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Jeremy Corbyn
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“[Labour is] not supporting or calling for a second referendum”
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Recorded in: Jeremy Corbyn: I'm not calling for second EU referendum, BBC News (14 January 2018).
“[Labour will be] looking for a Brexit that puts the working people first”
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Recorded in: Jeremy Corbyn backs permanent customs union after Brexit, BBC News (26 February 2018).
“Labour would seek a final deal that gives full access to European markets and maintains the benefits of the single market and the customs union”
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Recorded in: Jeremy Corbyn backs permanent customs union after Brexit, BBC News (26 February 2018).
“We have long argued that a customs union is a viable option for the final deal. So Labour would seek to negotiate a new comprehensive UK-EU customs union to ensure that there are no tariffs with Europe and to help avoid any need for a hard border in Northern Ireland.”
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Recorded in: Jeremy Corbyn backs permanent customs union after Brexit, BBC News (26 February 2018).
“If the government believes it is still a possibility that Russia negligently lost control of a military-grade nerve agent, what action is being taken through the OPCW (Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons) with our allies?”
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“How has she responded to the Russian Government's request for a sample of the agent used in Salisbury attack to run its own tests? Has high-resolution trace analysis been run on a sample of the nerve agent and has that revealed any evidence as to the location of its production or the identity of its perpetrators? And can the Prime Minister update the House on what conversations, if any, she has had with the Russian Government?”
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Recorded in: Russia statement: Jeremy Corbyn questions why nerve agent samples haven't been sent to Moscow?" The Independent (14 March 2018)
“The best defence for Britain is a government actively engaged in seeking political solutions to the world's problems”
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Recorded in: Has Jeremy Corbyn ever supported a war?, BBC News (17 April 2018).
“[The civil war in the Democratic Republic of Congo has] probably claimed more lives than any other conflict since the Second World War”
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Recorded in: Has Jeremy Corbyn ever supported a war?, BBC News (17 April 2018).
“Let me be clear, Labour will not support any Brexit deal that includes the return of a hard border to this island.”
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Recorded in: Labour would be neutral in any border poll - Jeremy Corbyn, BBC News (24 May 2018).
“An open border is a symbol of peace, two communities living and working together after years of conflict, communities who no longer feel that their traditions are under threat,”
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Recorded in: Labour would be neutral in any border poll - Jeremy Corbyn, BBC News (24 May 2018).
“When it comes to Brexit, this government has delivered more delays and more cancellations than Northern Rail.”
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Recorded in: Jeremy Corbyn: Brexit 'shambles like Northern Rail', BBC News (6 June 2018).
“We are asserting our right to demonstrate, our right to free speech.”
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Recorded in: Jeremy Corbyn: It's not Trump's business who's PM, BBC News (13 July 2018).
“For the last 40 years... we've been told that it's good - advanced even - for our country to manufacture less and less and rely instead on cheap labour abroad to produce imports, while we focus on the City of London and the finance sector. A lack of support for manufacturing industry is sucking the dynamism out of our economy, pay from the pockets of our workers and any hope of secure, well-paid jobs from a generation of young people.”
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Recorded in: Jeremy Corbyn: Bring manufacturing 'back to Britain', BBC News (24 July 2018).
“people who dish out anti-Semitic poison need to understand: you do not do it in my name”
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Recorded in: Anti-Semites don't speak for me, says Jeremy Corbyn, BBC News (4 August 2018).
“I was present when it was laid. I don't think I was actually involved in it. I was there because I wanted to see a fitting memorial to everyone who has died in every terrorist incident everywhere because we have to end it. You cannot pursue peace by a cycle of violence. The only way you pursue peace is a cycle of dialogue.”
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Recorded in: Jeremy Corbyn 'wreath laying' attacked by Israeli PM, BBC News (14 August 2018).
“He did withdraw it later on, he has been suspended from membership, there will be an independent investigation - independent of me that is - so I can't comment any further. There's no place whatsoever for anti-Semitisim in our party or anywhere in our society and our whole process is to ensure it doesn't happen.”
