 All right. Good morning. I'll be very welcome to my Wednesday morning live stream Last week I talked about a protest I'd attended in Hartlepool the Saturday before that. I want to follow up a little bit I have been following up on some things from that protest and meeting with some people I met at that protest for a plan and And one of the things that I mentioned and I want to mention again And this is no disrespect to anyone quite the opposite actually have great respect for people who go out and protest I'm not sure that people are always Mindful of who they are protesting against Who is it that is doing this to the country? whether it be Lying consistently about coronavirus and what they intend to do about it And we know these have we've been lied to again and again and we're being lied to again now about the potential for lockdowns and Where there will be masked again all of these things. This is miss mismanagement at best outright lying at worst My money is on outright lying Who is it that is doing this? Who is it that is locking you in your house? While the borders are open to all in sundry who is it that is going to raise taxes and Again continue continue to mismanage the NHS It's politicians That's who you're protesting against and when you go out and you engage Participate in rallies and you're furious about how things are going and you want things to change in your time It's politicians That you're protesting against and politicians are responsible for all of this All of it There is another way to protest against politicians And that's what I really want to get across and what is so crucial For people to understand. It's that connecting that dot the problems you experience the lies the over taxation the Mismanagement of your area and your country Connecting the dot from what make it what's making you angry To the people who are doing it who are ultimately responsible just it's a straight line The mismanagement you're protesting about does a straight line from there to politicians both local and national They are responsible for this If you really want to protest against politicians Stand against politicians take their seats. You can do it And I know there are a lot of problems and difficulties surrounding this And a lot of fear Surrounding this people thinking that for example, they might not be able to do that I'm not I'm not a great public speaker. I don't I wouldn't know how to approach people on the doorstep I don't know how to handle media scrutiny and media smearing all of this I completely Completely get it and I have to remind myself of this because I've been doing it for a long time And I'm used to this kind of miss mistreatment by the press for example So I have to remind myself that not everybody has all these years of experience in dealing with this So to let you know that for Britain provides training in all of this we have done several training courses in Media in public speaking in in all of them. We will continue to do them. I had a meeting yesterday, which I Really optimistic and really excited about and once again as always I would encourage candidates across the country potential candidates across the country to do the same To hold we intend on holding a public meeting in the center of Hartley-Pro To explain how to really take on these politicians and to drive the message home That politicians are doing this to you and you have the power To stop them doing this to you All of this is quite pertinent to what I'm going to talk about this morning And There's a couple of articles in the Hartley-Pro mail and once again all of this is repeated all over the countries is not Specific to Hartley-Pro a couple of things in the paper this morning that are highly relevant to what I've just been saying politicians what they do what they get away with and Why they are often silent and I'll explain what I mean. Okay, so let me start with A tax rise and you know that we're going to get a massive tax rise nationally to Apparently pay for the NHS. I've gone through that several times at how the NHS mismanages It's money and miss spends its money And nothing is ever said by mainstream politics about it It's just funnel more and more and more money into it without any plan of how to make it better And how to insist that it is run better The politicians will they even even if they did Say that the NHS needs to be run better I'm not sure I'm persuaded that we can trust politicians in this regard either and you will have no difficulty understanding why I Don't trust politicians. The only way to make the NHS work is to make it accountable to the public That's I firmly believe that I believe it as well about the police the local government And all of the public sector the only way to make it work efficiently is to make it accountable to the public so a tax increase is coming nationally at a time when we can least afford it and Locally, so here's the headline this morning Hartley pool council tax bills set to rise by four point nine percent four point nine percent All already already Hartley pool pays some of the highest council tax in the country and Have some of the highest rates of poverty in the country Makes you wonder if we're paying such high taxes why are so many people in poverty and Or if you look at it another way are so many people in poverty because it acts so highly a little bit of both is Relevant and they're both important questions So it says it calls have been made to lobby government for fairer funding for