Why is Sunak Getting Even Less Popular?

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In early 2024, PM Rishi Sunak faces a dramatic decline in Tory popularity. Recent polls signal his unpopularity, triggering calls for resignation. This video explores the unexpected downturn in Sunak's popularity.
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0:00 Intro
2:34 Polling
3:50 Why is Sunak so Unpopular?
7:55 Sponsor

[@BoredomIncarnate1]

For me it's between his innate smugness, his lying and his refusal to give straight answers when questioned.

[@SlowhandGreg]

ahh 7 bins and his meat tax are you not concerned? 🤣

[@laurinnintendo]

Where did he lie? I would get that though, our Olaf Scholz in Germany is a very dishonest person too and often he directly contradicts his own past statements without even acknowledging it. I hate this kind of behavior, it makes them loose all trust from me...

[@matthewhendy5785]

Not to mention his blatant utter lack of understanding of ordinary peoples’ lives.

[@StevieSpiers-ru3mf]

@@laurinnintendo Where did he lie? That's satire, right? Please tell me it is.

[@tbsc5088]

Summarised it perfectly - I've voted Tory in the past, and I don't overtly dislike RS, but he is not helping himself with the aura of 'I know better than you', and the CONTSTANT parroting of the same party lines, even if the question asked of him has absolutely nothing to do with what he is saying.

[@Pablogarcia-wi9et]

The most surprising is that 20% of people would still vote for the Tories. Amazing....

[@dianeirvine7624]

Shows how awful labour is

[@anpj2006]

Indeed, it should be 2.0%.

[@plaguebomb2712]

2 of them are the hosts of the show lol

[@bt3743]

​@@dianeirvine7624Does it? Or does it show how utterly gullible tory voters are

[@MEGABUMSTENCH]

@@bt3743 why not both?

[@Alex-md6bu]

He said he’s going to grow the economy: he hasn’t. He said he is going to sort out immigration: he hasn’t. He said he is going to help the working people: he hasn’t. Please explain to me how he could possibly be popular?

[@andrewgreen5892]

If you carry on choosing politicians for dumbf**k reasons like "sorting out immigration" then you get what you deserve, just don't drag the rest of the country down with you

[@joso7228]

If he resigned

[@sirrobinofloxley7156]

Diversity and inclusion?

[@dxubty]

@@sirrobinofloxley7156unironically, an aspect of Sunak’s popularity genuinely could be the fact that he’s not white, allowing many (obviously) racist Tories to claim the party isn’t racist cause they’re led by a British Asian man, it’s right wing identity politics

[@freearch2251]

@@dxubty No. The Tories are truly a colour-blind party. As long you support the shafting of the UK populace and enriching your own cronies they'll accept anyone white, brown, black....

[@philsblogs8527]

"Less popular" makes it implies he was popular in the first place. He's never been popular. Should have been "more disliked"

[@michaelball93]

He was kinda popular for one brief moment in early 2020 when he was giving people free money to stay at home. It's been all downhill since.

[@sirrobinofloxley7156]

Or, why doesn't Sunak deserve to be boated off.

[@Noidonteatbabiesstopasking]

He was popular during Covid

[@electric_whelk1653]

The ballad of Rishi Sunak really is just a testament to how cocky you can get if you've lived your life on easy mode without noticing.

[@travelator3035]

Add the fact that you're financially set in life when you marry yourself into an Indian billionaire family.

[@m2thep2theaargh]

Why is Sunak getting less popular? Because in every interview and and front of every camera he’s always laughing like a psycho. He’s so disconnected from the reality of this modern cost of life crisis.

[@roserobson6707]

He has so many cracks, it wouldn't be surpising the whole conservaties are high on cr*ck! No wonder Labour are gaining power, no one voted for Rishi in, best he could of done was requested a GE in later 2023, that would of pushed in favour to conservatives, now he's completely crushed it. What an idioitc PM.

[@irwinsaltzman979]

True.

[@echochamber1234]

how is that any different from any other politician?

[@m2thep2theaargh]

@@echochamber1234 yeah, true… but let’s stay on point. The video is about that bloke who’s holding the top office.

[@echochamber1234]

@@m2thep2theaargh someone needs to be pm though, and so far, I haven't seen anyone (with a realistic chance of holding office) that is any better. compared to truss and Boris, at least sunak doesn't pretend the country can afford to cut taxes and spend more. and let's not forget how the flip flop starmer just all of a sudden dropped his socialist/ pro-free movement platform as soon as he became party leader.

[@mrakronyahoo]

A billionaire who is more keen to help other billionaires than regular people. This is not a surprise.

[@don4techy]

Conflict of interest

[@trevorgilbert7284]

Tories are for the rich and always have been

[@youcantno3963]

One who makes tax breaks and laws that favour……. The very rich like him.

[@jjefferyworboys8138]

A billion is a thousand million. Even with his wifes wealth he's not one. His father in law is the real deal.

[@jjefferyworboys8138]

@@don4techy Something you can level at every politician.

[@daudabappa932]

It's not just the leadership, it's the entire Goddamm party.

[@dave8323]

Its not just the party, its also the opposition

[@markschroter2640]

System, not party. The entire system is flawed and always has been. Was it better than the king raping at will, sure, but only just a bit. It is well past time to have a serious rethink about what would work better than the fascism that controls us today.

[@jamessteel9016]

Because people want an election, not the Rwanda deal. They are actually ignoring the ‘will of the people’ because they don’t like the people’s opinions.

[@phalanx9005]

It feels like we're being held hostage under this government and the only thing coming to rescue us is an election.

