Politics UK
How Sunak’s electoral gamble could backfire
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Rishi Sunak’s recent speech scaled back key net-zero policies, causing discontent among MPs and businesses. This video examines the announcements, backlash, defenses, and electoral implications.
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1. https://inews.co.uk/news/politics/rishi-sunak-fires-election-starting-gun-bonfire-green-pledges-2631790
2. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/pm-recommits-uk-to-net-zero-by-2050-and-pledges-a-fairer-path-to-achieving-target-to-ease-the-financial-burden-on-british-families
3. https://x.com/Peston/status/1704483585460224144?s=20
4. https://twitter.com/AlokSharma_RDG/status/1704597242831659256
5. https://x.com/SimonClarkeMP/status/1704527242041208923?s=20
6. https://x.com/LBC/status/1704549241815769433?s=20
7. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk-politics-66872792
8. https://www.lbc.co.uk/news/braverman-sunak-cant-reach-net-zero-by-bankrupting-the-british-people/
9. https://www.ft.com/content/21be9c28-685a-473e-9274-b24bb4a6c8c9
10. https://x.com/emilygosden/status/1704445957574721794?s=20
11. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-66871457
12. https://twitter.com/Keir_Starmer/status/1704542856545763722
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In this video we explore Burnham’s promise to implement a more representative electoral system in the UK but will he actually succeed where countless other governments have failed – and actually change the voting system?
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History of Electoral Reform
Idox Group Electoral Reform: A Never Ending Story?
https://www.idoxgroup.com/insights/electoral-reform-a-never-ending-story/
BBC News Opposing Voting Reform ‘Selfish’ and ‘Immoral’
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-41775307
UK in a Changing Europe Electoral Reform: the State of Debate and Future Prospects
https://ukandeu.ac.uk/electoral-reform-the-state-of-debate-and-future-prospects/
Make Votes Matter 2024 Was Our Least Representative Election Ever
News Articles
Electoral Reform Society Prime Minister Announces Manifesto Pledge at Labour Conference
Prime Minister announces manifesto pledge and historic National Commission at Labour Conference
The Guardian Labour MPs Will Push Burnham to back Voting Reform
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/aug/25/andy-burnham-electoral-reform-first-past-the-post
Labour List Majority of MPs Back Review of Voting System
https://labourlist.org/2026/08/majority-labour-mps-review-voting-system/
Official Resources
Parliament UK Alex Sobel Amendment
https://bills.parliament.uk/bills/4080/stages/20676/amendments/10035247
Labour Andy Burnham Conference Speech Transcript
Polling
YouGov Should We Change Our Current British Voting System
https://yougov.com/en-gb/trackers/should-we-change-our-current-british-voting-system
More in Common September MRP Poll
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Nigel Farage said Andy Burnham’s comments about potentially rejoining the EU had given him “the biggest boost in [his] career”. We look at why — even if it seems counter-intuitive — another Brexit debate could actually hurt Farage.
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Farage responds to Burnham’s decision to reopen EU debate
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/oct/01/burnhams-reopening-of-brexit-debate-is-biggest-boost-in-my-career-says-farage
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/sep/30/andy-burnham-uk-could-go-all-the-way-rejoining-eu
British public sentiment on the EU
https://yougov.com/en-gb/articles/54925-what-do-britons-think-of-brexit-10-years-since-the-referendum
https://yougov.com/en-gb/articles/54567-how-strong-is-uk-support-for-rejoining-the-european-union
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/03/half-want-to-rejoin-eu-and-backing-it-could-drive-up-labour-vote-megapoll-finds
https://www.politico.eu/article/the-politico-poll-britons-want-to-get-closer-to-the-eu-and-even-farages-voters-agree/
Economic impact of Brexit
https://ukandeu.ac.uk/brexits-impact-on-the-uk-economy/
https://www.economicsobservatory.com/how-has-brexit-affected-business-investment-in-the-uk
Reform UK crises
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ckly020edl45o
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c3v4zvyde15o
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Yesterday, Holborn and St. Pancras headed to the polls to select a new MP (replacing former MP Keir Starmer). With another leader on the ballot, the Green’s Zack Polanski, all eyes were on the race… one Polanski ultimately lost.
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It’s been a few days now, but the UK is still responding to the reverberations caused by Andy Burnham’s bombshell conference speech. But in this video, we’re going to focus on one of his speech’s last topics: the UK-EU relationship.
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Before the Brexit referendum, a whole bunch of MPs explained to Britain how the economy would collapse post-Brexit. While Brexit hasn’t yet happened, some did say that the destruction would take place immediately after the vote; which didn’t exactly happen as expected. So in this video, we explain what’s happened and why the economy hasn’t done too badly in the end.
