Comments by "TheEvertw" (@TheEvertw) on "Truth To Power" channel.

  1. "How can the EU punish us if we have taken back control" That is a great piece of logic.
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  2. The amount of mendacity and stupidity that led to Brexit is staggering.
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  3. Brexit is not yet done indeed. The ECB has only just started laying down regulations for the City... It is unacceptable that a non-Euro market remains the EU's financial heart. This will bankrupt the UK. Welcome to the Brexit, Sir! I am sorry.
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  4. Finally calling things by their proper name. Corruption is the core of Brexit, as it was all about avoiding financial scrutiny and tax evasion.
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  5. The old saying goes: "Do not bite the hand that feeds you". The UK not only bit that hand, but tried to rip it apart. Now they need to face the consequences.
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  6. This is to be expected. The Tories got away with blaming the previous Labour government for all problems in the UK even 14 years later, and now Labour is being blamed only 5 days after taking power. Not a word about 14 years of Tory misrule. The biggest ongoing problem in the UK is its media. I am looking forward to Labour regulating them.
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  7. We feel your pain. Please make yourself heard, and find like-minded people with whom you can join forces. If the UK doesn't quickly change its course, things will get MUCH worse, and only loud and insistent protests can achieve that. Hopefully.
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  8. Finally, we get to see the train wreck we have been warning for these last 5 years. Slow in coming, devastating when it starts to hit. But don't be deceived thinking that 2022 will see the worst of Brexit. 2023 will be much worse, and 2024 worse still.
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  9. Great report! Sadly, the queues are here to stay. There is little the government can do about them. Business needs to adjust to the new reality of delays at the border. No more fresh produce, small consignments or just-in-time deliveries between the UK and the EU. That is exactly what they voted for. The so-called majority of Britons should rejoice. Who can blame the government for doing exactly what it meant to do, and what the voters gave it a massive mandate for. What, do I hear angry mutterings? Perhaps you need to do something about your political system or your sources of information...
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  10. We feel your pain. Please make yourself heard, and find like-minded people with whom you can join forces. If the UK doesn't quickly change its course, things will get MUCH worse, and only loud and insistent protests can achieve that. Hopefully.
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  11. There are some things that should be put in law: 1). A ban on headlines that do not reflect the conclusion of the article. 2). A duty to properly reference sources, with a ban on vague references like "many people say". If referencing a group of people, the size of that group must be explicitly stated. The reference must include whether the person has qualifications relevant to the issue. The reader must be enabled to determine the weight of an opinion. 3). No speculation about ongoing police investigations or court trials. 4). No speculation about science. 5). When discussing scientific fact, do not include opinions from people who are not themselves scientists in the field being discussed. ESPECIALLY from politicians.
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  12. ​ @LifesAbe-ach  So please explain what Brexit was meant to be. And some references to official sources would be helpful. Because it does not matter at all what you think Brexit was meant to be, what mattered was what the Brexiteers were planning. But you know as well as I do that the Brexiteers carefully avoided ever defining Brexit. "Brexit means Brexit" comes to mind. This allowed everybody to define Brexit as what they wanted it to mean. That is one of the many ways in which the Brexiteers defrauded the UK. Because in their mind, Brexit meant exactly what we have now. But they knew that would not be acceptable to the majority of people, so they obfuscated their plans. NEVER trust politicians who refuse to specify clearly what their plans actually are. It also show how undemocratic Brexit is. If the Brexiteers had told the public in the run-up to the referendum what it would turn out to be, only perhaps 20% would have voted Leave. As demonstrated by your disgust with how it turned out.
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  13. We must be careful not to blame only the Tories. The UK voters chose brexit, and are fully to blame for ignoring experts and other sane voices warning against it.
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  14. Brexit is one of the greatest cons that have ever duped its marks.
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  15. There should be a law against misleading the public, for all politicians and public servants.
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  16. Britain is making up for failing to deal with its aristocracy in the first half of the 19th century.
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  17. Anyone living in a Tory constituency should do the same. The Tories, collectively, are all responsible for this debacle, and for stopping it RIGHT NOW.
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  18. As they said, "Brexit is Brexit! You won, get over it"
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  19. Excellent presentation! You definitely deserve more subscribers for your excellent analyses.
