This 2019 Tory seat can't wait to vote them out | Newcastle-under-Lyme

Newcastle-under-Lyme was a Labour stronghold since the foundation of the party, until 2019 when it turned blue for the first time in over 100 years.
The constituency is likely to return to Labour in the general election.
We went there to get an impression of why people switched five years ago, and why they're going back.
Reporter: Seán Hickey
Camera: Harry Ainsworth
The full list of candidates in Newcastle-under-Lyme is:
Jennifer Leigh Hibell: Green Party
Adam Jogee: Labour
Nigel Jones: Liberal Democrat’s
Simon John Tagg: Conservative and Unionist Party
Neill Walker: Reform UK
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[@PoliticsJOE]

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[@sharonharris9782]

"I like Nigel Farage." And therein lies the problem.

[@discostoo]

The problem is, he doesn't understand Nigel doesn't like people like him.

[@StratsRUs]

And the media licks its algorithmic lips as they validate the Far Right , for no-pushback clicks !

[@StratsRUs]

Look who bought it ​@@parsifal40

[@kentonsheppard1559]

@@parsifal40the issue with immigration is not processing applicants at source and slow processing here. Housing migrants has made someone a lot of money, maybe investigate who that is. All the other parties have pledged to increase processing and get rid of that backlog - can’t send people home if you don’t process anyone.

[@elorateq3672]

@@parsifal40 He conflates legal and illegal immigration (and it's not illegal until they've been processed - when 99% of them get deported anyway, and 82% coming in through irregular channels - due to lack of legal ones - get their asylum claims accepted). It's that we have this fixation on "growth" when our own population is stagnant. We can't have more doctors, nurses, scientists etc to support the aging (and retiring) baby-boom generation. It requires new thinking to increase the quality of life of retirees so they are less of a drain on the NHS. In this instance, the Labour policy - investing in more early diagnosis and prevention of disease - really is the way forward. As is removing the artificial limits imposed on the number of UK-born & bred people accepted for training as doctors (even though that wouldn't see a return on investment for at least 5 years). www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-62594141

[@ericaceous1652]

Nigel will answer questions - with whataboutisms and lies. Just because he's giving what sounds like a "straight answer", doesn't mean he'll stand by it.

[@jimisi7424]

Exactly. Yet still suckers line up to welcome his lies back.

[@vercoda9997]

He lied and lied and lied about Brexit - And he also lied about Brexit and Northern Ireland repeatedly, where I live and work. I grasp that people in the rest of the UK never think about the North (NI) or give two shites about over here - but still, he lied and lied with that bizarrely wide shiteating mouth of his. People who say he's honest are either as thick and uninformed as the day is long Or perfectly happy to ignore his lies, because they like the far right crap he's peddling, but don't want to admit that any more than saying "I think he says what a lot of people are thinking".

[@jmo8934]

Farage one of the biggest liars in the place who would give Bojo a run for his money and one of the guys here thinks he is trustworthy even after the Brexit shambles. Sometimes you get what you deserve.

[@KevinSmith-ki7yl]

@@jmo8934some idiot wants to vote Farage, trump and putins pal.

[@Dani20240]

Farage is very dangerous.

[@mattmainline7252]

Farage wont fucking answer questions with a straight answer. What planet is this guy on?!

[@canalboating]

Abetter one than the old bloke who thinks Kier Starmer will be brilliant🤣

[@philipjohnkaye8890]

He's probably delusional.

[@mrbearbear83]

He thinks nige gives straight answers because he never hears the follow up questions

[@Rob-uv8bu]

Tories and Labour won't turn boats back. Just two parties who have same ideas.

[@mrbearbear83]

@@Rob-uv8bu neither will reform. Welcome to the adult world of international law

[@gordonstrong5232]

*"The Tories have been an absolute disaster, that's why this election I'm voting for an even worse version of the Tories"* ~Reform voters

[@paulmapp8306]

how about - Im fed up of the Tories but absolutely cant stand the idea of socialism..... where else would you suggest they go? Personally Im totally peeved with the tories (though Id guess not in the way many left leaning people are) but Im absolutely dreading a Labour Government. Socialism has never worked in any country that tries it - its an ideology thats short termist and cannot last any significant people of time. financially it can never be supported realistically (unless you go the whole hog and work for the state - taking no wages, and living with what the state gives you - I dont know ANYONE who would want that). I can see exactly whats coming - and 5 years down the line so many will realise and the Tories will be back for another 10-15 years..... Im not sure which is worse prospect - the next 5 or the following 15....

[@jared7080]

​@@paulmapp8306 respectfully, do you know what socialism is?

