Corbyn allowed to lead Labour for ‘AS LONG AS HE WANTS’ as party unifies after election
LABOUR has unified its support behind Jeremy Corbyn, allowing him to lead for “as long as he wants” despite the party failing to win an election three times in a row.
Shami Chakrabarti booed for claiming Corbyn won the election
The left-wing 68-year-old pulled of an upset in the General Election after the Conservatives initially held a commanding lead in the opinion polls of more than 20 points but Labour managed to deliver the biggest increase in the party’s share of the national vote since 1945.
Labour picked up 30 seats, compared with the 2015 election, off the back of seeing its share of the national vote rise from 30.4 per cent to over 40.
The increase is the biggest since the one achieved by Clement Attlee after the Second World War.
Labour has unified behind leader Jeremy Corbyn
Former enemy of Jeremy Corbyn, Lord Mandelson
Jeremy Corbyn leaves party HQ after the general election