Sajid Javid 2016
"I was somewhere in West London, meeting with one of the area’s many television companies, when the EU Single Market really began to make more sense.
I was Culture Secretary at the time, and the company’s chief executive was explaining why they’d chosen the UK for their main base outside North America.
It had a lot to do with wealth of creative talent here. But the clincher was the Single Market – it meant they could broadcast to up to half a billion viewers across 28 countries and only have to deal with regulators in the UK. Thanks to common standards across Europe, they didn’t have to worry about meeting the demands of dozens of different local bureaucrats.
It was a similar story when I worked in financial services. If I wanted to seal a deal in, say, Paris, all I had to do was hop on a train, get the paperwork signed and head home again. My biggest worry was whether I’d be back in time to put the kids to bed.
I’m a Eurosceptic and proud of it. I think the Euro is a bad idea. I have no time for ever-closer union and I’ve long been a vocal critic of Brussels’ worst excesses.
But, just like Bank of England Governor Mark Carney and IMF head Christine Lagarde, I still believe that Britain is better off in. And that’s all because of the Single Market.
It’s a great invention, one that even Lady Thatcher campaigned enthusiastically to create.
The world’s largest economic bloc, it gives every business in Britain access to 500 million customers with no barriers, no tariffs and no local legislation to worry about.
It’s no surprise that nearly half of our exports go to other EU nations, exports that are linked to three million jobs here in the UK. And as an EU member we also have preferential access to more than 50 other international markets from Mexico to Montenegro, helping us to export £50 billion of goods and services to them every year.
Even companies that are neither exporters nor part of the export supply chain – your local corner shop, for example – benefit from the economic growth that kind of access brings.
And it works for imports too – British consumers benefit from lower prices on the things they want to buy, and British companies can easily import the raw materials they need to make goods. There’s no doubt about it, remaining in the EU is good for business.
Of course, the Brexit camp say we don’t have to be a member of the EU to benefit from all this.
That, should we vote to leave, Brussels would instantly offer us full and easy access to the Single Market and influence over regulations. All the good stuff, none of the bad.
It sounds like a no-brainer. But it’s just not realistic.
For one thing, even Europe’s biggest fan would admit that it’s hardly a byword for thrusting dynamism. As Iain Duncan Smith said this week, the EU only moves as quickly as its slowest member state – and getting 27 nations to agree terms for British access to the Single Market would simply not happen overnight.
Then there’s the nature and scope of any access agreement.
Today, almost 80 per cent of British jobs are part of the service sector – everything from that TV company to pensions to education.
It’s a sector with exports of £226 billion, nearly half of which go to Europe. But of the trade agreements the EU has with more than 50 countries around the world, not one gives service industries the same level of guaranteed access as the Single Market. Not one.
And this isn’t just an EU problem – the biggest free trade agreement in the world, NAFTA, doesn’t come close either. No free trade agreement does. And that's because services are complex and highly regulated.
Unless the exporting country submits to the importing country’s rules and local regulator, access will be denied. Maybe the EU will break the habit of a lifetime and come up with something new just for us.
But I wouldn’t want to bet the jobs of millions of British workers on it.
Finally, the negotiations themselves would be extremely lopsided, giving the upper hand to our rivals.
Forty-four per cent of our exports go the EU, but only eight per cent of the rest of the EU’s exports come to the UK.
One of the advantages of EU membership is that we get to negotiate wider and deeper trade deals from a position of strength. If we leave, the boot will be on the other foot – and that will put Britain at a serious disadvantage.
The remaining EU nations will want to secure a deal that’s good for their economies. So Germany will want to protect its carmakers from British imports. France will want to protect its farmers from UK rivals. Even little Luxembourg will want to protect its financial services industry from the global hub of London.
And who could blame them? If I was in their shoes, I’d do the same. If Germany left the EU tomorrow, I’d make damn sure any trade agreement we reached put British businesses first. I’d be failing in my job as Secretary of State if I didn’t.
Business leaders from kitchen-table start-ups to vast multi-nationals are already telling me that the uncertainty over the referendum result is causing them to delay investment decisions, to think twice about creating new jobs.
If we vote to leave, that uncertainty won’t end the morning after the referendum. Even the most conservative estimates say it could take years to secure agreements with the EU and other countries.
Having spent six years fighting to get British businesses back on their feet after Labour’s record-breaking recession, I’m not about to vote for a decade of stagnation and doubt.
I can see why some people want to leave the EU. Arguments about national identity and sovereignty pack an emotional punch. But for anyone who cares about British jobs, it comes down to one key question.
Do businesses want the benefits and security of continued access to the Single Market, or the instability and uncertainty of a lost decade?
However you feel about Europe, whether you’re an enthusiastic federalist or an ardent advocate of leaving, that is the question you have to answer on 23 June. And from where I’m standing, there’s only one answer – a vote to remain."
Sajid javid 2019
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/oct/21/sajid-javid-refuses-to-assess-economic-dangers-of-brexit-plan
You people think Boris is a problem.
You don't know nuthin about problems......
come over here and try dealing with the Donald...
a man who says he is "a stable genius..."!
And then delivers our allies against ISIS to the Turks!
And tries to sell out our national elections for "dirt on the Bidens".
You Guys in England have got it easy, let me tell you...
Boris is at least educated... and if he's an idiot, he's at least a sane idiot.
What we have here is a man on the nuclear trigger who will sell his country for an extra hotel tower.
Enjoy what you've got ...its not as bad as what we've got!
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comment by JustCallMeTed (U21528)
posted 53 seconds ago
You people think Boris is a problem.
