Corbyn , coincidence?

I think that this is an admirable aim. Would you prefer to put privilege before people?

Yes, says the millionaire politican......

What a hollow statement, really. An opportunist statement on the back of the Guardian Cameron debacle, maybe?

How does he intend to measure 'privilege' anyway? I am a person, more privileged than some, less privileged than many. Does he intend to work only for the under-privileged then? Who qualifies? That doesn't work either.

He ought to have followed in Mother Theresa's footsteps in that case as he is sounding like a phoney saint. Is he likely to give up his MP perks? Nope.

Cameron - privileged pain !

The Scottish government currently spends around £100 MILLION of our budget on mitigating Tory policy ,things like the bedroom tax .Maybe Corbyn is talking about those people who are hurting most with austerity ,like the carers and the low paid ,the people who rely on foodbanks the children who go to school hungry .Thats what socialism IS .There would be something far wrong with him as a leader of Labour if he thought giving High rate tax payers cuts instead of helping these people in need.Therefore he is putting PEOPLE before Privilege .Sounds right to me.Its what MY government is doing every day .

I don’t understand what the problem is, Anniebach. Like Doodlebug, I think this is an admirable sentiment. And I don’t think only poor people are allowed to have principles.

Well said Paddyannn and hopefully more social housing. and rent control.

No, I can't see any problem with that. Struggling to see why Annie bothered to post it.

Expect another new thread soon??

What privileges, which people ?

Well it's difficult to sink lower than Corbyn but it seems that some in the LP can especially the Lansman cult, unless they are acting on the behest of Corbyn.

Oh yeah the Scottish Govt ate working wonders, two brand new hospitals that are so bad, there are constant problems with one and the other is costing us a million quid a week. Yeah, they are doing really well. As for Mr Corbyn, sorry not leader material.

Whenever an idea is reduced to a slogan , it can make it difficult to understand what is actually meant. I couldn’t make head nor tail of ‘people before privilege’ so thought I would go to the horses mouth so to speak. Here’s what it means - you may or may not agree with it but I think it was daft to start discussing 3 words with no sense of context.
labourlist.org/2019/09/corbyn-vows-to-put-people-before-privilege-at-labour-conference/

He would have to get off test fence first. He is good at procastrination.

Thanks for the link suziewoozie. That puts it into context. Anyone can make an isolated quote sound daft.

Hetty yes absolutely. It’s not a very useful way to try and have a discussion is it? Bit like the comment about JC being a millionaire without explaining how the Spears magazine article came to that conclusion.

It was Corbyn’s quote

Thank you for the link to the article, Suziewoozie. Nothing to disagree with in it.

We would be in a bit of a mess without these 'privileged' souls. Some of whom have worked extremely hard.

Is it not correct that the highest earning 1% in the UK pay approx 28% of all income tax?

Quite a tidy sum.

annie I’m not saying he didn’t say it it - I’m saying posting those three words without context is really not helpful. That’s all.

*suziewoozie, I posted Corbyn’s three words.

Yes annie I know you did. With no context - how did you expect people to discuss what they meant? On their own they are meaningless - like other 3 word slogans - eg Brexit means Brexit ;Education, Education, Education for starters.

What exactly do you object to anniebach that makes you comment "how low can anyone sink"?

Corbyn also said:

"The dramatic scale of wealth inequality in our country is a sign of a sick economy. The system is broken when it inflates the wealth of the richest, while failing to invest in our future.

“This inequality doesn’t just undermine our future prosperity, it’s linked to all sorts of social problems, including violent crime, worse health outcomes and reduced access to education. And we know that concentrations of wealth generate unaccountable power, corrupting our politics in the process.”

I think Corbyn's comments are entirely appropriate when considering Johnson's recently stated objectives:

To introduce tax cuts for those on the higher rate of income tax and increase the threshold for national insurance contributions.

Analysis suggests this would benefit the richest 20% of families at least seven times more than the poorest 20%, and push 50,000 families below the poverty line.

so Corbyn was wrong ?

annie read the economic and tax policies being put out by Labour and then argue which ones are wrong.