On a residential street in Croydon, Thomas Jefferson rolls down his window and calls out to me. No, not the Founding Father, but the 47-year-old chauffeur and lapsed Labour supporter.
“Last time I didn’t vote,” he says. “But Jeremy Corbyn is the man to take this country. He’s the one who makes me want to vote again. He’s got the best ideas. He’s the best man for the job.”
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