Respect for other’s point of view.
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Labour will launch an “aggressive” drive to ensure that multinational corporations such as Starbucks, Vodafone, Amazon and Google pay “their fair share of taxes” as part of a bid to balance the nation’s books fairly, shadow chancellor has said.
Mike Dicks, a Labour Party member who backed one of Corbyn’s more moderate rivals for the leadership, said he had come to the conference to decide whether he wanted stay in the party under its new left-wing leader. That’s why I have asked our Shadow Defence Secretary, Maria Eagle, to lead a debate and review about how we deliver that strong, modern effective protection for the people of Britain. “Well we’re not having it. Our Labour party says no”.
Mr Corbyn said Labour’s central purposes would be challenging inequality and fighting the government’s spending cuts.
Sky Pulse users who claimed to have voted Conservative and UKIP at the last election strongly disagreed when Mr Corbyn said he does not believe that spending on new nuclear weapons is the right way forward, and Britain should honour nuclear policy obligations. But above all straight talking, honest politics.
“Labour” (44) and “party” (43) were third and fourth ahead of “new” in fifth with 38 mentions.
“Kinder, more inclusive. Bottom up, not top down. Therefore we want to rid Britain of injustice and want our entire citizen to benefit from it”, he added.
On Monday, Mr McDonnell called for Labour’s senior figures to support their new leader, saying: “We need to draw upon all the talents outside and inside the party”.
“Let us build a kinder politics, a more caring society, together”, he said. Real debate, not message discipline. “We believe there is a better way”.
“I am not imposing leadership lines”.
Beginning with an attack on the media for the personal abuse he received during the leadership campaign and first weeks as leader, Corbyn pledged to continue fighting for his values rather than become embroiled in party infighting. But his blueprint won a wary reaction from business, with the CBI warning an active monetary policy could fuel inflation and drive up interest rates, while the British Chambers of Commerce said Labour “must not confuse supporting growth with state control of the economy”.
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Aides said they did not know what he would wear for the crucial address, when he could face the largest TV audience of his life so far.
