Owen Jones meets Jess Phillips | 'I would knife Jeremy Corbyn in the front not the back'
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- Опубліковано 13 гру 2015
- Jess Phillips was elected to parliament in May 2015 election and has already built a reputation as someone who says what she thinks. She's no Corbynite but says she would roll up her sleeves and do everything she can to make him a success. Even so, she says, if it gets to the point where she believes Jeremy Corbyn is harming the Labour party rather than helping it, she won't be plotting behind the scenes but out in the open.
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Really dislike her, if I properly voiced my opinion on her I'd be called a 'Corbynite bully'.
+LM VS Oh, you can dislike both Jess Phillips AND Jeremy Corbyn, trust me.
+LM VS dont forget a "misogynist" as she is a feminist, so anyone who disagrees with her is a sexist
+rob poynter I'll take your word for it, can I ask why you don't like Corbyn?
LM VS I'm a Reactionary.
+U WOT, HUGH WATT In all honesty, she has received misogynistic attacks such as threats to rape her etc. which are absolutely disgusting and uncalled for, the people who said those things are rightly called sexist bullies even though they're a noisy minority. However I'm not sure I'd be labeled a misogynist at all, closest to that I'd get would be if I called her a word that rhymes with hunt but she's also a bit of a word that sounds like Rick but with a P in front of it. Anyway she's a thoroughly nasty person and seems like a careerist who's willing to abandon principals to get elected, although I do somewhat appreciate her honesty about it.
_groan_ She says she'll do anything to make the Labour party electable yet is all too happy to perpetuate all the divisiveness that has been haunting Labour recently and as a result is making them less relevant.
quite.
agreed
+Sir Amic Varze Yeah, I'm sure if all these MPs just lied to us about what we all know is going on then everything would be fine. You all praise Corbyn for his honesty and for holding to his principles and rebelling against past leaders, but now you want all the people you disagree with to lie and drop all of their own values to subscribe to his.
+dumbledora theexplorer there's a huge difference between lying and saying what she said.
She might have discussed that having open debate rather than a top down dictatorship as it was under Blair was a good thing and that disagreements are normal. my brother and I have fairly similar views on things, but if we disagree it doesn't make him the enemy. it means we discuss things, try to see each other's point of view, try to convince the other to change.
she could easily paint it in a positive light. she could not discuss it so readily if she can't. but she wanted to, that much was obvious. and the fact she claims she is still behind the leadership and would only attack head on whilst trying (and failing ) to veil her attack makes her a hypocrite.
You are asking her to spin everything when Jeremy Corbyn literally stands in front of signs saying "straight talking. Honest politics."
The reality is what is happening isn't just "disagreement" and it isn't normal. The party is imploding because there is no leadership. She's also a backbencher, she isn't in the shadow cabinet, she can say whatever she wants. She has the same freedom to speak that Jeremy Corbyn had when he sat on the back bench under Blair and Brown. It is completely hypocritical to expect her to be Corbyn's salesman when she doesn't believe it.
Owen, please can you interview Jess again? It would be interesting to see whether she how she speaks about Kier Starmer.
Corbyn stated that he backed the shoot to kill when an attack was clearly imminent rather than just guess work, as with the unfortunate Jean Charles de Menezes who was murdered by the police. I'm far from a pacifist (longing for the days of duels, when men where men) but on this one I'm 100% on Mr Corbyn's side.
+Diesel “Disobey” Saxon True the poor guy wasn't a threat. "Corbyn stated that he backed the shoot to kill when an attack was clearly imminent". Corbyn is still correct in what he said, an attack wasn't imminent.
That was a terrible mistake, while the Met was under very weak leadership. But you can't wait for someone to start stabbing people, or killing innocent people before you act.
Labour MPs like this are why Labour is not popular across the country.
Owen, clearly you're a bad judge of character to say we need more sociopaths like Jess Philips. Did you not see her in action when discussing men's issues in parliament? Now she talks of "knifing" colleagues, when a male MP using that language towards her would be scorned. Truly foul woman.
+Dave Thompson She's also a pathological liar. Galloway should have sued her.
+Dave Thompson The labour party is becoming a joke there is nothing with trying to steady the ship. She is in a national legislature why on earth do you think thats inappropriate language? Grow some balls! If you think Corbyn has a chance of being elected then dont bother replying.
