24 things that Jeremy Corbyn believes
The Labour Party has a new leader – someone most of the public had never heard of until a few months ago and someone with whom most Labour MPs have never had a serious conversation. So understandably there is a lot of interest in his political beliefs and positions. The BBC has helpfully compiled a list of 24 things that Jeremy Corbyn believes.
Of course, he will not be in a position to implement many of these changes – such as a national maximum wage, the introduction of people’s quantitative easing, nationalisation of the railways and the energy companies – unless he becomes Prime Minister in 2020 and I doubt that he’ll even be leading the Labour Party by then. Also I expect him to start moderating and qualifying some of his positions – such as on Ireland and Israel and relations with Hamas and Hezbollah- quite soon.
But, in the meanwhile, it is important that we know his current positions because they will shape the important debates that are now going to take place in the Parliamentary Labour Party and the chamber of the House of Commons.