You don't know nuthin about problems......
come over here and try dealing with the Donald...
a man who says he is "a stable genius..."!
And then delivers our allies against ISIS to the Turks!
And tries to sell out our national elections for "dirt on the Bidens".
You Guys in England have got it easy, let me tell you...
Boris is at least educated... and if he's an idiot, he's at least a sane idiot.
What we have here is a man on the nuclear trigger who will sell his country for an extra hotel tower.
Enjoy what you've got ...its not as bad as what we've got!
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Oh I don’t knows. I’m loving the season finale from over there.
#Impeachthemotherf*cker
Oh... and BTW ... Donald likes the idea of Brexit ....He's chums with Vladimir ,...don't you know. And Kim!
Oh yes .... our world is in good hands!
Stick to football....its less demanding on one's imagination!
comment by JustCallMeTed (U21528)
posted 4 seconds ago
Oh... and BTW ... Donald likes the idea of Brexit ....He's chums with Vladimir ,...don't you know. And Kim!
Oh yes .... our world is in good hands!
Stick to football....its less demanding on one's imagination!
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Yep, all the best people want Brexshit.
comment by Everywhere you go always take Lamela with you. Mopo's #1 fan. (U7905)
posted 55 minutes ago
Corbyn would absolutely ruin the economy if he got the chance. He sees Maduro as a good leader ffs.
If he had 5 years in charge he would successfully bankrupt the country with crazy spending plans whilst simultaneously scaring off all businesses and high earners.
Politics has reached an all time low. We now have a far right or far left option. Whatever happened to middle ground? I honestly don't see how anyone has any time for Boris or Corbyn.
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Yep, get ready for the insults though.
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posted 1 minute ago
comment by Everywhere you go always take Lamela with you. Mopo's #1 fan. (U7905)
posted 55 minutes ago
Corbyn would absolutely ruin the economy if he got the chance. He sees Maduro as a good leader ffs.
If he had 5 years in charge he would successfully bankrupt the country with crazy spending plans whilst simultaneously scaring off all businesses and high earners.
Politics has reached an all time low. We now have a far right or far left option. Whatever happened to middle ground? I honestly don't see how anyone has any time for Boris or Corbyn.
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Yep, get ready for the insults though.
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Well it is sensationalist nonsense. For a start Corbyn and the current Labour policies are not far left. The irony of people accusing Labour of wanting to remain in the neoliberal EU and then practically calling them communist is completely lost on people.
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posted 1 hour, 58 minutes ago
How anyone could ever trust boris Johnson with anything let alone the entire future of the country is beyond me.
He’s literally lied his way to the pm position and now wants parliament to pass his bill in a couple of days by trusting him.
The mans a deluded sociopath.
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nothing to add apart from the fact that BBC and DM helped him to spread his lies all over the country.
He really needs to look for ditch. Maybe he will kept his promise this time?
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posted 1 minute ago
comment by Everywhere you go always take Lamela with you. Mopo's #1 fan. (U7905)
posted 55 minutes ago
Corbyn would absolutely ruin the economy if he got the chance. He sees Maduro as a good leader ffs.
If he had 5 years in charge he would successfully bankrupt the country with crazy spending plans whilst simultaneously scaring off all businesses and high earners.
Politics has reached an all time low. We now have a far right or far left option. Whatever happened to middle ground? I honestly don't see how anyone has any time for Boris or Corbyn.
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Yep, get ready for the insults though.
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Well it is sensationalist nonsense. For a start Corbyn and the current Labour policies are not far left. The irony of people accusing Labour of wanting to remain in the neoliberal EU and then practically calling them communist is completely lost on people.
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comment by Everywhere you go always take Lamela with you. Mopo's #1 fan. (U7905)
posted 3 minutes ago
Corbyn would absolutely ruin the economy if he got the chance. He sees Maduro as a good leader ffs.
If he had 5 years in charge he would successfully bankrupt the country with crazy spending plans whilst simultaneously scaring off all businesses and high earners.
Politics has reached an all time low. We now have a far right or far left option. Whatever happened to middle ground? I honestly don't see how anyone has any time for Boris or Corbyn.
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Russian bot or just special needs?
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Nice post.
The guy says Boris and Corbyn are dodgy leaders and politics is at a new low.....and Labour mps agree that Corbyn is a danger to running the country, so you call the poster a Russian bot or a person with special needs.....
And you talk about standards of debate lol
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How is he a danger?
Is he going to add to the 130’000 austerity deaths? Is he going to take us to war? Is he going to trample all over the Good Friday Agreement?
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Probably
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posted 29 seconds ago
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posted 1 minute ago
comment by Everywhere you go always take Lamela with you. Mopo's #1 fan. (U7905)
posted 55 minutes ago
Corbyn would absolutely ruin the economy if he got the chance. He sees Maduro as a good leader ffs.
If he had 5 years in charge he would successfully bankrupt the country with crazy spending plans whilst simultaneously scaring off all businesses and high earners.
Politics has reached an all time low. We now have a far right or far left option. Whatever happened to middle ground? I honestly don't see how anyone has any time for Boris or Corbyn.
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Yep, get ready for the insults though.
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Well it is sensationalist nonsense. For a start Corbyn and the current Labour policies are not far left. The irony of people accusing Labour of wanting to remain in the neoliberal EU and then practically calling them communist is completely lost on people.
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Labour needs a new and united direction and one position all are behind.
