Jeremy Corbyn was accused of triumphalism last night after publishing a video showing him addressing adoring crowds.
The film, entitled ‘2018, here we come’, was placed on the Labour leader’s Twitter feed just minutes into the New Year.
Set to a hip hop soundtrack, it showed Mr Corbyn in a series of action shots on the campaign trail, playing football with children and making speeches.
The final shot showed him from behind addressing cheering crowds at Glastonbury festival in June.
Jeremy Corbyn was accused of triumphalism last night after publishing a video showing him addressing adoring crowds
The final shot of the clip showed him from behind addressing cheering crowds at Glastonbury festival in June
Afterwards he told the festival organiser Michael Eavis he would be in power by Christmas.
Supporters hailed the video as a sign Mr Corbyn was on his way to Downing Street.
By yesterday afternoon the video had attracted 4,300 likes on Twitter and 10,500 retweets
But critics said it suggested his ‘extreme demagoguery’.
Mr Cobyn waves to crowds while on the campaign trail, in the video titled ‘2018, here we come’
The video, which also features shots of young Labour supporters, has been hailed by Corbyn fans
As well as shots of Mr Corbyn on the campaign trail, it also features a clip of him playing football
Tory MP Andrew Bridgen said: ‘Corbyn’s New Year video smacks of extreme demagoguery, but what do you expect from someone who supports every despot and dictator going?
‘Thank goodness we passed peak Corbynista support in 2017 , instead of ‘Here we come’ it should be titled ‘there we go’.
‘It’s like something out of George Orwell’s 1984. Corbyn did brag that he would be PM by Christmas, but just as with student loans he didn’t say which Christmas.
‘He claims to love the poor and the dispossessed and indeed he must, because every time the policies he proposes have been enacted they have created tens of millions more of them.’
Last night the video had been viewed 300,000 times.
By yesterday afternoon the video had attracted 4,300 likes on Twitter and 10,500 retweets
While Labour fans have celebrated the video, critics said it suggested his ‘extreme demagoguery’
Another section of the video shows Mr Corbyn knocking on doors with TV actress Maxine Peake, a prominent supporter of the Labour leader who has called for a ‘coup’.
The soundtrack for the video was provided by the track The Drum by hip hop artists The Seige.
During the election campaign the Labour leader garnered support from grime artist JME who urged young people to vote.
In September last year Mr Corbyn presented an award to Croydon MC Stormzy.
- j.doyle@dailymail.co.uk