Tom Watson resigns | Ex-Labour MP Ian Austin: Jeremy Corbyn unfit to lead
Watch the highlights back from Julia Hartley-Brewer’s breakfast show. Labour's General Election campaign has suffered a major blow as one of the party's former MPs urged voters to back Boris Johnson over Jeremy Corbyn. Ian Austin said the Labour leader was "not fit to lead" as he vowed to do "everything" he could to stop Mr Corbyn entering Number 10. It came as the Jewish Chronicle newspaper published a stark front page urging voters not to back Labour because of Mr Corbyn's handling of anti-Semitism within the party. The paper said the "near total inaction of Mr Corbyn and the rest of the Labour leadership in dealing with anti-Semites in the party has both emboldened them and encouraged others" - accusing Mr Corbyn and his allies of having "actively impeded action against the racists." His intervention came just hours after Labour deputy leader Tom Watson - who has also been publicly critical of the leadership's attempts to tackle anti-Semitism in the party - announced he is standing down, saying the time was right for him to step away from politics. Julia spoke to Ian Austin about his comments on her breakfast show. She was also joined by Chief Secretary to the Treasury Rishi Sunak, Mayor of Greater Manchester Andy Burnham, former aide to Tony Blair and people’s vote campaigner Alastair Campbell, climate justice activist Sakina Sheikh, Liberal Democrat candidate Wera Hobouse, Conservative candidate Nigel Evans and The Brexit Party MEP Alex Phillips.