Len McCluskey’s mad Mossad theory

Since slinking off into ignominious retirement two years ago, Westminster has been blessedly free of the pronouncements of Len McCluskey. Amid ongoing questions about a controversial hotel project, the former Unite boss has seemed largely content to reinvent himself as a scribe of sorts, teaming up with longtime comrade Jeremy Corbyn to release, er, a collection of ‘accessible’ poems – though now without the musings of Russell Brand.

But last night the duo returned to the spotlight, reuniting in LBC’s Millbank studio to opine on the ongoing conflict in Gaza and Andy McDonald’s suspension from Labour. And ‘Red Len’ certainly brought his trademark tact, wisdom and diplomatic touch to the subject, floating the idea to Andrew Marr that the Israeli intelligence services perhaps might have known about the heinous attack of 7/10 in advance:

It’s a fact of life that everyone would condemn the actions of Hamas, it was despicable and disgraceful.