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Britain’s Labour heads in a more progressive direction with new anti-austerity Leader

This is a big, big deal. Via The Wall Street Jour­nal: Jere­my Cor­byn, a far-left for­mer union orga­niz­er, was elect­ed the leader of the U.K.’s Labour Par­ty on Sat­ur­day, a result that sig­nals a more social­ist direc­tion for the country’s main oppo­si­tion and could her­ald a realign­ment of British pol­i­tics. The 66-year-old law­mak­er, long on […]