Coming together is a beginning; keeping together is progress; working together is success- Henry Ford

 

Can we all just get along now? Not on the British Press' watch...

 

The quote above from the little known Nazi sympathizer does highlight key problems in not just politics, but war. Yes, Jeremy Corbyn is at it again. After the unfortunate events last Friday in Paris, the world stood in solidarity over Facebook in mourning those who had lost their lives and our determination to bring the full force of the law to those who were responsible. Well, we all did, it brought the world to it's knees (and crying about why other terrorist attacks aren't publicized enough) with perhaps the most touching moment coming from the England vs France game only 2 days ago, players from both sides respecting the minutes silence and paying their respects. However Labour in this scenario would be the sort of person to say "Which side am I on?"

Hello? I would like to apply for the Scottish Labour
leader. No I'm not Nicola Sturgeon.

Perhaps I'm a bit late posting the blog on this subject, but that just explains how confused the Labour party are in their direction of foreign policy, and defence, and the economy etc.... I'm almost certain there could be two parties at this stage, I can imagine Corbyn just packing his bags saying "Screw this" and going up north to Scotland with his tweed jacket fitting in quite well. However the world isn't perfect, which means it's good news for Labour who are the least perfect. This is surprising as well, as Corbyn did everything he needed to after the Paris, say that it was an atrocious act of war, sympathise with France and the victims, then condemn the terrorists. Dust your hands off, shut the door, and say something controversial about defence policy. Wait, what? I can see why Corbyn has offered an alternative, but then I can also see why the "shoot to kill" policy exists, as I don't want to be on the receiving end of a terrorist attack, now if you don't mind I'm off to go and start bombing the monkeys out everyone for no discernible reason. If the Paris attacks were repeated in London, the first thing I would try to do is save those in danger, and if the terrorists are holding them hostage then I don't think your pink fluffy handcuffs are going to help.

Maybe I'm exaggerating, but then again when has Corbyn not exaggerated? Many people have told me that they like Corbyn because he talks straight, not beating round the bush as it were. So him directly saying he supported the "shoot to kill" policy and then  backtracking is straight talking? Well I'm even putting that in emphasis, I quote Corbyn : "of course I support the use of whatever proportionate and strictly necessary force is required to save life in response to attacks of the kind we saw in Paris" so by not referring it to "shoot to kill" policy he must be beating round the bush. So he's a normal politician after all, another human being with flaws, perhaps more than others mind you.

But at least other politicians held their stuff together, or more specifically their party. Even Ed Miliband could achieve that, and I figure he can just about cook an egg, as his face has gone past the stage of having egg on it, it's now a fully fledge omelette. And you know you're in trouble when your own Chair of home affairs is asking you what the hell you're talking about, some Labour MP's even said the PM did a better job than him, which I'm sure will mean that 1) David Cameron is confident on winning a vote on airstrikes in Syria and 2) those Labour MP's might not want to say hello to Corbyn's little friend: Nicola Sturgeon.

Jordan Ifield (yes, Henry Ford was a Nazi sympathizer, dam those American capitalists)