Daniel, an LBC caller, told host Shelagh Fogarty he believed Labour’s resilience over the pursue of socialist agendas is a “recipe for disaster”. He called after the LBC host interviewed Labour activist George Aylett who insisted the party must keep its socialist values and manifesto. But Daniel blasted: “He still doesn’t get it, they still don’t get it.

“It wasn’t just this country that rejected socialism, it’s the whole world.

“If you look at what happened in France with Francois Hollande when he was the head of the French socialists, he brought in 70 percent tax rates.

“He scared away all of the wealth creators.”

He added: “The world has rejected socialism. It’s regressive, it’s high tax, it’s stealing wealth and hard-earned assets from hard-working people.

“It’s just not the way forward.

“The whole country has rejected socialism, I think it’s ridiculous what he said.”

It comes as Labour outgoing leader Jeremy Corbyn took a defiant stance as he insisted the party was “the resistance” against Boris Johnson and would be “on the front line” and “on the streets” opposing the Government, in his New Year’s Eve message to the nation.

His extraordinary message also failed to mention the dozens of loyal Labour MPs who lost their seats in the party’s Midlands and northern strongholds where voters felt alienated by Mr Corbyn’s dithering on Brexit and roundly rejected the long list of promises in his left-wing manifesto.

Instead, he boasted of “building a movement” and vowed to press ahead with “the fight”.

One former Labour MP branded Mr Corbyn “deluded” and accused him of failing to understand the damage caused under his “dreadful” leadership.

In the message, Mr Corbyn said: “2019 has been quite the year for our country and for our Labour movement.

“And now we are not just entering a new year but a new decade. And the period ahead could not be more important.”

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He continued: “It will be crucial if we are to stop irreversible damage being caused by the climate crisis and the particular effects that has on people in the global south; if we are to stop the pain plaguing our country: food banks, poverty and people struggling to get by; if we are to protect our precious NHS.

“It won’t be easy. But we have built a movement. We are the resistance to Boris Johnson.

“We will be campaigning every day. We will be on the front line, both in Parliament and on the streets.”

Mr Corbyn said Labour will be “protecting our public services, protecting healthcare free at the point of use, protecting our communities, in all their brilliant diversity, and standing up for internationalism, global solidarity and co-operation, and working with movements and parties seeking social justice and change all over the world.

“And make no mistake, our movement is very strong. We are half a million people and growing. We are in every region and nation of our country.”

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