Jeremy Corbyn

Jeremy Corbyn is one of those rare politicians who makes you feel the full weight of a genuine conviction — for better or worse. The man spent decades as a backbench MP for Islington North, a principled left-winger everyone dismissed as unelectable, and then in 2015 he somehow became Labour leader and lit the British political world on fire. I don't agree with everything he stands for, but I deeply respect someone who has held essentially the same positions since the 1970s without flinching — anti-war, pro-union, skeptical of NATO, champion of Palestinian rights — and never softened the message to win a news cycle. He picked up the Seán MacBride Peace Prize in 2017, which fits the image perfectly. His 2019 general election loss was brutal, and the antisemitism crisis that overshadowed his leadership was real and damaging. But even after being expelled from the Labour whip, he ran as an independent in 2024 and won his seat. That's not stubbornness — that's a man who has his own gravitational pull.

Name (English)

Jeremy Corbyn

Name (Japanese)

ジェレミー・コービン

Reading

じぇれみー・こーびん

Born

May 26, 1949 (age 77)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Gemini / Ox

Origin

Chippenham, United Kingdom

Occupation

trade unionist / politician / union member

Awards & achievements

• Gandhi International Peace Award
• 2017 Seán MacBride Peace Prize

• Official sitehttps://www.jeremycorbyn.org.uk
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/jeremycorbyn/
• Xhttps://x.com/jeremycorbyn
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeremy%20Corbyn
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%82%A7%E3%83%AC%E3%83%9F%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B3%E3%83%BC%E3%83%93%E3%83%B3
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q291169

Tags

• trade unionist
• politician
• union member

Last updated

2026-06-02

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.