After being hassled by Piers Morgan for more than a year, Jeremy Corbyn finally appeared on the Good Morning Britain sofa.
The interview came as news broke the veteran socialist will give a major speech today about how Britain can thrive outside the EU.
The at-times awkward exchange ranged from Brexit to by-elections, conspiracy theories to Arsenal.
The Corbyn Cushion is formally signed & anointed. @jeremycorbyn @susannareid100 @GMB pic.twitter.com/ilKtbrAMMJ
— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) January 10, 2017
Corbyn – who denied he is re-branding as a left-wing Donald Trump – said he would invite the president-elect to a mosque for a cup of tea to enlighten him about Islam.We’re sure that’s going to go, well?The perma-tanned Morgan said the Labour leader was flip-flopping on his positions as “Mr Remain, Mr Free Movement of People”.Perhaps not surprisingly, Corbyn cleaved opinion in two.
Smart of Corbyn to focus on the NHS crisis, Labour doing well by putting the Cons on the rack. Oh wait…
— Kevin Maguire (@Kevin_Maguire) January 10, 2017
Does @jeremycorbyn actually want to be PM? He dodges the ques asked by @piersmorgan and says only "I want to be in government". @GMB
— Clodagh Higginson (@GMBClodagh) January 10, 2017
It is genuinely impossible for Jeremy Corbyn: he can try to be electable, but not genuine; or genuine, but not electable.
— Stig Abell (@StigAbell) January 10, 2017
Jeremy Corbyn actually came across very well! I like how real and personable he is and he handled Piers impeccably! #GMB #JeremyCorbyn
— Naomi thornton (@Naomithornton35) January 10, 2017
@GMB I'd vote #JeremyCorbyn Just what this country needs. A real shake up and attitude in our government
— julie alexander (@juliealexander) January 10, 2017
One particularly eye-wrinkling moment came when Susanna Reid said Corbyn was using the same “spin” as Ukip on by-elections results. He could only respond with a simple: “Hmm, okay”.
Corbyn on being told he uses the same spin as Ukip on council elections: "m'kay"
— Harry Cole (@MrHarryCole) January 10, 2017
Sitting on the cream sofa with his top button (for once) done up, the MP told Morgan he followed too many “conspiracy theories” when the presenter suggested he didn’t even want to become prime minister.
Still, it wasn’t all bad, as the two bonded over their shared love of Arsenal, and Corbyn managed to leave with a cushion emblazoned with his grinning face.
Well someone has got to talk some sense into you about Wenger. https://t.co/YNDPMe5rod
— Jeremy Corbyn MP (@jeremycorbyn) January 9, 2017
And at the end, loudmouth Morgan cheekily gifted him a Gooners shirt with number 10 on the back because he probably “won’t get there”.
Two Gooners. @jeremycorbyn #afc pic.twitter.com/H71XqRsLzK
— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) January 10, 2017
