Comments by "Curious Crow" (@CuriousCrow-mp4cx) on "LBC" channel.

  1. Starmer was Director of Public Prosecutions. Not the Lord Chancellor/ the Minister of Justice who actually runs the Judiciary and the Courts. Funny when allegedly you are a British citizen commenting on British politics and you don't know anything about what you are talking about.
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  2. People will cease to commit atrocities only when they cease to believe absurdities. —Voltaire
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  3. The first 2 callers came across as plants, because they had an agenda and new nothing about why, nor made any sense at all.
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  4. You obviously aren't a listener to the show.
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  5. No Parliament is bound by the decisions of its predecessor. You asked for sovereignty. That's what it means.
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  6. Are you aware that the EU Council of Ministers - the democratically-elected heads of government for each EU member state - has to agree to any legislative proposal? And the democratically-elected EU parliament must ratify it before Directives can become law? Perhaps you aren't so familiar with the legislative process in the EU as you imagine? I spent 9 months learning about EU law and it's legislative process. The Commission is the EU's Civil Service, and they have to be ordered to do anything by the Council of Ministers. They are not powerful at all. They are the full-time staff delegated to complete the executive actions necessary to draft, and enact EU legislation as ordered to by the EU Council of Ministers. What's really funny is that the EU Commission is quite small, but it's trade negotiating team is right up there with the Americans in terms of quality and ability. I was just reading how David Davies turned up to a meeting with Barnier, and there's a picture of Davies sitting there like a peeled banana, faced by Barnier and his team who had actually prepared for that meeting, and came armed with documents and evidence. Where Davies and his team had a note pad and pen. Talk about being out of your depth. Much like your characterisation of the EU Commission. They do all the donkey work of execution of policy with a team of people 90% smaller than the UK, for a market nearly 7 times bigger. They do not make policy. They implement it.
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  7. Really? Perhaps Musk should have followed Fry's example and not use Twitter to drive his agenda. But the difference is that Fry is far less egotistical than Musk, and has control over his mental health.
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  8. Crime is not a huge problem. It's fallen over the years.
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  9. Isn't it about time for goodness sake?
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  10. But that's not the point for the Tories is it?
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  11. What did you do during the previous 14 years? Or what do you say to people who are living on £360 a month? Time to share the pain?
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  12. Not everyone said that. But the UK economy is underperforming, like a balloon slowly leaking air. And the Labour share of GDP the amount spent on paying workers in the UK - is less than abroad. That's why we're now being overtaken by India. Just a thought.
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  13. You didn't watch the video did you? Getting lazy now. Lol.
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  14. You really don't understand what narcissism means. Look it up. You will see that self-discipline and caution isn't one of their characteristics.
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  15. No; we won't.
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  16. Don't be daft. You voted for an idea, not a credible plan. You got what you voted for, but you had no idea what that would entail in reality. You had the slogans, but no understanding of how empty they were in reality. It was not a thought out choice. It was an emotional choice. Or you would have realised the limitstions.
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  17. Rachel Reeves plan won't provide sustainable growth any time soon. Not until Brexit is reversed, because the EU is a far bigger market with few trade barriers across it, and in terms of what the EU can offer, they can offer as much, if not more. In our current position, we cannot compete with the EU. So how are we going to differentiate ourselves to make the UK a tenable choice for investment in comparison with the EU? That's the question Reeves hasn't answered.
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  18. ​ @josephnolan8217 GIGO. Let's get real. Universal Credit only provides 70% of what one needs to function in society. And there's a huge chunk of people who are working full time and still have to claim universal credit to get by. Food banks are not serving just the disabled or the unemployed, but working people too. So please, at least get your facts straight and keep your prejudices to yourself.
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  19. This comment says so much more about you than anything else.
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  20. He has actually. At the time in 2022 when the report came out. But of course, you forget that.
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  21. Perhaps you might take your own advice. Telling people to move on shows you haven't moved on yourself.
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  22. Who exactly spends that and why? Who set up those contracts? Who refused the offer to set up a processing office on French Soil, and instead bought the Bibby Stockholm Legionella breeding boat? You're obviously not joining up the dots...
