Jeremy Corbyn | The future of Labour and the Left in Britain | The Big Picture S2EP8

Has the Labour Party turned its back on the Left?
Following the disastrous election loss to Boris Johnson in 2019, the party emerged from the ashes promising to shed itself of its past and the image of one man - Jeremy Corbyn.
His successor Sir Keir Starmer has instead defined his leadership directly in opposition to Corbyn, leaning towards the centrist ideals of another former leader, Tony Blair.
So what remains of the Labour that once promised revolutionary reforms to Britain’s welfare, climate and foreign policies?
This week on the Big Picture podcast, we sit down with Jeremy Corbyn, who resigned in 2019 as Labour leader, was suspended from the party in 2020 and earlier this year banned from running again as a candidate.
He says the party now resembles the undemocratic and authoritarian environment he first encountered in the 1960s.
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[@Grassmonster3]

I'm in Scotland and a member of the Scottish Greens but I'd be more than happy to travel south to help campaign for Corbyn if he stands as an independent.

[@ChrisPatrick-q6k]

I'd be much happier if he moves to Scotland, you may have him.

[@UnknownUser-by4le]

speak for yourself. Cornyn is everything this country needed but didn't deserve. @@ChrisPatrick-q6k

[@taranehahmadi-parker1412]

I became active in labour because of Corbyn … he is so principled, honest man ❤❤❤🙏👍✊✊✊

[@michaelharrison3602]

Do you still believe in father Christmas 😂

[@Xmifi_]

They where to afraid of him for making positive changes. So they smeared him with anti antisemitism charges.

[@therealrobertbirchall]

The take down of Corbyn was orchestrated by the American CIA and the 'British' security state.

[@kennethmarshall306]

His appearance at Glastonbury really made the establishment worried because they realised that, despite negative coverage in the media, his policies were popular. After that it was relentless all out vilification, smears and ridicule by the media, including the BBC

[@wodens-hitman1552]

​@@kennethmarshall306he turned up at Glastonbury because they knew it'd be full of woke lefty millennial sprogs. The reality is that our towns and cities are sick of lefty pc brigade idiots inflicting their multi culti agenda on us . Luckily the real right wing is slowly waking up to take our country back.

[@jamescooke6032]

Do you honestly think the reason he did so badly in 2019 was due to the antisemitic allegations? That's why the northern seats all voted against him.. Because they care so much about Jewish rights?

[@thucydidescallas525]

Not afraid of changes, but afraid of their pockets getting hit

[@ingabystram7675]

Wonderful and so refreshing to hear this amazing gent talking. Thankyou. Please interview ken loach too

[@johnsopel3804]

As a lifelong Labour voter, I will never vote for Labour again while Starmer is leader. Labour will probably get elected next but ONLY because of the state of the Tory party.

[@alfsmith4936]

Yea and remain will win by a tiny margin, Just like Hillary because people aren't daft so there's no point voting.

[@Candolad]

We have neither a true Labour Party nor a Tory Party. We've had a Uni Party in power since at least 1997. Every PM since 2007 has tried to emulate Blair, with the exception of Liz Truss. The only bits of real democracy we've had are the referenda since 2011, and only one didn't go the "Uni Party way", which is why BREXIT hasn't been implemented as it could have been.

[@oneoflokis]

💯👍

[@johnwright9372]

Britain has been a one party state since 1979. Neoliberal economics and radical right wing capitalism are a cancer which eats from within.

[@alanhat5252]

@@paulsawtell3991 Blair was (& still is) a lot more discrete with his treason.

[@mikeharvey9811]

So many good things Jeremy has done and continues to do, but never aired on MSM. Barb

[@lynnevenables7193]

@@RollerballRocco-wr8zqwell he stopped the rabid Zionist Margaret Hodge from bulldozing a Jewish cemetery, one of many, many things he did in his 40 years of parliament, oh and that was as a back-bencher!

[@lisalisker2659]

A pleasure to listen to Jeremy Corbyn, as always.

[@janinak6320]

The Labour party under Keir Starmer and Tony Blair should be renamed New Conservatives.

[@alananderson7839]

Tony Blair hijacked the labour vote and on winning immediately pursued his right wing agenda new Tories right enough

[@evolassunglasses4673]

We live under a Uni-party that believes in open borders Globalisation

[@tayibahussain]

OMG i was talk talking about this the other day Keir is just another tory.

[@katesmith1534]

An undercover Tory probably .... With a silly title - no less! The only worthwhile thing that came out of 'Bozo's' mouth was that 'Sir' did NOT do anything about longstanding-pervert 'jimmy-vile' - while at cps ..... I guess that how certain types get a title in the first place - boring!! I mean, what working class gal/geezer is go gonna vote for a 'Sir' - ??? Not me! I'll take Mr Corbyn - any day! xx

[@Deebz270]

I already call it the 'STARMER Nationalsozialistische Partei ' ... ...FAR scarier than the UKNF... lol!

[@HelenIngram-r4j]

so good to hear your voice, Jeremy.

[@reneebarclay8816]

The problem is that Labour is no longer Labour.

[@thepm3972]

Really good interview, thanks...joined Labour because of this man...have now left, pity

[@ChrisPatrick-q6k]

Are you now homeless?

[@adamo1242]

​@user-sf7kl9uh7k why that question lol?

[@Maxibo234]

same

[@ChrisPatrick-q6k]

@@adamo1242 I meant politically homeless

[@adamo1242]

@@ChrisPatrick-q6k ah ok

[@MrSatnavatron]

Solidarity as always Mr Corbyn

[@FY1958]

Stammer sits with Tony Blair says it all no scruples. ❤🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿👍

[@deedee8568]

So happy the considerate voice of Jeremy has not been extinguished by recent times.

