This is obviously a very disappointing night for the Labour Party.

I want to also make it clear that I will not lead the party in any future general election campaign.

I will discuss with our party to ensure there is a process now of reflection on this result and on the policies that the party will take going forward.

It's not Corbinism. There is no such thing as Corbynism.

Hello and welcome to Corbinism, the post-mortem, a new limited podcast series investigating Corbinism

and the impact Jeremy Corbyn's tenure as Labour leader had on British politics. I'm your host,

Oz Catterjee, and before I introduce my guests, I'd like to talk about what we are seeking to explore with

this series. On September 12, 2015, Jeremy Corbyn, the man who had represented Islington North as MP for over 30 years,

was elected as leader of the Labour Party, a decision that, for better or for worse,

would fundamentally alter the course of British political history.

Corbyn's victory sent shockwaves through the political establishment.

A lifelong socialist and anti-imperialist campaigner,

Jeremy Corbyn was a stalwart of the

near-dormant radical left wing of the Labour Party, a wing that had been sidelined since Michael

Foote's crushing defeat by Margaret Thatcher in 1983. The same year, Corbyn was elected into Parliament

for the very first time. On December 12th, 2019, history repeated itself as the Labour Party,

now firmly refashioned in Jeremy Corbyn's image, after denying Theresa May a majority in 2017,

was humiliated by Boris Johnson's Conservative Party, who had returned to Parliament with a 79-seat

majority. Speaking shortly after he was returned to Parliament

as MP for Islington North, the Labour leader announced he would stand down. Today, in the aftermath of

that defeat, we will assess what went wrong for Jeremy Corbyn, the man, and for Corbinism, the

movement, as we interrogate what lies ahead for the future of British politics and for the

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