Video proof that Virgin and Branson are lying about Jeremy Corbyn and #traingate

Virgin Trains and Richard Branson claimed today that there were unreserved seats available in coach H on the train Jeremy Corbyn said was “ram packed”:

But coach H is not a passenger coach. Here’s a tweet from Virgin Trains confirming coach H is the food coach:

And a quick study of the video Virgin itself released clearly shows the coach was indeed the food bar:

Other passengers on the train at the time also confirm Corbyn was offered seats by Virgin staff after he had had to sit on the floor, and that the train was indeed ram packed:

So. Either Virgin Trains and Richard Branson ‘forgot’ where their own food coach is.

Or Richard Branson was – oh what’s that technical word for this kind of thing?

Oh yes, that’s right.

Lying.

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Here’s a video made by documentary film maker Yannis Mendez who was following Corbyn at the time, clearly showing there were no free seats on the train: