Comments by "Mark Welch" (@markwelch3564) on "PoliticsJOE" channel.

  1.  @Cotswolds1913  I don't see any assertion that they were being sold for income, just that Thatcherism wants them sold As for the rest, merely look at every privatised asset - now owned by overseas investors, and extracting wealth. It's objective reality
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  2. Starmer already gets accusations of being Tory lite. Having a literal party of ex-Tories isn't going to help his case, so he's not going to accept any more
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  3. It's the right answer. He shouldn't defend things he doesn't agree with, but don't give the Tory press a "Labour infighting" headline on a plate, either
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  4. Keep him out of parliament so he can keep doing an amazing job holding MPs accountable 😁
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  5. Good news is we don't have to pick one or the other - we have both of them 😁
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  6. ...for Tories 🙄
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  7. He was basically confused because capitalism did what capitalism does, rather than what it promised it would do in the fancy adverts
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  8. Can we sack the government if they can't meet minimum service levels on non-strike days?
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  9.  @fuckamericanidiot  aren't our political representatives elected to represent the people? So if they don't, something is going wrong!
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  10. If this plan works, great! If not, it's socialism or fascism. I want to make sure that socialism is visible as a viable option, so we don't slide into the other by default...
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  11. True, but I'd also have Rayner as deputy PM over any Tory 😉
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  12.  @Cotswolds1913  it's got the best internal logic - it simply describes objective reality!
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  13. Still scammy that they left it so late so she can't organise a campaign 🙁
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  14. Wages are stagnant, yet inflation is rising. Your argument doesn't add up
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  15.  @grahamwade5932  the guy deserves credit for exposing what's going on though. We knew it, but it's valuable to have it confirmed by someone who was on the inside!
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  16. Well, as a nation we do keep voting for them... 🙁
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  17. Corruption
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  18. Keeping the tube prices down is a big win. It may sound quite a humble achievement, but the Tories are trying to wreck TFL. As one example, the Tories want to put ticket prices up - what's the point of a public transport system to get ordinary people to work if ordinary workers can barely afford it? Khan stands up for London and makes sure the unexciting things that keep it working, keep working
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  19. ​ @evolassunglasses4673  fascists will never be my in-group
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  20. If we don't pay them, they'll move to Australia. It will be even more expensive to tempt them back than it will be to reassure them to stay
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  21. ​ @vincentl.9469 other countries can pay doctors and nurses properly, why can't we?
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  22.  @atomicoranges8462  There's one in the video - people may already have family who are legally here, and they want to seek asylum where they already know a few people
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  23. "Realist" - All these fighting age men, coming here and leaving their families behind... Immigrant - can I fly my family here to join me? "Realist" NO! 🤦‍♂️
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  24. It could be a legal quagmire ruling who can and can't donate. I like the racing sponsorship model - anyone can donate to political parties, but it needs to be publicly declared and transparent Actually sticking sponsor logos on politicians might be too literal, but is fun to imagine 😁
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  25.  @nickxcore74  it's wierd how many people say they hate socialism, then in the next breath demand that the system should put ordinary people first 🤔
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  26. Never working on weekends? Try "always working on weekends" When do you think planning and marking happens?
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  27. ​@gregoryjames165 Labour want to strengthen the law as soon as possible The Tories and Reform want another inquiry that will delay action by another seven years Who is giving the criminals protection here?
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  28. Tufton St economists are 99% wrong about everything
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  29. Well, the Greens are coming for Labour in Liverpool, Sheffield and hopefully other towns too If Labour can't change, there will be an alternative 🙂
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  30. Sadly some people have an unchallenged assumption that if you make something more business-y, it automatically and magically gets better somehow 🙁
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  31. ​ @b62boom1 if Tories want us focusing on how they are both vile and incompetent, then I am fine with giving them that focus!
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  32. Naturally she wants to speak out against Tommy, he's stealing her followers...
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  33.  @danielwebb8402  we are a society, and a community. Nobody exists alone, and we want a government that reflects that simple, universal truth
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  34.  @andrewcockburn7484  yeah, the other way around is just "standing up for traditional values", apparently...
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  35. Definitely unfair on bacteria!
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  36. ​ @Dayrile123 if I had just woke up from a 5 year coma, I'm not sure I'd believe you if you told me about PM Starmer!
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  37.  @vincentl.9469  in free market terms, "proper" would be high enough to attract people here to take jobs, and high enough to stop the people already here from leaving
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  38. If journalists won't, the electorate will have to. I hope everyone's paying attention to what these cowboys are doing!
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  39. I know right? Is it immigrants making it hard to get a house, or the tiny group of people like Tice who own billions of pounds of property? 🤔
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  40.  @peterah7957  You don't need to be in a political party to be in politics. Eddie and Mick are definitely in politics!
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  41. He's constantly pushing back against Westminster. The Tories are trying to break everything, and he's doing well on pushing back
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  42.  @ThisisTerminus83  When someone tells you who they really are, listen the first time! She is looking after her rich mates, we all get screwed
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  43. I will guess he's the sort of top-band taxpayer the Kamikwasi budget was aimed at
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  44.  @carlwhitehead217  I'll stand with the government when they stand with me. The Tories have made it clearer than ever that they want servants, not citizens, so they can do one
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  45. I will be very shocked if he holds it. It's a near perfect LibDem target seat
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  46. It's a big alarm bell when people won't say out loud the thing they are thinking
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  47. But policing street crime needs police on the street. Who cut police numbers? 🤔
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  48. ​ @tisFrancesfault but those "targeted" strikes are hitting an awful lot of civilian homes. Not very targeted, really...
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  49. It was directed at a very specific and narrowly defined person who self describes as "Christian" It says more about you than it does about Oli, if you see yourself in that crowd!
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  50. Meanwhile, someone from the Greens knocked on our door this week. There isn't even an election due here Someone's stepping up 🙂
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