Robert Webb, the Labour-supporting funnyman who played Jez in the hit Channel 4 comedy Peep Show, has rather spectacularly had his say on Jeremy Corbyn:

"Why be Tory-lite? What's the point?" Bollocks. All 4 candidates have good Labour policies. But 1 of them was almost GM designed by Tories..

— Robert Webb (@arobertwebb) August 13, 2015

… to lose the next election. Jez can't win. To win, we have to take seats directly from the Tories. But more than that. I think he's…

— Robert Webb (@arobertwebb) August 13, 2015

…fucking awful. He backs Islamists, he wants to leave NATO, he wants to spend a fortune on renationalising stuff instead of keeping…

— Robert Webb (@arobertwebb) August 13, 2015

..Sure Start centres open. He a nice guy, totally marooned in 1980s politics. And I remember the 1980s very well. The Bennites fucked Labour

— Robert Webb (@arobertwebb) August 13, 2015

..and then we had 17 years of Tories. Lots of people suffered while the Left kept to their splendid principles. Fuck that. Come on, guys..

— Robert Webb (@arobertwebb) August 13, 2015

..I don't think that people who voted Tory last time are bad people. They're your mum, your grandad. We persuade them, we push them.

— Robert Webb (@arobertwebb) August 13, 2015

With Corbyn leading Labour, the Conservatives won't even look over their shoulder. Effective opposition includes a leader who might win.

— Robert Webb (@arobertwebb) August 13, 2015

It’s a better argument against Corbyn than any of the actual candidates have managed so far…