Jeremy Corbyn (Vol. 3)

[LordLoveLength]

As luck would have it she’s on “any questions “ tonight- Radio4 8pm.

[bitchstewie]

otolith said:

She was a grammar school girl from a working class background who got to Cambridge. She's subsequently had a high profile political career.

She certainly wasn't stupid. There was a lot of speculation about her health after her performance in the last campaign.

She really doesn't come across as being sharp enough now to have had the life she has lived.

I've said before but she appeared on an old episode of The Chase which was repeated recently.

I was shocked how well she did.

Don't get me wrong, if there is a medical issue that impairs her ability to do her job she shouldn't get a free pass, but I really wouldn't be surprised if it transpires she is unwell.

Edited by bhstewie on Friday 15th November 18:37

[s2art]

otolith said:

he really doesn't come across as being sharp enough now to have had the life she has lived.

My theory is that all those socialist/Marxist beliefs has caused a blockage in the brain.

[Evanivitch]

pingu393 said:

Evanivitch said:

motco said:

The structural deficit has seriously reduced and employment has never been higher. Disaster, obviously.

And yet under-employment is higher than it has been since 2008.

https://www.businessinsider.com/uk-underemployment...

But hey, the conservatives aren't fudging the figures are they?

Jobs Economist said:

John Philpott, the director of the Jobs Economist consultancy, said there was a near standstill in private sector job creation, accounting for only 2,000 of the 31,000 additional people in work over the three-month period. Public sector jobs, mostly in the NHS and education, were the prime source of continued market buoyancy.

Or...

Jobs Economist said:

Jobs growth has been driven in recent years by rising numbers of women in work, as well as rapid increases in older workers staying in their roles longer. The ONS said changes in the state pension age for women had resulted in fewer retiring between the ages of 60 and 65.

So hire more state workers and force others to stay in work longer? Stronger economy my ass.

Hold on a cotton pickin' minute...

In one breath it's under-investment in the NHS, the next it's too many new jobs in the NHS - Jeez. Thank God I'm not a politician, I'd have no hair left.

It's not complicated. How does NHS recruitment provide evidence of a strong economy? Simple, it doesn't. But it's a nice manipulation of statistics to suit your own lies.

[Dont like rolls]

s2art said:

otolith said:

he really doesn't come across as being sharp enough now to have had the life she has lived.

My theory is that all those socialist/Marxist beliefs has caused a blockage in the brain.

This star rose to the Bar. Will someone, anyone please explain that to me ?

https://youtu.be/DsR4Nx-ELgc

[Dr Jekyll]

Dont like rolls said:

This star rose to the Bar. Will someone, anyone please explain that to me ?

https://youtu.be/DsR4Nx-ELgc

Being called to the bar isn't all that difficult, most people who attempt it get through. Actually getting work as a barrister is much harder, getting to be successful very hard.

[Sway]

bhstewie said:

otolith said:

She was a grammar school girl from a working class background who got to Cambridge. She's subsequently had a high profile political career.

She certainly wasn't stupid. There was a lot of speculation about her health after her performance in the last campaign.

She really doesn't come across as being sharp enough now to have had the life she has lived.

I've said before but she appeared on an old episode of The Chase which was repeated recently.

I was shocked how well she did.

Don't get me wrong, if there is a medical issue that impairs her ability to do her job she shouldn't get a free pass, but I really wouldn't be surprised if it transpires she is unwell.

Edited by bhstewie on Friday 15th November 18:37

https://www.thesun.co.uk/archives/news/1067943/charitys-1k-as-mp-diane-got-5k-to-appear/

[turbobloke]

bhstewie said:

Don't get me wrong, if there is a medical issue that impairs her ability to do her job she shouldn't get a free pass, but I really wouldn't be surprised if it transpires she is unwell.
[/footnote]

Agreed, her academic background and her policy arithmetic in recent interviews are in stark contrast.

[Tycho]

Dr Jekyll said:

Dont like rolls said:

This star rose to the Bar. Will someone, anyone please explain that to me ?

https://youtu.be/DsR4Nx-ELgc

Being called to the bar isn't all that difficult, most people who attempt it get through. Actually getting work as a barrister is much harder, getting to be successful very hard.

The celebrity versions of quiz shows are generally much easier as well.

[anonymous-user]

768c said:

Nickgnome said:

I do not like DA but she studied History at Cambridge, she is therefore not unintelligent.

