The West has ‘lost its legitimacy’ over Israel-Gaza | Grace Blakeley 

She is spot on about the hypocrisy of the US, about Ukraine and Israel. Netanyahu is taking advantage of Israel's "special relationship" with the US, and seriously threatens to dilute our assistance to Ukraine.

Anyone else noticed YT’s massive cmment cnsrship upgrade?

The reason Starmer gets criticised for his lack of morality on the Gaza issue is that nobody expects the Tories to have any morality on any subject. So the party that should be taking a moral position gets the blame.

I had respect for Grace until she refused to come to terms with the fact that JC and his allies in leadership became unpopular. Having good ideas is not enough even in a Fair Voting system, especially in our unfair voting system where swing seats need to be won to form a government. Cameron backed same sex marriage, but many Left and Centre-Leftist wouldn't vote for the Conservative Party with him being leader. The refusal to address this from the UK Left prevents them from rethinking who they choose to lead their relatively popular ideas. Also, not demanding the Left puts Fair (PR) Voting at the top of their agenda is extremely self-defeating.

That was a great conversation very well conducted by Hugo Rifkind. While you can tell that Blakely and Rifkind come from different political worlds, Hugo gave Grace space to articulate the ideas in her book. It is also obvious that most of the people in the comments do not have the capacity to understand the discussion.

Who looks at Keir Starmer’s response to Gaza and thinks ah , that’s some canny political manouvering there 😢

Marx lived near Chalk Farm. And Engels next to Primrose hill.

Constantly hearing people say, 'Starmer supports a ceasefire,' while sounds positive like all UK media ignoring the context. Where was he and the government for the previous five months? Most people were killed in the first 3 months and now that there is practically nothing left to bomb in Gaza, portraying him as some sort of saint now that he is calling for a ceasefire-the bare minimum-after 30,000+ are dead and over 70,000+ are injured, just isn't the political capital the interviewer thinks it is. Moreover, the manner in which he approached the ceasefire is highly suspicious. His probable only real victory was to delay calling for one for so long while concealing UK war crimes from the official parliamentary record.

‘I voted Remain then changed my mind.’ Not many people in Britain nowadays brave enough to say that. Respect.

All those criticizing this woman cannot counter any of her claims.. because they can't.. thats why they personally insult her

In the shadow of fading freedom and democracy, where the compass of conscience seems lost and humanity's principles hang in the balance, a dire question looms: are we descending into an age of barbarism under the sway of a select few leaders? Once, Western civilization illuminated the path to liberty and prosperity, yet the stain of genocide in Gaxa now dims that beacon. The suffering of the Palestinian people is not theirs alone; it reverberates through the collective heart of humanity. Witnessing the unspeakable horrors inflicted upon civilians, particularly the most vulnerable-women, mothers, children, and toddlers-evokes a profound anguish. We are all fellow inhabitants of this shared planet, transcending notions of right and wrong. Our humanity demands that we honor and nurture it, for true happiness cannot be built upon the blood and agony of others. The yearning for freedom among Palestinians is not merely their struggle; it echoes the fundamental principles cherished by Western society. In this 21st century global village, where moral obligations transcend borders, we are duty-bound to extend care and support to one another. Palestinians must be liberated from occupation, for their aspiration for freedom resonates with the very essence of our most cherished values....

There is no theory here. If she doesn't want revolution then it's not Marxism but if it's not Marxism then what is it?

"Inequality tops Torsten Slok's 20 risks to markets in 2020" . You know we have systemic problems when market earnings are threatened by rising inequality

“Everything that happens, happens as it should, and if you observe carefully, you will find this to be so.” ― Marcus Aurelius

(A small tech problem with the sound volume put out too low). That was a fascinating and unusual interview for Time Radio. A mesured well augued crit of the system. I suspect this is, but hope its not, a one off.

And do you think that the Nazis didn't have their reasons for attacking Britain, where they felt they were perfectly justified for invading Europe and bombing England? If course they did, just as the Palestinians see the October 7th atrocities as fully justified. But civilization must win, and if this means conducting a war where there is collateral damage done to civilian populations, then so be it. Millions of civilians in Japan and Germany were killed by the Allied armies in WW2, and now these once fascist countries are democratic and civilized. Hopefully this will be a moment of truth for the Palestinians as well.

Well done Grace for leaving the Labour Party. We need action for real change, where real change takes place. First stop migration. We are Full Up. Correct re decentralising Power, providing those in charge - know what they're doing. I've lived in two countries where real Socialism exists. I paid 52% in tax. I can assure you that day2day living is not what you think.

It seems she doesn’t care of Ukraine’s independence Shameful This thinking of hers is hypocritical in itself

It bothers me that when we get people like this on these shows they never address the fact that billions of people rely on the current system we have and how manking fundamental changes to that system could easily result in chaos and starvation for hundreds of millions if the new system doesn't work as expected. These systems are more complex than any one person can fully understand so to claim that you can implement a fundamentally better system just seems naive.

Ms. Blakeley, watch the October 7 footage. Ask yourself, how would I respond? What makes your moral stance more legitimate than others?

She slept well through the nightmare of Syria for the last 13 years and WOKE up on Oct 8 skipping Oct 7 too

If she wants to prove her point then she will debate with someone the calibre of Yaron Brook. Otherwise her argument will not convince. I’m not convinced.

Grace is certainly someone who can talk ... KPMG story at the end says it all... the irrelevance of Think Tanks...

Very good interview. Enjoyed it immensely etc.

