tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2546602206734889307.post520274206384654910..comments2024-03-28T04:29:22.717+00:00Comments on mainly macro: There will never be a better time than immediately after Brexit to form a new political partyMainly Macrohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09984575852247982901noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2546602206734889307.post-24095976437068431402019-02-25T19:34:25.384+00:002019-02-25T19:34:25.384+00:00Pretending that Venezuela is a basket case just go...Pretending that Venezuela is a basket case just goes to prove your lack of enlightened viewpoint. Venezuela has been under sustained attack from a world power ever since Chavez got elected.<br /><br />The have systematically undermined their economy from sanctions to financial interference. I know you probably know this but what really disturbs me is the levels people go to in the western world to lie about these facts. <br /><br />We all know that democracy has became a sham but in reality the Trumps of this world are living on borrowed time, waves of protest are building up throughout the western world.<br /><br />For those that really would like to get the real picture on Venezuela this is just one documentary among many that spells it out for you. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_fV-C1Ag5sI<br /><br />Mervyn Hydehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10509054505553883594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2546602206734889307.post-13767085793785699922019-02-19T13:47:18.853+00:002019-02-19T13:47:18.853+00:00I think you're right that if the Tories pull o...I think you're right that if the Tories pull of Brexit without much noticeable damage then they will gain credit, and this is why hysteria and carelessness from liberal Remainers like SW-L and its attempt to influence Labour policy is a potential threat to the left. Avoid a recession and cut immigration and May would look "good" to voters.<br /><br />Can you link me to even one speech where Jez or McDonnell say their "favoured economic model" is somehow Venezuela?<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2546602206734889307.post-66118617292997429562019-02-19T13:43:34.670+00:002019-02-19T13:43:34.670+00:00While Jezza's stance on Brexit is completely o...While Jezza's stance on Brexit is completely opaque, it was lack of intelligence from the previous two Labour leaders who didn't throw their full weight behind fiscal stimulus that led to his election as leader. Nissan is an invalid example since the EU has ratified a trade deal with Japan which removes the tariffs on cars, removing the original reason for the Sunderland plant.<br /><br /><br />When the EU has not clearly increased economic growth, it is hardly even pro-business to be pro-EU. Unless of course you own shares in one of the multinationals who are enjoying tariff-free trade. But the net budget contribution by the UK is worth about the same. Is it "progressive" of me to pay taxes so those shareholders can have higher dividends, without higher growth?<br /><br />I don't doubt Brexit could cause a major recession though.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2546602206734889307.post-12581530045590030622019-02-17T17:01:01.913+00:002019-02-17T17:01:01.913+00:00Saffron Rainey how do you explain uefa?
The champ...Saffron Rainey how do you explain uefa?<br /><br />The champions league is well organised and pretty much free from corruption. One of the best football teams in Europe will win it every year.<br /><br />My own explanation for this is that one thing European peoples have in common is the belief that football is more important than culture or politics.<br /><br />The way to get more European cooperation might be to redefine more activities as sport. If business were redefined as sport an organisation on similar lines to uefa might be able to more effectively regulate it than the current set up.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2546602206734889307.post-42649953707462866102019-02-17T11:50:32.851+00:002019-02-17T11:50:32.851+00:00Just a reminder if Galtieri hadn't invade the ...Just a reminder if Galtieri hadn't invade the Falklands (or even if had done it 12 months later), then Thatcher wouldn't have had a second term and there would have been an SDP Government. The victor has rewritten history but the reality is that the Gang of Four were very very unlucky in their timing and this shouldn't be taken as representative of what might happen to a new party in future.TeeJayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02894564884420913780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2546602206734889307.post-32912500312226902742019-02-16T21:33:26.071+00:002019-02-16T21:33:26.071+00:00The lack of vision here is staggering, it seems to...The lack of vision here is staggering, it seems to me that people forget, that Labour was 20 points behind at the beginning of the polls last round and got within a whisker of taking office.<br /><br />The EU is nothing but a distraction, whilst you pontificate over which party has the best EU policy most in this country are struggling to make ends meet. The EU is an economic disaster due to the Central Bank and the Euro, yet most do not have the slightest clue of its significance, yet want to cling to the EU like limpets clinging on to the Titanic.<br /><br />As you are obviously a Tory, it ill behoves you to be complacent, people really aren't that daft to support a party that inflicted the levels of misery on them that this vile party has.<br /><br />People will have a simple choice at the next election, a progressive Labour party, or range of political colours representing Neo-Liberal fundamentalism, which will not be any choice at all.<br /><br />The so called Centrists think they can hoodwink people as they have done in the past, forgetting of course they also have history.<br /><br /> Mervyn Hydehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10509054505553883594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2546602206734889307.post-19339800271105278102019-02-16T21:15:14.976+00:002019-02-16T21:15:14.976+00:00Peter: I fear you miss what comfortable middle of ...Peter: I fear you miss what comfortable middle of the road people always do, people are suffering badly in this country, we have had forty years of the nonsense you believe in, and is precisely why working people voted out. People like yourself never listen but are so convinced of their own views without a shred of evidence.<br /><br />Do you realise just how bad things are in Europe and why people are on the streets protesting, Germany depending on who's forecasts you believe is either in recession or heading that way, the richest country in Europe with the highest trade surpluses.