Fraser Nelson Fraser Nelson

Jeremy Corbyn’s acceptance speech was the stuff of Tory dreams

When George Osborne watched Ed Miliband winning Labour leadership in 2010, he shouted “Yes!! Yes!! Yes!!” I imagine he had probably passed out by the end of Jeremy Corbyn’s acceptance speech: it was the stuff of Tory fantasy.

In Miliband’s acceptance speech, he had the wit to play down the role that the trades unions had played in his victory.

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