The man behind Corbynomics: an accountant from leafy Norfolk
by Terry Macalister and Heather Stewart from on (#M5WJ)
A Jeremy Corbyn win could take Richard Murphy from the rural town of Downham Market to No 11 Downing Street
Richard Murphy is a chartered accountant and tax expert from a rural market town in Norfolk. He is also the brains behind Corbynomics, the radical policy platform that has electrified Labour's leadership campaign - and he is happy for you to know it.
Last Sunday, Murphy, who has forged a reputation over more than a decade as a pugnacious and effective campaigner against tax evasion, took to a podium to harangue a rapt street crowd in the centre of Cambridge about the iniquities of the country's financial system.
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