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  20. ​ @damianbutterworth2434  ECHR has nothing at all to do with the EU. You are automatically part of it when you are member of the Council of Europe. The UK was part of its creation. Perhaps you need to get some real information before you make another @ss of yourself.
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  21. UK economy will continue to under-perform. My estimate is that the trade imbalance and public debt will continue to balloon until the economy can't take it any more. The current trajectory of the UK will lead to an Argentina-like situation.
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  22. They share in the blame, for not being more vocal in attacking the obvious lies of Brexit. Brexit happened only because of feeble opposition. For example, Corbyn had Bozo by the crown jewels, but then let go because he thought he could win the 2019 election. The cancer that is Brexit has been growing for decades, and it was allowed to grow and fester by all those who just shrugged their shoulders. So, while I do pity them, they are at least partially responsible. Now they have to pay the price.
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  23. ​ @garyt123  "EU would allow the UK to rejoin" I agree. Sometime near 2045 would be a realistic date for renewed full membership of the EU. Provisional membership of the SM & CU should be possible by 2026 depending on political developments -- the famous "Norway" deal. But the UK (England, by that time) will never again have the power & influence it used to have before Brexit, nor the exceptions that it used to have. They will pay their fair share and will join the Euro, for instance.
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  24. While the long list of Tory failures is a bit tedious, it is important for people to know what type of people they are. NEVER TRUST A TORY.
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  25. "No, we are not rejoining in any form" Which is the absolute truth. There is NO WAY that a Starmer-led UK could in any way rejoin the EU in the next 5 years. So why criticise Starmer for telling the truth? Do not expect Rejoining to become a political issues until polls are consistently above 60% in favour of it. At this time, only a little bit of right-wing propaganda would swing that percentage again, just like it did in 2016.
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  26. You mean those formerly Red Wall areas that helped Bozo get his monstrous majority? They knew what they voted for, so I feel no pity for them...
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  27. DEFINITELY! As it stands, I am worried England may use violence to suppress the Scotish Independence movement. If they wait a few more years, they will definitely do that. Get out while you can!
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  28. The EU works under the principle "The more, the merrier". Having England rejoin would make the EU more powerful and would increase opportunities for everybody. Those are two powerful arguments in favour. The EU only imposes practical requirements before rejoining, like having a sound democracy, strong Rule of Law and a transparent and fair financial system. It will be some time before England meets those requirements....
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  29. There are some great plots that show economic records of subsequent Tory and Labour governments. Tories invariably lead to recession, Labour invariably turns it around.
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  30. ​ @Lucretia9000  Has that law been properly passed & ratified then? But regardless, the government will be very lucky if the coming demonstrations will just be mere "annoyances". It will soon come to the point that life in prison is better than outside, for many...
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  31. I think you are a bit optimistic on the chances of rejoining the EU as a full member. Massive reform will be needed in your political system, your laws and regulations, your monetary system, and your economic system that will be VERY painful to the ruling classes. Only after the EU is assured of your absolute commitment to the ideals and principles of the EU, by seeing you reform, will it even consider an application. And you will definitely NOT receive the same privileges you used to have. Those days are over. My guess is that it will take 25 years to see the UK back as member. Your betrayal of the EU has been seen, felt and acknowledged. It will take considerable effort on your side to regain our trust. Don't expect our sympathy after they way you have smeared us, and continue to smear us daily. First you need to discover how harsh life is after your betrayal. And don't for a second think we are being vindictive. You have decided to leave our house, so leave you shall. We shall be fair to you, even patient. But we have no obligations to you.
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  32. The biggest problem in the UK is not even the lack of drivers, but that a whole lot of transportation businesses have become non-viable. So in spite of all government efforts (???) there will soon be less drivers on the roads, not more.
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  33. I hope this new bunch of clowns is as funny as the previous one!
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  34. I fear the next election may already be rigged in favour of the Tories. Rigged even more than the 2019 one, that is. No, 2019 was THE crucial election, and they voted for a narcissist known for his loose relation with the truth, because he made promises any child could see were impossible to keep. The damage the Tories already have done can not be repaired in a single sitting of parliament. The Tories would just put the blame on Labour and regain power in 2027, never to let go again -- until there is a proper revolution. . You need massive constitutional reform, and only a true disaster can make that happen. I expect the economy will just continue to implode until that happens.
