Jeremy Corbyn’s Friend Confusion
David Lange
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This next story speaks volumes about former Labour party leader Jeremy Corbyn.
Jeremy Corbyn has accused Sir Keir Starmer of “primary school stuff” after the Labour leader denied he was a “friend”. Sir Keir earlier this month repeatedly insisted he never considered his predecessor as a “friend”, despite previously using the term to describe him.
Speaking on LBC tonight, the former Labour leader said: “It makes me sad, actually. I don’t know why he says that.
“I mean, I worked with Starmer. He was in the shadow cabinet. I went to Brussels with him. Yeah, I worked with him, I worked with lots of people.”
So Corbyn is sad Starmer once called him a friend, but now denies he was a friend. Yet at the same time:
Asked if he regarded Sir Keir as a “friend”, Mr Corbyn said: “I regarded him as a colleague. I never regarded him as a friend.
Then again, Corbyn has denied he is antisemitic, so he clearly has no self awareness as to how ridiculous he sounds.
And speaking of Corbyn and friends…
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