Fownhope’s Heart of Oak Society traces its roots to the age of friendly societies, when communities provided their own safety net. Its anniversary celebrations reveal a tradition still very much alive, says MARK SEDDON
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Jeremy Corbyn greets a massive crowd in Bristol before the general election this year
THE Labour leader may be stepping down in the new year but in four-and-a-half years he has done much to change his party and British politics.
Labour is a much larger party than it was, and the revival of socialist ideas has shaken the Establishment and seriously breached the neoliberal consensus that has dominated “official” politics since Thatcher.
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