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{{Infobox politician|name=Jeremy Bernard Corbyn|image_size=200|birth_date=26 May 1949 (aged 74)|birth_place=Chippenham, Wiltshire, England|nationality=[[British]]|political_orientation=[[Social Democracy]]|political_party=Labour (1965-2022)| | {{Infobox politician|name=Jeremy Bernard Corbyn|image_size=200|birth_date=26 May 1949 (aged 74)|birth_place=Chippenham, Wiltshire, England|nationality=[[British]]|political_orientation=[[Social Democracy]]|political_party=Labour (1965-2022)|Website=https://jeremycorbyn.org.uk/|image=Jeremy Corbyn Portraits (cropped).jpg}} | ||
'''Jeremy Bernard Corbyn''' (born 26 May 1949) is a [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland|British]] politician who served as [[Leader of the Labour Party (UK)|Leader of the Labour Party]] and [[Leader of His Majesty's Most Loyal Opposition|Leader of the Opposition]] from 2015 to 2020. Corbyn's views made him the target of sabotage by the [[Neoliberalism|neoliberals]] of the Labour Party, leading to him losing the 2019 general election to incumbent [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland|Prime Minister]] [[Boris Johnson]]. | '''Jeremy Bernard Corbyn''' (born 26 May 1949) is a [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland|British]] politician who served as [[Leader of the Labour Party (UK)|Leader of the Labour Party]] and [[Leader of His Majesty's Most Loyal Opposition|Leader of the Opposition]] from 2015 to 2020. Corbyn's views made him the target of sabotage by the [[Neoliberalism|neoliberals]] of the Labour Party, leading to him losing the 2019 general election to incumbent [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland|Prime Minister]] [[Boris Johnson]]. | ||
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== Early Life == | == Early Life == | ||
Corbyn was born on 26 May 1949 in Chippenham, Wiltshire, the youngest of four brothers. The second youngest brother, Piers Corbyn, would go on to be a [[climate change]] denying [[Conspiracy theory|conspiracy theorist]] and affiliate himself with [[Trotskyism|Trotskyist]] organisation, [[International Marxist Group]] (IMG).<ref>{{Web citation|author=Tim Adams|newspaper=The Guardian|title=Piers Corbyn: the other rebel in the family|date=2016-01-24|url=https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/jan/24/piers-corbyn-other-rebel-in-the-family-jeremy-corbyn-climate-change | Corbyn was born on 26 May 1949 in Chippenham, Wiltshire, the youngest of four brothers. The second youngest brother, Piers Corbyn, would go on to be a [[climate change]] denying [[Conspiracy theory|conspiracy theorist]] and affiliate himself with [[Trotskyism|Trotskyist]] organisation, [[International Marxist Group]] (IMG).<ref>{{Web citation|author=Tim Adams|newspaper=The Guardian|title=Piers Corbyn: the other rebel in the family|date=2016-01-24|url=https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/jan/24/piers-corbyn-other-rebel-in-the-family-jeremy-corbyn-climate-change}}</ref> | ||
== Political career == | == Political career == | ||
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In 1983 Corbyn became Labour MP for Islington North, a seat which he has held ever since for the last forty years.<ref name=":1">{{Web citation|author=Jeremy Corbyn|title=About me|date=2023|url=https://jeremycorbyn.org.uk/43-2/about-me/|retrieved=2023-12-05}}</ref> | In 1983 Corbyn became Labour MP for Islington North, a seat which he has held ever since for the last forty years.<ref name=":1">{{Web citation|author=Jeremy Corbyn|title=About me|date=2023|url=https://jeremycorbyn.org.uk/43-2/about-me/|retrieved=2023-12-05}}</ref> | ||
In 1983 Corbyn defended the Trotskyist group [[Militant Tendency]] against Labour leader [[Neil Kinnock]]'s efforts to expel them from the party. Then in 1988 he called for the [[Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (1922–1991)|Soviet Union]] to rehabilitate traitors to the revolution, [[Leon Trotsky]] and his son [[Leon Sedov]].<ref>{{Web citation|author=Kenneth D. Ackerman|newspaper=Huffpost|title=Is UK's Jeremy Corbyn a Trotskyist? Seriously|date=2016-08-23|url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/is-uks-jeremy-corbyn-a-tr_b_11650964 | In 1983 Corbyn defended the Trotskyist group [[Militant Tendency]] against Labour leader [[Neil Kinnock]]'s efforts to expel them from the party. Then in 1988 he called for the [[Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (1922–1991)|Soviet Union]] to rehabilitate traitors to the revolution, [[Leon Trotsky]] and his son [[Leon Sedov]].<ref>{{Web citation|author=Kenneth D. Ackerman|newspaper=Huffpost|title=Is UK's Jeremy Corbyn a Trotskyist? Seriously|date=2016-08-23|url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/is-uks-jeremy-corbyn-a-tr_b_11650964}}</ref> In 1989 Corbyn supported the restoration of [[capitalism]] in [[Eastern Europe]] collaborating with Trotskyists hoping to install their own regime in the power vacuum.<ref>{{Web citation|author=James Ivens|newspaper=Socialist Party|title=Corbyn didn’t collaborate with Stalinism – but with Trotskyists against it|date=2018-02-18|url=https://www.socialistparty.org.uk/articles/26957/28-02-2018/corbyn-didn-t-collaborate-with-stalinism-but-with-trotskyists-against-it/}}</ref> | ||
