Melissa Kite Melissa Kite

Casanova Corbyn

This potential prime minister largely gets away without scrutiny

issue 29 June 2019

He has been married several times, has a way with the ladies and always seems to land on his feet no matter how colourful his romantic life. Not even the 20-year age gap between him and his current squeeze has tripped him up in the court of public opinion.

His looks aren’t conventional and yet women seem to find our potential new prime minister unfeasibly attractive. I don’t get it, personally. But maybe I’m in the minority. When an old schoolfriend of mine met him at a business event recently she posted pictures of herself on Facebook hugging him. He clearly had her completely captivated.

But as he could be the next leader of our country, should we not think a little more closely about his private life? After all,  can we really trust a man who has traded in not one but two wives for newer models?

I’m not talking about Boris Johnson.

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