No its not illegal but its very underhand,many people belive this tripe as fact.
When the Tory press switched to supporting Labour it was because the conservative government was failing and newspaper circulation was at an all time low the press needed to do something in order to claim they were on the side of the public, Rats leaving a sinking ship! and anyhow they did not dish out quite the same level of propaganda as they did while supporting the Tories.
Murdoch has a massive news and media organisation that is able to reach into every living room throughout the entire Western world and beyond. Much of its so-called news content is carefully designed to induce a particular bias toward a view that would be favourable to the view represented by the Murdoch propagandists.
These are the Torys who run the Tory Press don't let them influence you.
@JuanMacready Now your plucking figures out of the air and insulting disabled people!
Your going my job for me lol your exposing yourself as a bigoted simpleton, you will turn people away from your insidiously ridiculous beliefs and views thanks..ignore her folks.
LIKE FATHER, LIKE SON? Hothead James Murdoch seems to be losing it, his papers support for Cam the Man is resulting in dwindling newspaper circulation!
What you wont read in the Murdoch press:
The Goldman Sachs bankers who are funding the Tories!
The well respected Mori poll (unlike the yougov for the sun) suggests that 49% of people are undecided or will change their minds come May 6th.?? don't forget what a miserable time Britain had last lime the Tories ere in power (long time ago).
Nothing fixes a thing so intensely in memory as the wish to forget it
He had what Healey called a 'hinterland,' and his tomes on Hazlitt, Swift and Byron are amongst the best. However, his politics were insane. Nuclear disarmament is a great ideal, but disarming when Britain had hundreds of Soviet missiles aimed against it was irresponsible. Having a planned economy would be disastrous as the Russians and Chinese found out. Foot should have stuck to academia and left politics to those mature enough to participate it in.
Oh don't be a patronising pillock you insufferable little fool. I don't need to be a soldier to oppose the foreign adventures in Afghanistan and Iraq. I don't need to have fought in WW1 to know it was a human catastrophe of epic proportions. But I have lived for 13 years under a socialist government that has nationalised more of the economy than Tony Benn could have dreamed of doing.
I particularly like the reference to Mr [Herbert] Morrison - grandfather, lest we forget, of that great modern democrat Peter Mandelson. I can imagine the grandson acting in just the way Foot imagined his grandfather.
So Frank Clanton what have you achieved in your life that can hold a torch too the late Mr Foot. How can you be glad someones is dead what did he ever do to you. If god forbid you had died before Foot do you think he would have even noticed you whatever your opinion of his politics and lid a fullfilling life doing things and working in things he sincerly believed sure Foot would not have spent his time posting coments on the internet when he was young he was up and doing
I doubt Foot ever took money from anyone in a corrupt manner.And as for you Trillions$u take your views,based on prejudice and hate,and stuff them up your rectum,then follow them there.
RIP Michael. A great man, a great mind and a great orator. There is no one of his calibre in British politics today. He had more principles in his little finger than Tony Bliar and Jack Straw-man have between them.
@Alscotts Agree, a man of ethics. I didn't know him personally, but I loved him, and his little dog, Dizzy. He was 96, but still what a huge loss to the human race. Dear fellow. Caring man,
RIP Michael Foot. It is good to see even his opponents now have a good word to say about him. His speech during the 1979 confidence motion is one of the finest ever made in the House of Commons.
Compare this to Tony Blair's spineless arselicking of Rupert Murdoch and his vile empire. Love or loathe MIchael Foot, he was a man of genuine conviction.
Indeed, RIP Mr Foot, best Labour leader we never had. And in response to googlexxxxxxx I would suggest you hang your head in shame, but you obviously have no idea of the meaning of the word. Shame on you....
Michael Foot is clearly talking about a specific incident with his reference to the Daily Mirror and Mr Morrison. Can anyone please enlighten me what the incident was and what the date of this clip is.
If people viewing the debate between me and IndieModPunk wish to view my lengthy response to his list of Tory 'errors' below, please send me a message through youtube and I will send it to you. It is far too large and wouldn't even fit into 10 different comment boxes.
