Corbyn is attacked for not going to the rugby world cup opening ceremony along with a host of tory freeloaders as he had a prior engagement.
And his prior engagement was....? Meeting constituents and helping to sort out problems..ie his job.
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Corbyn is attacked for not going to the rugby world cup opening ceremony along with a host of tory freeloaders as he had a prior engagement.
And his prior engagement was....? Meeting constituents and helping to sort out problems..ie his job.
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What, he couldn't meet his constituents at the rugby match? And he calls himself an ENGLISHMAN?
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Corbyn also is much less likely to have ****** a *** than Cameron.
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Now we know why Milliband struggled with his bacon butty........eeewwwww
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Greased a pig?Originally Posted by Idaho
Milked a cow?
Partook a fig?
Owned a pit?
Watered a Yew?
Eaten a rib?
Pleased a fan?
The suspense is killing me.
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Well, do we have to?Simply payinf for something doesn't mean you own it - even in a democracy.
It's another conceptual or even metaphysical question - what sort of ownership is he referring to, and what is the nature of ownership in general?
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Pleased a cow it is.
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So close!
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Being better than the worst does not inherently make you good. But being better than the rest lets you brag.
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I probably would vote for Corbyn. He has talked about greater democratisation.
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Oh Good! More Power To The People!
When has that concept ever failed...? Let's hope we are not the next Greece or Venezuela which such great ideas as raising everyone's wage, purchasing loads of land and then building houses on them and then loosing money on the whole project
I would like to see greater democratisation at a local level where what people want is frankly less dangerous and more relevant - removing party affiliation from all local councils so there is more chance they are chosen on what they do not which party they are from.
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I am not saying that Corbyn couldn't make catastrophic mistakes. Of course he could. But I think randomly making up what those mistakes could be is nonsense.Oh Good! More Power To The People!
When has that concept ever failed...? Let's hope we are not the next Greece or Venezuela which such great ideas as raising everyone's wage, purchasing loads of land and then building houses on them and then loosing money on the whole project
I would like to see greater democratisation at a local level where what people want is frankly less dangerous and more relevant - removing party affiliation from all local councils so there is more chance they are chosen on what they do not which party they are from.
I am very much in favour of local democracy and the removal of formal party structure at that level.
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I'm not choosing things at random. These are areas that he has already indicated he'd like to change. Of course he might well "clarify" what he meant as time passes - especially if his MPs are not prepared to remain the party of opposition for ever as he might in fact not mind in the least. He might be an idealistic humble individual who puts being right above power - but I imagine that the vast majority of MPs are there for the power and all the trappings that go along with it.
He's talked of nationalising the trains. That either directly or indirectly costs a lot
He has talked about nationalising the other "key" services such as water / electricity / gas. Doing this is probably impossible so we might get more oversight.
He has already frequently talked about the inadequacy of housing and especially social housing (apparently poor people need to live in London - although better off people such as myself couldn't afford to do so). So this again would require some sort of public works programme. Assuming the at the workers want to be paid this too would cost.
I would like local politicians to be focused on local issues ,with the lower house linked to a degree to them since of course they bridge the local issues with National issues. I would rather the upper house was more of a grouping of specialist technocrats drawn from the best in all the fields with prior membership of the lower house or significant donation to a political party being almost an absolute exclusion criteria.
I would also like to win the Euro millions and to have a hareem of perpetually beautiful women.
Frankly the second wish list has more chance of happening.
An enemy that wishes to die for their country is the best sort to face - you both have the same aim in mind.
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Nationalising the railways is a good idea. The privatisation experiment hasn't worked. I was speaking to a railtrack middle manager last weekend. The train companies get payments when their services can't be run due to track and schedule issues. Sounds fair yes? Ok, can you guess what the rail companies do? They calculate parts of the schedule where it would be impossible to run a train so they can schedule one one and claim the money. They are called ghost trains and all the train companies schedule them. Consequently there is a lively (and naturally lucrative) trade for lawyers. Market efficiency!
"The republicans will draft your kids, poison the air and water, take away your social security and burn down black churches if elected." Gawain of Orkney
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