London (CNN) The UK is barely hours into its general election campaign, but that hasn't stopped Boris Johnson comparing his opposite number to a brutal dictator and mass murderer. Writing in the Daily Telegraph , Johnson accused opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn and his supporters of hating wealth and aspiration so much that they "point their fingers at individuals with a relish and a vindictiveness not seen since Stalin persecuted the kulaks." Corbyn tweeted a brief response to the article, saying "The nonsense the super-rich will come out with to avoid paying a bit more tax..."The nonsense the super-rich will come out with to avoid paying a bit more tax... pic.twitter.com/FlUl29ksvz — Jeremy Corbyn (@jeremycorbyn) November 5, 2019Joseph Stalin is widely believed to have been responsible for the murder of roughly a million people during his purge of wealthy Russians (kulaks) and political opponents in 1936. Corbyn has undoubtedly shifted the Labour Party to the left since taking over as leader in 2015. He backs higher taxes, nationalizing public infrastructure and has called Karl Marx a "great economist."

Source: CNN November 06, 2019 12:45 UTC