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born 1951 England
John Martin McDonnell (born 8 September 1951) is a British politician who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Hayes and Harlington since 1997. A member of the Labour Party, he was Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer from 2015 to 2020.
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It's time to turn this debate around, drive out politics of despair and offer a vision for Britain in Europe.
We should not pretend the referendum result can be undone.
Therefore now in the national interest we have got to come together and secure a compromise. If we can't do that, well yes, we have to go back to the people.
There are enough sensible people in the House of Commons to say 'this cannot happen, we cannot damage our country in this way'.
We will be cut off from our biggest trading partner. We will be cut off from the skills and contribution that EU nationals have made to our economy and society.
Our objective is tariff-free access to the market
This means we must not try to re-fight the referendum or push for a second vote and if Article 50 needs to be triggered in Parliament Labour will not seek to block or delay it.
I would swim through vomit to vote against this bill. And listening to some of the nauseating speeches in support of it, I might have to.
The values of Catholicism are the inherent values of the Labour Party and the inherent values of socialism...
We have to respect the decision that was made in the referendum ... otherwise, to be frank, we undermine all confidence in our democratic process.
We can't say to people 'Labour wants you to share in the running of your workplace, your community and your environment, but we don't trust you to have the final say over Brexit.'
If Jeremy got hit by the No 57 bus, or whatever it is, there's the next generation coming through. And the reality is the next leader should be a woman. It's high time to have a woman.
My fear is that if we did have another referendum, we might get the same or similar result and the country will still be divided. Somehow we have got to try and bring the country back together again.
When Britain leaves the European Union, free movement of labour and people will then come to an end
I think he's reckless and I think he's unstable and I will move heaven and Earth to stop a no-deal Brexit.
[he would be glad to] go back to the 1980s and assassinate Thatcher.
I think people out there in the real world, our constituents, just want us to get on with the job of getting the best deal possible for them
I'd like them to vote Remain, but that's part of the debate we've got to have
My view is that you'd put the deal to the people, but you'd have to also have the option of the status quo. Deep in my heart, I'm still a Remainer, but I've got to try and bring together effectively what is a British compromise.
It's about time we started honouring those people involved in the armed struggle. It was the bombs and bullets and sacrifice made by the likes of Bobby Sands that brought Britain to the negotiating table. The peace we have now is due to the action of the IRA.
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