Jeremy Corbyn tattoo man hits out at The Sun for using picture
‘I’m uncomfortable with the idea of wiping my derriere on a paper with my own picture on it’
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Your support makes all the difference.A young Jeremy Corbyn fan who got the Labour leader’s face tattooed on his back has seemingly hit out at The Sun for using his picture.
A friend posted a picture of 18-year-old Kierran Horsfield’s new body art to Twitter - and the image was soon being widely shared on social media.
Mr Horsfield subsquently revealed he had been a supporter of Mr Corbyn since “he was an obscure rebellious backbencher” and said the reaction among his friends had been “largely positive”.
I hope you understand my worry and will accept my apologies
But when approached by The Sun’s politics reporter Josh Pettitt for comment on the tattoo, this is how Mr Horsfield reportedly replied:
“Dear Mr Pettitt.
Unfortunately I won’t be providing The Sun with a comment or for that matter my permission to publish a story about my tattoo as I use The Sun newspapers as toilet paper and I’m uncomfortable with the idea of wiping my derriere on a paper with my own picture on it.
I hope you understand my worry and will accept my apologies.
Yours Sincerely,
Kierran Horsfield.”
Mr Horsfield told Buzzfeed he had the tattoo done in 90 minutes at a parlour in Australia, where he’s living at the moment, and where the reaction to it has been “largely confusion”.
He isn’t the first person to make such a permanent statement of loyalty to a public figure he admires.
At the annual UKIP conference in September, Nigel Farage met super-fan Kerrie Webb, and even signed her inking of the Eurosceptic politician on her arm.
Mr Corbyn’s team told The Independent earlier that they were made aware of the tattoo on Monday night. It’s still not clear if the leader himself has seen it.
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