Jeremy Corbyn on the single currency
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- Опубликовано: 8 фев 2017
- Breaking off from the 1997 general election uploads for another 'Corbyn from the archives' special. Here he is as part of a group of Labour eurosceptics commenting on Robin Cook's conference speech. This is from Tuesday 1 October 1996.
He was right 20 years ago.
So were the tories. They campaigned against the single currency.
Wolfpack Runamuck I am Australian and 10 years ago we voted in a Socialist Government after10 years of sensible conservative stable thrifty government , we were debt free , full employment , carefree , but that is not never good enough and just like the little Communist Steptoe we elected a good salesman with the perfect Labor pitch , hence the nation turned the clock back 40 years , every problem we had 40 years ago is back with a vengeance , from being debt free to now a half a trillion in debt , all our manufacturing is shutting down as the excessive overspending along with the commodities boom drove the Aussie dollar through the roof , our electrical generating industries have been decimated with the shutting down of coal fired power stations because of the religion of global warming and now have the most expensive electricity in the world , houses are hitting one million dollars in Sydney , the roads are parking lots , the latest government has been reduced to confiscating the banks profits to pay the bills , I could go on , we are becoming the Venezuela of the Pacific , so I know for a fact if Britain votes in Steptoe they will go back to the 1940's and will never recover , the Germans must watch and marvel that a once mighty and capable people have become just a disorganised rabble that cannot even make a tiny nation function yet once they were capable of running a massive international empire .
The fact that the same shit is happening everywhere is not due to political ideology but the bankers who own politics and their license to print money without needing a mint.
He was wrong. We spend much more now on public services than we did back then.
Who the fuck are you? If you live in America, unless your name is White Eagle or Sitting Bull you're the fucking alien.
Sure this wasn't the Antiques Roadshow?
DontTestTheX loll
Amazing
brill comment
😂😂😂
LOL!
Fortunately Blair was never able to get rid of the pound.
Every remoaner who voted Labour to stop Brexit should watch this
We voted Labour, because Corbyn had strong policies that put people first, rather than companies. He wanted to tackle the Cost of Living before it became the crisis it is now. He wanted to reverse the Tory damage to our public services, so that our NHS recovered from the last decade of cuts which have caused wait times to skyrocket and dental care to become non-existent for NHS patients. Corbyn wanted to bring the railway and utility into public ownership, so that the profits from them would belong to our country rather than a few rich share holders.
Everyone who voted for the Conservatives, should look back at what Corbyn was advocating for and how those things would have improved our lives today. It's beyond sad that anyone would vote Conservative, knowing the destruction they have caused this country.
@@TheDandonian sorry I like Jewish people too much
@@judgewest2000 No you don't, otherwise you wouldn't have inflicted a fascist Conservative government on them.
@@TheDandonian If we voted labour we'd still be in hard lock down to this day. How's that for fascism.
@@judgewest2000 If we voted Labour, we would have funded the NHS properly in the first place and the PPE shortage that the government knew about 3 years prior would most likely have already been taken care of. Corbyn wouldn't have skipped out on COBRA meetings, he wouldn't have been stupid enough to shake hands with COVID patients. His first speech on COVID was about the importance of crystal clear messaging, unlike Boris's "Don't go to work, but go to work" disaster that has since had him fined for not understanding his own rules. I highly doubt the payments would have gone to companies for Furlough, instead they would have gone directly to people because Corbyn puts people ahead of companies, and he most certainly wouldn't have stripped the £20 from the poorest amongst us, or missed out the self employed.
The Conservative government were so incompetent in their handling of COVID that we've lost over 200,000 people to the virus. They acted so slowly in the beginning, that they had to make up for it with stronger measures than what would have been needed had they reacted immediately. Since Boris opened up at Xmas, we've lost another 50,000 to COVID. It's not even news worthy anymore, that's how big of a failure the Conservatives have been.
peter shore spot on,watch the Oxford union debate 1975 on the EEC referendum.
ruclips.net/video/pVXN07dy6k8/видео.html
@historypoliticsbb nothing of substance... wow...
