Corbyn Sweeps To Victory With 59.5% Of Vote

Jeremy Corbyn has been elected the new leader of the Labour Party in one of the biggest political shocks of recent times.

The veteran left-wing MP stormed to victory in the first round, taking 59.5% of the 422,664 votes cast.

He left his closest rival, Andy Burnham, trailing on 19%, with Yvette Cooper winning 17% and Liz Kendall 4.5%.
The result of the ballot of party members, trade unionists and people who paid £3 to sign up as Labour supporters was revealed at the QEII conference centre in Westminster.

Tom Watson was earlier announced as the party's new deputy leader .

As Mr Corbyn's landslide win was announced, his supporters cheered loudly and chanted: "Jez we did!"

The anti-austerity Islington North MP told the crowd: "During these amazing three months, our party has changed.

"We have grown enormously, because of the hopes of so many ordinary people for a different Britain, a better Britain, a more equal Britain, a more decent Britain.

"They are fed up with the inequality, the injustice, the unnecessary poverty. All those issues have brought people in in a spirit of hope and optimism."

He said it was time to end "grotesque levels of inequality".

"The Tories have used the economic crisis of 2008 to impose a terrible burden on the poorest people of this country," he said.

SOURCE: http://news.sky.com/story/1551339/corbyn-sweeps-to-victory-with-59-5-percent-of-vote

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I am really very happy for him,Jeremy corbyn is a very big supporter of the Palestinian course, that was the main reason I was attracted to his candidacy in the labour election.I really hope one day he's going to become the British prime minister insha ALLAH

@ lalasticlala, This breaking news requires your urgent attention.

Which Labour Party? The one in Ondo or Ikeja?

omowolewa:
Which Labour Party? The one in Ondo or Ikeja?

Kindly take your time to read the news.