Lessons From the Corbyn Years
It’s five years since Jeremy Corbyn resigned as leader of Britain’s Labour Party. In an interview, his former advisor Andrew Murray explains what went wrong for the left-wing leader.
Andrew Murray is a former advisor to Jeremy Corbyn and the author of Is Socialism Possible in Britain?: Reflections on the Corbyn Years
It’s five years since Jeremy Corbyn resigned as leader of Britain’s Labour Party. In an interview, his former advisor Andrew Murray explains what went wrong for the left-wing leader.
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