Stop the War stay away from the Russian embassy – ‘we won’t contribute to the jingoism and hysteria’

Although little was agreed upon in yesterday’s debate on Aleppo with regards to a no-fly zone, one thing the Foreign Secretary did suggest was that the public stage mass protests outside the Russian embassy. What’s more, Boris Johnson queried just why the Stop the War coalition had failed to do this as of yet. So, why has the anti-war group — formerly chaired by Jeremy Corbyn — refrained from getting out on the streets to protest Russia’s actions in Syria?

Well, because they are not the West — obviously. Although the group — which one compared Assad to Churchill, and defended Russia’s invasion of Georgia — were very active in opposing Britain’s plans for air strikes on Syria, this morning its vice chair Chris Nineham appeared on Today to explain why they felt no urge to do the same after Russian planes dropped bombs that destroyed a UN aid convoy:

CN: If they want to organise a protest they should.