Rishi addressing the nation.

Does income matter if your house is surrounded by protesters

Smileless2012

I thought it was a good speech too Sparklefizz and I don't see what difference him being 'a rich bloke' makes, would it have been better coming from someone poor and impoverished?

If you don't understand that there are two worlds here the world of Rishi Sunak, with private swimming pools and houses all over the world, and the poverty stricken who depend on food banks and who can't earn enough to feed their children, then you need to get out and about more. A rich bloke telling those people that he has ideals, that he feels his country is threatened means nothing. His country is not their country, how can it be?
If you want to unite a country begin by recognising the needs of the people you are speaking to. Don't preach at them.

I’d rather live in a world that allows protests than otherwise…

Sadly this is the world we live in now, violence, protest marches, homelessness, burglaries all the time, it is a country that I no longer recognise. Great Britain is no more. If I had a time machine I would go back to the late 50's and go no further forward than the 80's. Those were the years I absolutely loved.

I thought it was a good speech too Sparklefizz and I don't see what difference him being 'a rich bloke' makes, would it have been better coming from someone poor and impoverished?

Cossy

Maremia

What we want is a General Election.

I’d say want and need!

Todays ‘ address to the nation’ was just electioneering. Imo

The bit I heard on the radio
"our streets have been hijacked by small groups who are hostile to our values".
He and previous Tory govts going back to 2010 have divided people, Brexit, state pension age, old vs young, white vs non-white, disabled vs rest, unemployed vs working folk.
Consequently I don't know whose values he refers to when he says 'our values', but I don't think they're mine.

Missed whatever he has said but unless it was to call a GE im not interested.

I thought it was a good speech.

Why is he speaking to nation? What a weird time to do that! People are generally cooking, going home from work, collecting children etc at this time. DD collecting child from after school club, me cooking so missed whatever it was!

All of this division began with the referendum. Imo.

OMG a rich bloke asking us all to be united. I passed a food bank yesterday with a long queue waiting outside. We are not united Rishi, we are divided, and words will not change that, or put food into the mouths of poor children.

Maremia

What we want is a General Election.

I’d say want and need!

What we want is a General Election.

I was expecting an announcement, that would reveal decisive action to be taken on some issue (obviously did not know what, in advance)

What a disappointment, all it was was something that could jsut as easily have been announced in Parliament. or published as a press release.

When will this lot (or any lot) realise that words mean nothing and we are no longer deceived by them. What we want is decisive action.

Cannot comment as not heard it yet! I’ll listen then digest, then comment. My only observation this fair is words are cheap!

Depends whose action

Good speech I think.
Words are cheap though.
Actions speak louder - we need action on our streets by the Police.

Shouting out is allowed provided the law is not broken.