Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn is a long term resident of the North London Borough of Islington. He lives in Finsbury Park near to Arsenal football ground. Until several recent events another long term resident of the Borough of Islington was Boris Johnson who lived in the south of the Borough near to Angel.
If one is to believe some accounts of why Labour lost votes in some constituencies in the North of England on 12th December and the Tories won votes in some places it is because Islington dweller Corbyn is thought to be out of touch with the issues that voters have in the Midlands and the North. Apparently however another Islington dweller Johnson is in touch with them.
Islington as a Borough,like many areas of London,has pockets of wealth, along with many inhabitants who are anything but wealthy. This explains why Islington returned two Labour MPs as usual last week. It does not explain why some seats in the North of England were won by the Tories. For that other explanations are required that dont start with where either Jeremy Corbyn or Boris Johnson live.
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