[@obscurum6]

​@@paulmapp8306 SO YOU'RE WEALTHY THEN. 🙄 Why are you against a well funded police, education, NHS, social care and social housing, pensions that people can actually live on and welfare for the disabled. Why are you against all of that? Why are you against free childcare for working parents? Why are you against free university fees for those in poverty so they can improve their lives. Why are you against equal pay and taxing the wealthy? Explain why you hate the average person in the UK, who is struggling to survive on minimum wage and food banks. Your Tory friends have opposed a minimum wage - as that is socialism. Why are you against a minimum wage and increases in that, pensions and welfare in line with inflation?

[@gordonstrong5232]

​​​​​@@paulmapp8306 Labour aren't going to install socialism though mate. Nobody in the Labour party is advocating for the glorious proletariat to collectivise and seize the means of production. All Labour are proposing is a Nordic model of regulated capitalism balanced with a strong social safety net and investment in public services, not socialism. Reform on the other hand, propose a ramping up of the neoliberal capitalist system that has consistently funneled wealth towards the super rich and away from ordinary citizens, and heavily degraded public services.

[@obscurum6]

​@@paulmapp8306 Your view of socialism is incorrect and straight out of GB NEWS BS. 🙄

[@whssy]

"And then I looked in the Sun this morning". And there you have it folks... what is wrong with towns like this.

[@antonycharnock2993]

The right wing media has a lot to answer for.

[@jakehowie442]

50,000 illegals immigrants have arrived though. Facts over feelings Marxist

[@isabellewhite3505]

Yes, I noticed that too

[@LuftWaffle89]

Right wing media owned by people who do not live or pay tax in the UK

[@MosAchillesJourney24]

Smh at that. Tbf 50K isn’t a lot either. But the term migrant has really been misused.

[@andrewxmets]

The political ignorance in this country is astounding. I can’t believe some of these people openly say this stuff without a clue who/what they’re talking about

[@the4d246]

So true. There will still be idiots voting Tory, and even bigger idiots voting for Jimmy Sir Viles friend, Starmer. But it’s ok, there’s enough of us “true Brits” left, voting reform.

[@foureveralone]

Like what? You give no specific. You sound like a political elititist and pretentious. These people pay taxes tp the government they can have their own beliefs and opinions. Really no need to punch down.

[@ThemKeyboardJunkies]

@@foureveralone I agree with OP. The people are woefully uneducated and don't tend to do any research in the parties outside of these youtube videos and consuming propaganda from the news (the majority of which is owned by rupert murdoch, a tory sympathiser) . The people are to blame the for countries abhorrent decline. anyone that has voted tory in the past 14 years has contributed to this country's decline.

[@JamieDarch]

voting for an essentially rebranded tory party that has left the country the state it is in now is wild. u people will never learn.

[@howardrisby9621]

​@@the4d246😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@caroltodd6691]

voting for Reform UK you end up with the same old Tory Faces 30P Lee Anderson they are all Tory MPS

[@sophie.sienna]

I disagree Reform is the voice of the people the Tories have betrayed and ignore.

[@johnh6524]

Or worse, a mixture of the far-right. Extreme Brexit swivel-eyed loons, ex-NF, ex-BNP and neo-Moselyites combined with a Liz Truss economic policy aimed at increasing wealth inequality

[@caroltodd6691]

@@sophie.sienna load off rubbish a tory is a tory

[@LuftWaffle89]

@@sophie.sienna Reform spent 140k for a Vetting Software where they where given instructions on how to Vet their own people and they still blamed someone else for not vetting their candidates.

[@natsurusenou131]

@@sophie.sienna Rubbish. Reform is the voice of their billionaire backers and tabloid mates, scapegoating your problems on a manufactured culture war.

[@cozmicpretzscher]

I like Fragile Farage, cause he's honest, ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha

[@Ma55ey]

You laugh.. but remeber the the EU referendum?

[@VNANON]

@@Ma55ey yeah he lied out his arse

[@Thalasius]

Tell that to tories who were throwing parties during lock-down where people couldn't see there loved ones.

[@johannesnicolaas]

A dutch historian often says: the average voter has the memory of a little shrimp.

[@rolandrothwell4840]

Farage is the most evil charlatan standing for Parliament

[@joefortey4]

I lived in Stoke during the last Labour government. It was far from perfect but Hanley had open shops everywhere and a healthy nightlife scene. After 14 years of Tory rule the place looks like something out of a zombie movie. Watching Gullis lose his seat next week will be marvellous.

[@Ma55ey]

I moved to Newcastle under lyme about 20 years ago.. it was a nice little market town.. now its a dump.

[@YearRoundHibernater]

They literally filmed a zombie movie in Hanley a couple years ago, barely even dressed it just set up cameras and it passed fine as a post apocalyptic hell hole.

[@joefortey4]

@@YearRoundHibernater lol

[@daliaa5294]

@@YearRoundHibernater😂

[@anthonybarnett5682]

I spent my teenage years in Weston Coyney and to be honest, Stoke was still OK. Longton had shops, Shelley's was still there. Hanley was worth the trip. But I'm glad I left a long time ago, there's no chance I would ever move back.

