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We were never in the schengen zone therefore we can refuse to admit whoever we like. We were treated as a special case in Europe in absolutely loads of areas with regards to opt outs, exemptions etc and this was one of them. For example, how it was legislated that us and Denmark were two countries that would never be under any obligation to start using the Euro as a condition of membership like other countries were. Ultimately you guys won and stuff so crack on and enjoy it etc, but I will remain convinced unless it sparks some sort of super national economic period of plenty that its a completely fecking dumb idea that will achieve the complete opposite of what it actually set out to.

 

The Tories breathing a huge sigh of relief with this appointment. Shadow minister for community cohesion lol. Even the title of the job stinks, i mean, 'community cohesion'.

 

Didn’t exactly have a massive talent pool to pick from to be fair.

 

The last thing Labour need are decisive, controversial figures in senior roles. Not sure why you’d appointment Naz Shah in a role dedicated to ‘community cohesion’ given her history in politics.

 

Need a laugh this morning? Have a read ofthis and the comments



Get the popcorn out, its a beauty.

 

Ah Aaron Bastani, another who doesn't understand the concept of you can shout as much as you want but if you ain't in power you're completely irrelevant. I knew the Labour Party was fractured but even I didn't think it was this bad, its beyond repair. They'll still be infighting at the next general election.

 

Good riddance, a shame to his party, a disgrace to our (not his) country, ....complete loser and waste of space...

 

made lots of mistakes and doesnt always help himself but the guy doesnt deserve stuff like this. agree with him or not he's been a member of the party for over 50 years, so to be hounded out as a racist because its suits starmer to look like hes making a clean break with corbyns era isn't right to me. clearly there's a problem in the party however I do think a wider conversation needs to happen about speaking about the state of israel vs judaism itself. a lot of the anti semitism stuff seems to come from reactions to left wing people making pro palestine comments and critisizing the state of israel etc rather than just straight up hatred.

 

The sooner Corbyn has nothing to do with Labour the better, I was against him becoming Leader as he is just plain unelectable which meant that millions of poor and working class families would not be represented and at the mercy of Tory governments, Those who supported him have to accept that they are responsible for letting down the traditional Labour voter, Starmer needs to build a cross section of society that will support Labour and social equality and getting rid of an exreme left leader is a good start,

 

Len McCluskey needs to be careful, He is a leader of a trade union and as such needs to represent ALL his members, If he does not he can be replaced by his membership, He will put his own interest first and make threats but will let it go in his own self interest,

 

Now i can't say i'm James O'Briens biggest fan but the stick he's getting today for essentially been spot on right is laughable. The overall point he's making is completely missed by the loony left in that if they don't all come together united behind whoever is leader Labour will never get back into power. Sad to see our only viable alternative to the conservative party effectively eat itself from within. So many warring factions within Labour, all with their own hidden agendas and thirst for power will determine the Tories will yet again not even have to turn up to the next election to win.

 

Labour has never supported or represented the poor, unemployed, disabled or pensioners, They are at last realising this and voting elswhere, Labour has in the past had an interest in keeping people poor as it keeps thier support base.

 

At first I thought Starmer would make a good opponent but it appears he needs a personality transplant. He is also trying bridge the unbridgeable divide between wings of his party. He needs to do what Blair did take the left on and build a party that is competent with a social conscience.
Weak opposition leads to weak government

 

The party that conceived and built the NHS, the benefits system and council housing has never represented the poor, unemployed, disabled or pensioners? Of all the frankly ridiculous nonsense you have posted in these pages, this takes the biscuit.

 

As it was for most of us at any time...hard work, planning and determination will get you there..

 

Similarly if Labour deny that there is any pay back needed or that it can just come from the rich while increasing benefits people in the middle won't buy it.

Fully understand all the Keynsian arguments but there has to be something to spend it on and a logical benefit for everyone fully explained.

 

Blair had the right idea, Promote free enterprise and profits to tax and spend on social needs and invest in public services, Unfortunately the left and Momentum hated this and him and got rid of him as they wanted to nationalise everything

 

They keep changing the leader but in the face of an apparent shambles of a Tory party actually manage to go backwards. Just a quick look through the various political threads on social media will tell you why more and more people find them unelectable. Even now they're still infighting themselves to defeat, theres too many agendas and not enough supporters to go round. The Tories must be pissing themselves, its gonna get to the stage where they don't even have to do an election campaign. Just let the others destroy themselves.

 

They need to stay just as they are, we're all safer that way..