JEREMY CORBYN is on course to claim a second Labour leadership victory — and could emerge with an even bigger mandate, his team predicted yesterday.
A spokesman for the Labour leader said he is not taking victory over Owen Smith for granted but believes the evidence shows support for Mr Corbyn within the party has grown since he won with a landslide 59.5 per cent of the vote last summer.
Speaking ahead of his campaign launch today, he said that Mr Corbyn “is not complacent in any way.
The new PM’s opening addresses offered hope, council homes and reform — but little detail on how any of it will be delivered, warns CLAUDIA WEBBE
With ‘Your Party’ holding its founding conference in Liverpool this weekend, JEREMY CORBYN speaks to Morning Star editor Ben Chacko about its potential, its priorities — and a few of its controversies too
‘Honest’ Tom Wharton’s 1682 drunken rampage through St Mary’s church haunted his political career, but his satirical song Lillibullero helped topple Catholic James II during the Glorious Revolution, writes MAT COWARD
Every Starmer boast about removing asylum-seekers probably wins Reform another seat while Labour loses more voters to Lib Dems, Greens and nationalists than to the far right — the disaster facing Labour is the leadership’s fault, writes DIANE ABBOTT MP



