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Our reporters hit the streets to talk to the public in our major cities across the UK about the news hitting the headlines this week. In this episode, we look at Sir Keir Starmer's potential as prime minister, FIFA's decision to host the 2030 World Cup across three continents, and Netflix's new docuseries, 'Beckham'.
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00:11 Welcome to The Verdict on the Street,
00:13 the show that 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
00:21 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.
00:34 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 On this week's agenda, we're asking,
00:49 would Sir Keir Starmer make a good prime minister?
00:52 Are the proposed World Cup locations
00:54 environmental madness?
00:56 And have Netflix scored with their new docuseries
00:59 on David Beckham?
00:59 So let's dive straight in, up to Liverpool
01:05 and the aftermath of the Labour Party conference.
01:08 Sir Keir Starmer delivered a glittering performance
01:10 during his leader's speech.
01:12 And after an eventful start, he removed his jacket,
01:14 rolled up his sleeves, and got down to business.
01:18 Making economic growth a top priority,
01:20 he promised to get Britain building again.
01:23 He spoke about breaking the class ceiling
01:25 and his own working class background,
01:27 the pebble dash semi he grew up in,
01:29 and how his toolmaker dad felt the disrespect
01:32 of vocational skills all his life.
01:35 This came as part of an attack on Rishi Sunak
01:37 for leveling down the working class aspiration
01:40 to go to university.
01:42 This was clearly a pre-election speech,
01:44 but does Starmer have what it takes to lead the country?
01:48 Let's find out.
01:50 I honestly think that there's not a lot
01:52 to choose between all of them.
01:54 I'm really quite jaundiced in my opinion of politicians.
01:57 And it's amazing what they can say,
02:00 they can do when any party is in opposition.
02:03 No.
02:05 That's just-- I mean, I'm more right-leaning,
02:08 to be honest, anyway.
02:09 But forgetting about that, I mean,
02:11 actually, I'm more Green Party now.
02:12 I've had a little revamp.
02:14 But no, I think I'm not a fan of them.
02:17 It'd be hard for me to articulate why,
02:19 just over the years of watching him,
02:20 watching him in the House of Commons.
02:22 Yeah, I'm not a fan of him at all.
02:25 I think he's a very fair man.
02:27 He's very honest, comes across very honest.
02:31 And as a prime minister, honesty should be number one.
02:36 He's got more faces than Leeds Town Hall clock.
02:40 HS2, first of all, he vigorously opposed it when he was an MP.
02:45 Then when the government announced it was not going
02:47 to build the link to Leeds, he said,
02:51 Labour Party will build it to Leeds.
02:55 Now it's been scrapped altogether.
02:56 I don't know where he stands.
02:57 I don't think he knows where he stands himself.
03:00 He's got to be better than British Union, that's for sure.
03:04 What do you think of Keir Starmer in general?
03:07 He's not left-wing enough for me.
03:10 I'm not sure.
03:11 I can't answer that, honestly.
03:12 I think I'm not--
03:13 I can't come down on one side or the other.
03:15 I'm sorry.
03:17 You'd have to prove it.
03:18 But at the moment, I'm not sure.
03:20 Based on the options that are available,
03:22 he's probably the best person for the job.
03:24 I suppose that my only hesitancy is that he's probably
03:28 the best of a bad bunch in the sense
03:30 that there's not really that much
03:32 different about all our potential leaders in the UK
03:35 at the moment.
03:35 You've got the status quo, which is the Conservatives.
03:38 They've been in power for a long time.
03:40 And then what you've also got is an alternative
03:43 that they basically don't have a vision.
03:45 They get an asked question of what they're going to do next.
03:47 And I don't think they have any answers to that.
03:49 And I think they're going to spend the next few months
03:51 trying to tell the public what that is.
03:53 I would certainly give him a chance
03:55 because he's-- him and his crowd--
03:59 let's call them a crowd--
04:01 have turned the Labour Party nearly as good as we want it.
04:06 Nearly as good as we want it.
04:07 We're not quite there.
04:09 And I think if we do go into power,
04:12 we'll need a coalition government to take us there.
04:14 I think--
04:14 I don't know.
