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  1. He last struggled to pay a bill when he couldn’t work out how to used a chip and pin reader 😂
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  2. Hit the nail on the head. The government want to only generate wealth to be sat in banks. Not wealth that’s recirculated in the economy. Solidarity ✊
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  3. She’s gone mad…
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  4. She ignores the bits where she caused diplomatic incidents telling UK troops they could volunteer in Ukraine, against international law. She’s still a muppet.
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  5. Savage… Sunak doesn’t answer the fecking question again….
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  6. Tories blaming others, who would have thought this…
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  7.  @Finkiu  they like to be called expats not immigrants. It’s like a dirty word for some reason.
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  8. Darren Jones as PM, Thorsten Bell as Chancellor, that’s a amazing potential future Labour leadership lineup
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  9. You missed “release the hounds”
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  10.  @Iazzaboyce  I get what you are trying to say, but the woman was short sighted and ignored, didn’t understand, or didn’t research the expert advice during the referendum that the one would affect the other. This was plainly stated multiple times.
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  11. Like watching foxes against a chicken. Now Starmer and Flynn are out matching Sunak at every option.
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  12. Playing for the camera, but I expect he is scared shitless, Particularly as he has done his best to upset the judges overseeing the various cases. I’m expecting a fairly stiff judgement when it comes to the actual fines as this is not limited like the last one was.
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  13. @left_blank What do you mean by bettering themselves? Do people need to start as a cleaner to become a CEO? We do actually need people to to all the jobs the society needs. This includes careers with limited prospects, and people who work these jobs should still be be respected. They are as necessary as anyone else.
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  14. Let’s not politicise the issue just after 30p Lee demanded Ed Davies resignation on the issue and he seemed to agree…. Okay then
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  15. The problem with expecting a local is if an area produces two excellent or outstanding candidates, then one will be sidelined and the talent lost. I don’t think there’s a particular issue having an outsider as an MP, I think it’s a problem when they aren’t an exceptional outsider. Too often it’s just factions in parties promoting their faction, here at least, it’s someone with a lot of knowledge and a bit of a national profile that could help your area in that respect.
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  16. Support the RMT ❤ Rail strike at the same time as the enough is enough rally. Surely they should coordinate to get the numbers up?
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  17. @Capri so what do you propose? Right wing neoliberalism helping you and your family?
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  18. The solution is not a tory government mr tory person
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  19. Keeping meetings on track is the role of the chair. If this is not in scope of the meeting he’s technically right to do so. However, given the public interest, it seems politically foolish to be blind to the optics of what was being said. Bit of a PR fail, even if he was technically correct. Especially as they ended up asking the questions anyway….
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  20. His performances are very consistent.
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  21. Penny Mordant seems unimpressed by Sunaks response.
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  22. And listening, they do a podcast called Page 94.
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  23.  @redflag4781  I said if the candidate was excellent. If you think farage is excellent, then I can’t help you.
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  24. What’s worse it we were agreeing with Gove as well this week. Things are that bad even some of the nut jobs are right, rather than just being on the right.
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  25.  @redflag4781  Having a media profile to escalate local issues to a larger stage is bloody useful. Also, having the contact book with the senior members in the government is extremely useful.
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  26. Samje is kinda doing the same as oil companies in a way. He’s trying to protect his idealistic way of life.
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  27.  @joejjj4378  the issue isn’t just about not paying taxes, it’s the fact they deprive that money from circulation in the wider economy.
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  28. Shame she’s stepping down. Provides a better opposition than the other parties in Westminster. I expect she’s realising the goal is unachievable at the moment given the intransigence of the other parties on the question of independence.
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  29.  @derekharrison1582  she is a far right member. Nothing moderate about the policies she supports.
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  30.  @Sun-ei4gi  well the state has shrunk massively via the back door, so insourcing public services again would be a start
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  31. Nice to see Corbyn doing what he does best, being a moral compass. Not a great leader, but a good back bench MP.
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  32.  @Sun-ei4gi  he said left wing not Labour. Please keep up
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  33.  @bertie4127 as opposed to carrying ours and attacking our country.
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  34. Generally a long meandering journey on one’s own opinion with zero challenge or rebuttal by the interviewer. One of the few points agreed with is the fact Brexit voters we’re not racist, they were in my experience totally clueless as to what they voted for or against, and were generally quite xenophobic.
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  35. Good to hear someone discussing an issue like this, especially what is for me a big issue locally as his club is only a couple of kilometres downstream from me.
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  36. That they don’t want to share
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  37. He was really busy missing cobra meetings at that time if I remember right.
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  38. @Capri I agree. Unfortunately that requires a change of government and the only option is Labour.
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  39.  @notjustforhackers4252  what’s that got to do with the comment? We didn’t need to leave the SM, it wasn’t the question on the ballot. Yet we did.
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  40. I’d like to see this guy and Gary Stevenson discuss this in a long form politic discussion.
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  41.  @lawrenceholden5716  the government should be funding the NHS (and indeed all services) to ensure its actually capable of dealing with the population we have. Instead it’s been systematically underfunded and then the government decided to inflict Brexit which smashed employee retention. NHS satisfaction was high as recently as 2010. The main issue we have is the lack of government investment which drive’s economic growth. Under Brown and Darling we were recovering, then Osborne and Cameron killed it with austerity. It’s got bugger all to do with migration. Last time we had this level of debt, the taxes were in the 90% region of high earners, and the economy was booming.
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  42. These ghouls are flipping terrifying
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  43. Not fair on the Rwandans, haven’t they had enough problems that they are finally coming out of?
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  44.  @HarryFlowerrs  the facts are, as reported, two consenting people did stuff. Stop trying to be the moral police.
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  45. And maybe include the worse bits
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  46. Joe Khatib, Incitement to commit violence is not protected by the first amendment buddy.
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  47.  @redflag4781  it was in the initial comment you replied to me on, It’s right there in the first and third line. Maybe the fact I said exceptional rather than excellent when I reiterated the point confused you?
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  48. Ava, I’m not sure you got what Malthouse was saying? The tariffs plan by trump is bonkers. Americans have imposed an extra purchase tax on themselves. This will push up prices in the US. Yes, it will affect the supplier nation where there is an alternative. The condensation here is utterly bonkers.
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  49.  @aituk  no, it just means they aren’t afraid to reinvent the republic when it’s not working. Oldest doesn’t mean best.
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  50. @left_blank some people aren’t academically or technically capable of doing skilled or knowledge based jobs. It’s either a necessary or unnecessary. People should still be given a fair reward for the work they do, I mean it’s not like society expects pay according to the general good the role does. What makes a job crap? Do you mean unnecessary jobs? Or it just a job that’s “beneath you”?
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  51. The SNP have been really good at channeling the Nationalist movement in 100% peaceful way. I don’t think they, and the Scottish people get enough credit for how rare that is. Other independence movements have been mired with violence. Maybe the British government should occasionally look north…
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  52. People of Harlow, what are you thinking?… (former Harlow Boy here)
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  53. Very little of the commons business happens in the chamber. It’s mostly done in committees, offices, and meeting rooms.
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  54. Theresa May said pretty much the same, so yes
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  55. Not sure I agree with that assertion. Liberal interpretations of all the abrahamic faiths are not cruel, but the underlying religious texts are full of cruelty and vengeance stories and teachings.
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  56. And in great numbers if the sites are open all the time instead of when the royals aren’t there.
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  57. I’ve waited for this today
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  58.  @aclark903  incorrect, the most successful countries have always applied secular values, not religious ones. These values have been shared by a greater or lesser extent by any culture that develops a modicum of philosophical or scientific progress, weather it’s pre-crusades Islam, Ancient Greek and Roman, Chinese, or Japanese cultures. Basically you need a level of tolerance and acceptance to allow progress to be made in spite of religious doctrine, so an easing or dogmatic adherence to a set of principles is the commonality, not Christianity. Look at China, they have eased there dogmatic adherence to there variant of communist authoritarianism and are now starting to become a world leader in science and technology. America on the other are going down a rabbit hole of religious fundamentalism which will at some point reduce their scientific output. The theory of Evolution is an excellent example of a discovery being made in spite of religion, not because of it. It was not a welcome discovery and it created major theological problems. Two hundred years prior and Darwin would likely have been a heretic. No country in the west follows christian biblical teachings literally as that would take us back to the heretic burning of the pre-enlightenment. Finally, North Korea is hardly an atheist (and I struggle to understand what an atheist country is if I’m honest, do you mean an authoritarian country with bans on “religions”. Or a country with no state religion?) country, it’s more of a cult of leader worship, where the leaders are effectively treated as gods. They even have a triumvirate like Christianity now.
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  59. Stopping foreign and nondom ownership of media would be a start.
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  60.  @hellonearth-thehistoryofwa1270  it is a weak argument, they don’t bring in much tourism compared to similar sites in other countries. In total all royal sites in the country combined brought 3.2 million visitors in 2019/2020 compared to the palace of Versailles (7 to 15 million per year depending on source). That’s one attraction in France brings in more tourists. These are pre covid numbers as obviously tourism numbers slumped the last two years. So there seems to be a case for emptying royal palaces of royals would be good for tourism. They can stay open all year then. But to be honest, it’s more a moral question. Are all men created equal? Are we a modern democracy? Are we a meritocracy?
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  61. It’s a monologue rather than an interview really isn’t it.
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  62. It does require a level of cognitive dissonance to be sure.
