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What really gets to Jeremy Corbyn is the lies Boris Johnson peddles about how the Labour leader will make Britain less safe.

The PM’s latest fabrication is the claim that our security allies - the so-called Five Eyes nations of America, Australia, Canada and New Zealand who share the most sensitive intelligence - have expressed concerns about a Corbyn premiership.

“They’ve never expressed them to me,” says Mr Corbyn. “This is another example of Boris Johnson ’s vivid and very inaccurate imagination.

“When he was Foreign Secretary the endless rude remarks he made about people and his inability to conduct himself in diplomatic language was a greater problem than anything else.

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“I want to work with other countries to bring about a more secure world.”

This is unlike Jeremy Corbyn . He never makes personal attacks on political enemies. He didn’t have a bad word for Theresa May . But for Johnson he makes an exception.

The Labour leader adds: “He has an easy flow of indelicate language which can be offensive to many people.

“If you’re representing your country you should treat people with respect.”

The Tories have used the London Bridge terror tragedy nine days ago to beat Labour with, despite David Merritt, whose son Jack, 25, was one of two killed, describing that as “vile propaganda.”

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The Tories have even tried to promote the falsehood that security service MI5 and secret intelligence service MI6 would be under threat if Mr Corbyn was PM.

He was quick to scotch that idea: “They will get what they need.

“We will provide sufficient funding for the security services and the police.

“We want to keep people safe and secure, both from threats in the near future and the longer term.”

Another blond the Labour leader is unimpressed with is Donald Trump , whose helicopter clattered loudly over the Corbyn household in Islington, north London when the US president visited last week for NATO 70th anniversary celebrations.

Mr Corbyn said: “It was very big and very noisy, rather like the man himself.”

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And Mr Corbyn does not believe Mr Trump’s assertion that he would not touch the NHS if it was offered to him on a platter in a post-Brexit trade deal.

Mr Corbyn said: “Not so long ago he said the NHS was on the table along with all other public services.

“They’ve been discussing the NHS for two years. Two years on medicine prices and patents. I’ve no evidence that they are not continuing those discussions.

“Yes, we will trade with the US in the future, but access to the UK does not include our public services. Our public services are there to serve the public.”

Mr Corbyn offers no succour to Prince Andrew either who now faces questioning by the FBI over his relationship with convicted paedophile Jeffrey Epstein.

Mr Corbyn said: “The first issue here is the victims. And the young women who are victims should be the first consideration.

“And, secondly, no one is above the law or above being questioned for their behaviour.

“Of course everyone has a presumption of innocence before accusations can be tested in court if that’s where it ends up.

“Inevitably this has done damage to the Royal Family. But everyone must recognise that the law must apply equally to everyone.

“We cannot allow young people to be put at risk.” Mr Corbyn has visited more than 50 constituencies so far during the campaign and travelled over 7,480 miles.

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I met him at a stopover at the £11million Winwood Heights retirement village just outside Nottingham, a model for what the Labour leader wants social care in Britain to look like.

The development saw two 1960s tower blocks transformed for independent living, and a new one built for those who need extra care with communal facilities for all residents which opened three months ago.

The views are stunning over a leafy park and the city itself and the on-site hairdressing salon also offers manicures and pedicures. Mr Corbyn and I decided we’d quite like to retire there ourselves.

He said: “This is a brilliant example of what an imaginative local authority can achieve and people here seem incredibly happy because they’ve got their own private space and the support of the staff.

“This is the sort of care facility I aspire to for the whole country.”

He played the part of caller at the afternoon bingo session...and the first number he drew was No10!

Mr Corbyn’s plan to give Waspi women born in the 1950s up to £31,000 compensation for having their pensions stolen by the Tories could be a game changer with their 3.8million votes.

But he says it’s not about that. “They have been very badly treated and we have a moral obligation to them to put that right.”

But £57billion to fund the pledge is a lot of money to find. He said: “We might have to borrow to pay for it but our moral obligation will be honoured.

“After we distilled together all our manifesto policies I said they all had to be honoured. That meant we had to detail the finance, expenditure and extra tax on the top five per cent of earners and corporation tax.

“But what we are doing will also lead to economic growth because of investments in infrastructure, broadband and green industries which means more tax income.”

But to do any of this means winning on Thursday and Brexit hangs over how people will vote.

What Mr Corbyn is offering is a new deal with the EU which would give us many of the benefits of membership but without a seat at the decision-making table.

The choice at a second referendum would be that or to remain - with a seat at the table. What, I wondered, is in it for Leavers?

Mr Corbyn said: “They can vote to leave the EU and we wouldn’t be part of the common agriculture and fisheries policies.

“But leavers didn’t vote to lose their jobs or deregulate the economy

“It will be an offer we will put there alongside remain and my government would be there to deliver on that referendum result and it’s my job to be the honest broker in that process.”

Mr Corbyn is fond of his home but recognises that he, wife Laura and cat El Gato must live at No10 if he becomes PM.

“You kinda have to, don’t you? I want to do the job and I want to deliver on that job. And no matter how much I like my own house doing the job is more important.”

But there will be changes. To the famous Downing Street rose garden for a start which has played host to world leaders for nearly 300 years and where the new PM would want to have his own allotment.

“I shall grow vegetables there. They must have done that during the war. The growing revolution is good for everyone.”

Christmas Day at No10 will be much like previous ones, though. Midnight mass on Christmas Eve followed by a visit to homeless shelters on Christmas morning.

The Labour leader will not reveal what he will be buying Laura, and imagines she will most likely get him gloves.

He said: “She won’t buy me a book because she’s fed up with me filling the house with books.”

They’ll prepare Christmas dinner together which will consist mostly of his allotment-grown vegetables and fruit. Mexican-born Laura will add chillis and spices to hers. Laura will have a glass of wine. Jeremy won’t.

But before any of that can be considered there is the not inconsiderable hurdle of an election to be overcome.

Asked if he would quit as Labour leader if he loses on Thursday, as shadow Chancellor John McDonnell has suggested he would, Mr Corbyn is unequivocal.

“We are going to win.”