Focussing more on Mr Corbyn, Lord Winston told the House, “I’m sure he’s quite a decent man.
“In a way it’s not his fault, he’s a symptom of the malaise. I’ve been looking at his speeches from the 1980s. I can’t see him getting better; he’s been here a hell of a long time to improve.”
The scientist and television presenter, who was ennobled in 1995 as Baron Winston of Hammersmith, also attacked his own party for being “too frightened” to push for a second referendum to be held on the subject of Brexit.
“They say it’s a democratic election,” he said to the House, referring to the vote last June to leave the European Union.
“My view is, well, the electorate was so massively lied to.
“In the past MPs have taken brave decisions, unpopular decisions. Capital punishment is a good example, where the public and Parliament were at complete odds. But I don’t think anybody’s got the bravery.”