[@rictusnal]

Yep. Every time sunak says "getting on with what the British people want" I cringe. He is terrible at reading the room lol

[@benthomas9853]

An election must be held at least every 5 years. That time is still not yet up.

[@jamessteel9016]

@@benthomas9853 they removed the fixed term’s parliament act, inaction man can call an election for next month if he had the balls to do it.

[@liamwarren7590]

We've had 2 PMs that nobody voted for. An election should have been called once Johnson resigned.

[@ipbradley]

Whether you support Blue or Red. The fact he wasn't voted in by not 1 member of the public is a bit of an issue.

[@TheRip72]

The public do not choose a PM & never have. He was voted in as an MP by his constituents just like all the others. Most leaders are appointed after a leadership election though. He lost their last one to Liz Truss then inherited the role after her resignation.

[@sarangistudent8614]

And most of the racist British public most definitely don’t support brown

[@ipbradley]

@sarangistudent8614 the British public are amazing. All of them white pink brown and black. Seems its you who nares racist. Little chump.

[@ipbradley]

@TheRip72 hmmm yeah OK whatever. Rather than guiding me through the whole voting process. Take a step back and take in what I said. Yeah that's right. Agree. Not one member of the public voted this chump in. If the other guy left as it was a witch hunt as soon as he came to power. It needs to go to a GE

[@hansofaxalia]

Also gotta love the 800 or so hereditary lords who get a seat at parliament by birthright like it’s still medieval times

[@carltaylor4942]

He's unpopular because all he ever does is lie and avoid giving straight answers. That is, quite literally, all he ever does.

[@neilcameron434]

Since becoming Chancellor he's overseen the biggest increase in wealth inequality in living memory, can't understand why he's unpopular.

[@Konstantinos1648]

My day hasn't started until I hear how badly Sunak is doing!

[@charlotteinnocent8752]

Ha your day is guaranteed to start before the old day is finished. It's easy for Sunak to do badly when he is so corrupt!

[@SedriqMiers]

Hug that Keir Starmer blow up doll real tight. From the party that imposed upon every man, woman and child the bailed out bankster heist of 2008 and ushered in a new era of austerity. Like they did in 2008 when they bailed out the banks, 13 years in power and look at how many council homes they built, the PFI loans scandal created an environment where newly built hospitals couldnt open due to the exorbitant loans whilst others were deteriorating due to the very same loans, the illegal wars and most noteably the bank bailout that gave the lib con gov the pretext to usher in austerity. Dont forget the lockdowns he was unopposed to the tories and wanted them to lockdown sooner and for longer. Now with the ukraine war our involvement deprived us of cheap gas and oil and all of these insane policies and decisions has created the cost of living crisis that we see in the world around us today. To add insult to injury Keir wants to add green carbon taxes ontop of all the that its ok if you are a millionaire like Keir but the rest of us its a death sentence. Give this TBlair clone reject the boot just like the *Pub Landlord Who Threw Keir Starmer Out Over Lockdown Restrictions* Unopposed: why is Keir Starmer making life so easy for the PM? from The Spectator Keir Starmer Boosting the boot stamping on a human face-for ever.” George Orwell, 1984 Did Keir Starmer fail to prosecute Jimmy Savile? [source: The Spectator]

[@allenmontrasio8962]

Who would have thought that a haughty billionaire who actively despises poor people would be unpopular?

[@SedriqMiers]

Despises poor ppl ? where are your facts ? just another libellous spam bot.

[@paulgibbon5991]

@@SedriqMiers Look around. Your facts are right there. Or you could talk with someone who's been made destitute, or a public services worker struggling with endless cuts while the Oxford Chums keep their noses in the trough.

[@nickvickers3486]

Obviously it's for the electorate to decide if there is a viable alternative but I reckon, and I'll happily be corrected on this, that's the only type of PM that the tories will ever give the nation!

[@HDB1974]

Probably because he's sitting on a quarter of a billion pound fortune but is happy to tell the rest of us how to live and how to spend our money.

[@Gabryal77]

It's hard to take him seriously when he looks like he couldn't go outside at night for fear of being taken by an owl.

[@chesterdonnelly1212]

😂

[@annalieff-saxby568]

That's going to live in my imagination for a long, long time. 😂

[@LazzaRuss]

😂

[@socialmeaslesinpartnership1252]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@robertgammon-ross9983]

His popularity - albeit minor - when he first took charge also was inflated due to him not being Truss

[@user-sd3ik9rt6d]

His inability to answer easy questions, putting party above country and the willingness to spend tax payers money on political gimics that dont work. Apart from that, top stuff.

[@joso7228]

Party above Country?! That is Indian Mates and fellow corrupt Business people above Country.

[@NationalistBhartiya]

@@joso7228 british(looters,thiefs) talking about rich& inteligent indians lol

[@Chalize]

I completely agree. What turned me off was the way he spoke. He appears robotic and lacks human emotion, similar to Mark Zuckerberg. He always seems to be focusing on the wrong things. He is really out of touch with what we need in this country.

[@wolfen210959]

There is no surprise that he is out of touch, after all he is almost a billionaire, but what is surprising is that he hasn't bothered to try and find out what life is like for the rest of us, that is dereliction of duty in my eyes. @@Chalize

[@ashleycreek5764]

Vested interests, bad policy, disingenuous character? Take your pick.

[@andrewcarpenter9253]

For an insanely rich man who constantly is lining his own and family pockets, it's not hard to fathom. Smugness and sneering as well as laughing to a voters face are more factors to his lack of popularity. The fact he stands and says he understands the public feelings and lives is beyond condescending.

[@hydra66]

Sunak: "Judge me by my results" Well, how's that working out for you?

