Semantics - I'm not expecting May to go and speak at the Unite offices, but going to a factory after the workers have left and talking to your own entourage is a bit strange no?

Similarly I'm not expecting Corbyn to rock up at a bankers convention, but at least he's addressing people outside of his own staff. He was talking with NHS staff the other day.

So he was speaking to a group a people who he was saying that he was going to remove the shackles on their pay and that is really that different to May hand picking her audience - really?

Definitely, plenty of high earners in the NHS who would be wary of plenty of his policies. Granted the Tories are starving the NHS to make way for complete privatisation so maybe a tad more Labour friendly.

I'd imagine a poll of NHS employees would be massively pro Labour given the fact that the vast majority are not on high wages at all. Doctors and some administrators/managers might be on a lot but they'd be dwarfed by the number of people not in high earning roles.

There is a world of difference in speaking to a cherry picked audience, taken from the organisation that you are speaking to compared with "rent an audience" who dont even work for said organisation.

Do you actually think this is acceptable ?
In commerce, you could involve trading standards in such a fraudulent situation but,
you think its ok ???

I find that utterly incredible.

Many people laughed at Trump for his "fake news" outbursts but YOU are condoning it.
Sorry pal but, my standards are higher than that.

For the record, read my posts regarding Corbyn and you will see my opinions of him so, maybe i'm a little less myopic than you

A bad morning for both campaigns today; Diane Abbot fluffs her lines on LBC re the cost of Labour's extra police pledge, and May bans the media from another event, this time in Cornwall - so a local outlet blogs about it and it goes viral.

FFS, there is nothing wrong with an invited audience as long as we know that is what they are.
However, if the invited audience is pretending to be part of the work force, that is just wrong (unless the public are informed that its just "play acting".

Can you not see the difference

Your credibility is falling faster than Corbyns popularity.

I'm not sure it's quite the same; Mrs May is deliberately avoiding the public, managing the media to an unprecedented level, and refusing televised debates.

At least Corbyn is able to talk to normal people - he's far form a polished political performer, but he does at least seem willing to engage the electorate.

But nothing on the scale of the election fraud that see's 30 MP's facing charges - one of whom is Amber Rudd, the Home Secretary; and now May is being investigated in relation to her hedge fund hubby profiting from Brexit related activities.

I agree that politics is broadly a stinking mess in this country, and that Corbyn has a presentational problem, but he does at least appear to be an honest broker; if there was dirt of this nature on him, they'd have found it by now.

Amazing how Abbott makes a mistake and says 300k instead of 300m and its headline story at nearly every news agency. Tories are under investigation for widespread election fraud (hence the early call for election - after May categorically said she wouldn't before election fraud came to light) and it's swept under the carpet!

Not to mention the HSBC loans finding their way into Tory party coffers.... but no, the story is all about Abbotts poor interview preparation.

I agree about Corbyn but he is an idealist and he is beholden to the likes of McClusky so he will cause chaos and years of debt if he ever got into power. You look at their policies - spend, spend, spend if he thinks he can simply put CT up and increase the take he is bonkers.

The problem is it isn't £300m its closer to £500m when you take into consideration uniforms and training and this is where Labour are so off the pace - nothing is properly calculated why 10k way not 8 or 12 - its schoolyard stuff.

The election fraud is so small scale as not to be even worth bothering about its just a way of those on the left grasping at straws is it any different from what Labour were fined for?

The whole lot of them are not worthy of their status and as the expenses scandal showed they are vermin eating out of the trough.

Yeah - it only undermined the democratic process and bought an election; what's the big deal?

And just delve into the HSBC issue a little bit under your own steam; it's a classic example of the 1% looking out for each other - and further evidence, if more were needed, that the working classes in this country are treated with scorn and contempt by those who consider themselves entitled to lead.