Jeremy Corbyn sports freshly trimmed beard as he racks up worst polling numbers of any leader in Labour’s history
The struggling opposition party is currently 11 points behind the Tories ahead of Labour's leadership election
JEREMY Corbyn sports a newly trimmed beard on a bike ride yesterday — as it emerged he has achieved the worst polling numbers in the history of the Labour Party.
The leftie leader’s usual face fuzz was replaced by a neat new look as he took to the streets on his cycle.
A year after the bearded lefty seized control of the party, Labour is trailing the Tories by a massive 11 points.
Not since modern polling techniques began in the 1950s has the party suffered such huge gap so soon into a new leadership.
When the last leader Ed Miliband reached his first anniversary in the post, the party was ahead of the Conservatives by an average of three points.
After a year as David Cameron as Conservative leader, his party had already opened up a five-point lead over the then Labour government.
The Labour leader with the next worst poll deficit in opposition after usless Mr Corbyn was Neil Kinnock.
One year into Kinnock’s stint in the job, in October 1984, Labour lagged behind the Tories by an average of five points.
He went on to get smashed by Maggie Thatcher in the 1987 election.
By contrast, the biggest average poll lead for Labour 12 months after electing a new leader was 26 points.
This was enjoyed by Tony Blair in July 1995 — he would go on to win three successive General Elections.
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Last night Mr Corbyn was slammed for his 9/11 memorial tweet that attacked the “wars and terrors” that followed the 2001 attacks on New York and Washington.
Mr Corbyn wrote: “My thoughts are with those whose lives were shattered on 9/11/2001 - and in the wars and terror unleashed across the globe in its aftermath.”
Twitter users reacted with fury, with one asking: “ “Is anyone surprised that Jeremy Corbyn is using 9/11 to advance his anti-Western ideology?”
Tom - @RealTomH - said Mr Corbyn: “Can’t just remember the victims of 9/11 on 9/11. Is incapable of it.”
Dan Kaszeta, a security expert, wrote: “Damn you Corbyn. I cheated death that day.”
Former Home Office minister and ex-Labour MP Tony McNulty praised London Mayor Sadiq Khan’s memorial message and said: “Good solid unequivocal statement in memoriam of 9/11 - free from any weasel words about other events.”
In 2003 Mr Corbyn accused the meida of “manipulation” over the events of September 11, in order to advance the case of the US to go to war.