[@stephenfowlie742]

This is England...no wonder Scotland wants out of this sh!tshow of a Union.

[@Stuboy]

Scotland isn't run much better

[@californiadreamin8423]

It’s no wonder when you dummies keep singing “Flower of Scotland “, forgetting the fact Scotland wanted the Union after your bankers nearly bankrupted the country a few hundred years ago. You ignore the massive integration between the peoples of these islands, brought about by the Industrial Revolution, which no amount of voting for SNP will change. In fact that belief enabled the Tories to make you poorer, just like virtually everyone in the U.K. by weakening the one party rooted in working people, the Labour Party.

[@stephenfowlie742]

@@StuboyThink about that for a second . Scotland has limited devolved powers and no control over financial or foreign policy yet it's government is able to operate a country with better services on a fixed limited budget of 48% whilst the rest of our GDP is taken and still be better than that of Westminster. Also how much debt has the last 14 years of Conservative rule cost the UK? Scotland has to pay it's share of that yet it never voted for anything that Westminster enacted.

[@TheWaveGoodbye-Music]

​​It's lucky I'm able to offer the unique perspective of having being born and raised in stoke and lived in Scotland for 20 years. Couldn't pay me to move to England these days. It's absolutely lost where as here I'm able to go study and I've had brilliant support through our devolved disability support. In England they'd have me out on the street and not even given that chance. ​@@Stuboy

[@ArcTV.]

@@TheWaveGoodbye-Music Scotland is so amazing with it's university fees. Wish I grew up there. Scotland is clearly competent in the devolved powers it can make use of.

[@user-mu1kn5xe6u]

"Nigel Farage is honest"O.M.G.

[@isabellewhite3505]

"Honest" because Far-tage talks about immigration thru fear-mongering

[@ianwalters-qd3vx]

Mention one lie hes told

[@user-mu1kn5xe6u]

@@ianwalters-qd3vx The British fishing industry would gain immeasurably after Brexit.Millions of Turks would flood into the E.U(they are not a member state)British farming would benefit big time.The N.H.S would receive 350m a week.70%of British laws are from the E.U(ONLY 14%)If today was May 27,he would tell you it was 29.Just to keep in practise.

[@Provenom100]

I lived in Newcastle Under Lyme for 3 years whilst at Keele uni and lived very close to that quarry. The stench cannot be overstated it was horrendous, I think a 4 year old even made national news because he died from toxic fumes coming from it. Aaron Bell was a complete tool and never did anything for the local community, the place is dying and you only have to look a little bit over to the East to Stoke to see how impoverished that whole part of North Staffordshire has become.

[@samanthah712]

Probably because after Brexit there was no funding from the EU!

[@jakehowie442]

Cannot afford Keele on campus accommodation then lol

[@Provenom100]

@@jakehowie442 I was in halls in 1st year then in shared housing in 2nd and 3rd year. Other than New Barnes the on site accom was shite anyway.

[@davidh3205]

I live over in Longton, mate. Walk down some roads that used to be busy high streets - they look like something out of a zombie film now. Everything is run down, closed. In Longton centre there are abandoned pot banks that are overgrown - literally trees growing out of them. If that's not a solid metaphor for the state of Stoke I don't know what is.

[@DrMontague]

the jerks voted the tories in, you are in cuckoo land if you believe is the starmer or farage are the solution.

[@user-sd3ik9rt6d]

Voting Reform is like voting for a face eating monster hoping that it will eat other peoples faces.

[@northleedspoppa]

Voting reform is what politics Joe want you to do

[@Smoothjock]

@@northleedspoppaisn’t that the party who’s leader, Fox, just lost £180,000 in liable damages, not to mention having to pay for the legal costs (2 KCs and 4 Juniors) of both sides? 🤣😂🥲😂 Should have stuck with that old reality TV bag lady Doris Dracula as their main spokesperson! 🧙‍♀️

[@jazztec4255]

People just like that he says what they are thinking.

[@jonathanboam5409]

@@jazztec4255 Not what everything is thinking. People who say "they're just saying what people are thinking" are saying that to make themselves feel better about thinking that.

[@jazztec4255]

@@jonathanboam5409 I don't think so I think people who believe his BS literally just like that he says the stuff they say down the pub.

[@CashelOConnolly]

I have no sympathy for those who voted in a Tory M.P🤮

[@ahoy4301]

yeah, but Labour was a shitshow in 2019

[@andrewberwick06]

@@ahoy4301 not really..

[@clivepeacock]

@@ahoy4301yeah because of the snide right wingers

[@obscurum6]

​@@andrewberwick06 That Ahoy guy is a Reform shill. 🙄

[@Fefflefeff]

People who are routinely lied to and who are routinely gullible are the people I have a lot of sympathy for. It must be so scary, lonely, and worrying being inside a Tory voters head.

