Jeremy Corbyn wants more nice things, fewer nasty ones
The former Labour leader, and poet, goes canvassing
Jeremy Corbyn is a good man. You can tell because he has a beard and sandals and he writes poetry. His writings brim with goodness. In his manifesto he preaches “compassion”, “peace”, “equality”, “democracy” and other nice abstract nouns. But he has a stern side: he does not like “injustice”, “cruel” things or “greed”. He is stalwart: such feelings have made him again run for election to be the MP for “the people of Islington North”, though presumably not for the greedy ones.
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This article appeared in the Britain section of the print edition under the headline “Oh, Jeremy Corbyn ”
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