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.’
Jane Austen: Rise of a Genius began by saying that ‘getting into her mind isn’t easy’ – something you’d never have guessed from the rest of the episode, where both the narrator and the talking heads were able to tell us exactly what Austen was thinking and feeling at any given time. Like many Austen
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