Michael Lambert & Truth To Power On Brexit, Johnson, Starmer
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- Опубліковано 4 сер 2024
- UA-cam's Brexit expert Michael Lambert and I joined forces for our third collaboration this year, answering questions from our viewers on topics ranging from Boris Johnson's replacement to the state of our democracy, to Brexit, to Sir Keir Starmer.
I do hope you find the discussion interesting, and I'll be back with a video catching up on some of the latest Brexit fallout on Wednesday.
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00:00 Introduction
01:02 Our personal experience of Brexit
04:52 Priorities for the next government
10:33 Prospects for rejoining the EU
14:42 This government after Boris Johnson
18:43 Boris Johnson's replacement
23:31 Can British democracy be restored?
26:19 Can Sir Keir Starmer seize the opportunities available?
28:58 Rishi Sunak's "Eat Out To Help Out" scheme
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Gentlemen, please make this co-hosting a regular (monthly) event ! The demand is clearly there given the feedback and questions you've received already, and there is , sadly, no shortage of material upon which to focus.....that one question about what Johnson Govt legislation and policy you would 'roll-back' if you could would fill an hour of discussion alone ! Please give it serious consideration guys, along with collaborations with other contributors like A Different Bias's Phil Moorhouse with maybe other 'guest' contributors from organisations like 'The Good Law Project', the CWU and 'The Byline Times' etc.,.. a kind of 'Free Citizens News' to help counter the obnoxious GB News and complaisant and even cravenly 'complicit' mainstream media coverage ! .. Let's not let the devil have all the best news slots and exposure ! 👍
Coincidentally I'm subscribed to all of those presenters, and enjoy their viewpoints as I have an abiding interest in the events in the land of birth- i was born 1938 in Torquay. I now live at Tryphena, Great Barrier Island, NZ. Our parliament has been elected by proportional representation since 1996, replacing First Past the Post following two referenda in 1992 and 1993. The first to decide a contender to oppose FPP in the subsequent referenda held at the same time as the General Election. Mixed Member Proportional- MMP won both referenda, providing two votes, one for the local candidate. The public knew that the new parliament would comprise 120 seats with 80 local candidates. We have had coalition governments ever since. The only time that a party gained a popular majority was the 2020 election when Labour led by Jacinda Ardern could govern alone but decided to share power with the Green Party. Hopefully the UK could use this as a model to get a truly representative government- kia kaha
The UK might change its opinion about joining the EU and wants to come back. Meanwhile the EU also has changed the opinion about the UK rejoining the EU. The UK, during all the years it was a member of the EU, was a constant pain in the ass. The UK made many things incredible difficult by demanding things and when it was time to implement it backed out or blocked or delayed it or created gaps and exemptions and in result undermining it. Nobody wants another round of that. If the UK ever becomes involved in the common market or the four freedoms, it will be 100% to the EU rules and in a way that UK politicians have nothing to say about legislation and can´t influence the process. And the UK will pay full price for everything, just as everybody else does.
The fabric of this tory government is on another level to past tories ,everyone of them are so toxic.
The Righteous Brothers! Great work. Thank you
Such fun to see the both of you together. Well done, lads!
You are really doing a great and so important job! thank you.
Thank you Rob & Michael. For a great podcast. Would like to see you both do more podcasts together again. Keep up the good work.
Merry Christmas.🎄🎅✨
Beeing from the continent, I would not want to have the UK back in the EU as long as a substential part of the UK is so very anti EU.
Even if it gets, lets say 65/35 pro EU. What good is it if most people are only convinced for financial reasons. And bare in mind, UK had a rebate, the best deal and the most exemptions before Brexit. And for those greedy people it was still not good enough.
Once people truely change their mind yes, but not just for the money!
U K were A La Carte members of the European Union.
Knew the price of everything but value of nothing.
So true reapply if the people want to be part of the EU family and not because you are now exposed financially and come back with the same arrogance and distain
It is an idea; an ideal, not just an economical system. The financial profits are just a consequence.
Thank you once again gents! While I don't disagree with your assessment that we're looking at decades to return to the EU (if we can convince them that we've changed), it's a sobering thought.
