Ahead of the Labour leadership election result, David Cameron warned that Jeremy Corbyn would take Britain back ‘to the days of Michael Foot and Arthur Scargill’ if elected. Well, a week into Corbyn’s leadership of the party — and several gaffes later — it turns out that there is one small snag with regards to Cameron’s premonition; Corbyn is just not left wing enough.
Arthur Scargill — who founded his own Socialist Labour Party after the party changed the wording of Clause IV — says Corbyn is ‘not left wing enough to lure people back to Labour’.
Arthur Scargill tells Sunday Politics Yorks & Lincs @jeremycorbyn isn't left wing enough to lure him back to Labour. 1.30pm BBC One #bbcsp
— Tim Iredale (@iredalepolitics) September 20, 2015
Speaking on the Sunday Politics in Yorkshire and Lincolnshire, the 77-year-old socialist and former president of the National Union of Mineworkers said he would not be supporting Corbyn.
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