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Sutton Coldfield’s blunt message to new Prime Minister Andy Burnham

What would you say to the new Prime Minister if he were standing in front of you?

We took that question to Sutton Coldfield, and local people did not hold back. Their answers were direct, personal and sometimes surprising.

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00:00I actually want him to listen to the people. Don't be listening to your MPs.
00:05Talk to the general public, get a feel of what they want in the system.
00:10You've got immigration, which is a big, big problem.
00:13We're getting irritated by the amount of taxpayers' money that's being used for HMOs,
00:22hotels putting up for asylum seekers,
00:25and you're telling us that our taxes need to be raised,
00:28but really maybe you need to be looking at where our money is being spent in the first place.
00:33So far, I think he seems to be doing a good job
00:35and look after the working class, the people that need it and the NHS that's needed.
00:41Right, that's another difficult one because we're pensioners
00:43and we feel we're being hit on having worked hard all our lives
00:47and they just keep having a go at us, you know,
00:51and surely the logic is that you try and make people remain as independent
00:58and able to cope themselves without falling on, you know, society.
01:05And we're trying to do that, but if he keeps kicking us, we can't.
01:08You know, I just think they're all the same.
01:11I just think they're all the same as each other.
01:12So it's all those people, our pensioners and stuff,
01:15stop robbing us, basically.
01:18And, you know, I know we, the last, like,
01:22they decided to stop winter payments and all that like,
01:25and of course, they're right, right, wasn't they?
01:27No, they should look after the pensioners.
01:29So we've tried it, that's what we said.
01:29But if, don't panic.
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