Alan Johnson vs Left Unity spokesman: ‘all you’ve done is print leaflets’

With the news that Left Unity — the far-left political party — have suspended plans to stand in elections in order to support Jeremy Corbyn, many Corbynistas have taken the decision as proof of their leader’s positive influence. Alas, it all got a bit much for Alan Johnson, the former Home Secretary, when he appeared on the Daily Politics alongside Left Unity spokesman Simon Hardy.

With Left Unity amassing a mere 455 votes across three seats in the general election, Johnson didn’t take Hardy’s criticisms of Labour pre-Corbyn all that well. In fact, when Hardy suggested that Labour had become a ‘shadow’ of the Tories — with Corbyn their only saviour, Johnson let rip and listed all of Labour’s achievements:

‘I’ve been with Jeremy since we introduced the minimum wage, introduced the education maintenance allowance, Sure Start children’s centre, when we reduced child poverty, when we attacked pensioner poverty, when we gave trade unionists the right to be represented, the right to not be sacked for going on strike.