Rishi addressing the nation.

Shouting out is allowed provided the law is not broken.

Good speech I think.
Words are cheap though.
Actions speak louder - we need action on our streets by the Police.

Depends whose action

Cannot comment as not heard it yet! I’ll listen then digest, then comment. My only observation this fair is words are cheap!

I was expecting an announcement, that would reveal decisive action to be taken on some issue (obviously did not know what, in advance)

What a disappointment, all it was was something that could jsut as easily have been announced in Parliament. or published as a press release.

When will this lot (or any lot) realise that words mean nothing and we are no longer deceived by them. What we want is decisive action.

What we want is a General Election.

Maremia

What we want is a General Election.

I’d say want and need!

OMG a rich bloke asking us all to be united. I passed a food bank yesterday with a long queue waiting outside. We are not united Rishi, we are divided, and words will not change that, or put food into the mouths of poor children.

All of this division began with the referendum. Imo.

Why is he speaking to nation? What a weird time to do that! People are generally cooking, going home from work, collecting children etc at this time. DD collecting child from after school club, me cooking so missed whatever it was!

I thought it was a good speech.

Missed whatever he has said but unless it was to call a GE im not interested.

The bit I heard on the radio
"our streets have been hijacked by small groups who are hostile to our values".
He and previous Tory govts going back to 2010 have divided people, Brexit, state pension age, old vs young, white vs non-white, disabled vs rest, unemployed vs working folk.
Consequently I don't know whose values he refers to when he says 'our values', but I don't think they're mine.

Cossy

Maremia

What we want is a General Election.

I’d say want and need!

Todays ‘ address to the nation’ was just electioneering. Imo

I thought it was a good speech too Sparklefizz and I don't see what difference him being 'a rich bloke' makes, would it have been better coming from someone poor and impoverished?

Sadly this is the world we live in now, violence, protest marches, homelessness, burglaries all the time, it is a country that I no longer recognise. Great Britain is no more. If I had a time machine I would go back to the late 50's and go no further forward than the 80's. Those were the years I absolutely loved.

I’d rather live in a world that allows protests than otherwise…

Smileless2012

I thought it was a good speech too Sparklefizz and I don't see what difference him being 'a rich bloke' makes, would it have been better coming from someone poor and impoverished?

If you don't understand that there are two worlds here the world of Rishi Sunak, with private swimming pools and houses all over the world, and the poverty stricken who depend on food banks and who can't earn enough to feed their children, then you need to get out and about more. A rich bloke telling those people that he has ideals, that he feels his country is threatened means nothing. His country is not their country, how can it be?
If you want to unite a country begin by recognising the needs of the people you are speaking to. Don't preach at them.

Does income matter if your house is surrounded by protesters

I agree but it applies to all. At Manchester uni this week they had to escort those attending a pro life meeting for their own safety. I am pro choice to my bones but those people had a right to meet safely.

No, I shouldn't think it does Annie.

Who’s been in power for the last 14 years whilst all this has been building up? cutting police, youth services, prison staff, probation service, privatising much of the
public services so they are money making . Sunak doesn’t have a grip on running the country.

Glorianny I am on a middle class income, which I guess so are you, you and me are richer than the majority (worldwide) , is your opinion of no value.

Oh and I am no supporter of Sunak I have no idea who he thinks was in power whilst all he described was happening.