ANTI-ESTABLISHMENT supporters of Donald Trump share “some similarities” with those of Jeremy Corbyn even though their values are very different, an ally of the Labour leader said yesterday.

Shadow foreign secretary Emily Thornberry said Americans voted for the Republican to be US president over Democrat Hillary Clinton because he tapped into their desire for societal change.

But Ms Thornberry said she does not welcome Mr Trump’s unexpected victory, which stunned the world on Wednesday morning, because his values and principles are “very different” to those of Labour.

She was asked by Radio 4’s Today programme whether she thought Mr Trump and Mr Corbyn had similar visions for working-class voters after the Labour leader said that the billionaire tycoon’s political success was a “global wake-up call” to those who think the current system is working for all.

She replied: “I think it is right to say that there are too many people who feel that the political system doesn’t work on behalf of everyone.

“I think it’s right that there are hundreds of thousands of people who have now been energised in Britain by Jeremy Corbyn being leader of the Labour Party. So I think there are some similarities.”

Ms Thornberry added: “What you need to be doing is things like investing in skills and jobs.

“And — to give him credit, I never thought I would hear myself say that — Donald Trump was talking about the importance of investing in jobs, investing in infrastructure, getting the economy going in all parts of the country, not just the main cities, and that’s right.”

Former Labour leader Ed Miliband also said yesterday that “progressives” should learn the lessons from Brexit and Trump’s victory, namely that neoliberalism has failed, politicians need to offer big solutions, “insiders” need to be given less power and patriotism should be embraced.

Former Communist Party chairman Bill Greenshields said it came as “no surprise” that US citizens would choose Mr Trump’s “demagogic promises” over those of a “neoliberal, banker-oriented, imperialist warmonger.”

Mr Greenshields, who is former president of the National Union Teachers (NUT), added that it is counter-productive to dismiss all Trump or Brexit supporters as racists and bigots and the left must “develop action and thought around an alternative that gives no allowance for racism and sexism.”