The Many Not the Few
Sean Michael Wilson and Robert Brown
(Workable, £9.99)

AT THE launch of this timely graphic “history of Britain shaped by the people” in the parliamentary annexe Portcullis House, Jeremy Corbyn made the point — and he should know— that change has never originated from within the walls of the Palace of Westminster.

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He’s put his money where his mouth is — under his arm were four copies he had just bought for “the instruction of the younger members” of his own family.