I kind of like Jeremy Cobin, the former leader of the British Labour Party. He came to politics early and spent his entire political life on the radical left, promoting progressive causes, including peace, disarmament, social benefits, poverty alleviation and other worthy causes. He was on every forum, every demonstration, every platform that promoted the objectives he considered to be worthy. He was activist, not an ideologue, was soft spoken, dealt with policy not personality, used aways moderate language, never insulted or personally criticized anyone. When he said recently that Sadiq Khan, the Mayor of London, is not the person you think he is, this was considered to be so out of character that headlines resulted.  He could have had an illustrious career as a Labour front bench politician, the traditional trajectory for a Labour politician. That meant that he would have had to make compromises with theLabour ruling circles. But he had character based on principles. He never made a show of them but spent a modest, unpretentious, life promoting causes which advanced peace and the alleviation of poverty.