If that's the case, why does she hide it? The intelligence, I mean..

If you watch some YouTube from 5 years ago and then compsre it to now, you will see just how badly her ability to debate has deteriorated.

I've never liked her politics, but right now she is not well. She needs to step down as she is incapable of functioning.

[TheRealNoNeedy]

pingu393 said:

technodup said:

BigMon said:

They honestly won't. And they'd be out again in 4 years if they went 'ultra left' so, as I say, don't panic.

Only if you assume we'll have another election in 4 years time. Which I wouldn't.

What's to stop them creating a situation where they need to extend their term? After being on the sidelines forever McDonnell and his ilk won't be giving up without a fight. There's plenty of regimes with a lack of, or rigged elections. Don't assume it couldn't happen here.

I was taught as a child that we are only three to six months away from anarchy and regime change. Yugoslavia proved that was true.

It took a week of rioting a few years ago to prove how close we were to the brink.

Imagine those riots, but with the support of the ones near No.10 - next door in fact.

It's about creating state dependency so you will never vote against them

[RichB]

jsf said:

768c said:

Nickgnome said:

I do not like DA but she studied History at Cambridge, she is therefore not unintelligent.

If that's the case, why does she hide it? The intelligence, I mean..

If you watch some YouTube from 5 years ago and then compare it to now, you will see just how badly her ability to debate has deteriorated. I've never liked her politics, but right now she is not well. She needs to step down as she is incapable of functioning.

Assuming she had some kind of stroke or TIA it demonstrates how disgraceful the Labour party are that they continue to push her forward as a contender.

[LordLoveLength]

Well her performance on Any Questions showed that she is still making basic mistakes. Today’s big Labour news was the free fibre broadband which will apparently be funded by the privatisation of BT. Took the host to correct her as she just blundered on.

[anonymous-user]

With a roll of tinfoil to put on my head, perhaps she's defected a while ago and is secretly a Tory plant? By which I mean a double agent to make Labour look bad, not an artificial tree..

[George Smiley]

otolith said:

She was a grammar school girl from a working class background who got to Cambridge. She's subsequently had a high profile political career.

She certainly wasn't stupid. There was a lot of speculation about her health after her performance in the last campaign.

She really doesn't come across as being sharp enough now to have had the life she has lived.

Corbyn fked her brain out

[anonymous-user]

George Smiley said:

Corbyn fked her brain out

And now he wants to fk the rest of us.

[hidetheelephants]

otolith said:

Evanivitch said:

Of all things, privatised water has to be the most ludicrous thing known to man. It's not a competitive market, I can't change supplier, I can't bargain a better deal, and the feasibility of not using the water grid (private bore hole, private sewage storage) is beyond the means of 99% of the population (and probably isn't beneficial to society if there was high uptake in urban areas).

What reasons are there for it being private?

One very good reason is that when the disposal of sewage and the policing of effluent discharges were the responsibility of the same intransigent public sector body, the rivers were absolutely filthy. Splitting out the regulatory function into the public sector NRA and the service provision into the private sector water companies resulted in discharges being policed and the quality of river water improving immensely.

There's nothing inherent about state-owned enterprises which prevents there being performance related incentives nor being amenable to being controlled by an independent regulator.

Labour are crap at maths, or are run by idiots who are slaves to stupid slogans; if you want to get the 7% of the population not online(ONS figure) on teh internetz give them a tablet(capital cost £~1bn) and £1 of data a week for life(~£250m a year, declining as data rates fall with the advance of technology).

[Burwood]

George Smiley said:

otolith said:

She was a grammar school girl from a working class background who got to Cambridge. She's subsequently had a high profile political career.

She certainly wasn't stupid. There was a lot of speculation about her health after her performance in the last campaign.

She really doesn't come across as being sharp enough now to have had the life she has lived.

Corbyn fked her brain out

She got the college place due to her being a minority. She scraped through. Anyone if even below average smarts could scrape through. For all we know the standard is lowered for minorities (back in the day). It was when my brother went to med school. Diane Abbott is below average, no question. She’s also anti Britain, a racist and terrorist sympathiser.

[Troubleatmill]

But in her defence. She has a new hairdo.

[Burwood]

Troubleatmill said:

But in her defence. She has a new hairdo.

Which culture has she appropriated