If you want to learn about Jeremy Corbyn as he likes to be portrayed, read the Guardian. They share his stated ideals, pretty much all of them, from a fairly hard-left stance to the anti-semitic undertones, with ne’er a mention of the alleged threats to women Labourites of rape, murder or just plain ‘de-selection’ if they don’t toe the Corbyn line.

If you’d rather read a more rabid description, filled with any and all connections to a more devious, conniving side of Le Corbyn, read the Mail on Sunday. Who attack poor Jeremy regularly, as ‘the mouthpiece of the Right’ should do.

The truth, the ‘real’ Corbyn, probably lies somewhere in between the two. But we have a ‘free press’, more so than in any other country, so as long as there’s some element of truth, or failing that, a low probability of sufficient contradictory evidence that might result in a libel suit, you can write what you want. And I love that.

Ironically, for Corbyn, whose main stated line is that everything should be ‘more democratic’, he’d probably restrict that free press should he ever (heaven forbid) become PM.

I can forgive hypocrisy. Ok, I lied, I can’t. Its fucking unforgivable. And shows startling lack of judgment.

Where is the ‘new, democratic’ way of running a political party when dissenters are threatened with de-selection from the party? How can you claim sympathy for underpaid clothing workers in Bangladeshi sweatshops, then use those very sweatshops to provide all the party line t-shirts?

And how can you preach about a ‘new, kinder, more gentle’ type of politics when you use a militant organisation filled with anarchists, bullies and thugs, to enforce your will? Because that’s what ‘Momentum’ is. Corbyn’s private army.

And now we learn that Momentum are affiliated with a fairly ‘hard’ (not to say ‘extremist’) Muslim organisation, the leader of which is a holocaust denier. Claimed David Irving told ‘the truth’ in the book which eventually sent him to jail.

Even worse than hypocrisy, even more serious than threats and bullying to achieve ‘democratic aims’, is being plain stupid.

If people choose to hate the Jews, that is their right. If they find fault with Israel, they’re allowed. Do what you like, say what you like. But don’t ‘deny’ a truth. You can’t just pick one single massively documented and undeniable part of history and ‘deny’ it. Its like denying Hitler. Denying the Romans. Denying gravity. Makes no sense. Serves no purpose.

Happy Sunday, the sun’s still shining, its still hot and lovely, perfect day for winding yourself up reading the fucking papers.

A xxxx