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In an exclusive interview, @jeremycorbyn tells me:
- there is no “widespread culture of bullying” in Labour and he’d be “talking to @tom_watson” about his claim that there is.
-he didn’t try and persuade MPs to stay
- he’s considering putting a Lab Brexit deal to a referendum.
- there is no “widespread culture of bullying” in Labour and he’d be “talking to @tom_watson” about his claim that there is.
-he didn’t try and persuade MPs to stay
- he’s considering putting a Lab Brexit deal to a referendum.
Corbyn says of Watson’s claim that bullying and intimidation is gripping Labour: “Of course I disagree with him, because I do not want to be in a party where there's any bullying... I'll be speaking to Tom Watson in the very near future to talk about that."
On Watson’s accusation of there being bullying and intimidation in the Labour party- Jeremy Corbyn says “to tell you the truth I don’t believe it exists on a wide scale.”:
It seems clear that at no point over the past few months did Jeremy Corbyn personally reach out to @lucianaberger to offer his support over her experiences:
And a split with @johnmcdonnellMP too- today he said Labour needs to be faster in dealing with anti-Semitism cases, his leader doesn’t seem so sure...
And in a big move Jeremy Corbyn moves closer to SOME form of new referendum than ever before. He rejects idea of giving PM votes for deal in exchange for putting to public (as per @peterkyle idea) but does say he is thinking about doing that for a Labour Brexit.
Labour source says what JC says is entirely consistent with party policy and what Labour has been saying for ages. But is representative of evolving thinking and Corbyn never been so explicit about it publicly before. They clearly want to throw something to unhappy remainers.
Of course big question isif election can’t be forced- how could this ever happen? And if it were, conceivable much of Labour would end up campaigning against the very deal JC had negotiated. It’s clearly meant more as a signal of incremental movement. Maybe ref on PM’s deal next?
And finally in a week without much cheer for Corbyn supporters, this might bring a smile to their faces. He confirmed to me he will definitely be fighting the next election even if it’s in 2022.
