Corbyn: Serial Rebel With Designs On Downing Street

Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has repeatedly beaten the odds in his long and colourful career and may stand to benefit from government divisions over Brexit but his leftist views and handling of disputes have proved deeply controversial.

Liverpool, (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 24th Sep, 2018 ) :Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has repeatedly beaten the odds in his long and colourful career and may stand to benefit from government divisions over Brexit but his leftist views and handling of disputes have proved deeply controversial.

With Theresa May's authority undermined by the European Union's dismissal of her Brexit plans, the 69-year-old socialist comes into his party's conference this week believing the issue could ultimately bring down the government and give him a shot at becoming prime minister, unthinkable only a few years ago.

He has so far capitalised on the government's discomfort on Brexit by focusing his own efforts on popular domestic policies such as renationalising Britain's notoriously rickety railways.

But he has been accused of alienating centre-left moderates in his party with a more hardline approach and failing to act quickly enough on charges of anti-Semitism against party members.

Under Corbyn's leadership, some critics of his policies have also complained of being hounded by the grassroots Momentum movement -- exacerbating divisions within the party.