Jeremy Corbyn, newly elected leader of the Labour Party in the UK, didn’t waste much time. A few hours after taking the helm of the once progressive force in British politics, Corbyn made his first public appearance, at a rally for Syrian refugees in Parliament Square.
Corbyn set a decidedly different tone than any of his recent predecessors, including Tony Blair, a man he wouldn’t mind see get charged for war crimes. In the speech, Corbyn talked about the reasons behind the refugee crisis in Syria and elsewhere, namely all the wars launched by governments like that of Great Britain, which he admitted he has seen happen in the British parliament.
What will this mean for Syrain refugees right now? Probably not much, David Cameron is still PM. What does this mean for the British Labour Party? A helluva lot. it looks like they have thrown off their Blairite ways and embraced a return to their past as a hope for their future.
Regardless, listen to the speech, it’s a real good one:
