Tag: Jeremy Corbyn

Cambridge Corbyn meeting seeks new venue with greater capacity

07:07 Monday 24th August 2015
BBC Radio Cambridgeshire

DOTTY MCLEOD: A visit by the Labour Leadership candidate Jeremy Corbyn planned for tonight has had to be postponed. Police were concerned about the number of people who would be attending the event at Great St Mary’s Church. Almost 2,000 people had expressed an interest in turning up, and reports over the weekend suggested the event was being moved to Parker’s Piece. It had been billed as an opportunity for people to hear Jeremy put forward his case for Labour Leader, and the chance for them to get answers to questions for him. It’s understood that the number of rejected applications from people hoping to vote in the contest has risen to around 3,000. .. With me now our Political Correspondent Paul Rowley. What do you make then Paul of this cancellation of the event in Cambridge?
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Welfare reforms – Commons vote reveals a Labour Party in disarray

07:26 Tuesday 21st July 2015
BBC Radio Cambridgeshire

DOTTY MCLEOD: The Government’s welfare reforms have passed their first hurdle in the House of Commons. 48 Labour MPs though voted against the package, which includes cuts to benefits and tax credits. This is against the advice of the Labour Party’s Acting Leader Harriet Harman. One of these rebels was the Leadership contender Jeremy Corbyn. Another was Cambridge’s new MP Daniel Zeichner. Our Political Correspondent Paul Rowley joins me now. What do you make of this rebellion then Paul?
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