Vinny M Why do I need to grow some balls? What a strange thing to say to me, I have seen quite enough from Jess to know she is a foul person. Check out her international men's day atrocity. While I understand "knifing" is being used metaphorically, it's still language that would be inappropriate if directed at her by a man. She's all for equality, being a feminist 'an all :-/
Dave Thompson Because you're taking issue over something so mediocre - do you not want real talk from your politicians or BBC language? I am sure you can see where I'm coming from. Are you sure she would find that inappropriate or is that just conjecture. Maybe this mens day thing will give me some insight. Ill check it out and get back to you tomorrow.
Vinny M Yes. do check it out. It's been talked about much, and the footage is readily available on youtube.
www.telegraph.co.uk/men/thinking-man/11962537/Whats-so-funny-about-a-mens-rights-debate.html
I think it says a lot when she can't believe that he didn't spend at least some of his 30+ years in politics thinking about what he would do in power.
To this generation of politicians it's actually strange that he might not have gotten into politics because he wanted to rise up the ranks and eventually be in a position of power.
I've heard Bernie Sanders field the same sort of remarks - he's running for President in the US and has similarly spent 40+ years in politics. These guys got into politics because they gave a damn; they were activists first, politicians second.
Owen, please interview David Starkey! It will be as legendary as the Hitchens video! :)
+Lee Miller
I second that. How great would that be, eh?
Yes yes yes
+Paul Brady He just has.
+Lee Miller Starkey is too much a snob to come on this.
+Olisa Maduegbuna Dont be silly starkey loves a debate/argument, he loves taking on the left wing, he would love to do this.
at least Corbyn has principles. He's shown himself to be a man who stands for what he believes in for years. I don't see why people dislike someone so much for having strong beliefs. Ed Milliband (and most other politicians) just seemed like the kind of guy who read a script and told people what he thought they might want to hear to get into power. I respect Corbyn for just being himself.
Fair enough, but he's not leader of the Jeremy Corbyn Party, he's leader of the Labour party. He's totally out of his depth.
+Jane Doe but is it not the Labour parties responsibility to support their leader rather than tear him down at every opportunity. Is it so scary to the political world to have someone who might actually be genuine and not part of their upper class establishment
+Paul Brady realistically, can you tell me when will we ever need nuclear weapons...?
+Paul Brady there is no realistic terrorist (or otherwise) threat to which using nuclear weapons would ever be a proportionate response...
+Jane Doe Corbyn & Miliband were elected, no?
The mistake isn't in electing the wrong candidates, it's in the support from party members with the attitude of: "give him enough rope to hang himself."
If you're trying to win for the sake of winning, rather than for having principles, it doesn't even matter if you do win.
She talked of knifing Jeremy in the front - if he damages Our Labour Party .. Jeremy Corbyn has far exceeded any one's expectations.. gave us hope and gave Tories a bloody nose despite of all the front and back stabbing from persons like Jess and Chuka.. What shall we call Jess's backing of Chuka's rebellion against Corbyn in regards with Queen's speech amendment ?? Stab is the back, front, left or right??
😂😂😂
Just another career politician who loves the sound of her own voice.
+Lennon6412 She was working in refuges until she was elected at the last election. I think you need to look up what a career politician actually is.
Dave McShane Someone who has no principles and is just in it for themselves.
+Lennon6412 Down with career politicians, elect Jeremy Corbyn who has been a backbencher for over 30 years.
dumbledora theexplorer At least he has principles.
+Lennon6412 Don't think you know what a career politician is my friend.
'A week is a long time ... so four years is an even longer time' what wisdom this woman has
😂
She just hated the damage that odious little twerp did to the Labour Party
Wow she is so self obsessed its unbelievable. She really thinks everything she says is pure gold and somehow causing a civil war in the Labour party Is going to make them more electable. What a joke of an MP.
I swear I used to volunteer for her, she's my MP and I completely give up now. EVERY FUCKING THING has to be about women's rights... Housing- "well i'd like to talk about abused women". Schools "well i'd like to talk about single mothers" women this women fucking that, so annoying. Don't get me wrong women's issues are important but we'd have constituents emailing in saying "I dont agree with this policy" and it could be such a random policy about like fishing or farming or some shit and she'd reply "well, from a woman's point of view..." I don't think she realises half her constituents are men!!!
Well she wasn't wrong 😂
What a contrast to the genuinely nice Jeremy Corbyn (even if he sometimes comes off a bit naive for it).
