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The Labour leader launched an attack on the ‘tax dodgers, bad bosses, big polluters, and billionaire-owned media holding our country back’
Thursday, 31st October 2019, 9:02 pm
Mr Corbyn launched an attack on the “tax dodgers, bad bosses, big polluters, and billionaire-owned media holding our country back” and singled out the likes of media tycoon Rupert Murdoch and the Duke of Westminster.
Fix the Brexit impasse
“We need to take it out of the hands of the politicians and trust the people to have the final say,” he said. “Labour will get Brexit sorted within six months. We’ll let the people decide whether to leave with a sensible deal or remain. That really isn’t complicated.
“We will carry out whatever the people decide so that we can get on with delivering the real change Britain needs after years of Conservative cuts to vital services and tax handouts to the richest.”
Lib Dems row
The 70-year-old also took a swipe at the Liberal Democrats over its Brexit stance to revoke Article 50 without a public vote.
During Mr Corbyn’s speech to activists in south London, Ipsos Mori published a poll showing the Conservatives on 41 per cent and Labour stuck on 24 per cent.
Perhaps most worryingly for the Labour leader, the survey showed he had a net satisfaction rating of -60, while Boris Johnson was on +2.
Asked whether he was concerned about his personal ratings in the polls and whether he would quit if he loses the election, Mr Corbyn replied: “It’s not about me, it’s not about any individual on this platform, it’s not a presidential election.”
Future of the Labour Party
The Labour leader used the launch to drum home the threat of a Conservative government to the NHS, which he insisted was “not for sale”, and vowing to fight a “people powered” election race.He also highlighted key policies from the party, such as the party’s ambitious plan to renationalise “rail, mail and water”.
Mr Corbyn said: “Is that asking too much? Ending the Conservatives’ great rip-off by putting rail, mail and water into public ownership so they work for everyone, not just Tory donors and shareholders in tax havens.”
Policies — Corbyn’s pledges
The Labour leader pledged to renationalise the railways, Royal Mail and the water companies.
He also promised free childcare for all two- to four-year-olds and a real living wage of at least £10 an hour for workers aged 16 upwards.
He vowed to end tuition fees and create a National Education Service from cradle to grave.
He said his party would scrap tax breaks for private schools but stopped short of abolishing them as per his party’s conference motion.
Mr Corbyn also promised to begin rehousing the homeless “immediately” if Labour wins the election. He said: “On our first day in office, we will immediately buy all the properties necessary to house the rough sleepers.”
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