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  63.  @tai31415  the sun literally used to print sexually explicit photos. Sam Fox was 17 when she started page three.
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  64.  @tai31415  what on earth are you blathering on about. You just don’t like the behaviour and want control. You dress it up as concern, but this is between the affect parties and you really aren’t one.
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  65. Absolute car crash of a policy. Well done Labour…
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  66. I’m starting to wonder when workers need to say enough is enough and bring the government down through industrial action. The government clearly has no intention for negotiated settlements here. How there are unions with public service members not in strike boggles the mind.
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  67. Advanced British Standard - ABS - aka the “Advanced Breaking System”. Seems to fit the ideas Tories ideas of educating the masses…
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  68. Not at the expense of our democracy. The right to protest is far and away more important.
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  69. Honestly, Laura and Ed are the best pod team! Ollie and Ava will do if Ed and Laura are busy.
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  70.  @selfpreservationsociety  you okay with a foreigner interfering with our politics then?
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  71. One of my mates voted leave because he didn’t like the EU nations handling of Kosovo. 🤷‍♂️. It was a protest vote gone wrong.
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  72. No longer bound by EU rules? Well not applying them eliminates selling to our biggest market. Those standards are high enough that we can then sell to most other global markets based on them. Why would we rule out our biggest market on our door step to compete with far away and therefore with higher shipping costs, markets who invariably have cheaper Labour on the whole. Ten years later people are still making the same utterly ridiculous claims.
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  73. You have to arrest someone to detain them for questioning. It also means they are read their rights.
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  74. Excellent interview, thank you Seems like we are in a pickle
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  75. He is catholic, and every sperm sacred
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  76.  clifftonicstudios7469 cool story muppet
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  77. The comms strategy is a symptom of the leader I think. They just can’t make her look good sound good
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  78.  @MCDONALD6969 we don’t have high tax. We have inefficient tax.
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  79. The palace of Versailles gets at least twice as many visitors than all the royal sites combined (based on pre covid information)
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  80.  @wordforever117  the current abortion laws are based on the development stages of the foetus, the wishes and safety of the mother and not your emotional, and wholly unconnected meddling.
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  81. He’s not a member of the Labour Party. The police are responsible for investigating crime, it shouldn’t be politically motivated. Maybe report it as a crime to Essex Police if you feel strongly?
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  82.  @Finkiu  no worries Brad 👌
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  83. Yes, but it only seems to have happened under the Tories
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  84. Maybe a poor choice of words are at the moment, don’t want to get her arrested 😂
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  85.  @Eltener123  this isn’t unique to Starmers Labour Party. All parties have done this since pretty much forever.
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  86.  @invaimage they weren’t disbanded, they just forgot what they were doing. Defunct doesn’t mean disbanded.
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  87. Not booted Truss, Braverman, or Jenrick yet has he? All lip service.
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  88.  @jacobweddell2438  two people arrested and charged for peacefully expressing an opinion? Others arrested or warned they would be arrested. This has major implications for peoples ability protest and the state of our democracy. There isn’t the covid restrictions previously used to justify draconian policing. Why do you think this is overly dramatic?
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  89.  @derf9465  satire?
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  90.  @lewismcdonald9691  no, most would feel their identity is threatened and get aggressive.
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  91. Oddly enough, he is one of the better ones left in the government though. It’s not a compliment though.
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  92. So he’s and environmentalists so should be king. Shouldn’t David Attenborough be king?
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  93. Petulant child
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  94.  @pnduarte4696 Yes, and that’s after a referendum on the principle of self determination where the islanders chose to remain part of the UK, by 95+%, as per the UN retreat from colonies treaties.
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  95. He’s a bit of a Willy isn’t he.
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  96. Or permanent nights
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  97.  @redflag4781  you are misunderstanding the point. If there are two excellent candidates in clacton, should one of them miss out and not be allowed to stand in Swansea just because they are not local in Swansea? It’s a proposition that assumes a local candidate will automatically be the best candidate, and give a crap about the area.
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  98.  @mentality-monster  that’s just another variant of the old boring, all as bad as each other trope. The best way to help your consistency is to be in government and set policy.
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  99. Don’t forget to be thankful for the banking crisis that he personally was involved in starting…
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  100. And the tower is held in trust so she didn’t have to pay the upkeep
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  101.  @eldrago19  they won’t happen. Creating a republic might.
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  102. I feel like it was a tutorial for Ollie 😂
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  103.  @22Phantasm  that’s the whole point of the elections. Parties review the issues and create a manifesto based off the complex discussion. That’s the whole thing for representative democracies. I’m gonna guess that the next point you make is our politicians are crap though. Yes, yes they are.
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  104.  @sonofsomerset1695 farage is godlike in his ability to lie with a smirk. No wonder why him and the big orange one get on so well.
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  105.  @george_investing_accountant  you are confusing the difference between moral and legally right.
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  106.  @Bucketheadhead  that’s disappointing. We really do need campaign finance reform urgently. I hope Labour have it in their manifesto (but I’m not holding my breath).
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  107. Australia was partly to get rid of the problem but also to get unwilling volunteers into settlements established to embed the British claim on the island. It was hell on earth in the beginning and the mortality rate was significant. Generally only lower level criminals were transported, Serious crimes still led to execution, not transportation.
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  108. There’s a rumour he was threatened with deselection, but i don’t think it’s got any actual evidence behind it. It’s an absolute cluster fuck.
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  109.  @iannoble404  pretty much that he may be working to pay this off forever.
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  110.  @matthewgubbins8515 well, they have always been socialism for the rich and captivating for the poor.
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  111.  @jamesgreen1305 he had sight of it and was asked to clarify a number of issues.
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  112.  @LORDUnLuCkY13  yep, he’s a lot more respected outside the UK than in it for that reason.
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  113.  @notjustforhackers4252  I’m aware of the questions on the ballot. I told you what it wasn’t not what it was. If you truly are looking for more information then I apologise if I was short. They are consulted on new rules the EU are implementing, and are bound by EU rules as part of the SM. But they don’t get a say over them.
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  114.  @russellwilliams1163  your argument makes absolutely no sense. So Marx believed in Satan is evidence of Satan? Marx can be wrong on a point but right on other things. This is just some kind of weird appeal to authority fallacy.
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  115.  @TwoLeftThumbs how are they so clueless 🤦‍♂️
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  116. Pod save America is great, and Nish being involve should be awesome. Looking forward to hear it
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  117. Unlearning economics is a better channel, Gary has a good primer, but this guys channel is a hard economics channel. Another good channel is Stephen Keen.
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  118.  @love__and__hope__  It’s more to do with who’s ancestors were better robbers. Most rich people are thick as mince in my experience. Academics are poorly paid, so your argument there is a link between brains and wealth is incorrect.
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  119.  @wordforever117  I’m fine with women having the frame work these laws provide. It’s up to individual women to decide if they want to make use of them. They should have bodily autonomy, in exactly the same way you should.
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  120. When I was in the police, I used to have to go to act as a body guard for the person serving notice on these camps. It was absolutely disgusting the state they were left in, and there was good data that crime rates of theft went up in the area. Unfortunately it lead to a selection bias, where there was an assumption all travellers lived like this, when they don’t. This is the issue with stereotyping which is the problem people have with Lee Anderson. He assumes all people described as travellers are exactly the same.
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  121. Like Kemi, he probably thinks he won.
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  122. When’s she breaking out the political uniforms?
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  123.  @michellebyrom6551  yes, bankers like Rushi Sunak…
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  124.  @nthompson5921  urm what?
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  125.  @nthompson5921  he has a knack with getting stuff done for his constituents, and is prepared to call out hypocrisy on some nations no one else will, though he is fairly one sided there. You are right though, he and his clique seemed pretty petty. So yes, not perfect and definitely not leadership material. He isn’t even competent enough to be a junior minister.
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  126. Indifference?
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  127.  @tisFrancesfault  the majority of those people inheriting farmland are not farm owners. Yes, the super wealth are able to avoid tax, but the forgiven office is looking to close loopholes for crown dependencies which may address this. The rest are multi millionaires who are getting something unearned. This is a storm in a teacup issue. The real issue is the lack of replacement subsidies promised by Johnson as leader of the leave campaign and then never implemented.
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  128. I agree completely. Unfortunately some do not seem to understand the concept of a nuanced view of history.
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  129.  @OneTrueScotsman  I’ve seen some of the Tory ones, much like the rest of the party throughout the UK, they can hardly be described as “excellent” or “exceptional”.
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  130.  @TheBTC  they didn’t refuse, it was an unreasonable ask. FOM is a foundational principle of the EU.
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  131.  @Norfolkandchance886 it was nothing to do with massacred children. You don’t attack the community of massacre victims in solidarity. Only a muppet would think there’s logic there.
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  132. Corporations, bankers, and billionaires took it. It’s called end stage capitalism for a reason. The only reason the poor are surviving now is because of what little social democratic programmes still exist.
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  133.  @hellonearth-thehistoryofwa1270  did he really? Odd I can’t find anything from a media organisation on this. Is it a new 20% or is it the same bits regiven. They still own significant holdings as the person of the crown including the sea bed for 12 nautical miles around the shore. So I doubt they would notice.
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  134. He’s talking about wealth distribution. The UK has a lot of wealth but it’s all concentrated in the pockets of a few very wealthy people.
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  135. The Prime Minister is either corrupt or incompetent. There is no other way of looking at it. Actually, this is a false dichotomy. He can be both.
