Left in the U.K. is divided on EU membership
The two sides appeared as politically distant from each other in the referendum debate as they are with the positions of the official ‘Remain’ and ‘Leave’ campaigns.Addressing a packed auditorium in central London, in a function organised by the pro-‘Remain’ platform ‘A Better Europe is Possible’, former Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis; Green Party Member of Parliament Caroline Lucas; Labour MP Clive Lewis; author and journalist Owen Jones and others spoke about the “radical internationalist case for Remain”.
‘Against polarisation’
“Unlike the two official ‘Remain’ and ‘Leave’ campaigns, we are not interested in polarising voters,” Mr. Varoufakis said.“We stand united in our conviction that it is impossible for Britain to have a successful democracy outside the realm of a democratised European Union. However, it is impossible for the European Union to become democratised without a democratic Britain participating in the process,” he addedTaking issue with the two key arguments of the ‘Leave’ campaign, namely, that Britain should leave to defend its sovereignty, and that Britain should leave to control untrammelled immigration, Mr. Varoufakis said voting to leave would only benefit “a national ruling class” that will exercise sovereignty in an “utterly undemocratic” way.
On the ‘Leave’ campaign’s argument that immigration has overwhelmed British public services, he said: “Lest we forget, turning the native poor against migrant labour is a variant of the old divide and rule trick that the British establishment honed ages ago to dominate the empire. Today, the establishment uses the same trick to dominate the domestic labourer, to hide austerity’s effects, and to deflect anger towards the other, the migrant, the foreigner.”
‘Left for Exit’ campaign
At another venue, a seminar entitled ‘Dangerous Times’, organised by the ‘Left for Exit’ campaign group, was in progress. Writer and intellectual Tariq Ali made the Left case for leaving the EU, which he described as a neoliberal institution whose charter does not allow any member state to act independently in protection of its national sovereign rights.Countering the view of the EU being an “internationalist” body, Mr. Ali argued that a supra-national body comprising nation states does not make it internationalist. “Why should the Left express its internationalism through the EU?,” he asked.
With the Leave and Remain campaigns running close together in opinion polls, the odds are almost equal, with the Remain campaign gaining a small edge in recent weeks. “Either way, that is whether we stay or leave, we will see a weakened Tory party and a resurgent Tory right. For the British Left it may not make a massive difference if we leave or stay,” said Feyzi Ismail, an academic and organizer for Lexit.
INSIDE TALK : TRS – BJP honeymoon round the corner!
The much talked about story TRS and BJP partnership is said to happen very soon if the rumours in the political circles are to be believed. BJP President Amit Shah hinted about a possible cabinet alliance. In fact, the rejig is imminent due to the exit of Assam chief minister Sarbananda Sonowal from the council of ministers.
Modi has planned to shuffle his entire team and that could be a possible chance to have an alliance with TRS and admit KCR’s daughter, Kavitha in to the cabinet. However that will have a telling effect on the relations between TDP and BJP as TDP and TRS do not see an eye to eye politically.
The union cabinet rejig may be round the corner as some Rajya Sabha inductions which will happen in next month, might be considered for ministerial assignments. Whenever it happens, it will be a big impact on Telugu politics.
BREAKING :: Junior NTR to meet Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu
We all knew that the current schedule of Junior NTR takes place at Chennai. The makers are progressing at a brisk pace and are looking to complete the movie on time. Right now some crucial scenes are being shot at Chennai.As NTR is in Chennai, he has decided to meet Jayalalitha, who is the current Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu. As per reports, NTR is impressed with the way Ms.Jayalalitha is ruling the state and he also wanted to congratulate her personally on her second consecutive victory.
NTR’s Manager has requested an appointment and the actor will get dates within next two days. It is a known fact that NTR is so keen on Politics and he wants to make his ground work ready before entering Politics full time.
He might be accompanied by Director Koratala Siva too. On Professional front, Junior NTR is busy with his movies and he is riding on success of his last release ‘Nannaku Prematho’.
What Happened On Hitech City Flyover?
Undeterred by the failures of his last two films Tiger and Run, Sundeep Kishan this time seems to be pretty confident on his next Okka Ammayi Thappa. Billed to be an action film set against romantic backdrop, Sundeep for the first-time paired up with Nithya Menen.
Since the love story between Sundeep and Nithya would unfold on a flyover, makers have erected a special flyover set exclusively for the making of the high-end graphics. Meanwhile, the scenes involving the lead pair on the flyover were shot on Hitech city flyover.
Ravi Kishan, who shot to fame in Telugu with films like Race Gurram and Supreme, will be seen playing the baddie opposite Sundeep. Buzz is that music director Mickey has heaped praises on the unit after scoring the film’s background score.As the film is all set to hit the screens on June 10, positive vibes have surrounded the movie. Let’s wait and see whether Sundeep would break the jinx with OAT or not.
Chiru Enjoys Sampoo’s Kobbari Matta Teaser
Sampoornesh Babu’s 2-minute breathless monologue about women in the teaser of his upcoming film Kobbari Matta is leaving everyone in splits. Sampoo’s Pedarayudu getup and his quirky dialogue delivery have made the teaser a phenomenal success as the teaser got more than 5 lakh views on YouTube.
Last night, one not more admirer joined the list of people who are amused by this funny teaser and Sampoo’s antics. He is one and only Megastar Chiranjeevi. Chiru attended the felicitation ceremony of film industry workers by the All India Film Employee’s Confederation.
Sampoo was also present at the event as one of the guests and he managed to spend some time with Chiru and that was when he took out his smartphone and showed Chiru the teaser of Kobbari Matta. Chiru apparently was amused by Sampoo’s crazy histrionics as he was spoofing Rajinikanth’s iconic role from Pedarayudu.
Many Warned Nani About Gentleman
One of finest actors in present pack is Nani and his Gentleman is due release soon. Nani revealed many interesting facts about how he is a Gentleman and he liked to be one. Nani was expected to pick some masala film and pure entertainer after his BBM and Krishnagadi veera Prema Gadha. But the actor choose to go for a thriller with his favorite Indraganti Mohan krishna, as he senses good with the story and gets well connected to it. Mohan Krishna worked a lot on David Nathan’s story and the final version has got every reason to get Nani Okayed for lead role. Nani too admits that there were many people who asked him not to go for Gentleman, but he says he knows what he is looking for.
Nani has a reason for choosing Gentleman and reveals it that he do not want to look silly after a decade or two, if it is a hit film now. Nani knows what a sensible film looks like and how that film remains good and fresh even after decades. Nani does not deny being happy with back to back successes of same genre, but he never wants to stick himself in a box. Well, that explains his thought.
And the movie Gentleman shows Nani as protagonist with negative shades too. We have seen a hero with all good qualities, lovable by all, with whom goons love to lock horns and get beaten to pulp and so on all these years. But Gentleman is an exception and Nani believes he can prove his detractors wrong with his role. The natural star never believes in overnight stardom and films choice of films make him strong star for sure, gradually.