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  23. Actually, no.
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  24. Of course they have, and if the shoe was on the other foot, and Britain needed to protect its financial services industry it would have done the same, right? Unless they didn't believe it was under threat...? The largest donors to the Conservative Party was the City? Somehow, I don't think that's the case now. Their delusions fell away as the EU did what any sane person would do. The City thought they wouldn't, and that was a mistake. Accordingly we should be a little more sceptical about their critical thinking skills.
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  25. No; it would be like Germany asking to trade with Scotland only. It couldn't happen as long as Germany is in the EU. And what's in it for them anyway?Nothing really.
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  26. With respect, EU agreements are based on WTO rules. Both the EU and the UK has to follow those rules. And they're not going to leave the WTO because that would be not just harmful, but suicidal. Indeed, the legendary Hard Brexit was delivered by Boris Johnson without informing the public of its true economic cost. He left the bar-faced lie that his deal wasn't a hard Brexit exist untroubled. And now, we know different. And people aren't happy to discover that identity has very little to do with paying your way as a country. Being British, or more exactly, English AND European is far cheaper than just being English.
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  27. Intelligence doesn't prevent people making mistakes. Why? Most people make their decisions subjectively, rather than objectively. And subjectivity is more vulnerable to being misled. It's as simple as that.
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  28. Tate is not Muslim.
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  29. They're not employed by James O'Brien are they? So, what is your point? and is it actually addressing anything that will make a difference? If you are honest, you'd answer no.
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  30. OMG So our Trade Minister hasn't heard of WTO rules. She should do, as the UK and every country in the EU are WTO members. Within the WTO there rules under the GATT Treaty that define who and what are Third Countries, and their rights and responsibilities in trade deals. These are formal rules, and they are not discretionary. And our Trade Agreements with the EU has to comply with those formal rules. As Kemi worked in Compliance in the Financial Sector, she should be aware of those international rules. But her answer stating "the EU raised trade barriers against us" doesn't fit the facts. Perhaps she needs to brush up on WTO rules, because that answer doesn't fit the facts.
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  31. Er... Not true. We incurred a debt when we left, which won't be paid off until 2064. Yes, we're in hock to the EU, as well as everyone else.
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  32. Who are you to say so? Nobody.
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  33. Lol. Keep dreaming.
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  34. Read the House of Commons Library Research Briefing published 24th July 2024 entitled: "Brexit: the financial settlement – a summary." It's online, and can be downloaded as a PDF. Fill your boots.
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  35. He is from this planet, and the right wing client journalism is notorious. To say that the drama about Starmer is manufactured is to be polite. Especially when they were very quiet about Johnson and the rest of those hyenas,who were all about filling their wallets.
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  36. Summary of cost of living in Spain: Cost of living in Spain is, on average, 25.0% lower than in United Kingdom. Rent in Spain is, on average, 28.4% lower than in United Kingdom, according to entries on Numbeo. So, perhaps it's your habits that are letting you waste money.
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  37. Hear! Hear!
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  38. I think your are on the wrong channel.
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  39. Get real. It has been implemented under WTO rules. It's just that nobody voted on a credible plan, just on a idea. An idea cannot be frustrated, but your belief Tunnels can easily be frustrated. That's why you won't look at the reality as it is, because it would mean facing up to your errors. So you have a choice, just as when you voted for a idea, instead of a credible plan. You can continue to cling to your false victimhood, or you can accept that you played into the hands of people with a very dufferent agenda, which was not for your benefit. What you imagined what Brexit meant was never going to be possible, because this is not the 1960s. The world has moved on from that relationship with Britain. There is no dependency by countries on Britain, like the Sterling Area, or the Imperial Market system. Britain is in competition with everyone else since they left the world's second biggest economic market. And nobody is doing any favours. Inside the EU you had protection inside it. And as your partners and neighbours they protected you. All those benefits that you didn't realise you had are gone. Britain is just another country. And your economy is no longer AAA rated any more. Your credit rating fell after Brexit, so you have to pay more for your borrowing, because Brexit increased the risk of borrowing to the UK. And you can't change your geography. It will always cost more to trade with distant countries, and China was the last big nation to stop giving away their exports cheaply. They're not so cheap, as Sterling got devalued by 13% after Brexit, but that doesn't make the UK more competitive because it costs too much to trade with the UK as countries did in the past. Look at the Aston University report. And the sad thing is that UK services doesn't provide as many jobs for British workers, and those it provides are not that well paid. British workers in manufacturing were better off that they are in service jobs. Small and Medium Enterprises have been hit the hardest. And inward investment is falling too. That's reality. And the damage is enough to prevent long-term investment... Need I go on. Even forming a Customs Union would alieviate our difficulties. Turkey is in a customs union with the EU, but is not a member. We need that to reduce the costs of survival. It's that simple.
