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Jeremy Bernard Corbyn (/ ˈ k ɔːr b ɪ n /; born 26 May 1949) is a British politician who was Leader of the Opposition and Leader of the Labour Party from 2015 to 2020, and was a Member of Parliament (MP) for Islington North from 1983 to 2024.
14 hours ago · Jeremy Corbyn has won the backing of 72 Islington North Labour Party members past or present who have written a letter to voters urging them to support him.. The move comes as the ex-Labour leader is battling it out against the official Labour candidate, local councillor Praful Nargund, in the north London seat.
3 days ago · By Oliver Eagleton. It takes time to walk anywhere with Jeremy Corbyn. As we set off on the campaign trail one afternoon in Islington North – where he is standing as an independent against Labour, the party he once led – he was stopped immediately outside Finsbury Park Mosque by a group of men who shook his hand and asked for selfies. He ...
May 24, 2024 · Former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has been banished from the party after announcing he will stand as an independent candidate in Islington North in the general election.
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4 days ago · Jeremy Corbyn (born May 26, 1949, Chippenham, Wiltshire, England) is a British politician who was the leader of the Labour Party (2015–20). Corbyn attended a grammar school in Shropshire and, briefly, a technical college in north London before pursuing a career as a left-wing political activist.
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Oct 30, 2020 · The former leader of the Labour Party was suspended pending an investigation after he disputed the scale of anti-Jewish racism in the party. His successor, Sir Keir Starmer, said he was "disappointed" and supported the decision, while Mr Corbyn vowed to contest it.
Mar 28, 2023 · A fixture on the left-wing political scene for more than four decades, Mr Corbyn was schooled in radicalism by his parents, who met as activists in London during the Spanish Civil War.