It is important that politicians defend their ability to act without fear or favour, and it is in the public interest that they hold ministers and public servants to account. – Jeremy Corbyn
I’ve been quite involved in a lot of U.N. operations over the years. I was a U.N. observer at the East Timor referendum in 2000. I’ve been very involved in that for a long time. – Jeremy Corbyn
We are not doing celebrity, personality, abusive politics – we are doing ideas. This is about hope. – Jeremy Corbyn
I do not own a car, and my main form of travel to Westminster and in my constituency is by bicycle. I also take my bike on trains to meetings in other parts of the country, which enables me to see other cities and the other parts of the country. – Jeremy Corbyn
There is a self interest in voting for a society where there is health care for all, where there’s a mental health service for all, where there is education service for all. – Jeremy Corbyn
If there is ‘right to buy’ for council tenants and housing association properties, then why shouldn’t that apply to all tenants? Some landlords are decent, very caring people, but some of them are truly appalling. – Jeremy Corbyn
I think we should all be accountable to our parties, but I also think that accountability should be a process of engagement: that MPs do engage with their constituency parties, do engage with their constituents, and MPs do change their minds on things because of local opinion. – Jeremy Corbyn
We’re not going back anywhere, we’re going forward, we’re going forward in democracy, we’re going forward in participation, we’re going forward with ideas. – Jeremy Corbyn
We’ve got to stand up for what we believe in as a labour movement. And that means the party’s membership needs to be even bigger so it becomes a genuinely mass organisation. – Jeremy Corbyn
I have already said and will continue to say that I won’t respond to personal abuse, and I never make any personal abuse, ever, to anybody. I just don’t do that kind of politics. – Jeremy Corbyn
You can’t sustain a high level of intense activity with thousands of people forever. It has to be for a specific objective. – Jeremy Corbyn
Diversity in media is something that is intrinsic to a democratic society. We do not want the whole media owned by one person. – Jeremy Corbyn
I want a world of peace. I’m not interested in bombs. I’m not interested in wars. I’m interested in peace. – Jeremy Corbyn
Some colleagues have said they would not be very keen on working with me, but I am sure these things were said in the heat of the moment. – Jeremy Corbyn
Mum and Dad met campaigning on the Spanish civil war. Both were active peace campaigners. They died in 1986 and ’87. – Jeremy Corbyn
I make mistakes like anybody else, I will make mistakes. And you have to reflect on it, and you have to listen to people. That is the key. – Jeremy Corbyn
I’m quite concerned that if I spend time in the office, someone will always find something for you to do. There’s always a crisis that needs your urgent attention. – Jeremy Corbyn
Quite simply, I maintained contact with Sinn Fein and believed that there had to be a political, not a military, solution to the situation in Northern Ireland. – Jeremy Corbyn
I’ve been in Parliament since 1983, and I’ve been involved in many issues over the time. – Jeremy Corbyn
I find if you are in an office, the crisis finds you. If you’re not in the office, the crisis finds somebody else. – Jeremy Corbyn
Because I’ve never had any higher education of any sort, I’ve never held in awe those who have had it or have a sense of superiority over those who don’t. – Jeremy Corbyn
We are developing a media policy which would be about breaking up single ownership of too many sources of information so that we have a multiplicity of sources. – Jeremy Corbyn