@historypoliticsbb
1. Our excessive net contributions would lead to a massive outflow of capital
2. It's not usual practice when entering a trade agreement to have the other party's constitution & laws imposed upon you
3. Our history is one of worldwide trade and not being locked into a protectionist bloc
@historypoliticsbb whether you agree with his synopsis is irrelevant. You stated he said nothing of substance whereas he quite plainly did. Otherwise you wouldn't be talking about it 😁
@historypoliticsbb yes he has style, in fact it's one of the best pieces of oratory I've ever seen, he leaves today's MPs for dead. And I'm not a labour man.
If Corbyn had thrown the whole weight of the labour party behind brexit when Cameron called the referendum he'd either be in power now, or shouting from the rooftops for a general election.
If he had done that, I suspect he would have split the party. Some polls suggest 85% of Labour Party members voted Remain. The vast majority of MPs did too. As he had only been leader for a matter of months and hadn't established himself, it is possible he would have been kicked out. I'm not on expert on such matters but that is what I think would have happened.
@@chrish2359 But the General Election results indicated differently. Most Labour Party members may well back Remain but most Labour voters did not. That's why Labour lost so many 'Red Wall' seats in 2019. Corbyn should have stuck to his guns over the EU as his half hearted support for Remain did more harm than good.
He didn't have a chance with New Labour clingons who have the biggest gobs
@@rattylol Maybe thats because New Labour led the party to its greatest electoral successes and 13 years in government while Corbyn led the party to two election defeats the second of which could set it back years.
@Disinterest Yes and in those 13 years under Labour we also saw the introduction of the minimum wage, increased spending on the NHS cutting waiting lists, more police on our streets cutting crime, increased spending on state education and the introduction of Sure Start, the introduction of free TV licences for over 75's and the pensioners winter fuel allowance, the lowest unemployment figures in over 30 years, the introduction of civil partnerships and an end to years of conflict with our partners in the EU.
He's been a realist since day dot.
David Macy would you rather politicians firmly maintain the same opinion forever despite changing economic and other factors around them? Don't be foolish. Corbyn intelligently considers matters and possible ramifications at the time, he has shown foresight repeatedly.
now we're in it (thanks Blair) its going to cost and arm and a leg to leave- enough to give most people pause, not to mention the EU relations cost of breaking up
Corbyn is not a realist. He's a ideological puritan
but now he's a flip flopping liar
More like a pratt
spartacusviking... you name yourself after heroes and yet comment like a weakling
Best Prime Minister we never had. Peter Shore.
I miss Robin Cook. He resigned on a matter of principle against a war and made what I regard as _the_ most chilling speech ever explaining his reasoning in parliament. He died shortly afterwards of a "heart attack" on a mountainside. His wife did not go with the body and there was a "witness" who was granted anonymity at the inquest.
I like Jeremy Corbyn in this video.
can you see the tony blair posters in the background
I never thought I'd say this but, well said Jezza!
billiepipersteeth yeah 😀
You lefty........
Lets PLEASE PLAY this to James O Brian
Whatever your view on the EU debate I don't think anyone can deny that ignoring the Euro was a very good call
You don't think, do you.
For once I agree with him. He denies it now but he definitely voted Leave in the Brexit referendum
Interesting how Corbyn's image changed over the years. He looked very tired and bedraggled just before his surprise candidacy for the Labour leadership. A tough life of selfless commitment to the cause of the weak and powerless had taken its toll. So glad he finally got the recognition he deserved and that he has found new energy and dynamism. Good luck to a fine and principled man - and may you stay well and healthy for years to come.
I mistook this for bargain hunt...
EN4ORC3R I was waiting for David Dickinson to chime in lol
good to know corbyn really does dislike the eu
If Jeremy had shown a walking through fire determination to implement a no deal WTO exit and held off his party he would have won in 2019..but his party did not help
His party was full of Blairites.
Peter shaw. ... He argues the case for a referendum as strongly as anyone I've heard. He was absolutely right.
So where is THAT Jeremy Corbyn?
The 1996 Jeremy Corbyn is someone who should have had a bigger. Luce back then he is clearly an individual who was sidelined in the past because of closed minds
Thank u David.
Fantastic clip from the archives.
Please lets play this to the likes of Diane Abbot...Emily Thornberry and all the EU FANATICS IN ALL PARTIES.
I will save this clip.
Thank u once again.. Just subbed 🇬🇧👍
refreshing to see a politician whose views have not changed in 21 years. Jeremy Corbyn has the same view now
Corbyn WAS a euro sceptic back then but had to mould his view once he became a front bench politician,unlike a certain Margaret Thatcher who was a europhile until she left the scene and THEN began to speak out AGAINST UK membership of Europe. She unlike him could have given us a vote to quit but never bothered.
