After Jeremy Corbyn faced a vote of no confidence from Labour MPs over his lacklustre effort in the failed Remain campaign, a leadership contest is now underway. Corbyn and his challenger Owen Smith will spend the summer campaigning against one another for the leadership. However, in order to have a vote supporters only have until 5pm today to cough up £25 to join the party as a registered supporter.
In order to encourage his supporters to do exactly this, Jeremy Corbyn has today tweeted a video of his new star supporter Michelle Dorrell. Michelle will look familiar to many. She appeared on Question Time last year in the midst of the Tories’ tax credits row — during which she complained that she had voted Conservative only to later learn that they would not help her family. Since then, Michelle has become a Corbynista, even attending a Momentum event with John McDonnell.
In today’s video, Michelle explains why she has spent £25 to become a ‘Registered Supporter’ in order to back Jeremy:
Michelle voted Tory – but now she’s joined Labour & become a Registered Supporter to vote in the leadership election
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