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Jeremy Corbyn

(1949) Trade Unionist

136 quotes in 583 categories

Jeremy Corbyn is a trade unionist.

Quick Facts About Jeremy Corbyn

Born: May 26, 1949
Profession: Trade Unionist

About Jeremy Corbyn

[Wikidata] British politician, leader of the Labour Party 2015 to 2020... | [Wikipedia] Jeremy Bernard Corbyn is a British politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Islington North since 1983. He is the parliamentary leader of Your Party, which he co-founded with Zarah Sultana in July 2025. Corbyn had previously been a member of the Labour Party from 1965 until his auto

Quotes by Jeremy Corbyn

I believe in public ownership, but I have never favoured the remote nationalised model of the postwar era.

Believe

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Because I've never had any higher education of any sort, I've never held in awe those who have had it or have…

Awe

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There is a democratic process in the party, and that can be operated at any time. But am I going to resign?…

Going

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I don't make personal abuse against anybody, I don't mind personal remarks.

Abuse

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I have dealt with a pretty interesting mix of young people, many of whom have never been involved in any form of…

Labour party

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I have already said and will continue to say that I won't respond to personal abuse, and I never make any personal…

Abuse

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It is opposition to economic orthodoxy that leads us into austerity and cuts. But it is also a thirst for something more…

Economics

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A lot of people didn't feel attracted to Labour, so they voted in desperation for other things.

Desperation

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We're not going back anywhere, we're going forward, we're going forward in democracy, we're going forward in participation, we're going forward with…

Back

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I'm quite concerned that if I spend time in the office, someone will always find something for you to do. There's always…

Attention

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I think in English history a very interesting character is John Lilburne. Very interesting character because of the way he managed to…

Character

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I think we can spend too much time worrying about polls.

About

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We oppose the benefit cap. We oppose social cleansing. We will bring the welfare bill down by controlling rents and boosting wages,…

Cap

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The idea that somehow or other you can deal with all the problems in the world by banning a particular religious group…

Absurd

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The Zocalo is a magnificent space, at least four times the size of Trafalagar Square, with the National Palace on one side,…

City

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There is a self interest in voting for a society where there is health care for all, where there's a mental health…

Education

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Russia has gone way beyond its legal powers to use bases in the Crimea.

Beyond

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The Parliamentary Labour Party is a crucial and very important part of the Labour party, but it is not the entirety of…

Important

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Our problem in the 2015 general election was that for all the good stuff that was in the Labour manifesto, we were…

Civil servants

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We are all in the Labour party because we want the Labour party to be a vehicle for social change. There is…

Change

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Basically, on the question of Europe, I want to see a social Europe, a cohesive Europe, a coherent Europe, not a free…

Europe

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A national investment bank can invest to provide us with the foundations of shared and ecologically sustainable growth: renewing the U.K.'s energy,…

Bank

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The Spanish Civil War, Britain was not involved in it. Going back a bit, there was the naval blockade to stop the…

Civil war

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I think NATO is a Cold War product. I think NATO historically should have shut up shop in 1990 along with the…

Cold

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We've got to stand up for what we believe in as a labour movement. And that means the party's membership needs to…

Believe

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