The Labour leader opened his encounter with David Cameron with a question from “Marie” about the housing “crisis”, saying he wanted to inspire a “new politics” by letting members of the public make suggestions.
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Also at yesterday’s gathering, Mr Corbyn did not directly address the issue of military intervention in Syria, the spokeswoman said.
New shadow global development secretary Diane Abbott sat to Mr Corbyn’s left with shadow business secretary Angela Eagle to his right.
Mr Corbyn will be wanting to leave the controversy behind him at his first PMQs, which he has indicated he wants to conduct the weekly session differently, “with a little less theatre and a lot more fact”.
Nick Brown, Labour MP for Newcastle East, said: “The Conservatives are taking as much as £1,300 per year from poorly paid families in work”.
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.
In a conciliatory move, the new Labour leader pledged to remain in post if his party chose to back renewal of Trident despite his lifelong opposition.
He said: “I congratulate Jeremy on his success and he is a man of principle, he has strongly held views and I respect him for that”.
Mr Corbyn received “warm applause” in the meeting, which ran for more than an hour, and “quite a lot” of the questions “weren’t actually hostile”, she added.
The questions also marked a distinct change – for the first time ever they had been “crowd-sourced” from the public.
Corbyn’s first PMQs – as it’s often referred to – comes just four days after his resounding victory in the Labour Party leadership contest.
Of those eligible to vote in the Labour party leadership election, the results showed 77 per cent would vote to remain a member of the European Union – including those who voted for Corbyn.
Last night Tory MP Sir Nicholas Soames, the grandson of Winston Churchill, said not singing the anthem was “very rude and very disrespectful” to the Queen and “the Battle of Britain pilots who gave their all“.
“They looked like they were ready for the pot”, she said.
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“Austerity is actually a political choice that this government has taken and they’re imposing it on the poorest and most vulnerable in our society”, Corbyn said, receiving a standing ovation from his followers.
