Jeremy Corbyn today blasted weak Keir Starmer for blaming him for Labour s election meltdown, and demanded the party returns to his popular hard-Left policies.
The former leader tore into Sir Keir for dumping on him in the wake of the dire Super Thursday results - which moderates blamed on Long Corbyn in a grim reference to coronavirus.
Mr Corbyn - currently suspended from the parliamentary party in a row over his handling of anti-semitism among activists - said he bore no responsibility for the crisis.
Extraordinarily, the 71-year-old told ITV News that Sir Keir s woes were because he had distanced himself from the Socialist policies of the last general election. That contest saw Labour plunge to its worst defeat since 1935.
Jeremy Corbyn today blasted weak Keir Starmer for blaming him for Labour s election meltdown, and demanded the party returns to his popular hard-Left policies.
The former leader tore into Sir Keir for dumping on him in the wake of the dire Super Thursday results - which moderates blamed on Long Corbyn in a grim reference to coronavirus.
Mr Corbyn - currently suspended from the parliamentary party in a row over his handling of anti-semitism among activists - said he bore no responsibility for the crisis.
Extraordinarily, the 71-year-old told ITV News that Sir Keir s woes were because he had distanced himself from the Socialist policies of the last general election. That contest saw Labour plunge to its worst defeat since 1935.
Corbyn treated worse than Arthur Scargill and refuses blame for Labour defeat Jeremy Corbyn has accused the media of treating him ‘worse than Arthur Scargill’ and has rubbished claims that he is to blame for Labour’s defeat in the elections. The former leader, in an interview with ITV’s Robert Peston, said it was a “bit rich” for Keir Starmer and others within the Labour leadership to “start blaming me for stuff that s been done over the past year that I ve had absolutely no part of whatsoever.” He said it was “weak” to blame him for the party’s failure last week, which saw them lose control of eight English councils and one parliamentary seat.