Jeremy Corbyn is the John Terry of British politics

Jeremy Corbyn has launched Labour’s local election campaign today with the promise that his party will stand up to the government, and the claim that it is being effective in doing so. He said:

‘Now, being in Opposition is never easy, I think we all know that. But Labour in Westminster has proved you can still have influence and you can still make a difference. it was by speaking out and standing up with people with disabilities that we shamed the government into abandoning their disgraceful cuts to personal independence payments.

‘But we’re not done yet. We will continue the campaign to stop the cuts to disabled people’s ESA that is still there as a proposal in the Budget. This week, around 3 million families including thousands in Harlow, would have lost over a thousand pounds a year in working tax credits. But, by campaigning around the country, and by our votes in Parliament, Labour forced the Tories to scrap those cuts and they are not now going ahead.