As David Cameron finds himself in hot water over his admission that he once owned shares in an offshore fund, today ought to be a walk in the park for Labour. In fact, all Jeremy Corbyn need do is give the press a few soundbites on the Tories’ troubles and then sit back and relax.
Alas this is Corbyn we’re talking about so things were never going to be that simple. Instead the Labour leader has managed to become the story after he was filmed scolding an LBC journalist outside his home after she attempted to ask for his thoughts on Cameron’s admission.
Rather than answer, Corbyn told her that he would never give an interview outside his house, before physically pushing her dictaphone away from him:
‘Good morning everybody. Thank you for coming here. I don’t do interviews of any circumstances.’
Still, it could have been worse for the spurned hack. Back in September, a cameraman was taken to hospital for injuries following an altercation outside the Labour leader’s home.
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