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Jeremy Corbyn
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“1982 is the year when we want to see a lot of left-wing Labour-controlled authorities. The people that have been selected now as candidates tend to be politically experienced in community politics or the Labour movement. In no way are they people coming off the streets and becoming Labour councillors, which is what has happened in the past.”
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Recorded in: The Times (12 March 1982), p. 3.
“Will the Leader of the House consider making proposals to improve public access and facilities for lobbyists in this building? Is he aware that in the past few weeks elderly lobbyists have been forced to wait outside in the cold and rain before being allowed in? Is he further aware that there are no refreshment facilities for people who are not in the company of a Member of Parliament, and that the facilities for disabled people are poor?”
Jeremy Corbyn (born 1949) first seen 1984 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Question in the House of Commons (29 November 1984).
“Is the Minister aware that many people regard the present system of juryless trials at the Crumlin road court as outrageous? It would be appropriate for him to pay a visit to see the way in which trials take place, with no jury, where the decision is made solely on the word of a supergrass witness who stands to benefit from giving evidence, and where only the judge makes the decision. How much money has been paid in the last four years to supergrass witnesses for their evidence in such circumstances?”
Jeremy Corbyn (born 1949) first seen 1985 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Question in the House of Commons (13 June 1985).
“Does the hon. Gentleman accept that some of us oppose the agreement for reasons other than those that he has given? We believe that the agreement strengthens rather than weakens the border between the six and the 26 counties, and those of us who wish to see a United Ireland oppose the agreement for that reason.”
Jeremy Corbyn (born 1949) first seen 1985 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Question in the House of Commons (27 November 1985) on the Anglo-Irish Agreement.
“The Social Security Act 1986 was one of the most aggressive pieces of legislation in the past seven years. It has helped to destroy the foundations of the welfare state, which was envisaged to provide decency and security through birth, life and death for all people, irrespective of their ability to pay. Now we see means testing writ large throughout the welfare state.”
Jeremy Corbyn (born 1949) first seen 1987 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Speech in the House of Commons (5 February 1987).
“I object strongly to the Visiting Forces Act. I see no reason why forces from a foreign power stationed in this country should be exempt from British law. I find it even more offensive that we do not even know what offences they have committed and that all we have is the information collected by Duncan Campbell and others, which has been printed in the New Statesman.”
Jeremy Corbyn (born 1949) first seen 1987 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Speech in the House of Commons (8 April 1987).
“Does the hon. Lady agree that private medicine is a drain on the NHS and takes resources away from those who cannot afford to buy their way past the hospital queues? Does she further agree that it would be logical to remove pay beds and privatised services from NHS hospitals and bring back direct labour? Would that be alliance policy?”
Jeremy Corbyn (born 1949) first seen 1987 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Question in the House of Commons (11 May 1987).
“Exactly what useful work did those stockbrokers do to gain their enormous wealth, other than to exploit the people who work in industry, to take their money away and to make no useful contribution to society? Does the hon. Gentleman think that the working people of London are so stupid as not to realise that stockbrokers are parasites?”
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Recorded in: Question in the House of Commons (12 July 1988).
“Is the Minister aware that he is getting a reputation for being a parsimonious philistine, and that he ought to give an undertaking that any income that library services choose to get from the lending of tapes or whatever else will not be taken away by loss of income support for the local authority from the Exchequer? Would it not be better if all library services of all sorts were declared free, for the benefit of everybody? That would be better than this creeping privatisation and creeping charging in the library service that the Minister seems to be encouraging.”
Jeremy Corbyn (born 1949) first seen 1989 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Question in the House of Commons (8 February 1989).
“In calling for the dismantling of Soviet stocks of chemical weapons, what action will the Minister take towards countries such as Iraq which have used chemical weapons in the recent past? Will he ensure that the maximum possible sanctions are taken against them to show our abhorrence of all chemical weapons wherever they are and by whomsoever they are used?”
Jeremy Corbyn (born 1949) first seen 1989 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Question in the House of Commons (7 March 1989).
“My hon. Friend must be aware of the words used by the Chancellor on Tuesday, when he said that, this year, the Government expect to make a surplus of £14 billion—part of which will be used to pay off the national debt. In those circumstances, would it not be more appropriate and beneficial to the rest of the world if more money were given for overseas aid and to assist the very poor countries in the usary levels of debt repayments that they are forced into at present?”
