Jeremy Corbyn at a Greece Solidarity Campaign rally. Demotix/P Nutt. All rights reserved.The recent assumption of the Labour Party's leadership by Jeremy Corbyn triggered a string of reactions in Britain and all over Europe. Certain commentators, as well as various sections of the European left, greeted the ascension of an alleged 'dark horse' to Labour's leadership with satisfaction.
The victory of a new leader with the ambition to refashion Britain's main opposition party towards a more left-leaning orientation was seen as a genuine sign that a considerable chunk of the British electorate has grown weary of David Cameron's austerity policies.
Some went a step further and assessed that Jeremy Corbyn's victory reflects a Europe-wide resentment towards the insistence on austerity and the ongoing reduction of the welfare state. In the other end of the spectrum, Jeremy Corbyn's critics rushed to judge that his victory may render Labour 'unelectable', largely as result of the new leader's alleged radical leftist sympathies.
