Standing ovation in the conference hall as Jeremy Corbyn calls on the PM to resign. “Johnson out!” shouts start again #Lab19
To counteract the possibility that the court ruling feeds into Johnson’s ‘people vs establishment’ narrative, Labour is highlighting the entitlement aspect of unlawful prorogation. “He thinks he’s above us all. He is part of an elite that disdains democracy.”
Corbyn now addresses this head on: “Johnson and his wealthy friends are not only on the side of the establishment, they are the establishment.”
Biggest rounds of applause so far: for pledges to scrap the Trade Union Act and to take mail, rail, water, national grid into public ownership. #Lab19
Only new policy announcement so far is the one about big pharma - “we will create a new publicly owned generic drugs manufacturer to supply cheaper medicines to our NHS”. Labour: public health, not private wealth. #Lab19
Key line, which sums up the leadership’s Brexit line: “We stand not just for the 52 per cent or the 48 per cent but for the 99 per cent.”
Corbyn ad libbing here as he talks about Islington North community, how “you learn from listening” and “freely given” advice. He thanks his wife. These lines weren’t in the press released text of the speech.
Speech coming to an end. Jeremy Corbyn says he will be “a very different kind of Prime Minister”. He won’t be there out of “a sense of born-to-rule entitlement” nor “some personal power trip”. #Lab19
Ends with ‘Get Ready’ by The Temptations, and shadow cabinet joins him in stage. Now for the Red Flag. 🚩
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