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02 Mar 2016 19:36:45
trump is no angel and a loudmouth but he is no idiot,he says what politicians think and what certain voters want to hear and that scares the establishment in Washington .

as people will know I am a left wing type of feller and I should want Clinton in power but that women is a wolf in sheep's clothing ,i see trump a lesser of two evils .

02 Mar 2016 18:11:59
Right more detail.

Lets start on the presumption Cameron honours his promise and steps down.

If the No vote wins the most likely successor would be Boris Johnson. With British withdrawal the tory party would have to heal its splits to concentrate on the election. Even the pro euro mps would have to get on board.

If the yes vote wins then its a succession battle between Osborne, May etc. Again with an election on the horizon the winner has to reach out to the losers. Boris is an opportunist so would be easy. The likes of Gove and Duncan-Smith would most likely as well given the choice. Its the hard core euro sceptics like Bill Cash who would be the problem.

No I'm not suggesting either scenario would be easy. But the tory party has been split on europe before and pulled together for elections.

02 Mar 2016 17:50:06
I did say it was very condensed.

02 Mar 2016 17:25:58
yep edd it shows you how thick they think we are .
cheers Kenny.

02 Mar 2016 17:28:10
my daughter is in Australia she is looking for a sponsor to stay a extra couple of years .

02 Mar 2016 17:01:29
this EU debate has and will split the tory party so not as smooth as you paint it, if we vote in or out, cameron will be gone yes but a lot of pro europe people like osbourne and co will be around, so for instance if we vote yes to stay in and euro bureaucrats meddle in something you can bet your bottom dollar that there will be a internal civil war in the tory party that usually happens in the labour party, even the right wing media are split on this bbc/ sky are usually 1 side or the other but they don't know what side to pick.

as for corbyn deep down he prob would vote no if he had the full backing of the PLP but he was never going europe to get it, the only reason he has not totally written off europe is the prospect of joining forces left wing groups in spain / portugal / greece etc in the eu, like I mentioned I disagree with lab/ corbyn on europe. we barely have a voice now but it will be ten times worse if we join europe .

02 Mar 2016 16:12:15
In fairness Corbyn hadn't changed his views on a lot of subjects over the last 30 years. He has taken stick on this because on a lot of issues he does look out of date. But look who's been wielding the sticks. On some things he is out of date. But on others he is right.

Corbynistas keep saying the labour mps don't matter its the general labour party that matters. And given the large number of votes corbyn received then he could carry a large percentage of the wider party with him whichever way he jumps.

I would dispute he's playing a clever game. If Cameron wins it strengthens his faction, weakens rivals like Boris and gove and gives his chosen successor a free pass to the leadership. And he can use a successful yes vote to try and the tory split on Europe. Maybe unsuccessfully but the chance would be there.

If Cameron loses. He steps down and his successor, likely Boris takes charge of UK leaning even more to the right than last may. Giving corbyn a tough fight at the election.

What corbyn needs to do is pick his fight carefully and look at the larger picture rather than short term gains on Cameron bashing. If corbyn remains anti Europe he doesn't have to campaign with anyone he can on his own and present his own vision. If Corbyn flips and wants to stay in he can still campaign on his own just focusing on the issue and leave the tories to self destruct.

That's a very condensed version of 10k words I've put together on the subject. Very condensed.

02 Mar 2016 15:45:36
welcome back frankyscouser I have read and enjoyed your views for years.

02 Mar 2016 14:29:24
glad apple are fighting this, pity steve jobs was still not around .

02 Mar 2016 12:58:58
kim ironic you say corbyn should stick to he's beliefs when he has constantly been attacked by everyone for his beliefs, as for the labour party in general I reckon at least 80% of the labour MPs are pro Europe .

to be honest I think corbyn is playing a clever game as this election will make or break Cameron and this migrant problem is a topical subject that will not go away, as many labour/ tories/ ukip/ libs and far right will vote to leave, this is a 50/ 50 toss of a coin hence the propaganda scare tactics are coming out like the Scottish independence vote a few years ago .

02 Mar 2016 12:15:35
Thanks for that insightful post mate👍.

02 Mar 2016 11:55:29
Franky corbyn has been anti eu his whole political career. As have many on the labour left. Its the blairite centrist wing that are pro Europe. i'd like to see corbyn stick to what has said for years on this issue rather than short term tory bashing. Corbyn has an opportunity here for long term games by staying true to what he's said for over 35 years.

02 Mar 2016 11:51:58
You have to understand American society, away from the more liberal coasts and big cities, is different to UK society in that religion still plays a large part in peoples lives. Example the bible belt. Given that all socialist regimes in the rest of the world have been tan by anti religious atheists its easy to see why most Americans fear socialism. Remember the most famous settlers went to America for religious freedom.

02 Mar 2016 08:14:03
It wouldn't make any difference to us, the general public if we stay or go, but see a lot of the scaremongering that happened during the Scottish independence vote, and it's proven that us in Scotland are definitely worse off now than before indie vote, with the majority of businesses who said they'd pull out have actually closed anyway.

02 Mar 2016 08:09:07
I think America in general always has shown itself as a very God fearing society.
I see where your coming from with Clinton, but to say she's worse than trump I disagree completely, and don't forget he raped his X wife Ivana.

02 Mar 2016 01:44:43
no doubt the establishment are terrified we pull out, I find it ironic the soundbite attack on migrants/ refugees that the tory/ media have been playing for the 6 years has come back to bite them on the ass.

for the record I will be voting out not for the same reasons as Boris Johnson, also I disagree with corbyn on this but deep down I think he would be fighting the Tories/ snp and most of he's backbench if he said he wanted out, so I can see why he never choose this fight, this is Cameron project and most telling is corbyn is not campaigning with Cameron to stay in Europe .

01 Mar 2016 21:31:32
And he would be right.

01 Mar 2016 22:56:39
Its obvious to anyone with half a brain that the vote will be rigged, politics is a dirty game.

01 Mar 2016 09:44:22
International crims are the govt and associates
Let's face it most of us street level people stay just there
Abromovic and the like work for and with there govt and make billions in the process
Making a million is nothing in today's world and street gangs street thugs and crims get know where near.
Real top end criminals was nearly as u said
The worlds leading govt are the gangsters bosses.

01 Mar 2016 07:40:39
Having lived there myself (albeit on a student visa) and having a brother who has just gained his green card I have to admit it is an elongated and difficult process. You are caught in a catch-22 situation in that you need a job for visa and that you need a visa for a job. Unless your daughter is well-qualified and in a position to apply for relatively high level jobs she may find it difficult to find the work that will initially allow her to stay past her 90 day tourist visa. For any (legal) job in the US you need a Sicial Security number, which, as you can guess, you need a Visa to get.

Even with Visa and permanent job it is still an expensive and time consuming process to progress with this. My brother and I went through their university system, I was working as a university football coach and they said my wage was not sufficient to allow a visa to be allocated for it; therefore I was essentially deported for doing a relatively high level job (having been educated to MA level) for not enough money. My brother finished his PHd and faced a similar problem he worked for a year lecturing on the final year of his student visa but find it near impossible to gain sponsorship for a visa for a permanent job (despite having had hundreds of thousands of dollars invested in him. He had to return home and work at a university here for nearly two years before he find and convinced an employer that he was worth sponsoring for a full time job. He received his green card in October 2015, having been there since 2001!