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Tom Watson channelled his inner Donald Trump today - saying Labour want to ‘make Britain great again.’

And he said Jeremy Corbyn needs to explain and improve his poll numbers if he’s to have a chance of leading Labour to an election win.

Labour’s deputy leader insisted it was possible for Labour to win a general election, despite increasingly dismal polls for the party and for his boss.

He said: “We can certainly win a general election - there’s a lot of work to do, and we need to make sure we address the concerns of the British people in a manifesto and that we communicate our message far more clearly than we have been doing."

He said: “To lead in the polls you’ve got to have policies that people believe in and believe you can deliver on.”

He added: “We need to convince people that we want this country to be great again.

“That if you live and work hard in this country you can eventually own your own home or rent a home at an affordable cost, have a job that is satisfying and have a dignified retirement.”

Host Andrew Marr smiled, saying: “Make Britain great again?”

He said: “Political parties that don’t address those issues are political parties that don’t have a future.”

Watson was presented with polling that suggests Theresa May’s favourability rating at +6%, while Corbyn languishes at -40%.

He insisted: “Jeremy knows what he has to do to win an election - but this is not the time for a leadership election.”

He added: “He has to explain those [polls] and he has to improve on them. It’s not for me to judge him on a TV show like this.”