Corbyn does not support the monarchy. He wants the people to have their say in the chamber.
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A number of senior Labour figures said they would not serve in Mr Corbyn’s team, including shadow business secretary Chuka Umunna, who said he was leaving the shadow cabinet by mutual agreement with Mr Corbyn.
However, appearing on Radio 4’s Today Show, Ms Green found herself drawn in to a row over Mr Corbyn staying silent during the National Anthem at a Battle of Britain service.
He wished the Labour leader well in his job, telling him: “I know we will have many strong disagreements… but where we can work together in the national interest we should do so”.
The election of the left-wing Mr Corbyn has led to raft of resignations among the front bench MPs including defeated Labour leadership candidates Yvette Cooper and Liz Kendall.
But shadow cabinet member Kerry McCarthy said he should have sung the anthem to “avoid all the fuss”.
“I do have fundamental differences with Jeremy on areas like Europe and defence but I think Politics had got a bit tiresome and I do welcome the debate that has come out of the leadership election”.
“The first one is about housing”.
The Bolton South East MP suggested that Mr Corbyn’s performance was an improvement on his predecessors.
Corbyn received more than 40,000 replies to his request for questions for Prime Minister’s Questions, the weekly opportunity for the leader of the opposition to hold the premier to account in parliament, but that many have said had become a “circus”.
The new leader of Britain’s opposition Labour Party Jeremy Corbyn gestures as he aknowledges applause after addressing the Trade Union Congress (TUC) in Brighton in southern England, September 15, 2015.
He fielded them with some stock responses about “the mess we inherited” and not being able to address the issues “without a strong economy”, claiming that a Labour government would ruin the country with “unlimited spending” and “printing money”.
“They looked like they were ready for the pot”, she said.
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When asked whether he loved the United Kingdom , he said: “Of course I love this country”. The questions naturally hinged on housing, welfare, and health services, specifically mental health.