It can't be right that Labour MP's voted for Johnson.
https://twitter.com/noshabashaukat/status/1186886355596562432?s=19
comment by Everywhere you go always take Lamela with you. Mopo's #1 fan. (U7905)
posted 1 hour, 3 minutes ago
Corbyn would absolutely ruin the economy if he got the chance. He sees Maduro as a good leader ffs.
If he had 5 years in charge he would successfully bankrupt the country with crazy spending plans whilst simultaneously scaring off all businesses and high earners.
Politics has reached an all time low. We now have a far right or far left option. Whatever happened to middle ground? I honestly don't see how anyone has any time for Boris or Corbyn.
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Total nonsense, Britain for a start is absolutely nothing like Venezuela. The Maduro plan could and should have worked, had it not been undermined by the USA at every turn.
Countries like Sweden spend far more than Britain on Public services, and most things that make people`s lives better and they are not bankrupt. So stop posting nonsense. Sensible spending on public services is absolutely needed, after 9 years of public spending cuts that have reduced services to practically zero.
Total scaremongering to compare Venezuela and Britain and Maduro and Corbyn, and absolutely without substance.
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comment by Everywhere you go always take Lamela with you. Mopo's #1 fan. (U7905)
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It's a shame Labour have an unelectable mug in Corbyn otherwise they would have booted out these cants.
I despise them both but Corbyn is even more dangerous than Boris.
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See what I mean about being brainwashed. How exactly is Corbyn dangerous because he wants decent healthcare, transport, public services, etc.
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It is clear some people are born without the ability to think or see things for themselves. It's likely an evolutionary function that a large number of humans simply follow their "betters" like good little lap dogs.
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I know it is not nice to say, but there are some absolute sheep in this country, that just do what they are constantly told; without actually having a clue about consequences. It was how the Germans elected the leader the whole world got go know very well in the 1930s.
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FFS,... dont we have enough threads goign on about brexit without making more
400 comments from sizzle incoming
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Although Brexit is the most important thing going on in this country for decades, so deserves lots of articles.
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comment by Everywhere you go always take Lamela with you. Mopo's #1 fan. (U7905)
posted 55 minutes ago
Corbyn would absolutely ruin the economy if he got the chance. He sees Maduro as a good leader ffs.
If he had 5 years in charge he would successfully bankrupt the country with crazy spending plans whilst simultaneously scaring off all businesses and high earners.
Politics has reached an all time low. We now have a far right or far left option. Whatever happened to middle ground? I honestly don't see how anyone has any time for Boris or Corbyn.
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Yep, get ready for the insults though.
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Well it is sensationalist nonsense. For a start Corbyn and the current Labour policies are not far left. The irony of people accusing Labour of wanting to remain in the neoliberal EU and then practically calling them communist is completely lost on people.
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That would explain why he’s so popular against a mug like Boris in the polls
Let’s face it both of the main political leaders are crap.
I wouldn’t vote for either, swinton is even worse.
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comment by Beard (U6574)
posted 16 minutes ago
How anyone could ever trust boris Johnson with anything let alone the entire future of the country is beyond me.
He’s literally lied his way to the pm position and now wants parliament to pass his bill in a couple of days by trusting him.
The mans a deluded sociopath.
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I know, the more you lie and cheat, the more popular you become. This is what happens when you have a media and press that brainwash the masses.
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Hasn't worked for Corbyn has it Sandy? If you took off your Marxist coloured goggles off for a second you would discover a career based on lies, u-turns and obfuscation.
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I am not a Marxist. I doubt you even know what a Marxist is. Why do people like you always label people as such, if they don`t vote Tory. Talk about stereotyping people. You obviously work for the Daily Mail or Daily Express or maybe it is the Sun or the Telegraph.
Blimey Johnson has told more lies just this week, than the whole of Parliament including Corbyn have done in a lifetime.
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comment by Everywhere you go always take Lamela with you. Mopo's #1 fan. (U7905)
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Corbyn would absolutely ruin the economy if he got the chance. He sees Maduro as a good leader ffs.
If he had 5 years in charge he would successfully bankrupt the country with crazy spending plans whilst simultaneously scaring off all businesses and high earners.
Politics has reached an all time low. We now have a far right or far left option. Whatever happened to middle ground? I honestly don't see how anyone has any time for Boris or Corbyn.
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Yep, get ready for the insults though.
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Well it is sensationalist nonsense. For a start Corbyn and the current Labour policies are not far left. The irony of people accusing Labour of wanting to remain in the neoliberal EU and then practically calling them communist is completely lost on people.
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That would explain why he’s so popular against a mug like Boris in the polls
Let’s face it both of the main political leaders are crap.
I wouldn’t vote for either, swinton is even worse.
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So I take it you will be voting for the Far Right Farage Party then.
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comment by Everywhere you go always take Lamela with you. Mopo's #1 fan. (U7905)
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Corbyn would absolutely ruin the economy if he got the chance. He sees Maduro as a good leader ffs.
If he had 5 years in charge he would successfully bankrupt the country with crazy spending plans whilst simultaneously scaring off all businesses and high earners.
Politics has reached an all time low. We now have a far right or far left option. Whatever happened to middle ground? I honestly don't see how anyone has any time for Boris or Corbyn.
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Yep, get ready for the insults though.
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Well it is sensationalist nonsense. For a start Corbyn and the current Labour policies are not far left. The irony of people accusing Labour of wanting to remain in the neoliberal EU and then practically calling them communist is completely lost on people.
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That would explain why he’s so popular against a mug like Boris in the polls
Let’s face it both of the main political leaders are crap.
I wouldn’t vote for either, swinton is even worse.
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I agree Swinson is worse. She is playing a populist angle much like Johnson.
