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‘Monsieur Zen’ only peeved by Lib Dems

JEREMY CORBYN described himself as “Monsieur Zen” yesterday in his attitude to receiving verbal abuse and character assassinations.

The Labour leader claimed he “never gets angry” over the slurs, although he admitted feeling “slightly irritated” when he hears praise of the Lib Dems.

He was campaigning in Oxford, where he called on swing voters to back Labour.

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