I have watched how his mere presence on the political stage has started to shift the paradigm back from what seemed like an almost unreachable place, over there on the right, not even centre; where it is acceptable for many of the hard fought for human and workers’ rights, services and principles to be hacked away at, sometimes covertly and sometimes unbelievably, shamelessly publicly, without the consent of the people. Why have we not had a referendum on issues like privatising parts of the NHS? Why not a referendum on going to war..Again and again?! Why not a referendum on what to do about the bankers and financiers who plunged the economy into recession, which WE then paid for with ‘Austerity’! No one asked us about that!