Corbyn mocked for claiming to be the 'resistance to Johnson'

The bizarre address – in which Mr Corbyn also vowed to “be on the frontline, both in parliament and on the streets” – appears to have backfired spectacularly following his general election wipeout. “Think what might have been and how we sacrificed those who most needed a Labour government to a delusional ideology that thought echo chamber rallies were a substitute for persuading ‘the many’ to vote Labour.” Jim Fitzpatrick, a former farming minister who left the Commons this month, said: “Let’s have lots of demos where we can talk to each other, again! Watch: Royal weddings to novichok - the decade in headlines (Sky) “Consistent in their belief that parliament isn’t most important, the ‘resistance’ is what matters.” And Michael Dugher, a former transport spokesman, who stood down in 2017, also taunted Mr Corbyn, saying: “Meet Lieutenant Hiroo Onoda of the Japanese Imperial Army. Lieutenant Onoda has spent nearly three decades holding out in the jungle on an island in the Philippines, refusing to accept that the Japanese lost the Second World War back in 1945.” Meet Lieutenant Hiroo Onoda of the Japanese Imperial Army. Lieutenant Onoda has spent nearly three decades holding out in the jungle on an island in the Philippines, refusing to accept that the Japanese lost the Second World War back in 1945... https://t.co/9ZkFnV2Ri8 Neil Coyle, who is still a London Labour MP, responded to the broadcast by saying: “Labour isn’t a rent-a-mob protest party, or a ‘resistance’, but a potential party of government when led well. More poverty, homelessness and higher food bank use will be the result.” On 12 December, Labour was crushed to its lowest number of MPs since 1931, forcing Mr Corbyn to announce he will quit when a new leader is elected in March.