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00:03 Welcome to The Verdict on the Street, the show that
00:14 listens to its audience.
00:17 We're going to take some of the hottest topics
00:19 out onto the streets of Britain to ask you
00:22 what you think of them.
00:24 In a world that seems full of experts,
00:26 sometimes it's the opinions of the people on the street
00:29 that really matter.
00:30 So, great British public, it's over to you.
00:35 We send our reporters out into a number of cities across the UK,
00:38 armed only with a camera and a microphone
00:40 to ask simply, what do you think?
00:42 Here's what's coming up on this week's agenda.
00:48 They may as well fit a revolving door
00:49 on number 10 at the moment, but who's
00:51 been the worst Tory prime minister since 2010?
00:55 Is King Charles' cancer diagnosis
00:57 likely to heal some of the risks within the royal family?
01:00 And Marks and Spencer's has been named the nation's favorite
01:03 supermarket.
01:04 Is it yours?
01:05 But we start this week with prime ministers,
01:10 because since 2010, we've had no less than five, count them,
01:13 five of them.
01:15 David Cameron served from 2010 until he
01:17 lost the Brexit referendum to vote leave,
01:19 and he quit the post in 2016.
01:22 More Brexit woes dogged Prime Minister Theresa May,
01:24 who ended up admitting defeat in her attempt to take Britain
01:27 to the European Union, and left the job in 2019.
01:30 Next up, Boris Johnson, who promised to get Brexit done,
01:33 but he didn't, and COVID scandals made him
01:35 jump before he was pushed.
01:37 Liz Truss had to go next, but left
01:38 after her time as prime minister was
01:40 as long as the leadership campaign took together there.
01:43 And now we have Rishi Sunak, who could now
01:45 be more unpopular with the public than both Boris
01:47 Johnson and Jeremy Corbyn.
01:49 So which do you think is the worst prime minister since 2010?
01:52 And should we just leave the job to Larry the Cat?
01:57 Who has been the worst Tory prime minister since 2010?
02:00 I would have to say Rishi Sunak.
02:04 It's just-- no, I just don't like him.
02:07 I think them all.
02:09 Boris, what a clown.
02:11 Cameron sold us out for Brexit.
02:13 God, Liz Truss.
02:15 Say all of them.
02:16 Yeah, all of them.
02:18 Liz Truss was a shocker.
02:20 But you know.
02:21 David Cameron, sorry.
02:23 It was that too quick.
02:25 I mean, yeah, I think you got a lot to choose from,
02:30 to be honest.
02:30 I think David Cameron absolutely plunged this country
02:36 into a really negative direction when
02:39 he did the whole Brexit vote.
02:40 And then he just went off and didn't really
02:45 take any responsibility for it.
02:46 Which Conservative prime minister since 2010
02:49 do you think has done the best job compared to the others?
02:52 That's exactly the question YouGov
02:53 put to around 4,000 British adults.
02:56 And the majority simply couldn't answer.
02:58 41% said they didn't know which Tory MP made
03:01 the most positive impact.
03:03 Boris Johnson was the favourite of 21% of respondents,
03:06 followed by David Cameron with 19%,
03:09 and then Theresa May with 12%.
03:11 Current Prime Minister Rishi Sunak attracted only 6%
03:14 of the poll vote, with Liz Truss in dead last with 1%.
03:17 But here's what you think.
03:19 I mean, without Shad, without Liz Truss,
03:23 I can't believe she's now talking
03:24 to Bannon about how the deep state upended her.
03:27 I mean, this is the biggest problem that we have,
03:29 is just all the bad faith that politicians
03:33 are ready to espouse to get some kind of moment of more
03:35 visibility to what I don't know, champion
03:38 their terrible failures.
03:40 I think if I was going to pick a favourite,
03:42 reluctantly, it would probably be Theresa May.
03:44 I feel like she kind of took over when an absolute storm was
03:49 going on.
03:51 So I do sort of feel for her in that way.
03:52 Never really going to have a favourite Tory leader,
03:55 but I think Theresa May is probably the one.
03:57 Obviously, Liz Truss was quite low.
04:00 David Cameron driving us into Brexit again,
04:02 quite low in my opinions.
04:05 And to be honest, I can't see who
04:06 would be the next favourite Conservative leader
04:09 after they boot Rishi out.
04:12 So yeah, I'm not really sure.
