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'''Jeremy Corbyn''' became [[Leader of the Labour Party]] in September 2015 and has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Islington North since 1983. Corbyn convincingly won the contest for leadership of the party with nearly 60% of the votes on an anti-austerity, pro-peace platform and has been subject to a barrage of criticism by the {{ccm}}, applying labels such as "looney left", "ultra-radical" and "unelectable", the ''[[Daily Mail]]'' terming his shadow cabinet a "ragbag team of C-listers".<ref>[http://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-3234590/JASON-COWLEY-Victory-Cult-Corbyn-No-start-long-brutal-civil-war.html "Victory for the Cult of Corbyn? No, the start of a long and brutal civil war"]</ref>
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'''Jeremy Corbyn''' has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Islington North since 1983 and became [[Leader of the Labour Party]] in September 2015. Corbyn convincingly won the contest for leadership of the party with nearly 60% of the votes<ref>{{Cite web|title = Jeremy Corbyn MP|url = http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/commons/jeremy-corbyn/185 |website = UK Parliament|accessdate =3 June 2015 }}</ref>
 
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on an anti-austerity, pro-peace platform and has been subject to a barrage of criticism by the {{ccm}}, applying labels such as "looney left", "ultra-radical" and "unelectable", the ''[[Daily Mail]]'' terming his shadow cabinet a "ragbag team of C-listers".<ref>[http://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-3234590/JASON-COWLEY-Victory-Cult-Corbyn-No-start-long-brutal-civil-war.html "Victory for the Cult of Corbyn? No, the start of a long and brutal civil war"]</ref> He is a [[socialist]] and a strong anti-poverty advocate. [[Tony Blair]]'s 2017 multi-million pound donation highlighted the fact that efforts were still ongoing to remove him from his labour leadership position,<ref>http://www.thecanary.co/2017/01/05/tony-blair-mobilises-9m-blood-money-remove-jeremy-corbyn-opinion/</ref> a pattern which goes back as far as his first becoming Labour leader in 2015.<ref>http://www.thecanary.co/2016/07/01/desperate-media-now-literally-inventing-stories-slur-corbyn-tweets/</ref>
On 18 November 2015, [[Oliver Tickell]] editor of ''[[The Ecologist]]'' magazine claimed that right-wing Labour MPs – backed by the mainstream media<ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-34832023 "Jeremy Corbyn 'not happy' with shoot-to-kill policy"]</ref> – had launched a full-scale coup against Jeremy Corbyn to discredit him so utterly that even his own supporters turn against him and elect a new 'heir to [[Tony Blair|Blair]]' leader.<ref>[http://www.theecologist.org/blogs_and_comments/commentators/2986318/shooting_to_kill_corbyn_the_coup_is_on.html "Shooting to kill Corbyn - the coup is on"]</ref>
 
 
 
Having given Labour MPs a free vote,<ref>[https://www.rt.com/uk/323949-labour-airstrikes-shadow-cabinet/ "Syria airstrikes: Corbyn gives Labour MPs free vote, asks Cameron for 2 day debate"]</ref> Jeremy Corbyn opened the debate on 2 December 2015 in the House of Commons opposing [[David Cameron]]'s motion to extend from [[Iraq]] to [[Syria]] Britain's bombing of [[Islamic State]].<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jZCDubh2Nuc "Jeremy Corbyn - Syria Air Strikes - Islamic State"] House of Commons, 2 December 2015</ref> After a 10-hour debate Labour's [[Shadow Foreign Secretary]] [[Hilary Benn]] spoke in support of the government's motion which was approved by 397 votes to 223.<ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-34989302 "Syria air strikes: MPs authorise UK action against Islamic State"]</ref>
 
 
 
On 3 December 2015, confounding the chorus of critics in the media and on the [[Tony Blair|Blairite]] wing of the party who had been talking up the chances of [[UKIP]]'s winning the Oldham byelection (caused by the death of Corbyn supporter [[Michael Meacher]]), Jeremy Corbyn hailed [[Jim McMahon]]'s victory as a "vote of confidence" with Labour’s share up 7.5% to 62.3%.<ref>[http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2015/dec/04/labour-sweep-to-conclusive-victory-in-oldham-byelection "Jeremy Corbyn hails 'vote of confidence' after Labour win Oldham byelection"]</ref>
 
 
 
Jewish activist [[Tony Greenstein]] predicted these solid results would give Corbyn only a temporary reprieve because far-right Labour MP [[John Mann]], the [[Tony Blair|Blairite]] [https://twitter.com/progressonline Progress group] and the [[Zionist]]s were doing "their best to destroy Labour’s election performance."<ref>[http://azvsas.blogspot.co.uk/2016/05/labours-election-results-give-corbyn.html "Labour’s Election Results Give Corbyn only a Temporary Reprieve"]</ref>
 
 
 