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Recorded in: Jeremy Corbyn condemns ex-Labour MP's comments in anti-Semitism row, BBC News (20 August 2018) – a reference to comments made by former Labour MP Jim Sheridan
“I are very concerned, however, to make sure there can be open and proper debate about Israel and its foreign policy, and about the future for Palestinian people. Hence there has to be that space for debate, you cannot shut that down. But it can never, ever be conducted in an anti-Semitic way.”
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Recorded in: Jeremy Corbyn condemns ex-Labour MP's comments in anti-Semitism row, BBC News (20 August 2018).
“I described those pro-Israel activists as Zionists, in the accurate political sense and not as a euphemism for Jewish people - and that is made clear in the rest of my speech that day. I am now more careful with how I might use the term 'Zionist' because a once self-identifying political term has been increasingly hijacked by anti-Semites as code for Jews.”
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Recorded in: Jeremy Corbyn defends 'British Zionist' comments, BBC News (25 August 2018).
“Crashing out of Europe with no deal risks being a national disaster.”
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Recorded in: Brexit: Jeremy Corbyn meets Michel Barnier for 'useful' talks, BBC News (27 September 2018).
“The government is trying to run down the clock in an attempt to blackmail this House and the country into supporting a botched deal”
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Recorded in: Brexit: PM 'working to get further EU assurances' BBC News (7 January 2019).
“The government must remove clearly, once and for all, the prospect of the catastrophe of a no-deal exit from the EU and all the chaos that would come as a result of that”
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Recorded in: May's government survives no-confidence vote BBC News (16 January 2019).
“Take no-deal off the table now please prime minister.”
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Recorded in: Brexit: Rule out no-deal, Jeremy Corbyn tells Theresa May BBC News (17 January 2019).
“[I will] work with MPs across the Commons to prevent no deal, break the deadlock and build support for our alternative plan”
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Recorded in: Brexit: MPs to have vote by 12 March, says May BBC News (24 February 2019).
“One way or another, we will do everything in our power to prevent no deal and oppose a damaging Tory Brexit based on Theresa May's overwhelmingly rejected deal. That's why, in line with our conference policy, we are committed to also putting forward or supporting an amendment in favour of a public vote to prevent a damaging Tory Brexit being forced on the country.”
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Recorded in: Labour prepared to back new Brexit referendum BBC News (25 February 2019).
“This government's shambolic handling of Brexit is compounding years of damaging austerity.”
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Recorded in: Prime Minister's Questions: The key bits and the verdict BBC News (27 February 2019).
“I am reaching out to all groups in Parliament to try and prevent a no-deal Brexit which I think would be very damaging”
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Recorded in: Brexit: Jeremy Corbyn 'reaches out' to Tory MPs over Norway plan, BBC News (6 March 2019).
“Theresa May should not be rolling out the red carpet for a state visit to honour a president who rips up vital international treaties, backs climate change denial and uses racist and misogynist rhetoric. Maintaining an important relationship with the United States does not require the pomp and ceremony of a state visit. It is disappointing that the prime minister has again opted to kowtow to this US administration. I would welcome a meeting with President Trump to discuss all matters of interest.”
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Recorded in: Trump state visit: Corbyn boycotts Buckingham Palace banquet, BBC News (26 April 2019).
“Equal pay for equal work is hardly a controversial idea, so why are we discriminating against young people? You don't get a discount at the shops for being under 18. But if the person serving you on the other side of the counter is young, they could be on half the wage of their colleagues. It's time to end this discrimination. Young people's work should be properly valued, not exploited by employers to cut their wage bill. If they're doing the job, pay them the wage - the real living wage.”
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Recorded in: Labour pledges £10 minimum wage for under-18s, BBC News (11 May 2019).
“Racism divides, exploitation of minorities divides, exploitation of minorities brings about hatred”
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Recorded in: Trump state visit: US president turns down meeting with 'negative' Corbyn, BBC News (4 June 2019).
“I have already made the case... that it is now right to demand that any deal is put to a public vote”
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Recorded in: Brexit: Labour MPs urge Corbyn not to go 'full Remain' BBC News (19 June 2019).
