Lowkey Interview: We need Jeremy Corbyn as Prime Minister
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- čas přidán 6. 06. 2017
- Michael Walker talks to Lowkey as he explains why Jeremy Corbyn must be the UK's next Prime Minister.
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I'm now a Lowkey fan. His music and hard-hitting words are brilliant. He's brilliant!
An articulate man. And he said "wicked" at the end, which is decades old but always apt for such moments. Skill.
What an exceptionally intelligent man!
EdgeOfSanity yes he is, I have met him a few times, he's very humble and refreshing 😎
I know, I have been following him since 2011. I'm obsessed lol
What an exceptionally dreary berk! Yet Another Mr Nobody who will be totally forgotten in a few year's time.
Hendrik Woolf get a life and stop killing flies in you're mums basement. OK?
I wonder if Lowkey would ever consider a career in politics later in life if Corbyns movement embeds itself and grows? What a power house he would be
He's everywhere right now.. just look at the Grenfell videos. I think he really should. As an MP for his local area, he'd be a genuine voice in parliament. We need others like him, but he could set the standard.
David Oliver dont say that. they are all the same, just different views but he has eyes ears and a brain that works in a manna for US, The Whole
No I disagree, if you really want politics to work for the majority of people then it requires people like Akala, Lowkey to take a more active role and shift the discussion, they are very powerful intelligent leaders and would be fantastic representatives for a new political movement. It's understandable though I see very clearly why they absolutely wouldn't want to and would be hostile to such a suggestion, doesn't change the fact they could enact great and positive change if they decided to go down this road. The problem with it is that it's a road of compromise and requires extreme patience, if you went into parliament and on the first day announce your support for Palestine and denounced Israel then it wouldn't end well, it's about patience but hey that's the world we live in
A career in Politics? You are deluded. The man has made songs which are anti-British and anti-American (our allies), has a genuine hatred for our Western way of life, sympathises with terrorists, and has shared stages with members of ISIS; promoting Islam. You are dense. Stick to your wetdreams, lefty.
You mean he's an anti-capitalist? The end of the monetary system is inevitable. Any that can aid the transition through political means would be welcome. The other options (false scarcity and climate change) aren't exactly beneficial and should be stopped, legitimately if possible, forcibly if not.
U can tell Lowkey isn't just trying to act smart he's so fluent in what he's saying it's like he's memorised all his responces.
Why limit Lowkey to three priorities for a Labour Government. There are so many things in the Labour Manifesto that could be put in place from Day 1 and they are all linked from Housing, Education, Getting in the Taxes, Environment, Affordable Wages, Tuition Fees, Palestine, Bank Holidays. I want it all. I feel so high when I think of the prospect of a Labour Government.
watching this back 5 years later and almost everything he has mentioned has come true. how sad for this country and the people affected by it
The U.K. Needs Lowkey as PM
I feel smarter simply hearing him speak
What an amazing intelligent and articulate man who's analysis is excellent.
Low-Key and Akala are so intelligent. Know their stuff. Impressive.
Such an eloquent man!
Nice! Akala Next!
Wish we had rappers like him or Akala in Germany, too...
You do. Akala and Lowkey. No borders. ✊🏻
A very artilectual well spoken man well done lowkey
Lowkey and Akala (Joint Prime Minister) Life would be great.
Best comment!
Never gonna happen. Thank the Lord.
Uno
wicked. The bit about people being revitalised was very relevant. Well said.
Good Interview #JC4PM #votelabour
Lowkey and Akala is madness. Both should get into politics for real. Real change for regular people
Great interview. big up
Lowkey🙏✊🏼
I was in Argentina during the protests against the start of the invasion of Iraq - it was so good to be out of the UK after 9-11. Argentina had just had a huge downturn in it's economy. Many restaurants could be seen giving left-over food to people who couldn't afford to eat - I remember a child waiting by my table for food.. I signalled I was going to give him something when I had finished, and I gave him some meat in a serviette... It's not difficult (of course I spoke to him - I didn't just treat him like a dog).
I love love love this mas. Our lowkey
Michael is a great interviewer, would love to see him take a public stance on it too
This time around, hopefully less people are brainwashed.
Is this at SOAS university in Camden?
LOWKEY ❤
Beautiful man x
Lowkey, Britain's greatest rapper, still keeping it real.
Love him
Awesome video.
What a legend
LOWKEY YEEEESSSS
YES IT WILL BUILD!!!
lowkey seems like a cool guy
wohooo... thats SOAS :)
Imagine what could have been...
Great interview.
A man said Celtish u kno
what is (manifesto under corbyn)largely different from milibands 2015 manifesto? genuinely curious
Rashid Coleman tuition fees gone, £10 min. wage are two most key radical differences. dozens of smaller differences too, especially much better rhetoric on immigration which was awful in the 2015 manifesto.
