As I have previously noted on the blog I am in Nottingham tonight making a speech at Jeremy Corbyn's rally on those parts of his programme for which I have some responsibility. I note there are already more than 1,400 people saying they are coming.
As is my practice, I make clear that I will be doing so as an economist, and not as a politician, and as a person who has promoted ideas and not a political party, as evidenced by my willingness to work with politicians from quite a number of parties in recent years.
But I am looking forward to meeting those excited by the ideas now on offer. It is ordinary people demanding change that are projecting these ideas centre stage. It's humbling to think I might have played even a small part in that process.
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Hi Richard,
Do you know if there will a live broadcast(internet or tv) or a recording that will be put later?
That is the plan, I gather
Cant find anything online about it. Do you know if any tv channel is broadcasting it live?
It was broadcast on, I think, NGL Digital
I think highlights will follow
I hope you are broadcast and look forward to seeing it. ‘Wish I could be there but now back at work after a family holiday.
Please don’t underestimate the power of your ideas.
I don’t think Jeremy Corbyn would have come as far and fast as he has without an injection of intellectual red meat on the subjects of economics and tax.
If we’re lucky enough to see Prime Minister Corbyn come into power, you will deserve a lot of credit in edging him over the line.
Agreed but the reason that JC is so popular is that he is willing to listen to experts in different fields and not take the credit for the ideas. Richard has been trying to get his messages across for so many years – lets hope everyone will wise up that the public will no longer be hood winked.
I would like to point out that, in my opinion, JC has got most of his economic policy ideas from LEAP (Left Economics Advisory Panel) to which Richard has made an important contribution. It was set up about 8 years ago by John McDonnell and is still run very competently by Andrew Fisher. Many other economists are involved.
I have said so, publicly
I think many are feeling enlivened by the possibility of politics being about genuine ideas after decades of line-yer-wallet I’m-alright-Jackism which has had a deadening, narcoleptic effect on most of the developed world whilst turning the whole planet into a rent-extraction vehicle.
Many have waited a long time for this!
Well said, Brian McDougall. A LP that knows how to reject the economics of Thatcherism and TINA is an extraordinary achievement… fingers crossed!
TINA becomes TARA.
Richard
Any chance you`ll be near Wales in the near future? Please keep us informed of your speaking dates.
I am sure I will be – but not sure when
Yes, when? The LP has lost its way in Wales and Greens are nascent. Its topsy turvy with UKIP potentially aligning with Greens on anti austerity? The electorate are confused about economics, they not only swallow the Tory economic stories but enthusiactically regurgitate the ‘myths’ as if memorised for homework. We’re doing TTIP this weekend on the street – quite a topic.
About to vote for Jeremy. Anyone know which of the candidates for deputy is anti-austerity?
None of the Deputy Leader candidates voted against the Welfare Bill. I’ve voted just for Angela Eagle because we had a meeting with her at the Treasury when she was a junior minister and I found her to be friendly, fair and astute. I’ve heard that she was a good Chair of the National Policy Forum, although she had to work within severe constraints from the top. I also think it important to have a woman as deputy. None of them are lefties but it’s better to have a balance any way.
I only really know Tom and Angela
I like both
I get the impression Tom Watson is the most likely to work effectively with Jeremy and has a good track record of speaking truth to power. he got my vote!
Tom Watson was my choice. Hates Osborne with a passion.
As I have consistently said, I think there is something in your idea of PQE.
But with a lot of good ideas I have seen in business it is Implementation that is the most important factor. I shudder to think what might happen when the State gets involved in major projects having experienced the dead hand of public sector control. I suggest what is really needed are pilot projects to test the concept. And your ideas need serious challenge, so they succeed, if valid, so not to dismiss them out of hand. But I can’t agree with your words “ordinary people”, I think you get carried away some times by crony support. Politically it’s not the 1% vs the 99%, it’s a very different ratio, we are not all Left wingers, but neither are we 1% ers.
You really are boring Stephen
Interesting how when the ‘state’ does something it has to be ‘laboratory tested’ yet when it’s so-called ‘private’ money it can run amok!