Labourlist (Free subscription) | 11/28/2009
By Jeremy Corbyn On Monday the House of Commons debated the foreign affairs and defence sections of the Queen's speech. Most of the discussion was about Afghanistan and the Middle East, with prescient remarks about the Chilcot inquiry, which opened this week. The House did not like being reminded that British troops have been in Iraq for almost seven years. Even less did it like being...
Operation Black Vote (Free subscription) | 11/27/2009
... in 2006, caste prejudice is an often overlooked form of hate crime. That article quotes Labour MP Jeremy Corbyn calling for the government to give more priority to this form of discrimination.Three years on, Lynne Featherstone, Lib Dem equalities spokeswoman, who sits on the Equality Bill select committee, has pledged to propose that caste discrimination is written into the legislation.By...
Labourlist (Free subscription) | 11/25/2009
... Labour used to stand for... Who would you align yourself with from Labour’s past? Tony Benn, Jeremy Corbyn, people like that. If anything I have always been on the left, but I do like Guido and he is clearly on the right. I think the current economic situation has re-aligned many people from different areas of the political scene. I heard that you first passed the Alan Duncan...
Revolts.co.uk (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
... Labour MP in the fourth session, clocking up 46 dissenting votes. * He was closely followed by Jeremy Corbyn on 45. Corbyn’s total number of votes against the whip for the Brown administration alone has now passed the 100 mark, with more than 400 in total since 1997. * The government suffered two defeats during the session as a result of its backbenchers defying the whip –...
Labourlist (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
By Jeremy Corbyn MP Last Sunday at War memorials all over the country, ceremonies recalled the horror of the millions slain in the two world wars, and in other more recent conflicts. The events inevitably encourage discussion on the role of the military, the purposes of war and of those who pay the ultimate price. As the news of further losses of British soldiers in Afghanistan came...
Leftnews.org (Free subscription) | 11/12/2009
“Labour MP Jeremy Corbyn said: “248 MPs have condemned the US-led blockade of Cuba and it is time for the government to pursue an independent foreign policy. It’s time for Ministers to listen to their own back benchers.” “
Labourlist (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
By Jeremy Corbyn MP At one of the border points between Syria and Iraq, reached after a four hour drive across the stony desert from Damascus, the road is barred to all vehicles and travellers by a checkpoint. Those allowed through drive on. This is the road to Baghdad, where armies have marched, peace-makers have travelled and refugees have fled. Beside it, where the huge lorries lumber...
Neil Clark (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
... fascist on a few weeks back, I believe), but how many true socialists like Seumas, John Pilger or Jeremy Corbyn ever get invited? It's supposed to be 'our' BBC, so shouldn't we try a little bit harder to get panels that actually represent public opinion?
A Very Public Sociologist (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
... , Matt Wrack from the FBU , Susan Press from the Labour Representation Committee and Labour MP Jeremy Corbyn. Bob Crow, RMT General Secretary, said: “Saturday’s conference comes at a crucial time for working people in this country. The gap between rich and poor has never been greater, the BNP are on the streets and on the TV spreading their poison and seeking to exploit...
Solidarity and Unity (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
... Matt Wrack from the FBU, Susan Press from the Labour Representation Committee and Labour MP Jeremy Corbyn. Bob Crow, RMT General Secretary, said: "Saturday's conference comes at a crucial time for working people in this country. The gap between rich and poor has never been greater, the BNP are on the streets and on the TV spreading their poison and seeking to exploit the political...
SOCIALIST UNITY (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
... , Matt Wrack from the FBU , Susan Press from the Labour Representation Committee and Labour MP Jeremy Corbyn. Bob Crow, RMT General Secretary, said: “Saturday’s conference comes at a crucial time for working people in this country. The gap between rich and poor has never been greater, the BNP are on the streets and on the TV spreading their poison and seeking to exploit the political...
Labourlist (Free subscription) | 11/01/2009
... considering the EU foreign policy job could kill off his leadership credentials. Islington MP Jeremy Corbyn says there's no place for President Blair. Was it Brown's failure to lobby vigorously enough for Blair that damaged the former PM's chances? Opinion In the final analysis of Griffin on Question Time: cui bono? The global struggle against Islamist extremism requires an understanding...
Revolts.co.uk (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
We said we thought it would take less than a week for Jeremy Corbyn to hit hundred rebellions under Brown; it took just two days. On Monday he got to 99, and on Wednesday - on a Conservative Opposition Day...
The Heathlander (Free subscription) | 10/31/2009
... partly due to poor performances on the part of some of the debaters – I have a lot of respect for Jeremy Corbyn, for example, but he kept conspicuously diverting the issue from Israel’s political demands to its war crimes in Gaza without making a convincing connection between the two – and partly due to the limitations of the format, which doesn’t allow for a detailed ‘fisking’ of...
Labourlist (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
By Jeremy Corbyn MP This article was first published in the Morning Star . The media is full of speculation about the new European president. Probably within a week the way will be open for the new appointment. Sadly the Irish Yes vote to the Lisbon Treaty leaves only the Czech government with any power in the situation. The Czech Republic has suffered grievously from invasions and clearly...
