Mr Corbyn declined to expand on his comments when he spoke to The Telegraph shortly after the call, but the SNP praised his stance against the “increasingly Tory-leaning” Sir Keir Starmer, his successor as Labor leader.
In 2019, Mr Corbyn said a Labor government would not bow to the SNP’s demand for a second referendum within the “first few years”.
Sharon Dowie, the Scottish Tories’ spokeswoman for culture, said: “We now know that if he had been handed the keys to Downing Street, he would have jumped at Nicola Sturgeon’s demands for another divisive independence referendum.
“It’s unbelievable that he got behind Nicola Sturgeon’s plans at a time when Scots are struggling with ever-increasing bills and the NHS is in crisis.
“Those Labor MPs who still support Corbyn’s toxic policies need to urgently clarify whether they also support his views on another independence referendum.”
A Scottish Labor spokesman said that as a private citizen Mr Corbyn was entitled to his opinion “on a range of subjects”.
During the hour-long conversation, Mr Corbyn did not criticize Sir Keir directly, but highlighted his own involvement in 2016 picketing supporting doctors’ strikes – a reference to Sir Keir’s order last month for Labor leaders not to directly support strikes by the railways.
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