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Was Corbyn really a spy? |
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Feb 18 2018, 10:24 AM
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QUOTE (On the edge @ Feb 18 2018, 09:46 AM) Maybe, but remember the 'Mail on line' is seen in the same light as National Equirer stateside. I'm waiting for the Corbyn is an alien story and his house gets visits from UFOs!
Still it sells papers, Sunny Harmsworth would be proud! Take your pick, Express, Telegraph, Independent, Metro, Newstatesmen, Mirror, The Sun, Politico.eu. And many more. Oh! You did
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Feb 18 2018, 12:34 PM
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I suppose the right wing press found the Zinoviev(?) worked back in the 1920s so why drop a good technique. Nothing new here at all; yet we fall for it, every time, hook,line and sinker! Of course, politicians do mix with horrible people and regimes, but it's worth understanding the whole picture. I'm sure Lord Harmsworths columns praising Herr Hitler right up to September 1939 where as misrepresented as Lord Londonderrys overtures at the same time.
No, frankly, I don't believe any of the mainstream media without independent verification. If you think Messrs Murdoch, Dacre and their ilk gaurentee press impartiality and honest reporting then you are sadly mistaken.
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Feb 18 2018, 12:39 PM
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QUOTE (SirWilliam @ Feb 18 2018, 11:03 AM) When stories such as this fill the column inches one wonders why it should be deemed so questionable? For years the labour party considered the communist doctrine as the political bible and little doubt the politburo used it to their advantage. This doesn't mean JC is/was a spy anymore than certain right wing tories who cosied up to dictators were intent on world domination but once again it detracts from the real issues of the day. Slight rewrite of history there Sir William! Too much Arthur Bryant at Eaton! Ironically, Stafford Cripps got himself expelled even for suggesting an informal link up, a popular front, at the end of the 30s. Even modern Labour history is littered with what some regard as witch hunts against communists. It's probably quite healthy, after all, the Conservatives have a record of ridding itself of troublesome doctrinaire people; expelling Britain First and even kippers!
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Feb 18 2018, 01:01 PM
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QUOTE (On the edge @ Feb 18 2018, 12:34 PM) I suppose the right wing press found the Zinoviev(?) worked back in the 1920s so why drop a good technique. Nothing new here at all; yet we fall for it, every time, hook,line and sinker! Of course, politicians do mix with horrible people and regimes, but it's worth understanding the whole picture. I'm sure Lord Harmsworths columns praising Herr Hitler right up to September 1939 where as misrepresented as Lord Londonderrys overtures at the same time.
No, frankly, I don't believe any of the mainstream media without independent verification. If you think Messrs Murdoch, Dacre and their ilk gaurentee press impartiality and honest reporting then you are sadly mistaken. What I find laughable is that as soon as there is the slightest wisp of a story that a Tory might be implicated in anything, the loony left is all over it like a pit bull on a kitten, the guardian is waved around like the new testament and it is a FACT! No debate, no leeway and certainly no talk of looking at the bigger picture. But something comes out against a member of the politburo and it's immediately shouted down. So no impartiality there then!
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Feb 18 2018, 02:39 PM
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QUOTE (je suis Charlie @ Feb 18 2018, 01:01 PM) What I find laughable is that as soon as there is the slightest wisp of a story that a Tory might be implicated in anything, the loony left is all over it like a pit bull on a kitten, the guardian is waved around like the new testament and it is a FACT! No debate, no leeway and certainly no talk of looking at the bigger picture. But something comes out against a member of the politburo and it's immediately shouted down. So no impartiality there then! Cobblers, Corbyn has had the press and his own party on his back. The only bias hysterics is yours.
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Feb 20 2018, 08:02 AM
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QUOTE (je suis Charlie @ Feb 20 2018, 12:24 AM) Exactly, we all know he's **** bent on bringing Britain down, always has been. Mind you, at his age maybe mother nature will solve that problem for us sooner rather than later. Yep, but he's up front about it. More than can be said about Vincy, the doyen of the LibDims who simply realised you just needed to pretend. A viper pretending to be a grass snake. Lessons of engagement, never drop your guard concentrating on single fronts.
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Feb 21 2018, 11:55 AM
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QUOTE (je suis Charlie @ Feb 21 2018, 11:12 AM) From 'The Week'
'Jeremy Corbyn has dismissed “ridiculous smears” linking him to a communist Cold War spy by releasing a video warning media owners that “change is coming” - a message that has been criticised as a chilling attack on Britain’s free press. '
Typical fascist behaviour! As is being in bed with the media.
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Feb 21 2018, 12:18 PM
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QUOTE (Andy Capp @ Feb 21 2018, 11:55 AM) As is being in bed with the media. Like he is with the Guardian?
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Feb 21 2018, 01:12 PM
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QUOTE (je suis Charlie @ Feb 21 2018, 12:18 PM) Like he is with the Guardian? Let's not forget Diane Abbott............... ...........Allegedly.
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