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  35. I'd say it is time to leave the country, mate. Looks like during the coming decade it will not be nice to live in the UK, and unless a miracle occurs it will take at least that long for things to improve again. You can continue your work better from abroad -- unless you fancy becoming a figurehead like Mandela.
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  36. It will be some time before England is allowed back in the EU as a full member. Membership to the SM & CU will be possible IF there are sufficient safeguards against future Tory malfeasance (or whatever party rises up out of its ashes).
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  37. The amount of lies in the Brexiteer add is shocking. They should be imprisoned for fraud and malfeasance.
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  38. Immigration is not a problem for the UK. But it is a convenient red herring to take attention from the things that are really important.
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  39. That is because these right-wing extremists always accuse others of things they themselves are doing. They are not creative enough to imagine new crimes / outrages, and if they were, they'd go "Hey, that sounds like a good idea, let's do that!"
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  40. ​ @piccalillipit9211  "determined to go out on one last high" Well put. I have some hopes that the sane half of Britain will now discover the power it has, as most other European nations discovered two centuries ago. And discover along the way that those Gammons who intimidate everybody are, in fact, a (hopefully small) minority.
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  41. Britons can no longer entertain logical thoughts about Brexit. It has been so thoroughly propagandized that people let emotions reign about it. And there are still a whole host of Russian-directed social media accounts waiting to press people's emotional buttons whenever Brexit is discussed. Labour is wise to stay far away from it. It can become an issue again when the British people, media and politicians are all ready to accept it was a con.
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  42. "Working as planned" That is easy if you plan for nothing.
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  43. The Tory idea of government is limited to them and their friends stuffing their pockets. That is what they mean with "small government".
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  44. Project Fear Hear Here!
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  45. Truss is a disgusting excuse for a human. Henry Ford (for all his faults) already discovered how paying good wages turns bad workers into great workers. And as they say, it is a bad carpenter who blames his tools. How long will it be before the UK people cleanse themselves off decades of extreme right-wing propaganda?
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  46.  @rehurekj  The usual approach to curbing Parliament is a 2nd house that is elected on a different schedule as the first.
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  47. Investing heavily in the "gateway to Europe" then to have your investment made worthless. That is what you get for trusting a Tory. This will have long-term consequences: potential investors take note of such betrayal.
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  48. I think it was wise of Labour to not be vocal while there was nothing they could have done. But right now, the time has come to organise some serious protests, and Labour should take the lead. They should also vehemently attack the Tory lies.
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  49. The EU, however, will get Brexit done. New EU regulations for financial firms will be the undoing of the UK. The EU doesn't care if it is disruptive or not, Brexit is Brexit after all.
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  50. There really must be a law against members of the government lying to the public. It is absurd to expect Parliament to hold them to the truth, if the opposition can't even point out a lie during a debate without being removed.
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  51. Brexiteer assertions that the EU was undemocratic, only showed their ignorance. The EU is much more democratic than the UK, with no un-elected MEPs.
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  52. Ah, so they polluted the streams to get rid of the otters! That will work.
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  53. I saw it on Twitter, that the UK had re-joined Horizons. I had to look twice. That is a massive change of policy, to subject the UK to all these EU program regulations without any say in the matter. But it was necessary to save UK scientific research.
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  54.  @ausbrum  Neo-capitalism has made all those books by the likes of Dickens very relevant today...
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  55. Exactly. The current plight of England is due in no small part to the behaviour of Labour, and its ineffectiveness at communications. But, they are certainly not the only to blame. Anyone in the UK with a computer, camera and microphone can start broadcasting political messages. Like this fellow is doing here.
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  56. ​ @MazzaEliLi7406  Fuck PMQ's. As long as the PM is allowed to lie and gets away without answering questions, that is only a bit of theater. Labour should make itself heard. It should be expert at that. But as it is, an amateur like Phil Moorhouse has many times the subscriptions and views Labour has. Ffs, Labour could subsidize a run of Spitting Image episodes, or something like that. Get out there and make some news!
