They're all protectionists (the left that is...)

Like some free, fair and open international trade, for example

Indeed Donald Trump could have said this:

"You know, for decades, we have had a trade policy that has been written by giant multinational corporations to help giant multinational corporations," she said. "They have no loyalty to America. They have no patriotism. If they can save a nickel by moving a job to Mexico, they'll do it in a heartbeat. If they can continue a polluting plant by moving it to Vietnam, they'll do it in a heartbeat….I have put out a new comprehensive plan that says we're not going to do it that way."

OK Trump might have been blunter, focused more on the jobs of ordinary workers, but the message is the same - you're a traitor to America if you "move jobs" to another country. And, as Mike Riggs says in a message straight to the heart of kids in America - "Elizabeth Warren hates your cheap foreign-made electric guitar". That's the only guitar you can afford because a host of regulations and restrictions mean the cheapest American axe will set you back over a grand.

Everywhere you look you'll see leftists (and especially the cool right on sorts) enthusiastically lining up to back protectionist measures. It's all wrapped up with the usual wibble about climate change, the NHS and 'chlorinated chicken' - here's centre-left loudmouth, Jess Phillips:

So is the NHS within that agreement? Also is, as my son called it "swimming pool chicken" going to be the norm. Also how will these long distance import/export markets work towards our climate targets?

Jess is very keen on a trade agreement with the USA just so long as her long list of protections isn't affected - she's happy for consumers not to have cheaper food, to limit where the NHS can buy drugs and services, and to scare consumers with entirely fictional nonsense about US food safety. And let's not get started on how these folk are torn apart by the new cult of climate doom - "you can't ship things around the planet, think of the polar bears" (and the post box filled with the latest cut and paste myths from worshippers at the Church of St Greta or the Temple of Attenborough).

And who pays the biggest price for this protectionism? Oh yes, it's the least well off who face higher food bills, longer hospital waits, drug shortages and every pricier energy, transport and clothing. Just to satisfy the ignorance of wealthy people like Elizabeth Warren and Jess Phillips. As my Dad put it, they can afford to be socialists.

It's time we told these folk to take a long hike somewhere they can't do any more harm.

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