That moment when you don't know whether to laugh or cry or wet your pants.
A disturbing new report in The Sun reveals that Corbyn was much more than just a left-wing activist in the 1980s—he was spying on his own country for the Warsaw Pact. Although The Sun is a tabloid and not always meticulous with details, this report is based on the files of Communist Czechoslovakia’s State Security, known as the StB.
The files in question appear entirely legitimate, and for Corbyn they are damning. They reveal that in 1986, when he was a Labour Member of Parliament, Corbyn was approached by an StB officer masquerading as a diplomat in London by the name of Jan Dymic. Based on Dymic’s report, the meeting went well. He assessed Corbyn, who was known as a sharp critic of Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and Britain’s close ties with the Americans, as “negative towards the USA, as well as the current politics of the Conservative government.”
The files reveal two more meetings with Corbyn in 1987, on July 3 and October 25. At the former encounter, Dymic brought along a member of the central committee of his country’s Communist Party.
Corbyn reportedly warned Dymic about increased British security measures, and he claimed to be “very well informed” of people in contact with “anti-Communist agencies.” In other words, COB was willing to pass British counterintelligence secrets to the StB.
http://observer.com/2018/02/new-report-reveals-jeremy-corbyn-was-a-communist-spy-in-1980s/
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ReplyDeleteSorry, yank here. Heard the name before but no real idea what the context is for this revelation.
The Sun, hee hee... I'd need some corroboration on that one. I wouldn't believe the Sun telling me it's Thursday without a second opinion.
ReplyDeleteNote that this is observer.com and not observer.co.uk .
ReplyDeleteI find this article weirdly shallow and black-and-white judgmental in tone. Usually that means propaganda. I have not researched this case though. It just feels like propaganda.
ReplyDeleteApproaching popcorn overload. On the plus side, the British left might be finally unshackled from Corbyn.
ReplyDeleteDogmatic Pyrrhonist Won't happen, though I sincerely wish it would. Corbyn reminds me of nothing so much of what I just cleaned out of my refrigerator, getting rid of leftovers.
ReplyDeleteThis one has a more neutral feel to it:
ReplyDeletetheconversation.com - Was Jeremy Corbyn a Communist spy? The evidence says no
Sakari Maaranen yeah, the whole "hasn't been arrested for treason" suggests there's no direct evidence. I imagine the intelligence agencies went through the files years ago.
ReplyDeleteDogmatic Pyrrhonist of course they did, and also assessed whether the information that was "made public" could really be trusted. National security agencies don't just categorically publish sensitive information. They would have only released relatively safe records of routine analysis, exactly like this one - based on information that was already publicly available at the time.
ReplyDeleteFor example, if some agency had a file on me, they would know that I am pro Nordic style welfare capitalism and fiercely oppose the so called American "conservative" politics aka. predatory capitalism. You know this as well. I have publicly made it very clear. That does not make me a Swedish Viking spy.
Sakari Maaranen , upvoted for Swedish Viking spy.
ReplyDeleteI read my own Stasi file way back, when that was fashionable. It was depressingly boring.