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  57. As long as Parliament agrees with it, anything goes it seems. Which why it is sooo important to have a judiciary that can check them.
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  58. "underdeveloped democracy" There you hit the nail on the head. Democracy more-or-less worked in the UK, though its government has for long followed policies that are not supported by the majority of voters, but the Johnson regime has unveiled just how vulnerable UK democracy is. You absolutely NEED: * PR, severing the hard link between MP's and a group of voters (which makes them subject to blackmail). * A written constitution affirming the sovereignty of Parliament, formally separating it from the government and subjecting the government firmly to the Rule of Law. MP's should not be part of the government. * Outlawing any form of persuasion on MP's (whips).
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  59. I could draw parallels to the Roman elite celebrating while Rome burns. But I think the sad truth is that the Tories and their donors are robbing the UK blind, and will continue to do so until they are stopped.
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  60. Farmers don't loose jobs. They loose their land. And then they will have the mortification to see their sons work as hired hands for minimum wages on the land their fathers used to own, sometimes for centuries.
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  61. Personally, I think this is not all bad. It means that most likely, the next GE will not be a free one, and that the Tories will remain in power after 2024. That means that they will be the only ones responsible for the continued collapse of the UK. For me, a worst-case scenario would be that Labour wins the next GE, gets blamed for the Brexit fall-out, to have Tories back in power after them without any reform in the UK. But now it is overwhelmingly clear that the UK is no longer a democracy, and who are to blame for that. It is obvious that reform is necessary, and it will happen at the earliest opportunity. My advice to Labour would be to boycott Parliament, like Sinn Fein does. Start as soon as the new session of Parliament starts. It is no use continuing to play along with the Tory's game. The UK is no longer a democracy, and Labour needs to act accordingly.
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  62. Exactly. And once those companies have gone under, it will take a long time and a lot of effort to rebuild the network. It is extremely vexing. But the Gammons need to finish their course at the University of Hard Knocks, and the other UK citizens need to learn how to protest and keep a rogue government in check.
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  63. Curious how the Brexitards, when they think "it was all better in the past", don't pause to consider when the slide downwards of the UK started. It was not when it joined the EU, but when the Tories started austerity.
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  64. Brexit remains an amazing experiment: how much abuse will the Brits accept until they take action? I can guarantee you that had this happened in e.g. France there would now be intense strikes and protests until the government fell.
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  65. "Not on NI, Not on Scotland" Indeed! These were taken out of the EU against the will of the majority. The English can boil in their xenophobic stupidity, will be a good lesson for them. "Rule taker" Anyone who thought the UK could on its own dictate any rule to any nation on the earth needs to have a few good sessions with a psychiatrist, if not involuntary admittance to an institution. Brexit was always going to turn the UK into a rule taker.
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  66. I would say "How the Mighty have Fallen".
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  67. Before rejoining, severe reform will be required in the UK. It currently fails the criteria for a democracy with the Rule of Law.
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  68. ​ @0cypher0  "conditions for rejoining" AND political reform to make it a real democracy: no unelected house of Lords, proportional representation and more power for Parliament -- like the right to determine its own agenda, the right for the opposition to inject debates with a sufficient number of signees, etc.
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  69. They knew what they voted for! In a year or three, the City will be gutted by new EU regulations that require that the backing for Euro transactions by clearing houses be kept in the Euro zone. That will be a permanent loss to the UK. It will never again regain its status as financial heart of the EU. And as the City made 70% of the UK's income, that will be a very tough pill to swallow, requiring a massive shift in the UK economy. Images of the band playing on in the Titanic come to mind.
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  70. "we don't change the long term outlook" yeah, right. There is no reason to believe those long term effects have not been underestimated either.
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  71. Accusing the other party of violence is a dog whistle for their own to retaliate. I wouldn't be surprised if we get to see a Tory equivalent of the brown shirts terrorizing the streets with full governmental backing...
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  72. Excellent points. The problem is that it is extremely difficult to reach people who are both extremely distrustful and prefer magical thinking. Sadly, I don't think there is a solution except to curb organisations that actively spread misinformation. They are dangerous, and as it turns out, organised and out to destroy democracy.
