Is It Time To Leave Labour?
The Owen Jones Podcast
Owen Jones
4.4 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 20 April 2023
⏱️ 17 minutes
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Summary
Keir Starmer became Labour leader based on a pack of lies, and after promising party unity, waged a ceaseless war on the left. But given our electoral system - and the choice being a Tory or a Labour government - do we have no choice but to support the main opposition?
Matt Zarb Cousin is Jeremy Corbyn's former spokesperson and recently defected to the Green Party. Here he sets out why he thinks disillusioned Labour supporters should do the same - and why nothing will change if they don't.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, please like and subscribe. |
| 0:01.6 | I am delighted to be joined by Matt Zarb Kuzin, |
| 0:04.0 | who wears many hats. |
| 0:05.2 | He used to be Jeremy Corbyn's spokesperson. |
| 0:08.1 | He ran Rebecca Long-Railey's campaign |
| 0:10.2 | for the Labour leadership back in 2020. |
| 0:12.8 | And there's also a very successful campaign |
| 0:15.2 | against gambling addiction. |
| 0:17.1 | Hello Matt, he did. |
| 0:18.7 | All right, Owen, very good, thanks. |
| 0:20.4 | Yeah, I'm up very close. |
| 0:21.2 | You just keep me there. |
| 0:22.2 | Let's do it, elevator pitch. |
| 0:24.1 | You are someone who you spend the Labour Party |
| 0:26.1 | for a very long time. |
| 0:26.9 | I actually met you, I think, at Labour Party conference |
| 0:28.6 | in 2010 or something. |
| 0:30.8 | You're out now. |
| 0:31.5 | You've joined the Green Party. |
| 0:33.1 | Why is it time for people who are fed up or disillusioned? |
| 0:36.8 | Why do you think it's time to leave the Labour Party? |
| 0:41.0 | Well, look, I think people should just make the decision |
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