On 24 June 2016, after the decisive [[brexit]] vote in the [[EU Referendum]], two Labour MPs Dame [[Margaret Hodge]] and [[Ann Coffey]] submitted a motion of no confidence in Jeremy Corbyn. Shadow Chancellor [[John McDonnell]] quickly dismissed the move, saying he had a mandate to lead the party and predicted even if they forced a fresh leadership election, the party members and supporters would again back Corbyn. An online petition on the ''38 Degrees'' website calling for "a vote of confidence in Jeremy Corbyn", however, attracted over 100,000 signatures within a few hours.<ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-36621777 "MPs submit Corbyn no confidence motion"]</ref>
 
 
 
Jeremy Corbyn launched his campaign for re-election as Labour leader on 21 July 2016, the same day as his biographer, W Stephen Gilbert, published a 6000-word essay entitled "The Origins of Labour’s Civil War." It concludes:
 
:"The greatest difficulty that the anti-Corbyn MPs, the media and the Tories all share is a fact that they simply cannot stomach: Jeremy Corbyn is the most popular politician in Britain."<ref>''[http://wstegcommonsense.blogspot.co.uk/2016/07/the-origins-of-labours-civil-war-as.html "The Origins of Labour’s Civil War"]''</ref>
 
  
 
==Background==
 
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For many years Corbyn lived in Haringey but moved to Finsbury Park in London with his three sons. In 1999 he divorced after his wife refused to send their son to a local inner-city school. Corbyn opposes the [[segregation]] of children at such a young age.<ref>{{cite news |url= http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/who-jeremy-corbyn-everything-you-5818431 |title=Who is Jeremy Corbyn? Everything you need to know about Labour's most left-wing leadership hopeful |first=Dan |last=Bloom |work=Daily Mirror |date=3 June 2015 |publisher=Trinity Mirror |location=London |issn=9975-9950 |oclc=223228477 |accessdate=20 June 2015}}</ref> However, Corbyn has stated he 'gets on very well' with his ex-wife. He also stated 'Well, I’ve got three boys and love them dearly and we get along great'<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2015/jun/17/jeremy-corbyn-labour-leadership-dont-do-personal|title=Jeremy Corbyn: ‘I don’t do personal’|first=Simon |last=Hattenstone|work=[[The Guardian]] |accessdate=20 June 2015}}</ref>
 
For many years Corbyn lived in Haringey but moved to Finsbury Park in London with his three sons. In 1999 he divorced after his wife refused to send their son to a local inner-city school. Corbyn opposes the [[segregation]] of children at such a young age.<ref>{{cite news |url= http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/who-jeremy-corbyn-everything-you-5818431 |title=Who is Jeremy Corbyn? Everything you need to know about Labour's most left-wing leadership hopeful |first=Dan |last=Bloom |work=Daily Mirror |date=3 June 2015 |publisher=Trinity Mirror |location=London |issn=9975-9950 |oclc=223228477 |accessdate=20 June 2015}}</ref> However, Corbyn has stated he 'gets on very well' with his ex-wife. He also stated 'Well, I’ve got three boys and love them dearly and we get along great'<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2015/jun/17/jeremy-corbyn-labour-leadership-dont-do-personal|title=Jeremy Corbyn: ‘I don’t do personal’|first=Simon |last=Hattenstone|work=[[The Guardian]] |accessdate=20 June 2015}}</ref>
  
In a 2014 interview, he described himself as 'parsimonious' and stated 'Well, I don’t spend a lot of money, I lead a very normal life, I ride a bicycle and I don’t have a car'.
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In a 2014 interview, he described himself as 'parsimonious' and stated 'Well, I don’t spend a lot of money, I lead a very normal life, I ride a bicycle and I don’t have a car'. From 7 May until 31 August 2010, Corbyn was the lowest expenses-claimer in the House of Commons. He told the ''Islington Gazette'' 'I am a parsimonious MP. I think we should claim what we need to run our offices and pay our staff but be careful because it’s obviously public money. In a year, rent for the office Durham Road, Finsbury Park, is about £12,000 to £14,000'<ref>{{cite news |url= http://www.islingtongazette.co.uk/news/politics/islington_north_mp_jeremy_corbyn_is_the_country_s_lowest_expenses_claimer_1_748369 |title=Islington North MP Jeremy Corbyn is the country’s lowest expenses claimer |first=Meyrem |last=Hussein |newspaper=Islington Gazette |date=8 December 2010 |accessdate=20 June 2015}}</ref>
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He rents his constituency office from the Ethical Property Company.
  
 
==Political career==
 
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He is considered one of the more left-wing of Labour MPs and is member of the Socialist Campaign Group. He has a weekly column in the ''Morning Star''. A long-time supporter of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND), he is one of its three Vice-Chairs. He is on the London Regional Select Committee.
 
