Thursday 17th September

One of the things that makes Jeremy Corbyn different from other politicians is his absolute refusal to indulge in personal abuse.  This is, of course, almost unheard of.  Politicians love to be rude about their opponents, the ruder the better.  In the House of Commons they have to refrain from using many words such as liar, but outside and especially in the Press, they and their friends have free rein.  In fact there is almost no level to which they will not stoop.  We had the unedifying criticism of Gordon Brown’s handwriting, caused because of poor eyesight.  We actually had one of the presenters (you know which one) of Top Gear refer to him as a one-eyed c….  Then we had the nonsense about Ed Milliband’s father, the Daily Mail making out that he hated Britain.  Sometimes of course these personal attacks actually backfire and the public is roused from its torpor and says enough is enough.

And now of course the character assassination of Jeremy Corbyn has begun.  Yesterday he stood silent, head bowed, while the National Anthem was being played to honour those who died in The Battle of Britain commerorations,  How terrible of him not to sing along, the Press chorused.  Can you imagine the headlines if he had actually sung.  “The Hypocrisy of the Man”, how dare he, a republican sing our National Anthem?  This nonsense will continue right up to the General Election; they will try to destroy him because they know his ideas are truly dangerous.  Why, people might actually start to hear his message, might agree with him, so we must destroy his credibility and soon.  Of course, it may just be that because he doesn’t react and will not engage with this nonsense that people will see it for what it is and begin to like the man and wonder just why the Media hate him.  We will see…