A Major incident has been declared in Manchester as flooding hits the UK, leading to 150 flood warnings nationwide.
Keir Starmer has vowed to "rebuild Britain" this year in his New Year message.
"The security of working people, that is the purpose of this government, the goal of our plan for change. And we will push it forward in 2025," the Prime Minister said.
And migrant crossings by dinghy from France shot up 25% in 2024 causing deaths to rise sixfold.
UK Correspondent Enda Brady joins the show to discuss these issues.
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Speaker 1 (00:09):
You're listening to a podcast from News Talks. They'd be
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Speaker 2 (00:16):
And I can finally say, because he's celebrated now, Happy
New Year to Indo Brady get I Inda.
Speaker 3 (00:22):
Good morning, Tim, Happy New Year to you and all
our listeners.
Speaker 2 (00:25):
Yeah, I hope you had a good one.
Speaker 3 (00:27):
It was quiet, to be honest, because the weather here
meant that there was no perpective going out, so we
stayed in. I was around my mother in law's and
it was a very very quiet New Using.
Speaker 2 (00:37):
Did I look, you've had a bit of flooding out
of there, a major incident that Claydon Manchester as well,
one hundred and fifty flood warnings.
Speaker 3 (00:46):
Yeah, across the whole of the UK one hundred and
fifty flood warnings, but Manchester in the northwest of England
is bearing the brunt of it right now. So in
the last couple of hours they've just declared a major incident.
Several streets on water, people getting rescued from their properties,
people getting rescued from stranded vehicles. It's not good. All
of this was predicted. We saw New Year's Eve sells
(01:08):
being either canceled or curtailed in Edinburgh, in Newcastle, and
then over in the Northwest, in the town of Blackpool
on the sea in Lancashire. So for a lot of
people it really was a very very quiet few Year's Eve.
A lot of businesses in Edinburgh in particular were questioning
the wisdom of this decision, but ultimately high winds ripping
(01:30):
in and a lot of rain and they just couldn't
take the risk of street party and the usual fireworks.
All of it canceled in Edinburgh. But tonight right now,
the focus is on Manchester and those flood warnings.
Speaker 2 (01:42):
All right, and Kirstama vows to rebuild Britain this year
in his New Year's message.
Speaker 3 (01:50):
So he's striking an optimistic tone and I think, look,
he's had a difficult first five months in the job,
and I think the British public need more understanding of
what he's trying to do. He can't keep blaming the
previous government. He can't keep you know, I think the
public have run out of kind of their appetite for
(02:10):
listening to excuses. And yes, everyone knows he inherited a mess,
but people are very short memories, so he needs to
get working. He needs to get moving. There's no growth
in the economy. It's stagnating. And it's the same in Germany,
it's the same in France. But arguably the UK is
better placed than those two countries to have a good
twenty twenty five. So what he's saying to people in
(02:32):
this New Year's Day message here is just give me
a little bit of time and I will rebuild Britain.
But I mean, where does he start? The health service here?
The NHS is on its knees. Every road you drive
on in every town, village and city in the country
has potholes and it's just the endemic of a wider
kind of malaise that's been at the heart of this
country for some years. I think ultimately, if he wants
(02:55):
to get growth, Britain needs to start talking to the
European Union again. Brexit has been an economic catastrophe.
Speaker 2 (03:02):
And because they're not going to text, they wide of
prosperity that what have they got these private school the
A which is going to take a fick that want
to text the inheritance? How's that stuff going down with
people in the UK?
Speaker 3 (03:16):
Well, look, some observers are saying that it's quite a
cruel policy, and that it's classiest and its labour's kind
of hatred of the rich. But ultimately, you know, if
your VAT is a service tax, value added tax, it's
on services and goods that people get, and you are
getting a service from these private schools. So he's pushed
(03:36):
ahead with that. It's deeply unpopular with the risk who
can afford to send children to private schools, But he's
not going to change. He's whacked taxes up for business leaders,
and he's gone after the very wealthy landowners as well,
who many people suspect have been hoovering up farmland here
because previously there was no inheritance tax on us. So look,
(03:56):
he's inherited a black hole of about forty four billion
n Z dollars in the public finances. He had to
do something, and yes, you know he's made difficult decisions,
but ultimately his popularity has plummeted. And this is a guy,
remember approximately twenty percent of the country vote for him,
so he knows he has a lot of people to
win over.
Speaker 2 (04:17):
Yeah. Well, and migrant crossings by Dingey from Dinghy from
France have shut up by twenty five twenty four deaths
up sixfold. Well, I mean, if they're dinghy's, it's not
looking good as it.
Speaker 3 (04:30):
Yeah, but this is organized crime again, so believe it
or not, they're using TikTok to advertise for customers. Most
of the people now coming across in those flimsy dinghies.
