S8 Ep835: 1/2: Preview for Later Today: Simon Constable previews a protest vote in England and Wales local elections, driven by dissatisfaction with Keir Starmer's leadership and concerns over rising house taxes.V
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1/2: Preview for Later Today: Simon Constable previews a protest vote in England and Wales local elections, driven by dissatisfaction with Keir Starmer's leadership and concerns over rising house taxes.
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| 0:00.0 | This is John Batchelor. On the eve of the local elections in England and Wales, Simon Constable, an Englishman, living in the South of France, makes remarks about what is likely to happen because so many people are unhappy with Kirstarmer, the leader of labor. |
| 0:19.5 | Simon Constable on the night before the vote that may turn out the PM |
| 0:24.4 | or may choose a new PM. |
| 0:30.3 | Here's Simon. |
| 0:31.9 | It will be a protest vote, yes. |
| 0:34.1 | It will be a protest vote, but there will also be that, that element that I described. |
| 0:38.2 | So if your house taxes go up massively, then the people involved aren't going to be reelected. |
| 0:47.2 | But yes, at the moment, the entire, basically all of England and Wales are basically saying, |
| 0:54.2 | we really don't like this Kirstama guy, so we're not going to vote Labor. |
| 0:58.7 | Probably be another one of the parties. |
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