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| Jeremy Corbyn flounders on anti-Semitism, Brexit, tax and spending |
| 2019-11-28 |
| [BLOGS.SPECTATOR.CO.UK] Jeremy Corbyn’s interview with Andrew Neil was one of the most uncomfortable half hours of the Labour leader’s tenure. In contrast to the ITV debate, where he appeared confident and quick-witted, Corbyn struggled to answer questions on a number of different issues, complaining all the while that Neil wouldn’t let him finish. By the end, he might have wished that he’d had more interruptions as this was a very poor interview. His refusal to apologise for the Labour party’s handling of anti-Semitism has naturally attracted the most attention. He point blank disagreed with the Chief Rabbi, saying he was ’not right’ to say it was ’mendacious fiction’ that Labour had investigated every single case of anti-Semitism, and once again saying he was ’looking forward to having a discussion with him because I want to hear why he would say such a thing’. He expressed clear irritation at having his anti-racist credentials questioned, insisting that opposing racism is ’what my life is about’ and that he felt ’very passionately’ about this, as though making the sort of statements you’d see in a university application immediately inoculates you against ever being wrong. Taken together, these two responses to Neil’s questions suggest that Corbyn still blames those who accuse him, rather than wondering whether there might be a different way of approaching the racism in his own party. He could quite easily have said that he too was appalled that his party had given Jews the impression they wouldn’t feel safe if he were in government, and that he would do everything in his power to change things in Labour to win back trust. Instead, he wants to do everything in his power to persuade those Jews that they are wrong. But there were other areas where he seriously floundered too ‐ and on these he lacked the strange confidence that he exudes when asserting his lifelong anti-racist credentials. His case that he can bring the country back together by remaining neutral in a referendum on a Brexit deal that he’d just negotiated would be much stronger were Corbyn able to give at least an inkling that he’d thought through how this might work. Related: Jeremy Corbyn: 2019-11-25 UK's Johnson promises Brexit for Christmas in election manifesto Jeremy Corbyn: 2019-11-24 'Nothing to fear': Leftist candidates trace their lineage to Franklin D. Roosevelt Jeremy Corbyn: 2019-11-14 An Orthodox Jew Is Running For Jeremy Corbyn’s Parliamentary Seat Related: Anti-Semitism: 2019-11-25 It Can't Happen Here? Muslim Organization Wants International Law Criminalizing Criticism of Islam Anti-Semitism: 2019-11-08 Italian Holocaust survivor assigned police protection due to online death threats Anti-Semitism: 2019-11-02 Polls: Despite mixed opinions on Brexit, 93% of UK Jews won’t vote for Labour, UK Jewish Labour group won’t canvass for them |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #2 Other than that, he's doing swell. |
| Posted by: Lex 2019-11-28 11:49 |
| #1 Jeremy Corbyn flounders on anti-Semitism, Brexit, tax and spending But, I bet, he can do "LA ILAHA ILLA ALLAH, MUHAMMADUN RASULULLAH" without stumbling once. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2019-11-28 03:39 |