Speaking to Eddie Mair the Labour Party MP claimed Mrs May had rigged the system by calling for a snap General Election to be held on June 8, resulting in the BBC host demanding a straight answer. Media playback is unsupported on your device Media caption How the decision to hold a general election on 8 June unfolded

He added: "They say I don't play by the rules - their rules. Mr Corbyn said: “It’s a rigged system set up by the wealth extractors for the wealth extractors.”

The Labour leader singled out tycoon Sir Philip Green, who faced heavy criticism over the BHS pensions saga, and Sports Direct boss Mike Ashley in his speech, saying they should be “worried about a Labour government”. “I was trying to give just one example and that’s the current situation that we’re in, in terms of this General Election.” The cringeworthy interview came after Mr Corbyn on Thursday insisted it was not a “foregone conclusion" that Labour would suffer defeat on June 8 as he vowed to overturn the “rigged” system by putting power back in the hands of the people. And some feel their current leader, Tim Farron, a conservative evangelical, is a poor match for a party whose membership has always been in the vanguard of social liberalism.
Jeremy Corbyn, the leader of the opposition Labour Party, positions himself as an "anti-establishment" candidate as he vows to end the "rigged" system.