Six months ago he was a little-known backbench MP who spent his time campaigning for world peace and nuclear disarmament.

But after a surge in popularity, which has propelled him to the brink of the Labour leadership, Jeremy Corbyn's is now making headlines across the world.

Just 24 hours after being hailed on the front page of a French national newspaper as the man to give the British left wing its 'claws' back, Mr Corbyn is now making news in Taiwan.

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In a Taiwanese video about Jeremy Corbyn he is hailed as the love child of Marx, Lenin and Trotsky (above)

Mr Corbyn is the star of a new animated video about British politics produced on Asian island for audiences in Taiwan and the US

In the 90-second Youtube video the Labour leadership frontrunner is portrayed turning into Jesus

The left-winger is the star of a new animated video about British politics produced on Asian island for audiences in Taiwan and the US.

The 90-second Youtube video tells viewers that 'hard-lefty' Mr Corbyn is the 'love child of a Lenin, Marx, Trotsky threesome' who would end Britain's special relationship with the US.

The clip finishes with an image of Russian president Vladimir Putin laughing on a sofa as Mr Corbyn is seen having a fight with the imagined future US leader Donald Trump.

It comes after Mr Corbyn was featured on the front-page of respected French newspaper Liberation.

The newspaper featured a series of striking photoshopped images of the left-winger taken from the Twitter account @sexyjezza.

Mr Corbyn is seen in the main image standing in his underwear like David Beckham in Calvin Klein advertisements.

A series of other images paint Mr Corbyn as James Bond, Chris Pratt from Jurassic World and even Mr Putin.

The 66-year-old's international press coverage comes just 10 days before he is expected to be confirmed as the next Labour leader, despite starting off as the 100/1 rank outsider.

Viewers in Taiwan are told that Mr Corbyn wants to apologise for Britain's role in the Iraq war

The clip finishes with an image of Russian president Vladimir Putin laughing on a sofa as Mr Corbyn is seen having a fight with the imagined future US leader Donald Trump

His rise in popularity, dubbed 'Corbynmania' has left MPs in shock with Labour grandees from Tony Blair to Gordon Brown warning the party faces 'annihilation' under his hard-left leadership.

Chuka Umunna, one of the leading Blairites in the party, yesterday urged Labour to unite around its new leader in an apparent offer of reconciliation from the party's modernising wing to Mr Corbyn.

Mr Umunna, who quit the leadership race in its early stages, insisted that the party must accept the result and 'support our new leader in developing an agenda that can return Labour to office'.

The shadow business secretary, often seen as a Blairite, said MPs and others cannot dismiss those who criticise New Labour, such as Mr Corbyn, and said the party should accept its new members and supporters, including the young who may be more supportive of the left winger.

In a speech to the Policy Network think-tank, Mr Umunna said: 'Solidarity is key which is why we must accept the result of our contest when it comes and support our new leader in developing an agenda that can return Labour to office.

'I do not think we can simply dismiss out of hand those who hold critical views of New Labour.

'Like any government, the New Labour administration made mistakes - it could and should have achieved more, and done more to challenge the right's assumptions about the world.

'In the end, it is not unreasonable to be ambitious for what your party in government can achieve in building greater equality, liberty, democracy and sustainability.

'It is far better we acknowledge, not reject, this ambition for a better world, as we seek to forge a new politics of the common good fit for the future.'

A photoshopped image of Jeremy Corbyn as David Beckham, James Bond and even Vladimir Putin appeared in the French newspaper Liberation

Mr Umunna said one of New Labour's 'huge weaknesses' was its central control as he called for former Barack Obama adviser and community organiser Arnie Graf to resume his role with the party to harness the power of thousands of new supporters.

He said: 'Over half a million people are now members, supporters or affiliated supporters of our party, with hundreds of thousands joining in the last few weeks.

'Some have joined in order to thwart the pursuit of Labour values but many more have joined to further the pursuit of those values, including lots of young people.