The Labour leader, who has been attacked by critics for not doing enough to combat cyber bullying of his opponents, likened online abuse to the continuation of pub talk and insisted he would not tolerate it.
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As part of his leadership campaign, Labour leader Jeremy Corby has launched a digital democracy manifesto, promising high-speed broadband and mobile network across the country and a people’s charter of digital liberty rights.
Jeremy Corbyn is to promise a digital revolution to improve broadband and other internet services for the public – as well as reboot Labour’s campaigning for the next general election.
“Instead of welcoming the enthusiasm of our new members, instead of celebrating the strength of our mass membership, they have been behaving as if it is something to be afraid of”.
Unveiling his digital blueprint, Mr Corbyn will say: “My leadership campaign is leading the way in harnessing the advances of new technology to organise political campaigning like we’ve never seen before”.
Corbyn said he did not think it was fair that people living in London could get 4G anywhere when people in Wales and Cornwall “can’t even get a single bar reception”.
As he fights to retain the leadership of his party, Corbyn has proposed a digital bill of rights for United Kingdom citizens, bringing into play a digital citizen passport that would be able to help users control the online data attached with the identity.
Voting began in the contest last week, with the victor set to be announced on 24 September ahead of the Labour conference.
And to a whole generation of our young people, the security of home ownership is rapidly becoming an impossible dream.
Mr Ford called for the party members to back Mr Corbyn in the leadership race, saying: “This infighting is bad for the democracy of the Labour Party and needs to stop so we can fight the Tories”.
“Our housing policy is a core part of our plans to rebuild and transform Britain, to ensure that no one and no community is left behind”.
Her comments come after shadow chancellor John McDonnell accused Labour officials of carrying out a “purge” of Mr Corbyn’s supporters after a prominent union chief was suspended.
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The document promised to foster more co-operative ownership of digital platforms by getting Labour’s proposed national investment bank to fund websites and apps created to slash the cost of connecting producers with consumers.
