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Originally Posted by Brillopad
That works both ways with left thinkers often referring to right thinkers who express strong opinions as 'alt right'.
In my opinion Corbyn, for example, would be a an obvious example of extreme left with his open door and unilateral disarmament policies without thought to the potential consequences of such policies.
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Let's not get bogged down with what right or left leaning people do or don't say.
I asked what your example of extreme left was and you gave me Jeremy Corbyn based on his view for disarmament.
'In addition to looking at the factors supporting the reproduction of the UK’s nuclear weapons
we should look at the political strength of those supporting disarmament. Nick Ritchie’s research into recent polls shows that the British public appears ‘quite firm in its support of global nuclear disarmament’, whilst its support for the planned replacement of Trident is ‘increasingly limited’. A wider question here is what information reaches the public, how it is framed and how salient nuclear and related security issues become. For example, in addition to focusing on the short-term goal of ‘No Trident replacement’ it may be beneficial for disarmament advocates to propose that the UK become a former NWS.
The reason to have this as a medium to long-term goal is firstly that the UK will always be a NWS according to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty so that, as Scott Sagan argues, former NWS would be ‘more latent’ than states which ‘did not have their technological expertise or operational experience’. Secondly, rather than focusing on scrapping a particular weapons system, former NWS status- as an objective- conveys more appropriately the wider political implications for the UK if it is to live up to its international responsibilities and disarm irreversibly, verifiably and transparently.'
It would seem the majority of Brits agree with him...are they all extreme left?
http://www.oxfordresearchgroup.org.u...ar_disarmament