That Jeremy Corbyn and Diane Abbott are old flames should approach as no surprise. Sex back then was a reward for the interminable political meetingsWell,of course Diane Abbott and Jeremy Corbyn had a brief relationship in the 1970s, culminating in a motorbike tour of East Germany. opposite to some cartoonish concept of the left being principled tall-minded activists too busy to shag, or everyone had sex in the 1970s,because that’s all there was to do. It was a sign of revolution against the bourgeois fug of respectability, the Mary Whitehouse brigade; and it was a crucial substitute, and in a period of two-bar electric fires,and space heaters powered by coin-operated meters, for central heating. Related: Diane Abbott says establishment 'frozen with fear' over Jeremy Corbyn Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com