In parliament he served on the Social Security Committee (1992-2007), the London Regional Select Committee (2009-2010) and the Justice Committee (2011-2015).<ref name=":1" /> | In parliament he served on the Social Security Committee (1992-2007), the London Regional Select Committee (2009-2010) and the Justice Committee (2011-2015).<ref name=":1" /> | ||
=== Leader of the Labour Party === | === Leader of the Labour Party === | ||
Corbyn was elected as leader of the Labour Party in 2015 where he contested a leadership challenge and two general elections. Corbyn's social democratic leadership is considered to be one of the most left wing periods of leadership the Labour Party has ever had, a distinction most likely drawn from the right wing period of [[Tony Blair|Blair]]. Corbyn's lukewarm polices, which lead to his huge popularity among the youth, were seen as a threat to the [[Bourgeoisie|Bourgeois]] who engaged on a relentless campaign to destroy his reputation.<ref name=":2">{{Web citation|author=Jonathan Cook|newspaper=Proletarian|title=Antisemitism is cover for a much deeper divide in Britain’s Labour party|date=2019-04-05|url=https://thecommunists.org/2019/04/05/news/antisemitism-cover-deeper-divide-labour-party-corbyn/ | Corbyn was elected as leader of the Labour Party in 2015 where he contested a leadership challenge and two general elections. Corbyn's social democratic leadership is considered to be one of the most left wing periods of leadership the Labour Party has ever had, a distinction most likely drawn from the right wing period of [[Tony Blair|Blair]]. Corbyn's lukewarm polices, which lead to his huge popularity among the youth, were seen as a threat to the [[Bourgeoisie|Bourgeois]] who engaged on a relentless campaign to destroy his reputation.<ref name=":2">{{Web citation|author=Jonathan Cook|newspaper=Proletarian|title=Antisemitism is cover for a much deeper divide in Britain’s Labour party|date=2019-04-05|url=https://thecommunists.org/2019/04/05/news/antisemitism-cover-deeper-divide-labour-party-corbyn/|retrieved=2023-12-05}}</ref> | ||
Corbyn's time as leader of the opposition was marred by constant accusations of [[antisemitism]] for Corbyn's unrepentant support of [[State of Palestine|Palestine]]. The British establishment along with many in Corbyn's own party deemed that [[Anti-Zionism]] was antisemitic so used this as a weapon to bludgeon Corbyn with.<ref name=":2" /> This smear campaign based on lies along with his position on Brexit were the main contributing factors for Corbyn's downfall as by the time the 2019 general election came, his reputation was in tatters, and the sitting [[Conservative and Unionist Party|Conservative]] Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, won in a landslide. Following the election, Corbyn was forced to resign as party leader, and in 2020 he was succeeded by [[Keir Starmer]], who continued with the anti-Corbyn campaign.<ref name=":0" /> | Corbyn's time as leader of the opposition was marred by constant accusations of [[antisemitism]] for Corbyn's unrepentant support of [[State of Palestine|Palestine]]. The British establishment along with many in Corbyn's own party deemed that [[Anti-Zionism]] was antisemitic so used this as a weapon to bludgeon Corbyn with.<ref name=":2" /> This smear campaign based on lies along with his position on Brexit were the main contributing factors for Corbyn's downfall as by the time the 2019 general election came, his reputation was in tatters, and the sitting [[Conservative and Unionist Party|Conservative]] Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, won in a landslide. Following the election, Corbyn was forced to resign as party leader, and in 2020 he was succeeded by [[Keir Starmer]], who continued with the anti-Corbyn campaign.<ref name=":0" /> | ||
=== Independent === | === Independent === | ||
On 29 October 2020, Jeremy Corbyn was suspended from membership of the Labour party and had the whip withdrawn from him after being accused of allowing antisemitism in the party. Corbyn responded that the claims of antisemitism were overblown for political reasons and in response Starmer accused Corbyn of being a denier of antisemitism.<ref>{{Web citation|author=Harpal Brar|newspaper=Proletarian|title=Jeremy Corbyn suspended from the Labour party|date=2020-11-11|url=https://thecommunists.org/2020/11/11/news/jeremy-corbyn-suspended-labour-party-alleged-antisemitism/ | On 29 October 2020, Jeremy Corbyn was suspended from membership of the Labour party and had the whip withdrawn from him after being accused of allowing antisemitism in the party. Corbyn responded that the claims of antisemitism were overblown for political reasons and in response Starmer accused Corbyn of being a denier of antisemitism.<ref>{{Web citation|author=Harpal Brar|newspaper=Proletarian|title=Jeremy Corbyn suspended from the Labour party|date=2020-11-11|url=https://thecommunists.org/2020/11/11/news/jeremy-corbyn-suspended-labour-party-alleged-antisemitism/|retrieved=2023-12-05}}</ref> Since his removal Corbyn has sat in the house of commons as an independent. | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||