[@malthusXIII-fo3ep]

UK back up to 4th on PISA results in maths and reading (out of 178 countries)..from 21st in 2010 when New Labour got booted out.

[@malthusXIII-fo3ep]

14 years of budget zero increase in petrol duties....DOUBLED under Robber Brown....just 69p per litre in 1997...up to £1-47 pl a decade later.

[@malthusXIII-fo3ep]

Personal Tax Allowance DOUBLED from £6.5k in 2010 to £12.7k today under the Tories,...U pay less tax.

[@frc69]

@@malthusXIII-fo3ep this is because real incomes has increased.

[@frc69]

@@malthusXIII-fo3ep The proportion of the price of petrol that is tax peaked in the late 1990s before Labour scrapped an unpopular tax escalator amid heated protests. At this time petrol prices rose to over 80p per litre, while crude was under $30 per barrel, meaning over 80% of the price was tax. The data provided by Platts gives the average price of Brent crude, which is used to make our petrol, in $ per barrel. Rises in the crude price push up pump prices - but reduce the percentage paid in tax. As crude has more than doubled since the late 1990s, Labour can claim that tax on petrol has dropped , as a proportion, almost 10% since 1997. In real terms, the tax has gone up by 22.7p per litre. But, between 1979 and 1997, the last Conservative government, the percentage rose by 31.9% - or 45.6p in real terms. That means a rise of 2.53p per year under the Tories, and only 1.74p per year under Labour. - guardian

[@tbsc5088]

When he's asked a question, it's almost like you can see the decision tree open up in his head like he is an NPC: Receive Question A >>>> Perform Empathetic Gesture 1 >>> Provide Response C >>>>> Wait for question

[@rolinti9146]

it's becoming a monthly tradition for TLDR to release a video about Sunak's even worse polling and I'm loving it

[@SedriqMiers]

TDLR is owned by 1 man the obnoxious ex-university student that couldnt find a job in the real world so he made a channel talking shite because he loves Keir Starmer's bellend. Great Reset Woke Dale Keir Commie Skidmark Starmer is Ex-Starminating our way of life in order to bring about the brave new world of the net zero carbon neutral communitarian DEI (diversity, equity, and inclusion) and ESG (environmental, social, and governance) politburo policies of Blackrock, Soros, Schwab & Gates (the Great Reset architects and engineers). Give this TBlair clone reject the boot just like the *Pub Landlord Who Threw Keir Starmer Out Over Lockdown Restrictions* Unopposed: why is Keir Starmer making life so easy for the PM? from The Spectator Keir Starmer Boosting the boot stamping on a human face-for ever.” George Orwell, 1984 Did Keir Starmer fail to prosecute Jimmy Savile? [source: The Spectator] Starmer will get us back in the G *EU* LAG Starmer Human Rights Lawyer and lead the Crown Prosecution Service and had no record of prosecuting criminal cases championed the illegals, hobo's, degenerates, delinquets, bandits, criminals, thugs, vagabonds, criminally insane by abusing human rights legislation (HRL) and welcomed millions in. Because they are using HRL as a vehicle to drive through politburo policies of Blackrock, Soros, Schwab & Gates. ExStarminate Authoritarian Robot Dalek Starmer (member of the Unoppositon) a programmed bot Starmer is powered by inferior Tony Blair algorithms. From illegal Iraq War, PFI Loans these venal politicians particularly New Labour that facilitated the bank bailout of 2008. In its 16th year of austerity which New Labour ushered in and every government since has continued. Meanwhile government borrowing has increased the national debt to £2.6 trillion it is now . Bankers have their utopia, they're living the crony capitalist dream. Politicians our elected representatives are giving succour to these risk averse, anti-capitalist extortionists. If only we had a referendum on the bank bailout, or at least some provisions i.e more effective safeguards in the form of regulations within financial services. Instead in this democracy, a fait accompli was instructed by the New Labour government. With the unopposed Conservatives laughing all the way to the bank so no more free movement of unskilled labour, adversely impacting on public services, and driving down wages, which Keir Starmer will resume if he gets in. Debt is recorded as at the end of March of each financial year. 2. Financial year represents the period of April to March. 3. GDP - gross domestic product. Below is the Period and Percentage of GDP. 2003/04 35.2% 2004/05 37.6% 2005/06 38.8% 2006/07 39.8% 2007/08 40.5% 2008/09 51.8% 2009/10 68.6% 2010/11 74.4% 2011/12 80.3% 2012/13 82.1% 2013/14 83.7% 2014/15 84.9% 2015/16 84.5% 2016/17 84.3% 2017/18 83.5% 2018/19 82.8% 2019/20 83% 2020/21 103.7% UK national debt is £2.67 trillion as of Jan 2024 We have given over £9.3 billion to Zelensky and his cronies. £2.3 billion 2022 £2.3 billion 2023 £4.6 billion 2024 (committed)

[@Abraham_Tsfaye]

When I was in UK. I saw empty boarded up streets under a constant grey sky, litter everywhere. Homeless people sleeping in doorways. A women with cat whiskers makeup casually walking into Tesco with her pajamas. Opioid addicts out of their mind and women so drunk they urinated on the streets. It's a sad declined country.

[@travelwell6049]

Where did you visit?!

[@paulgibbon5991]

@@scoashish Hate speech reported.

[@lllluka]

TLDR every week: "Why is Sunak doing so badly?"

