Martin Freeman's Labour loyalty issues

Although Jeremy Corbyn has seen a number of celebrity supporters come and go, Martin Freeman has at least proved loyal. The Hobbit actor has spoken in favour of the Labour leader – and appeared in party broadcasts. Indeed on the Andrew Marr show this morning, Freeman once again endorsed Corbyn. Only this time he added a caveat – making clear he supported Corbyn primarily because he was the leader of the Labour party as given that Labour is his ‘team’, he would support whoever held that role:

AM: You quite like Jeremy Corbyn as a man, don’t you?

MF: Yes, generally I think most people do, a lot of Tories quite like him as a decent person – they can get their head around that. No, I voted for him – and I would vote for him as the leader of the party but I would vote for you [points to actress Tamsin Greig] as the leader of the Labour party because it’s my team.