Hartley pool as the local authorities finance committee recommended increasing tax for the next year This will be a tax rise of one point nine along one point nine percent along with a three percent increase In the adult social care precepts of four point nine percent all together this part's interesting the authority currently faces a cumulative deficit of eleven point four three five million and The increases will generate recurring income and reduce the overall deficit to seven point five million So it's a tax rise to reduce the deficit In other words, it's not even going to be spent on local people again, how much money Are the unelected council chiefs taking home it's above a hundred thousand for many It amounts to millions of pounds over a few years, you know you None of that is going to be reduced. You're not going to see a reduce or any calls to reduce The big salaries that the unelected executives take home No, we'll just put another four point nine percent of tax on an already overtaxed people living in an area of high levels of poverty That's the answer and it's always the answer and it's going to stay the answer. It goes on in 2001 2021 to 22 Council tax increased on average by four point four percent nationally in the meeting the Meeting where this was decided councillors also backed writing to Hartley Pills conservative MP Jim Mortimer Joe Mortimer sorry to call on her to lobby government for fairer funding for the council and to ask her to come for a future finance and policy committee meeting to hear about the situation in more detail first of all She should be going to these anyway a Engaged MP would know exactly everything that is going on with the local council And not just the funding. She should be going to all of this and keeping on top of all of this and knowing knowing What exactly is going on in her town, but the fact that they have to invite her to it is Actually quite shocking So there's the first there's the first reality tax rises nationally Tax rises locally at a time when it can the country can ill afford it Another article from the Hartley Pills mail Hartley Pills conservative MP Jill Mortimer Defends record after Labour criticism over her silence in Parliament Hartley Pills new MP has defended her record since being elected after facing criticism for being silent in Parliament and still serving as a councillor in North Yorkshire Town Labour chiefs say four months on Mrs. Mortimer has not yet spoken in Parliament Submitting any questions or signed an early-day motion Supporting or calling for debates They are calling for her to resign immediately. I mean This is coming from Labour Yeah, they're calling for to resign immediately from her role as a councillor in Hamilton district council and devote herself to Hartley Pills After learning she attended a council meeting earlier this month. Mrs. Mortimer say she has been working tirelessly for Hartley Pills Meeting with the Prime Minister other ministers and senior local politicians She added she has been tackling a large backlog of case work following the resignation of Mike Hill in March Right I'm not here to Insult anyone But this is not good enough It's not good enough and clearly the council having to invite her to a finance meeting in which the Decisions are made to overtax and already overtaxed people. They have to invite her actively invite her to get involved with this And they should be criticized by Labour Labour when you criticize by Labour. You've got to be pretty bad for not doing anything in Parliament Silence is an interesting word to choose to describe her and My guess is that silence will continue as Discussions around taxing the already overtaxed people of Hartley Pills continue What's the reason for that silence? She's a Tory. That's the reason And Labour could let's be clear Labour don't care about the people of this town either They're only attacking her because she's a Tory, which is silent because she's a Tory She's not going to criticize these tax rises or in any way try to lower them or Have them spent wisely if they are imposed Because she's a Tory And what do I mean by that first of all Central government needs to give more money to local councils. I agree with that She's a Tory. So she's not going to argue that the Tories the Tory central government should be giving more money to councils She's not going to argue that because that would mean her going against the Tories and Parliament. That's not going to happen She's also not going to say anything about the appalling overpayment of councillors all over the country because a lot of those will be Tory and She's not going to upset Tory councillors or Tory chief executives, and she's not going to criticise Tory councils, which also pay massive wages to chief executives and council executives She's going to stay quiet about all of this because she's a Tory and She's going to tow the Tory line. The Tories in central government are to blame for a lot of these problems They're to blame for the fact that councils don't have enough money. Councils then themselves are to blame for misspending money for overpaying unelected chiefs. So you've got these two big parties Who are responsible for all of this And who therefore Will not argue in favour of the people The people are the only things that are at the back of the queue in all of this. You've got a game of tennis being played between Labour and the Conservatives and the people are forgotten And that's why you're in if you want to go