Jeremy Corbyn's first PMQs: 16 September 2015
Official Prime Minister's Questions (PMQs) Podcast
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🗓️ 15 October 2015
⏱️ 35 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Order. Questions to the Prime Minister? Mr Gordon Henderson. |
| 0:07.0 | Question number one, Mr. Prime Minister. |
| 0:10.0 | Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I had meetings with ministerial colleagues and others, and in addition to my duties in this House, I shall have further such meetings later today. |
| 0:18.0 | Mr. Gordon Henderson. |
| 0:20.0 | Mr. Speaker, 75 years ago, Spitfires and Hurricanes were flying over sitting |
| 0:24.6 | born in the Battle of Britain, defending our country from Hitler's aggression. |
| 0:29.6 | It's particularly appropriate the Royal Air Force protected the Isle of Shepi because it was the birthplace of British aviation, something |
| 0:38.2 | with which we Ireland is immensely proud. |
| 0:41.0 | Will the Prime Minister join with me in plain tribute to those courageous R.E.F. Airmen |
| 0:46.7 | who helped ensure the freedoms we enjoy today. |
| 0:49.7 | I certainly joined my Honourable friend in doing that. |
| 0:55.5 | There was a very moving service in St Paul's yesterday, |
| 0:58.1 | where many of us were able to pay tribute to those brave pilots, to the ground crews, |
| 1:02.7 | to all of those, involved in what was not just an important moment in British history, |
| 1:07.9 | but an vital moment in world history as Britain stood alone, the only thing |
| 1:12.8 | that could stop Hitler and Nazism. And it's a reminder of how proud we should be of our |
| 1:17.6 | armed forces then, today and always. |
| 1:21.3 | Jeremy Corbyn. |
| 1:26.6 | Thank you, Mr Speaker. I want to thank all those that took part in an enormous |
| 1:32.5 | democratic exercise in this country, which concluded with me being elected as leader of the |
| 1:37.9 | Labour Party and leader of the opposition. I think we can be very proud of the numbers of |
| 1:42.5 | people who engaged and took part in all those |
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