Our reporters hit the streets to talk to the public in our major cities across the UK about the news making the headlines this week. In this episode, we ask who is the worst prime minister since 2010, will King Charles' illness heal his family's rifts, and is M&S your supermarket of the year?
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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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