Former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn was criticised as "snippy" by Sky News viewers after joining presenter Wilfred Frost for an interview about Britain's political future. Among discussions about his new Your Party and the changes he would implement, the politician was questioned about who he would want to lead the nation, as the race to No 10 gears up. Wilfred asked: "Wes Streeting, Angela Rayner, Keir Starmer and Andy Burnham, of those four, who do you respect the most?

Corbyn responded: "I obviously know them all. I worked with Andy, I worked with Sir Keir, and I worked with Angela. "Andy always wanted to represent Manchester; he's been very effective as mayor of Manchester. I think some of his recent pronouncements about defence spending and things are rather strange because they're moving well away from the social justice agenda I assumed he was going to follow."

As he continued, viewers were left unimpressed and took to X/Twitter with their views, as one penned: "I thought he was particularly snippy.... there again he has form on that front. (sic)" As a second stated: "Amazing. Corbyn would not back Andy Burnham."

A third argued: "Corbyn isn't a Labour MP anymore, so he doesn't have a vote." To which another viewer echoed: "However, he isn't in the Labour Party anymore, so why ask him in the first place?"

During the interview, the politician continued: "I think that he has got a logistical problem. He's not an MP and I suspect he won't be an MP by the time the contest comes round.

"There is also another issue. What is it saying to the electorate? You say to an unnamed Labour MP, 'Sorry, you've got to resign to make way for somebody else.'"

Mr Corbyn added: "There is some precendence for this and they are not all good ones.

"Harold Wilson tried that trick over two by-elections and he lost one very heavily, even though it was a very safe Labour seat," he pointed out.

"Because the electorate in Leyton thought Ted Sorenson was a good MP and they didn't see why he should be pushed out by Wilson in order to make way for a Foreign Secretary."

This comes after betting markets revealed that Andy was a clear hopeful to become Prime minister amid mounting pressure for Starmer to step down.

On Tuesday, May 12, Mr Burnham was leading the field for the role of next prime minister with odds shortening to around 2/1 at major firms such as William Hill and Paddy Power.

Angela Rayner, the Deputy Prime Minister, had drifted to around 10/3, while Health Secretary Wes Streeting was at 5/1.

Other contenders for Downing Street, including Nigel Farage, were at 11/2, while Ed Miliband at 8/1 trailed further back.

The shift in odds reflects growing speculation that Sir Keir's position has become untenable after Labour suffered devastating defeats across England, losing control of dozens of councils and more than 1,100 seats