The prophet and the rusting lady
Corbyn, brutally caricatured by Britain’s bullying popular press as unelectable, proved them all wrong
By far and away the most engaging read on the British election was written by The New Yorker’s Anthony Lane, who chose to render the event as a biblical parable. This is what he said about Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn: "And there came from the same country a prophet, whose name was Jeremy. His beard was as the pelt of beasts, and his raiments were not of the finest. And he cried aloud in the wilderness and said, ‘Behold, I bring you hope.’ "And suddenly there was with him a host of young people. And he said unto them, ‘Ye shall study and grow wise in all things, and I shall not ask ye for gold. And the sick shall be made well, and they also will heal freely.’ And he promised unto them all manner of goodly things."
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