Daily Mirror (Northern Ireland)
CORBYN REVEALS RESCUE PLAN
Mirror adds some real party politics
Hailing the NHS in its 70th anniversary year, Mr Corbyn vowed to boost funding to keep it “standing as a beacon”.
With an annual budget rise of 5%, Labour will plough billions into what he described as the party’s “proudest creation”.
He accused the Tories of “pushing our NHS into crisis” and claimed four million-plus people are on waiting lists. The biggest foreign policy issue since the war merited nine mentions in Mr Corbyn’s speech.
He stopped short of saying Remain would be an option in any second EU referendum.
But he said: “Our priority is clear — we aim to get the best Brexit deal for jobs and living standards to underpin our plans to upgrade the economy and invest in every community.” Mr Corbyn went further than before by blaming the Kremlin for the Salisbury novichok attack in March.
He also promised to formally recognise Palestine as a state, spoke out over the Yemen war and called on Myanmar to “end its ethnic cleansing” of
Muslims. The Labour leader promised to build a “genuinely mixed economy” as well as to rebuild public services.
He outlined plans to boost manufacturing, trumpeting the “real economy” which had become a “sideshow” for the City and banks.
He railed against “greed-is-good deregulated financial capitalism”, which he blamed for the 2008 crash.
He also vowed to invest in transport, housing and “digital infrastructure”. Employees will earn at least £10 an hour as Mr Corbyn renewed plans for a beefed-up minimum wage.
He highlighted proposals for employees to be given shares in firms with 250 or more staff. Inclusive Ownership Funds would mean workers “sharing more fairly in the rewards of successful businesses”.
He also repeated plans to put workers on company boards, to protect workers’ rights and to give unions more power. JEREMY Corbyn did not put a foot wrong on stage yesterday but he declined to dance after waltzing into the Mirror’s conference wrap-party.
Crowds chanted “Oh, Jeremy Corbyn” as he visited the bash at Revolucion De Cuba, which featured our live house band. But he said with a smile: “I am NOT going to dance!”
Shadow Education Secretary Angela Rayner and Shadow Health Secretary Jon Ashworth were more game as they blasted out songs on the karaoke. And the Mirror’s Halina Watts bumped into Labour legend John Prescott. Jeremy Corbyn won six standing ovations and 104 pauses for applause during his speech. Crewe and Nantwich MP Laura
Smith was slapped down by frontbenchers for demanding a general strike. Journalist Tom Peck on the gospel choir singing before Corbyn’s speech, and slimmeddown Watson’s decision not to speak in the main hall.
Which MP was gutted not to be called to sing Bryan Adams’ Summer of 69 on the karaoke at the Mirror party?
Corbyn takes aim at nostalgic Conservatives over defence and slashing taxes for corporate giants. Hundreds of delegates were hit after trains taking them back to London were delayed or axed. On hearing about passengers packed on to platforms at Lime Street station, Jeremy Corbyn tweeted: “Couldn’t make this up. We need public ownership of railways.”