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The familiar bassline of Seven Nation Army boomed out, while the 700 or so strong audience stood on their feet clapping and whooping, craning for a glimpse of their hero.

The object of their adoration was the appearance of the slight, greyhaired frame of 76 year old former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, in the city to officially 'launch' the Your Party initiative, a loose collective of left wing and pro Palestine supporters.

Corbyn, flanked by Birmingham Perry Barr MP Ayoub Khan and Mohammed Hafeez, a barrister who previously stood for election in Hall Green and Moseley , was at New Bingley Hall to share what the party has to offer to the city and region. Fellow 'co leader' Zarah Sultana was noticeably absent, apparently on an alternative mission in France amid still

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