[@beansmeap8798]

Honestly, they never talk about anything else than this

[@aidandesilva]

I mean under most circumstances it wouldn't be newsworthy. But he does something stupid every week which warrants this. In the past week we had the Rwanda vote in the lords to delay it. We also just yesterday had news of the weird little gimmick they setup to submit your name/email and they had the pre-recorded video which people put in placeholders like "Kier" or "Vladimir" to have some pretty funny outcomes. He also had the interview where a woman was talking about the issues of the NHS and he laughed in her face. Honestly he's a magnet for really poor public image opportunities. @@beansmeap8798

[@SEAZNDragon]

@@beansmeap8798 To be fair there's probably a US based channel who's on their 123rd video about why Joe Biden's numbers are so bad. But I can't help to think given the universe and polls Sunak might end up winning in a landslide in the next election.

[@lordyrich]

TLDR: "We are unbiased" TLDR: "Why is Sunak hated 3% more then Hilter?"

[@soundscape26]

Yes, I get the feeling I saw this video before.

[@Geoff31818]

because the Tories have gone completely off the rails?

[@sirrobinofloxley7156]

I'd posit they were never on the rails and what we're experiencing is just the outcome of Thatcher's callous policies, the banking, mining, shipping, steel shed murdered the country and this is the consequence.

[@Jackie-wn5hx]

At least their not like the Republican Party in the US.

[@Charlie-ly9kp]

@@Jackie-wn5hxlol did you forget about Boris johnson

[@Jackie-wn5hx]

@@Charlie-ly9kp He just liked to party and have strippers and hip hop music at Number 10 during lockdowns. He wouldn't have lost a general election, and then led a fascist coup to storm Buckingham Palace and Parliament to keep him in power.

[@murphy7801]

I don't know why you think they were ever on the rails. This is the most honest conservative party we had! the issue is they are corrupt, elitists and xenophobic.

[@drifter2198]

I'll save everyone's time and answer the question. He's unpopular because he became prime minister when there was an economic crisis, a housing crisis, and many more problems. It's been almost a year now, and nothing has changed. He's somehow pissed off every single labor voter, independent, and even a good chunk of tories

[@MikeyPaper]

Not to mention the most obvious elephant in the room... hes not English. Hes Indian. Why do we keep tiptoeing around this subject?

[@richardcotton8435]

He refuses to listen to the people about immigration and thinks tax cuts will shut us up

[@jjefferyworboys8138]

The scrapping of Inheritance tax will make me very happy, although personally I won't see any benefit from it.

[@232beachroad]

yes, he is gutless, if he sent the ROYAL NAVY to stop the boats and send them back to France and come out of the ECHR . HE WOULD ROCKET UP IN THE POLLS, BUT WE ALL KNOW HE WILL NOT DO THIS BECAUSE HE IS GUTLESS

[@fenderek666]

​@@jjefferyworboys8138 J too sould be happy with scrapping the inheritance tax It would made Tories even less popular- and scrapping would be shortly scrapped anyway. Awesome

[@haywire3482]

@@232beachroad I'm hoping this is satire... but if it isn't... 1. What navy? 2. What if the French refuse permission for ships/boats to dock? 3. Scrapping the ECHR will mean that we, the rest of the people, will have absolutely zero protections against unscrupulous politicians and any policies they bring in that will SERIOUSLY affect our own human rights.

[@paulgibbon5991]

@@232beachroad When I read comments like that, I think of a cartoon I once saw, where at a table sit a migrant with an empty plate, a working-class man with one cookie on a plate, and Rupert Murdoch with a plate stacked high with cookies. Murdoch is telling the working-class man that the immigrant wants to take his cookie.

[@lokensicarius9347]

I think he genuinely doesn't understand and underestimates the intelligence of the British public, he always comes across as cynical an fake in PMQ.🤣

[@thewingedhussar4188]

As well as the fact his party did more damage to the economy and burned ALOT of economic and political bridges doing so.

[@SupremeST25]

I don’t entirely blame him. We are the same British public that voted for Brexit, after all

[@billsmoke4919]

@@SupremeST25 48% didn't

[@jjefferyworboys8138]

@@billsmoke4919 52% did, loser !

[@sirrobinofloxley7156]

Would be productive for a referendum on the immigration policies, Windrush, etc. I'd wager would bring the country up far more unified when that ongoing mess is finally boxed off.

[@WhichDoctor1]

his only response to being asked why everything is getting worse and none of his policies actually do what they are claimed to is to say "our plan is working". So this is their plan working as intended? Really? This is their view of success? I don't see how any of them believe that's a good line to take

[@owenthompson4071]

What else have they got when all the problems are what you want to happen you've just got to pysh ridiculous culture war stuff as a distraction

[@sirrobinofloxley7156]

If he turned up at GS and gave them the standard of work he's so far 'produced', how long do you think they'd put up with him? He's a dying ember, a shaded Blairite, but god help us if Labour get in, ever been stuck between a rock and a hard place?

[@a.demifemiflapo5795]

​@@sirrobinofloxley7156Yh it's Labour's turn cos things can't get any worse. What have you got to lose?

[@wolfen210959]

That's funny you should say that, because most economists agree that even in the aftermath of the banking crisis of 2008-2009, many people are worse off now than they were back then, guess which section of the people are better off? The very wealthy. Coincidence? I think not. @@sirrobinofloxley7156

[@properjob2311]

the planned destruction of our country. globalist and traitorous politicians to blame.

[@curious_one1156]

Sunak should start making populist statements. That is all that the public wants.

[@injest1928]

The public want a relatable white middle aged oaf who'll tell them whatever they want to hear.

[@salkoharper2908]

@@injest1928 As hopelessly cynical as that sounds. I think you are right. A lot of English voters, particularly older ones, don't actually want a 'Good' leader. They just want an 'English' leader. Someone who will publicly make them feel superior and right, while privately stealing everything that is not nailed down with obscene corruption.

