Comments by "Roger Bennett" (@rogerbennett9641) on "Channel 4 News" channel.

  1. No reason it shouldn't be is there?
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  2. Moron.
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  3. You're having a laugh.
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  4. SuperAp the masses think ignorance is bliss, it's the EU's most powerful weapon.
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  5.  @erzan  Take a break in Italy or Spain you'll find many agree with you.
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  6. 666VICKING1 Excellent post if the EU wants to create a hard border they will have blood on their hands. If they want to help create a workable solution they could. ROI have to do what they consider is best for themselves.
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  7.  uildanach2010  If the Irish economy is doing so great how come N Ireland doesn't do more of it's trade there than in the UK.
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  8. We all live in a yellow submarine, China waves the rules.
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  9. Britain rules the waves.
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  10. Any country gaining independence may face difficult times if you don't think it's worth it I suggest you find somewhere you think will give you the life you desire.
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  11. Liam Fox mistakenly assumed that the EU would negotiate to provide the best deal for the 27 countries, it could be an easy deal for the benefit of all but that is not the way the EU operates, as long as the cossetted elite think they're safe everyone once else must just manage as best they can. Empires aren't created by people who behave reasonably so it might come down to who can be the most unreasonable, might be time to use what we learned when we had an empire and stop kidding ourselves things are really that different today.
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  12. Melvin why do you feel strongly about Brexit? Is it because you do not really understand the reason for it. I think it's cause is to do with us being an Island race comfortable in our own skin with an interesting history that shows us to have been a positive force in the world. We no longer seek to dominate other countries or have much interest in pursuing ideological goals other than a majority in favour of democratic capitalism. We enjoy other cultures but do not wish to amalgamate with them as this would in my opinion destroy diversity. This is one of the big drawbacks with multiculturalism IMO the other being that it is not compatible with human nature.
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  13. Say a prayer for the EU.
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  14. It's great to know there will be no ill effects for the EU after we leave, kinder makes you wonder why we were such a big contributor to their budget. It really does ease my conscience to know I don't have to feel guilty.
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  15. No one should expect the EU to work against it's own interests, but what it considers it's interests to be and who benefits and by how much should be clearer. As should it's order of priorities, if all these topics were more openly discussed and major issues agreed on a country by country basis with referendums to gauge public opinion and determine policy there might be less dissent. We will observe from the outside with interest and cooperate where it is in our interest.
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  16. Depends on your view of what this nation is, respect the terrorists.
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  17.  @angeladallimore8079  And your point is?
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  18.  @culturaypasion  Understanding politicians motivations requires in depth expert investigation and analysis with access that is rarely available, it is part of their job description to prevent such a thing. The only example of such a revelation I can think of is the Frost interview with Nixon but I don't remember the details too well.
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  19.  @culturaypasion  You want to change the world? good luck with that! The experts say technically bumble bees should not be able to fly, what's that? Oh it's a flying bumble bee. The level of corruption in our parliamentary system is deplorable but is less than in most and at least offers the opportunity for anyone to take part, it will never be erased. The best we can hope for is to expose it to the public and reduce it as much possible. Having an intelligent opposition to the Tories rather than weak minded ideological hypocrites would help.
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  20.  @culturaypasion  France and Russia had their revolutions and they're no better off than us, our democracy serves us as well as any other form of government in any developed economy. Get a million people together and you would have thousands of unique opinions on what needs to be changed, if you're intelligent and questioning enough, age broadens your perspective to know that human societies evolve at their own pace and that is generally slow and unpredictable. You can't take the human out of humans so no system will ever be perfect.
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  21. Is Jersey in the EU?
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  22.  @geoffhoward2171  That is true because their propaganda is spread far and wide.
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  23.  @tarsiusbancanus5279  Me neither.
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  24.  @docwhat8370  I think he might at that, definitely superior to Corbyn.
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  25.  @Wichnam  Good to know as you're probably paying for his efforts through your taxes.
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  26.  @Wichnam  If your taxes are not for the British then that would be symptomatic of the cause of some of the UK's current problems, if they are you would have no choice of whether a dime or a Dollar and you're obviously much older than 3 yrs of age, at least chronologically speaking.
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  27.  @Wichnam  I'ts what he was born for that's what's so wrong and so right about this country unfortunately humans have barely changed for over a thousand years so until we have and are ready to put our future in the hands of A I we need leaders with chutzpah.
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  28.  @muhammadomer7495  As long as the majority are ok with the legal definitions of which crimes warrant a death sentence then it must be right. Democracy is king as far as I'm concerned.
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  29.  @muhammadomer7495  There will always be people prepared to kill, public executions cause people to be more inclined to violence. The best execution IMO is by injections, one to anaesthatise followed by a second to end life. It may be beneficial for executions to be televised but I'm not sure yet, it needs debating.
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  30.  @muhammadomer7495  All evidence should be considered and examined in the round, decisions cannot be properly made by people with closed minds.
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  31.  @muhammadomer7495  Yes and even more concrete evidence such as selfies of people committing murders and eye witnesses, personally I do not see the case for not having capital punishment as I believe neither do a large majority of the people.