“[I will campaign for Remain to stop] no deal or a damaging Tory Brexit”
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Recorded in: Jeremy Corbyn: Labour is 'party of choice' on Brexit BBC News (9 July 2019).
“What we need is a government that is prepared to negotiate with the European Union so we don't have a crash-out on the 31st”
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Recorded in: Brexit: Tory MP Oliver Letwin rejects Corbyn as caretaker PM BBC News (17 August 2019).
“[the leaked report made it] crystal clear how bad things will get [if the UK leaves without a deal on 31 October].”
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Recorded in: Boris Johnson: UK 'will be ready' for no-deal Brexit BBC News (19 August 2019).
“What we've said is, if it's no deal or Remain, we'll campaign for Remain.”
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Recorded in: Jeremy Corbyn refuses to echo allies' Brexit position BBC News (20 August 2019).
“[No-deal Brexit] won't return sovereignty, it will put us at the mercy of Trump and the big US corporations dying to get their teeth into our NHS, sound the death knell for our steel industry and strip back our food standards and animal welfare protections.”
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Recorded in: Brexit: Corbyn meets opposition MPs to discuss plan to stop no deal BBC News (27 August 2019).
“Suspending Parliament is not acceptable, it is not on. What the prime minister is doing is a smash and grab on our democracy to force through a no deal,”
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Recorded in: Parliament suspension: Queen approves PM's plan BBC News (28 August 2019).
“No way do you take us out without a deal.”
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Recorded in: Parliament suspension: Thousands protest across the UK BBC News (31 August 2019).
“[My first priority is to] bring the country back from the brink [and do everything possible to prevent no deal]”
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Recorded in: Corbyn wants an election despite warning from Tony Blair BBC News (2 September 2019).
“I think the important thing is to stop a no-deal exit and let the people of this country decide their own future.”
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Recorded in: Brexit: Boris Johnson faces showdown in Parliament BBC News (3 September 2019).
“There is no majority to leave without a deal within the country”
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Recorded in: Brexit: Boris Johnson defeated as MPs take control BBC News (4 September 2019).
“The British people must have a chance to decide the end of this process. We've had a referendum in 2016, we've had all the debate and we now have a PM trying to take us over a cliff-edge in a few weeks' time. That's entirely wrong. That's why I did all I could to work with opposition parties to legislate to ensure that he had to negotiate an extension.”
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Recorded in: Jeremy Corbyn 'daunted' by prospect of becoming prime minister BBC News (19 September 2019).
“I recently had dinner at a friend’s house where the number of guests eventually exceeded five. I understand that remaining at the dinner was a breach of the rule of six. I apologise for my mistake”
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Recorded in: Jeremy Corbyn and Stanley Johnson apologise for Covid breaches The Guardian (1 October 2020).
“One antisemite is one too many, but the scale of the problem was also dramatically overstated for political reasons by our opponents inside and outside the party, as well as by much of the media. That combination hurt Jewish people and must never be repeated. My sincere hope is that relations with Jewish communities can be rebuilt and those fears overcome. While I do not accept all of its findings, I trust its recommendations will be swiftly implemented to help move on from this period.”
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Recorded in: Statement on Facebook following the report of the Equality and Human Rights Commission into antisemitism in the Lanour Party, cited in "Jeremy Corbyn rejects overall findings of EHRC report on antisemitism in Labour" Th…
“[Linking criticism over antisemitism to his stance on the Middle East] I have absolutely no doubt whatsoever that my clearly stated support for the right of Palestinian people to be able to live in peace free from occupation, free from being under siege as in Gaza, and for those living in refugee camps … played a factor in all this. Benjamin Netanyahu couldn't wait to condemn me for my support for the Palestinian people.”
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Recorded in: Interviewed by Al Mayadeen (Beirut), quoted in Heather Stewart "Jeremy Corbyn urges west to stop arming Ukraine" The Guardian (2 August 2022)
“I don't support any attacks, therefore I criticise them all.”
