Hip-hop music, Glasto crowds...it’s Corbyn the messiah’s New Year video
JEREMY Corbyn was accused of triumphalism last night after circulating a video showing him addressing adoring crowds.
Entitled ‘ 2018, here we come’, the short film was placed on the Labour leader’s Twitter feed just minutes into the new year.
Set to a hip-hop soundtrack, it showed Mr Corbyn in a series of action shots on the campaign trail, playing football with children and making speeches.
The final shot showed him addressing cheering crowds at the Glastonbury music festival in June. After his speech he told organiser Michael Eavis he would be in Downing Street by Christmas.
Tory MP Andrew Bridgen said: ‘Corbyn’s new year video smacks of extreme demagoguery, but what do you expect from someone who supports every despot and dictator going? Thank goodness we passed peak Corbynista support in 2017 – instead of “Here we come” it should be titled “there we go”.
‘It’s like something out of George Orwell’s 1984. Corbyn did brag that he would be PM by Christmas, but just as with student loans he didn’t say which Christmas. He claims to love the poor and the dispossessed and indeed he must, because every time the policies he proposes have been enacted they have created tens of millions more of them.’
By last night the video had been viewed 300,000 times and retweeted by 10,500 Twitter accounts. The hip hop soundtrack was provided by The Seige.
Mr Corbyn yesterday reposted a video on Instagram, with him giving a thumbs-up and saying: ‘We’re back and we’re ready for it all over again.’