Very inconspicious way of avoiding my points sir... I will do you the courteousy of responding to this over the private message system as there are too many points to be addressed in 500 characters.
The Attlee government ended in economic calamity. The Attlee government only managed to nationalise the economy because Lord Keynes secured financial assitance from the USA. The efficient industries were nationalised, and they consequently became basket cases. The NHS was and still is a mistake, a Soviet era relic that has no place in a modern, liberal (classical defintiion) democracy.
I will have to reply to your replies tomorrow, as I have an appointment with the BBC and Hustle.
Human beings are not born equally, and to suggest so is facile. Inequality is not a bad thing. If Bill Gates walks into a pub filled with millionaires, wealth inequality will be high, but that dosen't mean everyone is poor.
Socialism is very similar to Nazism. Socialism and Fascism are siblings, which is why the struggle between the two ideologies has been so violent. Both take the individual down the 'Road to Serfdom.' The state enslaves us, and we end up with a kleptocracy.
Socialism is inimical to democracy. The best thing about capitalism is that one can be a socialist in a capitalist system because one can voluntarily distribute one's own wealth. One cannot be a capitalist in a socialist society however. If a person decides to voluntarily redistribute his/her wealth and to nationalise their properties, that is their perogative. It should remain the choice of the individual... it should not be forced upon the citizenry by coercion.
Socialism has never worked, and it cannot work, because planning is impossible. Hayek, in a seminal essay, 'The Use of Knowledge in Society,' explained that nobody has perfect knowledge, and that a central planning committee cannot replicate the productive and distributive efficiency of the decision making of millions of consumers in a market economy. Prices are determined by supply and demand. Without these forces, there is no rational mechanism for setting prices, which can lead to problems
Capitalism simply means the means of production are privately owned as opposed to collectively owned. Economic calculation makes capitalism the most economically rational and sound form of society. As Adam Smith so brilliantly elucidated in the Wealth of Nations, the baker who pursues his own self interest enriches the community as a whole merely as a by product of his self interest.
I disagree with everything that Michael Foot espouses, but I admire his intellect and his obvious passion for politics. One can hear it in his speehces in the House of Commons, his lofty rhetoric, his witty demolition of Keith Joseph being a perfect example of this.
Racism is a form of socialism however in my view, because socialism seeks to place people into groups and sects, which is what racism does. As Ron Paul so eloquently put it, libertarianism is the enemy of racism.
I don't agree with everything Powell said, but one cannot deny his intellect or his linguistic capabilities. The House of Commons is full of non-entities now. In previous decades, it was composed of intellectuals and passionate advocates of respective ideologies who could make a sound, structured argument, like Powell and Foot. Now it is full of charlatans and careerists.
'linguistic capabilities'? How does your vocabulary possibly help make you a politician in the world today? Im sure there are millions of people with great 'linguistic capabilities', but that hardly means they should all become politicians. A good politician is made great by his policies, not his 'linguistic capabilities'.
Besides, you are operating under the assumption than Enoch Powell was a racist. He wasn't. He was an old fashioned English patriot. His language in the Rivers of Blood speech has been mendaciously quoted out of context. He quotes Roman politicians, hence the somewhat exotic vocabulary. Powell was wrong about immigration, but he wasn't a racist, so stop insinuating that he was.
Yes we do. Michael Foot and Enoch Powell were good friends, and they cooperated to prevent reform of the House of Lords, though for different purposes.
I was his neighbor in Hampstead in 1995 and 1996, living there as an ex-pat. It was quite the honor to see and talk with this man. And I'll never forget his bellowing demand to his dog: "DIZZY!!!"
How predictable, a hard left socialist living in a very nice house in a very nice suburb of London.
However, one must pay tribute to Mr Foot. He was one of the most perspicacious and witty politicians of the 20th century, and he possessed a great deal of alacrity.
That is the problem with 21st century politics. There are no more ideological debates. The fabled middle ground has destroyed the political process.