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  136. So if we should prosecute for misconduct in a public office, should we start with the last government.
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  137.  @James333-n2q  literally my whole social group and much of my work social group voted brexit, and not one of them did it for the reasons John postulates. Most brexit voters are middle class which is borne out with statistics not hyperbole.
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  138.  @donaldwebb  maybe you are unaware, but the two main reasons for voting leave in polling was immigration and sovereignty. Hence the driving facet has a strong undercurrent of xenophobia. This isn’t all leave voters, but it is a sizeable majority. It also doesn’t change the fact Brexit has not changed either. Edit: just to be clear, I mean fear of foreigners rather than hatred. I realise the term is sometimes used interchangeably.
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  139. Mick voted for for a right wing brexit. The RMT advised members to vote for brexit The RMT stopped funding Labour and lost whatever influence it had there. You reap what you sow.
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  140. NIMBY areas are often areas with infrastructure and services at breaking point 🤷‍♂️. An example near me were a developer trying to build on a flood plain that was objected to by the EA and the local power station as it would likely cause flooding of the power plant, and the sewage works which is next to a river that supplies 7% of the water london. Any concern gets chalked up as being nimby, some are, but many aren’t.
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  141. He would be better than Reeves, and seems to care about normal people, particularly the poor. But he is neoliberal and was a creator of, and advocate for quantitative easing. He would have similar policies.
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  142. Laura makes the others stop being kids
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  143. Compare and contrast with Joe Biden when he got heckled.
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  144. This is what seems to elude people, 2015 would have happened in 2010 if the LD weren’t in government.
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  145. That first guy is more of a problem than Boris. He’s supposed to be a politician not an entertainer. FFS. Moron.
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  146. The only reason we are paying back the debt is because Osborne sold it off cheap. If the debt had stayed with the BoE, it could have been forgiven. Another example of snouts in the troughs.
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  147. Because we live in a liberal democracy with morality police…
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  148. As an independent, she will achieve absolutely nothing.
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  149.  @pcat1378  then explain why Tories used this argument against Gordon Brown? Boris went to the people to get the mandate too. It’s the unwritten “honourable thing” to do, so of course this government won’t. They have change policy which is why there is no mandate.
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  150.  @lloydnaylor6113  who said that and what’s that got to do with FOM from the EU? Are you bothered by legal or illegal immigration? And why does it bother you? Have you been denied opportunities because of legal immigration?
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  151. Didn’t Boris apologise for that lie? He did prosecute the tory press for the phone hacking scandle. What’s Boris ever done but lie
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  152. He’s had a lot of sunny uplands by repeatedly crashing the pound. Pretty much in the way his daddy wrote about in his book.
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  153. No thanks
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  154.  @love__and__hope__  I thought as much. I completely and utterly disagree with this position, It’s a terrible system that’s is demeaning and wastes a lot of talent. A minimum standard of education is required to make a worthwhile informed citizen who can critically analyse information, manage finances, and be successfully in whatever role they are best suited too. You can’t get this leaving school at ten.
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  155. There is a distinct lack of jeering when starmer is speaking. Note this, even the Tories are sick of this. General Election now
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  156. I’m not grieving. I’ve actually had loss in my life from people I actually knew. Not some personality I only ever got close to because I was licking a stamp.
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  157. He is not loosing staff. He is removing staff via redundancy.
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  158. Shafted us?
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  159.  @KevinHorrox it’s not the same thing. Economists are scientists (albeit in a soft, social science) not journalists.
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  160. Camp as fuck actor playing some kind of hard man? It’s ludicrous 😂
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  161.  @nathanaelsmith3553  there are laws to prosecute this (unless said in the chamber or a select committee where parliamentary privilege is absolute), unfortunately it’s fundamentally a hard thing to prove as you need to demonstrate the mental intent, which basically needs a confession, or an unambiguous pile of other evidence proving guilt.
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  162.  @nathanaelsmith3553  that could be a way of doing it, having it as a civil (balance of probabilities) standard. Good call 👍
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  163. You are the worst 😅
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  164.  @fuckbankers  no, no one outside of his fan base was convinced by him. Why would someone who hadn’t been loyal to any leader he severed under expect any loyalty what so ever. His excuse was he voted his conscience, but he then tried to play the victim when others did precisely the same.
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  165. Main issue here is they keep building homes and not upgrade infrastructure. They need to do both.
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  166. And his rockets work perfectly
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  167.  @srp01983  that’s a bit of over reach there. The purpose of the meeting was to hold the mayor to account not the government. The mayor was not directly implicated. The questioning was clumsy but did the purpose to make the Tory look out of touch.
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  168. @left_blank or corporate servitude. No thanks. A balance between capitalism and socialism seems to work best and have the happiest outcomes based on happiness index. That means regulation of business so they don’t take the piss with unfair monopolies.
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  169. @left_blank and yet company profits have never been higher. And you are proposing removing more controls if I’m reading it right?
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  170. @left_blank yes of course. We haven’t given the rich enough money. Good idea.
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  171. Always loves me a bit of Professor Richard Murphy.
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  172.  @DezGSRD the point is it’s the houses opportunity to ask the Home Secretary questions. She rarely turns up because she doesn’t like to be challenged so neither do they. Tbh, most house business is in meetings and sub committees. The main chamber is really just a theatre for grand standing. But she really should be there.
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  173.  @mad1701  I’m not aware of any positive impact they had on their societies or those around them.
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  174. If public sector gets a rise, then private sectors will need to match or lose worker to better paid job roles. More money in people’s pockets means more money circulating int eh economy. This is in your best interest too as every thing is linked.
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  175. Really? They tried a number of different approaches and did deescalate with the lady. They got superiors on site. Went south when they took out the window. He clearly was off his face and not balanced. Reaching for a weapon, even with a knife would get non lethal or lethal force applied in all of Europe too. If the police have given him a lawful order and it’s refused, and efforts to reason fail, so force is used, and weapon is drawn. What the fuck are they supposed to do? What would you do?
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  176. In Liverpool (and likely nationally) they are competing with Labour, not the Tories. Also, Starmers a bit shit. Hope that clears it up for you.
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  177.  @vercingetorixwulf9298  I had a quick search and couldn’t find evidence of that. All I can find is “Historic Royal Palaces is the self-funding charity that cares for the Tower of London.” Which was my understanding. Do you have a link for additional information?
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  178.  @adamflint2060  oddly, as a former police constable myself, I’m not sure I agree with a constable arresting a victim of crime.
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  179. Maybe they can actually point the rule that’s been broken? I assume this means Simon Case or the BBC director General must also be sacked for blatant political bias? Tories out now!
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  180.  @allandonnelly6926  I’ve edited for clarity
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  181.  @steviekenny581  yes, he ran rings around Sunak, though he didn’t get the mic drop Flynn seems to be developing a taste for
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  182.  @brianfallon2607 because they don’t accept the foundation of the state of Israel as lawful. If it’s not lawful, why would they accept it?
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  183.  @2russo.phobic4u no they couldn’t as this was post the UN retreat from colonisation international treaties. It gave peoples of colonised areas a right of self determination.
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  184. Thorsten Bell was given a cabinet brief yesterday. He’s got experience of working in the treasury too. Also a neoliberal, but at least with a focus on helping people other than the super wealthy.
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  185.  @bobrayner1093  please advise which bit is factually incorrect?
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  186.  @bernieburrows3731 taxes remove money from the system to prevent inflation. They are also used to encourage policy actions (e.g. investment in green tech) and discourage negative actions (e.g. smoking, wealth hoarding). MMT isn’t particularly controversial at a description of how money works. The controversy is more about how much MMT can be used in an unbalanced books way.
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  187.  @fvefve12  surely inheriting a farm which is a business, you should,d give a bit of thought of what you are going to be doing and how the costs will be payed. This would be the same as inheriting any other business.
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  188.  @tilerman  first up I agree with the OP. Would be the same with PR, same with Republic. Any issue won or lost shouldn’t be decided by referendum. My view is politicians should do the work they are paid handsomely for. My brexit mates are all labouring under the delusion that it will all “work it’s self out in the end” while we are sliding further and further backwards culturally, economically, and with respect to our rights and freedoms. So he’s right, not one of them understood the issues at play. All voted on the emotional sovereignty and without once understanding how sovereignty works. Not one took the time to look it up, even when given sources. It requires a lot more work than most people are willing to put in to decide these issues rationally.
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  189.  @davidtracey5471  no worries, it’s a shit deal for Scotland (and the rest of us not part of the cult)
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  190.  @garyboyle695  the Catholic Church has always been rather duplicitous, so JRM probably fits in well. Also all the tenants of sharing wealth are ignored on an institutional level, so again, right up his street. If you are looking for consistency in morality, you won’t find it in the bible.
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  191.  @simonclare100 can you give an example please? Like a real one not the made up shit your type always invent.
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  192.  @simonclare100  attempt at deflection and no answer I see. Well done 👍
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  193. What a cowardly man Mr Rees-Mogg is. He could have responded to each of those.
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  194. No such thing as a free society. We prohibit things not good for the wider society, and given the problems associated with public schooling both for the wider population, and the kids who lived in misery at them, it would be better to be rid of them.
