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Jeremy Corbyn joins hen party on train – and delivers a speech | |
(about 2 hours later) | |
In what seems to have become a rite of passage for a Labour leader, Jeremy Corbyn has been mobbed by a hen party on a Glasgow-to-London train. | In what seems to have become a rite of passage for a Labour leader, Jeremy Corbyn has been mobbed by a hen party on a Glasgow-to-London train. |
The Labour leader was reportedly a “big hit” after he gave an impromptu speech to the women in a carriage of the west coast mainline service on Friday morning. | The Labour leader was reportedly a “big hit” after he gave an impromptu speech to the women in a carriage of the west coast mainline service on Friday morning. |
Henry Bell, a writer who was in the carriage at the time, posted a picture of Corbyn addressing the women, who all appeared to be listening attentively before they got off to go to Blackpool. | |
Me and Jezza plus one of comrade Corbyn addressing the hen do. He was a big hit. pic.twitter.com/Cf0aAFTTYk | Me and Jezza plus one of comrade Corbyn addressing the hen do. He was a big hit. pic.twitter.com/Cf0aAFTTYk |
On the train to London sat in the only seat in my carriage not occupied by someone on a hen do. | On the train to London sat in the only seat in my carriage not occupied by someone on a hen do. |
“He was a big hit,” Bell wrote, adding that there were plenty of selfies and “a lot of vodka and Vimto going around”. | “He was a big hit,” Bell wrote, adding that there were plenty of selfies and “a lot of vodka and Vimto going around”. |
The hen party was travelling to Blackpool for their festivities, but it is thought that Corbyn continued his journey when the group left the train. | The hen party was travelling to Blackpool for their festivities, but it is thought that Corbyn continued his journey when the group left the train. |
The scenario echoes a light-hearted moment during May’s general election campaign, when Ed Miliband was asked to pose with a hen party after he was spotted leaving his campaign coach. | The scenario echoes a light-hearted moment during May’s general election campaign, when Ed Miliband was asked to pose with a hen party after he was spotted leaving his campaign coach. |
One member of the group told LBC at the time: “Bless him, [Ed] looked terrified, absolutely terrified. And he wouldn’t actually come off the bus. He was just kind of lingering on the steps, waving sort of tentatively.” | One member of the group told LBC at the time: “Bless him, [Ed] looked terrified, absolutely terrified. And he wouldn’t actually come off the bus. He was just kind of lingering on the steps, waving sort of tentatively.” |
That's the Hen Do off the train. Can neither confirm nor deny that Corbyn is heading to Blackpool with them. | That's the Hen Do off the train. Can neither confirm nor deny that Corbyn is heading to Blackpool with them. |
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