It's twenty six miles of water. It's one of the
busiest shipping nouns in the world. Twenty six miles as
the crow flies from the most north and west tip
(04:50):
of France to the southeast of England in Kent, twenty
six miles of very chopping, dangerous seas. Seventy six people
drowned making that crossing last year in twenty twenty four,
and the numbers who successfully got across in those dinghies
thirty six thousand people. Now Starmer needs to stop because
ultimately these people are coming here, they claim asylum and
(05:11):
then they're put into asylum hotels. And the build for
that every single day last year was eight million en
Z dollars and the British taxpayer is funding that.
Speaker 2 (05:21):
Oh God, he's got some challenges, isn't he. Do you think,
do you reckon? He can turn around it, yeah, bit
a time with your election cycle in Britain, of course,
don't you.
Speaker 3 (05:30):
Yes, So look he's got what four years and five
months until there has to be another election. Now, I
think the biggest danger Starmer. He's got huge authority, so look,
the Conservatives can't lay glove on him or the Labor
Party in the Labor government for four plus years. However,
I think the big worry for Starmer if he was
looking in the mirror every day be thinking well, hang on,
(05:52):
if I don't change this and I don't get Britain
moving again, maybe someone internally in the Labor government will
make a move against him. Now there's no rumors of
that yet, but you could see a situation where if
he has a really rocky twelve months ahead, at so
point people in Labor will be looking at the next
election cycle and to be thinking, right, this guy could
(06:13):
be a liability at the polls in twenty twenty nine.
Do we want to risk it? But look, he he
I think is a public servant to his core. I
think he's a good guy who wants to try his best.
And look what we had here for the last decade
almost we've had a failed hedge fund manager. We've had
a failed journalist, a hedge fund manager and finance guy
(06:36):
with Sunak. We had a failed journalist in Boris Johnson.
Liz trusts God blesser. You know, it was just kind
of one disaster after another. So he's come in with
a pretty low bar and it's over to him. I mean, look,
I mean it's got to be an improvement, and anyone
looking at it would think it's got to be an improvement.
(06:57):
But then we'll see. But I think, you know what
he really needs to improve upon him his communication. I
think it's all very well, you know, saying that I'm
making tough decisions. The British public need to under stand
why these decisions are being taken, not just kind of
policy being announced on a Monday and forgotten that.
Speaker 2 (07:14):
You're right, gosh it by the way you describe as
predecessors as elections not slogan could have been well, it
can't get any worse vote for Starma. But anyway, Hey, anyway, hey,
thanks so much for your time, Ender. I really appreciate it.
That's end Brady. Yeah you too, mate. That's end of
Brady in the UK.
Speaker 1 (07:32):
For more from News Talks it b listen live on
air or online and keep our shows with you wherever
you go with our podcasts on iHeartRadio
You're listening to a podcast from News Talks. They'd be
follow this and a wide range of podcasts now on iHeartRadio.
Speaker 2 (00:16):
And I can finally say, because he's celebrated now, Happy
New Year to Indo Brady get I Inda.
Speaker 3 (00:22):
Good morning, Tim, Happy New Year to you and all
our listeners.
Speaker 2 (00:25):
Yeah, I hope you had a good one.
Speaker 3 (00:27):
It was quiet, to be honest, because the weather here
meant that there was no perpective going out, so we
stayed in. I was around my mother in law's and
it was a very very quiet New Using.
Speaker 2 (00:37):
Did I look, you've had a bit of flooding out
of there, a major incident that Claydon Manchester as well,
one hundred and fifty flood warnings.
Speaker 3 (00:46):
Yeah, across the whole of the UK one hundred and
fifty flood warnings, but Manchester in the northwest of England
is bearing the brunt of it right now. So in
the last couple of hours they've just declared a major incident.
Several streets on water, people getting rescued from their properties,
people getting rescued from stranded vehicles. It's not good. All
of this was predicted. We saw New Year's Eve sells
(01:08):
being either canceled or curtailed in Edinburgh, in Newcastle, and
then over in the Northwest, in the town of Blackpool
on the sea in Lancashire. So for a lot of
people it really was a very very quiet few Year's Eve.
A lot of businesses in Edinburgh in particular were questioning
the wisdom of this decision, but ultimately high winds ripping
(01:30):
in and a lot of rain and they just couldn't
take the risk of street party and the usual fireworks.
All of it canceled in Edinburgh. But tonight right now,
the focus is on Manchester and those flood warnings.
Speaker 2 (01:42):
All right, and Kirstama vows to rebuild Britain this year
in his New Year's message.
Speaker 3 (01:50):
So he's striking an optimistic tone and I think, look,
he's had a difficult first five months in the job,
and I think the British public need more understanding of
what he's trying to do. He can't keep blaming the
previous government. He can't keep you know, I think the
public have run out of kind of their appetite for
(02:10):
listening to excuses. And yes, everyone knows he inherited a mess,
but people are very short memories, so he needs to
get working. He needs to get moving. There's no growth
in the economy. It's stagnating. And it's the same in Germany,
it's the same in France. But arguably the UK is
better placed than those two countries to have a good
twenty twenty five. So what he's saying to people in
(02:32):
this New Year's Day message here is just give me
a little bit of time and I will rebuild Britain.
