Heads up - webchat with Jeremy Corbyn Monday 19th Sept @ 2pm.

[JustineMumsnet]

Hello,

We’re pleased to announce a webchat with the leader of the Labour Party (and candidate in the current leadership election) Jeremy Corbyn MP on Monday 19 September at 2pm.

Jeremy has been MP for Islington North since 1983, and before 2015 was best known as a rebellious backbencher and chair of the Stop the War coalition. His leadership of Labour over the past year has inspired enthusiastic support as well as attracting sustained criticism. Among other things, he’s taken a new crowd-sourced approach to Prime Minister’s Questions, opposed military intervention in Syria and proposed the renationalisation of the railways.

His last webchat on Mumsnet (alongside fellow leadership candidate in 2015, Liz Kendall) featured lively discussions about socialism, electability and the provenance of Jeremy’s vests (Holloway Road market, since you ask).

Please do join the chat on Monday at 2, or if you can’t make it, leave a question here in advance. If you know people who you think would like to ask Jeremy a question, do please share the link around on social media too.

(If you’re interested in our webchat with the other Labour leadership candidate Owen Smith, take a look here .)

As always, please do keep in mind our webchat guidelines - one question each, follow-ups if there’s time and above all, keep it civil [taps nose like that geezer Shaw Taylor in Police 5] (Horribly showing my age there).

Christ, so biscuits get priority over Brexit. Brilliant.

I second Angryyoungwoman's post about citizens income.

Jeremy, do you feel that a universal basic income is a real and feasible possibility in the UK in the next decade and would the Labour party, under your leadership, support and campaign for a citizen's income?

Christ, so biscuits get priority over Brexit. Brilliant.

And he doesn't even eat biscuits ffs. How are we supposed to trust him now?

Why did you lie about there being no seats on the train when cctv shows you walking passed empty seats?

Msthsmum - To be fair that first question was a silly question in the first place.

I've just painted a wall if anyone's interested in watching it dry?

Why don't you just stop ASKING fucking biscuit questions?

I see that you have answered a question about careers for females - so will you confirm whether you regard prostitution to be a suitable career path for women, girls and boys?!
Many have expressed concern about your stance on prostitution so please clarify this.

Biscuits also get priority over the erosion of women's rights by the Transborg, and the legalisation of rape and abuse of women through full decriminalisation of prostitution. Nice

That's the most miserable response to the biscuit question I've ever read. The level of charm I expect from someone who wants people to vote him in as PM.

If forced to accept a biscuit which you're politically opposed to.

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I genuinely hope the 'hard' questions are not all dodged. Some things are more important that Shortbread tbh. As I said you already have my full support but it would be interesting to know where you stand on things that actually matter to me. I promise if you answer my question about sex segregated areas I shall send you a tin of proper Scottish shortbread...

I have a horrible feeling that none of the questions about how Jeremy will appeal to the middle ground of voters in Britain - the people he will need, to have any chance of a parliamentary majority - are going to get answered.

Why do all your MP's keep resigning from the shadow cabinet?

Don't let me down Jeremy

I don't think the Have I Dot News for You writers could have come up with a more Corbynish response to the biscuit question than that one.

Just posting to say I would also like an answer to YouAreMyRain's question please.

@iamEarthymama

I will be open before I pose my question; I am a member of Welsh Labour Grassroots, home for Momentum in Wales. I know no-one amongst my political friends who advocates abuse or violence towards anyone whose views are different. At the meetings I hear reasoned debate and a desire for a return to the sort of politics that established the Welfare State, that advocates equality of opportunity for all.

My question to Jeremy is:
How do you keep your focus and your good spirits when you are attacked in the mainstream media on a daily basis, not for your policies usually, but for some imagined faux pas, or because you do not follow the usual political style, by being yourself?

I am naturally a very patient person. I always try to see something good in all the people I am dealing with. And whilst the mainstream media have been fairly hostile it's not my experience when travelling around the country and indeed in my office we have a wall of postcards from people of all ages from all parts of the country giving positive supportive opinions and wishing us well. Politics is too often done in a over-adversarial way which involves personal abuse and name-calling. I don't do any of that and i don't think anyone else should either.

However I do recognise that I am in a different position to many in society and that if I wish to I can answer back.

We have to call out bullying for what it is in school, in college, verbally, physically or on social media. In order to set an example we have a code of conduct for my election campaign and we have a code of conduct in the party for people's discussions and relations with each other. Any kind of abuse is wrong and it just dehumanises political debate.

Abuse can be very hurtful and we have to understand that something said on social media is there for all time. Abuse on social media is a manifestation of wider attitudes in society that we need to challenge. I am impressed by the number of people who attend our rallies because they feel that this is an inclusive space for them.

Elaborating on memyselfs post, these women in stem (and prostitution), how exactly are you defining them as 'women'?

Transborg

Mr Corbyn,
How can we be more directly involved in empowering a shift in politics from the right to the left, especially in constituencies that have been Tory strongholds for decades?

What's going on?? This is a car crash of a webchat.

LittleHoHum it's because they dont have confidence in him, their judgement was made after the MPs worked with him

I disagree GloGirl, I think that was my favourite response to the biscuit question ever. His answer showed true integrity. No easy populist lies about of course we all love hobnobs or whatever.

Totally! Is it Craig Brown doing the answers?