That populist angle is the reason why Corbyn isn't popular. He is the only one not playing a populist game in a polarised country. All the parties with any momentum (I suppose none do as we end up with a hung parliament) are those arguing an extreme position on Brexit.
Corbyn doesn't do that, so he gets it from all angles. Not to mention he is generally not liked by the press anyway so has to deal with constant slurs which he can't seem to brush off like Johnson does.
Corbyn obviously isn't a good leader, but he is nowhere near as bad as his detractors always seem to claim. He certainly isn't worse than Johnson and it shows the ridiculous state of this country that people think it is acceptable to claim he is.
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Corbyn would absolutely ruin the economy if he got the chance. He sees Maduro as a good leader ffs.
If he had 5 years in charge he would successfully bankrupt the country with crazy spending plans whilst simultaneously scaring off all businesses and high earners.
Politics has reached an all time low. We now have a far right or far left option. Whatever happened to middle ground? I honestly don't see how anyone has any time for Boris or Corbyn.
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Yep, get ready for the insults though.
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Well it is sensationalist nonsense. For a start Corbyn and the current Labour policies are not far left. The irony of people accusing Labour of wanting to remain in the neoliberal EU and then practically calling them communist is completely lost on people.
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That would explain why he’s so popular against a mug like Boris in the polls
Let’s face it both of the main political leaders are crap.
I wouldn’t vote for either, swinton is even worse.
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I agree Swinson is worse. She is playing a populist angle much like Johnson.
That populist angle is the reason why Corbyn isn't popular. He is the only one not playing a populist game in a polarised country. All the parties with any momentum (I suppose none do as we end up with a hung parliament) are those arguing an extreme position on Brexit.
Corbyn doesn't do that, so he gets it from all angles. Not to mention he is generally not liked by the press anyway so has to deal with constant slurs which he can't seem to brush off like Johnson does.
Corbyn obviously isn't a good leader, but he is nowhere near as bad as his detractors always seem to claim. He certainly isn't worse than Johnson and it shows the ridiculous state of this country that people think it is acceptable to claim he is.
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Corbyn would absolutely ruin the economy if he got the chance. He sees Maduro as a good leader ffs.
If he had 5 years in charge he would successfully bankrupt the country with crazy spending plans whilst simultaneously scaring off all businesses and high earners.
Politics has reached an all time low. We now have a far right or far left option. Whatever happened to middle ground? I honestly don't see how anyone has any time for Boris or Corbyn.
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Yep, get ready for the insults though.
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Well it is sensationalist nonsense. For a start Corbyn and the current Labour policies are not far left. The irony of people accusing Labour of wanting to remain in the neoliberal EU and then practically calling them communist is completely lost on people.
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That would explain why he’s so popular against a mug like Boris in the polls
Let’s face it both of the main political leaders are crap.
I wouldn’t vote for either, swinton is even worse.
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I agree Swinson is worse. She is playing a populist angle much like Johnson.
That populist angle is the reason why Corbyn isn't popular. He is the only one not playing a populist game in a polarised country. All the parties with any momentum (I suppose none do as we end up with a hung parliament) are those arguing an extreme position on Brexit.
Corbyn doesn't do that, so he gets it from all angles. Not to mention he is generally not liked by the press anyway so has to deal with constant slurs which he can't seem to brush off like Johnson does.
Corbyn obviously isn't a good leader, but he is nowhere near as bad as his detractors always seem to claim. He certainly isn't worse than Johnson and it shows the ridiculous state of this country that people think it is acceptable to claim he is.
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It helps that the Tory Party have always had the media on their side.
Let`s cut to the chase, the Tories gave us this awful Brexit, the Tories are the ones that were supposed to be delivering it, the Tories have not delivered it. The Tories also have given us 9 years of austerity, crumbling schools, health service severly underfunded, public services failing, rising rail, gas, water and electricity prices with worse services etc, etc. Yet the press are all over the Tory Party like fawning puppy dogs, saying aint they doing a great job.
And that is what I mean by brainwashing the masses.
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posted on 24/10/19
Sajid Javid 2016
"I was somewhere in West London, meeting with one of the area’s many television companies, when the EU Single Market really began to make more sense.
I was Culture Secretary at the time, and the company’s chief executive was explaining why they’d chosen the UK for their main base outside North America.
It had a lot to do with wealth of creative talent here. But the clincher was the Single Market – it meant they could broadcast to up to half a billion viewers across 28 countries and only have to deal with regulators in the UK. Thanks to common standards across Europe, they didn’t have to worry about meeting the demands of dozens of different local bureaucrats.
It was a similar story when I worked in financial services. If I wanted to seal a deal in, say, Paris, all I had to do was hop on a train, get the paperwork signed and head home again. My biggest worry was whether I’d be back in time to put the kids to bed.
I’m a Eurosceptic and proud of it. I think the Euro is a bad idea. I have no time for ever-closer union and I’ve long been a vocal critic of Brussels’ worst excesses.
But, just like Bank of England Governor Mark Carney and IMF head Christine Lagarde, I still believe that Britain is better off in. And that’s all because of the Single Market.
It’s a great invention, one that even Lady Thatcher campaigned enthusiastically to create.
The world’s largest economic bloc, it gives every business in Britain access to 500 million customers with no barriers, no tariffs and no local legislation to worry about.
It’s no surprise that nearly half of our exports go to other EU nations, exports that are linked to three million jobs here in the UK. And as an EU member we also have preferential access to more than 50 other international markets from Mexico to Montenegro, helping us to export £50 billion of goods and services to them every year.
