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08-24-2016, 03:53 PM
Politicians change 404 error page to troll Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn
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LONDON — There are two clear signs that a political situation is s**wballing.
First, people start referring to it as a "gate". Footage of UK Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn sitting on the floor of a "ram-packed" Virgin train went viral recently, but after images were shared by Richard Branson on Twitter (http://mashable.com/2016/08/23/labour-leader-jeremy-corbyn-virgin-train/#e9Jmh_dcGaqi?utm_campaign=&utm_context=textlink&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=) of what appeared to show Corbyn walking past empty seats, the whole thing turned into a controversy.
Shortly after, #traingate (https://twitter.com/search?q=%23traingate&src=tyah) began trending on Twitter.
SEE ALSO: Virgin accuses Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn of lying over train's empty seats (http://mashable.com/2016/08/23/labour-leader-jeremy-corbyn-virgin-train/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
The second sign?
When a rival political party changes its website's 404 error page (http://www.libdems.org.uk/**there#) with the sole purpose of trolling you. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/08/24/liberal-democrats-404-error-page-jeremy-corbyn/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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LONDON — There are two clear signs that a political situation is s**wballing.
First, people start referring to it as a "gate". Footage of UK Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn sitting on the floor of a "ram-packed" Virgin train went viral recently, but after images were shared by Richard Branson on Twitter (http://mashable.com/2016/08/23/labour-leader-jeremy-corbyn-virgin-train/#e9Jmh_dcGaqi?utm_campaign=&utm_context=textlink&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=) of what appeared to show Corbyn walking past empty seats, the whole thing turned into a controversy.
Shortly after, #traingate (https://twitter.com/search?q=%23traingate&src=tyah) began trending on Twitter.
SEE ALSO: Virgin accuses Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn of lying over train's empty seats (http://mashable.com/2016/08/23/labour-leader-jeremy-corbyn-virgin-train/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
The second sign?
When a rival political party changes its website's 404 error page (http://www.libdems.org.uk/**there#) with the sole purpose of trolling you. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/08/24/liberal-democrats-404-error-page-jeremy-corbyn/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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