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Marie Le Conte, Colm Quinn

Why Britain’s Labour Party Kicked Out Jeremy Corbyn

Former Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn prepares to leave his home in London on Oct. 29. Leon Neal/Getty Images

On Oct. 29, 2019, the British Parliament voted in favor of an early general election, which pitted Conservative Boris Johnson against Labour party leader Jeremy Corbyn. One year later to the day, Corbyn was suspended by his party, and now sits in Parliament as an independent MP.

Though Westminster has had its fair share of shocking twists and turns since the Brexit vote, the move was a particularly jaw-dropping one. How can a man go from leading a party to being expelled from it in such a short time?

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