Jeremy Corbyn has been branded "the craft ale of the Labour movement" by Labour MP Liam Byrne because he's got "strong flavours".
Labour MP Liam Byrne made the comments while appearing on Radio 4's Today programme.
"One of the things people said to us is 'We don't know what you stand for,'" the former minister said of the new Labour leader. "What I think Jeremy has done is he's brought a bit of soul force back to the Labour party."
"He's the kind of craft ale of the Labour movement: he's authentic, he's got strong flavours, he's seen as something very different to the bland mediocrity of politics."
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Inevitably this raised the question of what sort of beer other UK politicians would be:
Former Labour leadership candidate Chuka Umunna is urban and refined.
@jimwaterson Chuka Umunna - Peroni
Cameron biographer Lord Ashcroft gets a hard time.
@jimwaterson Lord Ashcroft: Stones' Bitter
Longtime Labour backbencher Dennis Skinner is noted.
@jimwaterson Dennis Skinner: Theakston's Old Peculier
Former Conservative chairman Grant Shapps is one of those drinks that just vanishes.
@jimwaterson Grant Shapps - Carling. Ubiquitous a few years back, now you hardly see it. Suspiciously bubbly.
There's implications about former Tory minister Eric Pickles.
@jimwaterson Eric Pickles - Stout
Some people disagree with the choice of comparison for Corbyn.
@jimwaterson Corbyn is Guinness - white on top, true to an original recipe and a bit dodgy away from home.
There's suggestions about David Cameron.
@jimwaterson Cameron is an Old Speckled Hen. Found in rural pubs, basically disappointing, but you end up with it anyway for lack of better
And we have absolutely no idea what this relates to at all.
@jimwaterson Cameron: