Chris Fuller The person who can put Labour into no10 is the person for me. Sick of dreaming, sick of years of campaigning against Tories - I want action NOW.
Interesting thing is that corbyn sceptics within Labour Party & PLP played a unintentional but vital role in tricking Theresa May into holding an election she didn't needs to have
I liked corbyn from day one ,he is in touch with the people, he is honest and he is a leader, he stands for everything that is decent and right ,and Iam glad others can now see his strength as a decent person that really cares for humanity , something that is so rare today in politician's
Clive Lewis really needs to stand for the leadership of the party after this election. I believe he is one of the few people on the left that could appeal to the wider electorate and swing some Tory voters which is what Labour needs to do to get back in power.
MrTheHarderTheyCome Yet another FASCIST TWAT In Power!!! 😡😡😡 Way 2 Go!!! 😡😡😡 & all The more reason to Join The LD!!! & maybe He can ram it up HARD/FAST To that Diane Abbott!!! Provided that He's Thingy can find it that is? 😂😂😂
Oh by sacrificing original labour beliefs you mean to get tory voters and appeal to business ? The labour party members may want a tony blair type, yet its supporters are behind corbyn.
Michael O'Regan there's an interview with SNP MP on the BBC. he said much the same about the treatment of Corbyn. They who can't respect a democratic result should not be in a democratic party.
Oh dear.. Beware of Greeks bearing gifts. There is no magic money tree sadly. If Corbyn gets into power he’ll spend, spend, spend money the country doesn’t have. This will mean the markets and rating agencies will lose confidence that Britain is capable of repaying our debt (like Greece). This means the pound will weaken, Standard & Poors and Moody’s will cut our credit rating and the Government will have to pay higher interest rates on our colossal debt (this is a function of foreign investors willingness to lend to us). This will mean we’ll have to borrow, borrow, borrow to pay the interest on our debt taking us into an extremely dangerous debt spiral, which we’re only narrowly avoiding at the moment. Higher interest rates will have to be paid by banks and passed on, causing everyone’s mortgages to increase which means less money on consumption, falling GDP and consumer confidence and eventually fewer jobs. Even Gordon Brown realised that raising taxes above 40% lowers the amount the Treasury collects because it crushes the productive side of the economy as people are less inclined to work. The danger of Jeremy Corbyn is his utter contempt for economics and the financial markets which unfortunately have to be obeyed.
C13RCA Fact indicates that they aren't the most intelligent of people. Many of them have inherited wealth. Generally the most intelligent of people work for them, and their skills will be required anywhere, anytime.
I saw him 2015 before he was elected and I thought this is a man who really stands for what I believe in. Pro- peace and pro- justice. I have voted for him in 2 leadership elections and will vote for him in this election. I believe even if we do not win a majority , he will continue to fight for the people. We need to vote for him to increase his share of the vote.
It takes courage to stand up for what you believe in, but to admit when you are wrong, shows intelligence and integrity. I hope we can be welcoming a new Labour leader into No. 10.
Great stuff as always Owen. A defiant SNP voter since Blair turned me off Labour, I am on the Corbyn choo choo as are all the family and friends. Fingers crossed Labour do well xx
Beware of Greeks bearing gifts. There is no magic money tree sadly. If Corbyn gets into power he’ll spend, spend, spend money the country doesn’t have which is counter productive madness. This will mean the markets and rating agencies will lose confidence that Britain is capable of repaying our debt (like Greece). This means the pound will weaken, Standard & Poors and Moody’s will cut our credit rating and the Government will have to pay higher interest rates on our colossal debt (this is a function of foreign investors willingness to lend to us). This will mean we’ll have to borrow, borrow, borrow to pay the interest on our debt taking us into an extremely dangerous debt spiral, which we’re only narrowly avoiding at the moment. Higher interest rates will have to be paid by banks and passed on, causing everyone’s mortgages to increase which means less money on consumption, falling GDP and consumer confidence and eventually fewer jobs. Even Gordon Brown realised that raising taxes above 40% lowers the amount the Treasury collects because it crushes the productive side of the economy as people are less inclined to work. The danger of Jeremy Corbyn is his utter contempt for economics and the financial markets which unfortunately have to be obeyed.
+C13RCA Most Leftists don't understand this stuff it goes totally over their heads. After 5 years of a high spending Corbyn government they will learn the hard way.
I always enjoy engaging discourse among those with both intelligence and common sense. I just watched two of them. Very well done. Lewis is much more than impressive.
I like the interviews by Owen Jones - I thought the Peter Hitchens ones were really good! Keep up the good work - maybe you can do one with the new PM on Friday?