[@ChrisPatrick-q6k]

He's achieved NOTHING

[@ChrisPatrick-q6k]

@Epicgeezer He's a nasty piece of work, who's achieved nothing in his 41 years in parliament.

[@NermalSunny]

And what have you achieved? The square root of fuck all? The man has more integrity in his little finger than your whole body

[@MomMom-cq3ih]

This is exactly why, Jeremy is so well loved & respected, that last sentence summaries him perfectly 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@lynnevenables7193]

@@RollerballRocco-wr8zq Corbyn did, Labour were 2000 votes short in 2017 and got more votes in 2019 than blair did in 2005 but of course we have FPTP, brexit and Stùrmer and his stormtroopers to contend against.

[@jeffsimon9594]

@@lynnevenables7193 Labour was in power for 13 years, why do you think in all that time they did not bring about PR if it is so much better?

[@ChrisPatrick-q6k]

​@@jeffsimon9594Because it will empower the Far Right.

[@jeffsimon9594]

@@ChrisPatrick-q6k So to conclude:- You want PR but you don't want PR

[@1960Reem]

No future with Sir kid Starver

[@ChrisPatrick-q6k]

Ha, very good! That's a clever play on words!

[@den264]

Sir Kid Stabber !

[@johnwalsh8268]

If you think that. You have ever been duped then open your eyes and you will see this is the man you should have supported 100 per cent and not allowed his being. Hounded out of the labour party ..God bless him 6:42 m

[@kennethmarshall306]

His appearance at Glastonbury really made the establishment worried because they realised that, despite negative coverage in the media, his policies were popular. After that it was relentless all out vilification, smears and ridicule by the media, including the BBC

[@DJWESG1]

Their acts were clearly criminal, but as yet, no investigation, no charges, no recourse b4 the law.

[@modestproposal9114]

The BBC virtually campaigned for the crime syndicate callimg themselves Tories in 2019, an act of treason against the British people

[@jmshrrsn]

Correct. The media controls the narrative which is why Starmer has to play a silly game of writing articles in The Sun and creating/modifying policies that will keep the media cabal happy. Every move by every politician is met by approval or otherwise by those who control the way we all think and act. Social media is the only opportunity now to break away from that (hence discussion like this) but regrettably The Daily Mail remains as popular as ever.

[@kennethmarshall306]

@@tiger6218 it wasn’t about him personally. It was about the policies that he was committing Labour to implement.

[@evolassunglasses4673]

He should of accepted the result of the Referendum. He was anti EU all his political life just like his hero Tony Benn. He became leader suddenly flipped flopped and crashed in the Old Labour Leave seats

[@sarahjaneross2918]

Such a transformative opportunity missed

[@rahuldahoob]

🤡

[@katpuss6564]

The problem being, that Jeremy would have been peddling uphill, with tractor tyres round his neck.

[@Hinata.Sakaguchi]

At this point. Jeremy Corbyn needs to start his own Party. he has nothing to lose. he doesn't need to shy away with dream about abolishing the Monarchy and make Britain a full socialist Country.

[@lloydnaylor6113]

😱

[@artcenterjo]

More Corbyn, please, on more topics, in detail. Thank you

[@inspiremotivatekids2544]

Honesty is no longer appreciated in politics. Jeremy will always get my vote.

[@scooby1992]

That was his problem , he was too honest ! It should be a good thing , but not with our poisonous politics . Dont forget a largely biased pro right wing written press.

[@annenunney9907]

And mine

[@californiadreamin8423]

I want to vomit.

[@lynnevenables7193]

Mine too!

[@brockit79]

I wish I lived in Islington to fully support this man. I owe him so much in terms of wakening my soul to politics.

[@CECICEO-cz9ho]

HOW DAMN SAD .... DISASTROUS FOR THE WORLD. Looking at photos of the boris and sunak makes me SICK......LITERALLY.

[@jonathanbroadhurst963]

the more JC talks and I listen, the more I trust his vision,

[@maggienicols-anothervoice671]

Ah what a principled person Jeremy Corbyn is. If he stands as an independent , I and many others will be there campaigning for him.Thank you for the great interview.

[@den264]

Compare Jeremy with the likes of Trump, Biden, Sunac, Starmer, Netanyahu, Smotrich etc. He is a giant among a bunch of lying Lilliputian avarice driven spongers !

[@huseyintekin795]

God Bless you Jeremy Corbyn World's need more people like you 🙏🙏🙏❤

[@patcampton7163]

The fact that Starmer has refused to let Corbyn stand as a candidate. Frankly it shouldnt be his decision. Labour has been a democratic party, and it shoulds be the choice of members not him.

[@kassistwisted]

I remember a moment in 2015 when I was speaking to my friend in the UK, and there was so much hope. Bernie Sanders was gathering crowds like no Presidential candidate before. And Jeremy Corbyn became Labour leader and was resonating with British young people and gaining in popularity. Then Brexit, and our hearts broke. Then Trump, and we just gave up. There was a moment when the US and UK could have "grown up" but we chose to remain petulent children, blaming all our ills on "those damn foreigners" and filling the airwaves with hate. So sad.

[@vangroover1903]

Jeremy Corbyn did everything in his power to make Brexit real. He is a spineless coward that hid behind sophomoric principle to mask his childish Assburgered petulance. It's a shame because he seems like a rather nice man otherwise.

[@IcarianX]

Breaking your heart and making you give up was their goal. They don't want you participating.

