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3 June 2015updated 05 Oct 2023 8:45am

Could Jeremy Corbyn MP be Labour’s leadership candidate of the left?

A late alternative option has emerged for Labour's next leader: the ardent socialist, Jeremy Corbyn.

By Anoosh Chakelian

Most potential candidates declared their interest in running for the Labour leadership weeks ago, but there is now a new name in the mix: Jeremy Corbyn.

MP for Islington North since 1983, Corbyn is a well-known figure on the left of the party, an ardent socialist and serial rebel who has been involved in the CND, the Stop the War Coalition and writes for the Morning Star.

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