Jess Phillips is thoroughly unpleasant. and pretty thick to boot.
+Kropotkin2000 Agree 100%! Think she is a disaster for Labour.
***** No. Where did I say that she's unpleasant because I disagree with her?
+00realitycheck Annoyingly, I typed out a long answer and lost it by accidentally changing the page. Sigh.
A more brief version:
Her pro-woman identity politics is mostly irrelevant and not talked about by most of the public, but she thinks it's really important--yet she complains that Corbyn's focus on Trident and war is what no one cares or talks about. Other than this being inconsistent, it's also patronising.
I think that she exudes bitterness that a middle-class white man won the leadership. She seems to resent this.
She claimed in an talk with Jacob-Rees Mogg that if Corbyn won by a large majority, that she would get behind him as it would be an insult to the activists that helped her. She's since whined about him in public. By all means--she should offer her criticism in private, as she clearly has done. Then she undermines his leadership and presents a front of disunity--whilst claiming Corbyn needs to show more leadership and unify the party. That seems pretty dishonest on her part.
I could really go on. I've not liked her ever since the C4 programme with her and Jacob-Rees Mogg, where Mogg--a stereotypical toff--comes out looking better than the "ordinary working class" Phillips.
+Kropotkin2000 sir I love you. Good too see there are people on labour's side who hate her as much as I do.
+Kropotkin2000 So because she sounds and talks like a working class person she's thick? I don't agree with her but she's honest about her opinion.
She seems nice enough, but I disagree with her about Corbyn.
First politician I've seen with good principles/morals & he keeps getting pulled down back by people like this.
+Harry Lakity Agreed!
+Paul Brady what are principles if you're prepared to ditch them for the sake of winning?
+Harry Lakity Unfortunately, principles and morals count for nothing if Labour is relegated to little more than a protest group. Real principles would be building an effective opposition that can oust the Tories at the next election.
+Harry Lakity Yeah yeah, Corbyn's dismal poll ratings are all caused by the media, nothing to do with his utter incompetence... Apparently hard-left leaders are beyond criticism?
+Dan C what like the last time labour got in doing that and just did the same thing? care to explain to me what the fucking point in that is? Either have an ACTUAL opposition or just admit that we want a dictatorship under the guise of two different parties who are doing basically the same thing. Blairite policies were a continuation of Thatcherite policies and camerons policies have built upon that. All of these policies have been created without principles and with
greed, so if you wanna see the country continue to go to shit then stick to your attitude that voting someone else in to do the same thing is making a difference.
"I would do anything that would get the Labour party elected..." Okay Jess, this is exactly the sentiment that people hate in politicians. That they would do anything to get power is a sign that they have no ideals or principles whatever - all they care about is their expenses and salary and not what is good for the people. A Labour party politician should say, "I would do anything to help make this country better for everyone."
and she can help make things better for everyone by Labour being in Gvt .
@@scooby1992 not when the people are DELIBERATLY MISLED. if you are prepared to lie to the people to get into power, you don't deserve it.
Hey, Owen. Just a suggestion. With Jeremy Corbyn's 100th day as Labour leader coming up, you could do a video breaking down what you think have been his strengths and weaknesses and where you would like to see him improve so as to eventually defeat the Tories.
+JZ Bubbles He's not going to defeat the Tories. He'll be gone by 2017 at the absolute latest.
+Chris Lyon Says who ? Hence all the panic about him. We'll see, we'll see.
I don't vote for people based on how 'peace-loving they are' - and Corbyn doesn't seem to be that concerned about the violent acts of Hamas and Hezbollah, for example. I prefer people who are actually electable in a general election.
+stefanos2691 Yes he won - chiefly because a bunch of Trotskyists like yourself saw the chance to vote for just £3. They don't care about the Labour Party winning a general election, they just want to move it drastically to the Left
+Paul Brady Lemme guess, troll, you get paid by those morally repugnant Fascist vermin in israel!!
I'm sorry but Jess Phillips comes across as one of the most mindless, unsympathetic, careless and brash labour MPs. What on earth is she standing for/ fighting for. She may speak her mind but she's essentially like the donald trump of the labour party.
Bizarre comment
So basically she was wrong about everything.
Nope
K.....
Jess Philips needs to go back and either watch or read the transcript of the interview where Jeremy Corbyn was asked about 'shoot to kill'.