He is considered one of the more left-wing of Labour MPs and is member of the Socialist Campaign Group. He has a weekly column in the ''Morning Star''. A long-time supporter of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND), he is one of its three Vice-Chairs. He is on the London Regional Select Committee.
  
He was re-elected in 2015 with 60.24% of the vote, and a majority of 21,194.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Jeremy Corbyn MP|url = http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/commons/jeremy-corbyn/185 |website = UK Parliament|accessdate =3 June 2015 }}</ref>
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He voted against introducing university tuition fees in England, and voted against their increase. He was opposed to academies and private finance initiatives. He supports renationalisation of railways and a higher minimum wage. He supports a higher rate of tax for the wealthiest and an increased corporate tax rate to fund public services.  
 
 
===Economic issues===
 
Jeremy Corbyn is a socialist, and a strong anti-poverty advocate. He voted against introducing university tuition fees in England, and voted against their increase. He was opposed to academies and private finance initiatives. He supports renationalisation of railways and a higher minimum wage. He supports a higher rate of tax for the wealthiest and an increased corporate tax rate to fund public services.
 
  
 
===Stop the War===
 
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Since 2005 Jeremy Corbyn has defied the whip 238 times (25% of the time),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.publicwhip.org.uk/mp.php?id=uk.org.publicwhip/member/1655&showall=yes |title=Voting Record for Jeremy Corbyn MP, Islington North (10133) |work=The Public Whip |year=2015 |accessdate=20 June 2015}}</ref> making him one of the most rebellious Labour MPs, only matched by [[Kate Hoey]]. He was one of 16 signatories of an open letter to [[Ed Miliband]] in January 2015 calling on the party to commit to oppose further austerity, take rail franchises back into public ownership and strengthen collective bargaining arrangements.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Eaton|first1=George|title=The Labour left demand a change of direction - why their intervention matters|url=http://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2015/01/labour-left-demand-change-direction-why-their-intervention-matters|accessdate=5 April 2015|journal=[[New Statesman]] |date=26 January 2015}}</ref>
 
Since 2005 Jeremy Corbyn has defied the whip 238 times (25% of the time),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.publicwhip.org.uk/mp.php?id=uk.org.publicwhip/member/1655&showall=yes |title=Voting Record for Jeremy Corbyn MP, Islington North (10133) |work=The Public Whip |year=2015 |accessdate=20 June 2015}}</ref> making him one of the most rebellious Labour MPs, only matched by [[Kate Hoey]]. He was one of 16 signatories of an open letter to [[Ed Miliband]] in January 2015 calling on the party to commit to oppose further austerity, take rail franchises back into public ownership and strengthen collective bargaining arrangements.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Eaton|first1=George|title=The Labour left demand a change of direction - why their intervention matters|url=http://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2015/01/labour-left-demand-change-direction-why-their-intervention-matters|accessdate=5 April 2015|journal=[[New Statesman]] |date=26 January 2015}}</ref>
  
==Parsimonious with expenses==
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==Anti-Corbyn actions==
From 7 May until 31 August 2010, Corbyn was the lowest expenses-claimer in the House of Commons. He told the ''Islington Gazette'' 'I am a parsimonious MP. I think we should claim what we need to run our offices and pay our staff but be careful because it’s obviously public money. In a year, rent for the office Durham Road, Finsbury Park, is about £12,000 to £14,000'<ref>{{cite news |url= http://www.islingtongazette.co.uk/news/politics/islington_north_mp_jeremy_corbyn_is_the_country_s_lowest_expenses_claimer_1_748369 |title=Islington North MP Jeremy Corbyn is the country’s lowest expenses claimer |first=Meyrem |last=Hussein |newspaper=Islington Gazette |date=8 December 2010 |accessdate=20 June 2015}}</ref>
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On 18 November 2015, [[Oliver Tickell]] editor of ''[[The Ecologist]]'' magazine claimed that right-wing Labour MPs – backed by the [[corporate media]]<ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-34832023 "Jeremy Corbyn 'not happy' with shoot-to-kill policy"]</ref> – had launched a full-scale coup against Jeremy Corbyn to discredit him so utterly that even his own supporters turn against him and elect a new 'heir to [[Tony Blair|Blair]]' leader.<ref>[http://www.theecologist.org/blogs_and_comments/commentators/2986318/shooting_to_kill_corbyn_the_coup_is_on.html "Shooting to kill Corbyn - the coup is on"]</ref>
He rents his constituency office from the Ethical Property Company.
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Having given Labour MPs a free vote,<ref>[https://www.rt.com/uk/323949-labour-airstrikes-shadow-cabinet/ "Syria airstrikes: Corbyn gives Labour MPs free vote, asks Cameron for 2 day debate"]</ref> Jeremy Corbyn opened the debate on 2 December 2015 in the House of Commons opposing [[David Cameron]]'s motion to extend from [[Iraq]] to [[Syria]] Britain's bombing of [[Islamic State]].<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jZCDubh2Nuc "Jeremy Corbyn - Syria Air Strikes - Islamic State"] House of Commons, 2 December 2015</ref> After a 10-hour debate Labour's [[Shadow Foreign Secretary]] [[Hilary Benn]] spoke in support of the government's motion which was approved by 397 votes to 223.<ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-34989302 "Syria air strikes: MPs authorise UK action against Islamic State"]</ref>
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On 3 December 2015, confounding the chorus of critics in the media and on the [[Tony Blair|Blairite]] wing of the party who had been talking up the chances of [[UKIP]]'s winning the Oldham byelection (caused by the death of Corbyn supporter [[Michael Meacher]]), Jeremy Corbyn hailed [[Jim McMahon]]'s victory as a "vote of confidence" with Labour’s share up 7.5% to 62.3%.<ref>[http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2015/dec/04/labour-sweep-to-conclusive-victory-in-oldham-byelection "Jeremy Corbyn hails 'vote of confidence' after Labour win Oldham byelection"]</ref>
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Jewish activist [[Tony Greenstein]] predicted these solid results would give Corbyn only a temporary reprieve because far-right Labour MP [[John Mann]], the [[Tony Blair|Blairite]] [https://twitter.com/progressonline Progress group] and the [[Zionist]]s were doing "their best to destroy Labour’s election performance."<ref>[http://azvsas.blogspot.co.uk/2016/05/labours-election-results-give-corbyn.html "Labour’s Election Results Give Corbyn only a Temporary Reprieve"]</ref>
  
