Corbyn labelled 'naive to point of danger' over national security

Prime Minister Boris Johnson has called Jeremy Corbyn ‘naive to the point of being dangerous’ over comments he made about putting the former ISIS leader on trial.

The Labour leader has suggested that if it had been possible to detain ISIS leader Abu Bakr al Baghdadi alive and put him on trial it would have been ‘the right thing to do’. As part of election campaigning, Corbyn was asked about foreign policy following a comment he made in 2011 that it was a ‘tragedy’ that al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden was not arrested and put on trial.

His comments have seen him labelled ‘completely unfit to be Prime Minister’.

Corbyn told LBC: "We live in a world with huge levels of danger and insecurity brought about by wars, intervention, human rights abuses and climate change. I would lead a government that is serious about human rights abuses around the world. That won't sell arms to Saudi Arabia, that will support continuation on the Iran nuclear deal and bring about peace in Syria."

But Johnson responded by saying: "Al-Baghdadi was an absolute diabolical foe of this country, of our liberal values, everything we believe in and support. He was responsible for untold murders. I do not think it realistic to suggest that he could just be apprehended by the police, or anybody, in the circumstances in which he was finally run to ground."

Corbyn's remarks are likely to give opponents a reason to focus on his record on national security matters.