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Jeremy Corbyn’s #TrainGate episode is no longer news, what is news however, is the immense amount of fallout that has resulted from the incident. Many have labeled it a cheap publicity stunt and a whole lot of degrading appellations; others seem to accept that it is a problem that goes beyond just trains.

It can be recalled that labour leader Jeremy Corbyn had tried to commute from London to Newcastle earlier in August but had seemingly met an overcrowded train, a situation which led to the release of a film depicting the politician sitting on the floor of the train. This led Virgin Trains to release CCTV footage showing that the Labour Leader’s story might not be the whole truth of the matter.

The campaign team of the political leader later went on record to say that they were unable to find seats that were unreserved at first, but the train staff did some shuffling around and upgraded a family to first class in order to find seat for Jeremy Corbyn.

The whole affair (as with every story like this) has sent some waves through twittersphere, most of them seeming to make a joke out of the situation and possibly portraying the politician in the light of one who is making an issue out of nothing.

While users such as 1001 portals Australia (@1001ptsAU) consider it a kind of “stunt” by the labour leader, others such as Trish Wilkinson (@Stashwilko) have wasted no time in leaping to his defense, terming the whole #Traingate episode as a smear campaign against Corbyn.

The bulk of the buzz were however jocular comments and memes about the episode or aspects of it; but then, everything is a joke or a meme on twitter these days.