A STUDENT ringleader of the university backlash against Sun columnist Rod Liddle is a Jeremy Corbyn fan who wants to be a Labour MP.
Sean Hannigan, 22, has previously said “families like mine have suffered” under austerity.
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Sean Hannigan stood unsuccessfully for Labour in local elections in May, winning just 577 votes Credit: NNP 2
Students walked out before Liddle spoke about tolerance earlier this month Credit: Louis Hollingsbee - The Sun
His family home is a ￡600,000 country house near Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire.
Several students at Durham University walked out before Liddle spoke about tolerance earlier this month.
Hannigan, president of the Junior Common Room at South College, later addressed the crowd.
He stood unsuccessfully for Labour in local elections in May, winning just 577 votes.
He has written online: “The Labour Party, particularly since Corbyn, has provided people like me with an alternative — and an end to austerity.
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