Comrade Corbyn: A Very Unlikely Coup: How Jeremy Corbyn Stormed to the Labour Leadership - Softcover

Rosa Prince

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1785901184 ISBN 13: 9781785901188

Publisher: Biteback Publishing, 2016

Synopsis

He is a most unlikely revolutionary: a middle-aged, middle-class former grammar schoolboy who honed his radicalism on the mean streets of rural Shropshire. Last summer, this little-known outsider rode a wave of popular enthusiasm to win the Labour Party leadership by a landslide, with a greater mandate than any British political leader before him.

One year on, as Corbyn struggles to retain his grip on the leadership amid open revolt from his own MPs, this new edition of the critically acclaimed biography brings the Jeremy Corbyn story fully up to date, setting out how this very British iconoclast managed to snatch the leadership of a party he spent forty years rebelling against ... and how the party has rebelled against him in turn.

Engaging, clear-sighted and above all revealing, Comrade Corbyn explores the extraordinary story of the most unexpected leader in modern British politics.

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Review:

"Rosa Prince's explosive new biography reveals why the Labour leader has not changed with the times." -- The Telegraph"Comprehensive and forensic." -- Progress

"A clear, well-researched and fair-minded account." -- Daily Mail

"[Rosa Prince] has described in extraordinarily close detail exactly how, methodologically, it happened that Corbyn became leader." -- David Sexton, Evening Standard

"An affectionate portrait of a man that Prince obviously thinks has landed himself in the wrong job." -- The Independent

(An) engaging and accomplished analysis." -- Jason Cowley, Sunday Times

Prince has produced a well- researched and balanced account of the rise of this most unlikely politician." -- The Spectator

"Fascinating and forensic - a real insight into the making of Labour's accidental leader. Meticulously researched and always even-handed, this is a very human portrait of a figure who has become a byword for controversy. Essential reading for anyone who follows politics." --Mary Riddell, Daily Telegraph

"Comrade Corbyn is a real political thriller with a revolutionary ending. This is British politics' most incredible political journey. Ever." --Kevin Maguire, Daily Mirror

"An accomplished study and the most lucid explanation yet of the Labour Party's present state." --New Statesman

About the Author:

Rosa Prince was born and raised in London. She is an award-winning political journalist and was part of the team that broke the 2009 expenses scandal. A member of the Parliamentary Lobby for more than ten years for the Daily Mirror and Daily Telegraph, Rosa was also US correspondent for the Telegraph. She is now a freelance journalist and writer, and is the author of Standing Down: Interviews with Retiring MPs, published by Biteback in 2015.

About this edition

• Publisher: Biteback Publishing
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 1785901184
• ISBN 13: 9781785901188
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 432