When Corbyn eventually stands down (something I hope doesn't happen for a long time, even if labour loses Corbyn has clearly demonstrated he is a powerful force for the labour party and he's clearly galvanising public support) I would love to see Clive or Barry 'Mad Baz' Gardiner become the next leader.
I like Clive's loyalty and intelligence ton stay on message. A bright star for the future of the Labour Party. Such a refreshing change after being exposed to the self serving poison delivered by Jess Phillips.
I never doubted Corbyn's ideas or policies which is why I supported him from the beginning, however there are issues there with JC. Labour need to sort out some organisational issues, and he needs to promote the younger crop of Labour more. That includes people like Clive Lewis, who has been very poorly utilised this campaign as he is one of the brightest politicians in the UK at the moment, Starmer who will be largely overseeing Brexit if Labour win (and the public need to see him to see that he is a fantastic operator and perfect for negotiations) and more in the Labour ranks rather than some of the old guard (you know who I mean). I also still think Labour would be smashing the Tories if Clive Lewis was in charge. Not completely his fault - the media, especially the tabloids, throw an awful lot of shit so some is bound to stick, but they would certainly have a lot less to say about Lewis. Having said that they are of course far better than the Conservatives and I think he has really turned it around in an incredible way. The Tories were part of this surge too with their pathetic manifesto, clear weakness and U-turns, but Corbyn has been good with the media and in getting the policies out there.
'What's gone wrong for them then?!' May is currently on a greater share of the popular vote than Blair was in 97. Corbyn will be crushed on Thursday. Can we please have a live stream of Owen's face when the Exit Poll is released?
If He or Diane Abbott ever Becomes Lab Leader? Then am Immediately Cancelling My Lab Membership! & Joining up with The LD's! I'd Sign up with The SNP If I were an Scottish Citizen!
Hi Owen, know you're cazy busy this week but could you sometime do a piece on the history of the labour party its rooots and why they were important to working classes a hundred years ago (and today).I'm 58 and not sure younger people than myself really know the story and relevance........
If Corbyn wins or there is a hung parliament, Owen is one of those who must apologise to his friend Corbyn. Yes he was probably the most high profile media personality supporter of Corbyn in the first leadership election but as soon as the heat was turned up on Corbyn by the PLP and the MSM, instead of calling out the unprecedented bias that was obvious to anyone Owen instead chose to go lukewarm on Corbyn when Jezza needed his support the most. Owen's politics may be of the Left but he is a product of the inside the beltway media establishment and is far too cosy being the Left voice on some msm show rather than totally tell the truth about this system to its defenders faces. You can see his sheepish demeanour in this interview as he's smart enough to know that expecting abject failure by Labour this election because the polls and his msm friends said so, has cost him his credibility to a certain extent. Challenge the system without equivocation Owen and never turn against or turn lukewarm towards an honest man who represents many of your supposed ideals just because he is receiving widespread attacks. I myself was frustrated with Corbyn because I thought he was allowing his enemies to control the narrative with regards to his public image and that he needed to go on the attack more rather than believing his nice and FairPlay demeanour would eventually win out. I was wrong as May's calamitous campaign has allowed Corbyn's approach to work in his favour. I feel bad for doubting him and so should you Owen!
Great interview. On the allusion to the '83 manifesto, Polly Toynbeee (I know...) has pointed out that the things that made it a losing proposition are things not in this 2017 manifesto. What is in it is pretty popular.
I was just thinking that this is a really interesting interview enjoying the laid back style that is a breath of fresh air in politics. But Clive Lewis then comes out with "the EU will want to punish the UK during the brexit negotiations and it's best if Jeremy Corbyn is there instead" Why do MP's make scaremongering comments like this. Very frustrating
What we need is not a Labour government but the means to overthrow capital and replace it with an arrangement where the needs of people supplants the profit pursuits of private capitalist enterprises. Capital has always used the state to defend its interests against those of the working class; illustrations of this can be found in the various laws passed preventing workers from organizing and improving their conditions (Combination Laws, etc.) You could trace a multitude of problems (from poverty, mental health, etc.) to this economic arrangement where people are forced to rent themselves to those who are in possession of the means of production to survive. Crimes of an economic nature ("stealing" and so on) would vanish if people could simply take what they need. It would simplify things tremendously if workers everywhere could just take over their workplaces and begin producing for need, but that's prevented by the bourgeois state at capital's defense and the low levels of class consciousness. Corbyn and his party colleagues (and lets not forget- he is just another politician) is just a slightly left-wing capitalist who will keep the class system and the bourgeois state in place and all the inequality that that entails- he is not the solution, he will just be another problem that we will need to rid ourselves of.
