Speech of Speeches

Shall we be honest, Jeremy Corbyn's Speech was awful.

Apart from the fact that it didn't actually say anything, apart from his stance on Trident, it was rather boring.

He hit out at the media too many times, he bashed the Tories, but never actually said what Labour would do if they were in power.

He said what they'll do whilst in opposition, which puts the stance out to those who do vote Labour, that they're not really expecting to win, and he would almost prefer being the leader of the opposition, not of Government.

Although to be fair to Jeremy Corbyn he did start off well, he made a few light jokes, and had the conference eating out of the palm of his hands, but that didn't last too long.

The applause got weaker by the second, and people's attention span started wondering off.

He thanked for too long, he media bashed for too long, he Tory bashed for too long, and he waffled for too long.

Yes, by all means have debates within the party to say what your stance on certain things will be, and I quite like the idea he doesn't want to be a dictator like leader, however, you can't pick and chose when you want to dictate the Party's stance over one subject, e.g. Trident.

Also this conference has been rather revealing of how difficult he's going to find John McDonnell, twice having to ask him to wave, then thank him for it.

Corbyn's found his Brown, to his Blair.

He tried to make a case for the self employed, so that they receive Statutory Sick Pay, Maternity Pay, and Paternity Pay, most people I know who are self employed have received all those things whilst being self employed.

But he also tried to make a case for what they're earning, the problem with being self employed is, you have to find the work for yourself, you have to price yourself in with the competition, and sadly that sometimes means having to lower your prices.

How he'll get round that I do not know.

He tried to make a case for those who are in private renting, here he can probably win a few voters over, as I do believe prices have shot up, however, he made a mistake when he said we should take as many refugees as we can, then in the same sentence, say how low on housing we are.

He waffled on against what the Tories are doing, and what the media has said about him, of which he decided to take the most extreme headlines, and not tackle the ones that really matter.

His speech was a disappointment for me, I was bored (even Ed Miliband didn't bore me that much when he forgot his speech last year), and I was transferred back into a time when strikes were ripe, and the unions had the country by it's balls.

Overall, he's got momentum, but nothing to keep it going except for a few tidbits of sound bites here and there. 

There was nothing new, or nice, or kind, just the same old drivel we've heard in the past, and defeated in the past.

Self Employed & The Left

Lately the left has been trying to win over the self employed..... good luck.

Firstly, when you're proposing the Robin Hood Tax will not be a winning formula.

If they're already struggling, as the left are proposing, taxing the self employed more and more only to give it back to them at a smaller rate will not be helping them out.

This proves just how illiterate the left really are.

The self employed, and small to medium businesses will suffer under a far left wing government such as what Corbyn and McDonnell are proposing.

In fact the self owned business that I work for will more than likely cease to exist under a Corbyn lead government.

We pay our taxes, we pay our due, we do not use any schemes that help us out of paying taxes, unlike some people who say they believe in paying higher taxes, then it turns out they got their wife to go bankrupt so he didn't have to pay as much tax (Martin Freeman).

It is small businesses, and the self employed people who give those who have been so badly let down by the state a chance to move on in life.

It companies like mine who pay people to not only learn on the job, but to get an education, a qualification, a skill.

We need help, not hindrance, we need support, not destroying, and Corbyn and McDonnell will only destroy us, they will never champion us.

Robin Hood Tax?

Labour's Shadow Chancellor has said that if they were to win the next General Election, they would introduce the Robin Hood Tax.

But as Oliver Cooper on Twitter pointed out:

"Robin Hood took money from the government to give to the people.
Robin Hood Tax would take from the people to give to the government."

Never a truer word said.

Another problem, I find is, why would someone who's working every hours God sends them, and is still struggling, why would they want to give more of their hard earned money to only get it back at a smaller rate?

How does that make sense? How is that fair?

Surely trying to sort out low wages is better than upping taxes? Apparently not.

Corbyn Has Won

The Labour party has elected Jeremy Corbyn as their new leader.

Jeremy Corbyn, the man who is close friends with Gerry Adams and Martin McGuinness, calls hezbola and Hamas friends.

This is the end of a viable Labour party.

For the forsee able future Labour is finished.

Yes he won with 59.9% of the vote however 40% didn't vote for him.

Including majority of Labour MPs, who audibly oppose what Jeremy stands for.

Will they break off and join the Lib Dems?

Or will they make his life hell from within the party?

Either way I can't wait to see his first PMQs, and the majority of Labour's backbenchers faces as their new leader takes to the dispatch box.

Too Little Too Late

In the last parliament the coalition government gave the House of Commons a vote on whether to intervene in Syria or not.

I remember, and I am guilty of this, feeling quite proud of those who voted against doing something, as all I could imagine was another Afghan/ Iraq/ Libya moment.

Maybe we all acted to hastily, as now our front pages are filled with the picture of a poor child who has drowned whilst trying to escape the perils of Syria.

Labour, the main instegators behind voting against intervention, was quite proud of itself, I would how they feel today?

After seeing the picture of the toddler who washed up dead on a Turkish beach, do they still feel proud that they won something against a Tory PM?

Do they feel proud that we had a chance, now it's too late?

Do they feel proud that all we can offer now is, for those who survive at least, a room to each family who does eventually make it over here?

That whilst they were in power they decided to NOT build enough adequate housing, now creating this housing crisis this problem.

That whilst they were in pwoer they didnt build enough schools, creating this shortage of placements families are now faced with too.

Labour should have done a lot in the last 20 years, now all they can do is hope a Conservative Prime Minister actually does do what they should have 10 years ago.

Instead of palling up to George Bush, they should have been building, instead of searching for more immigrants to come to the UK, they should have been building.

Instead of worrying about Deidre in Coronation Street, they should have been building.

Too little, too late from Labour, as per usual.

Refugees or Migrants Something Needs To Be Done

I honestly feel sorry for these people in Calais, and those trying to escape places like Syria.

Especially Syrian's, they're own government is chemical bombing them, and then there's ISIL to contend with, not to mention the people trying to flog them out of 2000 Euro's to get a on rickety old boat, that hopefully doesn't capsize or sink.

If they're then lucky enough to make to Italy or Greece, and they get seen to by correct government officials, and not more scammers who load them in vans by the dozens and take them across Europe, only to die in the back due to suffocation.

If they do manage to make it to France, by whatever means, they then get stuck at the French borders, only to be told by us, "We don't want you."

Now, I don't believe majority of us "don't want them."

Firstly, we have no border control, this scares people, not knowing who coming and going out of your country doing god knows what isn't exactly a comforting thought.

Secondly, the left constantly bang on about a housing crisis, if we have a housing crisis that we're trying to sort out now, where are these poor people going to live?

They're going to go from squalor to squalor, and that's not nice, nor is it fair.

Before Britain can viably take any more people, we need to sort out the housing issue, there is no point adding to the problem, it's not fair on those trying to sort it, or those being added on to the list of 5 million.

Imagine we had border controls, and not because Germany gave us the OK for them, we had them because we wanted them, we can see who is entering, and who is leaving (which is equally as important).

Imagine we had sorted out our housing problem, and had adequate accommodation for taking these people in.

Would we be as hostile as what we're coming across? No.

Germany is pushing, and the further they push, the bigger the "No" campaign will get, if that's what Mrs Merkel and the rest of the EU want, that's what they'll get.