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DeVito: Corbyn way better than PM

LABOUR leader Jeremy Corbyn received a surprise celebrity endorsement yesterday from actor Danny DeVito.

The star of stage and screen, known for his staunch US Democratic politics, said “he would make a great PM — way better than Cameron.”

Mr DeVito, who came to fame in the long-running and much-loved sitcom Taxi, recently endorsed US presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders by introducing the Democratic candidate at a rally in Missouri last month.

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