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TENS of thousands stormed social media in support of Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour leadership bid yesterday, as the right-wing press got their knickers in a twist over the anti-austerity candidate.
The internet was abuzz with #Jeremy Corbyn, #JezWeCan and #ComeOnCorbyn with over 10,000 people joining the “Jeremy Corbyn for Labour Leader” Facebook page — 6,000 more than rival Andy Burnham.
Similarly, an online petition to lobby Labour MPs to nominate Mr Corbyn so he can get on the ballot paper gained over 2,000 signatures in around 24 hours. Even New Statesman blog The Staggers — which generally leans to the right — believed the Islington MP had a good chance.
Martin Taylor, the hedge-fund multimillionaire who has poured millions into pushing Labour rightwards, helped finance Lucy Powell’s supposedly dissenting campaign — suggesting her victory was not the ‘soft-left’ rebellion some have claimed, says SOLOMON HUGHES