[@marcokite]

BREXIT is just an excuse for the fact that the people rejected Corbyn's idiocy.

[@TheRealFallenDemon]

It's almost like you live in a little bubble that most people want nothing to do with

[@alanhat5252]

@@TheRealFallenDemon who?

[@ethelmini]

Don't refer to Keith as a centrist. He's a right winger by any normal measure.

[@Philbert-s2c]

from what I can tell he's to the Right of Biden...and that's really saying something.

[@patm6704]

Out of 650 MP’s, Starmer was the only one invited to become a member of the US rightwing neo-con's Trilateral Commission. An organisation that believes, we, the people, have too much freedom, too much democracy. This explains how Starmer went from becoming an MP in 2015 to Labour leader in 5 years with the help of state broadcaster BBC which led the media demonising campaign against Corbyn. He's more authoritarian than many Tories. That's why the Establishment will ensure he's the next PM as the UK lurches increasingly authoritarian in goosestep with the US and EU etc. During the Covid-19 lockdowns, Stormtrooper Starmer wanted more stringent restrictions than the Tories were imposing. It's no surprise Starmer went to Davos, trying to outdo the Tories as most-willing-puppet-of-the-WEF. Stormtrooper Starmer purged the leftwing activists from the Labour Party. As one victim of his purge said in the Al Jazeera documentary 'Labour Files'. "The Labour Party is a criminal conspiracy against its members." labourheartlands.com/sir-keir-starmer-the-establishment-candidate-the-labour-leadership-race-and-the-trilateral-commission/

[@therealrobertbirchall]

Centerism i's dangerous it just means tying to please everyone and changing nothing. Having said that for an anti imperialist Corbyn's awfully keen on keeping Scotland in the union with England. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿.

[@jonathanfell688]

Silly cliche. No he's not. There are different ways to be Left than just the old stool pattern.

[@californiadreamin8423]

Jewemy is a Comintern stooge.

[@therealrobertbirchall]

A real man a man of principles who won't compromise his beliefs despite the best efforts of the oligarchy and 'old establishment'.

[@lewis123417]

Or despite the views of the public or his own electorate

[@toshtosh9482]

​@@lewis123417His electorate supports his views and that is why he has been their MP for 40 years. The problem is not him.but the general public are naive and swallow hook, line and sinker the lies of the establishment and are into. self flagellation.

[@daphneparkin6869]

​@@lewis123417 2017 more votes than the winning Labour Party in 2005, but fewer seats. Not unpopularity; undemocratic FPTP.

[@lewis123417]

@@daphneparkin6869 divided his party irreparably and totally ignored his northern working class voters resulting in massive seat losses

[@remainertears]

Heroic failure is a comfort blanket for the left, he and his ilk live in a fantasy world. He was dishonest about supporting remain.

[@jaywalker3087]

The 1% have won. Kurt Schtarmer wants to be in that club. The entry fee is wrecking the Labour Party... Im now a Green Socialist......

[@californiadreamin8423]

Good riddance.

[@den264]

Sir Starmer's wife is a Jew ! How can this man possibly make neutral decisions as prime minister with the knowledge that he is married to a Jew.

[@paulmolloy5649]

A genuine guy,stabbed in the back by a parcel of rogues

[@timcomley5948]

Mmmmmm

[@ChrisPatrick-q6k]

Yeah, if only he'd won in 2019, he'd have decommissioned our nuclear deterrent, and offered us up to Putin.

[@jenniferholden9397]

Do you remember that new female Labour MP who, when asked if she was stabbing Jeremy Corbyn in the back? She replied, on camera, that she would stab him in the front. She is still an MP. Go figure.

[@lynnhickinbotham3784]

Wish Jeremy was the labour leader

[@ChrisPatrick-q6k]

Labour doesn't, it's only just recovered from his two election trashing program.

[@SDavey-z7v]

So do many of us. Starmer is complete opposite and I won't be voting for him. Sadly there's no trustworthy candidate 😢

[@lloydnaylor6113]

So do I then it would be another Tory landslide.

[@apolloforabetterfuture4814]

Jeremy Corbyn is a very important voice. I'm glad he's talking to the public. He was attacked by the wealthy and smeared as an anti semitie, he would've made the world a better place but the wealthy didn't allow it.

[@binkyja1]

All I can think is how different the UK would be had he won the 2019 election.

[@timcomley5948]

Skint

[@marcus8302]

​@@timcomley5948😂😂 the state wouldn't be skint they'd have some of the assets back they sold off and would be charging higher taxes and investing in the economy rather than asset stripping and praying for a boom that's never gonna come. Until we stop being America's b*tch and start thinking for ourselves, we're done for. I don't even like corbyn btw but he was objectively our last chance of progress through the "democratic system".

[@abzeeno]

The uk would've been worse 😂

[@johncollins3391]

Worse off.

[@abdvs325]

You rich guys would have been worse off. But the poor and middle class would have been a load better off.

[@harriet4564]

He’s genuinely a beautiful, moral, truth speaking soul that’s why there was such a smear cancel campaign against him and tried to destroy because he dared to think of Palestinians as human beings.

[@evolassunglasses4673]

He should of accepted the result of the Referendum. He was anti EU all his political life just like his hero Tony Benn. He became leader suddenly flipped flopped and crashed in the Old Labour Leave seats.

[@remainertears]

But what has hye done for the Palestinians? Sweet fuck all...he is the ultimate virtue signaller which you clowns adore but he is all talk, no delivery.

