‘Worst opposition leader EVER’ Corbyn accused of HELPING Tories with Brexit by Farron
JEREMY Corbyn has been branded the "worst opposition leader in British history” as he is simultaneously accused of becoming an "accomplice" to the Conservatives to push through a hard Brexit.
Mr Farron, the Liberal Democrat leader, said Mr Corbyn is incapable of holding the Government to account as he opened the Lib Dems spring conference in York.
He said: “They are no longer content with merely not being fit for government, they are determined to prove they are not fit for opposition either.
"The worst opposition leader in British history.
“The man who makes IDS look like JFK. Labour is not an opposition, Labour is an accomplice."
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It was an honest mistake. I think he genuinely forgot that he was Leader of the Opposition
The Liberal Democrats are hoping to pick up votes from people disenchanted with Corbyn’s metropolitan Labour and his tepid performance in last year's referendum campaign.
At the end of a week in which Mr Corbyn was again criticised for failing to exploit the Government's Budget U-turn over National Insurance, Mr Farron openly mocked the Labour leader.
He said: "There was some controversy when Jeremy Corbyn forgot, on his tax submission, to declare his opposition leader's salary.
"But I don't think there was any foul play there.
"It was an honest mistake. I think he genuinely forgot that he was Leader of the Opposition."
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Mr Farron said the Lib Dems would continue to resist Theresa May's plans for a "hard Brexit", leaving the single market and the European customs union.
He said: "Don't buy this guff that they are enacting the will of the people. They are distorting the will of the people either by design or through utter weakness.
"Who says that the will of the people is a hard Brexit, out of the single market, out of the customs union, into the pit of protectionism?
"Well, we will not roll over, we will not give up."