Owen Smith, Mr Corbyn’s rival in the Labour leadership election, said in an interview with the Countryside Alliance earlier this month: “Access to good broadband should be a right in 21st century Britain, wherever you live”.
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This would see an increase from 59 per cent Corbyn managed to attain in the leadership battle in 2015, where he saw off Andy Burnham, Yvette Cooper and Liz Kendall, making him a surprised victor from the radical left-wing.
In September previous year, Jeremy Corbyn won the Labour leadership vote with a landslide 59.5% of the vote over the weekend.
It shows that Corbyn leads among each part of the selectorate, but it is also notable (if not a huge suprise) that new members and recently-registered £25 supporters are his biggest fans.
“First Scottish Labour’s deputy leader said he would not oppose a second referendum, then the Scottish leader slapped him down, only now for Owen Smith to back him up”.
The BBC presented a list of promises made by the Better Together campaign including continuing European Union membership, investment in carbon capture programmes, a secure economy and pensions, and the construction of 13 new Type 23 frigates.
The Walsall North MP said the current situation was quite different from the early 1980s when nearly 30 Labour MPs defected to the breakaway Social Democratic Party.
She confirmed she will be voting for Mr Corbyn in the upcoming election and hit out at the failed High Court bid to stop him being placed automatically on the leadership ballot papers.
However, his supporters remain resigned to not being able to count on a majority of the Parliamentary Labour Party.
Mr Corbyn will also pledge to create a free on-line hub of learning resources for his planned National Education Service and to require all publicly funded software and hardware is released under an Open Source licence.
She led Labour to their worst Holyrood election result in 2016, finishing third place behind the Conservatives with her party ranks reduced by a third.
It found that 52 per cent of full members intend to back Mr Corbyn compared to 40 per cent for Mr Smith.
YouGov say there are a number of caveats, including the fact members still have three weeks to vote ahead of the announcement of the victor in Liverpool on September 24.
The new poll gives a boost to Mr Corbyn’s campaign ahead of another leadership debate in London tomorrow.
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His initial election as Labour leader was credited in part to his team’s bespoke phone canvassing app, which helped volunteers contact potential voters.
