Labour defection scare: Lib Dems claim ‘big-name’ MPs are ready to defect

But she came under fire from Ms Abbott, a supporter of Mr Corbyn and the new Shadow Secretary of State for global Development, who said she was being “sanctimonious” and told her “you’re not the only feminist in the PLP (Parliamentary Labour Party)”.

“Jeremy Corbyn’s tradition of the far left has tended to be anti-Israel and supportive of boycotts and delegitimisation”, he said.

Jeremy Corbyn, an outsider of British politics became surprisingly leader of the U.K.’s Labour party because the party was alienated with its basis for many years.

Writing in the Financial Times, Mr Corbyn said: “Labour is clear that we should remain in the EU”.

He says he’s been contacted by senior Labour figures unhappy at their new leader.

“I have to add, as a gratuitous plug, that the Southmead Project, which extends nationally, is the most extraordinary charity, helping put back together the lives of people who have suffered abuse, especially as children”.

While several Labour politicians have expressed concerns with the policies of left-winger Mr Corbyn, including Chuka Umunna who left the shadow cabinet due to their differences, Mr Cruddas told the Enquirer he feels a change in policy direction is just what the party needs. It raises the prospect of hyperinflation, because unlike the quantitative easing we have seen in recent years, it would be near-impossible to reverse: the government would have an incentive to “print itself to re-election”, triggering a loss of confidence in the currency.

On Thursday he wrote: “We believe that Britain is better off staying in Europe”.

During his leadership campaign, Mr Corbyn and his new shadow chancellor John McDonnell have called for “People’s Quantitative Easing” and the Bank of England to have its independence stripped away.

Mr Corbyn began assembling the team of aides who will work around him.

Jonathan Arkush, president of the Board of Deputies, said he wanted “straight answers to straight questions” but hoped for a “constructive engagement between the Jewish community and the leader of the opposition”.

They allow Mr Corbyn to vent his long-held feelings but it’s not clear they carry the same status as the joint letter to Labour MPs.

And he used his first Prime Minister’s Questions to ask David Cameron questions sent in by members of the public. He will give no quarter and will expect to be given none by the opposition parties.

On the future of the nuclear deterrent, Mr Corbyn insisted he would not let the policy differences tear Labour apart. And judging by what we already know about his educational philosophy, he is going to ruffle some feathers.

He said: “I’m not resigning. Too many young people struggle in Islington and the only option is private rent, which is also so expensive that it’s impossible to save for a house”.

“The heroism of the Royal Air Force in the Battle of Britain is something to which we all owe an enormous debt of gratitude”, the party said in a statement.