Labour’s Jeremy Corbyn ‘confident’ of support in Wales – WBNews

Jeremy Corbyn says he is “very confident” there is support in Wales for his bid to retain the Labour leadership. Mr Corbyn, who is being challenged by Pontypridd MP Owen Smith, visited Merthyr Tydfil and will go to Swansea on Friday. They took part in the first hustings of the leadership contest in Cardiff on Thursday night. Mr Corbyn said no community in Wales would be “left behind”. He spoke to hundreds of supporters at a rally in Merthyr Tydfil’s Penderyn Square, the scene of the start of the 1831 Merthyr Rising. “We’re reaching out to every community in every part of this country,” he told the crowd. “Yes, in order to take part in this election, yes, in order to strengthen our party, but also to reach out to those who have become disillusioned with politics because they don’t see a political solution to their problems”, Mr Corbyn said. Media captionJeremy Corbyn tells BBC Wales’ Cemlyn Davies no community will be left behind by LabourAs the Labour leader left the event he was followed by a large group of supporters, some of whom asked for “selfies” or tried to speak to the leader. Ahead of the visit, Mr Corbyn told BBC Wales he was “very confident” in the support for his leadership in the south Wales valleys. “We had the event last night in Cardiff. We’ve got the event today in Merthyr and were going on to Swansea this evening. We’re doing a lot of campaigning all over the…more detail