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A Labour win in Bradford does not equate to national success, and anyway this had nothing to do with Corbyn and everything to do with J0 Sharp, a strong local candidate.
10% swing from UKIP but 4.7% more voted Tory and getting on for half of the electorate voted Tory or UKIP - in Bradford, which should be a Labour heartland.
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nothing to do with Corbyn and everything to do with J0 Sharp
Citation needed.
In my experience, from my friends since voting age, people walk in and just look for their party's candidate. Barring any negpress you could put any name down and get a similar result. We didn't know who our libdem candidate was when we were teens... He was just "the libdem guy"
Whilst most of my friends probably couldn't name their local MP, they could tell you which party they're affiliated with. -
They took votes away from UKIP.
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However you spin this, it's a swing back to the left and another win for the 'unelectables'.
Yukirin
Chalfie
Dramatic_Hammer
More evidence of Corbyn's unelectability from Bradford last night.