Labour MPs appear to be broadly split into two camps on dealing with Corbyn: those who think his victory is a blip and others who believe something major has happened in the party.
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Local authorities in Lancashire are now considering the potential for a combined authority for the county. Part of his leadership campaign pledge involved linking general party membership more closely to internal decisions.
Corbyn will address, obliquely, one of the controversies that enveloped him in the first few days of his leadership, when he failed to sing the national anthem at a World War II memorial service.
Excessive payments Mr Corbyn attacked global companies for rewarding executives with excessive payments while offering low pay to millions of workers.
Despite that, party activists loved it and the South East’s only Labour MP, Hove’s Peter Kyle, told me he thought it was “authentic, passionate and heartfelt”.
In his first weeks as leader, he has promised a “new politics”, consulting party members on forming policy and has attempted to make Prime Minister’s Questions less “theatrical” with a new approach.
“It is the sense of fair play, these shared British majority values, that are the fundamental reason why I love this country and its people“.
Labour released pictures of Mr Corbyn preparing for the biggest challenge of his leadership so far by relaxing in burgundy socks and pool side shoes, characteristic of his laid back style.
Mr Corbyn said: “stand up against injustice and prejudice”.
Speaking on Monday at Labour’s annual conference, Sioux Blair-Jordan, of the Colchester Labour Party, said she was sick of “being demonised” and blamed for the country’s problems, adding people who are chronically sick or disabled should be “seen as human beings”.
“Let us build a kinder politics, a more caring society together”.
According to the Guardian, McDonnell won an “ecstatic reception” when he said Labour’s plan to “balance the books will be aggressive”.
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In that respect, we imagine people might be warming to Jeremy Corbyn in the way they develop an affection for a benevolent uncle. “I believe in that our country should honor our obligations under the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty and take a direct in making progress toward worldwide nuclear disarmament”.