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  195. It’s funny, because the captions say love politics hate nonsense. It’s kinda the exact opposite to the PJPC
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  196. Saying that, Olly isn’t here today so they are talking politics 😂
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  197. Yes more housing is required, yes more infrastructure is needed. but the infrastructure issue isn’t easy for older towns. Short of bulldozing historic buildings… More progressive rules for housing redevelopment would also be good. To increase the housing space in the country. I can’t put a third floor on my house for example, because it’s not “in keeping with the current area”. It’s a 1930s ex council house…
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  198.  @frasercook5823 been that way for 15 years 😢
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  199. Ollie works for LBC too
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  200. Public schools are just a way of reinforcing the class/wealth divide. It would be better of the rich to meet the poor at some point in there life. They might learn a little empathy.
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  201. Minford was nearly the only economist who said that. The rest were experts to be ignored according to Gove. Those who listened to him seemed to be because it fit their world view or ambitions rather than the widely acknowledged likely impact.
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  202.  @jmolofsson  his was more a advert for a book, that a journalistic interview. It’s generally considered there is some form of conversation in an interview rather than just long monologues.
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  203. He’s like a scientist from a movie in the 1950s
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  204. I think green, Lib Dem and the SWP, and more other smaller parties on the right.
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  205. So a member of the ERG labels someone conniving? Right.
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  206.  @SuperMarion61  Tbf, it’s Ollie that makes them do the “banter”. It’s like having a work outing where the boss want everyone to have fun…..
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  207. Ollie fluctuates between the pointy haired boss (Dilbert), and a stand up comic… he needs a Netflix comedy show…😅
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  208. Suella is probably a balm to his ears. They only don’t like authoritarianism if it’s someone else.
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  209. Oh, only 200 kids missing. That’s okay then. Ffs they are useless
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  210. Tbf, some were definitely useful idiots (Darren Grimes looking at you), but definitely most were.
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  211. The money paid into the EU was more than covered by the trade we used to do which created jobs and therefore more tax. Forgiven aid is soft power projection and is used to create, enhance and maintain bilateral relations. Both have either tangible or intangible benefits to the UK. In theory we all benefit from these, but obviously some benefit more.
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  212. Ava, odd hill to die on with smoking considering it’s a massive and unnecessary impact on the NHS. It’s an evil business with a huge global environmental impact. It’s also got un-necessary secondary impact on people who don’t have a choice. Cars are necessary, fags are not.
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  213. By pension I assume you mean state pension. The workforce that’s around when they are of pensionable age will pay for it. Given the declining birth rates, cause in part by policies like the two child cap, it necessitates immigration to ensure the economy is productive enough to cover the pension bill. But equally, that same couple will not have accrued the costs in education and healthcare associated with having children.
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  214.  @britishproudvanman3082  so why is it good to have a king?
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  215. His personal wealth has bought him a mattress or two to fall on.
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  216. His personal wealth has bought him a mattress or two to fall on.
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  217.  @banksarenotyourfriends  I don’t think most people actually knew who he was tbh. 2017 was as much a protest vote against Brexit, May, and the Tories, as much as a vote for Corbyn. The Lib Dems were still persona non gratis after the coalition. So sure he picked up votes, but he didn’t appeal to the small c conservative swing voters to capitalise on the voter share. He didn’t win back Scotland. Getting youngsters out to vote is great, but they need to be where it counts under FPTP. A Leaders only as good as their last election you can’t say he was great in 2017 and 2019 don’t count. He lost both elections, and Labour tanked in 2019 and it was clearly down to his lack of leadership. The fact he never seemed to come out for interviews during the 2019 politics tensions didn’t help. The fact he wouldn’t step aside to allow a government of national unity be created meant a lot of people voted LD or Green instead of labour. Also in the build up he allowed a power vacuum to form and the shadow cabinet filled it, again this just reinforced the perception he was weak. Interesting you mention PR, because whilst I believe Corbyn is supportive of PR, Labour under Corbyn were against it. And while the members seem to have finally woken up to it last year, it’s unlikely to be a priority whilst Labour are winning under FPTP. The biggest issue with JC right now is he has, rightly or wrongly, become a vote loser. I do feel it’s a bit of a damned if you do, damned if you don’t situation. But currently, it feels like Corbyn is the only attack line Sunak has on Starmer at PMQT. So making that a viable attack line is politically a mistake.
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  218. It’s generally called a republican movement. Not sure why the phrase is now getting dumbed down.
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  219. It was described as a once in a generation thing, that’s commonly accepted as around 20 years. It will take ten years to join. Looks like a good timetable.
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  220. Unfortunately he saw quiet a bit of this coming. Particularly the right of Christian nationalism.
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  221. Labour we’re in 2008, they put a higher tax rate in
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  222. What a bunch of self serving fools…
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  223.  @andrewroberts8959  what George was arguing for was not in favour of either large or small farms. Both are the issue, as both are ultimately unsustainable with an increasing population. I’d suggest you go watch the interview.
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  224. Corbyn the public school boy, upper middle class (if you subscribe to that ridiculous concept) champion of the working class. Cant you see the irony? There are only two things matter, you either want to treat people with respect and help them and vote Labour (SNP in Scotland, green in Brighton) or you are a selfish arse who votes Tory. Class means nothing. It’s a moral choice, not a class choice.
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  225. Inheritance tax doesn’t affect the farmer, it affect the inheritor. This isn’t a tax on farmers despite the narrative. Farming isn’t profitable and hasn’t been for decades, made worse by the removal of subsidies by leaving the EU. We should be subsiding farms as a Uk farm will cost more to run than a third world one. If farms were profitable, the inheritors would be able to afford the inheritance tax. Edit: profitable for small farmers.
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  226.  @pcat1378  my party? I’m centre left leaning independent 🤷‍♂️ (formerly Lib Dem leaning). Every time there’s a new leader or a significant shift in policy this happens. I was first following politics when Thatcher was ousted and John Major faced the same calls. So sorry you don’t like it, but that’s not the same as you being right. It’s all part of politics.
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  227.  @pcat1378  hence I’m not a party member, though I must admit, getting the Tories out is a somewhat appealing prospect. You also have to realise even some sitting Tory MPs have called for a General Election, Nadine Dorries for one so it’s not just the opposition. General strikes are more likely to work and I suspect it’s where it will go next.
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  228. Exactly, this is shutting the stable door 7 years after that horse bolted.
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  229.  @cidertom5140  sorry, I don’t really understand what your reply means, would you mind elaborating?
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  230.  @cidertom5140  fair enough. Probably wasn’t interesting anyway.
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  231. The Labour voter isn’t just these guys. You want power you need to be more centre left. Why the hell do you think the Libs moved right? New Labour moved into there space.
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  232.  @us1way Brexit happened, just not the way you wanted or were promised.
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  233. They support children’s rights until they are born
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  234.  @rjkmusicmedia  according to who? I’d be interested to know what your party affiliation is? As this feels like a whataboutisum from a Tory to me. Happy to be shown wrong though.
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  235. He seemed like a Tory at that.
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  236.  @WH-hi5ew  well said 👍
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  237. We have controlled immigration. It’s the processing that’s the issue
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  238.  @aituk  considering my family are French, and I have a lot of French friends and colleagues, I’ve not meet one who regrets being a republic, only the choice of leaders they elect. Sarkosy for example…. You seem to be saying the inability to change what’s wrong is a virtue, and being able to change what doesn’t isn’t. It’s a preposterous and dishonest proposition. It’s a bit like the people who use the risk hung Parliament being a reason not to have a more representative government.
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  239.  @davidty2006  apparently it was the highest figure ever
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  240. Why was it cringe? He said he wants rid of it.
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  241. As someone who works in sterile manufacturing, you guys don’t understand what it is 😂
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  242. Home Secretaries want to do shady shit that the courts won’t allow, rather than do legal stuff, they want to remove FUNDAMENTAL protections for us.
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  243.  @cynicalpenguin  Roma aren’t travellers, they are a specific ethnic group.
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  244.  @NeonVisual labour traditionally supported universal benefits?
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  245.  @petefl1818  it’s a troll I think. It’s made other comments that mick lynch wants a facist state. Odd opinion given the tories are acting like facists.
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  246.  @the1beard  except it’s considered an essential infrastructure by all serious economists. It needs improvement, not decommissioning.
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  247.  @the1beard  what are you talking about. It doesn’t need to cover costs. It’s used by business to make money, via the transport of goods and people. The money is made in the general economy. Why is it only the English (as it seems unique to here) it seem to insist everything pays for itself and never look at the big picture. No wonder our businesses were bought out and cut up.
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  248.  @the1beard  no, because infrastructure is not like a house. It’s like the services provided to a house. Would you be willing to buy a house with no electricity, gas, roads, broadband, sewers, water? Of course not. Without adequate infrastructure, business will not remain or set up in the UK. This is a major gripe of businesses in the UK, not my words, his is from business. We lag behind the other European states as our infrastructure is still broadly Victorian, especially rail. The fact you want to throw more vehicles in the road suggest you don’t live in the south of England. It’s horrendous traffic congestion on the roads. You want to make it worse. Do you see? If you don’t, maybe you should do some research into the benefits of a good rail network. Japan, Germany, France are all good examples. Why are right wingers so poor at analogy?
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  249.  @the1beard  yours is a cost of knowing the cost everything value of nothing argument. Do you have any research that backs up your assertions?
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  250.  @the1beard  That’s an extremely one diamensional way of looking at it. Do you have any data to show the cost to the estimate cost to the economy of removing rail? I couldn’t find any data so it doesn’t seem like it’s even considered seriously enough even to consider.
