Tories beware – Jeremy Corbyn is in ‘training for power’. But the Labour leader isn’t readying himself for Downing Street by ensuring his party finally makes up its mind on Brexit. Instead, he is going on long runs, according to a Corbynista fan site with close links to the Labour leader’s office. Skwawkbox reports that Jez ‘has been preparing for the demands of office with regular 15 kilometer runs’.

Skwawkbox reveals Jeremy Corbyn’s fitness regime
According to the site, ‘Corbyn’s training regime reflects his readiness for Downing Street and Labour’s determination to get there’. Corbyn’s Labour party has sometimes been likened to a cult. Mr Steerpike thinks that this latest revelation – and Skwawkbox’s breathless verdict that the Labour leader’s fitness regime ‘astonishes staff’ – might be a case in point…

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