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Corbyn says Cameron's 'crude, personal attack' shows Tories are rattled Corbyn says Cameron's 'crude personal attack' shows Tories are rattled
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Jeremy Corbyn has denounced the Conservative party conference as “a feast of spin and deception” peppered with “fake” claims in an attempt to inhabit the political centre ground.Jeremy Corbyn has denounced the Conservative party conference as “a feast of spin and deception” peppered with “fake” claims in an attempt to inhabit the political centre ground.
The Labour leader reappeared at a housing association in the east end of Glasgow on Friday afternoon, following days of speculation about his whereabouts, before attending Scottish Labour’s annual dinner.The Labour leader reappeared at a housing association in the east end of Glasgow on Friday afternoon, following days of speculation about his whereabouts, before attending Scottish Labour’s annual dinner.
Attacking the Tories’ cuts to tax credits, which are received by 350,000 families in Scotland, Corbyn challenged any suggestion that this week’s party conference had revealed a more centrist approach, arguing: “The Tory conference was a feast of spin and deception. Fake claims to be on the side of working people while robbing 3 million low-paid families of £1,300 a year with the tax credit cuts.” Attacking the Tories’ cuts to tax credits, which are received by 350,000 families in Scotland, Corbyn challenged any suggestion that this week’s party conference had revealed a more centrist approach, arguing: “The Tory conference was a feast of spin and deception. Fake claims to be on the side of working people while robbing three million low-paid families of £1,300 a year with the tax credit cuts.”
In a strongly worded critique of recent Tory rhetoric, he went on: “Fake claims to be fighting poverty on the very day independent research revealed their cuts would drive more than 200,000 working households into poverty.In a strongly worded critique of recent Tory rhetoric, he went on: “Fake claims to be fighting poverty on the very day independent research revealed their cuts would drive more than 200,000 working households into poverty.
“Fake claims to support equality as Theresa May was condemned by the Institute of Directors for jeopardising Britain’s economic recovery by pandering to anti-immigration sentiment.“Fake claims to support equality as Theresa May was condemned by the Institute of Directors for jeopardising Britain’s economic recovery by pandering to anti-immigration sentiment.
“And it wasn’t just Theresa May who let the mask slip to reveal how far the Tories are from the common ground. Jeremy Hunt showed low paid workers just what the Tories really think of them when he said their tax credits had to be cut to make them graft.” “And it wasn’t just Theresa May who let the mask slip to reveal how far the Tories are from the common ground. Jeremy Hunt showed low-paid workers just what the Tories really think of them when he said their tax credits had to be cut to make them graft.
“So behind the spin and the rhetoric we could all see out of their own mouths it was the same old Tories: on the side of the few, not the many; robbing millions of Britain’s low-paid workers to fund an inheritance tax cut for the 60,000 wealthiest estates; whose answer on tax credits now is apparently to send families their cuts letter after, rather than before, Christmas.”“So behind the spin and the rhetoric we could all see out of their own mouths it was the same old Tories: on the side of the few, not the many; robbing millions of Britain’s low-paid workers to fund an inheritance tax cut for the 60,000 wealthiest estates; whose answer on tax credits now is apparently to send families their cuts letter after, rather than before, Christmas.”
In what was Corbyn’s first appearance in public since David Cameron described him as a “security threatening, terrorist-sympathising, Britain-hating” ideologue in his conference speech on Wednesday, the Labour leader dismissed the “crude personal attack”. In what was Corbyn’s first appearance in public since David Cameron described him as a “security-threatening, terrorist-sympathising, Britain-hating” ideologue in his conference speech on Wednesday, the Labour leader dismissed the “crude personal attack”.
Corbyn said: “Our huge and growing membership, a revitalised Labour, is what has rattled Cameron and the Tories. While they hide behind crude personal attacks, we will continue to judge their actions, not their words because Labour stands with the many, the great majority of the British people who demand a fairer and more equal society.”Corbyn said: “Our huge and growing membership, a revitalised Labour, is what has rattled Cameron and the Tories. While they hide behind crude personal attacks, we will continue to judge their actions, not their words because Labour stands with the many, the great majority of the British people who demand a fairer and more equal society.”
