Emily Thornberry was questioned on BBC Question Time over whether the Labour Party can cast off the shadow of Jeremy Corbyn following a humiliating general election defeat. The Labour leadership candidate argued that the party should have never agreed to an election on a single issue. She went on the insist under her leadership she would unite Britain to “help one another do well”.

Speaking on the show, Ms Thornberry said: “I think what’s important is that politicians always listen and that they listen to people from all over.

“I think Labour has been listening to people in all of our communities.

“I think that we couldn’t agree on the right approach for Brexit.

“Frankly I think what happened in the last general election was a monumental mistake.

“I don’t think we should have had a general election, I think we should have had another referendum.

“If we wanted to get Brexit done we should have put that single issue to the public and said, do you want Boris Johnson’s deal or don’t you want Boris Johnson’s deal?

“Let’s deal with that one issue and then we’ll move on to the general election.”

Host Fiona Bruce asked Ms Thornberry what the Labour Party would look like under her leadership.

The candidate continued: “I don’t think Labour needs to have some sort of existential crisis about who we are. We know who we are and we’re proud of who we are.

“What we would do is I think we would do something that is actually what Britain wants and what Britain sees itself as being which is a compassionate society where we look after one another.

“We are disgusted as a nation by the number of people who are sleeping on the street.

“There is another way, it doesn’t have to be like this and we also need to be a nation where we give one another opportunity, where we help one another to do well.

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The audience member said: “If you’re not willing to cast off the shadow of Corbynism, how can you expect us to believe you are listening to us?”

In the show, Ms Thornberry also agreed with a Conservative policy in a shock move that stunned the audience sparking it to erupt in a fit of laughter.

She admitted that the party agreed after Tory MP Theresa Villiers said the Conservatives would press ahead with plans to increase tax for big tech firms in the UK.

But the audience, and host Fiona Bruce, were left surprised after Ms Thornberry moved to approve of her parliamentary rival.

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