[@chrischarlescook]

"50,000 optimists used to live here. Now it's a ghost town"

[@NHAlexNH]

Unexpected Cod4

[@chrischarlescook]

@@NHAlexNH I'm serious. And don't call me Shirley.

[@peacecraft9354]

@@chrischarlescook Oi, Suzy!

[@rosemarycuthbert4623]

The old bloke moaning about the state of the NHS and blaming immigrants. Omg

[@danmayberry1185]

Can he imagine the state of the NHS if it were clear of immigrated staff?

[@kumstuke]

​@@danmayberry1185maybe he wants patients to die? Who knows

[@colinb9183]

I take it you two have never lived in Newcastle under Lyme or staffordshire.its a shithole of the biggest proportion.poor employment and poorer people,dont diss it until you've tried it 🫣🤔

[@starrattmaster]

Immigrants statisticly actually create a net burden on the NHS.

[@californiadreamin8423]

@@colinb9183. The whole country , with a few exceptions, is exactly as you describe.

[@catherinewardle5478]

The woman said it all that sums up this country NO INVESTMENT NO DRIVE! Can you actually believe that children are getting sick by the landfill! It’s like something out of Erin Brokovich … and Sunak didn’t have Sky TV growing up!

[@tonyy452]

"farage is honest" I bet he thought the same of bojo in 2019

[@philipriley2253]

The old guy, i looked in the Sun this morning.... The guy in orange, i like farage.. Well he's not standing in his constituency, farage wasn't standing a few weeks ago & only when Trump got convicted in the US. He also wants a US style health system...

[@kirishima638]

He’s an idiot

[@samanthah712]

Oh yeh, the Sun newspaper really tells the truth!

[@jamessteel9016]

Only took one parliament for the red wall to turn their backs on the Tories, too late to fix their mistake though.

[@ffotograffydd]

They were leaning that way for longer though, voting Leave enabled the Tories to destroy the country.,

[@MindSurf248]

The North still voted for a Labour Majority. Just because some red wall seats switched everyone talks as if Tories won a majority up here.

[@ince55ant]

@@MindSurf248 its the same with brexit. it was painted as the fault of the northerners but most of the votes came from the south

[@Ma55ey]

Lol they are all voting reform.not coming back to labour.

[@stephenhill545]

​@@ince55anttrue. The middle classes of the southern shires drove Brexit, not the northern poor. An urban myth has spread which isn't true.

[@saragonmcenany6229]

It was a lot more bustling when Labour were in government

[@Jj-ff9vq]

.... And we werent shopping online as much.... Oh...

[@Brian-om2hh]

More bustling? That might be because smiling Tony decided to throw Britain's doors wide open, in the name of multiculturalism......

[@JamesSomersetActor]

It is so depressing hearing people saying things like "they're only interested in winning the election" and " they're not interested in helping the people of this country". We had a party leader in 2017 and 2019 who cared and these sorts of people dismissed him.

[@MrEpicwizard]

100% This is why I don't feel sorry for theses Red Wall Tories

[@PeteTheWargamer]

This is my hometown, it's been a shame to see it (and neighbouring Stoke) deteriorate so much over the last 20 years. There needs to be ALOT more investment in the area to get things improved.

[@ChipsAndGravyPlz]

Stoke did it to itself

[@gordonstrong5232]

Don't vote reform then, they want to cut 50 billion from public spending.

[@Albert-nf8jk]

Farage is honest. Cripes, we're in trouble.

[@cardwitch91]

Did that guy say Farage answers questions? I don’t think he’s ever said any substantive in his entire life.

[@edmurth]

It’s worse than that, he said he was honest. A man so dishonest he destroys the relationship between truth and lies.

[@obscurum6]

To those idiots he is a god. 🙄😆

[@20storiesunder]

To the folks voting reform instead of tory; how many, times do you need to be betrayed until you get that these people are not working in your best interests.

[@LonesomeTwin]

And Labour are?? C'mon now, they're just 2 sheets of the same bog roll

[@20storiesunder]

@@LonesomeTwin That's beyond idiotic, I'm sorry to say but no other way around. Labour ain't perfect, Heck they aren't even good. But they are a far shout from the folks who are literally holding a sign saying "Hey we don't care about you and will make sure we profit above all else"

[@LonesomeTwin]

@@20storiesunder [citation required] !!

[@xenosscape8573]

how many times are you going to vote for two cheeks of the same arss.

[@jjoseph212]

@@20storiesunderLondon is doing great under Labours control isn’t it? Wake up!!

[@dokglass]

He was vocal about the landfill but totally ineffective in stopping it.

[@antonycharnock2993]

We have a similar issue in Rotherham where an old toxic landfill is trying to re-open. Since it originally closed back in the early 90s a renowned golf academy and the Millmoor Juniors football club moved onto the land next door which is also home to the local golf course.

[@Ma55ey]

That's what happens when the company that runs s it is paying off the environmental agency..

