Thomas Skinner says Britons ‘have no money’ and accuses Labour of ‘smacking’ businesses

Thomas Skinner says Britons 'have no money' and accuses Labour of 'smacking' businessesBBC

Transcript

00:00We all know that the cost of living is a joke at the minute.

00:03People are struggling.

00:05People should be able to, end of the week, enjoy a pint of beer,

00:09take their kids to the football, but they can't.

00:10Their pennies ain't going as far.

00:13Every Sunday morning, 8 o'clock, me and my friend Rob do a men's mental health walk.

00:18We've done it every single Sunday.

00:19Anyone can come.

00:20It's brilliant.

00:21It's brilliant.

00:22And one of the biggest things I talk about with blokes my age is,

00:25I ain't got no money, Tom.

00:26And that's literally, and I'm working every hour that God gives me.

00:29Like, this morning, I started work at 3 o'clock.

00:31And when I was in New Spitalfield, yeah,

00:35I noticed that people are buying their stock because people aren't buying their fruit and veg.

00:39Like, I want to buy fish in Billingsgate afterwards.

00:41I thought, how's it been?

00:42It's going smaller and smaller.

00:43Why is that?

00:43Well, because Labour have been smacking small businesses, left, right and centre.

00:48And it ain't fair.

00:49Like, people forget small businesses are back running in the UK.

00:54And without small businesses, we ain't got a country.

00:57Their tax pays for the roads, like the polls were talking about earlier, like the NHS.

01:02Like, everything goes on through small businesses.

01:04And I think we need to give them more support.

01:07And then you'll see more jobs open up.

01:10You'll see more people, you know, because when companies are making more money,

01:13they can employ and they can fund people better.

01:15And do you think any of the parties have the answer to that?

01:18Mate, listen, I don't think they do at the moment.

01:21Like, people, I mean, Nigel Fry's come out and said he'll back small businesses.

01:25And he did say that.

01:26And I appreciate he said that, yeah.

01:27But I think something needs to be done now.

01:30Not in the future.

01:30Like, yous lot are in charge.

01:32Do something about it.

01:34Stop talking about it.

01:35Do it.

01:37You