Comments by "Roger Bennett" (@rogerbennett9641) on "Ken Clarke: The ERG is 'incompetent'" video.

What does Ken do to that shows how smart he is?
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@Tridhos Interesting comparison, being born to wealth is not always an advantage in driving ambition. Could be that Clarke is protecting his own interests by supporting an environment in which he has prospered and also he has never run for leadership as far as I can recall. Mogg is an oddity but I agree with his views on Europe and he has not reduced his families wealth has he?
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@raybo64 Let's have another vote or two , we could have one on how much we can afford to spend on Shami Begum to be able to keep her safe and living in the circumstances to which she has become accustomed.
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And your point is? Your too smart too have anything relevant to say?
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@BodyGuardOfLies1 Without doubt the ultimate cost of remaining is unconscionable.
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@johnkonwiarz7293 Because the majority of people are sheep and largest weight of money is backing remain it makes the decision even more valid.
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The UK doesn't need a house of commons now we are an EU state.
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@BodyGuardOfLies1 Quite.
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@garyreynolds5733 That would be in a minimum of 2 years time then, yes?
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@garyreynolds5733 Seems odd to me how so many remainers try to deny the ultimate goal of the EU is to be an undemocratic European super state whenever it's pointed out.
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@heliotropezzz333 How well did he run them or did the civil servants run them, what revolutionary changes did he introduce or lasting effects did he have.
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@danielrobertson8866 Why is politics such a sideshow.
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@heliotropezzz333 Apart from his views on Europe Clarke seems an affable character who has generally taken the right line, but not a ''great man'' of the likes of Thatcher or Churchill, a bit lacking in vision and or ambition maybe.
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I guess politics needs men like Clarke as much as anyone I think he is more honest than many just out of touch with his country on Europe.
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@heliotropezzz333 I agree we don't need another Churchill in todays world I don't think he would be able to adapt but I disagree about Thatcher I think history views her harshly because her policies were not modified and carried through to benefit the nation they were left to run and be abused as circumstances allowed while following governments concentrated on selling out the country to Europe and Blair used the country to benefit himself without concern for the cost to us.
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@heliotropezzz333 She only ever cared about benefiting people she identified with, industrious people who earned their money and seekers of personal improvement. Her right to buy policy benefited many working class people, if later governments had sold council houses leasehold with a clause preventing the houses being let it would have killed the buy to let cause of a lack of affordable housing. The largely catastrophic privatisations were the result of failures in implementation designed to benefit the holders of financial power by the holders of financial power, which does not mean the policy was wrong. Capitalism needs intelligent oversight and harsh penalties for financial crimes of the kind would be criminals understand and fear such as the recovery of all assets held by the perpetrators by the state. I can't see a problem with freeing finances for global benefit it's the job of government to manage countries to benefit their people and business will do as it is allowed. The problem of the Eurozone is just another example of politicians ambitions exceeding their ability, they created the huge problem they have and don't seem to have a workable plan to put it right just fingers crossed and kick the can. Time to wake up and smell the coffee Europe needs united countries not the EU, not as it is now anyway maybe a Mk2 sometime in the future after some of it's countries naturally coalesce.
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@clancywiggam That is no guarantee of reaching the right conclusions, many things that appear reasonable produce unacceptable effects.
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