Spending a football match without a seat, crushed up against other supporters in the stand, or crouched uncomfortably in the gangway is an all-too-absolutely-never-happens experience for many. But when your ground hasn’t been completed on time you can expect to spot the leader of the opposition on the floor of the stand.
Jeremy Corbyn, famed for standing up for his right to mock up opportunities to be filmed supposedly having principles, sat down for them at West Ham last week just like he pretended to do with commuters on a three-hour train journey from London to Newcastle.
“The reality is there are not enough football grounds, we need more of them – and they’re also incredibly expensive” said Corbyn who also added that the whole experience was a good case for public ownership of Football clubs.
Later, Corbyn said: “Is it fair that I should upgrade my ticket whilst others who might not be able to afford such a luxury should have to sit on the floor? It’s their money I would be spending after all!” He then put on a pair of National Health Service glasses borrowed from fellow mock-socialist Morrissey and stuck a bunch of daffodils in his back pocket.
It is not the first time Corbyn has faked “the reality” of Britain’s woes. It now turns out that during the 2015 leadership campaign when he was spotted on a night bus after a day’s campaigning it was actually taken on the Labour NEC summer trip to Rhyl and the windows had been covered over with wet towels to make it dark.
Mr Corbyn was unavailable for comment although the front windows to the Rochdale Herald offices had bricks thrown through them half an hour after we called him.