We need people like Michael Foot and Enoch Powell in politics again.
and they said he was too old to be PM. That he was on the verge of senility, and too left-wing cause he wanted to nationalize banks and shit.
and who's laughing now? Him!!!
Because 1) he outlasted most of those M-Fkers. 2) He's still lucid (see johann hari's excellent article for more on this), and oh S--t!! 3) they had to nationalize some of the banks.
Michael Foot rip (July 23 2010 - would have been his 97th birthday)
92af 1 year ago 2
No its not illegal but its very underhand,many people belive this tripe as fact.
When the Tory press switched to supporting Labour it was because the conservative government was failing and newspaper circulation was at an all time low the press needed to do something in order to claim they were on the side of the public, Rats leaving a sinking ship! and anyhow they did not dish out quite the same level of propaganda as they did while supporting the Tories.
greatwhitepoet 1 year ago
Murdoch has a massive news and media organisation that is able to reach into every living room throughout the entire Western world and beyond. Much of its so-called news content is carefully designed to induce a particular bias toward a view that would be favourable to the view represented by the Murdoch propagandists.
These are the Torys who run the Tory Press don't let them influence you.
greatwhitepoet 1 year ago
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Iv just been warned that JuanMacready is a compulsive abuser on youtube,
heres one of her postings: "I'm glad John Lennon was shot dead at only 40, the ugly IRA supporting bastard"
evil little shit .....never mind millions loved you.
IGNORE HER/HIM FOLKS
greatwhitepoet 1 year ago
What an unbelievable piece of shit JuanMacready is.
Thank fuck most people are decent.
TheNightnurse67 1 year ago 3
@JuanMacready Now your plucking figures out of the air and insulting disabled people!
Your going my job for me lol your exposing yourself as a bigoted simpleton, you will turn people away from your insidiously ridiculous beliefs and views thanks..ignore her folks.
greatwhitepoet 1 year ago
The Tories Big Society is a big cop out all you will get is a big mess!!
Nothing fixes a thing so intensely in memory as the wish to forget it.
We ain't forgotten the |Tories
greatwhitepoet 1 year ago
@JuanMacready What a totally childish remark! with a remark like that you must be either a tory or BNP idiot. grow up
greatwhitepoet 1 year ago
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LIKE FATHER, LIKE SON? Hothead James Murdoch seems to be losing it, his papers support for Cam the Man is resulting in dwindling newspaper circulation!
What you wont read in the Murdoch press:
The Goldman Sachs bankers who are funding the Tories!
Its The Son Wot Lost It!
greatwhitepoet 1 year ago
The well respected Mori poll (unlike the yougov for the sun) suggests that 49% of people are undecided or will change their minds come May 6th.?? don't forget what a miserable time Britain had last lime the Tories ere in power (long time ago).
Nothing fixes a thing so intensely in memory as the wish to forget it
greatwhitepoet 1 year ago
could somebody please tell me what he says from 0:38-0:40?
november191968 1 year ago
@warriorprince1010 I was C.N.D. My Dad was C.N.D. People who C.N.D. were people who (strangely) thought it wrong to kill others with atom bombs
flumoxed38 2 years ago 2
I had hoped that Michael Foot would have turned 100
92af 2 years ago
He had what Healey called a 'hinterland,' and his tomes on Hazlitt, Swift and Byron are amongst the best. However, his politics were insane. Nuclear disarmament is a great ideal, but disarming when Britain had hundreds of Soviet missiles aimed against it was irresponsible. Having a planned economy would be disastrous as the Russians and Chinese found out. Foot should have stuck to academia and left politics to those mature enough to participate it in.
Mickmars90 2 years ago
Mmmmmm 19 years, therefore doesn't understand true socialism, as has never seen it. Learn before you comment little boy
flumoxed38 2 years ago
Oh don't be a patronising pillock you insufferable little fool. I don't need to be a soldier to oppose the foreign adventures in Afghanistan and Iraq. I don't need to have fought in WW1 to know it was a human catastrophe of epic proportions. But I have lived for 13 years under a socialist government that has nationalised more of the economy than Tony Benn could have dreamed of doing.
