Redfield and Wilton’s poll – published today – suggests that if Jeremy Corbyn were to run as an independent, 15% of voters would back him. According to the survey, he would peel enough voters away from incumbent mayor Sadiq Khan so that the Tory candidate Susan Hall would emerge victorious with 30% of the vote to Khan’s 25%.
At that point, you’d have to start asking how much the Tories are paying Corbyn. I can just about accept that him gifting the Tories the 2019 election was done out of incompetence and stupidity, but if he gifted them the London mayoralty too then it starts to look deliberate.
I fully expect that if Corbyn stood, his campaign would be well funded and we’d discover afterwards that he benefited from Tory donors wanting to create a path for Susan Hall.
I hate FPTP, but this is a big if.
That would be absolutely hilarious if that happened. Also depressing. So very depressing to have another Tory in power hand delivered by Corbyn.
At that point, you’d have to start asking how much the Tories are paying Corbyn. I can just about accept that him gifting the Tories the 2019 election was done out of incompetence and stupidity, but if he gifted them the London mayoralty too then it starts to look deliberate.
I fully expect that if Corbyn stood, his campaign would be well funded and we’d discover afterwards that he benefited from Tory donors wanting to create a path for Susan Hall.
What nonsense.
I think there’s more chance SIR Keir is on the payroll of the Establishment.
I guess you’re one of those that keeps on saying that Corbyn is a racist and anti-semite.
The if is JC running?
Yes. I think it’s unlikely.
There’s also the fact that some people answer differently in hypothetical polls to what they do when they’re in the polling station.