Owen Jones meets Liz Kendall | 'I am Labour's anti-austerity candidate'

Labour leadership hopeful Liz Kendall talks about why Jeremy Corbyn's campaign has been so inspiring compared to the other candidates. We also discussed how she would deal with extremism in Syria, Iraq and Saudi Arabia, the future of the NHS, the living wage, and whether Labour made the right decision in not opposing the Conservative government's welfare bill.

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[lewisgrace]

I completely detest her policies but I can't stand the hateful speech used against her as I think she's genuinely a quite nice person.

[martinarnold]

"I am labour's anti austerity candidate"

yeah, and I'm the fucking pope.

[ChrisMcSweeney]

Can't shake off Frankie Boyle's take on her: "Liz Kendall, with her permanent air of an office manager who has just come back from a course, couldn’t lure a voter out of a burning building – and her whole campaign is based on changing Labour to be whatever people who hate it want it to be."

[caxzrockz]

I am only judging her on her policies and she is not someone I would ever vote for.

[connor_selby]

Wow, she said an awful lot of nothing.

[cinemarxism]

One of the things that frustrated me most over the General Election was that Labour just accepted the narrative that they caused the financial crash, and didn't try to correct the Conservatives at all.

[jakebramham]

to be anti-austerity, dont you actually have to be anti-austerity?

[PrincipledUncertainty]

Owen gives me hope for the future. He is a decent and fair person, a rare quality these days. This is the caliber of person Labour needs to attract into Parliament. I know he won't stand, but I reckon he will give inspiration to others of similar values and abilities, to get involved in the mucky business of politics.

[OliverPriceGo]

This is the best I've seen her come across.

[redword]

Why is Liz Kendall in the Labour Party?

[adzafilms]

Any word on the Peter Hitchens interview?

[sjwthepoliticalgamer]

I'm the real anti-austerity candidate... because I'm the one that's going to beat the Tories, kick them out and get us a Labour government" A horribly cringeworthy soundbite that indicates how vacuous her beliefs are.

[circleofrage]

i don't think she answered a single question there...

[jamaln]

Liz Kendall creeps me out... like a mean highschool teacher

[benjaminj]

She seems like a really genuine and nice person

[ravyncorbin]

She doesn't half talk some twaddle. She "the anti austerity candidate" not on you Nelly!

[computerlad]

How does it feel to be lied to so much, Owen?

[Snarlygraph]

Is this woman still alive? She's said nothing, done nothing, not aired her views on the EU or any other political matter for months.

[bradley]

Liz Kendall says a lot without really saying anything at all 😶

[Gooner]

Can't wait for that Hitchens interview!