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    I don't agree it shows anybody running scared. If you feel that you are in a good lead, why would you go on a televised debate which only brings risk and no opportunity?

    its a cold political calculation in my view, certainly noting to do with being scared
    Scared of losing her lead and exposing her lack of flexibility and constant need to control.

    Similar to Khan being scared of Brook, scared of being knocked out and losing.
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    She is scared. Even at question times May is a poor public speaker and she has a long history of telling lies (Brock would love her). Corbyn on the other hand has become a good public speaker easily gaining support whenever challenged. Only the media doesn't like him. If the public saw for themselves then Corbyn would gain ground. They are closing that one down. The media, the gullibility.....they think that seals it.

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    One of the things I do like about this website is the totally different points of view on here.

    Society generally doesn't mix much, and we also have the opportunity to converse (sort of) with different nationalities on here.

    Avoiding the few nutcases, I must say I do find it interesting. Long live free speech.
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    I think he was good on the show I watched yesterday and was impressed. Some of his ideas are old, naive and may not work but better than Teresa.
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    Labour's Actual Policies

    Ban companies based in tax havens bidding for government contracts
    It's astounding that this isn't the case already. How on earth could anyone even attempt to justify taxpayers' cash being paid to companies based in tax havens for the purpose of dodging tax?

    £10 minimum wage for all workers over the age of 18
    The UK is the only country in the developed world where workers' wages are declining in real terms, while the economy is actually growing. A £10 minimum wage would help to reverse this scenario, and it would also significantly reduce the cost of in-work benefits like tax credits and housing benefit (most of which goes to working families these days).

    All rented accommodation to be fit for human habitation
    Again, astounding that this isn't the case already, but in January 2016 the Tories (over 1/3 of whom are landlords) deliberately voted down a Labour Party amendment to their housing bill to ensure that all rented accommodation is fit for human habitation.

    Renationalise the railways
    This is a very popular policy that is supported by an overwhelming majority of the public. Do you support rail renationalisation too, or are you one of the minority who think that the current shambles is acceptable?

    Renationalise the NHS
    The Tory party have been carving up the English NHS and distributing the pieces to the private sector, Jeremy Corbyn has pledged to reverse this process. Are you one of the 84% of people who thinks the NHS should be run as a not for profit public service, or the 7% who agree with the ongoing Tory privatisation agenda?

    Free school meals
    The policy of providing free school meals to all school children between the ages of 4 and 11 is based on evidence based research showing that universal free school meals lead to significantly improved grades. It will be paid for by ending the generous tax breaks (public subsidies) for the 7% of kids who go to private fee-paying schools.

    Create a National Education Service
    Jeremy Corbyn believes that education is a right, not a commodity. He wants to create an integrated National Education Service to ensure that education is freely available to anyone who needs it.

    Scrap tuition fees
    Thanks to the Tories (and their Lib-Dem enablers) UK students now face the most expensive tuition fees in the industrialised world for study at public universities, meaning students typically leave university with £50,000 of debt, and two thirds of them will never pay off their student debts. Labour would end this lunacy by getting rid of student fees.

    Restore NHS Bursaries
    One of the first things Theresa My did when she came to power was to scrap NHS bursaries for nurses and other NHS workers. This removal of financial support for nurses has caused a huge 10,000 decline in the number of applicants to nursing courses. This collapse in nursing recruitment would be bad enough in its own right, but in combination with a record increase in the number of EU nurses quitting the NHS and a mind-boggling 92% fall in nursing recruitment from EU countries, the UK is clearly facing a massive NHS recruitment crisis. Labour would reverse this calamitous state of affairs by restoring NHS Bursaries for trainee nurses.


    Increase the carers allowance
    Labour are proposing to increase the Carers Allowance for the 1 million unpaid carers in the UK. This would be paid for by scrapping the Tories' Inheritance Tax cut for millionaires. Unpaid carers save the UK economy an estimated £132 million a year, and they're doing ever more work as a result of the £4.6 billion in Tory cuts to the social care budget.

