Rachel Reeves launches scathing attack on Jeremy Corbyn and Your Party: ‘The bloke’s got a big ego’
Rachel Reeves accuses Jeremy Corbyn of trying to destroy Labour
- Chancellor Rachel Reeves has criticised Jeremy Corbyn's new political party and his "big ego" during a talk at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.
- Ms Reeves said the former Labour leader "tried to destroy my party" during his leadership, which saw two general election losses.
- She predicted that the public would reject Mr Corbyn's unnamed new party, marketed as "Your Party", just as they rejected him twice before.
- Ms Reeves dismissed Mr Corbyn's claim of over 500,000 sign-ups for his new movement.
- The chancellor also said that Reform UK, not the Conservatives, is now Labour's main political rival.