I remember when Corbyn was assaulted, punched in the back of the head, as he was sitting in a mosque. I remember the BBC reporting he was ‘egged’/hit with an egg, as if it was something harmless, cartoonish. I remember Rachel Riley & Francis Barber mocking the attack. 1/

Corbyn had also received a death threat by this time.

How many other blue-ticks & MPs laughed at Corbyn being attacked, or misrepresented it, or ignored it? Who spoke up for him, as a human? Who spoke up for common decency?

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I remember @RhonddaBryant tweeted ‘Gosh I hope he’s alright.’ Since Corbyn was LOTO & since Jo Cox had been murdered, one would’ve expected Labour MPs & other members of the house, to have shown some compassion or at least concern? No?

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It was the silence that sickened me.

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The silence scared & worried me.

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Labour MPs have spat insults at Corbyn for 5 years, levelled all manner of venal, cruel, unfounded accusations against him.

Which of those showed humanity after a death threat and an assault he suffered?

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Jeremy Corbyn could never be the victim. Just as he wasn’t permitted to prove skill or show vision, neither could he be the *victim of an *extremist because we had to believe *he was the *extremist.

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Jeremy Corbyn had to *be the bully. He couldn’t be *bullied by PLP thugs as he was during that now infamous PLP meeting whose aim was to ‘break him as a man?’ 8/ https://www.counterfire.org/articles/book-extracts/18626-the-candidate-the-summer-coup-extract

Who in the press properly represented what had happened to him?

Yet the clamour against Corbyn rose & the wickedness levelled against *him just grew.

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A dedicated long-standing parliamentarian, an anti-war, anti-imperialist anti-racist decent, compassionate hard-working man has been vilified, eviscerated & de-boned, re-fashioned as a demon, a monster, an existential threat to the UK & British Jews.

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Epstein raped & trafficked young girls, Peter Mandelson & Tony Blair flew on his jet, played on his island & went shopping with him. Prince Andrew raped a minor.

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But clever @Baddiel & @RevRichardColes saw Corbyn’s covert antisemitism in the way he said EpsHtein - Corbyn’s compassionate response about the suffering of Epstein’s victims & the horror of Epstein’s crimes, were nothing compared to Corbyn’s crimes - he’s the real monster.

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All of Corbyn’s supporters are Trots, Marxists, cultists, Magic Grandpa idiots & of course, antisemites.

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English society is a bear pit. All those who actively took part in the smear project against Corbyn are base, without humility, compassion, emotional intelligence or grace. They, along with Trump & Cummings et al have opened Pandora’s Box & poisoned our society.

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These people-hate-mongers, liars & spreaders of falsity-include writers, lawyers, celebrities, actors, broadcasters, pundits, hacks, chefs, entertainers, comedians, barristers & politicians from all parties ...

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These people have ‘othered’ socialists, as if we were shit on their shoes. Socialists whose aim is “freedom for all.” They have manifest MAYHEM.

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My eyes have been opened.

I hope all of our eyes are open.

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Corbyn will be vindicated. And so will all those who stood by him - his allies, who have been treated with the utmost contempt & vileness - most shockingly this includes left-wing Jews.

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My belly is sickened by what I’ve witnessed the last couple of years. I’m new to politics. I joined Labour *because of Corbyn. I’m appalled, saddened & shocked by the in-civility & the depravity.
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I’ve witnessed a faith being weaponised to gain political points & destroy an inspirational movement & a man - so many people are hurt.

I don’t really have the words.

How unnecessary. How venal & cruel.

solidarity

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