She explains well how imperfect capitalism is yet not able to prove that there is a system less imperfect

I worked in the Water Industry for 26 years both pre and post privatisation. There were many organisational changes in an attempt to reduce operating costs. These processes were painful for both blue and white collar workers in the industry. For example casual overtime wherever possible was reduced. Productivity payments were were revised. Voluntary and then compulsory alongside the cost savings over the 26 years I worked there. There were no easy solutions for this most essential of services. Competing factors included the need for massive capital investment in new assets, the impact of inflation on pay during the late 70s and early 80s, resistance to change, political doctrine in both government and the TU's, lack of trust between TU's and management and sometimes self interest. These problems are still ongoing with compliance, the ongoing needs for investment, openness and accountability issues and profits in a privatised industry.

Grace Blakeley is fascinating to listen to and speaks the most profound truths. The more we amplify the voices of people like her the better off we will be in the future. My greatest concern is the rise of authoritarian regimes throughout the world. I fear that the more we fight for progressive policies the more the wealthy will force western conservative politicians towards authoritarianism.

its the laws surrounding their so called policies such as keying in the tax reasons and why its taken forever for me to find my best typo app

What about the argument that we actually don’t have a free market but rather an Oligopolistic market made up of only a handful of players and if we did have a truly free market, inequality etc., would be far less?

Opinions are a dime a dozen.

All those who have joined the antisemitic movement over the horror of October 7th , those who accepted the Hamas rhetoric without question over what has happing in Gaza without any objectivity. Will in time be shamed forever for their behaviour

The narrative may have new words and devices, but the dialectic is unchanged.

Although this episode is a kind of 'refresher' - that ship has sadly well and truly sailed!

That’s fine end the UN. We pay the most anyway and most of us don’t like it. Please do tired of sending my money off

Give more money to the regions! 🤔(Green Fire UK) 🌈🦉

Fascinating woman. I look forward to reading her books.

The key problem with socialist ideas, union power and so on, Unions are just another system of hierarchy. Socialism needs active real policy making democracy to disband the tendency to hierarchy, replacing one boss for another. Participatory democracy and disbandment of party political power with proportional representation.

For a while now I've thought she should be in politics, can you imagine if we had poiticians who knew anything about ANYTHING?

“I kind of go into this in the book”…… champagne socialist talking points not based in any facts or understanding of a world economy we’re now in.

I wonder what Grace Blakeley thinks about American intervention in the 2nd World War in Europe? She wants to subsume all of American "intervention" into a Marxian concept of empire; will her marxist theory allow for exceptions? Apparently in her theory, Ukraine is like a weird, untraceable anomaly. Hmm, maybe a different theory would serve, or concrete history. What about American battles with Britain (an empire) before 1820 or so, did she study those? And when Americans went to Britain (for example my father, over there as a bomber pilot in 1944) to save Britain and Europe from fascism? Was all that an "intervention" on behalf of an "empire"? Whose empire? Or was that something else e, historical, gray, concrete, susceptible to uncertainty? I find Marxism intellectually boring, and shallow. I used to know a guy at Uni (Berkeley in the US) who said he thought that marxists, in order to be allowed in to debates, should be made to wear stove-pipe hats and beards. :))

when did chloe grace moretz start talking economics nonsense. Can someone provide me with the bullet points of what she was speaking about because it none of it made any sense

Materialism has replaced a spiritual connection with our and the health of the planet. That's why we are in this mess

A few failures of capitalism does not negate the billions of events that support the freedom and life style it has created. Really a simpleton view of the system using verbal diarrhea.

Who's she? I really enjoyed this interview.

I'm loving the angry right-wing comments below this video 😄

10000% true. Well said Grace.

This girl read some sociological monographs

Hugo is a raving war Monger "we don't want to hear a nuanced view on Gaza" No Hugo just you and your neighbours Yuk 😊

Grace Blakeley went to one of the most expensive private schools in the UK... nothing worse than a rich socialist

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Typical Times Radio leftist woke 🙄🙄🙄 Not surprised

Capitalism hasn't actually been failing, it's the third way, regulated capitalism with huge taxes that has been failing. Capitalism is prospering

How sweetly anachronistic. Did not know there were any marxists left. This little ditz made me smile.

This chick has no idea what she's talking about. She doesn't know anything about this conflict or the region or the history of the region

Lol 😂

In connection with Grace Blakeley's take on the Israeli war in Gaza: Could Ms. Blakeley comment on Britain's historic role in locking the borders of the British Mandate to Jews during the Holocaust? Can she she imagine a world in which moral responsibility has accrued to Britons -- and her -- to support the survival of a Jewish state? Israel faces an enemy sworn to annihilate the Jewish State and all Jews: does she agree with this?

What little of it was left.

Interesting. Thanks.

She probably lives in a 3 million pound home with servants.... because she has to.

This girl has the game well and truly uncovered 100% ,👍💪💥

she's such a clown

Virtue signalling

Poster child for champagne socialism.

Grace in name only.

Interviews is pro Isreal pro big business part of status quo

We humans are all palastine ❤

HOLY CLICK BAIT BATMAN!!!!

A socialist and capitalism hater. Thank God with no influence.

No make up and tragic teeth ❤

Saw comments wont even bother watching. She looks like she does not have a clue that is for sure

The West. ´Legitimacy.´ 😂

The interviewer basically saying 'how dare you question our system'

She should read books, not write them

Gaza attacked Israel. How exactly did Gaza expect Israel to respond?

What about the murdered Syrian children or Yemen children? Don't you care about them?

Grace is exceptional at explaining her career promoting woke left socialist conspiracy theory bla bla bla

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