Are We Lurching To The Left?

[ToraToraTora]

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-34734083
The reds are definitely out from under the bed anyway!

[janbee]

Are we lurching to the left? No, not since the 60s, but we're much better now. We''ve been taking the meds.

[Khandro]

People need a good laugh now and then.

[Quizmonster]

And there was I thinking TGL stood for Tony Greatest Leader!

[Gromit]

Dire journalism. I do nt believe the headline and conclusion.
It is based on one leftwing bookshop in London. The increase in sales could be the result of something else; a new manager, a successful advertising campaign, a sunny summer, or just the economy picking up.
Book sales across all subjects may be up. Leftwing bookshops in other parts of the country should have been surveyed.
It reads to me like they had gone out with a theory (that Corbyn has made leftwing politics more popular) and then filmed the forst and only bit of 'evidence' to confirm their belief.

[Gromit]

Just confirmed, Childrens books and Football books are up 25% too. If leftwing book sales are up, it is following the general trend rather than anything Corbyn has said or done.

[ToraToraTora]

Gromit:"It reads to me like they had gone out with a theory (that Corbyn has made leftwing politics more popular) and then filmed the forst and only bit of 'evidence' to confirm their belief. " - shocking!

[Gromit]

Tora,
The alternative is that the film is correct and the public have been so impressed with Corbyn, that they have rushed out to buy some leftwing pamphlets. Somehow I just cannot believe that for a second.