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Nothing interesting about Marxist ideology from the 1930s

It's almost like Campbell handles spin...

Click bait from GQ ? √

@@Durgesuth No, he is the only person creative enough to re-define economy to satisfy humanist values. If your concern is the economy, then read Radical Markets by Eric Posner and Glen Weyl.

Ollie Folayan Soft questions, soft answers, lack of detail

Campbell can do one

2 of the best

Labour should use this guy instead of momentum and they would scream in the pols

They don't call Alastair Campbell Blair's liar-in-chief for nothing. Lets not be naive.

Exactly this sexist claptrap is disgusting.

They don't want Keir Starmer or Emily Thornberry to take over from Corbyn. The women shortlist removes half the problem... now to remove Thornberry

You mean their sex I presume?

Let them have Theresa May

When was the last time Labour had a qualified and good leader...

She was but Bliar took her out of the way for the last few weeks and he and Madelson creamed the limelight and the footnotes of future history books. I have been a Labour member for 20 years, they both make me sick.

Very true Tricia - - She often took her wingman Corbyn to NI to resolve the issues which led to peace ,like the first steps of the releasing of political prisoners which kick started the Good Friday process - Mo was a vital cog in brokering the peace process Not much is mentioned of this in the press - Just Corbyn loves the IRA smear and Blair was the hero of the day when its completely not true - The hard graft was done by Mo and company - lets not forget this

That's true. Mo was great. And the GFA would not have happened had it not been for Corbyn's negotiating work as an emissary to Sinn Fein on Blair's behalf. There was never going to be an end to the violence without negotiations with Sinn Fein, and there were never going to be such negotiations if there was going to be an insistence that Sinn Fein be made to look like it was surrendering.

@@bonechip01 Robin Cook was indeed an admirable, even heroic figure. He resigned from the Cabinet on principle, went through a divorce, and his early death was attributed to a heart attack. Do you have any reason to believe there's anything suspicious about the man's demise?

@Olivia Purcel Absolutely true. Blair and Campbell made everything about their "project"-everything had to be about proving that they were right to treat the Labour Party as the VIetnamese village they found they had to destroy in order to "save". The reality is, the main reason Blair moved Labour so brutally to the right after 1994 was that he knew a Labour victory, on any manifesto, was going to be a certainty in 1996 or 1997 and that the only way Blair could pretend he deserved credit for the victory was to remove every last speck of socialism and even social democracy from the party's policies.

Like 99% of politicians. People are incredibly fast, especially in this day and age, to write off a persons entire fabric because of their political affiliation or leanings. What a ridiculous era we live in.

McDonnell is extremely bright and very literate in economics. To think we could have this guy taking the reigns of the economy and putting forward an agenda for this country that is actually positive and forward thinking. The other thing the media never mentions - McDonnell has support and backing from some of the best minds in economics. Whether it’s infrastructure, climate change, energy - they have made some really good policies that actually seek to tackle the problems If one looks at the trump admin, it’s the exact opposite. The head of each agency is tasked with the destruction of said agency. Head of the environmental protection agency is there solely to destroy the agency and make sure the fossil fuel companies do well. Head of education is there to make sure private and charter schools do well whilst public schools get funding cut. This is what we will have with the Tories. I really hope the people of this country think very clearly before voting. This is the most important vote of a generation.

That Turkey is going to taste extremely bitter for Corbyn come Xmas day.

@@CarlyonProduction As a Marxist he has anything but a good grasp on economics, he just knows how to sell his position well. A very good public speaker if nothing else

@@jacob2808 Absolutely. This dangerous marxist would bring wrack and ruin to the economy within months.

no , for me, females aren't governors. Their qualities are elsewhere, not in govt

They've all been male until now so obviously chosen on their gender

@@cakefordinner1762 You're not bright are you?

He said 'if there are two equally qualified people of the two genders'.

An impotant query, here, did you watch the entire interview?

