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| Jeremy Corbyn says 'flags don't build houses' in attack on SNP | Jeremy Corbyn says 'flags don't build houses' in attack on SNP |
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| Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has accused the SNP of saying they are against austerity while pursuing policies which continue it. | Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has accused the SNP of saying they are against austerity while pursuing policies which continue it. |
| Mr Corbyn also told the BBC's Andrew Marr that "flags don't build houses". | Mr Corbyn also told the BBC's Andrew Marr that "flags don't build houses". |
| And he said he would not campaign against Scottish independence alongside David Cameron ahead of any future referendum. | And he said he would not campaign against Scottish independence alongside David Cameron ahead of any future referendum. |
| The SNP has previously said that Mr Corbyn leads a party that is "deeply divided". | The SNP has previously said that Mr Corbyn leads a party that is "deeply divided". |
| And it has predicted that more people will become convinced that independence is the "only alternative to Westminster Tory governments that Scotland didn't vote for" unless Mr Corbyn is able to show he can beat the Conservatives. | And it has predicted that more people will become convinced that independence is the "only alternative to Westminster Tory governments that Scotland didn't vote for" unless Mr Corbyn is able to show he can beat the Conservatives. |
| Speaking as the annual Labour conference gets under way in Brighton, Mr Corbyn told the Marr Show that the SNP had a "headline" of being opposed to austerity. | Speaking as the annual Labour conference gets under way in Brighton, Mr Corbyn told the Marr Show that the SNP had a "headline" of being opposed to austerity. |
| 'Austerity badge' | 'Austerity badge' |
| But he claimed the party was also "privatising CalMac, also were behind the privatisation of ScotRail, also cutting college places, also privatising services, also cutting local government funding." | But he claimed the party was also "privatising CalMac, also were behind the privatisation of ScotRail, also cutting college places, also privatising services, also cutting local government funding." |
| He added: "Yes they have an austerity badge, but where is the economic strategy behind it which doesn't either continue the austerity that is happening now, or if they go for fiscal devolution is going to be even worse in Scotland because of the price of oil at the present time?" | He added: "Yes they have an austerity badge, but where is the economic strategy behind it which doesn't either continue the austerity that is happening now, or if they go for fiscal devolution is going to be even worse in Scotland because of the price of oil at the present time?" |
| Many within Scottish Labour believe it was a mistake for the party to agree to become part of the Better Together campaign alongside the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats ahead of last year's independence referendum. | Many within Scottish Labour believe it was a mistake for the party to agree to become part of the Better Together campaign alongside the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats ahead of last year's independence referendum. |
| And Scottish Labour leader Kezia Dugdale announced last week that she would not stop the party's MPs and MSPs campaigning for independence if there was another referendum. | And Scottish Labour leader Kezia Dugdale announced last week that she would not stop the party's MPs and MSPs campaigning for independence if there was another referendum. |
| Mr Corbyn said he "will not be standing alongside David Cameron" to oppose independence, but would instead be "standing alongside Kezia Dugdale and the Scottish Labour Party." | Mr Corbyn said he "will not be standing alongside David Cameron" to oppose independence, but would instead be "standing alongside Kezia Dugdale and the Scottish Labour Party." |
| He said Labour's membership numbers had "gone up incredibly" in Scotland both during and since the party's leadership contest. | |
| He added: "If you are poor in Glasgow or you are poor in Birmingham - you are poor. If you need a house in Glasgow or you need a house in London - you need a house, and so there is the class politics issue of it. | He added: "If you are poor in Glasgow or you are poor in Birmingham - you are poor. If you need a house in Glasgow or you need a house in London - you need a house, and so there is the class politics issue of it. |
| "That is the message I am taking when I am campaigning in Scotland just as much as I am campaigning anywhere else. Flags don't build houses". | "That is the message I am taking when I am campaigning in Scotland just as much as I am campaigning anywhere else. Flags don't build houses". |
| Mr Corbyn is expected to visit Scotland on Thursday for what will be the first time since he became Labour leader. | |
| Speaking on Friday, SNP MSP Sandra White said she hoped Mr Corbyn would use the visit to explain "why he voted against the Scottish Parliament controlling National Insurance and why he didn't even turn up to vote for the devolution of Housing Benefit." | Speaking on Friday, SNP MSP Sandra White said she hoped Mr Corbyn would use the visit to explain "why he voted against the Scottish Parliament controlling National Insurance and why he didn't even turn up to vote for the devolution of Housing Benefit." |
| 'Correct things' | 'Correct things' |
| She added: "But he does have the opportunity to correct things by pledging support for the devolution of trade union legislation, ensuring workers in Scotland are not covered by the draconian labour laws proposed by the Tories." | She added: "But he does have the opportunity to correct things by pledging support for the devolution of trade union legislation, ensuring workers in Scotland are not covered by the draconian labour laws proposed by the Tories." |
| Meanwhile, Ms Dugdale is to claim that the days of her party "listening and not acting" are over when she addresses the Labour conference on Sunday afternoon. | Meanwhile, Ms Dugdale is to claim that the days of her party "listening and not acting" are over when she addresses the Labour conference on Sunday afternoon. |
| She will also pledge to fight next year's Holyrood election with a vision that sets Labour apart from the SNP. | She will also pledge to fight next year's Holyrood election with a vision that sets Labour apart from the SNP. |
| Ms Dugdale is expected to state that 30,000 people have signed up to campaign for Scottish Labour, which she will say is more than there were in 1997 - the year of Tony Blair's landslide election victory at Westminster. | Ms Dugdale is expected to state that 30,000 people have signed up to campaign for Scottish Labour, which she will say is more than there were in 1997 - the year of Tony Blair's landslide election victory at Westminster. |
| She will say: "I've watched many speeches from former Scottish leaders at this conference. | She will say: "I've watched many speeches from former Scottish leaders at this conference. |
| "And since 2007, they've followed a pattern. They've spoken passionately and forcefully about the problems Scotland faces - and they've pledged to listen to the Scottish people. | "And since 2007, they've followed a pattern. They've spoken passionately and forcefully about the problems Scotland faces - and they've pledged to listen to the Scottish people. |
| "I'm not here today to make another pledge to listen to people. I'm here to say: we get the message and we're going to do something about it." | "I'm not here today to make another pledge to listen to people. I'm here to say: we get the message and we're going to do something about it." |