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  40. Do your own research. The Mayor has zero influence on building safety laws, which are set out by Westminster.
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  41. Not really, Ivan.
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  42. Not really. Especially as London is a major financial centre. Take your tin foil hat off, and read some economic history.
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  43. Look at the House of Commons website for the Briefing Note that will list in more specific details the Bills to be put before Parliament in the King's Speech. There's your detail.
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  44. I think you don't know what you are talking about. Tell us, oh wise one, why is Turkey in a customs union with the EU but not a member of the EU or EFTA? And why can't the UK form a customs union with the EU? When you understand the answer to that in any depth, then you will understand what the difficulties really are beyond the performative posturing.
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  45. You lost your argument as soon as you said "according to the Daily Mail". The Daily Mail is a post-Truth organisation, owned and run by people who are objectively untrustworthy.
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  46. Caller number 2 has lost the plot.
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  47. Yes, Ivan.
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  48. As you aren't the EU, nor represent the Council of Ministers, I think your incentive is more readily applied to your comment.
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  49. It depends then daily, doesn't it as both Sterling and the Euro are floating currencies? Are you going to track it between now and 2065 when we are expected to have finished paying these liabilities off? Well, just get you started, you can read the House of Commons Library Reseach Briefing entitled "Brexit: the financial settlement – a summary", that was published on 24th July 2024. The net figure was cited as being £30.2 billion to be paid to the EU between 2020 and 2065. So the nominal amount may rise and fail with the value the currencies. Arguably then, both sides may consider hedging against that by buying derivatives.
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  50. Not really. The Boys is a biting satire on modern society, and none of them are getting their hands on the nuclear codes. Tweedledum and Tweedledee are trying to convince normal, grounded people to vote for them in real life. The more stuff that comes out about Vance, the more I figure how deeply cynical he really must be to stoop down so low. His wife is probably keeping her profile down so she doesn't have to cringe in embarrassment at his pronouncements. Unless she's a Stepford Wife. But Vance just might push the undecideds over the edge to vote for Harris. In fact, it would make a great story if Vance was actually a double agent sent inside to destroy Trump's campaign with the real majority.
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  51. Then you are wrong.
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  52. Lol.
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  53. A wise man takes his own advice before tendering it to others.
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  54. I think you should take your own advice, and provide evidence for your claims.
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  55. It wasn't known...? The Register is on the Internet. And Kier Starmers been an MP for donkeys years. Get real. This is another faux argument, and Duffield is a joke.
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  56. I'm sorry, but Brexit was an idea. You voted for an idea, not a credible plan. You were delivered something that couldn't work, as it was made up as they went along. That's why every prime minister since Brexit has had it blow up on their faces. The city of London lost a huge chunk of their derivatives trade, and so that sector has cut jobs, and cut people and branches. Brexit is a story about emotion trumping intellect. Feelings over facts. By rejecting the facts, there was no other outcome possible.
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  57. Sophistry 101.
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  58. The country isn't hearing from Ms Braverman. They're hearing from her backers, who are paying her to talk such claptrap. It's a distraction from the real, concrete injustices that plague our society. And she's just grifting as usual. That's why she in the US, because that where the money is coming from. And that's why she was spouting such bilious nonsense. I hope her constituents are pleased with their choice.
