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| Did you hear the one about Jeremy Corbyn on Twitter? | Did you hear the one about Jeremy Corbyn on Twitter? |
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| Getting the political spectrum on Twitter to all chuckle at once is not the easiest of tasks, but a spoof Jeremy Corbyn account has managed it. | Getting the political spectrum on Twitter to all chuckle at once is not the easiest of tasks, but a spoof Jeremy Corbyn account has managed it. |
| Related: Jeremy Corbyn: ‘I don’t do personal’ | Related: Jeremy Corbyn: ‘I don’t do personal’ |
| In what could either be a scathing parody or doting endorsement of the left, the account, entitled @corbynjokes, has generated more than 2,000 followers in the past 24 hours by tweeting election issues disguised as classic one-liners. | In what could either be a scathing parody or doting endorsement of the left, the account, entitled @corbynjokes, has generated more than 2,000 followers in the past 24 hours by tweeting election issues disguised as classic one-liners. |
| A disclaimer states: “Jeremy hasn’t heard or told a joke since 1964”, perhaps as a nod to previous comments made about the Labour leadership candidate and self-proclaimed “parsimonious MP’s” lack of visible humour. | A disclaimer states: “Jeremy hasn’t heard or told a joke since 1964”, perhaps as a nod to previous comments made about the Labour leadership candidate and self-proclaimed “parsimonious MP’s” lack of visible humour. |
| One rightwing newspaper went as far as to describe the account as “the best thing about the Labour leadership campaign”. Read a selection of the best tweets below and make up your own mind. | One rightwing newspaper went as far as to describe the account as “the best thing about the Labour leadership campaign”. Read a selection of the best tweets below and make up your own mind. |
| A man walks into a bar, but it's not a bar anymore it's a luxury housing development with prices starting at £595k for a one-bedroom flat. | A man walks into a bar, but it's not a bar anymore it's a luxury housing development with prices starting at £595k for a one-bedroom flat. |
| Yo mama so fat that a combination of political negligence and corporate profiteering have led to her extreme weight. | Yo mama so fat that a combination of political negligence and corporate profiteering have led to her extreme weight. |
| "What to you call a fish with no eyes?" "A predictable consequence of the callous underfunding of the environment agency" | "What to you call a fish with no eyes?" "A predictable consequence of the callous underfunding of the environment agency" |
| "What do you call a man in a brown paper suit?" "An all too visible example of the human cost of austerity politics" | "What do you call a man in a brown paper suit?" "An all too visible example of the human cost of austerity politics" |
| Why did the Mexican push his wife off of a cliff? Well that's probably a matter for the Mexican police, who do a great job considering. | Why did the Mexican push his wife off of a cliff? Well that's probably a matter for the Mexican police, who do a great job considering. |
| An English man, Welsh man and Scottish man were in a hot air balloon. An excellent example of a United Kingdom working for each other. | An English man, Welsh man and Scottish man were in a hot air balloon. An excellent example of a United Kingdom working for each other. |
| Yo mama so poor because she worked three jobs to help pay for you to go to university. This is a disgraceful situation. | Yo mama so poor because she worked three jobs to help pay for you to go to university. This is a disgraceful situation. |
| "Why did the chicken cross the road?" "That is a very serious issue at the heart of agricultural and transport issues and not helped by PFI" | "Why did the chicken cross the road?" "That is a very serious issue at the heart of agricultural and transport issues and not helped by PFI" |