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Sir Keir Starmer yesterday refused to take back his controversial claim that Jeremy Corbyn would have made a better prime minister than Boris Johnson.Though the Labour leader would not repeat the comment, he also did not give a straight answer when he was challenged to stand by his words.His own frontbenchers also appeared to distance themselves from the comment made in Thursday night’s BBC Question Time debate.

Several Tory Cabinet ministers also waded into the row, with Rishi Sunak saying it showed Sir Keir ‘doesn’t deserve’ to be given the keys to Downing Street.

Meanwhile, writing in today’s Daily Mail, Mr Johnson said he found the Labour leader’s claim ‘utterly terrifying’, adding: ‘Keir Starmer genuinely believes that in the past five years, Jeremy Corbyn would have made the right decisions as prime minister for the security of Britain and the planet.

He was pressed by host Fiona Bruce for a ‘yes or no’ answer as to whether he meant it when he said, in February 2019, that Mr Corbyn would make a ‘great prime minister’.

The Labour leader replied: ‘Look, he would be a better prime minister… look what we got, Boris Johnson, a man who made massive promises, didn’t keep them and then had to leave Parliament in disgrace.’

His refusal to endorse or withdraw the comment came as two Labour frontbenchers struggled to defend it yesterday.

Asked five times if he agreed that Mr Corbyn would have been a better prime minister than Mr Johnson, Labour’s science, innovation and technology spokesman Peter Kyle dodged the question, telling LBC that it was a period of ‘difficult days in our politics’.

Shadow Paymaster General Jonathan Ashworth also refused to back the claim.

Asked if Sir Keir was correct, he said: ‘Jeremy Corbyn is not a Labour candidate at this election, but Liz Truss is a Conservative candidate because Rishi Sunak is a weak leader who is not prepared to make the tough decisions that are needed.’

Pressed on whether he agreed with his leader’s claim, Mr Ashworth, who was caught criticising Mr Corbyn in a secret recording in 2019, said: ‘You all know what I thought at the time, you don’t need to ask me that.’

Sir Keir served in Mr Corbyn’s shadow cabinet for four years and had urged the public to make him prime minister at two consecutive elections.