Labour MPs attack Stop The War and Corbyn’s views on terrorism

Labour MPs appear to be just as annoyed by Jeremy Corbyn’s links to the Stop The War coalition as they are about his comments on shoot to kill. In the questions following David Cameron’s Commons statement on the Paris attacks, several MPs used the opportunity to make coded attacks on Stop The War for a blog it published, titled ‘Paris reaps whirlwind of western support for extremist violence in Middle East’. It has been since been removed (cached version here) and Corbyn said he was glad it was deleted — but he has yet to condemn the fact it was published in the first place.

Ian Austin, the MP for Dudley North, appeared to attack both Stop The War and the Labour leader’s view that Britain’s foreign policy has increased the terrorist threat:

‘I agree with everything the Prime Minister said about Syria and about terrorism. But does he agree with me that those that say that Paris is reaping the whirwind of Western policy or who want to say that Britain’s foreign policy has increased, not diminished, the threats to our own nation security are not just absolving the terrorists of responsibility, but risk fuelling the sense of grievance and resentment which can develop into extremism and terrorism.