[lbo-talk] British by-election victory buoys Corbyn leadership

Marv Gandall marvgand2 at gmail.com
Fri Dec 4 12:05:06 PST 2015


Ah, yes. All those smug predictions by the Blairites and the rest of the British political establishment that the Oldham by-election would see the Labour vote collapse, justifying an early party coup by the old guard against the new Corbyn leadership.


>From today’s Guardian:

http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2015/dec/04/labour-sweep-to-conclusive-victory-in-oldham-byelection

This is what was widely predicted in the lead up to the election:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/labour/12009844/Labour-support-at-ballot-box-could-be-halved-at-Oldham-by-election-polling-suggests.html

Instead, Labour's share of the vote was up 7.5% from the general election in May. It's another shock for the Corbyn haters who are already and predictably spinning the result as a victory "in spite of Corbyn rather than because of him."



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