Corbyn mocked over nuclear weapons

Jeremy Corbyn has been mocked for saying “one thing to the many and one thing to the few” after reports suggested he planned to scrap Trident on becoming prime minister.

The Labour leader has downplayed reports that Glastonbury Festival founder Michael Eavis said Mr Corbyn told him he would be in Downing Street within six months, and would move to abolish the nuclear deterrent.

However Prime Minister Theresa May said people would be “shocked” to hear that Mr Corbyn had rowed back on Labour policy to keep Trident, a source of tension in the party.

New Conservative MP Leo Docherty told Mrs May at prime minister’s questions: “As member for Aldershot, the home of the British Army, I was deeply alarmed to hear the reported announcement made by the leader of the opposition while at Glastonbury Festival that he, if in power, would abandon Trident and utterly undermine the security and safety of our country.

“Would you agree with me that only your government and the Conservatives can provide the safety and security our great country needs?”

Mocking Labour’s election slogan “for the many, not the few, Mrs May responded: “It appears he says one thing to the many and one thing to the few.”

A Labour spokesman previously said that the party was committed to renewing Trident.