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I think a plausible explanation is that whatever Corbyn says or does, his critics will denounce - no matter how much hypocrisy it necessitates.

Corbyn opposes the exploitation of foreign sweatshop-workers - Labour MPs complain he's like Nigel Farage:

independent.co.uk/news/uk/politi…
He speaks up in defence of migrants - Labour MPs whinge that he's not listening to the public's very real concerns about immigration:

theguardian.com/uk-news/2016/s…
He's wrong to prioritise Labour Party members over the public:

theguardian.com/commentisfree/…
He's wrong to prioritise the public over Labour Party members:

theguardian.com/politics/2018/…
He's appealing too much to the middle class:

newstatesman.com/politics/uk/20…
He's not appealing enough to the middle class:

telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/…
Corbyn is a Red Tory - who doesn't care about the problems faced by people on low wages:

independent.co.uk/voices/jeremy-…
Corbyn is an anti-Capitalist - who is insufficiently grovelling towards companies which employ people on low wages:

He's too radical (note the URL):

theguardian.com/commentisfree/…
He's not radical enough:

theguardian.com/commentisfree/…
He's too left wing:

progressonline.org.uk/2017/07/11/ser…
He's not left wing enough:

He's too much of a centrist, and too much of a fringe figure, in the same article:

independent.co.uk/voices/jeremy-…
Too elitist:

thetimes.co.uk/article/youre-…
Too populist:

bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politi…
Too nostalgic:

theguardian.com/commentisfree/…
Not nostalgic enough:

newstatesman.com/politics/2016/…
Corbyn is like Donald Trump:

the-tls.co.uk/articles/publi…
He makes Trump look like a genius:

huffingtonpost.co.uk/2016/01/20/jam…
He's not like Donald Trump:

He's worse than Donald Trump:

mirror.co.uk/news/politics/…
He's too principled:

newstatesman.com/helen-lewis/20…
He's not principled enough:

theguardian.com/commentisfree/…
In fact he's putting principle before power:

theguardian.com/politics/2017/…
Actually, he's putting power before principle:

progressonline.org.uk/2018/01/25/pus…
Too milquetoast:

blogs.spectator.co.uk/2018/02/stop-f…
Too terrifying:

blogs.spectator.co.uk/2018/02/the-te…
Too sensitive:

thesun.co.uk/news/7404117/p…
Too insensitive:

blogs.spectator.co.uk/2018/05/the-ga…
A threat to life as we know it:

Too mundane to be a threat to life as we know it:

spiked-online.com/2015/09/21/no-…
Not a communist:

spiked-online.com/2018/07/18/the…
Definitely a communist:

He's not interested in power:

blogs.spectator.co.uk/2018/05/corbyn…
He's too interested in power:

standpointmag.co.uk/features-septe…
He's unelectable:

theguardian.com/commentisfree/…
He's too electable:

theguardian.com/commentisfree/…
And too radically left-wing:

theguardian.com/commentisfree/…
And not radically left-wing enough:

spectator.co.uk/2016/05/what-l…
Too keen on Brexit:

Not keen enough on Brexit:

dailymail.co.uk/debate/article…
Not brave enough to reconsider his position on Brexit;

Reconsidering his position on Brexit, due to cowardice:

theneweuropean.co.uk/top-stories/mi…
He's wrong not to oppose Theresa May's plans for Brexit:

thetimes.co.uk/article/we-can…
He's wrong not to support Theresa May's plans for Brexit:

thetimes.co.uk/article/labour…
By failing to oppose Tory Brexit, Corbyn is acting against the national interest:

newstatesman.com/politics/uk/20…
By failing to support Tory Brexit, Corbyn is acting against the national interest:

dailymail.co.uk/debate/article…
He's wrong for not wanting a general election:

telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/02/2…
He's wrong for wanting a general election:

theguardian.com/commentisfree/…
Corbyn makes Labour's electoral oblivion inevitable:

mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/a…
He should easily have won the General Election, with a landslide victory:

theguardian.com/politics/2017/…
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The Labour Party conference will probably be written up as a cross between a Nuremberg Rally, and a weekend at Stalin's Dacha. It always is.

And, likewise, the Labour Right are gearing up their mudslinging. So...
...a (lengthy) thread on their catalogue of ineptitude - which has invariably proven both risible, and a bit troubling, really.
The first attempt centred on the Syria airstrikes debate (2nd December 2015).

The Parliamentary vote was timed to coincide with the by-election in Oldham (3rd December 2015), following Michael Meacher's passing.
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For the confused amongst you, I'm looking at you Blakeley, this is the basic economics of the situation.

The UK imports 50% of the food we consume.

When the £ falls in value against the $ & the Euro, the price of food we import from USA & EU rises, purely because you get ...
... fewer dollars and Euros to the pound.

You may be familiar with this concept, Grace, if you've ever been on holiday abroad, perhaps for a spot of skiing, at a time of currency fluctuations and had to exchange the £ for the Euro and then back again.
A general rise in prices, Blakeley, is what economists call inflation.

Ah, you say, but we were only talking about food.

True, but oil is priced in dollars so when the £ falls in value against dollar then, for example. the cost of transporting goods goes up across the economy.
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A world which increasingly consists of destinations without journeys in-between them, a world which values only getting somewhere as fast as possible, becomes a world without substance.
One can get anywhere and everywhere and yet the more this is possible the less is anywhere and everywhere worth getting to. To travel is to be alive but to get somewhere is to be dead. To travel well is better than to arrive.
To succeed is to fail, as we mostly get caught in the trap of wanting to always succeed, thus forgetting to live. Grasp nothing, refuse nothing, receive but don't keep anything to yourself...Be a man of value more than a man of success. #Think #ItIsLegal
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The #Hypocrisy of the @GOP They will vilify an 88 year old holocaust survivor & say he's "buying elections" but give the koch bros, the mercers (who originally funded the dossier) and adeson are just donors who really aren't trying to buy elections.
If he were truly buying "elections," paying off every person in the "caravans," and paying the millions upon millions who have marched against this fascist regime, he would be broke by now.
Who are the real "angry mobs"
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You Mark Curtis & the Corbyn cult are IMO dangerous idiots if you downplay this.
A Muslim Brotherhood salute is a Muslim Brotherhood salute - be it Egypt, Syria or Turkey. If a Westerner flashed this salute it shows either support for the MB and its vision - or UTTER STUPIDITY.
That Cameron's UK together with Obama's USA have made a pact with "political Islam" is a story that Syria has felt for 7 bloody years ... and if "commentators" of the Western "pro-Syria space" are now downplaying the MB - I feel vindicated for NEVER having supported them before.
To my mind such antics make Corbyn feel more and more dangerous for the Middle East. Like many of the Pseudo-Left (which is IMO what Labour is) that call themselves "pro-Palestine" but constantly stab the Resistance and Palestinians in the back by attacking Hezbollah and Syria.
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Upon reading London now has worse murder rate this year than New York and other soaring gang related crime statistics, felt compelled to write a thread about @SadiqKhan his role as Mayor and what his #priorities should be instead of what they appear to be. 1/15
He has taken action in ensuring (a) Mean tweets on social media are being policed and has also ensured some of his targets have been ex-Muslims for so-called “hate speech.” See @ShaziaHobbs for example. 2/15
(b) He avoids answering questions on the annual Al-Quds march in London which is pro-Hezbollah, “Hezbollah” means “Party of Allah” regularly features banners & chants of “death to the Jews” #Corbyn has been a speaker. 3/15
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Waiting for the #Corbyn speech...
And for those on the Labour left, a bonus Mandelson pin-up 😉
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