The Labour leader was left squirming on live TV as he was grilled over his support for his predecessor, who he twice tried to make PM.
Jeremy Corbyn would have made a better prime minister than Boris Johnson , Sir Keir Starmer claimed last night.
Sir Keir became flustered as he was pressed to say whether he had genuinely believed his claim at the 2019 election that Mr Corbyn would make a 'great prime minister' Sir Keir defended his decision to support Mr Corbyn, saying he had never believed Labour would win – and had simply aimed to ensure as many Labour MPs as possible survived.
In an interview with the London Evening Standard yesterday, Mr Corbyn rubbished Sir Keir's attempts to distance himself from the 2019 campaign and his claim that he never thought Labour could win.
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