Read this from the Sky News website:
Jeremy Corbyn admits he was present at a wreath-laying memorial (in Tunis) for Palestinian activists thought to have been behind the murder of Israeli Olympic athletes in 1972.
He said: “I was present when it was laid, I don’t think I actually was involved in it.”
That’s clear enough then. For days, his fellow comrades in the Labour Party have once again become little more than apologists for the Absolute Boy. Jeremy, they say, is a decent and principled man and wasn’t involved in the wreath-laying. Now Corbyn makes it crystal clear. He was present when the wreath was laid but doesn’t think he was involved in it. He doesn’t think? What kind of explanation is that?
At least Corbyn is not employing the “it was all a long time ago” excuse and how could he since the wreath-laying ceremony happened less than four years ago. It is surely impossible to not remember if you joined in with the activity?
I have been to more funerals than I care to think about and remember each one with great clarity. The ones I spoke out, the ones I sat quietly near the back. Some of the funerals I went to were of people I didn’t know too well, but I haven’t forgotten anything about them. It’s the same with all major events in my life.
Corbyn compounds matters by digging still deeper, defending his actions by saying that the only way to end conflicts is through dialogue. But he is not, and never has been, a peacemaker. In Northern Ireland’s ‘troubles’, Corbyn spoke only with one side: the IRA, who he wanted to win. Not only did he speak with the IRA, he did it on behalf of nobody and no government. As we have already noted, Thatcher, Major and Blair spoke to the IRA leadership, or rather their officials did, on behalf of governments which were searching for peace. There are no records of Corbyn speaking with Ian Paisley.
Similarly, there is no evidence of Corbyn speaking to Israel about the Middle East conflict because he never did. Instead, he was a leader of Stop the West – sorry, Stop the War: easy mistake to make – the hard left group that was not, how shall we put this, exactly sympathetic to Israel.
This isn’t going to go away. From the comrades saying that Corbyn wasn’t there for the wreath-laying in Tunis, Corbyn now says he was there. If he doesn’t think he was involved, you can bet your bottom dollar that Fleet Street will be working flat out to see if he is telling the truth. And so they should. This is a man who is – and I can hardly believe I am writing this – aspiring to be our prime minister.
It was always inevitable that Corbyn’s unsavoury past would catch up with him and so it should. The public needs to know as much as possible about the man who would like to be king.
Do not be surprised if further evidence emerges that Corbyn did indeed take part in the wreath-laying ceremony. And if it does, he’s toast. Of course, there’s no guarantee that the old boy will stand aside but he should. In my view he should have gone ages ago because he is so useless. Useless and unpleasant, I’m afraid.
