http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3231822/Anti-monarchy-anti-austerity-defender-Putin-ISIS-Palestinian-terrorists-extraordinary-views-Labour-s-radical-new-leader.html#ixzz3laRjc2yJAnti-monarchy, anti-austerity and a defender of Putin, ISIS and Palestinian terrorists: The extraordinary views of Labour's VERY radical new leader
By Tom McTague, Deputy Political Editor for MailOnline
Published: 06:15 EST, 12 September 2015 | Updated: 07:36 EST, 12 September 2015
Jeremy Corbyn is the most radical Labour leader in the party's history.
The veteran left-winger does not merely advocate a return to 1970s-style socialism, the re-opening of the mines and nationalisation of all public utilities.
Mr Corbyn also opposes Nato, Britain's nuclear deterrent and any controls on immigration.
He refused to support the Falklands War, backed the right of Iraqi insurgents to target British troops and, more recently, has defended Vladimir Putin, ISIS and Palestinian terrorists.
His views are so hard-line he even split with his second wife because she refused to send her child to the failing local state school in his constituency.
Michael Foot, who led the Labour party to its worst post war defeat in 1983, was never so far from public opinion – even supporting Margaret Thatcher's re-taking of the Falkland Islands in 1982.
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