After making a series of errors during the 2017 election campaign, Mr Corbyn’s closest ally is back at it this time around, judging by a Tweet sent earlier today.  Mr Austin quit the party in February in protest to the allegations of anti-Semitism within the party. Today, Mr Austin urged traditional Labour supporters to vote for Boris Johnson.

Following his announcement, the Shadow Home Secretary released a tweet questioning why their had been media coverage for Mr Austin but not Tory MP Ken Clarke who had recently admitted he may not vote for the Conservative Party in an interview with Channel 4.

In a tweet to her followers, Ms Abbott said: “Ian Austin, 1 year as a junior minister at DCLG, says he won’t vote for Labour. Wall-to-wall coverage.

“Ken Clarke, 9 years as Secretary of State, including as Chancellor, says he won’t vote for the Conservatives.

“Silence. Balanced election coverage?”

In the tweet, Ms Abbott referenced Mr Clarke’s admission he may not be able to vote for the Tories if they continue to move towards a more right-wing position.

However, Ms Abbott was quickly corrected after yet another numerical slip-up.

Mr Clarke has spent 11 years – not nine – as Secretary of State, serving 16 years in total in Cabinet.

Following Mr Cole’s tweet, Political Editor for The Sun, Tom Newton Dunn questioned her mathematics.

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He said: “Imbalanced tweet. Clarke hasn’t said vote Corbyn.

“Plus questionable mathematics. Clarke was in the Cabinet for 14 years, and an SofS for 11.”

Ms Abbott made a series of errors in the run-up to the last general election in 2017, culminating in a car-crash interview with LBC.

She stumbled repeatedly over the cost of hiring new police officers, prompting then-Prime Minister Theresa May to issue a warning.

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Ms May said: “I think she was suggesting that you could employ a police officer for 8,000 a head.

“I think she needs to go and have another look at her figures.

“Actually, this is very serious, Diane Abbott wants to be Home Secretary in our country.

“I think that shows people yet again the very clear choice between the strong and stable leadership of the Conservative party in government and the coalition of chaos there would be under Jeremy Corbyn.”

Mr Austin’s declaration came as he warned voters that Mr Corbyn cannot be allowed to lead the country.

He said: “I think Jeremy Corbyn is completely unfit to lead our country, completely unfit to lead the Labour Party.”

Mr Austin’s comments on the Labour leader come as Tom Watson announced that he would step down from the party last night.

In a letter to the Labour leader, Mr Watson said that his decision to walk away was “personal, not political”.  

The decision comes amid allegations of in-fighting within the party over Mr Watson.

That battle came to a head when allies of the Labour leader tried to remove Mr Watson from the party in the summer.

Mr Watson had caused an uproar in his party following his opinion that a second referendum should take place before Brexit.

He also stated that if there were a second referendum that Labour should campaign to Remain despite the party insisting that it will keep a neutral base.

Mr Watson will step down on December 12 following 35 years in politics.  

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