 
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On 24 June 2016, after the decisive [[brexit]] vote in the [[EU Referendum]], two Labour MPs Dame [[Margaret Hodge]] and [[Ann Coffey]] submitted a motion of no confidence in Jeremy Corbyn. Shadow Chancellor [[John McDonnell]] quickly dismissed the move, saying he had a mandate to lead the party and predicted even if they forced a fresh leadership election, the party members and supporters would again back Corbyn. An online petition on the ''38 Degrees'' website calling for "a vote of confidence in Jeremy Corbyn", however, attracted over 100,000 signatures within a few hours.<ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-36621777 "MPs submit Corbyn no confidence motion"]</ref>
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On 11 July 2016, [[Iain McNicol]], general secretary of the Labour Party, announced that another leadership contest would be held after Wallasey MP [[Angela Eagle]] obtained the necessary number of nominations. However, Ms Eagle withdrew from the race a week later in order to back [[Owen Smith]] as a "unity candidate" to take on the incumbent 67-year-old Mr Corbyn.
 
On 11 July 2016, [[Iain McNicol]], general secretary of the Labour Party, announced that another leadership contest would be held after Wallasey MP [[Angela Eagle]] obtained the necessary number of nominations. However, Ms Eagle withdrew from the race a week later in order to back [[Owen Smith]] as a "unity candidate" to take on the incumbent 67-year-old Mr Corbyn.
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Jeremy Corbyn launched his successful campaign for re-election as Labour leader on 21 July 2016, the same day as his biographer, W Stephen Gilbert, published a 6000-word essay entitled "The Origins of Labour’s Civil War", which concluded that "The greatest difficulty that the anti-Corbyn MPs, the media and the Tories all share is a fact that they simply cannot stomach: Jeremy Corbyn is the most popular politician in Britain."<ref>''[http://wstegcommonsense.blogspot.co.uk/2016/07/the-origins-of-labours-civil-war-as.html "The Origins of Labour’s Civil War"]''</ref>
  
 
On 26 July 2016, Labour donor and former prospective parliamentary candidate [[Michael Foster]] brought a legal action against Iain McNicol, challenging the [[National Executive Committee#NEC meeting: 12 July 2016|NEC's decision of 12 July 2016]] that the incumbent leader is automatically included in the contest. NEC members had wrestled with legal advice for six hours over whether Mr Corbyn would need to secure the support of 20% of Labour MPs and MEPs (51 nominations) but voted 18-14 that he should automatically be on the leadership ballot.
 
On 26 July 2016, Labour donor and former prospective parliamentary candidate [[Michael Foster]] brought a legal action against Iain McNicol, challenging the [[National Executive Committee#NEC meeting: 12 July 2016|NEC's decision of 12 July 2016]] that the incumbent leader is automatically included in the contest. NEC members had wrestled with legal advice for six hours over whether Mr Corbyn would need to secure the support of 20% of Labour MPs and MEPs (51 nominations) but voted 18-14 that he should automatically be on the leadership ballot.

