UK Politics

4626 readers

483 users here now

General Discussion for politics in the UK.
Please don't post to both !uk_politics@feddit.uk and !unitedkingdom@feddit.uk .
Pick the most appropriate, and put it there.

Posts should be related to UK-centric politics, and should be either a link to a reputable news source for news, or a text post on this community.

Opinion pieces are also allowed, provided they are not misleading/misrepresented/drivel, and have proper sources.

If you think "reputable news source" needs some definition, by all means start a meta thread. (These things should be publicly discussed)

Posts should be manually submitted, not by bot. Link titles should not be editorialised.

Disappointing comments will generally be left to fester in ratio, outright horrible comments will be removed.
Message the mods if you feel something really should be removed, or if a user seems to have a pattern of awful comments.

founded 2 years ago

MODERATORS

tom@feddit.uk

GreatAlbatross@feddit.uk

flamingos@feddit.uk

frankPodmore@slrpnk.net

154

In the face of Trump’s threats, Britain’s best path is clearer than ever: hurry back to Europe (www.theguardian.com)

submitted 1 day ago by moderatecentrist@feddit.uk to c/uk_politics@feddit.uk

44 comments fedilink hide all child comments

Regarding defence:

The conclusion is inescapable: now is the time for the UK to reinforce, not wreck Europe’s security relationships, both through the European pillar of Nato and through cooperation with the EU. That means developing its own military capabilities as the US pulls back, as well as exploring a UK role in potential decision-making bodies such as a European security council.

Regarding the economy:

Labour should be open to renegotiating all barriers to cooperation – including integration with the single market in a Swiss-style deal.

Thoughts?

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] tetris11@feddit.uk 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

who believed the narrative that if we left the EU the NHS would get more funding.

But it was a lie pushed by conservatives who have historically underfunded and undersupported the NHS.

The best thing the workers of the UK can do right now is join an entity with better working rights, which happens to be the EU

[–] PunkMonk@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

A broken clock is right twice a day. We did not leave the EU for the long-term betterment of the working class but it is something which we have gained. If we want better working rights, we need to organise within our own country for major changes not join a capitalist, imperialist entity for mild concessions.

[–] tetris11@feddit.uk 2 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago)

Whilst I agree with the ideal pushed by Corbyn and others, the reality of the situation is that the working class in this country is more broken than ever before.

The working class is now more readily manipulated by increasingly popular right-wing media outlets heralded by the deregulation of our media imparted in no small part from our withdrawal from basic EU media legislation.

In short: if you're waiting for a revolution to happen, then you'll be sorely disappointed by how distracted we are to even begin forming a spark