Javid: Sturgeon to ‘ help Corbyn’ get into power

Sajid Javid has launched a scathing attack on Jeremy Corbyn, claiming the Labour leader would “rig our precious democracy” if he got into power.

The home secretary warned if Labour won the next general election, which he suggested “could well come before 2022”, the Tories could be out of power for a generation.

He hit out at Mr Corbyn yesterday during a speech at the Scottish Conservative conference in Aberdeen.

Mr Javid said: “All the tricks of ‘ permanent revolution’ will be visited upon our country. His great prize will be to rig our precious democracy, just the way he started rigging the Labour Party as soon as he got in.”

In a speech that could be seen as a leadership pitch to Scottish Conservatives, Mr Javid emphasised his “one nation” credentials and warned delegates a divided Tory party would usher Mr Corbyn into Downing Street with the support of Nicola Sturgeon and the SNP.

He said: “It’s clear our union, our country and our party are all at a crossroads.”

0 Theresa May addressed the Scottish Conservative conference in Aberdeen, watched, far left, by Sajid Javid, Ruth Davidson and her deputy Jackson Carlaw. Scottish Secretary David Mundell also addressed the conference, left