Corbyn's Elasticity

trisher you are sounding like ‘Kevin the teenager’ with your ‘yawns’.

Corbyn speaks out does he? He does when it suits him.

trisher ‘safe spaces’ are for vulnerable people, not foul mouthed anarchist /Communist groups Jewish or otherwise.
You are dead right I don’t have any empathy with them!

Corbyn speaks out about the appalling violence. and Israeli soldiers shooting unarmed Palestinian demonstrators. A journalist was among those killed
www.standard.co.uk/news/world/jeremy-corbyn-condemns-illegal-and-inhumane-violence-in-gaza-following-death-of-journalist-a3808236.html

Yawn

Yawn away Trisha, it doesn't change the truth , is he naive or a liar ?

I suppose lemon if you are not part of a minority, being subjected to abuse or feeling isolated you would indeed have no need to care about a "safe space". However some empathise more and realise that for some people it is very important

Yawn

Is there anything this man knows?

He never spoke to a member of the IRA but shared a platform with one .

He didn't know it was possible to book seats on a train

He only knew in hindsight he was wrong to call Hamas his friends , didn't know about Hamas ?

trisher very much depends on their views though.
I don’t care about ‘safe spaces’ ( where did that infantile phrase come from I wonder? It’s used everywhere now)
Especially for any extremist groups, be it Jewdas, the BNP, or whatever.They have to take their chances if they espouse
Extreme thoughts and actions.
Corbyn has very poor judgement which is why he keeps getting it wrong, either that or he agrees with them or he is told to attend by his pushy advisors.

Baggs even if he did check he couldn't refuse he would have then been called anti-semitic. It's typical of the posters on here that because he went he was wrong, if he had refused to go they would be critcising him for that. Damned if you do, damned if you don't. It's quite funny in a twisted way!

Trisher I trusted him, but I accepted I made a big mistake

Primrose65 you posted-^I'd consider an anarchist collective extreme^
Not a statement from them, from you!
I didn't bring them up lemon someone else did. In fact I had very little interest in them, but I investigated and found they were a safe space for people who had been castigated for their views. Surely everyone should have somewhere where they can express their views safely.
Annie Your insight into Corbyn's feelings and personal beliefs is extra ordinary!

Corbyn seems to have a predilection for being involved in groups that he "doesn't know anything about", and then seeks to distance himself from when it becomes public knowledge that he shouldn't have been seen with them in the first place. Is it naivety, lack of awareness or arrogance I wonder?

If he didn't know or didn't check, he is exposed as a bit dim. Politically dim, as some commentators claim he is.

Why not admit the truth , he knew what this group stood for, he chose to attend an evening with them , this - he is an innocent who cares for all doesn't wash

Margaret Hodge sums it up - I thought he was a honourable man, he is a devious man who wants to destroy the Labour Party.

Primrose it’s a classic deflection technique , in this case deflecting away from Corbyn and his capers!

.....and it keeps happening to Corbyn!

trisher I haven't dismissed them as anarchist at all. They describe themselves as an anarchist collective. I haven't said they have no right to exist either. You're constructing straw man arguments and then calling me antisemitic which is really offensive.

I'm just not going to engage with you anymore on this trisher. You seem to get off on calling posters antisemites.

Unfortunately, some people are always having mishaps, being in the wrong place at the wrong time and then having labels put on them because of the behaviour of others whose company they keep.

It happens.

As I've said you can go and have a very nice time at events, sometimes some people get out of hand, sometimes you don't know about it until later, sometimes reports of what happened are exaggerated and falsely reported.

Exactly trisher

Definitely worrying if he didn't check. I truely believe he knew of them and shares their views.

And if he didn’t know ,that makes it even more worrying, it is usually ones duty to be aware who or what you attending .

Walk out ? Not say it was an enjoyable evening ?

No way do I believe he didn't know of this far left group,

I stand by my view of this man - he is a hypocrite

So what should he have done Annie ? Refused to meet them? said that he didn't like some of them? The papers would have a field day. As I've said you can go and have a very nice time at events, sometimes some people get out of hand, sometimes you don't know about it until later, sometimes reports of what happened are exaggerated and falsely reported.