[@firebyrd437]

That's the real reason he was knobbled, I'm so tired of people saying sir starve a kid will change once in power, he won't. Voting for Labour is voting for the status quo, nothing will change for those desperate for change

[@ChrisPatrick-q6k]

You forgot Incompetent Clown

[@firebyrd437]

@@ChrisPatrick-q6kwhat have you done in your life except insult people, let me guess nothing worth taking note of

[@brianrobinson3236]

Excellent interview. Great to see again Jeremy quietly at his best. Thanks for posting it.

[@terencetsa3385]

Cruel 😢history.. Shame for UK and Europe. Downhill from now on.

[@terencetsa3385]

Ie Corbyn as Pm, no Boris, no Brexit, etc etc etc

[@dalebenton3354]

@@terencetsa3385 not a change,Under Labour we would be completely screwed up,Thumbs up for Tories,Im voting for Tory at next GE election again,Labour party will sink again so Labour best move to f on

[@therealrobertbirchall]

​@@dalebenton3354are you a billionaire?

[@pseudonayme7717]

@@therealrobertbirchall He's just another doofus voting for people who despise him and who wont make his life better.😄

[@therealrobertbirchall]

@@pseudonayme7717 unfortunately he's not alone.

[@tommctigue9098]

As an American on the outside looking in , Jeremy Corbin is one of the few politicians worth his salt in England . In my limited opinion He's a gem actually . ✌️

[@ChrisPatrick-q6k]

You can have him, good luck.

[@marks6695]

Never forget the lobbyists who sabotaged this man and then disgusting complacency among Labor MPs who stabbed him repeatedly. Never stood a chance. It is depressing.

[@RD-650]

I would always be behind corbyn forget starmer an blair to tory

[@dhdd_p2527]

Jeremy! Please start and lead a new fresh political party! Britain need you more than ever!!!

[@WilliamAhlert]

Great stuff. Only criticism is this: Corbyn's very sensible and evidence-backed policy is only 'radical' because the UK has shifted so far away from that

[@scooby1992]

Exactly , the centre ground has moved right as the right and Tory Party as a whole has moved even further to the right .Moderates within the Tory Party have either been driven out or have to keep a low profile . Even under Margaret Thatcher ( who I couldnt abide ) would not have promoted people like Braverman into one of the great offices of state and a politician telling people to " fu*k off back to France " would have probably been suspended from parliament , let alone remained as the party Vice Chair. I am not convinced Enoch Powell would have been sacked had he been around now .

[@annenunney9907]

It is not radical it is good old common sense

[@californiadreamin8423]

@@annenunney9907. You mean like making working people poorer and removing their freedom of movement ? You think that’s common sense ?

[@abzeeno]

​@californiadreamin8423 that's the problem with the left , they only hear what they wanna hear and choose to ignore all the bad shit corbyn wants to do.

[@MrSatnavatron]

@@californiadreamin8423 nice holidays for people in Greece recently aye? climate collapse will do all you say and more. By 2100 AD we will have roughly 3 billion climate refugees. we've seen nothing yet pal

[@thucydidescallas525]

A proper man. A shame what the Labour Party did to him, only to be the party in waiting but no different from the Tories. Quite shameful.

[@vangroover1903]

But also a petulant nancy willing to sacrifice his betters to salvage his own childish principles. Supporting Brexit when his betters knew how wrong it was eviscerated any credibility he might have enjoyed, and then he decided to coven with the Jew Haters rather than condemn them as a man might have. He was always a Disney character waiting for his comeuppance. History will spit on Jeremy Corbyn for his peurile self-indulgences.

[@den264]

It was the friends of Israel who shafted him.

[@CathrineSalmon]

This man is a true humanitarian ,he could never be corrupted a real gentleman . I have admired this man for many many years . He has done more for have nots than any politician. He is the less fortunate's hero .Thank you .❤

[@bryansmith1404]

The irony is the reason Labour failed was because of sir kid starver

[@nicholasdickens2801]

JC (great initials) had my vote as he was talking totally different to every other politician for 50 years which always scares people.

[@geovanniali6060]

Starmer a kitten of the realm, against a united Ireland and a free Palestine. Unite Ireland ☘️ Free Palestine 🍉🕊️ TAL

[@therealrobertbirchall]

And as a block to Scotland dissolving the Union with England.

[@patm6704]

The claim that Ireland is free and independent is false. Irish governments are very-willing puppets of the corporate-controlled US Empire and The Empire must be obeyed! Ireland is the European headquarters for many large US pharmaceutical companies, as well as tech firms, including Google, Apple, and Facebook which use Ireland as a tax haven. As Easter Rising leader James Connolly said: "If you remove the English army tomorrow and hoist the green flag over Dublin Castle, unless you set about the organisation of the socialist republic your efforts will be in vain."

[@wodens-hitman1552]

​@@therealrobertbirchall As far as your average working class English man is concerned you can all go and do whatever you want.good riddance. Most of us are sick of whining jocks and celts

[@blatherskite3009]

Listening to Jeremy Corbyn always fills me with hope that things can change for the better and that a principled, honest, caring, right-minded PM is a thing that could actually happen in this country. And then the speech ends and I come crashing back into this reality where our next PM is going to be either Sunak or Starmer, both of whom are vile, lying specimens, barely distinguishable politically.

[@Ouroboros542]

The political system will never allow a man like Corbyn in that’s why they destroyed him

[@jmshrrsn]

This. I agree with everything Corbyn stands for but . . . unlike others, I will still vote Labour at the next general election (aka Great Tory Rejection) because it’s our only hope. If by voting Labour under Starmer means exposing how wrong they are then so be it. I realise this means damaging further institutions like the NHS but nothing is forever. The Tories exposed themselves in this way, and Labour seem possibly heading that way too. Then we just might get back to the great things Corbyn stands for.

