Comments by "David Cooks" (@davidcooks2379) on "" video.

  1. Phil, I think you are wrong on Corbyn's claim that he won the argument on ending austerity. What he meant is that he shifted Conservatives' talk on austerity, which he did. The fact that Labour didn't win the election has not much to do with winning or losing arguments. Like for example you could say that Brexit Party won an argument on hard Brexit, by shifting Tories' position. Libdems won an argument on 2nd referendum by shifting Labour towards it. Green party has 1 MP, yet they are winning an argument on Climate Change, arguably with help of Xtinction Rebellion, by putting Climate Change high on people's agenda. Labour has now opened an argument on Private schools charity tax breaks and various national services, e.g. education and social care. Even if he will not be the one implementing them in the next 5 years, in the next election with no question of Brexit, these things might become the decisive points of voters. Boris won on hate this time. Unless he is able to maintain hate during the next 5 years, the next election might be won on those arguments that Corbyn raised.
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  2. White workers in Labour heartlands voted for protectionism and against globalisation. Can you blame them? Corbyn or not Corbyn, if the new Labour leader doesn't switch the focus from "internationalism" (which is best suited for Liberals) to protectionism, they will lose again. It's not enough to care about everyone in the world, they should be caring for their voters first and foremost at the expense of everyone else. And this will be the case until those voters become secure in their future, as only then will they start to care about anyone but themselves - that's simple human psychology, called survival instinct. Being honest doesn't give people reassurance in their future at all.
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  3. Jess Phillips?
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  4.  @SlowhandGreg  agree with you, get the priorities right, even if people support nationalisation, doesn't mean that they think it will solve all their problems. Getting Universal Credit right and NHS are way higher up in the list of priorities. Also increasing the leverage of workers vs the power of corporations, which many people thought Brexit was supposed to achieve way more easily than increasing the power of trade unions, with which very few people have a positive experience. Corbyn did not manage to convince them about the latter. Just stating "we believe in internationalism" just doesn't do the trick. People want clear and simple solutions.
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  5. We are regretting it now. Democracy is a losing strategy. Take Tories as an example. Minimal democracy. Works like a charm
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  6.  Wallace  will the reunification happen within the 5 years of Boris rule?
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  7.  Wallace  10 years is too late, we need something before the next election
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