Why wasn't this consistently replayed by the Leave campaign last year?
Jeremy looks different but still the man 20 years later ✊
Peter Shore was a heavyweight.
the more you know him, the more you like him. what a gem!
This did not age well.
The fact that he's a brexiteer makes me like him more!
katiemiaana He backed Remain and campaigned on that platform.
Clem Fandango, he was the damn party leader. As A party leader you are supposed to represent your party and not foremost your personal belifes.
Bamse Lilja He's also been in the same party for 35 years and voted against it over 500 times....which begs the question......is he in the right party?.....or maybe is he just a career politician who has lived off the back of Labour in a very safe seat.
Clem Fandango, You could also turn it around and say that many of the issues that the labour have sided on in the past have been anti-labour and what Corbyn respresent are what labour party should be.
The same with many parties you think have turned too much left or right.
@@Clem_Fandango11 voting against the party 500 times in 35 years is a small amount. There are dozens of parliamentary votes per week...500 over 35 years is nothing.
I remember when to BE left wing meant that you WERE by definition a Euro-sceptic ...whatever happened to the " No to the Bosses EU" slogan..I wonder how high from the lighting gantries on the stage at Glastonbury, Jeremy would have been strung from, had he tried to rehearse these arguments again, to the £234 a ticket middle class kiddies he addressed there recently?
None of them mentions fractional reserve banking so this is all just hot air.
He is basically saying what Nigel Farage said, but he wasn't/isn't declared a racist. If he were to still hold this belief, his zombified followers would continue to support him. Just goes to show how much the media can manipulate the way in which the public view politicians or anything for that matter. People are not concerned with the policies or opinions, more so the image and the stigma.
he talks about a bit of economic scene and about dissatisfaction with a dissension making process. I think you'll find of the many things Nigel says it's not these two that get him called a racist.
I don't like JC's policies, but I respect him a lot more after seeing this.
ALL PROVED CORRECT.
These people have been vindicated... the single currency and its Mengerian nature has helped make the crisis there as bad as it was what with internal devaluation as the answer to debt issues... the decision to stay out of the euro was the right one. They only have relieved the gloom somewhat over there with quantitative easing! Meanwhile, in Britain, despite controlling its own currency, the government under the Coalition chose to go the path of what is effectively internal devaluation, even though it was completely unnecessary!
lol this is why corbyn wont reveal his view on brexit... coz hes in favour of it!
I understand why May and co during the Cameron years capped and closed departments, put Austerity in and devalued the pound.
Does this make sense to you?
summary of Cook's conference speech?
What this shows is not who was right or wrong, but what they thought at the time. Both tory and Labour were deeply influenced by a legacy of nationalism. Tory unable to change and Labour changed but then forgotten where it came from. This Labour from Jeremy and foot etc. Came from the end of the second World War and a lot of people forget about that. In that socialist policies flowed from the nationist mentality of those who survived and wished a better world after WW2.
at the very least he is consitent, one of the labour party, kate hoey and others who are realists....
Thank God we still have the pound
The transfers of sovereignty aren't 'quite serious' - they are EXTREMELY SERIOUS!
Is that Thatcher at 2:53 in the background or do mine eyes deceive
Murtaza Hameed lol that's not her
The ignorance in the comments section here is depressing. Being pro EU is not the same as being pro-euro! Giving up control over their own currency almost completely explains the difficulty that some EU states have had, e.g. Greece. They would not have had problems if they hadn't given up their currency.
ռEU աօгlժ օгժεг no. It has something to do with the EU.
It is something to do with the EU, obviously; but very little to do specifically with the UK's membership of the EU. We didn't join the Euro.
in fact, many have argued that the UK had the best of both worlds: being in the EU with its access to markets, free trade, etc. but not being tied to the Euro.
The devaluing of the pound post-Brexit vote hasn't helped the UK economy or reduced poverty as the anti-hero fanatics suggest.
Isn't devaluing a currency simply a tax on those who are not extremely wealthy?
Well yes, it is similar. If a country is in the EU it has to adopt the euro, not straight away of course, but it has to be their line of action. There are a few exceptions, where countries have negociated an opt-out (the UK for example, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opt-outs_in_the_European_Union). So if one wants to be in the EU, one has to also accept the Euro.
