“Two years ago, the Conservative government defeated us in the general election. It was a bitter defeat for all those who wanted and needed change and I take my share of responsibility for it. We offered a vital agenda for change that the country needs but failed to present an effective policy of Brexit, which became the issue that defined the election.
But two years on, the need for fundamental change in our country is even greater.
The climate crisis is upon us. We need rapid and radical action this decade through a Green New Deal if we are to have a chance of keeping to 1.5 degrees of warming. That Green New Deal can and must offer social as well as environmental change, paid for by the rich, provide good unionised jobs and reduce the exploitation of people and resources in the Global South.
Life expectancy is falling for the first time on record, underscoring the urgent need for a National Care Service, proper health funding and to kick the privatisers out of our NHS.
Children need more funding for schools and mental health services as we respond to the impacts of the pandemic. Covid-19 itself has shown how torn the fabric of our society was before the virus struck.
An agenda of support for the NHS, public ownership of pharmaceutical generics and expansion of licensing of vital drugs, broadband for all, a higher minimum wage and trade unions to organise workers has never been more urgent.
In times of crisis, the ruling class often seeks to divide us through racism and migrant baiting at home and distract us through sabre rattling abroad. We must defeat these efforts by showing that our only hope is to build a caring, compassionate and free society. That is what was sought to do two years ago. We failed but I am proud that we presented an alternative vision. That alternative, these policies and our hope of a better future, isn’t owned by me, or even the Labour Party. It is the agenda of a world transformed that belongs to each and every one of us — a movement coming together and demanding a sustainable planet, a free society and an economy run for and by the many, not the few.”
And the subtle damning of Keir Starmer:
Jeremy Corbyn
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