Despite the naysayers, polling shows Jeremy Corbyn is to win Islington North on #IndependentsDay:

🚨 BREAKING: Expert data analysis suggests that Jeremy Corbyn will be re-elected in Islington North.

⚪️ Corbyn 36% (+36)
🔴 LAB 30% (-34)
🟠 LD 12% (-4)
🟢 GRN 10% (+2)
🔵 CON 9% (-1)

Source: @MarwanData (+/- vs 2019) pic.twitter.com/VhjfdLTyx0

— Stats for Lefties 🍉🏳️‍⚧️ (@LeftieStats) May 25, 2024

I understand that Corbyn supporters have asked the Green Party to stand down its candidate to give him a clear field, free of other left-wing candidates who would split his voter support (Labour, the Liberal Democrats and the Conservatives are all right-wing parties now).

Labour seems to have given up hope of taking the seat again, having fielded a former private health boss, Praful Nargund, as its candidate for Islington North:

Bizarre comment from Keir Starmer. Surely everyone in a democracy has a right to comment?

“On a campaign visit in Leyland, Lancashire, Sir Keir said: “I think Jeremy Corbyn’s days of commenting on what the Labour Party is doing are over.”https://t.co/w6dfCUaZ0n.

— Dr Julia Grace Patterson💙 (@JujuliaGrace) May 25, 2024

Still, you wouldn’t think it if you heard the rhetoric coming from Keir Starmer or the local Labour Party – from which Mr Corbyn was expelled as soon as he announced his Independent candidacy (this is normal; Labour rules mean members cannot campaign for candidates from other parties or independents, let alone be the other candidates). Take a look at this nonsense from Islington North Labour:

It will sadden most Islington North residents that Labour has turned its back on a man who has represented the constituency well for forty years. https://t.co/cRP6AYJgYt

— Alan Gibbons (@mygibbo) May 25, 2024

What nonsense.

The headline is that Jeremy Corbyn is on course to win Islington North as an Independent MP, days after announcing his candidacy.

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