Jeremy Corbyn survives his trial-by-sofa

It started with a fib. Jeremy Corbyn endured a trial-by-sofa on BBC One last night and he was asked if there were ‘boys jobs’ and ‘girls jobs’ in his household. He shook his head. Which is a total porkie. He’d parked his missus at home while he answered questions on prime-time television. A clear division of labour. Boys speak up, girls shut up.

The presenters were so soft on him they might have been members of his campaign team. Maybe they are. He was allowed to dodge the awkward issue of Brexit.

‘What’s the biggest thing you’ve changed your mind over?’

‘What’s the biggest change in my life?’ he mused, deftly removing the toxic ingredients from the question. He said his principles had remained ‘pretty much the same’.