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Jonathan, good morning to you. Good morning, andrew. Good morning, andrew. Congratulations on your new job, your shadow paymaster, general , why you so worked general, why are you so worked up whether truss up about whether liz truss has a resignation honours list or. Not . Well, i think look, its 12 months to the day that the conservative government took a set of quite disastrous decisions , decisions which decisions, decisions which essentially pushed our economy off a cliff , led to a run essentially pushed our economy off a cliff, led to a run on Pension Funds and now hard working families across the country are paying more on their mortgage as a consequence, because mortgages have gone up. And in fact, i think 300 billion has been wiped off. The value of property. So mortgages are going up, people are paying more and house prices have lost their value as a consequence of those decisions. Were also paying more tax. If you go down to asda, sainsburys and morrisons, youre paying more for your weekly shop. The energy bills have gone up and i think the idea that liz truss should be able to hand out these honours and gongs to her friends because of the decisions that she led for the 40 odd days that she was in charge. I think is quite offensive. And if rishi sunak offensive. And if rishi sunak had any backbone he would step in and block them. But of course, as we know and as you know, andrew. Rishi sunak is in action, man. Thats what they call him down here. I doubt hell actually do it, but if he had any backbone, he would step in and block these honours, if recall. Jonathan your recall. Jonathan ashworth, your lot didnt exactly oppose much of liz mini budget. Liz trusss mini budget. Do you oppose topic . Cutting the oppose the topic . Cutting the top of tax from £0. 45 to top rate of tax from £0. 45 to £0. 40 . And one other thing, but basically you went along with most of it. Well, i think i was coming on programmes including yours, maybe you not have been maybe you might not have been presenting might presenting at the time. It might have saying that have been eamonn saying that that have been that budget should have been reversed of the quite reversed because of the quite disastrous decisions that were taken it. And it led to, as i taken by it. And it led to, as i say, this run on Pension Funds that bank of england that forced the bank of england to and people are to intervene and people are paying to intervene and people are paying more on their mortgages as consequence. In the end as a consequence. And in the end , what have you got after 13 years of the conservatives now highest burden record, highest tax burden on record, people more tax, people people paying more tax, people paying people paying more tax, people paying in shops and paying more in the shops and paying paying more in the shops and paying more in the shops and paying more on their energy bills, better off after bills, are you better off after 13 years of the conservatives no, youre and thats no, youre not. And thats because decisions taken by because of decisions taken by liz truss and rishi sunak. Jonathan, it seems it feels so and punitive to say so petty and punitive to say that liz truss shouldnt have her nominees for honours when no politician, no Prime Minister has ever made decisions which benefited everybody all the time, and particularly when it comes to economics, our very own economics editor Liam Halligan has sat in this studio many times and says the reason that the economy tanked after liz truss and Kwasi Kwarteng is much more complex and much more nuanced than the decision that she made. It just feels like youre making Political Capital out of something and nothing now, i dont think when people are paying more, more , so much are paying more, more, so much more hundreds of pounds , more hundreds of pounds, thousands of pounds more on their mortgage, that is something or nothing. Something or nothing. I think thats deadly serious. Your viewers this morning in bolsover ashfield and mansfield, stoke bury and bolton hoo, who are opening that letter from their mortgage provider telling them that unless they renegotiate their deal, theyre going to be paying an eye watering amounts and then when they try and negotiate, renegotiate their deal, theyre still paying more. Still going to be paying more. They think thats they dont think thats something and that something or nothing. And that is of decisions taken in is because of decisions taken in that to pay fast and that budget to pay fast and loose with the public finances to irresponsible to be cavalier and irresponsible with the public finances. A Labour Government would never do that under keir starmer and rachel reeves. We will always apply an iron discipline to the fiscal because know fiscal position because we know thats how to show that youre on the side of working families and working families expect it. There are economists who have sat this studio who will tell sat in this studio who will tell us we have these high us the reason we have these high Interest Rates now. And i dont disagree you, feel disagree with you, i feel dreadfully for everyone dreadfully sorry for everyone whos meet at whos barely making ends meet at the thats because the moment. But thats because we printed so much money during the the the last three years. The quantitative meant the quantitative easing meant the interest have had to come Interest Rates have had to come up and labour encouraging up and labour were encouraging that quantitative and that quantitative easing and encouraging all that encouraging handing out all that money people furlough money to people on furlough dunng money to people on furlough during that time. So its a bit rich now to turn around and say this is all liz trusss fault, but and economists who will but and the economists who will also tell you that pursuing unfair funded tax cuts in the way in the reckless way that she did has led to the situation were in. Because essentially it precipitated a run on Pension Funds. Precipitated a run on Pension Funds. And what that means is funds. And what that means is there were question marks about whether britain could pay her debts. That is what happened last autumn when the conservatives took those decisions. It wasnt related to the quantitative easing because until that point there was stability in the markets. Her decisions led to questions about whether britain could pay her debts. Thats why Pension Funds were so in peril. And the bank of england had to take emergency action. That is what happened last year and now were all paying last year and now were all paying more in our mortgages as a consequence. So im afraid, a