Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn was forced to take a car to Derbyshire to speak about cuts to bus services – after the one he was waiting on failed to show up.
Mr Corbyn met residents and community leaders in Ilkeston on Friday and planned to use a service that had suffered from a reduction in funding.
Despite saying he was “stoic” and would “see it through”, he was forced to catch a lift to the Kirk Hallam Community Centre from Nottingham to ensure he was not late.
“So I don’t know what has happened to this bus but we’re stoic, we’ll wait, we’ll see it through.
“But I think this kind of proves our point about private operators running buses and not doing it terribly well.”
“In suburban and rural areas, the bus service in many parts of the country has all but disappeared.”
