As Jeremy Corbyn is forced to fight for the Labour leadership, one of the main criticisms from his opponents is that he is more interested in turning Labour into a protest group, than a party that can win an election. This sentiment has not been helped by his Momentum comrade Jon Lansman recently claiming that ‘winning’ was for political elites.
However, it turns out that Corbyn may actually be on the same wavelength as Lansman. On Friday night Mr S made his way to the Royal Festival Hall to watch Corbyn in conversation with Ben Okri, the writer.
Here, Okri made the Labour leader answer some quick-fire questions:
BO: Poem or novel?
JC: Poem
BO: Dance or yoga?
JC: Yoga
BO: World peace or world prosperity?
JC: Peace
BO: Mountain or sea?
JC: Mountain
BO: To speak or to listen?
JC: Listen
BO: To change the world or to change the government?
JC: Change the world
BO: To be understood or to understand?
JC: Understand
BO: Power or revolution… you’ve got to choose
JC: Alright, let’s be bold, let’s go for revolution.
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