out and protest please do But understand and remember who you're protesting against You're protesting against Labour and the Tories. That's the one dude. That's who's doing this to you And they will play these games Because they answer To their parties and not to the people and that's what you what that's what happens when we have a two-party state 4.9% tax increase for the people of Hartlepool now Here's another article. This is from teeside live and its headline is Hartlepool council pledges to play its part in helping Afghan refugees Article goes on Hartlepool council said it will play its part in providing sanctuary for those in need during the ongoing Afghanistan crisis Men women and children have been observed attempting to flee the country this week Following the withdrawal of US forces and the subsequent Taliban takeover of the city of Kabul I don't know where those pictures of men women and children are and If they were if they if there was a single one the entire of the press would be showing it But in any picture I've seen of people trying to leave Afghanistan was man, so I don't this is immediately you're being lied to men women and children. No, they haven't In response the UK government announced the scheme which will aim to resettle five thousand Afghans in the first year and 20,000 in the local in the longer term If you believe that I don't know whether I admire your trust or I'm wondering What you observe around you in the world to believe that it's going to be way way more than that Hartlepool council has joined many other local authorities including Darlington in pledging to help those fleeing the central Asian country's council spokesman said the scenes from Afghanistan are both shocking and deeply moving Hartlepool has a history of welcoming people seeking refuge from persecution And we stand ready to play our part again together with other local authorities around the country during this present crisis Um, okay any objections Any comment at all that Isn't keen on virtue signalling in this way Where's the there's not a single? representative On the council who's going to say hold on a minute hold on One in three of children into in Hartlepool are living in poverty one in three We pay our own elected executives a hundred and fifty thousand pounds a year Uh, and now we're putting the taxes up on the already On an area on a town already among the highest for council tax in the whole of the uk now We're going to put the council tax up And burden people even more Why not why not make a third of children living in poverty? Why not make it a half? Why not? But let's go out on virtue signal About afghan women and children even though wait i guarantee you i guarantee you I've Katie Hopkins said this isn't the titanic afghanistan is not the titanic There's not going to be gentlemen standing aside to let women and children go for us completely the opposite We've already by the way made arrests of terror chiefs coming to this country as Refugees from afghanistan We already by the way europe already suffers and has suffered for some years now a massive Crime wave at the hands of afghans Crime wave, which is i'm not talking about Avoiding a parking ticket here. I'm talking about violent assaults robberies and rape and of course murder And we've already got a massive crime wave caused by afghans all over europe But to help with it say the politicians let's bring let's virtue signal Let's bring people here and let's spend our money on them instead Of local people you find it's an incredible thing You'll find that politicians in this country have a remarkable way Of finding money Finding resources finding housing Finding the money somehow to pay for free university tuition All of this all of this Homes medical care dental care to free university tuition Somehow all of that can be found For afghan refugees, but none of it None of it can be found For british people. Have you noticed isn't it shocking isn't it just bizarre how this always seems to be the case You're having it we have it here We have it all over the country They're paying for it with your taxes They're taxing you To pay for people from the other side of the world While you have nothing And they're doing it in full view Of you You're watching it It's just only going to get worse It's going to get worse and the mp for heartly pool Isn't going to say anything the local councils aren't going to say anything What i've just said is not going to be said in local council because They'd rather toe the line They'd rather Not risk attack by the stupid and corrupt media And are you stupid? Advocatively that's what that's what that's what it is. You'll often find talking to journalists is just No one's going to say anything No one's going to say what needs to be said no one's going to stand up for the ordinary people No one's going to say well, what about the one third of children living in poverty in this town? Why can we never find the money to help them? How can we find the money for thousands of afghans when we can't find the money for them? It's absolutely bizarre And what's the crime weights girl just watch it just watch it and then watch the police do nothing about it This has happened been happening for years and it's going to keep on happening Nobody in the council will say anything but jill mortimer mp won't say anything either and you know why she won't say anything either Because she's a Tory And that's where she lives. That's her that's her priority. That's where