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Cseke Csilla/MTI Arpad Goncz, Hungary's first post-Communist President died a month ago on October 6th. Today he is laid to rest in a Budapest cemetery, as the nation comes to terms with the loss of one of its most respected and trusted leader. The family of Arpi bacsi, or Uncle Arpi, chose today on purpose, as it is a key anniversary date for Goncz's involvement in the 1956 Revolution, an even that would impact the rest of his life and which would determine his legacy. Arpad Goncz was a remarkable person, with a remarkable legacy. He helped transition Hungary from the Communist rule to the new millenium successfully, and the whole nation will be forever grateful for that. During his time in office, he oversaw several governments, a dead Prime Minister and Hungary's joining of NATO. He managed to guide the transition peacefully and most important with minimal corruption as the nation privatized and developed, and most importantly avoided a breakdown of the system...

Rupert Rivett/Demotix/Corbis Jeremy Corbyn has been in power for less than three weeks, but he has surprised many sceptics already. In fact as the annual Labour Party Conference draws to end, he seems very impressive. Corbyn looks confident. And it is not just us who thinks this, but most people. This is also why lately there have been no talk of replacing him, as opposed to the constant speculation even before he was elected. Corbyn was also very confident when he delivered his speech at the conference. The conference which was the biggest ever for Labour, largely due to thousands of people who signed up to the party due to Corbyn's election. Corbyn's only talks about policy, and his policies are more popular than previously thought, though they are still controversial. Corbyn wants to renationalise the British Rail and Mail systems. He has received big backlash for this, but he is a socialist after all. He has also warmed up to the SNP, and was significant...

Jeremy Corbyn has been elected as the new leader of Labour Party. At the special conference today in London, it was announced that the veteran Socialist MP won nearly 60% of the vote in the race, beating Andy Burnham, Yvette Cooper and Liz Kendall. Many thought that the party hit rock bottom when the Tories got re-elected. Now more people say that this is the true rock bottom. After months of campaigning, Labour has elected a leader who is not electable. It was already going to be a very hard and complicated task for the party to get back into power, but now it looks even more impossible. Jeremy Corbyn as a person, is a very nice and smart gentleman. But Jeremy Corbyn as a politician is representing something that is not sustainable. In fact many call him the last torchbearer of socialism (together with Bernie Sanders).  Corbyn barely got onto the ballot paper, as many MP's only voted for him to broaden the debate, that was going to elect either Burnham or Cooper. W...

Let's face it, Labour isn't doing so well right now. many thought that May 8 was rock bottom after the party disastrously lost in the General Election to Mr. Cameron's Conservatives. The healing period was supposed to start over the summer as the party choses its new leadership.  But instead, the party is divided more than ever in the past few years, and as the four candidates are battling to be Mr. Miliband's disgraced successor, they are destroying their own future powers and standing. Jeremy Corbyn who only got on the ballot paper in the last minutes have recently became the frontrunner in the race, ahead of Andy Burnham, Yvette Cooper and Liz Kendall. The veteran MP is often highly criticised for his policies and his track record, but despite warnings from Tony Blair and even Conservative leaning sources, he has soared in polls. The most probable answer to this dilemma is that he is different. The Labour Party members seem to be tired of the remains of...