Jeremy Corbyn vs Yang Shangkun

Jeremy Corbyn was elected Labour leader on a left-wing platform, winning 59.5% of the vote. His leadership was seen as a shift away from New Labour, advocating for nationalization, anti-austerity, and nuclear disarmament.

Corbyn led Labour to a surprise result in the 2017 general election, gaining 30 seats and denying Theresa May a majority. Labour won 40% of the vote, its highest share since 2001, and forced a hung parliament.

Corbyn led Labour to a landslide defeat in the 2019 general election, winning only 202 seats. The party lost many traditional Labour seats in the 'Red Wall' to the Conservatives. Corbyn resigned as leader following the defeat.

Corbyn was suspended from the Labour Party by Keir Starmer after his response to the Equality and Human Rights Commission report on antisemitism. He claimed the scale of antisemitism had been overstated, leading to his suspension.

Yang Shangkun joined the Chinese Communist Party's Long March, serving as a political commissar. He survived the arduous retreat from Jiangxi to Yan'an, which solidified his position in the party hierarchy.

Yang Shangkun was appointed Mayor of Tianjin after the Communist takeover. He oversaw the city's transition to Communist rule, including the suppression of counter-revolutionaries and economic reconstruction.

Yang Shangkun was purged and imprisoned for 12 years during the Cultural Revolution, accused of being a counter-revolutionary. He was held in solitary confinement and subjected to harsh treatment.

Yang Shangkun was rehabilitated and elected President of the People's Republic of China, serving until 1993. He was a key figure in the crackdown on the Tiananmen Square protests in 1989.

As President, Yang Shangkun was a member of the Standing Committee that authorized the use of military force to suppress the Tiananmen Square protests. The crackdown resulted in hundreds of civilian deaths.