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  73. Brexit made it harder to move to the EU, but certainly not impossible. Just apply for a job, then arrange for a work permit. Have a talk with the Consulate of a country of choice, they will explain the procedure. <insert shameless plug for the Netherlands>
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  74. Personally, I think the decline will accelerate, until the UK economy hits hyper-inflation. After that, all bets are off. There is no stopping it, except perhaps massive and prolonged demonstrations like the ones that toppled communism. But be prepared to see the government to go full-on authoritarian rule. Then you'd better pray the military and police forces have some decency left.
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  75. Having a Corruption Champion in a government is an admission of guilt. Corruption needs to be addressed in the courts, exactly as the GLP is doing.
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  76. ​ @seamuspadraigsanders431  So now Tories are blaming Labour for the world-wide financial crisis due to the American sub-prime market? And as far as I know, in 1996 John Major was PM, and he was/is a Tory, wasn't he? Took over from Thatcher, he did. So 1996 was after a full 17 years of Tory rule. And you want to blame Labour for that? Right...
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  77. I do not understand why you, and everybody else, repeats this "Johnson can only be removed through a no-confidence vote inside the Tory party. Surely Parliament itself has power to remove the government? Parliament is Sovereign! I know that in my country, Johnson would have been dismissed a LOOOOONG time ago for his shenanigans.
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  78. This is an excellent and horrifying list of the evil being done in the UK right now. Just the law giving Parliament the right to overrule the courts is enough to have officially become a dictatorship. Who would imagine that the nation of the Magna Carta would one day officially end the Rule of Law. A government that places itself above the Law, has no legitimacy.
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  79. ​ @briane5706  Think so? If so, that has nothing at all to do with the law or the police, but ONLY with the spine-less sheeple that deserve to live in bankrupt plague island. It is time to show if they deserve a better government or not. One that does not rob them.
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  80.  @romanjimenezgil  By saying goodbye to the EU, the UK said goodbye to their old privileges. When they want to rejoin, they will have to show their good intentions by signing on to the whole deal. No more exceptions for England. That means bye-bye pound (not that it will be worth anything by that time).
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  81. "Antropomorphic EU" Excellent point! Gammon understanding of the EU is limited to cartoons and one-liners.
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  82. Brexit has degraded Britain from being one of the most powerful rule-makers in the world, to a lowly rule-taker. Enjoy your sov-rain tea!
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  83. Letting convicts butcher meat & drive lorries with cargos of millions. What could go wrong?
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  84. Brexit is shaping up to become a massive fight between the rich and the workers, for cost-of-living wages. In the end, the workers will loose as more and more companies go bankrupt, I am sad to say. The rich hold all the cards... Workers will work harder than ever for wages that only just keep them from starving. It is back to the 19th century for England! But then, you knew what you voted for, eh? So don't mind if I will give you a huge "Told you so" when Brexit has lost its shine and the unicorns turned out to be donkeys with female appliances tied to their heads.
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  85. Fully agree that Bozo and Frosty need to be in jail for lying about the consequences of Brexit before the referendum.
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  86. Great video. Now that the clown is in office, it will be hard to get him out again. However, I do believe it must be done. Even though most Tory front-benchers will follow similar policies, they have not (yet) shown the ruthlessness needed to become a true dictator. Bozo has.
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  87. Bozo has no honour.
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  88. I like Democrature, and I will use it until at least my spell checker recognises it...
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  89. Putin's problem is that these former satelites don't WANT to have Russia restored to its old glory. Decades of violent oppression (with millions of casualties) and economic abuse might have something to do with that.
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  90. Brexit was a power grab by the most wealthy to better extort the lower classes. But they knew what they voted for...
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  91. This is the core of what is wrong in England. Dirty money influencing politicians.
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  92.  @stewie7338  I purposefully only included things that can be quickly and objectively determined by anyone. In fact, all citizens should know these principles.
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  93. What, counting a movement of capital as export? That is some creative bookkeeping that could land an accountant in jail.
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  94. It is absolutely RIDICULOUS that drivers make no pay during delays that are not their responsibility. No wonder they are not willing to cross the channel.
