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Corbyn and

McDonnell

interview part 2

child-refugees we know is there are a lot of La- clear that we don’t agree with Don-

One of the problems that
JereMY: we have made it very
bour members of Parliament
ald trump on the Geneva Conven-
with you when you are Prime
the MPs who voted to turn away that would be difficult to bring tion, on torture, on his treatment of
Mexico and Mexican people or his
Minister. How would you go
attacks on women we have made
about getting them onside?
it very clear. i also think it wrong
JereMY: my relations with my that he be given a state visit as a
fellow MPs are absolutely fine. “we
reward after only eight days in of-
have interesting conversations”
fice. would we have to work with
but it is also about the direction in the elected President, yes, in every
Leslie, Charlotte Patel, rh Priti Stewart, Bob which our party is going to go. we country you have to work with
Letwin, rh Mr Oliver Paterson, rh Mr Owen Stewart, iain have to be the party of an econom- them. it doesn’t mean you agree
Lewis, Brandon Pawsey, Mark Stewart, rory ic alternative and that is what i with them, you have to make a
Lewis, rh Dr Julian Penning, rh Mike Streeter, Mr Gary am putting forward. the disagree- case, and so every President and
Liddell-Grainger, Mr ian Penrose, John Stride, Mel ments are highly publicised, the Prime Minister i meet, and i meet
Lidington, rh Mr David Percy, Andrew Stuart, Graham areas of agreement are not. On the quite a lot of them, you have to
Lilley, rh Mr Peter Perry, Claire Sturdy, Julian nHS there has been no disagree- raise human rights issues with and
Lopresti, Jack Philp, Chris Sunak, rishi ments whatever. On the article 50 concerns about human rights in
Lord, Jonathan Pickles, rh Sir eric Swayne, rh Mr Desmond vote there has been no disputes their country, you have to do that.
Loughton, tim Pincher, Christopher Swire, rh Mr Hugo whatsoever. John’s economic strat- we as a party believe passionate-
Lumley, Karen Poulter, Dr Daniel Syms, Mr robert egy is very widely supported. ly in the cause of human rights.
Mackinlay, Craig Pow, rebecca thomas, Derek A lot of people are find- Sometimes the circumstances are
Mackintosh, David Prentis, victoria throup, Maggie ing that they are working full very difficult indeed but you have
Main, Mrs Anne Prisk, Mr Mark timpson, edward time and can’t even manage got to do it so you do it.
Mak, Mr Alan Pritchard, Mark tolhurst, Kelly to keep themselves. What is How do you see the broad
Malthouse, Kit Pursglove, tom tomlinson, Justin the first thing you could do as left coalition in Europe, do you
Mann, Scott Quin, Jeremy tomlinson, Michael Prime Minister to help? think we can really build on
May, rh Mrs theresa raab, Mr Dominic tracey, Craig JereMY: well one is the wage one?
Maynard, Paul redwood, rh John tredinnick, David s, the second is the housing costs, JereMY: Yes i do, i was hav-
McCartney, Karl rees-Mogg, Mr Jacob trevelyan, Mrs Anne-Marie because our housing costs are, for ing a long conversation the other
McLoughlin, rh Mr Patrick robertson, Mr Laurence truss, rh elizabeth whatever form of housing except night with Antonio Costa, who
McPartland, Stephen robinson, Mary tugendhat, tom council housing, are amongst the is the Prime Minister of Portu-
Menzies, Mark rosindell, Andrew turner, Mr Andrew highest in europe. So it is about gal, they are a left government
Merriman, Huw rudd, rh Amber tyrie, rh Mr Andrew building more places. it is also doing very well and i have spent
Metcalfe, Stephen rutley, David vaizey, Mr edward about regulating the private rent- a lot of time over the last eight-
Miller, rh Mrs Maria Sandbach, Antoinette vara, Mr Shailesh ed sector. this reduces housing een months, two years, building
Milling, Amanda Scully, Paul vickers, Martin costs. You are quite correct that a a relationship so we can defend
Mills, nigel Selous, Andrew villiers, rh Mrs theresa lot of people that are in work are workers’ rights. Look, it’s not go-
Milton, rh Anne Shannon, Jim walker, Mr Charles also poor. Poverty is unnecessary. ing to benefit anybody if a tory
Mordaunt, Penny Shapps, rh Grant walker, Mr robin JOHn: ten pounds an hour Government in Britain ends up
Morgan, rh nicky Sharma, Alok warman, Matt living wage, straight away, 2020. with a low wage economy with
Morris, Anne Marie Shelbrooke, Alec watkinson, Dame Angela in addition to this restoration of deregulation of working condi-
Morris, David Simpson, rh Mr Keith whately, Helen trade union rights, restoration tions, safety standards, that actu-
Morris, James Skidmore, Chris wheeler, Heather of pectoral collective bargaining ally becomes a threat to people’s
Morton, wendy Smith, Chloe white, Chris and as a consequence of this peo- working conditions in europe
Mowat, David Smith, Henry whittaker, Craig ple will achieve a better wage. and the United States. Driving up
Murray, Mrs Sheryll Smith, Julian whittingdale, rh Mr John Two further questions, and standards, as Len McCluskey has
Murrison, Dr Andrew Smith, royston wiggin, Bill this is what people have got said, as Bernie Sanders has said,
newton, Sarah Soames, rh Sir nicholas williams, Craig together to ask in the groups… then improves the conditions and
nokes, Caroline Solloway, Amanda williamson, rh Gavin JereMY: i try this on theresa living standards of workers every-
norman, Jesse Soubry, rh Anna wilson, Mr rob May every week. where. So trading agreements
nuttall, Mr David Spelman, rh Mrs Caroline wollaston, Dr Sarah Your thoughts on Donald that actually requires worker’s
Offord, Dr Matthew Spencer, Mark wood, Mike Trump, could you work with rights in the countries you are
Opperman, Guy Stephenson, Andrew wragg, william Donald Trump? buying from actually helps us all.
Parish, neil Stevenson, John wright, rh Jeremy