They didn’t care if that meant they were blackballed by the party leadership or vilified by the press. That’s why Corbyn won that transformative, historic leadership campaign in 2015. Nonetheless, in the time since Corbyn won the Labour leadership and appointed McDonnell as shadow chancellor, they have changed Labour. In 2017, Labour won 40% of the popular vote, and its largest increase in vote share in postwar history. But for now, I just want to say thank you to two of the most principled people I know – Jeremy Corbyn and John McDonnell.

Source: The Guardian December 17, 2019 14:48 UTC