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Louis Staples
Nov 07, 2019
Over the course of the last few years, there’s been many accusations flung back and forth between politicians.
A common argument against the Labour Party is that it’s a “personality cult” whose followers are obsessed with Jeremy Corbyn.
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Whether that’s true or not, the unveiling of Liberal Democrat leader Jo Swinson’s election battle bus has a fair few Labour supporters scratching their heads.
The bus has a huge picture of Swinson on it and even calls the Lib Dems “Jo Swinson’s Liberal Democrats”.
All aboard! 🚌 https://t.co/4HrFELSa8U— Lib Dem Press Office (@Lib Dem Press Office) 1573030652
Naturally, Labour supporters are a bit irked by this, seeing as their bus has no mention of Jeremy Corbyn and simply carries their slogan: “For the many, not the few”.
On Twitter, lots of people pointed this out and asked who the real “personality cult” is...
Where Labour is about ‘us’, policy and change for the many, the Lib Dems campaign appears to be centred around noth… https://t.co/6JZVzow0hC— Aaron Bastani (@Aaron Bastani) 1573059392
It’s odd that the Lib Dems are fighting this election as if it were a Jo Swinson presidential bid. There isn’t mu… https://t.co/4NKDBiHu40— Laurie Macfarlane (@Laurie Macfarlane) 1573059928
[10 minutes later] "This service is merging with the Conservative Party." https://t.co/zGNSRG3kZe— Sean Bernard (@Sean Bernard) 1573082553
I'm not keen on politics being so personality driven. I guess it's about getting Jo Swinson's name out there but it… https://t.co/HWFWYT0tvm— Simon Bye 🎪🔶 (@Simon Bye 🎪🔶) 1573053166
Be careful lads. They might promise u a free ticket and then make you pay 9k once you're on x https://t.co/jyEYEzVYL9— Aleesha Khaliq (@Aleesha Khaliq) 1573050635
Not a cult https://t.co/l3oyDR1bQO— J. William James (@J. William James) 1573059604
The jury is still out on this one.
It seems that, come rain or shine, British people love nothing more than a good argument about what’s on the side of buses.
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