This was the debate he had, successfully, in the last election against Corbyn’s predecessor, Ed Miliband.
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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.
Green also said the fact Corbyn did not sing the national anthem “will have offended and hurt people”.
Cameron congratulated Corbyn on winning the Labour Party leadership contest that concluded Saturday with a landslide victory for the unorthodox candidate.
No fan of Britain’s “special relationship” with the United States, the new left-wing leader of the country’s main opposition party is against Prime Minister David Cameron’s drive to join Washington’s air strikes on Syria.
Corbyn also doesn’t dress like most male politicians: He wore dark slacks and a tan sports coat and tie for PMQs, eschewing the blue business suit and brightly colored tie that have become the unofficial dress code for many British politicians gearing up for TV.
Mr Corbyn told the unions the cap amounted to “social cleansing” and went on: “As far as I am concerned, the amendments we are putting forward are to remove the whole idea of the benefit cap altogether”.
But it seems that in a genius move, Corbyn had left Cameron unable to attack his points as viciously as he usually would because they came from voters.
The Labour leader pressed the PM over the fairness of the welfare cuts.
In a wide-ranging interview with the BBC’s political editor Laura Kuenssberg, he said the final decision on policy would be his.
“They call us deficit deniers”.
The cornerstone of our defense will remain the two percent spending that we’ve committed to, with the increased defense budget in this parliament, with membership of North Atlantic Treaty Organisation and Britain’s own independent nuclear deterrent as the ultimate insurance policy in what is a unsafe world.
Wes Streeting and Jonathan Reynolds said it was a more mature session than usual and tackled issues that mattered to people. But there is a risk Mr Corbyn comes across as such a fish out of water if it falls flat.
Pressed to say whether he would sing the national anthem at future events, Corbyn did not give a clear response.
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“At the least, he has shown very poor judgement in expressing support for, and failing to speak out against, people who have engaged not in legitimate criticism of Israeli governments, but in anti-Semitic rhetoric”.
