General Election 8th June 2017

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RE: General Election 8th June 2017

(23/04/2017 15:52)Y474 KNF Wrote:  I don't understand any of this whatsoever - the Labour Party has over 500,000 members and has actually been quite successful under Jeremy Corbyn - yet nobody's actually bothered to highlight the clear facts that Labour has won four by-elections with an increased majority and also two mayoral elections under Corbyn. Despite all of that the one by-election Labour lost was highlighted instead of focusing on the successes the party has achieved. The amount of slating of Jeremy Corbyn before he's even had the chance to lead the party into a general election is absolutely out of order

What's more annoying is Mrs May is still refusing to appear on TV debates. That's like someone applying for a job but not even turning of for an interview

I think the media are over-promoting polls and playing down inconvenient election results. Labour have had the successes you outline. Even last year when they won the Bristol Mayor election the media only highlighted the London gain. Even here they made out that a Labour win was a foregone conclusion as Boris was standing down. Labour lost considerably fewer Councillors than predicted. Even so, losing these Council seats and a few more in subsequent Council by-elections, and the Copeland Parliamentary by-election, do not exactly show Labour cruising to victory at the General Election.