But it also puts into context (along with the list of rollbacks on Day 1) how the damage Conservatives cause takes years to undo. The NHS, police, social services, mental health services, schools, public transport. Everything they touch is left battered and bruised and takes so long to repair just to get it to a minimum standard that by the time of the following election there's so many promises that couldn't be fulfilled that they get the House back. 😔
I often hear the sentence "just rejoin the SM and CU". Sadly, there's no such thing.
The single market is a feature for EU/EFTA members, which means that the UK must become a member of at least EFTA and then sign the EEA Agreement, implement EU law, having no influence on new laws, and having no representation. Not to mention a yearly fee.
The Customs Union (of which the only sizeable part-member is Turkey) means letting the EU have influence on your trade agreements with other countries, as your external tariffs have to be aligned with the EU's.
Yes, on her way out, the UK was given a generous one-time offer to stay in both, but declined.
About the EU's 'feelings' for the UK, I think the EU Commission's chief spokesperson Eric Mamer expressed it so well, when he reacted to David Frost's accusations of 'the EU is sulking about Brexit':
"We never sulk. We don't have moods. We are an institution. So we try to work on a day-to-day basis with a very, very even temper."
The Treaty on the European Union states that "Any European country may apply for membership if it respects the democratic values of the EU and is committed to promoting them."
The accession procedure is different now from when the UK first joined. It's one rule for all applicants. The 35 protocols of the Copenhagen Criteria (which, ironically, the UK was part of writing), concerning everything from democratic structures, accountability, monetary union, political union, etc.
The real question is: when will the UK have a popular will and a government to sign up to all the above...
Switzerland option ?
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120 bilateral agreements on all sorts of areas. A model the EU isn’t particularly keen on - recently it was tried to gather all these agreements in one treaty (from which Switzerland backed out, so the 120 stand).
@@corneliusantonius3108 Ruled out by the EU in spring 2017 when the UK finally triggered A50.
CH deal is a one off - too complicated, too much cherry picking, too much waste of time.
Brilliant work, thank you so much!
This form of Brexit is unsustainable it will have to be reversed, I just don’t think the EU will allow Brexit to be reversed. Looking at the UK economy before Brexit it was based on trading with the EU by undercutting EU businesses in effect by being a low wage, highly polluting production platform there is no way the UK will be allowed to return to that business model.
I would rather Spaffer held on and force a GE so we could vote the entire shitshow out.
Thanks Lads,will watch later ...
Excellent video. I have a major doubt on whether the Tory Party is ready to be led by someone who, while a multi billionaire, does not exactly fit their profile of an Englishman!
A Russian oligarch will step up. No problem.
Once again a very informative collaboration between the two of you. Well done!
Thanks Rob and Michael and those who asked the questions. Hopefully the UK population is starting to see that Brexit, and those that promoted it and claim to have “got it done”, have done great damage, and continue to move the government and the country ever further away from the EU ideals they have total contempt for.
So much sense spoken in such a short time frame. Gentlemen there's a house in Downing Street with your names written all over it. Jolly well done chaps and much, much more please....
Careful. Their names might appear on a guest list there and they they would be the ones called out for going to a party. Although I expected they would wear masks and socially distance.
Michael looks so much better when he smiles, according to my wife 😊
The current cabinet got their degrees in the time between the invention of copy paste and the introduction of antiplagiarism software.
We have been taken for fools by hypocrites on Brexit and the comment lets get it done!
That was excellent, your views are spot on and save me from thinking I am losing the plot amongst this tsunami of insanity
Just simply rejoining the customs union and single market would be a great step forward.
Sadly, there's no such thing as 'rejoining' the single market. It is for EFTA/EU members only. The UK was generously given a one-off offer to stay inside, but declined.
@@lvoldum Ok then making moves to rejoin then. As the UK will have no say or influence then it can't cause any problems.
However the EU is not stupid, it knows what Johnson's government is like and knows it withdrew the UK from bot the CU and SM without the majority of electors being in favour of it. Yes it has a 78 seat majority but that is with a minority of the popular vote and decreasing.
