‘An hour of abuse thrown at me’: Jeremy Corbyn on being the target of a Labour coup

“Y eah, I do feel [sorry for him],” said Jeremy Corbyn , with only a little hesitation. “On a personal level it must be devastating. It is a horrible feeling. You suddenly realise that this person doesn’t trust you at all and really doesn’t wish you well at all, and you suddenly realise that any trust that was there actually disappears.” There are few in politics who have had the experience of being the subject of a Labour party-style coup, the British equivalent of being dragged from your …