he is being the doer of this government. he is the being the doer of this government. he is the person most likely to actually he is the person most likely to actually come up with solutions and deliver actually come up with solutions and deliver them. actually come up with solutions and deliverthem. so actually come up with solutions and deliver them. so with that change after deliver them. so with that change after michael gove has enter that office. after michael gove has enter that office, that shows a shift in policy and again office, that shows a shift in policy and again some thinking, proper thinking and again some thinking, proper thinking and perhaps a proper policy emerging thinking and perhaps a proper policy emerging from the department of housing emerging from the department of housing now. do emerging from the department of housing now- emerging from the department of housin: now. ., ., housing now. do you agree with that? yeah, and actually housing now
contrast obviously to keir starmer s speech last week which was very serious, very earnest, very policy rich. this speech had manyjokes, one involving michael gove dancing at a club in aberdeen. as you say extraordinarily outside of the conference hall, was to people queuing for petrol, the universal credit was, and it did perhaps slightly miss in terms of what the tone should have been, i think. it’s tone should have been, i think. it s funn he tone should have been, ithink. it s funny he called him john bonnett funny he called himjohn bonnett goby. funny he called himjohn bonnett goby, which goes against the news that it was not a club in aberdeen, more trance than a rock but before we get to top of the pops, let me ask you, karen, was the tone right or wrong today? is ask you, karen, was the tone right or wrong today? ask you, karen, was the tone right or wrong today? is the kind of tone that boris johnson or wrong today? is the kind of tone that boris johnson revels or wrong
rhetoric through and actually move beyond the rhetoric that has served him pretty well so rhetoric that has served him pretty well so far rhetoric that has served him pretty well so far as prime minister and actually well so far as prime minister and actually deliver this ambition with the kind actually deliver this ambition with the kind of detail that was wholly tacking the kind of detail that was wholly lacking from his speech today. let s lacking from his speech today. let s move on to lacking from his speech today. let s move on to the lacking from his speech today. let s move on to the daily lacking from his speech today. let s move on to the daily telegraph front page talking of policy and some criticising in the speech as lacking policy but there was something for the prime minister. forcejohnson yesterday, not yesterday but it will be yesterday soon, but today saying that houses should not be built on green fields. this basically is ministers abandoning proposa
with because you cannot transform this problem overnight. you cannot just with a magic wand and crack a fewjokes as borisjohnson did today. few jokes as boris johnson did toda . ~ , few jokes as boris johnson did today. absolutely and you mentioned levellin: u- today. absolutely and you mentioned levelling pp and today. absolutely and you mentioned levelling up and you today. absolutely and you mentioned levelling up and you mentioned - today. absolutely and you mentioned levelling up and you mentioned go i today. absolutely and you mentioned levelling up and you mentioned go toj levelling up and you mentioned go to the yorkshire post next because their headline reads lots of promises but little policy in a johnson speech and they refer specifically to the 45 minute long speech containing no detail on long awaited northern powerhouse rail project. a lack of detail over the transport project has attracted criticism from leaders across the yorkshire region and that feeds into whatjim
phone in a bitter custody battle over their children. the ft leads with the volatility of the gas market. it reports vladimir putin s offer to stabilise the market, which has seen prices increase dramatically recently. the metro it leads to the british prime minister s speech with the headline referencing the manyjokes and light heartedness of the speech. so, let s begin. let me ask you first of all, jane, at the front page of the metro at borisjohnson and his wife sharing a kiss and the headline build back banter, referencing the tone of the speech, the tone very much light hearted, jokey, humourous. was it the right tone given the state of affairs in this country right now? i m not sure it was. it was in stark