[@danmayberry1185]

Tbh, I already feel for Labour. After 14 years on the boil, expectations will be sky high. And first whinge out of Keir (e.g., 'it's worse than we thought'), that'll be him done.

[@naztubes]

14 years of damage is going to take a good few terms to undo. They're almost up against an impossible task in the shorter term.

[@b62boom1]

I'm not expecting much from Starmer, I just can't bring myself to trust him, but if it means an end to the Tories and what we're being subjected to on a daily basis, I'll take it. He's got the destruction of 14 years of Tories dismantling every aspect of government to deal with. Where would you even begin unpicking the mess he's going to inherent? If it's just an end to the chaos and downward spiral we're on, that'll do for me, for now.

[@Brian-om2hh]

@@b62boom1 I'm not expecting much from Starmer either. I clearly recall the last Labour government, and there was still impropriety, corruption, scandal etc..... I also recall Tony Blair cancelling a hospital building programme, along with several new ships for the Royal Navy. But hey ho...... And it's not Starmer that'll be the problem. It's the closet Corbynites waiting in the wings for their time to shine, and the unions rubbing their hands with glee at the thought of getting hold of the reins again....

[@eissamuslim290]

I looked in 'The Sun' this morning that aged well When the lad said: '... back where it was', someone should tell him: Yeah back when the UK was in the EU! As an EU citizen I feel sorry for the UK.

[@DrMontague]

don't feel sorry for the xenophobic arse holes

[@rogerwells6807]

And someone blaming migrants!

[@obscurum6]

It's actually a quick easy way to replace IQ tests. Just ask someone what they think about migrants and if they blame them for the state of the country you know their IQ is in single figures.

[@Ma55ey]

It's always immigrants.. that guy saying we can't handle 50,000 people.. never mind that approximately 500,000 people emigrated from the UK last year.

[@obscurum6]

@@Ma55ey Good point. If you ask them to explain how the migrants have "ruined the country" they never have an answer. They just waffle on about boats and "taking our..." BS. 🙄 They then go on about being "invaded by Muslims" and some agenda. It keeps people from blaming the wealthy. 🙄 They never want to look at the wealthy and what they are doing. They are usually brainwashed Royalists and refer to the UK as their country. 🙄

[@ParawhoreLoL]

He didn't blame migrants. He blamed the government for mishandling the number of migrants

[@Gargoyle_75]

Brits always blame foreigners. Still the British Empire mentality.

[@TheSynrgy1987]

"he says what he's thinking and he's honest" re farage... Jesus wept....

[@Brian-om2hh]

It seems that's enough for some people......... The fact he has zero track record in government, is what puts me off....

[@TheStevenWhiting]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="507">8:27</a> Ruined his own argued. Looked in a shitty paper instead of looking at facts. Sadly most of that gen are like that, same as my parents reading the shitty Dail Mail.

[@Ma55ey]

But is a reflection of about 85% of the voting population..

[@baz8052]

There's a portion of the country that seems determined to never learn & keep voting despite the damage they're doing

[@pjl8119]

They need better and more intelligent people like you to teach them to think and vote better.

[@Brian-om2hh]

@@pjl8119 Bless him. He clearly hasn't grasped the concept of democracy, and the freedom to choose who you vote for. Go completely down the road he's advocating, and you end up in North Korea or China....

[@tonyy452]

It baffles me why people trust "straight talking", untrustworthy politicians that actually don't straight talk?

[@ince55ant]

its all aesthetics. very few people have actual political beliefs and run entirely off of vibes

[@stephenhill545]

Populists they're called. Sunak is one, too.

[@bbbf09]

I have little sympathy for them - they are reaping what they have sewn. Now many reaching out to Farage . They never learn.

[@philiphemmings3199]

lived in newcastle for 30 years - came back for my parents funeral and could not believe how bad newcastle, hanley and stoke have become

[@DrMontague]

the people got what they voted for!

[@mjt3049]

Farage Honest 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@edmurth]

The guy who went on about how great it was there in 2004 but then goes on to say they’re all the same, if his town was like mine and he went back to the 90s the picture would be much, much clearer.

[@minui8758]

Absolutely. Inner city and town center investment figures in Britain, and child poverty figures for that matter, are a rollercoaster of peaks and troughs that can be exactly mapped into the comings and goings of Labour and Tory governments. Needless to say the peaks don’t start rising in the Tory times, it’s usually about 3-5 years after Labour’s been in office that things start picking up… roughly 2004 in the last case as it goes

[@petercassidy0628]

What did these voters think the Tories would be good for there town". They are only interested rich areas and south west South east and London it's the party for well off and the very rich

[@wrek]

"he says it like it is" - these people never fucking learn do they?

[@PBI45]

If they do get in, it'll be a hard 5 years - but if they fuck up (which they will judging by their fantasy Truss-style economics) they're unlikely to get in again. Protect your family as hard as you can if they get in. God help you if you're one of the "undesirables" that their rhetoric seems to target.

