Jeremy Corbyn would not be able to keep his promise to abolish university tuition fees, Lichfield’s MP has claimed.
The Labour leader saw his party outperform expectations of many experts to prevent the Conservatives from winning an overall majority.
Mr Corbyn had attempted to woo swathes of voters with a series of policies targeting students and young people.
But Conservative MP Michael Fabricant said he doubted Labour could make one of their main promises a reality.
“His ‘bribe’ to abolish tuition fees and refund fees was very attractive – though, like the Liberal Democrats who famously made the same promise, it is unlikely he would ever have been able to carry it out because of the cost and opposition from universities,” he said.
“Jeremy Corbyn decided to focus on younger voters who had never voted before. Jeremy Corbyn has been a life-long campaigner and protester, though he has never been a legislator.”
Mr Fabricant admitted that younger voters had been attracted to Labour due to perceptions around the decision to leave the European Union.
He explained: “Although being a life-long Eurosceptic, many younger voters who had voted Remain in the recent referendum were repelled by the ‘Brexit campaign’ of the Conservatives.
“The Labour Party fought a brilliant campaign on social media calling young people out to vote on the day with simple and attractive messages.
“The Conservatives, in contrast fought a weak campaign. But the qualities that make a good campaigner do not necessarily make a good Prime Minister – and vice versa.”
