Speaking to Adrian Chiles yesterday, Corbyn’s newly appointed Shadow Environment Secretary Kerry McCarthy was questioned about her veganism:

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“If they [the media] want to see it [veganism] as a throwback to the old beard and sandals left well then they can, but I don’t have a beard and I’m not wearing sandals.”

Who would do such a thing…