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Jeremy Corbyn

British Politician

Born: May 26, 1949

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Riding a bicycle is the summit of human endeavour - an almost neutral environmental effect coupled with the ability to travel substantial distances without disturbing anybody. The bike is the perfect marriage of technology and human energy. Jeremy Corbyn

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There is nothing wrong with my heart except for wanting a peaceful world. Jeremy Corbyn

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Trade unions are a force for good - a force for a more equal society. Jeremy Corbyn

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It is important that politicians defend their ability to act without fear or favour, and it is in the public interest that they hold ministers and public servants to account. Jeremy Corbyn

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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 be even bigger so it becomes a genuinely mass organisation. Jeremy Corbyn

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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 slave trade in the 19th century; that was morally just. Shame they didn't bother to abolish slavery at the same time. Jeremy Corbyn

We oppose the benefit cap. We oppose social cleansing. We will bring the welfare bill down by controlling rents and boosting wages, not by impoverishing families and socially cleansing our communities. Jeremy Corbyn

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For the absolute avoidance of doubt, my leadership will be about unity, drawing on all the talents - with women representing half of the shadow cabinet - and working together at every level of the party. Jeremy Corbyn

You grow your way to prosperity; you don't cut your way to it. Jeremy Corbyn

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I have always had a very busy life. The difference is that a lot more people are helping advise me what to do, and a lot more people are observing what I do. But in terms of time and working schedule, it is not that different from my normal working week. Jeremy Corbyn

We live in a very unequal society. Jeremy Corbyn

Live Society Very Unequal

Our problem in the 2015 general election was that for all the good stuff that was in the Labour manifesto, we were still going to be freezing public sector wages, cutting council expenditure, laying off civil servants. We were offering 'austerity light' instead of a real alternative. Jeremy Corbyn

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I think we should all be accountable to our parties, but I also think that accountability should be a process of engagement: that MPs do engage with their constituency parties, do engage with their constituents, and MPs do change their minds on things because of local opinion. Jeremy Corbyn

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I understand the principles of dissent in parliament. Jeremy Corbyn

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In my own constituency, the benefit cap has had the effect of social cleansing: of people receiving benefit, but the benefit is capped; therefore, they can't meet the rent levels charged and are forced to move. It's devastating for children, devastating for the family and very bad for the community as a whole. Jeremy Corbyn

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Politically active people felt more and more disenfranchised, particularly during the ultra-New Labour years. Jeremy Corbyn

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Tony Benn and I were very close, very close friends for 30, 40 years. We talked to each other a great deal, and we were great friends. And I was with him shortly before he died, talking about prospects of the world and prospects for peace. And I'm very sad that he's gone. Jeremy Corbyn

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Taken slightly historically, the turning point in the E.U. was actually the Single European Act, the Thatcher/Maastricht-era stuff, which was turning the E.U. into very much a market system. Jeremy Corbyn

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Quite simply, I maintained contact with Sinn Fein and believed that there had to be a political, not a military, solution to the situation in Northern Ireland. Jeremy Corbyn

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I'm not somebody with over-weening ambition. Jeremy Corbyn

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I'm just a very normal person, living in north London, doing my best for my area and to put forward some serious debate on issues in the party. Jeremy Corbyn

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