Cut a long story short, it is possoble.
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Inspired by your comment, I made a laborious comment in the main comment area 😉
BBC radio was a model of liberty
If U K do ever rejoin European Union, they will have to adopt the Euro, pay their full contribution ( no rebate) to start with.
What you just mentioned are BENEFITS of the UK rejoining #thinkEuropean
So what? There is no queen on your money anymore, but bridges instead. What is the difference and what are the benefits?
Just tuning in now. Sounds like you both need to move to Scotland and support our independence in order to get what you hope for.
Re joining the EU will need a lot of work, they are moving to a genuine green economy, we are falling behind daily, opening coal mines for example.
if you can not beat them, join them and even more be ahead of them. But this takes time and dedication.
@@jacquesmolders30 and how given that the EU has 500 million people is 10 years ahead of the UK. Or do I just have to belive in Brexshit.
Awesome channel 👍
Thanks for reading out my question much appreciated I'm Niall by the way 👍
Thanks for the question, Niall!
As someone looking from outside and still trying to make sense of what is going on in my neighbourhood, the UK, I have to say thank you. This video was very informative and eye-opening!
Here here, I agree you both
Great Video.
Capital gains tax in Republic of Ireland is paid at persons personal tax rate.
Usually 41%.
Michael, you're right- I don't think you can rejoin very quickly - and even so the terms will be different !
The longer the UK remains outside the EU the more and faster it becomes poorer and soon become the "sick man" of Europe.😢
It couldn't be easier for Starmer to criticise Johnson at the moment, but has had lots of earlier opportunities. Better late than never.
Starmer is letting Boris destroy himself
I love the way you leave the really scary bit to the end :) Control of the independent media... Imprisoning whistleblowers. I can almost feel my rights ebbing away...
A kiwi view: a good discussion between two of my subscribed to UK commentators, like you guys I'm very concernedaboutthe deteriorationof democracyin both UK and USA where politics has become polarised with a right wing authorities destroying fair election. The UK is poised to move to proportional. representation with a viable middle party. The USA appears to be on an inevitable path to major upheaval. Hopefully you can avoid it. Kia kaha - be strong
I just heard that Lord Gormless has resigned. Congrats for seeing him off! Any chance you can get rid of Rees-Mogg next?
How fast can we bring in proportional representation, can this be achieved in the next parliament? And if so, and if we added some reform of the press, so they are encouraged or forced to tell truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth, and not hide some other facts that don't suit. We will also need to educate the public, at the moment far too many people know almost nothing of what is happening, , in the mean time, we could re join Erasmus, the chemicals agency etc.
Ofcourse we will love to have you back in the EU.... as long as you want to participate!!
I listened to tory boy Nick 'I hate poor people' Robinson interviewing Truss on his radio 4 'Talking Politics' show. Truss came over as an utterly duplicitous and deeply unintelligent grifter in the classic tory opportunistic mould. I really don't see any of the appalling Johnson party as credible leaders but, looking at a party which chooses it's leaders in order to use them as scapegoats when the wheels come off, I could see them choosing Truss. One never knows.
All I wish for is the return of freedom of movement so I can leave. I own a home because I could live and work in mainland Europe. The UK failed me educationally due to dyslexia but Europe offered me several great jobs. I don't want to stay in England given how awful the place is now.
We are a shit hole full of working class tories it can’t get any worse , can it ?
My best answers to MP's having second jobs is;
1. Make MP's pay an ALLOWANCE rather than a SALARY which is directly diminished by their other income (by the same amount). If they get paid £50k for a second job then they lose £50k from their MP's allowance etc.
2. No new paid second jobs whilst an MP, only the continuation of a pre election job, which must have been fully declared on the ballot paper at the time of the election and include their specific roll, their pay and their hours involved with that job. At least then the voting electorate will know just what their candidate is really up to and whether he or she will have any time remaining to actually be a decent MP!
3. Any paid jobs taken after leaving Parliament (as an MP) must have absolutely no connection to their previous political roll in any way shape or form whatsoever, for life.
