Comments by "jim 99" (@jim-es8qk) on "A Different Bias" channel.

  1.  @col.hertford9855  Tony Blair predicted all this at PMQs years ago. Cameron told Blair he would hold a referendum and would ask for consessions. Blair stated the EU would simply tell us to go away and following this the British public would then vote to leave. Tony Blair predicted it all.
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  2. Fun fact the RMT union told all its members to vote to leave the EU.
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  3. People have long memories, they remember. The pandemic, Owen Paterson, the fiscal mismanagement. And I don't actually think he understands the people that voted for him, he's more London centric orientated than middle England.
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  4.  @darthwiizius  People have long memories, they remember. The pandemic, Owen Paterson. the fiscal mismanagement. And I don't actually think he understands the people that voted for him, he's more London centric orientated than middle England.
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  5. Yep, it was utterly depressing.
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  6. The economy hasn't grown since 2008. It was £3.1 trillion 15 years ago and it is still £3.1 trillion now!! Just google UK GDP. It has a nicec graph and everything.
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  7. it's a everything problem. The weak pound isn't helping. Raising intrest will help, oil is bought in dollars. It may destroy all the recent home owners though who bought at the peak of the market. They have no option but to raise intrest rates.
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  8. ​​​ @moon_knight8578 Milk prices were 15p while we were in the EU. They peaked at 50p last year. What do you think caused that?
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  9. Labour continues to remain out of power for the foreseeable future.
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  10. the UK has done something similar. And our population isn't shrinking. Its increased by 3 million over the last 10 years.
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  11. We barely make or export anything. We are litterly a nation of hairdressers and shopkeepers.
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  12. Arguably he did fine in 2017.
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  13. it's complicated debate. It is not unreasonable to ask for a 3-4% annual increase in pay. But alot of people aren't even getting that. But If you're wanting 10% the money needs to be found from somewhere. A small company with 50 people averaging £30000 wages would need to sell an extra £1.8 million worth of goods or put your prices up. Based on the current economic climate and increased costs selling more is hard. And as for the public sector you can't keep printing money and taxing people.
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  14. I think most people are going that way. We've had 12 years of a conservative government and it might be time for a change. But Labour don't help themselves, the rececently elected Paulette Hamilton does not come across well her video on the "bullet or ballet box" will come back to haunt them.
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  15. you are right, concidering the number of MPs Scotland has compared to its population size and its devolved regional government the regional areas of England are hugely democratically underrepresented (and don't get me started on money spent per head of population)
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  16. I think people are tired of the all arguing. But if things go to quiet Boris will probably inflame tensions with a few poorly chosen words. He did it recently, everyone was starting to get along then Boris starts EU bashing again.
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  17. you are going to have the same issue, you print billions prices inevitably rise. Thankfully we still control our intrest rates and monetry policy to control things.
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  18. I think the war in the Ukraine is final reason why the UK will never rejoin the EU. Being economically tied with a block of countries where Putin can shut down its entire industry at a push of a button is not great plan. We left at just the right time.
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  19.  @bnorth1087  ...and it doesn't get a say in any of the laws passed, has to contribute to its budget and is under the jurisdiction of a foreign court. Great plan Norway!!!
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  20. ....and it's more economical to plant trees and they were driven out the industry by higher costs of production.
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  21.  @johnrussell3961  Merkel refusing to grant Cameron any consessions thus sending the press into a melt down probably didn't help.
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  22.  @col.hertford9855  It was the way it presented. A German chancellor dictating to British public wat they can and can't do.
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  23. ...i work 50 hours a week and I voted leave. Mainly to stop my hard earned tax money subsidising useless, bankrupt tiny French farms and EU industry. They can pay for their own failing industry!!
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  24. Sounds about right, they've had 15 years to prepare for this, an idiot could see it eventually coming. It is unbelievable what has actually happened.
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  25. Well you can, they printed money like water to pay for everything.
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  26. ...stealing from the poor? They didn't earn it did they? The worlds gone mad!!
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  27. What was Margret Thatchers greatest achievement? New Labour!
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  28. it's also run by mafia. GO MAFIA!!!
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  29. I don't think you realise how awful UK farming was in the 90s and 00s. It was terrible.
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  30. Germanys electricy mix only relys on 11% natural gas while the UK its closer to 40%, a large proportion of energy in Germany also comes from Coal. France is 90% nuclear, so doesn't even use gas. We also rely heavily on the free market for gas supply for some reason. But we never maintained the infastructure to store the gas, again nothing to do with Brexit. The graphs shown here are meaningless and have a agenda.
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  31. alot are also landowners and by voting Tory they avoid inheritance and land taxes. God bless John Major.
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  32. everyone has probably realised the EU hasn't the will or the means to enforce anything.
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  33. no one likes him...
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  34. Puberty blockers and chemical castration are the same thing. Why are we chemically castrating children? It's a genuine question?
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  35. What a stupid argument. Norway is a Scandinavian country who decided not join the EU for exactly the same reasons why we left. High payments to stay in "the club" with little in return
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  36. Great!! But maybe you shouldn't of sold off your healthcare to the private sector. Thankfully we still have a healthcare system free at the point of use here.
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  37. Great. Instead of admitting perhaps you were wrong you double down and carry on wittering nonsense. Surely Starmer should resign if he found guilty?
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  38. Oppose Brexit? You are aware we left the EU already don't you?
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  39. clearly his authority was indoubt along time ago. Other wise the rebellion wouldn't of happened.
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  40. Boris isn't going to cost anyone anything. A good proportion of people are leaning on the left side of the fence anyway. He got a majority in 2019 to break the Brexit deadlock.
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  41. You are right. Warehouse and distribution is where the money is. Companies have to store products now since we left the EU.
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  42. it's not really up to you, it's up to the conservative mps, Tory members and voters. My guess he will limp on to the next election.
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  43. a failed science teacher.
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  44.  @jamonit7169  They have been in power for a long time now. A large proportion of our energy is supplied from natural gas (40%), how could they not of been prepared for this?
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  45. To honest i don't think its a bad idea
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  46.  @emm_arr  A ruling class exists. We are not part of it.
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  47. The European Economic Community, as the EU was then known, "was never devised to suit us, and our experience as a member of it has made it more difficult for us to deal with our economic and industrial problems". Labour party manifesto 1983
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  48. He also has nothing to lose. He has no children and has never had experience on the front line or war. His rhetoric has gone down like a led balloon in France.
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  49. yes, self loathing, depression and pulling everyone else down is a characteristic often found in a certain part of left.
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  50. what on earth on you reading into? Tony Blair and Tony Benn have recently come out critising the protocol. The only way it is heading is its renegotiation!!
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  51. a narrow range? Everyone pays taxes and the majority are employed by private business.
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  52. concidering parts of the labour party were plotting against great Britain with the EU I don't think you have a leg to stand on.
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  53. Hmm the snp in Scotland have made it virtually impossible for labour to form a government. Its nothing to do with Boris.
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  54. 20% tarrifs to sell to a part of your country? Well that makes perfect sense to me....
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  55. "England is the only great country in the world whose intellectuals are ashamed of their own nationality" George Orwell 1941. You guys haven't changed much have you?
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  56. One of the problems they had was once Brexit was finished they really had no purpose anymore.
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  57. we can't just print money, it leads to inflation and that is exactly what we are seeing now.
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  58. ​ @johnrussell3961 Farmers have made fortunes since Brexit. Leaving Europe was the best thing to happen to the agricultural sector. It's one of the reasons for food inflation.
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  59. No, they won. Labour have had to adopt Tory colours to get elected.
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  60. The office for national statistic have just released some intresting figures. Only 17000 people have died OF covid-19 in the past two years within England and Wales.
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  61. Yes. The labour party members I knew got married, had families, worked hard, and liked eating meat. They just believed in union representation to help improve their wages. Now adays, these people would be considered "hard right."
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  62. I'm pretty sure no one thinks the American healthcare system is the best.
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  63. ....they are also an excellent source of money for our bankrupt government. They have to pay for work visas and money to access our health care.
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  64. the EU has no power to do anything if they are ignored. It has no army or police force. It technically can't do anything.
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  65. ....the direction Starmer is heading Sunak may still have a chance.
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  66. to be honest, people are sick of arguing.
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  67. I agree Boris is not providing any answers. But the reality is Labour is a mess. Look at the way they treat their own party. It doesn't bode well for how they would treat the wider public.
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  68. laws without parliamentary scrutiny? That's exactly what happened when we were in the EU!!
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  69. ....and Britain was one of the poorest countries in Europe.
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  70. you can Blame Truss for this, or you can blame a dim witted population borrowing aggressively at record low intrest rates at the peak of a housing bubble. You can also blame the banks for creating the money and giving it out. This day was inevitably going to come, we have very short memories and just repeated the same mistakes in 2008.
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  71. ....can someone please explain why this is to do with Brexit? As far as i understand, French and European farmers are protesting outside the EU parliament, setting things on fire and pulling down statues. And as I recall they are still part of the EU. Maybe start with the actual truth?
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  72. ​ @markwelch3564 We are a country that specialises in services, we have alot to offer and with things like TEAMs you dont need to be near a country to sell them something. Are location too, we are litterly the centre of the world.
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  73. I'm sorry you guys claim you want peace in Northern Ireland but at the same time are stoaking quite obvious division. You really are bizzare
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  74. has it? A large proportion of the global supply chain issues can be attributed to covid and lockdowns.
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  75.  @geraldhewing2076  I am aware of that, I find Corbyns treatment despicable. I liked Corbyn. I also think Starmer changing the labour party voting rules to gain a strangle hold on the party equally as despicable.
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  76. rejoin? The EU has effectively stuffed us all over for some cheap Russian gas. Now we're all screwed. If it wasn't so tragic it'd be funny. Thanks alot Germany!!
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  77. He was elected by the voters, we will have the chance to get rid of him at the next election. Try and calm down.
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  78. ...because their job is to produce food. Why do you think?
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  79. I think the French are still angry they were left out the AUKUS deal and looking for revenge. You may of also noticed the French were excluded from the new earshot awards while Germany and the usa were included. But holding a meeting about migrants dying in the ENGLISH Channel and excluding the English was utterly stupid and made no sense.
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  80.  @johnrussell3961  Seriously? They are debating a problem between France and England. Realistically how far do you think discussions can go?
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  81. Labour have had to adapt. They are now waving the union Jack, supporting Brexit and disowning the trade unions. Margaret Thatcher would be proud.
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  82. ....and why is no one asking what the hec is going on in France?
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  83. farmers are doing well, cheese exports are at a record high.
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  84. Leupr*lide is used for high risk offenders and confused children, apparently!!
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  85. ​ @freja9398  You are a consenting adult. Fine. But convincing children to permanently disfiguring and to sterilise themselves who still need consent just to have their ears pierced will not lower suicide. Its a completely false argument.
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  86. ​ @emm_arr All teenagers are confused!! Why not just offer therapy instead of life altering drugs? They may change their minds and want kids later in life. But now they can't because they listen to the wrong people
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  87. ​ @emm_arr  All teenagers are confused. Why not just offer therapy? What if they change their minds and want kids later in life?
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  88. I'm surprised you lot haven't had a break down about the flag in the background.
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  89. I actually know more people who have died from undiagnosed cancer and suicides than covid now. But go ahead, push for another lockdown eh?
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  90.  @ellied.violet7372  You've made that mistake before. It was actually amusing in 2017 thinking you had won when parliament was a mess. I remember seeing EU headlines saying "the day brexit died". I then watched our parliament reorganise it self than quickly and efficiently push the legislation through the commons. But I would be genuinely more concerned about the Russian army massing on your border than what's going on in the UK at the moment. If I was Boris I would not send help.
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  91.  @madhouse8301  ....and what about your country? A pointless suburb of Brussels!!
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  92.  @annenunney9907  ...and was replaced with John Major and then New Labour. All new labour did was copy and paste all of Thatchers hard work and policies
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  93. Biden knows she's right, he is pandering to his voters!!
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  94. Well I suppose the lawyers involved in family care have made plenty of money. It makes the lockdowns all worth while!!!
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  95. Brexit must be really hitting France because our GDP and growth rates are still consistently higher than theirs.
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  96. and Italy are in the midst of an energy crisis too, they use gas aswell and their prices are set to soar.
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  97. We get to keep our budget contributions and imports tariff money.
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  98. their isn't a shorage of gas, the whole price has increased forcing small brokers out of businesses due to the price cap.
