Labour leader's cynical bid for downing street – express comment

Labour leader's cynical bid for downing street – express comment

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He said: "Labour would seek a final deal that gives full access to European markets and maintains the benefits of the single market and the customs union." So now we know. And what


we know is that this is a cynical bid to appeal to the Remainer Tory rebels who want to see a Commons defeat for the Government. It is also a slap in the face to Labour voters who voted


Leave. But this is not just about the customs union. After all wasn't Labour opposed to membership of it in the recent past? This is about flagrant political opportunism and Jeremy


Corbyn positioning himself to bring down Theresa May’s administration and walk into Downing Street. If this is what Britain ends up with then it will have John McDonnell as chancellor of the


exchequer, an unashamed Marxist who, we learn, is due to speak on the theme of "Into the 21st century: Marxism as a force for change today" in an event marking the 200th


anniversary of Karl Marx's birth. If this is the future then any Tory rebels who refuse to back the Government in these crucial votes will have a lot to answer for. -------------------


CHARITIES HAVE TO CHANGE PENNY MORDAUNT, THE INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT SECRETARY, HAS RIGHTLY WARNED THAT IN THE AFTERMATH OF THE SCANDALS INVOLVING OXFAM AND OTHER CHARITIES THE PUBLIC HAS


BECOME "SCEPTICAL" ABOUT THE WAY FOREIGN AID CASH IS SPENT. THOUGH THE TRUTH IS THAT THE PUBLIC WAS SCEPTICAL BEFORE THAT AS HAS BEEN SEEN IN THE OVERWHELMING SUPPORT FOR OUR STOP


THE FOREIGN AID MADNESS CRUSADE. BUT THAT SAID MISS MORDAUNT IS RIGHT TO STRESS THAT: "TO DELIVER ON THE PROMISES WE'VE MADE TO THE WORLD'S POOREST, BUSINESS AS USUAL


ISN'T GOING TO CUT IT." IN A STRONG SPEECH SHE ASKED HOW THE VARIOUS CHARITABLE AGENCIES HAVE REACHED THE POINT WHERE SEXUAL EXPLOITATION SEEMS COMMONPLACE. THEIR ARROGANCE AND


SENSE OF ENTITLEMENT IS NOT ONLY AN INSULT TO BENEFICIARIES OF AID, IT IS ALSO AN INSULT TO DECENT BRITISH PEOPLE WHO ARE ONLY TOO WILLING TO GIVE GENEROUSLY WHEN NATURAL DISASTERS OR FAMINE


STRIKE. -------------------- WE’RE HONESTLY IMPRESSED A charity shop worker Sophie Condren found a huge amount of money in a purse that had been donated and was able to hand it back to the


elderly woman who had brought it in. A heartwarming story. It helps us remember that there are good people out there.