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All of these issues were discussed in the media pretty broadly, so people knew who they were voting for. If a large part of voters wanted brexit he was their only option. I believe the personal rating polls suggested he is unpopular with voters, just Corbyn is even less popular.
You can come with a similar long list of issues for Corbyn.
Most surprising for me is the lack of self awareness from the left, who do not see their policies as left and cannot come up with a better response then blaming voters and media.
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If people don't think the right wing press (though I've just learned that the Conservatives are not, in fact, a right wing party so maybe we need another description) can affect a mass of people's opinion of a leader, imagine if Corbyn had been sacked for lying from previous jobs, was on tape arranging the assault of a journalist, had wasted millions on a bridge when mayor of London, was a known adulterer and would not even say how many children he had. Then imagine he's been visiting a young woman for 'technology help' at her flat and her company had then got to go to business conferences at his prompting. What if he had refused to be interviewed by Andrew Neil. What if his former cabinet colleagues were telling people not to vote for him. The Sun, the Mail, the Express, the Telegraph and Times would have let it all go, surely.
Let's not even think about what they would have done with Farage had he been a leftie.