How Labour’s taken over as ‘Nasty Party’

LABOUR’S tolerance of antiSemitism and members’ abusive behaviour has made it the new Nasty Party, said Theresa May.

She famously told the Conservative conference in 2002 many saw the Tories as the Nasty Party due to their narrow social outlook.

But yesterday the Prime Minister said the Conservatives had changed beyond recognition – while, under Jeremy Corbyn, Labour had adopted the ‘politics of division’ and forgotten how to represent the views of working people.

She said his party was ‘determined to… embrace the politics of pointless protest that simply pulls people further apart’.

Mrs May continued: ‘That’s what Labour stands for today. Fighting among themselves, abusing their own MPs, threatening to end their careers, tolerating anti-Semitism and supporting voices of hate.

‘You know what some people call them? The Nasty Party. And with Labour divided, divisive and out of touch, we have a responsibility to step up, represent and govern for the whole nation.’

Meanwhile, Mr Corbyn spent yesterday shopping for jumpers on holiday in Northumberland with his wife Laura Alvarez.

His decision to take a trip as Mrs May outlined her vision for Britain’s future has been criticised by some supporters.

He had said nothing about Tory policies all week, but last night accused the PM of ‘fanning the flames of xenophobia’.