4. Any breach of these the rules will be an IMPRISONABLE CRIMINAL offence.
This should clear away some of the malignant malingerers who parasitically plague our current abysmal, deceit ridden system.
Yes, our micro-business suffers from the lack of opportunities brought about by the exit. We no longer have work outside of the UK - we previously worked on contracts in Denmark, Germany, Belgium, Holland & Lithuania. We can still work in the Republic of Ireland and have now done so but this freedom in a 6m population country is hardly the 450m + we used to have free trade & movement with.. just a 99% lost...
Howard R
Thank you for that lucid discussion of crucial national issues. Just one point. As you reached the end of the line of possible Johnson replacements, Jeremy Hunt hove into view. Don't forget he was the Culture Sec. whose special advisor fell on his sword through 160 emails with a Murdoch lobbyist for BSky B. Despite favourable words from Leveson, Ministerial Code stated that the minister had responsibility for the advisor and should have resigned too. Instead he was promoted to Health Minister, where he presided over the junior doctors' strike. Also gave a civil service contract to former parliamentary assistant when jobs were being cut . He has an apparently open and articulate public persona but is more trustworthy than the rest?
Breaking News - Tories are looking for DITCH large enough to acomodate big blond Donut and his Front Bench.
I want Patrick Swayne to replace Bozo. Most off-the-wall PMQs ever, probably.
Love the channel mate, always watch it when it pops up in my recommendations. Haven't quite got a handle on your schedule though. Do you put out a certain number of videos per day or at certain times? I always end up missing loads.
Thanks for watching, Thomas - I put a video up every Wednesday and Saturday, but may have to reduce to one a week after Christmas due to pressure of having to earn a living!
@@TruthToPower Got it. I'll look out for them. Hope you get to the point where this can be your job!
"A referendum about the Brexit we already had" is a bit silly, it's like a referendum about WWII. It happened, voting won't change the outcome.
wheres the 37 billion Dido?
Your remark about Liz Truss looking like a shop-assistant if you didn't know her has made my day. But I should like to add that I know lots of shop-assistants who seem more competent and display more logic and better manners than her and would never engage in the same kind of condescending bluster. But I do know some insolent shop-assistants who are exactly like her.
Scotland will be allowed back in but England will only be allowed back to the single market (England can't be a decision maker going forward)
UK will EXTREMELLY hard rejoin the EU again. Extremelly hard. And if by some crazy chance UK rejoins the EU after all, they will NEVER get back the same benefits they had. Just saying.
proportional representation for shure
The Wright Brothers
Be careful what you wish for
Rishi Sunak as PM; - that would give Sunak plenty of scope for him to ply his Indian interests. Like all Tories, self-interest will the next PM primary objective.
You should be really afraid of "really competent people" with Sunak's agenda! You should be really really afraid!
I agree. The groundwork of the current lot has created the legal platform for a dictatorship. A competent agent could very well exploit that.
@@chubbymoth5810 the dictatorship is even less scarry than the economic slavery Sunak and his gang would implement. USA would look like paradise.
The good Law Projekt is going to Court because of the Contracts now.
Strategy, doing well? Hahaha!
I want your vison of your first day in office to be mandated
That was the edited down version, Diana! Thanks for watching.
it's not just the funding of the NHS that is the issue it's alos MP's, their chums, donors and corporations having NHS contracts and ripping off the NHS charging 100, 200 times the normal prices, nhs manages getting 100's of thousands pound (govt chums, donors and corporations) for just sitting on their back side,
the NHS standards committee mostly made up of govt chums, donors and corporations and USA medical insurance based healthcare lobbyists
That is also because the government (DHSC) appoints the senior execs of NHS England. Only government-approved people are appointed to the role of creating policy for the NHS Trusts, who are also government-approved people.
@@janedeflorez1552 not just govt approved but USA medical insurance companies and party donors approved
PAUL DAICAR WILL still be the boss of OFCOM... govt currently changing rules/laws at moment to appoint him as the boss of FCOM
the audio of Michael is a little low.