She's been an mp for six months and thinks she knows everything... Smfh
+Jack Tanner And she goes on about how Jeremy is only interested in foreign policy... he asks real people's questions at PMQs, he has marked all kinds of "days" for women which, tho' it's apparently her special subject, she hasn't noticed. In this interview she comes across to me as a not very intelligent loud mouth.
She just a feminist don't believe in feminist because they sexist to man it's worries 🤣 feminism needs to be bin . We need a country that looks after men and women working rights .
Jess Phillips somehow thinks it's OK to talk about knifing somebody yet when somebody else sugggests that they WOULDN'T commit a sexual assault against her they are a really horrible person.
I'm afraid that she just seems like a bit of a prat.
I generally consider myself to be supportive of Labour, but unfortunately Jess Phillips... I just can't help but dislike her. It's not that I disagree with what she's saying (for the most part), it's just the way she comes across so self obsessed.
She was right though, wasn't she?
03:55 _You've got to stop the infarting caused by fear._
I know what she really said, but _infarting caused by fear_ reminded me of trying to remain contained throughout a crowded, long haul plane flight.
red tory alert!!!!!
She didn't come across to me as consistent tbh.
She did her absolute utmost to prevent a government getting into power which would stop NHS privatisation. Privatisation of public services was totally unimportant as far as her career path was concerned.
She is what I call a true True Tory. She was an incredible help to the Conservatives and the Conservative press.
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The release of the Forde report confirms everythng you say, she's disgusting.
I wish MPs and even including this one, would realise it's their remarks that are damaging labour, not Jeremy corbyn.. MPs constant sniping is what is causing the problem, including Jess's remarks too!
"the day that it becomes that you are hurting us more than helping us", to this woman "us" does not mean the working class, or the people who vote labour, or the people who have voted jeremy corbyn to be the labour leader. "Us" is referring to the other politicians like her, who are trying to make a career and not to represent the people as they are supposed to. She is a blairite!
Will you be uploading the talk you had with Stella Creasy at the Guardian
I was the owner of a small company, luckily I was able to interview the people that I employed. Jess Phillips would have enjoyed a hopefully polite short interview. If she was the employee of a company that I took over, she would be made redundant, more likely fired. How can any organisation work with someone as totally destructive and disloyal as that? Impossible! And for her to follow and believe the press spun version of what Jeremy said about shooting on suspicion and not what he actually said, the woman is brainless or she is hiding her brains in an unmentionable place! Very sorry Jeremy! What an unbelievable woman. Great interview Owen, people needed to see what she is really like! What a contrast compared with the totally sane and intelligent people in your brilliant Momentum interview, well done mate!
Regards, Norm Mathews
I can't stand the whole "I speak my mind" thing being regarded as a positive character trait. Just makes me think of Cartman on South Park doing his "I do what I want" bit. It's a lack of discretion and respect for others when you are notorious for "speaking your mind". Telling the leader of the party that you'd knife him in the front rather than the back is just appalling and not something to brag about. It's just reeks of bad attitude and conflated ego.
She blames sexism for being obstructive and then goes on to say:
"I don't have all the fancy high falutin economic or academic answers"
Well maybe as a politician you should be able to provide academic answers to points you yourself are raising. Maybe that is the reason you feel you feel you are treated differently. Not being able to come up with the goods when necessary. Berating people to mask the fact that you can't grasp what's going on is not something to be proud of.
This is exactly the sort of thing that pushes me away from Labour, and I should be their absolute prime demographic target. I have no doubt if I were to Google this woman all her damaging quotes will be all over the papers websites now. The PR people need to put a muzzle on her as this is an own goal for labour.
I dislike you more than her as you’re clearly an authoritarian half-wit. And yes, I’m somebody who speaks my mind, pretty unfashionable trait these days.
Thanks Owen for bringing Jess to our attention. I found her likeable but really frustrating. Doesn't she realise that she damages the Labour Party more with her naive view that she should just "tell it like it is" and thereby show the party to be unsettled and divided. By all means speak up to the powers that be but show a supportive face to the rest of us fgs. We all have to learn how to compromise wherever we work. Nowhere sees things exactly the same way as we do in our jobs but we get nowhere if we pull tantrums and, indeed, get pleasure out of telling stories about how we "stuck it to the boss". She has much going for her if she could focus and be a positive force. Keep it up Owen. The more I hear these people the more impressed I am with you and your tolerance and insight.
