“The extraordinary gaffe “traingate” should have been closed down as quickly as possible with a swift admission of the error and an apology to Virgin Trains,” says columnist John McTernan. “Instead, Corbyn decided to dig a deeper hole for himself by conceding that Virgin were right to say that there had been seats on the train but simultaneously opening a new front by attacking Sir Richard Branson himself.” McTernan describes this as “reckless” because of Branson’s popularity. He says that Corbyn’s error is that he thinks the rest of the country is like him and hates successful businesses and the people who run them.
- We've read it in: The Telegraph, August 24 2016, p30