[@neilpike6758]

Vote Reform and see if they are liars as well.

[@robertmaitland8728]

Nigel Farrage is nothing more than a Self Inflating Balloon. Like the barbers cat, full of wind and water.

[@theondebray]

Pound shop Enoch Powell.

[@roblyndon5267]

Nothing infuriates me more than people who trot out this line, ™They're all the same."

[@Kyle592]

People surprised by Boris showing his true colours… the warning signs, the track record and history was already there, you just didn’t pay attention and got bamboozled by his floppy hair.

[@s.williams3214]

"I looked in the Sun this morning", well that's always a good start to a sentence...

[@katieb6874]

People falling for the "Reform" rebranding makes me so sad.

[@nickjones9867]

I have little sympathy for the red wall that voted Tory.

[@obscurum6]

People in the north are to blame for the way they handed the Tories the government. Cameron drank a beer in a pub and they handed him the country. 🙄 There should be an IQ test to vote.

[@richardmerriman4347]

Traitors to their class by voting Tory,LEARN your lesson well.NEVER vote Tory again.

[@MrEpicwizard]

Why?

[@DrMontague]

I have no sympathy for the arse holes

[@obscurum6]

@@MrEpicwizard You're a troll. 🙄

[@marijo1951]

Nigel Farage has a loud confident voice, so people think he's giving a straight answer, when in fact he's a devious so-and-so. One of his ambitions is to replace the NHS with an American-style insurance'based health system, but he equivocates about this when questioned, because he knows how unpopular it is.

[@emanuel1940]

'Farage' and 'Honest' dont belong in the same sentence.

[@brianferguson7840]

For those too young or too stupid to remember. Under the last Labour government, Highest satisfaction in the NHS "Ever". 20,000 more police officers, 32,000 police support staff. 63,000 more nursing staff. Twice as many courts, libraries, police stations. 19,000 more doctors. Average wage 31% higher. 26,000 surestart centers nationally. 2 day waiting time for GP appointments 4 hour A&E waiting time. Lowest child poverty since the war. Lowest homeless numbers since the 80s. Highest living standards since the war. BUT IF YOU DON'T WANT ANY IMPROVEMENT "DONT VOTE FOR THE PARTY THAT EXISTS FOR YOUR BENEFIT"

[@HA05GER]

We can only hope they get in. I think these videos look for the people that stir the pot and people who are more right wing tend to be more keen to voice their opinion.

[@Brian-om2hh]

You missed the part where Tony Blair cancelled a hospital building programme, along with several new ships for the Royal Navy. You also omitted the part where he chose to throw Britain's doors wide open, in the name of multiculturalism...... You also never mentioned how all these jobs, courts, libraries, police stations etc back then, were paid for......

[@HA05GER]

@@Brian-om2hh enlighten us then Brian ?

[@jukeboxgeneral7105]

"Nigel's honest" 😂😂😂 my sides

[@jmh3705]

Lived in Stoke / Newcastle for 5 years. Visited earlier this year, worse than I remember. It's a shame to see the place go to rot the way it has done (it felt like a rapid decline while I was there), and it will sadly continue to do so now until the day it's bulldozed.

[@krisinsaigon]

Nigel gives a straight answer - no he doesn’t, but that aside, it doesn’t matter if he is being honest or if he saying what he thinks if what he thinks is bollocks and his solutions won’t work

[@brazilianmegaman258]

Reform let's goooo 🇬🇧 🇬🇧 🇬🇧 🇬🇧 🇬🇧 🇬🇧 🇬🇧 🇬🇧 🇬🇧

[@kentonsheppard1559]

“I like Nigel Farage, he’ll answer a question directly” - well yes, but he’ll lie doing it and deny saying it later.

[@ThomasMadden-hd1oz]

All the northern seats and many of the southern seats that were Conservative will be going Labour, Lib Dem or in a few cases, Reform UK.

[@chrysalis4126]

Lots of shops are shut in towns because people are buying online more now. No government can change that.

[@gordonstrong5232]

True. I blame the Tories for a lot of things, but the decline of high street shopping areas isn't one of them.

[@kieranb7047]

Of course they can change it. They can lower business rates for high street shops and raise the rates on out of town industrial units that online stores use to ship from. Can lower VAT on items purchased in store and raise VAT on online goods. Plenty more ideas but it will never happen because Amazon pays too much in "donations" to political parties. If everyone boycotted Amazon alone it would boost the high street.

[@danmayberry1185]

High streets are emptying worldwide.

[@californiadreamin8423]

There is a limit to buying on line. Only when you’ve payed for your goods, and received them, can you really make a judgement about quality and suitability.

[@antonycharnock2993]

True. But underfunding of local councils and no incentives for independent businesses hasn't helped.

