12-09-2015 01:07 via news.yahoo.com

Labour Party ready to lurch left as Corbyn expected to win leadership

By William James LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's opposition Labour Party is expected to crown hard left lawmaker Jeremy Corbyn as its new leader on Saturday after a surprise surge in support for his anti-austerity platform, and despite fears that he will make the party unelectable for years. Corbyn, a 66-year old parliamentary veteran who was relatively unknown a few months ago, has hit upon a strong appetite within his party for a radical alternative to Conservative Prime Minister David Cameron's
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