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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]
From Global Counsel to Arden, SOLOMON HUGHES finds firms linked to discredited politicians are still calling the shots in Britain
KEVIN COURTNEY explains why Reform UK is no friend to workers or trade unions, but just another party of the super-rich
EMMA DENT COAD explains why she is stepping down from the council after 20 years and how the legacy of the fire still haunts the area
While international attention focuses on ceasefire frameworks, Israel is openly advancing plans for a permanent expansion of its control over Gaza, writes RAMZY BAROUD
Researchers PAUL HOLDEN and JESSICA MURRAY are calling for whistleblowers and documentary records to uncover how Labour Together helped build the parliamentary majority that now dominates the Labour Party
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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