[Politics] *** Labour Party Annual Conference, 23-25 September 2018, ACC Liverpool ***

[WATFORD zero]

Which was my point - the statistic is meaningless as people are agreeing to something they don't understand. A bit like leaving the EU.

Right, merge the threads

But now you've done it

i've long ago conceded on brexit, i back it on the basis those leading it would have planned for the implemention. in this i was woefully wrong, that doesnt mean in principle it was necessarily wrong to leave, the arguments for and against are still there.
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What sort of planning do you think would get the EU to renege on their principles and let us cherry pick more

No matter what planning was done or who was in charge of negotiations, it was always going to be Softest of soft Brexit, No Deal or cancel Article 50.

This situation was EXACTLY what you voted for.

 

[Thunder Bolt]

Thanks for the clarification. Point stands though - people who are (or in this case, were) attracted to this station, by the likes of Farage and Hopkins, are unlikely to be calling up their phone-ins to shower plaudits on a string of socialist proposals!

No, but they did get plenty of calls from people wanting to put them in their place.

 

[beorhthelm]

Indeed, although a bigger question for me is what happens to companies with UK subsidiaries with large workforces, the likes of Amazon and Starbucks - companies people love to hate, yet use in their millions. I can't see how UK plc could essentially seize shares and associated rights from overseas companies in the way they seem to be proposing they would do with UK-based companies.

And if they can't, as you say, UK companies can headquarter overseas to avoid what seems to be a not very stealthy tax on enterprise.

its "simple", the policy is to go after the share capital, which even subsidiaries must hold to remain limited liability companies in the UK. some smaller/foreign companies may bypass this with nominal share capital and never give a dividend, sending their revenues overseas. as always there's a massive loop hole when people dont understand the systems.
the clever/dangerous part of this that its not a tax at all, its likely not raise much. if McDonnell wanted to raise revenue he'd put 1% on employer NI, or adjust the thresholds, raise a lot that way. this is to grab capital, pass to "funds" controlled by the state, creeping nationalisation with the capital of all business eroding and passing to these funds.

 

[Bozza]

The main man is on stage this afternoon, which is going to be something. Lots of good talk to come about upping our game on renewables, with associated economic benefits.

Unfortunately for JC, even with the "radical" proposals he is announcing today, Greenpeace still seem to place Labour behind the Tories when it comes to the environment. Rebecca Newsom, Greenpeace's head of politics saying: "we need to see much more action in other crucial areas for Labour to win the title of the greenest major party".

 

[Bozza]

its "simple", the policy is to go after the share capital, which even subsidiaries must hold to remain limited liability companies in the UK. some smaller/foreign companies may bypass this with nominal share capital and never give a dividend, sending their revenues overseas. as always there's a massive loop hole when people dont understand the systems.
the clever/dangerous part of this that its not a tax at all, its likely not raise much. if McDonnell wanted to raise revenue he'd put 1% on employer NI, or adjust the thresholds, raise a lot that way. this is to grab capital, pass to "funds" controlled by the state, creeping nationalisation with the capital of all business eroding and passing to these funds.

Well, yes, Amazon UK is wholly owned by Amazon EU Sarl in Luxembourg which is wholly owned by Amazon.com in the US. Without looking, I'm sure Amazon UK has never paid a dividend and likely never will. Giving employees (up to) 10% of Amazon UK's shares delivers them no benefit at all.

 

[wellquickwoody]

Im not doing your homework. I think you might struggle to find many Labour voices in key roles. The Tory names I mentioned are make key editorial decisions or are the main political presenters/commentators.

I will add to that list Alison Pedley who decides who the audience is at BBC Question Time - whilst not a Tory, she has shown support of Britain First, UKIP and Britain Patriot Front. More right leaning influence.

Look forward to seeing your Labour list of political editors and presenters at the BBC......

Calling you out Sir! The BBC would not employ someone who showed public support of Britain First or the 'made up' Britain Patriot Front, now prove me wrong........

 

[clapham_gull]

Im not doing your homework. I think you might struggle to find many Labour voices in key roles. The Tory names I mentioned are make key editorial decisions or are the main political presenters/commentators.

I will add to that list Alison Pedley who decides who the audience is at BBC Question Time - whilst not a Tory, she has shown support of Britain First, UKIP and Britain Patriot Front. More right leaning influence.

Look forward to seeing your Labour list of political editors and presenters at the BBC......

Worth pointing out the person in question isn't an employee of the BBC.

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[borat]

Calling you out Sir! The BBC would not employ someone who showed public support of Britain First or the 'made up' Britain Patriot Front, now prove me wrong........

Challenge accepted. It depends what you classify as ''public support''' but she has shared Britain Firsts Posts and Joined the Facebook group Britain Patriots Front which has lost of dubious material.

https://www.opendemocracy.net/ourbeeb/tim-holmes/is-question-time-s-audience-producer-really-fascist

Im not suggesting she's a nailed on facist but can we agree her behaviours are suggestive of someone to the right and also that she has significant role at the BBC? - which is the original point I was making.

 

[borat]

Worth pointing out the person in question isn't an employee of the BBC.

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Does it matter if she is instrumental in choosing the QT audience?- The BBC still pays her for her services directly or indirectly.

 

[Thunder Bolt]

Does it matter if she is instrumental in choosing the QT audience?- The BBC still pays her for her services directly or indirectly.

https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/bbc-question-time-bias-tory-plant_uk_5915562ce4b00f308cf43291

And who can forget the nurse who was forced to use a food bank? Although to be fair, that wasn't on Question Time.
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/polit...ttacked-nationalist-trolls-new-york-pictures/

 

[Simster]

Which was my point - the statistic is meaningless as people are agreeing to something they don't understand. A bit like leaving the EU.

