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John McDonnell’s contribution to the debate on the Autumn Statement

Mr Deputy Speaker, you and I have been here for a couple of decades, and I have never known a second-day debate on an autumn statement to involve only one Government Back Bencher. The emptiness of the Chamber reflects that we are at the fag end of this Government, and…

John McDonnells contribution to the Kings Speech debate – Breaking Down Barriers to opportunity

I fear that the chair of the all-party parliamentary group for Shakespeare, the hon. Member for Halesowen and Rowley Regis (James Morris), has opened a can of worms with his quotations. I hate to say this, but most of us feel that yesterday was Much Ado About Nothing. In fact,…

Labour’s response to the crisis in Gaza is a test of whether it’s fit to govern

Guardian opinion 3.11.23 John McDonnell The degeneration of the Conservative party under Boris Johnson, Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak – corrupt, incompetent and irrelevant – looks increasingly certain to deliver an electoral victory for Labour. So, the question now is whether Labour is capable of effective government – not just…

John McDonnell’s contribution to the Economic Activities of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) Bill

Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. May I echo the comments of my right hon. Friend the Member for Barking (Dame Margaret Hodge)? If we descend into accusations that those who do not support the Bill are antisemites, or that those who support it are Islamophobic, I think we are lost,…

John McDonnells contribution to the Renters (Reform) Bill

As the hon. Member for Strangford (Jim Shannon) and I know, always being called last means that we have the enjoyment of listening to the whole debate. Today’s debate has been extremely valuable across the House, going into forensic detail on the Bill. I want to make a plea for…

Tackling the climate emergency means taking on the vested interests of big business

“As the stark reality of the climate emergency becomes clearer & clearer, many of our political leaders have their heads in the sand.” John Mcdonnell, labour List, 15 August 2023. The UN General Secretary António Guterres recently commented that “The era of global warming has ended; the era of global boiling has…

McDonnell: Left must mobilise to ‘save next Labour government from itself’ – LabourList 27-07-23

John McDonnell has argued that the left of the Labour Party needs to mobilise to “save” an incoming Labour government “from itself”, claiming that compassion was “in limited supply” at a meeting of the party’s policymaking body over the weekend. Speaking at an event alongside left-wing attendees of Labour’s National…

John McDonnell’s contribution to the illegal Immigration Bill

I, too, want to focus on the issue of children. The hon. Members for East Worthing and Shoreham (Tim Loughton) and for Westmorland and Lonsdale (Tim Farron) discussed the coalition Government effectively banning the detention of children in 2014, which we all welcomed. I was part of the campaign to…

John McDonnell’s contribution to the Adult and Further Education Debate

I thank the alliance between Wirral and Worcester for forging this debate. I must warn my hon. Friend the Member for Wirral West (Margaret Greenwood) that she is now linked up with the militant trade unionists; in the debate we had on BBC local radio stations, the hon. Member for…

John McDonnell’s contribution to His Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service Debate

I pay tribute to the Chair of the Select Committee, the hon. Member for Bromley and Chislehurst (Sir Robert Neill), who gave a comprehensive overview of what is happening on prisons and probation. I am so pleased that the right hon. Member for Romsey and Southampton North (Caroline Nokes) raised…

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