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Person.png Jeremy Corbyn   Powerbase Sourcewatch Twitter WebsiteRdf-entity.pngRdf-icon.png
(Politician)
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BornJeremy Bernard Corbyn
26 May 1949
Chippenham, Wiltshire, England
NationalityBritish
Alma materUniversity of North London
Children3
SpouseClaudia Bracchitta
Founder ofPeace and Justice Project
Member ofBelmarsh Tribunal
Interest ofW. Stephen Gilbert, Labour Against The Witchhunt
PartyLabour
RelativesPiers Corbyn

Employment.png Leader of the Labour Party

In office
12 September 2015 - Present
Preceded byHarriet Harman

Employment.png Leader of the Opposition Wikipedia-icon.png

In office
12 September 2015 - Present

Employment.png Member of Parliament for Islington North

In office
9 June 1983 - Present

Jeremy Corbyn has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Islington North since 1983 and became Leader of the Labour Party in September 2015. Corbyn convincingly won the contest for leadership of the party with nearly 60% of the votes[1]

on an anti-austerity, pro-peace platform and has been subject to a barrage of criticism by the commercially-controlled media, applying labels such as "looney left", "ultra-radical" and "unelectable", the Daily Mail terming his shadow cabinet a "ragbag team of C-listers".[2] He is a socialist and a strong anti-poverty advocate. Tony Blair's 2017 multi-million pound donation highlighted the fact that efforts were still ongoing to remove him from his labour leadership position,[3] a pattern which goes back as far as his first becoming Labour leader in 2015.[4]

Background

Jeremy Corbyn attended Adams' Grammar School in Newport, Shropshire. He and his elder brother Piers Corbyn are the sons of David B. Corbyn, a renowned expert in power rectifiers.[5]

For many years Corbyn lived in Haringey but moved to Finsbury Park in London with his three sons. In 1999 he divorced after his wife refused to send their son to a local inner-city school. Corbyn opposes the segregation of children at such a young age.[6] However, Corbyn has stated he 'gets on very well' with his ex-wife. He also stated 'Well, I’ve got three boys and love them dearly and we get along great'[7]

In a 2014 interview, he described himself as 'parsimonious' and stated 'Well, I don’t spend a lot of money, I lead a very normal life, I ride a bicycle and I don’t have a car'. From 7 May until 31 August 2010, Corbyn was the lowest expenses-claimer in the House of Commons. He told the Islington Gazette 'I am a parsimonious MP. I think we should claim what we need to run our offices and pay our staff but be careful because it’s obviously public money. In a year, rent for the office Durham Road, Finsbury Park, is about £12,000 to £14,000'[8] He rents his constituency office from the Ethical Property Company.

Political career

Before his election to Parliament, Jeremy Corbyn was an elected councillor in the London Borough of Haringey (1974–83). He was also a full-time organiser for National Union of Public Employees (NUPE) and served on a health authority.[9] He is considered one of the more left-wing of Labour MPs and is member of the Socialist Campaign Group. He has a weekly column in the Morning Star. A long-time supporter of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND), he is one of its three Vice-Chairs. He is on the London Regional Select Committee.

He voted against introducing university tuition fees in England, and voted against their increase. He was opposed to academies and private finance initiatives. He supports renationalisation of railways and a higher minimum wage. He supports a higher rate of tax for the wealthiest and an increased corporate tax rate to fund public services.

Stop the War

Jeremy Corbyn was fiercely opposed to the Iraq War and has spoken at many anti-war rallies in Britain and overseas. He is an elected member of the Stop the War Coalition (StWC) steering committee. On 31 October 2006, Corbyn was one of 12 Labour MPs to back Plaid Cymru and the Scottish National Party's call for an inquiry into the war.[10]

Andrew Murray, Jeremy Corbyn and Tony Benn protest the BBC's coverage of Israel's assault on Gaza (24 Jan 2009)
Stop the War march on Downing Street, 12 December 2015

Tony Blair should stand trial on charges of war crimes if the evidence suggests he broke international law over the “illegal” Iraq war in 2003, the Labour leadership frontrunner Jeremy Corbyn said on 5 August 2015. He called on the former prime minister to “confess” the understandings he reached with George W Bush in the run up to the invasion. Asked on BBC Newsnight whether Blair should stand trial on war crimes charges, Corbyn said:

“If he has committed a war crime, yes. Everybody who has committed a war crime should be. It was an illegal war. I am confident about that. Indeed UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan confirmed it was an illegal war and therefore Tony Blair has to explain to that. Is he going to be tried for it? I don’t know. Could he be tried for it? Possibly. The Chilcot report is going to come out sometime. I hope it comes out soon. I think there are some decisions Tony Blair has got to confess or tell us what actually happened. What happened in Crawford, Texas, in 2002 in his private meetings with George W Bush. Why has the Chilcot report still not come out because – apparently there is still debate about the release of information on one side or the other of the Atlantic. At that point Tony Blair and the others that have made the decisions are then going to have to deal with the consequences of it.”[11]

