LABOUR would be running the country now if the general election campaign had lasted a few more weeks, John McDonnell claimed yesterday.

The shadow chancellor said the centre ground of politics had shifted to the left, which is why the party achieved “such a good result” earlier this month.

Speaking to Pienaar’s Politics on BBC Radio 5 Live from Glastonbury Festival, Mr McDonnell said: “We are the centre of politics now — politics has moved on to our ground and that’s why we got such a good result.