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[2] – https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peoplenotinwork/unemployment/timeseries/mgsx/lms
[3] – https://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/grossdomesticproductgdp/bulletins/quarterlynationalaccounts/apriltojune2019
[4] – https://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/grossdomesticproductgdp/compendium/unitedkingdomnationalaccountsthebluebook/2019/nationalaccountsataglance
[5] – https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peoplenotinwork/unemployment/timeseries/mgsx/lms
[6] – https://www.economist.com/britain/2019/10/31/britains-economy-is-holding-up-well-for-now
[7] – https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/personalandhouseholdfinances/expenditure/bulletins/familyspendingintheuk/financialyearending2018#household-spending-in-fye-2018-was-the-highest-since-fye-2005
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@sammartin8359
December 18, 2023 at 11:35 pm
I'm not gona vote Tory (I won a diamond league tourney yestersay)
@silvershocknicktail6638
December 18, 2023 at 11:35 pm
"I know how we'll win back the electorate – we'll DOUBLE DOWN on ruining the country for those that come after!"
To think people actually imagined this Tory would be less of a weasel than the last.
@isabelstokes4042
December 18, 2023 at 11:35 pm
He should listen to Larry the cat. He would make more sense.
@Xollob2
December 18, 2023 at 11:35 pm
Why can't car makers and energy companies carry on with thier plans anyway?
@sonicmeerkat
December 18, 2023 at 11:35 pm
brilliant money saving move for the working class, swapping out a landlord cash burden of upgrading to more efficient boilers for a higher gas burden on the poor.
thank god for sunak scrapping the meat tax that never existed and not giving us more recycling bins when everything is increasingly wrapped in cardboard and plastic.
@andrewsummerfield1953
December 18, 2023 at 11:35 pm
Weres they sheep at do
@fiveromannumerals
December 18, 2023 at 11:35 pm
Tldr left wing commies 😂
@noplace3571
December 18, 2023 at 11:35 pm
But wasn't it the Tory treasury that demanded TfL expand it's ULEZ zone anyway? They made it a condition for an increase in funding for London. They can't demand it in one breath and criticise it in another, despite how convenient it is politically. How incredibly two-faced.
@JT_Williams
December 18, 2023 at 11:35 pm
Left af this page
@TheAppletrainkingdom
December 18, 2023 at 11:35 pm
Pretty bold to assume he has a plan in mind.
@testudohorsfieldii7052
December 18, 2023 at 11:35 pm
Has anyone noticed how all the presenters on this channel seem to speak and present in the same way? Even the accents sound really similar, have they all attended the same presentation training session?
@s-b6218
December 18, 2023 at 11:35 pm
I welcome Sunaks adjustments on net zero. If Labour plan to reverse it, they will make the vote easy for me.
@OliverSG1
December 18, 2023 at 11:35 pm
If there has ever been an election in which you must tactical vote, its this next one.
@oakstrong1
December 18, 2023 at 11:35 pm
Although I AM glad that as a landlord I don't have to replace the new boilers or paying through my nose for a planing permission for like for like, looking, giant windows all at once in a conservation area as there is no way I could afford it at the current interest rates and inflation (Replacing just ONE costs £5000, but last year I made exactly £0 profit) but this U-turn by Sunak does NOT make me vote for him!
@timr.2257
December 18, 2023 at 11:35 pm
Based Sunak, wish Canada would follow.
@lmn6440
December 18, 2023 at 11:35 pm
I'd like to hear more discussion about whether electric sources of power are actually good for the environment? The amount of water to mine lithium is extreme and lithium batteries have a used by date. Not saying oil and gas are better
@masteroogway6660
December 18, 2023 at 11:35 pm
God imagine a world where the only difference between the major parties was just how quickly and how vigarously theyre both planning to felate the EU to completion
@Stobo087
December 18, 2023 at 11:35 pm
Net zero is a con anyways. The whole economy is a ponzi scheme at this stage. Its all about wealth transfer to the wealthy and consolidation of assets
@EnigmaG
December 18, 2023 at 11:35 pm
Silly net zero policies should be cancelled all together, a lot of which are self harming nonsense
@cjheeley
December 18, 2023 at 11:35 pm
I'm 53 and would never vote conservative.
@kevansheppard2983
December 18, 2023 at 11:35 pm
well as the Uk emits less than, what, 1% of harmful gasses what ever we do will make no difference to global warming, so why put an extra burden on the UK public for being a 'global leader' it just a waste of time and money
@texasarknights5637
December 18, 2023 at 11:35 pm
Long live the Labour Party :>
@goonhoongtatt1883
December 18, 2023 at 11:35 pm
Nobody will ever trust UK's word on anything after this.
@ghastor1393
December 18, 2023 at 11:35 pm
"a number of high profile conservatives who supported Sunak's actions, including *proceeds to list the 5 most disgusting, distasteful figures in the commons*"
@ryanmcdonald977
December 18, 2023 at 11:35 pm
British people are pragmatic but not stupid. Rishi Sunak is clearly panicking and making a fool of himself in the process. As we get closer to 2050 or just generally as time moves forwards more people will be more agitated or angry that we are not moving closer quick enough, or that government continues to say a lot and do little. I had high expectations for the UK's first non-white and Hindu PM, sadly he is as corrupt and self-serving as the majority of Tories and rich people. Kindly call a general election and then bog off when you loose. But given how selfish and self-centered he is, we will have to put up with his ego for a long while.
@danshaw3239
December 18, 2023 at 11:35 pm
tories