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Jeremy Corbyn’s tweet about Brexit has resulted in a mixture of anger and mockery

Published 09:04 9 Feb 2017 GMT

Nooruddean Choudry
Jeremy Corbyn’s tweet about Brexit has resulted in a mixture of anger and mockery

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Oh Jeremy.

It was meant to sound like a call to arms; a defiant message to Theresa May and her firm of right-wing Brexiteers. But Jeremy Corbyn's tweet - after he helped the government's bill to trigger article 50 pass through the Commons with a majority of 372 - backfired spectacularly. Corbyn's own attitude towards Brexit is less than ambiguous. He ordered a three-line whip to push through what he saw as a democratic mandate to leave the EU, but many feel his personal eagerness for a form of Brexit to happen was an undermining factor in Labour's Remain campaign. His tweet on Wednesday was bullish and forthright... https://twitter.com/jeremycorbyn/status/829436790763315207?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon spoke for many when she replied incredulously: https://twitter.com/NicolaSturgeon/status/829442621340803083?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw https://twitter.com/jayrayner1/status/829445552584683520 In terms of the public, the overwhelming reaction was one of dismay and ridicule. For many it was far too little, much to late. And as much as many of the replies were humorous in tone, they were angry and frustrated in sentiment... https://twitter.com/AdamBienkov/status/829449931026993153 https://twitter.com/MrKenShabby/status/829442670447775744 https://twitter.com/LettersOfNote/status/829454477300228106 https://twitter.com/garwboy/status/829440643982323715 https://twitter.com/madeofwasps/status/829449956893265920 https://twitter.com/pundamentalism/status/829452886451027968 https://twitter.com/peter_watts/status/829443393717673985 https://twitter.com/FelicityMorse/status/829451594974502913 https://twitter.com/dubdubble/status/829460523204894721?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw https://twitter.com/PhilippeAuclair/status/829441676770934784

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Jeremy Corbyn's tweet about Brexit has resulted in a mixture of anger and mockery