Ah, hospital car-parking charges. And prescription charges. And eye and dental charges. And charges for social care. And, although this might not necessarily be much of a priority, undergraduate tuition fees. Without them all, then England would become Venezuela or Zimbabwe. Why, just look what has happened in Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland.
Never mind across Western Europe, where they have public spending at levels that would only be considered here by Jeremy Corbyn, who had insanely wanted to bring it up to the levels in those neighbouring countries. Venezuela and Zimbabwe, the lot of them.
Never mind across Western Europe, where they have public spending at levels that would only be considered here by Jeremy Corbyn, who had insanely wanted to bring it up to the levels in those neighbouring countries. Venezuela and Zimbabwe, the lot of them.
Corbyn's mistake was to put his every mainstream Social Democratic wish into his party's manifesto, although without the Brexit debacle that would still have made it the largest party in a hung Parliament.
Boris Johnson, on the other hand, has no ideology beyond his own advancement, and he has achieved that by winning seats that, once Brexit had happened at the end of next month, could be held only by implementing Corbyn's economic programme.
So, while of course denying it, that is what he is going to do. Sections of his own party will be unhappy about that, but those sections are too wedded to his own fate to cause any real trouble, as when the Right used to whine and moan, and it did, under Margaret Thatcher.
Johnson's domestic programme will, however, split the Labour Party hopelessly. Most members, but only a few MPs, will oppose it from the left, as not going far enough. But most MPs, though only a handful of members, will oppose it from the right.
There will be no holding that together. But so what? We are the key marginal seats now. Let's fill our boots. Then I will be standing for Parliament again here at North West Durham next time, so please give generously. In any event, please email davidaslindsay@hotmail.com. Very many thanks.
Boris Johnson, on the other hand, has no ideology beyond his own advancement, and he has achieved that by winning seats that, once Brexit had happened at the end of next month, could be held only by implementing Corbyn's economic programme.
So, while of course denying it, that is what he is going to do. Sections of his own party will be unhappy about that, but those sections are too wedded to his own fate to cause any real trouble, as when the Right used to whine and moan, and it did, under Margaret Thatcher.
Johnson's domestic programme will, however, split the Labour Party hopelessly. Most members, but only a few MPs, will oppose it from the left, as not going far enough. But most MPs, though only a handful of members, will oppose it from the right.
There will be no holding that together. But so what? We are the key marginal seats now. Let's fill our boots. Then I will be standing for Parliament again here at North West Durham next time, so please give generously. In any event, please email davidaslindsay@hotmail.com. Very many thanks.
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