Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn finished his appearance on BBC1′s The One Show’s by giving the presenters a jar of his home-made jam.
Corbyn told Ore Oduba and Alex Jones there was “something magic” about owning an allotment and growing your own food – including the fruit he turns into jam.
Why does Jeremy Corbyn love allotments? Thank you for the jam @jeremycorbyn pic.twitter.com/QNuxszpxZM
— BBC The One Show (@BBCTheOneShow) May 30, 2017
Many people on Twitter seemed to really enjoy watching passionate gardener Corbyn handing over a jar of jam live on air.
Jeremy Corbyn just presented the One Show with a jar of his homemade jam in front of a wall of manhole covers. The election has peaked. pic.twitter.com/4kKsqPKF98
— Tom Boadle (@TomBoadle) May 30, 2017
Me when Jeremy Corbyn gave Ore and Alex a jar of jam #TheOneShow pic.twitter.com/HwVbi7LiR0
— ellie (@eIIiemvrphy) May 30, 2017
Jeremy Corbyn just gave the one show hosts a pot of jam he made from fruits from his own allotment ????#JeremyCorbyn
— Emily Holian (@EmilyHolian) May 30, 2017
Jezza giving out jam on the #oneshow has made my day
— ?? Bethan Nicole ?? (@buffun_) May 30, 2017
Yep, a fair few Twitter users appeared to have strong views over this jam malarkey.
Jeremy Corbyn presented #TheOneShow presenters with a jar of homemade jam. Now that is the kind of man I want running the country! #GE2017
— Joe (@Joe__Hudson) May 30, 2017
JEREMY CORBYN MAKES JAM AND SO DO I. Thats a vote winner.
— David Brady (@DavidBrady94) May 30, 2017
How can I trust Jeremy Corbyn as my leader when he only takes one jar of jam for everybody on The One Show to share? Selfish #oneshow
— Rosie Scallon (@rosiescallon) May 30, 2017
And it seems others couldn’t help but compare Corbyn’s interview with Theresa May’s The One Show appearance alongside her husband Philip earlier this month. ICYMI, when discussing jobs around the house like taking out the bins, May said: “There’s boy jobs and girl jobs.”
Try the jam! Try the jam! Corbyn presents The One Show team with his finest preserve on air. This beats boy jobs and girl jobs…
— Dan Sabbagh (@dansabbagh) May 30, 2017
On the One Show:
Theresa May: There are boy jobs and girl jobs
Jeremy Corbyn: I'd like to present The One Show with some jam…#GE2017— Joe Spence (@JoeMSpence1) May 30, 2017
Asked during his time The One Show sofa if he and his wife Laura Alvarez divided housework along gender lines, Corbyn simply shook his head.
Earlier in the show, which focused on his personality rather than his politics, the Labour leader also promised he was “giving it everything” to win the General Election.
And he brought a selection of photos showing his childhood and youth to the programme – one photo showed him in reins as a toddler and he joked: “I was a bit free-spirited and I kept climbing out of the pram and running off.”