Mickmars90 2 years ago
Now they've moved on to the EUSSR.
SirDanielHayesMBE 2 years ago
I particularly like the reference to Mr [Herbert] Morrison - grandfather, lest we forget, of that great modern democrat Peter Mandelson. I can imagine the grandson acting in just the way Foot imagined his grandfather.
wilus1969 2 years ago 3
Mr Foot was a fine man who will be long remembered by people in Britain who care about justice. Frank Clanton, on the other hand, is an arse.
hadleystirrup 2 years ago 7
So Frank Clanton what have you achieved in your life that can hold a torch too the late Mr Foot. How can you be glad someones is dead what did he ever do to you. If god forbid you had died before Foot do you think he would have even noticed you whatever your opinion of his politics and lid a fullfilling life doing things and working in things he sincerly believed sure Foot would not have spent his time posting coments on the internet when he was young he was up and doing
Runrome 2 years ago 5
He's blocked, im not having that.
LogicalSimba 2 years ago
@FrankClanton
That comment speaks volumes about your mentality.
StephenHP62 2 years ago 3
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I'm glad he's dead.
FrankClanton 2 years ago
@FrankClanton
Bang bang
I'm glad that Frank Clanton is dead.
mwmolloy 2 years ago
The last honest politician of Principle. First, Barbara Castle gone and now him. Where are their likes today???
bripat22 2 years ago 3
Its all well and good being principled, but what if those principles would have left Britain defenceless in the face of Soviet agression? (ie CND)
SirDanielHayesMBE 2 years ago
I doubt Foot ever took money from anyone in a corrupt manner.And as for you Trillions$u take your views,based on prejudice and hate,and stuff them up your rectum,then follow them there.
simianluxoid 2 years ago 7
A great socialist - RIP Michael
simianluxoid 2 years ago 4
A truly great man. Rest in Peace Michael.
maxinebrownsmic 2 years ago 3
RIP Michael. A great man, a great mind and a great orator. There is no one of his calibre in British politics today. He had more principles in his little finger than Tony Bliar and Jack Straw-man have between them.
Alscotts 2 years ago 3
@Alscotts Agree, a man of ethics. I didn't know him personally, but I loved him, and his little dog, Dizzy. He was 96, but still what a huge loss to the human race. Dear fellow. Caring man,
humanitarian. My highest respects go with him.
flumoxed38 2 years ago 4
He was a CUNT. I'm glad he's dead.
JuanMacready 1 year ago
@JuanMacready @JuanMacready
Keep YouTube safe!!
To report JuanMacready Go to: youtube com/safety_help
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FrankClanton the CUNT is DEAD LOL
PeterFirthFanny 1 year ago
When great men become great men of history, our world, of the present, is diminished.
LawsOfRobotics 2 years ago 3
RIP Michael Foot. It is good to see even his opponents now have a good word to say about him. His speech during the 1979 confidence motion is one of the finest ever made in the House of Commons.
densaner77 2 years ago 2
Compare this to Tony Blair's spineless arselicking of Rupert Murdoch and his vile empire. Love or loathe MIchael Foot, he was a man of genuine conviction.
PaulT115 2 years ago 16
RIP a man with imbued great integrity and intellectual honesty.
CosmosLoyal 2 years ago 2
RIP comrade. A very very sad day
And Thatcher still lives - there is no justice
meosl08 2 years ago 18
An eccentric and individualist in the days when non conformity was acceptable.A great sense of humour too.
strangemenssana 2 years ago 6
Great man and orator.
strangemenssana 2 years ago 5
RIP
saintdracula 2 years ago 4
Truly the end of an era. Thanks Michael. A life well lived...
RKCLibrary 2 years ago 5
A great loss to the world and to civilisation itself.
What a great life. Thank you.
rogermcnally 2 years ago 2
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rogermcnally 2 years ago
RIP my old friend
kikusdream 2 years ago 6
Goodbye Michael Foot, i will miss you very much.
92af 2 years ago
We have lost a great man today.