I am with you on Hunt although I loath the tories
But where are the future Pro EU Tories? Clark, Heseltine and Major. Who are their replacemens?
Better to have you guys as friend than enemies. Welcome back. Imo
Thanks to you both, great video, as ever. Merry Christmas to you both, by the way.
A friend of mine with his own channel here on You Tube, Marcus, is having a few problems getting his videos circulated and I wondered if you have both had any trouble recently with Subscribers being mysteriously removed and your videos not getting flagged?
His channel is 'All Shorts' and he is very entertaining, doing daily political commentary from his smallholding in France. He was doing very well, his channel expanded fast but he said the last month or so, he has had probs getting his videos seen by his subscribers! He would appreciate any advice from you both. Cheers.
Hi! I'd love to help, but the UA-cam algorithm is a thing of total mystery to me! Both Michael and I only started (separately) a few months ago, and neither of us have any clue as to why we have been part of the 0.5% who get >10,000 subscribers
@@TruthToPower yep, its a mystery, to be sure. But, glad I found both your channels as its good for the sanity to hear there is some common sense still around! Thanks for the work and have a peaceful Christmas and a better 2022. Cheers from Brunei.
Truss clearly a vane that turns with wind, but pale enough to please most Brits.
That said, Patel not to be burried too quick.
Current situation tasting like end 70's chaos with winter of discontent that brought heavy handed Thatcher at N10.
BJ voters not yet dead and could chose another heavy handed female like Patel should they think she could save the party. A kinda temp mission to deep clean house after johnson out and to insure transition to smoother brexit.
But Brexit anyway, since odds to rejoin remote on the agenda for decades to come, until we hit bottom.
UK frightened EU too much and current generations in control there gonna remember long.
Cuz we not only ones that must be willing rejoin.
Eu too has its word.
Food for thought.
well done lads with Frost gone ye will be making another video quiet soon as Boris is on his last legs
I think as a journalist you would need to move aboard before releasing any information soon.
But you have happy fish, that must be something...
“Misery for millions” Vote Tory. that’s a bumper sticker!
Interesting but depressing to hear the impact of Brexit on your businesses. Like Michael I wish Starmer would be more pro-EU. I used to fill these customs forms in and I saw the disaster coming.
I want johnson to stay because another tory PM would be much better at hiding tory corruption
Until we get a balanced press we have no chance of ever getting a balanced government we have become a one party state because of an Australian power mad looney , namely murdoch.
#DontLookUp #netflix #populism
Brexit. Your personal stories are so evident. And yet no one gives us a single example of a success .
Brexit: from Global - a major, indeed a key eu policy decision maker, and with the linkage ( special relationship) to the US, to Globule: a small greasy coalescence of gammon fat and Etonian lard
I sincerely doubt that there would be any problems on the EU side with GB (probably not UK any more by that time) rejoining the EU. Germany and the Netherlands will want the "Northern European" blocking minority back. The more relevant question seems to be: There is EU regulation preventing countries with such a funny political system like the UK from joining. So is the UK/GB majority reaady for burying (one of) the oldest political traditions in the world? Or is it maybe even the over way round, that many people in the UK are so sick of their election system that they would use the EU rejoining as a means to an end for finally getting democracy in the UK? I am not sure whether EU regulations require a country to have a constitution. But being already at it, that would seem like a good opportunity. Maybe at least from a campaigning perspective: Starting to work on that now (arguing you may need it in 10 years).
Yes, there is a stumbling block: check out 'Copenhagen Criteria' - the UK will need half a century or longer to work on this to-do list.
And you're wrong about the Dutch wanting the UK back - they are one of the main beneficiaries of relocated UK business.
On a side note: both Ireland and France will veto the UK's re-admission for at least half a century as well 😁.
Old German saying: Man trifft sich immer zweimal im Leben. (You always meet twice in life).
The French have an excellent memory for all the insults from and other misbehavings by Johnson et altera. The French fisherfolk will remind their président in case she/he forgets.
Michael's garden gnome and bric-a-brac tat import/export business collapsed because of his own incompetence. Efficient businesses adapt to export conditions why can't he?