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
force good society trade unions
Trade unions are a force for good - a force for a more equal society.
hope politics
We are not doing celebrity, personality, abusive politics - we are doing ideas. This is about hope.
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.
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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.
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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We can create a new kind of politics: kinder, more respectful, but courageous, too.
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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've got to stand up for what we believe in as a labour movement. And that means the party's membership needs to be even bigger so it becomes a genuinely mass organisation.
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Basically, on the question of Europe, I want to see a social Europe, a cohesive Europe, a coherent Europe, not a free market Europe.
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.
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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.