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John Martin McDonnell (born 8 September 1951) is a British politician who served as Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer from 2015 to 2020. A member of the Labour Party, he has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Hayes and Harlington since 1997.
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Sep 5, 2018 · During a recent sailing holiday on the Norfolk Broads with his wife Cynthia, John McDonnell read Aristotle’s Politics.Once determined to overthrow capitalism and destabilise the British state – he said in 2006 that his “most significant intellectual” influences were the “fundamental Marxist writers of Marx, Lenin and Trotsky, basically” – the Labour shadow chancellor is preparing ...
Mar 2, 2018 · Diane Abbott, an old ally and Labour MP, observed last year: “John McDonnell has done his best to transform himself into a friendly, bank-manager-type figure, which, if you know John McDonnell ...
Apr 26, 2023 · In the Labour left’s wilderness years, it was John McDonnell who saved the faction from oblivion. “I know how angry many of you are, but I would ask you to stay in the party and fight,” he wrote in a letter to supporters after failing to make the 2007 Labour leadership ballot.
Nov 19, 2017 · With the government in choppy waters and the economy heading for Brexit turbulence, John McDonnell has been practising his captaincy skills. To relax away from Westminster and clear the mind, the ...
Jul 27, 2022 · Former Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell has accused Labour of treating a Jewish group within the party "brutally". Last week a report on Labour's handling of the anti-Semitism row under Jeremy ...
Jul 27, 2022 · John McDonnell: Labour treatment of Jewish group brutal. 27 July 2022. Share. Getty Images. Supporters of Jewish Voice for Labour protest outside the party's headquarters in London in July 2021.
Jul 27, 2022 · Ex-shadow chancellor John McDonnell criticises Labour's leader in a rift over electoral reform. 26 Sep 2022. UK Politics. 27 Jul 2022. McDonnell: Labour treatment of Jewish group brutal.
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