Laura Kuenssberg

Court rooms can be brutal. Certain,y not places where everyone is polite and reasonable

I did watch part of the interview and Starmer was uncomfortable, he had better get used to that , it’s only going to get worse.
It’s not a courtroom where everybody is polite and reasonable, he was the new broom to solve everyone problems, now we have to pay, the buck stops with him.

For what it’s worth I agree with the changes he is making, I’m just glad it’s not me taking the flack and why I dont get involved in politics.

MaizieD I read somewhere that the Labour Party has been accepting large donations from private health companies. I think in The Canary. Does that go under the sleaze column?

ronib

Mollygo you mean CP mismanagement? Although at the moment, it looks as if Sunak and Hunt are preferable….

Only because they knew how important the pensioner vote was for the tories and had no intention of upsetting them.

Sadly for them, they didn't realise that not all pensioners are self interested, or that their self interest extended to deep concern about the crumbling NHS, over which the CP has presided, on which they become more dependent as they get older.

Mollygo you mean CP mismanagement? Although at the moment, it looks as if Sunak and Hunt are preferable….

eazybee

I thought Starmer looked extremely self-satisfied and smug, positively relishing stating he was prepared to take unpopular decisions for the sake of the country, (but not where train drivers and junior doctors are concerned,)

Unpopular decisions affecting pensioners, certainly.
*He certainly seems to be trying to make sure that none of the pensioners affected will be left to vote against him next time, since I learnt today on GN that pensioners voted Conservatives in last time.
A sweeping statement relying on statistics, which we know can be manipulated to prove whatever point you want to make.

Surprising, if GN is reflective of all pensioners (it isn’t).

Unsurprising that anyone including pensioners were fed up after 13 years of LP mismanagement (even without Brexit and Covid).

I thought Starmer looked extremely self-satisfied and smug, positively relishing stating he was prepared to take unpopular decisions for the sake of the country, (but not where train drivers and junior doctors are concerned,)

I agree, Whitewavemark2. Starmer seemed to enjoy the opportunity to be interviewed and, at least once, persisted with his point despite LK'S attempts to interrupt.

Yes, I also thought Ms. Kuenssberg looked tired and drawn, too.

Tough decisions are tough decisions.

I thought Starmer was very relaxed and assured.

He is a person in command whatever you may think of his policies.

Is LK not well? I thought she looked dreadfully tired.

Yes, a provocative and completely incorrect statement.
Unless the doctor’s payments are part of the black hole. The money has to come from somewhere, and if there isn’t any because of the black hole . . .

You think?

Ilovecheese

I noticed that in today's programme, Laura K was trying to pit pensioners against public servants by suggesting that the winter fuel allowance had to be stopped to put some money towards doctors pay.

Yes, a provocative and completely incorrect statement.

I noticed that in today's programme, Laura K was trying to pit pensioners against public servants by suggesting that the winter fuel allowance had to be stopped to put some money towards doctors pay.

The whole of the western world is in a mess. I see comments on social media from all over Europe and USA. It's really not any government's fault.

I was optimistic about the change in government but now I ask myself why.

And no, I don't think Starmer's up to this job. Maybe we will get a change of PM to keep up the bonkers tradition of the Conservatives.

Starmer needs to lay off the doom and gloom as well.

Poor form

Is Starmer the man to do it though?

The country is in a mess, we are all going to have to pay for it. It is going to take years ( longer than 14 years) and it’s going to be painful!

Eileen

If Starmer had been a teacher would he be looking at this class of 5 year olds and saying but they are illiterate! They can’t read or write 🥴.

No, he’d be talking about Surestart, ignoring all the support that has been set up and is being accessed by parents and children now.
He’d probably be hoping Ofsted don’t arrive yet, and judge him on what they consider to be lack of achievement. (Did you know that you can have an OFSTED visit in the first term, which looks at the progress made agains the EYFS targets?)
🤣🤣🤣

If Starmer had been a teacher would he be looking at this class of 5 year olds and saying but they are illiterate! They can’t read or write 🥴.

Mollygo

Allira-I know. I didn’t cut anything from the report.

It's a good, considered report, I think, Mollygo.

Allira-I know. I didn’t cut anything from the report.

It should be noted that the Darzi report only relates to NHS England. It would be interesting for a notable person to do a report on the state of the NHS in Wales which has been under labour control for the last 25 years. Longer waiting lists than England for a start.

Mollygo

I don’t generally like Laura Kuenssberg, but her comment about the beginning of Starmer and this government’s term in office seems fairly accurate. And the heading at the top is true.
www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx28d72948vo.amp

Her concluding paragraph is:

Given that the Conservatives were in charge for 14 years, it is not just politically convenient for Labour to blame them for the country’s problems, but legitimate - to a great extent. Labour has not yet had 100 days in office, the Conservatives had nearly a decade and a half.

Read the Darzi report, and then say that the Tories are not to blame for the state of the NHS. It started back at the very beginning of their term in office - disastrous from the word “go”

escaped

Irrelevant, but important comment warning ......

A new kitten for Starmer? Is Larry the cat banished, or even worse, then?

I think Larry will continue to rule the roost against the Russian invader, or at least that he teaches the usurper his/her rightful place in the pecking order.

He put Freya in her place.