Michael Foot: 23rd July 1913 - 3rd March 2010.
corporalclegg07 2 years ago 4
not my favourite - far too far to the left and his pacifism was wrong if heartfelt. But a fine orator as this clip shows.
surb0910 2 years ago
Safe Journey Mr. Foot
BestivalFan 2 years ago
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How's the heat in hell, Mr Foot?
googlexxxxxxx 2 years ago
He'll be basking on the shores of heaven actually.
mrorsom 2 years ago 6
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eportlad17 2 years ago
the man just died. do you have no respect?
davidbutler100 2 years ago 2
Indeed, RIP Mr Foot, best Labour leader we never had. And in response to googlexxxxxxx I would suggest you hang your head in shame, but you obviously have no idea of the meaning of the word. Shame on you....
rootsquare 2 years ago 3
I know about shame all too well, chum
googlexxxxxxx 2 years ago
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@rootsquare
"Indeed, RIP Mr Foot, best Labour leader we never had."
He was Labour leader from 1980 to 1983, but never Prime Minister.
newmark401 2 years ago
RIP Mr. Foot!
A very intelligent man!
thefrecklepuny 2 years ago 4
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BlackpeopleLOL 2 years ago
RIP Mr Foot.
RedGaribaldi 2 years ago 5
You forgot the murder of the young innocent conscripts on the General Belgrano.
lukesixtynineuk 2 years ago
He's still alive today! He's 97
Channelingus 2 years ago 3
@Channelingus
Now at 12:30 on the 3rd march 2010 he is dead
Malthus0 2 years ago 3
@Malthus0 :( thanks for telling me though
Channelingus 2 years ago
Thank you for your reply and for posting the clip. I wish there were more clips from those days especially of Aneurin Bevan.
gus1651 2 years ago
Michael Foot is clearly talking about a specific incident with his reference to the Daily Mirror and Mr Morrison. Can anyone please enlighten me what the incident was and what the date of this clip is.
gus1651 2 years ago
the government censored the mirror, and every paper (led by foot) printed the story in question for several days until the ban was lifted.
google: 2d michael foot
or
18b michael foot
LogicalSimba 2 years ago
If people viewing the debate between me and IndieModPunk wish to view my lengthy response to his list of Tory 'errors' below, please send me a message through youtube and I will send it to you. It is far too large and wouldn't even fit into 10 different comment boxes.
Mickmars90 2 years ago
Very inconspicious way of avoiding my points sir... I will do you the courteousy of responding to this over the private message system as there are too many points to be addressed in 500 characters.
Mickmars90 2 years ago
The Attlee government ended in economic calamity. The Attlee government only managed to nationalise the economy because Lord Keynes secured financial assitance from the USA. The efficient industries were nationalised, and they consequently became basket cases. The NHS was and still is a mistake, a Soviet era relic that has no place in a modern, liberal (classical defintiion) democracy.
I will have to reply to your replies tomorrow, as I have an appointment with the BBC and Hustle.
Mickmars90 2 years ago
Human beings are not born equally, and to suggest so is facile. Inequality is not a bad thing. If Bill Gates walks into a pub filled with millionaires, wealth inequality will be high, but that dosen't mean everyone is poor.
Socialism is very similar to Nazism. Socialism and Fascism are siblings, which is why the struggle between the two ideologies has been so violent. Both take the individual down the 'Road to Serfdom.' The state enslaves us, and we end up with a kleptocracy.
Mickmars90 2 years ago
Socialism is inimical to democracy. The best thing about capitalism is that one can be a socialist in a capitalist system because one can voluntarily distribute one's own wealth. One cannot be a capitalist in a socialist society however. If a person decides to voluntarily redistribute his/her wealth and to nationalise their properties, that is their perogative. It should remain the choice of the individual... it should not be forced upon the citizenry by coercion.