04:15 I'm really cynical about politicians.
04:17 I think they say what everybody wants to hear.
04:19 Get in.
04:20 They don't do anything.
04:21 Yeah.
04:21 Yeah.
04:22 It'd be nice if somebody actually came in
04:24 and did what they said they were going to do
04:26 without a load of fuss and bother,
04:27 but just actually followed through
04:29 with some of the promises that they make
04:31 to people who vote for them.
04:32 Along with my family, I've always voted Tory
04:36 because I think--
04:38 I know the Tories are getting a load of stick at the minute.
04:42 But I think if Labour were back in power,
04:46 then I don't think it'd be good for the country, personally.
04:49 To sport now, because FIFA and global football leaders
04:54 reached an agreement to make World Cup 2030 the first
04:58 to be held across three continents and six countries.
05:02 Morocco, Portugal, and Spain will
05:04 be joint hosts for the competition,
05:05 but games will also be played in Uruguay, Argentina,
05:09 and Paraguay.
05:11 It will mean 48 teams traveling up to 6,000 miles
05:14 between venues after plans were announced
05:16 that have been heavily criticized on carbon footprint
05:18 grounds alone.
05:20 The World Cup has never been played on more than one
05:22 continent before, and proposals for a tournament
05:25 to be played over thousands of miles
05:27 was met with shock by climate groups.
05:30 Add to that the decision to allocate the 2034 tournament
05:33 to bidders from Asia and Oceania,
05:35 which leaves Saudi Arabia as hot favourite
05:37 to host the competition.
05:40 Very, very bad.
05:41 Very bad.
05:42 The World Cup, it should be in one place, one home.
05:45 And it should be a country that's never
05:47 been selected before, a country that
05:49 could do with the revenue.
05:51 Football now, compared to what it was,
05:53 it is one big money game.
05:58 As far as FIFA are concerned, if they can get the money,
06:03 they're happy.
06:04 And to me, I don't think they're really
06:06 concerned about anything else, as long as they've got money.
06:10 I think that's a bit, like, a step too far myself.
06:13 So to have to go from North Africa to South America,
06:15 it's-- no.
06:18 I think that's a bit too much.
06:20 With this going on across multiple continents,
06:22 I suppose that sport-- the main thing about sport is the fans.
06:24 It's not-- the players aren't the most important,
06:26 the governing bodies, all that.
06:28 The most important people are the fans, right?
06:29 That's what makes it interesting,
06:31 is that people actually care.
06:32 And if it's across multiple continents,
06:35 obviously it's giving a lot more people opportunity to go,
06:37 in the sense that it's across the world.
06:39 But for the dedicated fans, what are they supposed to do?
06:42 How are they supposed to see a lot of this?
06:44 They can't.
06:45 So for me, that's why it's probably not
06:47 the right decision.
06:48 But as far as I'm aware, they've probably
06:50 done something like this before.
06:51 I'm not aware of it.
06:52 But hey, it might work.
06:53 Who knows?
06:54 And I think it'd be better doing it in, like, maybe,
06:57 like, European countries or North America or something,
07:01 for the competitions.
07:02 And why is that?
07:03 I think, like, football is bigger here.
07:06 And all that would make it easier for fans to travel
07:08 and all that.
07:09 Everybody needs to deserve the chance.
07:11 And I think Saudi Arabia would be really good in hosting
07:14 the FIFA World Cup.
07:16 They've got good players.
07:17 They've got good pitches.
07:18 And, you know, they're really good in hosting as well.
07:22 So obviously, it'll be a good--
07:23 if it does happen, I would be the one to take a ticket
07:26 and go and watch it over there.
07:28 And obviously, it's, like, diverse as well.
07:29 It's a diverse country.
07:31 You know, they're developing really well.
07:33 If you look at their development plans,
07:34 they've put a lot of things in plan.
07:36 They're more modern now compared to what
07:38 they were back in '90s.
07:40 In 21st century, they're more modern.
07:42 They're more diverse.
07:43 They're more open-minded.
07:44 I think I would agree that I think
07:46 having it in multiple places, it is bad for the environment.
07:50 But also for the viewers as well.
