Sunday, September 04, 2016

Ooh - that's a good idea!

I suppose if you want to encapsulate just what is wrong with Jeremy Corbyn (always presuming you think there is anything wrong with him) you need look no further than this idea of his that popping down the pub after work with your workmates for a quick drink (or two) before going home should be outlawed because it discriminates against mothers who want to get home to their kids.  So what exactly does this tell us about him?  That he's a thinker with no regard for the practicalities of his thoughts.  That he believes a good idea is sufficient unto itself irrespective of whether or not it could ever be put into effect.  Or.....  the more scary notion is that he sees a future where people do as the Government (or perhaps just Jeremy) tell them to.  This is the future of the secret police, of people informing on each other, an Orwellian future where the idea of going down the pub after work just wouldn't occur to you, because you have been brought up (brainwashed?) not to think like that.  Either way, he's not a man I would want running the country.

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