After the Labour Party's historic loss at the 2019 United Kingdom general election, he blamed Corbyn for the loss of Blair's former Sedgefield seat, citing Brexit and the public's mistrust of the leadership, confessing that, even though he had voted Labour, he did not wish to see a Corbyn-led government.
Following Labour's defeat in the 2019 UK general election, he attributed Corbyn's loss of Blair's former Sedgefield constituency to Brexit and public skepticism towards the party's leadership, acknowledging that despite his own Labour vote, he was opposed to a Corbyn-led government.