04:13 It's a very positive time for the Tories.
04:16 But yeah, it'll be interesting to see what happens when I
04:18 suspect they might not do too well in the next general
04:21 election.
04:22 Maybe in terms of what they achieved,
04:25 maybe Liz Truss in the very short time that she was in,
04:28 she managed to do an incredible amount of damage.
04:32 That was an embarrassing premiership,
04:35 I think you could call it.
04:38 But I'm not a Tory fan at all.
04:42 Rishi seems a little bit more anonymous.
04:45 I mean, he's a pleasant enough guy,
04:47 and he's quite good at Prime Minister's question time.
04:50 He's good on his feet.
04:51 He's a bright fella.
04:54 But he doesn't have that kind of universal appeal.
04:57 Royal wrangling's next, and speculation this week
05:04 that King Charles' shock cancer diagnosis
05:07 is prompting hopeful speculation that the rift might
05:09 heal between Harry and the rest of the family.
05:11 Prince Harry said that he was grateful to have
05:13 been able to fly in from the US to visit his father,
05:15 and said his trip to London to see the King
05:17 could be a step to reunifying his relatives
05:20 after years of strained relations.
05:22 But would you welcome Harry back to the country,
05:24 or even royal duties?
05:25 I really don't believe that there should
05:31 be a monarchy full stop.
05:34 But if I can put that aside and just talk about,
05:38 should he return to duties?
05:40 That was the question.
05:42 Yeah, why not?
05:43 What difference does it make?
05:46 I'm not fussed what he does.
05:47 It has no bearing on the lives of real people.
05:50 Yeah.
05:50 They are just the British Kardashians.
05:52 To be honest, I don't really have--
05:55 I don't really care.
05:58 Yeah, I've got no interest mainly in the royals,
06:00 to be honest.
06:01 I don't think he deserves it.
06:03 Yeah.
06:04 I think he's burnt his boat, basically.
06:07 I think he was manipulated by his good wife.
06:16 I don't care much for the royals anyway.
06:18 I think they've all kind of made it a bit of a drama show.
06:22 I mean, there's a whole Netflix thing based
06:24 on the entire family anyways.
06:29 So I think they are just making it a bit of a drama.
06:31 I think if he comes back, there's
06:32 going to be more situations rising up.
06:35 And I just don't think anybody needs to see it on the news
06:38 when there's more important things going on.
06:40 I'm a fan of the royal family.
06:41 I mean, I was a big fan of--
06:43 I'm 35 years old, so I remember when I was a child watching
06:46 Princess Diana on TV.
06:48 My mum absolutely loved Princess Diana.
06:50 She was a great woman, a beacon to the British people.
06:56 Now, that really is a hard question,
06:58 because personally, I'm all in favor of forgive and forget,
07:01 especially when it comes to family, because family
07:03 have the tiffs and they have the fall outs.
07:05 But I've got to say, I was very disappointed when
07:07 he did come to visit his dad, that he spent 45 minutes
07:11 with his dad and then jetted back.
07:13 So is this a ploy for them to get back in public favor
07:17 just to make a bit more money?
07:18 Or is it for a genuine love of the royalty
07:21 and that they do want to get involved in our British society
07:23 again?
07:24 Well, personally, I think it could just
07:26 be a ploy just to try and get people back on their side,
07:29 because their PR at the moment, it's down the pan, isn't it?
07:33 I did see the BBC were doing some sort of live update.
07:36 Harry's plane has landed.
07:39 I just think that is nonsense.
07:41 And I think surely there are other things going on
07:45 in the world, really, that are a bit more worth the airtime.
07:50 I mean, I know I respect that people are interested in it.
07:52 I'm not personally.
07:54 But I felt even that was excessive.
07:56 To be quite honest, when it comes to the royals,
07:58 Harry was my guy.
08:00 So Prince Harry was--
08:03 I mean, what I liked him the most was as much as he was a royal,
08:06 he was very down to earth.
08:07 He was a humble guy.
08:08 I mean, look at him from a distance.
08:09 I don't know him personally.
08:10 But from a distance, looking at body language and things
08:12 like that, that's the sort of vibe he gave me.
08:14 Do you know what I mean?
08:15 Are you in favour of Harry?
08:17 Or do you think most people who like him
08:18 would all let yourself down?
08:21 I know the public are critical of him,
08:23 because they say Meghan took him away.