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  251. It could be argued that the idea is disrespectful when people claim this country is a meritocracy. She was the unelected head of state, she decided to die in post after not being able to fulfil the full role of the monarch for many years. She’s not just an ordinary private or public figure. Her son is now the unelected head of state, and is therefore a legitimate target of protest.
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  252.  @Iazzaboyce  yes, another failure of the UK government blamed on the EU. Pretty much like them all really.
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  253.  @RichardFraser-y9t that’s sound like a perfect outcast though 😂
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  254. That’s not at all what was said. The issue we have is we have declining birth rates, which inhibits economic productivity. Most of the right wing proponents of the 2 child cap rather confusingly also want large families (as they are religious zealots), they just don’t want higher taxes to support those families. Senior labour figures say they want to get rid of it, but it’s not clear if it will be in the manifesto at this time.
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  255. This is a semantic statement, the UN treaties gave the right of self determination to peoples and areas if they were colonised.
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  256. He’s been dealt a shit hand to play with. If he puts a toe wrong out right wing media will eat labour alive (see Milliband and Corbyn for details of the smears).
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  257.  @Alan-cl2ix  I think it’s more practicality. Would need a clear majority for Labour to pursue rejoin, and they would probably want to be in government to control the narrative. Labour are overwhelmingly in favour of the EU going by the last conference
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  258.  @annenunney9907  no, as a leader he was always going to be poor, not a media invention I’m afraid. He had been disloyal to every leader he served under (taking a lead of his mentor Tony Benn) due to his principles, therefore he could expect his MPs to do anything less.
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  259. Have you seen the manifesto? Could you let me know what’s in it?
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  260.  @kindmulberry7196  I do read manifestos, have been since the late 1980s. They don’t tell you what they will do, but they usually indicate a direction of travel.
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  261. Finland had a solution, which is why they have been top or second on the education lists for decades. If everyone goes to a state school, the elites need to fund them properly.
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  262.  @LeafHuntress  yes, but I expect they didn’t because then it would reflect badly on Khan as the met did nothing without massive public pressure
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  263.  @LeafHuntress  the issue is the very right wing media will sell it as a mayoral issue, not a Home Secretary issue. Look how they constantly protect her in spite of her being utterly useless. I do think the green question was also off topic. It was just a way of scoring political points rather than holding Khan to account. I mean, politically it’s good mileage under the rather ridiculous system we have assuming the biased media report on it. The problem is the assembly really needs to hold the mayor to account, and let’s not forget Boris managed to be mayor. Maybe this would have been a better line of questioning? Bring up Boris as mayor and ask khan questions from this tack? In a previous life was a police constable and trained in Coventry a long time ago and was in a county service. Most of the rather excellent Police Training centres were closed sadly, which may be an indicator how standards seem to have dropped now. In my honest opinion, I agree that the met is too big, smaller county constabulary work better when limited to about 2-3000 officers. It’s too anonymous in the Met (whom I worked with as we were transitioning boundaries at the time). In a smaller force you won’t know everyone, but someone you know will. Bad actors are easier to find out about. The city of london police aren’t too bad to be honest, though they should really be a specialist financial crime unit given the area. I don’t think they are a bad service inherently, though they are a much more attractive force with better financial compensation so tend to cream off the top of other services.
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  264. @left_blank currently the model is scam the customer for all they are worth, and concentrate wealth in the tiny minority at the top. How is that good for capitalism? It relies on the free movement of capital through the system, and this doesn’t happen. As a system maintained in. Isolation, it’s as broken as the examples of communism that have been tried.
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  265.  @tonyves  as a lefty (which you seem to see as an insult), I don’t think you can argue the queen was either misogynistic or not. She doesn’t seem to have ever made a public statement on the issue. I doubt the racist part too. I haven’t seen evidence of this. However she was certainly very classist, who believed in the social order, and the position of high and low born people. Therefore very much a bigot. The use of the other two terms maybe be misidentified as this.
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  266.  @Matt-vq8fg  the left want to bash Labour, and the right want to bash Labour 🤷‍♂️. Reality be damned. I personally think that farming should just pay inheritance tax at the same rate as everyone else. The fact that some farm businesses may struggle to pay back the inheritance tax is another issue about profitability that desperately needs to be addressed. But this is due to lost subsidies and consolidated bargaining by supermarkets, not this policy.
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  267.  @DaniStarEngland  breach of the (kings) peace from the common law that’s not used in England and Wales as it was superseded by statutory instruments. The human rights act is supposed to protect non violent political expression from the government, hence the Tories want it gone, and covers the whole UK. It was introduced after a number of cases where the bill of rights was shown to be inadequate.
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  268.  @lioneljaftha3473  what has this to do with Brexit? Btw, these were nonviolent protests, that’s why people are angry.
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  269.  @securitydesk6309  the policy of removing rights to protest is anti democratic
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  270. She authoritarian who doesn’t feel she should be held to account by Parliament. She rarely turns up.
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  271. Nice ideas, wrong figure head. Far too easy to demonise and didn’t seem to like talking to anyone but team Corbyn. Two wasted elections. It should have been John McDonald, there’s a fighter!!
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  272. @Sonification so who then? Because the choice is rather binary at the moment for a national perspective.
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  273. @Sonification you haven’t answered my question. Who then? Which government will sort this out? The Welsh assembly can’t as it doesn’t have the power too.
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  274.  @intello8953  it’s been discussed within biographies and history books, but definitely not in the Mainstream Media where everything is simplified to ww2. He is a walking contradiction. Cynically Cruel (authorising chemical weapons on civilian populations ), but also compassionate (one of the founders of the welfare state). I for one would like a proper debate. I’m not adverse to removing statues, but I’d prefer better understanding of who he was before we decide. And no, I’m not singling out Churchill, the same applies to all public figures.
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  275.  @noelpucarua2843  the first bit you seem to blame Churchill for a massed Web of geopolitical negotiations that were broadly agreed by all “major” powers, and included the involvement of the other governments. He carries a share of the blame, but so do many many others. For the rest, completely I agree. He was a person who did bad and good.
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  276.  @noelpucarua2843  no worries, a simple misunderstanding
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  277. You clearly haven’t seen what happens when a train hits another train. I have. Your envy politics are pathetic
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  278. She’s useless like the rest of the government and needs to give us a GE.
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  279. The guy with the kid will vote for the Lib Dem’s who are on this election a more left wing party to Labour.
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  280. A nonce is a person who improperly plays with children.
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  281.  @Jamiiemac no, that’s not it.
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  282.  @ronredron  probably the 159 likes it has is reason enough. People only comment if they disagree. Saying the Tories are down and need to be out is hardly controversial.
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  283. There’s a reason he met with Steve Bannon, him and Nadine Dorries are the UK MAGA cult in search of a theocracy
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  284.  @OneTrueScotsman  in Scotland they may not have a choice, the talent all seem to be in the SNP….
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  285. You don’t seem to understand how a democratic vote works. They are superseded by the next democratic vote.
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  286.  @iainclark4835  and? They are completely different lines of work. Most bank employees are in call centres or branch’s and a clerical workers or lower skilled IT infrastructure professionals. I mean, did you actually have a point?
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  287.  @oldishandwoke-ish1181  they clearly don’t, because they keep voting for the people screwing them over the most.
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  288.  @LawrieAndCo  that’s was a short and pointless statement. Supply and demand would still matter, as would preference and need.
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  289. He’s been in before and knows the format. This was a choice.
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  290. I think they are more interested in emulating Saudi Arabia.
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  291.  @adamflint2060  one of the guys protesting did appear to be assaulted in sight of the constable that arrested him. It doesn’t mean they saw what happened based on line of sight, but it does appear off at a first glance.
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  292.  @mogznwaz  you expect us to believe that? The whole point of Brexit was getting shot of the freedom of movements foreigners who were predominantly White European.
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  293. It’s the EUs fault apparently 🥱 He’s a moron.
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  294. Do you want the man or the policies? If it’s the man, then that’s a bit cult like…
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  295. Maybe you should ask him to answer the question? Assuming he ever sees the plebs in the consistency.
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  296. The SNP motion went far further than the Labour Motion. There were no conditions applied in their motion. There were conditions attached on the Labour motion. The SNP Leader has Palestinian family in Gaza, you are making it political, not the SNP. There motion should have been debated. There was clear water between them and the Tory and Labour motion. There was politics, as the different parties disagreed with how far the motion should go. If you want to talk about unity, why didn’t Labour vote for the SNP one.
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  297. Trump a literal billionaire 🤷‍♂️
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  298. He said he’s sorry, not the government is sorry.
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  299. I guess that’s something
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  300. Is this whole conversation is being used for click bait by the MSM? It feels like that’s the only reason it’s being had now
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  301. Sounds a lot more like opinion than fact. Could you provide some kind of sourcing for these assertions?
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  302.  @steveharrison76  how do you know the spare capacity of private hospitals? I’m guessing Labour maybe spoke to the private healthcare sector first, because that would be an easy tory attack line otherwise. Not all private healthcare professionals are NHS staff, how do you know they will not sleep? Currently that’s the issue in some parts of the NHS. There needs to be a quick solution to mitigate capacity and pressure on the NHS. Like it or not, this will be part of any solution. The other option is people living in pain and dying for the sake of ideological purity. If this is your preferred option, then there is really no helping you. How do you know the funding will come from existing NHS budgets, and not the windfall taxes on energy companies, public schooling tax, or some other wealth tax? In short, your assertion are opinions. Currently Streeting (who I loathe) has said they will use the Private Sector to back up the NHS, I want to know the fleshed out long term details before making an informed judgement. Is this a permanent plan? Or is there an aim to reform and rebuild the NHS? This is a question I haven’t heard answered yet as they focus on short term, and it’s presented as a short term plan.
