Although Julian Fellowes recently promised to take a backseat in the EU debate after growing tired of celebrities telling people what to do, he is still able to grace us with his thoughts on Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour.
In an interview with BA High Life, the Conservative peer — and Downton Abbey writer — discusses the current state of the Labour party. The Conservative peer says he is upset by the ‘real seething jealousy’ at the heart of politics today:
‘It strikes me that as long as people are reasonably responsible in trying to do their best in terms of their own lives, there’s no reason for this permanent encouragement to class hatred.’
As for Corbyn on a personal level? Fellowes says that the Labour leader makes him feel nostalgic for his youth… when socialists were everywhere:
‘Corbyn makes me feel quite nostalgic, in a way.
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