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Originally Posted by CliffFletcher
Corbyn's Momenetum movement turned its back on Labour centrists like Blair and Brown in favour of a dyed-in-the-wool socialist who would remake the UK system to overthrow the oligarchy. His support in Labour was built on a cadre of intensely passionate loyalists - mostly activists, academics, and students -who said this was no time for tepid moderates, and promised to bring about real change.
Key elements of Corbyn's platform:
Free university
Free broadband
Free dental care
Raise the national minimum wage
Massive public housing programme
Windfall tax on oil an gas companies
Breaking up tech companies
Foreign policy of non-interventionism
Corbyn also has a history of praising anti-Western and communist leaders, like Castro.
But other than that, no - nothing at all like Sanders.
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Free Dental care definitely would have bankrupted the country, therefore Corbyn just wasn't a realistic option.