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Jeremy’s grassroots revival
What is it about Jeremy Corbyn that has thousands of people flocking to join – or rejoin – Labour? EMILY MAIDEN investigates

A CLUTCH of new words entered British consciousness over the summer of 2015 — all variations on a theme.

“Are you a Corbynista?” you might have been asked on the commute to work; “What about these Corbynists, then?” may have been heard between that pint of semi-skimmed and the seeded rolls in the local supermarket.

One thing’s for certain, when socialist backbencher Jeremy Corbyn put his name forward for the Labour leadership election all the way back in June, he certainly achieved his stated aim of “widening the debate.”

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