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Lord Mandelson: I am working 'every single day' to bring an end to Jeremy Corbyn's leadership
Lord Mandelson has revealed he is working “every single day” to oust Jeremy Corbyn as Labour leader.
The Labour peer said Mr Corbyn was living in a "parallel universe" and that he felt a duty to "rescue" the party from his leadership.
Lord Mandelson, who is one of Mr Blair’s closest allies, said on Monday night that Mr Corbyn had “no idea in the 21st century how to conduct himself as a leader of a party putting itself forward in a democratic election”.
It came as an ICM poll for the Guardian showed the Conservatives extending their lead over Labour to 18 points, with the Tories on 44 per cent to Labour's 26 per cent.
Speaking at a Jewish Chronicle event last night, Mr Mandelson said: "I work every single day to bring forward the end of his [Mr Corbyn’s] tenure in office.
"Every day I try to do something to rescue the Labour Party from his leadership. The problem with Jeremy is not that he’s a nasty man. It’s as if he’s in a parallel universe.
"He’ll gravitate to whatever revolt, insurrection, every protest movement in sight."
The peer added that Mr Corbyn had been "like this" for 35 years and was not a frequent supporter of the last Labour government.
A Labour source told the Telegraph: "The idea of Jeremy Corbyn being prime minister and implementing policies that actually benefit the people terrifies the establishment.
“So it’s no surprise Peter Mandelson has found time in his busy schedule of spending time on oligarch’s yachts to attempt to undermine him.”
Mr Corbyn was ridiculed by his own MPs last night after he suggested that while Labour is down in the polls, it was winning on social media.
He said the party was "better" at getting their message out online and blamed the media for the party's increasingly bad ratings.