True to his antique, bearded ideology, guru Corbyn is a ‘republican’, a form of government invented 2,500 years ago.
‘Republic’ derives from the Latin res publica — ‘people’s property, business’ (not politicians’). It defined Rome in contrast to its earliest condition as a monarchy, under the control of kings.
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