knows how to make the right decisions, the right choices. just because the had a lockdown party doesn t change him from being a good prime minister. so yeah, he s got. he s got politics. he knows what he s talking about. he knows what he s doing. so, yeah, that s why i d keep him as prime minister. he got you through brexit and he seems to have built the economy up quite well, i and you know, you ve just got to give him a chance, you know? i mean, he s not probably the best i prime minister in the world, but, i you know, i think he s probably as good as anything you ve got down there. the birthplace of sir robert peel is represented by two mps who won their seats from labour in the so called red wall election of 2019. one of them is sitting on the smallest conservative majority in the country, while the other defected to labour at the height of the partygate scandal. i d get him out. why is that? i would get him out because he promised to level up in red wall areas,
when we talk performance in 2019. interestingly when we talk about performance in 2019. interestingly when we talk about labour s i when we talk about labour s performance, labour s performance in london has been traditionally very strong and the challenge seems to be outside london. would it not be more fairfor us to be outside london. would it not be more fair for us to be saying to viewers tonight we need to be focusing probably on labour s performance outside in those areas where you lost traditional areas to the conservatives, certainly at the last general election? those are the real test areas for you, not the big london councils were londoners seem to see it as a labour city anyway. the lion s share of the seats tonight are up in london but of course we have to look at the picture across the country and that is notjust in the traditional, so called red wall areas, it is also in the south and the south east, and i will be looking to see what those results look like in places
we ve effectively grown into what i would describe as a metropolitan publication with a metropolitan mind set. it s progressive and liberal, with inclusive viewpoints, but we also promote entrepreneurialism. we understand how businesses can provide solutions. you say you re metropolitan does that mean that you re not interested in appealing to readers who are from the traditional red wall areas, that s not of interest to you? i wouldn t say that viewers per se, we wouldn t draw a line under any sort of audience anywhere, really. we are a newspaper. we are here to serve quite a clearly defined demographic and so i guess in some regards that may be true, yeah. 0k.
government, isn t it? moment. that is a big issue for this government, isn t it? absolutely and the are government, isn t it? absolutely and they are acutely government, isn t it? absolutely and they are acutely aware government, isn t it? absolutely and they are acutely aware that - government, isn t it? absolutely and they are acutely aware that it - government, isn t it? absolutely and they are acutely aware that it will. they are acutely aware that it will get much worse throughout the winter so they are laying the ground for how things will go. the national insurance rise, people will not feel the effects of that until next spring. the gas supply issue is being compounded, we had a few more suppliers going bust last week including my own. that s going to gather pace and people are going to feel the pressure even more. boris johnson s solution to that is to try and say that things are fine and wages are going up, but i think he will find himself under more pressure and the con
viewpoints, but we also - promote entrepreneurialism. we understand the need for market resolutions and how businesses - can provide solutions| as well as politicians. you say you re metropolitan, does that mean that you re not interested in appealing to readers who are from the traditional red wall areas, that s not of interest to you? i wouldn t say that viewers per se, we wouldn t draw. a line under any sort- of audience anywhere, really. we are a newspaper. but we are here to serve quite a clearly defined demographicj and so i guess in some regards that may be true. yeah 0k. you do also have a deliberately tabloid y feel. i was very tempted in the office earlier to open the story watch