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Jeremy Corbyn began the year with a question mark over his future, leading a divided party and his poll ratings in free fall.

There then followed a remarkable turnaround in his fortunes as he took the fight to Theresa May in the general election, confounded his critics and received a hero’s welcome at Glastonbury.

In an Ayes to the Left podcast special, the Labour leader looks back on 2017 and discusses when he first realised he had smashed the political mould.

Mr Corbyn also talks about his ambitions for 2018 and what more Labour needs to do to seal victory.

Talking to the Mirror’s Alison Phillips and Jason Beattie he also discusses Brexit and whether he has any sympathy for Theresa May.

There is also a strong rebuke for Donald Trump for pulling out of the Paris Climate accord and an appeal to world leaders to do more to alleviate the refugee crisis.

The Labour leader also talks about his plans for Christmas and tells a joke which is so bad it could be included in a cracker.