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TO SAY that I am enthusiastic about Jeremy Corbyn’s leadership campaign would be an understatement.
It is an unusual situation — I am an executive member of another political party and therefore the accepted rule in British politics is for me to hate all other parties.
But Jeremy is someone I value as a friend and, like thousands of other people, I have met him at numerous demonstrations, protests and pickets. I have a lot in common with Jeremy. We are both from Chippenham, Wiltshire, and share the same birthday May 26 (along with Peggy Lee) and of course we both cultivate beards.
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