Jeremy Corbyn learns how to play Pokemon Go and really isn’t fussed about catching them all
Labour is in crisis but the party leader still found time to get involved in the global phenomenon
MILLIONS of people around the world are playing Pokemon Go around the world – and now Jeremy Corbyn has joined in.
Despite facing a leadership challenge and Labour being in crisis, the party leader found time to walk around a park and learn how to play the game.
But it seems unlikely he will be as enthusiastic about catching all the creatures as other gamers.
Footage of him learning how to play during an interview shows him less than enthused about the game.
He looked on as BBC journalist Adam Fleming caught a Pokemon creature named Krabby in Finsbury Park, north London.
Then he replied: “We caught Krabby, okay.
“So our work this morning has not been in vain.”
He was asked if he had time to “stroll around” a park given all the problems in the Labour Party.
Mr Corbyn replied: “Yes because doing things in a relaxed way is important and doing other things is important – going to a park, cleaning your garden, reading a book.
“However busy I am my allotment is tended – it is in good order.
“We had a good crop of beans and we ate them the other night; we have a lovely bean soup.”
During the interview on the BBC’s Sunday Politics show he also spoke about the forthcoming leadership election.
He criticised the decision of the party’s national election committee to change the regulation so only people who have been Labour members for at least six months can vote in the contest.
At the same meeting the committee also decided to raise the fee for registered supporters, who can take part, from £3 to £25.
He said: “There’s going to be some quite intense discussions over the next few days, I suspect, and I hope our party officials and our national executive will see sense on this and recognise that those people that have freely given of their time and their money to join the Labour party should be welcomed in and given the opportunity to take part in this crucial debate, whichever way they decide to vote.
“I’m hoping there will be an understanding that it’s simply not very fair to say to people that joined the party in the last six months that ‘sorry, your participation is no longer welcome, as we’re having a leadership contest’.”