Labour leadership candidate Jeremy Corbyn attends a rally at the Mercure Cardiff Holland House Hotel on August 11
Labour leadership front-runner Jeremy Corbyn is due to speak at a rally in Aberdeen tomorrow.
Mr Corbyn is set to arrive in the north-east amid opinion polls which rank him well out in front of his rival candidates.
The last-remaining available seats for the event at the 250-capacity Arts Centre and Theatre on King Street have been filled, with 251 people listed to attend.
Aberdeen George Street/ Harbour councillor Nathan Morrison
is co-ordinating the anti austerity champions campaign in the north-east.
He said: “Jeremy is doing a fantastic job. The campaign has been going fantastically but I would say people can’t be complacent about it if they want him to win.
But Tony Blair’s former spin doctor Alastair Campbell has urged Labour supporters to sign up to vote for “anyone but Corbyn” to help the party “stop itself driving over a cliff”.
So why does Jeremy Corbyn split opinion so in the party?
Here’s a few facts about the MP for Islington North.
Supporters of Jeremy Corbyn for the Labour Party leadership attends a launch of policy ideas for young people in London. FACT 1: He opposes the renewal of Trident and is a long-time member of CND.
Jeremy Corbyn speaking to journalists outside the House of Commons in London after the historic ruling by the House of Lords against the appeal of former Chilean dictator Gen. Augusto Pinochet. FACT 2: He was arrested at the South African Embassy in 1984 for protesting against apartheid.
FACT 3: He thinks the national minimum wage should be £10.
FACT 4: He went against Ed Miliband by opposing further austerity measures.
Labour leadership contestants Yvette Cooper, Jeremy Corbyn, Liz Kendall and Andy Burnham. FACT 5: He says that rail franchises should be taken back into public ownership.
FACT 6: He invited Gerry Adams to the House of Commons in the 1980s.
FACT 7: During the Labour Government, between 1997 and 2010, Corbyn was the most rebellious Labour MP, regularly defying three-line whips. In the 2005–2010 Parliament alone he defied the whip 238 times, approximately 25% of all votes
FACT 8: During the 2009 expenses scandal, Corbyn was revealed as claiming one of the lowest amount of expenses of any Member of Parliament. In 2010 he claimed the smallest amount of all 650 MPs
FACT 9: He is sponsored by several trade unions, including Unison, the National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers and Unite the Union.
Jeremy Corbyn supporters seen at a rally led by Labour leadership candidate Jeremy Corbyn at the Mercure Cardiff Holland House Hotel on August 11, in Cardiff. FACT 10: He is teetotal and a vegetarian
Jeremy Corbyn’s Aberdeen visit: why is he so Un/electable?