[@Pandangus]

"Conservatives and Labour are just interested in winning the election. Are they really interested in the people of this country?" ... "I'm voting for Farrage" 🤣 We're in a bad place here!

[@catherinemartin6258]

Voting reform is like saying your a crazy

[@HomeGrownVeg]

Police station closed, public toilets closed, pubs closing, fewer doctors, no NHS dentists (we had two) and now, to top it all, one of our 3 charity shops is closing. On the 'up side' business is booming at our food bank, its never been as busy. Do I sound sanicle. I am!

[@rosemarycuthbert4623]

Can't believe that some people would be idiotic enough to vote reform

[@webbo73]

And we thought that about Brexit as well...I think Reform will get more votes than people think - so many people out there convinced immigrants are their biggest problem

[@antonycharnock2993]

@@webbo73 Sadly all the closet racists will vote for Reform like they did for Brexit. I think Farage is a closet fascist especially since some of his recent comments.

[@Ma55ey]

But they will in their thousands..

[@sophie.sienna]

@@Ma55ey I'm a Reform voter, and we wont get thousands of votes, we will get millions, you might disagree but Reform is promising what a large portion of the electorate want and have been denied and betrayed by the Tories. Mass immigration has been making our countries poorer, and services like NHS and housing suffer, its supply and demand, basic economic principles. It's why a lot of Europe and the USA is revolting against it.

[@Brian-om2hh]

But equally, you need to remember that those who may choose to vote Reform, might also pour scorn on *your* voting choice, It's called democracy...... It's the *freedom* to choose. Take that away, and you end up like North Korea or China.

[@marksimons8861]

Looks like this Newcastle is enjoying the promised Brexit benefits.

[@everest9707]

REMEMBER - TODAY, 26th, IS THE DEADLINE FOR PHOTO ID Don’t have ID? - If you're in England, Scotland or Wales, you can apply for free voter ID now. The deadline is Wednesday 26 June at 5pm. - If you're in Northern Ireland, you can apply for an electoral identity card. The deadline is Wednesday 26 June at <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="719">11:59</a>pm.

[@TheIkaraCult]

more depressing than anything is when you hear people say 'theyre all the same' That's the way that malicious politicians get into power

[@DilanPerera1]

I almost choked myself when one guy said Nigel Farage is honest... Haven't they learned their lessons by voting for Boris Johnson? When are they going to learn?

[@user-iu7ji8ik1s]

This was lock down and paying people to stay at home caused this never again

[@simonfunwithtrains1572]

Reform Can say anything they like when they don't have any chance of being the next government and having to back up their statements with actions. I find listening to vox box of the local public disheartening the a level of ignorance about the political system in this country it's staggering. There's more I want my potholes fixed than child poverty, ludicrous!

[@anpj2006]

The solution to right wing tories? Even more right wing tories????

[@coopsnz1]

the lefy wing and labor more lefrt wing more fk taxes & regulations hell

[@user-tk7kz1fl2r]

Businesses closing is due to the rise of online shopping. I have to buy many things online as local shops don’t have the goods and quality I want. It’s the same for most people.

[@_Mike.85]

"I think he'll do a brilliant job, well, I hope so... who knows" lol that line says it all

[@swally291]

Farage is honest....good grief

[@godot-whatyouvebeenwaitingfor]

How can they say "they're all the same" when one party has been in power for fourteen years? Most of these people weren't born..

[@TheJamesbeagle]

It's all about accountability, if we had policies where if MP's fail to meet their manifesto, they should be unable to stand again. Same if they lie, break the law.... We need MPs with integrity

[@marcbrasse747]

It’s not the conservatives alone. Truly sane people do not believe what politicians say. A wise man once wrote: “Most people are not interested the truth but only in the “truth” that suits them.” And stop blaming foreigners. Have you learned nothing?

[@tommytippy4448]

my town is the same ,a Tory MP that did nothing for our town,its practically derelict

[@jackplane7408]

Reform are failed conservatives just under a different name. Once a conservative always a conservative. Reform are conservatives.

[@georgeatkinson759]

Don't look at the Sun ...it will burn your retinas...

[@summerbright2769]

It’s because of Brexit. They wanted Brexit and they got Brexit this is why all of the business are closing down….

[@clairewilliams8225]

They're all complaining the shops are gone but I bet you they've been buying from Amazon, Temu and Shein rather than supporting local businesses.

[@grahamandrew907]

It's not just Newcastle Under Lyme and the potteries, high streets are suffering all over the country, its online shopping that's had an effect,you only have to see the amount of deliverys to realise this.

[@upbntnfbe7204]

Since when did the refugees who come over here because they are desparate for a place to raise their families become the villains? It is disgusting the way people talk about them. They deserve our compassion and our respect. They deserve their dignity.

