Steph McGovern

It says something, doesn't it, when you get a news alert on your phone saying Andy Burnham's arrived in London.

Oh, my God, it's such a mad world.

It's a wind trap, isn't it?

Who are you?

And on that point, you know, obviously, as we always talk about, the bond markets have reacted to this.

So now our UK's long-term borrowing costs have hit the highest level since 1998.

And this is all because of that.

Yeah, and the pound's fallen as well.

If you look at what's happening against the pound against the dollar, that's gone down.

So this is really negative.

It is not in any way good for our economy.

At a time when we are in so much turmoil with the geopolitical situation, we've got a cost of living crisis, you know.

People are paying more tax and getting less.

Public services are creaking.

Living standards are not getting any better.

Inequality is growing.

Young people feel like they've got less opportunity than previous generations.

The social contract has been broken and we are in a mess.

The social contract, I see it as, you work hard and as you go on in your life, things get better for you.

It doesn't have to be massively, but just all people want to see is things slightly improve or have someone who is giving them a plan, a strategy, a principled one,