[@jeanmyers1787]

For me it was initially the tax avoidance by his wife who whilst living permanently in UK only paid taxes (if any) on her immense wealth in India. That, to me is no better tan a legal form of tax evasion & this was before he was prime minister.

[@collintrytsman3353]

RISHI 'FOR THE RICH' SUNAK!!!

[@jjefferyworboys8138]

Being poor was never a career option, I couldn't see any future in it. Comfortable is a nice place to be.

[@SplashTasty]

I think the easiest answer is people are just ready for an election. They are not happy with the government on vast swathes of major issues, and no matter what they try or how long they put it off things only get worse for them and people see that. It only makes them want an election more. Thats how i feel atleast. Bit fed up.

[@anonUK]

Running a country is about dealing with people, their problems and issues and hopes. Spreadsheet Sunak doesn't grasp this at all.

[@paologat]

Sunak is not evil enough and crazed enough to satisfy the swivel-eyed faction of his party, yet his attempts to appease them made him unpalatable to everyone else.

[@SashaGrace94]

Praying for a Canada 1993 situation🤞

[@SplashTasty]

we can only hope

[@richardjames3022]

Yes please

[@SaintGerbilUK]

Do we really want the government killing people and calling it healthcare? Or illegally freezing bank accounts of people they don't like?

[@Jackie-wn5hx]

Or a Russia 1993: _Boris_ _Yeltsin's_ _Tank_ _vs._ _the_ _Russian_ _Parliament._

[@danniemoore97]

As a Canadian the 90s were a crazy time for us.

[@FreddyNietzsche.]

What's most worrying is the competition... No-one wants to vote for Sunak and when you look at the alternatives it's truly frightening..

[@andrewmaccallum2367]

2 simple rules for life; No1 - Never trust a tory No2 - Never forget rule number 1

[@RedfishUK1964]

He is simply not a good politician, he lacks experience and his judgement is poor Add to this no one really wants him, he was trounced by Truss with the membership, the MPs only backed him in a blind panic; so he has no base and all politicians need a core base Only excuse you could make for him is that no one could/can save the Tories from the mess they have created

[@wolfen210959]

He could have had a much easier time as PM, if he had asserted his authority over the party from the beginning, sadly he did not. Whenever he had the opportunity to punish the rebels, or to stand on the side of justice, in the case of Johnson, he chose to hide away instead. His political instincts are dreadful, and he has formed a very bad habit of claiming failures as successes. He has surrounded himself with advisors that are either, not very good, or good, but he has chosen not to follow their advice.

[@CharltonCharles]

He is an unelected muppet with zero mandate . Hope that helps.

[@malcolmmitchell6529]

Very good description

[@barbarahalkyard1901]

I agree with the muppet part .But hes not unelected.Voters vote for the party not the man.He is elected by his peers.

[@jjefferyworboys8138]

Only a prize muppet wouldn't know how our electoral system worked !

[@malthusXIII-fo3ep]

Same as the abysmal Brown in 2007.

[@Jackie-wn5hx]

What was Liz Truss?

[@richardjames7905]

You didn’t also mention that when action is warranted disciplining members of his own party when it is required for bullying for instance or dodgy behaviour he is a vacillating twit hiding behind enquiries rather than acting decisively and eventually but reluctantly having to sack the wrongdoers anyway. He has very little respect within his own party and has lost authority and this is why there is factional infighting and plotting that he has no control over.

[@officialsimonharris]

There are MANY reasons, the main one has to be lack of empathy, he simply does not give a toss about others, especially poor people who he holds in contempt, he enjoys making them poorer. He only cares about his own career and family, he takes public money away from areas that need it and gives it to his own school, own constituency, own family etc - he wastes public money on vanity, helicopter rides, artwork etc etc It's never ending, the guy thinks he is royalty and has no idea what real people in the real world need - tone deaf, massive ego and completely out of touch. He also comes out with ridiculous lies, just like Boris Johnson did and makes as much sense as a hot air blower. He will do anything to stay in office and that includes starting wars. He has caused massive damage and lost billions of pounds and takes absolutely no responsibility for that, blatantly corrupt. He has killed people with ongoing NHS waiting lists, supporting the war in Gaza and in multiple ways relating to the pandemic.

[@derekarnold3665]

People vote for people who like them. In other words Leaders who have empathy with the people. Sunak has no leadership attributes.

[@getnohappy]

If that was true, only the Top 1% would vote Tory. Johnson was open on his contempt for anyone not educated at Eton for a decade in the Spectator, but won a landslide.

[@user-fj3wk7mi2n]

People vote for the one giving the highest bid for their votes, the most welfare. That's it. Democracy does not exist.

[@derekarnold3665]

@@getnohappy There is always a hard core of voters who will always vote Tory, irrespective of the Leader. Johnson won a landslide because he did appeal to traditional Labour supporters as the 'get Brexit done guy' appealing to the base instincts of a majority the older generation. He spun the vision of 'make Britain great again.' People now know that Johnson turned out to be a charlatan.

[@barbarahalkyard1901]

​@@Billy_the_fish1Ambition for who exactly.

[@sirrobinofloxley7156]

Ambition for what?

[@SupremoPete]

People dont just hate Sunak, people hate the Tories as a whole

[@jjefferyworboys8138]

I don't, I loathe Labour and everyone of their supporters.

[@richardinglis9805]

You are one hundred percent correct the Tories are just pure evil bastards.

[@TouringTony]

I've never voted Tory but I did have positive expectations of Sunak before he became PM He's turned out to be utterly incompetent

[@markschroter2640]

Adversarial politics is a failure to innovate and progress. Fix the problem don't just put new faces on it.

