The Labour party was disconnected from the people it was supposed to represent.”They hope the party can be pulled together by Momentum, the group founded after Corbyn’s first election as party leader to “harness the energy and enthusiasm from the campaign”. In workshops they talked about the lack of housing, the state of the railways, energy and technology, disability rights and childcare. Look at the energy here: it’s a triumph.”Joseph Todd is a Momentum organiser. We definitely hope we’ll be doing a lot more events like this, now we know there’s a real thirst for it. The demographic of Momentum volunteers is very young, but here we’re seeing old and young, women and men.

Source: The Guardian September 24, 2016 18:45 UTC