The tabloids and the BBC are at it again. Not content with the egging they received over fake claims that Jeremy Corbyn was passing secrets to a Czechoslovakian spy, they are now trying their hardest to discredit him using the poisoning of former double agent Sergei Skripal and his daughter, Yuliya, who were hospitalised after encountering the nerve agent Novichok in Salisbury two-weeks ago. The theme in the main stream media this time, is that Corbyn, by wanting to err on the side of caution until we have proof that the Russian government administered Novichok to Mr Skripal and his daughter, must mean that he is trying to protect the Russians for some nefarious reason of his own. Most right-thinking people would undoubtedly agree that before our Government went ahead and escalated a cold war with Russia, it might not be a bad idea to check a few facts first, especially as the scientist working on the samples of the poison that were sent to Porton Down, have refused to state categorically that the Novichok was made in Russia. ‘Labour MPs round on Corbyn after he says he does not TRUST security services' evidence that Russia is to blame for spy nerve agent attack’ Screamed the Daily Mail. Of course it mattered not to the Mail that it was totally untrue. What Mr Corbyn said was he fully condemned the attack, and those who had committed such an atrocity on British soil must be found and punished. He simply wanted to wait for the report from the experts at Porton Down to identify the source of the poison before blame was apportioned anywhere. Trial by media did not stop with the gutter press however. On BBC Newsnight March 15, a photo of Jeremy Corbyn was selected to make him look as much like Lenin as possible. His picture was set against a backdrop of Russia’s Red Square. It was obvious to Labour supporters and others that Mr Corbyn was set up to look like a Russian stooge. Accusations of photoshopping Mr Corbyn’s hat were denied by the BBC, but it cannot be doubted that the colouring and the shadows in the photo of the Labour leader and his hat were altered to sit more comfortably with the backdrop. The subliminal message from the BBC was look at Corbyn at home with his Russian mates. There has been indecent haste to brand the leader of Her Majesty’s Opposition in the U.K. a Russian sympathiser and a traitor to the country in which he was born and has served loyally for 35 years as a Labour MP and it’s not difficult to see why the right-wing hacks are behaving like this. After Ben Bradley was forced to apologise for calling Jeremy Corbyn a traitor on social media, the oligarchs who control democracy in the U.K. must have felt a little flutter of alarm. Jeremy Corbyn is a strong and principled man who has promised to sort out the jackals in the press when Labour take office. They only have themselves to blame, however, but, any chance they get to go a little bit James Bond between now and the next election will not be missed. Rosalyn Cullan Please note: By Monday March 19 a standard email was being sent out to those who had complained to the BBC. A copy follows: Thank you for contacting us concerning Newsnight, which was broadcast on Thursday 15 March.We understand you’re unhappy about the studio backdrop featuring Jeremy Corbyn alongside Russian imagery. The above reply has been deemed unsatisfactory by many who have raised further complaints.
Michelle Hesler
19/3/2018 11:43:41 pm
In my response to receiving this standard reply. I will ask them to specify what "relationship the left have with Russia?" Hinting at any such "relationship" means nothing without actually saying what the allegation is. As far as I am concerned no such relationship does exist and without factual evidence I regard this response as farcical as BBC "news."
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David Monaghan
20/3/2018 08:41:38 am
It's not just Corbyn who thinks caution should be the order of the day. Craig Murray has written some excellent articles on why we should go for facts over sensationalism. He says Novichok was manufactured in Iran as an experiment years ago, with the full knowledge of the chemical weapons inspectorate, to see if it could be reproduced, as scientists at the time were even sceptical of its existence. He also said that Russia has complied fully with the international law on the destruction of its chemical weapons stock. I'm not defending g Russia, but like Corbyn, I'd like to wait and see before going off half cocked and creating more dissent in he world.
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Patricia Betty
20/3/2018 08:43:26 am
https://www.craigmurray.org.uk/archives/2018/03/first-recorded-successful-novichok-synthesis-was-in-2017-by-iran-in-cooperation-with-the-opcw/
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David Horton
20/3/2018 11:37:19 am
And this was my reply to their boilerplate response,.Pretty garbled which just shows my anger towards the BBC
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