Even companies that are neither exporters nor part of the export supply chain – your local corner shop, for example – benefit from the economic growth that kind of access brings.
And it works for imports too – British consumers benefit from lower prices on the things they want to buy, and British companies can easily import the raw materials they need to make goods. There’s no doubt about it, remaining in the EU is good for business.
Of course, the Brexit camp say we don’t have to be a member of the EU to benefit from all this.
That, should we vote to leave, Brussels would instantly offer us full and easy access to the Single Market and influence over regulations. All the good stuff, none of the bad.
It sounds like a no-brainer. But it’s just not realistic.
For one thing, even Europe’s biggest fan would admit that it’s hardly a byword for thrusting dynamism. As Iain Duncan Smith said this week, the EU only moves as quickly as its slowest member state – and getting 27 nations to agree terms for British access to the Single Market would simply not happen overnight.
Then there’s the nature and scope of any access agreement.
Today, almost 80 per cent of British jobs are part of the service sector – everything from that TV company to pensions to education.
It’s a sector with exports of £226 billion, nearly half of which go to Europe. But of the trade agreements the EU has with more than 50 countries around the world, not one gives service industries the same level of guaranteed access as the Single Market. Not one.
And this isn’t just an EU problem – the biggest free trade agreement in the world, NAFTA, doesn’t come close either. No free trade agreement does. And that's because services are complex and highly regulated.
Unless the exporting country submits to the importing country’s rules and local regulator, access will be denied. Maybe the EU will break the habit of a lifetime and come up with something new just for us.
But I wouldn’t want to bet the jobs of millions of British workers on it.
Finally, the negotiations themselves would be extremely lopsided, giving the upper hand to our rivals.
Forty-four per cent of our exports go the EU, but only eight per cent of the rest of the EU’s exports come to the UK.
One of the advantages of EU membership is that we get to negotiate wider and deeper trade deals from a position of strength. If we leave, the boot will be on the other foot – and that will put Britain at a serious disadvantage.
The remaining EU nations will want to secure a deal that’s good for their economies. So Germany will want to protect its carmakers from British imports. France will want to protect its farmers from UK rivals. Even little Luxembourg will want to protect its financial services industry from the global hub of London.
And who could blame them? If I was in their shoes, I’d do the same. If Germany left the EU tomorrow, I’d make damn sure any trade agreement we reached put British businesses first. I’d be failing in my job as Secretary of State if I didn’t.
Business leaders from kitchen-table start-ups to vast multi-nationals are already telling me that the uncertainty over the referendum result is causing them to delay investment decisions, to think twice about creating new jobs.
If we vote to leave, that uncertainty won’t end the morning after the referendum. Even the most conservative estimates say it could take years to secure agreements with the EU and other countries.
Having spent six years fighting to get British businesses back on their feet after Labour’s record-breaking recession, I’m not about to vote for a decade of stagnation and doubt.
I can see why some people want to leave the EU. Arguments about national identity and sovereignty pack an emotional punch. But for anyone who cares about British jobs, it comes down to one key question.
Do businesses want the benefits and security of continued access to the Single Market, or the instability and uncertainty of a lost decade?
However you feel about Europe, whether you’re an enthusiastic federalist or an ardent advocate of leaving, that is the question you have to answer on 23 June. And from where I’m standing, there’s only one answer – a vote to remain."
Sajid javid 2019
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/oct/21/sajid-javid-refuses-to-assess-economic-dangers-of-brexit-plan
posted on 24/10/19
You people think Boris is a problem.
You don't know nuthin about problems......
come over here and try dealing with the Donald...
a man who says he is "a stable genius..."!
And then delivers our allies against ISIS to the Turks!
And tries to sell out our national elections for "dirt on the Bidens".
You Guys in England have got it easy, let me tell you...
Boris is at least educated... and if he's an idiot, he's at least a sane idiot.
What we have here is a man on the nuclear trigger who will sell his country for an extra hotel tower.
Enjoy what you've got ...its not as bad as what we've got!
posted on 24/10/19
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posted on 24/10/19
comment by JustCallMeTed (U21528)
posted 53 seconds ago
You people think Boris is a problem.
You don't know nuthin about problems......
come over here and try dealing with the Donald...
a man who says he is "a stable genius..."!
And then delivers our allies against ISIS to the Turks!
And tries to sell out our national elections for "dirt on the Bidens".
You Guys in England have got it easy, let me tell you...
Boris is at least educated... and if he's an idiot, he's at least a sane idiot.
What we have here is a man on the nuclear trigger who will sell his country for an extra hotel tower.
Enjoy what you've got ...its not as bad as what we've got!
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Oh I don’t knows. I’m loving the season finale from over there.
#Impeachthemotherf*cker
posted on 24/10/19
Oh... and BTW ... Donald likes the idea of Brexit ....He's chums with Vladimir ,...don't you know. And Kim!
Oh yes .... our world is in good hands!
Stick to football....its less demanding on one's imagination!
posted on 24/10/19
comment by JustCallMeTed (U21528)
posted 4 seconds ago
Oh... and BTW ... Donald likes the idea of Brexit ....He's chums with Vladimir ,...don't you know. And Kim!
Oh yes .... our world is in good hands!
Stick to football....its less demanding on one's imagination!
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Yep, all the best people want Brexshit.
posted on 24/10/19
comment by Everywhere you go always take Lamela with you. Mopo's #1 fan. (U7905)
posted 55 minutes ago
Corbyn would absolutely ruin the economy if he got the chance. He sees Maduro as a good leader ffs.
