Jeremy Corbyn's 'Corbyn Facts' Rebuttal Website Is Getting Mocked Mercilessly
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The campaign backing Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour leadership re-election has launched a website to ‘fact check’ and set the record straight.
The site is called CorbynFacts.com, and it was launched during the second leadership debate against Owen Smith, aiming to tackle the hot button issues that have plagued his leadership - including his apparent half-hearted campaigning on ‘Brexit’ and sexism said to be running rampant in the Labour Party.
This was his media support tweeting the first two “facts”.
Did Corbyn fail in the EU campaign? Answer: No. #LabourLeadership#CorbynFactshttps://t.co/GCJmohD88F
— Jeremy Corbyn for PM (@JeremyCorbyn4PM) August 11, 2016
Is Jeremy serious about tackling Sexism? Yes, he is. https://t.co/09kHN3xdwB#CorbynFacts
— Jeremy Corbyn for PM (@JeremyCorbyn4PM) August 11, 2016
There will be questions raised about how impartial “facts” can be when not produced by an entirely independent source, but most commentators were more concerned with the comic potential of #CorbynFacts.
Here are the best (we assume) completely made-up #CorbynFacts.
1. Hobbies
Jeremy spends his spare time at his allotment practicing his hula hoop #CorbynFactspic.twitter.com/iN6g3uya4y
— I was a JSA claimant (@imajsaclaimant) August 11, 2016
2. Curriculum Vitae
In happier days Jeremy Corbyn and Tom Watson once toured the nation as a UK wrestling troupe #CorbynFactspic.twitter.com/IQk6lAlE10
— MomentumWorthing (@MomentumWorthi1) August 11, 2016
3. Syntax
If you spell Jeremy Corbyn's name backwards, it spells "Prime Minister". #corbynfacts
— Lily Jayne Summers (@MissLilySummers) August 11, 2016
3. Fashion
corbyn doesn't wear a tie because he thinks windsor knots are pro-monarchy. #corbynfacts
— hammy (@iamhamesh) August 11, 2016
4. Retail
Jeremy Corbyn knows the date that the DFS sale ends. #CorbynFacts
— Peter Smith (@Redpeter99) August 11, 2016
5. Skills
Jeremy Corbyn is the only person in world history who could herd cats. He was once employed as a professional cat-herder #corbynfacts
— David Boothroyd (@220_d_92_20) August 11, 2016
6. Music
Jeremy Corbyn picks up the rice in the church where a wedding has been. #CorbynFacts
— Ben Stanley (@BDStanley) August 11, 2016
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This article originally appeared on HuffPost UK and has been updated.