Jeremy Corbyn pulls bizarre faces as he reads ‘We’re going on a bear hunt’ to schoolchildren on campaign trail
Labour leader also reacted angrily to being asked if would stand down if he lost the snap election next month
JEREMY Corbyn spent this morning on the campaign trail pulling a series of bizarre facial expressions as he read to schoolchildren.
The Labour leader also reacted angrily to being asked if would stand down if he lost the snap election next month.
He finally found some support as he threw himself into acting out the beloved kids book We’re Going on a Bear Hunt, written by his friend and author Michael Rosen.
Mr Corbyn was surrounded by youngsters at Brentry Children Centre in Bristol as he launched an attack on classroom sizes.
After reading from the story-book he claimed Labour is “gaining a huge amount of ground” on the Conservatives in the battle to win the general election.
He urged voters to “watch this space” despite recent opinion polls putting his party as many as 24 points behind the Tories ahead of the June 8 vote.
And Mr Corbyn also revealed he had not decided whether he would stand down if Labour loses the election.
Asked if he had decided what he will do in the event of defeat, the Labour leader replied: “No decisions at all, what an absurd question. We’re 72 hours into the election.”
He also tried once again to shift the focus of the campaign away from Theresa May’s call for voters to give her a Brexit negotiating mandate and on to Labour’s aim of tackling inequality.
The 67-year-old added: “We’re gaining support, we’re gaining a huge amount of ground and we’re getting a great deal of support. Watch this space.”
He added: “We are putting a message out there – this country does not have to be so divided, (there) does not have to be such appalling levels of poverty and unachieved ambition because of people growing up in poverty.
“That’s our message, that’s the one we’re putting out, and the Labour Party is totally united in putting that message out, okay?”