Twitter reacts to Virgin Trains vs. Jeremy Corbyn
After being forced to sit on the floor during a journey from Kings Cross to Newcastle, Jeremy Corbyn made a short video calling for trains to be renationalised. Virgin wasn’t having it and have now released pictures which they claim show Corbyn walking past empty seats, and so #traingate kicked off.
Mr Corbyn & team walked past empty unreserved seats then filmed claim train was ‘ram-packed’ https://t.co/R5hawIpQek pic.twitter.com/22t8EkjW5l
— Richard Branson (@richardbranson) August 23, 2016
Some wondered what prompted Virgin to release the pictures.
Personally I'm stunned that a private train operator is attacking a politician who's trying to nationalise the railways #traingate
— Jolyon Rubinstein (@JolyonRubs) August 23, 2016
Explains it all. #traingate pic.twitter.com/VmbST9JCiA
— Peter Smith (@Redpeter99) August 23, 2016
Others showed solidarity.
Doctors' Office is so ram packed, I'm having to answer bleeps on the floor. pic.twitter.com/MCUL6k8cTy
— Keir Shiels (@keirshiels) August 23, 2016
Had to sit on the floor because there's no seats left #traingate pic.twitter.com/0iGqGuoLES
— Joseph Zolna (@ThatZolnaGuy) August 23, 2016
My Mum's kitchen is absolutely rammed. #TrainGate pic.twitter.com/u5OFboFIyJ
— Shane Morgan (@MrShaneMorgan) August 23, 2016
Others just took the piss.
Last time I saw Jeremy Corbyn surrounded by this many empty seats he was delivering a statement in Parliament pic.twitter.com/cCu4m4wn2j
— Sean Kemp (@Sean_Kemp) August 23, 2016
When you get a seat #traingate pic.twitter.com/cH4Rsn3OE2
— HannahJane Parkinson (@ladyhaja) August 23, 2016
"I did not have a seat in that train carriage." #traingate pic.twitter.com/glPf6bjPHq
— James Bloodworth (@J_Bloodworth) August 23, 2016
All this fuss about a Virgin berth.
— Marcus Leroux (@marcusleroux) August 23, 2016
Jeremy Corbyn on his daily commute. #traingate pic.twitter.com/buwHOzVG0y
— Luke T (@RealTempleton) August 23, 2016
Even Owen Smith had a sneaky go.
My campaign remains on track. Proud to be genuinely standing up for ordinary people.
— Owen Smith (@OwenSmith_MP) August 23, 2016
And of course, this being the internet, there was Harambe.
Corbyn actually gave his seat to Harambe but you won't read that in the MSM https://t.co/PuvwruwLLL pic.twitter.com/3YpfFINtGy
— General Boles (@GeneralBoles) August 23, 2016
Harambe would never have allowed this to happen if he were alive #traingate
— Felicity Morse (@FelicityMorse) August 23, 2016
