Theresa May’s name plastered across Tory election battle bus while Labour don’t use Jeremy Corbyn’s name once
Conservatives take advantage of PM’s popularity while opposition try and pretend their leader doesn’t exist
THE CONSERVATIVES have followed Labour in unveiling their election battle bus today – but there is one very obvious difference.
While the Tories are taking advantage of Theresa May’s popularity – the opposition seem to be trying to pretend their wildly unpopular leader doesn’t even exist.
The Prime Minister’s name is plastered across the side of the blue coach revealed for the first time in the North East, along with her signature.
In fact the name of the party is barely even on the vehicle at all – save for a small Conservative logo on the door.
That is in sharp contrast to Labour, who make no mention of Jeremy Corbyn at all on their own battle bus, which instead has the slogan “for the many, not the few”.
This comes after it was reported some of his senior shadow cabinet ministers are not mentioning the leader on their campaign literature.
The Sun reported even some of his key allies such as Richard Burgon avoid using his name, as Mr Corbyn is languishing in the polls.
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As well as Labour being on average 20 points behind the Tories – he is suffering from terrible personal ratings.
Mr Corbyn’s approval rating was rated at minus 41%, while in the same poll in March Mrs May was on plus 13%.
In contrast to the Labour campaign the Tories have been making a virtue of Mrs May, with signs at campaign rallies calling on people to vote for “Theresa May’s team”.
While she has been criticised for running a centralised, almost-Presidential in style, it seems to be working for her.
Her party are set for a colossal landslide on June 8, while Labour are set to be annihilated – and could end up with fewer seats than their disastrous 1983 election under Michael Foot.