Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn joins bizarre protest to bring back a Shadow Mental Health minister to his Cabinet – a post HE axed three months ago

DITSY Jeremy Corbyn launched a bizarre protest to bring back a Shadow Mental Health minister to his Cabinet - a post he axed three months ago.

The hapless leftie was ridiculed on social media after he posed with a placard calling for the post - formerly occupied by the MP Luciana Berger - to be reinstated.

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He was snapped at the Labour party conference holding up the sign alongside campaigners calling for the return of the job he himself scrapped.

Ms Berger quit the role in July in protest of his leadership amongst a series of shadow cabinet resignations.

But Mr Corbyn then ditched the post – rolling it into Diane Abbott’s Shadow Health Secretary’s responsibilities.

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Twitter users mocked the 67-year-old for the “surreal” stunt, accusing him of “protesting against his own leadership”.

After seeing the picture Sky News’ Darren McCaffrey asked if the whole thing was some sort of “bad joke”.

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People said that it was the perfect encapsulation of his leadership style – that he is more comfortable protesting than actually doing something about it,

The Liberal Democrats added to the jibes, posting: “If only Jeremy Corbyn could do something about this…”

Even his advisers seemed to think it was a bad idea, according to one of the campaigners Mr Corbyn posed with.

Victoria Desmond, from the Labour Campaign for Mental Health, told the Guardian that as he toured the stalls at the conference centre in Liverpool they pounced.

We could hear his advisers saying, ‘Put the placard down, Jeremy’,” she said. “But he said he supported us and wanted to hold it.”

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A spokesman for Mr Corbyn said last night: “Jeremy created the post so of course he hopes to bring it back.”

The Labour Campaign for Mental Health group, campaigning for a new Shadow Minister for Mental Health said they welcomed his support.

Labour MP John Woodcock - who has spoken previously of his struggle with depression – said he was “disappointed” when the post was axed.