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JEREMY CORBYN became Labour leader with the biggest mandate in British political history yesterday as he stormed to a first-round victory.
Tony Blair won 57 per cent of the vote when he was elected Labour leader in 1994 but Mr Corbyn bettered that with 59.5 per cent.
The left candidate boasted a majority of more than 170,000 over second-placed Andy Burnham, who polled 19 per cent.
VINCE MILLS cautions over the perils and pitfalls of ‘a new left party’
While Reform poses as a workers’ party, a credible left alternative rooted in working-class communities would expose their sham — and Corbyn’s stature will be crucial to its appeal, argues CHELLEY RYAN
VINCE MILLS gathers some sobering facts that would inevitably be major obstacles to any such initiative