The vegetarian Labour leader took to the stage to announce the best kebab restaurant in north and west London. However, the outgoing leader was met with a mixed response from the crowd as he spoke of his own personal test of a good kebab restaurant.

He told the crowd: “My test of a kebab restaurant because of predilection not to eat meat is, sorry about this – I can’t ignore the truth that I am a vegetarian – is that, does it contain salad and do they have good falafels?

“That has divided the audience.

“But can I tell everyone who operates a kebab restaurant or uses one, they are something very nice and very special in our community.”

His appearance at the event comes after his party suffered its worst election defeat since 1935.

Following the defeat, Mr Corbyn announced his intention to step down from the party thus triggering the current leadership election.

The winner of the contest will be announced on April 4.

Sir Keir Starmer is the leading candidate but will face competition from Rebecca Long-Bailey and Lisa Nandy.

Interviewed by the BBC’s Andrew Neil, Sir Keir was grilled over his stance on Brexit on Wednesday night.

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The Labour party’s Brexit stance was one of the key reasons Boris Johnson stormed to victory.

The party stated, if they came to power they will renegotiate the deal within three months before having a confirmatory vote in six.

However, Mr Corbyn continually stated he would remain neutral on the topic.

In contrast, Sir Keir insisted he would campaign for Remain, something Andrew quizzed him over.

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Andrew asked him: “If you have nothing bad to say about Jeremy Corbyn’s leadership, why did you take part in trying to topple him as leader in 2016?”

In response, Sir Keir said: “In the immediate aftermath for the referendum, we needed a change and I set out my reasons for it and Jeremy Corbyn won a leadership contest.

“I accepted the members wanted him as leader and I then served him for the next three and a half years.”

Despite Sir Keir’s defence, the contest itself was branded a “joke” by former MP Ian Austin.

Mr Austin resigned from the party in February 2019 over its handling of a series of anti-semitic allegations eminating from within the party.

He stood as an independent MP until announcing in November he would not stand in the upcoming general election.

Writing for the Evening Standard, Mr Austin launched an attack on the party’s candidates today.

He said: “The leadership debates are a joke.

“They blame their defeat on the media, attacks on Corbyn or even the voters.

“They seem to have spent longer debating trans rights than housing or jobs.

“I’ve not heard a word about welfare reform or massive questions such as equipping Britain for artificial intelligence and globalisation.”

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