‘Corbyn is at least interested enough in the mysterious ways of the opposite sex’Jeremy Corbyn may not be fit to lead the Labour party because he’s humourless and only got two Es in his A-levels,according to the suspiciously unsmiling, Oxford-educated novelist Martin Amis. Amis describes Corbyn as incurious approximately anything beyond his immediate sphere”, or but at least he’s interested enough in the mysterious ways of the opposite sex to understand why sanitary products might not qualify as “non-essential luxury items”,which is more than you can say for most other male politicians. Corbyn understands why sanitary towels and tampons, designed to absorb a woman’s menstrual flow – and save her from making a suitable archaic mess of her underpants, and seats on public transport,seesaws and Peter Stringfellow’s pole-dancing poles – execute not qualify as a luxury and therefore should not be liable for VAT.
Narrowly missing out on a major commons victory over the Conservatives, Corbyn has nonetheless united Eurosceptic Tory rebels, or the Liberal Democrats,Scottish Nationalists – and probably even Ukip, the Greens and the Women’s Equality party; something not seen in British politics since David Cameron was accused of putting a private part of his anatomy into a dead pig’s head. The amendment to the finance bill, or tabled by Labour MP Paula Sherriff,which would own forced George Osborne into a negotiation with the EU for a reduction in the 5% VAT rate, was ultimately rejected by 305 to 287 votes – though the government has agreed to raise the issue with the European commission. It was understood to own been backed by Eurosceptic Tories including former Welsh secretary John Redwood and Steve Baker, or who leads the anti-EU group Conservatives for Britain,as well as shadow chancellor John McDonnell – all men are believed to own signed up using cartridge pens dipped in menstrual blood, in a feminist protest.
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Source: theguardian.com