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The Tories don’t have a leg to stand on with its conduct over the last 10 years:

Its conduct in Government.

The conduct of MPs and Ministers.

Austerity and the destruction it has wrought on the economy and society all in its pursuit of ideological purity.

And Labour have the answers…

Economic & Societal Renewal

Balancing Regional Differences

Green New Deal

This time, by participating in an election prior to Brexit being done, Labour have given the Tories an early Christmas gift. Letting the narrative of the Tories, press and broadcasters to make this ”The Brexit Election” and about nothing else.

Having spent nearly 3 and half years defending Labour’s position on Brexit via Twitter, which lets be honest, has been one of trying to be all things to all men. You can understand the temptation. Keep Leavers and Remainers on-board. Steady as she goes. Let the Tories implode.

In 2017, at least the line was ‘Respect The Result. Negotiate A Deal that meets the 6 Tests’. By 2019, this had morphed into Labour putting themselves in the outrageous position of promising to negotiate a new Withdrawl Agreement in Government…and then campaigning against itself during a Second Referendum.

Complete Picard head in hands stuff.

70% of Labour constituencies voted overwhelmingly, to Leave.

70% of Labour MPs were returned to Parliament, by a majority of Leave constituencies.

There was a massive clue in that and this may well upset middle class, woke metropolitan Labour MPs but that is the reality. If you can’t represent the will of your constituencies, then you should not be in the job. You don’t send the Remainer Emily Thornberry up to a 62% Labour Leave constituency- Bishop Auckland, to rally the vote for an Ex-Liberal Democrat Remain MP but send her they did.

If Labour had got their head round the fact the UK is a Sovereign Fiat Currency Issuer, it could have told the nation, hand on heart:

We don’t need the EU to allocate Regional Funds. We can do that ourselves.

We don’t need a Brexit dividend of £350m per week. We can do that now.

We don’t have to suffer when we leave the EU. The Government have massive economic levers only a Soverign Fiat Currency Issuer has, to mitigate many of the negative effects of Leaving the EU.

If Labour had got their head round the fact the UK is a Sovereign Fiat Currency Issuer, it could have told the nation hand on heart:

We don’t need to raise taxes. In-fact, we need to do the complete opposite and cut taxes for the majority, rather than getting themselves tangled up in un-necessary own goals defending tax rises and then having to admit even the moderately paid would see their taxes rise.

for the majority, rather than getting themselves tangled up in un-necessary own goals defending tax rises and then having to admit even the moderately paid would see their taxes rise. We don’t need to mess with Married Couples Allowance to pay for spending plans? It is of zero consequence but gifted the Tories a stick to beat Labour with. What were they doing?

If Labour had got their head round the fact the UK is a Sovereign Fiat Currency Issuer, it could have argued, hand on heart:

That its £400bn spending could be keystroked into Departmental budgets on day one of a Labour Government. No new taxes. No new borrowing.

It could have argued that what the economy really needs is a Tax Cut, which it couldn’t do by insisting Taxes and Borrowing would pay for its plans.

It could have killed the ‘But how will you pay for it?’ debate and moved the discussion onto the powers a Sovereign Fiat Currency Issuer has for renewal and transformation.

I am connected with enough people in the MMT community to know that discussions have been held with McDonnell and Corbyn about the reality of Money Creation by Government for Public Purpose and MMT. McDonnell in particular was not interested and stuck to Neo-Liberal drivel about Fiscal Spending Rules (Which even the authors didn’t understand) and Tax Payers money. The one Labour MP who did get it, was Chris Williamson…

And what of all those Remain predictions that the pound will collapse, if we left the EU?

It still hasn’t and the London FX markets predicted – correctly – a rally in Sterling if the Tories WON and should we NOT LEAVE in January, they are predicting a FALL in value. Scroll to the end of this article: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-50725581

The Labour Party failed to tackle claims of Anti-Semitism head on – always turbo charged with glee by the Red Weed Labour Co-Op/LFI Blairite MPs – and come out fighting. When Chris Williamson had the balls to do so, he was hounded out by the Blairite Cuckoos. This and Watson were the two reasons I resigned from the party, out of disgust.

And it will be the same Blairite Cuckoos, who will now see the planets and stars aligning to strike and install another Neo-Liberal puppet as Leader.

The Tories didn’t win this election. It’s vote share increased by a mere 1%. Its was Labour who lost it…

The party will now descend into a navel gazing bitchfest. The same Remain MPs who refused to listen to their Leave constituents, who couldn’t keep their mouths shut and just follow the party line, will now blame everyone else – mainly Corbyn – and attempt to move the party back to a Neo-Liberal Centre Ground and only Yvette Cooper can save us. Expect much sickening gloating and wringing of hands from Streeting, Phillips, Creasey and all their mob denying all responsibility for this epic disaster.