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In defence of Jeremy Corbyn

Naive he may be, but he’s consistent – and at least he’s thinking about the future

28 November 2015

9:00 AM

28 November 2015

9:00 AM

What strange people we Brits are. We spend years moaning that our politicians are cynical opportunists who don’t stand for anything. Then along comes an opposition leader who has principles — and appears to stick by them even when it makes him unpopular — and he is dismissed as a joke.

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Freddy Gray is deputy editor of The Spectator.

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