The Labour Party’s top economic spokesman has spoken out strongly against the British government’s austerity measures and called for increased taxation of the wealthy.
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Sky Data shows that when asked to choose a word associated with Mr Corbyn, popular choices were “different”, “unknown”, and “refreshing”. “I don’t believe anyone has a monopoly on wisdom and ideas”.
The Labour leader will also hint at the possibility of using the activists who support him to outflank his members of parliament.
He said: “It’s that sense of fair play, these shared majority values in Britain, that are fundamental reasons why I love this country and it’s people”.
While opponents out with and within Labour criticised his speech as “rambling” Mr Corbyn was given a rousing standing ovation at times during and at the end of his speech.
He has promised to shake up the political system and “listen to everyone”, but Jeremy Corbyn risks plunging Britain’s main opposition party into a never-ending debate.
In a bid to close down the controversy over not singing the national anthem at a memorial service, Corbyn will declare that his values are the country’s values.
“I know there’s a big British majority for building a more equal society, for eliminating poverty and homelessness”, the Labour leader added. “We’re going to put these values back into the heart of politics in this country”, said the 66-year-old left-winger, whose landslide victory in a party election in September took observers by surprise.
In response to Mr Corbyn’s interview, Business Secretary Sajid Javid said: “The Labour leader confirmed that he would weaken our defences by scrapping our independent nuclear deterrent and that he would damage our economy by putting up taxes on jobs, earnings, investment and people’s homes”.
Corbyn says it is going to be a key priority for his team.
In the spirit of solidarity upon which our movement was founded, I say come back and help us succeed.
“The huge mandate I have been given by the 59 percent of our electorate who supported me is a mandate for change”, he’ll say.
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Following her address, according to the Sun’s Westminster correspondent, justice minister Dominic Raab said it was “extraordinarily bad taste” for the Labour conference to applaud the comments.