[@christianklopfer1758]

He started off promising integrity and accountability. I’m still waiting for the day that he keeps either one of those promises.

[@monged4life442]

He used to be popular because he gave out the furlough payments during covid. That's it, that's what most people only knew him from. What is there to like now? If you like anything in the last Tory manifesto he's probably backtracked on it by now.

[@Ealsante]

Even the furlough thing quickly got offset by the moronic eat out to spread the bug out campaign. It doesn't take more than three functioning brain cells to figure that an airborne illness was going to love it when everyone rushes down to the restaurant to gather for a meal.

[@wolfen210959]

The only thing I remember about the Tory manifesto is, "get Brexit done". Well, according to many brexiteers, it isn't done, but there was nothing in the manifesto about small boats, or breaching international law whenever they feel like it, or denying human rights to some of the most desperate people. I could go on, but I'm tired of the whole horrid bunch, obsessing over a problem they created, and could easily solve, if they really wanted to.

[@monged4life442]

@@wolfen210959 there was house building targets, which he wimped out of because the nimby mps threatened to rebel. No new tax rises. That was actually a manifesto pledge. They have increased the tax burden in every single budget.

[@ThomasBoyd-tx1yt]

Awesome. Brilliant content. Spot on. Well said.

[@Soapbox81]

HOW is Sunak getting less popular. Didn't realise that was even possible

[@craigmore3433]

Very sadly it’s because most tories think he looks like he just landed near Dover in a small boat.

[@bogstandardash3751]

A good deal of Tories want kemi or Suella to lead the party so I'm not sure how you've gotten that idea. Remind me, how many women or people of colour have you socialists had in charge? I forget....

[@chesterdonnelly1212]

Do you realise two of the most popular candidates to replace him as Tory leader are Kemi Badenoch and Suella Braverman. Plus he is very wel dressed unlike the small boat immigrants. But you are right, he is a brown man. The fact that's all you see says everything about you and nothing about anyone else.

[@MrSCOTTtheSCOT]

His only interest being UK prime minister is for his CV because once he's not , he leaves the UK and joins the WEF echelon in some other capacity. In UK politics the last people that concerns you is the public. It self promotion and just like many of the others that have preceded him through the UK parliament since 2000 they collect the pension and move on.

[@daniluvsuall]

I really like your videos, I've watched for ages - but the content is feeling pretty short these days. With a 9m video being about 6 minutes of content, your content is great.. I guess I just want more of it in a lump.

[@ItsMeBenson]

How am I only just finding out Sunak has a cameo?

[@MJ-YT-USR]

He's a sociopath. Many of his mannerisms remind me of someone I worked with in the past who has most definitely a sociopath. And you can't trust a thing they say. They are in it for themselves and everything they do and say is centered around that.

[@Tannhauser62]

Much as I dislike Sunak, this is complete nonsense. His mannerisms remind you of a sociopath that you know, therefore Sunak is a sociopath? Even if the mannerisms thing made any sense, who diagnosed the sociopath that you know? Was it your 'diagnosis', by any chance? Sociopath is one of those terms that has escaped from its proper arena in psychopathology and now gets applied to anyone we don't like much.

[@joso7228]

And pleasing Dad-in-Law Infosys boss

[@jjefferyworboys8138]

I like sociopaths, I'm one too, many successful are.

[@sirrobinofloxley7156]

They're a toothless clown show

[@NAYRUthunder99]

​@@jjefferyworboys8138 This would explain a lot.

[@Will0398]

It’s the same situation in Canada and the US. Unpopular stagnant governments that are out of touch with the people. Elect them all out!

[@travelator3035]

Well, when you have a billionaire father-in-law and wife from India and you seem to be more happier being in California than the UK, why would you try to fight for the UK anyways?

[@ButlerGrisholm]

Brilliant

[@Tlhague998]

The smugness, the fact he's the wealthiest PM in history, the fact nobody elected him, his awful policies... Take your pick

[@danialiqbal1045]

Because he is part of an elite class that couldn't give a toss about the common man's interests or concerns period.

[@danielebowman]

It's the Tories "Do nothing except for their mates including high immigration , no infrasctructure investment, constantly opposed to spending on public services until they are embarrassed and do minimal" policies which are the problem.

[@maverick5039]

It’s due to the Tory party being a historically racist party and he was the only one left as Liz truss lost to a lettuce 🥬. He was not elected by the Tory party members and those members would never have voted for an Asian man, also added to the fact he’s very very strange and overly rich.

[@HShango]

I agree, he's socially extremely awkward. On top of that have you seen that time when awkwardly laughed at a retired nhs Nurse. She was telling &learning him the health system needs help and investment and he just laughed in her face

[@maverick5039]

@@HShangoagree with all you said and he’s pushing the Rwanda scheme, a scheme his, Bravermans and Patel’s families would have been automatically on a list to be deported. The man is a complete disaster and walking political contradiction in more ways then one.

[@malthusXIII-fo3ep]

He got to the top on merit, he's across the detail and knows how to run a govt. He laughed at a joke cracked by the dotty lady's friend. They all did, get the blinkers off a-holes.

[@wolfen210959]

Oh, if any of that was really true, this country would not be in this mess, you're the one with blinkers on. @@malthusXIII-fo3ep

[@paulgibbon5991]

@@maverick5039 Internalised self-hate. If you hate immigrants, maybe the white people will accept you as one of them.

[@Cartman1121]

The UK continually complains about the government while simultaneously consistently voting tory. Why do we bother complaining when we continue to decide to vote in the same party that everyone is unhappy with.

