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William. in reply to @Sumo

Corbyn had the whole of Glastonbury chanting his name, he had hugely influencial celebrities backing him but he still lost because of the right wing media attack.

No, he lost because he only had 20 something Glastonbury punters and celebrities on his side, not the actual electorate.

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Sumo in reply to @William.

20somethings aren't voters? To try and deny he had huge support is strange, he won the Labour leader vote twice by a lot and he doubled the size of the Labour Party membership.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/jeremy-corbyn-election-result-vote-share-increased-1945-clement-attlee-a7781706.html%3famp

https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/politics/2016/sep/24/labour-leadership-jeremy-corbyn-wins-landslide-victory-party

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1369148118815408

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William. in reply to @Sumo

he won the Labour leader vote twice by a lot and he doubled the size of the Labour Party membership.

Labour membership: 485,000
People aged 20-30: approx. 7 million
Total electorate: 47-49 million

The belief that support from the first two groups alone can with an election is partly why Labour lost the election.

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