Twitter reacts to Virgin Trains vs. Jeremy Corbyn

Poke Staff. Updated August 23rd, 2016

After being forced to sit on the floor during a journey from Kings Cross to Newcastle, Jeremy Corbyn made a short video calling for trains to be renationalised. Virgin wasn’t having it and have now released pictures which they claim show Corbyn walking past empty seats, and so #traingate kicked off.

Mr Corbyn & team walked past empty unreserved seats then filmed claim train was ‘ram-packed’ https://t.co/R5hawIpQek pic.twitter.com/22t8EkjW5l

— Richard Branson (@richardbranson) August 23, 2016

Some wondered what prompted Virgin to release the pictures.

Personally I'm stunned that a private train operator is attacking a politician who's trying to nationalise the railways #traingate

— Jolyon Rubinstein (@JolyonRubs) August 23, 2016

https://twitter.com/Redpeter99/status/768106321422016512

Others showed solidarity.

https://twitter.com/keirshiels/status/768106269429432321

https://twitter.com/ThatZolnaGuy/status/768113658505277440

My Mum's kitchen is absolutely rammed. #TrainGate pic.twitter.com/u5OFboFIyJ

— Shane Morgan (@MrShaneMorgan) August 23, 2016

Others just took the piss.

Last time I saw Jeremy Corbyn surrounded by this many empty seats he was delivering a statement in Parliament pic.twitter.com/cCu4m4wn2j

— Sean Kemp (@Sean_Kemp) August 23, 2016

When you get a seat #traingate pic.twitter.com/cH4Rsn3OE2

— Hannah Jane Parkinson (@ladyhaja) August 23, 2016

https://twitter.com/J_Bloodworth/status/768103756735123456

All this fuss about a Virgin berth.

— Marcus Leroux (@marcusleroux) August 23, 2016

https://twitter.com/RealTempleton/status/768082421950640133

Even Owen Smith had a sneaky go.

https://twitter.com/OwenSmith_MP/status/768078650235166722

And of course, this being the internet, there was Harambe.

Corbyn actually gave his seat to Harambe but you won't read that in the MSM https://t.co/PuvwruwLLL pic.twitter.com/3YpfFINtGy

— General Boles (@GeneralBoles) August 23, 2016

Harambe would never have allowed this to happen if he were alive #traingate

— Felicity Morse (@FelicityMorse) August 23, 2016