Cult of Corbyn Smells Another Election

The Labour leader's activists are out on the doorsteps. They think Brexit will topple another prime minister.
Photographer: Luke MacGregor/Bloomberg
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A small church hall in the northern English city of Manchester with sandwiches and cups of tea is not the most obvious venue for an insurrection that would reverberate across Europe.

After glorious defeat at the British general election in June, supporters of Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn are mobilizing for what they see as inevitable with U.K. politics in disarray: their bearded, 68-year-old socialist cult hero getting another shot at becoming prime minister.