Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn will be back in the West Country today (July 22).

Just over a year after he spoke to huge crowds at Glastonbury Festival in Somerset, Corbyn will be back in the region speaking to another big gathering.

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He'll be in Tolpuddle, Dorset , speaking at the Tolpuddle Festival.

The village of Tolpuddle has special significance for Britain's trade union movement, which Mr Corbyn supports.

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Who were the Tolpuddle Martyrs?

This is the official summary on the festival's website about the history of these men, who have become symbols for workers and the political left in the UK.

"In the 1830s life in villages like Tolpuddle was hard and getting worse. Farm workers could not bear yet more cuts to their pay. Some fought back by smashing the new threshing machines but this brought harsh punishments.

"In 1834, farm workers in west Dorset formed a trade union. Unions were lawful and growing fast but six leaders of the union were arrested and sentenced to seven years’ transportation for taking an oath of secrecy. A massive protest swept across the country. Thousands of people marched through London and many more organised petitions and protest meetings to demand their freedom."

The farm workers of Tolpuddle were deported to Australia for their crime of coming together to form a union (not executed as the term martyrs suggests).