<br /><br />But enough of that I'll let this academic say the rest for me: <br /><br />https://vimeo.com/293497876<br /><br />Mervyn Hydehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10509054505553883594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2546602206734889307.post-89840623046984112552019-02-07T19:30:25.728+00:002019-02-07T19:30:25.728+00:00I agree with your analysis that a new party will p...I agree with your analysis that a new party will primarily weaken the Labour party and give cause to the Tory's to stay huddled together in their uncomfortable embrace to remain in power. The damage this will do the the country in unknown, but if we take this administration add the disastrous coalition and square it with Thatcher's reign, what remains of the UK will be much the poorer, angrier and denuded of more of its natural habitats. <br /><br />I also agree with your opinion of our 4th estate who's bias seeps through to every corner of society from the value of choice of primary schools to the power of the Premier League (when was the last time an English team won 'Big Ears'?) Another impediment to any form of radical party is the state apparatus in particular the police, that would in the event of mass movement successfully shut it down. Unlike in France where on the whole the police allow protest they just don't seem to like them in Paris.<br /><br />However I sense that there might be an opportunity for an insurgent new party with a radical though not implausible agenda of electoral reform aligned with a New Deal style focus on investment in a green economy and staying as close to the EU as possible. At some point the British must realise that the financialisation of our economy has divided the country leaving the golden triangle rich and the rest poor. The danger I guess is Brexit will lead to more deflation leading to greater nationalism and an even more strident Tory party. <br /><br />Maybe Corbyn is playing a blinder and will drag Theresa May across the divide leave us with a moderate Brexit but I doubt it as per your previous post.<br />Saffron Raineyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18366565856499397173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2546602206734889307.post-51207448869466177052019-02-06T22:08:01.156+00:002019-02-06T22:08:01.156+00:00I say please bring it on these Neo-Liberal centris...I say please bring it on these Neo-Liberal centrists will no doubt enjoy their five minutes of glory, but will disappear into the dustbin of history just like their predecessors.<br /><br />Brexit will happen whether Labour are in power or not, these fly-by-night politicians have no allegiance to anyone except the corporations they hope will support them. <br /><br />A one issue party doesn't have a viable political future and we all know that they prefer the Tories to the Labour Party, judging by their voting record, try as they may they can't dent Jeremy Corbyn's position in the Labour Party because he represents what we all want. It's policies that matter not personalities. That's what these charlatans are bereft of.<br /><br />The EU is a corporate State - once the real debate starts and we open up the Maastrict and Lisbon Treaty the gloss will start to fall off the EU and people will start to understand how Europe could treat a country like Greece. <br /><br /><br /><br />Mervyn Hydehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10509054505553883594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2546602206734889307.post-16136429177643590402019-02-06T20:09:54.058+00:002019-02-06T20:09:54.058+00:00Corbynism lets be frank failed the working class a...Corbynism lets be frank failed the working class as it downplays Brexit, economically and politically, now leading to the dreadful economic calamity soon to kick off. Brexit was begat by UKIP and the Tory Nationalist Right Wingers. Corbyn has lost his support for colluding with Brexit horrors of which Nissan, Airbus, Jaguar Land Rover , General Motors are but the tip of the iceberg. Half a billion consumers in a tariff free seamless single market beckons while Brexit island behind borders threatens. <br />The Left will not relinquish their Labour toy and their extremism will tighten its grip. We need a progressive party of the centre left , pro- business, proEU, appealing to all groups , pro public services, but not class war based. Neither main party appeals to most voters who repeatedly long for a party of intelligence and pragmatism not stubbornness or dogma or limited leadership. <br /><br />Peter Carabinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18400411630743291924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2546602206734889307.post-36779836971003250302019-02-06T15:09:53.385+00:002019-02-06T15:09:53.385+00:00You managed to write this without once mentioning ...You managed to write this without once mentioning the Liberal Democrats. Voters have a liberal Remain party to vote for right now. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2546602206734889307.post-70210893736449594752019-02-06T12:25:10.510+00:002019-02-06T12:25:10.510+00:00Why not just join LD?Why not just join LD?John Kazerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07793781426729790617noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2546602206734889307.post-23592298157039923152019-02-06T09:43:15.577+00:002019-02-06T09:43:15.577+00:00Do you mean out of the Labour Party or from the Co...Do you mean out of the Labour Party or from the Conservatives?<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2546602206734889307.post-30424751186910669052019-02-05T16:28:06.463+00:002019-02-05T16:28:06.463+00:00The Labour Party is in real trouble here.
Most To...The Labour Party is in real trouble here.<br /><br />Most Tories I know, including myself, are pretty happy with where the Conservative party is. Leave the EU, in some form, ditch May, get a leader who has a positive vision of a UK outside the EU, then get a mandate. You make think people talking about "Freedom for the UK" are jingoistic idiots, and you may be right, but here is an opportunity for the Tories to become the Liberation Party.; the party that successfully got the UK out of the EU and steered a course for a new relationship. And as we all know, Liberation Parties tend to become the default governing party for decades after - think Congress Party, ANC.<br /><br />In contrast, Labour is hopelessly split. The pro-EU camp has a real problem in that it is blatantly clear that if the UK rejoins the EU in the near future will not be as an equals, but as a second tier country that gets the scraps from the Franco-German axis. Good luck arguing that case. The Corbyn/McDonnell faction has a problem in that they are unpleasant people whose favoured economic model as testified in many speeches over recent years is now a humanitarian disaster.<br /><br />So, who in Labour has the intelligence, wit, and personality to create a road map back to a cohesive vision, a united party, and a programme that can win a General election? I'm just not seeing who can do that at the moment. Someone who could be acceptable to both Remain and Leave. Lisa Nandy? Dippernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2546602206734889307.post-46550183724369119412019-02-05T13:43:19.560+00:002019-02-05T13:43:19.560+00:00Or, this could be the moment for the Lib Dems'...Or, this could be the moment for the Lib Dems' redemption, no?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com