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  59. Put some videos on your channel
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  60. Jumping the Starmer ship? This is not football. He's not on anyone's "side". How can he be when they're two cheeks of the same backside?
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  61. Your change of having a pay rise matching inflation for the next 4 decades or so. By that time your current equanimity will be a long forgotten memories as you scramble to stay alive. Happy days? Right?
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  62. How sad.
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  63. Perhaps the cathedral spire is bent? Or some big government honcho is in town, and his security team alert level is paranoid? Who knows? Go ask them.
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  64. Politics is the process how any community decides who gets what. That means that exposing and dealing with the shenanigans of the power hungry is part of the process. Until one secures power, one cannot run it. So, choosing who will run the country comes before being able to run it. Separating the two is naive. In 2016 and 2019, the country fell for the Get Brexit Done shtick, which was nothing to do with running the country better. It was a load of rich people trying to get their way. And they won. And look at the result. Just getting rid of that bunch is a relief. Now, we have a government explicitly trying to serve the best interests of the country. In that, they've already begun to succeed.
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  65. Is that why our food exporters have gone out of business then? Badenoch can't even lie straight in bed.
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  66. And who is in the economy. Isn't it people? Markets are made of of people, so might not be the problems these economies face reflect their priorities? Perhaps they should have a hard look at them.
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  67. Please Google "Parliamentary Sovereignty". Then you might be better informed before you opine again.
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  68. And how can we trust you? Or anything you say? Just a thought.
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  69. A Wise man takes his own advice before offering it.
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  70. That's the problem with our political class. Their inability to be responsive to the economic failures of the last 5 decades, created the space for institutional distrust to grow, and politician entrepreneurs who want to take advantage of that to fill the gap. The British Establishment, and establishments in developed countries, have lost the means to force the beneficiaries to stop being parasites, and prefer to spend the money to manufacture consent for them having even more power. Why? When people realise that it's not the Scapegoats of The Week who are breaking the Social Contract and normalising increasing poverty, increasing wealth and income inequality, and removing all safety nets over time and the infrastructure needed to be a functioning member of society, who is healthy, secure and stable, their will be political and economic disruption. And they want to neuter that by denying that the problems, deflecting from who's benefitting from these failures, and divesting the public ability to protest against that. Sooner or later, people will figure this out, and they'll realise that all that's on offer is hard or soft technocracy. They want you to believe that There Is No Alternstive, when there are. We can do things differently if we we want to.
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  71. Well, being "sick of the political elite" is a self-inflicted wound to a large extent. When these "sickc people were voting them in, why didn't they get sick then? Perhaps they thought the cruelty their chosen representatives often indulged in wouldn't be applied to them? Weii, obviously not as now they're following a real grifter who convinced them to vote for Brexit. I say, that instead of cursing the darkness light a candle and look in the mirror. And think carefully what they can do to improve thing because voting for NF isn't one of those things. And because of who and what this country has voted for over nearly 5 decades, there is no quick fix. It's time for the Sick to be honest and question their role in laying out the carpet for the political elite they keep turning to. And BTW, NF is the political elite, and those backing Reform think they are essentially special too.
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  72. You are being either disengenuous or unable to understand irony. The interviewee openly stated his remain t-shirt is at the bottom of his drawers, because it's going to take time to get to that point. Perhaps English isn't your first language, and idioms trip you up?
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  73. Lol. U think you're right. He should start listening to other voices than the client media. He should ignore them, and do what is necessary to start turning things around. Copying the Tories is a mistake. There are ways to remove their stranglehold, but he's got to be ruthless, and get used to being criticised. And get ready to fight his corner. He needs to adapt to the fact that they won't applaud what he does. So it doesn't matter what they thing. He just needs to stop playing their game, and get on with thinking outside the box they want to trap him in.
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  74. Read "Words of Change: the rhetoric of Commonwealth, Common Market, and Cold War, 1961-3" by Richard Toye. And Walking a Fine Line: Britain, the Commonwealth, and European Integration, 1945-1955 by Cameron A. Dunbar. Google these. They will explain much of what you're seeking to understand.
