Frontrunner for Labour leadership faces down critics in the party, saying people’s support would give him a mandate to leadJeremy Corbyn has told his Labour critics that his mandate to lead the party will stretch beyond Westminster if he wins the contest to succeed Ed Miliband. Amid rising concern among established Labour figures at the apparently unstoppable momentum behind the veteran leftwinger, Corbyn said his campaign has captured a public mood against austerity also seen in Spain, Greece and the US. Related: Jeremy Corbyn: ‘We are not doing celebrity, personality or abusive politics – this is about hope’ Continue reading...
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