UK Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn says he is planning to become his country’s next prime minister by giving his grassroots supporters more control over the party.
Addressing the Labour women’s conference on Saturday, Corbyn said giving the grassroots a greater role would give him the power to replace Prime Minister Theresa May and ultimately change the “system of inequality and injustice” in the British society.
“Wide participation in policy-making leads to more support for the policies we get, leads us to that movement that will bring about the end of this government but – beyond that – the end of the system of inequality and injustice in our society,” the main opposition leader told his supporters.
Corbyn’s statements came days after his critical victory at National Executive Committee (NEC), Labour’s administrative body.
The NEC has already agreed to a number of proposals that would guarantee the presence of a left-wing…