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It has now become alarmingly routine to refer to the leader of Her Majesty's Loyal Opposition as a traitor. It's also become alarmingly routine for revelations

by gaius 9y ago

It has now become alarmingly routine to refer to the leader of Her Majesty's Loyal Opposition as a traitor. It's also become alarmingly routine for revelations about him being associated with this or that enemy of the country, tho'. He even had a codename given to him by the Czech secret police at the height of the Cold War, Agent Cob, they called him. He's not and never was called a traitor simply for his position as head of the Loyal Opposition, so you are being disingenuous there.

pjc50 9y ago
One of the people who was libelling him with this has admitted that this was "wholly untrue and false", and paid a substantial amount of money. https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/feb/25/jeremy-corbyn-spies-communist-czech-cold-war-ben-bradley https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/feb/25/jeremy-corb... That's as close as you're going to get to an official declaration that it's fake news. (Best check your source for the Czech claim, what else are they lying about?)
crdoconnor 9y ago
>It's also become alarmingly routine for revelations about him being associated with this or that enemy of the country Establishment politicians (especially those with strong links to corporate elites) and media representing the 0.1% almost never try to take him down on the basis of his policies. There's a good reason for that. Polls have been done that ask about policies and ask voters to choose 'faceless' parties solely on the basis of those policies and people overwhelmingly choose him without realizing it. Those policies are simultaneously a highly understated threat to the wealth and power of the 0.1%. Attacking those policies directly would likely just draw more attention to them (Streisand effect). So, they attack his character instead. The Czech stuff you fell for was badly formulated propaganda that attempted to do exactly that. It backfired spectacularly.

by gaius 9y ago

pjc50 9y ago

One of the people who was libelling him with this has admitted that this was "wholly untrue and false", and paid a substantial amount of money. https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/feb/25/jeremy-corbyn-spies-communist-czech-cold-war-ben-bradley https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/feb/25/jeremy-corb... That's as close as you're going to get to an official declaration that it's fake news. (Best check your source for the Czech claim, what else are they lying about?)

crdoconnor 9y ago

>It's also become alarmingly routine for revelations about him being associated with this or that enemy of the country Establishment politicians (especially those with strong links to corporate elites) and media representing the 0.1% almost never try to take him down on the basis of his policies. There's a good reason for that. Polls have been done that ask about policies and ask voters to choose 'faceless' parties solely on the basis of those policies and people overwhelmingly choose him without realizing it. Those policies are simultaneously a highly understated threat to the wealth and power of the 0.1%. Attacking those policies directly would likely just draw more attention to them (Streisand effect). So, they attack his character instead. The Czech stuff you fell for was badly formulated propaganda that attempted to do exactly that. It backfired spectacularly.