There is no doubting Labour’s green credentials, according to the party’s MP Catherine West. After all, Jeremy Corbyn has a bike – and an allotment. Speaking on Sky News, West said of the Labour leader:
‘He was green before the greens existed. He rode a bike. He’s got an allotment. He will do both. He will bring social justice and a green revolution.’
Unfortunately when the Green’s co-leader Jonathan Bartley tried to put his argument across it didn’t go down well with West who accused him of ‘mansplaining’:
‘Can you stop mansplaining? If you continue to mansplain I’ll have to complain.’
Numerous civil servants have recalled their first encounter with Labour ministers following their election victory last year. After the new rulers of Britain first walked into their departments, and following pleasantries with their officials, ministers asked them for their ideas about how to run the country, to which the confused officials responded: ‘That’s your job,
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