Jeremy Corbyn’s nuclear weapons stance undermines national security, says PM

Jeremy Corbyn today single-handedly tore up Labour’s defence policy by saying he would refuse to press the “nuclear button” if he was Prime Minister.

While opponents out with and within Labour criticised his speech as “rambling ” Mr Corbyn was given a rousing standing ovation at times during and at the end of his speech.

“The new Labour Party leader claimed the current government is clobbering” the self-employed with tax cut credits and said that the welfare state safety net was not in place for these workers even though a few earn less than the average employee. “That is not leadership”.

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In May’s general election, Mr Foster failed to take the Cornish constituency of Camborne and Redruth from the Conservatives.

In a morning media round, Mr Corbyn also suggested Britain could pay “reparation” to Jamaica and other countries for the slave trade.

“I am opposed to the use of nuclear weapons”.

The SNP called on the Labour leader to use the trip to clarify the party’s position on Britain’s Trident nuclear weapons system.

Labour delegates yesterday approved the party’s “Britain in the World” policy document, which makes clear the party’s “commitment to a minimum, credible, independent nuclear capability, delivered through a continuous at-sea deterrent”.

Jeremy Corbyn has conceded he would have to “live with” Labour support for nuclear weapons if he failed to persuade the party to adopt his stance on unilateral disarmament after a backlash from senior MPs.

He was greeted at Holyrood by Scots party leader Kezia Dugdale before meeting Labour MSPs at a social enterprise cafe around the corner from the parliament building. Her father was a political prisoner in Pakistan who sought asylum in the United Kingdom, trained as a doctor and has been working in the NHS for the last 25 years.

He also challenged the government on tenants rights, using the prime minister’s attack on his leadership win which had been charaterised as a threat to the nation’s security.

Responding to Ms Eagle’s comment, Mr Corbyn told reporters: “We’ll be having a discussion and debate about nuclear weapons”.

Referring to Mr Khan and Mr Corbyn, he added: “I don’t know the fellow and what he stands for but certainly if you want the market to stop then you’ve got Batman and Robin in those two”.

Speaking to The Mancunion on Wednesday she still couldn’t believe it had happened and said it was “terrifying, one of the scariest things I’ve ever done”.