Corbyn Fights to Stay Labour Leader With U.K. Vote a Long Shot
- For Labour leader, avoiding wipeout might be enough to hold on
- Brown got 29 percent in 2010, Miliband had 30 percent in 2015
Why the U.K. is Heading to the Polls… Again
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Labour’s Jeremy Corbyn is campaigning for next month’s U.K. election with his eye already on the next battle: to remain party leader even when defeat seems all but inevitable.
Under Gordon Brown in the 2010 general election, Labour picked up 29 percent of the vote, compared to the Tories 36 percent, while in 2015 Ed Miliband got 30 percent behind David Cameron’s 37 percent. Polls currently put Labour on between 28 and 30 percent, which Corbyn’s supporters say would be good enough for him to hold on, even if Conservative Prime Minister Theresa May wins close to 50 percent as projected.