Watch: Jeremy Corbyn hits back at Tories who complain about his 'scruffy' dress sense in the 1980s

Video of a 35-year-old Jeremy Corbyn in 1984 gives us a taste of things to come if front-runner succeeds in winning Labour leadership

Jeremy Corbyn hits back at Tory complaints at his scruffy dress sense in the 1980s

Footage has emerged of Jeremy Corbyn taking on his Tory critics in the 1980s who complained about his scruffy dress sense.

"It’s not a fashion parade, it’s not a gentleman’s club, it’s not a banker’s institute; it’s a place where the people are represented," Mr Corbyn says in defence of his right not to wear the dinner jackets chosen by the Tories.

Wearing a jumper knitted by his mother and a shirt bought from his local co-operative, a 35-year-old Mr Corbyn goes on the attack, describing how "fleets of limousines" draw up carrying "large Tory MPs with even larger stomachs" for late-night votes in the Commons.

And any suggestion Mr Corbyn was simply jealous of the fancy dinner invitations enjoyed by Tory MPs was swiftly dismissed by the young MP: "I get dinner invitations all the time," he says, insisting the role of an MP should be to "represent their people" instead of wining and dining every evening.

It gives us a taste of things to come if Mr Corbyn, now 66, wins the Labour leadership contest, as he is widely expected to in less than a month's time.

Here's the BBC Newsnight video from 1984: