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Jeremy Corbyn Faces a Crisis of His Own Making
Brexit and an anti-Semitism scandal are putting the Labour leader under pressure.
Labour’s leader.
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As Britain’s Conservative Party tears itself apart over Brexit, Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn might be expected to be enjoying a big lead in the opinion polls.
Instead, the opposition is embroiled in a crisis every bit as deep as that facing the embattled government. At the European election, the Labour Party put in its worst national performance in almost a century. A recent poll by YouGov put the party in fourth place, trailing not only the Conservatives but the Brexit Party and Liberal Democrats, too.