I don't think so, but Corbyn needs to be GONE!! he's a threat to security. Benn is merely an incompetent fool. Quite harmless; unelectable.
Greg
I think from a Conservative perspective Jeremy Corbyn is a gift, it's because he's a threat to British National Security that means he'll NEVER be British Prime Minister, Hillary Benn isn't the same sort of threat.
They have a Far Left Marxist-Leninist who's a friend of the IRA, Hamas and Hezbollah, why would you NOT want that gift to be leader of the Opposition.
In case by some freak chance the media highlights the supposed failures of the Conservatives and don't cover the facts about Corbyn. The Brits have a lot more faith in their media than the yanks I think; I don't. Mindful would be better placed to say whether I'm right or wrong about that.
Greg
The media is almost totally Tory. They threw everything at Corbyn and made up stuff when they could.
They are owned by billionaire tax Dodgers so it is to be expected.
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The BBC is Tory? Dunno really how it'll pan out. May could be gone tomorrow but remember that no one expected Corbyn to win. He didn't, but if there is a possibility that he is in a winning position then the media will indeed be on his case. And the only scenario for that to happen is if the Conservatives implode. There may be some blood on the floor but they have Government AND they have shown that they can work WITH a junior partner. I think the next twelve months will be more interesting than the following four years.
Greg
I think if the British did have another General Election in the next say two months then the Conservatives would receive a healthy majority.
Why I think this?
Too many Conservative voters didn't go and vote last Thursday, they didn't because they thought that Theresa May was going to win, they were complacent and stayed at home, they also thought that ALL the UKIP vote would probably vote Conservative, when they didn't the collapsed UKIP vote split between Conservatives and Labour but in key areas they went more to Labour. This was always going to happen as many disaffected Working Class Labour supporters were already voting UKIP, especially in the British North West and North East.
Jeremy Corbyn is a longstanding Eurosceptic himself, he was very unenthusiastic during the Brexit Campaign and that made many think he was supporting Leave and he probably was, in 1974 he voted No to joining the EEC.
Labour could get late boost from former Ukip voters, research finds
"Pollsters had previously predicted an overwhelming majority of Nigel Farage's former fan base would back Theresa May - but two focus groups suggest many may opt for Jeremy Corbyn
Jeremy Corbyn’s election campaign could be given a late boost by former Ukip voters deciding to give their vote to Labour rather than to the Conservatives, according to two focus groups.
Experts had previously predicted that most of those who have recently voted for Ukip would now back Theresa May because of her apparent commitment to Brexit and her pledge to reduce immigration, but in a surprising shift, half of one group said they would now consider voting Labour.
Over the course of the campaign, Mr Corbyn has repeatedly clarified that his party would not seek a second referendum, which may have gone some way to appeasing pro-Leave former Labour voters who had defected to Ukip under the leadership of Nigel Farage."
Jeremy Corbyn gaining ground thanks to former Ukip voters
Labour registered a lot of first time voters, students primarily and they did go out and vote. The first time voters going to vote in numbers combined with complacent Conservative voters staying at home resulted in the Conservatives losing at least 8 seats that they had previously held, below I have chosen just two Canterbury and Kensington.
So if they did have another General Election in say August or something, the Conservative voters who stayed at home last Thursday would now almost certainly go out and vote and the Conservatives would get a healthy majority.
I make this decision from looking at the Internals in a number of safe Conservative seats that narrowly went to the Labour Party.
EG.
Canterbury a very safe Conservative seat they have held since 1918.
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UKIP vote had a 100% collapse, the UKIP vote split between Labour and Conservative with slightly higher to Labour, what further boosted the Labour vote up from 2015 was the first time voters, combined this gave Labour their majority of 187 to take the seat.
An election in August or soon after would certainly regain Canterbury for the Conservatives.
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Kensington.
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The Kensington Constituency had less to do with a collapsed UKIP vote and more to do with first time voters in the poorer areas of North Kensington such as Earls Court and Ladbroke Grove and the Conservative voters thinking that Kensington always stays Tory.
Canterbury and Kensington illustrate that you should never be complacent and that no matter what you should always go and vote.
If a General Election was again held in a few months then the Conservatives would regain Kensington from the below Labour 20 vote win.
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