Stop with interviewing the 'jobsworth' labour MP's, already! She appears to consider the labour party to be......her. Which says it all, really. Follow something 'she' believes in???? She is there to represent her constituents, Owen., not herself. Not one of your better interviews, mate. You nearly got her when you mentioned the impostor syndrome....then let her wriggle off with her unwarranted sense of self importance. As for the feminist over the top clap trap; I just despair.....
Her values and principles are all over the place. I wouldn't even rate her.
"I'll do anything to make the Labour party win" -- This is what is wrong with modern politics. Or politics at all. You shouldn't do whatever it takes to get elected; you should take an honest look at the world around you and form ideas on how to improve it, and stick to your principles regardless of moneyed interests or what the latest polls say. But that's a radical idea, I know.
+Dylan Springer Beautifully said. Completely agree. The only I would change is that you should "stick to your principles" until new evidence or compelling arguments force you to change your principles. That's probably what you meant anyway, though.
+David Stewart Yeah, of course. If it was revealed tomorrow that gun control had no relation to gun crime (hypothetically, obviously), one would expect politicians to change their positions on the matter. But it would *not* be ethical for a politician to change their position after, say, taking donations from an arms manufacturer.
Dylan Springer Again, complete agreement. I'm subscribing to you now.
Yeah look how that turned out. Seven years later and still under Tory rule. How about we worry about the ifs and buts of ethics and purity when we actually have power and can make change. When you're scratching your chin like philosophers, the poor and vulnerable are suffering.
I'm a left leaning swing voter and Corbyn has driven me to the Conservatives, possibly the Lib Dems. He cannot win the centre ground and cannot achieve anything in politics without winning a GE. Being a protest party isn't good enough, be the opposition that the British public deserve.
Jess is a fantastic addition to Parliament and so is Jeremy. Neither would be effective leaders.
Diane Abbott told her she was being sanctimonious? Can't imagine why...
A truly repellent person.
The title hasn’t aged well after her urgent question today.
Just shows what hypocrites these people are. They have always used violent language, it's not a new thing like they are portraying and clearly it's nothing to do with Boris.
"It's very simple I just want never, ever for something to happen to me that doesn't happen to a man." What does this actually mean? It sounds like waffle if you ask me.
Feminism. It's not about any fancy academic books or anything, it's about stuff not happening to you that doesn't happen to a man while not giving any examples.
Well said Jess.
Owen you weren't tough enough on her. You should have held her to account on her views that you disagree with, especially as you're a Corbyn supporter and she clearly isn't.
Awful Women !!
sick of being treated differently because im a woman. Try being homeless or being in prison!
I will say also that her relationship with her husband must be a complicated one when they have to fight every morning just to see who is going to wear the trousers that particular day.
Wasn't this the 'woman' who laughed at the statistics for male suicide? Oh, and I caught her disgraceful appearance on Question Time last night. An utterly loathsome individual.
Your interviews have been an unmitigated success in showing MPs' human sides. I almost empathised with Jess here.
I did, Corbyn was the worst PM we thankfully never got! He's waste
why would a women like this is allowed to say knifing any one. I don,t want this sort off women in politics .
she's just brilliant
+Harry Hitchens No, she's not. Seen the video of her laughing at men's issues?
+Harry Hitchens she's just vile
+rob poynter To be fair, everyone laughs at men's issues. To quote Erin Pizzey: "there's no money in male suffering" (particularly if they're working-class) and women of all varieties will find humour in that.
That said, I'm not on the Jess band-wagon due to:
a) she gave the worst maiden speech I've ever heard whereby she displayed a fundamental misunderstanding of what the role of a parliamentarian is, and:
b) the channel 4 news bit she did with Jacob Rees-Mogg where she came across as a bigoted mental-midget.
It shows how easy female MPs have it when all they need to do to be viewed as the 'next big thing' in politics is tell Diane Abbott to "fuck off".
This woman got known for verbal outbursts for Corbyn, what has she done to merit such a high profile?
Owen, you should have brought up her stance on international men's day. You yourself know that men have a plethora of problems right now (and not just suicide rates).if she is as feminist as she claims to be she should know patriarchy hurts men and as such should be supportive of the debate.
Well she was right about labour not getting elected under corbyn
But for the wrong reasons. Corbyn did everything right as a human being but failed as a politician. That's what's wrong with the system. You have to be a psychopath to get ahead.
As a Midlander, a feminist and as a Labour supporter I adore Jess Phillips!