[@Keithlfpieterse]

Ms. green top @3.29: THANK YOU! I appreciated your analysis and social consciousness. Keep Up the Good Work and hold on to your insights and your dreams! They're your guiding stars in a rapidly darkening world!

[@Brian-om2hh]

Technically, you don't vote someone out. You elect someone else in their place......

[@daraorourke5798]

Mugs. They won't ever change alas. Back to Tories quick smart...

[@williammcmillan9344]

Stop online shopping if you don't use it you lose it😞😊

[@Jj-ff9vq]

Exactly!

[@colofsco1]

When ppl talk about Migrants coming; what about the 250,000 Ukrainians and the 500,000 Ppl from Hong Kong Who have arrived her. Funny how these ppl never cause a strain and the media never mentions them.

[@PBI45]

To quote a comment I once saw (believe it or not) Ukrainians at least are seen as the "right colour", as if white is some kind of monolithic entity culture with no deviation nation to nation. It's all literally skin deep to them.

[@colofsco1]

@@PBI45 Yep. However, the ppl from Hong Kong get a pass, i wonder why?

[@ribenademon]

Love the busker, about <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="465">7:45</a> -What's Going On? -perfect music for this election!

[@colinbanks1985]

Had to wait 2 and a half hours at A&E...? Thats GOOD! Its been 24hours in some places hell its 6 days for a mental health bed.

[@calicokittenproductions591]

The price of austerity... it just doesn't pay

[@davidtaylor8548]

Somebody summed Farage up as "The pub bore, saying If I was in charge, etc, etc. while making sweeping generalisations and massive simplifications" Reform is fort people who think the tories are not Right-Wing enough!

[@JamesKooper]

They aren't. There is a reason Labour haven't had a majority in parliament for 14 years now. It's very easy to judge the people who vote for Conservatives, or reform as too right wing, but the fact is there is a clear reason why they keep winning, and Labour, until now, keep losing. Labour has in fact been out of touch. It's only by luck that the cons have stuffed it up so much that they've won, not on policies, or impressive speakers with and talking points, but by sheer luck that there isn't another party to rule. The general election after this is going to be extremely interesting. Reform aren't going away now, and will only grow in popularity. Should an even larger increase in boats arrive over Kier's term, along with increased migration, support for Reform will only rally even harder than it is now.

[@kevinelkins9955]

and the bloke in the ORAnge shirt thinks Labour and Tory don't care about him. You wait until he realises what a grifter Farrage is!

[@Brian-om2hh]

So what has Nigel Farage *actually* done? He has never been an elected UK MP.

[@kumstuke]

Torries are bad so ill vote reform 😂

[@starrattmaster]

Well, they are 2 completely different parties so it's not that far fetched. Tories is mostly centre-left, reform is mostly centre-right

[@dannymerrittmusic]

@@starrattmaster You really think the Conservative Party leans Centre left and Reform is not solidly right.

[@silvafox7719]

@@starrattmaster You need to read up on political history. The tories are centre right, and Reform are even more right wing.

[@neilbirch8431]

I love my town. It has everything going for it. World class university, world class hospital on our doorstep. The countryside surrounding the town in beautiful, it is smack in the middle of Manchester and Birmingham with excellent transport routes train and road. The borough council and the MP are asleep at the wheel. We are not unique, every ex-industrial town in the country is like this.

[@gorgu08]

Hate to break it to that dude, but he needs to multiply that number by ten to get anywhere near the number of migrants in last year.

[@akaski777]

Their all the same a bunch of liars so I’m going to vote reform 😂

[@sampowell6240]

lol

[@inspectortanzi]

Reform are just Tory rejects. So they're also liars.

[@jonathanboam5409]

So because they're all the same and a bunch of liars, you're going to vote for the biggest liars? Seems legit.

[@antonycharnock2993]

😂😂

[@neilpike6758]

REAL PROP REP to give the local; people a chance not the national gangs.

[@bairdrew]

There's literally no one in the country as thick as a RWer.

[@jmo8934]

lol. There were 1.44m migrants into Britain last year. About 30k in boat crossings and the rest work and study visas. The average person on the street knows that they are being neglected / left behind but on many things they haven’t got a clue about what’s going on.

[@kumstuke]

Oh look, immigrants 🤣

[@purplefood1]

Most of the people who are against illegal immigration constantly conflate asylum seekers and refugees with illegal immigrants, it's actually disgusting.

[@antonycharnock2993]

@@kumstuke They're taking our jobs which we don't want to do!

[@pjl8119]

​@@antonycharnock2993British people don't want to do jobs that do not offer the means to feed, clothe, house and raise a family in a decent manner. British people aren't competing with French, German, Swiss, or American workers. They are competing with the very poorest people from the very poorest and most undeveloped countries on Earth. It's a race to the very bottom and is trashing 200 years of very hard won labour rights. It's great for wealthy bosses because they increase their profits, undermine labour rights and have enough money to live in a parallel society of gated communities, private medical care, private schools etc...