Jeremy Corbyn has just given a speech attacking Boris Johnson as ‘Britain’s Trump’. But while the Labour leader is happy to dish out criticism, it seems his supporters don’t like it when the tables are turned. A journalist found that out the hard way when he told Corbyn:
‘It’s clear that you do not have the cross-party support in Parliament to be a caretaker prime minister..’
His comment was met with cries of ‘Shame!’ from those in the audience. It seems that for some Corbynistas, the truth hurts…

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