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  99.  @emm_arr  it was a French company and Dutch meat traders that were to blame.
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  100. The channel crossing is dangerous, living in france clearly offers them no hope.
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  101. A hard border on the island of Great Britain? You really are a genius.
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  102. He was always going to go. He can't be seen to be at the same level as Sturgeon, so he took his time.
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  103.  @ADifferentBias  can you please find me data on this 1/4?
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  104. They're really not. Harvests and prices have been good this year.
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  105. Well the service couldn't get much worse
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  106.  @carlossaraiva8213  the usa and uk are the two most stable most powerful countries over the last 300 years. The people are clearly doing something correct.
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  107. The left wing political realignment should of happened years ago. Alot of people currently do not have a vested intrest in our system. But the SNP in Scotland and Brexit enabled continous conservative government.
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  108. My cousin died suddenly from a misdiagnosed cancer because the NHS, (which she paid into all her life) cancelled all routine appointments. She was 49. But hec i supposed it was all worth it, a few 90 years olds arguably got to live an extra week or two.
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  109. perhaps because it's not winter yet?
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  110. "the EU has the only constitution in the world commited to capitalism, it destroys the prospect of socialism anywhere in Europe" The late Tony Benn, Labour MP.
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  111. They are not suppose to govern, people are supposedly intelligent enough to look after themselves. Life isn't a class room.
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  112. Exactly, the free trade deal with the Eu was very onesided.
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  113. yes, yes she will.
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  114. France needs to be careful, it is sliding very quickly to the realms of the dictator.
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  115. Failing to understand human nature again...
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  116. Boris was needed to break the Brexit deadlock. Once that requirement had been fulfilled they have had no other purpose.
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  117. the lockdowns, partgate, financial mismanagement, the Owen paterson mess, tax increases, the northern ireland mess, millionaire senior ministers not paying any tax. The list is quite long...
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  118. Good for the drivers!! They shouldn't be getting paycuts!!
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  119.  @swanchamp5136  hmm Arizona averages 3872 hours of sun light per year while the UK averages 1493 hours per year. You can't compare the two.
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  120. no, it will probably help to consolidate it. PR will stop labour attempting to game the system.
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  121. the calculation never changed. The majority of his back benches were stood firmly behind him. Their only ever a very small number of mps willing to submit letters. Its the typical routine, you guys wip up a media storm and think you're making progress and nothing changes.
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  122. Small businesses are feeling the pinch thanks to a power grab by big businesses during covid. Small businesses were shut down, large businesses boomed!
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  123. seems abit pointless concidering they have no actual power to do anything.
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  124. Brexit power grab? How is it a power grab? We left the EU two years ago...
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  125. "Airlines have canceled more than 1,100 U.S. flights since Friday and more than 12,000 were delayed, a chaotic holiday weekend after a messy spring for air travel angered passengers and drew sharp criticism from Washington" Brexit is really hitting the USA hard....why is anyone listening to you??
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  126. Do you think she is trying to distract from Scotlands massive austerity at the moment due to her fiscal mismanagemen? How much is the NHS in Scotland being cut by? 10%? 20%? You are a hypocrite.
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  127. Well concidering inflation and supply chain problems are world wide how much can you actually blame on Brexit? I mean Brexit must be really hitting Germany hard, their inflation level is as bad as ours!!
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  128. .....and embraced communism. That's arguably even worse. France owes alot of money.
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  129. ...she was pretty terrible at her job. Everything she did failed. She made up for her incompetence by making a loud noise. Just do your job for god sake!!
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  130. I wouldn't worry Labour seem to be helping him pass all necessary legislation through the commons. Thanks alot!!
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  131. You UK government is actually making an effort to consult local people on how they should be implemented. But they don't have too, they dont need the snps or greens permission to go ahead with the project.
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  132. really? It's almost like priti patel was lying to make her self look good!!
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  133. It must be going somewhere. Cattle prices have reached record highs in the last 4 months.
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  134. it's not discredited. It's effectively what drove growth in the 90s and 00s. England has millions of self employed individuals, a tax break will be welcomed!!
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  135. He didn't promise tax cuts. Also alot people think Sunak has destroyed the economy. He locked it down and then printed 100 billions to pay the bills. Which is why we have inflation. He keeps taxing businesses and individuals. And he is the sole reason we are currently in this cost of living crisis. Good advice for the future? Don't copy and paste public health measures from a totalitarian state Rishi!!
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  136. Missed cancer diagnosis, record food inflation, blood clots from vaccines, an unusual amount of access deaths, millions of runied lives and small businesses, bankrupt councils, record NHS back logs and a messed up court system!! Well its a good job we followed the science!!
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  137. Maybe try and act like a Conservative government instead of trying to "pander" to a group of people who don't even like him!!
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  138. The UK government are democratically elected in Northern Ireland and the people are represented in the commons. The EU are not and are passing laws without representation. Fact.
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  139.  @emm_arr  I'm 100% correct. Northern Ireland is under the jurisdiction of the EU Court. Yet it has no representation or say on the laws that the EU court passes judgment on. It would be the same ridiculous arrangement Great Britain would be under if we accepted Terresa May's deal.
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  140.  @ab-ym3bf  my point still remains. Laws with representation. It never ends well.
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  141. Very good point.
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  142. why do have inflation? The government printed 400 billion. Why did they print 400 billion? In response to the pandemic and the lockdowns you encouraged!!
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  143. It is more economically viable to plant trees than grow crops. Farmers can't be bothered to grow food. And thanks to government legislation (previously EU), we now struggle to grow cooking oil and sugar. Why do you think we are short of food?
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  144. no one is voting labour, the redwall seats will switch to reform uk and the more leafy areas will vote for the Liberals. I don't know what they are thinking. Labours vote share will drop at the next election.
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  145. @Old Skool Bodybuilding Routines reform uk are polling at 10% in some opinion polls.
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  146. @Old Skool Bodybuilding Routines it's twice as high as the SNP.
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  147. @Old Skool Bodybuilding Routines the snp typically get 4-5% of the vote. Dispite their over representation in the commons. This information is quite easy to find.
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  148. @Old Skool Bodybuilding Routines yes but only get around 4% of the vote. Scotland isn't a big place.
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  149. @Old Skool Bodybuilding Routines they really don't. The last election they got 3.9% of the vote.
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  150. pre-election interview? They are local elections, people tend to vote on local matters l.
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  151. over 2 billion people world wide use the fptp electoral system. Typically they the most advanced, successful countries on the planet. The USA, Canada, the UK and India.
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  152. Labour mps Jeremy Corbyn and Tony Benn must fall into that category to then?
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  153. People have jobs and they have money. UK unemployment rate 3.6%, EU 6.6%!! What is the problem?
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  154. Good, they are putting the pro Russian EU to shame.
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  155. "Progressive" = looney left
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  156. No, being tied to a block of countries under the thumb of Russia. That is insane.
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  157. no, the reality is that since the pound dropped and we suddenly had barriers to trade, it has been, on average, better.
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  158. I think alot of people are angry at Boris and their is a joint effort to take him down. Will it work? With an 80 seat majority and Labour a utter shambles probably not.
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  159.  @jonovens7974  I know. Its the situation we are in.
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  160.  @baronvonlimbourgh1716  The thing is though, when it comes to home owning everyone is a speculator. During the pandemic house prices have risen and people have borrowed heavily to get on the next rung of the housing ladder. Intrest rates need to go up, but they can't because people have borrowed so heavily to buy a nice house. Everything appears on a knife edge.
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  161. Does it involve printing money more per chance?
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  162.  @kroktheweak  occupied by the scotish you mean? Tell that to the majority who live there.
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  163. Khan isn't fighting the Torys. He is fighting the people. He bankrupted greater London during covid, and rather cynically, he is plugging the short fall by expanding ULEZ. The only people to be impacted by this will be working men and women.
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  164. ​​​ @emm_arr People respond so viseraly to environmental policies because the greatest impact is always on poor people. Higher food bills, higher energy bills, higher transport bills. During covid, it was people on zero hours contracts and the self-employed that were hit the hardest. Do you think Prince William and his push for net zero is going bothered by this? Err no!!
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  165. The problem is the majority of the public voted for Brexit, current Labour supporters have burnt waaay to many bridges. People have long memories. You will be out of power for a long time.
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  166. Unlikely to form a strong bond? Sounds slightly racist.
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  167. "I may be merely insular, but I have no prejudice in a Britain planned for the British by the British. Therefore, as at present advised, I am quite unconvinced either that it is necessary or that it is even desirable that we should go into the Common Market.” Clement Atlee 1962
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  168. ​​ @trident6547 ...and what we got was a terrible deal. Arguably we should never of joined.
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  169. Signs that the threat has been removed.......Westminster HAVE literally said it was removing the threat!!
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  170. How many deaths are their? What is the hospitalisation rate? The infection rate is meaningless. We supposedly have a world beating vaccine roll out. Why are we even debating imposing new rescictions?
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  171. I don't really understand. What is he trying to achieve? There are only around one hundred thousand farmers in the UK. They are hardly a political force. Illegal migrants crossing the channel probably have a larger political clout than the farmers.
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  172. ​ @verystripeyzebra A large number of new arrivals appear to be very good at blockading parts of London, harassing various members of Parliament and influencing votes in the commons. But let's not mention that.
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  173. It wasn't just a trading block was it though? A huge chunk of our laws came directly from Brussels and were just "rubber stamped" with out bebate!!
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  174. First past voting favours Labour. You nupties lost Scotland. You are however giving the conservatives another route to power, you just haven't realised it yet.
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  175. "80% of our sustained inflation problem"? Well that's a clever choice of words...
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  176. The public purses of this country are EMPTY!! Why can't you understand that??
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  177.  @ADifferentBias  are you actually kidding? You claim to be a teacher. And you are teaching people their is limitless amounts of cash and they can spend it on what ever they want? We are borrowing money to pay back borrowed money.
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  178.  @baronvonlimbourgh1716  I agree with him to point. We have a large economy and we should be able to afford very good public sector services. But we need growth and we need tax receipts, neither of which can be achieved if we keep putting restrictions on people's lives and locking the country down.
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  179.  @baronvonlimbourgh1716  I'm not disagreeing. But what do you think has caused the huge surge in uk house prices in the last year, dispite lockdowns and an uncertain economy? Where do you think all the money printed has gone?
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  180.  @baronvonlimbourgh1716  It a combination of both.
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  181. In our system, you still get a choice, yet extremist parties are often silenced. GB wins again.
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  182.  @vladimirputin4822  hmm or the high inflation and stagnant economy. The EU and UK need to comprise at some level, the situation is just going to degrade.
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  183. We printed £400 billion during the pandemic and it is quite clearly going to water down the money the supply!! Henry the 8th did it to pay for his warships causing rampant inflation, it happened to the weimar Republic in the 1930s and it is happening in 21st century Britain. You can't print money to pay the bills!!! And if you listen to CNN the Americans are actually quite honest about the consequences of the pandemic and the lockdowns.
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  184. successive governments have f**ked up our energy supply. The way its going food will be next. But you can't blame brexit for this.
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  185. You do realise food in the UK is cheaper than than the majority of Europe? Food is 25% more expensive in France. Food inflation in Germany has been typically higher than the UK.
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  186. ​ @johnrussell3961 yes, because we gave them our money to remain inefficient
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  187. ​ @johnrussell3961 wrong. Farmers have made making more money now than ever. A farmer has been making 20% return. Supermarkets are still only making 4%.
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  188. 9% inflation caused by the pandemic and quantitive easing? A over bloated, over paid public sector? Tax increases? Should I go on? You wanted all this...
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  189. ....you know their are only 8000 dairy farmers left in the UK. They hardly have the ability to influence an election.
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  190. @Soul of a robot no they don't, alot of towns people moved into the countryside in the 90s. Typically conservatives seats have a larger number of voters. An example is Cameron in 2010 had a higher number of votes than Blair did but he had to navigate a hung parliament. Back to my point, farmers do not carry a huge political clout.
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  191. Honestly? Its comes across as spiteful and slightly weird.
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  192. Nothing to do with the increase in waiting times caused by the lockdowns you encouraged then?
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  193. ...i loved the fact you've found an image of highly paid NHS doctors. Everyone else has to compete with an African or Indian immigrant.
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  194. I hate to point this out but Boris has been very careful with his words, odds are they will find he hasn't actually lied.
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  195. They're tw*ts!
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  196. Couldn't of been much worse while we were in the EU. You talk cr*p. A farmer in Germany would not be able to get a contract to sell his milk here. Their products are that inferior. And don't get me started on the Spanish, French and the EU horse meat scandal.
