Images released by Virgin Trains show that honest and authentic Jeremy Corbyn staged that video in which he sat on a train floor and appealed for “public ownership” of the railways. Virgin revealed that the 67 year-old Labour leadership favourite walked past “empty, unreserved seats” prior to filming the video.

Mr Corbyn & team walked past empty unreserved seats then filmed claim train was ‘ram-packed’ https://t.co/R5hawIpQek pic.twitter.com/22t8EkjW5l

— Richard Branson (@richardbranson) August 23, 2016

After shooting the film, he was assisted by train staff to seats which he and his team occupied for the remainder of the journey to Newcastle. Stick to regular sit-ins, Jez…

UPDATE: Owen Smith tweets a nice kick to a man when he is on the floor (unnecessarily):

My campaign remains on track. Proud to be genuinely standing up for ordinary people.

— Owen Smith (@OwenSmith_MP) August 23, 2016