The Young of this country have the power in their hands on Thursday! Please forgive all of us oldies that have tried to deny you a future - please get out and vote - get your friends and family out to vote! SAVE OUR NHS - SAVE OUR EDUCATION SYSTEM - SUPPORT OUR POLICE and ARMED FORCES - VOTE LABOUR!! VOTE FOR A FUTURE - YOUR FUTURE!!
I managed to convince my mum and dad to vote Labour they voted lib dems in previous elections. I can't take full credit I suppose they also really liked the manifesto and are warming to Corbyn.
Interesting how Lewis goes on about a campaign of hope, yet his in Norwich South has been one completely predicated on fear. He has been whipping up the fear of a Conservative candidate winning, by pasting outdated polls from January stating that the Tories were not far behind Labour. The current polls suggest otherwise and he has unfairly squeezed the Lib-Dem and Green vote - even though they don't really want to vote for him, but have been lied to by the Labour campaign. Lewis should apologise for the countless complaints they have received about the aggression that people have experienced on doorsteps by activists, claiming that by not voting for Labour they're supporting the Tories.
Owen I think its time for you to step up and become an MP. I wonder why you've not done this. I know the Daily Fail will give you a really hard time because you are gay and your parents were in militant tendency. Do you think it would be easier if were in a steady relationship? This question comes from someone who is black lesbian and has been fighting for equality an social justice for the last 30 years. (If you think the question is too personal just ignore it) I think you are wonderful!
"The distinguishing feature of Communism is not the abolition of property generally, but the abolition of bourgeois property. But modern bourgeois private property is the final and most complete expression of the system of producing and appropriating products, that is based on class antagonisms, on the exploitation of the many by the few." --Karl Marx, The Communist Manifesto LABOUR PARTY 2017 SLOGAN: "For the many, not the few."
If only every young voter who wants to have a decent future would talk to their parents and grandparents - Vote Labour or have a rest at home or with firends on Thursday...
Please - All you youngsters get out and vote LABOUR to save your NHS! Hopefully none of you will ever need it - I didn't think I would ever need it but thank god it was there for me! If May get's in - it's gone! VOTE LABOUR - VOTE CORBYN!
Hope and principles and that audacity. All along. Let's keep paddling this dragonboat. For the finish line. This one. Not other longer term political horizons. Circumspect amazement, a bit of humility, fair play. Anything can happen and let's keep paddling. Let's love proving you/your earlier predictions wrong. Hee hee. 😚💓💖💓🖖
Moneybox and shares adverts on these videos - thanks RUclips - are getting really annoying. And patronising. Don't beat us join us... but actually played as Beat us by joining up? Yeah. Jog on banker brand. We're still not what you think we are and we prosper better through kindness not selfish one upmanship.
The full quotation from scripture is relevant, being a condemnation of elite pride and the abusiveness of the rich: “Pride goes before disaster, and arrogance before a fall. Better live humbly with those in need than divide the spoil with the proud. He who is shrewd in business will prosper, but happy is he who puts his trust in the LORD.” Proverbs 16: 18-20 As you can see from the full context, it's not just any pride, its The Proud, who are those who divide spoils, and prosper in business, who fail to live humbly, and don't have the faith to live justly, which is not profiting off others.
The most precocious meeting the most self-serving , both behaving like two giggling girls “labour came into existence for the working people” ? do you want to say that now standing next to starmer lads?
In reality, Corbyn's told little but lies throughout this campaign, including specific ones to interviewers like Andrew Neil and Sophy Ridge, and to several audience members at other venues too. Most notably, in the Q&A session before the Paxman interview. It's why the Dear Leader's explanations re his known extremist stances on so many points are being called increasingly into question (except of course by the BBC). To the extent that some of these instances have finally piqued the interest of even the mainstream press. Here, for example, in that most august daily of all; the FT ''Jeremy Corbyn’s record of links with violent Irish republicans is likely to haunt the Labour leader during the final two weeks of Britain’s election campaign.'' ''On Monday night, Mr Corbyn, 68, was asked why he had attended a meeting in May 1987 which “honoured” eight recently killed members of the Provisional IRA.'' ''Mr Corbyn responded that he had attended the event and a minute of silence, organised by the Wolfe Tone society, which describes itself as an Irish republican support group, to “call for a peace and dialogue process”.'' (The article goes on to say) ''But the only contemporary newspaper report of the Wolfe Tone Society event - in the Sunday Express - says that Mr Corbyn stood in silence for a minute to commemorate the IRA dead in the Loughgall ambush. It also quotes Mr Corbyn as saying he is happy to commemorate “all those who died fighting for an independent Ireland”, rather than victims of the violence as a whole.'' www.ft.com/content/9f833a98-452c-11e7-8519-9f94ee97d996 As can be seen in this 'Belfast News Letter' article from two years ago which reproduces the original 1987 Sunday Express front page c/w the report on Corbtn's real words and actions when