Jeremy Corbyn accuses Keir Starmer of ‘primary school stuff’

Ex-leader lashes out at ‘not friends’ comment and also criticises Labour’s ‘bad news’ attack ads

Jeremy Corbyn has said that Sir Keir Starmer’s claims that the pair were never friends is “primary school stuff”.

The former Labour leader – blocked from running as the party’s candidate in Islington North – said that he had always seen Sir Keir as a “colleague” when the pair worked together.

The left-winger also hit out at Labour’s recent controversial social media campaign attacking Rishi Sunak – calling it “bad news all around”.