A divided island | Politics and poverty on the Isle of Wight
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Published 2024-06-29
But that's not the only dividing line on the island. While some have second homes, others are increasingly reliant on food banks. And, it's pushing some towards parties like Reform.
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All Comments (21)
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There's no jobs, the shops are all shut, the place is falling apart, but I'm still gonna vote for the same guy that's sat by & watched it all happen. There's something wrong with people.
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The guy who can't get a job, saying "I think it's my age, the age I am, and quite a lot of people my age" then goes on to say that he hopes Bob Seely doesn't lose his seat, saying "I'm hoping he's gonna stay in and er, we can er, get everything sorted out with jobs and whatever his policies are". A real critical thinker there, can't put two and two together and will vote for more of the same without even knowing what he is voting for! Crazy
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Not voting conservative because the bingo had to be cancelled is legendary
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No wonder he can't get a job.... I can't get a job, there are no jobs, I'll vote for the people who created that situation.
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As a Indian I have sympathy for british people.politicians are bastard everywhere.
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respect to the interviewer, it's refreshing to see someone letting people speak, asking pertinent questions and not injecting their own views.
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Anyone from Ventnor/the Isle of Wight will famously know that Graham Perks was once put on pubwatch (banning him from every pub in the town except the one he owns) for biting a woman. He is not a sane man.
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I lived on the IOW during Covid before managing to escape. The job propects are terrrible and its basically an island retirement home trapped in the 1960s. I feel really aweful for people born on the island in this day and age as its so expensive to stay, but also really hard to afford to leave the island due to the boat costs etc. I think most 18 year olds attempt to escape the island when they go to Uni and never look back.
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Sad state the Tories have brought to this country.
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I hope anybody watching this on the Isle of Wight or anyone visiting the Isle of Wight AVOIDS THAT PUB & PUB LANDLORD like the Plague.
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The idiots will still vote Tory or heaven help us Reform. All you can do is laugh.
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I live and work here and most people I work with think that voting Labour is akin to voting for a Marxist revolution. I’ll be amazed if Quigley unseats Seely but fingers crossed.
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imagine being so clueless that you want to keep a Tory MP to help fix the island, not knowing the policies they offer and not realising they are in this shit show because of the Tories... the UK is forever screwed
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How deluded can you be to think The Reform Party will improve anything.
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"Gypsies & Vagabonds, r*pe & pillage" I thought he was about to break into song...Seriously, language & views like that! Who is going to vote for that reform guy???
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My sympathies to the guy saying he can’t get a job. Same boat for me, seems once you get to late 50’s employers disregard you. I’ve gone past desperation now, just resigned to it.
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Back in the 80’s I lived on the Isle of Wight in Ryde. My ex-husband was the manager of The Star bingo hall. It was such a bustling town full of a variety of shops and a thriving community. It breaks my heart to see how decimated areas of the island have become. Then again it just mirrors what is happening up and down the whole of England! Help out by voting the tories out for good! Don’t leave them with any options to rise ever again!
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Props to producer Laura on this report, give her, her own show or at least spot pls Oli!
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The woman at 1:30 is an example of someone that could be fooled for 20 years before realise they've been voting against their own interests.
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and just look what the tory party has done to the place .14 years wasted.............and brexit.
