Mr Corbyn, who was also questioned about the long-running issue of anti-semitism in the Labour party declined to apologise and rejected claims that antisemitism had risen in the party under his leadership. Jeremy Corbyn’s interview with Andrew Neil aired on BBC1 at 7pm on Tuesday evening and has already been torn apart by British voters. During the interview, the Labour leader fails to apologise to the British Jewish community, despite the host promoting him six times to do so.

Mr Corbyn also stumbles on questions over how Labour will fund their ambitious spending proposals.

The Labour leader admitted his tax policies would, in fact, mean some people on less than £80,000 per year would see effective increases.

Mr Neil pressed on his claims that only the richest would pay more, Corbyn acknowledged that his plan to scrap the marriage tax allowance, for example, would actually mean people on lower incomes losing a £250-a-year relief.

He said: “They will also be getting a pay rise when we bring in a living wage.

“They will also be getting improvement in free nursery provision for two to four-year-olds.

“They’ll also get properly funded schools.

But when challenged on Labour’s huge spending spree, Mr Corbyn admitted that some of Labour’s plans will require borrowing.

He presented some elements as investments and others as moral obligations.

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Referring to his pledge to compensate the Waspi women, Corbyn said:

“It’s a moral case.

“Those women were short-changed by the government.

“Short changed in 2011 by the change in the pension rate.”

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Mr Neil also accused the Labour leader of tending to side with the UK’s enemies.

Mr Corbyn then declined to say for certain whether or not he would give the orders to kill any new leader of so-called Islamic State if it was not possible to arrest them.

He said the UK must abide by international law and attempt to arrest someone “if it is possible”.

Mr Corbyn said: “I will take the appropriate decision at the appropriate time with all the information, you asked me a hypothetical question in a hypothetical scenario.”

And the Labour leader stressed that it was essential to look “to the future” and at how the terror group formed and spread, adding: “We also have to look at how we created these dangers as well.”

Matt Forde, who runs the comedy podcast The Political Party, took to Twitter to condemn the car crash interview.

He wrote: “That has to be the worst interview by a would-be Prime Minister during an election campaign.

“I’m astonished by what I’ve just seen.

“If that was shown in a cinema the audience would still be sat in their seats after the credits had finished.”

Another social media branded the interview “catastrophic for Labour”.

Peter Shilton OBE said: “If anyone is thinking of voting for Corbyn please watch a replay of Andrew Neil interviewing him on BBC1 tonight you may want to re-think your vote!”

Other social media users compared the interview to Prince Andrew’s disastrous Newsnight interview over his friendship with convicted paedophile Jeffrey Epstein.

Sebastian Payne of the Financial Times said: “Did Prince Andrew coach Jeremy Corbyn for his interview with Andrew Neil?

“That was the most excruciating political interview I’ve ever seen.”

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