Corbyn, a 68-year-old peace campaigner, has been speaking at modestly-attended fringe rallies and demonstrations for decades. After losing a second successive national election in 2015 Labour took a sharp turn to the political left. They picked Corbyn, a rank outsider who just scraped enough nominations to make it into the contest, to lead the party in a new direction. Echoing elements of US President Donald Trump's election-winning rhetoric, Corbyn and senior Labour figures have leveraged strong support on social media by criticising traditional media outlets and stirring an anti-establishment mood. "He's highlighting a lot of issues that are so blatantly around in society - I'm a social worker and I see a lot of stuff all the time - and he is actually trying to make a difference," said Eloise, a social worker who declined to give her surname.

Source: bd News24 May 31, 2017 17:48 UTC