Jeremy Corbyn
Jeremy Corbyn
Jeremy Bernard Corbyn is a British politician who is the Leader of the Labour Party and Leader of the Opposition. He has been the Member of Parliamentfor Islington North since 1983 and was elected Labour Leader in 2015. Ideologically, he identifies as a democratic socialist...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth26 May 1949
majority public railways tory
Like a majority of the population and a majority of even Tory voters, I want the railways back in public ownership.
life people sweeping
Life is life. Some of the wisest people you meet are sweeping our streets.
control people persuade rather threaten
I'm a leader, not a dictator. I want to persuade people rather than threaten or control them.
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I make mistakes like anybody else, I will make mistakes. And you have to reflect on it, and you have to listen to people. That is the key.
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I have already said and will continue to say that I won't respond to personal abuse, and I never make any personal abuse, ever, to anybody. I just don't do that kind of politics.
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I have always had a very busy life. The difference is that a lot more people are helping advise me what to do, and a lot more people are observing what I do. But in terms of time and working schedule, it is not that different from my normal working week.
worked
I have always worked long hours and very hard. It is the way I am. Same as always. Up about seven and get to bed about 12 to 1, something like that.
somebody
I find if you are in an office, the crisis finds you. If you're not in the office, the crisis finds somebody else.
urban
To give everyone a house and garden is very difficult in urban areas.
entirety
The Parliamentary Labour Party is a crucial and very important part of the Labour party, but it is not the entirety of the Labour Party.
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Tony Benn and I were very close, very close friends for 30, 40 years. We talked to each other a great deal, and we were great friends. And I was with him shortly before he died, talking about prospects of the world and prospects for peace. And I'm very sad that he's gone.
involving peace talks unless
There is not going to be a peace process unless there is talks involving Israel, Hezbollah and Hamas, and I think everyone knows that.
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There is a democratic process in the party, and that can be operated at any time. But am I going to resign? No. Of course not. No. No. I will carry on.
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We oppose the benefit cap. We oppose social cleansing. We will bring the welfare bill down by controlling rents and boosting wages, not by impoverishing families and socially cleansing our communities.