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  197. Sunak is finished. We should listen to a Tony Blair and Starmer and cut public services and taxes, Labour have the right idea
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  198.  @tfive24  "the European Economic Community, was never devised to suit us, and our experience as a member of it has made it more difficult for us to deal with our economic and industrial problems". Labour promised to begin withdrawal from the EEC without a referendum if it won power" What this? A Labour election manifesto promise!!
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  199.  @scarletpimpernel6842  the EU as an institution is meaningless. It has no army or police force. It can pass laws, yet has no way of enforcing them. If a specific country does not want to follow the rules what are the consequences? Their aren't any.
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  200.  @scarletpimpernel6842  they've haven't got the highest standards in the world. Most of the food produced in the EU wouldn't be even pass farm assurance here.
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  201.  @scarletpimpernel6842  nope, milk sold in Germany would not even find a contract here. Soil quality standards in Spain are a joke and animal welfare in Eastern Europe still haven't caught up to us. I can find you specific examples if require.
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  202.  @scarletpimpernel6842  and I stand by my point. They have no army or police force, what are the consequences of over stepping the mark. Zero!!!
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  203.  @scarletpimpernel6842  How can you be a sovereign country when all you monetry policy and majority of your laws are decided 1000s of miles away? The EU is nothing more than a powerless institution ran by the bankers. In the imortal words of the late great labour mp Tony Benn "They are building an empire and I want no part of it".
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  204.  @scarletpimpernel6842  "there are 27 sovereign countries with armies and polices forces" Correct. But If someone brakes a French law or threatens its border it has the means to protect itself. Now what happens if an existing European nation threatens the EU or breaks the rules? The answer is absolutely nothing. They can't do anything.
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  205.  @scarletpimpernel6842  the UK is part of nato. Push comes to shove individual nation states will not want to get into a disagreement over Northern Ireland or any other disputes which involves the EU.
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  206.  @scarletpimpernel6842  So you are saying if the UK doesn't abide by the NI protocol or Poland doesn't follow EU law NATO is going to step in? Right. Okay.
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  207.  @scarletpimpernel6842  The British won a hard fought 30 year guerilla war in Northern Ireland. 1000s died on both sides. No one wants to return to that. But both sides need to be treated equally for the good friday agreement to be honoured. Arguably the protocol is in violation of the agreement. But I suppose the truth doesn't suit your agenda does it? People on this site do not talk about peace and compromise but appear to be genuinely full of hate. But my point still stands, if it has no way of enforcing its own rules and regulations, what on earth is it?
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  208. Your population and economy is half the size of the UK. But hey what ever....
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  209. People are getting onto university degree courses who are not good enough to be there. Why do you think the dropout rate has been high in recent years? They are not good enough to be there. It needed to be brought back into line.
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  210. Their plan is to steal land off farmers?
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  211. Thats exactly what labour keep doing!! They changed the leadership rules to an electoral college system and want to change the way we vote to proportional representation because they keep loosing!! Even though the system gives them an advantage.
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  212. ...because you don't play to win. Its like you enjoy being oposition. Tony Benn even admitted this.
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  213. Does a narrative even exist?
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  214. ....because a huge proportion of the labour electorate voted for Brexit. It is also a very decisive issue, if he wants to win an election he has to win over England.
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  215. didn't labour have the chance to form an alliance in 2018? They messed that up. Drakeford is on thin ice, vaccine passports and siding with the EU. The majority of the nation voted for Brexit. Wales are old school Labour.
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  216. You are not reducing people's spending power since the rate raises the pound has increased 28% since January, improving individuals' spending power. We import the majority of our fuel and food, and the rate rises make these items cheaper.
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  217. ​ @ADifferentBias For the exact same reason. The pound has been a historic low, and everything imported is more expensive
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  218. ​ @ADifferentBias ...On average food is still cheaper in the UK than the majority of the EU, and food inflation is currently lower than Germany.
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  219. What is your honest opinion? I'm guessing like the majority of us, it isn't great.
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  220. Id just like to point out have zero barriers to trade didn't really didn't help alot of businesses for the majority of time being in the EU because our pound was so strong.
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  221. Why are we suddenly running the country based on information from short term opinion polling?
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  222. ??? How long did it take to formulate a response to the Ukraine??? Or organise the vaccine roll out? Or sign new trade deals? Along time is the answer.
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  223. can't really argue with that....
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  224. The pound has recovered 28% so far this year. Except food prices to fall accordingly.
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  225.  @michaelinhouston9086  Ireland is not part of NATO. Ultimately it will pay the price.
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  226. Didn't Jeremy Corbyn get a higher percentage of the votes in the local elections than Starmer?
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  227. It's an event celebrating our country Great Britain. I'm slightly confused why they were waving an EU flag.
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  228. Instead of trying to blame someone else for your shortcoming, perhaps look within yourself and go on a journey of reflection Phil.
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  229. The covid 19 pandemic.
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  230. I think people are getting marginally tired of Boris.
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  231.  The Legend of spitfire Hunter  I actually think people on this channel just like to moan and wallow in self pity. It is actually a defining characteristics of a certain proportion of the left here.
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  232. nothing. They probably won't get any seats (based on polling they may get more)
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  233. yes, mass genocide with millions murdered and displaced. Brexit is clearly exactly the same.
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  234. The only way this is way this problem is going to be solved is with more austerity. That is the inevitable conclusion.
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  235. We huge potential here. And all you do is moan.
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  236. on another note the supermarkets have made huge profits during the pandemic. A shortage of drivers exists. Why on earth on they potentially getting a pay cut? Go on strike lads or find a better employer!!
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  237. a windfall tax isn't going to raise much money. Divide £2 billion between 67 million people, its not much.
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  238. this would be a more appropriate attack line. Largely because its true.
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  239.  @nicks4934  what is? Putin can shut down a huge proportion of EU industry if he wants. Fact!! Well done Merkel!!! Concidering what is going on in the Ukraine any normal person would want to be as far away from Putin as possible.
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  240. Boris achieved Brexit. Once that was completed he was no longer needed. Abit like Churchill after the war. The conservatives thought they'd roll the dice and see if they could get someone better. Unfortunately that someone was Liz Truss.
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  241. We are still the 5th largest economy. Things are gradually improving. France has slipped to 7th and Italy is in a downward spiral to hell.
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  242. unelected primeminister? Err you do understand how works don't you...?
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  243. We don't need to, the UK already has access to the single market.
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  244. Universities are a racket. They are accepting people onto degree courses and taking their money, and with grade inflation, they should not be on the higher levels courses.
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  245. I think you guys are extremely naive. Greg Dyke was a big labour supporter during his time at the BBC, Alistair Campbell had all the press in his pockets and Tony Blair ruined the house of lords by loading it with all his mates. During Blairs final term labour only represented 35% of the population yet had a huge majority. They haven't corrupted anything, unfortunately that is the way the country is run.
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  246. This region will account for 30% of global growth by 2030. And its not just about trade, it about geo politics. By the UK joining the CPTPP, they can veto China's membership. Which keeps Japan and Australia very happy.
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  247. ​​​ @dantownsend4246 es, but along with AUKUS it also gives us geo political influence outside our European base. We are no longer a European power, but a global one.
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  248. ​ @trident6547 well it certainly doesn't have any diesel submarines in the region does it?
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  249. ​​ @trident6547 thats the point of AUKUS. Effectively NATO in the Pacific.
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  250. "food production is important" Not to this government (or any previous one) it isn't!!
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  251. Didn't they try this in 2017? The lib dem leader refused to cooperate and the whole thing collapsed.
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  252. @Yevi N. its never a good idea to align yourself with a single party. It stops parties like the Tories and Labour taking the electorate for granted.
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  253. ..or if you've worked hard the government shouldnt steal the fruits of your labour and if you are a fit and healthy person why should you be given something for nothing?
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  254. What the British have is technically part of its territory still in the EU. It means if we build a factory there, we can export to the EU tarrif free. At the same time, simultaneously sign new trade agreements with the rest of the world. It's a win, win!!
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  255. They will probably just draft Rishi in if it all goes to badly wrong and all will be fine again in the Tory ranks. Rishi is quite popular in Scotland.
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  256. ​ @emm_arr There is no justification for this. It's disgusting. And you haven't given me an answer!!
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  257. ​​ @emm_arr Leuprolide is used on high-risk offenders and also confused children, apparently!!
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  258. ​ @emm_arr Leupr*lide is used for high risk offenders and confused children, apparently!!
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  259. Yes, that is going great on continental Europe. Extremist parties are gaining ground. FPTP stops this.
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  260. Parliment actually exist to aid those in power, its why its lasted for so long (I've been watching David Starkey recently).
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  261. i am not sure, but waitrose lorry drivers on getting £53000 a year apparently.
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  262. But it is currently being renegotiate because in its original format it was completely unworkable. So both sides are trying to comprise. Which is good.
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  263. concidering 100 years ago we were all going to outside toilets, had no running water or electricity, dieing of TB and the average life expectancy was 50. I think we are doing OK.
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  264. ​ @eugenieponleve667  "Angry farmers have started fires outside the European Parliament building in Brussels" Sky news 2024
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  265. ​ @eugenieponleve667 Err yes, yes they have. They have also ripped down statues.
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  266. Asia and Pacific region is going to contribute to the majority of GDP in the coming years. The world is changing. And we now tarriff free access to a very important market (This year alone asia is contributing 70% of global growth).
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  267. ​​ @roseanne9986  well we still control the Euro clearing market.
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  268. ​ @roseanne9986 ...and part of our territory is still technically in the EU single market. If we want tarrif free access, we can build a factory in Northern Ireland.
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  269. Women in the UK have access to better education, more opportunities and occupy a higher percentage of job market than virtually any other country in world. We are clearly a very misogynistic country.
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  270. The supply chain problems are global. The USA, EU and UK have all had problems. Mainly due to covid and over heating economies. Brexit hasn't helped but the USA have had alot worse problems than us in terms of delivery times and the German media contains reports of a shortage of delivery drivers to.
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  271.  @mfredholm  we would support Scotland to leave, but they don't seem to want to. Most people in England are in favour of a independent Scotland.
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  272.  @colinbaker3916  we also have the same electorate system as Canada, America, India and most of africa. hugely successful countries. PR country tend to be characterised by weak governance and weak countries. Italy is an example, a failed democracy.
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  273. The only reason The UK has the wealth it does is directly from the reforms it pushed through in thr 80s and 90s, that came directly from have a strong government and fptp voting system. Countries like France and Italy will never be able to push through the changes they need and as result will fall further down the country leader board.
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  274.  @stephenwhiddett  no one is predicting that. Do some research, the UK outlook is very positive compared to France and Italy.
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  275.  @geraldhewing2076  no it hasn't, keep in mind the majority of time we were in the EU we were one of the poorest nations. It came from Thatchers reforms, reforms countries like Italy or France can not achieve due to their voting system, being trapped in the Euro and weak governance.
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  276.  @mfredholm  Australians, Canadian and Indians were all British citizens that fought in the British army. It must of been a humiliation Prussia being annex to Poland. It had to be done, Germany wouldn't stop invading its neighbours.
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  277.  @elliotwilliams7421  hes not wrong, if you read literature in the 70s and 80s the people of England felt we were just going to become a pointless suburb of Brussels. The feeling never went away.
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  278.  @elliotwilliams7421  historically labour stood on a anti eu plarform, so did Sein fein in Northern Ireland and the SNP. No one liked them. When you look into the facts the conservatives were the only consistently pro EU party in this country over the decades. It was never a left v right debate here.
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  279.  @elliotwilliams7421  in the imortal words of the late great labour mp Tony Benn "They are building an empire and I want no part of it"
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  280.  @elliotwilliams7421  the English have consistently produced some of the most powerful stable countries with the highest standards EVER. They understand for a country to prospure its people must ultimately be free.
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  281.  @elliotwilliams7421  Nations have a habit of evolving, changing, developing. Nothing is consistent for ever and because of this you can't shackle 300 million people into a one size fits all scenario, people will ultimately rebel and it will lead to collapse. And unless the EU changes it will collapse.
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  282.  @elliotwilliams7421  I read alot. Its how I understand uk politics, culture and history so well. I follow labour and the conservatives. Both are important, I'd argue the left are currently winning the argument.
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  283.  @elliotwilliams7421  the past is important, it lays the foundations for current opinions. It's often passed down via families and literature.
