gibe - an aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect; his parting shot was `drop dead'; she threw shafts of sarcasm; she takes a dig at me every chance she gets. Synonyms: barb, jibe, shaft, dig, slam, shot.
Plymouth City Council Leader hits back against budget cuts. Tudor Evans, Leader of Plymouth City Council, hits back against the cuts the budget brings to Plymouth. Tudor said: Over the last year George Osborne announced more cuts to support for local councils, saying that the gap would be made up by councils getting more business rates by 2020.
What just happened? A 66-year-old left-wing MP, Jeremy Corbyn, has won the leadership of the UK's official opposition. It was a landslide win - he got 59.5% of the vote. For context, former Prime Minister Tony Blair got 57% of the vote when he was elected Labour leader in 1994.