Death threats, intimidation, bricks through windows... The nastiness is really not very far beneath the surface of Corbyn's 'new politics' is it. For someone who apparently abhors such nastiness, he's doesn't seem to be doing very much to stop it all...
Just like many of their ilk over the years, McDonnell evidently hasn't changed much from the days when he wanted to assassinate Thatcher. He's certainly not averse to a bit of nastiness or cosying up to some very unpleasant folk.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...edy-night.html
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016...ent-protest-h/
http://order-order.com/people/gerry-downing/
I suppose calling colleagues 'effing useless' is one of the lesser examples of the sort of stuff this guy is renowned for:
https://www.politicshome.com/news/uk...-plotters-fing
That well known and really nasty Tory Margaret Hodge has been moved to say this:
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A senior Labour MP has compared the “dirty politics” being thrown at Jeremy Corbyn’s opponents to the turmoil which gripped the party in the 1980s.
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https://www.politicshome.com/news/uk...ng-labour-just
Her memory is as good as mine then. They were truly nasty people then and they still are.