In a nutshell, this is why I'll vote Corbyn as long as he gives us a way out of this Brexit mess. Sure, they are proposing all manner of populist but unworkable methods of income redistribution that will end up doing damage to the economy, but at least we'll get a chance to vote him out again.

 

[BLOCK F]

In a nutshell, this is why I'll vote Corbyn as long as he gives us a way out of this Brexit mess. Sure, they are proposing all manner of populist but unworkable methods of income redistribution that will end up doing damage to the economy, but at least we'll get a chance to vote him out again.

Don't think a vote for Corbyn will carry much weight in Reigate!

 

[Simster]

Don't think a vote for Corbyn will carry much weight in Reigate!

It will probably carry more weight than usual though.

 

[BLOCK F]

https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/bbc-question-time-bias-tory-plant_uk_5915562ce4b00f308cf43291

And who can forget the nurse who was forced to use a food bank? Although to be fair, that wasn't on Question Time.
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/polit...ttacked-nationalist-trolls-new-york-pictures/

That nurse is a right piece of work!

 

[highflyer]

Which was my point - the statistic is meaningless as people are agreeing to something they don't understand. A bit like leaving the EU.

I don't think it's meaningless.

From a political perspective (and the point of the article I linked to) it is one part of a bigger picture. It says that a lot of people like the ideas, and the sense of ambition, coming from Labour. This is one part of a much bigger package of ideas, they cannot each be taken in isolation. This is one part of a broad suite of policy proposals, drawn from work done by the IPPR and others: https://www.ippr.org/files/2017-07/cej-cgr-dp-17-07-14-summary.pdf

Some will need more work, some may need to be dumped and replaced. It is the ambition that matters. Most of all the ambition and will to push through such a package of reform against significant and powerful vested interests.

The point made in the article is that while everyone (The Tories, the media and a large part of Labour) obsess over Brexit, Labour leadership is using the opportunity to fill the 'ideas void'. And to convince those that want to listen that they are serious. They assume that most people are not so obsessed with the fine details of Brexit and are more concerned about other problems affecting their day to day lives.

And that may turn out to be, as I said, playing a blinder.

 

[wellquickwoody]

Challenge accepted. It depends what you classify as ''public support''' but she has shared Britain Firsts Posts and Joined the Facebook group Britain Patriots Front which has lost of dubious material.

https://www.opendemocracy.net/ourbeeb/tim-holmes/is-question-time-s-audience-producer-really-fascist

Im not suggesting she's a nailed on facist but can we agree her behaviours are suggestive of someone to the right and also that she has significant role at the BBC? - which is the original point I was making.

So you cannot and you have not.

I am someone to the right, not extreme right but righter than middle. In today's PC world I seem to be labelled racist or nazi, a very long way from the truth. Can someone from the right of you not be allowed a significant role in the media? If you believe that to be the case then I suggest you research the racist, you may find some uncomfortable truths.

 

[Bozza]

I don't think it's meaningless.

From a political perspective (and the point of the article I linked to) it is one part of a bigger picture. It says that a lot of people like the ideas, and the sense of ambition, coming from Labour. This is one part of a much bigger package of ideas, they cannot each be taken in isolation. This is one part of a broad suite of policy proposals, drawn from work done by the IPPR and others: https://www.ippr.org/files/2017-07/cej-cgr-dp-17-07-14-summary.pdf

Some will need more work, some may need to be dumped and replaced. It is the ambition that matters. Most of all the ambition and will to push through such a package of reform against significant and powerful vested interests.

The point made in the article is that while everyone (The Tories, the media and a large part of Labour) obsess over Brexit, Labour leadership is using the opportunity to fill the 'ideas void'. And to convince those that want to listen that they are serious. They assume that most people are not so obsessed with the fine details of Brexit and are more concerned about other problems affecting their day to day lives.

And that may turn out to be, as I said, playing a blinder.

Ah, so Labour have been largely absent from discussions on the most critical issue facing this country for a generation because they've been working on pie-in-the-sky policies that are wholly unpractical. Gotcha. I'm sold - where do I vote?

 

[highflyer]

Ah, so Labour have been largely absent from discussions on the most critical issue facing this country for a generation because they've been working on pie-in-the-sky policies that are wholly unpractical. Gotcha. I'm sold - where do I vote?

You may not be their target audience.

 

[borat]

So you cannot and you have not.

I am someone to the right, not extreme right but righter than middle. In today's PC world I seem to be labelled racist or nazi, a very long way from the truth. Can someone from the right of you not be allowed a significant role in the media? If you believe that to be the case then I suggest you research the racist, you may find some uncomfortable truths.

I just did! To repeat..... She shared posts from right leaning group on a public forum (FB) and joined another right leaning group. Add in the UKIP ties. If that doesnt suggest to you that she is right leaning on the polictical spectrum than Im afraid our discussion is futile.

Nothing wrong with having representation in the BBC from a range of political views. My point is that at the moment its heavily one sided with many influential editiorial/presenter roles are held by Tories or those with more right leaning views. Im not sure that is even disputable.

 

[carlzeiss]

No surprise that the producer of that LBC phone-in selected anti-Corbyn callers to go on air. LBC has been run by Tory sympathisers for years. Is there anyone left who really believes we get unbiased political output from the big corporations?

Funny , I didn't have Owen Jones down as a Tory but if you say so .


https://www.lbc.co.uk/radio/presenters/owen-jones/