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

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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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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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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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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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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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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The UK is heading for a single-party tyranny. -- Until England asks for a bail-out from the IMF.
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@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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@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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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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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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The Tories have betrayed the nation.
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Blame the EU!
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@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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@hypsyzygy506 Serves those stupid Kentish Brexitards right! Sunny uplands means welcome to the world's largest lorry park!
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"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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@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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@chichestermaritime8174 Demockracy?
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@François Pignon Nah. Just good mechanisms to keep them in line. With the ECJ presiding, of course.
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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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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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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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Considering how many pigs are being destroyed, let people drive to the countryside and get their own, personal pigs!
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@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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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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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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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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@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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@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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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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