08:25 But I don't really--
08:28 I'm not bothered.
08:29 I'm impartial.
08:29 Yeah, I'm not really bothered.
08:31 Last day this week, Marks and Spencer's
08:36 has been crowned the nation's favourite supermarket
08:38 for a third time running, according to a survey
08:41 by Consumer Watchdog, which it achieved an overall customer
08:45 score of 76%.
08:47 But is it your cup of tea?
08:50 I should have really liked Lidl, to be honest.
08:52 Maybe Asda.
08:53 My go-to is probably a Sainsbury's.
08:55 M&S is fantastic.
08:56 We like the food in particular.
08:58 The co-op in Tesco's and Aldi's.
09:00 Well, the one that's closest, the co-op.
09:02 I do actually quite like Marks and Spencer's.
09:05 We go to Tesco's, because it's closer.
09:07 I do shop at Marks and Spencer's, yeah.
09:09 Lidl.
09:10 Lidl by, Lidl by, Lidl by, Lidl by, Lidl.
09:15 Each year, Which conducts their annual supermarket
09:18 satisfaction survey.
09:19 And this time, M&S has been awarded the top prize
09:22 for the third year running.
09:23 In second place was German budget giant Aldi.
09:26 And in a separate survey of online supermarkets,
09:29 Iceland came out on top.
09:31 However, Asda and Morrison's were
09:32 found to be at the bottom of the watchdog's rankings.
09:34 There are many different factors that
09:36 go into where you choose to do your shop, though.
09:38 Here's what some of you had to say.
09:40 I wish she was my favorite.
09:41 I wish I could have gone to shop at Marks and Spencer's.
09:43 I mean, don't get me wrong.
09:44 I love the Percy Pigs.
09:46 The Easter stuff's brilliant.
09:48 You know, the cotton caterpillars,
09:49 but I could never afford that.
09:50 Tesco's and Aldi's are good value and good quality.
09:53 Same as the co-op.
09:54 So I think the prices are good in all three shops,
09:56 and the quality is good and reliable.
09:58 I think if I do sort of like gravitate towards one,
10:00 it would be Sainsbury's.
10:01 I do like Sainsbury's.
10:02 It's quite a nice atmosphere in Sainsbury's.
10:05 Can't say I've stepped foot in a Marks and Spencer's
10:07 that much, though.
10:08 So I'm not quite sure if it's room for them,
10:10 but if they're nice, then they're nice.
10:13 I just shop anywhere that is local to me.
10:16 So like a local Morrison's or just the farmers nearby.
10:20 I only buy clothes from there.
10:22 My favorite used to be Debenhams.
10:24 Well, now that's gone.
10:25 I've changed my allegiance now to Marks and Spencer's.
10:28 And I'm that age as well, aren't I?
10:30 Let's be honest.
10:31 And what about your food shop?
10:33 Oh, no.
10:34 We get special stuff from there.
10:35 We all shop on extra nights.
10:36 We go to Marks and Sparks.
10:38 The food is consistently good.
10:41 And you've got things in there that you can buy that you
10:45 can't probably buy in Aldi.
10:47 I think actually a lot of the basics
10:51 are the same price as anywhere else,
10:53 like the biscuits and the honey.
10:54 It's the same price as Tesco or even Lidl.
10:58 I tend to try to avoid going to supermarkets because of all
11:02 the plastic wrapping and also because I'm a single parent
11:06 working from home.
11:07 I actually get a delivery from Abel and Cole,
11:10 which comes in a cardboard box.
11:12 They take back the cardboard box.
11:13 There isn't a lot of plastic involved.
11:15 And I like to support my local butchers if I'm buying meat.
11:18 We do tend to pop in.
11:19 And it's more of-- it's seen more of a treat for us.
11:21 We don't necessarily do a full shop there.
11:23 But yeah, I mean, I don't have a favorite supermarket.
11:28 Really nice clothes, really well made.
11:31 And all the standards, they do really, really well.
11:34 And the food is a real treat.
11:35 They have the best pea and ham soup.
11:37 We may even go there for our lunch.
11:39 Oh, yeah, OK.
11:39 Yeah.
11:40 MLS is good when you want to splash out and like--
11:42 you know, like maybe it's a Friday
11:45 and you want to get like a nice lasagna or a pizza or something.
11:49 But just for your day to day, you want Lidl or Aldi or--
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