do the job. Then we cut rural bus services so that people could not move out from the towns to work in the fields. There were other changes that we inflicted on our local work force, but in the end the only people who could do the job were those who were prepared to live in cheap hostel accommodation in a group so that gang masters could collect them easily to bus them all over the country at little cost. What better than foreign gap year students and their friends?

[@silvijohnson5069]

What absolute contempt u have for voters. How thick r u .... working class voted for Brexit coz they r the most affected by immigration and regulations. Snobbery again - and we have heard it all before thanx love.

[@ffi1001]

Silvi Johnson because the tories austerity cut funding to public services

[@BareknuckleBill]

working class voted for Brexit coz they r the least educated and believed in the counterfactual nonsense the brexit campaign was peddling. They'll be the most affected by the consequences and they won't be pleased.

[@roblloyd6082]

She was one of the politicians who was dead set against us having a vote in the first place. The piss head knows best not

[@sheilabutterworth1418]

She is as common as muck. He is a idiot. They sing lie after lie after lie. Trouble. This 2. ,,

[@superthejokers198]

wow nice choice owen :)

[@paulalaye6428]

My wonderful Mother used to say Democracy is OK unless you want to change something ...

[@davidlanghorn5814]

these to make my skin crawl