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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It is time we recognised the huge contribution that migration has made to the economic growth of this country.
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I want a world of peace. I'm not interested in bombs. I'm not interested in wars. I'm interested in peace.
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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.
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Inequality is a terrible waste of time, a waste of people's resources.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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I want to see a more collective style in how our party operates, in politics as a whole.
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I've been in Parliament since 1983, and I've been involved in many issues over the time.
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Like a majority of the population and a majority of even Tory voters, I want the railways back in public ownership.
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NATO expansion and Russian expansion - one leads to the other, and one reflects the other.
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Life is life. Some of the wisest people you meet are sweeping our streets.
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Parliament is supposed to be serious. It's not a place for jingoistic cheering.