My mum's family have been involved in politics for a long time. Joseph Burgess is my great great grandfather. He was a journalist and Labour politician and was active in the creation of the Independent Labour party and Labour party. He was a member of Glasgow city council too - a city I have visited several times in the last few years.
My great uncle was Wilfred Feinburgh who was a Labour politician and MP. This was something I've known about for some time but I only looked a little closer this weekend. Goodness knows what my children thought had happened when I gasped audibly and said something along the lines of 'no way'. My great uncle was MP for North Islington - where Jeremy Corbyn, the leader of the Labour Party, is MP!
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The MP for North Inslington with the great niece of a former MP for North Islington |
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