We have a Labour leader who:
1. Said that the 7/7 attacks were the result of UK creating insecurity around the world
2. Presented a show on Press TV, Iran’s propaganda channel
3. Praised and appeared on Russia Today, Putin’s propaganda channel
4. Is National Chair of “Stop the War”
5. Is a Patron of the “Palestine Solidarity Campaign” which fights for a boycott of Israel.
6. Says that Hamas and Hezbollah are dedicated to the good of the Palestinian people and to social and political justice.
7. Says that NATO is the aggressor in Eastern Europe and that Russia has a legitimate claim over Ukraine
8. Jumped to the defence of antisemites, Raed Salah who indulged in medieval blood libel and Stephen Sizer who said that Israel was behind 9/11
9. Is not offended by the suggestion that the execution of Bin Laden and the sentencing of Eichmann are both illegitimate and illegal
10. Does not argue with somebody who suggests that Bin Laden is not dead
11. Does not say anything when a 911 truther and associate of David Duke, who he’s sharing a platform with, defends Palestinian terrorism
13. Campaigned against Britain taking military action against Assad
14. Campaigned against the RAF giving air support to those defending Kobane
15. Thinks that ISIS is bad in Syria in the same way as the US is bad in Iraq
16. Continued to support “Deir Yassin Remembered” even when it was well known that it was run by a Holocaust Denier
17. Hosted and sat next to on a platform Dyab Abou Jahjan, who believes that the killing of each British soldier is a victory
18. Agreed to speak alongside Carlos Latuff, 2nd prize winner in Ahmadinejad’s Holocaust denial cartoon competition
19. Agreed to speak alongside Azzam Tamimi, who said that he’d like to have been a suicide bomber against Israel
20. Hosted Gerry Adams at Westminster three weeks after the IRA tried to kill the Prime Minister and the Cabinet.
21 . Addressed a LaRouche front organisation in Australia.
22. Called for an official inquiry into “pro-Israel” influence in the Foreign Office
23. Spoke at the Cairo Conference which resolved to encourage Iraqis to engage in military struggle against coalition forces
24. Celebrated the anniversary of the Iranian revolution at an event called to “commemorate the auspicious anniversary of the victory of the Islamic Revolution in Iran”.
25. Replies to all these points by saying that they are Tory smears
Engage 
September 14, 2015 at 9:57 am
2 things to know about David Hirsh is that he is a propagandist and disingenuous.
Smeary little runt.
September 14, 2015 at 3:40 pm
Yeah. Jeremy doesn’t do personal.
September 15, 2015 at 1:41 pm
Wow, a Corbynite who hasn’t actually resorted to anti-Semitic abuse.
He needs to be careful. His mates might think he’s a ‘Zionist’.
September 14, 2015 at 3:14 pm
The new Labour leader os already in trouble: his as-elected by the movement and thus can’t be sacked” Deputy leader makes it clear that he disagrees with his Leader on the question of Trident. Point is, Tom Watson can be denied a Front Bench shadow position, but he can’t be sacked from his Deputy Leader’s role, however much Corbyn might like to gag him.
September 14, 2015 at 7:00 pm
Good research, but I had expected more than 25 🙂
September 14, 2015 at 7:04 pm
Great links! Thanks!
September 14, 2015 at 7:29 pm
Number 16: Regardless of WHO is “running” Deir Yassin (Basil Brush could be “running it” for what difference it makes) the fact is – Deir Yassin HAPPENED. The rest is classic hasbara shite.
September 15, 2015 at 10:46 am
So if an antisemite is running a campaign against Jews, and if some of what he says about particular Jews is true, then we should support his campaign?
September 14, 2015 at 11:34 pm
A rather incredible list. Should a person who thinks it’s at the least acceptable to kill soldiers of one’s own country be allowed to be the MP of said country?
September 15, 2015 at 9:24 am
OK, but not all of this is problematic.
#1 doesn’t sound like he’s justifying the attacks as much as explaining their origin, much like, “You got burgled because you left your front door open.” That doesn’t make the speaker pro-burglary.
#4 isn’t hugely wrongful in a society that values freedom of association.
