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
change debate joined labour social thirst vehicle
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.
council landlords truly
If there is 'right to buy' for council tenants and housing association properties, then why shouldn't that apply to all tenants? Some landlords are decent, very caring people, but some of them are truly appalling.
peace
I want a world of peace. I'm not interested in bombs. I'm not interested in wars. I'm interested in peace.
huge migration recognised time
It is time we recognised the huge contribution that migration has made to the economic growth of this country.
cycling damage good health people
Cycling is good for people in all ways: their health, their well-being, and it does no damage to the environment. It can, however, be dangerous, and this has to be addressed.
terrible time
Inequality is a terrible waste of time, a waste of people's resources.
effective loyalty membership open ourselves party
Loyalty is about the party and the movement... if you want a better and more effective party, we've got to open ourselves up much more to our membership and our supporters.
democratic intrinsic owned society
Diversity in media is something that is intrinsic to a democratic society. We do not want the whole media owned by one person.
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.
banning deal entering offensive particular somehow
The idea that somehow or other you can deal with all the problems in the world by banning a particular religious group from entering the U.S.A. is offensive and absurd.
brutally cathedral corner destroyed huge national palace size
The Zocalo is a magnificent space, at least four times the size of Trafalagar Square, with the National Palace on one side, the huge cathedral on the other, and in one corner part of the old Aztec City so brutally destroyed by Hernan Cortez and the Conquistadores.
time
I think we can spend too much time worrying about polls.
keen sure
Some colleagues have said they would not be very keen on working with me, but I am sure these things were said in the heat of the moment.
experience none vast
I haven't had vast amounts of ministerial experience - in fact, none at all. But I do have a lot of experience of people.