dvbuk55 wrote:
Well Scargill was wrong
I'll not get into that one as we could be at it for weeks - and you would come off the worse. Suffice to say, its disappointing, to say the least, that on the union section of a forum that someone should be pedalling such nonsense in this day and age. Arthur Scargill is a great man, and one who history has vindicated.
dvbuk55 wrote:Well ft was stating that people voted to leave the EU because they didn't want the changes in the manner that the EU wanted and any changes would be at the behest of the UK voters.
Yes, I think I got the jist - and maybe on a different day we could have a sensible discussion about peoples natural conservatism, senescence and reluctance to change. But in the week that a nation has just democratically decided to take its fate into its own hands, breaking a habit formed 40 years ago, it doesn't, well, seem right or proper. In fact, it seems like you are (both) splitting hairs.
Anyhow, to get back to Jeremy Corbyn, I thought it might be worth while to cite some of the mans policies. Cos ultimately it
is about what the man stands for that is of improtance here - not the tailor who cut his suit.
"The mind is the measure of the man"
Here we go :-
- The deficit should be tackled - but not through spending cuts and not to an "arbitrary" deadline. Instead Corbyn would fund its reduction via higher taxes for the rich and a crackdown on tax avoidance and evasion while tackling "corporate welfare" and tax breaks for companies.
-Britain's railways should be renationalised.
-Far more allotments would be good for the UK. He has a plot near his constituency in north London and told the Commons in 2008 that councils and builders "should be doing their best to ensure that every new development includes some allotment space".
-Talking to militant groups is necessary to win peace in the Middle East.
-"Quantitative easing for people" could be used to invest in housing, energy, transport and digital projects. Unlike the £375bn issued electronically by the Bank of England between 2009 and 2012 to buy bonds, gilts and other debts, this would be "QE for people instead of banks", Corbyn says. Tax campaigner Richard Murphy argues these plans would stimulate the economy and boost employment.
-A National Education Service modelled on the NHS should be established. Under Corbyn, state-funded academies and free schools would be forced to return to local authority control while university tuition fees would be scrapped and replaced with grants. Corbyn would look at ending the charitable status of public schools.
-Labour should not support air strikes against Islamic State in Syria.
- Rent controls should be re-introduced, linking private rents to local earnings, and more council houses should be built. He also believes that council tenants' right to buy their homes should be extended to private sector renters.
-The Chagos islanders evicted from Diego Garcia should be allowed to return. Some 2,000 people were displaced from the British Indian Ocean territory between 1967 and 1971 to make way for a US air base. Corbyn has been a long-standing supporter of their campaign to go back.
-An arms embargo should be imposed on Israel.
-Corbyn is a committed republican, but he would not seek to end the monarchy.
-He opposes the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) deal.
-Corbyn backs cycling. He does not own a car and declined to share one with the BBC's Chris Mason for an interview, saying: "I cycle all the time. Actually I've got a confession to make, a rather naughty secret - I've got two bikes." He is also a member of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Cycling.
-Energy companies should be under public ownership. He says he would be "much happier" with a "regulated, publicly run service delivering energy supplies". He is "totally opposed" to fracking. However, he says deep-mine coal pits in the north of England could be reopened.
-Ireland should be united.
-A national maximum wage should be introduced to cap the salaries of high earners. He would also introduce a windfall tax on former state assets such as the Royal Bank of Scotland, which he says were privatised too cheaply.
-Every child should have the chance to learn a musical instrument or act on stage. Corbyn's arts policy also includes directing a greater proportion of funding to local projects, widening access and protecting the BBC.
-Private Finance Initiative deals with the NHS should be ended by using government funds to buy them out. Writing in the Guardian, Corbyn said they were a "mess" that were costing the health service billions.
-A "serious debate about the powers of Nato" is needed
The only bit that I can disagree with out of that is that the BBC should be protected - not for me Jeremy, sorry.
Other than that, for me, the bloke is pretty much spot on, shabby suit or not.
fishtank wrote:
Just suppose you're right....
He isn't.
fishtank wrote:....What happens to the Labour party?
Are you aware of the consequences of a one party state?
It doesn't end well.
You have a good point there.
