Mr Corbyn himself took up the attack when asked by a journalist why Sir Richard had got involved in the row.
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Humphry’s told Smith: “So what you’re saying to 17 million people – 17,410,742 – what you’re saying to them is ‘Sorry, we didn’t like the way you voted last time, we’ll have another referendum'”.
Meanwhile, the leadership race took a dramatic turn on Tuesday evening when Mr Smith appeared to describe Mr Corbyn as a “lunatic” at an event in Hammersmith.
Mr Corbyn was immediately the subject of many jibes on social media under the hashtag #traingate.
Mr Smith said: “The reason I think Jeremy can be so complacent and passive about this is he’s happy with the result”. You’re now saying to them, I repeat, “we didn’t like your decision”. A challenge in the British law courts is now deciding whether Parliament should have a say before Article 50 is triggered.
Voting for the next Labour leader will conclude on September 21 with the victor announced at the party’s leadership conference on September 24.
The two largest unions affiliated to Labour – Unite and Unison – have also given their backing to Mr Corbyn.
Asked whether that was an “unreserved apology” to the leader of the Labour party, Smith responded it was an “unreserved apology to anyone who was offended by the use of the word “lunatic”.
Greenwood admitted that even though she had not backed Corbyn for leader past year she “tried to make it work” for the nine months she served under him.
Corbyn’s comments have been made a fortnight after his shadow Scottish secretary Dave Anderson said the party should “consider” a coalition with the SNP.
“The train manager, who was a very nice gentleman, came along and we had a chat about the problems of overcrowding and regulations on the trains, and he said he’d see what he could do”.
“Labour party members will not accept what appears to be a rigged purge of Jeremy Corbyn supporters,”said McDonnell. The conduct of this election must be fair and even-handed”.
Mr Corbyn confirmed his campaign has written to the party’s general secretary Iain McNicol in the wake of the suspension of bakers’ union chief Ronnie Draper.
He will say: “Drawing on Britain’s rich cultural heritage, Labour under my leadership will commit to extending access and participation in the arts to all people and all communities across Britain”.
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“That is an incredible admission for Jeremy to make and it makes me certain that Jeremy has never wanted us to stay in the European Union”.