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  284.  @m.m.9684  I'd argue against the "advantageous deal". Dispite being one of the biggest contributors we consistently ran a trade deficite. If all we did was trade with the EU the UK would have no money left.
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  285.  @elliotwilliams7421  you haven't really said anything apart insults and associating brexit with the far right. Which I have proved isn't actually true. A huge proportion of the left in this country are differently not fans.
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  286.  @elliotwilliams7421  the fact is the majority of both Labour and conservative constituencies voted for brexit. The majority of the British public voted to leave. Facts are facts.
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  287.  @colinbaker3916  I'd vote labour if they actually came up with something decent. I honestly belive in democracy and a form of socialism. The political left in this country are very important, people need help with their wages and deserve decent health care and schooling. But the left in this country have failed and and nationalist like Boris and Farage have just hoovered up the power vacum. People just conclude they are better off looking after themselves. I come here looking for hope and all I get is a bunch of idiots supporting a institution supported and ran by a bunch of bankers.
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  288.  @colinbaker3916  I look at things differently, workers just want a decent fair crack at the system, it is not fair at the moment. Bosses who keep wages low while they take all the profit. £9000 a year university fees, unaffordable houses and even worse high rents and short tennencies were landlords can kick you out at a moments notice. How can any working person succeed in this system? Something is going to give sooner or later. This is what labour is supposed to be sorting out!! They don't, so they vote for the populist option. I don't care about the EU!!
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  289.  @colinbaker3916  right wing media? The majority of the media were in favour of remaining. To simply proclaim the majority of the electorate is stupid is simply the height of arrogance. England has some of the best universities with some of the most highly educated creative people in the world.
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  290.  @colinbaker3916  time will tell, but the EU in its current state is far to ridgid. The people will ultimately bring it down if they have any self respect.
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  291.  @colinbaker3916  but the 80s, 90s and 00s worked because we had a booming economy with high tax receipts which could be funnelled into good schools to create decent social mobility.
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  292.  @colinbaker3916  Back in 2016 75% of mps in commons supported membership of the EU, the BBC, sky news, house of Lords, the entire business community. The Sunday Times, mail on Sunday, financial Times, the Sunday telegraph, the observer not to mention all the papers you highlighted, all supported remain. Once the vote had happened on a mathematical basis 70% of Tory constituencies voted leave and 60% of labour constituencies voted to leave.
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  293.  @colinbaker3916  book cooking? 54 of the seats the conservatives gained from labour a grand total of 52 of them voted leave. Make of that what you will. Labour policies are popular. Stop wittering on about Brexit.
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  294. This is ridiculous. The German left is pro Russian, Italy is pro Russian, France barely contributes anything to the war effort. I am not rejoining a block of countries who are friends with a country that want to wipe us out!!
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  295. An individual had more money in 2007, the economy was roughly the same size, and we had 6 million fewer people. Economic productivity isn't always correlated to population size.
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  296. Farmers are the only group to actually make a success out of Brexit. The pound crashed, we suddenly had a export market and farm gate prices boomed. But they've probably never engaged with a miniature hindu billionaire before and Sunak has probably never been near a farm before.
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  297. ...and the rest of population let out a big sigh and casually decided to move on!!
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  298. Well they banned Pro Palestine protests in France. If this in the EU, it would be the riot police not a few jobs.
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  299. Has anyone actually spoken to a scotsman who wants independence? I certainly haven't.
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  300. she said asylum seekers were taking up a disproportionately large amount of her time and she sick of it.
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  301. Good idea, now we can kick the majority of SNP ministers out of our parliament!!
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  302. Richard Branson has just come out and said they sacked to many people during the lockdowns. That is the route cause of the problem!!
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  303. they were growing because we voted to leave and the pound crashed. And typically we don't make anything. We are a service based economy that relies on a strong pound.
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  304. The conservatives have sorted Brexit, survived the coronavirus, beat the scotish nationalists, bailed out the banks, beat inflation, and took on Russia. Unemployment remains low, and the pound is recovering. Everything is in place for things to improve.
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  305. Perception isn't reality. You can still buy a house a house, for every £4000 you save the government will give you an extra £1000. And with the help to buy scheme you only need a 5% deposite. For a £150000 house you only need £7500. The monthly mortgage repayments are then cheaper than rent. Is that unachievable for two people saving?
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  306. Did you work in London when he was major?
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  307.  @kye4216  the "left" like to smear the oposition when they can't win a debate. Which is virtually every debate in this country.
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  308. he has given you a very one-sided view on a UK wide debate. A debate that Phil lost.
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  309.  @echiko4932  you actually belive that? If you want to hold on to a territory you hand powers back and let the population be free. The exact opposite of what the EU was doing. Your whole argument of remaining in the eu consisted of calling the oposition racist and stupid, everyone just stopped listening to your bile.
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  310.  @echiko4932  take a lesson from the British empire. They lost the USA by centralising power in London and making all the important decisions 1000s of miles away. It lead to the war of independence. But they learnt their lesson and when it came to places like Australia and Canada they gave them all the devolved powers they wanted. They stuck with the British well into the late 20th century.
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  311. it solves the problems of consent of the people and barriers to trade. Its actually a really good deal. Everyone is amazed this has happened.
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  312. ...and joining the EU destroyed Liverpool. A city of previously 1 million people brought to its knees as trade recalibrated to Europe. But hey, what ever!!
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  313. ....you mean like when we decided to hand over our law making powers to the European Parliament?
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  314. unless you were hard left nutters like Jeremy Corbyn or Hilary Benn. Or Labour in the 80s or early 90s..
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  315.  @casperwallace9685  Corbyn is still on the back benches and Tony Benn only recently passed away!! He never liked the EU.
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  316.  @casperwallace9685  In what sense? Boris is not right wing, based on his environmental policies, spending habits and attitude to the union he is more of social democrate.
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  317.  @colinsixhitter3303  the ELMS scheme? His commitment to net zero and renewables? None of these things ring a bell?? He is certainly not a Thatcherite!! Why do you think his party are so mad at him?
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  318.  @geraldhewing2076  Please explain how? A very popular guy (who consistently gained more votes than Blair) who dedicated his whole life to democratic socialism and the labour party. He was treated like dirt and ostracised. Its is terrible. I don't forget things like that!! If that's what is to come from the likes of Starmer and Raymer I would sooner vote for Boris!
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  319. I don't think their has ever been a no confidence vote against a primeminister. It's always been against the government.
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  320. yes, but the root Labour wanted post referendum would of been far more damaging economically and socially. Labour wanted the UK to be either under the jurisdiction of a foreign court with no say in the laws, utter madness, or to create years of social and economic instability through constant arguing!!!
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  321. seriously? You print 100s if billions to tackle the pandemic it will lead to inflation. This also leading to a drop in the value of the pound and erosion of the value if currency. Its basic secondary school economics. Its people like you I bet who encouraged the lockdowns.
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  322.  @fungi5923  the majority of Australians are from England. Jesus. I bet your grandparents were born here.
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  323. France has colapsed, and Germany has also colapsed. Why do all your ideas lead to our eventual destruction?
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  324.  @markwelch3564  We are still part of Europe and are having to compete in the same energy markets. 40% of European energy came from have Russia. It is now gone. They have potentially doomed us all (I'm not exaggerating)
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  325.  @markwelch3564  The UK government was actually very careful we invested heavily in renewables and kept clear of Russia gas. Why are we having to pay the price for Germanys stupidity?
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  326.  @markwelch3564  how do we have it harder than Germany? They are already rationing their energy and talking about blackouts!!! Our energy supply is secure. What planet are you on?
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  327.  @markwelch3564  it's not good is it
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  328. Brexit powered? The government have printed 100s of billions of pounds and no one is leaving the country due to the lockdowns (a lockdown you encouraged by the way). The pound is becoming worthless. Price rises are inevitable.
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  329. It was Thatcher who built modern Britain, built a prosperous economy and ensured peace. Blair was a Thatcherite. Now it is socialist/leftist policies which are leading to inflation, divison, strikes and economic stagnation. Great work guys!!
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  330. really? You guys kicked out labour as well using nationalism as exactly the same tactic.
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  331. yes, one of the reasons due to high eu resentment in the Republic. Why is no one pointing that out.
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  332. yes, but we are 2 years away from an election. The same thing to cammeron in his first term. In the end he won a landslide.
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  333. lobbying which is illegal here isnt in other countries (the USA for example). Also we limit the amount a party can spend on election campaigns. When it comes to other aspects Americans and Russia will embezzle billions and get away with it, here a lords claims a few thousand for his moat and gets driven to suicide. In many respects the rules and press scrutiny is alot fairer here than else where. It definitely exists but I think other countries find the British amusing.
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  334. I think your idiots. Your nonsense locked the economy down, you are the reason we had to borrow huge sums of money and why the pound is so low. You are the reason why we currently have 10% inflation and a huge NHS backlog. I also have no sympathy who have over borrowed at a very low intrest rate, inevitably rates would go back to 4-5% which is typically a normal level!!
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  335. Well we effectively crashed out with out a deal anyway and are now stuck arguing over Northern Ireland. So I 2nd that argument.
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  336. hmm isn't the UK predicted to be the fastest growing g7 country for the 2nd year in a row? House prices are rising, people feel well off and during the pandemic people have accumulated alot of savings which they can now spend and have paid back debt. Netflix and Disney are planning to spend 115 billion here and Britain is getting more high tech investment than German and France combined.
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  337. The protocol is bad deal. Tony Blair has recently came out and argue against it, even Tony Benn a pro EU remainer has said so. Carl Frampton a Catholic boxer has taken a pop at Biden and his intervention. You have two options, let the region decend into violence or renegotiate it. Look at the bigger picture, not your one sided ideological nonsense.
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  338. in 2018 Trump advised Germany to stop being so reliant on Russian gas and for EU nations to increase military expenditure. Looks like he was right on both accounts wasn't he?
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  339.  @johnrussell3961  Wasn't the meeting to discuss migrants crossing and dying in the English Channel? Following the deaths their was wide spread outrage the French and English government's needed to do more?
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  340.  @johnrussell3961  No responsibility? The UK Royal lifeboat institute and border force are actively picking them up and bringing them to safety. We have very much tried to help and take responsibility for these people.
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  341.  @johnrussell3961  I suppose we could spray them with water cannons and propose a wall like the EU.
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  342. Tax revenues are not the issue. They are raking in record amounts. Its all be wasted by an inept government!!
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  343. Englands lifeguards are picking and taking them to safety. The EU are debating building walls and physically attacking them.
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  344. When you have big Tory heavy hitters like David Davis and Ruth Davidson calling for Boris to go it was probably time Boris went.
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  345. How can you claim to be a socialist and pro EU? Answers on a postcard please....
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  346. ....you like moaning about Brexit!!
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  347. It doesn't matter if farmers change their voting habits because their aren't many farmers.
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  348. The way Germany is going leaving the EU and recalibrating our trade towards Asia and the Pacific was probably the best decision we ever made.
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  349. I'm sorry England has had a pretty stable and evolving system for 800 years (not taking in to account the civil war). The French are on the 5th Republic in 200 years. So please explain in detail why we want to be like France again?
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  350. Aren't the EU debating putting up walls to keep out migrants?
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  351. ....you could be wrong here. Labour are actually making progress in Scotland.
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  352. We had to leave the way we did, other wise we would be under the jurisdiction of a foreign court with zero say in any of the laws past.
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  353. Typical communists nonsense, you are so arrogant you believe you can control a populations behaviour and a virus. You don't belive in God so by default you belive you are God.
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  354.  @timonsolus  it would of killed the debate for 30 years.
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  355. It was the Brexiteers and Unionists that pushed for this new improved deal. You guys wanted to keep the old one!! Another Brexit win.
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  356. The same traders profiteering and shorting the pound are the same people due to benefit from Truss' new tax breaks. You couldn't make this up.
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  357. Probably shouldn't of lockdown the economy, then should we.
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  358. Let this be a lesson to you lefties. You can't print money to pay bills. This is want you wanted. A watered down money supply and smashed up chains. Any one who dared to question it was branded as evil.
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  359. Are they? I dont think i have spoken with a single person mentioning these issues. Farming is better now than the 90s, 00s and 10s
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  360. The question is would you prefer a stable 80 seat majority or a labour led hung parliament were no one one can come to an agreement. I know what I prefer.
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  361. The conservatives are not conservatives. They are very liberal leaning. They just absorb the most popular ideas of the day. It is why they have lasted for so long.