But with seven months to go until elections for the Scottish parliament, polling this week by TNS found that the SNP remained overwhelming favourites, with 56% of those questioned saying they would vote for the nationalists in the constituency section of the vote, putting them 35 points ahead of Labour, who are on 21%. With seven months to go until elections for the Scottish parliament, polling this week by TNS found that the SNP remain overwhelming favourites, with 56% of those questioned saying they would vote for the nationalists in the constituency section of the vote, putting them 35 points ahead of Labour, who are on 21%.
Neil Findlay MSP, who stood against Jim Murphy for Scottish Labour leadership at the end of 2014 and chaired Corbyn’s leadership campaign in Scotland, acknowledged that “clearly we have a huge task ahead of us”. But he said that activists and voters more generally have been enthused by Corbyn’s victory, pointing to “huge” numbers signing up for Scottish Labour’s conference at the end of October. Neil Findlay MSP, who stood against Jim Murphy for Scottish Labour leadership at the end of 2014 and chaired Corbyn’s leadership campaign in Scotland, acknowledged that “clearly we have a huge task ahead of us”. But he said activists and voters more generally had been enthused by Corbyn’s victory, pointing to “huge” numbers signing up for Scottish Labour’s conference at the end of October.
While it has been suggested that the cohort of voters disillusioned with politics and politicians and subsequently galvanised by Jeremy Corbyn in England have already been scooped up by the referendum campaign and then the SNP in Scotland, Findlay countered: “When we did public meetings over the summer those were the people coming along. Many of those were saying that they had been Labour voters before the referendum, then changed, but if this was the agenda then they would consider us again.” While it has been suggested that the cohort of voters disillusioned with politics and politicians have already been scooped up by the referendum campaign and then the SNP in Scotland, Findlay countered: “When we did public meetings over the summer those were the people coming along. Many of those were saying that they had been Labour voters before the referendum, then changed, but if this was the agenda then they would consider us again.
“The more we see of the nationalists talking left but acting right, the chickens are coming home to roost and people now have a genuinely anti-austerity agenda they can vote for.”“The more we see of the nationalists talking left but acting right, the chickens are coming home to roost and people now have a genuinely anti-austerity agenda they can vote for.”
After a period of apparently self-imposed purdah – which included a private engagement that clashed with his proposed induction to the privy council by the Queen on Thursday night – the Labour leader emerged on Friday afternoon resplendent in hard hat and high-visibility jacket for a tour of Parkhead Housing Association in Glasgow, flanked by his Scottish counterpart Kezia Dugdale.After a period of apparently self-imposed purdah – which included a private engagement that clashed with his proposed induction to the privy council by the Queen on Thursday night – the Labour leader emerged on Friday afternoon resplendent in hard hat and high-visibility jacket for a tour of Parkhead Housing Association in Glasgow, flanked by his Scottish counterpart Kezia Dugdale.
Perhaps mindful of the media scrum that attended his first visit to Scotland since his election in Edinburgh last week, Corbyn eventually responded to a challenge about his recent schedule with the succinct riposte: “We’re here to talk about housing”. Perhaps mindful of the media scrum that attended his first visit to Scotland since his election in Edinburgh last week, Corbyn eventually responded to a challenge about his recent schedule with the succinct riposte: “We’re here to talk about housing.”
The fundraising dinner at the Grand Central hotel in Glasgow includes the star auction item of a Star Trek uniform signed by actor and Labour party supporter Patrick Stewart, who sent the jacket specially from New York for the event. The fundraising dinner at the Grand Central hotel in Glasgow includes the star auction item of a Star Trek uniform signed by the actor and Labour party supporter Patrick Stewart, who sent the jacket specially from New York for the event.