My latest column for Sputnik:
For a man who we're
repeatedly told is "unelectable," Jeremy Corbyn seems pretty good at
winning elections. He's been an MP since 1983, winning his seat eight times at
a general election - and in 2015, he increased his vote in Islington North by
5.8%.
Against all the odds — and all the predictions of the
"punditocracy," he was elected Labour leader last summer and
increased his vote percentage again when challenged for the leadership
this summer. That achievement was all the more impressive when you consider the
large number of Corbyn supporting members who were prevented
from voting in the poll by Labour's NEC and the party's
Compliance Unit.
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