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A beachhead for democracy survives in Islington North
Jeremy Corbyn’s campaign was a built on trust and loyalty, where kindness actually counts for something, reports LINDA PENTZ GUNTER from north London
TRIUMPH: Jeremy Corbyn and his team at the Islington North count [Neil Terry Photography]

IF YOU want to find the Jeremy Corbyn victory party, just follow the singing. “Oh, Jeremy Corbyn!” reverberated down Seven Sisters Road in Finsbury Park late on Thursday night, long before the returns began to come in as supporters gathered in a local pub for a tense watch party.

When the result was finally announced, delivering a resounding victory to Corbyn, it was, as film director Ken Loach had predicted days earlier, “the most important result in this election.”

While the Labour Party celebrated the national landslide everyone had predicted, Corbyn’s win in Islington North, where he has served as a member of Parliament for 41 years, was viewed by supporters as a beachhead for the survival of democracy.

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