[@perrymason866]

@@jmshrrsnI think that it will give rise to more feelings of “they’re all the same” and we could either end up with a great left-wing movement OR a big fascist one. The fascists are already controlling much of the narrative so we’re in dangerous waters.

[@colinwishbone4437]

Although personally don't think Corbyn was pm material but compared with Slimey Starmer he is a more genuine bloke .but neither Starmer or Corbyn wold be good for uk .

[@perrymason866]

@@colinwishbone4437 totally agree. Although, we have just had Johnson et al… Corbyn or Starmer would be preferable to that shite

[@Eli-dt6fn]

We need more like him, not Trump or the sleepy Biden

[@Forksake82]

Bernie Sanders

[@markramsden5101]

Trump is leagues and I mean leagues above that clown Corbyn if you like his polic8es go and live in Cuba .See how that works out for you .seriously deluded

[@evolassunglasses4673]

Corbyn should of accepted the result of the Referendum. He was anti EU just like his hero Tony Benn. He became leader suddenly flipped flopped and crashed in the Old Labour Leave seats

[@evolassunglasses4673]

​@@Forksake82he's backing the Ukraine bloodbath

[@evolassunglasses4673]

The Left has embraced open borders Globalisation and have no solutions now.

[@toshtosh9482]

Disagree with the interviewer, Labour is not moving to centre under Starmer but is moving to the fsr right as it tries to move further right then the Tories.

[@OrwellsHousecat]

😂

[@ChrisPatrick-q6k]

You have no idea what you're talking about.

[@richardmaynard4942]

Listening to Jeremy always renews my faith in the possibility of an honest, progressive political system in this country.

[@davidmontgomery9846]

Worst election defeat since 1935.

[@hennap8204]

Listening to Jeremy always makes me think how naive he was to think he could overcome the establishment by being mr nice guy

[@sachasoorma]

Listening to a man chewed up and spat out by a thoroughly corrupted system... leads you to have faith in it...?

[@pseudonayme7717]

@@hennap8204It's still better than being a slimy prick like Starmer.

[@davidmontgomery9846]

@@hennap8204 Jeremy Corbyn has been in Parliament since 1983 yet he has put forward one private members bill , has never been on a select committee , has voted over 400 times against his own party and on at least seven occasions voted with the Tories .For a man who has been in Parliament for 40 years that is a pretty appalling record .On top of that he led the Labour Party to its worst election defeat since 1935 .Far from being a stalwart of the Labour Party he has been its biggest thorn whether that was under a left wing or right wing Party.

[@callumsmith9671]

This could have gone on for 4 hours and I wouldn't have got bored. Thank you both

[@paulmessenger9836]

Well said Conrad

[@ttreebuff]

No questions about how he was shafted from within and without and the role of intelligence agencies in his downfall ??

[@OrwellsHousecat]

Sounds like an antisemitismness conspiracy theory

[@paulinegibson7010]

Had he won the 2019 election, JC would have recognised the State of Palestine. And the Israeli government knew that. Just saying…..

[@den264]

How are all the Israeli shills in the labor party going to defend a regime which has essentially been found guilty of committing genocide. Will they still go on their Israeli paid junket trips to Jerusalem ! Will the friends of Israel rename itself, the friends of a "Genocidal regime "

[@GurmitBSingh]

A humanitarian inside out !

[@ChrisPatrick-q6k]

A humanitarian disaster in the making more like.

[@sheehj757]

The best PM we never had

[@catherinewalks1207]

The thing that always comes across is how non 'radical' most of Corbyn's domestic policies really are. They're mostly seated within UK structures that already exist or did exist until recently. Corbyn works within systems. It's his foreign policies that are extraordinarily global and quietly transformative - it was probably these that meant he would never be permitted to lead Britain, whatever the superficial weapons used to discredit him. Thank you for a great interview with the best of men.

[@malpa359]

Oh, are you one of those Corbyn LOSERS too? Hahaha 😂😆🤣👉👉👉

[@cowbanchalam9725]

Corbyn, the brexiteer, made sure there would never be a confirmatory referendum. he is 100% responsible for giving the tory ultra right wing the electoral gift on 13/12/2019

[@malpa359]

@@cowbanchalam9725 Very true, he has always been a man stuck in the past. The pro-Putin and Eurosceptic positions he has taken at times are relics a strain of pro-Soviet sycophancy masquerading as progressivism that most people had thought died decades ago.

[@ChrisPatrick-q6k]

He enabled Boris Johnson, he enabled Brexit. Clown Corbyn 🤡

[@ilmari1452]

​@cowbanchalam9725 That's the exact opposite of the truth though. In 2019 he committed to a confirmatory referendum (under pressure from the remainers) and it was one of the biggest contributers to Labour's defeat.

[@southpaw786]

Thank you for this great interview. Jeremy Corbyn is a decent, honorable and intelligent human being with deep sense of justice. When a political system rejects such a person, it reflects largely on the disfunction of this system.

[@ChrisPatrick-q6k]

He enabled Johnson and Brexit. The man's a fraud, oh Clown Corbyn 🤡

[@hilaryporter7841]

This man will change the world for the better. He is rare and he is wise. The people should listen.

[@hilaryporter7841]

@@RollerballRocco-wr8zq At least another 170000 members of the Labour Party for a kick off. Integrity and humanity. A good solid plan which put corporations in their place, not left them as defacto rulers without democratic election.

