The fact that a significant share of the UKIP vote evidently transferred to socialist-led Labour obliterates so many assumptions. Brilliant.
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Post-Brexit, once UKIP lost its reason for existing, you probably still have anti-establishment frustration to express via the ballot box.
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Corbyn, having been viciously demonized by the political/media class, is a viable avatar for anti-establishmentarianism.
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Obviously this wouldn't apply to UKIP voters who are ideologically conservative, for the most part. But they're not the whole story.
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That Corbyn (evidently) drew UKIP support also validates his "conflicted Eurosceptic" stance during the referendum. It was the right balance
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