Governor Jerry Brown made California the fourth state in the US on Monday to allow physician assisted dying. Yes, only the fourth, and it's disappointing that the numbers (or the lack of) overshadow the real achievement. Everyone has the right to live, and everyone should have the right to die. Of course life is sacred, but the opponents of this law must not seriously think that California's true intentions are to have a genocide. They simply just want to help those people who have no hope of a cure, and are suffering. That's it, there is no story here, Everyone is allowed to make their decisions about their life and body. If you can go and get an abortion from a professional, you should also be able to go to your doctor to die. They are there to help you and to lessen your pain. In any way possible. Of course we support that background checks must take place, and several doctors (including psychologists) should sign off before you are allowed to die. You sho...
Jeremy Corbyn has been elected as the new leader of Labour Party. At the special conference today in London, it was announced that the veteran Socialist MP won nearly 60% of the vote in the race, beating Andy Burnham, Yvette Cooper and Liz Kendall.
Many thought that the party hit rock bottom when the Tories got re-elected. Now more people say that this is the true rock bottom. After months of campaigning, Labour has elected a leader who is not electable. It was already going to be a very hard and complicated task for the party to get back into power, but now it looks even more impossible.
Jeremy Corbyn as a person, is a very nice and smart gentleman. But Jeremy Corbyn as a politician is representing something that is not sustainable. In fact many call him the last torchbearer of socialism (together with Bernie Sanders).
Corbyn barely got onto the ballot paper, as many MP's only voted for him to broaden the debate, that was going to elect either Burnham or Cooper. Well there is a plan that backfired. Corbyn was able to energise the youth and all the people who had enough with the establishment candidates. Many politicians talk of bringing about change. He will actually do it. It is only time that will tell what the repercussions are.
It is through that he got a lot of activists and hugely increased the membership of the party. But he will not win an election for them. It is highly doubtable that he will beat David Cameron or his successor in a general election, whoever may that be. We are talking on the lines of Theresa May or George Osbourne here.
Labour needs to unite now. They need to accept the democratic process, but many won't. There is a real danger here that the party will destroy itself, and re-create the atmosphere of distrust that it 'enjoyed' during their bleak years as Margaret Thatcher's opposition.
Many people won't accept Corbyn, and some will be plotting a coup against him to remove him from power. Cameron can probably just sit back and watch the Conservatives' poll numbers surge even more. Especially if he is able to handle the refugee crisis and the EU referendum well enough.
It is a great day for the Tories, but caution still must be taken. Despite his clear faults and backward thinking, old socialist policies, Corbyn showed that he can win from the underdog position, and no one should underestimate him. Corbyn will give Cameron a tough time in Parliament, and will relentlessly oppose any war related proposals from the Prime Minister. He will be a worthy opposition leader against Cameron, but won't be the same for the party. Even though he will oppose Cameron, since many of his own MP's oppose him, some will go as far as supporting Cameron over him; effectively making Corbyn powerless.
But Corbyn must reach out. And not just to the old Tories, but to those people who deserted Labour. If there is anyway he will take Labout back to the top, is to reach out to others. But he is so far from the centre, that it is currently unclear how he will do that.
Neverthless, his elections just confirms how out of touch Labour is. In a country that it increasingly voting to the right (and thus moving away from the left), they elect someone who has been on the far left for decades.
But Corbyn must reach out. And not just to the old Tories, but to those people who deserted Labour. If there is anyway he will take Labout back to the top, is to reach out to others. But he is so far from the centre, that it is currently unclear how he will do that.
Neverthless, his elections just confirms how out of touch Labour is. In a country that it increasingly voting to the right (and thus moving away from the left), they elect someone who has been on the far left for decades.
Corbyn's election also prompts us to ponder about the international repercussions. Bernie Sanders will be even more legitimate, because Corbyn's victory shows that a veteran socialist can win, and that Hillary really should panic. Although let's not declare even for a second that Corbyn and Sanders are alike. Sanders is a visionary who has promising policies. Corbyn, the complete opposite of that.
Donald Trump can also gain from this. Corbyn's victory shows that an outsider, who everyone laughed of can actually win in the end. It will be interesting to see that in 2020, when the US President and the British Prime Minister meet, that we will be talking about Donald Trump and Jeremy Corbyn. Or Bernie Sanders. Now that will be an interesting picture in the papers.
Either ways, we are excited to see what the future of British politics will be. One thing is for sure, it will be nothing like it was before. And we can't wait to see it!
This is an original material of Finchley 1959.
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