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  303.  @steveharrison76 . I’m not trolling you, I have a slight doubt now as to whether you are the serious commentator I thought you were if you are resorting to that accusation. I’ll persist in good faith however. I’m asking you to provide evidence that supports your initial assertion. I reread my comment and it seems pretty clear rebuttal of your initial points. Which parts didn’t you get? The question marks signify where I’m asking a question. I did not say or imply that it would be cost neutral cost. The fact Labour are talking about using the private sector to support existing healthcare means it’s going to cost more. You appear to be assuming the cost is coming out of existing budgets, and this isn’t currently clear. You also don’t seem to understand that, at this point, the NHS is basically privatised anyway. It is not clear if Labour are going to change this as they haven’t commented on it either way. Currently the use of additional private capacity is being pitched as a time limited plan to get waiting lists down. You don’t seem to be presenting any kind of plan to deal with the issue. What are the alternatives? Recruiting and training more staff, and building more facilities will take time and that means people will die and/or live in pain. I’m not seeing any alternative to Streeting’s plan, maybe you can share yours? To reiterate, you are making three of unsourced assertions in your initial comment that I believe are wrong either partially or completely. I’ve provided my thought as to why, and I’m asking you to provide sources and convince me of the validity of your position. I hope this helps.
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  304. Just to make it easy for you, how do you know that a private hospital isn’t profitable while running at under capacity? You could still need the same amount if staff if you are running under capacity. If you have a ward that needs one nurse irrespective of if 1 or 20 beds are filled. You are also assuming that companies don’t plan for projected grown. In short, you have overly simplified things to support your narrative.
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  305.  @donaldwebb  please tell me what I’m clueless at? Thanks in advance.
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  306.  @donaldwebb  it was more about foreigners controlling our laws than immigrants, when the actual issue would be someone of a different political perspective being a more key reason. So wrong on that count.
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  307.  @TTFMjock  possibly not, but saying the country is full is a fairly big tell, as we have a declining birth rate and clearly can’t maintain the population to maintain the economy. Saying I don’t want foreigners having a say over “our” laws is a fairly big tell. I never said it’s a conscience or malicious bias either.
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  308.  @TTFMjock  please it explain it then? Usually I’ve found the sovereignty example used by brexiteers was about immigration controls, or to a lesser extent removing trade barriers (which counter intuitively means actually erecting trade barriers as we have seen post Brexit).
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  309.  @wasdwasdedsf  got any examples?
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  310.  @wasdwasdedsf  we have far more immigration now we have left. Try again.
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  311.  @wasdwasdedsf  we do have an impact over Japanese laws. Every treaty and agreement we have with them and they have with us does this. Hell, even getting the Olympics or the FIFA World Cup means adopting a legal frame work to make it compatible. Please try again
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  312.  @Patriotische-Aktion  I didn’t realise the EU was making people have foreigners sleep in their house 😂🤣😂🤣
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  313.  @Patriotische-Aktion  no, your comment is not areal thing. Oh, and Brexit made immigration “worse”.
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  314.  @Patriotische-Aktion  at no point during the entire membership of the EU was there a proposal to allow random people to sleep in anyones house. You have created one hell of a straw-man to argue against.
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  315.  @bobrayner1093  I’m fully aware of the rather odd position of the RMT and it’s roots. It’s pretty clear the RMT did not understand EU as it was, or indeed as it had been, and never really bothered to try. It is entirely possible to make private companies public within the EU. Issue is political will and desire in Westminster. However, my point is he voted for a right wing Brexit. His left wing variant was never on offer. The extreme elements of the right wanted some form of Brexit since at least the 1980s. Certainly It became extremely apparent by the mid 1990s (Maastricht) that the far right of the Tory party were gunning for Brexit with there media machine. Initially this was via creation of UKIP, then by Trojan horse insertion into the Conservative party itself. The fact the referendum happened at the behest of Tory back Benchers really should have been a warning sign. The left had long abandoned that position. Because the RMT are a very Change resistant organisation, I do somewhat doubt the anti modernisation position they have taken is entirely with merit. Reliability engineering is a very good tool for predictive maintenance and he discounts out of hand. I find this peculiar as it’s entirely risk and performance based. He’s been clear it’s the process, not the output he doesn’t like. My personal view is there should Be a cross party select committee look at this with representatives from the Train Operators, RMT and independent expert review and validation of the proposals. Having been involved in the aftermath of a train crash, it’s not something I want to see repeated. But be under no illusions I support the RMT members right to strike.
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  316.  @craigmclaren3241  how? The oil is made of 🦕
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  317. Your better apparently
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  318. ⁠ @AutoTrawler this is an intellectually bankrupt response. Try engaging with the comment which coherent. I mean, your grammar was terrible too, and god knows why you have a “he’s” in the middle of your sentence.
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  319. Anyone remember Chris Evans and Billy Piper? That was weird at the time.
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  320. Why? You into BDSM?
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  321.  @SGrahamArt  unfortunately the the Scots don’t have the constitutional power to do it. Similar to the Catalonia region of Spain. Not saying it’s right, but that’s the current situation. You could win every seat in Scotland, but wouldn’t have the numbers to change a UK law.
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  322.  @davidtracey5471  the legislature is the UK, you point is moot
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  323.  @martinmcdonald4207  the Swiss cancelled a referendum for the same point, though I think a rerun would likely have been pretty similar. Not seeing many people I know change there minds yet.
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  324.  @jayc342009  tell me what remain said that hasn’t come true? I guess WW3? But we are as close as we have been since the 80s. Not directly part of the calculation, but it was a project supported by Russia as it weakened there adversaries
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  325. The financial crisis was 12 years ago, you screwed everything in that time.
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  326.  @marksavage1108  first up, I didn’t ask you. Second up, that’s all discredited talking points.
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  327. The solution to any problem you ever have is never Mrs Truss
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  328.  @peters6188  utter rubbish. Growth needs a consumer class spending money on goods and services, not making people who horde a mass of unproductive wealth more wealthy. Also, borrowing for tax cuts was never going to fly.
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  329. Agree completely.
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  330.  @george_investing_accountant  and that’s how they get away with it.
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  331.  @hindaclubhindaclub the whole issue is the many in the Isreal, including many if not all in the government claim it’s gods promised land from the river to the sea. This is a religiously driven genocide to enable an imperialist colonisation.
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  332. Green Party had a car crash moment on Lewis Goodall show on LBC. Wonder if the Green Party guy had as happy a weekend…
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  333. Dogs tend to like any attention, I’m sure it’s fine
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  334. A bold statement, unsupported by much evidence.
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  335.  @flucazade  probably, but unfortunately we never know the quality of government till they are in power. And given I’ve been alive mostly in Tory times (I remember back to thatcher), I’ll take an unknown Labour Party over this bunch of Tories any day.
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  336.  @mjdubs7603  they aren’t even in power yet bud.
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  337. He’s hard on sofas to…
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  338. It’s why the global market is down, currently it’s due to a major austerity drive in the west. China doesn’t do this.
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  339. What’s your view on Brexit or trickle down economics?
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  340.  @vincentblack7467  is cheaper more secure energy middle class?
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  341.  @imnottellingyoumyname3050  all royal sites combined got 3.8 million visitors according to their figures. That’s nationally, not at a single site.
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  342. Base MPs wage on the countries average wage, if they improve he wealth of the country, they can get a higher wage. Consider it performance related pay. Btw, CEO and executive level people aren’t necessarily talented. It’s possible to fail up, as you did.
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  343. God they are thick, and are walking into obvious traps. If someone asks you is this an isolated incident in a select committee. The chances are they have evidence it’s not.
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  344.  @ltmund  can you fact check what’s wrong here then? I await to be enlightened
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  345. Yes, keep the Tories in power.
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  346. I’m a guardian reader and I support the striking workers, as do most the commentators below the line. Mick, for gods sake, don’t attack your friends.
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  347. Stephen Flynn unfortunately allowed Sunak to look good today. SF: This is terrible, and Westminster did nothing. RS: yes it’s terrible. We have an inquiry and there are three compensation programmes that have provided compensation to 2/3rds of the victims of this miscarriage so far. And we want to help them get justice they deserve. SF: you don’t get it something something. He’s picking a fight on one of the few areas of strength that Sunak can claim tin an effort to throw Tories, labour and LD in a pile. Unfortunately, the actions the Tories have taken are broadly sensible, albeit late, so it’s not creating much of a headache for them. I’m guessing that’s why Starmer avoided it. Usually he’s a strong political operator but this seems a weak performance. In fact it’s probably the worst performance I’ve seen of his and the first I can think of where Sunak “won” the engagement.
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  348.  @toriesdontgettazered7464  no, he’s asked a question where Sunak has an answer that’s compelling enough for someone not usually following politics, and a good sound bite for the Tory press. Giving him that opening is a fucking stupid move.
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  349. Must be like a Corbyn supporter
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  350.  Epicgeezer the guys could have said no, I don’t want to be interviewed.
