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Vile Tory Spin On Corbyn And ' Shoot To Kill '
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Let's be clear - the quotes now doing the rounds are from a news report TWO YEARS AGO which was SLAMMED AS INACCURATE by the BBC Trust.
The Tory spin doctors have shamefully used a terrorist attack for electoral advantage, by promoting the video through underhand 'social media' tactics.
This is the condemnation from the BBC Trust of the BBC's own lamentable journalism :
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Last night Jeremy Corbyn ACTUALLY said :
"Police must have “full authority” to use “whatever force is necessary to protect and save life.”
The Tory spin doctors have shamefully used a terrorist attack for electoral advantage, by promoting the video through underhand 'social media' tactics.
This is the condemnation from the BBC Trust of the BBC's own lamentable journalism :
http://
Last night Jeremy Corbyn ACTUALLY said :
"Police must have “full authority” to use “whatever force is necessary to protect and save life.”
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I have voted Green (as it happens) - my local Labour candidate is a hopeless numpty in a Tory stronghold and doesn't need encouraging - the good local Greens do.
I think a Labour Government (or at least a Labour dominated coalition) would be better than 5 more years of the useless and inept Mrs May - as Krom has said before, I don't agree with everything they are saying, but on balance they are the best option.
I think a Labour Government (or at least a Labour dominated coalition) would be better than 5 more years of the useless and inept Mrs May - as Krom has said before, I don't agree with everything they are saying, but on balance they are the best option.
Kuenssberg asked Corbyn: “But if you were prime minister, would you be happy to order people – police or military – to shoot to kill on Britain’s streets?”
To which Corbyn answered: “Er, I would…I’m not happy with a shoot to kill policy in general, I think that is quite dangerous and I think can often be counter-productive. I think you have to have security that prevents people firing off weapons where you can. There are various degrees of doing things, as we know – but the idea you end up with a war on the streets is not a good thing, surely you have to try to work and prevent these things happening – that’s got to be the priority.”
To which Corbyn answered: “Er, I would…I’m not happy with a shoot to kill policy in general, I think that is quite dangerous and I think can often be counter-productive. I think you have to have security that prevents people firing off weapons where you can. There are various degrees of doing things, as we know – but the idea you end up with a war on the streets is not a good thing, surely you have to try to work and prevent these things happening – that’s got to be the priority.”
Indeed, gness - my 20 year old self would be horrified at some of my current opinions.
Was I wrong then to be hopeful and idealistic? No
Am I wrong now to be cynical and pragmatic, some of the time at least? No
The world has moved on - often in some nasty and unpleasant directions - we need to deal with it as it is now, not as we hoped it would be.
Pillorying people who recognise that as "u-turners" is wrong.
Was I wrong then to be hopeful and idealistic? No
Am I wrong now to be cynical and pragmatic, some of the time at least? No
The world has moved on - often in some nasty and unpleasant directions - we need to deal with it as it is now, not as we hoped it would be.
Pillorying people who recognise that as "u-turners" is wrong.
The way I see it, Corbyn is a man who thought Osama Binladen shouldn't have been shot, he called it a "Tragedy". As for Tory Spin SD Momentum and the like have been playing dirty tricks and smear since the start. Alistair Campbell tweeted yesterday that Brexiteers are the same as these murdering Jihadists.
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Another quote taken out of context?
"There was no attempt whatsoever that I can see to arrest [bin Laden], to put him on trial, to go through that process. This was an assassination attempt, and is yet another tragedy, upon a tragedy, upon a tragedy."
Sure he called bin Laden's death a tragedy -- but the tragedy Corbyn was referring to was that bin Laden never faced justice in a court of law. That's still, perhaps, debatable, but it's not nearly so unreasonable taken in proper context.
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"There was no attempt whatsoever that I can see to arrest [bin Laden], to put him on trial, to go through that process. This was an assassination attempt, and is yet another tragedy, upon a tragedy, upon a tragedy."
Sure he called bin Laden's death a tragedy -- but the tragedy Corbyn was referring to was that bin Laden never faced justice in a court of law. That's still, perhaps, debatable, but it's not nearly so unreasonable taken in proper context.
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sunny-dave
/// But what about using terror attacks for cheap electoral advantage - are you happy with that? ///
One of politician's jobs is to watch over the security of one's country, and just because a terrorist attack has taken place during election time, it is an important matter for prospective MPs to outlay any future action they propose to take, if they are put in power.
/// But what about using terror attacks for cheap electoral advantage - are you happy with that? ///
One of politician's jobs is to watch over the security of one's country, and just because a terrorist attack has taken place during election time, it is an important matter for prospective MPs to outlay any future action they propose to take, if they are put in power.
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