her head is at She's not going to say anything about this She's not going to say anything about the tax rises because the Tories aren't giving enough money to councils anyway Not going to say anything about the ridiculous wages paid to with the unelected because it's the same with Tory councils all over the country And she's not going to say anything about a country Already with people living in poverty all over it and particularly up here in the north of England We've got serious poverty up here She's not going to say anything about that Per se, but she's also not going to say anything about how somehow somehow We managed to find the money for strangers from the other side of the world but never for our own people She's not going to say anything about that because she's a Tory And the Tories are responsible for this the Tories have been in government now for 11 years. They're responsible for this under the Tories watch The number of people coming in from through the English Channel just walking in just walking in i've seen them Has gone from a trickle to an absolute flood Jill Mortimer's not going to say anything about that because she's a Tory And because the Tories are responsible for it The latest gimmick by the way from the Tory Home Secretary pretty Patel is that she's going to put The border force on jet skis And the jet skis are going to go out and maneuver the dignities back towards France That's a that that isn't going to happen and b i've heard some some ideas in my time But that is unbelievable. I just a quick lesson For pretty Patel if I may The reason they're coming here Home Secretary Is because they've been put up and forced out hotels while they await permanent accommodation That's why I I can pretty much leave it there. I mean, there's there's you know With us before we even get in to the job training schemes, which can be found for them But not for the British that's before we get into the university fees being paid the money for which can be found for them But not for the British That's why they come Home Secretary that's why because your government Is inviting them here and your silly little gimmicks and attempts to grab headlines Are only fooling a tiny number. Sadly, they do fool some But only a tiny number Jill Mortimer's not going to say anything about any of this because Jill Mortimer is a Tory You're going to have to at some point Replace these people at some point And understands That all the problems you have All the things that have made you are caused by politicians And you have at your disposal an ability to remove And replace those politicians in the coming weeks I am going to talk about the issues of media scrutiny How to deal with lies How to talk to people on doorsteps And facing fears that surround standing for election One of them and a major one is confidence People think somehow that these politicians are smarter than them Oh dear I know they wouldn't be able to I wouldn't be able to do that Yes, you would Yes, you would These people are not these people are not special Believe me, they're not Most of them can be bought Most of them would sell their grandmother for a headline integrity passion concern for local people Completely void in most of them So if you have integrity if you couldn't be bought for a headline If you genuinely love your country If you genuinely care about the people surrounding you who are living in poverty If you genuinely want a system that works that is honest and open and represents the people If that's how you feel You're already superior To most of the people sitting in elected chambers around this country Not just as good. I'm every bit as good. No, you're not every bit as good. You're better If you have just just the bounce of integrity If you can't be bought And if you care You're already superior To the vast majority of politicians sitting in seats around this country superior Just needs a little bit of polish Perhaps you're not used to public speaking. You can learn to do that A bit nervous about canvassing campaigning. You can learn to do that Let me tell you one thing The politicians sitting in seats all over this country. They can't learn to have integrity Or to care About this country and its future That's not something that you either you either are that person or you're not You either have a conscience or you don't you can either be bought or you can't You can learn the polish the polishy bits That they've all perfected standing in front of cameras and making speeches and looking at That you can learn that that stuff is learnable integrity Is something that's in you And if you have that You're already much much better than most So I will be giving you details of a public meeting. I'm organizing in the centre of Howley-Pro To drive this message home Until you'd rise up against these politicians and stand against them And run your own town in the interests of its people Stop letting these these people run it for you You are better than most of them better And the little polishy bits are easy Just a bit of training You're already better than promised you Thanks for joining me this morning. I will not be here next week. I'm going away to visit my mum But I will be back the following week with a lot more detail on what I've been talking about this morning And addressing some of the issues that people will fear When asked to stand for election. All right. Thank you very much everyone. I shall see you in two weeks time Take care of yourselves until then Thanks