The main challenger in Germany’s elections is considerably naughtier than Theresa May, it appears

When Martin Schulz was asked the naughtiest thing he’d done in a live interview on Tuesday, he declined to answer.

But he was prepared to describe the second naughtiest thing he’s done — and it was a fair deal rowdier than Mrs May’s notorious answer of running through a field of wheat.

“On a boozy night out, I poured an entire packet of washing powder into an outdoor swimming pool,” Mr Schulz said, at times laughing so hard he struggled to speak.