If he had 5 years in charge he would successfully bankrupt the country with crazy spending plans whilst simultaneously scaring off all businesses and high earners.
Politics has reached an all time low. We now have a far right or far left option. Whatever happened to middle ground? I honestly don't see how anyone has any time for Boris or Corbyn.
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Yep, get ready for the insults though.
posted on 24/10/19
comment by Gaffer Pranks 100k Baby (U6283)
posted 1 minute ago
comment by Everywhere you go always take Lamela with you. Mopo's #1 fan. (U7905)
posted 55 minutes ago
Corbyn would absolutely ruin the economy if he got the chance. He sees Maduro as a good leader ffs.
If he had 5 years in charge he would successfully bankrupt the country with crazy spending plans whilst simultaneously scaring off all businesses and high earners.
Politics has reached an all time low. We now have a far right or far left option. Whatever happened to middle ground? I honestly don't see how anyone has any time for Boris or Corbyn.
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Yep, get ready for the insults though.
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Well it is sensationalist nonsense. For a start Corbyn and the current Labour policies are not far left. The irony of people accusing Labour of wanting to remain in the neoliberal EU and then practically calling them communist is completely lost on people.
posted on 24/10/19
comment by Beard (U6574)
posted 1 hour, 58 minutes ago
How anyone could ever trust boris Johnson with anything let alone the entire future of the country is beyond me.
He’s literally lied his way to the pm position and now wants parliament to pass his bill in a couple of days by trusting him.
The mans a deluded sociopath.
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nothing to add apart from the fact that BBC and DM helped him to spread his lies all over the country.
He really needs to look for ditch. Maybe he will kept his promise this time?
posted on 24/10/19
comment by Tamwolf (U17286)
posted 29 seconds ago
comment by Gaffer Pranks 100k Baby (U6283)
posted 1 minute ago
comment by Everywhere you go always take Lamela with you. Mopo's #1 fan. (U7905)
posted 55 minutes ago
Corbyn would absolutely ruin the economy if he got the chance. He sees Maduro as a good leader ffs.
If he had 5 years in charge he would successfully bankrupt the country with crazy spending plans whilst simultaneously scaring off all businesses and high earners.
Politics has reached an all time low. We now have a far right or far left option. Whatever happened to middle ground? I honestly don't see how anyone has any time for Boris or Corbyn.
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Yep, get ready for the insults though.
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Well it is sensationalist nonsense. For a start Corbyn and the current Labour policies are not far left. The irony of people accusing Labour of wanting to remain in the neoliberal EU and then practically calling them communist is completely lost on people.
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posted on 24/10/19
*for a ditch
posted on 24/10/19
comment by Automatic For The People (U21889)
posted 29 minutes ago
comment by thebluebellsarablue (U9292)
posted 5 minutes ago
comment by Scruttocks (U19684)
posted 23 minutes ago
comment by Everywhere you go always take Lamela with you. Mopo's #1 fan. (U7905)
posted 3 minutes ago
Corbyn would absolutely ruin the economy if he got the chance. He sees Maduro as a good leader ffs.
If he had 5 years in charge he would successfully bankrupt the country with crazy spending plans whilst simultaneously scaring off all businesses and high earners.
Politics has reached an all time low. We now have a far right or far left option. Whatever happened to middle ground? I honestly don't see how anyone has any time for Boris or Corbyn.
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Russian bot or just special needs?
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Nice post.
The guy says Boris and Corbyn are dodgy leaders and politics is at a new low.....and Labour mps agree that Corbyn is a danger to running the country, so you call the poster a Russian bot or a person with special needs.....
And you talk about standards of debate lol
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How is he a danger?
Is he going to add to the 130’000 austerity deaths? Is he going to take us to war? Is he going to trample all over the Good Friday Agreement?
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Probably
posted on 24/10/19
comment by Automatic For The People (U21889)
posted 1 minute ago
comment by Tamwolf (U17286)
posted 29 seconds ago
comment by Gaffer Pranks 100k Baby (U6283)
posted 1 minute ago
comment by Everywhere you go always take Lamela with you. Mopo's #1 fan. (U7905)
posted 55 minutes ago
Corbyn would absolutely ruin the economy if he got the chance. He sees Maduro as a good leader ffs.
If he had 5 years in charge he would successfully bankrupt the country with crazy spending plans whilst simultaneously scaring off all businesses and high earners.
Politics has reached an all time low. We now have a far right or far left option. Whatever happened to middle ground? I honestly don't see how anyone has any time for Boris or Corbyn.
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Yep, get ready for the insults though.
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Well it is sensationalist nonsense. For a start Corbyn and the current Labour policies are not far left. The irony of people accusing Labour of wanting to remain in the neoliberal EU and then practically calling them communist is completely lost on people.
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Labour needs a new and united direction and one position all are behind.
It can't be right that Labour MP's voted for Johnson.
posted on 24/10/19
https://twitter.com/noshabashaukat/status/1186886355596562432?s=19
posted on 24/10/19
comment by Everywhere you go always take Lamela with you. Mopo's #1 fan. (U7905)
posted 1 hour, 3 minutes ago
Corbyn would absolutely ruin the economy if he got the chance. He sees Maduro as a good leader ffs.
If he had 5 years in charge he would successfully bankrupt the country with crazy spending plans whilst simultaneously scaring off all businesses and high earners.
Politics has reached an all time low. We now have a far right or far left option. Whatever happened to middle ground? I honestly don't see how anyone has any time for Boris or Corbyn.
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Total nonsense, Britain for a start is absolutely nothing like Venezuela. The Maduro plan could and should have worked, had it not been undermined by the USA at every turn.
