Tessa Coombes – Social Policy PhD student
At last, the long drawn out Labour leadership election has come to its conclusion and we now know that Jeremy Corbyn has indeed been elected as leader of the Labour Party. After what has been a challenging process, involving intrigue, sub plots and horror stories, we will now see what this new kind of politics is all about. The mandate for change is clear with the scale of the victory born out of a truly democratic process embracing the notion of a real alternative to the status quo.
But what does this mean in practice when you have a leader who will undoubtedly have to fight many internal battles to gain support for his own policies?