Glenn Skelton, right, and David Robson, centre, are not fans of Jeremy Corbyn

In the bar of Trimdon Colliery Workmen’s Club — a few minutes’ walk from Tony Blair’s old constituency home — an ear-splitting roar goes up when someone dares utter the C-word. “Don’t say that name in ’ere. Corbyn is a f****** liar,” shouts one.

“He’s a t*** and a disgrace,” bellows another, wearing a hi-vis jacket.

The quiet lounge room, where former miners drink, erupted on Thursday afternoon when I asked a simple question: what do you think of Jeremy Corbyn, the Labour leader?

Trimdon Colliery is a village in Co Durham, a few miles west of Hartlepool and inside the Sedgefield constituency, where Blair was elected six times, the first in 1983. He once commanded a majority of more than 25,000.

Phil Wilson, the