After Angela Rayner was spotted posing for a photo with Jeremy Corbyn – the former Labour leader who faced criticism for his handling of antisemitism while in charge of the party – sources close to the deputy leader told Jewish News that she had in fact been “photobombed”.
The photo, also featuring Brent North MP Barry Gardiner, was taken to promote his Private Members’ Bill to stop ‘fire and rehire’ – a practice which sees an employer dismiss a staff member before offering to reemploy them on a new agreement – and apparently sparked outrage amongst campaigners against antisemitism in the party.
However, Rayner’s claim that what appeared to be a formal photo for Gardiner’s bill was actually a case of a Corbyn photobomb has since been mocked online, with #CorbynPhotoBomb trending on Twitter.
Ridiculing the idea that Corbyn’s involvement in the posed snap was unintentional, snaps in the hashtag feature the now independent MP smiling with supporters in what is, most definitely, a deliberate photograph:
Corbyn photobombing the whole of Bristol (and the BBC completely muted it). #CorbynPhotoBomb pic.twitter.com/B7oo9voD96
— Steve Harlie (@HarlieSteve) June 20, 2021
What can I say. I only wanted to take a train up north. #CorbynPhotoBomb pic.twitter.com/KVGed67BYH
— Michael Lomotey (@MichaelLomotey) June 19, 2021
#CorbynPhotoBomb
— Joanne Rogers (@jorog01) June 19, 2021
I don't understand how he even had the cheek to take this picture for me . @jeremycorbyn pic.twitter.com/DfnVGzIM1g
One of my fave #CorbynPhotoBomb pics 💥 pic.twitter.com/wonZrv8N4Z
— Prof Gayle Letherby 💙 #PeaceAndJustice (@gletherby) June 19, 2021
So there I was outside a hall in Swansea, when I decided to take a selfie of myself with my friends, when out of nowhere I was photobombed by this individual!
— Emz The Socialist #VoteHowardBeckett ✊❤️ (@EmzTheSocialist) June 19, 2021
Until today I saw this hashtag and realised I was also a victim of a…
#Corbynphotobomb pic.twitter.com/8s0h4q4vra
I was just minding my own business and then bam #CorbynPhotoBomb pic.twitter.com/cBt6jH1nqY
— Alex Falconer (@AlexFalconer17) June 20, 2021
Little did I know all those years ago that I was also the victim of the #CorbynPhotoBomb 😉 pic.twitter.com/stPRdpiOjC
— Michelle 💚 💙 😷🟨🟥 #JoinAUnion #WeAreCorbyn (@mconway70) June 20, 2021
Breaking news. #JeremyCorbyn just photobombed this cat picture. Shameful!#CorbynPhotoBomb pic.twitter.com/T0qAxOwpTh
— @TheCosmosUK (@TheCosmosUK1) June 19, 2021
And who can forget the time Jeremy Corbyn tried to photobomb a dog and the dog caught him in the act pic.twitter.com/RfGyKl6dT0
— Fanxxxxtastic-Trada (@Fanxxxxtastic) June 19, 2021
Clearly, Corbyn’s camera wizardry must be stopped.
