Corbyn Energizes Labour, Scares Markets With Free Broadband Plan

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Jeremy Corbyn

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Jeremy Corbyn has been trying to shift his Labour Party’s election campaign off the thorny issue of Brexit and onto his radical plans to shake up the U.K. economy. He finally achieved it on Friday, drowning out Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s own media blitz in the process.