Clear Leadership from the EU | 68 comments (68 topical, editorial, 0 hidden)

Re: Clear Leadership from the EU (4.00 / 2)

If I may hazard a guess, what his followers want (other than the 2 features you mentioned) would be -is- that he be free from the rancorous betrayal of labour values embodied in Blair, Cambell and Mandelson, aka tory-lite.

That gets to precisely my point though. His whole schtick is just "That shit sucks" rather than saying, "You should make me PM, because I'll do x, y and z."

It's great to be against Thatcherism and Blairism n(I think we all agree with that), but what does that mean as a practical matter for the generic Brit on the street?

Be nice to America. Or we'll bring democracy to your country.

by Drew J Jones (pedobear@pennstatefootball.com) on Sat Jul 2nd, 2016 at 12:10:07 AM EST
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Re: Clear Leadership from the EU (4.00 / 3)

Corbyn's Shadow Chancellor, John McDoonnell, makes a start by outlining that program in The New Statesman:

What is needed in a crisis like this is urgent government action to shore up investment, already falling before the vote. Shovel-ready projects should be brought forward, creating jobs and focused on beginning to rebuild those parts of the country currently most deprived - and where the vote to Leave was strongest. As a country, we will get through this crisis, and we will do so when we no longer tolerate a situation in which too many of our people are excluded from even the chance of prosperity.

Elsewhere in the article he stressed the importance of ending austerity

"It is not necessary to have hope in order to persevere."

by ARGeezer (ARGeezer a in a circle eurotrib daught com) on Sat Jul 2nd, 2016 at 12:37:23 AM EST
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Re: Clear Leadership from the EU (4.00 / 2)

I still can't follow this line of reasoning. If Corbyn reverses Osborne's cuts, doesn't bomb a middle eastern country and picks a serious fight with the media organisations like he has promised he'd already be the best PM for generations. What else do you want?

by generic on Sat Jul 2nd, 2016 at 04:26:28 PM EST
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Re: Clear Leadership from the EU (none / 0)

Anyone have a link to the promise to take on the media?

"It is not necessary to have hope in order to persevere."

by ARGeezer (ARGeezer a in a circle eurotrib daught com) on Sun Jul 3rd, 2016 at 03:48:44 AM EST
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Re: Clear Leadership from the EU (4.00 / 3)

Jeremy Corbyn - The Big Interview (The Morning Star) - Jeremy Corbyn MP

Jeremy would no doubt agree: "I think the media's attitude towards the Labour Party and our campaign has been horrendous."
His shadow chancellor, John McDonnell, has long been associated with the Campaign for Press and Broadcasting Freedom -- as has the Morning Star. The campaign calls for curbs on the power of the handful of super-rich tycoons who control the bulk of the British press.
Would a Corbyn government take action to break up media monopolies? "Yes," he says immediately. "We are developing a media policy based on breaking up single ownership of too many sources of information.
"And actually promoting co-operative ownership and co-operative access, including local TV and radio stations and newspapers like the Morning Star."

by generic on Sun Jul 3rd, 2016 at 09:46:57 AM EST
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Re: Clear Leadership from the EU (none / 1)

Thanks for this link. I now have The Morning Star added to my list of news links. I was wondering were a paper like The Daily Worker was in the UK. And I would recommend the linked 'long interview' of Jeremy Corbyn to any who still wonder what he stands for and intends.

"It is not necessary to have hope in order to persevere."

by ARGeezer (ARGeezer a in a circle eurotrib daught com) on Sun Jul 3rd, 2016 at 02:26:50 PM EST
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Re: Clear Leadership from the EU (4.00 / 2)

Corbyn promises to bring social justice. All those who voted him leader, you think they did it because of his looks?
It's also what he doesn't do, such as kowtowing to royalty or kitsch patriotism, betray his integrity to shill for the EU.
He did a bit of Obama being too nice to his political enemies.
Now he got his snakes to leave without firing them. Benn's tidily out of the way, now his arch-enemy is
May, UK's horrible Hillary.

'The history of public debt is full of irony. It rarely follows our ideas of order and justice.' Thomas Piketty

by melo (melometa4(at)gmail.com) on Sat Jul 2nd, 2016 at 06:59:29 PM EST
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Re: Clear Leadership from the EU (none / 1)

Speaking of people who are a disgrace to their family's long tradition, I offer you Hillalry Benn - prize winning example. I pray he gets deselected.

"It is not necessary to have hope in order to persevere."

by ARGeezer (ARGeezer a in a circle eurotrib daught com) on Sun Jul 3rd, 2016 at 02:32:03 PM EST
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Re: Clear Leadership from the EU (none / 1)

What. A. Weasel..

Go cuddle up with Gove already.

That apple really did roll far from the tree...

'The history of public debt is full of irony. It rarely follows our ideas of order and justice.' Thomas Piketty

by melo (melometa4(at)gmail.com) on Sun Jul 3rd, 2016 at 04:51:40 PM EST
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Re: Clear Leadership from the EU (none / 1)

More like it fell down Alice's rabbit hole - in a bad way.

"It is not necessary to have hope in order to persevere."

by ARGeezer (ARGeezer a in a circle eurotrib daught com) on Mon Jul 4th, 2016 at 02:38:34 AM EST
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