On 17 August 2015, StWC reported that a future Labour government under the leadership of Jeremy Corbyn would almost certainly reinstate the law on Universal_jurisdiction#United_Kingdom Universal Jurisdiction that was quietly amended by the previous Cameron government in order to facilitate the entry into Britain of Israeli politicians and military personnel without fear of arrest for alleged war crimes. That contentious action was taken by the then Foreign Secretary, William Hague, in order to accede to the demands of Binyamin Netanyahu and the government of Israel, and against the opposition of UK human rights groups.[12]

Speaking on BBC2 Newsnight on 11 December 2015, former Labour leader Ed Miliband addressed the debate over Jeremy Corbyn’s association with the Stop the War Coalition saying that winning the next General Election should be the party’s focus:

“He's got a long-standing association with this organisation, he's got a long-standing opposition to different types of intervention. He spoke on this in the Syria debate. I think our party's focus should be on taking the fight to the Tories and working out the ideas that are going to win us the next General Election, not Jeremy Corbyn's political engagements."[13]

Campaigns

He was a well-known campaigner against Apartheid in South Africa. In 1984, he was arrested for protesting outside South Africa House in London. He served on the National Executive of the Anti-Apartheid Movement (AAM).[14] He also campaigns against Apartheid in Israel. [15]

He is a long-standing supporter of a United Ireland, inviting Sinn Féin leader Gerry Adams to London in 1984.[16][17] He is a prominent Amnesty International member. He campaigned for the trial of the late former Chilean dictator, Augusto Pinochet.

Jeremy Corbyn announced in December 2006 that he was considering running for the Labour party deputy leadership to provide an anti-war candidate[18] but later changed his mind.

Corbyn has been a long-time campaigner on animal rights issues. He was one of the signatories to Tony Banks' "Pigeon Bombs" Early Day Motion[19] and in 2015 signed a motion calling for a ban on the importation of foie gras into the United Kingdom[20] and was a sponsor of a motion opposing the Yulin Dog Meat Festival.[21]

He was also a signatory to Michael Meacher's Climate Change Early Day Motion,[22] in stark contrast to his brother, weather forecaster Piers Corbyn's views on climate change.

He has campaigned against the Gaza–Israel conflict and promotes the Palestine Solidarity Campaign. He is also a Venezuelan solidarity activist[23] and has advocated for the rights of the forcibly-removed Chagossians to return to the British Indian Ocean Territory.

In early 2013, Corbyn co-signed a letter which was published in The Guardian newspaper that indicated his support for the anti-austerity People's Assembly movement.[24] He has been a sponsor of the March for Homes.[25]

In 2013, Corbyn attended a conference in London, organised by the Argentine Foreign Ministry, calling for dialogue between the UK and Argentine governments on the question of Falkland Islands sovereignty.

In 2013, Corbyn an advocate for dalit rights, told The Indian Express newspaper that caste prejudice was "exported to the UK through the Indian Diaspora. The same attitudes of superiority, pollution and separateness appear to be present in South Asian communities now settled in the UK".[26]

Political and community organisations

Jeremy Corbyn is Chair of the All Party Parliamentary Committee (APPC) on the Chagos Islands, Chair of the APPC on Mexico, Vice-Chair of the APPC on Latin America and Vice-Chair of the Human Rights APPC. He is also a Member of the Bolivia, Britain-Palestine, Great Lakes, Dalits, Cycling, International Parliamentary Union and Traveller Law Reform groups. He is a patron of Centre 404, a service for those with educational disabilities, Islington Music Forum, Refugee Therapy Centre and the Palestine Solidarity Campaign. He is also Chair of Dalit Solidarity Campaign and Liberation the anti-racism and anti-imperialism organisation. He is the joint president of the Islington Pensioners Forum. He is a trustee of Socialist Campaign Group, Hanley Crouch Community Association and the Highbury Vale and Blackstock Trust.

A member of a number of union groups in Parliament, Corbyn is sponsored by several trade unions, such as Unison, National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers and Unite, and is a committed anti-fascist having spoken at the Unite Against Fascism and Barking and Dagenham TUC anti-British National Party rally in December 2001 and also speaking at the organisations annual conference in 2007 attacking the record of the media and calling for a No Platform of the BNP.

Party rebel

Since 2005 Jeremy Corbyn has defied the whip 238 times (25% of the time),[27] making him one of the most rebellious Labour MPs, only matched by Kate Hoey. He was one of 16 signatories of an open letter to Ed Miliband in January 2015 calling on the party to commit to oppose further austerity, take rail franchises back into public ownership and strengthen collective bargaining arrangements.[28]

Anti-Corbyn actions

On 18 November 2015, Oliver Tickell editor of The Ecologist magazine claimed that right-wing Labour MPs – backed by the corporate media[29] – had launched a full-scale coup against Jeremy Corbyn to discredit him so utterly that even his own supporters turn against him and elect a new 'heir to Blair' leader.[30]

