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Jeremy Corbyn makes bizarre pledge to nationalise Great British Bake Off at rally
Labour leader was cheered when he said they should ‘get it back’ after beloved BBC show was sold to Channel 4
JEREMY Corbyn may finally have hit on a policy people want to vote for after making a bizarre pledge to nationalise the Great British Bake Off.
Speaking at a Labour leadership rally in Birmingham the hapless leftie asked the crowd “Shall we get it back?” after the beloved BBC show was sold to Channel 4.
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The 67-year-old had spotted a banner in the audience which called for the cookery competition to be taken into public ownership.
Praising the sign waved by a supporter in the city’s Centenary Square, he said: “The fate of Bake Off is what happens when the BBC was allowed to contract out its programme-making somewhere else.
“Thus the public lost ownership of Bake Off. Shall we get it back?”
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Mr Corbyn was cheered loudly to suggesting the programme be nationalised – just days after its creators Love Productions announced its sale for £25million.
The BBC reportedly only offered £15million to continue broadcasting the show, which garnered more than 10 million viewers for its finale last year.
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The decision to switch it from the country’s national broadcaster has been met with dismay, especially since presenters Mel Giedroyc and Sue Perkins said they would not be moving with it.
Judges Mary Berry and Paul Hollywood are yet to confirm if they go with GBBO to Channel 4 after it signed a three-year agreement.
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Mr Corbyn’s backing for the baking programme comes despite the revelation he doesn’t eat biscuits as he is “anti-sugar”.
Speaking to Mumsnet users he said if he was “forced” then he would eat a shortbread, but tended to avoid the teatime snacks altogether.
He was slagged off for giving “the most miserable response” they had ever read, and labelled a hypocrite given that he is a proud jam-maker.
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