Britain's opposition Labour Party gets a new leadership and it’s none other than leftist Jeremy Corbyn, who has pledged to work towards a better and a decent society.

This victory of Corbyn makes it more likely for Britain to exit European Union at one point in time. He has managed to pull of 59.7 percent of the vote, beating centrist candidates such as Andy Burnham (19 percent), Yvette Cooper (17 percent) and Liz Kendall (4.5 percent).

This time, 76 percent of people had voted, or a total of 422,664 voters, which is considered to be a good turnout . Despite getting lesser support from Labour MPs, Corbyn came well ahead of the other candidates and trade unionists.

As Corbyn went up to the stage to deliver his acceptance speech, his

supporters chanted "Jez we did.”

"Things can and they will change," said the 66-year-old leader. He started off by criticising British Media for their “intrusive reporting” and promised to achieve justice for the helpless and the downtrodden.

"I say thank you in advance to us all working together to achieve great victories, not just electorally for Labour, but emotionally for the whole of our society to show we don't have to be unequal, it doesn't have to be unfair, poverty isn't inevitable,” he said .

It is believed that when Corbyn refused to accept the pro-business consensus led by former Prime Minister Tony Blair, he immediately gained the confidence of many Labour supporters. He has offered wealth taxes, nuclear disarmament and ambiguity about EU membership instead.

On winning the elections, Corbyn, who is known to have voted against his own party, declared his intentions of increasing government investment through money-printing and re-nationalising vast swathes of the economy.

He also made clear that on his first day in Parliament as leader, he would be opposing government’s efforts to chain the unions and suppress their opinion. Instead, he would introduce the issue of Trade Union Bill on the same day, reported BBC .

Following Corbyn’s victory, shadow health minister Jamie Reed, who has been at loggerheads with Corbyn, has announced his resignation from the Labour front bench.

Meanwhile, Pablo Iglesias, who is the Secretary-General of Podemos since 2014, tweeted to congratulate Corbyn on his victory. Similarly, Gerry Adams an Irish republican politician, also took to twitter to congratulate Cobryn.

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