I think there's still a lot of life left in McDonnell. I'll vote for him in the next leadership if he stands, and no doubt he'll receive an endorsement from Corbyn

Nicster Yes .... it’s for the best...

Keir makes a better media speaker

McDonell literally wants to steal property owners’ properties from them for some arbitrary price below market value and gift them to tenants. He’s a Marxist lunatic.

I don't like Jeremy Corbyn at all but there is a huge difference between him and John McDonnell. John is a hardcore Marxist willing to use violence if necessary. He hides it very well in his media appearances these days. Sounds awfully reasonable. But anyone old enough to remember or anyone capable of simple research of his history knows who and what he is. In this interview he wouldn't really rule out becoming a terrorist if he was in Northern Ireland at the time. Think about that for a second. That's an extraordinary thing.

Whats that word.... Oh now I remember. Projection.

@@Nine-Signs Projection: the word you childlessly use whenever you don't have anything to say

@@georgekosko5124Actually I say as much as I can with as few words as possible, in this case I was pointing out Alistair Campbell projecting onto another something which he is guilty of, which the original poster Tricia French explains well and I commented in support of. Now if that all flew past your head perhaps it's not myself with a child like understanding of matters. Have a wonderful day none the less.

He's the media man. He's dodgy but he knows how to do pr, we should try to take some influence from that.

Unfairness to him - he was significantly more in touch with the public regarding the 2019 election than McDonnell

@@turquoiseowl why is that?

Marxists aren't interesting , he advocates an ideology that was thrown on the scrap heap years ago . He's yesterday's fish and chip paper .

@Daniel Clark Clark Think you've got mixed up with the Tories policies.

@@turquoiseowl Do you really? Should have gone to Specsavers

@Joe Langabeer am no right wing troll, have you heard some of his more colourful speeches?

I initally liked him - now i think he's a divisive odious hatemonger

Elin Grome why?

@Daniel Clark Clark mcdonnell???? are you sure you're not talking about a tory mate?

@@elingrome5853 Hating tories is fine and encouraged actually. They hate poor people so why should we treat them with compassion and respect? They give us spit back

@Monty Python the Flying Circus boring boring boring, this typical soundbite is sooo incredibly boring. You boomers think you've got it all figured out but you're all dumb as bricks.

Except they put one line & out of context quotes in the title of their interviews with Tony Blair, Al Gore, etc. It's clickbait. It works on the internet.... That's why you clicked on it.

Tory bosses? How old are you? It's not 1956 any more.

spencer hardy Old enough to know most bosses are - if not overt Tories (the "party of business") - hostile to the authentic Left.

That's because the authentic left contains people like you. It would be silly not to be hostile towards anything a person like you associates with. That's my best guess.

The morning of Dec 13th will see the resignation of jezza as party leader.

XD You have absolutely no chance either way.

@@sunnyjim1355 according to whom? a tory troll?

@@macabre2007 If you give the opposition a 17.4 million vote start ....you're not going to win an election...... That must be obvious even to the dimmest in the Labour Party.

@@philmcdonald4778 time doesn't stop and now there are more people who would vote remain against a deal which will leave our countries of the british isles worse off. - you dinosaures are locked in the past and you blue rinse tories are truly cliched and out of touch

@@macabre2007 Well why is the Old Scarecrow ducking a General Election ? You need to convince him.

Dunno, he said he likes Blair

The same John mcdonnell asking for ira terrorists to be honoured that man

@@shaunwind3815 doing the rounds I see.

Good honest interview

Two slime balls, attempting to de-toxify their brand

Only civil because they are one side of politics. Also they disagree mildly on many things. Unfortunately on the streets filtering down the pyramid they sit on it translates to name calling and violence shielded by masks so as to be able to return to “civil conversations” and preach righteousness. So sad i grew up in a Labour family and the day i rejoin is the day i decide to get masked up and violent pointing the finger at who ever i’ve decided is vermin. Seriously, really hypocritical cognitive dissonance is rife in Labour Party now days.

@@theoilandgasresourceportal2132 Troll alert!

