The tabloid
press launched a co-ordinated smear campaign on Labour leader Jeremy
Corbyn, the morning before polls open in the general election. But
this time, they went too far. The smear was so outrageous that it’s
triggered a backlash by the British public. The previously
untouchable tabloid press is being laughed at across the country.
UK voters
woke up on the morning of Wednesday 7 June to a string of headlines
which beggar belief.
[...]
But the
British electorate appear to be taking matters into their own hands,
by turning the tabloids into a laughing stock. Users are gathering in
their tens and hundreds of thousands to mock the headlines on social
media. On Twitter, the hashtag #LastMinuteCorbynSmears was trending
on Wednesday morning.
[...]
The
18-month-long smear campaign against Jeremy Corbyn might well have
backfired. Having thrown every accusation at him before the election
was called, there was no silver bullet come election time. This
attempt to rehash the same tired and misleading claims as a
last-ditch effort to save the Conservative campaign is blatant. Too
blatant to be seen as anything less craven by the British public. And
who knows, this might be the first election in 40 years that was won
by people instead of press barons.
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