Jeremy Corbyn may have kept quiet when Theresa May declared the "naughtiest" thing she had ever done was run through a field of wheat, but three weeks later the Labour leader has finally shared his thoughts on this great matter of the day.

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And while some may have mocked May for such a not-very-naughty "naughty" confession, Corbyn insists it is no laughing matter.

Speaking at Glastonbury Festival, Corbyn told NME that running through fields of wheat was "terrible" behaviour.

"I'm far too responsible a citizen to run through a wheat field," he said, explaining why he had not leaped out of his car on the way to Worthy Farm in Somerset to indulge in a bit of wheat-field-running.

"I grew up in the countryside, in Wiltshire, and then later in Shropshire, and I was taught from a very, very early age you walk round the edge of a cropped field. You don't walk through fields of wheat because it'll damage the wheat.

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"I'm totally shocked that anybody would run through a wheat field and damage wheat. It's a terrible thing to do."

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