'It's worrying' Tory MP lashes Corbyn's '1970's ideas' which would make 'Britain poorer'
JEREMY CORBYN’S ideas are “worrying” and would make Britain “poorer”, a Tory MP claimed during a huge BBC rant.
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A Conservative MP raged at Jeremy Corbyn’s policies in a furious rant as he targeted the Labour leaders “1970’s ideas’.
Rory Stewart, the MP for Penrith and The Border, shredded Mr Corbyn’s policies, insisting he was not looking into the future.
Speaking on BBC’s Any Questions?, he said: “I think it is worth trying to be a little bit straight about what his instincts are, what he believes, and why personally, I think this is a little bit worrying.
“The business of Government isn’t about one or two decisions, it’s about a thousand decisions made every day.
“His instincts on business, his instincts on Trident, his instincts on Britain’s place in the world, all these things will play through day by day if he was Prime Minister into a thousand small decisions.
“Ultimately, I feel his instincts are wrong. He will make the country, I’m afraid, poorer. He will make the economy not grow properly and the thing I am most worried about, is I don’t think he has a real vision for the future”.
Some members of the BBC audience began to laugh, with one member starting to heckle the Conservative MP, as he continued with his rant towards Mr Corbyn.
Mr Stewart added: “Many of these ideas are ideas from the past. Re-nationalisation. The key is in that word.
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Many of these ideas are ideas from the past. Re-nationalisation. The key is in that word
“A lot of these ideas are 1970’s ideas. Where are his ideas on robotics? Where are his ideas on artificial intelligence? Where are his ideas on the gig economy?
“How is he thinking about where this country should be in 10 or 20 years time, rather than about his nostalgic view of where it was in 1978.”
Despite the heckling, the Conservative MP received strong applause from the audience following his tirade.
Mr Corbyn said his party was “on the threshold of power” as he urged the Tories to “pull themselves together”, during his speech at the party conference.
The left-wing politician claimed a “new consensus” had emerged over the past decade which means Labour is now the party of “mainstream” voters.
He said: “It is often said that elections can only be won from the centre ground. And in a way that’s not wrong - so long as it’s clear that the political centre of gravity isn’t fixed or unmovable, nor is it where the establishment pundits like to think it is.”
The Labour Party secured 262 seats at the general election in June, short of the Conservative party's 318.
Mr Corbyn conceded the party “didn’t quite achieve enough and remain in opposition” before adding optimistically that Labour had “become a government in waiting.”