Voting for Jeremy Corbyn as leader is a gut reaction to Labour?s electoral defeat. Corbyn does point to some real economic problems facing Britain but his policies are based largely on the kind of wishful thinking that is endemic in UK politics and both blights Labour?s past. His popularity lies in Labour?s failure to defend its own record in government. [?]

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15 August 2015

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LSE British Politics and Policy

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https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandpolicy/corbyn-and-the-political-economy-of-nostalgia/

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