'You, Zack in Manchester, someone who's never in a billion years going to be required to pay it, are somehow on the side of people who don't think they should.'
James O'Brien puts a caller on the spot over wealth tax, as Neil Kinnock says Labour should consider it.
Just seen @MrNishKumar at @StandNewcastle - mildly intense and very funny. However I was distracted half way through his show when he made a joke aimed at someone called Graeme from Chester-le-Street. I was distracted because my name is Graeme and I am from Chester-le-Street??
#PoliticsLive#NHS#NigelFarage#ReformUK
Farage shown to be a complete chancer.
His wild assertion that insurance based health systems i.e. #France produce better outcomes for similar spending to the tax based NHS is blown out the water by evidence from the #NuffieldTrust.
@afneil@MailOnline I wouldn’t pay too much attention to the article Andrew; it’s in the Daily Mail so it’s probably tosh at best…. At worst fabricated.
Wow! Must watch car crash interview with Nadine Dorries
Nadine Dorries, "I'm a victim of child sexual abuse as well, through the Church of England"
Victoria Derbyshire, "When did you realise you wanted another inquiry?"
ND, "When the call came for one"
VD, "From Elon Musk?"
ND, "I wasn't aware the problem was as widespread as it was... The inquiry was more further reaching than the grooming gangs.. A national inquiry on the grooming gangs and the people who knew"
VD, "So why didn't the Conservatives do that?"
ND, "That's a good question"
VD, "You were in government"
ND, "No, I was Culture Secretary, this didn't go anywhere near my desk"
VD, "You were sat around the cabinet table"
ND, "The entire time I was in cabinet this was never discussed"
VD, "Why?"
ND, "I.. I.."
VD, "Because there are a number of Conservatives who were in government who are calling for it now"
ND, "I can't answer the question.. A good person who can answer the question would be Suella Braverman and Priti Patel"
VD, "There's no record of you speaking in the parliamentary chamber about any of the local inquiries or ever calling for a national inquiry"
ND, "You don't have to stand up in the chamber and speak about something to support something.. I attended meetings in committee rooms"
VD, "Tomorrow the Conservatives are calling for another inquiry.. That's despite the Conservatives setting up that 7 year £200 million independent inquiry on child sexual abuse.. And then the Conservative government didn't implement any of the 20 recommendations.. Isn't calling for another one the very definition of political opportunism?"
ND, "Frequently inquiries take place and none of the recommendations are implemented"
VD, "The same people who didn't implement those recommendations calling for another inquiry, isn't that the definition of political opportunism?"
ND, "Its a definition of what we need to do to fix how government deals with inquiries"
VD, "You had 14 years to do that"
ND, "Dealing with recommendations made from people outside of Westminster, the people who put them in place are civil servants"
VD, "So it's the civil servants fault?"
ND, "No, what I'm saying your dealing with something outside of the normal processes so maybe it can't be delivered by government"
VD, "Well the Conservatives didn't deliver any of the 20 recommendations"
Narrator: Nadine Dorries blames the process for why the Conservatives didn't deliver, while Labour use the process to start delivering, make it make sense
@TalkCPFC There are sites/posts encouraging right wingers in other countries to sign the petition - they tell you what to put to appear a uk resident. Not sure how many British people actually signed it or care.