Jeremy Corbyn is, of course, an unacceptable force in British politics. Being friends with dictators, fascists, anti-semites, murderers and terrorists is something that should disqualify him immediately. This is not an issue of left or right, but of core values that underpin liberal democracy and more mundanely: common decency. Pointing out the truth about someone’s allegiances is not a smear campaign, but a necessary expose of undesirable viewpoints.
Nevertheless, one is in danger of quite a common thing: the truth is heard so much and is so obvious that people begin to disbelieve it (e.g. Hamas using human shields). It is also true that not everything he says is or will be bad or wrong. People can jump on the small truths to ignore the big lies. Part of people ultimately making the right decision will be based on a balanced view of what is being said.
Of course, the balanced view is simply my view. Nevertheless, I feel compelled to think about the items I like, the items which (although others may think terribly important) I am rather indifferent about, the ambivalent items where I am pulled in many directions and the many dislikes.
As ambivalence is my primary emotion that will be my first port of call…
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