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  362. mate, seriously. Some of your videos borderline on incitement. The people on the left are just as bad as anyone. Khan is terrible. I suppose you need your youtube hit eh?
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  363. concidering he is willing to walk across the house and betray his current party would suggest he is a person not to be trusted. He knows he will probably loose hus seat and figures this is the best way to remain in power.
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  364. Read "Fixing the Northern Ireland Protocol: A Way Forward" Even Tony Blair accepts the stupidity of the protocol.
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  365. Please stop saying follow the science. You are not a scientist. You are a teacher. You seem to fail to accept the horror lockdowns, and following the science has caused the average person. The debate moved on "From follow the science" years ago.
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  366. I don't actually think Johnson is actually the problem. The penny has dropped people like Sunak have been abusing the UK system and collecting 10 of millions of pounds worth of income with out paying any tax. For hard working people it is a serious issue.
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  367. Really? Because it was very much a conservative government that won the battles that laid the foundations for 10 years of peace and prosperity under Tony Blair. It looks like history might repeat...
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  368. the left, successfully keeping themselves out of power since 2010!!
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  369. why is "the leff" obsessed with imigration? Typically, Labour was the anti-imigration party, they new it depressed workers class wages and decreased the power of trade unions.
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  370.  @redarmy1778  Boris has a 80 seat majority and is riding high in the poles, he wouldn't be entering into a possible disagreement with the EU unless he thought he could win.
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  371. I hear the people of Northern Ireland are complaining regulations are being passed without consent. Does the EU ever learn?
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  372.  @10Tabris01  How can you be under the jurisdiction of a court 1000s of miles away and not have a say in any of the laws made. The people of Northern Ireland will just become resentful.
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  373.  @10Tabris01  it deserves a say. They are still under the jurisdiction of the European Court of justice. The rest of the UK isn't.
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  374.  @friedrichgrumbeere8844  I read an article in the UKs premier dairy farmer magazine. Exports are booming.
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  375.  @friedrichgrumbeere8844  I read it this week!!
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  376. yes, they are insiting but no one is actually listening phil.
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  377. Law without representation? Long term that is never going to work.
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  378. Laws with out consent in Northern Ireland. Its never going to work.
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  379. ​ @emm_arr  I'm still waiting for your figures that it is actually beneficial.
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  380. Sunak didnt do anything and it is actually worse. We have higher debt intrest repayments now, compared to when Liss Truss was primeminister.
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  381. ​​ @ab-ym3bf No, Sunaks tax rises was supposed to steady the ship and bring intrest payments down. It did the opposite. Weighing the whole situation up, they may as well of just cut the taxes.
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  382. ​ @ab-ym3bf ...but that is CLEARLY bejond your grasp.
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  383. Honestly? The way Starmer is going this is not going to bother him. He doesn't require the muslim vote. Looking at recent by elections it appears he has won over the English middle classes and that is what is required to win.
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  384.  @ellied.violet7372  Well the French seem to be having a mental breakdown every five minutes.
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  385. I hate to say it noone I know actually talks about Brexit anymore.
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  386. You gloss over Blackford and highlight this? Brilliant.
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  387. has Germany actually supplied the Ukraine with the weapons they promised? No? What a surprise!!
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  388. Labour will probably win the next one (by a small margin however)
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  389.  @skyblazeeterno  They are consistently performing better than the conservatives at the moment. I don't think it's anything to do with partygate, on a local level they just aren't very good.
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  390. it means no one really cares and the majority of people have more important things to worry about.
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  391. England is the oldest country in the world which hasn't had a regime change. Its empire lasted 500 years, it imprint is still here. Do you know why? It changed, evolved, adapted and buy in large it doesn't interfer with its citizens. The EU needs to adapt, change and evolve. It is very ridged. Otherwise its citizens will call an end to the European project.
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  392.  @ingbor4768  Facts are facts, England is the oldest country in the world without a regime change. Its doing something correct.
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  393.  @ingbor4768  over 2 billion people use the British system of governance and nearly 200 million have the British Queen as the head of state. Facts are facts.
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  394.  @ingbor4768  this in the problem, you know nothing irish or uk history. Yet you feel obliged to comment on it. May I ask why?
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  395.  @scottyfive4319  And? It's still the longest country without a regime change. France, Germany, Russia. All have had revolutions. France is on its 5th Republic in last 200 years.
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  396.  @ingbor4768  India and the USA and two of the powerful stable countries in the world. They are excellent example.
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  397.  @ingbor4768  remember? it happened 170 years ago. It's not upto me, it's up the people. The majority of whom identify as British. India is still part of the commonwealth, uses the fptp electoral system and has the same system of governance as the UK.
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  398.  @ingbor4768  what EU country are you from? Belgium? France? Germany? Italy? The hypocrisy and stupidity on this channel is unreal. All western/european nations have a sordid past. "he who lives in glass houses should not throw stones" Think about it.
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  399. 40% of European energy came from Russia. Now that's all gone.
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  400. more nonsense!! Thanks again!!
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  401. Didn't Starmer try and kick her out too?
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  402. Alot of people are still on furlough. Does anyone think that could be contributing to the labour shortage?
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  403. This is nonsense. Different countries rely on different energy sources. 40% of UK energy is from natural gas while in Germany only 11% of their energy is from gas. So an increase in the gas price is going to hit us harder, your graphs are meaningless and don't actually prove anything. 90% of Frances energy is from nuclear, they don't even use gas!!
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  404. what has got to do with the government? Rail companies are private companies.
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  405. It was Sunaks and Boriss budget, they implemented the tax rises, out of all the cabinet ministers they were two of the few hard line Brexiteers. Truss wanted to remain and destroyed the economy. What are you on about?
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  406. yes and so do the rest of world. Australia has a huge skill shortage in hospitality because no one is back packing and the lockdowns. Jesus.
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  407.  @YouD0ntSay  you've missed the point of my post entirely.
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  408.  @obscurazone  You should be thankful for a company like weatherspoons. If had 1000 companies like them no one would have to pay anymore tax!!
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  409. I take back what I originally said exports are up and economic growth is good. What are you on about?
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  410. pro independence opinion polls are the worst they have been since 2016!! It really isn't.
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  411.  @ad9898  It's a problem seen alot of the left. George Orwell accually highlighted it nearly 100 years ago. No identity. Its why you instantly side with Europe.
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  412. err wasn't the horse meat scandal directly the fault of bringing in inferior food from the EU?
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  413. Twitter isn't the real world. And that is the problem.
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  414. no, the EU isn't complying with the Brexit deal again. Double standards eh?
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  415. The guardian have reported the highest level of consumer spending in the UK since Christmas 2019. Some news does exist!!
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  416.  @justmythought7658  not quite, people have been spending all the spare furlough money over the bankholiday weekend.
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  417. why aren't you talking about Scotlands austerity? You're full of c**p.
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  418. hmm a cost of living crisis and war in Europe. All UK politics appears to be concerned about is whether Angela Raymer flirted with the oposition and if Boris had a drink with friends two years ago (he did, he payed the fine). No-one normal cares!!
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  419. exactly!! Then why are the EU going to be allowed to pass laws without any consent from the people of Northern Ireland?
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  420. I'm surprised you're not wearing your mask phil?
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  421. Who creates the wealth? The private individual.
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  422. The sad truth is people will come on here and think you represent main stream UK politics. You don't, you never have done. You haven't realised people like you are the reason no one votes labour.
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  423.  @teddyboysdontknit810  no one wants to rejoin. We would of lost our rebate and would have to contribute more to the budget, our trading relationship would be worse and we would probably be forced to join the Euro. No one would agree to this.
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  424. It's a war on our food supply. It disentivises very good farmers to stop producing food. Labour never seems to see the bigger picture.
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  425. What is the point of parliament? There were 1000s of different things to consider before we decided to lock down. Yet they out sourced all our powers to a small narrow minded comitee some of whom were open communists!!
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  426. The whole world is looking down the barrel of a global food shortage as environmentalists attack farmers, and governments continually ban the technology used to grow it. Whatever, you idiots are going to blame Brexit.
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  427. George Orwell wrote about it. He really didn't like the left wing pro Europeans. I have a tendency to agree with him.
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  428. All the best chap!!
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  429. Farage and Musk both have Trumps ear. They are going to cause all manor of hec for Starmer and his team.
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  430.  @bobjohnbowles  it's a system that has evolved over 1000 years. The houses of lords and commons is the only Parliament that has survived while so many have collapsed. It works like its supposed too, it settles arguments and in its current form prevents civil war.
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  431.  @bobjohnbowles  The system is not broken, no one likes Labour. They were traditionally the party of the trade union, no one is part of a union any more.
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  432.  @bryangeake5826  who the hec is part of unison? This may be hard to hear but you represent the minority. Most voters are not fond of public sector workers.
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  433.  @bobjohnbowles  yes, they were a vital part of raising living standards. About 100 years ago. Alot of people are self employed now. All the factory workers and coal mines are gone!!
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  434.  @bryangeake5826  Boris still has his 80 seat majority and Labour lost Scotland and the red wall.
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  435. The reason why Boris will loose seat will have nothing to do with Labour. HS2, building on green belt, tax rises are all annoying people. Typical Tory problems. The Liberals will pick a number of the seats in my opinion, people still dislike Starmer.
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  436. The only way Starmer is winning is by supporting Brexit, waving the flag and not listening to people like you.
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  437. no, things have moved on!!
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  438. Most of the UK left voted for Brexit to. You just like to pretend otherwise. Mick Lynch and the entire RMT Union is a example.
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  439.  @ADifferentBias  Mick Lynch advised them to vote for it. They didn't have to listen. Mick Lynch certainly doesn't regret it.
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  440.  @ADifferentBias  60% of labour constituencies voted leave. Jeremy Corbyn, Tony Benn, Mick Lynch and the RMT Union. Quite an extensive anti eu group eh?
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  441.  @ADifferentBias  I'm on the rmt union Website now. They really hate the EU!!
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  442.  @Dash8Q400Channel  60% of labour constituencies voted for it. That's above the 50% mark.
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  443.  @Dash8Q400Channel  if you are voting labour you are hardly going to be right leaning are you?
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  444.  @FRANKSNAKE71  have you? You baby boomers had it easy. Free health, a booming economy, no wars, low house prices. You spent all the money, got it all for free and left everyone else with the debt.
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  445. The country barely works as it is. Another layer of government will probably destroy it. Look at what happened during lockdowns. Nothing will work.
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  446. For a certain section of the UK workforce they now have access to jobs and money that wasn't avilable before.
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  447. nothing to do with the 100s of billions they printed to pay for the coid response. Why keep peddling lies?
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  448. it's a terrible idea, we would be under the jurisdiction of a foreign court with no say in any of the laws passed. Great plan.
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  449. It doesn't need one and it's lasted 1000 years without one. How long has your country lasted?
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  450. It also creates extreme labour governments. Blair got the same number of votes as Cameron, Blair got a huge majority and Cameron had to form a coalition.
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  451. ....and Boris wins political points by appearing to back UK workers for UK jobs. You walked into that one didn't you.
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  452. They both appeared in a very turbulent time in British politics.
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  453. How can you describe yourself as a Scottish nationalist and want your laws made 1000s of miles in Brussels? You guys are full of nonsense.
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  454. A referendum on the EU was well over due, these questions need to be asked every 30 or so years. That's democracy my friend
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  455.  @ingbor4768  you make no sense. Scotland not only has a regional assembly, it is also representation in Westminster and get to vote on matters that don't concern them, it has local councils and has had had two referendums in the past 20 years regarding it position in the UK which were honoured. The rest of Europe could learn alot from the UK.
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  456.  @ingbor4768  they need Westminster approval because the UK government resides in London. It has done for the last 300 years!!! You can't be sovereign if your laws and monetry policy are made in Brussels. Arguably England isn't sovereign, both are nations that make up the wider UK.
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  457.  @ingbor4768  and Scotland is free to leave, based on referendums and opinion polls it appears that they don't want too.
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  458.  @ingbor4768  you can't have keep having referendums until you get the result you want. The mere suggestion of it is just bafferling.
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  459.  @ingbor4768  it wasn't just an English empire Scotland played a huge role. Did you know all the settlers in Northern Ireland are from scotish decent, they have nothing to do with the English.
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  460. Johnson is certainly not right, based on his spending habits he is more of a luke warm social democrate.
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  461.  @catherinemontgomery7130  Johnsons has always been a big spender, money used to go missing all the time on none existing projects when he was London Major. No one ever brings that up....