he'd attended the meeting. It also explains how the News Letter itself obtained the copy (from the British Library). www.newsletter.co.uk/news/night-jeremy-corbyn-stood-in-honour-of-dead-ira-terrorists-1-7008757 So OK, let's cut the shit and get through to the real issue here, shall we? Certainly many voters, especially younger ones under thirty who were not even born at the time will wonder what all the fuss is about. It's ancient history and how can dragging it up now in an age of post-peace power sharing be relevant? Indeed, in view of the uncertainties surrounding Brexit, does not doing so only risk increasing discord and reviving old animosities? My answer is, no. That's not the real point of citing it to begin with. Who Corbyn may have backed during 'The Troubles' and what he may or may not have contributed to the peace process itself (at best nothing, if those parliamentarians like Seamus Mallon and Mo Mowlam who really did contribute immensely were to be believed) is now a matter for professional Historians. Yet what is undoubtedly relevant to this election campaign is how Corbyn has presented this facet of his past political career to interviewers and audiences in election campaign programmes screened on prime time TV to millions of potential voters. Because put plainly, by lying deliberately he's guilty of presenting a false or at best incredibly sanitised image of himself, his character, his political beliefs and his consequent motivations, to millions of people. That is a serious impediment to entrusting any party led by him with government. Especially in light of recent terrorist incidents. How can Corbyn's word on anything whatsoever be trusted at all?
a man who can win 2 hostile leadership contests and reduce a 20 plus point lead is the man for me..
Chris Fuller The person who can put Labour into no10 is the person for me. Sick of dreaming, sick of years of campaigning against Tories - I want action NOW.
Yes buddy, I am a traitor and proud.
Firsthgyhgyhuy Lastujhujhuj Thanks!
Chris Fuller I agree shown himself to be a leader not toxic like the Tories.
Exiting watching May and Tories implode let's hope it lasts for a long time. Politicians work for the people not themselves or the 1 %
OWEN THANKS FOR ADMITTING YOU WERE WRONG ABOUT CORBYN
Now waiting for the rest of the Guardian mob to apologise for their atrocious & persistent efforts at character assassination.
Interesting thing is that corbyn sceptics within Labour Party & PLP played a unintentional but vital role in tricking Theresa May into holding an election she didn't needs to have
Great to see UEA and Norwich represented
I liked corbyn from day one ,he is in touch with the people, he is honest and he is a leader, he stands for everything that is decent and right ,and Iam glad others can now see his strength as a decent person that really cares for humanity , something that is so rare today in politician's
Clive Lewis really needs to stand for the leadership of the party after this election. I believe he is one of the few people on the left that could appeal to the wider electorate and swing some Tory voters which is what Labour needs to do to get back in power.
Completely agree, would love to see him lead the Labour party in the future
MrTheHarderTheyCome Yet another FASCIST TWAT In Power!!! 😡😡😡 Way 2 Go!!! 😡😡😡 & all The more reason to Join The LD!!! & maybe He can ram it up HARD/FAST To that Diane Abbott!!! Provided that He's Thingy can find it that is? 😂😂😂
i would have agreed until he gave into to the Israeli lobby.
MrTheHarderTheyCome and the right wing press will just crucify him like they have done to Jeremy Corbyn.
Oh by sacrificing original labour beliefs you mean to get tory voters and appeal to business ? The labour party members may want a tony blair type, yet its supporters are behind corbyn.
"Corbyn's defied all expectations" you can say that again Owen.
When Corbyn eventually leaves, I think Clive Lewis should be the new leader of Labour
I am voting Corbyn
Good on you up4atgal :) Come On Labour
Jedi Smith I can't I'm Jewish :(
Owen Jones smells of shit
OWEN THERE'S A TORY ADVERT ON THIS VIDEO YOU GOTTA SORT THIS OUT MATE
Very interesting comment from Clive about how Corbyn's been treated at PLP meetings.
Michael O'Regan there's an interview with SNP MP on the BBC. he said much the same about the treatment of Corbyn. They who can't respect a democratic result should not be in a democratic party.
great interview. really enjoying the high quality content you are putting out, Owen.
Oh dear.. Beware of Greeks bearing gifts. There is no magic money tree sadly. If Corbyn gets into power he’ll spend, spend, spend money the country doesn’t have. This will mean the markets and rating agencies will lose confidence that Britain is capable of repaying our debt (like Greece). This means the pound will weaken, Standard & Poors and Moody’s will cut our credit rating and the Government will have to pay higher interest rates on our colossal debt (this is a function of foreign investors willingness to lend to us). This will mean we’ll have to borrow, borrow, borrow to pay the interest on our debt taking us into an extremely dangerous debt spiral, which we’re only narrowly avoiding at the moment. Higher interest rates will have to be paid by banks and passed on, causing everyone’s mortgages to increase which means less money on consumption, falling GDP and consumer confidence and eventually fewer jobs. Even Gordon Brown realised that raising taxes above 40% lowers the amount the Treasury collects because it crushes the productive side of the economy as people are less inclined to work. The danger of Jeremy Corbyn is his utter contempt for economics and the financial markets which unfortunately have to be obeyed.
