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18 quickest reactions to Jezzer Corbyn's Labour leadership victory

It all went a bit Golden Cleric.

Labour leadership contest Source: Stefan Rousseau

JEREMY CORBYN HAS this morning been named the new leader of the Labour Party in the UK.

Tom Watson is the new deputy leader and the election of both men played out live on both TV and Twitter in the past hour.

Here are the best and quickest reactions, you shady lot:

The mortification of the feeble victory chant

This knee jerk reaction

Followed by this admission

This uncanny resemblance

Let’s get a Kickstarter going

All those Tom and Jerry jokes

(Jeremy Corby and Tom Watson, leader and deputy leader, you see)

tom Source: folieadddeux on tumblr

Labour leadership and chill

Some thought his acceptance speech was a bit OTT with the digs

While others thought Tom Watson’s speech went on a bit long

And did you notice the resemblance?

Data laws legal challenge Tom Watson Source: Dominic Lipinski

Finally, the Corbyn beard has (rightfully) taken on a life of its own

17 times Tumblr perfectly summed up your life

This little girl met her shadow for the first time, and it TERRIFIED her

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Emer McLysaght

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