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  462.  @baronvonlimbourgh1716  he really isn't.
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  463.  @baronvonlimbourgh1716  Thatcher and Major reduced government debt to 30% of GDP. Boris has singlehandedly increased debt closer to 100% of GDP and it doesn't look like he is stopping.
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  464.  @baronvonlimbourgh1716  ...are we counting the Blair years as a conservative government?
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  465. siding with a foreign power. Love or hate Boris. Never side with a possible enemy.
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  466.  @markofsaltburn  yes I agree, but if all else fails we can go round his house and hold him accountable!!
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  467.  @magyarbrit5631  How much money did he earn in his second job? "he at least he is not a lying, cheating childish hypocrite" I think comment like this bizzare, its like you live in a child's daydream unable to understand balanced thought.
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  468. All labour did between 1997 and 2008 was take advantage of all the hard fought battles which the conservatives fought and won. You know what? Its look like they will do the same again!!
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  469. wean of fossil fuels? Putin can shut down the entire EU thanks to Merkel
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  470.  @Bruce-1956  ?? The UK make even quicker decisions. the Vaccine roll out as one example.
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  471. one country, it has been for over 300 years.
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  472.  @grahamleiper1538  This is what people fail to understand. Labour need the Scottish seats to form a government. They always have done. A strong SNP have kept the Tories in power. The Torys understand this.
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  473.  @davemoore5222  yes, but the snp and labour can never work together to form a government. The thought of it would make your average English labour voter vote conservative again. And if Corbyn had Scotland in 2017 they would of arguably won the election.
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  474.  @davemoore5222  2019 was the Brexit vote. Boris gave a clear direction, Corbyn missed the boat and sat on the fence. People like leadership and a clear choice. Labour did not offer that.
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  475.  @davemoore5222  Corbyn was by many definitions was a hero. He rose above every challenge that was presented to him. He was respected by the left and the right. Even Jacob Reese mog spoke highly of him (I can guess you will disagree with that comment)
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  476.  @davemoore5222  no I'm not. He was popular. On a basic psychology level he appealed to people. Everyone doubted he'd win the leadership contest. He won. The media attack him. He won. He survived backbench rebellions, numerous Leadership contests, slander and navigated labour to a very good result. In 2017 he was arguably was the most powerful man in British politics. When I refer to a hero I mean it, he over came obstacles and gain more followers as a result. The British public noticed.
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  477.  @davemoore5222  parliament was paralysed. It really couldn't carry on like that. An election was the correct choice.
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  478.  @grahamleiper1538  "Labour are dead in Scotland" Yes, that is one of the reasons why we will have had 15 years of Tory government when the next election comes around.
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  479.  @grahamleiper1538  ....but never say "dead". Sometimes situations can change remarkably quickly.
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  480.  @grahamleiper1538  I'm not blaming the Scottish people. I am pointing out ever since Labour lost Scotland to the SNP they have effectively been sidelined to a minority party and helped to ensure continous conservative rule for the past 15 years.
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  481.  @grahamleiper1538  85% of the UK population live in England. The Torys don't need to win anything Scotland or Wales. Labour however do.
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  482. can you even comprehend what Musk has actually done? The electric car was purely science fiction, it was impossible. He achieved the impossible. He is a genius.
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  483. Well surely if you are a farmer it will give export opportunities abroad?
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  484. ​ @johnrussell3961 The EU certainly went out its way to destroy the majority of them.
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  485. They've shut down Nord stream 2 and talking about shutting down the swift banking system. What do you think?
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  486. You want to smash up our current political system so no one can make any decisions and you want to print more money leading to double digit inflation. Are you sure you used to educate people?
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  487. who's to says they are wrong and you are right? Maybe you're wrong? Maybe listen and try to understand why they feel the way they do.
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  488. "they are building an empire, and I want no part of it" Tony Benn, Labour MP, socialist and chairman of the anti war coalition.
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  489.  @greymane4030  Hes not wrong. The north of England have already had enough. 60% of labour constituents voted to leave the EU and Labour campaigned on the promise of remaining and a 2nd referendum. How stupid can they be? They deserve to be out of power.
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  490. no one cares!!!
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  491. Every political party is designed to con workers. It's why American defend the right to bear arms.
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  492.  @ab-ym3bf  what evidence do you have to prove that? When you have commited socialists like Jeremy corbyn and Tony benn speaking up against the impending eu empire something is very clearly wrong
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  493.  @ab-ym3bf  they were speaking up against the EU. A impending empire controlled by the bankers.
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  494.  @ab-ym3bf  English propaganda? Tony Benn was a hugely successful labour mp and member of government. He was a avid socialist, vegetarian, spoke up agaist the wars in the middle east and a very good man. These are his words not mine.
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  495.  @ab-ym3bf  if my mps is doing a bad job I can vote him out. Look at what happened to Greece, tell me it is not the money men controlling the block. It certainly isn't the people.
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  496.  @ab-ym3bf  Greece had a democratic vote and it was ignored and over ruled by the bankers. Need I say more.
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  497.  @ab-ym3bf  Our government is already reconsidering hs2 and extensive property development on green belt. Why? Because they are loosing votes. Thats democracy.
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  498.  @ab-ym3bf  so if Scotland votes for independence you would be happy the referendum was ignored because it arguably wouldn't be in the best intrest of the people?
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  499.  @ab-ym3bf  Everything you have just said proves why your side looses every debate and why labour has been out of power for so long. Zero grasp on politics, people or reality.
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  500.  @ab-ym3bf  Their is so much wrong with what you are saying. You are aware Blair promised a referendum on EU membership? He never followed it through. That's democracy, consent of the people.
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  501.  @ab-ym3bf  I will quote Tony Benn again "They are building an empire and I want no part of it"
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  502.  @ab-ym3bf  The most successful, peaceful countries follow the British system of parliamentary democracy. America, Australia, New Zealand. Very rich countries with very high standards of living.
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  503.  @ab-ym3bf  a handfull? Well over one 1/3 of the worlds population is govern by the British system. Britain and the USA are two of the oldest countries in the world without having undergone a regime change. Why do think that is? Back to my other point you actively encourage Scotish nationalism and want a referendum while turning your nose up at English nationalism and Brexit. Dispite your mental gymnastics it is why your arguments falls to pieces and you keep loosing. Your arguments have nothing to do econmics or common sense, you just don't like the english. What your describing isn't democracy, it very dictatorial.
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  504.  @ab-ym3bf  this is how uneducated you are billions of people around the world use the British system of governance. A upper and lower house, fptp voting system, the idea of English Common law. The English system is the basis for most modern democratic countries.
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  505.  @ab-ym3bf  they have had numerous referendums in the EU, they just decide to ignore the results.
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  506.  @ab-ym3bf  yep, Ireland, Greece and even France. It appears to be a reoccurring theme of ignoring the will of the people. All this information is freely available on line if it helps?
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  507.  @ab-ym3bf  Yes, the individual national parliaments listen to the voters. They have to and have an incentive to do so. The EU doesn't, none of the top jobs within the EU are elected.
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  508.  @ab-ym3bf  Correct, I haven't a clue how the EU is run. Which isn't a great advert when a huge proportion of my laws came directly from the EU without debate in the commons and I was in it most of my life. If you don't understand something which is ruling your life, it is safer to get rid of it!!
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  509.  @ab-ym3bf  ....all the top in this country are elected and/or accountable to the public. The majority of power resides in the commons and public opinion still has the ability to change things here. Dispite appearances.
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  510.  @ab-ym3bf  no, they get rubberstamped. None of the laws are debated.
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  511.  @ab-ym3bf  the reality was the majority of UK citizens didn't see a benefit of the EU. We paid far more into it than we got back and from a trade perspective it appears it was only the London financial sector that benifited. We had a huge deficite and lost money to the block every year dispite being one of the biggest contributors. It was a joke.
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  512. 2019 was very much the Brexit election. A tory majority was required to settle the debate and for the country to move forward. The country is slowly reverting back to where it was in 2017, working people are tired of the system not working for them and a more socialist sprinkling will be the order of the day in the commons (something we couldn't achieve in the eu) Unfortunately what the country wants and what starmer is offering isnt quite right.
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  513. we pursued a renewable energy and net zero route, then we had to import the gas to make up the short fall because their wasnt enough wind or sun, then 40% of European gas was taken out the market because of Germany over reliance on Russian gas, then the cost of heating our homes has shot up and the government have had to borrow to subsidies our energy bills, then the national finances plunged into a even bigger mess.
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  514. Concidering 56 million people live in England. Could you actually talk about some form of socialism that effects England? It might be nice.
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  515. We're counting penies the Ukrainans are counting lives.
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  516. ...he has no mandate to govern. He has ignored the membership and the British public.
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  517. If the euro vision song contest is a measure of European popularity (which it is) then concidering we are holding it next year we must be the kings of Europe. You can thank Boris for that.
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  518. pretty sure every single media outlet contradicts your statement.
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  519. the genuine amount of hate and lack of compassion on this youtube channel is boarding on the extreme.
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  520. The reality is the majority of farmers dont sell directly to the EU. They sell to a middle man (who are large multi million pound corporations) who then sell to the customer in Europe. These middle men really have no issues negotiating Brexit red tape. If you look at trade data exports to the EU are good.
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  521. ​​ @verystripeyzebra Here are some facts. In 2016 98 000 tones of beef was exported to the EU. In 2022 (After we left the EU) 128 000 tones of beef was exported to the EU.
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  522. I'm still not convinced on your argument on the PR voting system. While you solve one problem you actually create multiple others.
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  523. Perhaps Germany and France could sell Russia some more weapons. Seriously while we were training Ukrainan soldiers in NATO tactics EU countries were working against us and making a profit and putting lives at risk. You couldn't make this up.
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  524.  @getnohappy  By in large people don't like being told what to do. If you can create an environment were people can succeed and earn money, government intervention should be minimal. As for my class room comment, apart from a small minority of people school really wasn't a great way of learning and was not a great way to learn about the widder world.
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  525. ...do Labour even have any front bench mps from a Asian background?
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  526. ah a sensible topic for once. The middle men and fore courts are profiteering. How can fuel shoot up 20p a liter over night? They would of had some in stock and forward bought. Profiteering to such a high level in times of crisis should be out lawed on items like fuel (also a barrel of oil historically reached greater heights than $130, why it so high now?)
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  527. I think you need to stop listening to what people say and watch what they do. The relationship between Boris and Biden is clearly moving in a positive direction.
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  528.  @BigHenFor  " As the French put it" The French were seen as a liability. If you are siding with the French and China over your own people you need to look at yourself.
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  529.  @BigHenFor  It should of been handled better. Diplomatically it was a very rude way to treat an ally. But from an Australian point nuclear powered subs have a big advantage over diesel. Especially when Australian are worried about China. It was a no brainer. But the French reaction has been daft, it looks like he has run back to mummy (von der leyen) because of bullying at School.
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  530. I think most of Europe has in some way or another been heavily influenced by Russian money and politics.
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  531. not really because if all the UK did was trade with the EU Britain would be very quickly bankrupt. Other countries outside Europe were required to "offset" the balance of trade defecit.
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  532. little plague island? Seriously try and take some pride in the place you live!!
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  533.  @fredplat467 ....or a small number of self loathing "lefties" who actually hate themselves.
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  534.  @johnrussell3961  Correct. And signing a deal which the UK was under the jurisdiction of a foreign court with no say in the laws passed was clearly madness.
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  535. It is sound political wisdom in Manchester. Burnham had to bin the ULEZ. With 10% inflation, a increase in taxes and raising interest rates, adding a £3000 annual environmental tax to working families would have been political suicide.
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  536. ​ @jedjones9047 £12 a day, 5 days a week, 4 weeks per month, 52 weeks. Give or take a 31-day month. £3000 is about right
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  537. Over the last 20 years Russia has very integrated itself into the top levels of alll European societies. Germany with its over reliance on imported gas (Merkel loved Putin) and Londons financial sector, as far as I can gather it is in free fall at the moment. Putin knows it is very difficult to make a meaningful move against him because it potentially could take down our entire economy. And we still reeling from the after effects of covid.
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  538. ....and the majority of labour to..But let's not mention that!!
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  539. isn't that what achieving net zero is technically all about? Stop producing things here to reduce emissions while simultaneously bringing them in from abroad.
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  540. It's not about labour or conservative. It's about the British public. And the majority do not give a monkeys about rejoining.
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  541.  @johnrussell3961  ...and the British public were told we were entering into a free trade agreement not a political union.