Tax is only being raised for the top 5%. Are you suggesting that those people are now going to quit their jobs and sign on?
They can easily move overseas as many have been over the years. The brain drain out of the UK continues to Canada, Australia and New Zealand.
C13RCA Fact indicates that they aren't the most intelligent of people. Many of them have inherited wealth. Generally the most intelligent of people work for them, and their skills will be required anywhere, anytime.
They're already leaving? That's funny, you almost wouldn't notice the difference.
I curse the Labour party to lose tomorrow by incanting 2 words "Diane" "Abbott"
i never doubted corbyn for one second..
Chris Fuller Me neither. He is true Labour.
Chris Fuller Me neither JC is what the Labour ought to be
As Clive said, JC is in his element. He's certainly stepped up to the plate. Let's hope it's enough.
I saw him 2015 before he was elected and I thought this is a man who really stands for what I believe in. Pro- peace and pro- justice. I have voted for him in 2 leadership elections and will vote for him in this election.
I believe even if we do not win a majority , he will continue to fight for the people. We need to vote for him to increase his share of the vote.
No. If he becomes the PM he will completely destroy the country and you'll be complicit.
I'll be honest, I was DEAD against the pedestrianisation of Norwich city centre. Owen's right, people DO forget that traders need access to Dixons!
Clive Lewis For Deputy Leader!!
It takes courage to stand up for what you believe in, but to admit when you are wrong, shows intelligence and integrity. I hope we can be welcoming a new Labour leader into No. 10.
Great stuff as always Owen. A defiant SNP voter since Blair turned me off Labour, I am on the Corbyn choo choo as are all the family and friends. Fingers crossed Labour do well xx
Beware of Greeks bearing gifts. There is no magic money tree sadly. If Corbyn gets into power he’ll spend, spend, spend money the country doesn’t have which is counter productive madness. This will mean the markets and rating agencies will lose confidence that Britain is capable of repaying our debt (like Greece). This means the pound will weaken, Standard & Poors and Moody’s will cut our credit rating and the Government will have to pay higher interest rates on our colossal debt (this is a function of foreign investors willingness to lend to us). This will mean we’ll have to borrow, borrow, borrow to pay the interest on our debt taking us into an extremely dangerous debt spiral, which we’re only narrowly avoiding at the moment. Higher interest rates will have to be paid by banks and passed on, causing everyone’s mortgages to increase which means less money on consumption, falling GDP and consumer confidence and eventually fewer jobs. Even Gordon Brown realised that raising taxes above 40% lowers the amount the Treasury collects because it crushes the productive side of the economy as people are less inclined to work. The danger of Jeremy Corbyn is his utter contempt for economics and the financial markets which unfortunately have to be obeyed.
They're going to tax rich people.
+C13RCA Most Leftists don't understand this stuff it goes totally over their heads. After 5 years of a high spending Corbyn government they will learn the hard way.
I can't I'm Jewish sadly :(
Loved the pedestrianization gag at the start
For a man who's called so many of the big political upsets correctly, it takes great humility to admit to being proved wrong by Corbyn. Big up!
Concrete brutalist architecture of the UEA... :)
Clive has to be leader in the future. Such a good guy and doesn't pull punches. Top bloke.
I'm actually really convinced by Clive's argument as to why Corbyn would be better for Brexit negotiations. Never thought of it like that!
I always enjoy engaging discourse among those with both intelligence and common sense. I just watched two of them. Very well done. Lewis is much more than impressive.
#votelabour
khosrow Zanganeh I Vote Lab! But Not Idiots/FASCISTS!!! 😡😡😡
Nick Muscat Oh gross... Progressive irony. Idiots/fascists!!?
LIEBOUR.
I forgot how much I like Clive Lewis. Should be a front bencher.
After Corbyn, Clive should be next Labour leader! He seem just as genuine and passionate about the country
Make all the jokes you like Owen, but spend enough time in Norwich city centre and you'll see how much we could do with that pedestrianisation.
I like the interviews by Owen Jones - I thought the Peter Hitchens ones were really good! Keep up the good work - maybe you can do one with the new PM on Friday?
So glad you admitted to being wrong Owen... I was beginning to give up on you...
