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
breaking developing information ownership sources
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.
absolutely anyone countries reason richest
We are one of the richest countries in the world, and there is absolutely no reason why anyone should have to live in poverty.
hope politics
We are not doing celebrity, personality, abusive politics - we are doing ideas. This is about hope.
civil council cutting freezing general good instead labour laying offering problem public sector stuff
Our problem in the 2015 general election was that for all the good stuff that was in the Labour manifesto, we were still going to be freezing public sector wages, cutting council expenditure, laying off civil servants. We were offering 'austerity light' instead of a real alternative.
close expression leader understand
They say to me, pained expression, why is our leader so close to such a right-wing ideologue American leader? ... They don't understand it. And it's very damaging.
people
A lot of people didn't feel attracted to Labour, so they voted in desperation for other things.
higher money pay people
You pay more in wages, get more in in tax, you get people living a higher standard, you get more money. It's a kind of circle.
except wanting
There is nothing wrong with my heart except for wanting a peaceful world.
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After only two or three weeks in office, we discovered we had a backlog of 100,000 emails sent to me. We had a backlog of a thousand invitations to speak at places all over the country - and all over the world, for that matter.
time
I think we can spend too much time worrying about polls.
clause four investment objectives originally public restoring shy whether written
I think we should talk about what the objectives of the party are, whether that's restoring the Clause Four as it was originally written or it's a different one, but I think we shouldn't shy away from public participation, public investment in industry, and public control of the railways.
change engage local minds
I think we should all be accountable to our parties, but I also think that accountability should be a process of engagement: that MPs do engage with their constituency parties, do engage with their constituents, and MPs do change their minds on things because of local opinion.
austerity leads opposition orthodoxy
It is opposition to economic orthodoxy that leads us into austerity and cuts. But it is also a thirst for something more communal, more participative. That, to me, is what is interesting in this process.
supposed
Parliament is supposed to be serious. It's not a place for jingoistic cheering.