JEREMY Corbyn has used a speech on the last day of the election campaign to launch a blistering attack on the media.
The Labour leader also said Thursday's election was a choice between a government you could trust and a government you couldn't.
Corbyn was in Govan early on Wednesday morning, in the marginal Glasgow South West constituency, where Labour sources are increasingly optimistic they can take the seat off the SNP.
Though YouGov’s MRP poll, published late on Tuesday night, suggests it should be a comfortable win for incumbent Chris Stephens.
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There was no mention of the SNP in Corbyn's speech, though he told the activists gathered that "the only way of getting rid of a Tory government is by voting Labour all across the country, including here in Glasgow and all across Scotland".
He said that voters had a choice tomorrow: “They can elect a government that they can trust. They can elect a government that will eliminate child poverty across Britain."
He added: “Our party has suffered the most unbelievable levels of abuse from some of the media and the right in British politics, but I tell you this, our strengths, our ideas, our principles and our determination are stronger than ever as a result.
“And we have never indulged in the politics of personal abuse and never will. Because it demeans politics, it demeans democracy and at the end of the day, it doesn't build a house. It doesn't train a doctor, it doesn't eliminate poverty.
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"But I do think there is an issue of trust in politics. I've set out what our manifesto says, I've set out what the principles of our movement are, the principles that we will never accept racism in any form, we will never accept discrimination in any form, that we want to create a society that works for everybody.
"We do not pass by on the other side to those in desperate need, those going through the crisis of homelessness or mental health problems.
He continued: “On the other side, can you honestly trust a Prime Minister who cannot tell the truth about the jobs where the Americans are the privatisation of our National Health Service? Who cannot tell the truth about the Brexit negotiations that he's failed to deliver on? Or one who keeps on making promises that turn out to be a mirage the following day?
“The question is, when you go to vote, you need to know that the people you're electing, not just mean what they say, but say what they mean and carry it out when they go into government.”
Corbyn's six-stop tour will see him deliver stump speeches in the north-east of England and the Midlands before ending with a final pre-election speech in his home constituency of Islington.
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