She has criticisms of the party which I think a lot of supporters hold, myself included, and she voices them in an honest way. She's so unpretentious, I feel like we need more of that.
And if we're honest with ourselves don't we all want to do the rumba with Aljaz?
Kind of ironic that she now likes to milk the tragic death of her colleague Jo Cox, and she complains about the toxic environment of current politics, and she said she this one time about Corbyn.
Someone play this at Westminster for her
"She certainly is known for saying what she means and meaning what she says".
1:05
I love the format, but she is getting on my nerves.
It's pretty clear that she secretly doesn't like men.
Such a nasty woman!
What’s funny is that despite the civil, healthy and positive conversations in both, there’s more seething anger in the comments of this video than there are in the one with Rees-Mogg.
This is unbelievable .
She showed her true colours didn't she. She an utter snake and clearly very untrustworthy considering shes FINALLY being investigated for her undeclared interests.
Stupid comment about him being in parliament for 30 years. Not everyone there sits and thinks about getting more power - some actually are there to represent their constituents.
I support leaders with principles, Corbyn for Prime Minister.
Not going to happen :)
+RAF_UK97 I remember when they said that in the leadership election and had him at 200/1...
+Ben Derr don't you get it most greens and conservatives voted for him haha
We moderate labour don't want him and 7 million labour supporters who vote labour don't trust him on national security and the economy
RAF_UK97
He won in all voter categories overwhelmingly,not just the the £3 registered supporters, so you can put that argument to rest. Moderate Labour? I'd rather vote for someone genuine over a red tory career politician.
+Ben Derr I have family in the military so no I will never vote for him well done we're going to have tory government for 15 years
I would never want Jess Phillips as our prime minister. She contradicts herself and comes across as a narcissist.
Funny how context and intent matters when it's her words. Out of context her words are a threat of violence and particularly inappropriate and insensitive given the current knife crime epidemic.
Why is this MP inciting possible violence against the leader of her party?
Beyond useless.
+Thomas Greenan Why is there a focus on Trident and war? Because right wing Labour MPs keep trying to undermine him. If people don't care about it then why are all the right wing Labour MPs constantly painting it as a threat to electability?
I don't think she's the sharpest knife in the drawer
Yes, I'm all for politicians talking like 'real people' but preferably informed ones, of which she doesn't seem part.
These interviews are fantastic at humanising cartoon villains. Keep up this style Owen!
Owen, it sort of seems like you're going too easy on these people. I'm loving the channel but it would be really great if you question them a little more, especially when someone like Ms. Phillips here claims that she wants to help Jeremy Corbyn while actively undermining him.
Don't hold your breath 😂
Owen! What were your thoughts on Angela Eagle's more aggressive PMQs style?
what a mess
Who is who is really making the Labour un-electable? Well people like her for a start and her right of centre clique who cannot accept the results of the game they set. So what does she stand for, if anything. Oh, she hasn't been given a top job; so now we know.
George Galloway described her as publicity seeking fantasist. I agree.
+Paul Brady Me, a hypocrite? On what basis?
bit rich coming from galloway...
'Stabber' Philips is one of the biggest phonies in politics in general, never mind the labor party....
You were wrong, eh Jess? On board yet? Or do you still look to the neoliberal agenda?
I notice in the intro she keeps touching the interviewer in a kind of jovial, flirty way. Reckon we all know what she'd think of the reverse. Not that it would happen though... Jeez.
I think you should rename this series "know thy enemy"
This isn't Donald Trump, Owen.
She doesn't state 'hypothetically speaking' & therefore according to British law this is a threat of violence and by the letter of that law she should be arrested & charged. Yes that's over the top but regardless it is the law & there are people in jail for using such language online. Seems as always, one law for the people & one for politicians.
These interviews are brilliant and so helpful! I'm a fan of Jeremy Corbyn but can really appreciate what Jess Phillips is saying.
The "do anything to win" mentality drives me up the wall.
I've got a feeling that I'll be told off for this, but whilst I'm not a big fan of her she seems like a person with principles, even if they aren't the same as Corbyn's. She worked in a women's refuge and wanted to do more to protect those women as things got worse under the tories. Attack the policies, not the person, Corbyn said pretty much that in the first pmq's, yet everyone seems to have forgotten that
Just want to point out, and this is not an attack on her entire character, but here view on feminism: "I don't want to have to do or put up with things that men don't have to." This is a conflation of gender disparity with sexism, and sets the whole debate off course. She has to sit down to go the the loo, which men don't. This is one, simple example. But the point remains that simply because something is gender specific, does not mean that it is harmful.
