And in it, she claims the Labour leadership candidate “wasn’t there” during the hard work to keep Britain’s steel industry alive.
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David Rose posted an image of Mr Corbyn on the train on Twitter, writing: ‘My kids just got on @VirginTrains from Euston to Glasgow with @jeremycorbyn.
“I deplore the use of that language in any context; I don’t use it myself and I don’t use it today”.
Mr Jones has not stated who out of Mr Corbyn or Mr Smith he would back in the current contest.
Ben Page, chief executive of Ipsos Mori, which conducted the survey, said: “The latest results from our annual survey of MPs are frankly unprecedented”.
Of the footage which appeared to show Mr Corbyn walking past unreserved seats, his team claimed these seats had bags on and so were being used.
He replied: “I’m glad you’ve watched the CCTV so carefully”.
He said: “It’s a really important issue this, absolutely crucial to the future of the whole nation and the NHS”.
“But let’s get to the details of it – yes, I did walk through the train”.
“While Ronnie, a supporter of Jeremy Corbyn, has been denied his say in Labour’s election, no action is being taken over the Labour peer, Lord Sainsbury, who has given more than £2m to support the Liberal Democrats”.
About forty minutes into the journey, Mr Corbyn and his party were escorted to seats by train staff.
But Mr Corbyn said he “fully supported devolution” and pledged a some key measures the next Labour government would take to “demonstrate to the Scottish people that Labour has the answers to the deep inequalities which stain our country”.
“Look, it was a poor choice of words on my part and if anyone has been offended by that I’m very sorry”.
Richard Branson, chairman and founder of Virgin Group Ltd, partly owns much of the UK’s long distance rail network through Virgin Trains.
The picture emerged amid signs that the weird spat has damaged the veteran left-winger, after Virgin released CCTV images showing that he walked past empty seats before making the video.
There have been complaints the release of the images has broken data protection rules.
MP Barry Sheerman will be backing Owen Smith for the Labour leadership, it was announced on Wednesday.
Mr Smith faced calls from allies of Mr Corbyn to retract the remarks but he told BBC Radio 4 Today programme that he was not referring to his Labour leadership rival. “I was talking about me”.
“I am now blocked from attending Labour party meetings, annual conference and, above all, voting in the leadership election”, he said.
Elsewhere, Smith was also attacked for suggesting he will try and stop May from implementing Article 50 and triggering Brexit following June’s historic referendum unless she promises a second referendum on the final deal.
Mr Corbyn will launch his arts strategy in Edinburgh as the city’s world famous festival approaches its end.
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Mr Corbyn said: “We want to ensure that money goes to patients, not private contractors”.
