No, not the winged, serpent-bodied creature from Harry Potter but an alloy imitating gold or silver: something that seems it could be of great value but doesn't really stand up to inspection or analysis: yes, Jeremy Corbyn has won Labour leadership contest outright in the first round: "The veteran left winger got almost 60% of more than 400,000 votes cast, trouncing his rivals Andy Burnham, Yvette Cooper and Liz Kendall" [BBC] ...back to the future. Less than three months ago he only stood "as an alternative to the Stepford ['cloned/conformist'] candidates standing for the leadership". For all those who have sorely missed the animated debates* from the idealogical divide in politics, well now you can rest assured those days are back.
Not that you're bothered but Corbyn and I have a lot in common: Arsenal F.C., a love of cheese, secondary education was grammar school and...erm, well, that's it except I presume he speaks Spanish as his 2nd and 3rd wives are from Chile and Mexico respectively.
* debate from the 'Right': the Left don't and can't debate. Despite saying that we should remember he has been the MP for Islington North for over three decades; I concur with Nick Hurd, the current Conservative MP from a previous home constituency of mine:
