Owen Jones, AKA Captain Hindsight, concedes that Jeremy Corbyn and Seumas Milne's response to the Skripal poisoning "inflicted terrible damage" on the Labour leadership.
Jones conveniently forgets to mention that he appeared on Newsnight defending Corbyn's response.
Jones conveniently forgets to mention that he appeared on Newsnight defending Corbyn's response.
And nobody can pretend they don't remember Owen Jones on Newsnight talking about photoshopped hats.
And here is how Owen Jones used his platform to respond to Corbyn's skepticism on Russia's involvement...
And here is how Owen Jones used his platform to respond to Corbyn's skepticism on Russia's involvement...
The part that gets me most though is the "and for what?" part.
Seumas Milne has been defending Putin for years, virtually the only person denying this is Owen Jones, even when confronted with direct evidence of that support he is still baffled as to the reasons why.
Seumas Milne has been defending Putin for years, virtually the only person denying this is Owen Jones, even when confronted with direct evidence of that support he is still baffled as to the reasons why.
Anyway, I wrote in-depth about the problem at the time as did many others, the warning signs were clear, but as per usual, it's amazing how quickly people memory-hole their own role in proceedings.
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