Yasmine Wilde, I think you spoke too soon. We've got a mister angry in here, who wants to turn up the temperature 🤣

Don't understand why Campbell still gets airtime, its not as if he was ever an elected mp

A good decent politician, a rare breed.

He nearly won in 2017 and could of if the right of the party hadn't jumped on board with the media attacking him, And Corbyn and Mcdonnell represent traditional Labour it was Blair and co who changed it to New Labour.

@Alfie Stephens done what in any cirumstances?

@@sjewitt22no he didn’t “nearly win” at all. He performed better than expected in 2017, but still would’ve struggled to put together an effective coalition of stable government. Let’s get real.

Martyn, why praise Alastair at all? how many people died in the Iraq war?

Always good for a laugh!

No it wouldn't

@@theoilandgasresourceportal2132 it would.....Tories are the worst party any nation could have.

You're delusional and utterly naive. How's that for nice pleasantries?

@@paulies5407 I never knew much about him, but now I think he'd be great, hope Labour form the next government. Imagine this kind of talk from our politicians instead of all the vile stuff we have these days. Exactly what we need.

@@paulies5407 Yeah you're right, it's not like wages have barely grown since 2008, nor homelessness and poverty shot through the roof since 2010. The Tories haven't cut public services to pieces and sold off the NHS. Just keep voting Tory - things can't get any worse... right?

@@BritishJuche vote communism instead because we are big brained

@Galthasar Belt It's a myth that Labour spend more than the tories. Historically the opposite would be accurate, but it's all marketing 😉

He is a cynical politician, desperately trying to make himself appear moderate

"Is Tony Blair a war criminal?" - Through gritted teeth, McDonnell says 'no'.

@@room101b7 the mouth said no. The eyes said YES

McDonnell and Corbyn had a massive fight over the 2016 ref campaign, McDonnell wanted a full-on pro-EU campaign and Jeremy wouldn't listen.

@@theoilandgasresourceportal2132 He was trying his best to be diplomatic, but the guy is essentially a war criminal.

He’s a backstabbing creep

. arise oh christians and pray and join trump for safety of this nation which Satan is trying to use demoncrats to destroy this nation because of their agenda which centers in evils anti heaven agenda let the Lord arise and let demoncrats fall in Jesus name amen

Not a grown up, he had fantasies about killing Tory women.

McDonnell lying through his teeth about caring about democracy.

@@lameduck3630 ok let's not spin the facts shall we. Why say "Tory women" as if he was referring to multiple exclusively female Tories when we are well aware he said and I quote "margaret thatcher" in what was very obviously intended as a joke and delivered as a joke.

I disagree with him about nearly everything, but I think both participants came over very well in this.

'The people's chancellor' LOL!!! WTF are you smoking?

Is George Galloway your dad?

The “supreme” court is actually unconstitutional in the UK because we are not supposed to have any political intervention from courts - the separation of powers. The only reason the “supreme” court exists is because Blair invented it to keep himself out of The Hague for war crimes.

C G E The Supreme Court is constitutional because Parliament has the power to change the constitution with a simple 50:50 majority. Therefore, when they created the Supreme Court, they made it constitutional by changing the constitution.

The thing is that isn't true. Were they close to winning? Not at all (although arguably in 2017, they came much closer to winning than people realise). Yes the Tories won their thumping majority and this shows their support in the country, but I can promise you there are a lot of people that agree with left wing politics and Corbyn. Despite getting the highest vote share, still over half of the country disagree with right wing politics. Within the Labour Party there is still conflict between the left and the centre. Not winning elections and not agreeing with the status quo or your personal opinion doesn't negate the relevance of left wing politics and corbynism, because there is still very much support there

