Thread by @hopeoverfear01

When @jeremycorbyn first got into power as @UKLabour Leader, many people were energised. Indeed, he brought a new and dynamic force to Labour & to politics.

In Scotland, many people who had said “Labour left us, we didn’t leave Labour” felt some sense of reward for their (2)

(2) decades of loyalty to Labour. Then they realised that @scottishlabour were charlatans who would stoop so low that they would combine with Tories to promote a Tory/Labour council pact. Then we had the start of @jeremycorbyn lying about Scotland. First he decided to (3)

(3) suggest that Scotland had not tackled poverty and that the SNP were not governing properly in areas such as education and the NHS. Many of us showed him that Wales, under Labour, was in a real state compared to Scotland - generally performing the best in this “U.K.” (4)

(4) but now we have reached an all-time low. Corbyn is now leading from a position that suggests it is the @theSNP who are responsible for austerity in Scotland. Worse, they have suggested in a video shot in Motherwell that the SNP are refusing to tackle the Rape Clause. (5)

(5) and we feel this level of lying to the electorate has gone too far.

A politician might massage the truth about NHS waiting times or finances, but to casually mention the Rape Clause when it hugely impacts on many women and families is simply not on. Corbyn needs to be (6)

(6) attacked on this issue and robustly by every person who can see this lie for what it is; appalling.

We are asking for all followers to show their anger at this statement by @jeremycorbyn & perhaps @ScotLabourWom would be able to stand up and show his lies for what they are.