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Listen: Chris Williamson on ‘alleged’ Munich terrorist

Jeremy Corbyn is facing mounting criticism over whether he did or didn’t lay a wreath at the grave of one of the Munich terrorists, but helpfully his acolytes are staying faithful. Still, while the loyalty of the likes of Chris Williamson isn’t in question, Mr S isn’t so sure that their support is actually all that helpful. In an interview on The World at One this afternoon, Williamson appeared to refer to one of the Munich killers as an ‘alleged terrorist’:

But Williamson didn’t stop there, going on to compare Corbyn to Nelson Mandela…

Oh dear. Still, at least that should take some of the heat off Corbyn for a bit…

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