Jeremy Corbyn’s Brexit breakfast blunder

We all know that Brexit means Brexit – but not if you’re Jeremy Corbyn, it seems. During his response to Philip Hammond’s Budget announcement, the leader of the opposition made a blunder which Mr S suspects he’s not going to be allowed to forget any time soon. ‘Our economy is not prepared for breakfast,’ Corbyn told the Commons – before quickly correcting himself. Mr S does have some sympathy with Corbyn. After all, the Labour leader isn’t the first politician to fall into the trap of equating Brexit with breakfast. Welsh Tory leader Andrew Davies did just that at the Conservative party conference last year when he told delegates:

‘Mark my words, we will make breakfast..Brexit a success’

While Corbyn can also be reassured that his shadow chancellor John McDonnell also had trouble with the difference between breakfast and Brexit.