Ian Austin: patriotic Labour voters should back Boris Johnson
From our UK edition
The below is an edited transcript of Ian Austin's remarks on BBC Radio 4 Today. I only wanted to be a Labour MP. And I only ever really want to be the Labour MP for Dudley. It's been such a huge privilege to do this job – a job I've loved, a place I love. But I've got to be honest with people: I'm not going to run in this election. The country faces a big choice. There's only two people can be prime minister on December the 13th: Jeremy Corbyn or Boris Johnson. And I think Jeremy Corbyn is completely unfit to lead our country. Completely unfit to lead the Labour Party. I joined the Labour Party as a teenager. I worked for the Labour Party in my 30s, I was a government adviser. In my 40s. I was an MP and a minister.