@@nerdsville2299 I agree with this completely, which is why I think Starmer has a much better chance of being elected. I don't personally agree with New Labour and I would consider myself to the left of the party, and I understand completely why we were rejected by the population. I will always vote Labour over Tory and I personally believe Labour should return to its roots of how it was created, but i don't think we are ready as a population for it yet. I will continue to support Keir Starmer to victory even though he's not my ideal candidate (but even as a Corbyn supporter I'm glad RLB didn't win leadership or we would be even more crushed), but he has potential to do real good and he doesn't strike me as the massive Blairite that some perceive him to be and have left the party as a result of. Our first step is stopping all this infighting because we will be out of power as long as we are at war with eachother. So my main point is that I agree completely with your comment that appealing to the broad centre-left is the way forward to power, and Labour is heading in the right direction with their new leadership, but the impact of Corbynism and his appeal to so many shouldn't just be forgotten. If Keir really does stick to his promises of maintaining the party's social radical agenda while also appealing to the northern seats we lost in 2017, I think we can do some real good.

Yes it is but they were irrelevant from. Day one.

What a pair of knobheads

the reason why you are even alive are us whites,

Well let Campbell apply for reapplication and see what happens.

@@lunafringe10 White lie- "a lie that is told in order to be polite or to stop someone from being upset by the truth." Has nothing to do with race.

Riley he wants to abolish mi5, divide the country with his hatred of anyone with a different opinion

Power to the people

So did Lenin

bencb3 when has he displayed hatred of people with different opinions? Genuinely never seen that.

Anti democrat and terrorist sympathiser... amongst other reasons

Rounds to 8 though doesn't it?

Terilyte No. 7.76+ round to 8, 7.01-7.24 rounds to 7, 7.25-7.75 rounds to 7.5

I’m labour, McDonnell is a great strategist but the economic ignorance is staggering

@@JoshuaRoss2 Only by rounding to the nearest half of a point. Rounding to the nearest point would give you 8

Only from a nationalised IKEA mate.

OMG yes please. xD

Free unicorns and a bankrupt economy in weeks too

@@presidentelectzigenpuss3570 Yes, the only solution to not 'bankrupting the economy' is to never give any poor person a pay rise ever again. As the 5th richest nation on earth, we can't afford anything nice.

Lennon6412 7th now I believe. Tories believe in a laissez faire style of government. When I lived in Hong Kong in the 80’s I got to experience this in all its glories and to see all the hardships of the real poor. The food banks and the gradual drip feeding of curtailment of social care is growing more evidence of the kind I saw in Hong Kong. Not something to be proud of at all. I used to be proud of my country but now all I see are the rich paying for the lies in order to feed their bank balances and sod the rest of us. They are getting their way quite nicely so far. When Brexit happens the hedge funders who are short selling the pound will be even more vastly richer than they are now. Then they will squirrel it all away in their off-shore accounts and spend just a little of it on funding their hedonistic lifestyle. Will they be putting a can of beans in a food bank? What do you think?

Count Zigenpuss You clearly haven’t read the Labour manifesto, and by the way, it’s this morally corrupt Tory government who are promising Unicorns like building new hospitals while at the same time making an absolute shambles of Brexit. Even businesses are warming to the idea of a Corbyn Government, rather than a no deal Tory Johnson government.

Why?

Your choices are going to be Long-Bailey, Rayner or Pidcock. Thornberry and Cooper are in the process of being sidelined. Keir Starmer has the wrong genitals

John is more Machiavellian than Jeremy

James, I hope you call Churchill a far worse war criminal. If you don't you're a hypocrite.

PanglossDr Didn’t Churchill go to war to protect Poland and it was relatively local and a clear and present threat. Blair lied and he knew he was lying, you don’t believe a word Blair says do you. He is responsible for social engineering which has really gone well hasn’t it. He was the author of the end of English life as we knew it. Political correctness another divisive policy. He’s is a brilliant salesman who had you believing his lies on everything. His wife is also despicable, have you seen the people and causes she represents in court. Both of em were poison.

@@sadako24 what Saddam Hussein did was unacceptable but we went to war because of protential of weapons of mass destruction, which there hasn't been or never been any proof, yet afterwards it came about, we liberated Iraq and Oil.