Love Jessica Phillips. She's inspirational. She is as she is.
Jess Phillips says what she means. Jess Phillips was 100% correct in 2015 when speaking about the 2019 General Election !!
I like her, but she must know nothing of economics, otherwise she would be backing Corbyn extremely fervently. My two cents.
+Alex Wilson She's interested more in peoples' perceptions than reality. The typical behaviour of a career politician - to hell with anything but what advances me individually. Shallow and annoying and increasingly transparent.
And even so, she's a very crap career politician, with stupid phrases like the title of this video..
+scragnog1 How is she a career politician when she didn't become an MP until this year and this clearly isn't her first job is it?
Thing I don't get about her is she basically has the principles of change what you stand for to win votes at any cost. If your in politics to win rather than to do the right thing you should get the hell out in my opinion. The main reason I like Corbyn even if I disagree with some of the things he stands for is that he genuinely stands for them and isn't just bleating the same hymn sheet to attract gullible voters. This woman on the other hand seems like she is just another in the long line of recent politicians that want power at any cost to their own values.
I like Jess Phillips...
Nice try
+davidmar43 Nice try what?
+Pad Smash trolling
+davidmar43 Err ok...
+davidmar43 He wasn't trolling
*Vote for Sargon of Akkad*
Without a doubt.
Why didn't you challenge her on shoot to kill, JC clarified what he said. Victory at any costs? How about victory with some fair and decent principles?
So proud that Jess is my local MP. She's amazing and works bloody hard for her community. A politician who is smart, opinionated, upfront and dose what she says. We need more like her.
+Karl Kemp-O'Brien
Funny, I couldn't disagree more. She is in my top five most unwelcome MP's.
She is sexist, ageist, racist, classist and seems angry, ignorant and dogmatic.
Perhaps she is better on local issues but her meta game is depressingly woeful.
+Karl Kemp-O'Brien Jess, is that you?
Wow, so much hate for someone being upfront and genuine.
Karl Kemp-O'Brien Are you talking about JC now?
+Karl Kemp-O'Brien No thanks, she should join her true party.
Jeremy Corbyn is a Labour legend! 🌹 Jeremy Corbyn is the true face of the Labour Party! 🌹 Jeremy Corbyn is a True Democratic Socialist!
..... Jeremy Corbyn has demolished the Labour Party!!!!
@@barnsleymat Labour 🌹 needs to be Strong! 💪
They need to be reinvented and get rid of the momentum lot.
@@barnsleymat I give up! No matter who gets in even if you know that what you are saying is correct and will make a difference for the Better their is always going to be people who don't like you or agree with you! But that's life!
@@benstevinson764 Party members have been living in delusion. It was YOU who demanded that Labour should abandon their policy on respecting the 2016 referendum result, and to table the motion of a ridiculous referendum on a bogus Brexit deal that none of your Party would campaign for. A vote for a second referendum was the death of Labour.
Type 'Jess Phillips + Jacob Reese Mogg' - and watch yourself hate this woman even more.
Cares more about winning the "game" than changing things
Chip anyone?
What I find frustrating about Jess Phillips is she rails against perception rather than campaigning on issues.
She feels she is treated "differently" because she is a woman. Well the first thing that springs to my mind after following her is her combative attitude and her concentration on issues which are "besides the point" which is a self fulfilling and viscous circle of her attitude met with a response that despairs at her not focusing on the issue which will only increase her speaking out of frustration, rather than dealing with an issue. Passion is good but this is frustration which is something else.
She is too easily lead by what she "feels" her party and its leader "should" be doing in the eyes of the "media". It is not Corbyn's fault that the media will spin the fact he says he is against in principle a shoot to kill policy but not against killing terrorists posing an imminent threat - Phillips instead focusses on the spin of that story rather than the substance of his reply in which she should feel emboldened that she has a leader whom is prepared to think and also make clear he of course would do everything to protect the public.
Again with the "red book" fiasco. She ignores the fact that John McDonnell was actually using the red book to poke fun at the conservatives for selling off our rail network to dictatorial socialist country "China". She obviously thinks her party should not be governed by principle but by sound byte.
High time she focused on policy, rather than bandwagonnig or being ignorant of the serious points being made.