Having given Labour MPs a free vote,[31] Jeremy Corbyn opened the debate on 2 December 2015 in the House of Commons opposing David Cameron's motion to extend from Iraq to Syria Britain's bombing of Islamic State.[32] After a 10-hour debate Labour's Shadow Foreign Secretary Hilary Benn spoke in support of the government's motion which was approved by 397 votes to 223.[33]

On 3 December 2015, confounding the chorus of critics in the media and on the Blairite wing of the party who had been talking up the chances of UKIP's winning the Oldham byelection (caused by the death of Corbyn supporter Michael Meacher), Jeremy Corbyn hailed Jim McMahon's victory as a "vote of confidence" with Labour’s share up 7.5% to 62.3%.[34]

Jewish activist Tony Greenstein predicted these solid results would give Corbyn only a temporary reprieve because far-right Labour MP John Mann, the Blairite Progress group and the Zionists were doing "their best to destroy Labour’s election performance."[35]

Leadership elections

2015

On 3 June 2015, BBC News Online reported that Corbyn was a candidate in the contest to become the next Leader of the Labour Party following Ed Miliband’s resignation. The BBC report quoted Corbyn as telling the Islington Tribune that he would stand on a "clear anti-austerity platform". Corbyn added: "This decision to stand is in response to an overwhelming call by Labour Party members who want to see a broader range of candidates and a thorough debate about the future of the party. I am standing to give Labour Party members a voice in this debate".[36] He achieved the 35th nomination required to be present on the ballot just before the noon deadline on 15 June 2015.[37]

On 12 September 2015, Jeremy Corbyn was elected Leader of the Labour Party with 59.5% of the votes, and the deputy leadership election was won by Tom Watson with 39.4% of the votes.[38]

2016

On 24 June 2016, after the decisive brexit vote in the EU Referendum, two Labour MPs Dame Margaret Hodge and Ann Coffey submitted a motion of no confidence in Jeremy Corbyn. Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell quickly dismissed the move, saying he had a mandate to lead the party and predicted even if they forced a fresh leadership election, the party members and supporters would again back Corbyn. An online petition on the 38 Degrees website calling for "a vote of confidence in Jeremy Corbyn", however, attracted over 100,000 signatures within a few hours.[39]

On 11 July 2016, Iain McNicol, general secretary of the Labour Party, announced that another leadership contest would be held after Wallasey MP Angela Eagle obtained the necessary number of nominations. However, Ms Eagle withdrew from the race a week later in order to back Owen Smith as a "unity candidate" to take on the incumbent 67-year-old Mr Corbyn.

Jeremy Corbyn launched his successful campaign for re-election as Labour leader on 21 July 2016, the same day as his biographer, W Stephen Gilbert, published a 6000-word essay entitled "The Origins of Labour’s Civil War", which concluded that "The greatest difficulty that the anti-Corbyn MPs, the media and the Tories all share is a fact that they simply cannot stomach: Jeremy Corbyn is the most popular politician in Britain."[40]

On 26 July 2016, Labour donor and former prospective parliamentary candidate Michael Foster brought a legal action against Iain McNicol, challenging the NEC's decision of 12 July 2016 that the incumbent leader is automatically included in the contest. NEC members had wrestled with legal advice for six hours over whether Mr Corbyn would need to secure the support of 20% of Labour MPs and MEPs (51 nominations) but voted 18-14 that he should automatically be on the leadership ballot.

Jeremy Corbyn requested to be added to the proceedings as second defendant in the High Court case, when Foster sought to reverse this decision by the NEC.[41][42] In a three-page Judgment on 28 July 2016, Mr Justice Foskett concluded that the decision of the NEC was correct and that Mr Corbyn was entitled to be a candidate in the forthcoming election without the need for nominations. Jeremy Corbyn said:

"I welcome the decision by the High Court to respect the democracy of the Labour party. This has been a waste of time and resources when our party should be focused on holding the government to account.
"There should have been no question of the right of half a million Labour party members to choose their own leader being overturned. If anything, the aim should be to expand the number of voters in this election.
"I hope all candidates and supporters will reject any attempt to prolong this process, and that we can now proceed with the election in a comradely and respectful manner."[43]

On 12 September 2016, Corbyn's parliamentary seat, Islington North, was abolished by The Boundary Commission.[44]

Nuclear deterrent

Interviewed on the BBC's "Andrew Marr Show" on 8 November 2015, General Sir Nicholas Houghton said he would be worried by any prospect of the Labour leader’s views being “translated into power” because Jeremy Corbyn has said he would never be willing to approve the use of nuclear weapons.[45] Corbyn’s stance defeated the point of having a nuclear deterrent, Houghton said. Responding to the interview, Corbyn said:

“It is a matter of serious concern that the Chief of the Defence Staff has today intervened directly in issues of political dispute. It is essential in a democracy that the military remains politically neutral at all times. By publicly taking sides in current political arguments, Sir Nicholas Houghton has clearly breached that constitutional principle. Accordingly, I am writing to the Defence Secretary (Michael Fallon) to ask him to take action to ensure that the neutrality of the armed forces is upheld.”