Jeremy Corbyn (born 1949) first seen 1989 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Question in the House of Commons (17 March 1989).
“I am shocked that we should be debating a Bill such as this which basically shows the Tory party's deep concern for its future. It has to scrabble round the world looking for tax dodgers, crooks, thieves and wastrels, anywhere that it can, in order to get a Tory Government re-elected in two years' time. That is what the Bill is about. It has nothing to do with democracy.”
Jeremy Corbyn (born 1949) first seen 1989 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Speech in the House of Commons (29 June 1989) on the Representation of the People Act 1989.
“I am glad that my hon. Friend has raised the problems of the Kurdish people in Iraq, and I am sure that they will be grateful for that. Although the Government may not allow the export of military hardware to Iraq, is it not just as beneficial to the Iraqi Government to be given banking facilities, credits and increased trade? They have exactly the same effect of propping up the Iraqi economy, which is used to finance the war machine that is practising genocide against the Kurdish people.”
Jeremy Corbyn (born 1949) first seen 1989 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Question in the House of Commons (14 July 1989).
“The idea that nuclear weapons deter anyone is laughable and horrific. We have the greatest chance ever to rid the world of nuclear weapons now, yet the consensus in this country is apparently that we need to maintain three Trident systems and possibly build a fourth at a total cost of more than £23 billion.”
Jeremy Corbyn (born 1949) first seen 1991 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Speech in the House of Commons (1 November 1991).
“Does he concede that the whole basis of the Maastricht treaty is the establishment of a European central bank which is staffed by bankers, independent of national Governments and national economic policies, and whose sole policy is the maintenance of price stability? That will undermine any social objective that any Labour Government in the United Kingdom—or any other Government—would wish to carry out. Does my hon. Friend recognise that the imposition of a bankers' Europe on the people of this continent will endanger the cause of socialism in the United Kingdom and in any other country?”
Jeremy Corbyn (born 1949) first seen 1993 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Question in the House of Commons (13 January 1993).
“My hon. Friend is right in saying that the Bank of England has often operated against the interests of Labour Governments. That is due to the mandarins who run it. If the hon. Gentleman has such doubts about the running of a bank which theoretically is state-owned and state-controlled, what influence does he think will be possible in the case of an independent central bank dedicated to a course of Euro-monetarism?”
Jeremy Corbyn (born 1949) first seen 1993 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Question in the House of Commons (14 January 1993).
“Does the Secretary of State not think that there is a case for ensuring that there are permanent representatives of at least Latin America and Africa on the Security Council? Does he not think that consideration should be given of the removal of the power of veto of the permanent members of the Security Council in order to make the organisation more democratic and more reflective of the world's population as a whole?”
Jeremy Corbyn (born 1949) first seen 1993 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Question in the House of Commons (23 February 1993).
“If my hon. Friend is now envisaging the establishment of a federal Europe, will he not reflect that the Maastricht treaty does not take us in the direction of the checks and balances contained in the American federal constitution? It takes us in the opposite direction of an unelected legislative body—the Commission—and, in the case of foreign policy, a policy Commission that will be, in effect, imposing foreign policy on nation states that have fought for their own democratic accountability.”
Jeremy Corbyn (born 1949) first seen 1993 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Speech in the House of Commons (30 March 1993).
“I thank the Foreign Secretary for giving way. I assure him that at least 60 Labour Members voted against the Bill on Second Reading and I am sure that they will vote against the Maastricht treaty again tonight, primarily because it takes away from national Parliaments the power to set economic policy and hands it over to an unelected set of bankers who will impose the economic policies of price stability, deflation and high unemployment throughout the European Community.”
Jeremy Corbyn (born 1949) first seen 1993 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Speech in the House of Commons (20 May 1993).
“Does the Minister agree that now is the time to repeal the emergency legislation and give the right to a jury trial to everyone in Northern Ireland—a right that has been denied to them for nearly 15 years or more? Does he agree that it is a fundamental right of all citizens that they should have an opportunity, if they are indicted on a serious charge, to appear before a jury, not before the fundamentally unfair system of a judge sitting with no jury and making decisions?”
Jeremy Corbyn (born 1949) first seen 1995 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Question in the House of Commons (16 February 1995).
“[About the BBC] I think there is a bias towards saying that Israel is a democracy in the Middle East, Israel has a right to exist, Israel has its security concerns.”
