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Labour frontbencher Wes Streeting was forced to apologise to Jeremy Corbyn yesterday after he was caught calling the former party leader 'senile'.
The Labour health spokesman's remark was picked up on a microphone in the Commons as Mr Corbyn, who now sits as an independent MP, tried to raise a point of order.
Mr Streeting – an outspoken critic of Mr Corbyn's tenure as leader – said he meant it 'in jest' and had written to him to apologise. Mr Corbyn said he had noted the apology but added: 'There's nothing 'in jest' about calling somebody senile.'
Wes Streeting (pictured) apologised to Jemery Corbyn for calling the ex-Labour leader 'senile'
The incident happened when Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was about to make a statement on his visit to the Cop27 climate summit after Prime Minister’s Questions had finished.
Mr Corbyn, who sits as an independent MP after having the Labour whip removed for refusing to accept the scale of anti-Semitism in the party during