Owen: I love Corb. 1 year later... Owen: I hate Corb. 3 months later... Owen: I love Corb. June 9th... Owen: I hate Corb.
Have the Guardian opened up and articles for comments yet regarding the terror event this week?
Imagine I Owen interviewed Naomi Chomsky
love at the end how your doing a little awkward/excited wiggly dance while talking
Hope is Dope... Action is Satisfaction ...But, I can't get no satisfaction... no, no, no...
Poly Urethane you got bars
Impressive politician, Clive Lewis. If Labour can get rid of the old guard, MPs like him are a wise future.
When Corbyn eventually stands down (something I hope doesn't happen for a long time, even if labour loses Corbyn has clearly demonstrated he is a powerful force for the labour party and he's clearly galvanising public support) I would love to see Clive or Barry 'Mad Baz' Gardiner become the next leader.
I like Clive's loyalty and intelligence ton stay on message. A bright star for the future of the Labour Party. Such a refreshing change after being exposed to the self serving poison delivered by Jess Phillips.
I never doubted Corbyn's ideas or policies which is why I supported him from the beginning, however there are issues there with JC. Labour need to sort out some organisational issues, and he needs to promote the younger crop of Labour more. That includes people like Clive Lewis, who has been very poorly utilised this campaign as he is one of the brightest politicians in the UK at the moment, Starmer who will be largely overseeing Brexit if Labour win (and the public need to see him to see that he is a fantastic operator and perfect for negotiations) and more in the Labour ranks rather than some of the old guard (you know who I mean). I also still think Labour would be smashing the Tories if Clive Lewis was in charge. Not completely his fault - the media, especially the tabloids, throw an awful lot of shit so some is bound to stick, but they would certainly have a lot less to say about Lewis.
Having said that they are of course far better than the Conservatives and I think he has really turned it around in an incredible way. The Tories were part of this surge too with their pathetic manifesto, clear weakness and U-turns, but Corbyn has been good with the media and in getting the policies out there.
Up front: a great, quotable interview. In the background: a B-roll consisting almost entirely of hot young guys. It's an Owen Jones special!
Yes, I rather enjoyed that.
He's still not said how he fells about the pedestrianisation of Norwich city centre.
It was buried, but you did admit you were wrong, so that's good. But it probably deserves its own video at some point.
'What's gone wrong for them then?!' May is currently on a greater share of the popular vote than Blair was in 97. Corbyn will be crushed on Thursday. Can we please have a live stream of Owen's face when the Exit Poll is released?
I don't know if the discussion of May played as best might be.
love the Partridge references
Owen, You have inspired people to be activists and strive for the leadership that JC is now giving us......Why so quiet Owen?!
Bribing the youth with free education has to be a winner.
Good to meet you Owen, i was the one that said my mum flirted with you at How The Light Gets In aha
Great interview.
Owen spends most of his interviews staring at the ground looking depressed rather than looking at the interviewee.
If He or Diane Abbott ever Becomes Lab Leader? Then am Immediately Cancelling My Lab Membership! & Joining up with The LD's! I'd Sign up with The SNP If I were an Scottish Citizen!
I can re-subscribe now that you've said you were wrong
Hi Owen, know you're cazy busy this week but could you sometime do a piece on the history of the labour party its rooots and why they were important to working classes a hundred years ago (and today).I'm 58 and not sure younger people than myself really know the story and relevance........
I can't believe you came to UEA and I missed you :( love you Owen
If Corbyn wins or there is a hung parliament, Owen is one of those who must apologise to his friend Corbyn. Yes he was probably the most high profile media personality supporter of Corbyn in the first leadership election but as soon as the heat was turned up on Corbyn by the PLP and the MSM, instead of calling out the unprecedented bias that was obvious to anyone Owen instead chose to go lukewarm on Corbyn when Jezza needed his support the most. Owen's politics may be of the Left but he is a product of the inside the beltway media establishment and is far too cosy being the Left voice on some msm show rather than totally tell the truth about this system to its defenders faces. You can see his sheepish demeanour in this interview as he's smart enough to know that expecting abject failure by Labour this election because the polls and his msm friends said so, has cost him his credibility to a certain extent. Challenge the system without equivocation Owen and never turn against or turn lukewarm towards an honest man who represents many of your supposed ideals just because he is receiving widespread attacks. I myself was frustrated with Corbyn because I thought he was allowing his enemies to control the narrative with regards to his public image and that he needed to go on the attack more rather than believing his nice and FairPlay demeanour
would eventually win out. I was wrong as May's calamitous campaign has allowed Corbyn's approach to work in his favour. I feel bad for doubting him and so should you Owen!
this guy should run he's awesome
Sorry, but what you gonna do with Mandelson, Blair, Eagles of this party?
