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    Sign-ups for Corbyn’s new party now surpass peak Labour membership
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    Sign-ups for Corbyn’s new party now surpass peak Labour membership

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    1. bondegezou on

      Well, yes, but sign-ups just require supplying an email address, while Labour Party membership requires paying. We’ll have to see how many sign-ups turn into paying members.

    2. On_The_Blindside on

      Sure and when Signing up to a mailing list becomes the same as being a actual paid up member it’ll actually matter.

    4. After-Dentist-2480 on

      “Sign ups”

      You mean giving an email address to receive further details?

    6. Jasovon on

      More people have a Tesco Clubcard than there are labour members, doesnt mean people would vote for them.

    8. zeelbeno on

      LMFAO

      This is some of the most Corbyn and Anti-Starmer biased reporting I’ve ever seen.

      They’re comparing people who have signed up for a newsletter to get free email updates…. to paid members.

      It’s actually unbelievable how hard the media are trying to tear down the current Labour administation.

    9. phead on

      Run by a 76 yo that 6 years ago couldn’t work a full day without taking multiple naps, this party wont exist come the next election.

    10. Thrasy3 on

      Remember when Chuka Umuna et al tried something similar? What’s the real difference here?

    11. Necessary-Product361 on

      Yes, as every one here is saying, you can’t really compare the two figures. However, you also can’t just discount their 600,000 signups as just for a news letter or as fraudulent. There is clearly a large appetite for this party. Lets say they made the lowest membership option a few quid a month, i don’t see why a large amount of this 600,000 wouldn’t join. If half of those (currently) signed up became members, the party would be the largest in the UK.

    12. wowitsreallymem on

      All of the comments on this post just repeat exactly the same thing, “sign ups are just emails, call me when it’s paying members”.

    13. limeflavoured on

      Its not a new party yet, its a mailing list that is intending ti become a party.

    14. plawwell on

      We’d be a much better country with Jezza as PM. He has honesty and integrity in abundance and isn’t a sleekit vote chaser like the other politicians.

    15. saviouroftheweak on

      Everyone in the comments explains the title as if we don’t have basic reading comprehension but only they do.

    16. recursant on

      >increased defence spending at the cost of welfare.

      He has to go and spoil it.

      Russia is waging war in Europe, Ukraine at the moment with an outside chance they might attack Norway at some point. The US is no longer a reliable ally. There are increasing tensions in the middle east, which we don’t necessarily have to get involved in but we might need to for strtegic reasons.

      Nobody likes having to spend money on defence, but if we can’t defend ourselves then the concept of providing welfare could become irrelevant in the future.

    17. ByEthanFox on

      As an indie videogame developer I too would be tempted to conflate signups with sales. It would make me seem waaaaaaay more successful.

      In truth I’m mixed about Corbyn and his party; but this is still dishonest reporting regardless.

    18. 360Saturn on

      Good luck to them. Hoping they don’t squander a lead by making silly mistakes.