Owen Jones meets Clive Lewis | 'Jeremy Corbyn has shown the audacity of hope can work'

Clive Lewis is Labour's candidate for Norwich South and he believes the surge in support for Jeremy Corbyn shows that his party and the British public are realising there 'can be another way.'

By way of comparison, he says to Theresa May's campaign has shown arrogance and hubris and offers the British public a 'thin gruel of hopelessness'. It's a campaign that Lewis believes has weakened the prime minister so badly, she will be seen as 'damaged goods' by Europe's Brexit negotiators.

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[chrisfuller]

a man who can win 2 hostile leadership contests and reduce a 20 plus point lead is the man for me..

[holdtight]

OWEN THANKS FOR ADMITTING YOU WERE WRONG ABOUT CORBYN

[Joe-kudo]

Great to see UEA and Norwich represented

[weshardin]

"Corbyn's defied all expectations" you can say that again Owen.

[thomasbrace]

When Corbyn eventually leaves, I think Clive Lewis should be the new leader of Labour

[MrThehardertheycome]

Clive Lewis really needs to stand for the leadership of the party after this election. I believe he is one of the few people on the left that could appeal to the wider electorate and swing some Tory voters which is what Labour needs to do to get back in power.

[ptesweats]

I'll be honest, I was DEAD against the pedestrianisation of Norwich city centre. Owen's right, people DO forget that traders need access to Dixons!

[Swolotheoneandonlyswolo]

OWEN THERE'S A TORY ADVERT ON THIS VIDEO YOU GOTTA SORT THIS OUT MATE

[AngelsOfAresED]

Love Clive Lewis! He seems like such a nice normal decent guy and genuinely cares. He'd have my vote any day. Glad he won Norwich with a thumping majority.😊👍

[General_Puffball]

Very interesting comment from Clive about how Corbyn's been treated at PLP meetings.

[chrisfuller]

i never doubted corbyn for one second..

[silhouette]

I'm actually really convinced by Clive's argument as to why Corbyn would be better for Brexit negotiations. Never thought of it like that!

[KieranIsCamera]

Make all the jokes you like Owen, but spend enough time in Norwich city centre and you'll see how much we could do with that pedestrianisation.

[MrCOUNTYCORK]

I liked corbyn from day one, he is in touch with the people, he is honest and he is a leader, he stands for everything that is decent and right, and Iam glad others can now see his strength as a decent person that really cares for humanity, something that is so rare today in politician's

[Vaygor]

Every time they say 'Corbyn can't win' his majority gets bigger. #JezWeWill

[GZQCArtwork]

It takes courage to stand up for what you believe in, but to admit when you are wrong, shows intelligence and integrity. I hope we can be welcoming a new Labour leader into No. 10.

[Liofa]

Concrete brutalist architecture of the UEA... :)

[jibsmokestack]

If Corbyn wins or there is a hung parliament, Owen is one of those who must apologise to his friend Corbyn. Yes he was probably the most high profile media personality supporter of Corbyn in the first leadership election but as soon as the heat was turned up on Corbyn by the PLP and the MSM, instead of calling out the unprecedented bias that was obvious to anyone Owen instead chose to go lukewarm on Corbyn when Jezza needed his support the most. Owen's politics may be of the Left but he is a product of the inside the beltway media establishment and is far too cosy being the Left voice on some msm show rather than totally tell the truth about this system to its defenders faces. You can see his sheepish demeanour in this interview as he's smart enough to know that expecting abject failure by Labour this election because the polls and his msm friends said so, has cost him his credibility to a certain extent. Challenge the system without equivocation Owen and never turn against or turn lukewarm towards an honest man who represents many of your supposed ideals just because he is receiving widespread attacks. I myself was frustrated with Corbyn because I thought he was allowing his enemies to control the narrative with regards to his public image and that he needed to go on the attack more rather than believing his nice and FairPlay demeanour
would eventually win out. I was wrong as May's calamitous campaign has allowed Corbyn's approach to work in his favour. I feel bad for doubting him and so should you Owen!

[PrimalBanana]

Clive has to be leader in the future. Such a good guy and doesn't pull punches. Top bloke.

[sowetok]

For a man who's called so many of the big political upsets correctly, it takes great humility to admit to being proved wrong by Corbyn. Big up!