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STEVE SWEENEY looks at the political thinking behind the grassroots Momentum movement which played such a decisive role in bringing about the election of Jeremy Corbyn as leader of the Labour Party
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One of the iconic images of the Corbyn campaign was the photograph that captured a group of young people who had climbed up to peer in through a window at Camden Town Hall. This was seen by many as a defining moment in Corbyn’s campaign when, for the first time, he had to address people outside the meeting, delivering a speech from an FBU fire engine. It was then that many began to realise the scale and seriousness of what was happening.
Packed meetings with an overspill then became a feature of those that were held in the many towns and cities across the country throughout the summer.
By September 12 it became apparent that it was not whether Corbyn had won, but the magnitude of the victory. With a stunning 60 per cent of the vote, he won in the first round, marking a significant change in politics as Labour elected a leader who opposed austerity, embraced trade unions and put socialism back on the agenda for the first time in decades.
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