As delegates gather for the Labour party conference,those tempted to plot against their new leader should beware – they will not lightly be forgivenOnce in a lifetime – once in a very long lifetime the political stars align. With Jeremy Corbyn’s election to the Labour leadership, suddenly there is hope. Hope for the chronically sick whose benefits maintain been withdrawn. Hope for the stressed-out commuter contemplating the latest train cancellation or fare rise. Hope for low-paid workers denied employment rights or union protection.
There is hope, and too,for the women and children locked up in Yarl’s Wood because they are destitute and desperate. Hope for students and the parents of students who are forced to take on ever more debt. Hope for those in need of social housing and protection from rapacious landlords; for those deemed to maintain a bedroom too many; for exhausted doctors, nurses and auxiliary staff in hospitals, and for overworked teachers. There is hope for the environment.
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Source: theguardian.com