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‘I’m not sure this Twitter poll gave the result that a lot of our media pundits really expected or possibly even the one that they wanted’, he says. In a video to his supporters, he thanked them for helping him romp to victory. Actually being the prime minister, even a bad one, is surely better than never quite making it.

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Jeremy Corbyn has been voted the "best prime minister Britain never had" - in a Twitter poll.

Jeremy Corbyn has been voted as the best prime minister Britain never had in a Twitter poll. It would be tragic if it wasn’t so funny.
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The former Labour leader, who led the party to its worst general election defeat since the 1930s back in December, triumphed in the online vote. So as it is a bank holiday weekend, I decided to put the idea to the test to see if we could agree on a single name. The former Labour leader has resurfaced following a Twitter poll by Times Radio, … You can find our Community Guidelines in full We would like to show you a description here but the site won’t allow us. Veteran left-winger Mr Corbyn became Labour leader in 2015, a result which marked a fundamental change of direction for the party.

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Mr Corbyn beat his predecessors Ed Miliband and John Smith, as well as ex-Lib Dem leader Paddy Ashdown, and Conservative former chancellor Ken Clarke in the online poll.

An acceptance speech for a Twitter poll is like thinking Monopoly counts towards your credit rating. We would like to show you a description here but the site won’t allow us. The former Labour leader has resurfaced following a Twitter poll by Times Radio, which decided he was the best PM Britain never had.

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"But plenty of people have been dubbed the ‘best PM we never had’ over the years. Share on Twitter; Share via Email; Piers Corbyn addressing a crowd in Trafalgar Square on Saturday. New restrictions continue to be introduced without proper parliamentary scrutiny. Jeremy Corbyn has been voted the “best prime minister Britain never had” - in a Twitter poll. Jeremy Corbyn’s back – and he’s more out-of-touch than ever.

For a man accused of confusing Twitter for the real world, for confusing the concerns of the metropolitan online echo chamber with those of ordinary people, for backing policies (like a People’s Vote) beloved of Westminster Twitter but loathed in his party’s former heartlands, this is all too perfect.

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Sir Keir was voted into the top job after beating Wigan MP Lisa Nandy and shadow business secretary Rebecca Long-Bailey. A poll by Times Radio saw the MP for Islington North, who took the Labour Party to its worst general election loss since 1935, defeat former Liberal Democrat leader Charles Kennedy in the final round, with 57.7 per cent of the vote.

Sir Keir Starmer was named as the new Labour leader in April. Meanwhile, protests are banned and Covid Marshals are being hired to patrol a high street near you. Find out more about how we use your information in our Privacy Policy and Cookie Policy. So there he is, the once great hope of the middle-class left, giving an acceptance speech for winning an election that hasn’t actually happened – eight months on from spectacularly losing one that actually did.