The Jeremy Corbyn thread

[Bevendean Hillbilly]

If Corbyn becomes PM.

No...no..I can't finish that sentence.

 

[Thunder Bolt]

Interesting tweets about an item in Private Eye.

https://twitter.com/henrymance/status/986644787611820033

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https://twitter.com/wallaceme/status/866334720350670849
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https://twitter.com/joerichlaw/status/866383308590116869

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https://twitter.com/IPo74/status/986685380836634624

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[JC Footy Genius]

Exposed: Russian Twitter bots tried to swing general election for Jeremy Corbyn

Our research, in conjunction with Swansea University, discovered that 6,500 Russian Twitter accounts rallied behind Labour in the weeks before last year’s election, helping supportive messages to reach millions of voters and denigrating its Conservative rivals.

Many of the Russian accounts can clearly be identified as internet robots — known as bots — that masqueraded under female English names but were in fact mass-produced to bombard the public with orchestrated political messages.

Academics say the fake accounts identified by this newspaper are just the tip of the iceberg and called on Twitter to investigate fully the true scale of Russian meddling in British politics.

Our investigation found overwhelming support for Corbyn and Labour from the Russian social media accounts with nine out of 10 messages about the party promoting its campaign. Conversely, nine out of 10 tweets about the Conservatives were hostile.... researchers analyzed 20,000 tweets from Russian accounts

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/...-general-election-for-jeremy-corbyn-zffv8652x

Any clue as to why Russia would want a far left, anti NATO/US, unilateral disarmer who doesn't like to blame Russia about anything as PM?

 

[larus]

Our research, in conjunction with Swansea University, discovered that 6,500 Russian Twitter accounts rallied behind Labour in the weeks before last year’s election, helping supportive messages to reach millions of voters and denigrating its Conservative rivals.

Many of the Russian accounts can clearly be identified as internet robots — known as bots — that masqueraded under female English names but were in fact mass-produced to bombard the public with orchestrated political messages.

Academics say the fake accounts identified by this newspaper are just the tip of the iceberg and called on Twitter to investigate fully the true scale of Russian meddling in British politics.

Our investigation found overwhelming support for Corbyn and Labour from the Russian social media accounts with nine out of 10 messages about the party promoting its campaign. Conversely, nine out of 10 tweets about the Conservatives were hostile.... researchers analyzed 20,000 tweets from Russian accounts

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/...-general-election-for-jeremy-corbyn-zffv8652x

Any clue as to why Russia would want a far left, anti NATO/US, unilateral disarmer who doesn't like to blame Russia about anything as PM?

Can’t think it’s true myself - Cough. Although something made me think of this!

 

[JC Footy Genius]

Can’t think it’s true myself - Cough. Although something made me think of this!
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[FIVESTEPS]

You Gov poll,Labour 38% Tories 43%.

 

[Chicken Run]

You Gov poll,Labour 38% Tories 43%.

Scary, Labour needs to act now, they have probably less than two years to appoint a Prime Minister in waiting as leader and take the battle to the Government! If not your looking at 20 years without a Labour government!!!

 

[FIVESTEPS]

Scary, Labour needs to act now, they have probably less than two years to appoint a Prime Minister in waiting as leader and take the battle to the Government! If not your looking at 20 years without a Labour government!!!

Behind in 4 outof 5 polls (one tied) and in poll for best Prime minister May 39% Corbyn 25% don't knows 36%

 

[heathgate]

Scary, Labour needs to act now, they have probably less than two years to appoint a Prime Minister in waiting as leader and take the battle to the Government! If not your looking at 20 years without a Labour government!!!

I'll take 20 years, long may JC continue to bumble and stumble around Westminster.

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[Chicken Run]

I'll take 20 years, long may JC continue to bumble and stumble around Westminster.

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All the time Jeremy is IC the Labour Party will be a party of opposition, and they aren’t very good at it!

 

[Bevendean Hillbilly]

Labour. Meh.

 

[ManOfSussex]

Voting Intention: Conservatives 43%, Labour 38% (8-9 May)

"The latest YouGov/Times voting intention survey, largely conducted before the Windrush row, sees the Conservatives on 43% (from 42% in last week's poll) and Labour on 38% (no change)."

https://yougov.co.uk/news/2018/05/10/voting-intention-conservatives-43-labour-38-8-9-ma/

Is that before Windrush then or after Windrush on 8/9 May - because it can't be both? Or is that just covered in the 4 point margin of error?

 

[Chicken Run]

Voting Intention: Conservatives 43%, Labour 38% (8-9 May)

"The latest YouGov/Times voting intention survey, largely conducted before the Windrush row, sees the Conservatives on 43% (from 42% in last week's poll) and Labour on 38% (no change)."

https://yougov.co.uk/news/2018/05/10/voting-intention-conservatives-43-labour-38-8-9-ma/

Is that before Windrush then or after Windrush on 8/9 May - because it can't be both? Or is that just covered in the 4 point margin of error?

Should be streets ahead either way and you know it!

 

[ManOfSussex]

Should be streets ahead either way and you know it!

Ordinarily, yes I do know it. These are far from ordinary times though and it says a lot about both parties that one of them is not streets ahead of the other when you look at the problems they've both got and the state of them individually.

 

[JC Footy Genius]

More data from that yougov poll ..

https://order-order.com/2018/05/10/working-class-voters-abandon-labour-for-tories/

Bit of a swing in the working class vote away from Labour this year. Is this down to antisemitism, Corbyn/Russia, backsliding on Brexit, splits/divisions .. a bit of everything?

 

[Chicken Run]

More data from that yougov poll ..

https://order-order.com/2018/05/10/working-class-voters-abandon-labour-for-tories/

Bit of a swing in the working class vote away from Labour this year. Is this down to antisemitism, Corbyn/Russia, backsliding on Brexit, splits/divisions .. a bit of everything?

Key word “working class”

 

[Deleted member 2719]

Corbyn has always looked like a dead man walking so this poll is no surprise to me.

 

[seagulls4ever]

Westminster voting intention:

CON: 41% (+1)
LAB: 40% (-)
LDEM: 8% (-1)
UKIP: 3% (-)
GRN: 2% (+1)

via @Survation, 08 - 10 May

 

[seagulls4ever]

The poorest performing party (given the context) seems to be the Lib Dems. Despite the apparent shambles of the two main parties, they can't convince many to want to vote for them.

 

[JC Footy Genius]

Westminster voting intention:

CON: 41% (+1)
LAB: 40% (-)
LDEM: 8% (-1)
UKIP: 3% (-)
GRN: 2% (+1)

via @Survation, 08 - 10 May

Survation is the polling company that have given Labour big leads outside the polling norms see +7/8 rating in recent months. That's the 10th poll in a row where Labour have no lead despite Tory Brexit and Windrush problems ...