    Create a National Investment Bank
    This is actually one of Jeremy Corbyn's best policies, but few people actually understand it. It's absolutely clear that allowing private banks to determine where money is invested ends up in huge speculative bubbles in housing and financial derivatives, while the real economy is starved of cash. A National Investment Bank would work by investing in things like infrastructure, services, businesses and regional development projects, and would end up becoming a kind of sovereign wealth fund for the UK.

    End the public sector pay freeze
    Under Tory rule UK workers suffered the longest sustained decline in real wages since records began. The public sector pay freeze contributed massively to this. You'd have to be economically illiterate to imagine that repressing public sector wages with below inflation pay rises for year after year would not exert downwards pressure on private sector wages too. Ending the public sector pay freeze would actually boost the economy by putting more money in people's pockets, meaning an increase in aggregate demand.


    End sweetheart tax deals between HMRC and massive corporations

    David Cameron (the son of a tax-dodger) repeatedly lied through his teeth about how serious he was about confronting tax-dodging, whilst allowing HMRC to concoct sweetheart deals with corporations like Google, Vodafone and Starbucks. One of the main reasons the corporate press are so strongly opposed to Jeremy Corbyn is that they know that unlike David Cameron, he's serious when he talks about clamping down on tax-dodging.

    Stop major corporations ripping off their suppliers
    Major corporations are withholding an astounding £26 billion through late payment, which is responsible for an estimated 50,000 small businesses going bust every year. The scale of this problem is so massive that it should be a national scandal, and Jeremy Corbyn is absolutely right to align himself with small businesses to defend their interests.


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    Reverse the Tory corporation tax cuts
    Since 2010 the Tories have cut the rate of corporation tax for major multinational corporations from 28% to just 17% (by 2020) meaning the UK has one of the lowest corporation tax rates in the developed world. The global average is 27% and the G7 average is 32.3%. Theresa May has already threatened to lower the corporation tax even further to turn post-brexit Britiain into a tax haven economy, Corbyn is proposing to do the opposite and increase corporation tax rates so they're more in line with the rest of the developed world.

    Defend Human Rights
    Theresa May has repeatedly expressed her intention to tear up Winston Churchill's finest legacy, the European Convention on Human Rights. Labour would oppose this Tory attack on our human rights.

    Zero Hours Contracts ban
    Almost a million UK workers are now on exploitative Zero Hours Contracts. Last year the New Zealand parliament voted to ban them, and Labour is proposing to do the same. Long-term employees and workers doing regular hours would be protected from Zero Hours Contract exploitation.

    Holding the Tories to account over Brexit

    Labour have said that they won't block Brexit, but they will seek to hold the Tories to account over it. A landslide Tory victory would be a disaster for the UK because it would allow Theresa May to pursue the most right-wing pro-corporate anti-worker Brexit possible with almost no democratic scrutiny. The only way to make sure the Tories don't push a fanatically right-wing Brexit on the nation is to ensure that there are plenty of opposition MPs to hold them to account.

    Housebuilding
    Under the Tory government the level of UK housebuilding has slumped to the lowest levels since the 1920s, even though demand for housing is extremely high. Labour are guaranteeing to invest in a programme of housebuilding, and committing to ensure that half of the new houses are social housing. This wouldn't just alleviate the housing crisis, it would also stimulate the economy by increasing aggregate demand.

    Combat inequality
    George Osborne's ideological austerity agenda resulted in the longest sustained decline in workers' wages since records began and condemned an additional 400,000 children to growing up in poverty, meanwhile the tiny super-rich majority literally doubled their wealth. Labour is pledging to reduce the inequality gap and introduce progressive policies to reduce the gap between the incomes of the highest and lowest paid. There is plenty of evidence to show that the least unequal societies are more economically successful places where the people are happier.

    Reverse the Tory corporation tax cuts
    Since 2010 the Tories have cut the rate of corporation tax for major multinational corporations from 28% to just 17% (by 2020) meaning the UK has one of the lowest corporation tax rates in the developed world. The global average is 27% and the G7 average is 32.3%. Theresa May has already threatened to lower the corporation tax even further to turn post-brexit Britiain into a tax haven economy, Corbyn is proposing to do the opposite and increase corporation tax rates so they're more in line with the rest of the developed world.

