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The BBC reporting that as shadow foreign secretary Emily Thornberry was receiving Syria briefings from a notoriously pro-Assad war crimes denier who works for Assad’s father-in-law, and that Corbyn himself had a problem with the White Helmets. https://twitter.com/eliothiggins/status/1326101431712145408
This moment is such a huge vindication for my reporting on the last Labour leader’s Syria position, after I faced years of attack and abuse for reporting the reality behind Corbyn’s position on Syria https://www.newstatesman.com/world/middle-east/2018/09/kremlin-has-weaponised-doubt-syria-and-labour-helping
I wrote about the issue many times, there was much more I wish I was allowed to publish, but today I will just be thankful that my reporting has been vindicated. https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk/2018/04/if-jeremy-corbyn-opposes-intervention-syria-he-should-have-more-say-about-russia
At the end of the day, Jo won. The pro-Assad conspiracy theorists lost. The Labour Party must never again be allowed to become a vehicle for whitewashing mass murder. https://www.newstatesman.com/world/middle-east/2018/08/labour-can-be-jo-cox-s-party-or-chris-williamson-s-it-cannot-be-both
I tried for many months to reach out to Labour about the White Helmets, not once would anyone staffer commit to maintaining financial support for the group under a Corbyn government. There is no doubt in my mind they were planning to abandon responsibility for Idlib entirely. https://twitter.com/eliothiggins/status/1326101431712145408
A personal thank you to @JaspJackson and @JuliaRampenMM, my editors at the @NewStatesman, who took the stories seriously and worked hard behind the scenes to fact check them. I suffered years of personal attacks for reporting the truth & I’m thankful for those who stood with me.
More from LCID, who knew better than anyone that the former Labour leadership were avoiding answering any questions on their planned Syria policy. https://twitter.com/davidtaylor85/status/1326107971944845313
This didn’t just come from me either. One of Corbyn’s closest aides directly cited Syria messaging in his resignation letter. https://twitter.com/ozkaterji/status/1175709315556085760