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  95. Well done keep track of this slow-motion train-wreck. Bit by bit, the light will shine through the fog and murk spread by the Tory liars.
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  96. Fully agree that Dim Lizzy would be a terrible PM. So far, I have only seen her utter nonsense with the blank impression of someone who takes herself far too seriously. But hey, Bozo has done such wrong that he needs to be removed from office post haste. If Lizzy wants to take over the job, welcome to it.
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  97.  @gloin10  And, there were nasty consequences for failure in those days...
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  98. My expectation is that Brexit will so drive England into the ground, that at some point voters will blame the Tories (and rightly so). That will be the end of the Tory party. Also, as the economy crashes, at some point they will ask to be re-admitted to the Single Market. The EU will hold England to the convergence criteria including a robust democracy -- which would require reform like a proper Constitution, Proportional Representation and a fully-elected High House (currently the unelected House of Lords). That would be the end of the single-party system.
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  99. Convincing a population that the "others" are out to get you, is the age old trick used by populists to hoodwink a nation. Keep 'm angry, keep 'm stupid, and they will vote for you. There is a reason we call these people Brexitards.
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  100. You have to wonder why a pro-sovraintea paper like the Express decries nations exercising their sovereignty. Even if the EU acted out of spite (which they didn't), they have every right to.
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  101. I don't hear "You lost get over it" much anymore. I hear "You won, get over it" or "You knew what you were voting for" much more often.
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  102. I find the marginalisation of the Courts the worst of these attacks on Democracy. The Rule of Law is a fundamental part of civilization, far, far older than democracy. But now the Tory government has placed itself above the Law -- as long as their MPs don't disagree. It now has the right to outright ignore court rulings for up to a year. It also makes it impossible for the Courts to challenge any further anti-democratic laws. For instance, with this law, the government can just ignore the statutory limits to how long a parliament can sit. They can just introduce a law that says the next election will be in 2035. There is no way to stop them if they do. Even were the HoL to vote the bill down, the government could just sign it into law anyway.
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  103. Tories have been doing political hit jobs for ever, with the full assistance of their client media and the police. How is that investigation that cost Nicola Sturgeon her job going? Ever going to press charges? No I think not. Because the goal has already been achieved. Voilà, the police being complicit in a political prosecution.
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  104. Brexit means many now having posh desk jobs will need to get their hands dirty doing real work. Driving Lorries, picking fruit & vegs, butchering pigs. Mommy EU ain't gonna do it for you, you are a big boy now. It is a shame there is a delay before firms actually go bankrupt, otherwise there would be a larger supply of bodies.
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  105. Brits are repeating the social experiments of the 19th century. With predictable results. The thing I refuse to understand is how the media convinced the plebs to actually want it this way.
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  106. This is what Brexit was all about: getting rid of the regulations the EU imposed for the sake of the People and the Environment. We warned about it, that Brexit was all about leveling down. But no, that was project Fear... Project Fear is Here!
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  107. The UK is heading for a single-party tyranny. -- Until England asks for a bail-out from the IMF.
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  108.  @seamuspadraigsanders431  The banks were de-regulated by Thatcher in the eighties. Brown could perhaps have done more to regulate banks and prevent the crisis, but he most certainly didn't cause it.
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  109. ​ @seamuspadraigsanders431  That is how ministers are supposed to act, because ministers are politically responsible for what the ministry does and has done, even if it happened under their predecessors. Their duty is to report any misdeeds to Parliament before they become known outside the ministry, and do their utmost to repair them. Even if it is only clear in hindsight that something was wrong. I have seen ministers resign over the acts of their predecessors, in other nations. The fact that Tory ministers get away with blaming others for failings at the ministry is one of the more disgusting elements of UK politics. So, a question for you: how are regulations doing under the current crop of Tories? Is there another time-bomb with a lit fuse, waiting to scupper another Labour government? I can see several: Brexit, the environment, NHS, housing, etc, etc, etc. The school building time-bomb went off a little bit too soon, I am sure the Tories regret that. Not that the school buildings are collapsing per se, but that they are collapsing one year too soon. Tories ALWAYS wreak the country, and then complain that Labour is not quick enough in repairing the damage. Filth, that is what they are.
