In the UK, Jeremy Corbyn revealed in a 2016 Mumsnet Q&A that it has long been his favourite novel too. “A very great Irish friend of mine told me 15 years or so before the journey that I had to read Ulysses. Ulysses is set at a time when political tension was rising in Dublin. “Ireland has had a huge impact on British political life for a very long time,” Corbyn reflects. Politicians should never forget that people have lives to lead and they often have dreams they don’t talk about.”

Source: The Guardian June 14, 2019 09:56 UTC