[@jamieturner4248]

When all options are bad the public vote for the least worst... It's been a painful few years for British politics and will remain so until the parties sort themselves out to actually represent their constituents

[@thomasdevine867]

If Sunak were in the LEGION OF SUPERHEROES, he'd be Lightweight Lad.

[@taidhg27]

It's remarkable how TLDR manages to maintain an unbiased take on their news. Please keep up the good work as currently I turn to you guys before any other news site

[@snp4619]

They are very western biased

[@combatwombat2134]

​@@snp4619example? Not disagreeing with you, just a source for your claim.

[@iielysiumx5811]

True but they’re a western media outlet so not unexpected at all

[@johnburrows3385]

Here here !

[@TheBT]

​@snp4619 They are on the Zero line of longitude, how can they be Westernly bias 😀

[@MarcelVolker]

I do think that Reform is polling higher because of Sunak focusing so much on immigration, not the other way around. If you think immigration is important, why not vote for the hardest party on that, instead of the Tories? That is the same effect that recently put Wilders' party in power in the Netherlands, crushing the VVD of formerly Rutte, and in the recent past, led to UKIP winning EU elections ahead of the Tories.

[@salkoharper2908]

Immigration is a 'Real' problem though. It is too high. Even the son of an immigrant mother like me, can see that. Immigration only works long term if it is slow and steady. Then the natives don't feel like they are being invaded and the immigrants have time to integrate. Even most liberals can see this 'Mass Migration' open borders stuff is leading to anger and hatred. It's not sustainable to let in a Million migrants a year and everyone knows that. They are not all racist in Netherlands. They just got tired of mainstream politicians ignoring the issue and calling them all bigots for being worried that their children won't be able to afford a house.

[@jimbalshaw7347]

Lots of reasons no one voted for him to be PM also he has made perfectly clear that when he is fed up of politics he will be off to live in the USA he is also one of a growing number of what i think off as non British politicians that don't really care about the UK and he doesn't have a clue how much normal working people struggle because of politicians are mostly multi millionaires

[@peoplevrobot]

His problem is that he comes across as one of those very wealthy but clueless city of London banker types that nobody sensible has time for because they live in a bubble. I gave up when they cancelled the HS rail connection to Manchester and Leeds which are the 2nd and 3rd cities by GDP, no other G7 country has this issue. It really feels like the current tory platform with all its populist/idealogical rhetoric is just out of touch and offers voters nothing positive

[@fenderek666]

TAKE ME BACK TO SQUARE ONE When things fuking worked Please!!!

[@veronicabingham6018]

His lying and very slimey smugness .has brought our country to its knees we are in a terrible state.

[@nathanaelsmith3553]

Because he's a Charlie Uniform November Tango

[@lookinaturmom]

😂

[@richardinglis9805]

This is a understatement because he's also a Tories lier not fit to shine my boots.

[@nathanaelsmith3553]

@@richardinglis9805 you mean he's a Lima India Alpha Romeo?

[@onenote6619]

When it was revealed that his wife was still claiming non-domiciled status, his first reaction should have been 'yeah, that was wrong - sorry'. Instead, he reacted with visible fury and contempt at the little people who were daring to call him out.

[@monkeyboy8424]

It's my experience that Rishi Sunak is a liar and cannot be trusted about; "Government integrity, professionalism and accountability at every level", 25/10/22 outside number 10.

[@olivergille8305]

I think a big problem is theres very few people who actually like him. Even those who who support him only kind of tolerate him as the best available option. This might play in his favour though if come election time, they decide hes still probably better than Starmer.

[@joso7228]

He wont run. He's off to California

[@wolfen210959]

If people thought he was a better leader than Starmer, the Conservatives would not be behind in the polls. The simple fact is, that he is the best of what they have, Boris Johnson culled the Conservative party, to make sure there would be no capable challengers to him.

[@TheGeneReyva]

There is literally no reason to like Rishi. He helped crash the economy in 2008.

[@joefarrow1599]

Care to divulge?

[@Obez45]

he also helped to crash the UK economy in 2020 - 10% inflation is no joke

[@jjefferyworboys8138]

Don't take drugs, they warp your mind.

[@kingmasterfilip2965]

Bro labour was then in charge

[@catherinewilson3880]

Sunak was part of a team that launched a financial attack on ABN AMRO in 2008, and in the process loaded RBS with debt so that the British government had to bail them out to the tune of billions of £. Sunak made himself a multi millionaire, and the UK economy suffered greatly. He's a parasite.

[@jckistan]

You mentioned about a minute in about Truss' ratings in 2021... when she wasn't PM. I think you meant 2022, but I thought I'd point it out in case it was missed!

[@RedJadeArt]

4:19 you have a bit of microphone buzz here ^^’ but otherwise really good video

[@123shotas]

UK soon will have a team of rejected prime ministers avengers 😂

[@ErnestoHerrera2002]

Liz Truss’ approval line😂

[@pinkdiamond1847]

My top 2 reasons. 1. Nobody voted for him we never got a chance. 2. Life has become significantly 💩er under him.

[@FrankIJara]

I am using 100% volumes to with headphones. I would ask to fix the microphone volume and reupload it

[@RMProjects785]

It's pretty funny how everyone was complaining about how many elections there were from 2015 - 2019, now everyone is begging for just one general election open to the public

[@SaintGerbilUK]

We were begging for one in 2015 since all of Parliament didn't want to listen to the people with the Brexit referendum and squandered the opportunities dooming it to failure.

[@paulgibbon5991]

@@SaintGerbilUK Yes, all the fault of the "remainers" for not sending enough positive vibes your way. Take your damn medicine already.

[@SaintGerbilUK]

@@paulgibbon5991 not positive vibes actual policy, for example corporation tax, Ireland are eating our lunch, and in the EU we could not lower it. Now we can but instead we have raised it.

