Jeremy Corbyn to campaign in Scotland before polling day
Last updated 8th Dec 2019
Jeremy Corbyn is due to campaign in Scotland again this week in the run up to the General Election, according to Scottish Labour leader Richard Leonard.
Speaking during Scotland's Talk-In on Clyde 2, Mr Leonard confirmed the UK leader will dash north of the border in a final attempt to secure Scottish votes.
Mr Corbyn visited Scotland in November, where he was attacked for his lack of clarity on Scottish independence.
Mr Leonard said: "Jeremy Corbyn is due to be back in Scotland in the early part of this week.
"He'll be back in Scotland before Thursday's polling day.''
Mr Leonard said the Labour leader was "helpful to our campaign'', adding: "He gets that the big challenges we face are not around constitutional issues, they are around how do we eradicate poverty?
"How do we stop rough sleeping and end homelessness?
"How do we build a society that's much more equal, that's fair?
"These are all challenges that Jeremy Corbyn gets, which is why he will make a huge difference as the Prime Minister of this country.''
During his last visit to Scotland in November, Mr Corbyn was also branded a "terrorist sympathiser'' by a Church of Scotland minister, who was suspended for his heckling of the Labour leader.
While speaking to TV cameras outside a community centre in Glasgow, Richard Cameron yelled at Mr Corbyn: "Do you think that the man who is going to be prime minister of this country should be a terrorist sympathiser, Mr Corbyn?
"Who's going to be the first terrorist invited to the House of Commons when you're prime minister?"
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