She believes tens of thousands of new members denied the vote want to see Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn take the party “back to its social democrat, working-class roots”.
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Jeremy Corbyn says he is “very confident” there is support in Wales for his bid to retain the Labour leadership.
Party insiders said this showed he was gaining new support among members rather than losing it, despite having lost the backing of 80 per cent of MPs. Cheers from supporters watching the speech drowned out the rest of the answer.
He added: “I have given my whole life to this party”. Membership has surged from barely 200,000 members in February past year to 515,000 now.
The National Investment Bank (NIB) with £500 billion available for infrastructure projects is not a new idea it was mooted before in July 2016 and the phrasing around the broadband element is a bit worrying. Corbyn said this would be financed by a resultant stronger economy and by cracking down on tax evasion. Labour wasn’t in crisis, he insisted, to wild applause, and Corbyn pointed to Mayoral wins (never mind the distance Sadiq Khan placed between himself and the Labour leader in campaigning), local election victories and the insistence that he could win a General Election.
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Mr Corbyn has previously laid out a series of pledges aimed at ending “rip-off Britain” and tackling “injustices” in the workplace, including the banning of zero-hours contracts, increasing the living wage and repealing the controversial Trade Union Act, which places restrictions on strike ballots. “Labour, under my leadership, will be a leader on green jobs, on nature and the environment and climate change both at home and overseas”, he said.
“But I think the principles I have set out here today are things that will actually appeal to a very wide range of people in our society”.
He said: “We are fighting like ferrets in a sack”. It was set up in 2008 after the Fathers 4 Justice group was shut down. “When you reach some limits of monetary policy you reach for fiscal stimulus”.
Mr Smith, who said he has not seen his two daughters for five years, said he was angry with the politician for his stance on shared parenting.
Mr Smith claimed that “there’s people on the ground taking pictures and sticking their thumbs up at us”.
Ms Evangelou said she had been shocked to discover that, despite her being a member, she would not have a vote in the contest between Mr Corbyn and rival Owen Smith. “Jeremy, you’ve got to do more to bring us back together, and I’m afraid I don’t think you can”.
Turning to Corbyn he added: “I know you’re radical, I’m radical, but I want us to be radical in government”.
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That manifesto also outlines for an NHS-style National Education Service to give free childcare, school, college and university access.