But I mean, where does he start? The health service here?
The NHS is on its knees. Every road you drive
on in every town, village and city in the country
has potholes and it's just the endemic of a wider
kind of malaise that's been at the heart of this
country for some years. I think ultimately, if he wants
(02:55):
to get growth, Britain needs to start talking to the
European Union again. Brexit has been an economic catastrophe.
Speaker 2 (03:02):
And because they're not going to text, they wide of
prosperity that what have they got these private school the
A which is going to take a fick that want
to text the inheritance? How's that stuff going down with
people in the UK?
Speaker 3 (03:16):
Well, look, some observers are saying that it's quite a
cruel policy, and that it's classiest and its labour's kind
of hatred of the rich. But ultimately, you know, if
your VAT is a service tax, value added tax, it's
on services and goods that people get, and you are
getting a service from these private schools. So he's pushed
(03:36):
ahead with that. It's deeply unpopular with the risk who
can afford to send children to private schools, But he's
not going to change. He's whacked taxes up for business leaders,
and he's gone after the very wealthy landowners as well,
who many people suspect have been hoovering up farmland here
because previously there was no inheritance tax on us. So look,
(03:56):
he's inherited a black hole of about forty four billion
n Z dollars in the public finances. He had to
do something, and yes, you know he's made difficult decisions,
but ultimately his popularity has plummeted. And this is a guy,
remember approximately twenty percent of the country vote for him,
so he knows he has a lot of people to
win over.
Speaker 2 (04:17):
Yeah. Well, and migrant crossings by Dingey from Dinghy from
France have shut up by twenty five twenty four deaths
up sixfold. Well, I mean, if they're dinghy's, it's not
looking good as it.
Speaker 3 (04:30):
Yeah, but this is organized crime again, so believe it
or not, they're using TikTok to advertise for customers. Most
of the people now coming across in those flimsy dinghies.
It's twenty six miles of water. It's one of the
busiest shipping nouns in the world. Twenty six miles as
the crow flies from the most north and west tip
(04:50):
of France to the southeast of England in Kent, twenty
six miles of very chopping, dangerous seas. Seventy six people
drowned making that crossing last year in twenty twenty four,
and the numbers who successfully got across in those dinghies
thirty six thousand people. Now Starmer needs to stop because
ultimately these people are coming here, they claim asylum and
(05:11):
then they're put into asylum hotels. And the build for
that every single day last year was eight million en
Z dollars and the British taxpayer is funding that.
Speaker 2 (05:21):
Oh God, he's got some challenges, isn't he. Do you think,
do you reckon? He can turn around it, yeah, bit
a time with your election cycle in Britain, of course,
don't you.
Speaker 3 (05:30):
Yes, So look he's got what four years and five
months until there has to be another election. Now, I
think the biggest danger Starmer. He's got huge authority, so look,
the Conservatives can't lay glove on him or the Labor
Party in the Labor government for four plus years. However,
I think the big worry for Starmer if he was
looking in the mirror every day be thinking well, hang on,
(05:52):
if I don't change this and I don't get Britain
moving again, maybe someone internally in the Labor government will
make a move against him. Now there's no rumors of
that yet, but you could see a situation where if
he has a really rocky twelve months ahead, at so
point people in Labor will be looking at the next
election cycle and to be thinking, right, this guy could
(06:13):
be a liability at the polls in twenty twenty nine.
Do we want to risk it? But look, he he
I think is a public servant to his core. I
think he's a good guy who wants to try his best.
And look what we had here for the last decade
almost we've had a failed hedge fund manager. We've had
a failed journalist, a hedge fund manager and finance guy
(06:36):
with Sunak. We had a failed journalist in Boris Johnson.
Liz trusts God blesser. You know, it was just kind
of one disaster after another. So he's come in with
a pretty low bar and it's over to him. I mean, look,
I mean it's got to be an improvement, and anyone
looking at it would think it's got to be an improvement.
(06:57):
But then we'll see. But I think, you know what
he really needs to improve upon him his communication. I
think it's all very well, you know, saying that I'm
making tough decisions. The British public need to under stand
why these decisions are being taken, not just kind of
policy being announced on a Monday and forgotten that.
Speaker 2 (07:14):
You're right, gosh it by the way you describe as
predecessors as elections not slogan could have been well, it
can't get any worse vote for Starma. But anyway, Hey, anyway, hey,
thanks so much for your time, Ender. I really appreciate it.
That's end Brady. Yeah you too, mate. That's end of
Brady in the UK.
Speaker 1 (07:32):
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air or online and keep our shows with you wherever
you go with our podcasts on iHeartRadio
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