Jeremy Corbyn and Diane Abbot had an affair?

Not a good choice of words whitewave!

Well blow me surely not the DM I am surprised.

It is a bit surprising though, and she will be uncomfortable now about being chosen for the shadow cabinet.

Well, it's front page on the wail. Was it an affair? not what I consider an affair

This will be the least of it. Hey ho

Just muck raking on the part of the media. A bit of gossip from the 1970s. They're really struggling now. How long before we're told he got twagged off school one day? Perhaps even further back and we'll learn that he had tantrums as a toddler.

Why is it interesting?! An affair forty years ago can't possibly be of any interest to anyone apart from the people concerned. I'm no fan of JC, or DA but I think it's pretty tacky to drag something like this up donkeys years later in order to try and smear and gossip about either of them.

I quite fancy Michael Portillo as well. This dull afternoon is causing me some strange fantasies................BUT NO - I do not fancy Diane Abbot!

I thought it was because he didn't defend the other female MP against DA's intervention. It was about the appointment of female MPS to his Shadow Cabinet I think and DA thought the other woman was being a bit 'precious'.

Now if somebody had said it (JC) was with Michael Portillo, that really might set tongues wagging

No one's suggesting it is or was 'a sin'.

It is an interesing fact, though.

What a sin, a single woman and a man married but separated

Still tittle-tattle, I know, but as you say NotTooOld...

It's part of another story about how apparently JC didn't defend DA against the rantings of another Labour MP in a row about sexism.

nigglynellie - I'm not tutting! Far from it - I think he's quite fanciable, good for Diane Abbott, I say. It's just a bit of gossip to enliven a dull afternoon. I'll be back to studying Mandarin Chinese in a minute.

FHS, who on earth cares about that now?!! I think there are more important things to tut about!

Blimey. I used to watch DA on the late politics prog on Thursday evening, after Question Time, and wonder why she was happy to appear alongside Michael Portillo as he made her appear such a light weight (absolutely no pun intended!)

A match made in heaven.

It's true, according to The Times and other newspapers!

The essence of gossip!