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Jeremy Corbyn

Chessum

Book Review: This Is Only the Beginning: The Making of a New Left, From Anti-Austerity to the Fall of Corbyn by Michael Chessum

David Renton
23 December, 2022

‘The left will face its chance again, but not soon, and until then we have not yet built up the institutions or the common strategies which would entitle us to govern.’

Jeremy Corbyn speaking at a rally

Jeremy Corbyn clearly illustrates why nurses’ pay demand is affordable

Chris Jarvis
9 December, 2022

“If we can afford handouts for the rich, we can afford to meet the basic needs of those who keep this country afloat.”

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New campaign aims to raise awareness of clothing deprivation

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
24 September, 2022

The initiative is aimed at exposing clothing poverty and waste, to provide adequate clothing for all, and bring about change in law around the right to clothing.

John McDonnell speaking at a lectern outdoors

Left wing MPs demand parliament is recalled to address cost of living crisis

Chris Jarvis
12 August, 2022

MPs including John McDonnell, Jeremy Corbyn and Diane Abbott have written to the prime minister demanding parliament is recalled

Corbyn at Glastonbury

The best political performances at Glastonbury over the years

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
25 June, 2022

From peace and anti-war demonstrations to climate change marches and speeches by political figures, the legendary festival is well-known for its political undercurrent and activism roots.

Jeremy Corbyn speaking at a rally

Former YouGov staffer retracts claim he was ‘banned’ from releasing 2017 general election polling

Chris Jarvis
8 June, 2022

UPDATE: Chris Curtis has since issued a clarification on the claims he made regarding YouGov’s polling during the 2017 general election.

Jeremy Corbyn speaking on climate change

Tory press stirs speculation that Jeremy Corbyn is considering launching new party

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
10 January, 2022

The right-wing newspapers have been quick to jump on the story that Jeremy Corbyn could establish his own political party – suggestions that have evoked a wave of support for the former Labour leader on social media.

Keir Starmer speaking at a lectern

Keir Starmer refuses five times to say he thinks Corbyn would have been a better PM than Boris Johnson

LFF Reporter
19 November, 2021

Starmer was repeatedly asked on BBC Radio 4 Today whether he thought Corbyn would have been a better PM than Johnson.

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Tory slammed for posting fake image of Jeremy Corbyn holding wreath at Liverpool bomb

Basit Mahmood
16 November, 2021

Cllr Paul Nickerson, of East Riding Council, shared the image online, leading to widespread condemnation.

Jeremy Corbyn speaking on climate change

Jeremy Corbyn: We need radical change to fix our destructive political and economic system before it’s too late

Jeremy Corbyn
22 October, 2021

‘Our crises of climate, inequality, the Covid 19 pandemic and democracy are all linked, and all require radical solutions that put people and planet before the interests of the multinational profiteers’

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