Jeremy Corbyn (born 1949) first seen 2011 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Interviewed on Press TV in May 2011, cited in "New footage shows Corbyn saying BBC has 'bias towards saying Israel has a right to exist'" The Jewish Chronicle (7 August 2018)
“I'm very concerned about it [the massacre] and you have to look at the big picture: in whose interests is it to destabilise the new government in Egypt? In whose interest is it to kill Egyptians, other than Israel, concerned at the growing closeness of relationship between Palestine and the new Egyptian government?”
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“[When asked by presenter Lauren Booth: "Would a Muslim go against his Egyptian brother and open fire?"] It seems a bit unlikely that would happen during Ramadan, to put it mildly, and I suspect the hand of Israel in this whole process of destabilisation.”
Jeremy Corbyn (born 1949) first seen 2012 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Interviewed on Press TV in 2012, as cited in "Second MP investigated in row over Labour's antisemitism code" The Guardian (28 July 2018)
“Well, you have to ask the question why they're in prison in the first place and since the releases that took place after the hunger strike I met many of the brothers including the brother who has been speaking here when they came out of prison when I was in Doha earlier this year, and you just realise that this mass imprisonment of Palestinians is actually part of a much bigger political game.”
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“Corporal Shalit apparently equals the lives of a very, very large number of Palestinian people. Well I'm glad that those that were released, were released, and I hope they're now in safe places.”
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Recorded in: Comments on Remember Palestine (Press TV, August 2012), as cited in "Jeremy Corbyn raised Nazi crimes to describe Israel in Gaza", The Times (2 August 2018).
“[Palestinians in the West Bank live] under occupation of the very sort that would be recognised by many people in Europe who suffered occupation during the Second World War.”
Jeremy Corbyn (born 1949) first seen 2018 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: From a speech reportedly at the Palestinian Return Centre (PRC), cited in "Labour anti-Semitism row: Jeremy Corbyn faces new claims he compared Israel to Nazis" Sky News (10 August 2018)
“I am vegetarian. … I became one at 20 when I was working in a pig farm. I got attached to the pigs and I couldn’t stand the thought that they would have to go off to be slaughtered.”
Jeremy Corbyn (born 1949) first seen 2015 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: A welcome in the hillside", interview with John Gulliver, in Camden New Journal (13 August 2015).
“I say thank you in advance to us all working together to achieve great victories, not just electorally for Labour but emotionally for the whole of our society to show we don't have to be unequal, it doesn't have to be unfair, poverty isn't inevitable, things can and they will change. Thank you very much.”
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Recorded in: Speech Jeremy Corbyn’s victory speech as Labour leader (12 September 2015).
“[I promise to tackle] grotesque levels of inequality in our society”
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Recorded in: Jeremy Corbyn wins Labour leadership contest and vows 'fightback', BBC News (12 September 2015).
“So I thought my first Prime Ministers Question time I'd do in a slightly different way and I'm sure the Prime Minister's going to absolutely welcome this as he welcomed this idea in 2005 but something has seemed to have happened to his memory during that period. So I sent out an email to thousands of people and asked them what questions they would like to put to the Prime Minister, and I received forty thousand replies.”
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Recorded in: Speech Jeremy Corbyn makes his debut as leader of the opposition (16 September 2015).
“I am opposed to the use of nuclear weapons. I am opposed to the holding of nuclear weapons. I want to see a nuclear-free world. I believe it is possible. I do not think we should be renewing Trident... I think we should be promoting an international nuclear weapons convention which would lead to a nuclear-free world.”
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Recorded in: Jeremy Corbyn row after 'I'd not fire nuclear weapons' comment, BBC News (30 September 2015).
“at the moment we're campaigning because we want this sense of unity across Europe”
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Recorded in: Jeremy Corbyn defends Labour's EU campaign BBC News (8 March 2016).
“[It is] perfectly possible to be critical [of EU shortcomings] and still be convinced we need to remain a member”
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Recorded in: In quotes: Jeremy Corbyn and the EU referendum, BBC News (14 April 2016).
“[The Maastricht Treaty] takes away from national parliaments the power to set economic policy and hands it over to an unelected set of bankers who will impose the economic policies of price stability, deflation and high unemployment throughout the European Community”
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Recorded in: In quotes: Jeremy Corbyn and the EU referendum, BBC News (14 April 2016).