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  351.  @DorotheaAF  vox pops are pretty useless as anything other than propaganda and most media use them. But at the end of the day, these people willingly let themselves be interviewed.
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  352. These aren’t random people on the street, they are protesters who made the effort to go out and protest. pointless vox pop.
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  353. “Good morning have you slept well?” What a start. Mega burn Tiz Lruzz
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  354.  @msr00001  I think you are talking cross purposes with the OP, they seem to be talking state pension, and you are talking private pension. While both interesting discussions, they are kind of unrelated in the context of tax payers.
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  355.  @gsg9205  wargaming nickname.
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  356. I mean, that’s a bit off topic but easy to answer.
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  357. Either cowardice or doesn’t like to be challenged as she’s clearly an authoritarian. I believe it’s both, but mainly driven by the latter.
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  358. Are you actually looking then? She and her party are busy destroying our freedoms and destroying our institutions. Much of the population is on the breadline, the wealth gap is hideous, So if you can’t see it, your opinion isn’t really worth much.
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  359. To be fair, I’d rather people got a lordship for a bit of service than a bundle of cash to the Tory party (or Labour)
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  360. Didn’t Corbyn and his clique force a lot of existing Labour members out? Didn’t they also force re selections of people who they considered not idealistically pure? They had a pressure group called momentum if I recall correctly. I’m assuming you don’t remember pre new Labour, because he was a pain in the leaderships arse before them too. He tried to oust Kinnock for example. Too much revisionist behaviour here.
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  361.  @berniethekiwidragon4382  the ideas predate the man. Socialism was a thing before he was even born.
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  362.  @m0o0n0i0r  yes, but my point was we (as a country) keep digging a deeper hole to allow rich people get richer. The BoE is not independent, it is owned by the government. Debts created by the BoE are not borrowed from other organisations, and can be cancelled at will. Instead of just borrowing money from the bank (which the bank would create out of thin air), the concept of Quantitative Easing was created which is a long winded way of doing the same thing. The debt was owed by the government to itself. So it could forgive its own debt. But there’s money for unscrupulous people to be made from unfortunate circumstances.
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  363. My god, how bad is it that Gove is looking like the voice of reason…
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  364.  @richmahogany21  we need to be fair in our assessments he was a terrible person, a Great wartime leader, shit peacetime PM.
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  365.  @yellowgreen5229  sure get rid of one who may be actually electable. I’d suggest finding a suitable leader first. You have only chosen two who could actually win power in over half a century, and only one who wasn’t a complete failure when in office.
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  366. It’s late stage free market ideology and neoliberalism not capitalism per se. If we still had Kensyian model of Capitalism then the progressive taxation should have prevented the insane levels of wealth (and thereby power) accumulation by corporations and the already wealthy. Unfortunately no one outside of academic economics institutions are proposing a solution.
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  367.  @VectorTracker  odd opinion. The general idea is that we become more democratic with an elected head of state. Even better if it can maybe help promote a meritocracy. It’s probably also good thing for the family who like zoo animals, and just because the accident of their birth, live in a guilded cage line with parabolic lenses.
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  368.  @VectorTracker  yes, it needs significant improvement. Best to start at the top
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  369.  @urmum3773  sorry, but you are the pawn serving the unelected elites. Break hereditary power. Bring back right to protest.
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  370.  @urmum3773  eh? I don’t understand. So you want to bring down a government and political system using the masses but leave the most egregious example of establishment entitlement in place? Your not a very good revolutionary…
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  371.  @urmum3773  god has no place in governance. Enough wars and executions have been enacted in the name of that terrible excuse. Goodbye
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  372.  @VectorTracker  first up, we are subjects not citizens. And we pay to support there family. We pay to use land owned by the family which should be he peoples (E.g. wind farms). Don’t you think as a principle all people should be equal?
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  373. Most Labour voters are not in a union. Shouldn’t they be for the whole work force?
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  374. As napoleon said, “don’t interrupt your enemy while they make a mistake”.
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  375. Who wants to o hear any think Boris says? He speaks gibberish
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  376. That’s a good edge you got on your sarcasm 👌
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  377. When is the right time? The best time is during transitions which is why they die in post. Even after not being able to discharge the duties of state effectively for years.
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  378. And paid hush money to a potential victim of abuse.
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  379. Groups across the animal kingdom tend to need an in group and an out group to reinforce social cohesion. Note I say groups, it won’t include every individual within a group.
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  380.  @richardbradbury3658  did you miss the part where I mentioned it’s about groups, nit necessarily all the individuals? there is no getting away from the fact we are animals. To think otherwise is foolish, as evidenced by the riots. I would expect the rioters would also say their position is based on their beliefs and common values. Nigel Farage shares common values with Trump, Bannon, Le Pen, and Miloni. It would be much nicer if he could share more common values with his neighbours, i.e, us. It may not need to be a petty nationalism, maybe a shared appreciation of cultural and societal achievements.
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  381. Johnson and mogg would have been taken out back when Johnson was deposed.
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  382. Like Cool Britainnia? That seems like a recent example of what you suggest. I agree, how to get to a place where we can have some positives to celebrate. Being slightly less rubbish than last year already seems like an uphill slog.
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  383.  @roosterbooster6238  far right in that’s she’s completely way out right. Zero regulation, zero immigration, and she’s introducing a tonne of thought police stuff, anti protest, anti freedom, anti union legislation. Current the government which she is a senior member, are planning to introduce laws to allow about the blanket removal of many more rights on the whim of a minister.
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  384. Most of these people obviously aren’t involved in politics….
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  385.  @andrewroberts8959  no, he said neopeasant bullshit won’t be able to feed the population. Efficiency has nothing to do with it. We don’t have the land.
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  386. I agree it rarely works for what it’s worth.
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  387.  @lloydnaylor6113  yeah, that’s gonna work for highly skilled jobs that need many years experience, which are a significant portion of them.
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  388.  @lloydnaylor6113  that’s not an immigration or EU problem is it. Unemployment nationally is at a nearly 40 year low. There could also be other reasons for being unable to secure work for example Invisible health issues or criminal convictions. You can’t make someone stay in a job who doesn’t want one, and you cant starve people.
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  389.  @lloydnaylor6113  you have completely lost me. I responded to the initial post with release the hounds. Are you responding to someone else? The Albanian things a complete mess, We do have an agreement with Albania to take back the ones we don’t want, but that’s only around 25% last time I looked. They are not refugees as they are economic migrants. Not sure why this is an EU issue? France repeatedly offer to help, but we said no. Though Braverman started talking to France recently.
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  390.  @lloydnaylor6113  please read my previous response again. They are under no obligation to take them back. We, Britain, terminated the agreement covering such matters. Successive Home Secretaries have declined to put an agreement in place to help the situation until the current one got told to against her ideological principles. Why do you think it’s their problem? They are a separate sovereign country and not beholden to us in any way other than the bare bones temporary trade agreement and NATO. Obviously you knew what you voted for, as this was part of discuss, and unless we had a soft Brexit and stayed in CU and EEA was always going to happen. Btw, France was (and is) a net contributor just like Britain and puts in more than it gets out. So we didn’t give money to France, they got a rebate on there own money just like we did.
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  391.  @lloydnaylor6113  there are, it’s called the Return Directive. It places obligations on member states. Though I don’t think it’s the regulations you would want them to be. It doesn’t require immigrants to be sent back to France, it requires them to be sent back to their home country if unsuccessful. Several non EU countries have agreements one this. We are not one of them.
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  392. Your comment is odd, are you a bot? Do people consider AI an authoritative source now? 😂
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  393. Her and Raynor, both good candidates for succession.
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  394. I’m seriously hoping Boris is elected and a bunch of Tories cross the aisle…. I doubt it will happen as Tories aren’t that principled
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  395. The first, nonces are not nice people. They belong in the nonce wing of a prison…
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  396. God, arguing with an expert. Must be a brexiteer.
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  397. Why? It was peaceful, planned with police, and lawful. See, you don’t get arrested if it hits all three of these criteria. The JSO were peaceful, but it wasn’t planned and it wasn’t lawful. The organisers all had various prosecutions and most had outstanding suspended sentences. Finally they were unrepentant and used the court as a pulpit. Not being funny, they brought it on themselves.
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  398. What’s wrong with socialism. It has a better track record that our capitalism.
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  399.  @fightforaglobalfirstamendm5617  you are conflating Communism and fascism with Socialism. For some examples; UK, France, Germany, as a very short list of G7 nations, but I could list pretty much of the developed world. All operate on socialist capitalist ideals. You do realise you are completely wrong on this?
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  400.  @fightforaglobalfirstamendm5617 so much to unpack here. Did read my response? I gave you three named examples of successful societies that make use of socialist principles, as does much of the rest of the world. Can you explain how these have failed? Marx wanted Socialism to be the first step to communism, but communism hasn’t as yet been successful. I’d say it fails for exactly the same reason capitalism is failing. People are the worst, they are greedy and act in against the common good if they feel they can. Most countries that use socialism as part of the political system have no intention of going to full communism. The Nazi Party were anti capitalist and anti Marxist, they added socialist to the name to appeal to left leaning voters (which Hitler actually opposed) but was considered far right for much of its existence. I mean Hitlers main enemies where “socialist Jews”. Hitler himself thought that facism was neither left nor right. I know you think you understand these things, but id suggest you read some political science books and actually inform yourself.
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  401.  @fightforaglobalfirstamendm5617  I gave you three already, In a previous reply. France Germany, UK. All three are in the G7
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  402.  @coopsnz1  in what way are France and Germany worse?
