Good day all. Normally, I don’t concern myself to much with the goings on “Across the pond” as the British sometimes call the Atlantic Ocean. However, I saw something about who the Labor Party, (Their Democrats times 10), is looking to make their next leader.
The person they are looking at is Jeremy Corbyn. Until I read the article about him, I had never heard of him. Of course, the same could be said about many American politicians in Great Britain. From what I’ve seen, this guy, to use the British terminology, is “A real nutter.” Here are a few details on this guy from Fox News:
Hard-left British politician Jeremy Corbyn, who has sought warmer ties with Putin’s Russia and compared U.S. troops to ISIS, appears to be leading the race to take over one of Britain’s two major parties – a development that could have serious repercussions for the “special relationship” between the U.K. and U.S.
That “Special relationship” we’ve had going back for quite a while has suffered severe damage thanks to King Putt. From what I’ve been reading about this Corbyn guy, he would put a bullet into it and end it once and for all. So, how is this ultra moonbat even being considered as the leader of the Labour party?
The Labor Party – one of two main parties along with Prime Minister David Cameron’s Conservative Party – lost the general election in May under the leadership of the left-wing Ed Miliband, who resigned, triggering a vote for a new leader. Many analysts assumed the center-left party would move back to the center with a new leader in the mold of former Prime Minister Tony Blair. The analysts appear to have been wrong.
In a shock to the British political system, bearded vegetarian socialist Jeremy Corbyn – who has been part of the party’s left fringe for decades – put his name forward and swiftly went from outsider to top contender. He’s at the top of recent polls among registered Labor supporters, backed by a coalition of activists of all ages and trade unions.
To explain a little on how the British system works, the party leader is the one who becomes the Prime Minister if the party wins a majority of seats in Parliament.
Voting ends Sept. 10, with results expected Sept. 12. If Corbyn wins, he’d be leader of the opposition party in Parliament. Should Labor win a parliamentary majority in the next election, scheduled for 2020, he could immediately become prime minister.
And you will see Britain’s economy collapse virtually overnight. While Corbyn calls himself a socialist, (ala Bernie Sanders), his ideas are right out of the Communist playbook. He would start by nationalizing businesses, which worked so well for Great Britain in the past.
On domestic policy, Corbyn wants to hike taxes and domestic spending, and reintroduce Labor’s Clause IV in its manifesto – removed by Blair in the ’90’s – that calls for state ownership of all industry.
Corbyn’s foreign policy could be best descibed as “Preemptive surrender.” He would unilaterally disarm Britain’s nuclear forces. Then he would replicate Obama’s “Apology tour.
On foreign policy, Corbyn opposed the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, and told The Guardian last week that if elected leader he would apologize for Labor’s role in the Iraq war. Corbyn also wants the U.K. to scrap its nuclear deterrent and withdraw from NATO. In 1984, he invited Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams to Parliament, just two weeks after the Irish Republican Army (IRA) had committed a terrorist attack on a hotel where then-Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher was staying, killing five and injuring dozens.
His opinion of the United States is similar to that of ISIS, Iran and Russia.
“Yes, [ISIS troops] are brutal, yes some of what they have done is quite appalling, likewise what Americans did in Fallujah and other places is appalling,” Corbyn said. The Washington Free Beacon reports that Corbyn also welcomed members of Hamas and Hezbollah to Parliament and referred to them as “my friends.”
The others in Britain’s political class can see what the results of Corbyn’s becoming the Labour Party leader will be.
Former PM Blair put the issue in stark terms in a recent opinion piece: “The Labor Party is in danger more mortal today than at any point in the over 100 years of its existence.”
Hodges, who believes Corbyn will win the nomination but won’t become prime minister, said he was not surprised that Corbyn has been cozying up with Vladimir Putin. “In terms of foreign policy, and domestic and economic policy, Jeremy Corbyn is ideologically opposed to what the United States has come to represent in the world in foreign policy and economic terms,” Hodges said. “And were he to ever get into a position of political influence, there is no doubt he will use that influence to shift Britain away from its traditional relationship with the United States.”
That shift would mean removal of any and all United States forces currently in the United Kingdom and I would not be surprised if he invited Soviet Russian forces to replace them. On our side of “The Pond,” political analysts agree that Corbyn would be a nightmare.
Some analysts in America agree. “It would be terrible for the U.S.-U.K. relationship,” said Luke Coffey, a former Conservative Party adviser and now a Margaret Thatcher fellow at the Heritage Foundation in Washington.
Now that is an understatement if there ever was one.
While Coffey doubts Corbyn could become prime minister, he says even becoming leader of the opposition would have an impact. “He would be so overtly anti-American that whoever steps into the White House, Republican or Democrat, would have to support the Conservative Party,” he said.
Obama supporting the Conservative Party? That would be amusing. Ideologically, Obama probably thinks the same way as Corbyn.
It does look like the grownups in the Labour Party are beginning to understand what a disaster Corbyn would be for the Party.
With just weeks to go before the ballot closes, Labor leaders are scrambling to stop Corbyn. Hodges said some are even “actively talking” about trying to “remove him as quickly as possible” should Corbyn win.
As I’ve said before, I’m not up on British politics. However, if the worst case scenario were to occur and Corbyn somehow became Prime Minister, the United Kingdom would collapse in record time. He is nothing more than a communist. In fact, I would not be surprised if he wasn’t under the control of the old Soviet KGB, either as a direct agent, or more than likely, a “Fellow Traveler.” A Corbyn Administration would probably end the Labour Party outright, and his being elected to the leadership would probably end any chance of the Labour Party gaining enough seats to take power for a generation. Considering how stupid leftists are, I have little doubt Corbyn will be the next Labour Party leader.
Thatisall
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