The narrative is simple, yet dangerous. Mr Corbyn was a singularly good man who wanted to save people from the harm that is done to them. He wanted to tackle endemic poverty, end racism, stop wars and save the planet. Because of this, the establishment ganged up on him, bullying him with so much slander that his defeat was inevitable. The general public was hoodwinked by evil forces into rejecting their saviour and antisemitism was one of the primary lies wielded against him, which is why this is very dangerous for Jews.
The evil forces that sabotaged Mr Corbyn were the establishment, the Conservatives, the mainstream media and those complaining about antisemitism. In the interview, Mr Corbyn includes the highly respected Equalities and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) in this company, accusing it of lacking political independence. He does so in order to sabotage the EHRC’s forthcoming judgement on just how deep Labour’s antisemitism problem ran under his leadership, but the charge, like many others in the interview, reeks of brazen chutzpah and hypocrisy, a series of little and moderately sized lies, in service of the Big Lie.
One wonders what the justice warrior Baroness Chakrabarti makes of her ex-boss saying the EHRC antisemitism inquiry lacks independence, when her own appallingly compromised report on Labour antisemitism helped institutionalise the attitudes that the EHRC is now judging upon. Should we perhaps ask the courageous Labour whistle blowers, about their own experiences of political bullying, harassment and lies. Or, might we just consult the record provided by the online fake news factory that acts as a social media attack dog against Jewish MPs and women?
Of course, Mr Corbyn, famously, does not have an antisemitic bone in his body, but one of the deepest aspects of antsemitism is the alleged linkage between Jews, power, and the oppression of good and honest people. This is the fire that Mr Corbyn is playing with and this will be the legacy he leaves us.