    Defend Human Rights
    Theresa May has repeatedly expressed her intention to tear up Winston Churchill's finest legacy, the European Convention on Human Rights. Labour would oppose this Tory attack on our human rights.

    Zero Hours Contracts ban
    Almost a million UK workers are now on exploitative Zero Hours Contracts. Last year the New Zealand parliament voted to ban them, and Labour is proposing to do the same. Long-term employees and workers doing regular hours would be protected from Zero Hours Contract exploitation.

    Holding the Tories to account over Brexit

    Labour have said that they won't block Brexit, but they will seek to hold the Tories to account over it. A landslide Tory victory would be a disaster for the UK because it would allow Theresa May to pursue the most right-wing pro-corporate anti-worker Brexit possible with almost no democratic scrutiny. The only way to make sure the Tories don't push a fanatically right-wing Brexit on the nation is to ensure that there are plenty of opposition MPs to hold them to account.

    Housebuilding
    Under the Tory government the level of UK housebuilding has slumped to the lowest levels since the 1920s, even though demand for housing is extremely high. Labour are guaranteeing to invest in a programme of housebuilding, and committing to ensure that half of the new houses are social housing. This wouldn't just alleviate the housing crisis, it would also stimulate the economy by increasing aggregate demand.

    Combat inequality
    George Osborne's ideological austerity agenda resulted in the longest sustained decline in workers' wages since records began and condemned an additional 400,000 children to growing up in poverty, meanwhile the tiny super-rich majority literally doubled their wealth. Labour is pledging to reduce the inequality gap and introduce progressive policies to reduce the gap between the incomes of the highest and lowest paid. There is plenty of evidence to show that the least unequal societies are more economically successful places where the people are happier.
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    SO IN SHORT


    Ban companies based in tax havens bidding for government contracts

    £10 minimum wage for all workers over the age of 18

    All rented accommodation to be fit for human habitation

    Renationalise the railways

    Renationalise the NHS

    Free school meals

    Create a National Education Service

    Scrap tuition fees

    Restore NHS Bursaries

    Increase the carers allowance

    Create a National Investment Bank

    End the public sector pay freeze

    End sweetheart tax deals between HMRC and massive corporations


    Stop major corporations ripping off their suppliers

    Reverse the Tory corporation tax cuts

    Defend Human Rights

    Zero Hours Contracts ban

    Holding the Tories to account over Brexit

    Housebuilding

    Combat inequality



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    Thanks, those are really great policies and I would vote Labour.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Gandalf View Post
    I have never seen a bigger piece of ~SHIT~ than Jeremy Corbyn. That video proves what an absolute idiot he is. He LIKED the Iran deal BWAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAA WHAT A STUPID SHEEP SHAGGER

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    Quote Originally Posted by brocktonblockbust View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by Gandalf View Post
    I have never seen a bigger piece of ~SHIT~ than Jeremy Corbyn. That video proves what an absolute idiot he is. He LIKED the Iran deal BWAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAA WHAT A STUPID SHEEP SHAGGER
    Whatever you think of Corbyn he is neither Welsh nor Cornish. Epic Fail.... Again

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    Surge in betting on Jeremy Corbyn to become prime minister after he promises four extra bank holidays.

    Surge in betting on Jeremy Corbyn to become prime minister after he promises four extra bank holidays
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    Quote Originally Posted by brocktonblockbust View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by Gandalf View Post
    I have never seen a bigger piece of ~SHIT~ than Jeremy Corbyn. That video proves what an absolute idiot he is. He LIKED the Iran deal BWAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAA WHAT A STUPID SHEEP SHAGGER

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    Middle England will not vote for Corbyn simple.
    He has one or two good policy's but he wants a open border policy.
    Before you have a free for all you need to get some money in the cofers the Tory's will empty the box.
    The 2 leaders are like Matt emulsion bland and disinteresting.
    This election is a important one as the outcome will mould our Country into a self governing none European​ flunky state as we were.

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