#VOTELABOUR the only choice for a better future,,,
Every time they say 'Corbyn can't win' his majority gets bigger. #JezWeWill
This video has aged impecably,
Clive for next leader
Great interview.
On the allusion to the '83 manifesto, Polly Toynbeee (I know...) has pointed out that the things that made it a losing proposition are things not in this 2017 manifesto. What is in it is pretty popular.
I was just thinking that this is a really interesting interview enjoying the laid back style that is a breath of fresh air in politics. But Clive Lewis then comes out with "the EU will want to punish the UK during the brexit negotiations and it's best if Jeremy Corbyn is there instead" Why do MP's make scaremongering comments like this. Very frustrating
What we need is not a Labour government but the means to overthrow capital and replace it with an arrangement where the
needs of people supplants the profit pursuits of private capitalist enterprises. Capital has always used the state to defend its interests against those of the working class; illustrations of this can be found in the various laws passed preventing workers from organizing and improving their conditions (Combination Laws, etc.) You could trace a multitude of problems (from poverty, mental health, etc.) to this economic arrangement where people are forced to rent themselves to those who are in possession of the means of production to survive.
Crimes of an economic nature ("stealing" and so on) would vanish if people could simply take what they need. It would simplify things tremendously if workers everywhere could just take over their workplaces and begin producing for need, but that's prevented by the bourgeois state at capital's defense and the low levels of class consciousness. Corbyn and his party colleagues (and lets not forget- he is just another politician) is just a slightly left-wing capitalist who will keep the class system and the bourgeois state in place and all the inequality that that entails- he is not the solution, he will just be another
problem that we will need to rid ourselves of.
Interview with Paul Joseph Watson? Would love to see you challenge his views, he seems to do well behind a camera with no one challenging
I love Clive
The Young of this country have the power in their hands on Thursday! Please forgive all of us oldies that have tried to deny you a future - please get out and vote - get your friends and family out to vote!
SAVE OUR NHS - SAVE OUR EDUCATION SYSTEM - SUPPORT OUR POLICE and ARMED FORCES -
VOTE LABOUR!! VOTE FOR A FUTURE - YOUR FUTURE!!
I managed to convince my mum and dad to vote Labour they voted lib dems in previous elections. I can't take full credit I suppose they also really liked the manifesto and are warming to Corbyn.
great interview. well done both.
Yes , Owen, Jeremy Corbyn is on Snapchat so no worries about his social media strategy in your grown up Guardian column.
Interesting how Lewis goes on about a campaign of hope, yet his in Norwich South has been one completely predicated on fear. He has been whipping up the fear of a Conservative candidate winning, by pasting outdated polls from January stating that the Tories were not far behind Labour. The current polls suggest otherwise and he has unfairly squeezed the Lib-Dem and Green vote - even though they don't really want to vote for him, but have been lied to by the Labour campaign. Lewis should apologise for the countless complaints they have received about the aggression that people have experienced on doorsteps by activists, claiming that by not voting for Labour they're supporting the Tories.
Owen I think its time for you to step up and become an MP. I wonder why you've not done this. I know the Daily Fail will give you a really hard time because you are gay and your parents were in militant tendency. Do you think it would be easier if were in a steady relationship? This question comes from someone who is black lesbian and has been fighting for equality an social justice for the last 30 years. (If you think the question is too personal just ignore it) I think you are wonderful!
Great interview,Owen. Love the content.
love this and the last interview. adroit, but plain talking people. They are the part of the future of this movement.
i'm not sure he got the alan partridge reference??
Ayy, Owen been to my uni!... I failed an exam there today!
"The distinguishing feature of Communism is not the abolition of property generally, but the abolition of bourgeois property. But modern bourgeois private property is the final and most complete expression of the system of producing and appropriating products, that is based on class antagonisms, on the exploitation of the many by the few." --Karl Marx, The Communist Manifesto
LABOUR PARTY 2017 SLOGAN: "For the many, not the few."
Great interview. Clive is great.
Why is he wearing a Poppy in June?
Why did you cut the part where you stare into each others eyes lovingly and kiss?
Oselation they were hoping that teasing you would get you even more excited.
If only every young voter who wants to have a decent future would talk to their parents and grandparents - Vote Labour or have a rest at home or with firends on Thursday...
Fun Fact, Clive Used to play for spurs youths
thats because you listened to the media
Please - All you youngsters get out and vote LABOUR to save your NHS!
Hopefully none of you will ever need it - I didn't think I would ever need it but thank god it was there for me!
If May get's in - it's gone!
VOTE LABOUR - VOTE CORBYN!
Ahh my university. Memories.
Vote Labour
UEA campus is beautiful! Such a strange combination of lush green landscapes and 60's brutalism.
