The leader of the Labour Party in the United Kingdom, Mr Jeremy Corbyn, has entreated socialist-inclined political parties in Africa and other parts of the world to stick to their ideological principles to stay politically relevant for the benefit of their people.
He stated that it was only governments formed by socialist-oriented political parties which, by their cardinal policies, brought about meaningful development to improve the living conditions of the vast majority of the people.
Keeping faith
Speaking to the Daily Graphic in Newcastle upon Tyne, a university city on the River Tyne in northeast England, Mr Corbyn entreated incumbent governments with socialist leanings to keep faith with their citizenry by formulating human-centred policies to cater for the need of the vulnerable in the society.
He stated that the policies of socialist-disposed political parties were to build safety nets for their people, especially the vulnerable in the society, to ensure they were not left out in the development process.
Ideologically, Mr Corbyn identifies as a democratic socialist who advocates reversing austerity cuts to public services and welfare funding and proposes the re-nationalisation of public utilities and the railways in Britain.
He has also been an anti-war and anti-nuclear campaigner since his youth and broadly supports a foreign policy of military non-interventionism and unilateral nuclear disarmament.
Invest in people
With this orientation, he told the Daily Graphic that the state had a responsibility to invest in the people to make them financially viable to afford the cost of living and access social services with ease.
Mr Corbyn, who was first elected Member of Parliament (MP) for Islington North in 1983, began his career as a representative for various trade unions.
He announced his candidacy for the Labour Party leadership following the party’s defeat in the 2015 general election and the resignation of Mr Ed Miliband, who was the party leader at the time.
Despite entering the leadership race as the no-hoper candidate and having only just secured 35 nominations from fellow Labour MPs to be placed on the ballot, Mr Corbyn emerged as the leading candidate and was elected leader in September 2015, with a first-round vote of 59.5 per cent.
“I have come a long way. The Labour Party is strong and we are confident of winning the next election,” he told the Daily Graphic when asked about his party’s chances of winning the next polls, which is not due until 2022.
Good sister relationship
The Labour leader submitted that his party had a good relationship with its sister parties in other parts of the world, including the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in Ghana, and the Movement for Democratic Change in Zimbabwe, adding that “the Labour Party believed Britain’s international role must be an extension of its vision at home.”
“We have to promote our national interest, secure growth and champion our core values of equality, social justice and opportunity for all. This resonates in the way our party engages with our global partners,” he added.
Source: Daily Graphic
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Is the daily graphic ndc paper being paid with Ghana's funds? I don't get it? why is that editor there working for the ndc but not Ghana and being paid with Ghana's funds? The government must be very cautious about enemies of this beautiful country being misused by evils planted in all sectors sabotaging the country, there are so many ways to kill a cat according to Dr Kwabena Agyei, so why don't you use other ways to get them out? send them to Donkorkrom since most of them are familiar with such environment couple with where they come from! Accra is not their home. Some people have been warning this government to send these saboteurs out to another place to ease the Graphic and Times but no heed is paid ! some of us sacrificed to bring NPP to power and we don't want any disaffection that will cause the party! Ndc is out of the equation no matter what they will do they will never come back but we don't want their sympathizers in sheep skins sabotaging the country to stay where they are! NPP is an attractive party due to the wisdom, compassion and competence of their leaders, Ghanaians have patience for you because they trust and believe you could do better, Ghanaians have hope NPP are sensitive to their plight, Ghanaians know the failure of the NPP means Ghana is doomed, which will never happen under the watch of the NPP, they will do whatever possible to satisfy Ghanaians. We the good people of Ghana trust and believe the evil of the NPP is the angel of the ndc, the failure of the NPP is the success of the ndc, the worst of the NPP is the best of the ndc and who said Ghanaians don't want good things? Even in heaven there were angels who weren't satisfied with whatever God did and opposed every good thing for mankind, hence they were thrown down because they were unfit to be with the father, these are the demons who have occupied the ndc and opposing every good thing for Ghana, mean while enjoying what they oppose! that's ndc for you!