Jeremy Corbyn, leader of the UK’s opposition Labour party, offered a more inclusive, kinder political system for Britain and his party, but steered clear of European issues in his first speech as leader at the party’s conference on Tuesday (29 September).
Corbyn pledged to renew politics and Labour, and called his leadership win a “political earthquake”.
“It is a mandate for change,” he said.
“Let us build a kinder politics, a more caring society together,” Corbyn promised...
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Eszter Zalan is a Hungarian journalist who worked for Brussels-based news portal EUobserver specialising in European politics, focusing on populism and Brexit.