consequence. So im afraid, you know, you know, ive been around economic decisions as well and perfectly happy to come on and have that debate with your economists as well. But but your economists as well. But but i also know that your viewers, whether theyre in stoke or mansfield, are paying more on their because of their mortgage because of conservative their mortgage because of conservativ ask you, jonathan, let me ask you, jonathan, about plan give the vote about your plan to give the vote to year olds england. So to 16 year olds in england. So you cant buy an alcoholic drink at of 16 or buy a packet at the age of 16 or buy a packet of cigarettes or buy view legally or buy a property. You cant apply to join the army till 17 and nine months. Till 17 years and nine months. But under Keir Starmers desperate plan to get votes, 16 year olds are going to get the vote. Whats the whats the logic behind this . Well i mean, logic behind this . Well i mean, youre paying tax. Youre paying tax. You can leave school and get a job. And i think if youre paying a job. And i think if youre paying tax, then you and you shouldnt work. Then you should be hang on, let them buy cigarettes. You should be well, you can smoke. You cant. you cant. You cant. You cant. You cant buy them legally. You cant buy them legally. You cant go into a pub and buy a buy a drink. You cant you cant smoke. You cant. You can smoke, though, cant you . And you, you can get married in certain circumstances you get circumstances and you can get a job and pay tax. So if you can pay job and pay tax. So if you can pay tax, then you should be allowed. And im talking here allowed. And im talking here about direct taxation, not indirect taxation. Before you say well, you know, 14 say to me, well, you know, 14 year olds can go asda. You year olds can go to asda. Do you have any of sweets . Do have any bucket of sweets . Do you have any research about how many 16 year olds would more many 16 year olds would be more inclined than conservative . No. I dont have any research no. I dont have any research because im not were not making a decision based on whether they vote the labour party or not. You are loony party. You are loony party. Course you are. Of course of course you are. Of course you are. You know that Research Shows that the majority of people vote tory are over people who vote tory are over 50. 16 year all 50. You think 16 year olds all embrace the keir starmer revolution . Do. Revolution . Of course you do. Ive not seen any of that research. You thats what you think though. Youre, youre trying to send it to me. Andrew. You send it to me. Andrew yeah. So, okay, so what would what is the appeal . Ill tell you something. What is the appeal then to labour . What is it then . Giving an adult responsibility to are effectively children still well. Still well, well. You saying a 16 year old are you saying a 16 year old is a child . Yeah. Ive raised ive got whos bit older ive got one whos a bit older than and ive got one whos than that and ive got one whos under oh, believe me, they think they know everything at 16. Nothing. They all they know nothing. They all think know everything. They know nothing. They all thiroh, know everything. They know nothing. They all thiroh, well, ow everything. They know nothing. They all thiroh, well, ow evimagine. Ive oh, well, i can imagine. Ive got year old whos already got a 12 year old whos already acting good luck. Acting like shes good luck. I can tell you. I dont. I know. Yeah. Yeah. Thanks. But its a very adult responsibility. I mean, dont have a i mean, i dont have a particularly strong opinion on it. Think getting kids engaged it. I think getting kids engaged in is a good thing. In politics is a good thing. I want them to engaged, but want them to be engaged, but i just wonder what your motives are. Yeah well, i think. I mean, actually, thats a really thats one of the most important want to important points. You want to engage people in politics. Engage young people in politics. You want because need to be you want because they need to be you people should you know, young people should have opinion. They have an opinion. Well, they should invited to have an should be invited to have an opinion on whats happening in their area, what they their local area, what they think in their interests think is in their best interests of the country. And i dont see i interested in i mean, i was interested in politics when i was 16, you might say. Thats because might say. Well, thats because i was a bit a bit, you know, a bit unusual. But think its bit unusual. But i do think its important young people are important that young people are exposed politics and exposed to politics and understand all the issues. I just you, was that can i just ask you, was that why you wanted to engage with young miliband young people that ed miliband embraced just embraced Russell Brand just before 2015 general election before the 2015 general election 7 before the 2015 general election . That such . In hindsight, was that such a clever . Clever move . Well, these revelations and which are shocking, i dont doubt that theyre shocking at all and need to be properly, properly investigated. And i do think theres a theres a look. I mean, hes denying it. So i just want to step back from the particulars of that, you know, because theres obviously going to be processes. Now, i do think to be processes. Now, i do think theres an issue in society about violence against women and girls, is not as girls, which is not taken as seriously should. We know seriously as it should. We know convictions for Sexual Assault and prosecutions for Sexual Assault and are really poor assault and rape are really poor. Its why, for example, weve proposed specialist rape courts. We really need to get better as a society for dealing these with these issues around Sexual Assault rape, violence assault and rape, violence against women and girls. It was ed miliband mistaken then your leader at the time , then your leader at the time, labour have embraced labour leader, to have embraced him. Though e though. Well, i mean, well, though. Well, i mean, those those revelations werent well known. But you know, you know, we always have you know, we always enjoy a bit of back and forth. Andrew between me and you, you know, lots of your prominent presenters, by the way, are putting out tweets, defended him at the moment. So are they mistaken . Mistaken . Well, its a debate were going to have just about to have that debate. Actually, jonathan. So Jonathan Ashworth, always a pleasure to to you. That pleasure to talk to you. That is the paymaster general. The shadow paymaster general. 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