Times columnist defends joke about Owen Jones ‘chasing researchers with tight bottoms’

The Times columnist Giles Coren has denied making a homophobic joke about left-wing pundit Owen Jones. In a light-hearted round-up of predictions for 2020 published in the British newspaper, Coren took aim at Jones – who is gay, and a high-profile supporter of outgoing Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn. Coren wrote:...