Boris Johnson is launching the Conservative election campaign by comparing Jeremy Corbyn to Stalin over his "hatred" of wealth creators, Eurasia Diary reports citing Sky News.
Johnson has begun day one of the campaign by launching a bitter personal attack on the Labour leader and his policies on business.
Writing in The Daily Telegraph, the prime minister claimed Corbyn demonises billionaires in a manner not seen since the former Soviet leader persecuted landowners in the 1930s.
"They pretend that their hatred is directed only at certain billionaires - and they point their fingers at individuals with a relish and a vindictiveness not seen since Stalin persecuted the kulaks," Johnson wrote.
"In reality they would end up putting up taxes on everyone: on pensions, on businesses, on inheritance, on homes, on gardens."