“Labour is clear that we should remain in the EU. But we too want to see reform,”
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Recorded in: In quotes: Jeremy Corbyn and the EU referendum, BBC News (14 April 2016).
“We welcome them [foreign doctors], we work with them and we're proud of what they do”
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Recorded in: Labour's Tom Watson: EU free movement rules must change BBC News (14 June 2016).
“We want to defend the very many gains made by trade unions across Europe that have brought us better working conditions - longer holidays, less discrimination and maternity and paternity leave”
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Recorded in: Labour's Tom Watson: EU free movement rules must change BBC News (14 June 2016).
“We believe a leave vote will put many of those things seriously and immediately at risk. We also want to extend those rights and we best extend those rights by working with trade unions, labour parties and socialist parties all across Europe in the interest of the working people all across the continent.”
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Recorded in: Labour's Tom Watson: EU free movement rules must change BBC News (14 June 2016).
“The British people have made their decision. We must respect that result and Article 50 has to be invoked now so that we negotiate an exit from European Union. Obviously there has to be strategy but the whole point of the referendum was that the public would be asked their opinion. They've given their opinion. It is up for parliament to now act on that opinion.”
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Recorded in: Corbyn: "Article 50 has to be invoked now" LabourList (24 June 2016).
“I was democratically elected leader of our party for a new kind of politics by 60% of Labour members and supporters, and I will not betray them by resigning. Today's vote by MPs has no constitutional legitimacy. We are a democratic party, with a clear constitution. Our people need Labour Party members, trade unionists and MPs to unite behind my leadership at a critical time for our country.”
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Recorded in: Labour MPs pass no-confidence motion in Jeremy Corbyn", BBC News (28 June 2016).
“Our economy is fragile so we must begin to rebuild it. Our duty now is to move forward in a calm and conciliatory manner to build a new relationship with Europe and build a Britain that works for everyone in every part of this country.”
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Recorded in: David Cameron to Jeremy Corbyn: For heaven's sake, go BBC News (29 June 2016).
“I talk to people in the Muslim community, I talk to people in mosques, I talk to people in churches, I talk to people that go to synagogues, all kinds of different faiths and different groups. I think what Prevent has often done is seen to target the Muslim community, not anybody else, looks to say there is a kind of suspicion over the whole community and it's actually often counter-productive.”
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Recorded in: Prevent anti-terror scheme must change, says Jeremy Corbyn, BBC News (26 March 2017).
“It's 2017. This sexism must be consigned to history. Shame on the Daily Mail.”
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Recorded in: Daily Mail's 'Who won Legs-it!' headline draws scorn BBC News (28 March 2017).
“If you do what you believe in, you’re strong. It’s when you don’t do what you believe in that you’re weak. And we are strong.”
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Recorded in: I'll never forget what Jeremy Corbyn whispered in my ear at a campaign event last week, article by Harriet Williamson, in The Independent (16 May 2017).
“The manifesto makes it very clear that the Labour Party has come to a decision and is committed to Trident. We're also going to look at the real security needs of this country on other areas such as cyber security, which I think the attack on our NHS last week proved there needs to be some serious re-examination of our defences against those kind of attacks.”
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Recorded in: Corbyn: Labour is committed to renewing Trident BBC News (20 May 2017).
“If we didn't have migrant workers either from outside Europe or within Europe working in our National Health Service... it would be in an even worse state than it is at the present time.”
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Recorded in: Election 2017: Corbyn says 'no false promises' on immigration BBC News (31 May 2017).
“Rent controls exist in many cities across the world. And I want our cities to have those powers too and tenants to have those protections.”
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Recorded in: Jeremy Corbyn: We are the political mainstream now, BBC News (27 September 2017).
“The technology of the digital age should empower us both as workers and consumers, allowing us to co-operate on a scale in a way that wasn't possible in the past”
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Recorded in: Jeremy Corbyn: Let workers control robots, BBC News (14 October 2017).
“Some were extremely irresponsible in what they did and said, but we have to recognise it was the largest participation of people in an electoral process ever in Britain and they chose to leave.”
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Recorded in: Jeremy Corbyn: We'll probably gain power next year BBC News (19 December 2017).
“We have had a referendum which came to a decision. The negotiations are still ongoing, albeit well behind schedule, and we've set out the kind of relationship we want to have with Europe in the future.”
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Recorded in: Brexit: SNP calls on Labour to keep UK in single market BBC News (28 December 2017).