Suddenly and dramatically, and as far as the Labour party is concerned, fatefully, last October. And though it emerged from the campaign to elect Jeremy Corbyn as leader last summer, Todd insists “it’s a movement that’s so much bigger than any individual”. I think it’s an inspiring, amazing development that so many people have joined the Labour party; it’s now the biggest political party in Europe. It allows volunteers to access the phone numbers of Labour party members and lobby them from their own homes. “When the Labour party was founded it was not founded to be the British socialist party.

Source: The Guardian September 18, 2016 08:26 UTC