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Jeremy Corbyn just gave one of the worst political performances of modern times.
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Apologising makes a leader look weak.
It sounds to me like an accurate description
But it's not on Bread&Butter issues, which makes the attack weak.
Conservatives are appealing to the patriotism of the voters.
Labour are appealing to the pockets of the voters.
It's Self Interest vs Patriotism, who will win?
An interesting watch with seven years distance. Boris saying he is going to be Paxman's campaign manager to be next PM - and Paxo's exasperation about being sidetracked - is quite wonderful.
https://youtu.be/S4ldiXhDrHw
https://order-order.com/2019/11/26/corbyn-invite-hamas-supporting-muslim-association-britain-downing-street-elected/
Corbyn is abysmal and always has been but Labour supporters are gritty and tribal and will not let the party be humiliated.
I still think it will only be a 25-30 majority for the Tories at best.
If Boris goes on Neil and straight off he says: "I surrender to you Andrew Neil, I'm not worthy of you" and leaves that would definitely sidetrack Neil, I don't know what the rest of the country would think though.
I'm not convinced that they will.
That Corbyn doesn't care that others are anti-Semitic and won't take decisive action against them? That much seems beyond doubt.
That Corbyn doesn't actually believe that what everyone else sees as anti-Semitic is truly anti-Semitic? That certainly seems to reflect his world view
Is he an anti-Semite? Possibly. Possibly not.
Has he done anywhere near enough to tackle the issue within the party he leads? Absolutely not.
Should he say sorry for his role in all this? Absolutely
Chris Rose
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Breaking: Hezbollah & Hamas have announced that they will lay a wreath for Corbyn after that car crash interview with Andrew Neil. #andrewneilinterviews
Could still be a CORBYNISTA surge!
This issue isn't going to go away - you either believe he's an anti-Semite or he isn't. No amount of apologising is going to change that, it's really that simple.
However I don't expect Bozo to be any better. Hopefully Eddie Mair will be briefing Neil on a few potential lines of questioning.
‘It's far worse than that. If Corbyn won many, many tens of billions of funds would leave the UK the next morning before he could get McDonnell into number 11. Sterling would tank. Investment would cease. Many shares set for nationalisation would become untradable. It would be such a dislocation that the stress testing of our banks would not be adequate. It really doesn't bear thinking about.’
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Of course you’re right. Anyone with a brain can see it. McDonnell has half admitted it, saying there might be capital controls etc
‘Jeremy Corbyn: It's right to plan for run on pound’ http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-41393021
So how come apparently intelligent Labour supporters CAN’T see this? There are a few explanations
1 they’re in a strange denial
2 they don’t care, socialism is worth it, but they can’t admit this, so they lie
3 they’re not intelligent at all. They’re weirdly dumb
Probably all 3 are at work but I wonder if option 3 is the best explanation
Labour is outspending the Conservatives by 45 times in campaign promises.
Even Osborne relaxed austerity temporarily in the run up to the 2015 election, but this time the number of unemployed since the last election has increased to the highest since December 2013.
https://tradingeconomics.com/united-kingdom/unemployed-persons
The Conservatives, unlike 2015 and 2017, are going into an election with the economy in bad shape, they need to promise voters better times.
You’re just as bad as the Corbynistas.
I think Lab 215 seats is about right on current polling with a modest Con majority.
"why does he give our enemies the benefit of the doubt"
That doesn't excuse Johnson for making those comments, but there is a world of difference between his words and Corbyn's inaction.
As I seem to recall, a few threads ago someone said that antisemitism in Labour was limited to just a few people. Well then that would make it easy to deal with: just kick the bu**ers out.
Trouble is, if Corbyn loses too many votes by his, umm, flexible attitudes towards Brexit and antisemitism we may get the shallow games playing "showman" (thanks Beibheirli_C) Boris.
Corbyn may very well have tanked with Neil, but a bunch of dodgy tweets (including Leave.Eu FFS) and a ripped off clip somewhat undermines the point.
And a fairly fundamental overall flaw, is that one of the main arguments given for nationalisation is to end the "rip off of privatised companies" - in other words run them at a significantly lower return on capital.
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WATCH | Corbyn exposed on the anti-Semitic filth he's let fester in his party. Corbyn evades and squirms and refuses to apologise to Britain's Jewish population - utterly disgraceful! Bravo to @afneil - a proper broadcaster who nails it every time #andrewneilinterviews"
Staggering. Is this the same Leave.EU that ran a series of blatantly antisemitic montages about George Soros being the "powerful elite" , and the "man pulling the strings" behind opposition to Brexit going through ?
https://inews.co.uk/news/politics/brexit/leave-eu-accused-of-anti-semitism-george-soros-194325
A version of what he did to Sturgeon.
Boris will need to pull all the tricks he can if he is going to fight Neil and survive.
https://youtu.be/nz6jqu6Cy4w
Shame about the lives destroyed in the meantime.
Off we go
But Corbyn does, and he can't even make the case for it.
Indeed, I'm sure he thinks that a provider in public ownership would be able to add additional value by virtue of that fact.
Andrew Neil really is an excellent interviewer and takes no prisoners. With the BBC's recent track record of editing Johnson's gaffes, I suspect Neil will be substituted for Zoe Ball.
The link I gave has the number of unemployed at above 1.2 million and rising fast.
Here it is again:
https://tradingeconomics.com/united-kingdom/unemployed-persons
The number of unemployed has risen by more than 400 thousand since the 2017 election and it's at it's highest since December 2013.
Also another tracker is consumer confidence, as you can see apart from 1997 everytime it's been below -10 in the election the Government loses it's majority, latest figure is -14.
https://tradingeconomics.com/united-kingdom/consumer-confidence
Andrew Neil is just a master at work, leave him to grill them.
"Thank you for contacting us about the State Pension Age.
Since the Conservatives came into Government in 2010, we have provided greater security, choice and dignity for people in retirement, while also ensuring that the system is sustainable for future generations.
In 1995, the then-Government decided that it was going to make the State Pension Age the same for men and women, as a long-overdue move towards gender equality. Raising the State Pension Age in line with life expectancy changes has been the policy of successive administrations over many years.
The State Pension Age has been equalised in a gradual way by governments of all colours – Conservative, Labour and Coalition. When the rate of change was accelerated in 2011, nearly six million letters were sent out by the Department for Work and Pensions to inform people, and more than £1 billion has been provided to ensure no woman retired more than 18 months later than originally planned in 1995.
Over three million women stand to receive an average of £550 more per year by 2030 as a result of the recent reforms Conservatives have made to the State Pension – and we are providing a clearer, sustainable system for the future."
The arguments about deficit versus debt, the fact that debt from bailing out the banks was a direct contributor to the subsequent hated austerity etc etc, are too nuanced to make easily.
https://youtu.be/RpKz54bxXuU
His ignorance about what proportion the very well paid in tax already showed he had no concept about the consequences for his plans or how they would simply fall apart.
https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peoplenotinwork/unemployment/timeseries/mgsc/unem