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  110. Work is being done, and expected to be completed by 2024. Then a LOT of money will suddenly move from London to the EU, leaving the UK destitute.
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  111. That Gammon-colored windbag thinks there is no more space in the UK. He should have a look in the Netherlands, where we are preparing to receive tens of thousands of Ukrainians, and where some people need to wait a decade before they can get their own flat. But we know that he is just making the argument up, because the real reason is that he is paid to hate the Ukrainians and care for the Oligarchs.
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  112. The Tories have betrayed the nation.
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  113. Blame the EU!
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  114.  @davidharris5736  Queues are a fact of life now for the UK-EU border. There is a lot of theory on how large your handling capacity needs to be to keep queues to a certain level, and it is LOT more than can reasonably be implemented.
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  115.  @hypsyzygy506  Serves those stupid Kentish Brexitards right! Sunny uplands means welcome to the world's largest lorry park!
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  116. "despite the Beatles" That may be a true Brexit dividend: the situations causes so much pain, frustration and anger that some excellent musicians are sure to stand up.
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  117. ​ @TruthToPower  "that's what we on the left must do too" Make that "We on the left, center and center-right must do too". Due to the first-past-the-post system in the UK, the opposition is always fighting on the back foot. Splitting the opposition vote is what cost you the 2019 election.
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  118.  @chichestermaritime8174  Demockracy?
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  119. @François Pignon Nah. Just good mechanisms to keep them in line. With the ECJ presiding, of course.
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  120. There are massive vacancies in the EU for most lines of work, so you could just look for a job and get a work permit.
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  121. Somehow these idiots forgot that the buyer is king, not the seller. Putin made the same mistake when he thought Europe would not interfere with his plans because of his gas supplies.
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  122. Before rejoining, the UK must demonstrate it has learned its lesson. It must have: * Adopted Proportional Representation. * Banned or bankrupted the billionaire media responsible for Brexit. * Restored the Rule of Law, where the Government is ALWAYS subjected to the Law. * Fired the top of the BBC and the BBC newsroom, and most of the editors therein.
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  123. Considering how many pigs are being destroyed, let people drive to the countryside and get their own, personal pigs!
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  124.  @stewie7338  If you believe science is not challenged, you know nothing about science. Science subjects itself to BRUTAL challenges. Science has one purpose, the discovery of facts & truth, and needs no government oversight, thank you very much. Science and politics do not mix. Same as for Justice and politics. Justice is also an organisation seeking to establish truth, and must have no political interference. But if you believe that Johnny who does some "research" googling and makes Youtubes in his bedroom is "challenging science", you again have no idea what science is. ANYONE is free to challenge established science using the scientific channels. Those who refuse to use the proper channels know they will be taken apart by true scientists, and instead prey on the ignorant. Remember, science and the scientific method is a LOT older than our democracy, and has managed to deal with corruption a lot better than politics. In fact, science has played a big role in establishing democracy.
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  125. In Victorian times, the English led the way with sewage systems in response to the Great Stink. Now the Tories are quickly returning the nation to 1858 -- undoing all progress since then.
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  126. Truth to Power chastising Labour for minding pressure groups instead of The People and the mess the Tories are making: Hurrah!
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  127. As a foreigner, I find brexit not bemusing but rather shocking. Brexitards indeed. No one in their right mind would vote for brexit. They had much more sovereign power while the most influential member of the EU than as little England.
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  128.  @gloin10  As the Romans already said, to govern is to look ahead. The Tory ideal of small government is a government that does nothing -- except stuff the its pockets and those of its friends.
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  129. ​ @anpj2006  There is only so much you can do with propaganda. At some point, the citizens will just lash out against the government, because they have no more options. I know, because that is exactly what happened with the Eastern Block, and they can teach the Complicit Media a thing or two on propaganda. Propaganda works as long as bellies are full. When bellies get empty, the only thing that will keep a government in power is violent repression like what happens in North Korea. Let's pray to God that the English will not do that.
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  130. What irritates me about brexitards is how it is all about "winning" for them, but the only thing they have won is a bunch of empty promises and lies. And when we try to point that out they claim we are sore losers.
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