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  32.  @boxingmonkey2450  Nice analogy except that the reason for Egypt's downfall is exactly what Brexit will avoid, if it doesn't we will certainly be in for an interesting few years.
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  33.  @tonyhendrix8075  And your point is? I thought everyone new the Brexit party is a pressure group for changing the ideology of government to make this country independent once again and hopefully the rest of Europe will see sense and follow our lead. Everyone needs boundaries that's why globalism will fail.
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  34.  @andrew30m  The way globalism operates today will change, it's not sustainable. There is no chance of stopping climate change if we continue with the current ideology.
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  35.  @andrew30m  Any change that currently requires unanimous or qualified unanimous EU votes, trade deals, laws, etc etc the list is pretty much endless
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  36.  @andrew30m  We will do a trade with the US then and stay in the EU no problem, but I'd rather not pay into a club that doesn't make public it's financial accounts.
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  37.  @tonyhendrix8075  What's the obsession with the Brexit party, I have never voted for the Brexit party and haven't read their manifesto. Are you saying they don't have one? You thinking Britain will be an Empire again shows your thinking to be in tune with the EU project and strikes me as a bit passe, Scotland and Ireland will do what they consider to be in their best interests and suffer the consequences if they make poor choices as Greece, Spain and Italian people are finding out. Fortunately the Presidents and their establishment are not suffering the same way they are just trying to keep their gravy train rolling.
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  38.  @tonyhendrix8075  No, that's why we don't belong in the EU.
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  39. MissKimSinger Go and research Venezuela come back when you can explain how they got to their present situation and then tell me how we will benefit from Labours manifesto.
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  40. Mike Burden hahaha! You haven't got a clue have you, people who are spoon fed all their lives and told what to do do not create the wealth and innovation that makes societies prosper. Why do you think the richest 1% are paying 75% of tax income when they could just transfer their money to a tax haven sit back and laugh at people like you. The state of the NHS today is a disgrace thanks Blair nothing to show for all the money he threw at it apart from a bloated administration that has got no interest in cutting waste and an over reliance on foreigners due to his disastrous policies on education with emphasis on uni for everyone and devaluing the people who really make society work.
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  41. Something did happen we had a current account surplus for a couple of quarters even after paying the interest on the trillion debt we have. What's your solution to the problem? Borrow some more money.
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  42. Yeh i've been saving my money for my old age.
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  43. Despot is that the sort of person who says public schools are bad but as soon as they can afford to sends their kids there, or says grammar schools are bad but sends their kids there if they can.
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  44. How can people be so blind to think that the world and people have really changed over the last thousand years never mind the last century. Scratch beneath the veneer of civilisation and you will know different, once peoples basic needs and expectations are passed over to satisfy the ideals of the elites their behaviour can be easily directed to destruction and revolution. The only way of preventing this for a limited period is by creating a system similar to that of Orwell's described in the novel 1984, I think Romania and the USSR came very close or actually managed to achieve this and maybe North Korea and China. Romania and USSR were overthrown and N.K. and China are changing the EU is attempting to create a system proven to be a failure.
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  45. It's still good, it's still good look it's still good awe, arrgh, awe, dur.
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  46. When looking at history with narrow selective vision driven by emotion to satisfy the prejudices and agendas of the current gutless pampered pseudo intellectual no platforming wanna be's unable to debate issues with people of experience with a different view you learn nothing and create chaos if given the opportunity. IMHO That includes all you British Empire haters.
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  47. Hitlers vision of the future was avoided by people of a different attitude prepared to defy the odds and go against the flow of events, you think your vision of the future is unavoidable as did Hitler. The kaliedoscope of ideas and opinions I would say remain static in their make up in regard to politics and human organisation but appear different to people who have not yet seen the full display.
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  48. Laurence is happy in the EU empire for now or maybe forever, if it survives he can move to one of the EU colonies, which one makes no difference because their governments have no authority and their people have no say in the running of their countries.
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  49. The EU is the same as a religious cult it requires it's followers to ignore reality as in Orwells 1984, the parallels are astounding
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  50. So many contradictions in your emotion driven precise of the UK outside the EU, you talked about an unavoidable future yet based your critique on history that you think will repeat itself. The world is more complex and advanced than you seem to think and is advancing ever faster, the EU empire is founded on ideas that are incompatible with todays globalalised techno driven world. We do need close cooperation and multi lateral agreements with our European neighbours for our mutual benefit, isolationism is as unsuitable as empire for modern economies to thrive. People do not define themselves or base their identity on anything, they are the product of their environment, culture, education and experience. Your opinion that it's a dog eat dog world is accurate enough it's just that the EU is not the answer, by trying to force diverse cultures into homogeneous states you are working against human nature. There is nothing wrong with the ideology it's humanity that is the problem and the sooner this is realised the sooner progress will commence. Democracy is the only system that is acceptable in an advanced society and only works where there is sufficient commonality amongst it's paticipants in my opinion. If I am correct there could be some worrying times ahead for Turkey.
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