Jeremy Corbyn takes part in Mumsnet chat: ‘I do not have a rare skin condition’

This morning Jeremy Corbyn told Radio 4’s Women’s Hour that a thread on Mumsnet in which he was described by one user as being ‘attractive in a world weary old sea dog sort of way’ was ‘the most embarrassing thing I’ve ever heard’.

So it must have been with some trepidation that Corbyn agreed to take part in a Mumsnet Q&A this lunchtime alongside his Labour leadership rival Liz Kendall. Would the lusty online mothers be able to put their amorous feelings to one side and ask a sensible question?

The chat began with Corbyn answering a question regarding whether he has what it takes to handle the media scrutiny a party leader often attracts:

‘It’s a bad [sic] sad when so much media are only capable of concentrating on personal and often abusive comments, and obviously devalues the whole political process. I’m someone that sleeps easy and is happy to look at myself in the mirror each morning.