[@hilaryporter7841]

@@RollerballRocco-wr8zq The corporations own the press and the media, that is why Jeremy Corbyn did not get the unbiased coverage that should have been his right. It is a one party state. The corporate party.

[@lynnevenables7193]

@@RollerballRocco-wr8zq well he helped bring about the Good Friday agreement, how’s that for a start!

[@theoriginaldanalogue]

@@lynnevenables7193no he didn’t. That’s just him and his ilk trying to re-write history. Inviting IRA members to tea in the 80’s did nothing to bring about the peace process.

[@annenunney9907]

What he went through as leader and what starver as done to him since I am afraid the so called Labour Party will never get my vote again and starver and co have to take responsibility for their part in this country being in the worst state I have ever known in my life bless you Jeremy you gave us all hope for a while there ❤

[@patm6704]

The main role of 'His Majesty's Most Loyal Opposition' is to maintain the grossly unfair, unjust status quo. The rightwing Blairite/pro-Israel minority controls the Labour Party and it can never be otherwise in this totally corrupt system based on greed, privilege, gross injustices against the poor, sick, vulnerable etc. Only a rightwing party like Blair's New Labour is allowed to govern. The successful right-wing media demonising and toppling of Corbyn was led by state broadcaster BBC. The UK is, in effect, a one-party state. The energies of the many good people working for a fair and just society should be directed at fighting for a republic. It's the only realistic option to effect the necessary radical change. Anything less will always end in bitter disappointment. If the option for a republic was offered in a referendum it would get a lot of support.

[@alfsmith4936]

Who will be next P.M? Gove, Braverman or Moggie?

[@annenunney9907]

@@alfsmith4936 none of them I hope

[@alfsmith4936]

​@@annenunney9907Well pick one and work out what you can do to avoid their policies because it won't be Starmer if people don't vote for him.

[@annenunney9907]

@@alfsmith4936 I agree I am going green for the first time I cannot vote for tories sorry

[@1960Reem]

Amazing speech ..Jeremy Corbyn is our teacher

[@wodens-hitman1552]

😂

[@lewis123417]

You mean he's your cult leader?

[@daphneparkin6869]

​@@lewis123417 🥱

[@timcomley5948]

🙄

[@awotnot]

@@lewis123417 tory scum

[@josietumelty6895]

So very knowledgeable and a great teacher.Could listen to him forever and starmer has proved already that he is untrustworthy.Brilliant interview

[@malpa359]

I'm sorry you are a Corbyn LOSER!!!! Hahaha

[@JohnWesleyBarker]

Great interview. Jeremy is a very genuine person. Always discusses the issue and doesn't stoop to egocentricity. He's not the only one, there's thousands of people with a shared outlook. Thanks.

[@mikeharvey9811]

If you live in Islington please vote for him and show your neighbours this utube. Barb

[@chester6343]

Oh yeah the working class living in Islington, lol. Pull the other one, you speak for nobody the party claims to represent hence why the entire party is in absolute shambles.

[@wofutokerati]

@@chester6343the party is in shambles because it’s reigniting neoliberalism at a time when the vast majority of people Corbyn does speak for, are facing ever-increasing financial hardships.

[@scooby1992]

@@chester6343 there are alot of poor areas in Islington as well .

[@scooby1992]

@@chester6343 The Islington North constituency covers the northern part of the BOROUGH of Islington . I think Islington itself is in the Islington South and Finsbury constituency . Areas like Holloway and Highbury are in Islington North and there are plenty of working class people there who unless they have lived there for years have no hope of owning property .

[@alfsmith4936]

​@@chester6343Do you ever think you might be being played? Who do you think serves food and drink and cleans up for the rich people you think they all are?

[@jcanyiam8309]

It's refreshing to have a TRULY HONEST & DECENT Politician- A RARE BREED!!!

[@patcampton7163]

Corbyn was also voted in twice by most of the old members not just new members.

[@skuttlebucket]

Injustice ANYWHERE is a THREAT to Justice EVERYWHERE...

[@OkaySamTV]

I really want him to start his own party:( my generation would of voted for him in droves back in 2019 if we were old enough

[@OrwellsHousecat]

Corbyn should have started his own real-left party as soon as he was smacked down by Starmer. He didn't, because he didn't want to, isn't capable and was never PM material. Everyone can see this, including himself, so why wasn't a cohort of protégés produced to carry on the work instead of becoming a daft cult of personality? Corbyn's role is to sweep up lefties into nonproductive endeavour. This is why momentum was formed - first to shepherd all the non-Blairs into one group, and then to decapitate the group so that it's members scatter away in confusion, fatigue and disillusionment. Corbyn is just like Bernie Sanders (speaks the rhetoric but theatrically rolls over just before the finish line). He doesn't want to be JFK. He's probably also been warned to step back. Corbyn is yet another Ken Livingstone, following the same script, wearing the same linen suit, preaching the same gospel, demolished in the same way, (by the same people?) and carrying out the same task of looking rhe part but achieving nothing. He's the failed-prophet archetype, the Jesus crucified but not arisen. Don't worry, there will be another one of them coming along soon so you can make yourself feel good by pinning your hopes on another donkey. Meanwhile, Ol'Tony himself is in the control room coaching/controlling/shaping Starmer and his Right-face counterparts (Tice) getting them to march together like the hind & front ends of a costume donkey

[@jeffsimon9594]

What you don't realize (being a naif) is that he (and Abbott & Lammy and all the rest) are far too comfortable on the public funds gravy train to do that.

[@ChrisPatrick-q6k]

The New Communists??? Go ahead, see what happens to their seats.

