Jeremy Corbyn "The BBC is biased towards saying Israel has a right to exist"

[Monty92]

Yeah Burney and WES are right - there would have been no benefit at all in in Andrew Neil asking him to explain this comment

[Herbert Augustus Chapman]

Yeah Burney and WES are right - there would have been no benefit at all in in Andrew Neil asking him to explain this comment

Look m, I know you and your people are a little sensitive just now but Israel - Really? It's a bit like an unruly mob of Romans pitching up in England and forcibly reclaiming their old stomping grounds, doubtless claiming that having built the infastructure, they had a valid legal case.

[WES]

Yeah Burney and WES are right - there would have been no benefit at all in in Andrew Neil asking him to explain this comment

No, no there wouldn't, because Corbyn had already been skewered on the topic by Neil. You do realise that at some point enough is enough, right? The voting public will only pay attention to any issue for so long and then you have to move on.

[Monty92]

No, no there wouldn't, because Corbyn had already been skewered on the topic by Neil. You do realise that at some point enough is enough, right? The voting public will only pay attention to any issue for so long and then you have to move on.

If the entire focus had been on Corbyn's personal history it would have been a fatal blow - his Frost/Nixon moment. Instead, by focussing on his failure to tackle anti-semitism in the wider party, rather than his own anti-Semitism, it has merely damaged him.

[WES]

If the entire focus had been on Corbyn's personal history it would have been a fatal blow - his Frost/Nixon moment. Instead, by focussing on his failure to tackle anti-semitism in the wider party, rather than his own anti-Semitism, it has merely damaged him.

Yeah, because him laying that wreath, calling Hamas his friends etc etc has hardly been mentioned at all over the past few years

[Herbert Augustus Chapman]

Yeah, because him laying that wreath, calling Hamas his friends etc etc has hardly been mentioned at all over the past few years

I hate to do this WES but I'll have to sort of side with our wasp-breeder-in-chief monty on this. I have never actually seen any footage or images of Corbyn laying the wreath though I'm sure such footage exists. I have read and heard more about his transgressions from AWIMB than any other source. Just sayin' like.

[Monty92]

Yeah, because him laying that wreath, calling Hamas his friends etc etc has hardly been mentioned at all over the past few years

It's always played second fiddle to the far less damaging claim that he's been too weak in dealing with the problem in the party, which can always be countered with claims of Tory racism.

Corbyn's personal history should place him among the most reviled public figures on earth among all anti-racists, and it would be very simple to frame the charge sheet against him in a way that makes it impossible for any of his supporters to defend.

This has always been an option that every interviewer, including the otherwise fantastic Neil, has chosen to reject.

[WES]

It's always played second fiddle to the far less damaging claim that he's been too weak in dealing with the problem in the party, which can always be countered with claims of Tory racism.

Corbyn's personal history should place him among the most reviled public figures on earth among all anti-racists, and it would be very simple to frame the charge sheet against him in a way that makes it impossible for any of his supporters to defend.

This has always been an option that every interviewer, including the otherwise fantastic Neil, has chosen to reject.

Why do you think focusing on Corbyn's anti-semitism will hurt Labour more in the election than focusing on Labour's anti-semitism?

Because that seems to be the argument you're making. BTW, I think there has been plenty of focus on both.

I also think that offering him the opportunity to apologise 4 times and having him refuse to do so each time was far more damaging than dragging up something he said or did in the past. F*cking miles more. Well done, Neil.

[Pokster]

If the entire focus had been on Corbyn's personal history it would have been a fatal blow - his Frost/Nixon moment. Instead, by focussing on his failure to tackle anti-semitism in the wider party, rather than his own anti-Semitism, it has merely damaged him.

I hate to point this out to you but the general public don't really care, might not like it but they would rather focus on the NHS and Brexit rather than his views.

[Monty92]

I hate to point this out to you but the general public don't really care, might not like it but they would rather focus on the NHS and Brexit rather than his views.

His Frost/Nixon moment would not be to merely turn public opinion against him - it would be to force him to resign in disgrace.