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The Facts Proving Corbyn's Election Triumph
Cook, Jonathan
http://www.counterpunch.org/2017/06/09/the-facts-proving-corbyns-election-triumph/Date Written: 2017-06-09 Publisher: Counter Punch Year Published: 2017 Resource Type: Article Cx Number: CX20800 Corbyn has proved himself the most popular Labour leader with the electorate in more than 40 years, apart from Blair’s landslide victory in 1997. Abstract: - Excerpt; In short, Corbyn has proved himself the most popular Labour leader with the electorate in more than 40 years, apart from Blair’s landslide victory in 1997. But let’s recall the price Blair paid for that very small margin of improvement over Corbyn’s vote. Behind the scenes, he sold Labour’s soul to the City, the corporations and their lobbyists. That Faustian pact secured Blair the backing of most of the British media, including Rupert Murdoch’s stable of papers and TV channel. The corporations mobilised their entire propaganda machine to get Blair into power. And yet he managed it with only 2 percentage points more than Corbyn, who had that same propaganda machine railing against him. Subject Headings |