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Corbynism: The Post-Mortem

10: The Leader's Office

Corbynism: The Post-Mortem

Corbynism: The Post-Mortem

Society & Culture, National, Government, News, Politics, Documentary

4.4285 Ratings

🗓️ 28 March 2020

⏱️ 76 minutes

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Summary

With just over a week left to go of the Labour leadership election we are exploring life in Jeremy Corbyn’s office during his tenure. With us for Episode 10 to explore factionalism, Corbyn's response to the antisemitism crisis and Labour’s election results, we are privileged to be joined by a very special guest, James Mills, former special adviser to both Jeremy Corbyn and John McDonnell.

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0:00.0

This is obviously a very disappointing night for the Labour Party.

0:05.0

I want to also make it clear that I will not lead the party in any future general election campaign.

0:13.0

I will discuss with our party to ensure there is a process now of reflection on this result and on the policies that the party will take

0:24.7

going forward.

0:25.6

It's not Corbynism. There is no such thing as Corpulism.

0:32.6

The world in March 2020 looks almost unrecognizable from the world we left behind in 2019.

0:39.3

The Labour leadership election, which had dominated headlines for weeks,

0:43.0

has now fallen off the news agenda due to the coronavirus pandemic,

0:46.7

which has created a global health and economic crisis unprecedented in modern times.

0:51.2

But with just over a week to go before the next Labour leader is announced,

0:55.0

and with the country facing a once-in-a-lifetime crisis, the next leader has a mountain to climb

1:00.2

to even stay relevant in such a fastly developing news cycle. However, to be able to move forward

1:06.2

effectively, the next leader of the opposition needs to understand and address the mistakes made by the

1:11.5

past leadership, which in itself will be no small feat. Hello and welcome to Corbinism the post-mortem,

1:18.1

with me, your host, Oz Catterjee. In this week's episode, which is the last one we recorded

1:23.1

before the COVID-19 pandemic had reached Europe, we are finally diving into life in Jeremy Corbyn's

1:28.8

office during his tenure as leader. With us to explore factionalism, Lotto's response to the

1:34.4

anti-Semitism crisis, and Labour's election results, we are privileged to be joined by a very special

1:40.0

guest, James Mills, former special advisor to both Jeremy Corbyn and John McDonnell.

1:45.7

Before we start, I'd like to thank everyone who has listened to Corbinism the post-mortem

1:49.8

so far. With the leadership election drawing to a close, there will be new projects to announce

1:54.4

in the very near future. And I'd like to thank everyone again who has so far signed up to my

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