Jeremy Corbyn's Labour win Oldham byelection increasing vote share to a massive 62.27% Watch the media report it as a 'reduced majority' to try to make it look negative!

[theunfairersex]

The Labour Party have just won the Oldham byelection with a hugely increased vote share, although total votes were down due to a lower turnout which is normal for a byelection.

The mainstream media just cannot bear to report anything about Mr Corbyn positively so it will bound to be reported as a 'reduced majority.'

Ask yourself why they might need to do this!?

Any particular reason for that sentiment lljkk?

The gap between the expectation and the result may reflect the certainty and frequency with which the predictions were voiced, to some degree.

By which I mean that when people are told there is a good chance the Labour candidate won't win, Labour sympathisers rush out to vote Labour, as here. (So the predictions actually became a self-unfulfilling prophecy.)

Conversely, if - as in the General Election - the media tell voters the Tories probably won't get in, concerned Tories rush to vote.

This would explain why the polls in both cases were so far out - because polls don't merely report voting intention, they actively shape it. Hence the Tories ensured the polls did not tell the full story about how far ahead they actually were until after the election.

Labour need to win in marginals in order to secure a victory in the next general election.

The win in Oldham was never in doubt. Basically, the Tories tanked it and let Ukip get the upper hand. This has to be the main concern and perhaps Labour's only hope when it comes to marginals.

Lib Dems lost their deposit again - they are dangerously close to losing to the Monster Raving Loony Party in a constituency somewhere.