Tag: Dan Sabbagh

Jeremy Corbyn has rounded off Labour’s annual conference in Liverpool with a pledge to end “greed-is-good” capitalism. He addressed the party’s antisemitism row over the summer and called for members to bypass mainstream media by using social media instead. Joining Heather Stewart to discuss these issues are the political commentator Ellie Mae O’Hagan, Momentum’s Leigh Drennan and the Guardian’s Dan Sabbagh and Pippa Crerar. It was a conference dominated by a public tussle over the party’s nuanced position on Brexit: to reject Theresa May’s deal, push for a general election and leave open the option for a new referendum. But it’s a position that is awkward for Labour MPs in strong pro-Brexit areas. We hear from Gareth Snell, MP for Stoke Central. Meanwhile, Labour’s foremost campaigning group Momentum has been discussing how it can influence the party on Brexit. Its chair, Jon Lansman, explains how it will survey its members on Brexit in the coming months. It hasn’t all been about Brexit this week. The shadow chancellor John McDonnell announced a range of policies that would radically reform the way businesses are run.