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Recorded in: On the October 2023 Gaza−Israel conflict which Hamas directly initiated on 7 October, as cited in "Jeremy Corbyn refuses to condemn Hamas after militant group carries out deadly attack on Israel", The Independent (9 Oct…
“If we understand terrorism to describe the indiscriminate killing of civilians, in breach of international law, then of course Hamas is a terrorist group. The targeting of hospitals, refugee camps and so-called safe zones by the Israeli army are acts of terror too; and the killing of more than 11,000 people, half of whom are children, cannot possibly be understood as acts of self-defence. We should not entertain questions from those who have no interest in applying this basic consistency.”
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Recorded in: From an article in Tribune, as cited in "Jeremy Corbyn calls Hamas ‘terrorist group’ after previous demurral", The Guardian website (18 November 2023)
“The four black MPs were inundated with casework from all over the country. Issues of racism, of discrimination, all the issues the black community faced.”
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Recorded in: Cited in Robin Bunce and Samara Linton "How Diane Abbott fought racism – and her own party – to become Britain’s first black female MP", The Guardian (29 September 2024), edited extract from the author's Diane Abbott: T…
“The Americans have sought consistently to undermine and destabilise the Governments of Grenada since 1979. They have sought consistently to undermine and destabilise the Government of Jamaica. They did so until Mr. Seaga was elected Prime Minister. They have consistently sought to undermine and destabilise any Government in the region who have sought to develop the interests of the people rather than the interests of the multinational companies that are busy exploiting those people. At the centre of the debate and of the activities of the United States lies its belief that its role is to defend the people who pay the Government — the multinational companies. The British Government are doing exactly the same. In every conference chamber around the world, the British Government support American foreign policy. They do not have a foreign policy in the Caribbean or central America. All they know is to follow the United States—except that when the issue of Grenada came up they did not know what to do. So, for three days running, we have had a pathetic appearance by the Foreign Secretary, who has been wondering what to do next. He comes to the House, wringing his hands, wondering what on earth to say next. He knows that he has been made to look an absolute idiot because he was incapable of standing up to the Americans for once. The one thing that the Americans do not respect is the Uriah Heep diplomacy that the British Government operate towards them. The Pavlovian response of agreeing to everything that the United States demands and wants has got them nowhere and has made them look incredibly stupid and shortsighted.”
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Recorded in: Speech in the House of Commons (26 October 1983).
“The Government's policies of controlling local authority spending, cutting National Health spending and promoting private medicine and care for the elderly are a return to the workhouse. The only difference is that it is a capitalist workhouse rather than a discreet workhouse stuck away in the hills outside the town...Care for the elderly is an important issue. It cannot be left to volunteers, charities or to people going out with collecting boxes to see that old people are looked after properly. The issue is central to our demands for a caring society. That means an end to the cuts and an end to the policy of attacking those authorities that try to care for the elderly. Instead, there should be support for and recognition of those demands. Elderly people deserve a little more than pats on the head from Conservative Members. They deserve more than the platitudinous nonsense talked about handing the meals on wheels service over to the WRVS or any other volunteer who cares to run it. Instead, there should be a recognition that those who have worked all their lives to create and provide the wealth that the rest of us enjoy deserve some dignity in retirement. They do not deserve poverty, or to be ignored in their retirement, having to live worrying whether to put on the gas fire, or boil the kettle for a cup of tea, or whether they can afford a television licence or a trip out. They should not have to wonder whether the home help who has looked after them so long will be able to continue. The issue is crucial. The motion says clearly that care for the elderly comes before the promotion of policies that merely increase the wealth of those who are already the wealthiest in our society.”
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Recorded in: Speech in the House of Commons (22 February 1984).
“Earlier, the hon. Member for Halesowen and Stourbridge (Mr. Stokes) spoke. He probably represents the more honest and truer face of the Tory party when he spoke the usual racist pap about immigration causing problems and pretending that the unemployment figures in the west midlands were caused by immigration. He was in effect saying that the cultural changes that have taken place because of immigration are unacceptable. I find his remarks offensive and unacceptable, as do people in many parts of the country, who live happily in a multicultural, multiracial environment and who are not prepared to put up with that kind of bigotry.”
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Recorded in: Speech in the House of Commons (5 March 1984).