Jeremy Corbyn is currently facing calls to cancel his attendance at Friday’s Stop the War Christmas fundraiser dinner. However, should he stay on course and attend, the Labour leader can at least bank on getting a far friendlier reception from his comrades there than he did at his own party’s Christmas bash.
Labour staff gathered in the Conrad St James hotel on Tuesday night for their annual Christmas party. Faced with free drinks and free food, the event had the ingredients for a promising night. That was until Jeremy Corbyn stepped up to the mic to give a speech to his party.
Taking inspiration from John McDonnell, who quoted Chairman Mao — as part of a misjudged stunt to show-up George Osborne over his links with China — during his response to the Autumn statement, Corbyn decided to quote another Communist great.
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