Jeremy Corbyn will use his leader’s speech on Wednesday to promise change. The Labour leader will vow to change the direction of the way the economy is done. He’ll say a Labour government will do this in a way to benefit the majority and pin the need for change to the financial crisis – criticising the immediate efforts to prop up the system (led by former Labour PM Gordon Brown, lest we forget) and pinpointing bailouts as the worst excess of modern capitalism.
Aside from a not so veiled dig at a former PM who was only recently hailed by his shadow chancellor on Monday, there will be a diatribe against privitisation – chronicling the ways in which he thinks it has let people down – and Corbyn will outline a green agenda. The big policy announcement will be a drive to bring about a green jobs revolution – arguing that this will allow the country to meet a 60pc carbon emission reduction target. The green revolution will cost billions – and, amongst the many ideas, Corbyn will float the idea of mass introduction of solar panels.
A Labour source insists the ultimate theme will be the need for change. Given that it was recently disclosed that Theresa May almost launched a snap election campaign on the need for change but abandoned it at the last minute for Lyndon Crosby’s ‘strong and stable’ message, there’s little chance that anyone will be laughing in Downing Street come tomorrow lunchtime.
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