[@OkaySamTV]

@@ChrisPatrick-q6k the younger generation are more politically active than ever before tho? A new party, formed in line with the manifesto he had when he was labour leader, would have overwhelming support. Maybe not enough to win the government, but definitely enough to have an impact in the commons

[@tayibahussain]

We so would. Wish he does that i would even rally my town to vote for him.

[@martinsmith9947]

Great episode. Thank you for giving much needed voice to one of our greatest living British politicians.

[@carolbriselden3166]

Parliament has failed us if a politician with such compassion and hope can't succeed within in it.I do hope he succeeds through the community route

[@ChrisPatrick-q6k]

He's obviously hopeless, an 80 year old walking protest movement.

[@maggieattenborrow6725]

Voting is when you select a person who reflects your own hopes and wishes.....there is no such person eligible to vote for at present!!!!

[@paulinegibson7010]

Thank you for this wonderful interview !

[@Baller123top]

Jeremy needs to run for PM.

[@patrickmann7455]

Amazing interview with an amazing man the UK should be an exceptional place to live and it would of been had Corbyn got into power, who can look at where we are now and say this is better, this country is in tatters because of a corrupt tory government

[@ange7024]

Corbyn, always on the right side of history! ✊️

[@californiadreamin8423]

He might be on his right side of history, still taking home his MP salary at the age of 74. Not bad considering his private education gave him 2 “O” levels, and a nice fat retiring MPs pension in the next year. Sad really .

[@ange7024]

That's more education than some MPs and he's been in the Labour Party since he was 16 years old, getting stuck in to help The Many from the get go. How many other wealthy people are you aware of who actually put so much time, effort etc into helping others as he does, him being hands on, not afraid to speak out and have difficult conversations to try to make progress? He's won various awards for his work in promoting peace. He hardly ever stops, even at 74 years of age as you point out & whether you like it or not, he is admired, respected, appreciated & loved by many and quite rightly so!

[@lynnevenables7193]

@@californiadreamin8423 if you feel so sad, wtf come to listen to what he’s got to say, @BOT

[@californiadreamin8423]

@@lynnevenables7193 I listened to the intro, that was enough drivel for me.

[@californiadreamin8423]

@@ange7024. “…..getting stuck in to help…”. Yes he was a great help imposing a 3 line whip to support a minority Tory government get Article 50 on the statute book…..making you poorer, removing your rights and your freedom of movement.

[@aileenhavlinhunter6599]

Good Luck Mr Corboyn

[@jeremybolwell1283]

Corbyn is the best PM we never had. The UK establishment and right wing media wont permit it. His policies have all the answers for ordinary people. Once we have a proper socialist government the right and the establishment will never get power back - and they don't want that. The only politician with integrity, decency and an understanding of what ordinary people want / need. His ideas and message will never die.

[@elliot7205]

Ye that's why ordinary people never voted for him or labour in 13 years. Crackpot. Socialism is fine until you run out of other people's money.

[@katesmith1534]

Well said! I'm with you! Hopefully Mr Corbyn can go Independent - ??

[@georgearmour5605]

Thank you so much, probably the best interview I've ever seen with Mr Corbyn. I was shocked by Piers Morgans performance and interview of Corby recently talking about the Gaza crisis. Corbyn is a man on strong moral courage.

[@peterbolton6193]

One thing that this interview reminded me of is just what an all-round decent person Corbyn is. He even says a kind word about Tony Blair in spite of having been attacked relentlessly by him and his allies in the PLP.

[@cehaem2]

That's exactly his problem. He's not ruthless enough and not a tactician.

[@vangroover1903]

If he had stood up to the Jew Haters and not been such a Fifth Column putz on Brexit he might have done a better job. It was a shame, but lower Brits do love a loveable loozer.

[@vangroover1903]

@@cehaem2 It was shameful watching him walk into the cannon fire like a lamb to slaughter. He is a shockingly selfish, self-indulgent man.

[@haydenhoodless2055]

@@cehaem2I regret to say that I agree and that reality is a sad one to accept. That the values of ruthlessness and tactical manoeuvring are valued greater and are more useful than genuineness and graceful conduct in the cesspit we call a democracy. That very reason is why slimebags such as Sunak and Johnson find themselves at the wheel, because they are lying, deceitful and cunning, and that's seen as effective politicking by the electorate.

[@theoriginaldanalogue]

@@vangroover1903he’s utterly narcissistic.

[@debbief9861]

Great interview. Many thanks.

[@MrSleeplessnights]

The prime minister that we needed but never got ❤

[@Electriclentilman]

Just like Nigel Farage ?

[@xtc2v]

Its the money to spend is what we need

[@ChrisPatrick-q6k]

Zzzzzzzz

[@MrSleeplessnights]

@@xtc2v the money to spend? We still can't find all the PPE money! The government has been hashing up the money.

[@artistsanomalous7369]

I miss the days when Corbyn was leader, because then we could rest assured there was no chance of Labour coming to power.

[@19Allan91]

I really hope that, after the next general election, Corbyn and other Labour MP that have been pushed out would start their own party. One that is actually Left.

[@californiadreamin8423]

Why wait, do it now, and give us all a break ?

[@marcus8302]

exactly as above ^ the crisis is now!! This is the critical moment

[@19Allan91]

@@californiadreamin8423 My concern is that if they did it now, it would split the Labour vote allowing the Tories to stay in power. Well, they'll split the Labour vote either way but I'd rather have the Tories gone for at least a few years and it'd also give this new party more time to establish itself before going into a GE.

