Jeremy Corbyn has been anti-establishment his whole political life. There is a long and noble tradition of anti-establishment politics in the UK, but in Corbyn it has mutated into something deeply unpalatable. 1/?
Like many before him he sees the establishment as being big businesses, the monarchy, the aristocracy, etc. But most relevant to his attitude towards terrorists, their sympathisers, and apologists is his clear hatred of the USA, Israel and Tory led British governments 2/?
Because he sees Israel, the USA, and British governments as the bad guys he is sympathetic to any and all that oppose them.
It is this childishly naive belief, distilled over decades on the fringes of politics, that “the enemy of my enemy is my friend” that now trips him up 3/?
It is this childishly naive belief, distilled over decades on the fringes of politics, that “the enemy of my enemy is my friend” that now trips him up 3/?
He is so focussed on siding with the people he sees as the underdogs that he is blind to the evil that they perpetuate. 4/?
It’s how he ends up inviting IRA members to Parliament days after the Brighton bomb. Sharing platforms with holocaust deniers. Calling Hamas “friends”. Laying wreaths at a memorial to anti-Semitic terrorists. 5/?
It cannot just be dismissed as coincidence, or bad luck, or taken out of context, that Corbyn has spent so much time standing shoulder to shoulder with such people. 6/?
He is blind to the terrible acts of people and organisations he is sympathetic towards, just as he is blind to the anti-semitism that his leadership has unleashed within the Labour Party. 7/?
Surely now Labour members must realise that he won’t moderate, soften or change. Why would he, he doesn’t believe he’s done anything wrong.
It is this, more than anything else, that makes him unsuitable to lead a serious political party or (heaven forbid) a government. 7/7
It is this, more than anything else, that makes him unsuitable to lead a serious political party or (heaven forbid) a government. 7/7