Mickmars90 2 years ago
Socialism has never worked, and it cannot work, because planning is impossible. Hayek, in a seminal essay, 'The Use of Knowledge in Society,' explained that nobody has perfect knowledge, and that a central planning committee cannot replicate the productive and distributive efficiency of the decision making of millions of consumers in a market economy. Prices are determined by supply and demand. Without these forces, there is no rational mechanism for setting prices, which can lead to problems
Mickmars90 2 years ago
Capitalism simply means the means of production are privately owned as opposed to collectively owned. Economic calculation makes capitalism the most economically rational and sound form of society. As Adam Smith so brilliantly elucidated in the Wealth of Nations, the baker who pursues his own self interest enriches the community as a whole merely as a by product of his self interest.
Mickmars90 2 years ago
I disagree with everything that Michael Foot espouses, but I admire his intellect and his obvious passion for politics. One can hear it in his speehces in the House of Commons, his lofty rhetoric, his witty demolition of Keith Joseph being a perfect example of this.
Racism is a form of socialism however in my view, because socialism seeks to place people into groups and sects, which is what racism does. As Ron Paul so eloquently put it, libertarianism is the enemy of racism.
Mickmars90 2 years ago
I don't agree with everything Powell said, but one cannot deny his intellect or his linguistic capabilities. The House of Commons is full of non-entities now. In previous decades, it was composed of intellectuals and passionate advocates of respective ideologies who could make a sound, structured argument, like Powell and Foot. Now it is full of charlatans and careerists.
Mickmars90 2 years ago
'linguistic capabilities'? How does your vocabulary possibly help make you a politician in the world today? Im sure there are millions of people with great 'linguistic capabilities', but that hardly means they should all become politicians. A good politician is made great by his policies, not his 'linguistic capabilities'.
modreggaeska 2 years ago
Wit is an essential tool for a good politician.
Besides, you are operating under the assumption than Enoch Powell was a racist. He wasn't. He was an old fashioned English patriot. His language in the Rivers of Blood speech has been mendaciously quoted out of context. He quotes Roman politicians, hence the somewhat exotic vocabulary. Powell was wrong about immigration, but he wasn't a racist, so stop insinuating that he was.
Mickmars90 2 years ago
Yes we do. Michael Foot and Enoch Powell were good friends, and they cooperated to prevent reform of the House of Lords, though for different purposes.
Mickmars90 2 years ago
I was his neighbor in Hampstead in 1995 and 1996, living there as an ex-pat. It was quite the honor to see and talk with this man. And I'll never forget his bellowing demand to his dog: "DIZZY!!!"
pineknotboy 2 years ago
How predictable, a hard left socialist living in a very nice house in a very nice suburb of London.
However, one must pay tribute to Mr Foot. He was one of the most perspicacious and witty politicians of the 20th century, and he possessed a great deal of alacrity.
That is the problem with 21st century politics. There are no more ideological debates. The fabled middle ground has destroyed the political process.
We need people like Michael Foot and Enoch Powell in politics again.
Mickmars90 2 years ago
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pineknotboy 2 years ago
Michael Foot is one of the few reason's why I am proud to be from Devon.
A true Left-winger and Socialist.
Unlike Phoney Tony and Bail-out Brown
Which is why he never became be PM.
He supports the Argyle too.
JONNOG88 2 years ago 2
@JONNOG88 he's also an honourary member of Argyle
corporalclegg07 2 years ago
Ah if only there were more Michael Foots in this world and in our politics. Don't forget that he is still with us! At 96
bripat22 2 years ago 5
The best editor the Evening Standard ever had...
david552 2 years ago 4
micheal foot 96 years old and still alive, living legend
26highstreet 2 years ago 9
Such a great man. 96 last month.
ascreavie 2 years ago 13
A wonderful example of how to be a man.
I often wonder what he thinks of the likes of
Griffin from the BNP
LogicalSimba 2 years ago
yeah he's cool.
and they said he was too old to be PM. That he was on the verge of senility, and too left-wing cause he wanted to nationalize banks and shit.
and who's laughing now? Him!!!
Because 1) he outlasted most of those M-Fkers. 2) He's still lucid (see johann hari's excellent article for more on this), and oh S--t!! 3) they had to nationalize some of the banks.
Konform2zoidberg 2 years ago 9