Sunday shows round-up: Jeremy Corbyn – I’m not worried about Boris Johnson

Jeremy Corbyn – I’m not worried about Boris Johnson

Sophy Ridge travelled to Mansfield earlier in the week for an interview with the Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn. At the 2017 election, Labour lost Mansfield to the Conservatives after having held the seat for 94 years. Ridge asked Corbyn about how prepared the party was to win the Leave-voting Mansfield back, especially with a new Prime Minister taking the reins:

"I've got my summer campaign plan in place, we've got most of our candidates selected in all our marginal constituencies" – Jeremy Corbyn tells #Ridge that he is preparing to take on Boris Johnson in a general election.

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— Politics Hub with Sophy Ridge (@SkyPoliticsHub) July 28, 2019

SR: Are you a bit worried about going up against Boris Johnson in an election?

JC: Not in the slightest. We’ll go out there and we’ll make our case… I don’t do personal, as far as I’m concerned the issues are too serious… We have to have a change of approach and it has to be about investment, it has to be about real opportunities for young people.