Yeah real intellectual

and he will give you a passport (Don't forget that)

When a hard left Marxist is not extreme enough for you, it's time to check yourself into a mental health facility. Both for your own safety and that of other people

When was the trial?

This irrational hatred of Blair is unfortunately common

importantjohn not a Marxist He’s a socialist Believes there’s inequality in this country like Marx But wants to fix it with socialism Not Marxism Not hard left Hard left is anarchist communist or Marxist

@@importantjohn Does your head rattle when you shake it?

State enforced cuckoldry will move us forward

I think the left have hijacked the meaning of the word progressive surely this should be challenged more often . Imo many of their policies are regressive😃

More immigration, more congestion, more debt, more political correctness, more crime

They always run out of other peoples money

Rid private property Rid your earnings and savings through crushing taxes Rid entrepreneurship and economic expansion Rid Free Speech Rid Freedom. The labour party is a disgrace to rational politics. You should actually look into the effects of your demands in terms of society and economics.

Definitely a C to C

His policies and ideology are the same as Corbyn's.

How come?

McDonnell would have really made the better leader, he actually polls much better in focus groups etc

@@lauramartin5579 I always felt like he embraced Marxism too much, whereas Corbyn always said he hadn't read or thought about Marx in years. Now I kind of see that he just takes the bits of Marx that he likes and ignores what he doesn't. Which isn't a criticism - just as long as he doesn't just keep pushing edgier and edgier policies until people won't vote for him any more. That's my main concern. I liked the 2017 manifesto, but a 2019 one might be the limit to how many policies I can get on board with

A lot talk about peace but him and Jeremy only seem to sit down with one side Hamas, Sinn Fienn, IRA, never heard of him have a meeting with the Israeli government or the DUP.

@@toma4794 indeed so what's with the labour party's so called acute anti semitism. The country's Jewish sector would be in danger if the labour party got in .propaganda overdrive.a bloody insult

kier's a joke, he's just boris with a red tie

If the Corbyn bashers want to work purposefully then I feel we have it right here.

Economic illiterates and jew haters welcome

If you hate Jews, democracy and competent government

@Daniel Clark Clark No, he really doesn't.

@Daniel Clark Clark McDonnell? He is calling for the exact opposite. What you describe is what the Tories are implementing.

Christiane Coughlan there is a form of a written constitution written by dicey and formed of traditional principles and case law. Fairly clear if you know what to read. Just as the USA constitution is in a simple written form, there are additions and case law to support it or adapt it too. Not much difference in reality.

Completely disagree. Corbyn, the lunatic puppet... and Mcdonnell, a fool who still can't accept the Ribbentrop/Molotov Pact actually occurred? Why do you still keep insisting this utopian nightmare - that so many poor people have had to endure... and given their lives to overcome - is the answer? Why?

After making such an idiot of herself with that level of prominence and scrutiny that comes with that position, she'll probably ensure that Labour will not have a female nor black leader again for some while afterwards, just out of sheer superstition and trauma.

She may not be the most charismatic, but she definitely isn't thick like everyone's been trying to make out. I wonder how many of her critics have managed to get a degree from Cambridge as a black woman in the 80s.

Working Class Tory Voter - (Obsessed with Diane Abbot) Congratulations "WINNER" Yawn - read a book √

@@Jezz_Mcfly Corbyn is about to be SMASHED in this GE!

@@AICabal we'll see ? Turkeys / Christmas 👍

He explicitly states that he thinks that they *do* have women who are capable of leading though and then, with that in mind, it becomes obvious that it should happen.

ScoundrelDaysSon I agree. My comment is not aimed directly at him, apologies if it sounded like that. It’s instead aimed at those who genuinely state that. We had it with Hilary Clinton “we need a women president” forgetting that Hillary debatably is one of the most corrupt career politicians that has ever existed within the US political system.

@@ScoundrelDaysSon exactly... top top talent like... Dawn Butler and Angela Rayner