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  75. But can we trust you? How do we know we can trust you?
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  76. You don't understand UK planning laws and how developers actually build developments do you?
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  77. Not as much as your thumbnail.
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  78. Yes, he can live in Eire, but would not have the right to live in the rest of the EU.
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  79. Actually, no. They pay no tariffs at all. What the problem is our self-inflicted mountain of red tape which is slowly but surely putting off EU businesses from buying from us. We did that to ourselves, under the WTO rules that Vote Leave said we should accept under a complete hard Brexit. Ironic isn't it?
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  80. A Tin Foil Hat doesn't suit you, Don Quixote. You're tilting at windmills again.
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  81. The commentator from the Daily Wail is as credible as Truss, and the newspaper often targets "The Establishment" despite being part of it. The paper supports the status quo to gain influence and has a history of backing extreme views. Populism represents a sceptical faction of the establishment trying to appeal to a disgruntled electorate, contributing to the dysfunction in our politics and lacking a long-term vision for the UK economy. The establishment's support for flawed economic assumptions and prioritization of financial gain has led to ongoing economic challenges in the UK. We need to be vigilant and identify individuals and groups pursuing their self-interest under the guise of public service. The path out of this predicament won't be easy, regardless of who leads us.
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  82. Cameron overegged the pudding for headlines. And Teresa May and he were complicit about being dishonest about Free Movement and our contributions. So of course, Cameron came back empty handed, because he went there empty headed.
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  83. There was a House of Commons Library Research Briefing published 0n the 23rd July 2024 entitled "Brexit: the financial settlement – a summary". This documents cites a total cost of £30.2 billion pounds agreed to be paid by the UK over the period 2020 to 2065. The idea that we will still be paying for Brexit 59 years after the Referendum is horrifying. Nobody voted for being poorer for nearly 60 years. And Starmer being unwilling to at least start rebuilding our economic relationship with the EU is devastatingly misguided. Yes, we have a lot of work to do to rebuild their trust, but we cannot economically ignore the damage for another 60 years.
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  84. So the ongoing consequential economic costs to business and the citizens this country are to be ignored for the next 60 years?
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  85. And who are you? Nobody. You can only speak your own opinion. And opinions are like the snout on a pig - every pigs got one. What goes in and what comes out may or may not be real, but beyond that who cares? Starmer doesn't, as he's not coming to see you, is he?
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  86. If that's the answer you put on the Test, you'll be marked down for a wrong answer. So either you just swung your exam and didn't revise, or you're a bot who hasn't been briefed properly. It's ahistorical as well as inaccurate.
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  87. No he didn't actually. He has 7 other children plus his youngest to support, that's why he was always pan handling millionaires for money and freebies. And he certainly didn't drop over £100,000 to turn his quarters in No 10 into something that looks like a tacky Restaurant from the 1970s.
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  88. You can buy non-conflict diamonds now that are registered assets. Do try to keep up.
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  89. Then you don't know a lot of people. Perhaps try again. Say for instance the UK chemical Industry spent £1.5 bn on trying to deal with Brexit. Or the more typical SMEs who traded with Europe, and lost those exports as their customers didn't want to pay the extra cost involved after Brexit. Or the businesses that closed operations here and moved to the EU. UK banks cut a loof their expenses, e.g. HBSC shut down their Canary Wharf HQ, along with a lot of the high end accounting firms like PriceWaterhouseCooper (PWC) all moved out of London to Birmingham, whilst they shut down more branches. So, you see, the cost of Brexit is tangibly real. One of my suppliers closed down their business, because they couldn't afford to deal with the red tape. And those costs have made the price of materials and tools go up significantly. Even stuff from China jumped up in price, partly because if the 13% fall in Sterling's value, but also increased friction trading with the UK. So, you don't know everything what's going on. You can't. You're in Durham, and that's not the whole of the UK. It's not even that big a city.
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  90. How dishonest of you. O'Brien even mentions the critique that Starmer might be lying. You didn't watch the video, did you? Oops! Pink slip for you at the bot farm.
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