Jeremy Corbyn wins economists’ backing for anti-austerity policies

Generali

cepheus wrote: »

Jeremy Corbyn is a common sense, mainstream Keynesian, by Bryan Gould http://wp.me/pVJrF-bve

That'll be Bryan Gould, lawyer and MP. Lots of backing for Mr Corbyn's economic policies from people who are not economists.

ruggedtoast

Jeremy Corbyn knows that increasing demand demand increases taxation!

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MS1950

ruggedtoast wrote: »

I was a bit disappointed to see that Jeremy Corbyn enjoys a 7 bedroom farm house as his family home. I was hoping he had a council flat which he had refused to buy, with a bar fire.

But I suppose his situation is normal for boomers and in any case when he gets into power we shall all be having 7 bedroom houses.

Was your use of the present tense “enjoys” intentional – or did you misunderstand the Dailiy Mail article you read:

“Left-wing firebrand Jeremy Corbyn was brought up in a seven-bedroom manor house that was once a hotel.

The 66-year-old hard-left Labour leadership candidate spent his childhood in the extravagant residence in rural Shropshire after his father purchased it in 1956”.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3207530/Hard-left-Labour-candidate-Jeremy-Corbyn-brought-seven-bedroom-manor-house-father-converted-hotel.html#ixzz3jjYaGCQp

Surely, if anything, he is to be admired for pursuing egalitarian policies having come from what seems to be a fairly comfortable background rather than sneered at with insinuations that he's some sort of hypocrite because of his childhood and the inference that he still “enjoys a 7 bedroom farm house as his family home”.

Thrugelmir

Fella wrote: »

You are misunderstanding my point when I'm referencing globalisation. I'm saying that it's increasingly easy for companies to be based wherever they want & a high minimum wage is one more reason for them not to choose to be based in the UK.

UK is over 70% service industry based so reallocation of jobs overseas is somewhat limited. GO is reducing Corporation Tax as well. So there is an offset to the proposal.

Generali

MS1950 wrote: »

Was your use of the present tense “enjoys” intentional – or did you misunderstand the Dailiy Mail article you read:

“Left-wing firebrand Jeremy Corbyn was brought up in a seven-bedroom manor house that was once a hotel.

The 66-year-old hard-left Labour leadership candidate spent his childhood in the extravagant residence in rural Shropshire after his father purchased it in 1956”.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3207530/Hard-left-Labour-candidate-Jeremy-Corbyn-brought-seven-bedroom-manor-house-father-converted-hotel.html#ixzz3jjYaGCQp

Surely, if anything, he is to be admired for pursuing egalitarian policies having come from what seems to be a fairly comfortable background rather than sneered at with insinuations that he's some sort of hypocrite because of his childhood and the inference that he still “enjoys a 7 bedroom farm house as his family home”.

When I was at the firebrand stage of my political beliefs it was obvious that the hard left were pretty much all public schoolboys and trade union leaders: useful idiots and those with something to gain.

My parents met at Young Socialists and were about as working class as could be: for example my Grandmother was born in a workhouse and then orphaned there as she was illegitimate. They were pushed out by the posh lot that wanted to keep the poor people poor as that would keep them voting Socialist. The last thing Labour (ex-Blair) wants is poor people getting on in life as then they start voting Tory!

MS1950

Generali wrote: »

When I was at the firebrand stage of my political beliefs it was obvious that the hard left were pretty much all public schoolboys and trade union leaders: useful idiots and those with something to gain.

My parents met at Young Socialists and were about as working class as could be: for example my Grandmother was born in a workhouse and then orphaned there as she was illegitimate. They were pushed out by the posh lot that wanted to keep the poor people poor as that would keep them voting Socialist. The last thing Labour (ex-Blair) wants is poor people getting on in life as then they start voting Tory!

Such cynicism (in one [possibly] still relatively young?).

I'm a 'boomer' in ruggedtoast's terms and was brought up in a 3 bedroom council house – that one of my sisters subsequently bought and still owns. I was then and remain opposed to the subsidised sale of public housing that has devastated the availability of decent affordable rented accommodation for people who need it.

But that doesn't make me a hypocrite because my sister bought my childhood home nor does it make that house my 'family home' that I still 'enjoy'.

CLAPTON

MS1950 wrote: »

Such cynicism (in one [possibly] still relatively young?).

I'm a 'boomer' in ruggedtoast's terms and was brought up in a 3 bedroom council house – that one of my sisters subsequently bought and still owns. I was then and remain opposed to the subsidised sale of public housing that has devastated the availability of decent affordable rented accommodation for people who need it.

But that doesn't make me a hypocrite because my sister bought my childhood home nor does it make that house my 'family home' that I still 'enjoy'.

I know nothing of your circumstances nor that of your sister but
in what way has your sister reduced the housing stock available to people like her?

Generali

Mid-40s. Is that young or old these days?

MS1950

Generali wrote: »

Mid-40s. Is that young or old these days?

Well you're not a 'boomer' - I'm quite looking forward to the possibility of the next prime minister being older than me again; something that hasn't been the case for some time.....

ruggedtoast

Generali wrote: »

Mid-40s. Is that young or old these days?

You're an old young person in marketing terms.

As a man you are still likely to be a target for festivals and trainers and gadgets.

If you were a woman, and single, pretty much all you would see when you went online would be a carousel of ads for Guardian Soul Mates and cat food.