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The Shadow Foreign Secretary argued Mr Corbyn is incredibly empathetic towards the Armed Forces but was later grilled to name military action he has supported. Ms Thornberry failed to name

one. Host Justin Webb said: “Overall message appears to be that Jeremy Corbyn and Labour are friends of the Armed Forces. Is that credible coming from a man who has opposed every single use

of British Armed Forces on active service in his 35 years of frontline politics?” Speaking to Radio 4’s Today programme, Ms Thornberry said: “I think when you see Jeremy interacting with

members of the Armed Forces as I did in Normandy last summer, you can see that he is incredibly empathetic.” Mr Webb asked: “Can you name an occasion which the British Armed forces have been

used when he’s backed them?” She responded: “No, not off the top of my head.” The host continued: “Shall we go through a list? What about the invasion of the Falklands - did he back them

then? READ MORE: VERHOFSTADT'S PLAN TO EXCLUDE EUROSCEPTICS FROM BREXIT GROUP EXPOSED “Sadam’s invasion of Kuwait, attacks on Kosovo.” Ms Thornberry said: “I personally feel we were

right to do what we did in Kosovo. “I think there are times when one does need to intervene.” Mr Webb added: “What about the attacks on al-Qaeda after the 9/11 attacks? “We make sure that by

intervening, we can actually make the situation better.” Mr Webb said: “Have you ever in all the years you’ve been working alongside him heard him back the use of British Armed Forces?” The

Shadow Secretary said war hasn’t necessarily made things better and pointed to Libya. The host added Mr Corbyn has previously said they need to campaign against NATO’s power.