Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn visits Scotland ‘to win back support’

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.

Shadow Defence Secretary Maria Eagle she was “surprised he answered the question in the way that he did”, saying it “undermined to a few degree” Labour’s policy process.

Jeremy Corbyn and I don’t want to nationalise energy we want to do something far more radical than that.

Unlike Mr Corbyn, who has been involved in the left-wing Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND) for years, most British people believe the nuclear weapons are vital to British security.

The fact that such a senior figure in the Labour movement is willing to speculate so publicly about whether Mr Corbyn can ever become prime minister is likely to alarm and anger his supporters. He said he had a mandate from his landslide election to oppose the replacement of Trident.

The conference in Brighton voted to only back an extension of RAF bombing missions into Syria with United Nations approval – but the debate was overshadowed by a shadow cabinet split over the UK’s nuclear deterrent. “I like to appear as comfortably as I possibly can… but I was very happy – I hope you’ll agree – looking very smart and tidy yesterday”.

Writing for the New Statesman, Ipsos MORI’s research director Suzanne Hall described how Mr Corbyn’s personality impressed Croydon voters, who used words like “believable” and “conviction” to sum up the tone of his speech.

Corbyn’s stance, though, did find one ally in his left-wing shadow chancellor John McDonnell who said he didn’t believe the use of nuclear weapons was morally appropriate.

Leader of Her Majesty’s Official Opposition Jeremy Corbyn has called for better support for the self-employed workforce and greater access to sick pay and maternity or paternity pay after outlining his manifesto at the Labour Party Conference in mid week. “Having nuclear weapons and our enemies knowing that we’re prepared to use them in the most extreme circumstances of self-defence is vital to keeping our country safe”, Fallon argued.

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.

“The balls have been all thrown up in the air in the Labour Party by Jeremy’s victory, and I’m pleased to play my part in trying to bring those balls back into play and set out our stall ahead of the next general election”.