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Jeremy Corbyn refuted former Prime Minister Tony Blair's claims that Labor became a "different party".
In an interview with the BBC in Leicester, the current Labor leader said, "I think Tony should recognize that party membership is now much more important than ever.
"It's the biggest of my life, over 500,000 members."
Referring to the latest general election results, he added, "We've got the highest vote for work since 2001, so I think we have to recognize that people are no longer ready to live in such a patchy and busy society. . side when some of our fellow citizens are sleeping on the streets.
"We must invest in our future and invest in our public services, that is the fundamental message of the general election."
Tony Blair criticized Labor's leadership of Jeremy Corbyn (AFP/ Getty Images)
His comments come after former Prime Minister Tony Blair attacked Corbyn's leaders and wondered if he could be "picked up" by moderates.
Blair angered supporters of the current leftist leader by saying he hoped the party was not "lost."
He told the BBC: "I have been a member of the Labor Party for over 40 years, you feel great loyalty and attachment, but at the same time it's a different party." The question is, can we take it back? " "
"It's a different type of Labor Party." Can it be picked up? I do not know. "
He added, "There are a lot of people associated with me who feel that the Labor Party is lost, that the game is over, I hope they're not doing well."
Mr. Blair described the current conflict as anti-Semitism as horrible and "very sad".
This prompted Jon Lansman, founder of the Corbynite Momentum movement, to say on Twitter that the Labor Party would never "go back" to the policies of the former prime minister and that he "was never in the good party ".
However, Lord Blunkett, a former interior minister and then Blair's senior leader, warned that the party was "irrelevant" unless it rethought the "Corbyn project".
