'We reserved a seat this time,' Jeremy Corbyn tells Jewish family on train to Glasgow

Mr Rose’s wife and two children were then coincidentally seated opposite Mr Corbyn on the Virgin train from Euston to Glasgow, where they were travelling to spend a few days with Mrs Rose’s parents.

“She didn’t have a bad word to say about him - she said he was very nice, talkative and friendly,” Mr Rose said.

“I told her, get Sam - who’s nine, and politically interested - to ask him questions, but he didn’t ask him anything.

“I probably would have done the same thing. It’s unfair. He’s on a train; it’s private.”

Mr Rose said that his sons had played Monopoly on the train, which Mr Corbyn was “amused at”.

“We very much disagree with most of Mr Corbyn’s views, especially his attitude to antisemitism within Labour,” he added.