Jeremy Corbyn had a huge weekend. Over 1,000 canvassers gathered across four rallies to support his general election campaign in Islington North. People of all ages showed up to back his people-powered campaign and between them knocked on over 40,000 doors:
4 rallies.
1,000 canvassers.
More than 40,000 doors.
Thanks to every single one of you who joined our people-powered campaign this weekend.
We are making history in Islington North, together. Get involved at https://t.co/VJG3tquzkV pic.twitter.com/cz1nSeW0CE
— Jeremy Corbyn (@jeremycorbyn) June 23, 2024
Corbyn: biggest rally of the general election so far?
People are saying he has amassed more support than any other candidate, from any party so far in this election trail:
This is fantastic. There’s been no other turnout like this for any other MP,which tells us all we need to know.JC remains so popular because of his honesty,care, incorruptibility & the hard work he does tirelessly for the many.Very few MPs take the job so seriously. Vote Corbyn✊🏻 https://t.co/0V3BcdyGfM
— Agnes Poole, socialist, #BLM, GTTO. 🌹 (@AgnesPoole15) June 23, 2024
Any @Conservatives @UKLabour @LibDems got similar photos? https://t.co/tkhTzAenl8
— Stew ‘My Tool Is A Dadmaker’ Harrison (@LoveSpanner) June 23, 2024
Unsurprisingly, current voting predictions have Corbyn winning 40% of the vote in Islington North. That’s nearly 15% more than Labour:
Islington North prediction from @ElectCalculus 👇
Looks like Jeremy Corbyn is going to romp to victory here. pic.twitter.com/xNBYR7C69o— Kenneth MacRae (@kmacraeplockton) June 22, 2024
Corporate media silence
It goes without saying the corporate media won’t cover such a massively successful campaign weekend. Given that they are the very same propaganda machine which slaughtered Corbyn in the lead up to the 2019 general election. However, the sheer number of people that gathered show that it is possible to defeat the barrage of hatred put out by the mainstream media:
Brilliant effort by all! The propogander MSM will take some beating but it can be done. https://t.co/jk5HpFTQU7
— Stephen L Bates 💙 🇪🇺 🇵🇸 #FBPE #WakeupUK (@StephenLBates) June 24, 2024
No one understands how incredible it is to be able to pull this many people for their campaign. Especially when it’s a grassroots campaign that started with almost no infrastructure.
Proud to support, proud of everyone that turned out and even prouder of Corbyn’s team. https://t.co/PHHGW7LaUV
— Yas – Free Palestine 🇵🇸 (@Yasmin001) June 23, 2024
If we compare it to the amount of people that showed up for Labour candidate, Praful Nargund’s canvassing session on Sunday – we can only hope Labour packed spare pants:
Holy shit, as if Labour’s campaign in Islington North couldn’t get any worse.
It’s clear they want it as a trophy seat, but with 8/10 Labour members actually wanting Corbyn *back* in the party, only the most motivated right wing freaks are campaigning against him. https://t.co/h4rf95grhO
— Marl Karx (@BareLeft) June 24, 2024
And Labour honestly think they can beat that?
— It’s us against them and we’re the many. (@WeTheMany_) June 23, 2024
I’d say Praful Nargund has his work cut out for him … https://t.co/GUp7vMiGNH
— Paresh 💚 (@Ghost_1824) June 23, 2024
Labour’s shady business
It’s clear that Corbyn has the people of Islington North behind him. His community know that he cares because he has a long record of doing so. Which is more than we can say about Labour’s Nargund. He didn’t even declare his own numerous private healthcare companies when sitting on an Islington council committee looking at, you guessed it – healthcare:
So,
It seems @prafulnargund didn’t feel it pertinent to declare any of his own numerous private healthcare companies, or that he was employed by a foreign healthcare conglomerate, when sitting on Islington Council’s Health, Wellbeing and Adult Social Care Scrutiny Committee. 👀 pic.twitter.com/1pPUEWVtre
— Red Collective (@RedCollectiveUK) June 23, 2024
Corbyn cares. Which means people showed up because they care about his re-election. It also says a lot that people on disability bikes showed up for a political candidate because as readers of the Canary will know – so far during this election disabled people have largely being ignored:
I will be back in #IslingtonNorth this week getting out the vote 4 @jeremycorbyn We cannot afford to presume JC winning is a done deal , why people even in disability bikes have been out helping . If you can’t help JC please support your independent candidate in your area https://t.co/KpOfAczCrr
— RayBarronWoolfordFRSA💙 (@RayFrsa) June 24, 2024
Proud to have been out canvassing with doggo to keep Islington North ‘Corbyn town’ & more importantly protect our NHS from privatisation & defunding, commit to building more council housing, and an end to endless wars
Join the movement for #Independents at https://t.co/8HcbCf9mNK https://t.co/jHJFAGWcZI pic.twitter.com/lic8bFGiDE— Mona Moussa (@Monaldo86) June 23, 2024
This is how you do optics properly. This is how you create interest in politics. Tactical voting is a science.
This is an art. He will hold Labour accountable.
This is a very good thing indeed. https://t.co/nFjU5Y0DUH
— 🗨️ No Gloss… 💭 No Veneer, 💬 No Filter (@InternetofWords) June 24, 2024
Very few British politicians have any integrity left – if they even had any to begin with:
Impressionist colours and swirls of what looks like a community garden.. the centre point of a political speech.. a testament to a deep love of people and nature. https://t.co/PnNcjEbKLX pic.twitter.com/Hv7oz3jh5X
— flare on (@highrthanthesun) June 23, 2024
That’s what support for a authentic politician looks like https://t.co/kYVnzIywrH
— free republic (@cabbo1970) June 23, 2024
Corbyn has centred his campaign around his community – the people he wants to serve if he gets re-elected. He lives there, he knows the community, and he has spent the whole of his political career fighting for Islington North along with working class people everywhere.
For those reasons he has amassed huge support both from his constituency and from people right across the UK.
The type of grassroots campaigning that Corbyn inspired in 2017 and 2019 hasn’t wavered – if anything it has grown. The corporate media’s silence on his enormous canvassing turnout comes down to one thing. It scares the fuck out of them and the rich ruling class they represent.
Feature image via Jeremy Corbyn/X