It's almost like circumstances were a little different 21 fucking years ago...
Corbyn the Brexiteer.
Corbyn is thinking about founding ukip here!
Everybody's entitled to change their mind...if they've got one of course! Most politicians spout the shit that gets the vote. It has little to do with reality.
Labour social media team are next level these days
Wow. These labour people sound like people I could vote for.
politics is complicated, and changes all the time, which is why if you are going to vote for anyone vote for who you most trust
It does make one wonder on what grounds Jeremy has shifted his opinion..
He didn't shift his opinion - his party shifted him.
What’s Roger Berry doing these days?
It's almost as if he's a Brexiteer
He was a lexit left exit the left were never in favour of joining the British public got flip flopped now you have leftist screaming to rejoin and the right fighting it .
Is this not a U-turn then, no?
no, he has always said the EU needs reform.
The European Parliament should have real legislative power, not the unelected bureaucrats.
If Labour were still like this today then I could be persuaded to vote for them. Unfortunately the Labour Party of Mr Shores era are well and truly dead and gone.
The next election will be the first one I don’t vote in since 1979.
There simply is no party worth my vote anymore.
Yeh, that's what neo liberalism is about.
Corbyn sounding like ole Nigel. Wow.
Labour telling it Then how it is Now!
hopefully he gets his wish to become pm and can navigate us through this coming tumultuous period that he actually must be fairly pleased about is happening. If he had campaigned with a tenth of the zeal during the referendum campaign that he did in the general election I believe the result could have flipped. I guess he couldn't find enough enthusiasm in himself to campaign with vigour about something he doesn't truly believe in.
play your part
It would have been difficult for the campaigning to have worked. Labour risked alienating the indigenous working class if it came out staunchly against leaving. Labour's electoral success (i.e. non-collapse) in these areas is, I think, because they presented themselves as treating leaving (and a sort of hard Brexit) as a given in their manifesto. The EU issue is like cryptonite to Labour because of the huge splits along the New (south east city-based, liberal and Thatcherite) the Old (industrial, northern and broadly conservative) factions.
This sounds just like something Farage would say.
Farage doesn't care about people in poverty.
Edit: This was an over-statement on my behalf. I guess my intention was to say that Corbyn appears to deeply care about people in poverty, and other miscarriages of justice.
no he doesnt
See my edit :)
Farage is a self publicist, nothing more to it
I feared he would be a fan of the Euro and I am so happy he was also right on that topic. I would exchange him for Merkel here in Germany at once! The Greece now feel the full power of unlimited EURO power wielded by the Dark Lord Schäuble!
There is a big difference between remaining in the EU and being on the Euro. Being on the Euro would be a completely awful idea. It is very fortunate that UK never adopted the euro, and I think many remainers agree with that. I'm completely sure that Corbyn would continue to be against adopting the euro as apparently he was back then.
For once Corbyn talked sense.
Us leaving the EU under the Tories is a problem seeing as they are super capitalist whereas if we were to leave the EU under labour it would not be a problem.
The Tories made the EU referendum about race
You're completly off on your analysis. Mr farage and ukip brought immigration into the debate and it was probably the main factor why brexit won.
Seems like the only good labour MPs I've seen😮how times change😂😅look at them now, what a joke
Who's that female interviewer?
Diana Madill.
@@DBIVUK + Thanks.
I dont care if he fucks up the economy, Mays gonna do it anyway, I like him because of his honesty
Steve Mullis lol delusional
***** What a disgusting excuse for a person, arent you aware of the DUP-Tory agreement?
Or Physics, Civil Engineering, Chemistry, Biology, Law, Medicine or any number of other qualifications you could have picked but you chose not to.
Although I am in slight agreement, I think university should be free, but only for subjects that we have a predicted demand for, and for the brightest students as it used to be. If you want to do a subject or you don't make the grade then you have to pay.
This way people from the poorest backgrounds get the same chance that people with a rich daddy to pay them through have.
RickkyP Funny thing is I haven't even gone to uni yet.
is that why he voted remain?
meeting with ira and hamas straight after 😂
Roger Berry most useless MP ever, should have continued as a Postie, probably a lot better at delivering post than being an MP. I cheered when he was defeated. Thank God for small mercies.
