Jeremy Corbyn

We are now several weeks into the Labour Party’s am-dram production of Jez Miserables and the question is starting to emerge over whether it’s a comedy or a tragedy. We’ve just finished the opening act which saw Angela Eagle take flight, stumble over empty air and promptly crash into...

A quick look at various University of Nottingham (UoN) Facebook pages will tell you that 53 students are part of the University’s Liberal Youth, 271 are members or supporters of Labour, and the Tories have a whopping 449 members on their Facebook page. But everybody knows that Facebook pages...

Since his election as Labour leader, Jeremy Corbyn’s unashamedly staunch socialist policies have polarised opinion within the media, public, and even the Labour party itself. Whilst he appears, and has certainly been portrayed as, a Marxist Martian reborn from the ashes of Michael Foot’s kamikaze 1983 general election campaign,...

On Thursday 11th February, Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn visited the Frink Exhibition at Nottingham’s Lakeside Arts Centre before moving to deliver a speech for the University of Nottingham’s (UoN) Labour Society and general Labour supporters. After succeeding Ed Miliband and assuming party leadership in September 2015, Corbyn has sought...

Benjamin Everest investigates the popularity of Jeremy Corbyn for Impact Features. Only months into the job, what is the reputation of the Leader of the Opposition here at the University of Nottingham? With his election to leadership of the Labour party, and his first month in that role, Jeremy Corbyn’s popularity...

First, he refused to sing the National Anthem at the Battle of Britain Service. Now, Jeremy Corbyn has declined the invitation to attend the first meeting of the Privy Council in which he would have been sworn in by the Queen. Corbyn has previously directly disclosed his anti-monarchist views,...

If you are looking for a sure fire way to totally undermine a highly legitimate argument, then it seems the slinging of popular breakfast items is a good start. Why not follow it up by spitting on a journalist or perhaps indulging in a hint of name calling? “Tory...