Keir Starmer's first crisis as Prime Minister! 

In reality. I don't get this, MPs are meant to represent their constituents , not the boss. Not agreeing with the boss is basically a dictatorship

Aw so glad Johnathan Goodenough is back.

"Tartan can be pretty intimidating"... FOR SURE!!!!

Tartan can be very intimidating. How very true.

There is no cap on child benefit numbers. The cap refers to UNIVERSAL CREDIT and TAX Credits only. Although we should also be talking about how little is paid in Child Benefit for second and subsequent children.

Starmer has said there is no money. That's a problem. Not that there isn't any money, but that Starmer is saying there is no money. There's plenty of money, it is up to Starmer whether he collects it by taxing the wealthy for example. Theoretically it's quite simple. Clever that you realised the majority was reduced by 14 and not 7. Even more clever, and funny, was the horse and whip joke.

Yeeeeeesss. (in Paxman like voice) Always a tricky one when people try to drive your agenda before you are ready and have checked the piggy bank to see if theres money it. But enough about my ex. (Tartan can definitely be intimidating - especially if accompanied by bagpipes) Goodeneough is right on the money ...or lack of it. Thanks Matt.

Yes, is it true Starmer struggled to find the lavatory and shat his pants?

Usual Goodenough.Hahaha

Hi Matt Actually they did say that they would scrap the two child cap on the door steps when they campaign in Scotland liebour in Scotland were putting it out big time to get people to vote for liebour So i hope they have buyers remorse on the way they voted Scotlands still having to mitigate the two child cap , bedroom tax with the funds getting cut last by 3%then this year another 3% Keep up with the excellent quality content Bestest from Scotland

Thank god Johnathan is back with calm reason and logic. 🤔 What I don't get is this: Sunak dithered and dallied and made virutally no decisions ever, while the loose canons attacked him. Stammer proves he will pounce on any rebellions immediately. And someone is complaining? 🙄 Good grief. He has a plan, based on the manifesto. He can't fix everything immediately. Johnathan will make it clear, won't he Matt? Won't he?😑

It’s the voting FOR an amendment brought by a different party that’s the problem. Glad to see a party leader who instils discipline and doesn’t respond to tantrums. I don’t know how many times Starmer, Reeves and others have to keep repeating that they WANT to change the situation but the money isn’t there just yet.

I can’t stand this Labour ‘There’s no money so fiscal rules/austerity’ bollocks. There’s plenty of money, gone into the wrong hands but they’re terrified of even trying to hint at getting it back. But sure, the money we do have, let’s dole out on foreign wars 🤦‍♂️

His dad was a tool maker...what do you expect from a tool?

Bibi should come and give his speech in The Hague.

Somehow the fact that Johnathan Goodenough starts off _each and every_ report with “Yes, that’s right” strikes me as funny every time. It’s perfectly mindless.

Oh, that showjumper line was absolutely cracking! 😂

Thanks for the laughs and the news! In two minutes you explained the situation more clearly than professional political commentators. Difficult for tell if you are better as a comedian or as a reporter. 😊

😂😂❤ just googled the Labour cabinet for a Labour Geoffrey-Geoff-Jefferey. There's material there once the honeymoon period is over and the tone is properly set. Keep on Matt😂😂❤

There's definitely a "Props to Stephen Flynn" joke in there somewhere (as he got mildly told off by the speaker for using a newspaper as a prop).

To make it more funny, the vote wasn’t even about the 2 child benefit cap as the video and some MPs suggested. It was about the tax credit.

It's not explicitly in the manifesto, but the following is: "Labour is committed to reviewing Universal Credit so that it makes work pay and tackles poverty. We want to end mass dependence on emergency food parcels, which is a moral scar on our society."

Very Tory-like. Starmer showing his true colors. (Not that it's any revelation.)

I was worried with the right wing loons out of power, who were almost writing their own material, it would be harder to keep the satire flowing. I’m one of the happiest men alive to have my worries proved to be totally unfounded. So many brilliant lines in this. Top work Matt 🤣😂❤️

Oooh very good. Tremendously clever. Loved that 😀

*_There is no two-child benefit cap._* The SNP amendment was about the two-child *_universal credit_* cap. Not about any putative "two-child benefit cap." Because there is no two-child benefit cap. It means that leading politicians pushing this amendment either did not understand what it was for, or they were deliberately being dishonest and misrepresenting it. If the amendment was about what they were talking about in the debate itself, then even if it had passed, it would not have achieved anything because there is no child benefit cap. The two-child universal credit cap is _popular with voters,_ including Labour voters. It means that they were in effect trying to do what Liz Truss did, and see if it worked out any better for _them._ Except instead of unfunded tax cuts, it was about unfunded spending.

Applaud Netanyahu. Keep children in poverty. What the absolute f*** !

Nicely summarised. 😊

So Netanyahu was invited over just to tell them that everything was fine?

Is it me, or does Matt have a slight Mr Bean Quality?

Cracking good whip jokes.

Bibi's just racking up the air-miles.

You can be a millionaire and still get child benefit!!!

😂👏👏👍

That showjumper joke... Well done sir

So glad you got Goodenough on this one. I was worried for a second it would be somebody else.

I was shocked when I heard part of the news. Wow, seven Labour Mps voted against scrapping the 2 child benefit cap? That's awful! Then heard the full story, which is worse

Australian here. Welcome to Murdoch's Labo(u)r parties: willing to go against very popular, progressive policies in an unsuccessful attempt to appease the very rich, and all so far from any election as to be irrelevant. Soon you'll have the real Tories back, willing to go against any promise and economic commonsense, to help the very rich.

Absolutely spot on! 👍

If you vote against the cap you could the up with more children..........

Starmer needs to get his act together. He's there to look after the people of this land. I'm still holding my breath. Come on we voted for youhoping things would get better.

Great stuff, Matt. Another excellent video 'whipped' out really smartly.

Showing that satire doesn't depend on the shade of the government, but the wit of the satirist👍

1:07 I have the same view when someone is so clever that you can't follow them intellectually.

A 24 hour crisis. That’s nice.

And we thought there would be no material for satire now

Sir Kid Starver. 7 MPs sanctioned for voting for benefits to kids not getting enough to eat. Try reading that sentence again and tell me if this guy isn't pure evil.

Country before party though, eh Keir. Meanwhile the multi, multi millionaire king sees a 50% pay increase, but yet we're all in it together.

Who knew tartan could be so intimidating.

Thank

Quick question - Do you know who Jonathan (B) Goodenough is, or is it just a funny name?

Yeah’ where would we be without Jonathan Goodenough. Aaaaaah’ …your next topic…😬😮👏👏👏💯🤟😁

The problem with scrapping the cap, that will cost £2.5bn per year. Over 5-years that is £12.5bn. That is starting to add up.

It's always the bloody whip..

Politics!

Bang on…..

excellant

Imagine being OK with leaving kids in poverty. The Tories were supposed to be gone.

Also the "rebels" get to look like complete morons, not martyrs.

When Keith showed people who he was, they should have believed him the first time.

First!😄

Starmer basically increased Corbyn´s presence in parliament from 1 to 8.

That last line was a killer. Well done!