Starmer’s snowflake generation: “They just abuse welfare!”
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🗓️ 28 May 2026
⏱️ 42 minutes
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Summary
The former Labour health secretary Alan Milburn has delivered his landmark report into youth inactivity, revealing that the number of young people not in education or employment is poised to rise by nearly a third to more than 1.25 million over the next five years.
Camilla and Jacob Rees-Mogg speak to the headteacher of St Thomas the Apostle in Peckham - Serge Cefai - who says that the younger generation are inclined to hide behind mental health “excuses” and try to “game” the welfare system rather than take responsibility and find work.
Elsewhere, Telegraph Political Editor Tony Diver reveals how Peter Mandelson was texting Cabinet Ministers with “unsolicited advice” whilst he was serving as US Ambassador.
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Highlights
- The younger generation need to stop hiding behind "mental health excuses"
- How Peter Mandelson was trying to influence Government whilst he was US Ambassador
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| 0:00.0 | The Telegraph. |
| 0:06.0 | Are we condemning an entire generation to the scrap heap? |
| 0:13.0 | A shocking new report by government predicts the number of young people not in education or employment will soar by nearly a third to over 1.25 million |
| 0:23.6 | over the next five years. |
| 0:25.6 | We speak to the Peckham headmaster who says we need to stop making excuses for children, scrap |
| 0:31.2 | welfare, introduce national service and toughen these snowflakes up. |
| 0:35.6 | And it's the scandal that won't go away. |
| 0:38.0 | A telegraph exclusive shows that Peter Mandelson was texting cabinet ministers |
| 0:41.9 | with unsolicited advice while he was US ambassador. |
| 0:46.0 | And what's more, Labour ministers have attempted to conceal their messages with Mandelson |
| 0:49.9 | and refuse to disclose them. |
| 0:51.7 | Could Kirstarmer's judgment in bring this man back be any worse? |
| 0:55.3 | Welcome to the Daily Tea with me, Camilla Tomini. |
| 0:57.6 | And me, Jacob Rees-Mogg. |
| 1:09.1 | Jacob, the government has come out with a list of 125 what they call everyday essentials on the supermarket shelves, |
| 1:17.6 | boasting that the prices of these goods are coming down because of tariff deals. |
| 1:22.8 | Some of the things on this list, I would associate them with somebody like you, actually. |
| 1:27.4 | I know you |
| 1:27.8 | like your batholivers and your cheeses and do you eat a lot of quinoa? I'd call it Quinoa anyway. Is it Quinoa? I think so. I think once words become English, one pronounces them in an English way. I'm for Florence rather than Forensi and all of that. So I'd definitely go for I don't really know what it is. |
| 1:44.5 | There was a sign up in Somerset a year or two ago saying this field is great. rather than forensic and all of that. So I'd definitely go for Quinoa. I don't really know what it is. |
| 1:44.6 | There was a sign up in Somerset a year or two ago saying this field is growing Quinoa, |
| 1:49.6 | which nobody really knew what it was. |
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