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  403.  @coopsnz1  yes and? They have far greater eviction protection and renting is seen as a long term service. It’s not seen as a negative.
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  404.  @coopsnz1  it’s hasn’t in the UK thus far. Quite the opposite, it’s neoliberalism on steroids
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  405. It seems conceptually flawed as most left wing movements are more internationalist. But I await Ollie detailing it in a book in 6 to 12 months.
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  406. He never held as much as a junior minister post, so citation needed.
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  407. Not bankers, politicians and the super rich?
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  408.  @grassygnoll3345  failed on devolution? In which way?
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  409. In the USA they have massive consultancy companies to vilify and suppress union set ups. They run massive disinformation campaigns aided and abetted by corporate media on both sides. The companies run “training” courses, they screen company communicates for key words. They have managers listen out for terms used in the work place. It’s all very much like the way a secret police works.
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  410. So no Jeremy, they don’t have a play book. They have a whole industry dedicated to it.
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  411. The main problem is the net works and “old school tie” issues. It’s also the complete lack of competence that we have seen in politics for the last 16 years with a bunch of public schoolers.
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  412.  @rjkmusicmedia  I don’t think you know what whataboutisum is, it “is the technique or practice of responding to an accusation or difficult question by making a counter-accusation or raising a different issue.”* The original comment was about Tories, and then your comment, to paraphrase was, but what about Labour and that that are just as bad. That’s literally a classic case of it. Please stop criticising other people who understand the meaning of the language. *Source Oxford Language, but both Cambridge and Merriam-Webster-Webster have an almost identical definitions.
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  413.  @rjkmusicmedia  I’m sorry, your response isn’t very logically coherent. What was wrong with my previous summary? I have explained why I believed your post to be a whatisaboutisum argument. I provided a definition of the current societal meaning of the term to ensure we are both on the same page as to what it is to enable discussion. Please can you deconstruct my points if you disagree? I’m happy to stand corrected if I’m incorrect. Yes I agree whatisaboutisum an exceptionally weak argument. It’s down there name calling. I can no longer see your original post I replied to, so I’m guessing it was deleted or reported?
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  414.  @rjkmusicmedia  I’m still not getting you, the dicussion was a rather vile member of the Tory party on abortion. What has has that got to do with the Labour Party? I mean, his views aren’t even representative of most Tories MPs and Voters.
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  415.  @rjkmusicmedia  I don’t report comments as a rule unless they are threatening or inciting violence. I’m at a loss how my previous comment partisan. I just said it’s not a view shared by most Tories. I also haven’t mentioned my opinion of any other party, including Labour. Debate is usually around a specific idea or topic. The topic of the video is an MP, who until recently held high office in the UK, and still wields a lot of political power via the ERG, has views which are generally considered extremely regressive and that are contrary to those of the general population. It’s probably worth his constituency knowing this so they can consider it when electing an MP. There are plenty of videos around discussing labours perceived sell out to the corporations, which i expect was your point. But this is an abortion discussion, and discussing other issues would deflect the conversation away from the original topic and water down the debate. I expect you may not agree, if so, we will have to agree to disagree. I daresay we have a fair bit of common ground on the other topic though.
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  416.  @johnnotrealname8168  no, that argument still wouldn’t work, it would still be cheaper to import workers. They are educated, trained at not cost to the country. The country wouldn’t need to worry about the healthcare costs of growing up. There is always the calculation that migrant workers return to the origin country and don’t then cost in their retirement either. Btw, abortion isn’t murder.
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  417.  @rjkmusicmedia  I’m pro women’s right to have an abortion if they want/need to yes. It’s not my place or yours to decide for women what they do with their bodies. I’m not a member of the Labour Party nor normally a Labour voter unless there is no other choice. This this imaginary strawman you have created, while fascinating, doesn’t seem to be correct.
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  418.  @johnnotrealname8168  it’s also what governments do. Maybe if we redistributed wealth, it wouldn’t be so bad? I mean, to the top 1% need all that’s money sat doing nothing?
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  419. Sadly all true except the lionisation of Mick lynch.
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  420.  @WH-hi5ew  it’s the kind of thinking that creates caste/class systems tbh.
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  421. Thirster Bell was made a minister yesterday. Given the flack Reeves is causing, I’m wondering if this is a plan…
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  422. Sadly, most of these twats don’t represent any part of the union…
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  423. The government and right wing media are actively pushing this, but the public hasn’t bought it fortunately.
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  424.  @Yawnyaman  ah, someone intimidated by education and reason. 🤡
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  425. Because a union representing those kinds of work is not on strike at the moment. Unions represent the members, not random people off the street.
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  426. Growing up on the other side of Essex, this is a familiar story. Ignorant people on the whole, doing whatever it takes to cut off their own noses. Never realising they are the cause of much of the problem. The Tories don’t have any policies that help these people.
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  427.  @kevinu.k.7042  the government are playing both sides. Then trying to claim to be principled? I guess the silver lining is it’s just as likely to be incompetence as corruption.
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  428.  @paulwainwright6903  bless, their brexit gave us higher levels of immigration if you see it as a negative. So yeah, vote for the muppets who never did anything of any note in the country but make it poorer and weaker.
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  429. All writing there CVs in there heads I expect.
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  430. All the green peace protesters did was unite the hall behind Liz Truss. They were not behind her before
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  431. @Don Doodat no, but a badly received speech would have hastened the end far more quickly than the green peace stunt. Can you imagine how the right would be eating themselves right now if there was only a bit of polite clapping instead of that weird ovation?
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  432. @Don Doodat I agree with you about it the verbal bit , both Obama and Biden have acted with more class in that respect.
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  433. Many countries have a better system, but I agree in principle, the voting system needs urgent reform.
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  434.  @chrisgarstin9302 are you expecting to be taken seriously little boy?
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  435. No they don’t, the select house committee already have investigated. There needs to be ACTION!
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  436.  @Mikacool Toryboy has entered chat.
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  437. Labour should steal it, after years of Tory Neglect, we need to get back to square one.
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  438. Could you get Mark Blythe on too Politics Joe
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  439. Seems to be PoliticsLaura now. Power to Laura, Laura for Ollie’s Job ✊
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  440. She’s a Maga nutter
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  441. Wasn’t socialism supposed to be a global movement?
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  442.  @davidpryle3935  yes, the RMT are pretty short sighted and lack vision in this respect. The EU was an excellent forum for social change. Just imagine if socialism had focused on this as a way of bolstering rights across the EU. Neo liberalism is a global movement and the Christian Far Right has been launching a massive attack on our freedoms. It’s impossible to fight this nationally and yet here we are.
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  443. Answer the question. Where are the bloody journalists????? He shouldn’t be able to have another question until he answers the dam question.
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  444. Arrested means a police constable said “I arrest you”. And the person has temporarily been deprived of liberty. At least one protested was cuffed, which is a use of force for which the officer would need to be prepared to justify in court. It seems excessive for nonviolent / non drug crimes
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  445. @@Vegelen bless someone who doesn’t understand the issue. The issue isn’t foreign workers and never has been. It’s the massive cut the wealthy have taken since the late 1970s early 1980s. But yes, keep fighting fellow workers. All the wealthy off shore money and cause the structural deficiency’s to create deprivation. But yes, blame foreigners… or you could read up on some economics and the failures of neoliberalism and the “shareholder return” business model.
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  446.  @snakeplissken526  how can you privately protest? Seems contradictory. Privately protesting just seems to be called thinking.
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  447.  @rjkmusicmedia the point is it’s not democratic, policy is supposed to be announced to Parliament first according the the constitution such as it is. Kemi only recently got a dressing down from the speaker for the same thing. Our system isn’t truly democratic either, more people voted for parties that were not the Tories, but the Tories get an unassailable number of seats.
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  448.  @rjkmusicmedia  what’s pathetic about following parliamentary process? Also, why don’t you think votes from all voters should be counted? You have a some odd and not particularly democratic opinions. Not sure why following process and believing in fairness for all (yes, even people I disagree with) is Pathetic. Maybe you can elaborate in a coherent and constructive way?
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  449. We don’t get a say, unless she seeks a proper mandate and calls a GE.
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  450.  @colintawn3535  he was of course referring to the recently removal of the the cap to bankers bonuses by the government. While in reality this made little difference as they had just increased wages to get round this, bonuses were thought to be a cause of the economic crash in 2007 as they encouraged risky behaviour more than salary. Thus increasing the chances of more reckless financial decisions risking the national and global economy. Private companies have been reducing worker pay and conditions year on year even whilst making significant profits. Glad to see you are happy with the race to the bottom. How does concentrating wealth in the hands of those who don’t use it help anyone? It certainly doesn’t help the economy. This is driven by the people referred to in the paragraph above. What does the age of the organisation have to do with its relevance? The British Medical Association was founded in 1832, does this make it irrelevant? Fire fighters still fight fires, but are mainly used to rescue people from car crashes. Fire fighters are still required (speaking as a former police officer). The perception problem I think is they get fewer calls, but fewer of them means they will take longer to get there. Also, when we have large incident, they will struggle to contain them. Much like the army, you hopefully don’t need them all the time, but when you do, you really do. Thank you for your input. Have a great day.
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  451. Which party has ridden rough shod over all our traditions? Lied to the late Queen? Ruined our national assets? And they claim to love the country? Hypocrites
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