Jeremy Corbyn puts hacks on the naughty step

When Jeremy Corbyn formed his Shadow Cabinet after he was voted in as Labour leader, he soon became the subject of much mockery in the media. This wasn’t so much because of his appointments, but because his late night discussions about who to appoint were overheard by loitering hacks who then published the private discussions. This even included the conclusion from Team Corbyn that they were ‘taking a fair amount of s— out there’ regarding the lack of women in senior positions.

With Corbyn’s much-hyped — and much-briefed — ‘revenge reshuffle’ seemingly now on, Mr S is pleased to hear that he has learnt from his past mistakes. The Labour leader has just ushered a number of loitering lobby hacks from outside of his office, politely asking them to move somewhere else.

Of course while the hacks are now out of sight, they have not moved too far from his office. Instead Mr S hears they have simply moved down a stairway so that they are directly below his office. Should