The struggles faced by Jeremy Corbyn over the summer finally come to a close, as confidence is apparently restored in his ability to successfully lead the Labour party.
Speaking at the Annual Labour Conference last week, Corbyn started off with some humour, with a genial reference to the less than punctual nature of Virgin Trains. However, he did go on to address the leadership election, and commented that he hopes “we don’t make a habit of it”.
He said he was “honoured to have been re-elected by our party a second time with an even larger mandate”, but also identified that “we all have lessons to learn and a responsibility to do things better and work together more effectively”.
At Nonsuch, there are most certainly mixed views about the man who has been accused of ineffective leadership by some, and praised as a refreshing personality in British politics by others.
One year 12 politics student comments: “In my opinion, although Jeremy Corbyn does represent the core values on which Labour was built on, I feel that he does not have what it takes to challenge the Tories”.
Alternatively, a year 13 student who is an avid supporter of Labour, believes “after the ineffective leadership of Ed Miliband, I’m relieved that the party now has someone who promotes the true beliefs of Labour”.
Although politically-charged debates and discussions are commonplace at Nonsuch, I can vouch for a tangibly increased excitement over politics since we all came back to school after a whirlwind summer in British politics – and there is no doubt that this will persist for the remaining part of 2016, in anticipation of the U.S. election this November.
Tahreem Khan, Nonsuch High School for Girls