👏🏼 💯 👏🏼 💯 👏🏼 💯
a bigger state will definitely reduce bureaucracy and unaccountability... nope.
Every single time there has been deregulation there have been massive increases in bureaucracy. Privatization creates bureaucracy
We should win soon
low-key is far right
Win mankind be muslim
Be muslim royals
This propaganda worked well.. not
So now we look to rappers for our economists. What a sad state we're now in. We've all heard the wish list, let's hear where you'd get the money from.
The CF Butcher 100Bn tax evasion from big companies.
The CF Butcher this guy is more than a rapper
The CF Butcher Huh...another guy who doesn't understand economics. Well, you asked for it.Ok, a lot of it will be payed for by tax hikes to the upper income brackets and to corporations. Now, increasing corporation tax will increase the economy in the long run as it will lead to a more trained and educated workforce, encouraging businesses to invest. It is also a very small increase for SMEs, only about 2%, with this going to endeavours that'll help them in the future. I also believe that that should be the base tax but you should also have more tax which can be reduced via investing that money in the business. This will lead to a more sustainable and long term business culture and will benefit the economy in the medium and long run. It will also boost revenues! Ok, now taxes like these will pay for the increased services spending, things like free college or the extra £5bn to education or increased NHS funding. This is good as it means that you do not have to borrow further for things that won't bring back a definite return. Secondly, things like the nationalisation of the National Grid and the £250 billion infrastructure investment will be paid for by borrowing. That figure didn't come out of nowhere either, it was the amount that the British Association of Commerce or something like that said needed to be invested to make us as rich as Germany and it'll modernise our economy.Now, I know what you're thinking "he'll borrow us into oblivion!", but again that is untrue. Currently due to the financial crisis interest rates are incredibly low and so it is a perfect opportunity to borrow. Now whilst borrowing to spend is not necessarily good, borrowing to invest is. When it comes to things like the National Grid, the UK business costs about £25bn (the US part costs about £13bn but we won't buy that), it is also a profitable company and so the money will mean we can easily pay off the interest on the loans, so we needn't worry about debt in that case. The same can also go for railways. If you look at places like the south-east you can see exactly why we need to nationalise them, services are poor and there is little investment. A good example of nationalised railway is when the government took of north-eastern in 2009, it was making losses but they made it profitable, increased investment in it, ensured the trains were on time and got a higher customer satisfaction out of it. The energy market won't be completely nationalised, only the distribution part of it. This means we can push for green energy.
Now I've got that out of the way I'll talk about the mega loan. £250bn investment plan. Ok, now, as any person who has studied economics knows (unless you're a Friedman or Hayek worshipper), a large symptom of recessions are that the private sector is hesitant to invest, this means that jobs are laid off and wages stagnate, deepening the recession through lack of consumer spending as well as investment. Therefore, the government must engage in economic stimulus (spending), to pick up the slack left by the private sector and maintain economic growth and get the economy back on its feet, back to a pint when the private sector starts investing significant amounts again. Now this is partly what this is. However, many parts of Britain and its economy are in dire need of modernisation. The investment will include things like roads, railways and high speed broadband. Now this, coupled with things like greater investment in education and free college (though we also need more schools built, more money to schools, capped class sizes and more vocational training, also business class, more like Finish system) will serve to encourage more businesses to invest and locate in the UK, we also need to encourage a stronger work ethic, via education (call it brainwashing but in the words of Bill Clinton "it's the economy stupid". Now this combined with the increased social mobility will boost our economy and living standards, and will make the the investment well worth it. I'm also in support of having the Bank of England lend us money at 0% interest, while having a contract to pay it back by a certain time. Lastly, deficit spending in times of a weak economy is good as it fuels growth and employment, and serves to take the economy out of recession and weak growth and fills in for the private sector. Without it capital (in the bank) are being wasted and in effect going out of the economy. We also shouldn't be afraid of it as as I pointed out the investment will generate returns and hence make it worth it and secondly, we literally cannot go bankrupt from debt as long as we borrow in £s due to the ability to print money. Stop spouting Tory propaganda and educate yourself.
HAH ! you reckon the tories are good at economics - read yer history mate.
they have Always been s++T - thats why we are in the place we are in.#
I suggest that you take a good look at Norway/Sweden/Finland/etc etc;
The are strong stable Social Democrats...
He has a law degree btw so I don't see why he's not qualified to speak about political matters.
london might.. but he couldnt run the whole uk for shit unfortunately.. still pissed about brexit we see 😂 #growthefuckup
Lowkey forgets to mention that one needs to teach about barbaric Islamic imperialism too. He's a joke
Please god dont let corbyn in 🙏🙏🙏😁🙏🙏🙏🙏😁😁😁😁😁