Look at the state of those fucking rucksack straps.
Owen is just wishing Clive would drag him into the bushes and ravage the bourgeois out of him.
UEA IS WONDERFUL!
Hope and principles and that audacity. All along. Let's keep paddling this dragonboat. For the finish line. This one. Not other longer term political horizons. Circumspect amazement, a bit of humility, fair play. Anything can happen and let's keep paddling. Let's love proving you/your earlier predictions wrong. Hee hee. 😚💓💖💓🖖
this was labours last ever chance at power. And i am glad they lost.
you didnt get the memo......
This really, really hasn't aged well
legend!
there's still ging to be a 3 figure majority for the tories
Moneybox and shares adverts on these videos - thanks RUclips - are getting really annoying. And patronising. Don't beat us join us... but actually played as Beat us by joining up? Yeah. Jog on banker brand. We're still not what you think we are and we prosper better through kindness not selfish one upmanship.
Owen in the first frame of this video it looks like you're about to do a sock puppet show.
good banter
The full quotation from scripture is relevant, being a condemnation of elite pride and the abusiveness of the rich:
“Pride goes before disaster, and arrogance before a fall. Better live humbly with those
in need than divide the spoil with the proud. He who is shrewd in business will prosper, but happy is he who puts his trust in the
LORD.” Proverbs 16: 18-20
As you can see from the full context, it's not just any pride, its The Proud, who are those who divide spoils, and prosper in business, who fail to live humbly, and don't have the faith to live justly, which is not profiting off others.
The most precocious meeting the most self-serving , both behaving like two giggling girls
“labour came into existence for the working people” ?
do you want to say that now standing next to starmer lads?
THEY GOT MONEY FOR THE WAR BUT CAN’T FEED THE POOR - TUPAC SHAKUR #votelabour
In reality, Corbyn's told little but lies throughout this campaign, including specific ones to interviewers like Andrew Neil and Sophy Ridge, and to several audience members at other venues too. Most notably, in the Q&A session before the Paxman interview. It's why the Dear Leader's explanations re his known extremist stances on so many points are being called increasingly into question (except of course by the BBC). To the extent that some of these instances have finally piqued the interest of even the mainstream press.
Here, for example, in that most august daily of all; the FT
''Jeremy Corbyn’s record of links with violent Irish republicans is likely to haunt the Labour leader during the final two weeks of Britain’s election campaign.''
''On Monday night, Mr Corbyn, 68, was asked why he had attended a meeting in May 1987 which “honoured” eight recently killed members of the Provisional IRA.''
''Mr Corbyn responded that he had attended the event and a minute of silence, organised by the Wolfe Tone society, which describes itself as an Irish republican support group, to “call for a peace and dialogue process”.''
(The article goes on to say)
''But the only contemporary newspaper report of the Wolfe Tone Society event - in the Sunday Express - says that Mr Corbyn stood in silence for a minute to commemorate the IRA dead in the Loughgall ambush. It also quotes Mr Corbyn as saying he is happy to commemorate “all those who died fighting for an independent Ireland”, rather than victims of the violence as a whole.''
www.ft.com/content/9f833a98-452c-11e7-8519-9f94ee97d996
As can be seen in this 'Belfast News Letter' article from two years ago which reproduces the original 1987 Sunday Express front page c/w the report on Corbtn's real words and actions when he'd attended the meeting. It also explains how the News Letter itself obtained the copy (from the British Library).
www.newsletter.co.uk/news/night-jeremy-corbyn-stood-in-honour-of-dead-ira-terrorists-1-7008757
So OK, let's cut the shit and get through to the real issue here, shall we? Certainly many voters, especially younger ones under thirty who were not even born at the time will wonder what all the fuss is about. It's ancient history and how can dragging it up now in an age of post-peace power sharing be relevant? Indeed, in view of the uncertainties surrounding Brexit, does not doing so only risk increasing discord and reviving old animosities?
My answer is, no. That's not the real point of citing it to begin with. Who Corbyn may have backed during 'The Troubles' and what he may or may not have contributed to the peace process itself (at best nothing, if those parliamentarians like Seamus Mallon and Mo Mowlam who really did contribute immensely were to be believed) is now a matter for professional Historians.
Yet what is undoubtedly relevant to this election campaign is how Corbyn has presented this facet of his past political career to interviewers and audiences in election campaign programmes screened on prime time TV to millions of potential voters.
Because put plainly, by lying deliberately he's guilty of presenting a false or at best incredibly sanitised image of himself, his character, his political beliefs and his consequent motivations, to millions of people. That is a serious impediment to entrusting any party led by him with government. Especially in light of recent terrorist incidents.
How can Corbyn's word on anything whatsoever be trusted at all?