Corbyn was also objecting to the way General Houghton used a separate interview to say Britain was “letting down” its allies by not engaging in air strikes against Islamic State in Syria.[46]

Awards

In January 2013, Corbyn was awarded the Grassroot Diplomat Initiative honour for his ongoing support for a number of non-government organisations and civil causes across the country.[47]

Also in 2013, he was awarded the Gandhi International Peace Award.[48]

 

Documents by Jeremy Corbyn

TitleDocument typePublication dateSubject(s)Description
Document:Jeremy Corbyn says “I Condemn Violence Against All Civilians, Why Can’t Keir Starmer?”Article12 October 2023Gaza
Israel
Israeli–Palestinian conflict
Palestine
Hamas
Keir Starmer
2023-2024 Israel-Hamas War
In an interview with LBC, Keir Starmer was asked whether “cutting off power and water” to 2 million people, half of whom are children, was appropriate. He agreed that Israel “has that right”. Where is the empathy for Palestinians who have lost their loved ones, their homes and their futures? What happened to the universal application of international law?
Document:Jeremy Corbyn's Acceptance Speech 2013 Gandhi International Peace AwardSpeech9 January 2014Israel
Stop the War Coalition
Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament
Bruce Kent
Gandhi Award to a Man of Peace: Leader of the Labour Party, Jeremy Corbyn
Document:Jeremy Corbyn's speech to the United Nations in fullSpeech8 December 2017Israeli–Palestinian conflict
Jerusalem
Panama Papers
Paradise Papers
Jeremy Corbyn at the United Nations in Geneva upstages Theresa May at the European Union in Brussels
Document:Jeremy Corbyn’s Coventry speech on Brexit in fullSpeech26 February 2018Labour Party
Brexit
2016 EU Referendum
"So I appeal to MPs of all parties, prepared to put the people’s interests before ideological fantasies, to join us in supporting the option of a new UK customs union with the EU, that would give us a say in future trade deals."
Document:South Africa’s Case Was a Display of International Solidarity - We Should Support ItArticle12 January 2024Israel
South Africa
International Court of Justice
Apartheid
Occupied Palestinian Territory
Genocide Convention
Blinne Ní Ghrálaigh
At the International Court of Justice, South Africa spoke on behalf of the billions of people who oppose Israel's genocide in Gaza — and put Western governments to shame for their deplorable complicity.
Document:We've got news for the billionaire, tax exile press barons: Change is comingVideo20 February 2018Rupert Murdoch
Jonathan Harmsworth
Richard Desmond
Barclay brothers
We've got news for the billionaire, tax exile press barons: Change is coming

 

Appointments by Jeremy Corbyn

AppointeeJobAppointedEnd
Dave AndersonShadow Secretary of State for Scotland1 July 201614 June 2017
Dave AndersonShadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland27 June 201614 June 2017
Jon AshworthShadow Secretary of State for Health and Social Care7 October 201629 November 2021
Anneliese DoddsShadow Financial Secretary to the Treasury3 July 20175 April 2020
Barry GardinerShadow Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change27 June 20168 October 2016
Barry GardinerShadow Secretary of State for International Trade20 July 20166 April 2020
Helen GoodmanShadow Minister for Americas Far East and Overseas Territories6 July 201712 December 2019
Clive LewisShadow Secretary of State for Defence27 June 20166 October 2016
Clive LewisShadow Minister for the Treasury12 January 20189 April 2020
Clive LewisShadow Secretary of State for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy6 October 20168 February 2017
Kate OsamorShadow Minister for Overseas Development27 June 20161 December 2018
Lucy PowellShadow Secretary of State for Education13 September 201526 June 2016
Jo StevensShadow Secretary of State for Wales7 October 201627 January 2017
Jo StevensShadow Solicitor General13 January 20166 October 2016

 

Related Quotation

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Ayesha Hazarika“Whether we like it or not, we have to understand that the membership is still really into Jeremy Corbyn (as a recent Times poll confirmed) and that love-rush is going nowhere for a while.

And we can’t just bypass the party as tempting as that may be. Because of the new rules, the members are the gatekeepers to the leadership – so there is no point in a kamikaze-like attempt at a coup. Yes, it would be interesting to watch but it would make the media and the Tories’ day but ultimately, it would be embarrassing and it would fail. And to be fair to Jeremy – he won. He won big. And just because we don’t like it, we can’t magically hoof him out when the rules and the membership are against that.

Instead of getting bitter, we need to get better. Instead of holding out for a hero and trying to magic up a new leader, we need to go away and do all the boring difficult things we know we have to do but haven’t done for a long time.”
Ayesha Hazarika23 May 2016

 

Employee on Wikispooks

EmployeeJobAppointedEnd
James SchneiderHead of Strategic CommunicationsOctober 2016December 2019

 

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