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
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We are all in the Labour party because we want the Labour party to be a vehicle for social change. There is a thirst for debate in the party, and all those who have joined haven't joined without a purpose.
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We are developing a media policy which would be about breaking up single ownership of too many sources of information so that we have a multiplicity of sources.
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We are one of the richest countries in the world, and there is absolutely no reason why anyone should have to live in poverty.
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Mexico is becoming the northern part of Latin America, not the U.S.A.'s southern outpost.
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We are not doing celebrity, personality, abusive politics - we are doing ideas. This is about hope.
We're not going back anywhere, we're going forward, we're going forward in democracy, we're going forward in participation, we're going forward with ideas.
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Trade unions are a force for good - a force for a more equal society.
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What I remain opposed to is the idea that David Cameron could go around and give up workers' rights, give up environmental protection, give up a whole load of things that are very important.
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What I find appalling is the intrusive nature towards my extended family.
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The Spanish Civil War, Britain was not involved in it. Going back a bit, there was the naval blockade to stop the slave trade in the 19th century; that was morally just. Shame they didn't bother to abolish slavery at the same time.
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I haven't had vast amounts of ministerial experience - in fact, none at all. But I do have a lot of experience of people.
I'm not joining in personal attacks... I don't do personal attacks.
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I'm very proud of the fact that I voted against the Iraq war. And proud that I voted strongly not for students to be saddled with thousands and thousands of pounds worth of debt.
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Inequality is a terrible waste of time, a waste of people's resources.