SO the 2019 general election is done, and the neoliberals have won, again. But before we join in with the chorus being led by the 1 per cent attacking Corbyn, let’s take a moment to step back and look at the wider context.

It is at times like these that those new to the struggle for a better society may find their faith wavering. And it is important to remember that what we have just witnessed was simply the most recent step in a very long journey.

My own journey has borne witness to anti-apartheid activism, CND, the miners’ strike, environmentalism, the poll tax revolt, the anti-globalisation movement, Stop The War, Occupy, Black Lives Matter, Keep the NHS Public, Syriza, Podemos, #metoo, Extinction Rebellion, Corbyn winning the leadership of the Labour Party, openly socialist blocs in the US Democratic Party, and then over 10 million people voting for a radical socialist manifesto in a British general election. It is worth remembering just how far we have come.