[@lynnevenables7193]

@@19Allan91 nope we don’t play to our enemies tune. We’ve already got the beginnings of the comeback, with us first losing Stùrmer his seat. And as for labour over tories, you’re joking aren’t you, have you not been keeping an eye on Stùrmer’s behaviour!

[@californiadreamin8423]

@@lynnevenables7193 Trivial name calling. Can’t stay too long , I have to get to the food bank.

[@harveydean7952]

I'd recommend Asa Wistanley's excellent book "Weaponising Anti-Semtism" to anyone who's interested in further exploring the means by which Corbyn was cynically brought down.

[@harveydean7952]

@@RollerballRocco-wr8zq - read the book pal, it provides clear evidence of how the establishments concerted efforts to undermine JC's popularity succesfully resulted in those poor results at the 2019 polls.

[@lynnevenables7193]

@@RollerballRocco-wr8zqyou’re so illiterate!

[@OrwellsHousecat]

Sounds like antisemitismness

[@lynnevenables7193]

@@OrwellsHousecat is there such a word! I’d get yourself a new cat!

[@OrwellsHousecat]

@@lynnevenables7193 cats are oppressed and get neutered, especially by alcoholic left-wing cat ladies who enslave us to fulfil their unreasonable emotional demands. There is a pay gap too. We demand the right to vote, equal pay and reproductive rights.

[@allanmckeown8417]

I supported Corbyn as I agreed with most of his policies apart from Brexit, but he was too democratic he should have booted out the right wingers just like Starmer is kicking out the left.

[@stemarchington67]

It isn't what Corbyn's about, the UK had persuasive push. I believe things happen for a reason, The Monster allowed itself to become visible, vulnerable and can be dealt with. Corbyn will be Prime Minister and Pallistine will be Free. ❤

[@alfsmith4936]

I don't think he was "too democratic" but he did need to give his M.P's the choice to follow him or leave the party, then sack anybody who spoke against his character immediately. I think he was too apologetic if anything. He should have refused to apologise for having sound morals, or his diplomacy work with terrorists and explained what he was doing/what the outcome was and what would have still being happening if he didn't speak to them. He needed to call the antisemitism claims a joke and keep laughing at those people too but he chose to avoid, or change the subject as much as possible, which made it easy for the media to push him as guilty. Anyway.. We're all armchair experts aren't we? A very wise woman once said "Coulda' shoulda' woulda' are the last words of a fool". Have a good weekend.

[@sheilamashali6426]

Absolutely and so many people make that mistake. Jeremy did not have to worry about the tories attacking him it was the Blairites that waged a war against him within his own Party. All lies. His defence of the Palestinians is not antisemitism. He will be remembered as a hero not as a War Criminal as Blair is remembered by so many people.

[@ValerieKnight-ns7fz]

How exactly was he supposed to remove a couple of hundred legally elected Labour MPs when he wasn't even in power!!

[@allanmckeown8417]

Yes, I'll agree with you on most of that.@@alfsmith4936

[@chrisrobinson860]

I so wish that Jeremy was my MP. Sadly it’s not the case.

[@tarkovsky3875]

This man should have been leader of the UK but the media and establishment wouldnt allow it, the people fell for their smears

[@MrDesmondPot]

“What would the UK look like if Labour go back into power…” Kid Starver’s Labour? It would look identical to the previous 13 years.

[@PEACEFULLNESS1450]

I'd love if this guy was in charge

[@tapiwanyakabau4058]

I will forever have a trust issue, know how dirty they done Corbyn.

[@ChrisPatrick-q6k]

They've done a Dirty Corbyn???

[@narkelnaru2710]

Thank you wo much for this interview. ✊🏽

[@Matthew-bu7fg]

the only leader that offered hope... how we miss him

[@jenniferholden9397]

If this Labour Party got into power it wouldn’t look any different to the Tory Party. JC, we need you now more than ever, you are the NHSs only hope (and mine). Please. ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@poesie6279]

Jeremy’s last comment was deeply moving

[@xbalanque2024]

Thank you. This was a great interview

[@mechasartre3694]

I really appreciate that the interviewer isn’t asking the same questions that you’ve heard him answer thousands of times.

[@pinheadluke3136]

I really enjoyed listening to Corbyn in the wake of the 2010 general election. He sounded principled and different, saying things that nobody was saying on mainstream media. Then he changed. He was afraid to speak up for Brexit, something that he had campaigned for his entire political life. It was sad to see him so corrupted by remainers. In the end he was weak and deserved to lose. But I do think that Labour was a more honest party that offered a real difference to the Tories under his leadership. Now its indistinguishable.

[@ChrisPatrick-q6k]

Sorry sweetie, but us adults are really bored of the Tragic Grandpa Act.

[@gordonaliasme1104]

​@@ChrisPatrick-q6kGet a life. Keyboard Warrior

[@progpuss]

His only weakness was not standing up to the treacherous right of the Labour Party and all that antisemitic crap

[@lady-bug939]

What a great man!

[@dittanymorgan7039]

Such a considered interview with one of the few decent men of politics. So different to that which our media had people believe. Will always love this man

[@Candolad]

We have neither a true Labour Party nor a Tory Party. We've had a Uni Party in power since at least 1997. Every PM since 2007 has tried to emulate Blair, with the exception of Liz Truss. The only bits of real democracy we've had are the referenda since 2011, and only one didn't go the "Uni Party way", which is why BREXIT hasn't been implemented as it could have been.

[@janea5348]

A wise and honourable man 🙏

[@ChrisPatrick-q6k]

He's neither of those things.

[@theoriginaldanalogue]

A dim witted simpleton you mean