Andrew Dickens: Politicians do anything to get votes

Early Edition with Ryan Bridge · Dec 17, 2025 · 2m · transcript

I’m still in slack mouthed shock at Barbara Edmonds' performance on this programme yesterday.

After the release of the Government’s books showing we’re still in deficit and will be in deficit longer and with every day that passes our debt grows, Labour was quick to say National has screwed things up and we should have voted Labour onto the Treasury benches.

I would have thought that would mean they knew how to do things better. Therefore, they could perhaps tell you and I what should have been done.

So, we gave them the opportunity to share their superior knowledge, particularly with you the…