Jeremy Corbyn Likened To Hitler By Tory Leadership Candidate Matt Hancock

Tory leadership candidate Matt Hancock has claimed Jeremy Corbyn would be the first anti-Semitic leader in the West since Hitler if Labour wins power.

Labour has been plagued by allegations of failing to properly tackle anti-Semitism among a minority of its members since Corbyn became leader.

But Health Secretary Hancock went one step further during a Tory leadership hustings in parliament, and warned that Labour winning a general election would mean an anti-Semite in Downing Street.

In a highly personal attack, he said: “This contest is not about who is the leader for the next six months.

“This contest is about who is the leader for the next six years and beyond.

“The Conservative party has to get this right. If we don’t, we could end up with the first anti-Semitic leader of a Western nation since the Second World War.”

Responding, Labour condemned Hancock and said the Tories had their own case to answer on racism.

A source said: “This baseless political attack rings hollow from a minister in a party that has supported governments that actively promote anti-Semitic policies in Hungary and Poland, and has spent the week wooing Trump - the man who refused to condemn neo-fascists in Charlottesville who chanted ‘Jews will not replace us’.

“Numerous candidates in the Conservative leadership contest have been accused of racism, Islamophobia, homophobia and misogyny, one of whom may be the next prime minister.”

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