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The Owen Jones Podcast

Jeremy Corbyn 'Lives Rent Free' In Rishi Sunak's Head

The Owen Jones Podcast

Owen Jones

Politics, Government, News & Politics, News

4.41.4K Ratings

🗓️ 4 November 2022

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Summary

In a very funny slapdown of the Prime Minister and his incessant attacks on the former Labour leader, Jeremy Corbyn declared he lives 'rent free' in Rishi Sunak's head. But the Tory attempts to link Keir Starmer to Corbynism belie a basic fact: progressive policies - like taxing the rich and public ownership - are not just hugely popular, but more relevant than ever. Here's why these attacks can't be allowed to bury a basic truth.


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0:00.0

Jeremy Corbyn is declared that he lives rent-free in the head of our latest Prime Minister,

0:05.5

Rishi Selak. Funny, funny thing to say. Let's have a listen.

0:09.1

He gave a wholly inaccurate representation of the 2019 election manifesto,

0:15.2

which he must have been fully well aware of because he took part in many debates concerning the

0:19.4

content of that manifesto during the election campaign. Could you guard me, Mr Speaker,

0:24.1

on how the Prime Minister could correct the record? And if I'm going to live rent-free

0:30.6

at least he could accurately reflect what I think and what I say rather than inventions made

0:36.4

up by him or his office. A ghost is haunting British politics. It is the ghost of Jeremy Corbyn.

0:43.3

What is that about this bearded allotment? Well, that's so obsessive politicians and media outlets

0:49.5

alike. Long after, he stopped being lead of the Labour Party. Now, I mean, I say this because

0:54.1

anytime, for example, I criticise the current lead of the Labour Party, my mentions get

0:58.0

bombarded with an army of his dedicated and I'm going to like tedious fans. And they're like,

1:04.4

oh, you want Corbyn back? Why are you so obsessed with Corbyn? Why do you love Corbyn so much?

1:09.3

Why don't you marry Jeremy Corbyn? Which is like, well, I didn't mention him.

1:14.4

Do you just, do you just mention him? In fact, you mention him all the time in my mentions.

1:19.0

I think maybe just respond to criticisms of, say, Keir Starmer on their own terms. If you can,

1:25.0

rather than just going on about Jeremy Corbyn all the time. But it is, you know,

1:27.8

it's Jeremy Corbyn, it's Corbyn derangement syndrome. I suppose that's what we're talking about.

1:32.2

Now, I think what's instructive is the current Tory strategy is to try and tie Keir Starmer

1:37.2

to supposedly doomed monstrously or popular left-wing policies. That's why the ghost of

1:42.7

Jeremy Corbyn keeps being invoked by Richie Senac, which we are led to believe were permanently

1:47.1

buried by the 2019 Tory victory. Now, I think it's important to separate the policies,

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