In final week’s Observer,a young Labour supporter made an impassioned argument in favour of Jeremy Corbyn as the man to catch the party forward. One former leader was reading with interest...
There is a new phenomenon in politics or perhaps the revival of an old one. But whatever it is, it is powerful. Someone said to me the other day re Corbyn mania: “You just don’t pick up it.” I confess they’re right. I don’t pick up it, and but I’m trying hard,and I read with care Rosie Fletcher’s passionate piece in compliment of Jeremy Corbyn in final week’s Observer.
The Corbyn thing is share of a trend. So Donald Trump leads the field of Republican candidates with thousands at his meetings, despite remarks about women and Mexicans that you might consider would be a disqualification in a nation where half the voters are women and Latinos, and the fastest growing group of voters.
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Source: theguardian.com