'I'm backing Boris Johnson... Nigel Farage must do the same': Former Labour MP Ian Austin claims Brexit Party leader must do his 'patriotic duty' and step away from election battle in order to STOP Jeremy Corbyn and avoid derailing Brexit
- Two former Labour frontbenchers have urged 'patriotic' voters to back Johnson
- Ian Austin & John Woodcock said Mr Corbyn was 'not fit to be prime minister'
- The two men savaged Corbyn's record on security, economy and anti-semitism
On a calamitous day for Labour, Ian Austin and John Woodcock said the party's leader was 'not fit to be prime minister' – and must be stopped from reaching Downing Street at all costs.
The two men, who both served as advisers to Gordon Brown in government, savaged Mr Corbyn's record on security, the economy and anti-Semitism – and even questioned his patriotism.
In an extraordinary intervention at the launch of the cross-party Mainstream campaign against extremism, both men said they would vote Conservative next month and urged others to do the same.
Ian Austin (left) and John Woodcock (right) speak to the press in Westminster on Thursday as they urge voters to back the Conservatives
Former Labour MP Ian Austin. The two men, who both served as advisers to Gordon Brown in government, savaged Mr Corbyn's record on security, the economy and anti-Semitism – and even questioned his patriotism.
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