#5 I find objectionable but not evil.
#9 is a view shared by plenty of legal theorists, and actually an understandable one (although I disagree).
#12… well many British politicians smile in photos next to scumbags.
#13 is just not problematic in any way at all in a democracy. Why else would Parliament take a vote on it?
#14: see above.
#18: some people don’t believe in no platform policies. I’m not one of them but it’s a legitimate viewpoint.
#19: see above.
#22: the Jewish community frequently calls for inquiries into pro-Arab influence in public sector bodiesi (remember the Balen Report?) so it seems somewhat perverse to complain about this.
#23: seems to chime with the whole Stop the War campaign thing.
#25 seems not entirely unjustified in the circumstances.
He’s not a nice guy but there are some attempts at smears in that list even if factual.
September 15, 2015 at 10:47 am
pretty well any one of those things makes him unfit to be the leader of the Labour Party. That’s all.
September 15, 2015 at 11:49 am
Well, I didn’t vote for him but an astonishing majority disagrees and I’m willing to respect that without resorting to anti-democratic half truths. You’re welcome (up to a point) to differ.
September 15, 2015 at 5:45 pm
The point is there are 25 of those things. Ye god man!
September 15, 2015 at 10:20 pm
Doesn’t make that “astonishing majority” right, though. After all, not all that long ago, the vast majority of the planet’s human inhabitants believed that the Earth was flat and that the sun went round the earth.
Although I have read that Piers Corbyn (Jeremy’s brother) has published either a pamphlet, book or an online document proving to his own satisfaction that the sun does go round the earth (as well as, allegedly), a “9/11 trasher”.
Sounds as modern and scientific as some his brother’s reported views.
September 16, 2015 at 3:57 pm
Would you do us all a favor and learn the difference between “facts that aren’t facts”, which aren’t present in David’s list, and “facts I would prefer not to be facts and will attack on that basis”, which are there?
September 15, 2015 at 10:20 pm
He may well be unfit to be the leader of ‘New’ Labour — which is why media pundits, Tories, Likudniks, centrists, and others happy with the status quo are all hot and bothered.
September 16, 2015 at 9:09 pm
Why only that lot? Plenty of us pro-Labour types are unhappy with the lurch to towards the far left represented by Corbyn. We know very well that for Labour to form a government they need plenty of centrist voters, who will be as (if not more) put off by the far-left putsch as us.
As I’ve already noted, look what happened the last time Labour elected a far(ish) left leader. And Michael Foot was far more cuddly than Corbyn, and the ’83 election was still a disaster for Labour.
September 15, 2015 at 10:52 pm
You missed out this one:
http://denryblog.com/2015/08/31/jeremy-corbyn-the-bombers-friend/
September 16, 2015 at 12:21 pm
“the Jewish community frequently calls for inquiries into pro-Arab influence in public sector bodiesi (remember the Balen Report?)”
In fact, the Balen report was not about ‘pro-Arab influence’ but anti-Israel bias. They’re not at all the same thing! For a start, you could be anti-Arab and anti-Israel …
September 16, 2015 at 12:23 pm
The comments here against David’s post make me even happier that I left the UK in the 1970s. The lies and insults that were rained on us at university have now become more acceptable and mainstream. Don’t confuse them with the facts.
Who needs to live under a constant stream of hatred and abuse? You do what you can, fight it and leave and live your life in a place where you can be accepted and fight for worthwhile targets of your choosing.
September 16, 2015 at 9:16 pm
I don’t think he is antisemitic – he is very earnest and genuine in his political concerns and I think it may be he has failed (in the past) to understand how some of his actions may be interpreted. However, I do believe some people on the far left are not sufficiently careful in making sure any negative comments on Israeli state action is not combined with anti-semitism. For example I have heard certain individuals talk about how the ‘Jews’ are doing this or that in Palestine. On its own its bad enough but when combined with a snarl it is clearly unacceptable anti-semitic behaviour and …. seriously damages the efficacy of any valid criticism!
October 5, 2016 at 4:17 pm
Even if they are being used by Tories as smears he has an obligation to explain his support for these violence first types.