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Topic History of: Peterborough Election
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Barney wrote:
Just three of Corbyn's stated policies, which many would disagree with:-
- free higher education
- a united Ireland
- renationisation of railways, and utility companies
The funding alone of these would be enormous
As the much missed ITK would say... He can promise what he likes, because he will never be elected.
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Barney |
robbiex wrote:
Barney wrote:
Just three of Corbyn's stated policies, which many would disagree with:-
- free higher education
- a united Ireland
- renationisation of railways, and utility companies
The funding alone of these would be enormous
re-nationalisation of the railways would be a good idea, if it was run properly. Most european railways are nationalised and they are a lot better than the uk railways. However staying in the european union after a second referendum would make it virtually impossible to nationalise the railways, as the European Union requires that a tender is put out for every railway franchise.
A United Ireland would be advantageous for us - in that the €1 billion monthly prop-up payment to Northern Ireland (by the UK Exchequer) would disappear.
However, the Republic of Ireland simply couldn't afford to take on NI - as it is still recovering from the Celtic Tiger debacle; when it went virtually bankrupt and had to be rescued.
RoI has a National Debt of €200+ billion, on which it's paying interest - and because the majority of its exports come to the UK - it will be seriously affected by Brexit.
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hedda |
Corbyn as PM..I'll believe it when I see it. The forces lined up against him are vicious and powerful. All the false claims..antisemitism, spy etc etc..relentlessly dripped out day by day.
His polices are hardly extreme- they are policies that worked for decades under Labour and Conservative governments until the disasters of Thatcherism / Reaganism enthusiastically endorsed and put on steroids by Tony Blair & Bill Clinton.
There would be enough tax revenue to fund all the projects Corbyn and Labour (these are polices Labour members vote on- they aren't Corbyn's to proclaim)if the hugely unfair tax rorting engaged in by some of Britain's biggest corporations was cracked down on.
How can you have newspapers wielding such disproportionate power when the handful of owners are foreigners and tax avoiders?
JK's beloved Rupert Murdoch for instance: his News Corp entities pay zilch tax in the UK and Australia yet reap in $Billions and multi-millions in profits, all (falsely) HQed in Delaware where laws prevent any inspection of the books.
Just read this for example: the biggest tax shirkers in Australia..
the UK is probably 10 times worse- the USA 100 times.
Top 40 Tax Dodgers Revenue and tax paid
1. GLENCORE INVESTMENT PTY LIMITED $27B,929,635,183 : 0
2. EXXONMOBIL AUSTRALIA PTY LTD $24B,810,160,190 : 0
3. ENERGY AUSTRALIA HOLDINGS LIMITED $23B,901,332,940 : 0
4. MITSUBISHI DEVELOPMENT PTY LTD $14B,169,387,361 : 0
5. VIRGIN AUSTRALIA HOLDINGS LIMITED $13B,318,353,000 : 0
6. VODAFONE HUTCHISON AUSTRALIA PTY LTD $11B,831,941,032 : 0
www.michaelwest.com.au/tax-dodgers/ |
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robbiex |
Barney wrote:
Just three of Corbyn's stated policies, which many would disagree with:-
- free higher education
- a united Ireland
- renationisation of railways, and utility companies
The funding alone of these would be enormous
re-nationalisation of the railways would be a good idea, if it was run properly. Most european railways are nationalised and they are a lot better than the uk railways. However staying in the european union after a second referendum would make it virtually impossible to nationalise the railways, as the European Union requires that a tender is put out for every railway franchise. |
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Barney |
Just three of Corbyn's stated policies, which many would disagree with:-
- free higher education
- a united Ireland
- renationisation of railways, and utility companies
The funding alone of these would be enormous
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