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  542.  @pf844  I read an article in the left leaning independent yesterday. They argued we lost around 7% of GDP just from membership of The EU. The laws passed did not suit us, and the laws passed did not work with the British sysyem of common law.
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  543. He did win 2 London elections, a majority in a national election, back Zelensky against Russia and pushed through Brexit. He never lost. I can't actually think of any other politician in the last 50 years who has achieved that.
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  544. really? Germanys electricy mix only relys on 11% natural gas while the UK its closer to 40%, a large proportion of energy in Germany also comes from Coal. France is 90% nuclear, so doesn't even use gas. We also rely heavily on the free market for gas supply for some reason. But we never maintained the infastructure to store the gas, again nothing to do with Brexit. The graphs shown here are meaningless and have a agenda.
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  545. Opposed to a bunch EU berocracts 1000s of miles away?
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  546.  @leod-sigefast  Pretty sure England was the first nation to break free of surfdom and create a modern country.
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  547. it was an English lawyer that actually wrote your constitution after the war.
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  548. Well we could sell shale gas to pay for the NHS!!
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  549. 40% Labour and 32% Conservative? The polls are closing rapidly and we are not going to have another election for two years.
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  550. He pi**sed off Israel. It never ends well. Look at what happened to Corbyn.
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  551. yes, Boris was clearly the 1st primeminister ever to lie. Just don't mention David Kelly, Alistair Campbell, and the WMDs. FFS!!!
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  552. Good luck with that, have you been north Shropshire at all? They are all die hard conservative.
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  553.  @petergaskinuk-1785  it's not, remwatch this guys youtube video. It was a clever choice of wording.
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  554. Brexit doesn't really factor in the debate any more, people have moved on. If it did the Liberals would not of won yesterday
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  555. .....just don't mention the vaccine passports, curfuews and medical appartite being forced on the population. Apart from that I am sure France is great!!
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  556. This is why no one listens to the "looney left". The reality is we have a stable government, the economy is growing, retail sales are robust, jobs are being created and one of the worlds biggest banks jp morgan is now saying it is time to buy British. To normal people and global investors Britain is doing fine.
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  557. are the Liberals and Labour in anyway aligned? You read the party websites and they are worlds apart.
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  558. how so? We are not looking at any energy shortages and our inflation rates are exactly the same.
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  559.  @julianshepherd2038  the party has to serve the people. We have a direct representative in London. If they don't we can go around there house and lynch them. That sir is democracy!!
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  560. I hate to point this out but we don't vote for a party in this country but a person. The existence of Political parties are just a side effect.
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  561.  @OscarSommerbo  The system isn't perfect, but few systems are. We have a monarchy that has to sign off the laws for crying out loud. But we get a vote, decisions are able to be made and things can move in a direction (not necessarily the right direction, but always a direction)
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  562. ...and hold here because of the PR system and the Germany parliament being unable to make a decision in the 1930s it led to the collapse of the country and help give rise to facisim and the Nazis'.
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  563. you print billions prices inevitably rise. Thankfully we still control our intrest rates and monetry policy to combat the problem. The majority of the EU are stuffed!!
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  564.  @AaronOkeanos  intrest rates in this country will inevitably rise to keep inflation in tow, we have the ability to do this. Greece, Italy Spain. How are earth are they going to combat inevitable increasing costs? The answer is they can't!! They don't have the mechanisms to do so.
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  565. We are still the 2nd biggest economy in Europe, have a lower rate of inflation and a far lower unemployment rate. Make of that what you will.
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  566. Is this video some kind of sick joke? The deal was we got the vaccine and they would leave us alone wasn't it?
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  567. We have no gas in storage because we didn't maintain the infastructure needed to keep it. The line was the free market would supply it, but it never did!!!
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  568. wrong again, crops this year have harvested well. Growing and harvest conditions have been good. Boris's environmental policies are causing farming to plant less food, it will be more economically viable to plant trees and wild flower than grow crops.
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  569.  @edwardbernthal160  crops have grown well. I talk to farmers alot, they're very happy.
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  570.  @justmythought7658  the issue is the farming subsidies. Their is no direction and appears to be moving away from food production towards environmental policies.
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  571.  @edwardbernthal160  Wheat, milk spuds!! Businesses are doing okay. Farmers are not in a bad spot. Things have been alot worse, typically when we were in the EU and the market was being continually flooded!! No one cared then.
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  572.  @edwardbernthal160  drying grain is normal. Prices straight across the farming commodity sector have been very good since vote leave in 2016. I would argue leaving saved alot of farm businesses.
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  573.  @edwardbernthal160  Yes I understand the issues facing the dairy sector. The farmers will still get paid. Put like this in 2016 milk prices were 13p per liter before Brexit. Now they are closer to 30p. That is all thanks to Brexit.
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  574.  @edwardbernthal160  Im not just reading im talking to people, understand the actual reality and feeding back what they say. Harvests have been good and grain prices are good. Oil seed rape has been a disaster but that is because the EU banned the technology needed to grow it before 2021.
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  575.  @edwardbernthal160  Yes its been wet, but dispite the challenges things ended well.
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  576.  @edwardbernthal160  Most of the grain is produced in the south, the North of England is hardly known for its grain growing capabilities.
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  577. The way things are heading and with labours tiny vote share its only going to get worse.
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  578. America is a different boat, their energy costs are alot lower, they don't have a war and have been pumping shale gas out for years!! They will have higher disposal income!!
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  579. ​ @TheMitchellij  I work hard. Why was I giving money to a failed French farmer? It was ridiculous.
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  580. ​ @TheMitchellij  You think I should give my money to a person in a different country so they can carry on running a failed business? You are mad!!
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  581. ​ @Nice0n3 We are still trading with the EU. Now they have to pay to access it. Before they got it for free.
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  582. ​ @Nice0n3 We were giving them billions of pounds to subsidies tiny farms and were a net contributor of 10 billion. While UK farms grew and became more efficient alot of EU farms remained tiny and hugely inefficient. That was thanks to my tax money.
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  583. hmm we were flooded with cheap unqualified lorry drivers while in the EU. Most EU lorry drivers should not of been on the roads.
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  584.  @susansantapola  If you think eastern European drivers are qualified to the same standards as thd UK you are very misinformed.
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  585.  @susansantapola  They had to meet their own countries standards. Not ours.
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  586. not really, the lockdowns smashed up the supply chains and caused inflation while the environmental crack pots seem to want to destroy all the productive farmers. This is a world wide problem.
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  587.  @emm_arr  If you shut down the entire world and then print 100s of billions to covers the bills because tax generating private business are lockdowned its going to have some very severe consequences.
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  588.  @emm_arr  eg, if factories in India were shut down that make tractor tyres then yes, and it was the whole world that was shut down.
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  589. Boris may actually win a noble peace prize for his efforts....
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  590. George Orwell was not a fan of pro European intellectual leftists.
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  591. Yes, after 14 years, all the Torys have left are this bunch of "second raters"
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  592. the cpi is actually lower than the EU.
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  593.  @ab-ym3bf  3.8% compared to 4%? OK!!
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  594. Boris is riding high in the poles and has a 80 seat majority. Macron is having a melt down, Germany is divided. A huge proportion of Northern Ireland is against the protocol and currently laws are being passed their without consent. Abit of bickering with the EU is good politics, it shows Boris is standing up for the union.
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  595. yes, the Italian president is swapping birthday presents with Putin, and the German chancellor worked directly for the Russian government. Great.
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  596. Go woke, go broke. It applies to the Tory party too.
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  597. We may as well of voted for Corbyn!! Really wouldn't of made much of a difference.
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  598. As the American historian Timothy Snyder put it: “For thirty years, Germans lectured Ukrainians about fascism. When fascism actually arrived, Germans funded it, and Ukrainians died fighting it.”
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  599. The ideological nonsense of the "intellectual left" of being pro European and anti English bizarrely was never popular here. It never has been. 100 year ago only a small minority of labour subscribed to these ideas, but now its infested the whole party. The nonsense is every where. And the bizzare thing is you can't figure out why your so unpopular, you just blame everything else!!
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  600.  @stevefellows3027  that is ridiculous.
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  601. Well they did, we got a newly improved protocol deal. It like they admitted the old protocol arrangements didn't work.
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  602. is it really upto a "teacher" to tell individual companies how they should run their business? You have a poor enough grasp on how the private sector works as it is.
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  603.  @ADifferentBias  not the ones I've spoken to. Most are encouraging people back into the office. What the government are doing is mirroring what private businesses are doing. I spoke with one company and most people are finding their way back into the office by themselves. People like the company.
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  604. So to sum up, their has been a salmonella outbreak on a farm in the EU. It is making UK citizens sick and somehow it is the British publics fault who voted for Brexit? Right. You guys are really scrapping the barrel here.
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  605. I personally think we should ban all German milk imports. The terribly low standards of their milk production would not find a contract here.
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  606. I think the families of the children killed in Northern England due to ira bombs will disagree with you.
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  607. you are probably right.
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  608. hmm you print money to pay for public services it erodes the value the pound and standard of living, its not exactly rocket science. Inflation is a world problem at the moment. Have you pointed that out?
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  609. AUKUS, CPTPP, unwavering support for Ukraine, a new USA trade deal, love from Poland, Sweden and Finland and the windsor framework. Global Britain has been very sneakily raising to the top of the world stage...(we are also holding Eurovision)
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  610. concidering he is willing to walk across the house and betray his current party would suggest he is a person not to be trusted. He knows he will probably loose his seat and figures this is the best way to remain in power.
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  611.  @ruthguthrie1099  If you did vote leave you could no longer afford the NHS. Your health would be like Irelands.
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  612. Did he attack trans people? Err no.
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  613. ​ @emm_arr Isn't that what you are doing?
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  614. It's not the government's job to shut down the press. Infact doing so could set a very dangerous trend. It crazy to even think that!!
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  615. "the speaker must rise to challenge of gutter press" What on earth are you saying? Is it even a ministers job to be controlling the press?
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  616. maybe they should join the labour party and form a union?? oh wait....
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  617. Phil, historically labour have never been popular here. Even Tony Blair was a mild version of conservativism. We have probably had one true Labour government and that was Clement Attlee just after the war.
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  618.  @darthwiizius  ....yes and by 2008 the country had completely ran out of money and the UK tax payer had to bail out the banks. Thank you labour.
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  619. It like the rest of the economy its feeling the pinch of rising costs. But rising cost are being offset by other factors. But since the Brexit vote things have improved immeasurably, take dairy farming the spot price of milk has increased 300%. All helping the industry out. The bigger picture is actually okay.
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  620.  @Crashawsome  since 2016. Since the brexit vote. and 12% in one year is still very good.
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  621.  @donparkvideos  farmers like to complain. Its what they do. Most live in large houses and own 100s of acres of land in the middle of the countryside and have millions of pounds worth of assets. Please explain why they are complaining again?
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  622.  @donparkvideos  let's just think about what is going on, since the Brexit vote farm gate prices have been very good. Wheat, milk beef and lamb. But since we left Boris has decided to abolish the current subsidies scheme and replace it with an environmental payment. They are currently gradually removing the current scheme and haven't actually got the new scheme in place. It was actually a Tory pledge they wouldn't do this. BUT the shortfall in revenue is being made up for with the very good farm gate prices. Also it's been a very good year for farmers, harvest went well and crops are in the ground. Their also a train of thought farmers shouldn't need subsidies and should survive on their own two feet.
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  623.  @donparkvideos  I work in agriculture and see farm accounts. Keep in mind alot of Tory mps and voters are landowners anyway. Its a complicated debate, but a genuine outcome of the new government schemes will be that farmers will stop producing the food we need and put all their land into environmental schemes because it is more economically viable (and alot easier l)
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  624.  @donparkvideos  i don't know what the end goal is. But it's not a cheap business producing food. You need a huge capital outlay before you've even sold anything and markets are volatile. If some one will pay you more money to plant trees and flowers, why would you produce any food? You wouldn't. They have the same attitude for our energy. They just seem to want to import it all. Arguably it helps them achieve net zero carbon emissions. Successive Britsh governments do not care about farming, a proportion of defra is ran by people who would be quite happy getting rid of the whole industry.
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  625.  @steveosborne2297  spot prices are different to average prices Steve.
