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TMay’s much repeated assertion that Corbyn becomes PM if CON loses 6 seats doesn’t stand up to scrutiny

TMay’s much repeated assertion that Corbyn becomes PM if CON loses 6 seats doesn’t stand up to scrutiny

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IF she lost 6 seats, AND Sinn Fein took its seats AND DUP, UUP & Sylvia Hermon backed Corbyn, he STILL cdn't become PM because @JWoodcockMP — John Rentoul (@JohnRentoul) May 29, 2017 Starting 99 seats ahead gives the PM a big cushion One of the practices that is followed at general election times is for comparisons to be made with what happened at the election before not taking into account defections or by-elections. So for the purposes of comparison…

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Is Theresa May planning on toppling Tim Farron?

Is Theresa May planning on toppling Tim Farron?

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https://twitter.com/jimwaterson/status/860412293145923584 Could Tim Farron losing his seat be the shock of June 8th? I found the above tweet fascinating, Jim Waterson of Buzzfeed analysed which seats the Tories are targeting by looking at the ad buys in local newspapers. The one that caught my attention was Westmorland and Lonsdale, the constituency of Tim Farron. The symbolism of Tim Farron, the arch remainer and and advocate of another referendum, losing his seat on June 8th would  be yet another blow to…

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Farron says Corbyn’s now “cheerleader in chief for the Conservative Brexit government”

Farron says Corbyn’s now “cheerleader in chief for the Conservative Brexit government”

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.@timfarron : Jeremy Corbyn has ceased to be Leader of the Opposition to become cheerleader in chief for the Conservative Brexit government” — Lib Dem Media Team (@LibDemPress) January 9, 2017 Corbyn’s LAB re-launch day – how its going so far One of the features of the post-GE215 uprising within Labour that brought Corbyn victory in the leadership elections was the way that anyone who opposed their man was tagged by the Corbynistas as a “Tory”. In Labour circles this…

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Team Corbyn makes a generous New Year gift to Tim Farron given that 68% of current LAB voters think it is wrong to leave

Team Corbyn makes a generous New Year gift to Tim Farron given that 68% of current LAB voters think it is wrong to leave

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Corbyn's new year gift to Tim Farron given that 68% of current LAB voters think BREXIT wrong (YouGov)https://t.co/j6UEazIaBp — Mike Smithson (@MSmithsonPB) January 9, 2017 Why Labour has to be ultra-careful on its BREXIT stance. More than 2/3 of its voters think it is wrong to leave. pic.twitter.com/F4XkMrsNxd — Mike Smithson (@MSmithsonPB) January 9, 2017 Mike Smithson Follow @MSmithsonPB Tweet

Farron’s speech was pretty well received but what a mountain his party has to climb

Farron’s speech was pretty well received but what a mountain his party has to climb

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Reaction from leading commentators on final morning of LD conference I think that's as good as speech as I've ever heard from a Lib Dem leader. Passionate, personal and grown up where it needed to be. — Tim Shipman (@ShippersUnbound) September 23, 2015 Be honest, sensible Labour twitter people: how many of you are now daydreaming of Tim Farron as Labour leader? — James Kirkup (@jameskirkup) September 23, 2015 Liberal Democrat leader Tim Farron calls on the Government to opt…

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