07:52 It probably doesn't make it as easy to watch the games
07:55 and follow the World Cup.
07:56 There's all these different time zones
07:57 and minutes happening.
07:58 Everything about around football now is about money.
08:03 It's-- maybe 30 years ago, yes, it was about club,
08:07 about real football.
08:09 Right now, it's about-- it's a branch.
08:11 Who need to sell?
08:13 And if they need to move this one to a country who
08:17 will pay more money, yes, of course, they say yes.
08:20 Every country has its problems.
08:22 And while there's nasty things going on,
08:24 they've done very nicely for Newcastle United.
08:28 I don't think you're going to be fearing another country's
08:30 politics.
08:31 It should be kept away from sport.
08:32 Lastly, David Beckham's Netflix series
08:38 has been released, granting fans an insight
08:40 into his personal life, his career with Manchester United,
08:43 Real Madrid, and LA Galaxy, and not to mention
08:46 his relationship with his wife, Victoria Beckham.
08:49 The new series has received a number of positive reviews.
08:51 But did you watch it?
08:53 And what do you think?
08:55 I have watched it.
08:57 I did watch it.
08:57 I found it really--
08:59 I am not--
09:00 I didn't grow up with football, soccer, as the Aussies would say.
09:03 I didn't grow up with it.
09:05 And then watching--
09:06 I mean, I watched Wrexham, I guess,
09:08 because of the hype of that.
09:09 And then I also watched the Beckham.
09:11 And I think there is so much history and culture
09:14 within football.
09:14 And I think the Beckham made me appreciate football a lot more.
09:19 And he's actually a really nice lad.
09:21 He seems like a nice, pleasant guy.
09:24 I was pleased that he queued up with the masses
09:26 to view the Queen's coffin.
09:28 He didn't kind of pull any, you know, who am I kind of things.
09:32 He seems like a nice guy.
09:34 And he seems like a good dad.
09:35 I actually watched it over this weekend.
09:37 And I binge watched it.
09:38 I watched all the episodes.
09:41 I am a fan of him.
09:42 Obviously, he played for Manchester United,
09:44 one of the teams that I support.
09:47 And you know, to be fair, looking at his documentary
09:50 and his lifestyle, and obviously the football
09:54 he played for different teams like AC Milan, Real Madrid,
09:59 the transfer, and also going to America
10:01 and then having his own club, it's a success story, to be fair.
10:04 He's done really well for the country as well.
10:06 You've got to admire him, because let's be honest,
10:09 he's not the greatest footballer ever.
10:11 He even has come out of Man United,
10:13 when you've had the likes of George Best and players
10:15 like that.
10:16 But for what he-- the skill he had,
10:19 and I thought was very limited, personally.
10:21 But he has done well for himself.
10:23 The preview came up for it.
10:24 And the preview included a scene where the interviewer asks
10:28 Victoria Beckham about how she met David and her roots
10:33 and things like that.
10:34 And she described herself as working class.
10:35 And David Beckham overheard it, burst into the room,
10:37 and said, what car did your dad drive when you were growing up?
10:41 And she refused to answer a few times.
10:43 Then she said a Rolls Royce, and he just left the room.
10:45 And that looked quite funny.
10:46 So I might watch after seeing that.
10:48 I have to say, you come away-- you can't not like the guy
10:51 when you've watched it, I think.
10:53 He just comes across as a really, really nice guy.
10:56 He hasn't really changed over the years.
10:59 They seem to be OK, actually.
11:00 I mean, they're rich, obviously.
11:02 They're really, really well off.
11:03 But I don't think they're miles away from the people.
11:07 I think they're quite aware.
11:10 I've never really been a fan.
11:14 Posh.
11:15 Never smiles anyway.
11:16 So yeah.
11:18 So would I be watching it if I did get Netflix?
11:22 No.
11:23 Not a fan of celebrities.
11:26 Any celebrities.
11:27 Pop stars, football stars.
11:29 They live their lives.
11:31 I live mine.
11:33 Because he was around all these beautiful ladies, these cars,
11:36 you know, all these fancy parties.
11:40 And he's a man, like right now.
11:43 He show like he's a real human.
11:45 No cooking, who clean the kitchen.
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