Watson: I put butter in my coffee to feel less hungry

Deputy Labour leader Tom Watson is no longer such a political heavyweight after losing 39 kilos – despite putting butter in his coffee.

Mr Watson, 51, said he was motivated to take better care of his health after reading about Labour politicians who died early. He said one part of his new regime was “bulletproof coffee” – usually made using butter – which he said is “a way of getting saturated fats into your diet, which means you’re not as hungry during the day”.

Mr Watson said: “I basically stopped taking sugar, refined sugar, and then I started walking 10,000 steps a day and walking up staircases and when a bit more weight came off I started to jog and cycle.”

The West Bromwich East MP, first elected in 2001 said he was the “thinnest I’ve been” since entering the Commons.

He added: “I kept reading about Labour politicians who died early in their 50s and 60s and I want to get healthy, and actually for me the journey’s been interesting.

“What I realise is there’s a lot more we can do in public health to deal with the obesity crisis, because we’ve got ten million people heading to diabetes, and another 15 million sitting behind them are overweight.

“It’s like we condemn them and we judge people.”