Last Week Tonight 9x27- Bail in the United States II Full Reaction!
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Thanks for additional context! Sad to hear about labour going down that path :\
Eric Reacts
2022-11-22 01:56:34 +0000 UTCSo i'm quite late to this but I wanted to expand on some of the stuff about british politics Firstly, while it's true that racism and xenophobia drove a lot of the support for brexit, it absolutely couldn't have gotten over the line without parts of the left / the trade union movement backing it. Neoliberalism is deeply entrenched into the structure and policy of the EU, and many on the left saw it as an obstacle to socialist economics (no comment on whether that's true besides "it's complicated"). the left was split on whether it was better to leave, or to stay and reform it. a third of labour supporters voted leave. The 2019 election was, politically, weird. The electorate wasn't right wing. a plurality supported increasing taxes, almost nobody supported decreasing them. labour policies, when polled, were widely popular. but, as i spoke about above, labour supporters were split on brexit, and the party pivoted to a pro-EU position, alienating them. And boris johnson isn't a conservative ideologue, which is something often overlooked. definitely right wing, but he was increasing taxes and spending. the election wasn't fought over the economic issues that were corbyn's biggest strength, but on brexit, his biggest weakness. As for the next election, there's not much to be hopeful about. Currently the labour party is well ahead in polls, but it's not the same party it was in 2019. It has positioned itself in lockstep with tory immigration policies, is aggressively pro-police, has ruled out almost all popular economic interventions. We're looking at the return of the labour party that stood side by side with Bush in the Iraq war and oversaw the beginning of health privatisation.
awktopus
2022-11-22 01:09:43 +0000 UTCThanks for sharing that! I think this is one topic I'm not as knowledgeable as I'd like to be, but it's such a go-to move for the news and politicians to fearmonger about crime ughh
Eric Reacts
2022-11-02 04:16:47 +0000 UTCTo speak from experience and in support of the bail reforms Oliver speaks of here: I had a family member (no matter how distant...but this was not long ago) who 100% seemed (and was) guilty of his crimes. He had to wait for trial for 7 months because he kept having new charges brought due to his behaviors while incarcerated (making every obvious attempt to contact and manipulate witnesses into not testifying through 3rd parties, etc...). During these 7 months, he came up in front of a judge with a request for bond from his lawyer at each new charge or amendment. Each time, he was denied. Because the guy was friggin guilty. And only the paperwork and process stopped him from being formally incarcerated while he awaited trial. So. The idea that "dangerous people" who are presumed guilty are being let out routinely on bond is the most ridiculous nonsense I've ever heard. The judge is tasked with considering each request based on the body of evidence presented. If you're likely guilty and a danger to others....you ain't getting out. (I'm NOT saying the system works for everyone OR that someone's innocence can't be non-apparent but still the truth....but the propaganda against bail reform is demonstrably nonsense.)
Jessi
2022-11-01 23:08:47 +0000 UTC