Show this to the brainwashed students. Suck it up Stormzy.
jeremy corbyn man of integrity. lifelong euro sceptic campaigned for remain.
Ian Harvey You can be sceptical of the single currency and in favour of remain in the EU.
+Sverion Ruzz
If you really can't distinguish between the institution of the EU, and the monetery union called the Euro, then maybe it is you who comes off as a _"hypocritical idiot."_
Sverion Ruzz dude... Really?? You need to reevaluate your understanding of monetary (single ccy) and trade (single market) affairs. The UK never adopted the euro so Corbyn is NOT a hypocrite for backing remain. I mean, honestly...
Did you even listen to what he said? Powers being transferred from national govts to the EU commission, etc. He's always been a eurosceptic. Opposing the euro is just one part of that.
There is a definite argument for being a Eurosceptic and backing remain which is pushing for large scale reforms from within such that the EU can provide a much more democratic government.
Corbyn rocking his finest Gerry Adams chic
I can't stand Corbyn but I agree with him here. Its a shame he caved as leader and backed remain.
Lord Grantham There is no way he could stay as leader and campaign to Leave. Vote Leave had Johnson, Gove and Duncan Smith. Whilst the other one had Banks, Farage and Galloway. Whilst most of the Labour Party was pro-Remain.
asimchillify If he had as much integrity as some people say, he would have stuck to his guns.
Lord Grantham It was politically impossible.
He acknowledges there is major corruption and many issues in the EU, but believes in the concept of a unified Europe and instead of cutting of the whole limb, wants to try and repair it.
Bongor Big He never properly campaigned for any side. It would be completely unfeasible to campaign for Leave because of who he would have had to work with. But as the Leader of the Labour Party he put a three line whip to vote for Article 50 and forced the majority of Labour MPs to vote for it. I think personally he was very happy that Vote Leave one because he wanted it, his whole life.
Robin?
Shame he lost his morals
Our leader ❤️
Corbyn being right yet again.
Well we'll look what we have here. Corbyn is a liar.
LOL He sounds like Farage
Ironic isn't, His supporters slag off farage but cheers Corbyn...
I support Corbyn. Did have time for Farage back when he made all those incredible speeches in the EU parliament about the corruption - bit odd how he changed his tune from that to mainly immigration... And that is why he gets slagged off now - his principles seem to be about a one-trick-pony now.
Because if you notice it's all the media focus on when it comes to Farage, When given a platform he can talk about anything... But with UKIP immigration are the main focus especially during interviews it the main subject the interviewer will always go too..
But for decades Corbyn as stated how against the EU, Very much like he is in this interview but went against that to keep the Labour leadership.
Because when you become more informed your opinions change. You don't just make up shit like Farrage does..
What as Farage lied about then?
Does this sound like any of the rhetoric that turncoat Corbyn is peddling today.
Good looking bugger back in the day. Unlike Theresa -.-
Jeremy Corbyn and Mcdonnell two politicians I wouldn't trust with the running of this country, both are crafty, slimy individuals.
Oh right yea,show us the only time comrade corbyn was right, shame on you ........... ha
Corbyn was totally wrong. One pound at launch was was worth 1.40... today it is worth 1.10... ...Had the UK joined at launch we would all now be much richer.... If you are on a salary of 50,000 pounds your loss per year is about 16,000 euros. Over 20 years that would be 320,000 euros.... quite a lot of holidays for 32,000 euros. What a pity the UK did not join France and Germany in the Euro project.
U turn if U want 2
Tosser .
how big a flip flop to now!!!!
I wouldn't trust him to baby sit kids nevermind run a country
vote Boris
hes singing a different song now, campaigned for remain flip flop
then drags hes party over to brexit flip flop when he sees opposing it is a vote loser
but its a scam of a soft brexit, which is no brexit at all
and his supporters go on and on about his integrity... what a joke
sellout Corbyn.
A Man Called Jim no, he said remain if they reform and tusk said no. he never changed his view point and unless you were in the booth with him you don't know what way he voted.
Justin Foster he was on the remain side you imbecile
A Man Called Jim imbecile? has mummy not tucked the 12 year old into bed yet.
Justin Foster come back when you've learned something sunshine.
A Man Called Jim I'm in Liverpool mate, feel free to introduce yourself anytime. I'd be happy to meet you.
Love Corbyn