Countries like Sweden spend far more than Britain on Public services, and most things that make people`s lives better and they are not bankrupt. So stop posting nonsense. Sensible spending on public services is absolutely needed, after 9 years of public spending cuts that have reduced services to practically zero.
Total scaremongering to compare Venezuela and Britain and Maduro and Corbyn, and absolutely without substance.
posted on 24/10/19
comment by Scruttocks (U19684)
posted 1 hour, 32 minutes ago
comment by sandy (U20567)
posted 1 minute ago
comment by Everywhere you go always take Lamela with you. Mopo's #1 fan. (U7905)
posted 2 minutes ago
It's a shame Labour have an unelectable mug in Corbyn otherwise they would have booted out these cants.
I despise them both but Corbyn is even more dangerous than Boris.
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See what I mean about being brainwashed. How exactly is Corbyn dangerous because he wants decent healthcare, transport, public services, etc.
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It is clear some people are born without the ability to think or see things for themselves. It's likely an evolutionary function that a large number of humans simply follow their "betters" like good little lap dogs.
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I know it is not nice to say, but there are some absolute sheep in this country, that just do what they are constantly told; without actually having a clue about consequences. It was how the Germans elected the leader the whole world got go know very well in the 1930s.
posted on 24/10/19
comment by wearethefamousTHFC (U19211)
posted 1 hour, 20 minutes ago
FFS,... dont we have enough threads goign on about brexit without making more
400 comments from sizzle incoming
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Although Brexit is the most important thing going on in this country for decades, so deserves lots of articles.
posted on 24/10/19
comment by Tamwolf (U17286)
posted 7 minutes ago
comment by Gaffer Pranks 100k Baby (U6283)
posted 1 minute ago
comment by Everywhere you go always take Lamela with you. Mopo's #1 fan. (U7905)
posted 55 minutes ago
Corbyn would absolutely ruin the economy if he got the chance. He sees Maduro as a good leader ffs.
If he had 5 years in charge he would successfully bankrupt the country with crazy spending plans whilst simultaneously scaring off all businesses and high earners.
Politics has reached an all time low. We now have a far right or far left option. Whatever happened to middle ground? I honestly don't see how anyone has any time for Boris or Corbyn.
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Yep, get ready for the insults though.
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Well it is sensationalist nonsense. For a start Corbyn and the current Labour policies are not far left. The irony of people accusing Labour of wanting to remain in the neoliberal EU and then practically calling them communist is completely lost on people.
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That would explain why he’s so popular against a mug like Boris in the polls
Let’s face it both of the main political leaders are crap.
I wouldn’t vote for either, swinton is even worse.
posted on 24/10/19
comment by SB&S (U17757)
posted 48 minutes ago
comment by sandy (U20567)
posted 47 minutes ago
comment by Beard (U6574)
posted 16 minutes ago
How anyone could ever trust boris Johnson with anything let alone the entire future of the country is beyond me.
He’s literally lied his way to the pm position and now wants parliament to pass his bill in a couple of days by trusting him.
The mans a deluded sociopath.
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I know, the more you lie and cheat, the more popular you become. This is what happens when you have a media and press that brainwash the masses.
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Hasn't worked for Corbyn has it Sandy? If you took off your Marxist coloured goggles off for a second you would discover a career based on lies, u-turns and obfuscation.
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I am not a Marxist. I doubt you even know what a Marxist is. Why do people like you always label people as such, if they don`t vote Tory. Talk about stereotyping people. You obviously work for the Daily Mail or Daily Express or maybe it is the Sun or the Telegraph.
Blimey Johnson has told more lies just this week, than the whole of Parliament including Corbyn have done in a lifetime.
posted on 24/10/19
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posted on 24/10/19
comment by Gaffer Pranks 100k Baby (U6283)
posted 3 minutes ago
comment by Tamwolf (U17286)
posted 7 minutes ago
comment by Gaffer Pranks 100k Baby (U6283)
posted 1 minute ago
comment by Everywhere you go always take Lamela with you. Mopo's #1 fan. (U7905)
posted 55 minutes ago
Corbyn would absolutely ruin the economy if he got the chance. He sees Maduro as a good leader ffs.
If he had 5 years in charge he would successfully bankrupt the country with crazy spending plans whilst simultaneously scaring off all businesses and high earners.
Politics has reached an all time low. We now have a far right or far left option. Whatever happened to middle ground? I honestly don't see how anyone has any time for Boris or Corbyn.
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Yep, get ready for the insults though.
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Well it is sensationalist nonsense. For a start Corbyn and the current Labour policies are not far left. The irony of people accusing Labour of wanting to remain in the neoliberal EU and then practically calling them communist is completely lost on people.
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That would explain why he’s so popular against a mug like Boris in the polls
Let’s face it both of the main political leaders are crap.
I wouldn’t vote for either, swinton is even worse.
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So I take it you will be voting for the Far Right Farage Party then.
posted on 24/10/19
comment by Gaffer Pranks 100k Baby (U6283)
posted 1 minute ago
comment by Tamwolf (U17286)
posted 7 minutes ago
comment by Gaffer Pranks 100k Baby (U6283)
posted 1 minute ago
comment by Everywhere you go always take Lamela with you. Mopo's #1 fan. (U7905)
posted 55 minutes ago
Corbyn would absolutely ruin the economy if he got the chance. He sees Maduro as a good leader ffs.
If he had 5 years in charge he would successfully bankrupt the country with crazy spending plans whilst simultaneously scaring off all businesses and high earners.