[@paulgibbon5991]

@@SaintGerbilUK Almost like Brexit was a con pulled on you by the 1%. But it's far easier to fool someone than convince them they've been fooled, and Brexiteers demonstrate that fact every single day.

[@SaintGerbilUK]

@@paulgibbon5991 so it would be better to be conned by the 1% of Europe? Who we have no way of holding to account. Have you been eating crayons again?

[@cobracommander8133]

Rishi Sunak looks like Sideshow Bob to me and I can’t unsee it 😂

[@shirihotep3741]

I didn't realise that you owned Nebula, good pitch. I think I will subscribe. Thanks

[@rhysholdaway]

Because he was a major part of the last 13 years of disastrous tory rule.

[@jjefferyworboys8138]

How so ? His first cabinet post was in 2020 as Chancellor of the Exchequer. He wasn't an MP until 2015.

[@rhysholdaway]

@@jjefferyworboys8138 I am weighting the damage post 2015, as prior to that at least some of the damage was mitigated by the coalition??? Bit of post hoc rationalisation. 😛

[@ryanogrady2791]

Why did they refer to Truss and Sunak by surname but "Boris" like he's their mate?

[@perlasandoval7883]

because boris is easier to remember than johnson and is more remembered by the public

[@ryanogrady2791]

​@@perlasandoval7883You reckon the public would go "I remember Sunak and Truss, but who's this Johnson fella they're talking about"?

[@rowanhanson8283]

Because everyone knows Boris is a bit of a Johnson

[@stellacollector]

Because Boris is so memeable.

[@tree427]

Because that's what they go by

[@ALADDIN22091978]

Sunak before his time as prime minister , especially before his time as the Chancellor has never really had to handle difficult issues . He has a fantastic education( Winchester college - head boy ,Oxbridge and Stamford ), affluent background, wife has parents working for Infosys. Before becoming prime minister, especially before becoming Chancellor, he has never had to handle many tough issues . Being prime minister is too much for him , too inexperienced to be Prime minister.

[@sirrobinofloxley7156]

He's a diversity hire, as they call it in the US, from the Affirmative Action policy of both the Republican and Democratic parties.

[@ALADDIN22091978]

@@sirrobinofloxley7156he is top of the ethnic minorities in the U.K. Remember, he lost to Liz Truss , by over 14% in 2022, no other candidate put themselves forward in a crisis caused by Truss , when Truss resigned, the Conservative Parliamentary party installed him as PM, like Theresa May . The destination for him looks similar .

[@charlotteinnocent8752]

Education is USELESS if you only use it on behalf of the small wealthiest percent of the population and ROB the rest of the country including the poorest to do it. He's an arse.

[@malthusXIII-fo3ep]

Rishi got to the top on merit. Actually, he's done a great job tackling covid and Putin crisis and now he's cutting taxes putting money in our pockets,...but no answers from thin gruel Starmer.

[@ALADDIN22091978]

@@malthusXIII-fo3ep he was on the A list , David Cameron ‘s affirmative action for his constituency in North Yorkshire. No ethinic minority MPs Tory before 2005.

[@simba6698]

He says Garzar in that promo at the end

[@genesis1765]

Most tory backbenchers want a May GE less damage then November

[@jci-sg4yw]

As a centre-right person, the reason i am completely disillusioned from the tories and more inclined to labour right now, is the fact that since Brexit, parliament has been filled by hard brexit tory candidates, and so rishi sunak, instead of catering to the more of people in the country who would ever think of voting conservative, he is sucking up to the Right-Wing to Far-right factions of his party which he knows would rather vote for useless reform than him so its all useless.

[@netspets8965]

that far-right record immigration, ineffective border policy, highest-ever tax burden and state-enforced DEI of course!

[@sirloin8745]

A Leader no-one has voted for?

[@redundantmonkey]

Because he's rich, has little understanding of hardship. You just dont connect with people when you are out of touch.

[@michaelellis7326]

The only GOOD thing that Sushi could do before he is kicked out would be to bring in a proportional representation type of election, not first past the post...what post ? The election will be a sham of he does not do this.

[@matthewhendy5785]

What do you guys reckon for the next GE- total Tory wipeout? Less than 100 seats?

[@jjefferyworboys8138]

Very unlikely. Reform will be lucky to get more than two MP's.

[@malthusXIII-fo3ep]

@@jjefferyworboys8138 Reform won't get 2k votes per seat,..impossible to win a seat.

[@wolfen210959]

I agree, their polling numbers don't match up with their actual votes, they are polling at almost double their actual results, so I don't believe they will win, or even come close to winning, a single seat. @@malthusXIII-fo3ep

[@davidmurphy563]

"Unfortunately for X, that's not quite how things have panned out" That phrase is in pretty much every video you guys have ever made! :)

[@metalhead2550]

There should be a TLDR bingo card!

[@knw-seeker6836]

The person who does hold the record for the shortest PM time I can’t remember her name I saw some of her talks and it left me speechless

[@pauldbentley]

Just a minor point - when you put that blue background on with a heading - there’s a strange square pattern flashing in the background and it really makes it hard to watch

[@richardjames3022]

His honesty, integrity and transparency was a load of bull, what a shocker. We need a general election ASAP

[@paulwright9106]

He lies ALL the time , Does NOT care about the public or the public services he is wrecking , and spends billions on a failed Rwanda lie . He should be in jail .

[@rodbenson5879]

He blew it the first day of his premiership when he reappointed Braverman while simultaneously claiming he was a man of honesty and integrity.

[@Nonixification]

Guys if record in log format you need to convert it to rec 709 first