MAIDSTONE, England, Dec 6 (Reuters) - The leader of
Britain's opposition Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn said
democratic socialism had improved the living standards of the
country's poorest in the past and the party would turn to it
again if he wins the Dec. 12 election.
"Socialism carried out in a democratic way in this country,
in Scandinavia and other places has raised the living standards
of the very poorest," Corbyn said in a BBC television debate
with British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Friday.
He said a Labour government boosted living standards
massively after the Second World War.
"Our Labour government will do the same again," Corbyn said.
Johnson said a dynamic market economy was the only way to
pay for "fantastic public services."
He added that uncertainty over Brexit was acting as a "drag
anchor" on the British economy.
(Reporting by Elizabeth Piper and Kylie MacLellan
Writing by William Schomberg, Editing by Paul Sandle)