Politics has reached an all time low. We now have a far right or far left option. Whatever happened to middle ground? I honestly don't see how anyone has any time for Boris or Corbyn.
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Yep, get ready for the insults though.
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Well it is sensationalist nonsense. For a start Corbyn and the current Labour policies are not far left. The irony of people accusing Labour of wanting to remain in the neoliberal EU and then practically calling them communist is completely lost on people.
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That would explain why he’s so popular against a mug like Boris in the polls
Let’s face it both of the main political leaders are crap.
I wouldn’t vote for either, swinton is even worse.
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I agree Swinson is worse. She is playing a populist angle much like Johnson.
That populist angle is the reason why Corbyn isn't popular. He is the only one not playing a populist game in a polarised country. All the parties with any momentum (I suppose none do as we end up with a hung parliament) are those arguing an extreme position on Brexit.
Corbyn doesn't do that, so he gets it from all angles. Not to mention he is generally not liked by the press anyway so has to deal with constant slurs which he can't seem to brush off like Johnson does.
Corbyn obviously isn't a good leader, but he is nowhere near as bad as his detractors always seem to claim. He certainly isn't worse than Johnson and it shows the ridiculous state of this country that people think it is acceptable to claim he is.
posted on 24/10/19
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posted on 24/10/19
comment by Tamwolf (U17286)
posted 54 seconds ago
comment by Gaffer Pranks 100k Baby (U6283)
posted 1 minute ago
comment by Tamwolf (U17286)
posted 7 minutes ago
comment by Gaffer Pranks 100k Baby (U6283)
posted 1 minute ago
comment by Everywhere you go always take Lamela with you. Mopo's #1 fan. (U7905)
posted 55 minutes ago
Corbyn would absolutely ruin the economy if he got the chance. He sees Maduro as a good leader ffs.
If he had 5 years in charge he would successfully bankrupt the country with crazy spending plans whilst simultaneously scaring off all businesses and high earners.
Politics has reached an all time low. We now have a far right or far left option. Whatever happened to middle ground? I honestly don't see how anyone has any time for Boris or Corbyn.
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Yep, get ready for the insults though.
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Well it is sensationalist nonsense. For a start Corbyn and the current Labour policies are not far left. The irony of people accusing Labour of wanting to remain in the neoliberal EU and then practically calling them communist is completely lost on people.
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That would explain why he’s so popular against a mug like Boris in the polls
Let’s face it both of the main political leaders are crap.
I wouldn’t vote for either, swinton is even worse.
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I agree Swinson is worse. She is playing a populist angle much like Johnson.
That populist angle is the reason why Corbyn isn't popular. He is the only one not playing a populist game in a polarised country. All the parties with any momentum (I suppose none do as we end up with a hung parliament) are those arguing an extreme position on Brexit.
Corbyn doesn't do that, so he gets it from all angles. Not to mention he is generally not liked by the press anyway so has to deal with constant slurs which he can't seem to brush off like Johnson does.
Corbyn obviously isn't a good leader, but he is nowhere near as bad as his detractors always seem to claim. He certainly isn't worse than Johnson and it shows the ridiculous state of this country that people think it is acceptable to claim he is.
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posted on 24/10/19
comment by Tamwolf (U17286)
posted 24 seconds ago
comment by Gaffer Pranks 100k Baby (U6283)
posted 1 minute ago
comment by Tamwolf (U17286)
posted 7 minutes ago
comment by Gaffer Pranks 100k Baby (U6283)
posted 1 minute ago
comment by Everywhere you go always take Lamela with you. Mopo's #1 fan. (U7905)
posted 55 minutes ago
Corbyn would absolutely ruin the economy if he got the chance. He sees Maduro as a good leader ffs.
If he had 5 years in charge he would successfully bankrupt the country with crazy spending plans whilst simultaneously scaring off all businesses and high earners.
Politics has reached an all time low. We now have a far right or far left option. Whatever happened to middle ground? I honestly don't see how anyone has any time for Boris or Corbyn.
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Yep, get ready for the insults though.
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Well it is sensationalist nonsense. For a start Corbyn and the current Labour policies are not far left. The irony of people accusing Labour of wanting to remain in the neoliberal EU and then practically calling them communist is completely lost on people.
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That would explain why he’s so popular against a mug like Boris in the polls
Let’s face it both of the main political leaders are crap.
I wouldn’t vote for either, swinton is even worse.
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I agree Swinson is worse. She is playing a populist angle much like Johnson.
That populist angle is the reason why Corbyn isn't popular. He is the only one not playing a populist game in a polarised country. All the parties with any momentum (I suppose none do as we end up with a hung parliament) are those arguing an extreme position on Brexit.
Corbyn doesn't do that, so he gets it from all angles. Not to mention he is generally not liked by the press anyway so has to deal with constant slurs which he can't seem to brush off like Johnson does.
Corbyn obviously isn't a good leader, but he is nowhere near as bad as his detractors always seem to claim. He certainly isn't worse than Johnson and it shows the ridiculous state of this country that people think it is acceptable to claim he is.
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It helps that the Tory Party have always had the media on their side.
Let`s cut to the chase, the Tories gave us this awful Brexit, the Tories are the ones that were supposed to be delivering it, the Tories have not delivered it. The Tories also have given us 9 years of austerity, crumbling schools, health service severly underfunded, public services failing, rising rail, gas, water and electricity prices with worse services etc, etc. Yet the press are all over the Tory Party like fawning puppy dogs, saying aint they doing a great job.
And that is what I mean by brainwashing the masses.
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