Oh dear. Jeremy Corbyn is at it again. The onetime Labour leader is currently contemplating the end of his political career at the next election, since losing the party whip three years ago. And he will have done little to endear himself to the Starmer army these past 24 hours. First he posted a statement that made Layla Moran look like a latter-day Palmerston. Then, having missed out on a scheduled appearance at Labour conference by not getting verification, he found himself involved in an altercation with an ITV journalist. Jezza repeatedly refused to condemn Hamas for the attacks on Israel, instead retreating to his usual mix of evasion and equivocation:
Yesterday I sent out a statement calling for a ceasefire, calling for peace, and calling for an end to the occupation of Palestine, which of course is fundamentally the background to the whole issue. Obviously, all attacks are wrong. Thank you, I think I’ve made my point. I think I’ve made my point very clear. I’ll say it for the third time then. Yesterday I sent out a statement which made it very clear I wanted peace, I wanted a ceasefire and I wanted a process which ended the Israeli occupation of Palestine which is fundamental to it. I don’t support any attacks therefore I criticised them all and that I think is the end of the matter.
No wonder the Labour leadership didn’t want him in the conference zone…
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