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  626.  @donparkvideos  do you understand what a discussion is? I will sum every up in three easy to understand bullet points for you 1) Farming has improved immeasurably since the Brexit vote. Fact. 2) Farmers are still making money, but are under pressure due to the increasing costs and a new confusing subsidies payment which isn't in place yet 3) Correct, that's the point I am trying to highlight, well done. This is all just theory though. Farmers have been through alot worse and family farms tend to just keep going.
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  627. it probably goes to subsidies an inefficient 30 acre EU farmer. But no the EU keep all of it. Northern Ireland no longer get any money from the EU.
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  628. When Boris was primeminister the conservatives were only 5 points behind in the opinion polls, for mid term that is actually very good. They are now 20. Also people dont like unelected leaders becoming primister. They never win. Sticking with Boris was the correct choice.
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  629. if in doubt just pull everyone down!!
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  630. Yes.
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  631. A slight movement to the left is probably the answer and id argue politically the demand exists. But its got to be done in a way that suits the English mentality, you can't just try and change the rules to suit your own needs.
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  632. The EU certainly didn't help with food production, they banned all the useful technologies used to grow food.
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  633.  @emm_arr  Actually they banned a large number of pesticides. We struggle to grow both Oil seed rape and Sugar beet now. They were thriving industries.
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  634. You print 100s of billions of pounds strangely enough prices are going to rise.
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  635. working people also suffered the most in the 2008 crash and had utterly useless left leaning parties, like labour and the Democrats.
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  636.  @thorium222  crazy voters system? The world's most stable, richest and most powerful countries use this voting system. Billions of people use it world wide. Clearly you are "super bright" eh?
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  637.  @thorium222  Good. The PR system is very democratic but doesnt always lead to stability, direction and can often lead to weak governance. Look at Italy now it is a mess and has no way of pushing through the reform it needs. Also look at Germany in the 1930s, it used the PR system. Its goverment couldn't function so the whole country collapsed. This seems to me what this youtuber phil seems to want. Its worrying. At least with fptp a country can quickly reorganise itself and keep moving, something the PR system fails to do.
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  638.  @thorium222  Italy can't leave the EU, it can't reorganise it self and it can't change. That is a terrible place to be. It played someone's else's game and ultimately it paid the price.
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  639.  @thorium222  The usa and Australia are two of the richest, most democratic countries with some of the highest living standards anywhere in the world.
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  640.  @thorium222  The usa and Australia are two of the richest, most democratic countries with some of the highest living standards anywhere in the world.
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  641. Do you think the whole thing is a distraction from something else?
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  642. Well yes, the weak pound has helped our exports. And while we were in the EU the strong pound destroyed our exports and allowed EU products to flood our market place.
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  643. Your infantile view of the world that life is a class room and people should do as they are told like they are school children is actually quite amusing.
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  644. The fixed term parliment was only brought in the year 2010 to stabalise the liberal/conservative coalition. They can arguably be a very dangerous way of doing things. If you have weak goverment who can't pass laws or move the country forward you have to wait a full term before you can get rid of them. Remember Brexit anyone??
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  645. While he was primeminister, you could make the case he prevented ww3. While Germany and France looked the other way, He understood it was better to fight the Russians in Ukraine than on EU and NATO soil.
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  646. you know would be a great start to winning an election? Stop insulting the majority of the electorate.
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  647. no we don't, our country is fluid and we can role with different circumstances. Our system is very clever, stable and has evolved through trial and error over 1000 years.
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  648. England has consistently taken a higher proportion of imigrantion than any other European country. It is only recently Germany has over taken it.
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  649. I hate to point this out but the two largest parties in Northern Ireland are actually euro-sceptic. The DUP and Sein fein. Sein Fein opposed joining the EU, opposed further integration and the Irish wing opposed the Maastricht Treaty.
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  650.  @BDaMonkey  yes, I'm afraid they are. They opposed joining the EU in the 70s and in recent years very much opposed further integration. Being both a socialist and nationalist party why would they want to part of a block of countries ran by the bankers with their sovereignty outsourced to Brussels.
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  651. it's was the PR voting system that saw the rise of the Nazis. It never happened in England, they didn't have a voice. And what happens if no one can come to a agreement? Everthing collapses!! Your democracy is certainly not safe then is it?
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  652.  @Paul-eb4jp  apart from the vaccine rollout and the response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
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  653. ...they've ran out of talent and ideas. Unfortunately Starmer doesn't exactly seem a better prospect. Credit to Sunak he is trying his best.
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  654. this has been going on for nearly two years. The UK public endured lockdowns, social distanced, wore masks and took the vaccine. It was a horrible time and the public have suffered. It is time things moved forward. surely.
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  655. Any sane person will want some manner of comprise. With war with Russia ongoing, a unreliable EU a strong UK is needed on a international stage. That penny has dropped in the USA.
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  656. No it doesn't. The fixed term parliment was only brought in the year 2010 to stabalise the liberal/conservative coalition. They can arguably be a very dangerous way of doing things. If you have weak goverment who can't pass laws or move the country forward you have to wait a full term before you can get rid of them. Remember Brexit anyone??
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  657.  @spitfirehunter4117  what is? That is exactly what happened during Brexit. We had a hung parliament that couldn't pass any laws because no one could agree and because of the fixed term parliment idea we couldn't hold an election to get a new government and house of commons. If I recall we had to pass another law so we could hold an election. It was a mess!!
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  658. Lets not mention the missed cancer diagnoses, increased child suicides and NHS backlogs eh?
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  659. are the people poor? Err no...
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  660. You can find quite readily available information on line that we had to import more forigien gas because it hasn't been particularly windy.
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  661.  @JohnSmall314  ?? Great plan sherlock, building more turbines isn't going to encourage the wind to blow more is it?
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  662. you are aware the covid restrictions you encouraged has led to this cost of living crisis and inflationary pressures don't you? But let's ignore that eh!!
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  663. a bbc report? How many times have they been caught out lying in the last few months?
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  664. All the bars and restaurants are full around greater Manchester, house prices are increasing the average working mans wage is increasing and the majority of people have money to burn. its not to bad out their.
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  665.  @atomiccritter6492  house prices have increased, over 11% from over a year ago. UK households have saved an extra 190 billion during covid, the 2nd highest level on record. Average wages have increased 8.8% (my friend is a lorry driver, she got a £4000 increase over night) I was in the Trafford center yesterday, it was rammed. Bars and restaurants were over flowing. The bigger picture isn't bad.
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  666.  @BigHenFor  A storm is always on the horizon. Christ! I didn't see any homeless people, maybe leave your house and start to live!!
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  667.  @atomiccritter6492  I have just provided with amble stats freely available online and examples from my own life. Yet you are still asking for more "facts". Jesus.
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  668. ....and has thus far has lost every single UK debate he's actually stood behind.
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  669. "it appears you can substitute a Tory for a rebublican" that's how this guy percives it, the reality is actually very different.
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  670. It's probably because it pays more to be on benefits, and it's cheaper to employ a migrant.
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  671.  @YouD0ntSay  Stirling is a 23 month high agaist the Euro.
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  672. The EU are mad. They are perfectly happy for Russia to invade the Ukraine and murder 10s of 1000s and comite genocide and ask for peace. But if the UK wishes to change the law in its own border they view it as a step to far!!
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  673.  @johnrussell3961  ....and you have managed to isolate a very militant important part of Northern Ireland. The unionist vote increased at the last election and hold the majority. You are playing with fire.
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  674.  @johnrussell3961  ....so a sovereign nation isn't allowed to leave the EU without some compromise? The border between the UK and Ireland was working fine for 50 years before we joined.
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  675.  @johnrussell3961  Tony Blair has recently came out and argue against it, even Tony Benn a pro EU remainer has said so. Carl Frampton a Catholic boxer has taken a pop at Biden and his intervention. It can't go on.
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  676.  @johnrussell3961  Ha, Let? You must be joking. We would have to contribute to the budget and sign up to a foreign court without any say in its laws.
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  677.  @johnrussell3961  As much as loathe Tony Blair, one of the few things he got right was the GFA. And he is actually one of the few people that simultaneously understands the Irish, northern Irish, England and the EU. I saw a video of him at PMQs against Cammeron recently. He actually predicted Cammerons actions and ultimately the Brexit consequences (I think this was 2008).
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  678.  @johnrussell3961  Tony Blair has put together an entire paper of suggestions. It's worth a read. He highlights all the problems we have now could of been forseen and the UK government needs to acknowledge that. But he also states the protocol is isolating one of the main communities and the general lack of consent. Its called "Fixing the Northern Ireland Protocol: A Way Forward"
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  679. successive governments are f**ked up our energy supply. Germanys electricy mix only relys on 11% natural gas while the UK its closer to 40%, a large proportion of energy in Germany also comes from Coal. France is 90% nuclear, so doesn't even use gas. We also rely heavily on the free market for gas supply for some reason. But we never maintained the infastructure to store the gas, but nothing to do with Brexit. The graphs shown here are meaningless.
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  680. my council tax has increased, all my bills, food inflation is 17%, wages have barely moved and its still freezing outside. I would suggest you pay more tax as a percentage if your earnings but im guessing you live in your mother's basement or friends spare room.
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  681. Probably because they shoved the legislation through the commons over Christmas (no one knew what the free trade agreement was) without any proper scrutiny and no one had any time to learn and adapt to it.
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  682. is this "the lefts" latest fixation. When their is a nationist majority.
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  683. ​ @emm_arr They're can't make any unfunded spending commitments, France is in a worse position than us And looking at what the left want to do it is completely unfeasible. The banks will destroy them.
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  684. People just won't travel to France. Its actually quite simple.
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  685. I think you are thinking to much. Boris actually follows a similar trend, he makes a very loud noise to make himself look busy but typically he has a tenancy to follow agreements.
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  686. The tax hikes haven't started yet. We only grew 0.1%.
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  687. Do you need to be geographical located next to a country when you are swapping ideas, digital technologies and financial services. Err nooo...
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  688.  @SweSuf  yes, but in the end they are free.
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  689. Starmer actually has more in common with rural voters. They share a similar religion and Starmer pays his taxes. Infact i would say Starmer and his team look like the average person you'd meet at University.
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  690. ​ @sarahgriffiths-p5k  People look for something familiar. I bet it is something Starmer understands. An unelected Hindu billionaire who only pays 20% tax would not typically go down well with the average voter in the shire.
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  691. ​ @sarahgriffiths-p5k  Why is no one voting for him? Arguably, he should have won the leadership contest. He was the best option. In terms of leadership ability, he is a better man than Starmer. Sunak can give a very clear direction. Yet he is not performing in the polls.
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  692. It's the "lefts" relationship with the truth, which is a problem. I used to watch your channel all the time, Phil. And Max, too. You guys just dont come across brilliantly.
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  693. ....Based on your political opinions you should be encouraging her to be leader. No one in their right mind would vote for her.
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  694. I didn't realise the EU had controlled VAT on energy. Good job we left then.
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  695. Well yes, I blame the 2008 crash. Everyone stopped looking outwards and started looking inwards. America followed a similar policy with "America first". First with Trump and then followed by Biden.
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  696. honestly? I thought it was quite nice both sides are at least still talking with one another.
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  697. ...you do realise the labour leader and the majority of labour constituencies voted for Brexit at the time?
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  698. I see you've gone very quiet about the starving and hungry economic migrants slowly dying on the EU border.
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  699. You guys are lying. Food prices are cheaper here than the rest of Europe. "Looking at a range of food and drink, he says UK prices are typically 7% below the EU average - with bread, meat and fish in particular relatively cheap" BBC news May 2023.
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  700. ​ @ADifferentBias  It isn't. the cost of living in Ireland is 21% more expensive.
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  701. ​ @ADifferentBias  "The cost of living in France for a family of four is £2,708.14 without rent, compared to £2,387.68 in the UK" Clear currency 2023
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  702. ​ @ADifferentBias Consumer Prices Including Rent in United Kingdom are 1.3% higher than in France.
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  703. You can't win a argument so you rather pathetically try and bring in people from other countries. Its sad.
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  704. Its a complicated debate. Good health services and schools are important, but if you let the whole private sector collapse than we have no taxes to pay for the good schools and health service. Strikes and lockdowns don't hit the big companies its the small businesses and sole traders.
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  705.  @ADifferentBias  I don't understand what you mean? How is it contributing no taxes? Everyone I know pays tax and alot of it.
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  706. Didn't the Royal family stick Biden near the back during the queen's funeral? Trudeau was near the front.
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  707. Phil you do realise the windsor framework is a Brexit win? You guys wanted to keep the protocol.
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  708. how can you know this? Crops are barely in the ground yet.
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