Jeremy Corbyn’s question in the House of Commons this week filled me with the relief of catastrophe averted. Addressing Defence Secretary Ben Wallace, the former Labour leader and Morning Star columnist said:
‘Would he be prepared to countenance, if the Russians pulled back, any reduction in the Nato presence on the border as well in order to bring about a longer-term secure peace in the region?’
In reply, with admirable restraint, Wallace condescended to state the obvious. ‘We didn’t put 165,000 combat troops on the edge of a sovereign country and hold a gun to the head of a democratically elected government,’ he pointed out.
Once and for all, it exposed the true moral degradation of Magic Grandpa
The catastrophe of war in Ukraine may be unavoidable. But thanks to the common sense and decency of the British electorate, the catastrophe of a pro-Putin Corbyn government never came to pass.
Between 2015 and 2019, the egregiousness of the former Labour leader’s position on Nato and Russia was overshadowed only by his views on Israel and the Palestinians.
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